The latest from Subeta. Browse the archives for older updates.
Fixed a rare but serious bug where users could end up on multiple quests simultaneously. This was causing quest tracking inconsistencies where users would have one quest showing normally and another "ghost" quest that couldn't be completed or cancelled properly:
Melody ran out of sP to purchase gifts late on the 27th, and her bank hadn't been restored until now. She's received a fresh deposit from the Bank of Subeta and is back to purchasing gifts!
Why does Melody have a spending limit?
I give Melody a set amount at the start of each season as a safety measure. If every active user joined a Melody pool simultaneously, she could theoretically spend billions in a single day — and I want to make sure we're aware if that ever needs to happen. The team now gets a Slack alert when she's running low, so we can check whether it's normal activity or something that needs attention.
Fixed a critical bug where email verification links sent to new users were failing with an "Access Denied" error. The verification links were being generated correctly, but a mismatch in how they were validated was causing them to be rejected. If you registered in the past few weeks and couldn't verify your email, please request a new verification link from the login page - it will work now!
The quest bar got a fresh new look! It now stretches edge-to-edge without any rounded corners for a cleaner appearance. Quest items are now displayed with smaller 32x32 images aligned to the left with item names to the right, making better use of space.
Improved the quest item selection so quest givers are much better at picking different items each time you do a quest. You should see much more variety when doing multiple quests with the same NPC in a single day!
We've built a new polling system to help us gather your feedback and make Subeta better! You'll occasionally see a quick poll pop up after completing quests - answering takes just a few seconds and earns you 10,000 sP as a thank you. We'll be using these polls more throughout the site to hear what you think about different features, so keep an eye out!
Fixed a bug where achievements like "Melody Regular 2025" and "Lumineve Regular 2025" weren't being awarded even when you hit the required number of visits. The progress was tracking correctly, but the actual achievement tier wasn't being granted. If you've been visiting Melody faithfully and were missing your achievement, just visit again tomorrow and it should pop!
Fixed a bug where trying to give items from your shop or gallery to other users' wishlists would fail with a database error. The system was looking for the wrong table name and not properly verifying ownership. Now you can safely give gifts from your inventory, shop, or gallery!
Quests are now more resilient when their item pools are limited. Instead of failing completely when items are scarce, quests will:
Testing out the requests and prizes for a rewritten library quest
Fixed a bug where Saggitarius was repeatedly asking for the same few items (like Funnel Cake and Red Candy Cane) that weren't even supposed to be in his quest pool. The quest system was incorrectly selecting hoarded items from the economy without checking if they were actually in the quest's allowed item locations. Now quest givers will only request items from their designated item pools.
This happened to Saggitarius in particular due to an upgrade to the system I did yesterday, targeting his quests.
The pages that you probably miss from the legacy forums, including staff posts and the ability to see your own posts/topics has returned!
Also, a small playground to see how sCode + markdown work together on Kumos.
Based on your feedback, we've made several improvements to how Mysterious Melody works:
Sorry about that - all users who should have a gold account (from a subscription, item, or buddy GA) should have their access restored.
This was a runaway script that is supposed to verify that people have the correct access on the site :(
As a reminder, the fishing game is in beta on Kumos!
Fixed several issues with the fishing game system:
You'll no longer see "The Hustler has something new" banners when there are actually no items available for purchase. The notification system now automatically deactivates when stock reaches zero.
We have been comically underusing our database capacity, so I updated the configuration to take advantage of all of the resources on the DB server as possible. I also increased the frequency of our backups.
You'll find those pesky fairies flying around Kumos now, and with additional support for future holidays.
There is a _slight_ change from legacy, you'll have to perform an action (in the case of Fairies it's holding down for 1 second) to add it to your inventory.
[item=Red Snow Fairy]
Quest completions during the Luminaire holiday now guarantee you'll receive a random fairy item (items 131549-131555). Get those fairy achievements faster!
Vending machines were occasionally crashing with "Attempt to read property 'id' on null" errors when the machine's currency, location, or limit settings weren't properly configured. Now the machines properly handle these configuration issues with helpful error messages instead of crashing.
Fixed an SQL ambiguous column error that was preventing the complete stock pages from loading properly. The error occurred when sorting shop items because both the item and shop_stocked_items tables have a 'price' column.
Resolved a frequent error that was preventing the item availability cache from updating properly after completing quests. This was causing stale data in the quest selection system, which could potentially show items as available when they weren't. The cache now updates correctly every time you complete a quest.
When you place a gift under someone's tree, the present pile beneath their tree will now actually update to reflect the new gifts. Previously the image was getting cached and wouldn't show the updated gift count until much later.
The trees on the gallery page, and in the builder, always reflect the correct number of presents becasue they're built ✨ on the fly 🎄.
You can now share your Luminaire tree on kumos in forum posts, profiles, and anywhere else that supports sCode using [tree=username]. It displays your tree image with a link so others can visit and leave gifts!
More importantly, all those places you've already been using it on legacy will work on Kumos!
[tree=keith]
[tree=USERNAME]
