News & Updates
October 24, 2016
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 2 by clicking on the pumpkin icon at the top of the game screen.
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2016: What good are Halloween costumes if you can't go trick-or-treating in them? Well, that is changing this year! Click on the candy 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 Trick-or-Treat Trophy item!
TRICK-OR-TREAT 2016: What good are Halloween costumes if you can't go trick-or-treating in them? Well, that is changing this year! Click on the candy 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 Trick-or-Treat Trophy item!
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Crews can now pin announcements to the top of their chat window by using the "/a MESSAGE" slashcode from the crew chat tab. This will function the same as the yellow announcement bar at the top of global chat.
UPDATE
The amount of time you can sit away at poker tournaments before being removed has been lowered to 15 minutes on paid tournaments and 5 minutes on freerolls.
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Prevent vault from resetting to first page when moving/selling items from it.
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Emotes in local/table chat are now also blocked when players are chat banned.
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When receiving holiday promo items, there will now be an on-screen animation/display to show what you got.
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Chip transfer limits have been raised from 9,999,999 to 99,999,999 per transfer and there is now a confirmation popup.
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Upgrading lot items is now working again.
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Fixed various issues when editing favorites.
FIX
A few more tweaks to picking up party bomb drops that are stacked on top of each other.
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Corrected placement of mission display when on poker tables.
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A few issues related to foreclosure auctions.
FIX
A few issues that were causing the mini-map to not always update when changing the tiles on your lot.
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Mission displays will no longer cause conflicts with the global chat window.
FIX
Clicking disabled buttons (such as down arrow on last page of results) will no longer "click through" and close the display.
FIX
Various other behind-the-scenes fixes, tweaks and updates.
September 29, 2016
PROMO ITEM VOTING: We've got so many ideas for Halloween items this year that we want your help picking the best one! Click the icon to the right of your Casino Points to see the options and place your vote.
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Roulette/Blackjack: There is now a "TABLES" button that allows you to see all currently active tables and switch to whichever one you want. This makes it easy to play Blackjack or Roulette with specific players.
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Roulette/Blackjack: Added 5 new medals each.
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Roulette/Blackjack: Automatic table selection now does a better job at finding an active table.
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Roulette/Blackjack: Improved various sound effects.
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Roulette/Blackjack: Show "big win" message like in slots.
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Roulette: Each player now has a specific color which highlights their seat and their chips on the table.
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Roulette: pressing spacebar prior to placing any bets will now rebet and signal ready in one action.
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Roulette: Begin playing immediately upon joining in-progress betting round.
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Blackjack: Your current win streak now shows in the info display.
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The level up display has been overhauled to better match the style of the new mission animations.
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Opacity is now used to make it clear when a sprint is pending or started.
UPDATE
Players with large numbers of casinos should see a slight reduction in the number of item breaks.
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The real estate fees have been tweaked down across the board, especially as the number of owned lots rise.
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Pause animations while dragging items in the editor.
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Vault items are now sorted by when they were placed in the vault.
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Sort party bomb pickups so that the item you see on top is what you pick up.
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Update the dealer switch messages to make more sense on different games.
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Tweak down the length of the failed mission animation.
FIX
Various issues with items disappearing while editing floors.
FIX
Selling items from the vault while in the lot editor.
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Finishing a building upgrade and starting another in the same editor session now works.
FIX
Fixed a few issues that would sometimes occur after buying a casino from the market/auction.
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A few visual issues with receiving CP during the online raffle.
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Rejoining blackjack/roulette tables after server restart.
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Various issues caused by a roulette rebet getting cut off by the timer.
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Visual bug when mousing over the highlighted winning number on roulette board.
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Sometimes the selected chip would get stuck on roulette.
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Clicking multiple poker tournament tiles now behaves as expected.
September 7, 2016
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Increased performance on Safari (macOS and iOS) 2-4x (this makes the game very smooth on newer iPads for example). This may lead to some performance gains on other browsers as well.
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The next several updates will include lots of new wall items. In this first batch, we are including 29 posters, paintings and other items for your casinos, crews and condos!
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Daily Slots now award experience like all of the other games.
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Added game setting to disable your chat ignore list within the expanded global chat window.
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Prevent order of items in vault from changing when moving items in/out of vault.
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If you are disconnected with the game window open for a long period and reconnect, it is possible that your client will get out of sync with the server. In this instance, the game will now be automatically reloaded to fully re-sync and prevent related issues.
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Don't show the "failed" mission animation when retrying a mission.
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Added a confirmation window when voting to delete a chat message.
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The vault upgrade window now shows the upgraded vault and storage values adjusted for the number of open casinos you have.
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The exclusive auction items will now end at varying times throughout the day rather than just at midnight.
UPDATE
Tweaked some of the team challenge requirements.
FIX
Moving staffed bars on casino floors didn't work in some instances.
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A few issues related to editor saves not persisting correctly related to multiple vault, sell and item moves in one session.
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Calculation of garbage in properties app is now working correctly.
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The timer wasn't working correctly on missions from the mail lady.
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Re-sync 60-second timer on raffle winner display when returning from another browser tab (should fix issues where it looks like you won, but the time has already expired).
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Various issues causing possible disconnections for some players.
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It is now easier to see the Jumping Water Fountain items when in the vault.
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Various visual glitches with the active chat users list.
FIX
More small visual tweaks related to the recent interface styling changes.
August 22, 2016
FEATURE
One of our goals at GoldFire Studios is to enable amazing communities to grow around amazing games. Internally, we've been trying out a myriad of different ways to push further towards this goal, and what stuck is a system that enables the community to partially police itself. You can read more of the details about how the system works from the rules page, but here are the highlights:
- The biggest changes have to do with providing non-CA's with chat moderation tools. The new system automatically determines who should have those tools based on various factors (you will receive a popup with more details if/when each of these tools becomes enabled).
- The first is vote to delete. If you are granted this feature, you'll get a "DEL" button next to chat messages in global chat. If 3 people vote to delete a message, it gets deleted even if there's no CA present (there are safeguards in place to prevent abuse of this feature).
- The second is something we are calling a blackchip. These are meant to be used when someone is being disruptive in chat or elsewhere and ignores multiple requests to stop. When you give a blackchip, that player is instantly muted from chat for a few minutes (the time increases if multiple people give them one). There are again safeguards in place to prevent abuse of this feature as well.
- We've made the chat ignore feature easier to use and more functional. Click on a player's avatar in global chat or on tables to get a new "ignore" button. Or, use the new slashcodes /ignore USER and /unignore USER from within any game chat.
- Added a new ignore list window to the game settings app inside your phone.
- Added a shortcut key 't' to open the emotes window.
- Added common phrases to the emotes window to easily say things like "good game" or "thanks" with one click.
- Added labels in global chat to make it clear what the colored usernames mean.
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Missions are another aspect of the game that haven't gotten much love since early beta testing. This all changes with this update:
- Redesigned the display of your missions list in the top right of the screen. It now shows the mission giver, the associated color, a more obvious progress bar with numerical percent and a live countdown.
- Redesigned team missions display (including sprints) to now show the player avatars and to order the list by ranking.
- Got rid of modal windows for mission reviews and created a new full-screen display that makes reading mission information, objectives and other information much easier on any screen size.
- Created all-new stunning animations for new mission, mission step complete, mission complete and mission failed.
- Created new sound effects to go along with these new animations.
- Created a new global queuing system to prevent mission and level up messages from overlapping.
- The "mission step complete" animation also displays the next step without needing to open the mission review again.
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Solitaire has received a laundry list of improvements to culminate in what we think is the best online solitaire game you'll find anywhere:
- Various graphics improvements including dynamic shadows/lighting, streamlined animations and a new win animation.
- The stacks of cards now pile up visually rather than just having an extended shadow (for example, you can now accurately see how many cards are left in the deck).
- Improved performance in various areas, especially when moving cards to new locations.
- You no longer need to get a card halfway over the destination for it to register. Simply touching it at all will now register the move, greatly improving the "feel" of the gameplay.
- Various other improvements to the "feel" of gameplay.
- New sound effects in several areas of the gameplay.
- Added 5 new solitaire medals.
- Updated the game stats display along the bottom to be more clear and include the number of moves.
- Added a new "hint" button if you ever get stuck.
- Various bug fixes.
UPDATE
When on the floor tab in the editor, the casino will appear as it would outside of the editor so that you can easily preview the changes. When a tile is selected you get the alternate view to make editing easier.
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Clicking the currently opened tab on the editor will now close the editor (or open the review display if you have made changes).
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Tweaked the style of the vault chips display to better match the metrics displays and to be easier to read.
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Increased the opacity of disabled buttons to make the text easier to read.
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Added global shortcut key 'e' to open/close editor.
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Display of mission givers on mini-map now matches that of the mission review display.
FIX
Ignoring now works correctly in all local/table chats.
FIX
Issue where wall items would sometimes partially show in front of some floor items.
FIX
Various issues caused by certain locations of jumping water fountain items on lot (overlaps, items stuck in vault, etc).
FIX
Two wallpaper options from the old editor are now correctly showing again.
FIX
Made some tweaks and fixes to twirling chip animations.
FIX
Overlapping sounds when spinning daily slots quickly.
August 5, 2016
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The editor for casino/condo/crew floors and casino/crew lots is one of the last holdouts from the pre-beta version of CasinoRPG. In this update, we've completely re-thought and re-written the editor and related features from the ground up to offer a vastly improved tycoon experience:
- Editor is now opened with the "EDITOR" button in the top right of the screen.
- Editor now opens as a full-width panel along the bottom of the screen.
- When editing, changes don't persist until you save. This allows experimenting with layouts and changes without committing to them and the costs.
- In general, the editor is more lightweight and lowers CPU and memory usage.
- When done editing, there is a new review display that breaks down the changes and lets you reset them in groups (new items, changed items, wall colors, etc).
- The editor is now fully responsive to stretch or shrink to most any size screen.
- New casino metrics display makes it much easier to see how your casino is performing at a glance. Clicking each section drills down into a detailed view.
- The build menu now includes several new categories for items.
- Search bar on build and vault menu allows searching items by name.
- Added filtering options to all displays (sub-categories, themes, etc).
- Items are now grouped by color, and the color can be changed until the editor session has been saved.
- The left/right walls can now be modified separately.
- A new color wheel has been added for walls, enabling vastly more color choices.
- Managing employees has been simplified to hire/fire and change wages inline.
- Items in vaults are now grouped by level and type instead of just type.
- In addition to stats and level, vault items now show how many times they've broken.
- Added ability to filter vault items by area, and defaults to current (casino, condo, lot).
- Selecting an item on the floor shows the number of breaks and current level.
- Items are now visually lifted off the floor when selected for editing, and the tiles underneath are highlighted.
- When dragging an item, arrows point out on the sides to indicate you can drag.
- When editing/placing items or floor tiles, the editor panel is hidden to provide maximum editing area.
- New sound effects have been associated with editing actions.
- The "instant" button has been merged with the "accept" button/action on new items.
- When confirming a placement, you can check a box to take that action (instant or not) automatically for the rest of the session.
- All floor/lot changes are now shown real-time to nearby players on save (only some were before).
- Improved the countdown display on new/upgrading items.
- Upgrading an item has a new display showing the relative changes and a new instant upgrade option.
- Overhauled building menu on lots for easier upgrading, renovating, etc.
- Limited edition items in your vault are now marked with a "LIMITED" banner.
- New items in the build menu are marked with a "NEW" banner.
- Items now show as broken and are highlighted as such from within the editor.
- The display of locked items is more clear now.
- Closing a casino is now done from the metrics display inside.
- The metrics display now includes a live countdown to when the next simulation update happens.
- The popularity details window now lets you view a list of recent VIP visitors.
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One of the new item categories is walls! You can now hang art, lamps, etc on your casino/crew/condo walls. We are launching this feature with 60 amazing items to decorate with, and more are in the works.
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The "permanently broken" modal now includes a "sell" and "replace" button so you don't even need to go to the editor.
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The Properties app now shows an indicator on each lot with the number of garbage and repairs in each.
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The floor edit modal from within the elevator now has a "move" tab that lets you swap floors within a casino.
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When replacing used floor tiles, you'll now receive a discount on the new tiles worth 25% of the original purchase price of the old tiles.
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Modal windows can now be dragged like windows in an operating system.
UPDATE
Updated the style of modal windows, buttons and text inputs to be consistent game-wide.
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Our open-source audio engine, howler.js, has reached v2.0.0 and is now included in CasinoRPG to improved audio support.
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Error windows can now be closed with the ESC key like normal windows.
UPDATE
Crews that have been inactive for at least a year are now deleted (this will take a day or so for the current list to update).
FIX
An issue that would sometimes cause party bomb drops to go outside of a floor's boundaries.
FIX
A few bugs with how restarting the standing cards mission works.
FIX
Issue with casino address not showing inside casinos sometimes.
July 14, 2016
SUMMER PROMO: We have 8 new limited edition summer-themed items available for your lots! Get all of the details on how you can get your hands on them before they are never again available after July 24 by clicking on the beach ball icon at the top of the game screen.
UPDATE
Party Bomb drops will no longer get stuck in areas that aren't walkable from where the bomb was set off (like behind a bar, etc).
UPDATE
Made a few tweaks to the difficulty on the new standing cards mission series.
UPDATE
Table item purchases are now rate limited to every 30 seconds (so you can buy one per person every 30 seconds).
FIX
Text popups getting stuck on some browsers.
FIX
Prevent keyboard on touch-screen devices from opening when mini-map is made full-screen.
FIX
Various other errors and bugs fixed.
July 1, 2016
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A new mission giver is now available for level 20+ players. She gives a series of missions that earn you various items you can only earn from her. If you can complete the series fast enough, you can even get an exclusive!
UPDATE
The lag experienced when walking between zones around the city should now be limited or removed completely (depending on your hardware).
UPDATE
The free taxi ride to a nearby real estate office with lots for sale now shows for anyone, not just new players (shows on the lot selection screen in the office of full zones).
UPDATE
Limited edition items can now be vaulted even if your vault is full.
FIX
The duplicate cards issue in solitaire should now be fixed.
FIX
A bug in Roulette that could, in rare instances, cause a bet to show on screen without registering on the server. If the ball landed on that bet, it wouldn't pay out since the bet didn't exist, which should now be fixed.
FIX
Better normalize the scaling of party bomb item drops.
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Fixed some flickering issues with some party bomb drops.
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Mission givers that aren't unlocked will no longer show on the mini-map.
FIX
Fixed issue that was sometimes duplicating Flying Piggy Bank timers in the Timers app.
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Prevent errors caused by spinning right as a slot loads.
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Many overlapping messages that are the same (such as from bars or scouting missions) will no longer queue up, causing the appearance of lag.
FIX
The Ocean Slots spin button now shows correctly in Safari.
June 15, 2016
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Solitaire missions! There is now a solitaire mission giver located in a few different areas around the city. She offers a new series of missions as well as ongoing missions like the other casino games offer.
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The timers app now has an audio tone and a visual message when a timer has ended.
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Custom timers can now be restarted with a single button click.
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Added an intro tutorial for the expanded mini-map.
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A few more tweaks to the engine to further improve performance (mainly on lower-end computers).
UPDATE
The number of participating members in battle for each crew is now set when the match is made rather than when the battle starts.
FIX
Various bug fixes and tweaks to new player tutorial.
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Various fixes and tweaks to casino game missions.
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The bomb fairy's pickups no longer trigger the bot checker.
FIX
If someone collects the flying piggy bank near your location while you are inside, you'll no longer see the animation.
FIX
Fixed issue that could sometimes cause the mini-map marker to get stuck or out of place.
June 1, 2016
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Game settings have been moved from the main menu to a standalone app in your phone.
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In addition to the new settings app, you can now select from 6 different colors for your phone's wallpaper.
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Your phones are getting another new app: Timers! By default this will show you timers for the Flying Piggy bank and Party Bombs. It also lets you set up to 4 additional custom timers to keep track of anything you would like.
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A mysterious being has been spotted darting in and out of casinos. Locals are afraid to get too close, but what about you?
UPDATE
Made several optimizations to animations that should help improve CPU performance (especially on low-to-mid level hardware).
FIX
Fixed a bug that could cause poker players to get booted from tournaments too early.
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Fixed a loophole that let poker players get around the banking protection at cash games.
FIX
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause war team challenges to get stuck.
May 16, 2016
Solitaire Bug: We are aware of a rare bug in solitaire that can cause a card to be duplicated. We need more information before we can fix it, so if you see this happen please submit a ticket with the time it happened and what card was duplicated.
UPDATE
The janitor job has received a makeover, now better resembling the slot machine you are actually cleaning.
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The difficulty of the bartender job has now been better balanced.
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Improved the feedback on the performance for entertainer job.
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Various other tweaks and fixes relating to jobs.
UPDATE
Increased the chips that higher-end vaults can hold.
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NPC's can now play on video poker machines (this could take a few hours to kick in after the update).
FIX
Fixed a few performance issues from the last update.
FIX
The gun from the Western bonus game now hides correctly at the end.
FIX
Removing games from a casino now correctly updates the list of games displayed on the map/door.
FIX
Clicking on mission givers on the mini-map now works correctly outside of E0S0.
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Prevent bonus spins from counting as 2 spins out of your 50 for battle challenges.
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The counter on Party Bombs and Pigeon Pass will no longer get obscured by world objects.
FIX
Fixed issue in slots that would cause volume to go up temporarily at the end of chip rewards.
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Coming back to Deuces Wild in the middle of a hand now correctly displays the "wild" symbol.
FIX
Fixed various other errors and bugs.