All those PI related “Unknown Skills” should now show up with the proper names and have all the skill details displaying correctly.

If anyone has any issues please let me know.

chris.

By the time you read this post you should have already received the update.

Enjoy. There are some great new blogs to read.

chris.

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.

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.

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.

Changes in 2.0.5 include:

• Capsuleer no longer times out on launch when going straight to the headlines area.
• Random crashes caused by a problem with some UI drawing code have been fixed.
• Display corruption in some situations when displaying an Alert have been corrected.
• A spelling mistake in the low skill queue push notification message has been fixed.
• Code to address two of the Top 10 submitted Crash Logs has been added.
• Character Portraits and Corporation Logos will now be re-cached correctly when they change.

Download it now.

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.

The EVE API will be disabled this weekend on Saturday, September 19 at approximately 14:00 UTC. We will enable it again on Monday, September 21 during the scheduled downtime. We are disabling the EVE API to minimize the risk of any issues on Tranquility during the Alliance Tournament.

What this means is that Capsuleer will not be able to retrieve current Pilot data this coming weekend.

So please, sync up everything you need ahead of time so you can enjoy Capsuleer all weekend long!

The update is automatic and will happen the next time you open Capsuleer (and have a network connection).
Though if your reading this chances are you already have the new entries.

For more information about the blog pack you check out CrazyKinux’s site at http://www.crazykinux.com/2008/06/eve-online-blog-pack.html

Enjoy the fantastic reading.

As always if you have any questions or comments please feel free to jump over to our forums at http://capsuleer.evesuite.com/forums

chris.

This version now enables the new Copy and Paste method of adding your pilots to Capsuleer.

For full details on how to use this new feature you can check out http://capsuleer.evesuite.com/blog/adding-pilots-using-copy-and-paste/.

Its also linked from the main add pilot page located at http://capsuleer.evesuite.com/addcharacters

As always if you have any questions or comments please feel free to join us on our forums at http://capsuleer.evesuite.com/forums

chris.