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Full Chess Ultimate update
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What changed
- UI and audio
- Fixes
- Performance
- Store
- Gameplay
Version 5.5 Patch Notes
Gameplay - Added a Play Again button after matches. - You can now avoid specific players to prevent matching with them in queue. - If a tournament game is about to start while you are in a match, the current match will now be forfeited. - Ghosts and Jesters are now revealed on Game Over. - Changed draw and take back requests to appear at the top of the screen to prevent accidental accepts and reduce spam. - Added a tournament description. - The last tournament winner is now displayed in the Play menu.
Tournaments - Tournament sign ups now open 10 minutes before the start time to improve participation. - Added a notification for weekly tournament start times. - Added a message at the top of the screen indicating when you are waiting for a tournament game to start. - Fixed an unnecessary delay after tournament games end.
UI and Menu - Menu fixes and improvements. - Increased the maximum number of characters allowed in the email address field. - Added ghost indicator count to the in game menu UI. - Updated ghost move indicators. - Made ghosts more transparent while invisible. - Fixed issue where switching back to the default pawn icon was not possible.
Analytics and Performance - Added analytics tracking. - General optimizations and performance improvements.
New Cosmetics
Bundles - Bowling Bundle
New Skins - Bowling Bomb - Bowling Pawn - Bowling Bomb (Red Variant) - Bowling Bomb (Green Variant) - Bowling Bomb (Blue Variant) - Tournament Bowling Bomb Skin
Miscellaneous - Removed expiry time from verification emails.
Bug Fixes - Fixed session tokens not refreshing properly after 30 minutes. - Fixed spectator desync when a Ghost revealed itself. - Fixed pawn moving into an invisible Ghost causing a resync. - Fixed Parasite taking a pawn that upgrades to Queen causing the game to stall until a sanity check. - Fixed issue where banning the King was possible in Draft Mode. - Fixed issue where a pawn with an attached Angel near an enemy Ghost could softlock the game. - Fixed an issue with registering alternative accounts. - Fixed Angel and Bomb interaction issues. - Fixed multiple Angel related bugs. - Fixed an issue where Giant and Copy Cat would not show knockout indicators correctly. - Fixed Giant surviving an explosion when Mage swapped it onto Bomb. - Fixed a Team Builder issue where Copy Cat and Giant could not be placed if you did not have enough points. - Fixed Copy Cat partner still considering a frozen host’s position when calculating available moves. - Fixed players being able to drop below Bronze V and appear as unranked. - Disabled the turn changer in the Jester tutorial to prevent a softlock.
Source
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