Catan Universe News

Hi Catanians,

or developers finished working on the CU 1.8.5 Hotfix and we will start testing right away. The Hotfix will disable Elo and Karma calculation if a match can´t get initialized properly.
If you get a message after the loading screen that the match was canceled, there won´t be an Elo or Karma reduction anymore after Hotfix 1.8.5.

In addition, we added advanced logging mechanisms that will help our developers to identify issues much faster in the future.
Once we have finished testing the Hotfix we will let you know.

Please remember this is only step one of the actions we are taking to resolve multiplayer issues in Catan Universe. The Hotfix “only” disables Elo and Karma calculation for the corrupted game starts.

Our team is still working full speed on re-coding the entire matchmaking system. The advanced logging will help us to identify the current “breaking points” more easily.

The CATAN Universe Team

Dear Catanians,

Our team is now entirely back in the office and is working full speed on resolving the issues you reported to us during the past weeks. We want to give you an outline on what we are working on and how we plan to resolve the known issues.

But first:

We have heard your feedback loud and clear and we are doing everything we can to tackle the current issues as fast as possible. We want Catan Universe to always be fun again and we want to thank you for your patience and understanding in the current situation.

The actions we take:

The first action we will take is to change the way we will deduct Elo/Karma if a game fails to initialize currently. After the next patch (1.8.5) matches won´t get counted to your Elo/Karma if something goes wrong during the initialization. Since Catan Universe is a multiplatform game, there will always be the chance of one client dropping at that critical stage. To amend for these circumstances we will apply the mentioned changes. You can expect the Hotfix within the next 2 weeks.

In order to resolve the reported issues while initiating games, our development team will rework and restructure the entire process. The goal is to have a reliable system even in times of very high demand on our servers. We are considering this restructuring (and recoding) as the only way to resolve the issues sustainably.

Unfortunately, undertaking such measurements needs time. At the moment we are looking at 4 weeks of coding for the new and improved matchmaking system followed by a thorough testing phase with all our resources allocated to this. The rework of the matchmaking is of the highest priority to us and we will therefore postpone further development of the game for the time being.

We are also in close contact with our server provider in order to further optimize the communication between our game and their infrastructure so that general server issues will occur way less often.

As we announced a while back, there will be a second Cities and Knights Season once the new patch is released. This Season will have no entrance fee. This means you will be able to play again for the prices you might not have won due to technical errors.

We want to thank all of you providing us with solid feedback over the past weeks, helping us to identify the issue. We do take the current situation very serious and we want to let you know that all your feedback is read and taken into account.

We will keep you updated about the development process. Please stay tuned in the weeks to come.

The CATAN Universe Team

Dear Catanians,

The third Season in CATAN Universe has just begun! Go to the main menu and join the competition for unique prizes and the third of the four crowns!
The Season is running until 1:59 pm on the the 6th of January (GMT +1)! Don't forget to play at least five matches to be eligible for any rewards.

Like last time it will cost 5 scrolls to enter and you will earn rewards based on your final ranking. You can see a preview of those rewards displayed in this video!


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The top 1% of participants will earn the third of the four crowns needed to fulfill "The Emperor's Quest" and receive the prestigious Crown of the Emperor!

Hi Catanians,

we are happy to announce the upcoming start of the first Cities and Knights Season.

The Season will start on Friday Dec 20th.

Saddle your horses and get ready.

If you want to learn more about Season in general, please join our Discord server.

https://discordapp.com/invite/catanuniverse

Or watch this short introduction video:

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Hi Catanians,

Update 1.8.4 is now available. Please find the patch notes below:


- Resolved issue when initiating Auto-Match causing them to not start properly
- In-game store will now load properly every time
- Players won´t get stuck in the in game store anymore
- Custom-Match initialisation now works reliable again
- Player can again change setting for the special scenarios if they only bought them
- Rejoin issue is fixed at the beginning of a match