Howdy, everyone!

A new patch for DF CONNECTED, v2.7.14, has released!

As we mentioned in the December 2024 Progress Report, we were originally planning to release a small patch for the game alongside that report, but due to a DDoS attack that was going on at the time, we decided to postpone it until the situation improved.

Thankfully, the situation has indeed improved! The server was made stable thanks to the host of GMServer, and there haven't been any issues in the past week. As such, we're now ready to release the patch!

To be clear, the purpose of this patch is primarily to update the game to the latest version of the GMServer extension. This new version of the extension helps to make the auto-reconnect feature more reliable, by improving the game's ability to detect when the server has stopped responding. There were a few cases in previous versions where it was possible for the game not to detect it had lost connection, resulting in some players getting stuck in a frozen limbo of sorts... This should now be fixed!

As such, 2.7.14 isn't a big patch, and it wasn't meant to be, as our focus is still on v2.8.0! However, we've still included a few additions to the game for you guys, as our way of saying thanks for your patience and support! We hope that this patch will help you to enjoy the game a bit more, while we continue to push towards the final stages of 2.8's development!

With that said, let's take a look at the changelog!

Changelog for DF CONNECTED v2.7.14

• Added a new winter costume for Frisk, as seen in the UT/DR Holiday 2024 Newsletter.

• Added a new winter costume for Toriel, as seen in the UT/DR Holiday 2024 Newsletter.

  

• Added a second attack pattern for Snowdrake, and rewrote their original attack to behave more like it does in Undertale.

• Added two new attack patterns for Ice Cap, replacing their old attack.

• Added two new attack patterns for Gyftrot, replacing their old attack.

  

• Added a new PvP battle theme for Undyne, "Strike You Down", arranged by 398utubzyt!

• Added a new PvP battle theme for Napstablook, "Blooky's Hit Single", arranged by 3DSquare!

• Added a new drink meter in the STAT menu that appears after using a drink. This makes it clear how much time is remaining before the drink's effect wears off.

  

• Added the flower bed room from UNDERTALE as the new starting room. For now it connects to the hub area from previous versions, but in v2.8.0 it will connect directly to the start of the Ruins.

  

• Added a submenu for SKILLs in the STAT menu, where you can now view more information about the SKILLs your vessel can perform in-battle.

  

• When playing online, the game will now automatically disconnect from the server if it has not received any data for a certain amount of time, ensuring that the reconnect menu will always appear if there's an issue with the server.

• Updated the appearance of the Bestiary's front page.

• There is now an "Invite Player to PvP" option in the CELL's PvP menu, as a clearer way to access the PvP player list. The [P] hotkey and the /pvp command are still available as well.

• Changed the "/respawn" command's functionality to warp the player back to the spawn room, rather than bringing up the warp menu.

• Omori now receives a partner bonus with themselves if you have Omori also active as your partner.

• The Rudinn NPC that sells access to the DarknerNet has now been moved to Card Castle.

• The trophy for reaching Rank X in PvP has now been lowered to reaching Rank S.

• Changed the sound effect that plays when a perfect hit is performed with multi-reticle weapons.

• Changed the server status text on the login screen to say, "Connecting, please wait..." rather than "NO CONNECTION", as this makes it clearer the game is still working to establish a connection.

• You can now flush the toilet in Kris's house in Hometown.

• Updated the sprite for the conveniently-shaped lamp in Snowdin.

• Tweaked a few of Toriel's local chat icons.

• The entrance to a certain secret room has been moved to a location that makes more sense.

• Updated the Frisk and Chara sprites in the Trophy menu to use their newest versions.

• Fixed an oversight where selecting the SKILL button in-battle wouldn't play the selection sound effect.

• Fixed an audio bug where the "Shelter" at the south end of Hometown played the wrong sound due to an audio group error.

• Fixed an audio bug where the splashing sound when walking through water played incorrectly due to an audio group error.

• Fixed an audio bug where the sound effect for collecting one of Starwalker's stars played incorrectly due to an audio group error.

• Fixed an audio bug where Papyrus's "Welcome to Dance Dance Spaghetti" voice line played incorrectly due to an audio group error.

• Fixed a bug where attempting to copy an online save file could cause a crash.

• Fixed a bug where the game could crash if the player reconnected to the server while Undernet's home page was still open.

• Other minor fixes and improvements.

• Updated to the latest version of GameMaker Server.

Conclusion

Well, that's all for this post!

With this patch released, we're now back to work on 2.8 (don't worry, this patch didn't take much time away from it!), and we can't wait to show you what we've been cooking in the next progress report!

Thank you all so much for reading, and as always, stay determined!