Mage Version 0.8.7

[noxx]

Hi,

After having 0.8.6, 0.8.6.r2, 0.8.6.r3, 0.8.6.r4, 0.8.6.r5,
MAGE version 0.8.7 has been finally released!

Here is what has been changed since 0.8.6.r5:

Mage starts with splash image.
Draft\Sealed works again.
Changes in UI and AI.
New avatars.
ROE is 85% implemented.
Lots of bug fixes.

New Cards (31)

WWK: Twitch, Quest For Renewal, Butcher of Malakir, Vapor Snare, Wind Zendikon;
ROE: Irresistible Prey, Momentous Fall, Lay Bare, Haze Frog, Battle-Rattle Shaman, Living Destiny, Snake Umbra, Luminous Wake, Shared Discovery, Emerge Unscathed
Other: Scalpelexis, Arbiter of Knollridge, Emerald Medallion, Ruby Medallion, Jet Medallion, Sapphire Medallion, Pearl Medallion, Lurebound Scarecrow, Teferi's Puzzle Box, Momentary Blink, Rootwater Matriarch, Kezzerdrix, Perish, Breeding Pit, Justice, Abyssal Specter

Bug fixes (17)

Fixed Tournaments (Draft\Sealed) not working
Fixed Rebound not working
Fixed 'Index' card manacost
Fixed Wild Evocation
Fixed range for SacrificeAllEffect and Burning Inquiry
Fixed cards that depend on ControlsBiggestOrTiedCreatureCondition
Fixed token displayed for Huntmaster Of The Fells
Fixed Mortician Beetle not working
Fixed Sphere Of The Suns
Fixed Heirs Of Stromkirk
Fixed Champion Of Lambholt
Fixed Miracle not working for extra turns (two Temporal Master cards bug)
Fixed Black Cat having target opponent that could be canceled
Fixed Kemba, Kha Regent not working
Fixed a planeswalker returning without loyalty counters after Oblivion Ring leaving battlefield
Fixed Persist ability
Fixed a bug when 2\2 creature entered battlefield as 6\2 on first turn

Deck changes (2)

Added sideboard to Pro Tour Barcelona Miracle deck
Added decks that AI plays good with (release\sample-decks\AI folder)

UI Changes (14)

Replaced combat dialog by arrows between attackers and blockers
Added sorting booster packages names by sets release date in create tournament dialog
Added displaying background image in draft picks dialog (previously was gray)
Fixed close dialog not working correctly (closed even if not confirmed)
Added splash image displayed on client start up
New graveyard dialog: full sized cards, paging
User input control with phase text, abilities and buttons was moved from the left to the center
Phases controlled was removed (will be replaced by new version in next releases)
Displaying “Your turn” message
Added “End Turn” button
Fixed tooltips displayed under choice dialog (so they weren’t visible)
Added card names displayed in choice dialogs that appear while searching for cards in library
Added showing already chosen cards in choice dialog (e.g. useful while searching for 2 basic lands)
Decreased tooltip display delay from 700ms to 300ms

AI Changes (5)

Combat NullPointerException fix for mad AI
Controlled permanents are more valuable for AI since now
Increased planeswalker’s value in draft picks
New “Draft Bot” AI that will draft only but will be auto eliminated before game matches start (this ai will be enabled on public server to make it possible to play 8-players drafts with less than 8 human players)
Made */-X spells boost effects counted as negative by AI

Other (2)

Added card names and creature types file based caching (results in Cavern of Souls like cards working faster)
Mage client card lazy loading: client starts much faster but there is a delay on first Deck Editor or Collection Viewer run

You can download it here: http://download.magefree.com

Public server will be updated soon.

Enjoy it

Best Regards,
Noxx

[muppet]

To update from 0.86 using the updater you have to edit the bat startup files and chage the thing it looks for to 0.87 at the minute or I did.

[Jmaster988]

Thank you MAGE team for another great release! The new combat arrows are great and the UI in general looks much cleaner now. Really happy about the Combat NullPointerException fix as well. I had to quit a ton of bot games due to this bug.

[BryanM]

First impressions, looks like you guys are going in the right direction.

The MAD ai's suicidal aggressiveness is kind of funny..

[epitomeofchad]

Does anyone know what to change in the bat startup files to make the updater access 0.8.7 updates? I looked at it in the hopes of it being a simple fix of changing a 6 into a 7; however, I didn't see anything like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[muppet]

should just be 0.8.6 to 0.8.7 that is all I did.

[epitomeofchad]

Alright, time for some stupid questions then. I opened every file contained in the updater download. Specifically, in the two with the .bat extention, there are only some commands that set stuff like JAVA_HOME, CLASSPATH, and PATH. Then, it ends with the command "java -jar mage-updater-v1.0.jar". Seeing as I am not too familiar with this stuff, I looked in the .jar file but didn't see any things with 0.8.6 in it. Sorry if this is a really obvious fix, or I am looking somewhere dumb.

[noxx]

epitomeofchad>
I'll explain. Mage Updater wasn't changed so no need to update any .bat file for it.
You just need to run it and it will download jar files that were changed in Mage-Client and Mage-Server.

But as version of both of them was changed from 0.8.6 to 0.8.7 and updater updates only jar files, you need to change mage-client/startClient.bat and mage-server/startServer.bat file by youself by changing 0.8.6 to 0.8.7 inside that .bat files.

Best Regards,
Noxx

[muppet]

Ahh yes sorry I can see how what I said was confusing now.

[epitomeofchad]

Thank you both for the help! I really appreciated the explanation! Works fine!