Release Notes: February 6, 2014

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General:

• "A Step Between Stars":
  • Resolved an issue where Tuvok and Cooper may vanish if players log out and log back in to the mission.
  • Resolved an issue where players killed in the sun room of the second part of the station could not respawn.
  • Resolved an issue which would cause a map to look nearly empty during the spacewalk portion.
    • This was a graphics issue which occasionally occurred on lower settings.
  • Tuned the friction/traction experienced during the Space Walk so that stopping and starting are a bit friendlier.
    • High speed movement will remain difficult to control.
  • Tuvok now has the correct uniform in the journal banner for "A Step Between Stars".
• Resolved an issue which was blocking progression in the episode "Coliseum".
• Khan Off-duty costume set:
  • EV suits and armors now appear normally when wearing the Khan outfit.
  • The Khan hair option is back.
    • In addition to this, the Khan hairstyle has been added to Andorians and Tellerites.
• Romulan females now have the Hirogen shoulder pads as an option once the Hirogen Enhanced Battle Armor costume set is purchased from the Lobi store.
• Advanced Voth Fighters are once again available in the Dilithium Store.
• Resolved an issue which was causing Away Team Members to path through doors in the embassy on Regulus IV incorrectly.
• Tops of chests now blend correctly with Orion females.
• Resolved an issue causing some ship animations to play incorrectly with all 3 faction veteran reward ships.
• The portal behind Q on New Romulus Command can now be seen and heard on low settings.

Systems:

• 4 Year Anniversary Dyson Ships:
  • Resolved an issue that would cause the Hazard Emitters to drain allies' shields if the caster had the Solanae Secondary Deflector equipped.
  • Dyson ship interiors can be set to faction specific bridges now instead of only having access to the Dyson bridge.
  • The Solanae Secondary Deflector can now be reclaimed for free via the Dilithium Store under Special Items and Boxes>Special Items.
    • It will only appear if:
      • You own a Dyson Science Destroyer from the Anniversary event.
      • You don't currently own a Solanae Secondary Deflector.
• Alpha Deception Field console now only affects the Cooldowns of Bridge Officer abilities.
  • Descriptions on item and power updated to reflect this fix.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing Projectile Officers from properly reducing torpedo cooldowns.
• Solanae Space Set:
  • Maneuvering enhancements, such as Evasive Maneuvers, will now affect players that have Advanced Metaphasic Shielding active.
• Mark Bonus Pools from the Hirogen Lock Box are no longer Bind on Pickup.
  • Existing versions of this item will remain Bound, but all future versions will not Bind.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing Science Team from cleansing the effects of Destabilized Tetryon.
• The Nimbus Pirate Distress Call can no longer be used while piloting a Small Craft.
• Fleet Support will now summon allied Small Craft if used while piloting a Small Craft.
• Updated the description of the Festive Party Horn to no longer mention having "many various effects", since it always does the same festive thing.

UI:

• Quick Equip:
  • Quick Equip now functions correctly in the following zones:
    • Qo'noS
    • Deep Space 9
    • Dyson Joint Command
    • Romulan Flotilla
    • New Romulus Command
    • New Romulus
    • Starbase 39
    • Drozana
  • Items which were swapped out of a ship using quick equip will now re-slot themselves once the player switches back to the ship they were swapped from.
  • Resolved an issue which was causing quick equip to not work for bridge officers.
• Resolved an issue which was causing headshots of other players to not load when viewing their information screen.
• Resolved an issue that caused Duty Officer portraits to always appear as if they were active.
• Resolved an issue where progress bars on mission tracker was too small vertically.
  • An example of this is the control bar in the Dyson Battlezone which looked incorrect.

Foundry:

• The template map Interior Ice caves 03 will no longer be partially cut off and inaccessible.

Known Issues:

• The new feature Ship Loadouts is still being finalized and is not available currently on Holodeck.
  • This feature is still available on Tribble to test and send feedback on.
  • We plan to bring this to Holodeck as soon as possible.
• KDF captains cannot switch to all costume slots.