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Turn Your Friends into Frenemies - Multiplayer is Now Available in v.80!

16 December, 2015 - IslandDog

Climb to the Top of Capitol Hill... Watch your Friends Roll Down to the Bottom!

Multiplayer has arrived - Check the Full Changelog Below

You asked for it, so here it is: the chance to stampede over your friends' campaigns and become the new President of the United States of America! v.80 is now here with the new "multiplayer" option, complete with lobby and in-game chat so that you can sling mud at each other throughout the course of your campaigns.This update also includes some new issues that reflect current national and international events, and some graphical stability fixes. Take a look at the complete change log for more details on the new additions.Happy (Campaign) Trails to you!

CHANGE LOG

Major Changes

Multiplayer: Battle for the White House against your friends
Updated Issues: Adjusted the importance of issues to better reflect current events
Stability: Addressed numerous graphical issues including problems with the mouse cursor

Issues

Most issue values have been changed. Of particular note are Fighting Issues, Immigration, and A Stronger Military are now top issues
Added more variety to issue importance
Adjusted some issue names to make them sound more neutral

Graphics

"Use Hardware Cursor" will no longer make the cursor invisible
Mouse cursor is now DPI aware. This should address problems where the mouse pointer was offset from the mouse or moved a different speed
Added support for higher resolution monitors
Added a "Fullscreen" choice in the resolution spinner control on the Options Window
"Options" window will wait to warn you about needing a restart until you leave the options window, rather than warning you as soon as you change an option that would require a restart
Fixed z-order issue that was causing the characteristics/issues section of the "Choose Candidate" window to not show up for opponents
When playing in windowed mode, the game will remember its window position next time you start

Bugs

Disabled action buttons when you cannot perform them (ie. not enough stamina/money/clout/etc), and tool tips explain why.
Added "War on Drugs" icon
Added specific images for the "War on Drugs"
Fixed issue on the "World Setup" window where the slider description would not always match the slider you are modifying
Took some text out of the 60 Seconds background image referring to the Election 'Wrapping Up'
Changed the text color on the "Exit Polls" window so that it's more readable against a red or blue background
Main screen: The "state awareness" text will no longer be clipped if either or both candidate reaches 100% awareness
Main screen: Replaced the "Special Interest" button with "Endorsements" and "Operatives" buttons
Main screen: Switched functionality and fixed the "Assets" button and "Candidate Info" buttons
Changed the highlight color of first/last name controls on "New Candidate" window from black to gray
Fixed a stray bobblehead that would show up behind the "World Setup" Window
The "Party" sort button is hidden when choosing a running mate since all candidates shown will match your party
When "time in game" updates mins or hours, if you are on the Title Window, it'll update its text display of time played