XP Overhaul + Other Changes
XP System Overhaul
This has been done as the system was not made for this many users, so I never expected people to reach higher levels so quickly. It also kinda broke recently so I had an excuse to change it. Your levels will have changed, this is not a bug. The levels just require more XP to get to now.
- XP is now calculated immediately and given/removed when you perform an action, instead of being calculated every hour.
- XP required for the next level has been increased, its now quadratic instead of linear (it will keep getting bigger - lower levels are faster, higher levels are slower).
- Pawprints no longer give any XP if they are made in less than 5 minutes.
- Interaction-based XP has been increased (referral signups, marks, receiving pawprints) as well as placing top 3 in events.
- Furdles now give XP for completion based on difficulty (85 a day for completing all 3).
- Every badge gives a flat 100 XP, some were not giving XP at all.
- Suggestions/reports being actioned/accepted now gives XP.
The benefits of this are that it's a lot less hardware intensive on the site. Looking through every single user, every hour, all of their pawprints, all marks.. it was a lot. I'm also now able to give/remove XP directly, if needed. Having your XP update immediately is also nice to see.
Other Changes
- Fixed dark mode making the request guidelines invisible.
- Changed to gevent from eventlet, saving a ton of memory and processing power (this is nerd stuff you don't need to worry about it).
- Huge site performance overhaul, everything should be faster and there should be way less bad gateways.
- The Furdle keyboard now shows which letters you've tried in their correct colours, making it easier to see which ones you should try next.
- Fixed timezones showing in request bans.
- The marked folder now shows the correct pawprints again.
- Added 2 more difficulties to Furdle (4 letters and 6 letters).
- Fixed the old registration page not working.
- Added brush smoothing/anti-aliasing in the settings panel. This should make smooth brushes like the OG pawprinting.
- Fixed the staff page not showing the entire staff bio.
- Allowed tag suggestions to suggest removing parents.
This has been done as the system was not made for this many users, so I never expected people to reach higher levels so quickly. It also kinda broke recently so I had an excuse to change it. Your levels will have changed, this is not a bug. The levels just require more XP to get to now.
- XP is now calculated immediately and given/removed when you perform an action, instead of being calculated every hour.
- XP required for the next level has been increased, its now quadratic instead of linear (it will keep getting bigger - lower levels are faster, higher levels are slower).
- Pawprints no longer give any XP if they are made in less than 5 minutes.
- Interaction-based XP has been increased (referral signups, marks, receiving pawprints) as well as placing top 3 in events.
- Furdles now give XP for completion based on difficulty (85 a day for completing all 3).
- Every badge gives a flat 100 XP, some were not giving XP at all.
- Suggestions/reports being actioned/accepted now gives XP.
The benefits of this are that it's a lot less hardware intensive on the site. Looking through every single user, every hour, all of their pawprints, all marks.. it was a lot. I'm also now able to give/remove XP directly, if needed. Having your XP update immediately is also nice to see.
Other Changes
- Fixed dark mode making the request guidelines invisible.
- Changed to gevent from eventlet, saving a ton of memory and processing power (this is nerd stuff you don't need to worry about it).
- Huge site performance overhaul, everything should be faster and there should be way less bad gateways.
- The Furdle keyboard now shows which letters you've tried in their correct colours, making it easier to see which ones you should try next.
- Fixed timezones showing in request bans.
- The marked folder now shows the correct pawprints again.
- Added 2 more difficulties to Furdle (4 letters and 6 letters).
- Fixed the old registration page not working.
- Added brush smoothing/anti-aliasing in the settings panel. This should make smooth brushes like the OG pawprinting.
- Fixed the staff page not showing the entire staff bio.
- Allowed tag suggestions to suggest removing parents.
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