# 17th October 2025 V0.2.6

## New features 🚀🎉

- Add loading screen between login and gameplay

- Add background color to splash screen

## Bugs fixed 🐛🐞

- Fixed crash when saving options

- Fixed bug preventing entities from spawning/despawning

- Fixed Entities Info UI close button not working

- Fixed DownDetector crashing instead of reporting downtimes

- Fixed error caused by old config files

- Fixed godot broken animations issue

- Fixed Escape key closing XP skill instead of showing exit UI

## Balance tweaks ⚖️📊

- Change shops selling items for less than the buy back price

## Technical stuff 🔧⚙️

- Reduced server log spamming

- Optimised combat network data usage

- Optimised networking performance

- Optimised general collision detection logic

- Optimised server networking response times

- Optimised logging system

- Optimised load times with various caches

- Added data validation tests to shop items

- Added new admin commands to help testing

- Overhaul game data system