2.1.14

"Hi I Am New" — September 14, 2024

Features

• Overhauled onboarding flow with improved and conditional guidance

• Minimum distance between bloom pickups is enforced, and bloom pickup foot traffic rewards are back

• New "create conversations" window

• New visuals for death animation and respawn animation have been added

Changes

• Updated the way chat conversations are created and managed to have a better user experience

• Games now end with a second of slow mode and a whistle sound to indicate completion

• Updated the manage people view in group conversations

• Context menus now pop up when clicking on user profiles in chat

• Added better feedback for projectile end of life

• Blowers now affect all sized avatars the same way

• Upgraded chat window performance

• Updated following and blocking players

• Handle for larger following and chat counts

• Default minimum player suggestion for game lobby takes unavailable players into account

• Creator info is now displayed in the scanner menu

• Improved anti-AFK measures

• Updated keybind setting description for utilizing the system menu

• Weapon swap icons now display the correct keybinding input

• Optimized client performance to reduce stutters and performance drops

• Players can now set keybindings to accept and reject invites. Notifications now reflect bound keybind keys

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where asset texture renders only appeared while in the emote wheel

• Fixed a bug where the system menu displays "Leave Match" after exiting a game

• Fixed a bug where game information text remained on screen if all players leave to a different island

• Resolved game stutters when players quit from a private dm

• Fixed combat games with long kill feeds from carrying over to different islands

• Fixed an issue where shield breaking VFX from active games appears when in roam mode

• Resolved a couple of issues with setting pictures of DMs when creating and leaving conversations

• Fixed an issue where players were not able to respawn using F3 during the last 10 seconds of a Foot Race

• Fixed issues where collecting blooms were not properly registered

• Fixed an issue where scanning NFTs would not display the creator information

• Resolved problems with players accepting game invites but being displayed as "invited"

• Players can no longer move flags in CTF games using pings

• Fixed a bug where players were able to access B33, scanner, and quit the game from inside a playground game

• Fixed a bug where the social menu incorrectly allowed players to invite more builders than permitted

• Fixed a rare bug where certain inputs triggered an invisible chat menu

• Swim height no longer causes looping movement while swimming

• Fixed invisible colliders on the tutorial island

• Handle invalid emote in emote wheel

• Correctly handle vanity slugs in island links when sending in chat

• Reflections are fixed again (and performant)

• Trees will no longer cap build weight on new islands

• Render pipeline optimization and memory usage reduction

• Flag jump attack now does damage

• Fixed issue when moving game entry points around

• Players no longer get stuck on results screen if someone disconnects as a game is ending

• Fixed a bug where other players would not dance after reaching the finish line

• Fixed text in lobbies for long team names

• Fixed an issue where stun VFX would stay on players

• Improved game results speed indication for time trial and race games

• Fixed a bug where the cross-hair indicator disappeared upon dropping a flag

• Fixed an issue where players connecting to Nifty Island using a gamepad would not see lobby invite inputs