Admin & Quality of Life Update Beta Version 1.J.F.0

Greetings Dragons, first let me say that this is not the Aug/Sept Content Update that will include the Scent system and the new AI Creature - the Spined Scrab - that content will be coming in the Aug/Sept content update Version 1.K. This is a Quality of Life Update for the current 1.J version to provide admins and players tools for an improved user experience.

VERSION 1.J.F.0

Server/Client

SERVER ADMINISTRATOR QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS:

• Added a Player Name Filter to the Admin Panel

• Added Admin panel Disband Clan button allowing admins to disband the clan of selected player

• Admins can now chat to each other with @admin that non-admins cannot see

• Players can now ping admins with @admin allowing players a private way to communicate to admins

• Added Restore admin panel button allowing admins to restore a player character to a player only if the character that died was a juvenile or older. Restorations are only available for 30 minutes after character dies.

• Added new Ban player Admin panel button allowing admins to ban players from within the game. Admins can now ban in-game or from the config. In-game bans must be removed via /unban command or by deleting the steamid.sav in the /bans folder on the server. Config bans are separate and have not changed. Use config to ban when the server is offline and admin panel to ban when running.

• Added new /unban chat command which unbans players who were banned via admin panel

• Added new PvP server config option bFlagHatchlingKillers=true that causes adult or older eyes to glow red for 20 minutes after killing a hatchling notifying other players that their hatchlings are not safe. Safelog is unavailable while Flagged when this config is enabled.

• Added new server config option iMaxClanMembers=0 that allows servers to cap clan size. Only applies to clans made after this update. Server owners will need to either disband the clan in-game or wipe the SaveGames/Clans folder to force clans to re-make under new clan size limits. Clan members can be configured in the range of 8 - 1024 members.

• Admin Port/Summon now ports/summons 5 meters above the player to prevent falling through the world

• Admins now have infinite Stamina and Bile while in Super mode allowing them to do their duties without needing to rest

• Added a system message notifying admins they have nametags on/off

• Muting players now persists on the server indefinitely until unmuted

• Player Chat command /anyadmins now only shows admins that are online and not incognito to prevent players from breaking rules when no admins are online (now they might be watching incognito)

• Admin Panel now shows character info regardless if their character is rendered

• Admin Panel now displays ping of players if ping is less than 1000.

PLAYER QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS:

• Added new /verystuck command that teleports player to the nearest group member. Can only be used while stationary every 5 minutes and only after trying /stuck. Sets health to 1 and roots for 5s. Use only when necessary.-

• Added /anyrevives chat command to let players know if they have a character that can be revived and how much time is remaining on the revive. Characters can only be revived by admins and must be a Juvenile or older upon death to be stored.

• Added an "Apply Shimmer" button on Character panel allowing Kickstarter Backers with Shimmer Skins to apply the shimmer effect to nested-in Dragons with non-shimmer skins. After applying, player must go to Spawn Menu or safelog. Skin will be applied on next spawn in.

• Added a struggle hint telling players how to struggle when picked up

• Aiming reticle is now white when you can fire and red when you cannot to help our color blind community

• Hatchlings on PvE servers can now only be picked up by group members to prevent griefing

• Character Panel can now be mapped to Controllers

• Developer nametags are now always visible to players (no more biting someone and then finding out they're a dev) ːsteamhappyː

• Tooltips now look cool

• Servers with Friendly Fire (group damage) enabled now display Friendly Fire On/Off in the group social panel

• Chat command for making clan announcement is now "@clan " (used to be "/@ ")

• Nights are now slightly brighter

• Slightly increased Stalk Speed of all Dragons

• Elder Walk, Swim, & Fly speeds are now capped to Adult speeds

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a server-side memory leak

• Loading Flaps should no longer persist into the character menu

• Left mouse click on keybinds now properly allows player to rebind key

• Improved flight sync to reduce camera jitter when being carried in flight

• Unknown Parents & Clanmates should now display when player is offline even if player is not on Steam friendlist (requires player to logon before going into effect)

• First Flight Theme should no longer play more than once

• Players can no longer walk on the bottom of the pond in the far NW corner of the map