- Big-news items -

• iPad-pro screen layouts!
• BitBucks (BBX) have been split 31:1. If you had 10bbx before, now you have 310.
- (This will allow us to fine tune bbx prices.)
- Most BBX prices were reduced to 29/31 of their previous price. Several items were reduced even further.
- Hurry-up prices reduced to 21/31 of their previous rate, in addition to better "bulk" discounts.
• The New-User experience is greatly improved.
- Introducing Russ, the example robot, and accompanying missions. Note that a description of Russ's innards is available in Help & Tutorials, for you "old timers."
• Computer Science cap raised, so you can have chip-in-chip-in-chip.
• Lots of bug fixes and UI tweaks (see full list below).

  - Code changes -

• bump vsn to v1.5
• add label about preview before sharing to achievements.
Also turn off system power, as advertised
• telemetry fixes
• bugzid: 1390 achievement for charging batteries
• QA-MARK: object-creation change. Previously, an object's template values overrode its other values. Now additional values override the template.
• mobile respects object alpha setting
• bugzid: 1402 robot-finder buttons can double-up from scrolling (5+ robots)
• tapered pricing for big multi-hurry things
• add power-up goal (for mission)
• fix so mission-goals <> missionIDs
• hurry-up bbx split (31:1) and price-reduction (21/31 of previous price)
• bbx 31:1 split and 21/31 price reduction complete
• update to 2015-11-11 FacebookSDK
• bugzid: 1410 make sensor-blank an inventory item (vice gate) to help differentiate
• (revert) don't show missions if help-arrow is pointing at missions button
• remove #if for allow chip-in-chip (it's been "in" for a while)
• bugzid: 1409 gates put into inventory get have poweredBy set to nil (drain battery)
• bugzid: 1408 chip-in-chip doesn't set poweredBy correctly
• fix chip-pin-type when disconnecting
• bugzid: 1403 chip pin alignment and connection-type fixes
• fix incorrect hurry-up calc
• bugzid: 1413 hang/crash on infinite while loop when CiC data is AFU
• reduce log chatter
• hide solderpen help button in Russ.
Also: refactor hideStuffFromRusty
• IAP-view improvements
• sandbox iap purchases don't count
• recognize scroll-to-bottom as a missiong goal. Also html-based missions
• support 'find my robot' mission
• bugzid: 1415 recognize farm-suffix (-2)
• Remove startFarm.plist, replace with startFarm-2.plist (Russ)
• delay dropInNewRobot to get correct view centering
• fix lost last-item dragged out of gate drawer and returned
• add 00- rusty images to project
• add telemetry to achievements
• cruft removal
• bugzid: 1414 screen layouts for iPad-pro
• pro-layout farm view tweaks (border)
• bugzid: 1447 help browser layout
• bugzid: 150 add Russ missions (incl salvage)
• pretty printing
• bugzid: 1448 don't set-up salvage button before mission is read
• pretty-up chip notes view a bit
• deal with decor picked-up/dropped
• hurry-up price fix for > 48 hrs.
• bugzid: 1449 initial solderpen/zapper placement in chips (non-pro)

  - Content changes -

• bugzid: 1390 add achievement for recharge batteries
• add rusty-bot
• add fade image
• fix so mission-goals <> missionIDs
• 31:1 bbx split market prices & start bbx
• missions tweaks
• bugzid: 1410 new sensor-item icon
• early-help tweaks
• new iap-2 file (after split)
• additional tiers of bbx
• new startfarm is startFarm-2
• add farm suffix (-2)
• fix iron- copper- beach-seed sell pricing
• bugzid: 1417 typo in NOT gate image
• bugzid: 1418 typo in 03-not-a-tree.png
• add AND to gate-logic tutorial
• add 00- rusty images
• key for missions-in-progress
• raise CS-max to 8 (allowing CiCiC)
• adjust Russ's inventory
• add decoration images
• add rusty tutorial
• add rusty power/tools
• updated images
• bugzid: 150 add Russ missions (incl salvage)
• fix image names
• bugzid: 1448 fix salvage setup
• start adding decor to market
• add decor to tools
• decor items postponed
• startfarm-2 tweaks
• force-reload salvage mission for testing

  - Server changes -

• cruft cleanup
• accept farm suffix on login
• update utils to parse farm containing 'real'.
• bugzid: 1415 recognize farm-suffix (-2)

  - Big-news items -

• Tool times have been reduced by 15% -- less grindy!
• Multiple-farms for folks who share a device. (Play nice! Farms are not secured.)
• Achievements! With bonus loot!
• Facebook & Twitter integration (for achievements) -- tell your friends!
• Substantial discounts for multiple "Hurry Along"s!
• Lots of bug fixes, UI improvements and generall "upgrades" -- enjoy!

  - Code changes -

• telemetry tweaks
• rearrange chest VC so stepper is easier to access
• bugzid: 1366 crafting with full inventory, failure bumps your skill without materials consumption
• bugzid: 1367 Feature Unlocked: Additional Pins now happens on gate-* going from grabber into inventory
• properly count inventory.maxStacks when checking for full
• fix inventory-limits broken in robots
• fix chest-slurp inventory-limit skipping
• convert to 'new format' farm data
• create, play multiple farms seems to work
• refactor #define UD_... up to common.h (app-wide stay in settings)
• Refactor: move common.h UD_ settings to FS_ and save per farm
• Refactor: move farm-specific prefs out of UD and into farmSettings
• fix compiler warnings (64-bit)
• bugzid: 1371 farm#2 has banner-button permanently shown
• fix no-token farm save (wrong pass)
• don't send flurry crash reports from simulator
• Telemetry: better WARN: names
• Bugzid: 313 use FB-login to safeguard farm
• bugzid: 1377 'are you sure?' msg on create new farm
• fix crashing bug in updated duplicate missions
• bump vsn to v1.3.1 for delivery
• Fix conflicts from merge v1.3.1
• make sure to sync when we change userFarms
• remove (incomplete) safeguard/recover feature (for now.)
• crafting: tapping 'short' list item does not properly set selected item/qty
• fix missing OK button on rate-this-app thanks
• bugzid: 170 share on Facebook (implemented as achievements mechanism)
• bugzid: 1389 payrewards: animate items into inventory
• fix crash in robot-grabber => [missing] bearing selection
• bugzid: 1392 pickup chest with (?) help on, (?) stays on farm
• improve hurry-along pricing and multiple display
• bugzid: 1398 share achievements on Twitter
• bugzid: 1400 no HurryUp dialog on local-saved farm
• Bump vsn to 1.4

  - Content changes -

• add daily special content
• tweak dailyspecial image
• add fb-login help button text
• added help-button (recover farm) text
• new buttons for farm table.
• slightly smaller edit icon
• edit icon tweaks
• recover-farms help tweaks
• fixes to robot-interior help
• add daily special image for app store
• add recover-help
• Fix GATE-tree seed output
• Reduce grind -- all tool times reduced 15%
• add achievement images
• give away some gates as early mission rewards.
• bugzid: 170 achievements
• beef-up chimes sound a bit
• add twitter to achievements. Help tweaks
• add small yellow seed
• add decorations notes

  - Server changes -

• gameCenter now verifies user. woot
• server safeguard
• draft of recoverFarm.php
• cruft cleanup

  - Big-news items -

• Fixes a crashing bug when completing formerly duplicate missions, since cleaned-up.

  - Big-news items -

• The Amazing Chest-O-Matic! (Allows robot to deal with chest/inventory programatically)
• The (somewhat confusing) "Nickname" field has been removed from the login screen. (It's now in settings.)
• Chip labels help keep things ordered.
• The robot's grabber and ground-tools (hoe, dibble) can work at the same time, now
• There's a new "Experimental" settings page. You probably won't like them. ;) (Work in progress!)
• Bug-fixes, help updates, and "general" improvements all around.

  - Code changes -

• bump vsn to 1.3 for dev
• don't allow hurry-up with cost = 0
• bugzid: 1162 upgraded battery re-wires old battery's pins
• bugzid: 1043 chip-labels
• possible fix for 1157: item sensors of different types stack in drawers.
  with this change, inventory uses inventoryType (vice type).
  Needs a dataFormat update to convert existing inventories
  QA: Needs more testing.
• remove nickname text field from login screen
• upgrade inventory to farmFormat=2, use inventoryType vice type for add/remove
• inventory upgradeToFarmFormat => upgradeFromFarmFormat
• add logging about upgrade farm
• bugzid: 1329 no spellcheck on chip labels
• REFACTOR to move advanceSelectedInventory into RfcInventory (from RfcRobot)
• REMOVE Google-login frameworks
• fixed: chips with label but no notes crash (copy/paste bug)
• bugzid: 624 Implement Chest-o-matic
• bugzid: 1333 Experimental settings VC + 3-segment experimental wire
• analytic event tweaks
• refactor chest to implement chestAcceptsObject
• CoM doesn't take items that chest won't slurp up
• inventories now have individualized item-stack limits.
QA: Hopefully, this didn't break everything :)
• fix inventory refactor for archive build
• bugzid: 1340 grabber and ground-tool can work at the same time, now
• better clearing of signals (clear all outputs on gateTriggerLogic and clear all in/out on robot, at appropriate times)
• Chest-o-Matic fixes
QA NOTE: This resulted in some fixes to robot parts and connection-signal clearing, as well
• bugzid: 1341 fix duplicate missions
• only 'fake' display delegate (timed object) if nil
• remove very-old simple-bot video
• sort items before crafting so we use, for example, a workbench-1 before trying a workbench-3 if both are in inventory
• bugzid: 1345 market view help bubbles
• bugzid: 1344 crafting view help bubbles
• bugzid: 1336 add item-sensor gif to project
• bugzid: 1353 NODEs don't properly propagate signals to follow-on gates
• bugzid: 1352 'farm saved' alert shows 2x

  - Content changes -

• bugzid: 1324 added note about chests slurping-up items when system power is on to help-button
• startFarm farmFormat => 2
• new mebot sprites from Adam.
• updated mebot images with shadows
Also psd file with shadows
• allow lvl-6 CS, which allows Chip-in-Chip
• experimental settings buttons and updated lists for CoM
• bugzid: 1330 ping-pong bot video has old art
• robot-interior help tweaks
• add CoM help
• fix market to prevent buy-BOM => craft iron-seed => sell gold-grind
• 'crucible' => 'smelter'
• bugzid: 1340 grabber, ground tool can work at the same time, now
• fix duplicate missions ('next' problem) as well as missing 'upgrade to iron'
• remove very-old simple-bot video from help
• bugzid: 1336 item-sensor help fixes
• help tweaks
• bugzid: 1346 review BBX prices and reduce some of the outrageous stuff

  - Server changes -

• bugzid: 1320 login.php::cleanFarmMoney can produce bad SQL, preventing farm-load
• add test case for 1320

  - Big-news items -

• Startup banner-help is gone; replaced by early explanatory missions
• "Nickname", which many mistook for "account-ID", has been removed from the login screen
• From robot interior, you can pan (2-finger drag) or zoom (pinch)
• Some explanatory event help was added
• Several bug fixes and general UI improvements

  - Code changes -

• telemetry upates
• update copyright
• bugzid: 1082 NumC pins can get disoriented
NOTE: This is a fundamental change that affects orientation of pretty-much every pin on all gates.
QA: It was tested on several gates inside robot and inside chips, but could stand some additional QA before going public.
• Convert help buttons to ImageView+tapGestureRecognizer (from buttons)
• Added telemetry on corrupt/deleted farms.
• bugzid: 1303 node display hot/not-hot incorrectly
• bugzid: 1294 A/B test hex/decimal numbers setting
• bugzid: 1302 use 2-finger drag to pan farm while inside robot
• refactor Flurry => Analytics (cherry-pick-ed from tvOS branch)
• bugzid: 1297 explain wiring direction
• bugzid: 1293 onetime event if user tries to connect in-in or out-out
• fix help buttons inside robot
• bugzid: 1291 show batter pins + oneTime message when battery drops below 50%
• bugzid: 1289 1st launch has master-help on. App remembers master help setting
• bugzid: 933 you can no longer drag gates into the drawer in excess of inventory limits
• rearrange start missions to discuss use of help buttons
• bugzid: 1307 replace robot-interior zoom control with pinch gesture
• bugzid: 1052 remember crafting/market section-toggles on a per-robot basis
• fix item help-button locations
• don't turn off individual robots during feature-unlocked (just system)
• RoboPart views (batteries, bumpers, motivators) properly removeFromSuperview
• bugzid: 1313 crash on craft-robot mission (bad next)
• bugzid: 1209 Crafting: if you would have failed, save for the bonuses, your skill increases, but you succeed (thanks to bonuses)
• add google sign-in files (but not implemented)
• remove nickname from startup screen. Now on settings
• bugzid: 1316 battery upgrade does not put new-battery's pins in robot interior
• bugzid: 1317 add battery-type to robo-info view
• bugzid: 1208 expose %-chance crafting bonuses to player
• no more banner-help to start

  - Content changes -

• add note about manual driving vs automation to beginner-help
• add 'robot powered off' note to feature-unlocked messages
• bugzid: 1203 generator consumes charcoal at the -start- of the charge cycle.
• add small arrow image
• un-stopped the new GOALS missions with force-reload
• fix robot recipe to allow crafting (was: too many items needed)
• collect-wood mission 200 => 150.
• bugzid: 1297 onetime explain soldering direction
• bugzid: 1293 onetime event if user tries to connect in-in or out-out
• soldering in/out images, help
• bugzid: 1291 show batter pins + oneTime message when battery drops below 50%
• add battery pins content
• tweak inventory-full onetime
• updated help/start missions
• update help for farm pan/zoom gestures
• bugzid: 1287 help's simple verbage vs jargon
• update chest help-bubble locations
• update robot-interior pix with final artwork
• verbage tweaks in early missions
• bugzid: 1260 update help/tutorial screenshots to v1.0 art
• bugzid: 1313 crash on craft-robot mission (bad next)
• robot interior pix adjustments
• Fix GEN-tech progression for materials seeds

  - Server changes -

• remove some debug logging
• worfc_users column 'create' is DATETIME (from TIMESTAMP) and not-null, default now
• add debug logging to updatePlayedDays routine
• separate devServer debugging from live

  - Big-news items -

• Quite a few help, tutorial, and content cleanups/fixes.
• If you marked a popup "don't tell me again", you can now unmark it in Settings
• The soldering iron will now break-and-remake a connection on "the far end".
• Robot movement now happens after tool, use.
• System-power is turned off when a Feature Unlocked message appears, to give time to read it
• The WhereAmI? button now doubles as robo-select. It has features!
• The generator consumes charcoal at the -start- of the charge cycle, now.
• Bug fixes and under-the-hood updates that should not impact play in any way except to make the game more stable, overall.

  - Code changes -

• update spend-power costs to constants (in battery.h)
• cruft removal
• bugzid: 75 limit powered-on robots to 10
• bugzid: 1237 fix circuit-image alignment
NOTE: reverses fix for bugzid 937
• bugzid: 1240 SoM signal passing OR then chip-wall loses signal on the way.
• bugzid: 1239 items dropped back into chest do not display correctly
• bugzid: 1238 SoMs picked up from farm do not remove from superview.
• add 4-pin chips
• a little robo-interior re-arranging, to try to make things a bit neater.
• refactor rotation90sForConnector: into RfcConnectedObject protocol
• bubble-up rotation90sForConnector code to the connectedObject
• bugzid: 1219 beta-bots can toggle beta/standard skin
• bugzid: 1249 add force-reload to missions (allows live update of dead-end missions)
• fix blank setPoweredBy:
• bugzid: 1026 allow user to un-check 'dont tell me again' events
• bump vsn to 1.1 for preview submission
• create new account button => Create New Farm
• bugzid: 1255 login screen: return key doesn't do anything
• bugzid: 1254 default volume set to 0.5 (from 1.0)
• soldering iron can connect to already-connected 2nd pin.
That is: if pin-A is connected to pin-B, and you solder from pin-C to pin-B, the connection from A=>B is broken, leaving the C=>B connection. Previously, when the soldering iron was released over B the second time (for the C=>B solder), the A=>B connection would remain in place and the new connection would silently fail.
• bugzid: 1261 the soldering iron can connect to not-yet-visible connectors (robot interior)
• renamed base view controllers Xcode group
• add new beginner help to project
• add banner blank and banner-ux psd files
• bugzid: 1263 robot operates tool first, moves last
• robot interior xib cleanup
• Robots-power is turned off when a Feature Unlocked message appears, to give time to read it.
• bugzid: 1145 remove old passwd/userid transfer (UD to keychain) code.
• bugzid: 1280 on Feature Unlocked, instead of powering off all robots, just turn off system power
• bugzid: 1138 'whereami?' button becomes robot-select with name, power, center and enter
• bugzid: 1203 generator consumes charcoal at the -start- of the charge cycle.
NOTE: if the charging is interrupted (as by powering-off robot), the consume charcoal is lost.
"No refunds!"
• quiet double-alert message on locally saved farm.
• bugzid: 1241 chip-re-alignment (on disconnect) fixed

  - Content changes -

• add 4-pin chips
• add checkbox button images
• Add 'more missions soon' mission
• adjust make-robot mission.
• update missions to use ###GOALS### when there are multiple goals
• add forums url to comment about forums
• help-text tweaks
• add weekly-updates banner w/link to updates page
• add ux banner
• new stuck/beginner help
• help menu tweaks

  - Server changes -

• No changes, this update

  - Big-news items -

• Fixed the display of growing items (trees) on very-large farms
• Tons of under-the-hood updates that should not impact play in any way except to make the game more stable, overall.
• Fixed the display of RfcConnector ("pins") on chips
• You can now place chips inside of chips (limited by your CS tech)
• Bug fixes and under-the-hood updates that should not impact play in any way except to make the game more stable, overall.

  - Code changes -

• (partial) (370) cleanup @autoreleasepool
• bugzid: 1194 verify proper work/queue load in viewDidLoad-s
• (partial) work on 846: superfluous [MFUtils runInMainQueue:]-s
• minor code cleanup, add constants
• allow debug local farm file
• don't save farm if local file
• bugzid: 1217 robot 'peeks' NW when walking SW to shovel, hoe, plant
• bugzid: 894 setCellLocation removes/re-adds object to update containedBy
• Remove some debug logging
• bugzid: 1216 App Transport Security fixes
• bugzid: 1222 if no timed objects at farm load, timed objects don't tick-over properly
• fix statusbar hidden and context warnings.
• RfcTimedObjects: if missing display delegate, try to fake it
• bump vsn to v1.0.1 for QA preview
• bugzid: 1223 timed objects maturing over logoff display phase-0 image before maturing
• bugzid: 517 move 'items', 'menu', etc., down in plist to be not-same-level as 'key'
• bugzid: 617 wrap model var access in @synchronized
• bugzid: 1151 robot parts upgrades now closes tool tip
• bugzid: 1117 standardize [RfcConnector view]
• reduce IAP logging
• queue UI from IAP view onto main queue
• bugzid: 394 change 'parent' properties to 'delegate's
• gates in inventory are also template objects
• remove cruft
• remove 'fix old-style SoMs' cruft.
• bubble-up prefersStatusBarHidden to RfcViewController, remove from subclasses
• archive for v1.0.1
• bugzid: 1069 when upload fails, switch model to localFarm mode
• don't show hurry-up dialog for items that are finished (0 bbx to complete)
• fix display of RfcConnector view
• bugzid: 937 fix hack in RfcSensorItem (item-sensor) view property
• bugzid: 1124 in objectDictionary, replace template fields with 'template' key
• bugzid: 1227 move auto-save interval to login script
• bugzid: 919 add soldering hint to let's get moving mission
• fix flurry warn msg
• bump vsn to 1.0.2 for submission
• bugzid: 28 allow chips in chips (limited by CS tech)

  - Content changes -

• add app store images
• bugzid: 517 move 'items', 'menu', etc., down in plist to be lower level than 'key'
• add noButton flag to seeds
• bugzid: 919 add soldering hint to let's get moving mission
• goals-driven mission check-off
• bugzid: 1210 add GMO-3 item

  - Server changes -

• fix out of order login on debug server
• bugzid: 1123 pull coinsX/bbxX transactions out of farm and put into db
• bugzid: 1227 move auto-save interval to login script
• bugzid: 1048 track days-in-a-row on server
• remove debug logging from updatePlayDaysForUser

We shipped! :)

A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped get us here.

YOU are the "ManyFriends" that makes this whole thing work!

  - Big-news items -

• First public release of World of RoboFarmCraft.

  - Code changes -

• Only the version # has changed since the last Final Candidate.

  - Content changes -

• (No changes this update.)

  - Server changes -

• (No changes this update.)