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Patch Notes #113 - Chat v1.5 & NCC Prep

The attached video was captured using some new in-game video capture debug code. Eventually it will be opened up to everyone and you'll be able to capture gameplay with just a keyboard shortcut!

Huge thank you to all Patrons! We couldn't do this without your continued support!

Starting in October all Patrons and upcoming Steam subscribers will receive an exclusive item every month! The higher the Gamer tier, the more exclusive items you will get.

Gamer Tier - Exclusive Item x1

Pro Gamer Tier - Exclusive Item x2

Ultra Gamer Tier - Exclusive Item x4

Triple Ultra Gamer Tier - Exclusive Item x12

We are currently holding a Discord poll to determine what the October 2025 exclusive item will be. As of right now it's a very very tight race! Don't forget to vote here:
https://discord.com/channels/1076004705773310084/1307080602872188969/1413676000058806333

Upgrade your Patron status today so you don't miss out on the October exclusive item!

And now, on with the patch notes!

A lot of people are now playing exclusively on mobile, so I decided to move about half of the chat rewrite work up in the schedule to right now!

Here's what Chat v1.5 looks like. There's a lot going on here, so let's go over all the features.

The top left arrow can be used to shrink and grow the chat window.

When chat is minimized and you receive a whisper, a guild message, or a party message, the chat box will highlight to show there's a new message for you to view.

There are now chat tabs that are dedicated to whisper, guild, and party chat.

On the guild and party tabs, you don't have to use /g or /p to chat.

All chat tabs can now be paused to slow down scrolling when new messages come in.

The friends and ignores pop up window has been moved and now pops out of the bottom right of the chat message input box.

The chat text input box now accepts multiline input that wraps around.

And that's Chat v1.5 in all it's glory! Now on to all the other stuff I've been working on.

We've got our first implant in the game as we get ready to release Ascension in October!

I also just got FO2 working on a new platform that has a huge player base. FO2 will launch on this platform next year when we start converting to f2p! This will likely be the first f2p platform followed by mobile and then the main web site. We will do it one platform at a time to allow for optimizations and spinning up new AWS servers as we find out just how many people we can handle concurrently. This process will likely start in Spring/Summer 2026.

Oh, and I just added iPad support! Jeez it's been busy two weeks!

Gamer's Patch Notes

  • MySQL databases updated to v8.4.4

  • SmartfoxServer updated to v2.20.3 which includes Tomcat 9.0.105, with several bug and security fixes.

  • Fixed GUIFont bitmap font code to work with negative left bearings and to deal better with single character strings.

  • Separated out friends list into it's own file and cleaned it up a bit.

  • Started work on new chat!

  • Added multiline text input to chat.

  • Added emoji picker to chat. (BabylonJS text input can't handle emojis so this will come in the future)

  • Added new top right mobile buttons that are smaller.

  • Fixed insets on mobile.

  • Moved over friends/ignores to new chat.

  • Added send button to mobile on new chat.

  • Ported over 90% of the code from old chat to new chat.

  • You can now click a name in your friends list to start a whisper to them.

  • Setup Java Flight Recorder continuous recording to analyze performance bottlenecks.

  • Added expaning and shrinking to the chat.

  • Chat is now shown by default on mobile.

  • Added iPad support for iOS builds! Update to latest in TestFlight!

  • Fixed some friends/ignores bugs.

  • Fixed a chat bug where text would overlap.

  • Fixed a chat bug where messages would render in the wrong order.

  • Fixed a bug with the population of the quest log on login.

  • You can now mouse over and click chat messages to start whispers.

  • Fixed a highlight bug with GUIToggle.

  • Added whisper tips to whisper tab.

  • Added guild chat tab.

  • Added party chat tab.

  • Added server and client code for the process of ascension.

  • Start process of porting to redacted

  • Signed docs with redacted for f2p launch next year.

  • When chat is shrunk and you receive party, guild, or whisper chat then the border of the chat box changes to alert you.

  • Shrinking chat will change tab to ALL automatically.

  • You don't need /g on the guild tab or /p on the party tab anymore!

  • Chat play/pause is in!

  • Implants data has been added to characters server side.

  • Added brain, heart, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg implant slots on client and server.

  • Added debug code that actually captures the game video directly in the game. Recorded at 720p, upscaled to 4k, and now on YouTube. Here's a test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82zHSk9YjNI

  • Brain slot is now functional and visible in the implants tab.

iPhone: (Update in the TestFlight app)

https://testflight.apple.com/join/C87yj5vZ

Android: (Update in the Play app)

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fantasyonline2.fov4

And would you believe that Dino has been busier than me? Believe it. You won't believe how much stuff he's added until you get to NCC on September 23rd.

New Crab City
New adventures, quests, items, outfits, mounts, secrets and much more await you in the city!
You will be able to walk in from Dark Marsh so make sure you hit level 76 so you can enter NCC!


Bye Bye Surfside!
You all did it! The shores are returning to their former glory, or at least close enough, and the sea life has you to thank… even though you’re the ones that trashed it in the first place… maybe I’ll add some trash cans around the island next year? Nice work!!!
Surfside Shores will be leaving September 9, 2025 5:00 PM and returning next year with new challenges, items, mobs and much more!

Gemster Update
Gemster will now have the Samurai Box and Pizza Slicer for sale! Chocolate Bunny Box and Floppy Bunny Ears will be leaving until 2027.

Patch Notes
- Added Samurai Box and Pizza Slicer to Gemster
- Added Chrono Ring, Nordic Helm and Dragon Wings to database
- Closed down Surfside Shores until next summer
- Reckless Strike Rank 3 now deals 2x Hate Damage
- Reckless Strike Rank 4 now deals 3x Hate Damage
- Pumpkinheads now drop toy wand
- Shopkeeper in NI now sells a Wanderer's Cap (int head item)
- Lowered quest goals for quests in FN and CL
- Lowered crafting cost of tier 3 shoulders from 500k to 100k
- Werebear faction changed to Lumber Lords
- Added additional Satyrs outside castle walls
- Changed Tiger Fish Steak to junk from consumable
- Create Screenshot camera icon
- Working on secrets in NCC

P.S. - We're working on new Guild Warfare and will have more to share about it soon!