We've revamped the chat and friends system from the ground up. It's a much more performant and reliable system now.
Chat changes:
- The Friends system is far more robust. Friend requests and confirmations won't get lost any more. If you don't see a friend listed on your friend list, send them a new request.
- You can cancel sent Friend requests
- Online status is reported more accurately
- You can see your block list, and unblock blocked users
- There's now a Global Chat window, where you can chat with anyone who's currently online. You can reach this from the main menu.
- As we grow, we'll monitor the size of Global Chat. If it gets too big, we'll split it into multiple channels.
- Chat now shows timestamps, player avatars, etc!
- Private chat stores your chat history (on your local machine)
- You can Add Friends direct from global chat
- If someone abuses their chat privileges in any way, there's a "Report" button that will send a report to Support. We'll review the report, and take appropriate action, up to and including terminating accounts.
Feature Improvements:
- All data files are stored zipped, not in raw text. Saves 5-8x on download times for new data updates
- Draft has a minor facelift, with improved/fixed animations
Bug Fixes:
- If you start the game up with no internet connection, you'll get a more helpful error message
- Prevented a bug where the game could progress to the main menu before all game data was loaded