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@oldmud0 oldmud0 released this 22 Aug 01:33
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This is the awaited patch release for 2.8, fixing various exploits and introducing some quality-of-life fixes. Linux support was also fixed in this release.

Expect a major slowdown after 2.8.6.

What's New

  • Improvements to blankposting (#256)
    • Doubleposting is no longer prevented by the client; this is done serverside instead.
  • Added more options for the IC chat log (#259)
  • Added ability to change audio device without restarting game (#257)

Changes

  • Translation updates (Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)

Fixes

  • Fixed IC freezing from too many } modifiers (#243)
  • Fixed Music Display button disappearing under specific conditions (#191)
  • Fixed custom chatbox colors not working (#194)
  • Fixed crash on DRO servers
  • Fixed client using the current character colors on other people's messages
  • Fixed slowdown related to area updates (#241)
  • Fixed custom realization sounds not working (#234)
  • Fixed bold text not working in themes (#227)
  • Fixed IC freezing due to preanims used with zoom effect (#169)
  • Fixed names in IC chat log being inconsistently shown in specific cases involving iniswaps and shownames (#247)
  • Fixed Linux release being incompatible with some LTS distros (#242)
  • Fixed screenshake not working with blankposting
  • Fixed text disappearing from IC log under certain circumstances (#221)
  • Fixed audio on Linux (#263)

(thanks to @scatterflower for changelog)