Game updates:2018

2018 updates

• Friday 31^st of August (talk)
• Thursday 30^th of August (talk)
• Thursday 23^rd of August (talk)
• Thursday 16^th of August (talk)
• 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)
• Thursday 17^th of May (talk)
• Wednesday 16^th of May (talk)
• Wednesday 9^th of May (talk)
• Thursday 3^rd of May (talk)
• Tuesday 1^st of May (talk)
• Monday 30^th of April (talk)
• Monday 23^rd of April (talk)
• Thursday 12^th of April (talk)
• Monday 2^nd of April (talk)
• Friday 23^rd of March (talk)
• Thursday 22^nd of March (talk)
• Thursday 15^th of February (talk)

Update -- August 31, 2018

Chat:

• Fixed a bug that caused chat channel filters to behave incorrectly.

Update -- August 30, 2018

Chat:

• Custom chat filters have been improved.
  • Added hot-reloading of ChatFilter.ini. Changes will automatically be picked up on save.
  • Unicode characters are supported. Please ensure ChatFilter.ini is saved using Unicode or UTF16 (with BOM) encoding.
  • Added a new type of filter, which can filter by word instead of just substring.
  • Whispers that are suppressed no longer play the incoming whisper audio cue.

File Syntax:

[ChatFilter]

BadText = Suppress, Any  ; Suppress any message that contains this text anywhere. Example: (This BadTexting text -> DELETED!).
BadWörd = Censor,   Word ; Censor this bad word. Example: (What a Unicode BadWörd -> What a Unicode -------)

Update -- August 23, 2018

General

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- August 16, 2018

General

• The port for connecting to the log-in servers has been changed from 6600 to 6112 to be consistent with our other servers.
• The support URLs on the log-in screen have been updated.

Inventory

• Customized items that are bound to characters that have had their name changed will now be fixed after logging in with that character.

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.

Update -- May 17, 2018

General

• Performed server maintenance.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug when ALT+Tabbing the client in Fullscreen mode wouldn’t mute audio while using the "Mute game audio while the client is in the background" option.
• Fixed a desync when ALT+Tabbing the client in Fullscreen mode for long periods of time would cause rubber banding and teleportation of other creatures and players.
  • Note: This was additional improvements on top of the previous fix put in place in the last update.
• Fixed a client crash on exit.

Update -- May 16, 2018

Graphics Improvements

• Windowed Fullscreen now works on any monitor. It uses the monitor that the majority of the window is on.
• Added the -lodfull command line argument back. This functions the exact same as it did prior to the May 9th update.
• The game client now properly clamps itself to the monitor it is primarily in while in windowed mode.
  • Note: The client will perfectly clamp to the monitor when toggling from Windowed Fullscreen to Windowed mode.

Chat

• Fix an issue with the new whisper ignore option that caused it to ignore whispers from friends sent from alternate characters of the same account.

Help & Support

• Updated the URLs in the F10 menu.

Installer & Patching

• Automatically request elevation to admin when trying to install or patch the game and it doesn't have the right permissions to do so.
  • Note: Requires the client to be updated to the new build before this change takes affect for any future updates.
  • The installer on www.guildwars.com will be updated to the new client.

Bug fixes

• Local preferences will now always be saved on exit, fixing issues such as graphics options not persisting.
• Fix a desync when the game is Alt+Tabbed or minimized, causing creatures to teleport after the game is restored.
• Fix a client hang when restoring the client from being ALT+Tabbed or minimized for a long period of time.
• The game will now have a 60fps max framerate while the game isn't "active". This means when the client doesn't have focus or isn't being rendered (minimized, Alt+Tabbed).

Update -- May 9, 2018

General

• Increased the maximum number of active minipets allowed in outposts.

Graphics improvements

• Added windowed Fullscreen support.
• Added a new 8X MSAA anti-aliasing option.
• The “Use best texture filtering” option will now take advantage of 16x Anisotropic filtering.
• A new “Advanced” option checkbox has been added to the Graphics options panel. This will replace the “-lodfull” command line option that was added recently.
  • Model LODs will always use the highest available LOD (Level Of Detail), regardless of distance, including the disabling of “imposter” models.
  • The max draw distance will be doubled. Ground cover vegetation draw distance will be pushed out even further.
  • Terrain LODs will almost always draw in highest.
  • Note: Full changes won’t take effect until changing maps.

Chat

• A new option has been added to suppress Whisper messages from players that don’t meet the following criteria:
  • Party member, friend, active trade partner, or recent party/team member.
• You may now /report directly in the whisper chat window without needing to type the character name.
  • Reporting players is still restricted to the same district that you’re in.
• Custom chat filters are now possible. To use this feature, you must create a ChatFilter.ini file. The file will be placed in the %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Guild Wars folder. The file layout is as follows:

[ChatFilter]
userFilter1=Censor
userFilter2=Suppress

Friends list

• The maximum number of friends and ignored players has been doubled to 100 and 20 respectively.

Party search

• Added a Report button to the party search dialog.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where your character’s LOD drops when zooming out the camera.
• Fixed an issue where the game client becomes unresponsive when it gets minimized or sent to the background.

Additional notes

Crash fix:

• Fixed a client crash related to the new “Whispers from friends, teammates and trade partners only” option.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• If you experience any issues with shortcuts, make sure to remove the -lodfull argument. This argument has been removed, and may cause issues for some setups.
• The second update fixed a crash related to the updates to the whisper system.
• The player-cap in districts was increased on May 8th, the day prior to this update.

Update -- May 3, 2018

• Performed server maintenance resolving connectivity issues upon character login to an outpost.

Update -- May 1, 2018

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- April 30, 2018

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- April 23, 2018

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- April 12, 2018

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- April 2, 2018

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- March 23, 2018

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- March 22, 2018

• Added a command line parameter “-lodfull” which forces the game to render using higher resolution models.

Update -- February 15, 2018

• Fixed crash bugs.
• After years of diligent bookkeeping, High Priest Zhang has completed the distribution of Xunlai Tournament House prizes and no longer will award Tournament Reward Points to visitors.