v2.1 Alpha Test emails have gone out

Posted on February 8, 2010
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All the emails have gone out to the people chosen for the 2.1 alpha test program.  In total 12 people were selected (I originally wanted to pick 6 but there were so many applications I decided to double the number).

I just want to say thank you to everyone who applied.  I am sorry I couldn’t pick you all, but managing a large number of testers isn’t very easy given the tools Apple provides.

So if you applied, check your inbox.  There might be an email waiting for you.

If you didn’t get an email don’t worry, 2.1 is slowly trucking through development and will be in your hands soon enough.

Thanks again to the community for all your interest and support.  Your what keeps us going.

chris.

Forum Spam

Posted on February 8, 2010
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We are aware of a spam mailer coming from our forums entitled “Important message from the forum administration!”

The body of the message is this:

“Dear, *yourname*!

A virus alert was noticed on your computer.
We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus
check at our site immediately: http://security-tool2010.net/*yourname*”

This is NOT from the Capsuleer Administration Team!

We are currently working as quickly as possible to remove this spam, and apologize for the inconvenience.

Alpha Applications Closed

Posted on February 3, 2010
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I have been meaning to make this post for the past few days, but man… RL just keeps getting in the way.

The application process for the Alpha Team for Capsuleer 2.1 is now closed.

My inbox is SWAMPED with emails and its going to take me a few days to sift through all of them and pick the suckers … um I mean voluenteers.

I do want to take this opportunity though to thank everyone who applied.  The volume was overwhelming.  Its nice to see that there are so many people who are willing to take time to help make the next version of Capsuleer the best ever.

So for that, again, I thank you.

So for those of you who applied, keep an eye on your in-boxes.  I’ll try to have emails sent out to the selected people this weekend with a list of next steps that you need to follow.

Until then.  Fly safe.

chris.

-tap tap- Come in Alpha Team?

Posted on January 21, 2010
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In our quest to get Capsuleer 2.1 out of the docking bay, we have come to a point where we need some help.

Alpha testing…

The single largest new feature in 2.1 is the Items Database. Its huge. From both a code standpoint and a data standpoint. There are over 10,000 items in EVE.
So where do you, our user base, come in?

We are looking for a few good pilots to help us alpha test this new area. And by few I am thinking about 5 new testers. Your mission (should you choose to accept it) will be to work your way through a section of the Item Database and compare it with the information available in-game.

Not only are we adding an Item Database to Capsuleer in 2.1, but we’re working to make it the most complete and most accurate one available outside of the game.
So the questions you should be asking when reviewing: Are the right attributes displayed, are they the correct values, do they have the same formatting?

Its a big job. But we know with the help of our amazing community we’ll be able to check every item.

If your up for this challenge (and it is a challenge) then give us a shout at pyjamasam@vanguardfrontiers.com and use the subject line:

Capsuleer Alpha Testing

(If you don’t use that subject line my email filter won’t pick it up and your message might get lost to the email daemons)

We are looking for people who have the following hardware (all running OS 3.x):
- iPhone 2.5g
- iPhone 3g
- iPod Touch 2g

Basically a good cross section of the hardware we try to support.
Just because you don’t have some of the hardware listed above doesn’t mean you won’t get selected. We’ll give higher priority to people who have those devices (and if you have multiple devices that bumps your chances even higher).
Due to the volume of people applying we are going to randomly select the alpha testers from the pool that best meet our criteria.

And if you haven’t decided if you want to help yet, let me add one more bit of enticement (we’re not pretending that all this hard work doesn’t deserve a reward).
You’ll be automatically included in the beta test program for 2.1 which will be launching in a bit.

chris.

2.0.5 Now Available

Posted on January 6, 2010
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2.0.5 is now live on the iTunes store!

Changes in 2.0.5 include:


Download it now.

Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 23, 2009
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Thank you to everyone who has supported Capsuleer over the past year.

We here at Capsuleer HQ hope you have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.

We’re looking forward to the new year, and I’ll be posting some presents in the next week that will show you where we are headed with the next version of Capsuleer.

But for now all you get is a measly Christmas Card :-p

Fly Safe.

API disabled for the weekend

Posted on December 18, 2009
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In case you didn’t notice it over on CCP’s feed, they have disabled the API for the weekend (starting Friday, December 18th, 2009).

They expect to bring it back online on Monday, December 21st, 2009

For further information you can view their post at http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=3645&tid=1

chris.

Post Dominion skill points showing incorrectly

Posted on December 8, 2009
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We have been tracking reports from a number of users about their skill points being displayed incorectly.  After some investigation it seams that the API is returning incorrect numbers.  A number of users have submitted bug reports to CCP and have received responses saying that CCP knows about the issue and is working on it.

Sadly I don’t have any more information available at this time, but as soon as I know more I’ll be sure to pass it on.

As always if you have any questions or issues jump on over to the forums at http://capsuleer.evesuite.com/forums, or shoot me a message on twitter at @ChrisWhiteford

chris.

New Dominion Data!

Posted on December 1, 2009
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I just pushed out the Dominion data.  Next time you launch Capsuleer and have a network connection you should get the updated data file.  (In-fact if your reading this chances are you may already have it)

If you notice any strangness or have any issues as always you can head over to the forums (http://capsuleer.evesuite.com/forums) and give me a shout.

Alternativly you can hit me up on twitter.  I’m @ChrisWhiteford.

chris.

Thy Dominion Comeith…

Posted on December 1, 2009
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As CCP deploys Dominion remember that with the API down Capsuleer will have problems refreshing your existing characters and adding new characters.

Another side effect of the way that CCP brings the server up is that Capsuleer will show the server online and with pilots, but you won’t be able to actually log in untill CCP release the client patch and open the server for public access.

Headlines should continue to work so you might want to take this opportunity to give a new blog a read :-)

chris.

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