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Let's have a look through the latest Patch List as posted by Chedburn to see what updates, changes, and fixes have been made to Torn this week, and what they mean for you.
Please note, the updates and bugs documented in this article are worked on by a team of developers. Where a single developer is individually mentioned, it simply reflects who confirmed the report as fixed or complete, and not that they were solely responsible.
Updates, Changes and Additions
- Added "Sold daily" table column to the "Stock" tab of the Company page.
Next to "In Stock" a column detailing how much of each stock type is sold every day has been added, to assist directors with ordering the correct amount of stock. This idea came from Ousk in this report, where Chedburn agreed that this should be possible, and nikitad confirmed it had been completed.
- Added system to recalculate faction member counts upon leave, kick & accepting applications.
Shinigamix reported here that their faction erroneously displayed two distinct member counts. Chedburn observed that it is possible for these to occasionally move out of sync, due to server issues at the time a member leaves or is accepted. Instead of simply adding or minusing one every time the member count changes, a system to fully recalculate the member count has been added.
- Changed property staff hiring to immediately add payable upkeep upon increasing daily costs.
- Changed property staff upgrades to allow hiring / firing whenever (no longer need to wait a day).
Alexstrasza reported here that after forgetting to empty the vault of her Royal Penthouse, she was not able to move back in to the property because the staff employed in her current property had not been employed for at least 24 hours. It was observed that this restriction was in place to stop 'happy abuse', whereby someone could hire staff, use the additional happy and then fire those staff before paying their wages. As a way around both issues, Chedburn agreed that staff wages should now be paid immediately, but they can be hired and fired at any point in time.
- Changed memcached caching to redis where still existed.
Memcached and Redis are caching systems used to reduce server load. Developers have now moved Torn from Memcached to Redis in all areas needed.
- Changed "Promote on Social Media" icon on the "Recruit Citizens" page.
- Removed G+ link from the the "Bring a friend" page.
On the player referral page, the link for g+ has been removed, since Google Plus was shut down on the 2nd of April this year. This was observed by RickF here, and the change was confirmed by nikitad. The icon was also altered to reflect this change.
- Removed current page link from the links bar while traveling.
- Fixed issue with too many top-right icons on 'People' page while abroad.
After Mitchell's thread reported an issue with the way icons display while traveling on mobile view, nikitad confirmed that the icon for the page a user is currently viewing will now not be displayed. If you view 'People in [destination]', the 'People' icon will disappear.
- Removed 'Dump searches' stat from personal stats list (Pretty much a duplicate of 'Items found in dump').
Allreikov notes here that the 'Dump searches' stat is now redundant as 'Items found in dump' increases with every search. bogie also acknowledges that awareness used to dictate how items were found in the dump, leading to some searches finding no items. Chedburn agreed that 'Dump searches' should be hidden, and has confirmed this is now done.
Bugs, Fixes and Typos
- Fixed issue with personal stats archiving (graphs) not updating.
DevilStar reports in this thread an issue that numerous other users reported over the last week, whereby the graphs for personal stats remained stationary. Chedburn confirmed this was because the personal stats archive and HOF were down. vysdel2 elected to monitor the situation for a few days, before confirming it had been resolved.
- Fixed header bar display issue while user in jail/hospital.
Stewie reported here for the second time that while in Jail or Hospital, the header search bar is mis-aligned. nikitad reported that this has now been fixed.
- Fixed bookie issue with previous bet amount remaining in the input field after placing a bet.
Rabbit noticed here that after placing a bet with the bookies, that bet amount remains in the input field, occasionally leading to a doubled bet. Kopites reports that this has been fixed.
- Fixed opponent highlighting in attack log with more than one defender.
Proxima reported here that in an attack log with more than one defender (i.e. A attacks B, while B is attacking C), highlighting colours are not consistent. aurel1 confirmed this has been fixed.
- Fixed display issue with "Staff user ID" on desktop view while reviewing a staff member
Mitchell reports here that while reviewing a staff member, on desktop view the search field for staff member is mis-aligned with the rest of the page. nikitad confirms that this has been fixed.
- Fixed being unable to unset a faction's co-leader.
Blexi reports in this thread that on mobile it was not possible to set Co-Leader to 'no-one'. nikitad has confirmed this has been corrected.
- Fixed issue with large images in messages history.
Mitchell reports that when reading back old messages, large images do not fit to the page. Xepa4ep has confirmed this issue is fixed.
- Fixed using 'select all' on values inside money input fields.
MightyGoober observes here that when using the CMD+A or CTRL+A for 'select all' shortcut within money input fields, the field will not remain highlighted. nikitad confirmed this has been fixed.
- Fixed minus value being added to loan field when current loan is higher than maximum loan.
vuntsq reported here that while visiting Duke and trying to increase his loan, a negative value was added to the input field. The player encountered this issue because property rental fees of $130,000 were added to his maximum loan limit of $1,250,000, increasing it beyond the allowed maximum. Chedburn has confirmed a fix has been added.
- Fixed non-numeric character validation while trashing items.
top0 noticed here that if a numeric-character is entered into the trash item input field, and then replaced with a non-numeric character, the 'trash' button will still trash the numeric value of items originally input. nikitad has confirmed this has been fixed.
- Fixed daily mission target selector cron causing 20 seconds of lag each morning.
At the start of a new Torn day, many users often experience short bursts of lag at the same time. It was discovered that this was caused by a cron that selects a user's mission targets, and has since been fixed.
- Fixed CSP for media content (mp3)
Pi77bull reports here an issue with the Content Security Policy (CSP) on the /factions.php page. A userscript he developed required the use of an external MP3 file, however the CSP blocked this on that particular page. vysdel2 has since corrected this.
Typos
- Fixed some general grammar / typos.
top0 and Stewie noted here some issues with the error message encountered while trying to purchase items from a shop while still in flight. Chedburn confirmed that the necessary amendments have been made.
Monkeymia suggests here some improvements in grammar to one of the travel messages. Chedburn notes that this has been changed.
- Changed references of "travelling" and "travelled" to "traveling" and "traveled"
A common grammar issue that crops up is the inconsistent use of Standard English and American English. In this case, all instances of 'travelling and travelled' have been altered to the americanized spelling 'traveling' and 'traveled'.
- Fixed issue with " 's " following names that end with "s" on profile pages and trades.
TinySteps reports here and here some grammar issues which occur when usernames end in the letter 's'. Chedburn and nikitad confirmed that these have been corrected.
- Fixed typo in the "Lucky Shots Casino" stock image.
- Optimized images for stocks in the "Stock market" and "Your portfolio" page.
Kilian noticed here an inconsistency with the LSC stock, with it being referred to as both 'Lucky Shots Casino' and 'Lucky Shot Casino' in different places. Chedburn noted that all instances should be changed to 'Lucky Shots Casino', and nikitad confirmed this had been done. More inconsistencies were later found, and this change is likely to be reverted.
Simultaneously, images for each stock icon have been optimised for both the main 'Stock Market' page and 'Your Portfolio' page.
Extras
1. Alone reported here that Co-Leaders are unable to cease raids in the same way they can end territory wars. Kopites confirmed this ability has now been added for Co-Leaders.
Honor Bar
This week's new honor bar is 'Honored', obtained by achieving 500 awards in total.
Updates, Changes and Additions
- Added "Sold daily" table column to the "Stock" tab of the Company page.
Next to "In Stock" a column detailing how much of each stock type is sold every day has been added, to assist directors with ordering the correct amount of stock. This idea came from Ousk in this report, where Chedburn agreed that this should be possible, and nikitad confirmed it had been completed.
- Added system to recalculate faction member counts upon leave, kick & accepting applications.
Shinigamix reported here that their faction erroneously displayed two distinct member counts. Chedburn observed that it is possible for these to occasionally move out of sync, due to server issues at the time a member leaves or is accepted. Instead of simply adding or minusing one every time the member count changes, a system to fully recalculate the member count has been added.
- Changed property staff hiring to immediately add payable upkeep upon increasing daily costs.
- Changed property staff upgrades to allow hiring / firing whenever (no longer need to wait a day).
Alexstrasza reported here that after forgetting to empty the vault of her Royal Penthouse, she was not able to move back in to the property because the staff employed in her current property had not been employed for at least 24 hours. It was observed that this restriction was in place to stop 'happy abuse', whereby someone could hire staff, use the additional happy and then fire those staff before paying their wages. As a way around both issues, Chedburn agreed that staff wages should now be paid immediately, but they can be hired and fired at any point in time.
- Changed memcached caching to redis where still existed.
Memcached and Redis are caching systems used to reduce server load. Developers have now moved Torn from Memcached to Redis in all areas needed.
- Changed "Promote on Social Media" icon on the "Recruit Citizens" page.
- Removed G+ link from the the "Bring a friend" page.
On the player referral page, the link for g+ has been removed, since Google Plus was shut down on the 2nd of April this year. This was observed by RickF here, and the change was confirmed by nikitad. The icon was also altered to reflect this change.
- Removed current page link from the links bar while traveling.
- Fixed issue with too many top-right icons on 'People' page while abroad.
After Mitchell's thread reported an issue with the way icons display while traveling on mobile view, nikitad confirmed that the icon for the page a user is currently viewing will now not be displayed. If you view 'People in [destination]', the 'People' icon will disappear.
- Removed 'Dump searches' stat from personal stats list (Pretty much a duplicate of 'Items found in dump').
Allreikov notes here that the 'Dump searches' stat is now redundant as 'Items found in dump' increases with every search. bogie also acknowledges that awareness used to dictate how items were found in the dump, leading to some searches finding no items. Chedburn agreed that 'Dump searches' should be hidden, and has confirmed this is now done.
Bugs, Fixes and Typos
- Fixed issue with personal stats archiving (graphs) not updating.
DevilStar reports in this thread an issue that numerous other users reported over the last week, whereby the graphs for personal stats remained stationary. Chedburn confirmed this was because the personal stats archive and HOF were down. vysdel2 elected to monitor the situation for a few days, before confirming it had been resolved.
- Fixed header bar display issue while user in jail/hospital.
Stewie reported here for the second time that while in Jail or Hospital, the header search bar is mis-aligned. nikitad reported that this has now been fixed.
- Fixed bookie issue with previous bet amount remaining in the input field after placing a bet.
Rabbit noticed here that after placing a bet with the bookies, that bet amount remains in the input field, occasionally leading to a doubled bet. Kopites reports that this has been fixed.
- Fixed opponent highlighting in attack log with more than one defender.
Proxima reported here that in an attack log with more than one defender (i.e. A attacks B, while B is attacking C), highlighting colours are not consistent. aurel1 confirmed this has been fixed.
- Fixed display issue with "Staff user ID" on desktop view while reviewing a staff member
Mitchell reports here that while reviewing a staff member, on desktop view the search field for staff member is mis-aligned with the rest of the page. nikitad confirms that this has been fixed.
- Fixed being unable to unset a faction's co-leader.
Blexi reports in this thread that on mobile it was not possible to set Co-Leader to 'no-one'. nikitad has confirmed this has been corrected.
- Fixed issue with large images in messages history.
Mitchell reports that when reading back old messages, large images do not fit to the page. Xepa4ep has confirmed this issue is fixed.
- Fixed using 'select all' on values inside money input fields.
MightyGoober observes here that when using the CMD+A or CTRL+A for 'select all' shortcut within money input fields, the field will not remain highlighted. nikitad confirmed this has been fixed.
- Fixed minus value being added to loan field when current loan is higher than maximum loan.
vuntsq reported here that while visiting Duke and trying to increase his loan, a negative value was added to the input field. The player encountered this issue because property rental fees of $130,000 were added to his maximum loan limit of $1,250,000, increasing it beyond the allowed maximum. Chedburn has confirmed a fix has been added.
- Fixed non-numeric character validation while trashing items.
top0 noticed here that if a numeric-character is entered into the trash item input field, and then replaced with a non-numeric character, the 'trash' button will still trash the numeric value of items originally input. nikitad has confirmed this has been fixed.
- Fixed daily mission target selector cron causing 20 seconds of lag each morning.
At the start of a new Torn day, many users often experience short bursts of lag at the same time. It was discovered that this was caused by a cron that selects a user's mission targets, and has since been fixed.
- Fixed CSP for media content (mp3)
Pi77bull reports here an issue with the Content Security Policy (CSP) on the /factions.php page. A userscript he developed required the use of an external MP3 file, however the CSP blocked this on that particular page. vysdel2 has since corrected this.
Typos
- Fixed some general grammar / typos.
top0 and Stewie noted here some issues with the error message encountered while trying to purchase items from a shop while still in flight. Chedburn confirmed that the necessary amendments have been made.
Monkeymia suggests here some improvements in grammar to one of the travel messages. Chedburn notes that this has been changed.
- Changed references of "travelling" and "travelled" to "traveling" and "traveled"
A common grammar issue that crops up is the inconsistent use of Standard English and American English. In this case, all instances of 'travelling and travelled' have been altered to the americanized spelling 'traveling' and 'traveled'.
- Fixed issue with " 's " following names that end with "s" on profile pages and trades.
TinySteps reports here and here some grammar issues which occur when usernames end in the letter 's'. Chedburn and nikitad confirmed that these have been corrected.
- Fixed typo in the "Lucky Shots Casino" stock image.
- Optimized images for stocks in the "Stock market" and "Your portfolio" page.
Kilian noticed here an inconsistency with the LSC stock, with it being referred to as both 'Lucky Shots Casino' and 'Lucky Shot Casino' in different places. Chedburn noted that all instances should be changed to 'Lucky Shots Casino', and nikitad confirmed this had been done. More inconsistencies were later found, and this change is likely to be reverted.
Simultaneously, images for each stock icon have been optimised for both the main 'Stock Market' page and 'Your Portfolio' page.
Extras
1. Alone reported here that Co-Leaders are unable to cease raids in the same way they can end territory wars. Kopites confirmed this ability has now been added for Co-Leaders.
Honor Bar
This week's new honor bar is 'Honored', obtained by achieving 500 awards in total.
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