Commanders, 2.5.3 is live on Android and the web. It has no headline feature. Instead it makes the game you already play run better: the web version downloads less, the app works your phone less hard, and every screen now shares one look. You don't have to update right away, but you'll want to. On Android, grab the new build at https://globalconflict.co.za/global-conflict.apk. On the web or iPhone, just reload https://play.globalconflict.co.za.
New Commanders get through basic training
On some phones, the tutorial step that teaches you to switch on an attack tactic could lock the screen before you could finish it, and a number of new players got stuck there. That step now highlights the CHANGE button and then each tactic you can switch on, so nobody gets stuck there any more.
Lighter and faster
- A smaller first download on the web. The two biggest files in the web version now use stronger compression, so a first visit downloads nearly 1 MB less. Older browsers get the same files as before.
- Easier on your battery. Tabs you aren't looking at pause their animations, and a pulsing count or sale price pulses a few times and then holds still. Bounty and the Workshop now redraw only their countdowns, not the whole screen, every second.
- Less memory. Boss art and the mission and tournament banners load at the size they're shown. The boss page no longer leaks memory slowly while you watch a fight, and chat no longer redraws when nothing new has arrived.
- Faster notifications. Server-wide notifications, like a tournament starting, now reach every Commander much sooner.
Fixes
- Countdowns stay accurate when the web version sits in a background tab: the Workshop, the HP, Energy and Ammo regen timers, Boot Camp, Bounty and more.
- Switching leaderboard filters quickly no longer shows the wrong board.
- On a small phone with large text, the Bank and amount panels keep their buttons in reach when the keyboard is up.
- LIVE and SOON tags now show in your language.
One look, everywhere
Cards, tip and warning boxes, status tags, progress bars, the panels that slide up from the bottom of the screen, and the short messages that pop up after an action used to look slightly different from screen to screen. They now share one look. Error messages stay up a moment longer so you can read them. Screen readers also announce headings, progress bars and login errors properly.
Black Market: bigger passive point buys
You can now buy more than 100 passive points at once, up to what you can afford and still allocate.
Coming up: a taller Missions tournament ladder
In the last Missions tournament, the top point tier was reached far too quickly. From the next one, the ladder climbs to 40,000 points instead of 4,000. The first tier and every reward stay the same, so there's much more room to climb before the top.
Get it now
Update, jump in, and tell us how it runs.
- Play in your browser: https://play.globalconflict.co.za/
- Android: https://globalconflict.co.za/global-conflict.apk
- Join the community on Discord: https://discord.gg/cYJnVRTVhS
- Discuss on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalConflictGame/
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