All Updates

March Updates

03/04/2023

The list below is a summary of most updates, additions and fixes since the last update post, this is not an exhaustive list. Features appearing in the post below may not necessarily be in their final state and may change in subsequent updates.

Development of Cartel Empire is back in full-swing this month, with many new features, QoL improvements and bug fixes to be found in the lists below. Thanks to the continued support and kind words from all of our narco's and here's hoping we can continue to grow and enjoy ourselves in the months to come!

New

  • Added the ability to buy Points from Mateo
  • Added the ability to reset Casino Tokens on the Donator page.
  • Added the ability to rename Dogs.
  • Added the ability to 'unequip' a primary dog. Hid 'Release' button on primary dogs
  • Implemented profanity filter for Global and private chats, Cartel chats are not effected
  • Implemented profanity filter for Forum threads and comments
  • Fights now reward players a lower reputation base but grows quicker based on level.
  • Implemented 'Advanced Player Search'
  • All Medical University courses have been rewritten.
  • Added 'Food' and 'Collectible' item sections to the Item Market
  • Implemented 'New activity' notification on Forums
  • Added custom fail messages for each type of Item.
  • Using Drugs now shows Drug Cooldown
  • Added message to medical Items when Medicla Cooldown reaches max
  • Included Dog speed in attack calculations
  • Implemented minimum requirements for each Highscore.
  • Made web links clickable in chats.
  • Rewrote all Business Management courses.
  • Rewrote all Combat course descriptions and titles.
  • Rewrote all Dog Handling courses.
  • Added status message when selling Points to Mateo.
  • Mateo now show's a total for buying or selling Points on the Shop screen
  • Buy & Sell point buttons are now disabled if set to 0
  • Disabled Refill Energy button on Donator page unless below maximum energy.
  • Updated Donator page to flow better on mobile devices
  • Increased contrast of Forum categories and Thread titles.
  • Made University course description full-width on mobile devices
  • Updated Sitemap
  • Optimised Player status calls, should improve all page load times.
  • Removed unnecessary data calls to Hospital and Jail on all pages.
  • Optimised Attacks to reduce unnecessary data calls.
  • Increased random multiplier for dog attack damage.
  • Implemented Azure App Insights for better crash/user tracking.
  • Seperated logs for live and development environments.
  • Optimised Jail and Hospital data requests
  • Added logs for buying/selling points.
  • Updated all app dependencies to latest releases.
  • Forum lists now scale correctly on mobile.
  • Reduced all heading sizes.
  • Dog Training & Feeding buttons are now equal heights on all displays
  • Equipment modules in Inventory have been rewritten to work correctly across mobile & desktop.
  • Added mobile-view for Forum posts.
  • Disabled players ability to attack admins and test accounts.
  • Added 'Leave' button to top of Cartel page.
  • Improved top-bar layout on mobile.
  • Recreated Donator page layout for desktop and mobile to be more space-efficient
  • Added status filter to advanced search
  • Rewrote Street Crimes text to be clearer
  • Updated homepage text
  • Added min and max values for advanced search level filter
  • Updated Cartel Perks page to use cookie based status messages.
  • Added additional check for required rep when upgrading Cartel perk
  • Added new Husky breed to Pet Shop
  • Implemented new Cartel Representation perk. this perk allows Cartels to gain a small % of all members reputation from completing Jobs
  • Reduced Global chat time between messages from 60 to 30 seconds
  • All trade buttons are now properly disabled on trade completion/cancellation
  • Implemented Dog trading.
  • Chats will not scroll to bottom if scrolled up past a certain %
  • Swapped colours of Send and Cancel button on Send Item prompt
  • Changed how activity is tracked to be much more efficient
  • Increased 'Active' status to page load within last 5 minutes
  • Increased 'Away' status to page load within the last 30 minutes
  • Updated drug booster cooldown text as was just a copy of the medical booster text originally


Bug Fixes

  • Fixed item sending from inventory not working in some cases
  • Fixed Cartel 'All Events' page leading to wrong view
  • Fixed Highscores showing decimal places in page numbers in some cases.
  • Fixed status bug effecting job completion.
  • Fixed Hospital and Jail pagination not working.
  • Fixed Hospital and Jail releases not triggering in some cases.
  • Fixed Jail timer showing NaN.
  • Fixed temporary perks on homepage showing as permanent.
  • Fixed FOrum bug causing crash.
  • Fixed players being able to play 4 Casino wheels rather than 2.
  • Fixed private chats not showing Last Message text correctly.
  • Fixed invisible tabs on Item Market
  • Fixed missing reset of 'Reset Casino Tokens'.
  • Fixed Forum headers being wider than expected on mobile.
  • Fixed Forum images overflowing column in some cases.
  • Fixed highscore pagination.
  • Fixed Cartel forum posts being accessible via URL for non-cartel members.
  • Fixed missing 'Edit' button on own threads/comments.
  • Removed paste option in dog rename field.
  • Fixed search button dropdown being misaligned on mobile
  • Fixed Pet Shop dog buy buttons not wrapping
  • Fixed typo of narcos site-wide
  • Dogs now properly randomly generate stats and names
  • Fixed bug where multiple users clicking upgrade perk caused the upgrade to trigger twice, potentially causing negative available respect.
  • Fixed Typo where "Defensive Equipment Maintenance and Care" course showed COM7 ID rather than COM8
  • Fixed typo in life regeneration hover
  • Added additional Hospital Release check on player profile load, should ensure players are always released from Hospital on-time
  • Reformatted core app file to fix issue with activity tracker
  • Fixed various minor issues with chat caused by stopping it scrolling down on new messages
  • Minor fix for app crash error
  • Fixed Cartel perks not applying for new members in some cases
  • Fixed issue with dog trading
  • Fixed Production last activity error
  • Dogs added to trades by other player are now visible on the Trade window