v1.0.7-BETA

Patch Notes

Clearing the Dunes & Deciphering the Desert!

Merchants and caravan guards planning expeditions in a Silk Road oasis

Greetings, merchants! In patch 1.0.7-BETA, we're cutting through the desert fog and taking aim at uncertainty across the Silk Road. Gone are the days of blindly launching caravans into the dunes only to feed bandits; our brand-new Expedition Feasibility panel turns road danger into crystal-clear math! We're also pulling the curtain back on market-locking guilds, bringing snappy floating toast receipts to market trades, and keeping city gossip fresh with a 24-hour turnover. May your ledgers stay in the black!

⚡ Patch Highlights

NEW

Expedition Feasibility

Real-time risk levels, defense vs. threat meter, and cargo value analysis before you hit the road.

UPDATE

Embargo Transparency

Real guild names on city market locks and expiration dates converted to your local time.

NEW

Floating Toasts & Receipts

Instant server-verified trade receipts on buy/sell and live caravan departure alerts.

UPDATE

24h Gossip TTL

A smooth vertical slide ticker showcasing fresh city news from the past 24 hours only.

Game Systems & Balance

Expedition Feasibility & Risk Forecaster

NEW
Developer Context We know how frustrating it is to send your hard-earned goods into the dunes only to watch bandits clean you out. The era of 'hoping for the best' is officially over. Now, you can inspect your exact risk, guard defense, and cargo exposure in one interactive panel before setting foot outside the city gates.
  • Dynamic Risk Badges: Instantly calculated risk ratings (None, Low, Medium, High) driven by travel type, route danger, cargo value, and deployed guards.
  • Defense vs. Threat Meter: A color-coded visual balance bar comparing your combat defense against the route's bandit danger.
  • Live Cargo Valuation: Every item loaded onto your wagons is priced against the local market in real time to calculate true bandit temptation.

Embargo Transparency & Local Timezones

UPDATE
Developer Context Arriving at a prosperous bazaar only to find it embargoed with a cryptic 'Guild #3' notice wasn't a fun mystery for anyone. We're shining a light on who is cornering the market, and eliminating the mental gymnastics required to decode UTC timestamps.
  • Real Guild Names: Active embargo displays across city and guild pages now clearly state the full name of the responsible guild instead of a raw ID.
  • Localized Clocks: Embargo expiration times are now formatted automatically according to your device's browser and operating system timezone.

City Gossip 24-Hour Turnover (TTL)

UPDATE
Developer Context Bragging rights from a charity feast held a month ago shouldn't permanently monopolize the town square board. We want the spotlight to belong to the most active, recent contributors.
  • 24-Hour Expiration: The city ticker now strictly displays feasts, donations, and rank milestones achieved within the last 24 hours.
  • Clean Dynamic Board: If a city has seen no public deeds in 24 hours, the ticker gracefully hides away to keep the interface tidy.

Server-Verified Trade Receipts

NEW
Developer Context Rapidly clicking buy or sell at the bazaar shouldn't leave you second-guessing your coin pouch or ledger. Every transaction is now sealed with an explicit transaction receipt.
  • Instant Receipt System: Exact item amounts and net gold gained or spent are validated on the server and reported immediately to your screen.

Quality of Life & UI

Snappy Floating Toast Notifications

NEW
Developer Context Nobody likes clunky static alert banners breaking their trading groove. We've upgraded all market activity and caravan departures into elegant, unobtrusive floating cards.
  • Fluid Toast Cards: Toasts emerge smoothly in the top corner with item, gold, and travel duration details, fading gracefully away after 3.5 seconds.
  • Day & Night Harmony: Specially tuned styling guarantees crisp legibility against both bright desert sands and cool night-sky themes.

Vertical Slide Ticker & Mobile Text Wrap

POLISH
  • 4.5-Second Carousel: City news transitions smoothly with a vertical glide every 4.5 seconds.
  • Pause on Hover & Touch: Hovering with a cursor or tapping on touchscreens pauses the cycle so you can read lengthy announcements without rush.

Citizenship-Unified Embargo Card

POLISH
  • Consistent Design Language: The active embargo banner has been upgraded to match the noble styling of the city citizenship panel in Day and Night modes.
  • Direct Guild Access: A dedicated action button lets you jump straight into the Guilds view to inspect rivals or negotiate.

Bug Fixes & Polish

  • ✓ Fixed an issue where lengthy gossip titles were truncated with '...' on mobile screens; added responsive 2-line wrapping and tuned font sizing.
  • ✓ Fixed color contrast clashing on the city embargo warning card under Night mode.
  • ✓ Fixed embargo expiration timestamps displaying raw ISO UTC strings on certain browser configurations; now cleanly localized.
  • ✓ Fixed caravan departure feedback getting buried off-screen; departure confirmations now link directly to floating toasts with arrival times.

Keep your wagons guarded, your ledgers balanced, and may the desert roads bring good fortune to your enterprise!

The Caravan Empires Team & Denzhn