Game update 9th May 2018

MaxBorken · May 10, 2018 at 1:07 AM Official Post

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Feedback:…pdates/20180509

Increased the maximum number of active minipets allowed in outposts.

Added a windowed Fullscreen support.
Added a new 8X MSAA anti-aliasing option.
The “Use best texture filtering” option will now take advantage of 16x Anisotropic filtering.
A new “Advanced” option checkbox has been added to the Graphics options panel. This will replace the “-lodfull” command line option that was added recently.
- Model LODs will always use the highest available LOD (Level Of Detail), regardless of distance, including the disabling of “imposter” models.
- The max draw distance will be doubled. Ground cover vegetation draw distance will be pushed out even further.
- Terrain LODs will almost always draw in highest.
- Note: Full changes won’t take effect until changing maps.

A new option has been added to suppress Whisper messages from players that don’t meet the following criteria:
- Party member, friend, active trade partner, or recent party/team member.
You may now /report directly in the whisper chat window without needing to type the character name.
- Reporting players is still restricted to the same district that you’re in.
Custom chat filters are now possible. To use this feature, you must create a ChatFilter.ini file. The file will be placed in the “C:\Users\%username%\Documents\Guild Wars” folder. The file layout is as follows:

Code

[ChatFilter]
userFilter1=Censor
userFilter2=Suppress

The maximum number of friends and ignored players has been doubled to 100 and 20 respectively.

Added a Report button to the party search dialog.

Fixed an issue where your character’s LOD drops when zooming out the camera.
Fixed an issue where the game client becomes unresponsive when it gets minimized or sent to the background.

GhostKairi · May 10, 2018 at 1:37 AM

Wow ANet been busy!

cosyfiep · May 10, 2018 at 2:32 AM Official Post

I am now waiting for the apocalypse....

Friends list increased (I hear the angels singing Hallelujah!)

Peter Crypt · May 10, 2018 at 3:25 PM

Nice. xD

Motoko · May 10, 2018 at 5:54 PM

Can someone familiar with coding explain the ChatFilter file purpose?

What exactly am I filtering and how does it affect chat in game?

Lexx · May 10, 2018 at 6:08 PM

Well, as I suggested the ChatFilter to SCW in the first place, I can tell you my intention. It was just an alternative to help filter the RMT spam you see.

My current file now:

Documents\Guild Wars\ChatFilter.ini

Code

[ChatFilter]
userFilter1=mmosky.com
userFilter2=gw2sale.com
userFilter3=mmogamersmarket.com
userFilter4=MMOGäMERSMARKÉT.COM
userFilter5=gwshop.com

I think we should keep such file hosted here on Legacy in a sticky to quickly help filter out most of the spam bots by downloading a single file.

New ChatFilter

MaxBorken · May 10, 2018 at 6:13 PM Official Post

Quote from Lexx

I think we should keep such file hosted here on Legacy in a sticky to quickly help filter out most of the spam bots by downloading a single file.

That, sir is an absolute stroke of genius. I shall enquire with the Server Monkey immediately about making this a reality.

Iaerah · May 10, 2018 at 6:17 PM Official Post

Quote from Lexx
Well, as I suggested the ChatFilter to SCW in the first place, I can tell you my intention. It was just an alternative to help filter the RMT spam you see.

My current file now:

Documents\Guild Wars\ChatFilter.ini
Code
[ChatFilter]
userFilter1=mmosky.com
userFilter2=gw2sale.com
userFilter3=mmogamersmarket.com
userFilter4=MMOGäMERSMARKÉT.COM
userFilter5=gwshop.com
I think we should keep such file hosted here on Legacy in a sticky to quickly help filter out most of the spam bots by downloading a single file.

New ChatFilter

Quote from MaxBorken

That, sir is an absolute stroke of genius. I shall enquire with the Server Monkey immediately about making this a reality.

https://www.guildwarslegacy.com/ChatFilter.ini

MaxBorken · May 10, 2018 at 6:21 PM Official Post

Crikey. That took literally minutes.

Mr Crow · May 10, 2018 at 6:42 PM Official Post

That was a long over due update

Iaerah · May 10, 2018 at 6:45 PM Official Post

I've written an introductory pinned post: Chat Filter - Filter out gold spammers.

Motoko · May 10, 2018 at 6:46 PM

What exactly does it do?

Like if someone posts - "WTS GOLD ECTO AMBRACES - mmogamersmarket.com"

Does it just filter out to look like: "WTS GOLD ECTO AMBRACES"

I plan on using it, I am just trying to get an idea of it.

Also I saw suppress was a command. How would this be different than filter?

Lexx · May 10, 2018 at 6:53 PM

Quote from MaxBorken

Crikey. That took literally minutes.

Yes, that was fast!

But a sticky would be good where people can post new names missing from the filter. Especially since the RMTs recently seemed to learn of a similar feature in GWToolbox and now replace some vowels with ä, É and such.

EDIT: Ohh, the topic is already up, you guys are fast

Iaerah · May 10, 2018 at 7:00 PM Official Post

Quote from Motoko

What exactly does it do?

Like if someone posts - "WTS GOLD ECTO AMBRACES - mmogamersmarket.com"

Does it just filter out to look like: "WTS GOLD ECTO AMBRACES"

I plan on using it, I am just trying to get an idea of it.

Also I saw suppress was a command. How would this be different than filter?

If I'm correct, it will block the entire message.

Lexx · May 10, 2018 at 7:04 PM

Yes, it's easy to try.

Just add the chatfilter.ini and have a friend try say something like:

"People using sites like mmosky.com will sooner or later get hacked."

It should filter out the entire message

Lil Grenat · May 10, 2018 at 7:22 PM

The maximum number of friends and ignored players has been doubled to 100 and 20 respectively.

Noice

Game update 9th May 2018

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