W3C - Game news December 10

1. New Server Installation

A new portal server will be installed in the coming week. This server has much more capacity and allows for more traffic on the site and for more game features that will be added on the simcountry portal.

Once the server is installed and functions correctly, another server of the same type will replace the current portal backup server to complete this upgrade.

Following the portal, all our world servers will be upgrades both in terms of hardware and operating system. The process will take several weeks to complete, with several short interruptions in the very early morning hours.

Once all our servers have been upgraded, we will move to add a new world.

The exact time of each installation will be announced on the site

2. Simcountry Marketing Program

Two marketing programs are now available to all Simcountry players. The first program awards players who bring in new players. Participation is growing with more referrals and new players. W3creative pays $ 6 for each full member joining Simcountry.

The second program is aimed at the placement of links on websites, increasing the visibility of Simcountry.

There are many participants and many links placed. This program is now changing to reward links that contribute, depending on their placement on the site. As of December 15, rewarding links to Simcountry will change. The first 3 links per player will always be rewarded.

All the links per player will be rewarded if they are placed on the home page of a website.

www.playerwebsite.com will always be rewarded
www.playerwebsite.com will be rewarded up to three times per player.

3. Repaint Errors

Several repaint errors in pages were solved. The errors showed up on IE only and resulted in the newspaper, or some data on pages to become invisible because the text and background had the same color.

4. Weapon and Ammunition upgrade products

Weapon and Ammunition upgrade products were not ordered automatically and needed to be ordered manually. This resulted in shortages in many countries and the upgrading process did not function as wished. The error is now corrected and you are able to set the quantities and target levels and allow these products to be ordered automatically.

5. High Level Workers

Another round of reductions in the numbers of High Level Workers needed when corporations upgrade their efficiency was installed this week. Numbers have declined and shortages of HLWs are hopefully diminishing.

Tom, the repaint errors did not just happen in IE. I run Firefox under Linux and I also experienced invisible total worker education priorities and disaster recovery log.

The education priorities total is now fixed and visible again, but the disaster recovery log is still showing as black text on black background.

Hugs and respect

Jo

Thanks.
we will do an intensive checking of pages.

Here's something to chew on Tom.

SimCounty needs to compete. We need a download. We need cool music playing with cool war and battle sequences that compete with games from the LAST DECADE as we go into this next.

How about a program that clicks every click available to click on the sim country site but gives us an attractive interface with suspensful music to play on? Good graphics with attractive meters for indexes and simplified play. A dynamic communications menu. Game characters who are advisers that provide the documentation. etc.


If they want to make the game good then they have to actually make it good. I know it sounds like I'm being a smart ass but it is that simple. Spend some money guys, overhaul the human interface with a download.

It's like Windows 3.0 Vs. DOS a no brainer!

New interface, I whole-heartedly agree. I'm pretty sure that many people get turned off of the "graphics" before they start. That said, things don't have to be cutting edge, they just need to be up to date.

As for music, that's what iTunes is for. If you want dramatic music while fighting, then play some Flight of the Valkyries on your speakers.

It's not that kind of game. If there was "cool" music I would turn my sound off. Flashy graphics would be pointless. Let them finish what they are working on so the game play is stable again then we can all get back to building stable economies and player vs. player war.

are #1 issue is getting more full members and reviving the war engine. Granted there has been more C3 warring, but PvP is where its at. Once we get the war engine out of its depression the game overall should stabilize and then we can work on graphics and what not

PvP is where its at?

How many wars have you been in and who did you fight them against?

W3C isn't willing to put in the work necessary to make the war engine anything other than an irritating clickfest.

"Spend some money guys"

Pull out the plastic and send them some money from time to time, even if you don't really need to. Use the GC's for whatever, even if it is frivolous. Buy a bunch of high value corps from C3's for your CEO, you might like the results.

Doubtful sending them money from time to time will achieve the desired result. Anything is possible though.

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Right on the money.