
Version 1.4.3 of the release build is out. Start the launcher and it updates by itself. Here is what changed since 1.4.2.
Sort and tag buttons on "Choose a piece"
"Choose a piece" now has "Sort / filter (K)" and "Tags (G)" buttons at the top right. Both features were already there behind keys, but they were hard to find, so they are on the screen now (thanks to a tester for the suggestion).
- The sort order, direction and group are saved and come back the next time you open the screen
- The wrong "<-> Change" hint is gone from the guide
The "Choose a piece" screen with the "Sort / filter (K)" and "Tags (G)" buttons at the top rightReskin the dice with a texture pack
Texture packs can now change how the dice look. The look list has a new "Dice" group where you replace the die face and each pip face (0-12) separately. The workshop, single-image import and packing all work as usual.
- Faces you have not drawn show the game's pips on your pack's face
- The topmost pack with any `dice/` picture draws the whole die
- The "Textures" guide on the site explains the file names (`dice/face.png`, `dice/1.png` ...)
Texture-pack dice: a yellow block face with a hand-drawn "1", and undrawn faces using the game's pipsPlay
- The jingle for "a toll big enough to sell a shop" is louder
- Fixed: stopping on a bare vacant lot could use up a shopping or half-price ticket and show a 0G payment screen
- The zoushi amount screen lists "shares held" in turn order
Online play and spectating
- Fixed: when a trade that completes a monopoly went through, play could stop for spectators and seats not on turn
- Spectators now see the roulette's betting step
- Fixed: a spectator's map hidden under the casino table, and a spectator's data screen hidden by the "It's X's turn" plate
- Fixed: double-clicking a seat in a room could kick that player (kicking now always asks yes / no)
Publishing and assets
- Publishing a board or an asset (skins, pieces, sounds, theme songs and so on) now needs a title and an author name, and the title needs an English version too (for boards, "Board name (English)"). When something is missing you are taken to the field to fill in
- Theme songs gain a "Set name (English)" row
- Settings > Other > "Delete imported assets" can now also delete imported theme packs, packs that fail to load, and packs you made yourself (their work folders)
The pack details screen with "Title * (EN)" and "Author *"Sending data
- If you send data, the game asks you once more at start-up, once per kind, whether to keep sending. The cursor starts on "No", and nothing of that kind is sent until you answer. Choosing "No" asks the server to delete what you sent before
- Fixed: the one-time consent question at start-up took key presses without being drawn
- Fixed: error reports were not sent at start-up for players who chose "error reports only"
- Match data now records a bankrupt player's final assets as their debt (a negative figure) instead of 0
Test build 1.4.3-test0
The test build has the same changes (the phone (Android) build moves to 1.4.3-test0 too). The test build also tunes Sphere Battle, played with Test Mode on: you now get a sphere when you pay on an opponent's vacant-lot building such as a tax office or my home, the CPU's sphere choices and gear were reviewed, and the Smuggler's Lv2 "Mug" comes up as often as the Thief's.
Please note
The engine version went up, so 1.4.2 and earlier cannot play online with 1.4.3. Saves load as they are.