http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net
January, 27
- The level of protection from the use of third-party software in the game has grown considerably.
- The newbies reward for "Creating a battle" has been removed from the game.
- Pressing the "start" button on the site, a new player does not go into the first battle, but to an entrance window, where he will be able to choose between the passage to the first battle, or registration without it.
- In the game we added the winter version of the maps:
2042 Winter
Arena Winter
Atra Winter
Atra II Winter
Camp Winter
Canyon Winter
Courage Winter
Deck-9 Winter
Duality Winter
Farm Winter
Garder Winter
Gravity Winter
Highland Winter
Highland II Winter
Highways Winter
Industrial zone Winter
Massacre Winter
Noise Winter
Novel Winter
Oppossition Winter
Pass Winter
Polygon Winter
Silence Winter
Silence II Winter
Stadium Winter
Station Winter
Subway Winter
Valley Winter
Wave Winter
Zone Winter


[color=white][size=18]2011[/size][/color]

October 17
Amendments made to the "Shaft" gun.

September 23
-The incorrect display of "Shaft" performance in the garage has been fixed. All purchased guns have been removed, and the crystals paid for them refunded.
-A new map was added -[url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/70929.page#1271791]"Labyrinth"[/url] .
-In the list of tips that appear when loading a game, a new recommendation - "Do not talk."

September 22
- Shaft gun re-balancing was finished. Previous version of the gun was confiscated from all players who bought it and spent crystals were repaid [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/54059.page]Discuss[/url]
In new version of the gun we:
-- simplified control;
-- added possibility to shoot without using scope;
-- added possibility to stay in sniper mode as long as you want with fully charged gun;
-- removed black filling in scope mode;
-- visually enhanced the scope;
-- changed boxes and flags displaying in scope mode — now they become semitransparent to simplify aiming.
- Four new paints added to the Garage: [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/70741.page#1267335]Irbis[/url] ,[url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/70749.page#1267396]Jade[/url], [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/70754.page#1267524]lead[/url], [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/70755.page#126754]Needle[/url]
- added new map Highways from MonkeyMagic. [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/70756.page#1267571]Discuss[/url]

September 9
- We have added «Registration» button to first battle interface. Now new player can register, not finishing the first battle. User still can achieve the first rank and get reward for this during the first fight or in any other battle.
- Password length was limited to 32 symbols.

September 1
- Payments for crystals using Paypal have resumed.
- The cost of all payments through sms are now include VAT.
- The minimum payment through sms payment for MTC subscribers has been set at 300 roubles. This change was made by the service provider itself. In the past an error could be experienced when attempting to make a payment less than 300 roubles.
- The ability to make a one symbol password without an e-mail has been excluded.

August 25
- The registration form has been improved. It has become smaller, more convenient - nicer.
- Battle creation has been optimized for newbies, thanks to that fact in such battles there will be more players.
- In the loading screen "TV grid" has been replaced with the game logo.

August 18
-We have changed the formula of user rating calculating. Now it doesn't count crystals bought for real money. The rating of all users will be recalculated in two days. [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/65519.page#1156180]Lets discuss it[/url].
-We have simplified the game entering mechanics. Now clicking the Start
button a newcomer enters the battle without registration. There he can
meet tankmen of Recruit, Private and Gefreiter rank. Such a player
automatically gets the nickname RecruitNNNNN, where NNNNN is unique
number. Lets discuss the new system [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/65509.page#1155780]Lets discuss it[/url].
--A player is offered to fill the registration form only after
reaching Private rank.
--If you are not a newcomer, but also found yourself in a battle with
newbies and with nickname RecruitNNNNN, then click "I have an
account" button in the upper part of the game menu.
We have created a basic achievement system, which helps newcomers to
learn some basic elements of the game. Now you get crystal prizes for
such actions, as registration after the first battle, joining the first
battle after registration, first buying in the Garage etc. Complete achievement list is
published in [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/65520.page#1156184]discussion section[/url].
-We have changed loading indications. Now it looks like the charging
mechanism of artillery gun. Also game advices are shown during
loading. [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/65510.page#115578]Discuss it[/url].
-We have simplified the registration form.
--The Tab button now is functional in all fields.
--You need to enter less information to register. Only nickname and
password are required.
-The Hall of Fame button was removed from the game menu. [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/65521.page#1156190]Discuss it[/url].
-Every player now can create a no-supply battle without a pass. The
creator also can enter this battle without a pass.
-We have improved the WebMoney payment option. Now you can choose the
currency and amount of crystals right in the payment section.
-The Shaft gun became visually shorter.
-We have created a special paint for moderators. [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/65522.page#1156200]Check it and discuss[/url].
-Player notification regarding the Double crystal bonus card was
optimized.
--If a player has such a card, he sees an alternative version of the Buy
button.
--The sum on the Add button in the Garage is adjusted for Double
Crystal.
--Notification about an active Double Crystal bonus card is shown in
the payment section.
-The PayPal button is temporary removed from the payment section. We'll start to
take PayPal payments again soon.
-Now you can't skip the nick checking procedure.
-The respawn was fixed in the blue team on Noize map.
-The wall bug was fixed on Scope map.
-The Paints "Champion" (for Clan Tournament winners) and Acid (for TOF
winners) were given protection against the Shaft.
-Now you can't shoot from under the bridge right through the slope of
the bridge.
-We have finished work on the German version of Tanki Online. Get ready to meet German
players soon!

July 19
- Secret Gold Box event [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/57661.page]launched[/url].
- Debug mode turned off

June 29
- Shaft gun went on sale! Discuss [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/54059.page]here[/url].
- Daily gift from now on are given to players from the first rank.
- We have created payment form for Chronopay payment system.
- A problem with Sanbox map was fixed. Newbie and veteran alike now can create battle on this map.
- Battle found sharing was fixed for those cases, when the first and the second winners have the same amount of points.
- Bug at Esplanade map, resulted in tank sticking, was fixed.


May 26
- We have added three new paints with turret protection effect to the Garage. They are Inferno ([url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/45700.page#841544]discuss[/url]), Emerald ([url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/45699.page#841540]discuss[/url]) and Zeus ([url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/0/45698.page#841538]discuss[/url]).
- We have added «re:» command to the chat. If you type «re:» (Without quotes) and space, nickname of the last person who wrote you appears in the text field.
- Text in the header of payment section was rewritten.
- EasyPay button was removed from payment section.

May 23
- Now you can use Q and E keys as well as PgUp/PgDown for camera control.
- Freeze shooting effect was visually modified.
- We have added new maps: Atra II and Rift by Flanagun.

April, 21
- Now you can’t take the flag lying under the bridge while you are on the bridge.
- We have connected Gate2Shop payment system for VISA cards. Now you can make payments all over the world.
- Maximal amount of players in Massacre map increased from 3 per team in team matches and 6 in Deathmatch to 5 per team and 10 respectively.
- After temporary outage in-game news alert was turned on again.

April, 11
- New version of «Madness» map in space style and with the gravity close to zero.
- We have added an in-game alert about fresh news.
- Minor changes in registration form.

March, 31
- We have fixed problem with Paysafecard payment cards.
- We have updated Courage map. Walls were put away, platforms became wider.

March, 23
- New registration form.

March, 21
We have realized sources storge in local SharedObject of Flash Player. It allows us to abandon browser caching system, which is not very reliable. For example, sources could disappear from browser cache because of its limited size. Now sources are downloaded from the server only if they were changed. It can drastically reduce time of game loading. Read more [url=http://forum.tankionline.com/posts/list/38401.page]here[/url].

March, 4
- We have enhanced Anti-cheat system.
- We have installed special billboards, added Holiday paint to the Garage and replaced flags with the bouquets in CTF mode in honor of International Women's Day, which is celebrated on the 8th of March.
- We have corrected the Nitro effect for the frozen tank. Now you will be better able to feel this effect.
- Four new servers are launched.

February, 22
- A problem with the «Add More» button has been fixed.
- A problem with the preview picture in the message concerning new hull-buying has been fixed.
- We have added a special holiday paint in honor of Defender of the Fatherland.
- We have installed holiday billboards.
- From now on every first-time crystal buyer will receive an additional 100 crystals as a bonus.

February, 17
- We initiated rank limit for forum authorization. Now tankman gathered less than 500 points in the game can not post messages at the forum. However he can freely read others posts.
- Registration and authorization system in the game was optimized.

February, 15
- We connected new emitter for collecting VISA/MasterCard payments – Uniteller.
- We changed PayPal agregator. Now we accept PayPal payments through OnlineDengi.
- Unique gun Smoky XT became more powerfull. Now it makes not 16-36 but 26-46 damage points. Also we increased the power of a blow of Smoky XT's shell to 2.2.
- We fixed «Double crystal» bonus card overview. Now it includes the following info: bonus crystals are not taken into account in referal transfers, in transition to Tanki Online 2.0 they will be counted like ordinary crystals but not like bought ones.

February, 11
- We’ve added new item in your daily presents – the «Double Crystal» discount card. This card allows you to get double your money’s worth for crystals.
- You’ll notice holiday billboards and seasonally themed paint in honor of St. Valentine’s Day.
- We’ve optimized a bit and have lowered the risk annoying of lags even more.
- The server restart schedule has been changed. Servers 1-7 will restart at 15:00 (UTC +3) with evacuation to servers 8-12.
- We’ve redesigned the «Buy» button, giving it a fresh look.
- The Chronopay payment system has been temporarily turned off. Our aggregator no longer works with Chornopay, but we are in the process of establishing a direct relationship with Chronopay.
- We’ve eliminated the error in the Izidia shooting effect.
- We’ve enhanced the droplist in battle creation.
- We’ve solved the problem that occurred when a players would gain 1,000,000 points during a battle, but would not achieve the Marshall rank until they re-entered the battle.
- We’ve also solved the problem of when supply icons blinking even after the effect of the supply was over.

February, 3
- One of the errors causing the appearance of so-called “invisibles” has been eliminated
- All New Year’s decorations including, Christmas trees (which had replaced flags), holiday parachutes, wrapped presents, and holiday-themed billboards have been removed.
- An error that made it possible to make infinite use of supplies has been eliminated.
- The shopping cart icon used for entering payment section has been replaced with a “Buy” button.
- The garage has been optimized through the use of progressive loading. Upon entering the garage only visible items are loaded, allowing for faster entry. All other information will be loaded when players scroll through item lists.
- We have launched a notification system that notifies players the moment they achieve a new rank. The message is displayed during battle.
- We have also launched an alert system, informing players about new items available for purchase in the Garage. A message displaying the icons of these items will appear when a players receives a new rank and leaves battle or enters the game. Click on the icon guides to the description of the item in the Garage.

February, 1
Overloaded database, caused game instability, was modified. Now all player's achievements are not only saved but also stored through Redis. This solves a lot of issues. Due to this update search logic in the Hall of Fame is temporarily changed. To find user, you should type his full nickname, not part of it.

January, 28
1. Problem with missing letter for e-mail (password) change was solved.
2. Problem with inability to enter private battle through the link was solved.
3. Problem with referal links malfunction was solved.
4. Winter versions of Barda, Berlin, BoomboxII, BrestII and Island maps are active again.

January, 26
1. Battle creation form was modified:
1.1. droplist became longer;
1.2. now there is search by first letter in the map's name;
1.3 the last chosen map is saved in memory.
2. Tanks, whose sources weren't completely loaded, are marked with gray color in battle statistics (press «Tab» to call it). This helps to solve problem of incomplete sources loading and resists to so-called «invisibles».
3. Error in CTF mode, caused some lags, was eliminated.
4. Error messages are more detailed now. This helps find and solve problems more promptly.
5. Hash for server entering without password during evacuation and hash for permanent server entering without password are differ now. It increases protection level of the game.

January, 18
1. Button for bonus administrating in No-Supplies battles was restored. Players, who bought No-Supplies battles pass in the period when the button was absent, got their crystals back.
2. Loader picture was changed.
3. Payments check system now sends letters to users from general tech support e-mail address help@tankionline.com. It means you can contact tech support team to get info about your request just by answering received e-mail.

January, 2
- Protection system from hash pickup was enhanced. Generating algorithm was changed, time between trials to enter by hash was increased. Besides, all tankmen entering the game will get new hash automatically.

January, 1
- New maps: «Courage» by Flanagun and «Valley» by 123egor
- Winter came to maps «Combe», «Island», «Ping-Pong», «Wolfenstein» and «Fort Knox»
- Payment bug report system was upgraded. Now when player sends payment bug report, system automatically checks if this payment was successful or not. If it was, player receives confirmation letter. If it wasn't, tech support team automatically gets task and player receives a letter about that. Note: if player made a few identical payments, it is necessary to specify that in payment bug report form.
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December, 27
- To enhance the level of protection we added CAPTCHA to the registration form
- Speed hack protection system was upgraded
- Anti-cheat system in general was upgraded too
- Bug-report form for SMS-payments was enhanced
- Hints for newbies now stay on the screen for several first battles — it makes knowing of Tanki Online much easier

December, 21
- TDM and CTF modes were added to Fort Knox III
- Map "Old Silence" was added to the game

December, 14
- Warning about long first loading in loader.
- Old winter props where upgraded.
- Problem with password recovery was solved.
- The principle of sport battles creation was enhanced. Now if somebody tries to launch no-supply battle without flag, kill or time limit, «Start» button is blocked.
- Anti-flood was connected with registration form and nick checking system.
- Link for password and e-mail changing now works only once — it allows to avoid errors.
- Problem with «gray screen» was solved partially.
- Meter of online activity was upgraded so now it shows amount of users in the chat more precisely.
- Stats for long battles (with fund not less than 200 crystals) now are uploaded to file. It allows to save information about fund of battle. Attention! Could be differences in figures as far as stats are saved every minute but not every second.

October, 21
- Updates on the map "Garder" from Nobius

October, 19
- Updates on the map "Camp" from Figishe

October, 18
- Tank is no longer a barrier for Freeze or Firebird streams.
- If you were forcibly disconnected from server you can not connect to this server for 5 minutes. But you can connect to any other server immediately.
- «Phantom» problem is solved. Earlier, if user disconnected during loading he became so called «phantom». He was in the list of battle but he wasn't in the game.
- Added alternate camera behaviour which slightly improves view under low ceilings by pitching camera up. To turn on the mode check «Alternate camera behaviour» option in the settings dialog.
- Now if player gets automatic ban for flood his chat history is cleared.

October, 5
- Solved the problem which led to unfreezing starting simultaneously with freezing. Now unfreezing starts right after it.

October, 4
- Freezes were taken away from your garages, crystals have been returned.
- Updates of map "Madness".

October, 1
- Increase of freezing speed. Freezes will be returned within 3 days after the release.
- Updates on the map "Silence" from Figishe

September, 29
- Setting of mip mapping turn-on(off) function, which will bring down picture quality, but will raise performance and reduce the use of working memory. View the demo with mip mapping function here (use Space to turn on/off).
- Eliminated vulnerabilities which led to the following problems: destroyed or invisible tank which could shoot and move.

September, 27
- "Hall of Fame " was transported to a separate server. This improvement solved the problem with uneven achievement changes in hall of fame, raised game servers' performance and speeded servers' restarts greatly, but there will be a delay with rate upgrade (up to 15 minutes).
- Now the size of activated and gathered first-aid kits is summed up.
- Eliminated vulnerabilities which led to the following troubles: supplies' re-use; tanks' acceleration.

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.

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
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