Game updates:2019

2019 updates

• Wednesday 18^th of December (talk)
• Saturday 14^th of December (talk)
• Friday 13^th of December (talk)
• Thursday 5^th of September (talk)
• Thursday 20^th of June (talk)
• Wednesday 12^th of June (talk)
• Wednesday 8^th of May (talk)
• Thursday 2^nd of May (talk)
• Wednesday 1^st of May (talk)
• Wednesday 17^th of April (talk)
• Tuesday 2^nd of April (talk)
• Thursday 7^th of February (talk)
• Wednesday 6^th of February (talk)
• Tuesday 5^th of February (talk)

Update -- December 18, 2019

General

• Fixed a client crash caused by observer mode.

Update -- December 14, 2019

General

• Fixed a bug that could cause projectiles to go through walls.

Update -- December 13, 2019

General

• Performed server maintenance.
• Fixed a server crash.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• This update causes observer mode to crash the Guild Wars client.
• This update switched the compiler that Guild Wars uses to VS2017.

Update -- September 5, 2019

General

• Fixed a server crash.
• Fixed an issue that caused some outposts to become inaccessible.

Update -- June 20, 2019

General

• Performed server maintenance.

Update -- June 12, 2019

General

• Fixed a server crash.
• Fixed a client crash.
• Added a new startup command, "-prefresetlocal":
  • This command will reset all preferences that are stored locally in the game's .dat file.
  • This command can be utilized to debug issues launching the game.
• Discontinued support for Windows Games Explorer.

Friends

• Added a new “Rename” option to the Friends List. You may now set nicknames for friends in your Online, Offline, and Ignored lists.

Graphics

• Removed support for DirectX 8.
• The client will now default to using Windowed Fullscreen after installation.

Update -- May 8, 2019

General

• Fixed several server crashes.

Graphics

• Vertical Sync will now take precedence when the Frame Limiter option is enabled with a frame-rate limit equal to the monitor’s refresh-rate.

Hotfix

• Unflagging heroes will no longer result in a disconnect.

Update -- May 2, 2019

General

• Fixed a bug that could cause the Lock Compass Rotation option to be inadvertently enabled.

PvP

• The final map in Heroes’ Ascent is now accessible once again.

Update -- May 1, 2019

Store

• The Augur of Kormir costume has returned to the Official Guild Wars Store.

Audio

• Added a Master Volume slider.

Camera

• Increased the frequency at which movement direction is updated when holding and dragging the left mouse button to walk.
• Fixed an issue that caused the camera to rotate in a seemingly random direction when the player character stops after having held the left mouse button to walk.

General

• Added a new option to lock compass rotation.
• Added an in-game clock.
  • The new clock has 3 different modes: Off, Local Time, and Server Time.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent character name floaters from properly updating their color and guild tags, most commonly after changing maps.
• Fixed an NPC pathing behavior issue.
• Fixed a server crash.
• Fixed a client crash.
• Fixed a client/server desync related to movement.
• Refactored the Options panel to better handle resizing it.

Graphics

• Renamed the "Advanced" option to "Enhanced Draw Distance" to better self-document its functionality.
• Added a new "Windowed Borderless" resolution mode.
  • This mode functions similar to the "Windowed Fullscreen" mode, but keeps the Windows Taskbar visible.
• Added a Frame Limiter option.
  • The Frame Limiter functionality has been improved and will now more accurately target the desired FPS.
  • The Frame Limiter has 4 modes: None (no limit), 30 FPS, 60 FPS, and Monitor Refresh Rate, which uses your primary display's refresh rate as the target FPS.
  • This option will be overridden with the preexisting -fps command line argument, which will continue to function as it did previously.

Hotfix

• Fixed a server crash.
• Fixed a client crash
• Reverted change to the number of henchmen in a party in Heroes Ascent
• Reverted balance changes to a few skills

Update -- April 17, 2019

General

• Fixed a server crash.

Update -- April 2, 2019

General

• Fixed a server crash.

Update -- February 7, 2019

General

• Fixed a crash bug.

Update -- February 6, 2019

Inventory

• Added a new account upgrade, "Xunlai Material Storage Expansion".
  • This item, with each purchase, will increase the storage capacity for materials stored in Xunlai Material Storage by 250 items.
  • This upgrade can be purchased up to 9 times for a total storage of 2,500 items.
  • The Xunlai Material Storage Expansion upgrade can now be purchased on the Official Guild Wars Store for $9.99.
• Increased the maximum number of purchasable Xunlai Storage Pane upgrades per account from 4 to 9.
  • The Xunlai Storage Pane upgrade can be purchased on the Official Guild Wars Store.
• Using the Superior Rune of Holding will now log the correct result to the chat log instead of ellipses.

General

• The Toggle Nameplate options will now properly function after changing maps.

Update -- February 5, 2019

General

• Selling Gold and Green items to vendors now has a confirmation to prevent accidental selling of those items.

User Interface

• Added hot keys for flagging Heroes 4 through 7 to move to a location.
• Added hot keys for commanding Heroes 4 through 7 to use a specific skill.
• Item rarity borders can now be toggled on via a new option in the General settings. This will color the item's border match to the rarity of the item.
  • Note: This does not affect white or blue items.
• The Inventory Bags window (F9) is now resizable.
• The Inventory Bags window (F9) now has an option to hide bags and condense all item slots together. This option is in the General settings.
• Added a toggle in General settings for showing nameplates for enemies (or players in outposts).
  • Note: Enabling this option will invert the functionality of the corresponding key binding.
• Added a toggle in General settings for showing ally, NPC, and item names.
  • Note: Enabling this option will invert the functionality of the corresponding key binding.

Inventory

• Increased the number of slots in each Xunlai Storage Pane from 20 to 25.
  • This includes all storage panes: purchased and non-purchased.
• Added a new Superior Rune of Holding bag upgrade that will increase inventory bags to 15 slots.
  • This item can be purchased with Zaishen Coins in the Great Temple of Balthazar and Embark Beach.
• Added a new Rune of Belt Holding upgrade that will increase inventory belt pouches from 5 to 10 slots.
  • This item can be purchased with Zaishen Coins in the Great Temple of Balthazar and Embark Beach.

Profession Skills

• Updated the AI for Heroes, Henchmen, and monsters using the following skills:
  • Arcane Conundrum
  • Arcane Echo
  • Berserker Stance
  • Chaos Storm
  • "Charge!"
  • Dark Aura
  • Deadly Paradox
  • Dodge
  • Energetic Was Lee Sa
  • "Fall Back!"
  • Heal as One
  • "Incoming!"
  • Judge's Intervention
  • Lava Font
  • Mend Ailment
  • Overbearing Smash
  • Reversal of Fortune
  • Ritual Lord
  • Signet of Binding
  • Signet of Creation
  • Signet of Illusions
  • Soothing Images
  • Soul Twisting
  • Test of Faith
  • Ward of Stability
  • Watchful Intervention
  • Weapon of Shadow
  • Wearying Strike
  • Zojun's Haste

  • For monsters, these changes apply only to Hard Mode, except for cases in which skills were used extremely incorrectly or caused changes to behavior while their effect was active.

Bug fixes

Inventory:

• Fixed an issue in which the Superior Rune of Holding and the Rune of Belt Holding had their tooltips swapped.
• Added a unique color to the Superior Rune of Holding and Rune of Belt Holding items.
• Fixed a UI scaling issue with the material storage interface that caused the stack size to be cut off when there were 1,000 or more items.