MiniRoyale News

We are currently working on bringing the game to a release state - that mostly includes server, backend, bug fixes and polishing. This playtest we will also test bare metal servers in the EU and US.

Misc

• increased air inaccuracy for most weapons
  
• fixed the height placement for some item drops
  
• added more ambient sounds to the map
  
• polished some parts of the map
  
• improved proxy voice processing
  
• prepared base localization for other languages
  
• finished german localization
  
• fixed crash on failed mtx
  
• polished some UI’s
  
• improved common backend calls efficiency
  

Anti Cheat

• New Easy Anti Cheat Version
  
• More super secret stuff :P
  

Tourney Mode (Alpha)
We’re thrilled to introduce Tourney Mode - a new system designed to simplify tournament hosting! While it’s still in its early stages, here’s what you can expect:
Easy Tournament Creation: Select from the Mini Royale gamemode with Solo, Duo, or Trio options.
Predefined Teams: Tournament organizers can set up teams in advance. The time where you had to create a party previously is over :)
Player-Friendly Interface: Players will automatically see if they’re in a tournament and can seamlessly join pending games.
Automated Tracking: Team scores, placements, and key stats are automatically tracked for you.
This is just the beginning - we have big plans for more features and customization options to make tournaments even better.

Server Performance
Over the last months we worked on a new system on how the game servers work. This means the current 30 Soldiers lobbies will run smoother and we have potential for far bigger lobbies now (will be important for future updates :) ).

Server Deployment
We’ve also made significant changes to our server setup. As a small team of three developers with no prior experience launching multiplayer games, we initially hosted everything on a single cloud provider. However, we’ve taken a big step forward now:
Enhanced Server Flexibility: Our server now runs on a more versatile system, allowing us to host it everywhere.
Cost Efficiency: This shift means cheaper, more independent servers to reliably support our player base.
Scalability: During surges of new players, we can still leverage the cloud to handle the load.
We are gonna test the new system this weekend - so if you experience any troubles let us know.

Misc
Fixed Spectating smoothness
Fixed Pick Up Tooltip location off for one frame
Fixed having the wrong viewmode sometimes (fp instead of tp etc)

Anti Cheat
New Easy Anti Cheat Version

Some players have problems with the automatic Easy Anti Cheat installation.

Here is how to fix that:

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click Mini Royale [Demo]
• Click Properties
• Select Installed Files
• Click Browse
• Right click InstallAntiCheat.bat
• Click Run as admin

This will manually install Easy Anti Cheat for Mini Royale. You can uninstall via UninstallAntiCheat.bat.

Note: Be careful when running random .bat files from untrusted sources. Feel free to look into the .bat file, it just executes 'EasyAntiCheat\EasyAntiCheat_EOS_Setup.exe install bec08df44a434459a5ae9b1254797d5b', where bec08df44a434459a5ae9b1254797d5b is the code for Mini Royale. You can also directly execute this command.
[https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/game-services/anti-cheat/anti-cheat-interfaces#windows-service-installer]

Hey Soldiers!
This weekend we are open for playtest again. We also deployed another update and are looking forward to gathering feedback from you :)
Have fun!


Voice Chat

• Fixed team voice chat only working when in a party previously
  
• Added indicators for local microphone loudness when talking
  
• Added indicators for remote players talking
  
• Added indicators for active proxy chat players talking
  
• Fixed voice volume for remote players wrong
  
• Fixed issue where dynamic input selection for voice chats were wrong
  

Audio

• Tweaked ranges for 3D spatialized audio. We are aware that some IEM seem to not represent our audio correctly. If you think your audio sounds wrong, feel free to let us know :)
  

Misc

• improved performance for client & server
  
• added option to disable “blood”
  
• improved user name query latency
  
• added missing localizations
  
• fixed crash when someone else talked when joining the game
  
• fixed aim assist not blocked through smoke
  
• fixed post its in tutorial
  
• added Map POI
  
• added a “verified name” badge
  

Anti Cheat

• New Easy Anti Cheat Version
  

Hey Soldiers!
We will have another playtest this weekend! We also deployed a small update that mostly contains fixes & qol improvements. Have fun :)


Controller

• Enabled Analog Cursor for more menus
  

Misc

• Fixed a rare bug where a Weapon from Pre-Match Warmup was carried over to the Spawn platform
  
• Medkits and Item Drops now stop moving on steeper surface
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Placement issues / premature Game finishes when Parties joined a Custom Game with lower Team Size than Party Size
  
• Fixed Map Markers for Trade Machine and Upgrade Machine
  
• Fixed Grapple Hook reaching any destination instantly
  
• Fixed UI display of Parachute Deploy Boosts
  
• More consistent Smooth Step up onto objects
  
• Improved performance for some materials
  
• Adjusted xp reward for ingame stats (kills, placement etc)
  
• Fixed party invite not showing up when sending multiple invites
  
• Fixed Post It hints not localized in tutorial
  
• Fixed Game Summary UI
  
• Fixed respawn overlay not showing correctly for some names
  
• Fixed friends list origin for Epic Games Store
  
• Fixed team member hud
  
• Now showing player count based on our numbers, not only steam
  
• Fixed military potion
  
• Server performance optimizations