Release notes (2015)

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This page lists the release notes for Toontown Rewritten during the year of 2015.

January

January 3, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.7.15]

Launcher (Windows and Linux):

• Major Update! - v1.2.0

• Greatly improve look and performance of the launcher.

• Fix a crash on some machines when Two-Step Login is enabled.

• Recent news is now displayed on Doctor Surlee's chalkboard.

Maintenance:

• Cleanup for Estate Furniture Manager.

Bugfixes:

• Fix an issue where items couldn't be deleted from the attic at estates.

• Estate windows now work properly.

• The mailbox now shows an error if your attic, closet, or accessory trunk is too full.

Features:

• Toontown Rewritten is now available on all major Linux distributions!

January 15, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.7.17]

Maintenance:

• Major Update! We've rewritten major parts of the code to give an immense performance boost to our servers. This will be continued further in the next update, so keep your eyes peeled for smooth performance on the horizon.

Bugfixes:

• Fix the estate phone animation occasionally not working.

• Miscellaneous bugfixes.

February

February 1, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.0]

Maintenance:

• Major Update: Our server engine has been updated! Long awaited bug-fixes, optimizations, and more have been applied to the server. We're in progress of overhauling our deployment system - expect more improvements to come.

Bugfixes:

• A long-time knockback bug, present since the beginning of Toontown Online, has now been fixed! Damage bonuses should be properly applied.

• Fix a few typos and odd phrasing in various places, as suggested by the community.

• Various performance and crash fixes.

Tweaks:

• The rarity of fish has been slightly decreased, making fishing less of a chore while still challenging for veteran players.

• The animation when planting and watering flowers has been made faster.

• Cog HQ factories and bosses now receive a constant 2x experience bonus regardless of an invasion, due to their increased difficulty. Invasion bonuses remain the same on streets and buildings.

• Invasion summon amounts have been increased and now have varying amounts, resulting anywhere between 3,000 and 10,000 Cogs.

• The battle camera now adjusts to the height of the tallest Cog.

• Cog merit counts are now shown on the inventory page by pressing the "Home" hotkey.

Features:

• Toontown has received 10 New Toon Colors for the very first time: Rose Pink, Ice Blue, Mint Green, Emerald, Teal, Bronze, Amber, Crimson, Dark Green, and Steel Blue. Go make a New Toon today!

• Toons now receive teleport access to Cog HQs upon reaching Level 50. If you're already Level 50, you'll have to defeat the boss one more time so the Toon Council can award it to you!

• If the building you need to visit for a ToonTask is a Cog Building, it will display in grey on the Street M.A.P.S.

• Once your Cog Radar is completed, Cog Buildings for that suit type will appear on the Street M.A.P.S.

• When dancing, the panel will now show if you have received bonus experience from the battle.

• Add an optional "Show Cog Levels" button to the Battle GUI, to display the opponent's level and health status.

• The district page has been redesigned! Population and invasion status is shown by clicking on a specific district.

• Toons can now purchase a "Rewrite Toon" item every 6 months to change their color or size for 10,000 beans. NOTE: Black cats and Polar bears will lose their effect by changing color!

February 14, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.1]

Bugfixes:

• Cog HQ Factories now give the proper amount of Gag XP.

• Fix a bug where population values on the district page wouldn't update.

• Fix a bug where the Cog Level GUI would show incorrect Cogs.

• Fix a crash in the Toontorial relating to invasions.

• Fix a district reset relating to picnic tables.

Tweaks:

• The "Bronze" color is now known as "Apricot."

• Slightly improve positioning of winter accessories.

• You can now click on your current district to view population and invasion status as well.

• Cog HQ Bosses will no longer unstun when a Toon bumps into them.

Features:

• Due to popular demand, winter accessories are back for a limited time in the Cattlelog!

March

March 6, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.2]

Bugfixes:

• Cogs now properly open and close Cog HQ doors when walking through them.

• Fix a crash relating to Tug-of-War.

• Fix incorrect textures for the O'Skirt and O'Shorts.

Tweaks:

• The Chief Justice cutscene has received a Toon-up. Let us know what you think!

• Toons can now exit a Fishing dock by pressing the "escape" key.

• The whitelist has been updated once again with new words.

March 14, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.3]

Maintenance:

• Server Engine Update! We've included some experimental major server stability improvements to test out throughout the weekend.

Bugfixes:

• Fix an exploit where Toons could receive unreleased "special" animations -- don't worry, they are being released soon!

• Fix a crash related to furniture.

• Fix Bingo card placement.

• Potentially fix garden growth for some players. Bear with us as we continue to investigate this issue.

Tweaks:

• Clothing stores now accept Jellybeans once again.

March 20, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.5]

Features:

• Double Bean Days are here! All jellybeans earned on the trolley will be doubled until Sunday at midnight Toontown Time.

• Added new abilities to our moderation backend.

Bugfixes:

• Modify how SpeedChat+ messages are sent. This should fix the 'Ignore' feature not working.

March 28, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.6]

Bugfixes:

• Fix an exploit that could cause a district reset.

• Fix a district reset relating to racing.

• Fix a crash when clicking the "Settings" button on the Chatless Dialog.

Features:

• Toons can now go Chatless by changing settings on the Account section of the Toontown Rewritten website.

• SpeedChat has been tweaked a bit with better placement and new phrases. Try it out, and let us know what other changes you want!

April

April 1, 2015 [ttr-beta-v1.8.8]

Features:

• Released BBQHQ and C.H.E.F. banquet.