Game changes

Game changes can be suggested in the new features forum.

Recent changes are as follows:-

Beta 28 - 23/03/07

Bombers

Bombers now receive fewer points for bombing planets. There is no change to the scoring system for bombers shooting other ships.

Reppers

Full reps no longer yield extra bonus points nor do they contribute towards a {V}. Reppers no longer receive extra bonus points for repping in roids.

Images

Almost all images (and some other TVS files) are now cacheable (they load faster on your computer).

Tara's Bar Java Client

The irc client has been updated to the latest version available. The java irc client now loads in a new window. This solves the problem of pressing the backspace button accidentally logging you out.

VC scans + cloaked ships

VC scans now correctly total the number of ships in each sector. Previously they included cloaked enemy ships.

Online Star

An online star now appears next to your LC / VC (if they are online of course). The star also now appears on the vote for an LC page and the elect VC page.

Deleted players

Deleted players no longer count towards the number of players reported in a sector for LC/VC scans.

Scans

Dead players no longer have access to incomming and outgoing scans.

Beta 23 - 07/06/06

Sleep Tick

You can now designate one tick per day as your sleep tick. During this tick you cannot be attacked or repaired, allowing you get a good night's sleep without worrying too much about your ship. However, during your sleep tick you cannot make any moves. Sleep ticks reoccur at the same time every day once chosen. Please note this feature is still being finalised so you use at your own risk. In particular, your sleep tick cycle cannot be altered, turned off or cancelled atm, so you may wish to wait until a few days into the beta when this might be possible.

Hypering

It now costs 3 moves to hyper from one sector to another (previously 5 moves).

Taunt Page

By popular request, a link has been added on the taunt page to the big list of taunts in the manual. Idea courtesy of Phoenix42

Legion Assignation

Only players who have moved in the last 16 ticks now count as active for the purpose of deciding legion assignation of new players (previously 40 ticks). Idea courtesy of Xin

Base Destructions + Vac Mode

Base destructions (either through SDs, attacks or pickup attacks) will no longer damage people in vac modes.

Base Destructions + Invulnerability

Base destructions (either through SDs, attacks or pickup attacks) will no longer damage people who are invulnerable.

PDS etc + Invulnerability

Invulnerable players should no longer experience damage when attacking or at eot.

LC Elections

The campaign length for LC elections has been halved from 16 to 8 ticks. Idea courtesy of TheCount

Shorter WAP Address

Firstly the old address still works!!! But if you are using a phone where you don't have TVS stored as a bookmark, the following should be a quicker url to type in http://tvsgames.com/wap/

Repair page

Fixed bug meaning you got logged out if you tried to repair when your target had just left the sector, died etc.