PTR Changelog 2017-02-22

[artch]

This post describes changes on the Public Test Realm. Estimated launch date is February 27.

• You can now create a RoomVisual object using the constructor without a roomName parameter and post visuals to all rooms simultaneously:

  new RoomVisual().circle(30,30, {fill: 'red'});
  new RoomVisual('W1N1').rect(10,10,40,40);
  

  This code will display both the circle and the rectangle in the room W1N1, and only the circle in any another room.

Tell us what do you think about these upcoming changes in the comments below!

[Syncaidius]

This will help a lot with drawing things like CPU/performance meters/bars, which you generally want visible in any room.

I love it when we get a small change with sizable benefits to it.

[ThyReaper]

Do visuals posted to all rooms that way only incur a single instance of the serialization cost?

[artch]

Do visuals posted to all rooms that way only incur a single instance of the serialization cost?

Yes, that’s the whole point.