The Utopia Pimp Blog

All Problems Should Now Be Fixed

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0500

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.

2.3.42

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:17 -0500

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.

Don't Worry...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:51 -0500

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.

Fixing Problems

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:28:48 -0500

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. The Mobile devices look for numbers in the webpage that they can convert to Phone Numbers. Well, some of the things Pimp looks for when submitting items or loading screens are the same numbers that your mobile devices try to convert into phone numbers. Sadly, this is a BIG CHANGE to get this fixed. I don’t want to make it yet until I push out the new and fresh looking Pimp. So, just in case you do, be aware that browsing pimp on a mobile device might break it.

ST.

New Site Design Coming to Pimp

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:10:34 -0500

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.

New Age Facts

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:43:25 -0500

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 text on the UI side of things has remained the same, but there will be certain instances of INTEL not being captured by Pimp at first. I will be working hard to make sure these instances are few and far between, but bare with me until all this gets fixed.

If you notice any data that isn’t being captured by pimp, and I haven’t fixed it within a day or so, please let me know by email. I can be reached at the email at the bottom of pimp. Please post the page in the email and what didn’t get captured. Ill make sure to fix it as soon as possible.

Hopefully if everything goes well, it should work perfectly, but if and when it doesn’t. Expect most the fixes to be complete within a week or so of the new changes.

Thanks All!

Linking Utopia Angel to Utopiapimp.com

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:24 -0500

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 tray-icon of utopia angel and click on forum agent. A window will pop up.

Step 4: Press the settings-button. Another window will pop up.

Step 5: Press on the New-button. A small form window will pop up.

Enter the following information in the appropriate fields as Shown below.

Angel settings are as follows:

Display name: UtopiaPimp

URL: http://utopiapimp.com/angelapi.aspx

Forum Name: This is the “exact name” of your province inside your kingdom. It is “not” your user name, but the province name you selected when you signed up to this UtopiaPimp.

Username: Username to UtopiaPimp.com.

User Password: Password to UtopiaPimp.com.

Forum Password: NOT Needed.

Angelus Creator of UTools

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:09:15 -0500

Angelus,

Please find me. I would like to talk over something.

ST.

Database Moved

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:50:31 -0500

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 comments.

Thanks for making the Utopian Experience a better one!

SpoiledTechie

UtopiaPimp Will Go Dark For SOPA

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:01:42 -0500

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 this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

It stops the right to allow free speech on the Web. And as a developer for websites along with trying to run a small business from my programming, I must do this.

Pimp will go down for 1 full GMT day.

I hope you understand and can voice your opinion about SOPA.

For that day, we will be redirecting all requests made to any of SpoiledTechies sites to this one.

http://americancensorship.org/

Thank you for understanding.

ST.

Utopia is Down for the moment.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:05:58 -0500

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.

Poll: Making Icons Bigger?

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:00:59 -0500

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 me know what you all think in the comments.

ST.

Updated List of Icons

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:57 -0500

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
burned acres
land lust
gold fell from trees
converted Thieves
paradise
forget books
stole horses
sent money
quick feet
kidnapped people

This is a big list, but don’t let that get you down. I had to code it all. haha. As a thank you, I will create an appreciation page to those who help out with pimp. Sorry I didn’t do this with past things, was just too busy working on pimp. Ill also share a link of your choice with the world on the page.

Thanks all.

What Op is this?

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:30:00 -0500

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 succeeds. Some of the spells cast upon our lands will be reflected back upon their creators for 16 days!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:55:12 -0500

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.

Why Are there Duplicate Provinces in my Kingdom Page?

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:55:29 -0500

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 a province name that isn’t currently in the DB is posted, we create a new province for that kingdom in our Database.

So lets say “HumptyDumpty(1:23)” was posted to our system with a spell. If we don’t find him in the system, we create him. Since we create him this once, Another posting with the name “Humpty Dumpty (1:23)” might have been posted. The difference in their names is 2 spaces, but in our system, they are two totally different provinces. Sadly, my parsing can also only keep up with most cases. Utopia and other Agents such as Angel and Ultima don’t tend to help at all because they all might format a name differently over time. So I make sure I hit all those cases, but there are times where two names could slip through my parsing and I not catch it. So sadly, I can’t get every iteration of the same province that might have different names, but be the same province. I am improving my code every day though! I go through about 200 parsing issues every day before I actually start coding on pimp. Thats 200 separate issues with parsing that at times just get passed through the system and at times get caught by my internal Parsing Engine.

So while I can’t do much about it now, over time, I hope that the code will improve against the countless iterations of a certain province I deal with. So if you don’t mind, can you please let me know if you post something that just duplicated a province. I will without a doubt look into it. I just can’t do anything about some type of error unless I know about it and can recreate the problem over and over again.

I hope that helps.

SpoiledTechie

2.3.21

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:08:00 -0500

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 now, im on the 21st bug fix of this minor upgrade.

SpoiledTechie

Pimp Will Go Down for a Brief Period

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:20:11 -0500

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.

Encryption Expert in the House?

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:48:41 -0500

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

UtopiaPimp 2.3.19

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:37:04 -0500

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 on this release, so please make sure you do a CTRL+F5 on your browser to refresh your javascript.

Thanks for keeping Pimp alive and I hope to see many more changes down the way.

SpoiledTechie