The v2.12 update for EveHQ has more to it than the standard bug fixes, so I want to get a few “beta” versions out there to gather feedback (and bug reports) early on, while leaving the existing 2.11.7 version as the preferred stable installation.
So, if running the cutting edge builds of EveHQ which might have some (more) rough edges sound like your thing, the v2.12 beta build can be downloaded from http://evehq.net/beta/evehq-beta-setup.exe. There is also a “debug” build available from http://evehq.net/beta/evehq-beta-debug-setup.exe, which contains full symbols and tracing data. The debug build is handy for me if you run into a problem since the error message data will have more information in it, however the assemblies by nature will be less optimized than the release build and therefore potentially slower.
So take your pick, as running either and posting feedback on the forums or issue tracker will be super helpful.
Summary of Changes:
- The Market data system has undergone a massive overhaul. XML digest files are no longer downloaded from battleclinic, but instead utilize EVE-Central’s market data services for retrieving “near” up to date data as needed.
- The price data download/update screen has been replaced with a market order screen, allowing for the ad hoc querying of an item’s market orders (scoped to the system or regions specified in market settings).
- Price groups have been removed (as they don’t fit with the new way data is retrieved).
- Price & Market options have been moved to the primary Eve Settings screen.
- Market log export watcher and uploader have been retired, and replaced with an Eve cache parser. This processor will monitor your Eve cache and parse new market data in real time, uploading it to EVE-Central and EMDR (Eve Market Data Relay). Note: The real time parser and uploader are disabled by default currently, but can be turned on in the Market Data Settings screen.
- New Installer software! Note: It should uninstall the old MSI just fine if you have 2.11.X installed, however the reverse is not true. So if you decide later to go back to 2.11.7, you need to make sure to manually uninstall 2.12
- Various bug fixes discovered since 2.11.7
Update #1: An upgrade bug due to item data caches not being rebuilt has been fixed, as well as a bug in the installer that wasn’t detecting previous 2.11.7 installs correctly. If you have these issues, please just re-install using the links in this post.
Update #2: The market ticker start up bug has been fixed. Note: The market ticker will for now just be displaying mineral data, as the previous version queried random item prices and that wouldn’t be a good practice to continue against remote data providers like eve-central. The ability to customize what items are shown in the ticker will be added soon.
Update #3:
- A serious localization bug has been fixed that would cause some installations running on a non-English configured system to display very inflated pricing. If your natural number format used ‘.’ for thousand separators and ‘,’ for decimals, this would affect you.
- Market caching is know done in a Raven Document DB, instead of scattered files on disk.
- The market data system is now aware of the proxy server configuration, and prior to this might have been the cause of various lockups and unresponsive behaviour.
- Market Price data is loaded asynchronously for HQF and most of the Prism Plugin now… display UI for the ship fitter and asset list may display initially without price data and then it will show up once the data is retrieved. This should help prevent freezing on machines that have a higher latency to the market data provider.
Cheers,
Quantix