Astral Changelog | March Updates

It’s been a big month here at Astral! Here’s a regularly updated list of changes, features, and fixes:

March 26 | V2 Beta 2.0.8

New Features:

• ⚡ Triggers: Define and execute layer actions such as moving and hiding (more to come in near future!)
• ➕ Heal/Damage characters from the top menu
• 🔢 “Add all from Area” to combat tracker
• 👥 “Add Party to Area”: Move your entire party into an area with a single click
• 🗺️ Ready-Made Maps: Create complete and dynamic maps in the click of a button

Enhancements:

• 🔍+/- keys zoom in/out of the map
• 📱 Vault is mobile-friendly
• 🎛️ Audio Player “continuous” mode, automatically play next in playlist (or not)
• 🎲 Dice Roller UI improvements based on feedback

Bug Fixes:

• Redirect after login properly redirects.

March 13 | V2 Beta 2.0.6

New Features:

• 📜 Maps are rendered with scrollbars to help you move around the map
• 💥 Map bounds are now respected so you and your players cannot move infinitely away from the map
• 🔊 Loop audio from the audio add-on
• ⚙️ Settings Sidebar (Work-in-progress)
  • FPS & Toggle Dynamic Lighting both implemented

Performance Update:

• 💨 Engine logic moved to a “web worker,” boosting performance of engine

Bug Fixes:

• Ruler would not unset and could not be toggled back on
• Player switching characters now switches areas if they are different
• Locking layer immediately deselects the layer in the engine
• Multi-hour sessions display the session time correctly (02:10:00, not 01:70:00)

March 10 | V2 Beta 2.0.5

New features:

• 🖼️ Vault now includes folder thumbnails for purchased products
• 🗂️ Search assets while inside specific folders, even imported folders!
• 📂 Upload assets from outside a selected folder

Bug Fixes:

• Multi-select box activates even when over a potential door
• Moving multiple tokens always keeps cursor focus on the original token

March 9 | V2 Beta 2.0.4

• Move multiple tokens at the same time
• Smoothly auto-center player camera when moving
• Update Pro Collection Total to 10,000

Prior Beta Releases

• March 8: Beta 2.0.3
• March 6: Beta 2.0.2
• March 6: Beta 2.0.1 🎉