Catan Universe News

Hi Catanians,

we are happy to announce that Catan Universe 1.8.0 will release on Wednesday the 7th of August!
At 11AM (MESZ) on the day of the release there will be a couple of hours of server down time and afterwards the game will be live.
Also here are all the changes and fixes that are coming with 1.8.0. It's worth reading them since a lot is going to change!






Changelog:


New Features:

• Complete multiplayer backend overhaul
• New ‘ping player’ technology to minimize possible sync-issues
• New info in versus screen: Scenario Keyword + Victory Points
• Desktop version now shows a dice animation (similar to mobile)
• “Network Connection” overlay now includes a “Tap to reconnect” button beneath
• New robber overlay with additional info on who robbed you when a knight development card is played
• New Prestige Rank system added
• Leaderboards, win/lose screen and statistics now show the current Prestige Rank
• Live dice statistics during game sessions

New customization options for single-player games:

• AI speed
• Animation speed

Changes:

• We’ve reset placement matches for all players. All Catanians have to play 5 placement matches again to reappear on the leader board. You’ll not lose your current points! This is to ensure the leader boards show only active players.
• Turn timer is now shown for all players, so you’ll see more details about your fellow players’ timers and you'll see your own turn timer while being in the trade screen on mobile.
• Enhanced the turn timer’s visibility.
• No more whispering between players in one session to ensure fair play.

Increased capacities for:

• Guilds - 200 members
• Friend list - 200 members
• Block list - 200 members

Fixed issue:

• Players whose usernames had been changed can now again be found on the leader board

Special Scenarios:

• Enchanted Land will now end properly if one player defeated 6 Dragons
• Great Canal now has the correct scenario description
• Special Scenarios won´t load with faulty graphics on hexagons anymore
• All Progress Cards now work properly in Special Scenarios
• Fixed multiple low res graphical elements on newer iOS devices

Hi Catanians,

Today we'd like to introduce you to the first of the major changes in the upcoming release of Catan Universe 1.8.0.

Starting with 1.8.0 Prestige Ranks will replace the ELO Number as the most important visible indicator for a player's skill level.

The leaderboard will get divided into 6 different Prestige Ranks starting from Bronze to Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and to top it all of Grandmaster!



In order to determine your initial Prestige Rank, we will take your ELO of the day of the update as well as 5 additional placement matches.
Our main goal with this change is to take the edge of if a single game goes badly.

Please also keep in mind that we are making big changes under the hood that should drastically reduce the amount of games dropped due connections issues so loosing a game because of that should be a thing of the past.

We are eager to hear your feedback and we'll see you on the island!

Hi Catanians,

Big changes ahead! In this post we want to inform you what we are currently working on and how it will affect online play in Catan Universe.

Catan Universe has been growing a lot since its release in 2017 and we needed to create more efficient systems to balance the server load especially in times of high demand.

So our developers have been working for the past several weeks on a complete overhaul of the multiplayer systems of Catan Universe. We are talking about timer, stability, matchmaking, preventions of desyncs and so on.
We are confident these changes will lead to a significant boost of the online experience for all of our Catanians.

Once we started to rework the multiplayer systems we decided that we could add new and requested features from our community as well!
We will share the details of these changes on all our socials and in the game during the upcoming weeks!

We are aiming for a release of Catan Universe 1.8.0 during the next few weeks!

See you next time and have fun on the island!

New Features:

Major Engine Upgrade to Unity 2018 including performance enhancements

2 new massive “Special Scenarios” added: “The Great Canal” and “Enchanted Land”

Fixed issues:

• “Lost password” screen is now functional again
• Elo will get displayed correctly on wide screen devices
• Game now proceeds if playing a road building card even if the player only has one road/ship left
• Scenario selection now works properly again
• Rare issue with “Arrival on Catan” was fixed

Dear Catanians,

We are excited to share with you that we are going to release two new massive special scenarios in Catan Universe on the 5th of June!








This release also resolves some ELO displaying issues for widescreen devices and provides general performance improvements.