News & Updates
May 6, 2016
There is currently an issue with Google Chrome 50 that is affecting some computers with an AMD video card (and possibly other brands using certain drivers) on Windows. This can cause various features in the game to break, such as the phone, poker lobby, etc. This is not a bug with CasinoRPG and isn't something that we can fix in our code. We've been in contact with Google, and they have fixed the issue in the upcoming Chrome 51. In the meantime, they suggest to either use Chrome Canary or another browser such as Edge until Chrome 51 is released.
May 3, 2016
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Video Poker is here with 3 initial variants: Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild and Joker Poker! This is a new standalone game and comes with 17 Video Poker Machine items (1 of which is only available in daily spins and bombs). We especially want to thank FlagDUDE08 for contributing open-source code to allow for Deuces Wild and Joker Poker variants!
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Added a Video Poker sprint party mission.
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Added a Video Poker team challenge to battles and wars.
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Added 10 new medals relating to Video Poker.
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The Windows App has been updated so that the game will no longer auto-reload every time you minimize it (it now only needs to do that after being minimized for 5+ minutes).
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Both the Windows and Chrome apps have been updated with new icons.
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Identified and fixed several memory leaks that could have caused slowdowns after extended play.
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Fixed several bugs that were causing various issues with slot bonus spins and entering slot games in some cases.
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The slots spin counter will now go down to 0 during bonus spins before reverting to the auto spins count.gr
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The new slot bonus games will now correctly survive server restarts or disconnects so you won't lose your progress.
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Fixed a bug that was sometimes preventing battle flags from appearing.
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Sometimes slot challenge results would appear on screen before bonus spins on the 50th spin were complete.
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Prevent phone from getting stuck on screen with rapid open/close.
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If a casino is closed, don't show what games are inside on the door display (just show that it is closed).
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Fixed position of instruction text on Jungle/Base slot bonus games when using a smaller screen resolution.
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When in a taxi, if you move the location and then select a favorite, the map will now correctly update to the favorite location.
April 20, 2016
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We know you all love to play slots, so we've been hard at work on some major improvements to all of our slots games:
- Unique Egyptian Slots bonus game.
- Unique Ocean Slots bonus game.
- Unique Western Slots bonus game.
- New sound effects for different symbol wins.
- New sound effects on all slots.
- Each slot game now has a unique intro animation and sound effect.
- The last reel(s) will now speed up and take longer to hit when a bonus or big hit is possible.
- New symbol animations have been added for winning symbols.
- Auto spins can now be stopped before they complete (the button will be changed to "STOP").
- Getting 5 CP symbols on a line now rewards 25 CP instead of 5 CP.
- The info screen now displays session winnings and item unlocks.
- The Jungle and Sci-Fi bonus games will now always rewards something even if you lose them.
- Increased the average bonus game payouts across the board.
- Fixed several visual issues caused by switching browser tabs.
- Fixed some issues with text overlapping.
- Various bug fixes and tweaks to all slot games.
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Photo limits have been increased to 50 and 200 (citizens).
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Favorite limits have been increased to 50 and 100 (citizens).
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24-hours of battle protection is now given after withdraw.
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Added some spam filtering features to global chat (you generally shouldn't run into these unless you are actually spamming, but tweaks may still be needed).
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Fixed an issue with Winner-Take-All SnG's that prevented them from actually being WTA.
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If there is network lag, solitaire cards now show a loading indicator instead of looking like they weren't flipped over.
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Fixed a few other solitaire-related issues.
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Fixed depth-sorting issues with players that are carrying a party bomb.
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Fixed a few issues related to casino foreclosures.
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Fixed several cross-browser issues with audio.
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Fixed a rare case where an incorrect third poker sidepot was created.
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Don't auto-focus poker bet input on mobile/touch devices.
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Fixed another issues that could cause cards on poker tables to show incorrectly after switching browser tabs.
April 16, 2016
Happy Birthday CasinoRPG, you are now 2 years old (since beta testing ended)! The game and community have evolved and grown tremendously over this time, and we can't wait to see what year 3 has in store.
We've got a lot of great updates in the works, so whatever is to come, we know it will be exciting and a whole lot of fun for all. We can't fully express how much we appreciate all of you that have been part of this game, and we hope to see all of you continue with us on this journey!
We've got a lot of great updates in the works, so whatever is to come, we know it will be exciting and a whole lot of fun for all. We can't fully express how much we appreciate all of you that have been part of this game, and we hope to see all of you continue with us on this journey!
April 1, 2016
We've been hard at work on a total overhaul to the look and feel of CasinoRPG. A team of artists and programmers have been working tirelessly for nearly a year to create the stunning new visuals you now see in-game, the likes of which have never been possible until recent advancements in graphics processing technology. We call it NoirVision™, and we think you're going to love it!
To go along with this new look and feel, we've introduced some jazzy new period-specific music (pun absolutely intended). The entire 2:37 will loop over and over and over, and it simply makes the experience magical.
NoirVision™ is an incredible advancement in gaming technology, but it does come with a few notable drawbacks. Namely, in order to process such a stark lack of color, we've had to remove all non-period specific clothing from the game. Everyone now has on their best detective fedora or dress...all in the same conformist style of course!
Too much of a change all at once? Not a problem! We've also added a nifty "toggle noir" button that will temporarily allow you to teleport in and out of 1920s GoldFire City with ease. This will let you get used to the new vibrancy of NoirVision™ before it goes mainstream.
Edit: If you hadn't guessed, yes this was just an April Fools joke!
To go along with this new look and feel, we've introduced some jazzy new period-specific music (pun absolutely intended). The entire 2:37 will loop over and over and over, and it simply makes the experience magical.
NoirVision™ is an incredible advancement in gaming technology, but it does come with a few notable drawbacks. Namely, in order to process such a stark lack of color, we've had to remove all non-period specific clothing from the game. Everyone now has on their best detective fedora or dress...all in the same conformist style of course!
Too much of a change all at once? Not a problem! We've also added a nifty "toggle noir" button that will temporarily allow you to teleport in and out of 1920s GoldFire City with ease. This will let you get used to the new vibrancy of NoirVision™ before it goes mainstream.
Edit: If you hadn't guessed, yes this was just an April Fools joke!
March 25, 2016
Easter 2016: The city is fully decorated for this colorful holiday! In addition, 5 new limited edition holiday items will be available through April 4. Get all of the details on you can get your hands on these items before they are no longer available by clicking the Easter Egg icon at the top of the game screen.
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Battle/war personal challenge data now updates in real-time like everything else on the scorecard.
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Made several updates to significantly improve performance of solitaire (especially when using Google Chrome).
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Fixed some smaller performance issues in a few other areas of the game.
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Fixed issue in Blackjack sprints that would sometimes prevent table chat from working.
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Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the screen to go black when coming back from another browser tab.
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Fixed a few cross-browser bugs/errors.
March 15, 2016
St. Patrick's Day 2016: The city is looking a bit greener these days, and we also have some new limited edition holiday items available! Get the details on how to get your hands on them before they are gone for good after March 19 @ 11:59 PM by clicking on the clover icon at the top of the game screen. (UPDATE: We've resized the limited edition items from 3x3 to 2x2)
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Show a notice when an update has been released since you last visited the game.
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Automatically add favorite when buying a casino from the market.
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Fixed another issue that was causing some battle challenges to get stuck.
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Quickly panning the full-screen mini-map no longer causes visual glitches.
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Fixed a bug caused by daylight savings time change that reset some players' consecutive days counters.
March 11, 2016
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The way that the mini-map is rendered has been re-written to be dramatically more efficient. This should be especially noticeable when panning around the full-screen map. This also significantly reduces the bandwidth and memory usage.
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We have switched the "Earn Gold" offer wall from Fyber to Persona.ly due to an increasing number of failed offers lately. They should also be able to offer a wider range of offers, surveys and videos.
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Poker tournaments (especially larger ones) should start much faster (all players will be placed simultaneously instead of one at a time).
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Info displays (such as on casino games, map favorites, etc) now have a slightly darker background so they are easier to read.
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Moved to a new e-mail provider to increase speed and reliability (for things like password reset, battle/war notice, etc).
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Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause team challenges in battles/wars to get stuck.
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Fixed a few different bugs that could cause players to be removed from a poker tournament.
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Buildings should now always render correctly on the mini-map when walking long distances.
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The full-screen mini-map will no longer cover the online raffle display.
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Updated audio engine to fix various browser issues.
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Various other bugs and errors fixed.
February 23, 2016
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The mini-map has been completely overhauled with lots of new features, tweaks and fixes:
- Expanding the mini-map now takes it full-screen and the scale adjusts based on your screen size.
- Panning around the expanded mini-map is now much smoother and supports variable dragging speed.
- Buildings rendered on the expanded mini-map are now clickable, providing details and actions.
- Viewing casino info now lets you see what casino games are available inside.
- Citizens can now use their driver to go directly to any building from the expanded mini-map.
- Mission givers have a more distinct representation on the mini-map, and are color-coded by type.
- Mission givers are also now clickable on the expanded mini-map to view extra info.
- Lots that are for sale are now marked as red with a white border.
- Clicking on for sale lots in the expanded view lets you go directly to the Real Estate Office.
- Lot tiles are now rendered on all lots when panning the large map, not just around where you started.
- Closed casinos are now dimmed on the mini-map.
- Added 'M' shortcut key to open/close the mini-map.
- Increased size of player marker to be more clear.
- Optimized bandwidth usage for faster loading while panning around mini-map.
- Improved algorithm that picks the drop-off location when getting out of taxi to be closer to the front door.
- Search is now on both taxi and expanded mini-map displays.
- Allows you to search for zone, address, building name and username.
- If you search for a username, it'll move your position to the closest casino owned by that user and highlight all of theirs.
- New, full-screen favorites display allowing you to see more at once.
- Favorites can now be manually re-ordered.
- Add any building to your favorites by simply clicking on it on the expanded map, and it'll auto-load the name.
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A new mini-map search feature has been added:
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As part of the mini-map update, favorites have also received some updates:
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In addition to favorites, you can now add temporary waypoints to your mini-map by clicking the button to the left of the favorites "heart" button. This will mark the position on the mini-map until you reach it, and it will also show a visual path in the game-world to where you are headed. Some missions (especially for new players) will auto-generate a waypoint path when sending you back to the mission giver.
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Buildings now become transparent when walking behind them.
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The name card shown when you walk up to a building now shows which casino games are inside.
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52 new items have been added to your casinos, including 5 new Lottery Machines and many high-end decorations.
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Fixed an issue in scratchers that would sometimes make it look like you were scratching multiple cards at once.
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Various other bug fixes and tweaks.
February 8, 2016
UPDATE
This is an update that if all goes well you'll never know exists. We've had some downtime in the past caused by physical servers dying, so we've finally finished making 100% of our back-end redundant and auto-healing so that even if a an entire server goes down, the game will keep running without missing a step. If you are interested in the code side of things, we open-sourced part of the implementation here.
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Moved all game assets to a new content delivery network to (in some cases dramatically) improve download speeds when loading into the game.
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The total number scratched out of your level's limit is now displayed on each scratcher ticket.
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There is now a confirmation window when ending a solitaire game that still has cards to turn over.
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Clicking on the jackpot display on each scratcher ticket will now open the list of recent jackpot winners.
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As part of the recent poker update, we re-wrote the poker hand solving algorithm to enable some new features. We've now open-sourced that code for anyone to see and contribute to.
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Clicking the avatar in the far-left seat on Roulette now shows the options like all other seats.
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Fixed a rare bug that caused a few lots to go to foreclosure auctions that shouldn't have.
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Fixed a rare bug that could sometimes show the wrong value on item repairs.
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Fixed a bug with cost checks on high volume discounted buildings.
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Fixed another issue that could cause poker table cards to not show correctly after changing browser tabs.
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Fixed various other client/server errors.