Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
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Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by Chris H. » 26 Apr 2013, 13:31
Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
12538 cards in total.
Release Notes
- User data migration -
User data files, like decks, saved gauntlets, and card pictures, are now stored in new directories separate from the program data. When this version of Forge is first run, it will scan the program directory for all user data and automatically migrate the files to their new homes. There are three defined user data directores: userDir, cacheDir, and cardPicsDir, and their locations depend on the standard paths for your operating system:
Windows:
userDir=%APPDATA%/Forge/
cacheDir=%LOCALAPPDATA%/Forge/Cache/ (or %APPDATA%/Forge/Cache/ for windows versions before the local/roaming directory split)
OSX:
userDir=$HOME/Library/Application Support/Forge/
cacheDir=$HOME/Library/Caches/Forge/
Linux:
userDir=$HOME/.forge/
cacheDir=$HOME/.cache/forge/
cardPicsDir is defined as <cacheDir>/pics/cards/ by default. If you wish to use a non-default directory, please see the forge.profile.preferences.example file located in the Forge installation directory root. You can use this file to, for example, share the card pics directory with another program, such as Magic Workstation.
If you are using the Mac OS X version of Forge then you will find the forge.profile.preferences.example file by right clicking or control clicking on the Forge.app icon. Select "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu. A Finder window will open and will display a folder named Contents. Navigate to the folder:
/Contents/Resources/Java/
and you will find the file named forge.profile.preferences.example.
For reference, here is the full list of moved directories and files:
- New Import Data dialog -
The Import Pictures dialog, accessed via the Content Downloaders submenu, has received an overhaul and has been reincarnated as the Import Data dialog. You may recognize it from the automatic data migration procedure if you had any data to migrate when this version was first started. Instead of just importing pictures from a previous version of Forge, it can now import any kind of Forge data whatsoever. If you have a directory full of deck files, you can use the Import Data dialog to copy or move them to the appropriate directory. If you have just downloaded a torrent of high-quality pics for a particular set, use the Import Data dialog to get them to the proper place. The dialog give you a full listing of all file copy/move operations, so you can see what will happen before you click 'Start Import'.
An importer option was added for including pictures in set-specific card directories that don't map to any currently known card. This handles the case where people have collected complete sets of pics in anticipation of when Forge supports them.
- Fixed a few bugs -
The AI was not removing counters as part of paying a cost. Cards including Phyrexian Prowler, Golem Foundry, Serrated Arrows, Triskelion and others should now work correctly for the computer player.
Several people reported a ConcurrentModificationException which resulted in a crash report and this should now be fixed.
Wishes can now only retrieve cards you own which prevents retrieving an opponents card, which would then go into that player's hand.
Flicker effects were using the wrong Defined$ param.
Spells that Change Target (like Swerve) are now able to redirect a Counterspell onto itself and this is now considered fixed.
- Targeting arrows -
Some people have noticed slowdowns when Targeting arrows are enabled. The battlefield Dock tab includes a targeting icon. You can set the targeting arrows to Off or to Card mouseover to speed up the game.
- Quest challenge start in play cards -
We have received reports that the quest challenge start in play cards are not appearing on the battlefield for some people. This was either fixed recently or it only affects some people but not all of them. Your match.xml and/or your quest save files may be corrupted.
- Human vs Human play over the internet -
Some initial code has been added that will at some point in the future allow human vs human play over the internet. This is a work in progress and is far from being implemented at this time. Please be patient. Anyone who is curious can read the messages in the viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9837 topic.
- Dragon's Maze -
We have created a branch for Dragon's Maze spoilers. These new cards are not included in the Forge distributions at this time. Please be patient as these DGM cards will become available in the near future. We plan to add these new Dragon's Maze cards to the 1.3.14 beta which should be released in a week or two.
- Random Deck generation -
Deck generation is now strictly conforming the colors chosen. You won't get any Boros Reckoner in a RG deck, that could be added before the change (because its manacost could be paid with red mana). Avacyn's Piligrim won't be added in a deck that has green but doesn't have white, though it does not consume, but produces white mana. As well there won't be added any creatures whose activated abilities require colors not choosen for a given deck.
That is to say that now color identity is used for deck generation, that allows a better filtering of cards.
- Single declare attackers step -
Combined declare attackers step for all Defending Players/Planeswalkers. On declare attackers step you have to click the entiry you are about to attack and then click on the creatures that should attack it. Clicking on a planeswalker or player visually highlights it, so that you will see whos attackers are assigned at the moment. By default your first opponent is pre-selected.
- Booster slots -
Booster slots are now way more customizable. This change allows us to implement DGM boosters correctly. Note that custom cube .draft and .sealed files have changed their format. They require a booster description instead of Num(Rarity) N lines. Find example records in files describing SkieraCube and Juzamjedi cude coming with Forge. Singleton parameter is obsolette, since all cards within a booster slot are unique. Ignore rarity is also deprecated, for Booster options allow you to pick cards regardless of rarity with 'any' word standing for ignored rarity. (ex: 15 Any)
New Cards
New Vanguard Avatars
New Dragon's Maze branch Cards
Known Issues
Contributors to This Release
Gos
Hellfish
Marc
Max
Nordos
PowerClaws
RedDeckWins
RumbleBBU
Sloth
Sol
Swordshine
ZzzzSleep
Chris H
(Quest icons used created by Teekatas, from his Legendora set http://raindropmemory.deviantart.com)
(Thanks to the MAGE team for permission to use their targeting arrows.)
(Thanks to http://www.freesound.org/browse/ for providing some sound files.)
The links to the various archives:
12538 cards in total.
Release Notes
- User data migration -
User data files, like decks, saved gauntlets, and card pictures, are now stored in new directories separate from the program data. When this version of Forge is first run, it will scan the program directory for all user data and automatically migrate the files to their new homes. There are three defined user data directores: userDir, cacheDir, and cardPicsDir, and their locations depend on the standard paths for your operating system:
Windows:
userDir=%APPDATA%/Forge/
cacheDir=%LOCALAPPDATA%/Forge/Cache/ (or %APPDATA%/Forge/Cache/ for windows versions before the local/roaming directory split)
OSX:
userDir=$HOME/Library/Application Support/Forge/
cacheDir=$HOME/Library/Caches/Forge/
Linux:
userDir=$HOME/.forge/
cacheDir=$HOME/.cache/forge/
cardPicsDir is defined as <cacheDir>/pics/cards/ by default. If you wish to use a non-default directory, please see the forge.profile.preferences.example file located in the Forge installation directory root. You can use this file to, for example, share the card pics directory with another program, such as Magic Workstation.
If you are using the Mac OS X version of Forge then you will find the forge.profile.preferences.example file by right clicking or control clicking on the Forge.app icon. Select "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu. A Finder window will open and will display a folder named Contents. Navigate to the folder:
/Contents/Resources/Java/
and you will find the file named forge.profile.preferences.example.
For reference, here is the full list of moved directories and files:
- Code: Select all
Old location New location
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res/decks/ <userDir>/decks/
res/gauntlet/ <userDir>/gauntlet/
res/layouts/ <userDir>/preferences/
res/preferences/ <userDir>/preferences/
res/quest/data/ <userDir>/quest/saves/
res/pics/ <cacheDir>/pics/
forge.log <userDir>/forge.log
- New Import Data dialog -
The Import Pictures dialog, accessed via the Content Downloaders submenu, has received an overhaul and has been reincarnated as the Import Data dialog. You may recognize it from the automatic data migration procedure if you had any data to migrate when this version was first started. Instead of just importing pictures from a previous version of Forge, it can now import any kind of Forge data whatsoever. If you have a directory full of deck files, you can use the Import Data dialog to copy or move them to the appropriate directory. If you have just downloaded a torrent of high-quality pics for a particular set, use the Import Data dialog to get them to the proper place. The dialog give you a full listing of all file copy/move operations, so you can see what will happen before you click 'Start Import'.
An importer option was added for including pictures in set-specific card directories that don't map to any currently known card. This handles the case where people have collected complete sets of pics in anticipation of when Forge supports them.
- Fixed a few bugs -
The AI was not removing counters as part of paying a cost. Cards including Phyrexian Prowler, Golem Foundry, Serrated Arrows, Triskelion and others should now work correctly for the computer player.
Several people reported a ConcurrentModificationException which resulted in a crash report and this should now be fixed.
Wishes can now only retrieve cards you own which prevents retrieving an opponents card, which would then go into that player's hand.
Flicker effects were using the wrong Defined$ param.
Spells that Change Target (like Swerve) are now able to redirect a Counterspell onto itself and this is now considered fixed.
- Targeting arrows -
Some people have noticed slowdowns when Targeting arrows are enabled. The battlefield Dock tab includes a targeting icon. You can set the targeting arrows to Off or to Card mouseover to speed up the game.
- Quest challenge start in play cards -
We have received reports that the quest challenge start in play cards are not appearing on the battlefield for some people. This was either fixed recently or it only affects some people but not all of them. Your match.xml and/or your quest save files may be corrupted.
- Human vs Human play over the internet -
Some initial code has been added that will at some point in the future allow human vs human play over the internet. This is a work in progress and is far from being implemented at this time. Please be patient. Anyone who is curious can read the messages in the viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9837 topic.
- Dragon's Maze -
We have created a branch for Dragon's Maze spoilers. These new cards are not included in the Forge distributions at this time. Please be patient as these DGM cards will become available in the near future. We plan to add these new Dragon's Maze cards to the 1.3.14 beta which should be released in a week or two.
- Random Deck generation -
Deck generation is now strictly conforming the colors chosen. You won't get any Boros Reckoner in a RG deck, that could be added before the change (because its manacost could be paid with red mana). Avacyn's Piligrim won't be added in a deck that has green but doesn't have white, though it does not consume, but produces white mana. As well there won't be added any creatures whose activated abilities require colors not choosen for a given deck.
That is to say that now color identity is used for deck generation, that allows a better filtering of cards.
- Single declare attackers step -
Combined declare attackers step for all Defending Players/Planeswalkers. On declare attackers step you have to click the entiry you are about to attack and then click on the creatures that should attack it. Clicking on a planeswalker or player visually highlights it, so that you will see whos attackers are assigned at the moment. By default your first opponent is pre-selected.
- Booster slots -
Booster slots are now way more customizable. This change allows us to implement DGM boosters correctly. Note that custom cube .draft and .sealed files have changed their format. They require a booster description instead of Num(Rarity) N lines. Find example records in files describing SkieraCube and Juzamjedi cude coming with Forge. Singleton parameter is obsolette, since all cards within a booster slot are unique. Ignore rarity is also deprecated, for Booster options allow you to pick cards regardless of rarity with 'any' word standing for ignored rarity. (ex: 15 Any)
New Cards
- CARDS LIST | Open
New Vanguard Avatars
- VANGUARD AVATARS LIST | Open
New Dragon's Maze branch Cards
- DRAGON'S MAZE BRANCH CARDS LIST | Open
Known Issues
- ISSUES LIST | Open
Contributors to This Release
Gos
Hellfish
Marc
Max
Nordos
PowerClaws
RedDeckWins
RumbleBBU
Sloth
Sol
Swordshine
ZzzzSleep
Chris H
(Quest icons used created by Teekatas, from his Legendora set http://raindropmemory.deviantart.com)
(Thanks to the MAGE team for permission to use their targeting arrows.)
(Thanks to http://www.freesound.org/browse/ for providing some sound files.)
The links to the various archives:
The Forge 04/26/2013 Windows and Linux archive (requires java 6):
forge-1.3.13.tar.bz2 (30.1 MB, at cardforge.org)
Forge 04/26/2013 BETA packaged as a Mac OS application:
forge-1.3.13-osx.tar.bz2 (31.1 MB, at cardforge.org)
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by friarsol » 26 Apr 2013, 14:26
Implemented (Missing) / Total = Percentage Implemented
12537 (618) / 13155 = 95.30 %
12537 (618) / 13155 = 95.30 %
- Sets Completion | Open
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by Nordos » 26 Apr 2013, 14:48
blinking is still broken.
I think it happens quite often if you blink a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it (as far as I see, it wouldn't get removed, but that could have only been because it broke when trying to blink it. It still blink the first time, though [ETB did trigger])
I think it happens quite often if you blink a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it (as far as I see, it wouldn't get removed, but that could have only been because it broke when trying to blink it. It still blink the first time, though [ETB did trigger])
Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by Max mtg » 26 Apr 2013, 17:03
It won't be soon. Say, in a few months.ozks wrote:thank you! downloading...
the new thing of human vs human online it is very interesting, i hope you guys realese it soon!
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by lazylockie » 26 Apr 2013, 17:25
how does this new attack policy handles the alpha strike button?
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by friarsol » 26 Apr 2013, 17:46
lazylockie wrote:how does this new attack policy handles the alpha strike button?
Nevermind Max answered up above.
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by Max mtg » 26 Apr 2013, 17:50
All unassigned creatures are declared to attack the first avaliable entity, that is player-opponent in most cases.lazylockie wrote:how does this new attack policy handles the alpha strike button?
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by horsekateer » 26 Apr 2013, 18:08
Exciting news about multiplayer, guys. Also can't wait for those DGM cards. 2 quick bugs with the new beta: First, tryingto report a bug and a bug happened, haha. Description: [describe the problem]
- General bug report | Open
- Draft file | Open
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by correioalternativo » 26 Apr 2013, 18:27
Two suggestions:
"Select a Card" window for Mox Diamond, similar to Chrome Mox.
Make Scroll Rack easier to use (select cards clicking the card pictures in human hand tab)
I ask this because my favorite deck is Tax Rack/Parfait
. Thank you.
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A user complained in the last topic:
Please excuse my poor English.
"Select a Card" window for Mox Diamond, similar to Chrome Mox.
Make Scroll Rack easier to use (select cards clicking the card pictures in human hand tab)
I ask this because my favorite deck is Tax Rack/Parfait
. Thank you.*
A user complained in the last topic:
Is there a way to configure this to be like was before 1.3.12? It's a big slowdown in the game for me.When you mark phases red to skip them they aren't skipped instantly and still flash when the Ai does nothing in them. I feel like this is a waste of time and that the game doesn't respond to my OKs that quickly anymore. I don't know if it's a bug or a feature, but it really is annoying for me.
Please excuse my poor English.
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by Max mtg » 26 Apr 2013, 19:19
Yes, you receive 14 cards because default booster template is applied to the cube (that is "pick 10 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 raremythic and 1 basicland" out of the provided cards) since the .draft and .sealed format has changed (and will be changed even futher in the next release) your custom settings are not recognized.horsekateer wrote:Second, I've imported and set up my own cube into the program and noticed that in the new beta, I'm only getting 14 cards per pack and cards are coming up multiple times in different packs despite the draft file being set to 15 cards and singleton and the deck file only containing one copy of each card. Anyone know why this might be happening?Thanks for the help in advance and as always to everyone who contributes, this program is THE best.
- Draft file | Open
From release notes:
Please let us know if this note didn't help to solve the problem (and needs to be improved)- Booster slots -
Booster slots are now way more customizable. This change allows us to implement DGM boosters correctly. Note that custom cube .draft and .sealed files have changed their format. They require a booster description instead of Num(Rarity) N lines. Find example records in files describing SkieraCube and Juzamjedi cube coming with Forge. Singleton parameter is obsolette, since all cards within a booster slot are unique. Ignore rarity is also deprecated, for Booster options allow you to pick cards regardless of rarity with 'any' word standing for ignored rarity. (ex: 15 Any)
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by gos » 26 Apr 2013, 19:38
Description: During my Declare Blockers phase, I am attacking with Auriok Glaivemaster, equipped with Healer's Headdress. Opponent controlled a Dark Impostor. Also during my opponent's Declare Attackers phase. Repeatedly, on both occasions.
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by horsekateer » 26 Apr 2013, 20:54
Amazing I totally read that and fully glazed over it when looking for an explanation, duurr. Thanks so much!Max mtg wrote:Yes, you receive 14 cards because default booster template is applied to the cube (that is "pick 10 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 raremythic and 1 basicland" out of the provided cards) since the .draft and .sealed format has changed (and will be changed even futher in the next release) your custom settings are not recognized.horsekateer wrote:Second, I've imported and set up my own cube into the program and noticed that in the new beta, I'm only getting 14 cards per pack and cards are coming up multiple times in different packs despite the draft file being set to 15 cards and singleton and the deck file only containing one copy of each card. Anyone know why this might be happening?Thanks for the help in advance and as always to everyone who contributes, this program is THE best.
- Draft file | Open
From release notes:Please let us know if this note didn't help to solve the problem (and needs to be improved)- Booster slots -
Booster slots are now way more customizable. This change allows us to implement DGM boosters correctly. Note that custom cube .draft and .sealed files have changed their format. They require a booster description instead of Num(Rarity) N lines. Find example records in files describing SkieraCube and Juzamjedi cube coming with Forge. Singleton parameter is obsolette, since all cards within a booster slot are unique. Ignore rarity is also deprecated, for Booster options allow you to pick cards regardless of rarity with 'any' word standing for ignored rarity. (ex: 15 Any)
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by horsekateer » 26 Apr 2013, 21:09
Actually there is one thing...Max mtg wrote:Please let us know if this note didn't help to solve the problem (and needs to be improved)
So Ive changed the draft file so it matches the new other cube files as you mentioned. The "15 any" thing is working great, however I'm still getting the same cards coming up in multiple boosters. Did I miss something in the new file it looks like this:
- SeanCube draft file | Open
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Re: Forge Beta: 04-26-2013 ver 1.3.13
by Jak » 26 Apr 2013, 21:19
I think there is a small error in the implentation of Knight of the Reliquary.
The land you put in play is put into play as if you played it from your hand (e.g. for most multicolored lands tapped or you are asked to pay 2 life to put it untapped into play).
But as far as I understand the rulings, it comes always untapped into play.
The land you put in play is put into play as if you played it from your hand (e.g. for most multicolored lands tapped or you are asked to pay 2 life to put it untapped into play).
But as far as I understand the rulings, it comes always untapped into play.
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