Feedback:Game updates

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Recent updates

• Tuesday 10^th of July (talk)
• Tuesday 26^th of June (talk)
• Wednesday 13^th of June (talk)
• Wednesday 6^th of June (talk)
• Friday 18^th of May (talk)

Older updates

• Archive

This list contains all recent updates as published by ArenaNet. If there are undocumented changes, they are listed in a section titled "Guild Wars Wiki notes" under the related update.

Update -- July 10, 2018

General

• Fixed a bug that could cause map loading screens to get stuck at 0% completion.

Update -- June 26, 2018

General

• Fixed a client crash for Windows XP.
• Fixed an issue preventing some Windows XP users from logging in.
• The game client will now properly relaunch when the user is prompted to elevate to administrator privileges.
• The minion dialog will now display based on characters and maintain size and placement.

Update -- June 13, 2018

General

• The Minions panel will now remain open after map changes.
• Fixed the dye panel camera.

Log-In

• Made improvements to help with log-in issues.
• Fixed a client crash when trying to log in.
• Added a new error code, 248, for when the game is unable to initialize the log-in system. This is usually the result of an antivirus system or an incompatible operating system. Guild Wars requires that you run Windows XP or later.

Update -- June 6, 2018

Graphics

• Added an Ultra shadow setting.
  • Doubles the distance, doubles the resolution, and quadruples the amount of dynamic shadows.
• The fog/haze when using the Advanced graphics options has been slightly modified.
• The game client restarts properly into Windowed Fullscreen when switching from Fullscreen to Windowed Fullscreen.

General

• Performed server maintenance.
• The loading screen fade has been sped up slightly.
• The game client will no longer increase CPU usage while in the background.
  • This also improves the -fps option CPU usage.
• The installer has been improved when uninstalling and reinstalling to another location.
• The Lakeside County gate to the Northlands will stay open twice as long when its lever is activated.

Camera

• Added a new Field of View slider.
• Field of View now uses a vertical calculation—previously diagonal—which will result in a much better view of the world on widescreen and ultra widescreen monitors.
  • The old Field of View can be reenabled by using the new -oldfov command line argument.
• Added a rotation speed slider.
• Slightly increased the responsiveness of camera rotation.
• The camera maximum zoom-out distance has been slightly increased.

Chat

• Added an option to show chat timestamps for chat log entries.
• Whispers will no longer be lost while loading maps or switching characters.
• The chat log history has been doubled.
• The chat log will no longer clear on map change or switching characters.

Two-Factor Authentication

• Displays correct error when trying to log in from an unauthorized network.
• Command line parameters "-newauth" and "-oldauth" are now ignored.

Additional notes

• Fixed a bug that would result in UI customizations and keybindings to be reset to defaults.
• Two Factor Authentication: added a dialog window in the login screen to enter the two factor authentication code for your login session.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• You can now double click a name and it will select the player if they are in the same district.

Update -- May 18, 2018

General

• Performed server maintenance.

See also

• List of game updates, for a full list of game updates articles.