TaleSpire News

TaleSpire has had a bug that has caused numerous issues recently.

The bug was that things would break if we added or removed a script from tiles or props that had already shipped and been used in boards.

Two manifestations of this were:

• Certain assets (like the cryo-pod) had graphical glitches
• Hide volumes interacting with certain assets could crash the game

While we didn't have any reports of the issues causing corruption to any board saves, the possibility was unacceptable, and this bug became our top priority.

This release fixes the issue.

There are also some upsides.

• Less data is needed to save the board, so downloading boards may become slightly faster.
• We can now make more tiles and props interactable, which will finally allow us to address a few of your feature requests.

We have tested this release as heavily as we were able. Still, don't hesitate to get in touch with us on Discord if you have any issues loading or saving boards that worked before this release.

Until next time.

WARNING
We have received reports of missing assets from those using unofficial mods. If you have any issues, please remove unofficial mods and try again.
Community content is fine. No need to reinstall creatures/symbiotes/etc from the community content browser.

Hi folks,

I'll cut to the chase. This Beta is BORING. But it's also critical.

We have swapped out the code that handles your mouse and keyboard inputs.

If all goes well, then this Beta will be identical to the current release.

BUT, we need to test on a variety of setups. Desktop, laptop, multi-monitor, weird and normal keyboards, and mice.

We will be testing internally, but nothing beats real player testing.

The test condition is simple; if it worked before, it should work now.

Regarding things that didn't work before, we have seen your bug reports, and we will get to them, but not in this Beta.

You can use all your usual boards and play with people not using the Beta, so this shouldn't block your play.

If any of you are up for helping out, THANK YOU! The instructions on how to join the testing are here: https://talespire.com/welcome-to-the-input-system-beta.

To those who aren't up for it, no worries. Thanks for reading this and for your support as we've been building.

That's all for now

Peace!

Hi folks. Today’s release has a feature, a tweak, and a fix.

[h3]The feature[/h3]
The feature is what you saw in the title. The box ruler is here! It’s a good fit for measuring boxes or rectangles. As with other rulers, you hold down the Ctrl key to change the elevation of the handle you are moving. This means if you don’t hold down Ctrl, you get nice rectangles.

As usual, box rulers can be turned into AOEs.


[h3]The tweak[/h3]
The little gear icon for settings has moved into the in-game menu, and the icon for the menu is now the little TaleSpire rabbit. This is because screen real estate is limited, so we don’t want to use it for things that are only needed once in a blue moon.

We changed the icon as the cross was chosen when the menu was purely for quitting (before we even put the “report bug” button in there).

[h3]The fix[/h3]
The “ping” release had a regression that stopped the GM grid overlay from working. This release fixes it again.

[h3]Wrapping up[/h3]
And that’s all for today. Behind the scenes, all cylinders are firing on tagging, terrain, art, and much more. So keep an eye out for those updates. See you in the next release!

Hi folks,

The last release had a bug where clicking the creature in the player's portrait no longer took you to the creature.
This was too critical a regression to wait until the next release.

Back soon with more progress and fixes.

One of our most requested features, the Gesture and Ping feature will allow players and GMs alike to gesture on the board and place a ping to notify others of a location.

We've added some UI around the player portrait to access the Gesure feature and a settings icon for changing color. The default hotkey is "T," and it can be toggled on and off by clicking or holding to automatically toggle off once you let go of the key.

Once the Gesture Tool is enabled, you can place pings by simply left-clicking with the gesture pointer. Others will be able to see both your gesture pointer and the pings you leave behind. Off-camera pings are represented by a clickable icon, which brings you to that location.






[h3]Other Fixes:[/h3]

• Fix exception on delivery of a roll result
  
• Handle error on failure to write out converted HeroForge miniature
  
• Catch failed creation of file when unpacking creature mod
  
• Fix malformed state change in processing of asset pack.
  
• Tidier logging for tools
  
• Handle case where icon may be delivered to UI element after it was retired
  
• Fix occasional issue when recieving message about a change of creature ownership
  

We hope this can serve as another tool for telling stories! Please continue to request new features or vote for existing ones to tell us what is important to you

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