Engine Improvements (Restructure & more)

  • Large codebase overhaul

  • Removed lots of "dead code" possibly harming performance

  • Improved networking performance

  • Improved server performance on player processing

  • Improved server performance on monster processing

  • Improved server performance on item processing

  • Improved server performance on map processing

  • Improved performance when moving the mouse over the game screen

  • Monsters will now spawn a lot faster after a server reboot

  • Lag bombing issues related to client freezing were solved

  • Fixed a bug where other players could occasionally not be targeted

  • Fixed a bug where an item drop could occasionally not be picked up

  • Fixed a bug where items (especially pet sockets) were occasionally lost

  • Fixed a bug where bombing mode targets were not matching the weapon's range

  • Fixed a number of causes for server crashes

  • Fixed a number of arena and infinity field crashes

  • Fixed a few other client crashes

  • Fixed a crash happening when opening the inventory with no armor equipped

Game Optimization/FPS And Optimization Patch**__

  • Significantly improved text handling / performance
  • Significantly improved file and model loading performance
  • Restored system message to full functionality
  • Fixed numerous bugs on text handling leading to client crashes
  • Improved effect handling issues leading to crashes and performance deficits
  • Fixed some inherent memory handling issues leading to crashes and performance deficits

FFA Event Revamp

  • Lead Shields are no longer useable in FFA
  • Chats & game DMs are now disabled while attending FFA
  • Enemies on FFA will now be shown with a default equipment to avoid teaming up
  • Minimap & Radar map will now be hidden while on FFA to avoid teaming up
  • The FFA ranking will now show the top X players (depending on the ranking size of the single event) for every gear category
  • The FFA event will now reward the top X players (depending on the ranking size of the single event) for every gear category
  • Deaths on FFA will not be considered anymore for ranking calculation
  • "Deaths" bottom right panel in FFA is now replaced with the player streak count

SpaceBall Event

  • Introducing the new SpaceBall event
  • When started, a ball monster will spawn in the center of the map
  • The nation driving the ball inside the opposite nation warp will score a point
  • When in fixed mode the ball will move toward the opposite nation warp when damaged and at every kill made
  • When in free mode the ball will move freely in the opposite direction relative to the shots the ball receives
  • When the ball goes into the opposite nation warp a goal will be scored and the ball will start to return to the initial position
  • While the ball is returning to the initial position it's direction and speed can't be affected
  • When in free mode the event map is a non dispute map (= the players can't shoot at each other)
  • When in free mode and the ball is returning to the initial position the players will be able to shoot at each other
  • While the event is running the ball can't be damaged
  • When the event ends the ball will be turned inside a boss which can be damaged and killed

Events Fixes

  • Fixed a bug in NKE which allowed to escape the forced stop at the end of the event
  • Relogging on a map event will not get you towned anymore
  • Fixed a bug where CNC would stay disabled after an event ended

New Glows

  • PET glows are now available (visible both while flying and while in city)
  • Standard Weapons glows are now available
  • Advanced Weapons glows are now available
  • Default red/green/blue cards for the new glows are available in the CRP Shop
  • Custom glows for the new glow types are now available in our website
  • Fixed a bug where glows could stack, if your glows are stacked please contact the Staff Team

Balance

  • MG Form Heals will now be nerfed by 20% for each MG in the formation (starting from the second MG in the formation)
  • The MG which issues the heal will always receive 100% of their formation heal
  • Fixed ABM and GBM lag bombing caused by client freezing (this is a big one as it solved majority-if not all- cases where a player would hit the target from quite far away)
  • Increased the ABM explosion radius 45->50
  • Increased the amount of Shield and Energy per Kill in FFA (Each Kill in FFA gives the player shield and energy)

Easter Event 2021
N.B! Easter Event 2021 is ready but it will be patched tonight as we are trying a new custom format for the event. As a added bonuses there will be give away announcement with today's second patch and a temporary reopening of the Easterror Map as well.
On that note we will also be releasing a ChromeRivals Calendar to showcase our players the roadmap for the upcoming events.

Game Security

  • ChromeRivals cannot be executed anymore inside Sandboxes and VMs
  • Enhanced cheating protection

Miscellaneous

  • Changed the CR banners in both towns
  • Made it so that PETs keep their applied Effect when you add a Enhancement Card to them
  • Reworked the drop probability of Reattack and Min/Max fixes
  • Added three new linked chats on discord: International Chat, Speaker Chat and Trade chat. The chat in discord will show whats written in game in their respective chats and vice-versa
  • International chat is available for everyone to VIEW but the only players that have linked their discord accounts in game and are Nitro Boosting ChromeRivals discord server can write in them freely
  • Trade chat is available for everyone to VIEW but the only players that have linked their discord accounts in game and are Nitro Boosting ChromeRivals discord server can write in them freely
  • Fixed the restat button showing the wrong value while hovering
  • Speaker chat can only be viewed by everyone, it is not possible to write in it
  • Published the ChromeRivals API documentation, you can reach it from our website or on https://api.chromerivals.net/docs

ChromeRivals Services Upgrades

Ver. 1.0.2.28 - Released on 2021/03/15

Ver. 1.0.2.29 - Released on 2021/03/17

Ver. 1.0.2.30 - Released on 2021/03/19

Ver. 1.0.2.31 - Released on 2021/03/19

Ver. 1.0.2.32 - Released on 2021/03/19

Ver. 1.0.2.33 - Released on 2021/03/20

Ver. 1.0.2.34 - Released on 2021/03/25

Ver. 1.0.2.35 - Released on 2021/03/26

Ver. 1.0.2.36 - Released on 2021/03/26

Ver. 1.0.2.37 - Released on 2021/03/28

Ver. 1.0.2.38 - Released on 2021/03/29

Ver. 1.0.2.39 - Released on 2021/03/30

Ver. 1.0.2.40 - Released on 2021/03/30

Ver. 1.0.2.41 - Released on 2021/03/31

Author Aesir
Published on 2021-04-06 15:53