Balanced Alternative Techniques ry ("B.A.T. ry") just released a hotfix to the version 1.106 of our game client for BatMUD on Steam for all of our currently supported platforms (Windows 64-bit and 32-bit, Linux 64-bit and 32-bit and MacOS).

Mini-FAQ:

What are the changes included in this hotfix version? The changes done are as follows:

• Changing a character's saved password to another in login screen should now update and save properly
• Your command history is now limited 10k lines due to size issues with CommandHistory.xml savefile

Why was this hotfix needed / implemented? Hey, thank you for asking! We found out that there was an issue with the new v1.106 feature that allow players to quit & restart the game client and still retain their last issued commands (and conveniently access them, e.g. by arrow-up or searching otherwise). The player issued commands are stored locally in the \batclient\config\CommandHistory.xml -file. Due to an issue in the code, this file could for users become bloated (e.g. 1GB in size). In addition to taking the diskspace, it would slow down client start-up and closure; especially when users had Steam Cloud options enabled, where this file would be stored (also) in Steam Cloud. How can I see that I have have / I am running the hotfix version? Look at ESC->Help->Changelog, if it has the above two (2) items added on the bottom of v1.106 changes listing, then you are running the version with the hotfix included. How can I get this hotfix? Running Steam's own client should prompt you for the update, if it doesn't auto-update by itself. You usually need to "open Steam" for the game client updates to become available / get queued. My current CommandHistory.xml file is still huge, what can I do about this? While we took steps that this would be corrected, you can also delete the file manually from your batclient -directory, e.g. on Windows this can reside under C:\Users\user\batclient\config\CommandHistory.xml. Remember to also delete the Steam Cloud equivalent, as it will otherwise repopulate it (transfer a copy) from Steam Cloud. Depending on Steam client (and the changes they implement), you may be able to access the settings/possibly also files from Steam -> Library -> BatMUD -> Properties -> Steam Cloud. On behalf of the devs, Amarth Shadowstring

[ 2023-08-30 10:46:01 CET ] [ Original post ]