New Game Forum

I'm excited to announce the release of the new in-game forum. Most will notice that I've completely overhauled the look and feel of the in-game forums from what I've used in the past. I've tried to combine many of the great features from the old external forum with that of the new forum.

This was done to meet the various needs of the forum community. For example the fact that many graphic designers use the forum to make in-game money by creating and posting images. Therefore, I've created a way using the [img] [/img] bb code tags to have images on this new forum.

The new forum will have several categories or boards but I've consilidated threads that were on the old forum in order to save space.

With this new addition I've added 5 new accomplishments for the forum. Don't spam in the forum to achieve them. Otherwise, you might find yourself bunking with the criminals of Melania.

I was able to move the help forum and integrate it into the new system, so that extra forum will go away. Eventually, I do hope to move the shoutback forum to the feedback section.

Now some questions on what will happen to the external forum at http://www.crimsonproductionsllc.com/forum/?
The quick answer is that I'm not totally sure yet.

For now, I will leave it up, but may begin stopping the ability to post in most forums.

I will most likely move it into the role of a pre-signing forum, so people looking to play the game can ask questions. I have no plans to do anything with the RP section of the external forum. I have created an RP board in the new forum but realize some may like the external forum.

Enjoy the new forum everyone! I have high hopes that this will create a more active forum for the players of the game!

On a side note...I got to see New Moon last night with the wife and it was pretty good. I'm not a fan of all the romance or the glitter, but was really impressed with how they did the werewolves or "wolves".

Masquerade Ball

 I was asked to pass this along. This is not a Crimson Productions, LLC site and is ran by players of the game.

The Melanian Broadcasting Corporation will be hosting the Masquerade Ball tonight at 6pm game time. We hope to see you there!

http://channel13.forumotion.com/forum.htm

The long awaiting Stock Exchange

As promised via my Twitter Feed, I am announcing a new area of the game that is now open.

The Stock Exchange has been completed and is now accessible via the Melania (Site Index) link. Well kind of open I guess you could say. I was in the process of getting everyone their Broker License and Stock Pass and these band of thieves stole everyone's papers.

I'm not sure where they are at the moment but apparently there is a new quest in the Game Quests area for anyone who wishes to begin the search. These are not going to be easy to find. If you're lucky enough to find them I leave it up to you whether you share this knowledge. Remember though! No posting where they are in a public place like chat or the forums. Clan areas are considered private, so that is ok.

This update has taken me awhile to put in place partially, because I wanted to add multiple areas to the game to go along with the Stock Exchange.

Along with the addition of the Stock Exchange you'll notice that a new quest has been added as mentioned above. Along with about 9 new accomplishments relating to the Stock Exchange.

Have fun and remember we don't refund anything to do with the Stock Exchange. I am the only one with control over the share prices and some stocks will crash and fail. So you have the potential to make it big or lose it all as with any market.

That is it for now. Remember to watch the Twitter feed for the small in between changes.

Have Fun! More Soon!

Delvagan
Crimson Moon Owner & Lead Programer
http://cmrpg.net

New Update System

If you're reading this message this you've noticed that the update system has changed quite a bit. I've decided for updates to move to 3rd party sites.

There are several reasons for doing this.
1. SEO optimization by having this information listed publically.
2. Since these are 3rd party sites and most would be looking to updates if the site was down. It doesn't do much good to post updates on the site that is down in that rare occurance.

I've actually put 2 new updates areas and will use 2 different 3rd party sites very differently. This blog feed will list what everyone would refer to as the old updates I would post. These are not as often and usually occur more with major releases, game changes, or news. However, I plan on changing this more.

The Twitter feed is going to be what I am calling Quick Game Updates. These are anything and everything I change on the game which is perfect for Twitter and it's low character posts. I've implemented a Twitter Feed on the Welcome Page showing the latest 10 tweets.

Note that on this blog anyone can make comments on updates and I encourage you to do so.

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Late Night Changes

A couple changes have been made and are as follows.

- If staying at the Inn, you can no longer be Plasma Drained. If you can't fight it only makes sense that a drain can not take place.

- A bug in the mine system was fixed that would allow the mine hp to go into the negative causing you to earn negative amounts.

-The Melania Pub has been re-skinned to mesh with the game layout and and the side ads have been removed.

- A bug was fixed in the chat where players would sometimes show up as Lurking and Chatting at the same time.

Don't forget....Halloween is fast approaching and we'll be doing something again to celebrate your Trick or Treat this year.

Rise of the Ancients

For too long have the Ancients of Melania sat dormant. Tonight the weight has been lifted and those who hovered at level 32,767 have now found it possible to continue their journey forward.

As one would expect this new journey forward will be more difficult but with time and patience anyone could become the highest level creature in all Melania.

Take care to watch your step..as more player climb higher more challenges are likely to come forward.

The Dark Forest in the Outer Area begins to awaken and will soon welcome those brave enough or foolish enough to enter.

Shocking news of the impostor in the Mythical Creatures going by BigD has surfaced. Outraged by this Delvagan himself will enter the arena bringing an army of creatures at his disposal. You didn't really think you could best Delvagan did you?

Change is coming......

Friendlist, Clan Chat, and Rate Profile Author: Delvagan

Friendlist: A bug in IE has been fixed that was not allowing players to use the check boxes to delete players from their list. In order to implement this change some redesign of the friendlist had to take place. When you arrive on the friendlist you're in view mode which gives you options for your friends. There is a new link towards the top to put the list into edit mode. Once in edit mode the options will vanish and will be replaced with check boxes that you can then check and click the button to delete those players. While all other browsers worked fine with both features on the same page, IE was being picky so this was the way around it.

Clan Chat: A bug on the My Clan page was showing all players in any Clan Chat rather than those just in your Clan Chat. This has been corrected and it now shows only those in your clan currently chatting.

Rate Profile: In the past you would rate a profile only once and then it would not let you rate the profile ever again. This has been changed where you can actually change what rating you gave a profile. You are only allowed to update a profile rating once per day. Profiles are always changing and so should the ability to rate them.

I'm currently working on getting the ability to ship CM prizes direct from CafePress to your house which should give players more options as to what they wish to win from the store.

I've also not forgotten about the battle script or uncapping the levels and these are still a work in progress.

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