Client Update: 2.8.3
PC / Macintosh / Mobile
Hi Penguins,
Welcome back to another update! We have a lot to share with you and we've made an effort to try and patch up some crucial bugs that have been circulating the island the past few weeks. Here is just a small collection of them that we'd love to address with you all!
Remember, if you haven't already, enable to the Two Step Login feature for your account to give your account an extra layer of safety.
As always, if there are any new bugs that arise post-release, you can track them through our community Trello page by clicking this link.
Safety and Security
- We’ve introduced Two Step Login, please review this help article to learn more: https://catchwav.es/a951df. We highly recommend enabling this setting for your account.
- If you or someone else incorrectly types in the password for your account, the account can automatically be temporarily or permanently restricted upon multiple failed attempts.
- Players who severely break our Community Rules will now receive warning messages.
- Players who have been muted for repeatedly breaking Community Rules will receive a muted prompt.
- Reduced auto moderation rate for all players in specific instances.
Gameplay
- Introduced Postcards to the game.
- Introduced Island Quests to the game.
- Introduced Mancala to the game.
- Introduced Game Leaderboards.
- WASD Support has been added for the following minigames: Cart Surfer, Thin Ice, Puffle Rescue, Jet-Pack Adventure, Dance Contest, Aqua Grabber, and Astro Barrier
- All players will have to redo the Welcome tutorial to receive the Introductory Welcome to Club Penguin Postcard.
- When servers reach its full capacity, you will be prompted to join a queue and reserve your spot in the waitlist for availability. A queue can also be used to join the server prior to updates and new releases.
- We removed the “Check Out New Community Events” prompt when the Event Board at the Lakeside has updated.
- Buddies will now have a green ring on the island beside you!
Buddies
- You will receive a notification when you join the game for the first time with your pending buddy amount.
- When you receive a new buddy request, your buddy notification counter will reflect the amount of buddy requests you currently have on your list.
General Island
- Added a new pin to the island, have fun finding it!
- The St. Patrick’s Day Event has departed, thanks for playing!
- The April Fools Party construction has KICKED OFF!
Leaderboards
- Anti Cheat measures will now detect anomalies and inconsistences with wins and hide players from the Leaderboard.
- You can now access the Leaderboard easily when you receive a Game Over message after any minigame.
Mancala
- We’ve adjusted the start of Mancala where the host no longer goes first every time; the game will randomly select a player out of the two to start the game. This was done for balance.
- If you forcefully quit a game, we will count this towards this as a losing record.
Find Four
- If you forcefully quit a game, we will count this towards this as a losing record.
Sled Racing
- Introduced new Sled Racing stamps that are available for collection.
- Players who disconnect from a Sled Racing game will be counted as a loss to the Leaderboard record.
Postcards
- You can now receive the “Welcome to Club Penguin” postcard.
- Each month, you will receive salary paycheck postcards for being a Tour Guide and a P.S.A. Agent.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a occasional bug where your furniture may appear duplicated when placing it down.
- Fixed issues where the room would appear as if it was infinitely loading and crashes the game.
- Adjusted Mancala drop sound effect volume.
- Fixed an issue where some sound effects would improperly load when you first launch the game.
- Fixed an issue where you would crash heading back toward the Mountain after a Sled Racing game.
- You can no longer earn the Clock Target stamp by having another player do it for you in the room.
- When playing Aqua Grabber, players will no longer hear repetitive noises with the claw or other instances with sound effects
- Fixed an issue where you can close the leaderboard when you are looking at the menu selection screen.
- Minimized the chance of your Igloo Music breaking when you preview a song.
- Your audio volume and mute selection will now persist each time you refresh your browser and on new sessions.
- “Track Star” stamp will now reward after you play all tracks in one session.
- While in the queue screen, you will no longer see the “Invalid Authentication Token” issue if you have been in the queue for longer than 2 minutes.
- The text color inside the main menu of Bean Counters has been changed to its original color.
- Speech color of Cadence during Dance Contest is now legible and no longer white.