Updates

For some reason I started noting down every update I made to Frontierverse since its launch in 1999. As you can see, the site slowly grew into the vast archive it is today.

2021

9th May - Bugs page updated, thanks to Graham Mills, Nores and Alex La Roux.

2020

5th January - Nick Merrill has submitted a save game.

2019

30th December
1. Sam Ferguson has contributed a Mining Guide.
2. JF Turner has provided the English and French game manuals.

2016

11th December - Andrea Bindolini sheds further light on the classification of Epsilon Indi.
7th June - Notes added to Game & Codes pages warning that the files are no longer guaranteed to work.

2015

25th September - Update in Honour of 16th Anniversary: BBS page added [English only]. It'll be added to every few years.
13th August - Minor updates:
1. Amiga CD32 save game added, thanks to Hilmar Johannsen.
2. A new addition to the Bugs page, thanks to Vince Shears.
3. Note on Save Game Editor/Encoder added to Programs page, thanks to Rollory.
4. DOSbox guide added to Documents page, thanks to Doode Brosef.

2014

25th October - Save game added thanks to Schloss Albrechsberg. Distant Planetary Networks added to Wormhole page (thanks to Evan Schmidt).
6th October - OpenGL note added to Game page, thanks to Justin Lemke.

2013

27th November - Amiga CD32 download has been fixed! It should now work, with thanks to Jim Smith.
18th January - Andrea Villa's extra precise Control Mod added to the Patches page.

2012

7th October - New bug added to Bugs page. Thanks to ProvoliK OneKick.
6th September - New exploit added to Bugs page. Further essays are also available, on Piracy and Technology.
2nd July - Link to the Frontier Elite comic added to Index page. Video tutorial added to Guides page. Video section added to Links page; a direct link to this is added to the Index page also. Links page re-organised and checked for broken URLs. (Looks like the JJ-FFE page has disappeared.) Thanks to Stoo, Dan in Accrington and the LemonTubeAmige site.
26th June - Addition to the Bugs page (thanks to Michael Parrett). Speed Calculator added to Programs page (thanks to Sámuel Gyuricza).
19th April - List of defunct and operative URLs posted on the Site Info page.

2011

5th December - Mark informs me fusion power has been controlled (see Timeline page). Also added Part One of the Frontier: Elite 2 comic to the Documents page, courtesy of Dave Jones.
3rd July - Two submissions to the Bugs page, and some info on misjumps added to the Manoeuvres page (courtesy of George, Sarvo & Mike Saunders respectively).
9th January - Asp Explorer and Moray Starboat videos added (see their entries on the Ships page).

2010

18th November - Why Did The Groigan Dance? reissued ten years after original publication. (English language only.)
16th November - Contents table added to index page.
25th September - Minor updates:
1. Added hyperlinks to all those I referenced on the Site info page.
2. Added R3 Corporation to Links page.
3. Added an image to the index page.
18th September - In celebration of Frontierverse's 11th birthday, FM-6 is unveiled.
17th September - Bug info added, courtesy of Dave Leeds. Defunct links removed from Links page.
15th September - Work begins on a new design (FM-6).
11th July - Addition to the Trading page, courtesy of Kris Taylor.
24th June - Addition to the Rumours page, courtesy of Armin Kaiser.

2009

16th April - Added a page detailing the navies of the Empire and Federation to the Info section.
11th April:
1. Added Richard Hewison's original bug reports to the Bugs page.
2. Added Jens Konrad's contribution on the Lion Transport to the Ships page.
3. Removal of EBBS links since the web part of it has been deleted.
4. Removal of many inactive sites from the Links page.
5. Removal of defunct 'IRC' links section.

2008

7th December - Numerous edits around the site, minor changes in layout and additions to various pages (Index, Missions, Bugs, Basics, Versions, Ships, Info).
3rd December - Additions to the Bugs page.
9th November - 'Car advert' pic added to the Notes page.

2007

3rd July - Economics page added to the Info section.

2006

27th October - Additions to the Game Codes and Rumours pages.
8th August - Minor style and layout changes. Also, finally tabulated the French protection codes.
15th July:
1. Added Adder review (it was accidently left out during the big redesign). Thanks to Kyle for spotting this.
2. Additional Rumours page info, thanks to Jon Stock.
3. Links page organised into categories.
4. New French version of the site completed and online! Thanks to Nicolas Brax for this mammoth undertaking.
22nd March: Minor additions to the Bugs, Starting and Trading pages.
16th March:
1. Minor adjustments to the information on the Bugs page, thanks to Paul Roberts' exhaustive testing.
2. Added some screenshots from the CD32 version of Frontier, again thanks to Paul.
15th March:
1. Added 'IRC' info to the Links page in place of the old IRC page.
2. Started a gallery of screenshots from the OpenGL version of Frontier.
14th March:
1. Proof reading and submission to Nicolas Brax for new French translation.
2. New design (FM-5) goes live.
3. Frontierverse's EBBS uplink modified to reflect new site design.
4. A correction to the Rank page thanks to Brian Wakeling.
5. Set up '301' redirects for deleted and renamed pages from the old design.
13th March - All pages complete. Ships page totally rewritten.
9th March - Almost all sections completed. Lots of changes to the site. To summarise so far:
1. Reorganisation of site into five distinct categories for ease of use: data, files, guides, info and links.
2. Recreation of Permits page.
3. Tutorial page broken down into more manageable sections.
4. Complete revision of source, and vast modification of old content.
5. Streamlined, minimal-image design.
6. Removal of anachronistic Config page; the information was largely useless.
7. Removal of IRC page. #afe link on main navigation bar.
8. Removal of Music page. The midi files are still available for download.
9. Many paragraphs of text rewritten.
10. Webrings removed since they no longer serve any function.
11. Images directory reorganised.
7th March - Work begins on FM-5, a new design to conform with the rest of sharoma.com, as well as the XHTML 1.1 standard.

2005

18th March - CD32, Polish and Czech versions of the Amiga game added thanks to Tournie.
2nd February - French version of the Amiga game added, along with Atari versions too - thanks to Tournie and Michael Asse.

2004

1st September - frontierverse.net no longer operative. It has been claimed by a some moronic third party.
13th August - Some more slight design changes in the form of an alternate stylesheet, and a new main image thanks to Danie Hughes. (FM-4.5).
25th July - Design changes, and an overhaul of the Frontierverse EBBS uplink.
18th June - Slight redesigns and updating of source to conform.
16th June - Some deletions around the site of superfluous content.
14th June - Sharoma now hosted with 34sp.
16th May - Added French game manual for download, and a new method for playing Frontier on XP (thanks to Jean Francois Tournie and RedWizard respectively).
13th May - Tidied the Links page and fixed some broken links.
9th May - More updates:
1. French protection codes added, thanks to Jean Francois Tournie.
2. Minor design changes.
3. Two new save games added, thanks to RedWizard and Jean Francois Tournie.
4. Added RedWizard's 'guide to smuggling' - see the Files page.
7th May - A big update, see below:
1. Incorporation of the Amiga - Amiga saves now on Saves page, Amiga game download available.
2. Addition of Politics page. Permits page deleted and permit info now part of Politics page.
3. Addition of Planets page.
4. Addition of Stars page.
5. Extra info on the Info page in the form of a scan of an original review of the Atari ST version.
6. Navigation system slightly altered.
2nd April - Frontierverse is now available in French thanks to Nicolas Brax.
1st April - Added the Wormholes page.
15th March - Some very minor design and content changes.
4th March - Added Wormhole calculator download.

2003

12th December - More minor design changes.
13th October - Extra info on the Info page on game versions, and other minor additions around the site.
4th September - A new save game added.
27th August - Added some (probably boring) additions to the image archives (Site info page).
26th April - A new trade enterprise thanks to Phil Ashton.
6th March - Minor corrections and maintenance around the site.

2002

20th December - Frontier Font version 2 added to 'Fonts' download (thanks to Mike Cook).
8th December - Gallileo save game updated - thanks to RedWizard.
8th September:
1. Lots of submissions to the Config page. Extra help with Windows XP and 2000.
2. Addition to the Rumours page. Some info on Tables page slightly adjusted.
3. New save game added to Saves page thanks to Matt Smith.
2nd September - Overhaul of the Links page, implementing a table system.
1st September:
1. The Elite Ring graphics and webring code re-added to site now that the ring is active again.
2. A new image for Frontierverse thanks to Daniel Hughes (and Andrei Tanase).
26th August - The Rank Teller program has had a small error rectified, thanks to Matt Parkins and Rob Bousfield.
20th August - More minor design tinkering, this time the table cell backgrounds.
19th August - Restructure of Files directory into separate folders.
18th August - Seven versions of the game now available for download, including other language versions.
15th August - Added Fonts download, some new links and design changes.
11th August - "Hyperdrive" document download added, courtesy of Alex Whiteside.
10th August - Minor tinkering around, small additions and some typo corrections.
25th July - Design changes (only slight).
5th June - Extra Combat page added, courtesy of Commander Eardley.
24th April - A new trade route added to Trading page.
22nd April - Police save game added to Saves page, courtesy of Adam Green (RedGamma).
12th April - Frontierverse joins the FEU Ring (related graphic added to Links page).
3rd March - Added excellent themed banner ads script to Links page (cheers Dan).
2nd January - Addition to the Tutorial (Military Drives).

2001

3rd December - Design changes (only slight).
29th November - Two new trade routes added.
27th November - "Frontier Objects" document download added, courtesy of Theunis de Jong.
8th November - Links page reorganised and some minor tweaks.
28th June - Added Missions page and Mining page.
14th June - Added game download of Frontier (shareware version), and the HTML manual.
9th June - Copy protection codes added (Codes page).
8th June - Config page and Links page updated.
5th April - Added Credits to Site Info page.
2nd April - Slight design changes (hyperlink colours altered).
28th March - Design changes. New pictures on Pictures page.
23rd March - Tidied up the Links page.
24th February - New design (FM-4) goes live.
10th February - Site Info page added.
1st February - FNBS now finds new home on Gamespy Network.
12th January - Directory resort as Sharoma domains are registered, and frontierverse.com also added.
8th January - Steve Critchlow's excellent save games added.
6th January - Tutorial page resorted.
2nd January - Improved the ship reviews.

2000

23rd December - Combat page added.
15th December - Equipment page added.
3rd December - Added more save games.
18th November - Permits page added.
19th October - IRC page added.
8th October - Thargoids page added.
15th September - Music page added.
3rd September - New design (FM-3) goes live, plus FNBS now hosted on Frontierverse.
2nd August - Images directory resorted.
12th July - frontierverse.net now operative, and site now hosted by Gyron Internet.
8th July - Start Off page added.
23rd June - EBBS uplink added.
6th June - Tables page added.
23rd May - Controls page added.
7th May - Saves page added.
25th April - Trade Items page added.
4th April - Config page added.
22nd March - Added Police, Trade Routes and Rumours pages.
12th March - Added many files, including links to Mic Healey's programs.
11th March - frontierverse.co.uk now operative.
5th March - Moved over from 50 megs to Freeserve webspace.
4th March - Tutorial page improved.
24th February - New design (FM-2) goes live.
13th February - Screenshots page added.
23rd January - Game download of Frontier removed at request of Frontier Developments Ltd.
5th January - Bugs page added.

1999

20th December - Tutorial complete.
15th November - Began work on Tutorial.
31st October - Ships page complete.
15th October - Frontierverse joins The Elite Ring.
1st October - Added more pages (Info, Files and Links).
25th September - Site launched (FM-1).