Manalink Update 2014/05/06: Journey into Nyx

[Korath]

Half a week later than we'd planned, but still the shortest lagtime for a patch implementing a new expansion in recent memory. Real life sucks.

This patch adds 160 cards from the Journey into Nyx expansion (everything except Worst Fears - we already had all four reprinted cards) and 30 cards from various other expansions, plus a much smaller-than-usual collection of bug fixes. The raw git commit log since the Apr14 patch is attached. It includes work from:

• Gargaroz, who did the lion's share of the work on Journey into Nyx. Thank him, not me.
• Sonic, who completed the artwork and csv updates in record time, catching us flat-footed.
• Aquillion and Nexhro, for providing AI hinting for adding and removing counters, and making the "Auto" mode of proliferate possible again.
• stassy, He of the Uncapitalized Username, for the new cards' AI ratings.

This update should install cleanly over any installation of version Portals to Theros or later.

If you are installing Manalink for the first time, I recommend, in this order:

1. My Portals to Theros distribution, available here.
2. Sarlack's HighRes Widescreen & Standard 4:3 Graphic mod, available here. (Though note that his counter artwork hasn't yet been updated to the new format in the Apr14 patch. You're still stuck with my humble efforts.)
3. This patch.
4. The card artwork per Sonic's instructions below.

New cards by set/block:

• Ice Age block: Word of Undoing
• Mirage block: Bosium Strip, Choking Sands, Emerald Charm, Ivory Charm, Teferi's Isle, Teferi's Realm, Waiting in the Weeds
• Urza block: Gaea's Bounty, Devout Harpist, Repopulate
• Odyssey block: Epic Struggle, Gloomdrifter, Ironshell Beetle, New Frontiers
• Onslaught block: Piety Charm
• Mirrodin block: Dawn's Reflection, Rule of Law
• Ravnica block: Flickerform
• Time Spiral block: Serra's Boon
• Alara block: Igneous Pouncer, Jhessian Zombies, Pale Recluse, Sanctum Plowbeast, Valley Rannet
• Theros block: Just the Journey into Nyx cards:

  The list | Open

  Aegis of the Gods
  Aerial Formation
  Agent of Erebos
  Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
  Ajani's Presence
  Akroan Line Breaker
  Akroan Mastiff
  Armament of Nyx
  Armory of Iroas
  Aspect of Gorgon
  Athreos, God of Passage
  Banishing Light
  Bassara Tower Archer
  Battlefield Thaumaturge
  Bearer of the Heavens
  Blinding Flare
  Bloodcrazed Hoplite
  Brain Maggot
  Cast into Darkness
  Chariot of Victory
  Cloaked Siren
  Colossal Heroics
  Consign to Dust
  Countermand
  Cruel Feeding
  Crystalline Nautilus
  Cyclops of Eternal Fury
  Dakra Mystic
  Daring Thief
  Dawnbringer Charioteers
  Deicide
  Desecration Plague
  Deserter's Quarters
  Desperate Stand
  Dictate of Erebos
  Dictate of Heliod
  Dictate of Karametra
  Dictate of Kruphix
  Dictate of the Twin Gods
  Disciple of Deceit
  Doomwake Giant
  Dreadbringer Lampads
  Eagle of the Watch
  Eidolon of Blossoms
  Eidolon of Rhetoric
  Eidolon of the Great Revel
  Extinguish All Hope
  Feast of Dreams
  Felhide Petrifier
  Flamespeaker's Will
  Fleetfeather Cockatrice
  Flurry of Horns
  Font of Fertility
  Font of Fortunes
  Font of Ire
  Font of Return
  Font of Vigor
  Forgeborn Oreads
  Gluttonous Cyclops
  Gnarled Scarhide
  Godhunter Octopus
  Godsend
  Golden Hind
  Goldenhide Ox
  Gold-Forged Sentinel
  Grim Guardian
  Hall of Triumph
  Harness by Force
  Harvestguard Alseids
  Heroes' Bane
  Hour of Need
  Hubris
  Humbler of Mortals
  Hydra Broodmaster
  Hypnotic Siren
  Interpret the Signs
  Iroas, God of Victory
  Keranos, God of Storms
  King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
  Kiora's Dismissal
  Knowledge and Power
  Kruphix, God of Horizons
  Kruphix's Insight
  Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
  Launch the Fleet
  Leonin Iconoclast
  Lightning Diadem
  Mana Confluence
  Market Festival
  Master of the Feast
  Mogis's Warhound
  Mortal Obstinacy
  Nature's Panoply
  Nessian Game Warden
  Nightmarish End
  Nyx Infusion
  Nyx Weaver
  Nyx-Fleece Ram
  Oakheart Dryads
  Oppressive Rays
  Oreskos Swiftclaw
  Pensive Minotaur
  Phalanx Formation
  Pharika, God of Affliction
  Pharika's Chosen
  Pheres-Band Thunderhoof
  Pheres-Band Warchief
  Pin to the Earth
  Polymorphous Rush
  Prophetic Flamespeaker
  Pull from the Deep
  Quarry Colossus
  Ravenous Leucrocota
  Renowned Weaver
  Returned Reveler
  Revel of the Fallen God
  Reviving Melody
  Riptide Chimera
  Rise of Eagles
  Ritual of the Returned
  Rollick of Abandon
  Rotted Hulk
  Rouse the Mob
  Sage of Hours
  Satyr Grovedancer
  Satyr Hoplite
  Scourge of Fleets
  Setessan Tactics
  Sightless Brawler
  Sigiled Skink
  Sigiled Starfish
  Silence the Believers
  Skybind
  Skyspear Cavalry
  Solidarity of Heroes
  Spawn of Thraxes
  Spirespine
  Spite of Mogis
  Spiteful Blow
  Squelching Leeches
  Starfall
  Stonewise Fortifier
  Stormchaser Chimera
  Strength from the Fallen
  Supply-Line Cranes
  Swarmborn Giant
  Temple of Epiphany
  Temple of Malady
  Tethmos High Priest
  Thassa's Devourer
  Thassa's Ire
  Thoughtrender Lamia
  Tormented Thoughts
  Triton Cavalry
  Triton Shorestalker
  Twinflame
  Underworld Coinsmith
  War-Wing Siren
  Whitewater Naiads
  Wildfire Cerberus

• Conspiracy: Dack Fayden, Magister of Worth
• Magic 2015: Genesis Hydra, Necromancer's Assistant, Waste Not

Release notes on specific cards:

• Battlefield Thaumaturge: The mana reduction ability isn't possible, since Manalink first charges mana, then selects targets. Leaving him in as just a 2/1 for with a heroic hexproof trigger almost makes a mockery of the card, but it's still not strictly inferior to anything, so we included it anyway.

Please assume we don't know about any other bugs that turn up, and report them over in the Bug Report forum. (Not here or in private communication to me or the other maintainers - they'll most likely end up lost in the shuffle.)

And finally, the artwork update from Sonic:

Important Card Art File Changes - YOU MUST READ THIS

As of the January 2014 patch the card art file naming convention has been changed. Due to this change if your currently installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder and card artwork is older than the January 2014 patch release it will need to be replaced with those in the archives posted in the links further down this post - BEFORE installing this months card art update files.


CardArtManalink_May2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/28w7m ... ay2014.zip

Unfortunately we are unable to source a full set of HQ artwork for Journey into Nyx at present. Subsequently most of the new Journey into Nyx card artwork included in the archive is currently LQ and will be updated as soon as the HQ card art becomes available.

Archive includes alternative artwork for:

Bird (Token) x2
Centaur (Token)
Elemental (Token)
Soldier (Token)
Vendilion Clique (Improved replacement)
Wolf (Token)
Zombie (Token)

Please Note: This card art update only contains the card artwork for the May 2014 Manalink 3.0 patch.

If you are downloading Manalink 3.0 for the first time, or your currently installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder is older than the January 2014 release, please download and install the folder and files in the following archives:

‘2012_CardArtManalink.zip’ (Main Folder / Artwork) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/pnj15 ... nalink.zip
‘2012_2013_CardArtUpdates.zip’ (Compiled 2012/13 CardArt Updates) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/p1i5a ... pdates.zip
CardArtManalink_Jan2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/dsln1 ... an2014.zip
CardArtManalink_Feb2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/vwf11 ... eb2014.zip
CardArtManalink_April2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/1ob9b ... il2014.zip

Delete your currently installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder and replace it with the folder in the 2012_CardArtManalink archive. Then copy the artwork from the 2012_2013_CardArtUpdates, January, February, April, and May archives into the newly installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder.

Updated number of image files in the CardArtManalink folder: 12954


CardArtShandalar.zip (March 2012 release) – http://www.mediafire.com/?u6h5by3b9fbf8cf

If your current CardArtShandalar folder is older than the March 2012 release, please delete it before installing the one in the link above.
The folder for the March release contains images with corrected file names, copying the new files into an old CardArtShandalar folder will not overwrite the incorrectly named files.

Number of images image files in the CardArtShandalar folder: 1259

[HarlequinCasts]

Cheers sir!

[stassy]

A small note on the release : Manalink.ini has the showall=1 option, so it shows all coded and uncoded cards, just put it to 0 to remove the non coded ones from the DeckEditor.

Attached is 2 test decks, good luck bug hunters and don't forget to update your PDA!

[Korath]

A stupid oversight; I hadn't even realized that file got included with my packaging script. The fix is small enough and few enough people have downloaded the patch so far that I've updated the archive (same link).

It's hardly worth redownloading it for, though; just edit Manalink.ini and change ViewAll=1 to ViewAll=0. (Not showall.)

[Xenocyde]

Heh, was wondering where all those cards came from and I had no art for them. Thanks for quick fix and thanks for the new patch

[Nexhro]

Getting to play with JOU cards before the Magic Online JOU prerelease events? Check.
Dack Fayden and Genesis Hydra a month/months in advance? You guys...

Your working speed puts all Wizos-employed devs to shame. And all that using 17 years old code... lmao
Thanks Gargaroz and Korath!

Edit: Oh, where's my manners? Sonic, stassy, Aswan jaguar and the rest are of course just as important for making all this happen.

[0rion79]

Congrats, pals! It is one of the best patches ever released about stability and smoothness!

[Fizanko]

Thank you very much for all the work put into Manalink !

[decker]

Thanks guys, it looks great !

[decker]

Where is everybody !
Oh well, not enough thanks here.
I'll say thank you again, because its my birthday and this is a good present.

Thanks guys!

[gmzombie]

I agree this is a great patch

[Emphyrio]

Thanks, awesome patch!

[client h]

First I like to express my thanks for keeping this great game alive and kicking and for all the effort/hard work etc. but this patch is a real pain in the good old ass. Lots of cards that prior to this patch (Manalink Update 2014/05/06: Journey into Nyx) worked flawlessly are now not working as they should. Not that this is a new problem because I have that after every update. Lots of bug fixes, which is good ofcourse, and lots of cards that are bugged that weren't before. I also have, since this patch, a lot of bad parameters errors. Am I doing something wrong? Do I have to run some sort of installer that I'm "missing"? I copy and paste the update files into my Manalink folder, always have

If I'm doing something wrong forgive me and tell me how to do it please...

[BAgate]

client h, cards get broken all the time (and in every patch). Just report them in the Bug Reports folder and they will be dealt with (but remember to search first to make sure you aren't duplicating a previous report).

As to the parameter errors, could you include them (and the situation that caused them)? There is no special installer and it works great for everyone else, so we need more specific info from you to address your problem.

[client h]

Hi BAgate, thanks for replying. Ok, so at least I'm doing nothing wrong when I "install" a new patch and don't have to "worry" about cards being broken after a patch.

I'll post a bugged card, Phyrexian Broodlings, which also leads to a "bad parameters error" in the bug section, I'll include a saved game, dump file and a screenshot from the bad parameters error.

Thanks again