The Utopia Pimp Blog: Archive

Angel For Linux

Hey All, I just wanted to give a shout out. For anyone using Linux and hate that Angel doesn’t Run on Linux, EUS release a tool call Seraphim. It is cross platform and work on Linux especially. While Pimp doesn’t currently take in Seraphim pages, I will be placing them on the list of Todo’s. So go ahead, download it and start using it. It doesn’t have as many features,...

Feb 21st

All Problems Should Now Be Fixed

All, With the latest code change, all problems should now be fixed. If you see any at all, please let me know about them in the comments and Ill jump on them pronto. Otherwise we are in good shape. ST.

Feb 14th

2.3.42

Hey All, I just released some more code for this age and this new interface they released. Hopefully this should fix a few more problems. Just thought I would keep you updated. Keep emailing me if anyone sees any problems, Ill be sure to fix them. ST.

Feb 14th

Don't Worry...

All, I know some have been unable to register for Pimp with their new kingdom. Please keep trying. It looks like Angel decided to change its Kingdom Pages around too, so I must make sure that works as well. Raw kingdom pages should work, and please make sure your reading the directions before you start a kingdom. Some of you are not following all the directions. ST.

Feb 12th

Fixing Problems

Hey All, I wanted to keep you updated. I will be pushing changes to Pimp tonight for the new age on all the bugs we have been getting. So if something isn’t working today, give me one more day to get it working. Using Pimp with a Mobile Device. Ive been getting tons of errors for a good 6 months trying to figure out what was causing it. Ive finally figured it out just the other day....

Feb 10th

New Site Design Coming to Pimp

All, As you have seen now, Utopia has received a New Site Design. Woot!!! It looks beautiful if you ask me. In coinciding with that, Pimp will be receiving a new fresh design as well in the coming future. Its not here yet and well, It might not be for this age, but it is coming! So I just wanted to tell Sean and Brian they did an awesome job on the new design! ST.

Feb 9th

New Age Facts

All, The new age is quickly approaching. While I am happy to see the new age coming, there are somethings that I need you all to be aware of. There are User Interface changes the Gods of Utopia are making to the game. Ill let them explain it more when they so choose, but I should let you know how I am preparing for it. They have let me know of the changes and see them first hand. Most of the...

Feb 6th

Linking Utopia Angel to Utopiapimp.com

Step 1: Download Utopia Angel from www.utopiatemple.com. Install it. If angel requests connection to the internet and you have a firewall installed, allow angel full access. Its not spyware and its not harmfull, it just display a small commercial window while its in use. Step 2: Register on www.utopiapimp.com. Get a code from your monarch and join your kingdom account. Step 3: Right-click on the...

Jan 25th

Angelus Creator of UTools

Angelus, Please find me. I would like to talk over something. ST.

Jan 23rd

Database Moved

Hey all, During our SOPA black out, I found it rather good to do some backend maintenance. So I finalized our move over to the new server by moving the Database. Moving the database should speed things up as well as save on some money. We are saving $20.00 a month by making the move. If you notice any problems that you have, please make me aware of it by emailing me or adding it to the...

Jan 18th

UtopiaPimp Will Go Dark For SOPA

All, It comes with Great consideration that I have to say this. On January 18th for one full day, Utopiapimp.com and the other websites SpoiledTechie supports will go dark for one day. I believe SOPA should be STOPPED at all costs. If you feel that you don’t know enough about SOPA or question my reasoning, then feel free to read...

Jan 12th

Utopia is Down for the moment.

Yes, Utopia is down. Don’t worry too much about it. They posted it in the forums. http://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?620459-Domain-Problem Spoiled.

Jan 11th

Poll: Making Icons Bigger?

All, Lets take a Poll: The current Icon selections are 16/16 pixels. Im wondering what you all think about increasing the size of the icons. They were designed back in 2000 for small computer screens. Maybe we can increase them to 32/32? What do you all think? To put this into perspective for those that play World of Warcraft, they make their icons the size of 40/40 or even 64/64 pixels. Let...

Jan 5th

Updated List of Icons

Icons I still need. warSpoils tornadoes chastity fountain of knowledge clear sight incinerate runes town watch aggression fanaticism MagesFury assasinate Wizards nightmares stole food stole runes kidnapped bribe generals sabatoge spells bribed steal horses converted wizards converted specialists Kill Dragon donated gold to dragon converted troops anonimity sent runes ...

Jan 3rd

What Op is this?

Can anyone post in comments what Op this is? Early indications show that our operation was a success. Our report shows that this province has been attacked a little in the last month. Remember, there are few rewards for attacking a badly hit province, as the easily captured resources have already been taken. This one too please. Your wizards gather 3,026 runes and begin casting, and the spell...

Dec 30th

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas to all Pimpers and Happy Holidays! Thanks again for your usage of Pimp and I hope to be changing Pimp for the better in coming months. You can send me a small thank you and Present by clicking on those things to the right and visiting any other of my websites to and use them on a daily basis!!! Happy Holidays! ST.

Dec 26th

Why Are there Duplicate Provinces in my Kingdom...

A user asked a question via email and I thought I would reiterate it on the blog so everyone understands it. A province was duplicated twice in the kingdom listing, and they didn’t understand why it was and it was creating a small problem while they were in war. So I did my best to answer the question. There is a lot of parsing going on. When spells, Ops, Captures or any other data with...

Dec 21st

2.3.21

All, Just made some more bug updates. Im still weeding out bugs. As you can see the version number is still increasing. When we finally get some place where there are no more Errors coming in, Im going to start increasing the version number in a good way. If your unfamiliar with how my versioning works, this might help. (Major Upgrade).(Minor Upgrade).(Bug Fix For that Upgrade) So right...

Dec 14th

Pimp Will Go Down for a Brief Period

We are adding more hardware to the Pimp server, specifically more Ram, so the server team will need to bring down Pimp for about 30 mins. It should go down about 9AM EST on the 13th of December. SpoiledTechie.

Dec 12th

Encryption Expert in the House?

All, Im looking for an Encryption Expert for a project with Pimp. If you are one, or know encryption techniques pretty well, or even love trying to decrypt some data in code, I would LOVE to talk to you. My email is at the bottom of Pimp. SpoiledTechie

Dec 7th

UtopiaPimp 2.3.19

All, When you see the version number 2.3.19 on UtopiaPimp.com, you will know that the servers have been upgraded and Pimp has moved over to the faster and stronger server. I also included a few bug fixes with this code I hope you can be happy with. I still have more bugs to push out, but in all, things are getting better and becoming much more stable. One last note, I upgraded the Javascript...

Dec 6th

Moved UtopiaShrimp.com To New Server

All, Just so everyone is aware, I moved Utopiashrimp.com over to the new server. I didn’t move Pimp yet because I wanted to be sure and test the new server works the way it does moving over shrimp. If all goes well, we should have pimp moved over in the next day or so as well! SpoiledTechie

Dec 5th

Upgrading the Server

I know I have typed this plenty before, but again I am upgrading the server. It will be faster, cooler and hopefully non breakable. Over the next two weeks, I will be making the move over to an entirely new server. Ill let you all know when I make the move. Hopefully if all goes well, you guys won’t even see it happen. After that happens, the next goal down the line will be migrating...

Dec 1st

Are there Any Programmers in the House?

All, So I have toiled with the idea for a while, but I figured I would ask the crowd of developers first. What do you all think of open sourcing UtopiaPimp? While these days, there are a lot of developers out there that use pimp and have created other parts that could successfully be integrated into pimp. I was wondering what your thoughts on it were. I would require that open sourcing this...

Nov 28th

Utopia Angel Stinks

All, After spending 2 weeks on this little issue, I recoded over 10,000 lines of code to be more stream lined, Worked on the server to make it faster, Reorganized the Database to make it post and retrieve much faster, and cleared out about 100 Database calls per user during the user being logged in. I must say that I worked really hard on this issue and while it took two weeks thinking that the...

Nov 22nd

Im making progress..

Just so everyone is aware, I am making progress on the problem. Sadly, Utopiapimp is being pushed hard still with requests and im still trying to fix the issue. I am also purchasing an upgrade to the server. We are currently running in a Virtual Machine which is what half the known world runs on when it comes to websites. I will be upgrading to a Dedicated Machine soon with Dedicated...

Nov 22nd

An Update

Just to let you all know, I have NOT stopped working on this issue and will continue to do so until I get it resolved. The issue mainly comes down to pulling too much from the database whether it be too many times or too much data in one request. I am working on it and will continue to do so going forward until this will get resolved. This issue has my undivided attention. SpoiledTechie

Nov 20th

Please hit UtopiaShrimp.com

All, I think I got the massive bug that was causing the slow down on pimp. So can everyone hit www.utopiashrimp.com and leave comments in this blog if there is any slow down you experience? Ill load these changes on pimp this weekend if all goes well for the next 2 days. Thanks All! SpoiledTechie

Nov 18th

Ugh

All, So I reverted changes back to January 2011. I couldn’t figure out the bug fast enough to help you all out. Sadly, so all the changes ive made and code fixes have been dismanteled. I promise to work on this issue and get it resolved, but at least for now pimp is up and running like it did a while back. Sorry for such a problem… Hope you all can forgive me. SpoiledTechie

Nov 16th

Increased Traffic

All, Since ive been fixing a lot of the problems as of late, I have been getting a huge increase in traffic on the site. Seeing this, I know the server and the site are running slow as crap and your probably frustrated with it. Just know I am working on it. Im looking into upgrading the server even though im losing money or slightly breaking even. Thanks for keeping Utopia Alive btw!!! ...

Nov 15th

Improving Pimp and ICONS...

All, I just wanted to let everyone know, I am working on pimp pretty regularly now and will continue to work on it for a while. I am both making upgrades and fixing the problems with parsing the utopia pages. So look forward to more things updating or actually working better. On top of that, I think I have designed out a really nice template design for pimp, so I am starting to work on the...

Nov 11th

Link to Age Changes?

All, Can someone post a link to the age changes in the comments? I decided to take a small break from Utopia. Don’t worry, I plan on coming back, im just taking an age off. SpoiledTechie

Nov 1st

Made Bug Fixes

Hey all, I have made bug fixes in the passed few days. Slowely but surely, I am making some bug fixes for you all. I hope you guys can forgive my absence. I hope to be back on the saddle for a little bit and keep making upgrades and fixes to pimp for a while. SpoiledTechie

Oct 29th

The News

All, I just wanted to let you all know I am here and alive. I don’t want you to all worry. In less than a month, I will be devoting about two months of my hobby coding time to pimp. I have two major changes I will be making along with all the silly stupid bugs we see going on. 1. A feedback forum is currently being built. This feedback forum will allow users to register feedback for...

Sep 12th

Age Changes Made!

Hey All, I was able to get the changes for the age in. Let me know if you all see any problems in the comments. Also, Ive been pretty busy as of late not really with my daughter (of course she takes up plenty of time) but I am paying hospital bills because Insurance doesn’t cover everything. So im currently outsourcing my life to another company right now to bring in a little extra...

Jul 22nd

Please Vote for my Daughter!

Hey all, I just wanted to post a shout out! My daughter is in a competition to win $50k for a scholarship. If you can and you all remember, vote my my daughter EVERY DAY! Do it as a thank you to me for building up utopiapimp! http://apps.facebook.com/gerberphotosearch/entry/152674/azaleah.aspx Thanks All! ST.

Jul 9th

Ive been away.

Hey all, I wanted to let you know where Ive been. I have been getting request for changes etc and I promise you that they are all being documented. I just had a baby. Her name is Azaleah Marie. 7lbs 3oz. 21 inches long just last Friday 5-27-11. I hope you all understand the non-development thats been going on. Taking care of a little girl is hard work. On the up side, when she is sleeping...

Jun 4th

KdLess Provinces back up and running correctly

All, Hopefully if you were affected, the KDLess provinces pages should be back up and running well. Tell me in the comments if it ain’t going well. ST.

Apr 10th

KDLess Provinces Seems not to be working correctly

All, There seems to be a small error with the KDless provinces tab. I am working on it. It currently has my full attention and will be fixed as soon as possible. ST.

Apr 9th

Changes and Bugs for the Age should be settled

All, Changes for the age and bugs found because of the faery race should be pretty much settled. I imagine there will be a few more bugs over time. But I am happy for the new age. Hope all is going well and Keep The Killing up! SpoiledTechie Current Province Count: 6889- Lost about 100 players since last age. KEEP Clicking that FACEBOOK button. Invite your friends to play all! Current...

Apr 8th

Mages Fury

The the Utopian Experts, What the heck is Mages Fury and what does it do? Can anyone answer that for me in the comments? Can you please post an EXAMPLE OF a spell of Mages fury seeing I am not a mage? Thanks! ST

Apr 8th

Updated To Age 50

Hey all! Well, I know you haven’t heard from us in a while. I wanted to let you all know things are still going strong on our side. The forum software is about 50 percent done. We also went ahead and updated the code to work with Age 50! Sorry for the delay. I was personally out for the weekend. SpoiledTechie

Apr 6th

Outage today

Hey all, Sorry about the outage of pimp today. I got a little hasty in uploading code last night that I forgot to check if it builds. Was tired. Hope you can all forgive me! But other than that, we are still working on CE entries and things look like they are being added faster. Pafo is still currently working on the new forums. Just wanted to say sorry about pimp this morning! ...

Feb 23rd

Uploaded some new code

All, We just uploaded some new code tonight. So bear with us as we work through the bugs you all present to us. The things that might not be working fully are Ops and CE submissions. We are working on formatting the CE’s much faster and therefore had to do a bit of updating to the way things are submitted. On a good note: An IPhone, AWindows Mobile and Android Phone Clients are being...

Feb 16th

The CE Parser..

All, I got the CE parser done. I re-coded the entire thing. It was pretty crappy code written 3 years ago by my self. It runs a lot smoother and with a lot less errors. When I decide to update to this code, the old CE submitted information will NOT work when you try to view it. All the old information will be there, but a key field in the DB for the CE has been drastically changed. So,...

Feb 13th

Who has an Android???

All, If you could play Utopia on your Android WITHOUT Copying and Pasting things back to Pimp along with Pimp like features, would you? Would you want Ad supported or would you be willing to pay $1.00? Leave your answer in the comments. He is wondering if we should build something out for the Android or NOT. This is your chance to play Utopia on your DROID! Let us know! ST.

Feb 7th

4 Things

All, So why we are fast at work on bugs and the new Forum Software, I wanted to let everyone know three things. The developers of pimp no longer want to maintain the Firefox addon Pimp Agent. There are a few reasons, but for one the code is very old and hasn’t always worked the way it should have with the new Utopia and new Pimp. It was written by Molesquirrel and therefor hasn’t...

Feb 6th

Whats Next You Ask?

All, So whats next in the news for Utopiapimp? Well, we have decided to start digging deep for what things we want to build and explore more. So you ask, where is Utopiapimp going? Well, Im glad you asked. Here is the line up. Keep fixing bugs and problems - We know and understand pimp will never run out of bugs or problems. Sadly, this is because there is always changing data. So we will...

Jan 26th

Notifier

The notifier has been reseted and so has all your preferences. You will find a link in the email to change your preferences. -pafo

Jan 23rd

Pimp 2.3

We will take pimp down briefly today to apply the updates that has currently been running on shrimp. We are pleased to inform you that all the bugs/errors that we have found so far has been corrected (Note: Some features will not be addressed before the next patch, see this comment thread). We have been working on increasing performance, rewriting some formulas that didn’t work and also we...

Jan 21st