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A new test release is up on https:\/\/play.test.tootsville.org\/play\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding users to Contacts should now be fully functional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terrain generation should be functional for grassland and forest areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “talk bar” changes color when children or sensitive players are nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users are warned before leaving the page to prevent accidentally quitting the game by clicking “back” or “reload” (for example).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume settings should apply to the trumpeting sounds of Toots speaking as well as the background music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A “cache breaker” helps prevent users’ web browser caches from loading older versions of the software when new versions are released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The client reports its version to the server during sign-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the browser takes a long time to load the game, a warning dialog appears; this now will be hidden if loading completes successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Errors while registering a new Toot character have been ironed out, including failures when attempting to use the color red for any body part or the hearts pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Error messages for dropped connections have been made more clear, including detecting if the browser has gone off-line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name tags and speech balloons should track the player characters more fluidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking with cursor keys takes a longer “step.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Server WebSocket low-level code has been cleaned up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The credits have been updated to include a link to the asset credits in the manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toot Square has been moved to its permanent home location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous operator commands have been improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous other small changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developer documentation has been updated at https:\/\/goethe.tootsville.org\/devel\/docs\/Tootsville\/0.6.12\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new test release is up on https:\/\/play.test.tootsville.org\/play\/ Adding users to Contacts should now be fully functional. 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