The recolor page can now add new markings at the same time as editing current ones!

To all our testers, please let us know if you have any issues with this. We need to make sure this is fully functional and debugged before moving forward!

This 'preview adding markings' feature brings us a step closer to having recolor items. The next step will be adding hue sliders, hex, opacity, and other options for previewing new markings—and once that's done we can add recolor items!
For now, previewing new markings only handles default settings.

There are now some small rewards you can get for posting!

A new achievement category has been added for overall post count (this includes both forums and chat).

When posting as an adopt, the adopt will now get +1 exp as a bonus.

Do not spam the regular forums and chat. We have added a spam section that you are welcome to spam in, though! Go nuts in the spam section!

The storage reduction has gone through. For those who want someone to hold adopts for them, Eve is offering to hold them for up to 1 year. Feel free to reserve adopts to user ID #6 for this.

We will be going forward with updates to the cost of upgrades later tonight (if you want upgrades at the current price, be sure to get those today before this update).

We have updated artist links on profile. They are now only visible to staff and are strictly used for artist access and applications/verification of art.

The random amounts formula for items has been updated to address the issue of potentially rolling a low amount on a large quantity being used (for example, using 50 PTS items and getting only 500, the lowest possible amount).

The old formula (for PTS items as an example) was:
randomize(10-100) * quantity = points gained

As a result, you would get one roll for all 50 items being used. This creates a high risk situation and many players prefer to use items one at a time to avoid the risk.

Here's the new formula for PTS items:
10 * quantity = lowest possible roll
100 * quantity = highest possible roll
randomize(lowest possible roll-highest possible roll) = points gained

This new formula combines the lowest and highest possible rolls based on the quantity, then rolls the result.

This has been applied to PTS and EXP items.

We are still working on converting various site features over to realtime functionality (which means that only the feature loads rather than the entire page reloading when an action is done).

If you have any specific suggestions for buttons or other functions to be switched to realtime, let us know in the forums.

Also let us know if you experience any trouble with the recode.

In other news, there is now a realtime chat on the right-hand sidebar. It's more than JUST a chat, though. This feature gives you quick access to forum threads. Let us know how things are going with it, and if you have any suggestions.

We are looking into possibilities of adding access to profile comments, news comments, species comments, personal messages, private notes, and other areas where content can be posted through this right sidebar area.

If you're not into chatting and content posting, you can toggle this feature off any time.

The Terms of Service has been updated with a few 'Code of Conduct' sections at the top.

We have also added a link to the Terms of Service in a pinned topic of each forum. Make sure you read and understand these terms before using the site or the forums.

If you are an item creator, you can now add and remove tags from items with realtime (no page reloads).

Let us know if you have any issues with this. We are currently in the process of switching various features over to realtime buttons and will continue work on adding this to other areas of the site.

After gathering more feedback, we've gone ahead and reduced all 7-14 day queue times to be 1-2 day wait times instead.

We have gone through and updated any text on the site that references this timeframe. If you find any text that states the old 7-14 timeframe, let us know (as there should no longer be any queues that take that long).

You can now add blurbs for your species (if you have created any) in the explore settings panel!

We have also slightly adjusted the layout for found adopts in explore to help make room for these blurbs.

The change queue for removing items from explore areas has been reduced to 1-2 days rather than 7-14 days.

We are also looking at either switching other change queue times to this timeframe, or removing certain change queues. Post your feedback if you have any preferences on change queue shortenings/removals.