News & Updates
April 14, 2014
FIX
Fixed several issues with Chips and Casino Points getting out of sync and appearing not to be updating (they were updating correctly on the server).
FIX
Fixed several audio issues, especially in Firefox.
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Fixed bug in Firefox that sometimes caused players to get stuck on loading screens.
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Fixed a rare bug that could cause floor tiles to appear invisible when loading into the game.
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The "finish" button on daily slots is now working again.
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Deleting waypoints will now always delete the correct waypoint.
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Fixed issue in slots that would sometimes cause a jackpot winner to visually appear to win double the jackpot amount (again, it was updating correctly on the server).
FIX
Fixed several issues in the intro tutorial.
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Fixed a rare bug that could allow two players to sit in the same poker seat if they joined at the exact same instant.
FIX
Players on slower computers will no longer see their character only half faded in, which made them look sort of like a ghost.
FIX
The janitor job now shows the correctly loading screen.
FIX
Party missions now display their messages outside of the global alert queue.
FIX
Casino floors that are closed no longer count against your casino's environment rating.
April 13, 2014
UPDATE
We've built fresh servers for every layer of CasinoRPG's infrastructure (GoldFire Network, game server, database, etc). We've also built in some speed and scalability improvements as we prepare for the launch on Wednesday.
FIX
The chat ignore feature should now be working correctly for all players.
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The crew invite button is again working correctly.
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Fixed several visual glitches around the map, especially in Zone 3C1.
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Fixed several bugs associated with switching tables at a multi-table poker tournament.
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When watching a multi-table tournament, the button to the table you are at is now disabled in the table switch area.
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Fixed a few areas where the new loading screens still had the spinning chip.
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The signup/cancel button for poker tournaments now updates correctly.
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Fixed a few more bugs with resizing the game window while the poker lobby is open.
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Fixed a bug that would on rare occasions send you to a player named 'undefined' player profile when trying to login.
FIX
Fixed a bug with the intro tutorial that broke things on smaller resolution screens.
April 12, 2014
EASTER 2014: The city is fully decorated for this most colorful of holidays! In addition, we have 6 new limited edition holiday items available. Get all of the details on how you can get your hands on these items before they are no longer available after April 24 by clicking on the Easter egg icon at the top of the game screen.
FEATURE
Each citizen's driver can now instantly take them to their own casino for free from the manage properties menu (and since everyone is a citizen right now, everyone has this feature unlocked right now).
FEATURE
If you are level 10+, you can now transfer chips to other players by going to their in-game profile window. There is a new Actions button that holds this action and others.
UPDATE
All of the loading screens for the different areas in the game have been updated with some wonderful new art that represents the area you are loading in/out of. The spinning chip is now gone from most loading screens.
UPDATE
The Postwoman has moved to a new location because some of her missions were impossible based on her location around the city.
UPDATE
Made quick chat easier to read by adding a stroke around the text.
FIX
Smoothed out several loading screens that appeared to "jerk" when fading in/out.
FIX
All areas where modal windows could be opened multiple times without closing the first should now be fixed.
FIX
When leaving a poker table, the chat area gets removed immediately so it now longer shows over the loading screen.
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Selling condo items now works correctly again.
FIX
Prevent the main loading screen from going to 101%.
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The time between dealer switches on poker tables has been increased.
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Fixed various other client errors.
April 9, 2014
FEATURE
Up to this point, many of the missions and features around the city have felt somewhat disjointed. There has always been a plan to implement a storyline that ties everything together, but a lack of ample development time has caused this to be pushed back over and over. Until now! We are excited to announce that Episode 1 is here for your enjoyment! If you've already completed the Simon missions in the main square, simply head to any Real Estate office (and ignore the line about talking to the lady at the desk if you've already got a building permit). This first episode offers a glimpse into some of our city's main characters and some of the city's backstory. We plan on periodically releasing new episodes that further develop the world around you, so stay tuned for those updates!
UPDATE
The feedback tab has been removed. However, we are certainly still collecting your feedback, and the feedback area can now be found from a new button in the main menu (3 bars in the top left).
UPDATE
Improved the initial loading time of the game, especially when loading into your condo.
UPDATE
Other various performance improvements around the game.
UPDATE
Significant improvements to performance of connections between CasinoRPG and the GoldFire Network. One side-effect is that leaderboards now only update once every 60 seconds, but it will help massively with scalability and general performance.
UPDATE
The properties in profiles are now ordered by star-rating, and that star-rating is now visible.
FIX
Fixed issue with slots that sometimes threw an error for seemingly no reason.
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Improve speed of server restart to fix rapid disconnect issue.
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The issue that sometimes caused the camera to go crazy while walking outside should now be fully fixed.
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Mission givers will no longer walk away while you are talking to them.
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Tweak the volume of the slot machines down slightly.
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Long casino names in player profiles are now cut off.
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Lots of general improvements to the mission system to help make development faster and prevent future bugs.
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Fix a few different bugs with taxis.
April 6, 2014
IMPORTANT: This update contains a lot of changes/improvements to the server architecture to prevent issues post-launch. We've done a lot of local testing, but new bugs could arise. Please continue to report anything that even seems just slightly odd so we can be sure to have a smooth launch on April 16th. Also, in case you missed it, the new CasinoRPG trailer is available here.
FEATURE
There is now an ignore/unignore button in player profiles that will allow you to filter that player's messages from global chat.
UPDATE
You can now store up to 40 favorite waypoints (80 for citizens). There are now also controls to page between your list of favorites in the mini-map and in the taxi.
UPDATE
Crew buildings are now displayed in orange with a 'C' icon on the mini-map.
UPDATE
Taxis now correctly drop you off at the curbside. We plan on eventually making this even better with some cool animations.
UPDATE
Keyboard events for the floor editor are now fired on key-down rather than key-up.
FIX
Fix a bug in crew battles that prevent points from storing correctly in poker.
FIX
Fix a few depth-sorting issues caused by yesterday's UI performance updates.
FIX
The condo's front door is no longer under the editor grid during the intro tutorial.
FIX
The vault storage area is now sized correctly, so the prev/next buttons don't go over the bottom of the screen.
FIX
Moving an item out of the vault no longer takes you back to page 1.
FIX
Setup a new system to make sure new player's verifications actually go through (sometimes they would get dropped due to network issues, so now they will get resent until network issues are solved).
FIX
Cleared out a big list of server bugs and errors to prevent crashes, exploits and attacks.
April 5, 2014
FEATURE
You can finally walk inside apartment buildings! They are fairly limited at the moment, but more functionality will be added in the future. You can go to your condo by walking inside any apartment building and walking up to the elevator. There is also a job board where you will access jobs (the mop in your condo is still there for now, but the plan was always to phase that out eventually).
FEATURE
7 new items have been added to condos, casinos and crew buildings: HDTV and 6 colored lamps.
UPDATE
There are now 3 different dealer images that will show up at dealer switch time at table games.
UPDATE
The poker buy-in window has been improved by showing the min/max buy-in outside of the input box. It also now auto focusses so you don't have to click in the text box to enter your buy-in.
UPDATE
The placeholder text in inputs no longer goes away until you start typing.
UPDATE
Level 1 players can no longer be challenged in party missions.
UPDATE
Poker tables that currently have players on them are now highlighted in green in the poker lobby.
FIX
Most of the flickering of outdoor objects should now be fixed.
FIX
Fix the last chat character from getting cut off when typing quickly in global chat.
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Several more bug fixes and tweaks to environments (keep sending us feedback on these, it is incredibly helpful).
FIX
When you edit the tiles on your lot, they will be updated immediately without needing to reload the game.
FIX
Prevent any HTML from being used in global chat.
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Long floor names now get cut off in the elevator view so that they don't overlap buttons.
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Fixed bug in Blackjack and Roulette that would sometimes show a seat as being available to sit at while you were already sitting at the table.
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Prevent opening multiple poker join windows at the same time.
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If you click join at a poker table and then leave without closing the join window, it will not get automatically closed.
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Correctly re-position the missions display when leaving a poker table in your own casino.
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Fixed several issues with resizing of the poker lobby display when resizing the game window.
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Fixed several issues with resizing of the global chat window when resizing the game window.
FIX
A few small performance improvements in various UI components.
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The speed of the error window has now been more than doubled.
FIX
Lots more random client-side error fixes.
April 1, 2014
FEATURE
The global chat now has a "Chat Bot" that will post the current time every 15 minutes to give you some context when first loading into the game and looking at chat history.
UPDATE
A repellent has been formulated that has successfully rid the city of the rubber-eating pigeons!
FIX
Several tweaks and bug fixes have been applied to the casino environment ratings. This is still an experimental feature and currently has no impact on your casinos as we continue to tweak it until it is right.
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The vault check that sees if you have enough room for more items in storage is now working correctly.
FIX
When you purchase a new lot, the for sale sign will be removed immediately.
FIX
If you leave a cash game and then come back, the amount you need to buy-in with is auto pre-filled in the text input.
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Fixed the fading animation when leaving poker tables.
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Fixed a bug that would cause the game to freeze if you double-clicked the mini-map while it was expanding after clicking on a taxi.
FIX
Lots of other error fixes that were causing various issues.
April 1, 2014
Citizens of GoldFire City, we are issuing an all-hands alert city-wide. It turns out that passing pigeons all day has not been the best of ideas. Rather than subduing them into submission, it has only led to these creatures of the streets becoming immune to our human ways and finding new sources of food -- our precious shoes! Yes, that's right, the pigeons have evolved to love the taste of worn rubber. They will stop at nothing to gnaw through your soles to get at your very souls! It is times like these that truly test a city's resolve. Will you stand with me and fight these foul beasts and send them from whence they came!? Citizens! Stand with me and fight the flight!
March 31, 2014
LIVESTREAM: We are back with a special GoldFire Studios Fireside Chat #28 on Tuesday night (April 1, 2014) @ 6:00 PM CDT. We have a big announcement as well as the world premiere of the new CasinoRPG gameplay trailer. Be sure to tune in and have questions ready as we'll be capping it off with live Q&A.
FEATURE
Casinos now have a new metric in the tycoon: environment ratings. You can view your casino's environment rating from the metrics menu inside your casino. This will show you your entire casino's rating. This is still experimental, so it won't have any affect on your casino's other metrics yet, but we plan on introducing this soon after it has been tested by all of you (so if you think a rating looks odd, please let us know). If you have low ratings, one thing to check is whether or not players can actually get to your games, doors, etc.
FEATURE
Mission coins over mission-giver heads are now now faded out while the mission is unavailable.
FEATURE
Lots around the city that are still available for sale will now have a for sale sign in the middle of their grass.
FEATURE
The global alert showing a player's jackpot win will now also show what casino they were playing in.
FIX
Reworked the back-end of the mission system to help us add more missions in the future and to fix bugs/issues with the current system.
FIX
Fixed a bunch of various errors that could have been breaking various different things.
March 26, 2014
UPDATE
The intro tutorial's arrow has been updated to make it more obvious what you are supposed to be doing.
UPDATE
You can now change the name of casinos when they are closed.
FIX
Large speed improvement with the GoldFire Network avatars, which leads to much faster loading of chat, poker, blackjack, roulette, settings, etc.
FIX
Various network tweaks/optimizations to improve performance and fix lag/crashing issues.
FIX
Fixed very rare poker bug that would cause a crash if a player got a straight flush with 2 aces on the board.
FIX
Various other behind-the-scenes updates to improve stability/performance.