[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: May 2024

Our developers have something to tell you! Every three (3) weeks, our devs will provide you with information about their work in the “Dev’s Corner.”

This publication is a way of keeping everyone updated on what’s happening with the game. We invite you to discuss and leave your feedback for each of the publications.

Note: All posts must adhere to the forum guidelines and be constructively made.

Take a look at our very first Devs' Corner publication!

Warm wishes,

The Howrse Team
 
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Also why is there a giant permanent red notif on Ascent. I just saw that. How do I get rid of that. default smiley (d) I'm NEVER going to play Ascent. Am I just going to have to look at a big red ugly notif for the rest of my game now.
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Finally! Now I can extend a client's stay in my EC while on mobile. Before, I would lose out quite a bit or I would have to go drag my laptop out to do it.
Thank you development team.
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Frizienhorse
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Was really hoping they'd fix the daily objectives gauge bar on mobile with this update. Tired of having to refresh to show as it fills and to get the horn of plenty.
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I wish the skills optimization for the Starry Aura had not gone through.
Completed training is generally *not* an advantage when it comes to needing long-term wins. If that's something players wish to do, they could do it manually, rather than the item automatically doing so.

I am super happy about the mass workshop production on mobile though. It requires so many clicks there. Can an update to the workshops on classic be next, please?default smiley 8-)
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Dev's log mentioned Hippolyte but I can't find it from special horses page, which "series" does it belong to and how can I get one? Also I don't have any new fragment packs for ascent of olympus, should there be one on pass page?
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anomites wrote:

Dev's log mentioned Hippolyte but I can't find it from special horses page, which "series" does it belong to and how can I get one? Also I don't have any new fragment packs for ascent of olympus, should there be one on pass page?
She's a Greek Hero.
It says she's exclusively available in a Pack, but I'm not seeing a purchase option either
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^Thanks, maybe the offers will show later at least now I know it's not only me. I think they released the offer last time when the dives came in to rotation in the same day but I might be remembering wrong or maybe they are going to wait until weekend or something.
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anomites wrote:

^Thanks, maybe the offers will show later at least now I know it's not only me. I think they released the offer last time when the dives came in to rotation in the same day but I might be remembering wrong or maybe they are going to wait until weekend or something.
It says on the "New Packs For Ascent Of Olympus" page on the Events tab under Community, that the packs are released on Wednesdays, so the new pack will probably be released tomorrow. default smiley :)
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Just sharing my thoughts on the dev log.



Improved interface.
5*
Don't personally use it, but I'm sure it will be a life saver for a lot of players.


Lucky items frags
1*
Don't like the change. I think it was fine how it was. Also, I'm a little sus that they haven't released the fixed rate or more on how it is choses. Personally, I would have preferred they adjusted the prices to match prizes rather than fiddled with the luck items themselves.


Ascent

Hippolyte
3*
Nice but I don't particularly care either way.


New Ascent history
5*
Love it



Ascent History on public profiles
3*
Personally, don't care. Don't see why I need two copies, or why anyone would care how someone else is doing in the Ascent, but that is just me.


New notifications
5*
We didn't get much info on the type of notifications, but I think it should be good or neutral. I don't see a way it would backfire. And those who don't want them can turn them off which is always good.



Starry Auras
3*
Went neutral on this as I have never got or used a starry aura.


New trophy
Didn't rate.
To be honest, I don't really know why they even told us. Probably so the change isn't out of the blue. However, it is that vague it is practically useless. Didn't feel fair to rate it at this time. Might later if I remember.


Bugs
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I'm so glad that the special horses carousel is fixed!!
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Just realised I skipped the mobile EC update.
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A little limited, but I am very grateful for it,
Adalena
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Is there a way to remove the Ascent notification? It says it can be switched off but I did that hours ago and it's still there. I have no idea how to get rid of it and the update isn't specific, it just says "switch it off in settings" which I did. It didn't remove it.
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Crookedstar915 wrote:

Is there a way to remove the Ascent notification? It says it can be switched off but I did that hours ago and it's still there. I have no idea how to get rid of it and the update isn't specific, it just says "switch it off in settings" which I did. It didn't remove it.
Do you mean the red dot in the breeding farm menu? That goes away once you collect your daily obol. I don't know whether that is tied to the notification setting, but you'll know tomorrow if it comes back or not
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@Legacy Ann - I do mean that. I've been trying to get it to go away and can't figure out how, I don't collect obols so that won't do it. It's distracting when I go to work my horses and I keep accidentally clicking Ascent instead of my breeding farm or office. default smiley :s I hope it goes away tomorrow.
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@Crookeddtar

Maybe just collect them. It's only 20 seconds and then it is gone for the entire game.

Even the 10 obol limit is beatable. I'm not sure if you know, but you can choose no divines and still go through a door in Ascent of Olympus. This means you will lose for certain. So, every 10 obols, you can purposefully lose 10 times.
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It doesn't go away, so I don't know what I'm going to do. Wasting a bunch of time every day going through ten doors just to get rid of the distracting red dot is about as annoying as having it there. I really wish they hadn't done this update.

Or at the very least, actually made it able to be turned off when they said you could turn it off.
Crookedstar915
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It goes away when you collect the daily obol or if you already have 10 on hand, I can confirm the first through this server, as well as the second through my UK account, which had 10 after the update and it didn't appear.
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The new search in Creation Space for creators is good but I would much rather see a new interface for searches in Sales. There are so many that searching there for a specific creator is awful especially as this info does not show until you actually go to the horse page then check the apple coats from there. Perhaps some definition could also be put in for Wandering horses coats and 5th element coats as well.
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Oathkeeper wrote:

It goes away when you collect the daily obol or if you already have 10 on hand, I can confirm the first through this server, as well as the second through my UK account, which had 10 after the update and it didn't appear.


Okay, I ended up doing the tutorial to try and get it to go away so I'll just wait a few days for it to stop showing up for good hopefully. default smiley (y)
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Does anyone know when the packs will be up?
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The pack is up
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When Can they bring back wand and tear priv... i mean a halfway would be nice to do in august with some sort of divine pack so people can get those priv again... js lol. i want mine back
also when will they come back with horse related things... like how old howrse did shutterfly coat, the DA coats, Like that stuff... not the same but more like horse related instead of more divines and bad winning bmi in events (i dont like winning bunch of non sense)
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Hello:

Lately when I do the objectives, maybe 1 to 15 minutes before the update, it does not register
because the warning writing covers up the buttons you click to receive your passes. I've already lost 30 passes because the warning update message completely covers the buttons.
My schedule has changed so I normally cannot complete the objectives until late. This has not been a problem until very recently.

I have tried making the print smaller and larger to get a round the warning notice covering up
the objective pass buttons but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
get around the warning message covering the objective buttons?

All help is appreciated.

Ardenia1
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Ardenia1 wrote:

Hello:

Lately when I do the objectives, maybe 1 to 15 minutes before the update, it does not register
because the warning writing covers up the buttons you click to receive your passes. I've already lost 30 passes because the warning update message completely covers the buttons.
My schedule has changed so I normally cannot complete the objectives until late. This has not been a problem until very recently.

I have tried making the print smaller and larger to get a round the warning notice covering up
the objective pass buttons but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
get around the warning message covering the objective buttons?

All help is appreciated.

Ardenia1


Does it make any difference between mobile and classic version? I rarely use anything other than classic on a pc but, if I use a tablet, the warning is at the bottom of the page (I think) and doesn't obsucre things. I can't do much at all on a phone as it's too fiddly.
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Ardenia1 wrote:

Hello:

Lately when I do the objectives, maybe 1 to 15 minutes before the update, it does not register
because the warning writing covers up the buttons you click to receive your passes. I've already lost 30 passes because the warning update message completely covers the buttons.
My schedule has changed so I normally cannot complete the objectives until late. This has not been a problem until very recently.

I have tried making the print smaller and larger to get a round the warning notice covering up
the objective pass buttons but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to
get around the warning message covering the objective buttons?

All help is appreciated.

Ardenia1

You've said you've tried making the print smaller, but have you tried zooming out your browser window? (CTRL+scroll out with the mouse wheel). It sounds like you're in a small window if the update message bar is on top of the validation boxes like that
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