Catan Universe News

Dear Catanians,
Please note that due to planned maintenance and our hosting and backend provider, access to the Catan Universe platform will be restricted on Monday, November 20th, from 10:00 to approximately 14:00 UTC.
During that timeframe, rolling reboots of various systems will affect login and multiplayer games. While access to the platform will not be completely blocked, we recommend choosing another timeframe for playing on that day. As always, our partners will try to keep this timeframe as short as possible.
Furthermore, in the last few days, we have already made several updates to the backend and database that did not require any downtime. We can already see a positive impact on performance levels and we will make further improvements based on these observations in the next few days.

Our team is also working on further bug fixes especially connected to custommatch lobby issues. We will let you know once we are ready to roll them out.

No new Client required (!)



Removing “old lobbies” if they exist when creating custom matches (increased reliability for creating custom matches)
Fixed “error getting account: account not found” issue when searching friends
Fixed listing friends to avoid the “error getting account: context canceled” error
Fixed “Cannot read property 'getPrivateData' of undefined or null” error when changing password

Numerous optimizations are made to reduce the error messages displayed in the game's menus and increase the stability of our service.

This update is a “Pre-Patch” for a more significant update we are working on at the moment. Our team is currently rewriting the entire multiplayer to make it perform better.

We will announce more details about this update in the near future.

Hello Catanians,

We understand that there has been some confusion regarding the recent maintenance we performed on our servers. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and would like to explain our actions in a more clear and concise manner.

1. What is server maintenance?

When we initiate server maintenance, it means that you will not be able to log in to the game. Only our developers have access to the servers during this time. This is necessary in order to roll out updates and test new features in a controlled environment.

2. Why is maintenance necessary?

Our team has been working hard to improve the performance of Catan Universe for quite some time now. In order to ensure that the updates and new features we release are stable and functional, we need to test them on the same server and database structure that you use to play the game. Maintenance allows us to gather important information and error logs that we can use to improve future releases.

3. Why do I sometimes see an outdated client message during maintenance?

During our tests, we might roll out updates to the servers and use test versions of Catan Universe. This is to catch any errors before we make them available to you. If you see messages about an outdated client, it means that we are testing new features and updates. If there is a new client available for download, we will inform you via our social media channels, Discord, and Steam.

4. Will I see any changes or changelogs after maintenance?

Not every maintenance results in an update to our server infrastructure. Sometimes we need time to run tests for upcoming updates or roll out performance fixes. We do not announce changes that have a negligible impact on the game to avoid false expectations.

5. How will I be informed about scheduled maintenance?

We will post an in-game message at least a day before the maintenance begins. We will also post on our Discord server to keep you informed. We understand that maintenance is frustrating, but we always try to keep it as short as possible and choose a time of day that is least disruptive for players.

Our team is dedicated to using maintenance to improve your experience and the overall state of the game. You will see us perform maintenance more frequently when we are working on significant changes to Catan Universe.


https://discord.gg/catanuniverse

The A.I. will now always wait for the answer to a trade request in single player games before continuing

Elo scores will now get displayed more reliably at the end of Automatches

Custom Match lobbies will work more reliably (initial loading time increased)

New Maintenance Mode that will disconnect all clients when we are working on the servers

Exclusion of outdated clients to connect to our servers

Improved Login flow to minimize resource usage while logging in

Improved matchmaking flow to minimize resource usage for matchmaking

Overall improvements to the server stability and database usage

Tomorrow August 22 at 10 am [CEST] We will start some work on our servers. This will include Server Maintenance which will lock all players from our servers. Please note that during Maintenance you won´t be able to play. We will do our best to keep that period as short as possible. Currently, we are estimating a downtime of 2 hours.