Yesterday, we've had a micro-patch being deployed which permanently fixed the issue with CapitalClassFixes.dll.
If you were affected and couldn't get it to work, or weren't willing to add exceptions to your firewall, now is the time to join us back in the Sirius Sector!
No doubt you have noticed lately the massive uptick in automatic bans from the server - this is due to CapitalClassFixes.dll, a file shipped with Discovery Freelancer, wrongly being identified as malware and/or an unwanted program, and being quarantined by your AV. While this has been an issue we've grappled with since the release of 5.0, it seems a recent windows defender update has massively increased false-positive detections of this DLL. Just this morning I've gone through and unbanned some thirty accounts.
We're hoping to release a micro-patch very soon with a new version of the CCF DLL that will hopefully reduce false-positive detections. In the meantime, if you suddenly have issues connecting to the server, double-check that your antivirus (Microsoft Defender or otherwise) has not quarantined CapitalClassFixes.dll or any other Freelancer / Discovery file. Mark the Discovery folder as an exception in your antivirus if you haven't already, and if necessary perform a reinstall of the Discovery files. A full guide has been helpfully written by @Venkman here: https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2324254
We've also noticed a large uptick in spammers hijacking older or unused forum accounts. While most tend to be accounts with an old sign-in date but little to no forum activity, others have several hundred posts and belong to former members of the community. Likely some spamming organization is making use of one of several data breaches over the past few years to gain access to DiscoveryGC forum accounts and bypass the account activation procedure. You can check which data breaches affect your e-mail address at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ , but in general if you aren't using a UNIQUE, STRONG password for your Discovery forum account, I recommend changing it as soon as possible.
Silver is one of Omega-7’s most valuable exports. While conflict over the metal is nothing new, in recent days production has ground to a near standstill as tempers flare and violence becomes the preferred method for settling disagreements. A number of factors have come together to throttle ore production, causing warehouses to run bare, and prices of refined Silver to soar.
Kruger Minerals has recently brought a new line of industrial Robotics to market, outraging Kishiro who claim they are based on stolen patents. Kruger has attempted to demonstrate their efficacy by automating many of the operations on Elbich Mining Facility. Hundreds of miners were promptly laid off as unnecessary. Kruger has struggled to maintain their output during this process, due to a combination of considerable teething problems, and intentional sabotage by disgruntled workers.
The IMG has seen many of these workers flock to Freistadt, outraged and resentful. The Guild has had a full time job on its hands preventing reprisal attacks on Kruger mining operations. Despite this, all semblance of restraint was lost following a number of fatal mercenary attacks near the Silver fields, with Guild miners blaming Kruger. Already, a number of automated Kruger miners have been destroyed in retaliation.
In Omega-3, Douglas Station faces an increasingly bleak forecast. Following the loss of Dublin, BMM HQ has imposed increasingly draconian quotas on their other operations to make up the shortfall. Unfortunately, there is only so much that can be wrung from the Hydrocarbon fields, and quotas are going to be missed. Hearing of the turmoil in Omega-7, many Bretonian miners have taken to ‘wildcatting’ to steal precious Silver. This is met with tacit approval by Douglas’ administration, who are cooking their books with the windfall from the stolen resources.
Daumann’s mercenaries have done an exemplary job sowing chaos among their rivals, and the Rheinlandic behemoth is not one to sit idly by. Sensing an opportunity to displace its competitors, DHC has intensified its own Silver operations, looking to capitalise on the recent market shock. Local captains are also loathe to allow BMM to gain a foothold in the system, in a mirror of the bitter competition in Omega-3. Consequently, their security forces have been ordered to crush any Bretonians they encounter.
DETAILS
Commodity Changes:
Silver Ore has tripled in price at its current sale points (and one of these is not, strictly speaking, legal.)
Silver Ore is now in demand at Douglas Station at competitive rates.
Silver has tripled in price at its current sale points in House space.
Mining Bonuses:
BMM 3 (new), BMF| 4 (new)
IMG 3, IMG| 4 (new)
DHC 3, {DHC} 4 (new)
Kruger 3, Kruger| 4 (new)
Tier-3 Refineries:
With demand for Silver at an all-time high, refineries have been expanding their operational capacity by throwing machinery and crew at the problem.
Like we mentioned a while back, we've wanted to simplify the rules so they aren't such a massive block of text to slam onto new players, and aren't a complicated maze to navigate for old ones.
We've implemented a much, much simpler version, which should be more or less the same in spirit, but should do away with a lot of unnecessary technicality.
Please tell us if there's typos, errors, or weird stuff going on in the revised set.