Palace v0.0.6-alpha

Changes

• New Features
  • Imported Animated Gif and Video are now encoded as 8bit aPNG instead of Gif (Allowing for possible antialiased edges).
  • Added drag and drop importing from a file or a browser image/link to your prop container or "bag".
  • Added drag and drop prop reordering for single prop tiles for the prop container.
  • Increased the maximum duration of imported videos as a prop to 15 seconds.
  • Added the ability to hide nametags with Control + Alt for windows and Command + Alt for mac.
• Fixes
  • Name tags are now on their own layer once again and do not appear under other users.
  • Whisper mode will now cancel when signing onto another server.
  • Whisper mode user visual effects are now removed properly when canceling whisper.
  • Few other minor visual fixes.

Palace v0.0.5-alpha

Changes

• New Features
  • New animated gif prop format. Import any animated gif to wear as an avatar. You can also import supported video to convert to animated gif (only the first 12 seconds of the video at 20 FPS).
  • Prop bag will convert to a new format at first launch to better support animated gif (may take a few seconds depending on how many props you have).
  • Automatic error reporting has been added and can be disabled in preferences.
  • A new redirect api has been added. When connecting to a palace server it will request the file http://<address>/palace.json from the server with the supported variables "ip" and "port". Example: {"ip":"255.255.255.255","port":9991}
• Visual Changes
  • Users are now rendered as dom elements instead of on the canvas to better support animated gif props, and in the future video props. Css transitions have been applied to users.

Palace v0.0.4-alpha

Changes

• New Features
  • A new drawing tool for erasing props and other drawings has been added.
  • Chat log video play now supports Facebook and Vimeo videos and has been improved.
  • Added a preference to auto play supported chat log videos.
  • Added support for 8bit, 20bit, and 32bit legacy prop formats.
  • Added support for servers that require a username and password to log in.
• Visual Changes
  • The user list now uses smiley icons from the currently loaded smiley set.
  • Chat bubbles behave a little better in tiny rooms and can be scrolled if they overflow.
• Fixes
  • The log message for when a user logs off.
  • Spot images would sometimes load in other rooms if you moved from room to room quickly.

Palace v0.0.3-alpha

Changes

• Added a smiley picker
• Added timestamps to the chat log
• Added support for deadbolt lockable doors
• Added support for passworded servers
• Added contextual menus for users and loose props
• Backgrounds now progressively load
• Play linked youtube videos directly in the chat log
• Replaced the default smiley set

Palace v0.0.2-alpha

This is a very early release and many of the regular features expected to be in a palace chat client are missing.