Catan Universe News

Hi Catanians,

after a one-year break, the largest board game fair in the world opens again in Essen (Germany)! To celebrate Spiel 21 and board games in general, we decided to give amazing discounts in Catan Universe. Log in between the 14th and 17th of October and save up to 44%!

+++ Important: All leaderboards have been reset. In order to appear on the leaderboard again, an Automatch must be played in the respective expansion+++

New feature:

Elo is now given with 6 decimals. The "accurate Elo-value" can be seen via tool-tip
Color-code for the Elo-values: for normal Automatch (white) Tournament (purple) Season
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- Fixed bug in stats screen at end of game
- Rivals dice stats were not always correct
- Multiplayer search in Rivals was not interrupted when singleplayer is started
- Counteroffer icon now consistent again
- Tournament year is now always correctly indicated
- Min Max Prestige Rank in tournaments now correctly adjustable
- Elo leaderboards now always have the correct color code
- [mobile] Filter Settings are now correctly displayed Tournament creation not
- [mobile] (iOS Only): Pixelated treasure badges now in high resolution again

Hi Catanians,

Registration is still open until August 16th! Come join the DCWC. More than 7000 Catanians worldwide already joined.

Follow the steps listed on https://www.catan.com/tournaments-events/catan-championships/digital-world-championship-dcwc and become the first-ever digital CATAN world champion!



Oh yes! Your Catan Universe account will receive the sweet trophy you see above when you become the digital CATAN world champion.

Hi Catanians,

Patch 2.2.4 has been released on STEAM and the Browser. The iOS and Android will follow after they have been approved by the respective Stores. Version 2.2.3 and 2.2.4 are able to play with each other.

- Fixed sheep avatar in player profile
- Cards stolen by robbers are invisible again
- Moving the merchant to the same tile does not make him disappear anymore
- Fixed sounds when placing game pieces
- Added animations for treasure chest resource distribution
- Statistics screen now always has the correct own values
- Mobile only: "Hide Tradeboard" button no longer unresponsive

[h2]Fixed issues: [/h2]

• Resources now will get updated after the animation is over
  
• 4 player scenarios can now be played with only 3 players again
  
• ⅚ player Scenario Heading for new Shores won’t start with Fog on the main Island
  
• Rise of the Inka games won´t get stuck after Robber was moved from the board
  
• Rivals tutorials can now get started from chapter ⅘ again
  
• Fixed Gamelog entries for Great Canal scenario
  
• Canal building now gets triggered correctly every time
  
• Knights won´t disappear on “enchanted land” scenario
  
• Oceania 4 player now has the correct setup
  
• Friendly robber now works correctly for every scenario
  
• changed color of the robber to make it more distinguishable from player color grey
  
• Desktop only: Clicking on the city expansion panel does not trigger the board game physics anymore
  
• Mobile only: adapted click areas for filter settings in Automatches
  
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[h3]Fixes for tournament mode: [/h3]

• Clients won´t crash anymore if you search the list of participants
  
• Win Screen now shows correct values when only one human player is remaining
  
• Custom leaderboard now works as intended
  
• Lobby screens on iPads now scale properly
  
• Avatars in win screen now are always correct
  
• Played games are now added correctly to the leaderboard
  
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[h2]New features: [/h2]

• Reworked candidate (game pieces) placement system. This allows Catanians to perform other activities while the building animation takes place -> games feels smoother
  
• New color scheme for buttons on the trade board
  
• Singleplayer only: bandage display time is now connected to overall animation speed
  

[h3]New features tournament mode: [/h3]

• min/max games participants can play in a Tournament have been added
  
• Tournament Elo calculation has been changed coefficient has been set to 20 (normal Automatch is 8) -> One game has a much bigger impact on your Tournament Elo
  

• "only match player once" feature integrated. If activated by the tournament admin this won’t allow for reoccurring matchups of the participants.
  
• decreased level of participation for tournaments to level 2