News & Updates

The original interface has existed since before the first internal prototype of CasinoRPG. A lot has been learned/added since then, so we thought it was time for a fresh design. This new UI has been redesigned from the ground up to be fast, streamlined, flexible and more friendly to use. It allows for more vertical screen space (especially in casino games), prominent buttons for global chat and properties, a revamped 'h' shortcut key for hiding/showing the HUD while outside and many other bug fixes and improvements.

The new global chat button will now light up when a new global chat message comes through and you are in an area that has quick chat hidden (such as a casino game).

Big update to the text input game-wide. European keyboards are now fully supported. Caps lock is now supported (though posting in all caps is generally frowned upon). Copy/paste is now fully supported. Lots of other bugs and annoyances have been fixed.

The poker and blackjack tables are no longer sitting in perpetual darkness! New lighting/shadow effects are now visible on top of the new flooring that we think makes the tables really pop!

A new highlight flashes on the player chat at poker tables when a new message is received.

Hovering your mouse over the player chat or dealer history now expands to double the size.

The poker muck hands checkbox is now always visible in the top left of the screen.

The font sizes for user chips, bet amounts and pot amounts have been increased.

The size of the avatars on the poker and blackjack tables have been increased.

The chat input on poker tables has been expanded.

10-15% performance boost when using the editor.

Tweak the color of the grid when editing a floor.

Tweaks to visual style of missions display on the right side of the screen.

Tweaks to the visual style of the alerts along the top of the screen.

Jackpot notices now round the number displayed.

When scrolling in player chat or dealer history, the auto scroll will correctly be paused.

Fixed an issue in poker tournaments that allowed a player to sit in two seats due to a rare timing issue.

Fixed issue in poker that sometimes briefly flashed your cards for the next hand before they were dealt.

Lots of other various bug fixes and tweaks.

The forums have received a lot of improvements, read all about them and discuss what else you'd like to see here.

We've made some updates to the back-end to the entire GoldFire Network that will improve speed network wide.

There is now a button to go to the forums from the main menu.

Fixed a large memory leak that was causing the entire game to slow down after playing slots or other casino games for extended periods of time.

Fixed a lot of random errors on the server that were causing crashes.

Delay the global notification of new poker tournaments by 5 minutes to avoid confusion with the start of the current tournament.

Increased the fade in/out speed of the error notices.

Fixed a major server bug with poker that was causing all sorts of random issues.

When rebuying at a cash game, the value you enter to rebuy no longer gets doubled (this was partially related to the previous bug fix).

Display the correct zone name for the properties list in your profile view.

Fixed an issue with the intro tutorial that could have gotten new players stuck in their condo.

Fixed several random server errors that were causing various issues.

Happy Holidays 2013: Three new limited edition holiday items are now available (Holiday Poker Table and Blue/Red Sculptures). These will only ever be made available until December 30, 2013 @ 11:59 PM CST. Click on the snowflake icon at the top of the screen for details.

You've probably already noticed, but the citizens of GoldFire City have gone all out with their holidays decorations around the city. Be sure to explore the different areas of the city to take in all of the festivities.

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Fix bug in poker SnG's that prevented payouts from being awarded properly.

The medals for a 2-star and 5-star casino are now awarding correctly.

Fixed a rare bug that allowed a player to sit in two seats at once during a poker tournament.

Winning the jackpot while playing the western slots now works correctly.

The screenshot/sharing tool inside of your casinos now works again. Remember, you can easily click the share button to post a screenshot of your casino floor to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+. Also, if anyone signs up and builds their own casino after looking at yours, you'll get 100 Casino Points.

Fix issue with the Crape Myrtle changing colors.

Fix issue that prevented you from adding items to your lot if you bought a lot that had been reclaimed by the Real Estate office.

Various other tweaks and bug fixes.

Google+ login has been added for GoldFire Network logins to CasinoRPG.

Poker tables should now longer have their player counts off.

When leaving a poker table, the poker lobby will re-update with fresh data.

Poker stats now correctly update when getting refunded from a poker tournament that didn't start.

Poker stats for chips won are now updated correctly from freerolls.

Prevent opening of multiple poker tournament signup windows so that you can't accidentally signup to the same tournament multiple times.

Players that are inactive and sitting at a poker SnG that hasn't yet started will now be removed after 3 minutes, just like on a cash game.

Prevent your cards from flashing sometimes before the start of the new hand.

Fix rare issue in poker that would cause your previous hand's cards to show rather than the new cards.

Various other bug fixes.

The property management window can now handle multiple pages of properties.

Opening multiple employee management windows now closes the previous to prevent window flicker issues.

Your slot games no longer get reset if the server disconnects, they will now auto reconnect.

We've made some behind-the-scenes updates to the missions system to prepare for the in-progress party mission system (woot!).

Fixed some user experience issues with the chip races missions.

A rare timing issue that could cause a poker tournament to freeze has been fixed.

When loading into a poker table that already has chat messages, they will now scroll to the bottom automatically from the start.

You can now close your casino. Why would you want to do this you ask? Well, the most common scenario is when someone opens their casino too early and weren't really ready for the rush of customers and costs associated with them. So, if you are a Citizen (which everyone is during beta) or during the first two weeks your casino is open, you can close your casino's doors by going to the outdoor building editor.

You can now enter your condo by walking up to any apartment building and going inside. This is just temporary as we plan on having actual insides to the apartment buildings (similar to the real estate building) in the future.

We've made some tweaks to the intro player tutorial that will let them see the 3 main areas of the game right from the start.

Fixed a few bugs with the murder mission.

There was an occasional bug in poker that caused bet chips to animate at the end of betting rounds from players that weren't in the hand.

Fixed a bug that could cause Chip/Casino Point counts to be visually off when rapidly purchasing many casino items.

Empty floors no longer count towards overtime when working the janitor job.

Removed the arbitrary casino popularity limit of 1000.

Real Estate Offices will now offer a free taxi ride to another office with open land for players that don't already own land.

There are now a few new chip race missions scattered throughout the city.

The lot editor now hides other buildings during editing.

When leaving a slot game, the other players on the floor will be correctly synced.

When you unlock an item in a slot bonus game, you no longer have to reload the game to see the updated unlock status.

Fix a bug that caused an upgrade to a 5-star casino to show as a 4-star casino.

Fix bug with casino upgrade notices being sent too many times.

Fixed a bug with the Blackjack dealer switch that caused it to not always work as intended.

Fix a bug that caused doorways to interfere with mail mission delivery.

New slot theme! Up until now the only slot game you could play was 'Classic Slots.' We are now excited to announce the release of 'Reel Saloon,' which is a western themed slot game. You can play this by walking up to one of the new western-themed slot machines in a casino that has one.

In addition to the 3 new slot machine items (which must be unlocked from the bonus game on the new slot theme), we've added 27 new western themed items for use in and out of your casinos.

Chip race markers on the mini-map are now more obvious.

Fixed some issues with the pigeon pass mission that may have been causing pigeons to get stuck.

Fixed several server bugs that were causing disconnects and crashes.

Fixed issue with the awarding of the 'Monthling' medal.

Shortened numbers that are greater than 10 million now get displayed correctly (example, 10 million to 10M).

Signing up for poker tournaments now correctly updates your poker stats in your profile.

Fixed a display issue with casino capacity.