Niantic has granted all Agents a free Niantic Beacon to honour and remember Agent Totomad, from Japan, who suddenly passed away on July 22nd.
As there is no fixed time for a Beacon Lighting, we invite you to light yours and post a screenshot with the hashtag #BeaconforTotomad.
From our staff, the deepest condolences to their friends and family.
@IUENG
As there is no fixed time for a Beacon Lighting, we invite you to light yours and post a screenshot with the hashtag #BeaconforTotomad.
From our staff, the deepest condolences to their friends and family.
@IUENG
Niantic is starting a new initiative to showcase the best OPs in Ingress: the Sitrep Spotlight!
If you and your team completed an Operation and would like to let the world know about it, fill in the form at https://bit.ly/SitrepSpotlight. If the OP is chosen, you will be contacted via email and your Sitrep will appear in a special section of the community forum and on the Monthly Newsletter!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11808/showcase-your-sitrep
P.S. Even past OPs are accepted and welcome!
@IUENG
If you and your team completed an Operation and would like to let the world know about it, fill in the form at https://bit.ly/SitrepSpotlight. If the OP is chosen, you will be contacted via email and your Sitrep will appear in a special section of the community forum and on the Monthly Newsletter!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11808/showcase-your-sitrep
P.S. Even past OPs are accepted and welcome!
@IUENG
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Niantic has re-enabled Location Edits on Portals, although limited to around 15 meters of movement.
This will hopefully reduce cases of Portals moved in totally different parts of the world.
Edit: Just like before deactivation, edits are limited to L12+ Agents only.
@IUENG
This will hopefully reduce cases of Portals moved in totally different parts of the world.
Edit: Just like before deactivation, edits are limited to L12+ Agents only.
@IUENG
Ingress Updates [ENG]
Ready to celebrate Level 8 Day? Source: Niantic news mail @IUENG
The Level 8 Day Loadout Kit is now up for grabs on the in-app Store!
Get yours now!!
Ph: @InvestigateXM
@IUENG
Get yours now!!
Ph: @InvestigateXM
@IUENG
In addition, 2 8000 CMU packs are available, containing:
8 Apex
8 Faction Fireworks
8 L8 XMP Bursters
8 L8 Resonators
8 L8 Power Cubes
Ph: @InvestigateXM
@IUENG
8 Apex
8 Faction Fireworks
8 L8 XMP Bursters
8 L8 Resonators
8 L8 Power Cubes
Ph: @InvestigateXM
@IUENG
We decided to not post IFS announcements, but for this one an exception is absolutely necessary.
IFS Beirut 05 Sep 2020 🇱🇧
Following the #BeirutExplosion on Tue 04 Aug 2020 where thousands of people have lost their homes, possessions, loved ones, and are in severe distress, we are organizing a Virtual Ingress First Saturday (IFS) in Beirut on Saturday 05 Sep 2020 at 14h Local time (UTC+3).
Please show your support by joining the event and if possible please donate to the Lebanese Red Cross 🚑
or the ICRC in Lebanon (PayPal)
More Info: https://t.me/IFSBeirutSept2020
POCs:
💙 @SDKAAA
💚 @EliasH
@IUENG
IFS Beirut 05 Sep 2020 🇱🇧
Following the #BeirutExplosion on Tue 04 Aug 2020 where thousands of people have lost their homes, possessions, loved ones, and are in severe distress, we are organizing a Virtual Ingress First Saturday (IFS) in Beirut on Saturday 05 Sep 2020 at 14h Local time (UTC+3).
Please show your support by joining the event and if possible please donate to the Lebanese Red Cross 🚑
or the ICRC in Lebanon (PayPal)
More Info: https://t.me/IFSBeirutSept2020
POCs:
💙 @SDKAAA
💚 @EliasH
@IUENG
Ingress Updates [ENG]
Niantic has re-enabled Location Edits on Portals, although limited to around 15 meters of movement. This will hopefully reduce cases of Portals moved in totally different parts of the world. Edit: Just like before deactivation, edits are limited to L12+ Agents…
Niantic has now officially expressed on Wayspots being movable again in a 10 meters radius, explaining the reasons behind their modifications to the edits system.
If you believe a Wayspot should be moved more than this amount, you can start a new thread on the Wayfarer Forum. If you witness an abuse of Location Edits you can report it using this form.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/116515/#Comment_116515
@IUENG
If you believe a Wayspot should be moved more than this amount, you can start a new thread on the Wayfarer Forum. If you witness an abuse of Location Edits you can report it using this form.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/116515/#Comment_116515
@IUENG
Google Docs
Report an Issue
This form is only available to active Wayfinders. Please use your Wayfarer Login email to submit the report.
Ingress Prime v2.53.2 has been announced, and will be coming to your scanners in the next few days.
This update's focus is on app reliability under weak signal conditions. Ingress should now be handling slow connections better.
Among the bugfixes, we can see that:
• The FIRE button for weapons is now disabled when no connectivity is detected
• The Scout Controller area displays the Recursed flair only for Recursed Agents (not for everyone)
• On iOS, system gestures from the lower edge of the screen have now immediate response.
• Battery Saving mode is now effective since starting the game, if enabled in the Settings menu.
Make sure to give your feedback on the Forums to receive more and more useful updates!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11867/ingress-2-53-2-release-notes
@IUENG
This update's focus is on app reliability under weak signal conditions. Ingress should now be handling slow connections better.
Among the bugfixes, we can see that:
• The FIRE button for weapons is now disabled when no connectivity is detected
• The Scout Controller area displays the Recursed flair only for Recursed Agents (not for everyone)
• On iOS, system gestures from the lower edge of the screen have now immediate response.
• Battery Saving mode is now effective since starting the game, if enabled in the Settings menu.
Make sure to give your feedback on the Forums to receive more and more useful updates!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11867/ingress-2-53-2-release-notes
@IUENG
Ingress
Ingress 2.53.2 Release Notes
What’s New • We’ve made improvements to better handle slow data connections, which should make the Ingress app more reliable in areas with poor signal strength.
Your faction needs you!
Agents in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic have created an unofficial Ingress Event with Anomaly rules and we are looking forward to a fierce battle behind the scanners!
The Event will take place on August 29th and 30th.
Info Channel
Complete Rules
Registration last day available!
POCs
💙 @karlosik4
💚 @agent_vml
💙 @atsepicnu
💚 @ArrivedIngress
⚠ The government of Czech Republic allows gatherings with no more than 500 people. Disinfectants will be on site. We recommend to practice social distancing and to wear a facemask.
@IUENG
Agents in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic have created an unofficial Ingress Event with Anomaly rules and we are looking forward to a fierce battle behind the scanners!
The Event will take place on August 29th and 30th.
Info Channel
Complete Rules
Registration last day available!
POCs
💙 @karlosik4
💚 @agent_vml
💙 @atsepicnu
💚 @ArrivedIngress
⚠ The government of Czech Republic allows gatherings with no more than 500 people. Disinfectants will be on site. We recommend to practice social distancing and to wear a facemask.
@IUENG
Google Docs
Battle of Hradec Králové 2020
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To obtain a free swag it is necessary to register no later than 15.8. Registration is binding, if you…
To obtain a free swag it is necessary to register no later than 15.8. Registration is binding, if you…
Today, Agents @juju4492 and @shooters42 met in Saint-Étienne to realize this great cross-faction fieldart in support to the Beirut population.
The design depicts a boat, reminiscent of the port of Beirut, symbolically bringing them our love and thoughts, and the iconic Libanese cedar, also appearing on their flag.
The art is still visible on the Intel map! Congratulations, Agents!
#BeirutExplosion #HelpBeirut #MoreThanAGame
@IUENG
The design depicts a boat, reminiscent of the port of Beirut, symbolically bringing them our love and thoughts, and the iconic Libanese cedar, also appearing on their flag.
The art is still visible on the Intel map! Congratulations, Agents!
#BeirutExplosion #HelpBeirut #MoreThanAGame
@IUENG
Niantic decided the following 2 temporary changes will be returning to their original values, effective in 1 week, starting Wed, Aug 26:
- Portal decay rate will return to its original 15% per day, to increase the Portal turnover rate
- Portal hack burnout will return to its original 4 hacks, and can still be increased through Multi-Hack mods if Agents want to hack the same Portal repeatedly.
Other temporary changes still remain in effect for now.
⚠️ Please stay safe while playing Ingress, keeping social distancing, wearing facemasks and respecting the guidelines from your governments.
@IUENG
- Portal decay rate will return to its original 15% per day, to increase the Portal turnover rate
- Portal hack burnout will return to its original 4 hacks, and can still be increased through Multi-Hack mods if Agents want to hack the same Portal repeatedly.
Other temporary changes still remain in effect for now.
⚠️ Please stay safe while playing Ingress, keeping social distancing, wearing facemasks and respecting the guidelines from your governments.
@IUENG
Another live test for Battle Beacons has been announced by P.A. Chapeau! The test will take place in Taiwan on August 22nd at 11:00 UTC!
Agent DerLoRT will be livestreaming the event at http://twitch.tv/wuderlor, be there if you can!
"And, as always, remember to play safe, stay safe."
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11944/battle-beacon-playtest
@IUENG
Agent DerLoRT will be livestreaming the event at http://twitch.tv/wuderlor, be there if you can!
"And, as always, remember to play safe, stay safe."
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11944/battle-beacon-playtest
@IUENG
Niantic announced the newest version of Ingress Prime: v2.54.1!
In this version, some validation is implemented for Portal Scans. The Scanner will now detect excessive darkness and lack of movement.
Niantic also stated their intention of reducing Scan encoding time in future releases. Scout Controller Onyx will also be lowered to 12,000 points.
As a measure to reduce spam on the COMM, Agents with levels 1-7 will not be able to post messages from the Intel Map, only via the Scanner App.
More detail and full bugfix report: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11952/ingress-2-54-1-release-notes
@IUENG
In this version, some validation is implemented for Portal Scans. The Scanner will now detect excessive darkness and lack of movement.
Niantic also stated their intention of reducing Scan encoding time in future releases. Scout Controller Onyx will also be lowered to 12,000 points.
As a measure to reduce spam on the COMM, Agents with levels 1-7 will not be able to post messages from the Intel Map, only via the Scanner App.
More detail and full bugfix report: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/11952/ingress-2-54-1-release-notes
@IUENG
Ingress
Ingress 2.54.1 Release Notes
What’s New Portal Scanning will check Portal Scans for brightness (for example, is your finger over the lens?) and movement (are you standing still?) before starting the encoding and upload process.
Ingress Updates [ENG]
Another live test for Battle Beacons has been announced by P.A. Chapeau! The test will take place in Taiwan on August 22nd at 11:00 UTC! Agent DerLoRT will be livestreaming the event at http://twitch.tv/wuderlor, be there if you can! "And, as always, remember…
The VOD of the Battle Beacon live testing in Taiwan can be found at: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/717976016
@IUENG
@IUENG
Niantic's Casey has made the roadmap for Wayfarer in 2020/2021 public!
- Fall 2020
• Improving Rating Display to a 4-tier performance indicator. The current traffic light indicator can be misleading (yellow actually means 'decent', not 'at risk')
• Changing the 'No more reviews available' message to be more accurate and friendly. The current one is not an error, but it looks like one.
• Introducing Image Review, which will prepare Niantic games to use the actual best picture, not just the most voted one
- Winter 2020/2021
• Rejection criteria remodeling to reduce much of the confusion reported. Criteria won't change, but hopefully it will be clearer when to reject of approve a Portal.
• Introducing Criteria page to review examples and guidelines after the criteria remodeling.
• Improving the Showcase to highlight great Wayspots and help reviewers learn by example. Submitter's codename will be displayed in the showcased Wayspot.
• Finally, Updating the Review Interface to help improve the flow. Some questions will be changed from stars-based answers to 'yes/no/unsure' answers.
Source: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/6397/the-path-to-2021
@IUENG
- Fall 2020
• Improving Rating Display to a 4-tier performance indicator. The current traffic light indicator can be misleading (yellow actually means 'decent', not 'at risk')
• Changing the 'No more reviews available' message to be more accurate and friendly. The current one is not an error, but it looks like one.
• Introducing Image Review, which will prepare Niantic games to use the actual best picture, not just the most voted one
- Winter 2020/2021
• Rejection criteria remodeling to reduce much of the confusion reported. Criteria won't change, but hopefully it will be clearer when to reject of approve a Portal.
• Introducing Criteria page to review examples and guidelines after the criteria remodeling.
• Improving the Showcase to highlight great Wayspots and help reviewers learn by example. Submitter's codename will be displayed in the showcased Wayspot.
• Finally, Updating the Review Interface to help improve the flow. Some questions will be changed from stars-based answers to 'yes/no/unsure' answers.
Source: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/6397/the-path-to-2021
@IUENG
Today marks 2000 days since the creation of the Sojourner Badge!
Although many Agents unfortunately lost their streak due to the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic around the world, some others managed to keep their counter going by opening the Scanner and hacking at least a Portal every day since March 5th 2015, more than 5.5 years ago!
Congratulations to every Agent reaching this incredible milestone! We'd love to hear from you in our discussion group!
Ph: @Muskagen
@IUENG
Although many Agents unfortunately lost their streak due to the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic around the world, some others managed to keep their counter going by opening the Scanner and hacking at least a Portal every day since March 5th 2015, more than 5.5 years ago!
Congratulations to every Agent reaching this incredible milestone! We'd love to hear from you in our discussion group!
Ph: @Muskagen
@IUENG
Niantic's Brian Rose announced that Ingress has been added to Niantic Social's game list once again!
The Ingress team is now working to add the Niantic Social profile directly to the Ingress Agent profile screen, which will be completed in the next couple of updates.
Circled are the options to hide your last access to games or your nicknames.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/117249/#Comment_117249
@IUENG
The Ingress team is now working to add the Niantic Social profile directly to the Ingress Agent profile screen, which will be completed in the next couple of updates.
Circled are the options to hide your last access to games or your nicknames.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/117249/#Comment_117249
@IUENG
Niantic has announced the newest Ingress Prime update, the new version is v2.55.1!
The main focus of this version has been the Portal Scan feature which has been made faster by reducing the file size of Scans and removing the encoding screen.
Other bugfixes involve the Keys tab shown while recharging from Portal Keys that would sometimes remain blank, Softlock and overlapping UI on Portal Nominations and the double close buttons on the Dronenet view.
Specifically for Android, a memory leak occurring when scrolling Portal Keys has been patched, and on iOS 14 beta 6 the crash on app start was fixed.
As Niantic always reminds, betas of new OS, both Android and iOS, are not officially supported.
For this update, iOS beta users may need to "allow Ingress access to iOS 14’s new Precise Location permission via the iOS Settings menu."
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/12035/ingress-2-55-1-release-notes
@IUENG
The main focus of this version has been the Portal Scan feature which has been made faster by reducing the file size of Scans and removing the encoding screen.
Other bugfixes involve the Keys tab shown while recharging from Portal Keys that would sometimes remain blank, Softlock and overlapping UI on Portal Nominations and the double close buttons on the Dronenet view.
Specifically for Android, a memory leak occurring when scrolling Portal Keys has been patched, and on iOS 14 beta 6 the crash on app start was fixed.
As Niantic always reminds, betas of new OS, both Android and iOS, are not officially supported.
For this update, iOS beta users may need to "allow Ingress access to iOS 14’s new Precise Location permission via the iOS Settings menu."
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/12035/ingress-2-55-1-release-notes
@IUENG
Fumi, employee for Niantic in Japan, wrote a very interesting article on her personal blog regarding the effort of Ingress Agents in helping with two different but equally challenging situations in our world: the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic and the massive explosion that involved the city of Beirut, Lebanon.
In the first case, Agents from Japan teamed together and are contributing to Folding@Home, a crowdsourcing network which enables scientists to know much more about this common enemy and potentially find a cure against it, but not only that! They organised initiatives for neighborhood safety, cleanup of their cities and blood donations!
In the second case, today agents from all around the world participated in the Beirut Ingress Virtual First Saturday, which had the goal of collecting donations for the Lebanese Red Cross and the International Red Cross Committee. Over 900 agents participated to the event featuring, among the other activities, an auction of swag donated by Agents and the presentation of the Red Cross activities in the city.
Read more at http://fumijp.blogspot.com/2020/09/ingress-foldinghome-supporting-beirut.html
@IUENG
In the first case, Agents from Japan teamed together and are contributing to Folding@Home, a crowdsourcing network which enables scientists to know much more about this common enemy and potentially find a cure against it, but not only that! They organised initiatives for neighborhood safety, cleanup of their cities and blood donations!
In the second case, today agents from all around the world participated in the Beirut Ingress Virtual First Saturday, which had the goal of collecting donations for the Lebanese Red Cross and the International Red Cross Committee. Over 900 agents participated to the event featuring, among the other activities, an auction of swag donated by Agents and the presentation of the Red Cross activities in the city.
Read more at http://fumijp.blogspot.com/2020/09/ingress-foldinghome-supporting-beirut.html
@IUENG
Blogspot
Ingress, Folding@Home, Supporting Beirut and more
I joined Folding@Home Ingress Japan Cross Faction team to contribute my spare CPU/GPU to help fight Covid-19. What is Folding@Home? https:/...