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As you have heard from Burn, there is a new version of the client coming (1.9.7). This thread will provide test builds of the new client, excluding the data. They can be used on the main server. If you find any issues, please post the details to this thread. Linux 64-bit static and Linux aarch64 - executable only. Download and replace your existing executable with this version. You will have to make the file executable, using for example, a command like "chmod +x <the file name>". Windows 64-bit executable and DLL files zip archive - executable and DLLs only. Download and extract the archive into your current installation folder, overwriting the existing files. Android package - Full package with 1.9.6 data files. This APK can be manually installed over the version from the play store. There is no need to uninstall the old version, clear the cache or delete any previous data. Warning: If you do uninstall the old version or delete any data manually, you may lose your personal files. macOS package - Full package with 1.9.6 data files. Thanks Ben! For the Linux flatpak and snap package, switch to the beta channel in the app store page. Here is what has changed in the client: New Client Features: Move to attacked creature if too far away. Issue #199. Yellow Food Bar option for player banner. Forum Topic 61841. New feature to help moderators and benefit of all. Option to use a per-server-ID updates directory. Added configurable timeout for connection to server. Enable https links for encyclopedia. Client Fixes: Show message when last player banner option disabled. Issue #201. Fix loading of the ignore files stopping, if there is a duplicate name. Fix forgetting active item list. Minor fixes for the map window (#198). Fix url catcher for Latin-1 supplement, in addition to Basic Latin. Forum #61935. Fix for #alias crash if the expanded text is too long. Fix indicator window keep-on-screen function. Issue #187. Various, minor UI improvements. Lots of fixes highlighted by compiler improvements, some that may have caused crashes. Fixes for building with newer versions of libXML2. Various code clean-ups. Map Editor: Fix greenish watery stuff so it doesn't turn into regular water when reflections are on. Issue #193. Enable self-lit items to actually self-light in the map editor under correct circumstances (dungeon/internal maps). Issue 188. Lots of fixes for various compiler warnings and crashes. Other: Major improvements to the way the client handles actor access throughout the code base. The Android client is now built from the same source code as the desktop client. Logging improvements (#205). Do github test builds when code committed: Initial github CI (#206). Credits Client code contributors: Ben, bluap, Burn, Exzap, Grum and Luke

Please report bugs found in the 1.9.6 release in this topic. Updated client that fix issues will be available here. We are planning a 1.9.6.1 release soon that will incorporate all the fixes and improvements. The latest build is version is 1.9.6.0-20220226, these can be used on the main server: Linux static executables 32-bit, 64-bit, armv7, aarch64 - replace your existing executable from the Linux installer and set executable. Windows (only executable and DLLs) 32-bit and 64-bit - unpack into the installed data folder. Android package (can be installed over the play store version). A data patch that includes just new or changed files, unpack into the installed data folder: An updated version of item_extra_info.txt that fixes issues with equipment swap for the "Mod Cloak", "White Wizard Hat of Life and Mana" and "Tunic of the Ninja" as detailed elsewhere. A server restart is needed for other, similar issues. An updated version of sound/snds_client.xml that fixed some positional sounds. An update version of the lion guild map maps/guildmap_lion.elm.gz. The new shader files shaders/new_water.vert and shaders/new_water.frag that fix the water effects for some newer drivers. These are the client changes since release: 2022-02-26 Fix trade issue where items would not be sent to storage as expected. Reset number of enabled local lights on map change. 2022-02-22 Fixes for water effects on newer drivers that no longer support the older effects. To use the new effects you need to install the new shader files that included in the data patch listed above. There is a new option on the video tab that is used to enabled the new shaders. Grum has done a lot of work on the to fix the water effect in this and the 2022-01-21 update. This updated should fixed all the reported issues. 2022-01-21 Less strict pathfinding" option (Controls tab): Allow the pathfinder to walk to a nearby location when clicking an unwalkable tile, discussed in part in this topic. Fixes for water effects for some Intel, AMD and GPU graphics driver issues. Setting "water shader quality" to 2 will now enable the nice ripple effect for more users. It also fixes the non-working water and corrupt reflections some users were experiencing. Provide an option (Controls tab) to turn off the click through action when focusing the main window. 2022-01-15 Add additional logging when saving user files. The explicit file close needed for the logging may possibly fix "problem with ..." issues. Detect if loading a zero length user file, log to user but don't disable saving. Zero length files have been reported but required user action to resolve. Fix showing #glow command output when indicator disabled. 2022-01-09 Add date to timestamp in chat log. Provide and option (Video tab) to enable the desktop screen saver / monitor power management. Set lower bound of chat lines from 5 to 1. Issue #165: Re-validate ground bag window status on reconnect. Issue #163: Fix storage access inconstancy, Store-All and ALT-click access for closed window. 2021-12-31 Fix mouse over issues for spells windows on Android (in 1.9.6.0-1 update). Fix only initial spells window mode using default position (in 1.9.6.0-1 update). Fix possible crash with #calc using L (in 1.9.6.0-1 update) Fix possible crash in character creation window (in 1.9.6.0-1 update). Fixed display of action point > 999 in the stats window. Correct colour for login window version text when there is an error. Ensure main window fits the available space and is on-screen. Use the new (JSON) personal files format by default. Enable the item use counter by default. Channel colours window can be scaled and its position managed. Change ground bag window default position to bottom centre. Fix blank lines in console when wrapping text to fit width. Add basic screen orientation options for Android (video tab). Limit "You cannot access the storage from here" messages. Add date to timestamps in log messages. Fix trade bug where storage could not be used if the window was hidden then shown.

Version 1.9.5p9 of the EL client is ready for release. This is a stable release and recommended for everyone. The full list of changes can be read on the release page. The release brings lots of little new features, lots of bug fixes and lots of user interface updates - including a major change to use True Type fonts. There are some minor data changes and a bug fix for the sound so ensure you update the data and sound too (these are includes in the Linux packages). There are a set of fonts included in the data. You can switch to these using the command "#set_default_fonts". Also included are some default user menus. If you do not want these, then disable them by un-checking the "Standard Menu" option on the right-click options. Downloads: MacOS: both Intel (x86-64) and Apple Silicon (ARM64) Macs. Windows: 32-Bit installer or 64-Bit installer Linux: Flatpak Package (recommended), Snap Package, Debian and Ubuntu Packages or the Linux general installer Binary only downloads: Windows: 32-Bit executable and DLL files and 64-Bit executable and DLL files Linux: 32-bit (x86), 64 bit (x86), 32-bit (arm) (Set GPU memory 512M on a raspbery pi) and 64-bit (arm) Data Files: Data Files, Sound Files and Music Files