Welcome to Vendetta Online 1.8.110

Changelog:
*** Vendetta 1.8.110
- Warthog Mineral Extractor now features an integrated Free
Mineral Scanner (Range: 500).
- Improvements to Game Updater. The game patching system now
handles certain situations more elegantly, such as running
out of disk space.
- The current Mac client version is now present in the app
metadata, under "Get Info", the Finder and elsewhere.
- Basic Station Conquest: A new station located in Latos I-8
may now be conquered by players. This is a very limited, basic
implementation of station conquest, only for testing purposes.
Once all turrets are destroyed, the first person to dock may
generate or select an Owner Key for use. The console command
/listkeys can be used to show the current keychain, which each
have a number next to them. Then /giveownerkey (key-number) can
be used to give an owner key to another player. Any player with
a key for the station will be able to dock and not be fired upon
by the turrets.
- Bounty System Revival: We've brought back the old Bounty system,
with a 1-million-credit upper limit on bounties. For now, only
NPC-driven bounties may be allocated, handed out by governments
for illegal activities, such as killing station guards. You can
talk to NPC Marshals in Capitol stations for more information
about becoming a bounty hunter.

This is by far the best update I've seen.

This is also the best update I've seen.

Yarr. /me approves.

- Improvements to Game Updater. The game patching system now
handles certain situations more elegantly, such as running
out of disk space.

huzzah! I don't know how often I've had to redownload the game because of this.

Good progress.

GREAT update!!

Indeed, a historical moment fo VO. We're watching the dawning of a new era!

Thanks! Gracias! Obrigado! Merci! Arigato!...

When I deposit my paycheck, I will be re-subscribing.

AWESOME i'll be online tonight to get me arse blow up right after wark. :D

So where are those turrets hiding?

No idea, we have to wait for a dev to figure this out.

WIN

So where are those turrets hiding?

Hahaha.

Great update. Thanks, devs. My initial suggestions are in the following thread.

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/22626#281203

Glad people like the update. Keep in mind, as stated in the motd, this is "a very limited, basic implementation of station conquest, only for testing purposes." I could have delayed until it was more full-featured, but I prefer to get feedback on some areas in parallel with other development. For instance, the relative weakness or strength of various defenses is best measured by play-testing, even if other gameplay mechanics are not yet present or flawed in their implementation.

That said, anyone who would like to make suggestions of improvements in authentication and key handling should first make sure they clearly understand what we've already said we're going to do (then suggest stuff in another thread, don't revive that one). The obvious difference being that we have not yet implemented user keys at all.

*squeals* :D

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[EDIT by Inc]: 'kay, thanks.

heh, yeah, it was pretty annoying to look at

Fair points Inc, look forward to it all.

In the mean time it was actually the most fun VO has been for a while gfs all.

Hey I homed there, died, and was imprisoned by "CONQUERABLE STATION" security for taking a dump in Nahin Lor's locker! They wouldn't even sell me an EC-89!

(The bathrooms didn't have running water yet, being a new station and all.)

By the way I think "CONQUERABLE STATION" is a horrible name for a new station, it kind of invites the wrong sort of crowd, don't you think? Kind of like naming a Behemoth "PIRATE ME NOW"...

But, cool update!

The station has already been renamed.