Patch Notes / Updates

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July 30
- CTF mode for Ping-pong map was added
- New maps: Opposition from Hans_Rose, Madness from Flanagun
- Sound of explosion was changed

July 29
- New coats including coats with resists to different guns (another pack of coats will arrive soon)
- New principle of medkit functioning
- Flag indication is back but text now gradually become transparent and disappear
- New effect and sound of explosion
- Isida action is corrected (sometimes it didn't heal or didn't damage the target)
- Aiming algorithm is changed, enemy flag bearer has maximal priority
- Speed of unfreezing with Firebird depends on Firebird' modification
- Speed of Freezing enemy with Freeze depends on Freeze' modification
- Ricochet modifications now differ from each other visually
- Shot effects of different modifications of Freeze and Ricochet differ from each other visually
- Banned player now see not only the time of ban but also the reason for ban
- When you change password or e-mail through special form the link for password recovery (hash) is changed too

July 15
- Time of unfreezing reduced twofold.

July 13
These problems were successfully solved:
- if game loading was interrupted player didn't get a gift;
- anti-foul language system reacted to the links of battles with «eb» in the name;
- critical errors in the battles;
- clickable battle links containing «?rnd=...» didn't work;
- search system cleared valid search results;
- click to the battle link from the Garage or Hall of Fame opened information about other battle.

July 10
- We have made server optimization to reduce the amount of lags.

July 8
- There are two new guns: Freeze and Ricochet. You can discuss Freeze here and Ricochet there.
- Each hull now has its own weight.
- Links for the battles in chat channel are clickable now. When you click the link you see the list of battles and information about them.
- There are new maps: Farm and Noise from Nobius; Massacre and PingPong from A_Creature; Atra (idea from JlEHb) and Station from Flanagun.
- We've changed flags indication in battles. Written messages from the center of the screen were taken away. Now all informative symbols are allocated in the bottom right corner. You can discuss this innovation here.
- Different modifications of Hornet, Viking and Mammoth have different appearance now.
- In the Hall of Fame we've improved search system based on player's nickname. Now a few letters from the nick in the search line disappear if there are not any similarities with search request.
- All links in the chat channel are clickable now but when you are trying to proceed the link which is not marked as trusted you get warning.
- We have made server optimization to reduce the amount of lags.
- We have changed terminology. The word «Kill» was replaced by «Destroy», «Died» by «Lost», «Suicided» by «Selfdestructed».
- The problem of e-mail changing when the e-mail wasn't specified during registration was solved.
- Twins charges geometry was experimentally reduced. These charges don't cling to objects now.
- E-mails in the chat channel now look like links. Click to the link automatically launches your default e-mail client.
- We've launched bad language checking system for names of battles.
- Evacuation system was improved. Battles migrate to other server gradually not overloading receiving server with great amount of players at a time.
- Hornet M1 hull price cut to 1350 crystals.

June, 4
- New gift system. Now you can find one of three different presents in the daily bonus. It can be supplies (1 or 2), crystals or one day no-supplies battles pass. Players get the gifts starting from the third rank only.
- We took away buttons PayPal (temporarily), LiqPay (temporarily), EasyPay and RBK Money from payment section.
- We added Prepaid Cards subsection in the payment section. Payments through Wallie, Paysafecard, Rixty and CashU are now supported.
- Banned player now gets information about the period of his ban right in the chat. Nobody beside him can see this message.
- From now on the chat is open for players with the private and higher ranks.
- We have solved the problem with invisible tanks.
- There are drop points for golden crates in every map now.
- Different Dictator modifications have different appearances now.
- Each Isida modification got its own shooting effect color.
- The problem with e-mail confirmation has been successfully resolved.
- We launched the second part of the account protection system. If you specified an e-mail in your account you will see the button «Change e-mail and password» instead of standard form for e-mail and password changing. When you click this button you get the e-mail with the link forwarding you to the page with the form for e-mail and password changing. If you didn't specify an e-mail you can make changes right in the Settings menu without confirmation.
- Now you can enter no-supplies battle for one-time payment in the amount of 50 crystals.
- One month no-supplies battles pass price cut. Now it costs 500 crystals only.
- There are new maps: 2042 by GT-Razer, Island by Figishe, Combe by Figishe, Desert by Figishe, Gravity by M0ONL1ght, Pass by Figishe, Deck-9 by M0ONL1ght, Canyon by M0ONL1ght, Polygon by Figishe and Plato by Figishe.

May, 21
- Now a nick is checked against prohibited words during registration;
- Public command #feedback added — it is a switch to the system of ideas and suggestions feedback.tankionline.com;
- Hash is changed with password change now;
- Anti-foul language system doesn't ban users anymore. It replaces forbidden words to symbols *** now;
- New system of evacuation implemented: now the battle will switch to another server with all the players in it during restart;
- Changed one of alternative buttons - \ (similar to Del), now Ctrl+ is the analog of Del;
- Candidate moderators can give 5-minute bans now.

May,8
- Fixed a bug in the 3D engine, which led to a critical error in the battle.

May,1
- Sound of shot of Thunder is 30% quiter now.
- Sound of shot of Twins is 20% quiter now.
- There is no ban for links to battles containing single letter many times(like fffffffffffff).

April,27
- Mammoth - a new armour available. Discussion topic is here
- A limit for players amount on Zone - 12 players.

April, 24
- Hornet - a new armour is available. Topic about Hornet.
- Different appearence for grades of Titan.

April, 23
- Thunder - a new weapon is available. Topic about Thunder.
- Viking - a new armour is available. Topic about Viking.
- Private battles link problem has been fixed
- Different appearence for grades of smoky, wasp and Isida
- Diffrent effect of shots for grades of Smoky
- New priorities for Isida. The highest priority for healing damaged teammate, middle priority for enemy and the lowest priority for "healthy" teammate.
- Alternative keys for some actions: Del - \, PgUp - ], PgDown - [.
- New chat command available for all players #updates - link to "Patch Notes / Updates".
- New maps: Промзона/Industrial Zone by GT-Razer, Зона / Zone by M0ONL1ght, Тишина / Silence by Figishe
- All players will be moved to another server when restart is lanched.
- Duration of banning generated by bot is reduced to day.
- Minor changes in armours specs (Wasp М2, Hunter М1, Hunter М2, Titan М3, Dictator М1).
- Minor changes in Smoky m2 specs.
- Titan М3 costs 900 crystalls now.

April, 1
- Second stage of server optimization has been finished. Lags were greatly reduced. Poll and discuss here. Lags are network latencies during which tanks switch positions, bonuses and flags are taken with delay.
- Purchase or improvement requires confirmation now.
- Order #levels renamed into #ranks.
- Added public order #forum - switch to forum.
- Fixed bugs with password and E-mail change in settings.
- Now bonus crystals for invited friends can be viewed on "Invitation statistics" button.
- Fixed bug with crystals receiving for invited friends. They will be accounted today.

March, 30
- First stage of server optimization has been finished. Lags should reduce. Poll and discuss here. Lags are network latencies during which tanks switch positions, bonuses and flags are taken with delay.

March, 19
- Now the distance between a flag carrier and the base is taken into account during crystal calculation for flag return in CTF.
- Now bug report can be sent by testers only. If you have a problem with payment, fill in the form and send a message from payment section. All other problems and questions are discussed at forum.
- Now Firebird and Hunter modifications look differently.
- Now Firebird modifications have different colour of the fire.
- Coats were rebalanced (Swamp + 2% from Twins (total 15%); Safari + 5% from Smoky; Dragon + 5% from Isida; Roger + 5% from Railgun; Jaguar - 10% from Firebird, но +5% from Railgun and +5% from Isida; Electra +5% from Railgun).
- Added new map with new props Novel.
- Maps which used to be available to low ranks are now available for higher ones also: Boombox II, Sandal II and Short Bridge II.
- New orders appeared (#levels - switch to forum topic "Ranks", #clans - switch to forum thread "Clans").

March, 10
- Experimentally reduced points for Isida cure. Coefficient was reduced from 2 to 1,5. Experiment will last for a week.

March, 5
- Button "Improve" is placed next to "Set" in the Garage.
- Every modification of turrets and shells is described now in a special table which is placed in the Garage.
- Fixed bugs in Firebird and Isida: Firebird had greater damage effect than it had to, Isida had less damage effect than it had to. Now similar modifications of Firebird and Isida have equal damage effect in full charge.
- Fixed bug when Firebird effect during shoot while moving was displayed incorrectly. There used to be very long flame while moving backwards and very short one - while moving forward.
- Abolished passes - Double Score. All the players who purchased the pass during making changes on server will get their crystals back.
- A new pass was added - Score multiplier pass: multiplies all received points by 25%, lifetime - one month.
- A new pass was added - No-supplies battle: enables you to create and enter no-supplies battles, lifetime - one month.
- Modifications of Railgun and Twins look differently now.
- Now the Mine is included in everyday present.

February, 10
- Added new consumable – mine. View details in FAQ.
- Done effects visualization. View details in FAQ.
- Changed visualization of consumable blocking time after usage (cooldown).
- Improved automatic anti-foul language system: now the chat knows 1 300 000 russian words. If you do not misspell the words, false responses will be rare.
- Improved registration form – added check-up of nick availability (after you enter the needed nick and are inactive in entry field for two seconds or switching to password entry field, the nick is checked and next to it you see a tick or a red cross).
- Now you get twice as much points for curing the tanker who carries a flag.
- Summer is back! All the maps now have pleasant green landscape.
- Maps Fort Knox and Wolfenstain are back.
- Added new map Chernobyl from Duke2.0
- Lessened lobby loading time due to reduction of loaded maps preview, now they load when needed.
- Now every modification of Smoky, Firebird, Twins and Railgun has own graphic effect.
- Now you can use alternative payment system for VISA/MasterCard in payment section.
- Solved bug when points were not accounted when you kill Isida owner or a patient during cure.

January, 22
- Finally accepted modification of Twins: vertical angle of aiming increased greatly (two degrees up, one down), lowered speed of bullets, finally accepted damage
- Introduced paid battles with no consumables. For detailed information read here.
- Fixed bug when a consumable timer is stopped up after getting bonus.
- Karma was introduced in Chat: if you misbehaved, the chat remembers it and takes into account when giving automatic ban, but soon forgets about misbehavior.
- All newcomers will appear in the battle at once without entering game menu.
- Now you can invite friends to the game through email.
- Payment systems Yandex.Dengi and Webmoney were moved to another payment aggregator (2Pay). But you still can pay through the former aggregator (OnlineDengi).
- Now if you, for some reason, lost connection with the game (being in the battle), you can return without loosing your achievements. Time to return into the battle - 2 minutes.
- Changed algorythm of anti-foul language system. Within some period of time there can be false responses, since we're perfecting the system. If you have examples of false responses please send them to help@tankionline.com
- Changed algorythm of anti-flood system, now anti-flood follows typing of similar symbols in a row in one message.
- Flags finally have taken their stand.
- Fixed bug of mismatch between number of players in the battle list and battle info (9/11).
- Changed the sound of Twins shooting.

January, 16
- Experimental changes in the Twins gun: the vertical angle for automatic targeting is now increased (3 degrees upwards, 3 downwards), speed of flight of the individual shells is lowered.

January, 14
- Eliminated a vulnerability that allowed to increase the speed in battles (aka speed hack). Now if you somehow speed up the tank, you'll be automatically kicked from the battle.

January, 12
- Twins is experimentally strengthened for one week. You can discuss the current stats and post your impressions/suggestions here: http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/3183.page#60128
- The referral banned display problem is now solved.

December, 31
- It's the New Year's eve, and all the guns have gone crazy!

December, 30
- Fixed an issue with Isida's healing action. Previously, healing was done in percent and not in HP.
- Added an option to enable/disable the battle chat. If the combat chat is turned off, messages will not be displayed. However, you may press enter to view all the messages you missed as well as to write one yourself.

December, 29
- changed aggregator of payment terminals. Now we receive payments through terminals in four countries
- redesigned section for crystal purchasing
- improved ban system
- added new SMS-payment aggregator. Now we receive payments in 67 countries

December, 25
- fixed bug with automatic naming of battle creation
- changed #plans, #faq и #rules considering new forum
- improved shadows under buildings on the snow
- links to new forum are automatically changed into clickable ones
- changed tree-flag design

December, 23
- winter came to all the maps
- flags were temporarily turned into fir-trees
- introduced system of automatic change of capital letters into lowercase ones
- fixed bug of damaging through walls with the help of Firebird
- the principle of pause mode has been changed. The pause mode is activated by pressing P or Pause button. If a tank has been destroyed while pause is active, the tank doesn't spawn until the pause mode is disabled. In the beginning of a new round all tanks are spawned regardless of active pause.
- in Chat when entering #plans appears conversion into clickable link to the corresponding Forum thread. in Chat #plans is displayed as Задачи и планы разработчиков in russian localization and Developers’ missions and plans in english one
- maps Wolfenstain and Fort Knox were temporarily disconnected to be prepared for winter

December, 18
- in Chat when entering #faq or #rules appears conversion into clickable link to the corresponding Forum thread. In Chat #faq is displayed as FAQ for russian and english localization, and #rules is displayed as Правила in russian localization and Rules in the english one
- in Chat the links to the forum are clickable
- Own tank doesn't have now nick and rank indication next to health/charge indication stripes
- fixed bug of single-use items use of a tank in inactive (translucent) mode
- fixed bug of First Aid single use when having full health
- added new maps: Cross from eras, Skylark from DJ_Efreitor, Wolfenstain from GrUm, Fort Knox from GrUm, Bobruisk from DJ_Efreitor.
- improved checking of items use frequency

December, 11
- now in battles with bigger funds a golden box with 100 crystals instead of 1000 crystals appears
- hall of fame is functioning again
- improved system of automatic monitoring of foul language in chat
- network acceleration, now the servers can be used by larger number of tankers
- changed Nitro icon in the battle

December, 3
- added three maps: Serpuhov from DukePlatinum, Siege from Stefman, Short Bridge from eras
- the pause was added to the game, now during respown you don't leave transparent mode until you start being active. The pause is limited by autokick for inactivity (5 minutes)
- plasma spheres were visually reduced
- the colour of the sky is now blue-grey
- now a golden box with 1000 crystals can appear in battles with bigger funds

November, 12
- changed design of Nitro item
- increased screenshot size when sending bugs through bugtracker, now full-screen screenshot is sent
- fixed bug with missing of upper menu after sending bug through bug tracker

November, 3
- corrected damage dispersal range of all the weapons

October, 27
- adopted improved 3D engine. Your FPS will become higher
- fixed bug when the player could enter CTF battle with complete team

October, 16
- adopted russian localization
- now in the Garage you can purchase "DoubleScore" which will double your points. Lifetime - 6 or 72 hours from the moment of purchasing
- alterations in CTF mode: for returning the flag you'll be granted with extra points, for flag-carrier destruction your score will be doubled
- improved antiflood system
- Fear Machine renamed to Railgun
- changed payment aggregator for VISA/MaterCard. Now we take payments from all over the world
- present delivery is done when the date changes but not from the moment of entering the game
- started voting for RuNet award, we invite you to support our project, voting link is available in the info window of present delivery
- added new map LostTemple from GrUm
- added new map Dusseldorf from Avokado
- added new map Duel from Stefman
- added new map Magistral from DukePlatinum

October, 14
- Isida damage returned to previous position, self-healing switched off

October, 10
- Isida damage and self-healing lowered to 20%

October, 9
- now payment through Web Money allows entering five-place number of crystals
- any method of payment allows using your nick
- Double Damage renamed to Double Power because of the new gun Isida. Now it doesn't matter what gun you use - Double Power will reinforce any gun.

October, 8
- now players receive presents (several single-use items) every day
- fixed bug with suction boxes on Monte Carlo
- changed function of payment through sms. Now the message should contain the text "BTL+nick"

October, 5
- added new map Osa from DukePlatinum

October, 2
- decreased recoil force while shooting with Twins and Fear Machine, to compensate the new aiming system
- decreased wealth weight in rate formula, possible shifts in Hall of Fame
- Isida now can use self-healing if you shoot free

October, 1
- according to the results of the contest, added new colour which gives protection from various guns
- added map Sandal (for beginners)
- changed map Monte Carlo (earlier Deathtrack with red background)
- added map Deathtrack (totally new)

September, 28
- added new weapon. Code name - Isida, cures friends and exhausts enemies (at the same time restores own tank). Discussion and balancing
- rewrote server part, now there shouldn't be any lags and the server should sustain about 2000 players (buzzes possible - fixing in process)
- changed physics of barriers (breaks in walls can be shot through)
- added opportunity to throw away flag with the help of "F" key. The flag is thrown to where the tank is situated. Besides within 5 minutes the tank cannot pick up the flag again
- changed camera actions. Excluded camera falling into the tank, saved acceptable view in case of close barriers
- changed maximum number of players (20) on map Berlin
- changed railgun aiming system - hits through dead tanks if the shot is profitable
- corrected Fear Machine design
- changed points of flag fastening to weapons
- added new backgrounds to maps
- fixed passage from the back of bridges
- added CTF mode on the map Red Alert
- fixed bug with mode buttons in creating the battle
- fixed bug with respown on map Brest
- fixed bug in private battle auto-choice

September, 8
- added possibility to create private battles
- added possibility to buy any number of items pressing "Buy" button
- added flag indicators on bases in CTF mode
- added map Boombox
- added map from DukePlatinum: Berlin
- lessened memory use on the client

- fixed different bugs on the client
- various alterations on maps

September, 2
- experimentally added possibility of payment through Paypal
- map Ergach renamed to Kolhoz
- altered bug of messages highlight in chat
- corrected texture inequality in moders' maps, updated picture of map Brest

September, 1
- added map from DukePlatinum: Solikamsk
- added map from ZeRUS: Ergach (will be renamed to Kolhoz)
- CTF mode is available for all maps

- changed format of messages about flags (user's name is indicated) in CTF

- altered repeated activation of single-use items
- altered bug leading to spontaneous shot after respown
- altered incorrect blinking of limited score indicator in the battle
- altered incorrect function of "Iverse turn controls" flag
- various alterations on maps

August 26
- We have made traffic encryption. Cheat users are detected. They will be fined to 25% of all achievements, crystals on the account and stuff in the garage. Discuss here.
- Client side of the game was optimized to solve some problems with game performance.
- New coats (Taiga, Cedar, Clay, Sandstone, Rock, Prodigi). Discuss here.
- Ricochet was rebalanced. All early bought Ricochets put out from the garages and crystals for them returned. Discuss here.
- Freeze was rebalanced. Now Freeze damages victim from the beginning and freezes it at the same time.
- Chat was split in Russian and English versions.
- New function in the chat: deleting chat history by player's nickname.
- The problem with cutting off hanged up players is solved.
- The mass and dynamics of Hornet M3 was restored.
- The problem with tanks bounding during collisions was solved.
- Izida aiming priority was changed. If ally has full health Izida doesn't detect it as an aim.
- Time checking system for resource loading was added. If resources can not be loaded for certain time the loading will be started from the beginning.
- Bonus medkit value is changed. Now the medkit found during battle heals 50% of hull HP.
- Appearance of different Freeze modifications now differs.
- The problem of displaying previews which don't correspond to maps was solved.
- Now the size of explosion depends on the size of tank.

Updated.