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As we told you all during our October Developer Update, we have planned a content update for a few games to add fun new twists. In this update, we've added a majority of these updates. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we couldn't prepare a Christmas Update, but a Christmas Lobby & Waiting Lobby is currently live on the network.
This is the biggest update we have done since the release of AuroraMC, with 80+ commits in the process of developing and testing the changes, so prepare yourself for a long read! Without further adieu, let's get straight into it!
General / Quality of Life
- Formatting for ranks has been changed and all ranks are now displayed as bold in both chat and tab.
- Leadership Ranks (Owner, Admin & Senior Developer) are now displayed in dark red.
- Added new "Partner" rank - We will release further information regarding what this rank is for in the future, but we're adding it now to save time later.
- Added Chat Emotes that everyone can use to make their messages look a bit spicier! (Everyone has automatically been given the Shrug emote!)
- A player's preferred pronouns (the preference) are now displayed when hovering over their name in chat and in the tab list!
- A player's in-game time and games played are now displayed when hovering over their name in chat.
- The game server tab list has been redesigned and now includes more information, such as the server you are in, the map & more!
- Updated stats menu to show stats for the new paintball items, and new game kits.
- Added /emotes command to show you which emotes you have access to use.
Paintball
- Fixed an issue where the text formatting in the Shop GUI would be incorrect in later versions of Minecraft.
- Implemented a new 'Team Ammo' shop item for 24 Gold. This item will work identically to the regular ammo item but will give ammo to your entire team.
- Implemented a new 'Missile Strike' shop item for 24 Gold. For more information on this item, see the Trello card on our public Ideas Board.
Crystal Quest
- Fixed an issue where the text formatting in the Shop GUI was incorrect in later versions of Minecraft.
- Fixed issue where, occasionally, rabbits would spawn inside the shop villagers' heads.
- Implemented Iron to Gold Conversions.
- Added an Archer Kit that players can unlock for 12,000 Crowns.
WARNING: Players using the Archer Kit will not be able to purchase arrows from the Player Shop
- Added an Economist Kit that players can unlock for 20,000 Crowns.
Lobby
- You will now be told when an item received from a crate is a duplicate.
- Parkour 'Return to Start' item has been changed to a wooden plate.
- Parkour 'Last Checkpoint' item has been changed to an ender pearl.
- Crate Noises can no longer be heard by players anywhere in the lobby.
- Tab has been redesigned and now includes more information, such as the server you are in, and more!
Tag
- Added a Blinker Kit that players can unlock for 12,500 Crowns.
Internal
- Optimised the internal calculation of the map border in games to prevent lag.
- Changed spacing in the MOTD generation so it is now properly centred.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue causing you to be unable to open crates that you had just purchased through the GUI.
- Fixed an issue causing you to be unable to open crates that you had just claimed from bonuses.
- Fixed some more formatting issues in later versions.
Festive Sale
As we enter the festive season and everyone prepares for Christmas and New Year (Where has the year gone??), we've decided to activate a 30% sale on the store for everyone to use during this period.
This is the biggest update we have done since the release of AuroraMC, with 80+ commits in the process of developing and testing the changes, so prepare yourself for a long read! Without further adieu, let's get straight into it!
General / Quality of Life
- Formatting for ranks has been changed and all ranks are now displayed as bold in both chat and tab.
- Leadership Ranks (Owner, Admin & Senior Developer) are now displayed in dark red.
- Added new "Partner" rank - We will release further information regarding what this rank is for in the future, but we're adding it now to save time later.
- Added Chat Emotes that everyone can use to make their messages look a bit spicier! (Everyone has automatically been given the Shrug emote!)
- A player's preferred pronouns (the preference) are now displayed when hovering over their name in chat and in the tab list!
- A player's in-game time and games played are now displayed when hovering over their name in chat.
- The game server tab list has been redesigned and now includes more information, such as the server you are in, the map & more!
- Updated stats menu to show stats for the new paintball items, and new game kits.
- Added /emotes command to show you which emotes you have access to use.
Paintball
- Fixed an issue where the text formatting in the Shop GUI would be incorrect in later versions of Minecraft.
- Implemented a new 'Team Ammo' shop item for 24 Gold. This item will work identically to the regular ammo item but will give ammo to your entire team.
- Implemented a new 'Missile Strike' shop item for 24 Gold. For more information on this item, see the Trello card on our public Ideas Board.
Crystal Quest
- Fixed an issue where the text formatting in the Shop GUI was incorrect in later versions of Minecraft.
- Fixed issue where, occasionally, rabbits would spawn inside the shop villagers' heads.
- Implemented Iron to Gold Conversions.
- Purchase 1 Gold Ingot for 20 Iron Ingots.
- Purchase 20 Iron Ingots for 1 Gold Ingot.
- Receive 1 Archer's Arrow every 10 seconds with a maximum of 6. These arrows are the only arrows used for kit abilities.
- Left-Click with the bow to use Quickshot - Instantly shoot all remaining Archer Arrows where you are aiming without having to pull back your bow. This ability has a 45-second cooldown
- Fully Charge your bow to use Barrage - Shoot 3 spaced arrows at once in the direction that you shoot your bow.
- Added an Economist Kit that players can unlock for 20,000 Crowns.
- Receive 3 Iron Ingots every 20 seconds.
- Receive 2 Gold Ingots every 40 seconds.
- Receive 1 Emerald every 60 seconds.
- You will now be told when an item received from a crate is a duplicate.
- Parkour 'Return to Start' item has been changed to a wooden plate.
- Parkour 'Last Checkpoint' item has been changed to an ender pearl.
- Crate Noises can no longer be heard by players anywhere in the lobby.
- Tab has been redesigned and now includes more information, such as the server you are in, and more!
Tag
- Added a Blinker Kit that players can unlock for 12,500 Crowns.
- Spawn with an ender pearl that is used as a blinker item.
- Throw the ender pearl to be teleported to a random spawn point located somewhere on the map. This ability has a 40-second cooldown.
- Optimised the internal calculation of the map border in games to prevent lag.
- Changed spacing in the MOTD generation so it is now properly centred.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue causing you to be unable to open crates that you had just purchased through the GUI.
- Fixed an issue causing you to be unable to open crates that you had just claimed from bonuses.
- Fixed some more formatting issues in later versions.
Festive Sale
As we enter the festive season and everyone prepares for Christmas and New Year (Where has the year gone??), we've decided to activate a 30% sale on the store for everyone to use during this period.
