Kingstonian

This is Hilarious, 
thank you for brightening up my day. 

Because the person who created the "Talent Point Booster" graphic either failed statistics or aced marketing (or both), some people are confused as to what the graphic actually means. At best guess it means that:
1 month of 2x talent point gain; 3 months of 1.5x gain; 2 months of 1.25 gain.  
Now, why might people be confused at coming to this conclusion? Well ...
The x-axis on the graphic is extremely unhelpful/misleading/plain-wrong. November means "start of November" (or just before start of November); February means "start of February" (or just before start of february). However, March either means "end of March" or "a few days before the end of March" (to give exactly 6 months). One means start, the other means end. No wonder you're confused. The only reason we're able to figure the above out is a) because we were told elsewhere (not in the graphic!) that this is a 6 month event. This is not useful! (Yes, we can also look at the relative width of the bars as an extra hint, but see the below point ...) The y-axis is on a completely made up scale. It's not linear. Zero is not at the x-axis. So the height of the "2x" bar is not 1/3 more than the "1.5x" bar, and is certainly not 3/5 more than the "1.25x" bar. This is just plain misleading (i.e. marketing) to make the "2x" bar look much bigger than it actually is. [Edit] Finally, in terms of accessibility, colour-blind people will only see one bar colour here.  
This public service announcement brought to you by the Crusade Against Marketing Crap.

Hello Noveans,

The Dual Universe team would like to wish warmest Season’s Greetings to our phenomenal community! In a year of unprecedented ups and downs, your support has been invaluable during the launch of beta. We are grateful for each and every one of you.
 
Now that the big 0.23 update has been deployed, many members of the DU development team will be taking a long overdue break until the beginning of the new year. (Limited Community and Support services will still be available.)
 
 Here’s to 2021 being a year of great new beginnings for everyone! ?
 

Hello again Noveans,
 
While this year may be winding down, the Dual Universe team is winding up for all the great things players can look forward to 2021.
 
 In this video, Creative Director J.C. Baillie highlights a number of upcoming features and improvements that will take DU to the next level, including: 
 
Beautiful graphics enhancements A mission system that will create more emergent gameplay Wallets for organizations let you share (and protect) your organization’s financial assets Territory warfare to entice more gritty player-versus-player action  
Watch now to hear more about all of this and much, much more! ❤️
 

 

@NQ-Naunet

Wading through all the opinions here must be hard work !! especially when many opinions ( Valid or not ) are written with toxicity and anger, rather than understanding and working with NQ through the changes ( More changes will come ! this is not the end of the road folks )

Here is a list of some of the valid questions i have seen here so far for easier reading.

*What do you consider a high prices scheme btw?

*Sounds good but will you address the DRM issues? We need our voxel libraries back please?

*When will schematic prices drop?

*Recycling of un-restorable elements through a recycler that will take an element as input and grant a small amount of the schematics required components as output.
How will this work ? 
Will you need a specific tier recycler to recycle corresponding tiered elements ? 

*Can you at least seed t1 schemas on all markets (or at least one per planet/moon) so people aren't stranded anymore?

*can we have tools to communicate in the game ? We  can't leave a message to someone that is not connected, or even talk to someone that is not in our friend list or near us. It's the only MMO i know where the players can't really communicate in the game.

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

Good luck ?

At some point you would think that people would consider the amount of outright rudeness in their posts.
 
If people have nothing constructive to say, then please don't bother.

@NQ-Naunet

Wading through all the opinions here must be hard work !! especially when many opinions ( Valid or not ) are written with toxicity and anger, rather than understanding and working with NQ through the changes ( More changes will come ! this is not the end of the road folks )

Here is a list of some of the valid questions i have seen here so far for easier reading.

*What do you consider a high prices scheme btw?

*Sounds good but will you address the DRM issues? We need our voxel libraries back please?

*When will schematic prices drop?

*Recycling of un-restorable elements through a recycler that will take an element as input and grant a small amount of the schematics required components as output.
How will this work ? 
Will you need a specific tier recycler to recycle corresponding tiered elements ? 

*Can you at least seed t1 schemas on all markets (or at least one per planet/moon) so people aren't stranded anymore?

*can we have tools to communicate in the game ? We  can't leave a message to someone that is not connected, or even talk to someone that is not in our friend list or near us. It's the only MMO i know where the players can't really communicate in the game.

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

Good luck ?

All those statements are allmost exact same statements i gave to the german discod chat and some communitys who know me well...

A lot of people were upset about the 0.23 and named it as the "Downfall" of DU.
Cooperation over creativity is not theyr cup of cake and they havnt yet appreciated the possibilitys of a singleshard-server.

Many others see this as a major step towards the goal on what DU should be like.
DU as a playerdriven virtual civilization needs to have most of the challenges not be reachable without others.

What we got with 0.23 is not yet what has been needed to force a kickstart to this virtual civilization, but its a good Start.
And i know some who see DU still as a game like many others and not as an oppurtunity to have something completely different.
Something thats gonna less longer than any other game or hype.
Something that evolves with every step towards its goal, but where the devs have allways the goal in mind.
Build us the biggest virtual singleshard civilization game... Not just another Sandbox, but a virtual World.

Thank you NQ, that you allways keep course towards that goal.
Sometimes with learning or experience curves and sometimes ways some dont understand.
But heavyly focussed towards the goal.
If you ask me... i guess i undstood what the game can be.
I see the Vision behind it.

And even if im wrong i wouldnt let this project down.
You DU an awesome job NQ

Just DU it

Greez your #FanboyNr1 ^^

@NQ-Naunet

Wading through all the opinions here must be hard work !! especially when many opinions ( Valid or not ) are written with toxicity and anger, rather than understanding and working with NQ through the changes ( More changes will come ! this is not the end of the road folks )

Here is a list of some of the valid questions i have seen here so far for easier reading.

*What do you consider a high prices scheme btw?

*Sounds good but will you address the DRM issues? We need our voxel libraries back please?

*When will schematic prices drop?

*Recycling of un-restorable elements through a recycler that will take an element as input and grant a small amount of the schematics required components as output.
How will this work ? 
Will you need a specific tier recycler to recycle corresponding tiered elements ? 

*Can you at least seed t1 schemas on all markets (or at least one per planet/moon) so people aren't stranded anymore?

*can we have tools to communicate in the game ? We  can't leave a message to someone that is not connected, or even talk to someone that is not in our friend list or near us. It's the only MMO i know where the players can't really communicate in the game.

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

Good luck ?

@NQ-Naunet

Wading through all the opinions here must be hard work !! especially when many opinions ( Valid or not ) are written with toxicity and anger, rather than understanding and working with NQ through the changes ( More changes will come ! this is not the end of the road folks )

Here is a list of some of the valid questions i have seen here so far for easier reading.

*What do you consider a high prices scheme btw?

*Sounds good but will you address the DRM issues? We need our voxel libraries back please?

*When will schematic prices drop?

*Recycling of un-restorable elements through a recycler that will take an element as input and grant a small amount of the schematics required components as output.
How will this work ? 
Will you need a specific tier recycler to recycle corresponding tiered elements ? 

*Can you at least seed t1 schemas on all markets (or at least one per planet/moon) so people aren't stranded anymore?

*can we have tools to communicate in the game ? We  can't leave a message to someone that is not connected, or even talk to someone that is not in our friend list or near us. It's the only MMO i know where the players can't really communicate in the game.

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

* The number of times an element can be repaired before it is trash is not bad but poorly conceived idea that will force me to carry stock piles of parts with me everywhere. Can this please be modified so it can be repaired to full only so many times and degrades, maybe with color levels that we are already accustomed to?

Good luck ?

Hi guys,

Just popping in to say thank you to everybody who took time out of their days over the past couple of weeks to write extensive feedback here on the forums.

The community team was able to collect and present your thoughts to the rest of the NQ which ultimately led to this evening's write-up from JC.  

Even if you're not 100% satisfied with the changes we're making to 0.23, I hope that this at least demonstrates that we do indeed read, digest and execute on your valuable questions, concerns and suggestions.

ffs. They provide evidence they listened and have announced a response to player feedback.  The market is unreliable because of what was explained.  Small groups or soloists not interacting. Give it little time for people to catch up. Right now, many are running around moaning about not being able to play.

0.23 and What We Learned

In reading through the reactions from our community regarding the recent 0.23 update, we’ve gained some valuable insights. 

Before we talk about the changes we’ll make in our processes going forward, let’s get back to the fundamental reason behind the update itself. What we did in 0.23 is at the heart of the vision for a game where a society of players is interacting directly or indirectly with each other through an elaborate network of exchanges, cooperation, competition and markets.
 
As it was, the current state of the game consisted mostly of isolated islands of players playing in almost full autonomy. A single-player game where players happened to share the same game world but with little interactions.
 
It’s hard to imagine how the appeal could last for more than several months for most players once they feel they have “finished” the game. It is also a missed opportunity to try something of larger proportion, a society of players growing in a fully persistent virtual world. For this to work, you need more than isolated gameplay. Players need to have viable reasons to interact and need each other.
 
In many single-player space games, you have ways to make money, and the game then offers you ways to convert this money into whatever you need in the game to progress, mostly via markets. This is the state in which we should end up for Dual Universe once all the necessary ingredients are in place, You get into the game, you farm a bit of money in fun ways, and you buy more and more powerful ships, equipment, weapons, etc., to help your character grow. The difference is that here, the ships or equipment you buy have been made by other players, instead of the game company. On the surface and during the first hours of gameplay, to a new player it would look similar to any of those other space games, but it would in fact reveal itself to be much deeper once you spend a bit of time in the game. Everything you would do would be part of another player’s or organization’s plan, everything would have a meaning. And soon you would realize that you too could be part of the content creation and, somehow, drive the game in the direction you want.
 
In its current beta stage, DU doesn’t have enough ways for people to make money because we haven’t yet had the opportunity to implement all of the necessary features. There’s mining, of course. Trading is not as good as it will eventually be because markets are not really used to their full potential. As a consequence, players rightfully turned to a solo or small org autonomous game mode. 
 
We tried to nudge people out of this with the changes introduced in 0.23. While necessary, many players expressed that the changes of 0.23 came too soon because it lacked a variety of lucrative ways for people to make money outside of mining.

What We’ll Do Now
 
The vision expressed above still holds. We want people to consider going through the industry specialization only if they intend to become industrialists and not necessarily to sustain their individual needs; however, we understand that it’s too soon to press for intense specialized gameplay considering the lack of sources to earn money. 
 
Here’s our plan for now. We will modify the formula of the schematic prices to make it considerably more affordable for Tier 1 and still challenging and worth a commitment but less intense for anything Tier 2 or above. 
 
This will allow most factories focused on T1 to resume their activities rapidly while keeping an interesting challenge for higher tiers, spawning dedicated industrial facilities aiming at producing to sell on the markets. We will also reimburse players who have bought high-priced schematics since the launch of 0.23 (please give us some time since it may take a few days as we go through the logs).
 
We will keep monitoring the price of schematics to see if it makes sense to increase or decrease the costs. The right approach to set such a price would be to evaluate how much time it takes to recoup your investment by selling the products that the schematics allow to produce. It should be a few months so that the investment is a real commitment and it makes sense to plan for it.  We currently lack the metrics to properly assess this return on investment time. We need a player-driven market price for the components and a market price for the products to assess the profit made by each run of a schematic. This will come when the markets start to work as intended, and we can gather more data about them. 
 
Feedback and Testing

The release of 0.23 also taught us that we need improved ways to test new features, both internally and with community participation. The Upvote feature on the website was a good start, but it’s not enough. 
 
To address this, we have two courses of action that will be taken. The first will be to set up an open public test server, hopefully with shorter release cycles, for players to try out new features. This will also allow us to explore ideas and be more iterative. If all goes according to plan, this test server should be introduced for 0.24, the next release. It will mirror the content of the production server with regular updates to sync it. 
 
The second important initiative is to revise the role of the Alpha Team Vanguard (ATV), getting them more involved in early discussions about new features and the evolution of the game. We are still defining the framework, so more information will be released as available. 

What is to Come
 
In the short term, we will push a few corrections to improve 0.23, which include:
 
Ships will now stop (be frozen) when their core is destroyed in PvP, making them easier to catch. Element destruction will impact the restoration count only when it occurs through PvP, at least for now (not when the ship is colliding/falling as we want to avoid having players penalized simply for crashing their ships because they’re learning how to maneuver them, for example). Recycling of un-restorable elements through a recycler that will take an element as input and grant a small amount of the schematics required components as output.
The next major release is already in the making and will be about the mission system, a first step toward giving players more fun ways to earn quantas. We will reveal about it shortly so that we can get as much feedback as possible.
 
We also want to reassure you that the mission system is not the only answer to offering more varied ways to earn revenue in Dual Universe. Things like asteroid mining and mining units will be introduced in the next few months. 

This list is by no means complete, but should be a good jumping off point that gives players reasons to fight and to explore, opportunities for pirates, new ways of making money, and a plethora of other activities our creative community will think of even if we didn’t. 

That’s it for now! We want to thank you again for your support and patience as we progress along this beta road! See you soon in Dual Universe!

Want to discuss this announcement? Visit the thread linked below:
 
 

Hi Noveans, 
 
We just deployed an update with several improvements and bug fixes:
The link between a container and a container hub does not disappear anymore after a removal operation has been refused by the Server Reduced pending operations while mining (should work better now) Restored old behavior with large mega-nodes showing up on territory and mining scanners again Various localization fixes DU is now in r0.23.1 version. 
 
Cheers, 
Nomad

Hi Naunet and the rest of the team! As you'd expect, I have some questions I would like to put forward to JC. However, as an avid tester who is always under NDA, some of my questions also follow into this category. So! I shall ask ones that are not under NDA here and ask you to PM me sometime if I am able to put forward my NDA questions that may be fine to reveal on the big day?

So in no particular order.

1) JC has previously mentioned in the stream (I believe with TwoAngryGamers) that there was a concept for Mining Drones to be able to assist players in mining resources. Is this something that NQ still intend to look into implementing / bringing back from the scrap bin?

2) In regards to PvP, ammunitions and weapons currently require tier 3 resources to make. This puts PvP access out of many basic players reach, as not every planet has the Tier 3 resources required and as the game progresses through it's development, its only natural to think Tier 3 resources will become harder to obtain. What are NQs plans to ensure that ammunition, basic weapons and PvP in general is open and accessible to all players, regardless of subscription age?

3) Its already known that NQ plan to implement other resources in the game (some of us will know from NDA more than most) but when these do come into affect, say in the next solar system, will there be provisions placed in the current solar system so that those players who have invested a lot of their personal time, energy and resources into their bases don't feel forced to then pack everything up and move to the new solar system to keep up with the games development? Essentially making the previous solar systems redundant.

4) We know that tiles will be gaining stats of their own, in regards to their power supply capabilities but also what chosen resource they will provide to automated tile miners. However, during the Beta progression, there have been issues with tiles not working as intended, with various errors and issues with them which have had to be converted over to Aphelia in the mean time. Has NQ been able to look into the cause of this issue and will these tiles be ready and able for capture when these tile stats come into play?

5) Automated tile miners have been said to be coming to the game. However, a lot of people are concerned about the word "automated" attached to them, as this goes against JC's vision to not have anything fully automated (does not require a player interaction) within the game. Is it possible to elaborate on how these automated tile miners will work to ensure that they still require player interaction from time to time, along with other possible limiting factors? Such as power consumption / internal storage capacities?

6) We have our first tick box on the login screen for the road map! Yay! But is NQ possibly getting a little ahead of themselves with this? Whilst it is nice to have salvage ships back in the game, the tick box does also state "abandoned outposts" which do not currently exist. When can we expect these to be added also and will the limit of just 100 salvage ships in the whole solar system be increased? Will they respawn?
 
7) One of the main features from the Feedback poll is Asteroid Mining and JC has referenced this himself quite often in the recent streams. Is this something that is now in the planning / design stages and will this include the update to mining via hand only; construct mining?

8] Currently the use of Antigravity ships and warp drives are in abundance. With the upcoming changes to PvP, with the nullifications and power supplies, I imagine these will put some control on these. However, the use of rockets seems to be very much under-used. Through my organisation and personal experience, we feel that rockets just aren't viable or practical. However, with the limitations to AG's, could we also see a rebalance of rockets to bring them up as a possible low power consumption alternative to Anti-Gravs?
 
9) A lot of people are worried how power supply is going to work exactly. Especially with the rather drastic changes already happening to industry. Is NQ in a position to explain more about what we can expect, in terms of similarity to other games? Such as Arks Tech Generator, which powers an area or Satisfactory's power cable design which can be placed anywhere but has to be hooked up to a limited number of units? How will tile power supply limits integrate into static construct supplies?

10) Currently, mining resources can become tedious, which results in boredom. Even with the unique way of finding resources, once found it is simply a case of point and shoot to collect them. Further down and more valuable resources just require a territory scan previously and then either trained talents or depth deposits to mine into with a resurrection node attached for quick extraction. How does NQ plan to make finding and locating resources more of a challenge and exciting? Will there ever be more rich nodes for better yields? Perhaps territory scanners could have a mini game in order to operate to some extent? And could we possibly see a connection timer to resurrection nodes, stopping them from being a quick mining op extraction mechanic?

11) We know that element skins via a cosmetic store will eventually make it into the game, which excites many but also creates caution. Is NQ happy to confirm straight out that the only things being sold via the store will be cosmetic? And will NQ consider allowing player submissions of skins to be sold in game for a cut of the sales, such as with Warframe and their TennoGen skins?


Hmm.... I'm sure there was more but my minds gone blank for now

Greetings, friends!

Buckle up and get ready for lots of juicy new information about Dual Universe directly from Creative Director J.C. Baillie in our livestream at 6 pm UTC/1 pm EDT on Monday, December 7, 2020. 
 
JC will talk about the changes introduced in the 0.23 update and what future changes are in store before opening the floor to take your questions. 

Head over to the Dual Universe Twitch channel now to hit those Follow and Notification buttons so you won’t miss it! 

In the meanwhile, you may want to read these recent dev blogs to learn more about additional changes coming in the 0.23 update:
 
Dev Blog: The Maneuver Tool and Disconnecting Ships Dev Blog: Element Destruction Dev Blog: Construct Intellectual Property Protection and Blueprints Duplication
  We invite you now to discuss some of the hot topics you’re looking forward to talking about with J.C. ✨

JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE!
 

Clean the tubes, dust off your seats, and warm up your engines!

Your presence has been demanded by the powers that may be, to participate in the END OF THE WORLD, PVP BONANZA!

This is a call to EVERY NOVEAN with a weapon. Soon the update will arrive, the time to leave the womb is upon us!
Only the strongest Noveans will birth into a new age of Dual Universe, so sharpen your resolve and under Helios you shall Triumph or PERISH.

Before the update arrives, we shall battle under the sun on the 6th of December, 4PM EST.

This is a PUBLIC event! Open to anyone willing to send off with one last triumphant Hurrah!

Come one, come all, and witness the Greatness and fall of our Empires!

Event details.
Time: 4 PM EST
Date: 6th december
Location: in PVP space, few SU out of the Edge of the Alioth safezone, toward ION.

The original idea was to do this while JC's live AMA was on, however it will likely be on a weekday, so it's been decided that a Sunday will allow for greater participation.
The reason for this whole debacle is due to a rumoured update, that could come like a thief in the night at any time very soon and clip our wings due to a rumoured massive overhaul of DU's mechanics. So we shall pull everyone out for some fun and MASS PVP action while we can! 
 
It's very possible that the servers will break, but I'm certain 98% of DU's population haven't participated in a mass fleet battle, so this shall be an exciting experience for everyone to look forward to.

PLEASE NOTE:
Considering people may not wish to join the event, wanting to save their assets for the great update, Band of Outlaws will relinquish ANY ships that may be captured by Band of Outlaws in the event, thus alleviating any pains of loss, without taking away from the core experience of the event. 

Apologies for coming up with this event fairly close to its date, there is no announced date to the new update which could come as soon as early next week (Official notice is quite likely to be a few days at most). Looking forward to seeing everyone out in force, lets burn down the Amazon servers together! ?
 
 

This looks epic ?

The end of PVP as we know it and the stability of the server for the few hours the event is running.
 

Well i see lots of negative reactions to the impending changes !!! , 

However, i experience very few performance issues with lag or disconnects ( even around the markets & districts on Alioth ) so don't have any problems with the intended changes.

we never miss used the manoeuvre tool in the first place, so no grievance there, waiting 3 mins to move a construct a further 50m isn't the end of the world ( time management ) and in the case of docking ships, players should be using their piloting skills for 95% of the task anyway. 

I think the system of continued momentum from disconnect to connect is necessary for game emersion !! makes perfect sense to me, 
ALT+F4 is an abuse imo,  i understand for those who suffer performance issues the frustration this would cause though.

Hi Noveans, 
 
Here comes the biggest Beta 1 client update so far. Dual Universe is now in r0.22.0 version and you'll find the changelog below: 
 
Improvements
[Disclaimer] Health warning is now localized in both French and German languages. Improved Screen Units performance which previously generated freezes in districts. Slightly improved the performance of shadows and fixed world shadows in the Ultra settings. Increased max light shadow precision. Optimized voxel server load. Optimized Deferred Lights to improve overall performance. Added additional optimizations on RDMS requests to reduce server load.  
Gameplay Balancing/Changes
[Inventory] Items can now be equipped directly from the linked Container context menu. A Fuel Consumption field is now displayed for all engines in both the inventory and item inspector. [Talents] Added 269 New Talent icons and increased the text size of their description. [GUI] Dispenser popup now displays ħ instead of quanta. [GUI] Changed "Settings" button to a Main Menu title. [GUI] Various ownership polishes. [GUI] Integrated a new waypoint icon. [GUI] Various Surrogate station polishes (texts, tooltips, list order, etc.) [Legal] EULA Settings link now redirects to the new website. Added an “Options” tab under the surrogate/tutorial session explaining how to exit. (Tab => Click Exit Popup) [PvP] Disabled the load/unload/reload ammo menu if the weapon is currently in a loading/unloading/reloading sequence. [Container] Disabled the save button when no changes are made in the ownership auto transfer area. [Container] Disabled "save" button for custom filter if no change is detected between current filter & selected filter.When a change is made in the data tree using custom filters, the save button becomes active. [Talents] Modified the layout of both impacting and required talents within the item inspector. Now sorts avatar marks by distance instead of random. [Organizations] Now sorts organizations by name in the multiple context menu. [GUI] Sort items by alphabetically order in blueprint recipe. Message announcement popups such as server restarts, are no longer modal and can be closed by clicking on the cross. [Radar] Detects the position of nearby constructs with greater precision. Marks: Displays the correct icon for distant constructs. Gunner Seat: Displays the correct icon for distant constructs. [Industries] Added animations when launching industries.  
Crash Fixes
Fixed a crash when manipulating a container while the Server is overloaded.  
Bug Fixes
[GUI] Fixed return to line in the text area of the organization panel. [GUI] Few interface bugs have been fixed for the settings menu, maps and market. [GUI] Fixed barter money inputs. [GUI] Fixed float number during Barter and removed the timer. [GUI] Fixed the overflow of product descriptions and other small fixes in the Industry menu. [GUI] Polishes/fixes in both the Inventory and Item inspector. [GUI] Fixed item Label ellipsis issue in the Organization menu. [GUI] Fixed overflow issues on the login menu. [GUI] Fixed both the talent groups update percentage value and the double % label. [GUI] Modified achievement notification position for rewards. [GUI] Various RDMS polishes (titles, search field texts, button behavior, etc.) [GUI] Polished reward panel and fixed a few other issues. [Market] Fixed a bug where HUD notifications were missing material amount values when displayed. [Market] Repaired the crafting pattern and adjusted elements including the dropdown menu and queue list width. [Market] Fixed the numerical input for the Market modal popup. It now displays decimals correctly. [Map] Fixed Territory count inside of the solar map. [Map] Fixed bookmark creation from clipboard. Fixed elevators and pressure plates that could be activated through walls or not functioning as intended. Removed exploit which allowed players to clip through walls. Fixed jetpack emissive to reflect the player’s chosen color. Fixed global menu selection. The delete-dynamic-properties icon inside the inventory now uses the appropriate icon. Fixed talent group word descriptions. [Settings] Adjusted mouse sensitivity upon game launch. Fixed the ability to drag & drop items into inventory tabs. Fixed a soft lock when exiting the map panel via the close button instead of “Esc” while the planet view modal is active. [SFX] Fixed Automine SFX that rapidly plays when not targeting a surface. [SFX] Added sound effect for the Flatten tool. Fixed territory tiles not appearing when enabled at launch. [Industry] Fixed a bug where clicking "Make" (or "Move" in transfer unit) failed to select the "Make"/"Move" option. Fixed an exploit regarding the deployment of Static Cores. Fixed a potential issue regarding Lua scripts freezing the game. Fixed the "Take Manual Snapshot" rights issue and ownership availability. Fixed reward panel opening sound during loading.  
Known Issues
Windows certificate is not up to date. This issue will be fixed soon. This may prompt a warning message for new players during the first install. It can safely be ignored. Uninstalling the game directly from Windows will leave the game files on the disk. Please use the game dedicated unins000.exe uninstaller located in the game directory for that. This will be fixed soon! Numerous French and German localization issues have already been spotted and we’ll fix them soon. In some situations, you may not be able to place a Static Core Unit on your claimed Sanctuary Territory. An error message saying that it's too close to another construct is displayed. This may occur due to being too close to a District. Trying again from a further distance should solve this issue for now. A random rendering crash can occur under some conditions due to low GPU/driver resources. Voxel crashes may occur due to low disk/memory. [PvP] There are slight differences between radar and 3D marker distance displays because radar uses the construct center as an origin point while 3D markers use player position. [SFX] Only blue fireworks currently function. [Industries] Talents that impact ingredients of recipe products are not displayed client-side, but the recipe updates with the server recipe when starting. The tool model clips through the player’s hand. Surrogate VR Stations may be active in the tutorial and standalone Markets whereas Aphelia says that they are fake. We’ll fix that in the next patch.  
Cheers, 
Nomad

Hello Noveans!
 
We would like to thank you for your patience during the past few weeks as we have been incredibly focused on getting you all into the game. While we know there are still a few edge cases out there, we hope you’ve been enjoying your time in Dual Universe!
 
A burning topic is known bugs surrounding duping, and their exploitation. We’d like to offer some clarifications on this. 
 
We are aware of some bugs that were allowing players to dupe items and resources, and we are actively investigating  these. The process is however slow and labor intensive. Given how much time is involved, and how severe the outcome is, we want to make it clear that we are taking all exploits very seriously and they will carry heavy sanctions for abuse cases up to and including removal of player accounts and permanent bans.  
 
We have a zero tolerance policy towards cheating and exploiting, as is clearly laid out in our Code of Conduct.
 
For those who have encountered these bugs and already reported them, we thank you. There will be no sanctions on those accounts. We may balance gains if deemed necessary.  For those who have been knowingly abusing bugs, you have 48 hours to report your activities via a ticket here: support.dualthegame.com - your duped proceeds will be removed, but no further action will be taken. Please select Gameplay in the first form drop-down, select the “Rules & Policies” > “Exploits” category and use the subject “Self Report” For those who continue to exploit, and do not report it, your account will be banned without notice upon completion of our investigations.    
While every person has their own sense of fun, it is important to remember that this is an MMO and that rules must be enforced to keep play fair and even. 
We thank you for being a part of the Dual Universe  beta and for helping us keep the game fair and entertaining. 
 
Sincerely, 
The Novaquark Team