News & Updates
December 18, 2024
HOLIDAY PROMO: The city is decked out for the holiday season and we have 6 exciting limited edition items available! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after January 4 by clicking on the snowflake icon at the top of the game screen.
UNBEARD THE SHARK 2024: The city is in need of everyone's help solving a mystery that could ruin this most joyous time of year! Click on the Santa Hat icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Unbeard the Shark Trophy item!
UNBEARD THE SHARK 2024: The city is in need of everyone's help solving a mystery that could ruin this most joyous time of year! Click on the Santa Hat icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Unbeard the Shark Trophy item!
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The Vault tab in the casino editor now has a "Show/Hide Item Levels" option by clicking on the gear icon. When toggled, the levels of all items on the floor will be displayed to make management of upgrades easier. The number displays are also color-coded.
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Added 6 new color options for the original poker table items (long and round tables).
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Added 4 new color options for the Pirate Bingo Machine items.
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We collected lots of data from the last 2XP Day and used that to make even more performance optimizations to the server back-end. These improvements will help across the board, but they're especially impactful during bomb parties.
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Previously, the upgrade item button was hidden in favor of the vault button when on the Vault tab, but now both options are available when selecting items on your casino floor.
FIX
Pigeons would sometimes get stuck on people's heads.
FIX
Various client errors that could cause unexpected bugs.
October 23, 2024
HALLOWEEN PROMO: The city is decked out for this spooky time of year, and we have 6 incredible limited edition Halloween items to celebrate! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after November 7 by clicking on the pumpkin icon at the top of the game screen.
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2021: When the ghosts and ghouls start roaming the streets, you know what that means! Click on the candy icon next to the promo icon to see the trick-or-treat progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Trick-or-Treat 2024 Trophy item!
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2021: When the ghosts and ghouls start roaming the streets, you know what that means! Click on the candy icon next to the promo icon to see the trick-or-treat progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Trick-or-Treat 2024 Trophy item!
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Group chats in the GoldFire toolbar can now be re-named by the group starter (enter the group chat, click the gear icon and type a name).
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Private chat and group chats will no longer auto scroll to the bottom for new messages if you have scrolled back in the chat history.
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Notifications for lots/casinos on your watch list now include the address rather than just the name.
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Created a new monitoring system that will detect servers with issues and automatically replace them to help avoid downtime issues in the future.
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Huge re-write of our server/database code in-game to improve performance and stability (this affects almost every area of the game).
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Various updates to the server/database code with the toolbar/chat system for similar performance and stability gains.
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Lots of other server optimizations to better stabilize and improve overall performance (especially when there's a lot of activity going on).
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Upgraded to a newer back-end server version that includes performance and stability improvements.
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Also upgraded to a much newer database version that includes further performance and stability improvements (basically, we've been focused on modernizing the whole server/back-end system from top to bottom).
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Tweaked the color of buildings that are for sale in the mini-map to not look so close to your own buildings.
FIX
The person that started a group chat wouldn't always have the ability to remove people from the group chat.
FIX
Sometimes players on a chat ban would still have messages appear in event or trade chat.
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Sometimes bomb party time slots would be blocked from being bid on when they shouldn't be.
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Opening the real estate market listing for a casino by clicking the button on the mini-map now correctly shows the current high bid.
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Syncing data between servers would sometimes be out of sync, which would cause unexpected issues such as duplicating slot tournaments, activities not starting correctly, etc.
July 25, 2024
SUMMER OLYMPICS PROMO: With the Summer Olympics getting under way, we have a set of 6 new limited edition Summer Olympics-themed items! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after August 10 by clicking on the Olympic rings icon at the top of the game screen.
OLYMPICS MEDAL RACE: GoldFire City is playing host to the Summer Olympics! Can you take home the gold? Click on the medal icon next to the Olympic rings to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Olympics Medal Race Trophy item!
OLYMPICS MEDAL RACE: GoldFire City is playing host to the Summer Olympics! Can you take home the gold? Click on the medal icon next to the Olympic rings to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Olympics Medal Race Trophy item!
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The mini-map now highlights casinos in pink (with a little "for sale" sign) that are listed for sale in the market or auctions (only for listings after this update).
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Clicking on a casino that is for sale on the mini-map will give you a "view sale" button to take you directly to the listing in a nearby real estate office.
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Added 4 new Foil Curtain item color options.
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Both the Auction House and Real Estate Market will now highlight listings that you have an open bid on (green if you are the high bidder, red if you've been outbid).
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Increased the score needed to win slot tournaments so that they last longer.
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Increased global chat max length from 140 to 200 characters.
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Updated server back-end systems for improved performance and stability.
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The normal birthday/celebration decorative items are also available in crew houses.
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When a player receives multiple chat "blackhips" within a short period of time, the length of chat ban will increase at a greater rate than before.
FIX
Some broken items were still applying to hotel amenity scores, which could cause unexpected effects on your overall casino stats.
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The cost of building a new floor didn't always match with what was shown on the screen (the amount charged was always lower than the screen was saying).
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Some players were getting a half broken scorecard for wars in rare instances.
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Pick 5 tickets would reset right after buying them in rare instances.
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The white Pedi Chair item in hotels would change to a brown color when rotated backwards.
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The list of items to sell at auction would not render when the screen was too small or zoomed in a certain amount.
April 10, 2024
Wow! Can you believe it? CasinoRPG is turning 10 on April 16, 2024! What started as a dream project back in 2012 has turned into a decade-long adventure of building, betting and bonding. A huge shoutout to our Kickstarter backers for helping to get us off the ground in early 2013 and to all of you for joining the game -- whether you’ve been here since the early beta days or just joined the party.
However, the full release in 2014 was only the beginning of the story. From our early days to now, CasinoRPG has grown immensely, thanks in large part to all of your ideas and feedback. It’s been a blast adding new features, gameplay, events and various updates over the years. We've been even more thrilled to see how this community has grown into one of the best places to hang out with new and old friends online! Seriously, you all make CasinoRPG what it is, and we’re excited to keep building this world into what you all want it to be.
Whether you’ve been building your casino empire from day one or you’re just starting your own journey, we appreciate each and every one of you. Every suggestion, every bug report and every high-five has helped shape CasinoRPG. We're just as excited today as we were in 2014 for what’s ahead, and we’ve got an ever-growing list of ideas to continue evolving the game into the future. So, here’s to the next chapter in our CasinoRPG adventure -- may it be filled with luck, laughter and many new friends!
BIRTHDAY PROMO: GoldFire City is fully decorated for the milestone and we have 6 exciting limited edition items! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after April 25 by clicking on the cake icon at the top of the game screen.
BIRTHDAY CANDLE HUNT: In order for all the wishes of GoldFire City to come true, we need your help blowing out all of these candles! Click on the flame icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a limited edition Birthday Candle Hunt 2024 Trophy item!
COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR EVENTS: Our Community Ambassador team is also organizing lots of events on April 15, 16 and 17, with prizes including a new Special Events Trophy -- be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the schedule and join in the fun!
However, the full release in 2014 was only the beginning of the story. From our early days to now, CasinoRPG has grown immensely, thanks in large part to all of your ideas and feedback. It’s been a blast adding new features, gameplay, events and various updates over the years. We've been even more thrilled to see how this community has grown into one of the best places to hang out with new and old friends online! Seriously, you all make CasinoRPG what it is, and we’re excited to keep building this world into what you all want it to be.
Whether you’ve been building your casino empire from day one or you’re just starting your own journey, we appreciate each and every one of you. Every suggestion, every bug report and every high-five has helped shape CasinoRPG. We're just as excited today as we were in 2014 for what’s ahead, and we’ve got an ever-growing list of ideas to continue evolving the game into the future. So, here’s to the next chapter in our CasinoRPG adventure -- may it be filled with luck, laughter and many new friends!
BIRTHDAY PROMO: GoldFire City is fully decorated for the milestone and we have 6 exciting limited edition items! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after April 25 by clicking on the cake icon at the top of the game screen.
BIRTHDAY CANDLE HUNT: In order for all the wishes of GoldFire City to come true, we need your help blowing out all of these candles! Click on the flame icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a limited edition Birthday Candle Hunt 2024 Trophy item!
COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR EVENTS: Our Community Ambassador team is also organizing lots of events on April 15, 16 and 17, with prizes including a new Special Events Trophy -- be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the schedule and join in the fun!
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Added 19 new birthday/congratulations/celebration style decorative items.
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There's now a search bar on the in-game list of friends (accessed via the "app" in your in-game phone).
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When listing Casino Points for sale, there is now a third input for a "packs" value. This defaults to 1, which was the prior behavior. However, you can now increase this to create multiple listings at once. The limits for simultaneous listings have now been increased as well.
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Increased the chip buy-in/prize for several of the paid and freeroll poker tournaments (currently schedule tournaments excluded).
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When the last member of a crew leaves (and thus deletes the crew), the remaining balance of Chips and Casino Points will get automatically added to their account.
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Speed up animation on elevator doors.
FIX
Various issues with the hotel cost inputs.
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Holding down mouse for movement had stopped working with the prior update.
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More scenarios where the taxi wouldn't drop you off at the front door of a casino.
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Various fixes and updates to both the Android and Apple mobile apps.
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Minor performance improvements on the servers.
April 1, 2024
Directly from the office of The Mayor of GoldFire City, we have breaking news of a rodent invasion that has descended upon the city. Their origin is unknown at this time, but all signs point to the involvement of the one that calls himself "The Shark". Due to their extreme size, these rodents are considered dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. The crafty squirrels have even been observed imitating citizens and making their way onto casino floors. The Mayor assures citizens that all necessary resources have been dispatched to bring the situation under control. We will update once we have more details.
February 7, 2024
MARDI GRAS PROMO: The city is decked out for the Mardi Gras festivities, and we have 6 exciting limited edition items available! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after February 22 by clicking on the Mardi Gras hat icon at the top of the game screen.
BEAD COLLECTING 2024: Join up with the rest of the community and collect the most Mardi Gras beads from the casinos of GoldFire City! Click the beads icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition trophy item!
BEAD COLLECTING 2024: Join up with the rest of the community and collect the most Mardi Gras beads from the casinos of GoldFire City! Click the beads icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition trophy item!
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New "sale lock" feature in the vault that allows you to lock specific types of items so that they won't be sold when using the "sell all" feature in the vault. Simply click the lock icon on the item to toggle this functionality.
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Just like with employee wages/counts, the room rates for hotels are now inputs that can be typed into instead of just using the +/- buttons.
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When listing a casino for sale at the Real Estate Market, you must now wait an hour after vaulting or selling items from that casino to allow the stats to update.
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The "new listing" window at the Real Estate Market now has a search bar to filter your casinos by name or address.
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When a holiday event is running, the items that get decorated around the city will now show as the normal non-decorated versions in the Auction House, Vault and Build views to avoid confusion.
FIX
If other players are moving by keyboard, they would sometimes get relatively far out of sync of where they were actually standing, which could cause confusion especially with bomb parties, etc.
FIX
The keyboard syncing improvements had a side-effect of fixing a rare instance where players could effectively phase through a barrier (though we still maintain that the only fool-proof way of protecting a floor is with the VIP feature).
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The maximum slot score leaderboard for the current month was only updating when you got a new personal best, rather than a new personal best for the month.
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Using the taxi to go to some casinos wouldn't always take you to the right building.
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Various issues with the new bingo missions.
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In rare instances, some real estate auctions would end twice, awarding two different winners.
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Casino Points will no longer update to show "0" when playing Roulette (this was always just a visual glitch).
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Rotations for some of the sauna items were wrong.
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Various server error fixes.
December 19, 2023
HOLIDAY PROMO: The city is decked out for the holiday season and we have 6 exciting limited edition items available! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after January 4 by clicking on the snowflake icon at the top of the game screen.
HOLIDAY GIFTING 2023: Santa needs your help delivering toys to all of the casinos of GoldFire City! Join up with the rest of the community and wear your best Santa suit for more efficient toy delivery. Click on the Santa Hat icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition trophy item!
HOLIDAY GIFTING 2023: Santa needs your help delivering toys to all of the casinos of GoldFire City! Join up with the rest of the community and wear your best Santa suit for more efficient toy delivery. Click on the Santa Hat icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition trophy item!
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There's a new Bingo Lady in town, and she comes bearing gifts! You'll find her at various points around the city with an all-new mission series followed by random bingo-based missions daily.
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Added 14 new hotel item color options (boxing rings, dining tables/chairs, sauna and spa).
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New version of the Android app that fixes keyboard and other issues (pending Google Play approval).
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New version of the iOS app with improved support and fixes for the latest OS versions.
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Closed casinos that go to auction now start with the default bid amount instead of the "fair market value" when they closed, since that can give a very different and sometimes inaccurate view of the current state of the building's contents.
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Tweaked up the awards from the casino game missions.
FIX
Long-running missions would sometimes get stuck and were unable to be completed.
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Prevent getting stuck in a building that gets deleted.
FIX
Citizenship on mobile would sometimes fail to renew each month.
FIX
Various server-based errors causing miscellaneous bugs.
October 23, 2023
HALLOWEEN PROMO: The city is decked out for this spooky time of year, and we have 6 incredible limited edition Halloween items to celebrate! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after November 7 by clicking on the pumpkin icon at the top of the game screen.
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2021: When the ghosts and ghouls start roaming the streets, you know what that means! Click on the candy icon next to the promo icon to see the trick-or-treat progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Trick-or-Treat 2023 Trophy item!
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2021: When the ghosts and ghouls start roaming the streets, you know what that means! Click on the candy icon next to the promo icon to see the trick-or-treat progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide event. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a new limited edition Trick-or-Treat 2023 Trophy item!
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The Casinos app in your in-game phone has been overhauled to include various filters and a search function to make it easier to access the specific casino(s) you're looking for.
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The numbers for wage and employee count in the "Manage" tab of the casino editor are now inputs so that you can directly type the values in addition to using the +/- buttons.
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The Android app has been completely re-built to fully support Android 13 (it still works on older versions as well).
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The monthly casino profit leaderboard now uses your maximum profit for the month.
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Current total hourly casino profit can now be viewed from player profiles.
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Condo invites will now work when offline/disconnected so that invites should no longer get lost. It can also now handle multiple pending invites at once
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The notifications for Pick 5 winnings have been consolidated so that multiple wins at a drawing won't spam you with notifications.
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Hovering over your level in the top left of the screen will show the exact amount of XP remaining to the next level.
FIX
Not all purchase dates were showing correctly in real estate history.
FIX
Sometimes the wrong date would be shown for the next Double XP Day (just a visual glitch).
FIX
Players that sign up for a poker tournament within the last 15 minutes will now get added to party chat and receive the 2-minute warning popup.
FIX
Several server errors that would cause disconnects randomly.
July 18, 2023
SUMMER PROMO: We have 6 new limited edition summer-themed items available for your casinos! Get the details on how you can get yours before they are gone for good after August 3 by clicking on the beach ball icon at the top of the game screen.
HOT DOG EATING CONTEST: It wouldn't be summer without over-eating from the grill! Click on the hot dog icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide hot dog eating contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a limited edition Hot Dog Eating Trophy item!
HOT DOG EATING CONTEST: It wouldn't be summer without over-eating from the grill! Click on the hot dog icon next to the promo icon to see the progress and get details on how to participate in this community-wide hot dog eating contest. Participants that reach their goal and the community goal will receive a limited edition Hot Dog Eating Trophy item!
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Added a new Casino Mogul Trophy item that is awarded to the top 3 in the monthly total casino profit rankings (the highest gain in casino profit).
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Added support for browser desktop notifications to the GoldFire toolbar. If permission is given, this will allow desktop notifications to appear when you get notifications such as new private messages. Popup notifications must be enabled in your GoldFire account settings for this to work, and they only appear if you have the game in a background tab in your browser.
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The "history" tab in the Real Estate Market is now consolidated and lets you view all lot/casino purchases and their dates regardless of mode of purchase (direct purchase, market, auction).
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The purchase limit check for real estate auction bids now only counts those that end during the current month, so you can bid on a lot that completes in the next month if you have already hit your limit for the current month.
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There is now a level limit of 12+ to claim a Double XP Day party slot.
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Poker and slot tournament reminder popups are now 2 minutes instead of 5 minutes in advance of the tournament.
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Only active crew members are now factored into the price tiers for upgrades and battle fees.
FIX
Housekeepers now correctly impact the hotel simulation, and their display of "supply" now shows correctly in the metrics.
FIX
Daily slot jackpot scores were going too high in battles/wars.
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In rare cases, stats wouldn't update correctly on real estate listings.
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The notification for winning a real estate auction is now working.
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Possible fix for casino metrics showing as "88" across the board (let us know if this continues to happen and the circumstances).
May 23, 2023
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Added a "floor" dropdown selection to the Events app to allow easier display of the floor to visit for a party on Double XP day. The notes field can still be used to specify multiple floors or other information.
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Added 10 new hotel entertainment/restaurant item color options.
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Added a "theme" filter to vaults.
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Upcoming bomb party alert at the top of the screen now shows the address and is sent 5 minutes before the party starts.
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Increased the Pick 5 lottery max tickets per day from 100 to 500.
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Various timezone issues with Double XP Day events.
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Free rides during Double XP day for non-citizens weren't always working correctly.
FIX
The 100 casinos trophy wasn't getting awarded until 101 casinos were owned.
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Real estate auction listings for a closed casino now correctly show unknown stats since they can't be known when the simulation isn't running (it used to show the values when the building was closed, which were often very different from the actual stats).
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Casinos with a hotel would sometimes behave as if there was no hotel.
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Prevent casinos that are marked as memorials from taking a negative profit.
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Various other fixes/improvements.