Crystal2 — 0.3.1 · A softer look, better Messages and October events
Since 0.3.0 the client went from 2.13 to 2.21: a softer look for every window, a better Messages window, twelve permanent items, events every day in October, launcher 2.6.1 and a big round of fixes on the server and the website.
October events
Every day in October (server time): double Metin stone loot and double boss loot from 15:00 to 19:00 (one after the other, the order swaps every day), +50% EXP from 19:00 to 21:00, and double Metin stone loot again from 21:00 to 01:00.
A new look
Soft frames - every window, card and panel has rounded corners, a slim bronze-grey border and a soft inner shadow; the selected item gets a bronze line. The silver stone background stays.
Royal Gold buttons - Enter the world, Create and the sign-up buttons.
Saved accounts light up across the whole button.
The new windows and the ESC menu open and close with the same zoom as the Character window.
Messages and chat
Faces - every talk shows the character's face with level, class, kingdom and guild.
More room - a three-line reply box, a list that folds to faces and names, and a window you can resize; your unsent letter is kept.
Emoticons and item links in Messages, read and unread letters, and a red x on every letter.
Online status - your team and guild members show as online in Messages.
Chat links open again, after a question (YouTube, Twitch, Kick, TikTok, Discord and m2crystal only).
Whisper notifications in Options - Sound: a chime (off by default), the taskbar flash and the pop-up. The taskbar stops flashing once you have read the whisper.
Friends
Friend requests reach players on any map, and a friend accepted from another map shows online at once.
Staff friends show on your list; removing a friend who logged out or changed map works; blocks keep holding after a map change.
A block can no longer be dodged by writing the name in other capitals, and a blocked player now reads that you blocked them.
Blocking a friend removes them from your friends first.
Items
Twelve permanent items - the six dews, the four Dragon God medals, Critical Strike and Piercing Strike: never used up, switched on and off with each use, and stronger than the originals. Huahn-So the Alchemist makes them: 9,999 Crimson Ebony Boxes for a dew, 3,999 Mysterious Chests for each of the others.
Sapphire Earrings+8 can now be refined to +9.
Clams open up to 10 at a time (Shift + right click).
In the game
FPS / ping meter - Options - Performance; you can move it where you like.
Text boxes - Ctrl + A / C / X / V everywhere, and typed text can be selected with the mouse.
Esc closes every new window, even while you type in it.
Biologist - after all ten stages the window shows your completed research.
Event Calendar - events without an end date now show.
The Wikipedia's encyclopedia is greyed out while it is reworked.
Launcher 2.6.1
Update notes - every note in a list you can scroll, now up to date from 1.92 to 2.21.
Seasonal effects follow Windows' Animation effects switch: with it off, the decorations stand still on purpose. Turn it on in Settings - Accessibility - Visual effects to see them move.
Website
New account e-mails (sign-up and password reset) in the Crystal2 look.
Changing your password now signs you out everywhere else.
Fixes
The Biologist no longer removes your Biolog bonuses. An old option at the Biologist did; everyone who lost theirs has them back.
Security and stability: a round of fixes from a full server audit - among them two ways to crash a channel, an offline-shop exploit and dungeon re-entry exploits. The teleport panel's level limits now apply.
No more black screen after the Change channel dialog.
Ctrl + C keeps your text, the taskbar's unread count clears, and there is no letter icon at the character select.
The pet's feather skill only hits what you may attack.
Player name tags no longer use up memory in long sessions.
Client 2.21 and launcher 2.6.1 arrive automatically through the launcher.