Astral Changelog | May Updates

Ashley Warren
Astral TableTop
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2 min readMay 14, 2019

Here’s what’s new and improved in Astral!

May 23 | Beta 2.2.6

Enhancements

  • 🔍 Vault filters folders and subfolders from view if not applicable to context (e.g. folders without audio files will not appear in the Audio Player)

Bug fixes

  • 👻 The audio playlist can now be completely emptied, and doesn’t leave a spectral remnant behind
  • 💀 Issue where combat tracker was causing games to get “bricked”
  • 👻 Uploading assets on the main vault page no longer creates a ghost asset, and instead moves you to your imported assets folder
  • 👻 Moving a hidden character between areas and then soft-deleting it from the map no longer leaves a non-interactive ghost token

May 22 | Beta 2.2.5

Enhancements

  • Support “webp” file uploads
  • Players can press Enter to center on token
  • Add product descriptions to vault page
  • Reorder favorite systems in profile

Bug fixes

  • Prevent a potential 500 error on game portal page

May 21 | Beta 2.2.3

Features

  • 💥 Animated Tokens!

Enhancements

  • Retry loading textures if encountered a failure

Bug fixes

  • Tooltips do not extend past screen edges on mobile
  • Center profile username on mobile
  • Create Game/Map screens scrollable on mobile
  • Deselect assets when exiting edit mode

May 17 | Beta 2.2.0

  • 🥇 Badges: How many can you discover?
  • 🖼️ Profiles: Build your RPG profile, showcase your dice, and much more in the near future!

May 14 | Beta 2.1.31

Features

  • ⚙️ Settings: Opt-in to beta features + more options in the near future
  • 🖌️ Themes: Experimental themes to change the look and feel of Astral
  • 🌙 Time of Day: Smoothly transition between day and night modes
  • 📺 New Visual FX!
  • Godrays (Free)
  • Western (Free)
  • Glitch (Pro)
  • Heatwave (Pro)
  • Poisoned (Pro)

May 3 | Beta 2.1.29

Features

  • 🎆 GMs can now save their game maps to their vaults
  • 🎥 When a GM moves a player character, the player’s camera now follow
  • ❓ Add clarification about what counts as a “Party Member”
  • ❔ Add clarification about what the “Character Sheet URL” is for

Bug fixes

  • Saving maps in particular cases would not actually save maps
  • Players no longer see “approaching layer limit” warning
  • Cursor offset is corrected in standalone map editor
  • Initial weather state properly initializes
  • Scroll saved rolls

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Ashley Warren
Astral TableTop

Founder of Scribemind.com and StorytellingCollective.com. Passionate about immersive storytelling and innovative learning.