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• Encounters -- Call of Cthulhu NPC Generator
• Encounters -- Login without leaving app

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added

changed

fixed

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added

• Stars Without Number
• WOIN (What's O.L.D. is N.E.W.)

removed

• Google+ share icon removed from game listings.

fixed

• You can now use Emojis in messages! 👏👏👏💖

added

• Multi-system: SRD 5e, Open Legend, and Savage Worlds so far.
• Multilingual: English, français, and español currently.
• Offline-ready: Everything is stored in your browser's local storage, private to you. You have to opt-in for online sync.
• Any Device: Designed for a great experience on desktop, tablet, or phone.
• Fast: It will feel faster than any app you could install. Instant response even on your first visit.
• Sync Between Devices*: Build on your desktop, run on your tablet. Use what's best for you, not what's best for an app store.
• Online Backup*: Just in-case backup of your NPC, Player, and Encounter data.

security

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• I got married between this version and 1.2.7.
• There is now an animated gear icon when clicking in the menu to Find Roleplayers since first time loading that page when logged in can take longer to load and there is no good indication the click worked when on a mobile device.
• Search tooltips updated to reflect the legal and privacy reasons that location search is limited when not logged in.

changed

• Reconciled the AGE system, removing independent Fantasy Age and Dragon Age entries and adding The Expanse under the AGE system.

fixed

• When editing a game, the description is now properly pre-filled as well as any custom tags for the event.

added

• Shadowrun Missions (organized play for SR5E) now available in the RPG list.

changed

• Game listings (game page, home, and profile) without an RPG system, genre, or setting are now listed with a more compact view (less unused whitespace or impressing that something is missing).

security

• A HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) header has been added site-wide to enforce HTTPS for the entire domain.

added

• You can now specify a second language in your account. It will be applied to both your profile and used for matching % in search.

added

fixed

• Messaging: The system will automatically prevent duplicate messages being sent (usually by accident).

added

• Add Game: Parser created for Warhorn. If you provide a link to a public Warhorn.net event (e.g. PF Mod: The Witchwar Legacy) HeroMuster will automatically try and pre-fill data in your game listing.
• Parser created for Tabletop.Events.
• Parser created for Roll20 LFG listings.
• Shop: Dice Candies discount code.

fixed

• Add Game: Was not properly obeying notification settings when you disabled getting an email when a connection adds a game. Fixed.
• Warhorn parser wasn't respecting 24 hour time format. Fixed.

fixed

• Add Game: Bug preventing edits from properly saving due to malformed HTML (missing DIV).

security

• Add Game: HTML now properly being removed from listings.

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changed

• Search: Profile images for pages beyond the first are loaded after the initial page load is complete and ready. Once again, this speeds up the overall results.
• Search: RPG Search and Where to Play moved to the top as they are the most heavily used options.

fixed

• Search: Scope of possible accounts increased by 250%.
• Search: Database requests reduced by 90%, increasing speed of first byte (initial page load) on the larger pool of possible accounts.

changed

• Messages layout on large screens improved to make better use of available space, especially for names (left column).
• Feedback becomes visible on the page after either accepting or declining (previously it was only visible on the page if accepted).

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• Search page size reduced by 75%, including reducing the number of network requests by 80%.
• Technical Details: Profile images are resized and base64 encoded prior to the page loading, causing everything to load faster and less kilobytes transferred.

fixed

• Search: Where to Play is no longer reset to in-person and online when changing the RPG you are searching for. Instead, the RPG is changed and the location type remains the same with the new search results.

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changed

• Connection requests will now display at the top of My Connections on your home page, rather than in their own separate area.
• The left column space will now be used for Messaging access and unread messages.

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• More RPGs: Ubiquity (Hollow Earth Expedition, All for One, Desolation), Scion, Mutant (Year Zero etc), MechWarrior (Classic BattleTech), Magun, KULT, John Sinclair, GUMSHOE (Trail of Cthulhu, Bubblegumshoe, Ashen Stars), Fragged, Dreamchaser, Trudvang Chronicles, City of Mist, BEER Engine (KAMB3E)

added

• Pagination is now available for search results. Users that are not logged in are still limited to 25 results.
• New badges added (no, I won't tell you which ones or how they are earned; it's a fun surprise).

fixed

• In search, when choosing Where to Play, any previous RPG selection was previously ignored (oops).
• Added an alert for nearby results showing the distance to the closest result (and color coded green for < 100 miles).

changed

• The database record of the last time you logged in wasn't taking into account auto-login due to remember me cookie. This has been changed, mostly for the purposes of better search results.

removed

• Rolled back to Bootstrap 4.0 (from 4.1) due to a conflict between some inline CSS and v4.1 CSS relating to the navigation menu button.
• Requires redoing all critical css so it's been put on hold since v4.1 isn't critical

added

• RPGs added: Pathfinder Society, Pathfinder 2, Starfinder Society, Old School Renaissance (OSR), HeroQuest 2 (Glorantha), Eclipse Phase, FASA

changed

• Search filter messaging now reinforces how location information is used (and that logging in gives higher accuracy).
• Search results give 40% more weight to location when choosing the in-person only filter.
• The Hipster Badge and Explorer Badge have both been retired; congrats to those that earned them.
• Updated to Bootstrap v4.1.

fixed

changed

changed

• Feedback now counts as 10% of match quality in search results.
• Location match weighting was reduced by 10% overall to make room.

added

• GM feedback (public ratings)
• Player feedback (private ratings)
• Player feedback given to others (average rating shown)

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changed

• RPGs listed in profiles are now clickable: They will perform a search for roleplayers that share that RPG.
• Search results will now display a green check to signify results that you have already connected to.

fixed

• Minor HTML errors.
• Accessibility code, mostly alt tags for profile images, improved to return no errors via WAVE.

added

• New notifications are available on your Account page related to receiving feedback.

changed

• Badges are now visible on your profile page (if you have any).
• Board Games and Card Games were removed from the RPG list.

added

changed

• The navigation now groups HeroMuster features that are not core to the site under dropdowns (e.g. Open Legend Tools is under RPG Tools).

added

changed

• The Open Legend tools site now has a built-in auto-login feature for those who maintain a HeroMuster account and chose the Remember Me option to set a secure login cookie in your browser. This means you are logged in on page load, without clicks or redirects.

fixed

• Font altered to display numbers with the same linear spacing (no numbers that seem higher or lower than others). Same font, just a different part of the font.
• Added additional caching for the font files to load the site even faster on repeat visits (including different browsing sessions).

added

• Badges are now enabled. All verified accounts have been assigned their first badge: the Hipster Badge. See your home page to learn more.

changed

• Editing text fields (e.g. Real Name, Postal Code, Social Links, Description) in your account page will now auto-save when you click away from that field (most users were not clicking the save button and leaving the page; this solves that).
• The pre-launch message was moved to the bottom of the hamburger menu on smaller devices (e.g. phones) to reduce visual confusion.
• Updated to Font Awesome 5.0.8.

fixed

• Save button spacing was improved for the account page.

added

changed

• Privacy Policy updated: Added section 3.7 and updated section 6.0.

added

changed

• Profile page meta description now more detailed (more personal than previously if sharing on social media).
• The brand image and title HeroMuster in the top-left of the navigation now brings you to your home screen rather than the frontpage of the site (if you are logged in).
• Users logging in without a redirect (e.g. not being sent from the Open Legend site) will now be sent to the home screen for their account rather than redirected to the OL site. This doesn't effect those initiating the login from that site (they will still get redirected back).

fixed

• Profile pages no longer expose last name in the meta description.
• The RPG play style chart on the profile page will no longer jump around during page rendering.

changed

• You can now remove your zipcode and leave only your country if you prefer.

changed

• New accounts have Country and Postal Code automatically added (based on IP Address) in hopes of saving users time.
• Account Settings now asks for your Country to better localize postal codes.
• Postal Code lookup now available for non-USA addresses.
• International City and Country properly displays now on public profile pages.

added

fixed

• Last name suppression put into place on profile pages.

added

changed

• To be in compliance with the GDPR, all marketing email notification options in your account now require explicit opt-in.
• The Activity Log now includes all profile changes and has a handy refresh icon.

added

changed

• You can now upload a profile image.

added

• There is now an RSS version of the changelog.
• Profile and Notification changes in your Account are now added to the Activity Log.

changed

• Updated to 4.0.0 release of Bootstrap.

added

• Android uses may also be prompted to add HeroMuster to their Home Screen automatically.

changed

• Language preference is currently only used for the Open Legend Character Builder.

changed

• The Account page > Notifications section has now been enabled. Currently there is only one notification option, but as more features are built additional controls will be added.

fixed

added

• An activity log is now available on the Account page displaying all recent account activity (e.g. logins, security setting changes, etc).
• The activity log will include more information as features are added to HeroMuster.

fixed

• When adding authenticator security, entering an incorrect code will now provide useful messaging.
• When adding any secondary security (password or authenticator) to your account, all remembered device cookies will be purged from the system and require re-verification.

security

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added

• You can add or remove secondary security settings (Password or Authenticator).
• You can choose to be forgotten (GDPR 2018), deleting your account and all personal information.
• Recent failed login attempts (bad password or authenticator code) are listed with IP and geolocation information.
• Last login (via email link) timestamp visible.

changed

• Now running on Bootstrap v4-beta3, including minor changes to login form to fix incompatible changes from v4-beta2.
• Custom CSS added to pages reducing page rendering time by 50%. Translation: pages will be visible in < 1 second on desktop and < 2 seconds on mobile.

fixed

• When setting up a password, the backup password is no longer referred to as a code.
• When setting up an authenticator, the backup code is no longer referred to as a password.

changed

• Account Creation and Login emails have been upgraded to HTML formatting.

added

• Creations can be removed from the list with a single click (undo available).
• Importing characters by player name now available.

changed

• Added help email address to post login screen.
• Login with Remember This Device cookie occurs automatically when loading the Login screen.

fixed

• Login email send now works across Waterfox and IE11 and no longer generates a JavaScript error.
• Logout no longer displays erroneous errors in some browsers and properly logs out your session and Remember This Device cookie.

added

• New signups automatically detected, email verification required.
• Account security options: Emailed login link (required), Password (optional) or Google Authenticator (optional)
• Cryptographically secure Remember This Device cookie make logging back in painless.

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• List of bug fixes.
• List of bug fixes.

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