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Showing
I just want to let you all know that I will be working on showing to bring you a better system. I've been looking into shows and how they run (while investigating a bug) and shows are still running very slowly (between 1-3 hours) and if they are overloaded then they will just not finish running properly.

I'd like to implement a system where:
* A Deluxe member can create a show which runs in 24 hours (approximately, to the quarter-hour. e.g. if you create a show at 9:13am it will run at 9:15am the next day).
* Members can enter the show at any point after creation.
* If the show reaches maximum entries the 24 hour point, the show will run within the hour.
* As shows would now be available as soon as they're created, I would want to reduce the amount of maximum entries in a show - perhaps down to about 10-15 so that they run more frequently and are more dynamic/interesting.
* Deluxe members will be able to create a maximum of 200(+/-) shows at a time (not per day, so if some run sooner, they can create more right away).
* Player experience gains will be given when entering shows rather than when they run, and will no longer be based on where the horse places in the show in order to help with the lag of shows running.

This may mess with the lovely "You earned $X in shows yesterday" and point gains for horses, as some may run sooner than others, but this should hopefully be a better system overall. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to post them below.

Secret Feature
I have a bit of an update with regards to the game. A little while ago I promised you a surprise. I managed to find a brilliant artist for the job, and we got started on the project. Unfortunately due to personal circumstances the artist has had to withdraw and, alongside my recent wedding, it got put to the side. I am still keeping this surprise under wraps as I don't want to spoil it, but I just wanted to give this update to let you know that I have looking for a new artist to undertake this project for us, and that I'm not backing out of the surprise. Just in case anyone was wondering. That is all :)

New Features
* You can now use the horse search to search for Minimum Average Conformation. The search results will pull any horse higher than the number that you put into the box.
* Searching for training centers will now show 25 random Training Centers rather than the top 100 Training Centers ordered by alphabet - so every Training Center should have a fair chance in the search!
* Horses that have been revived with Spectral Drought are now given 50% happiness and 50% hunger so that they don't die again after using the item if you forget to care for the horse just after use.

Bug Fixes
* Leg markings passing from parents to foals should now be fixed. Hooray!
* "Your Shows" link should now appear on the Auto-Showing page.
* Broken image files on the following breeds have been fixed: TWH, Paint Horse
* You should now be able to edit your forum posts without error if you have an apostrophe in your name.
* Clydesdales should no longer incorrectly be given Sbsb as their KIT gene. All Clydesdales affected by this have been fixed to show Sb+ and their markings should now show up too.
* I have enabled friend requests for Basic members, who either just had the feature bugged, or had disabled it and then had their Deluxe account run out.
* There should no longer be an error when updating a member group that doesn't have a badge.
* Searching for horses for sale between two prices should now work correctly and not just show all horses for sale at any price.


I work on Equiverse periodically, so you may notice features and bugfixes going in before I manage to post the news, so if you've noticed new things and there is no news post - that's why!

Hope everyone is well :)


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 Posted by

Abbey 🌸
Posted on
2016-09-16 06:43:55

Comments

Thanks Abbey!

Posted by

SueHeck (#104120)
16th September 2016 at 12:16:2

Thanks so much Abbey!!!! XD

Posted by

cooper8 (#90241)
16th September 2016 at 12:31:3

Thank you. I find your proposal for a new showing system to be interesting. If I'm understanding this correctly, shows will no longer run when CRON does, but rather on their own separate 'schedule' (once this is implemented, I mean)? Just making sure I'm following along, lol.

Posted by

Rising Dawn (#53794)
16th September 2016 at 12:37:5

thank you Abbey for all the work that you do.

Posted by
Taralean#2 (#66437)
16th September 2016 at 13:09:2

I'm hoping this secret project will be a new horse breed. Can't wait until this comes!! Thanks for sorting out our bugs, Abbey!!

Posted by
Dark Cloud (Breeding) (#100064)
16th September 2016 at 13:24:1

Thank you very much Abbey.

Posted by
UnicornValley (#104317)
16th September 2016 at 13:54:3

Whoohoo! Abbey is at it again! :D Thank you so much for the update, it is much appreciated :3

Posted by

✧Strada Primus✧ (#99522)
16th September 2016 at 14:59:0

Thanks, as always, for all the work you do!

I'm also very intrigued on this show proposal. So Deluxe members can make up to 200 shows in their first round of show making, and make additional shows as other shows run....maintaining a cap of 200 shows created by that Deluxe member available at any given time? This essentially makes it beneficial to hop onto EV and create shows and show groups of horses throughout the day, if I understand it right.

Is there going to be a way, similar to the table on the "Create Shows" page, that shows how many shows are available in each Discipline under each level at any given time? Maybe have it be available to everyone who wants to enter shows regardless if their account is Basic or Deluxe? This would make it easier to see if any levels/disciplines are running low on shows at any time so we can create and/or enter accordingly.

Posted by

(Lucky) Ducky (#101202)
16th September 2016 at 17:22:4

Thank you for looking into this, Abbey!
In regards to the foals that were bred during the time of this bug, is anything being done about that? I know quite a few players had many custom horses have foals born during this time with zero leg markings. Not sure if the leg markings are completely gone now, or if they will reappear in the next generation. I had abunch of foals during this time from outside stallions that were not locked and none of them have leg markings.

Posted by
Stephe (#7949)
16th September 2016 at 17:54:3

Thank you!

Posted by
Castle Hills (#103721)
16th September 2016 at 20:30:0

All of this is awesome! Especially pleased to hear about the plans for shows. :D

Posted by

UlyssesBlue (spare) (#75110)
16th September 2016 at 22:37:2

Super excited for this update! Not sure how I feel about the creation cap since I like to make all my shows at once, but I understand it, so we'll see how it works out.

Posted by

Owlshine 🦉 (#99975)
17th September 2016 at 02:35:3

Awesome! I like the sounds of themes show system.

 Posted by

Merkavich (#6084)
17th September 2016 at 03:34:5

Thanks

Posted by
Azina (#103375)
17th September 2016 at 07:46:1

Thanks Abbey! :)

Posted by

Auriel (#43825)
17th September 2016 at 10:06:1

thank you abbey! :D

Posted by

madoka. (#87262)
20th September 2016 at 08:07:4