[Updated 3/4] Creator Center guides have been added and/or updated. Please see below in the Creator Center section for details.

Hey Creators,

Please see the February 12 MapleStory Worlds patch update information below. You can find the Player version of the Patch Notes here.

Patch Information

Time: February 12 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
Type: Patch Update Maintenance (v1.23.0)

Table of Contents

Service & App Updates
Bug Fixes

Service & App Updates

Creator Center

The word "country" in the Creator Center guides has been changed to "region".
[Updated 3/4] New Creator Center guides have been added.
- mLua
- mLua Extension
[Updated 3/4] Existing Creator Center guides have been updated.

Platform

iOS device (mobile/tablet) recommended/minimum specification has been updated.

Mobile iOS
Recommended Standard	Recommended Specification		Minimum Specification
Category	Before	After	Before	After
OS Version	iOS 12 or higher	iOS 15 or higher	iOS 12 or higher	iOS 15 or higher

Tablet iOS
Recommended Standard	Recommended Specification		Minimum Specification
Category	Before	After	Before	After
OS Version	iOS 12 or higher	iPad OS 15 or higher	iOS 12 or higher	iPad OS 15 or higher
Device	iPad (7th generation)	iPad Air (4th generation), iPad Mini (6th generation)	Unchanged

For more information, please read the MapleStory Worlds: Minimum Requirements for Mobile and Tablet Devices notice post.

The number of Worlds that can be accessed from the same account at the same time will be limited to one.
- You will no longer be able to access different Worlds using the same account on different devices.
- Please be aware that the following behaviors were previously not available:
  - Accessing different Worlds with the same account on the same device
  - Simultaneously accessing the same World from different devices using the same account

The Player News and Creator News menu notice feature has been updated. 
- When a new post is published, a red dot will be shown in the respective news section on the website's left-side menu and the left side of the post title.
- The default value of the search filter has been changed from "title" to "title + content".

You can extract console log messages in .txt form from the play mode of a World you created.

World Coin, Reward Coin, revenue, and purchase history icons have moved from the right side of the window to the left.

Resources

Approximately 830 weapon resources will be added to the MapleStory Worlds Resources Library.

Maker

World remake can now be done in a Group.

You can now view a group’s profile by clicking on the profile name of the creator group.
- When clicking the “View Profile” within the Creator Group, the profile information will be displayed on a new window within the app.

The Undo and Redo actions have been improved when the property name (ZRotation, x, y, z, etc.) or a value was changed by dragging the slider from the Property panel.
- Following an Undo, the value will immediately return to the point it was at before dragging.
- Saves as normal when multiple values are selected.
When Undoing or Redoing while selecting more than one, the value on the property panel will be updated.

A component has been added that allows for the use of particles for UI Entities that was previously provided for normal Entities that were placed through BasicParticleComponent, AreaParticleComponent, and SpriteParticleComponent.

Include/Exclude has been added in the Released Map, and the Set Starting Map features to the LocalWorkspace, which was previously unavailable.

When using the mlua in a Local Workspace environment and when refreshing the workspace with Refresh/Reimport, local files and codeblock files without links will be deleted.

The Local Workspace can now be used in individual Worlds as well.

The "Admin" permission, which specializes in Player Support inquiries, has been added to Group Member Rank. 
- All of the Admin’s permissions are the same as normal members outside of Support inquiries and responses. 
- The Admin permission badge design has been added, and the Admin permission drop down option has been added to Create Worlds → Group World → Manage Members settings.

The group creation and management function can now be accessed through the “Group” menu in the app.

You can batch edit the properties of image resources in the workspace.

You will be able to select or deselect regions in the Supported Region list by regional groups.

In Maker, when the world state is invalid state due to compilation errors, etc., the options for test playing, releasing, and Sync to Remote Workspace will now be unavailable until the issue is resolved.

The Paging system has been added to the Pro Mode Make Property Dictionary field.

World Insight (Preview), which can be used for World management, has been added.
- It provides the necessary information and features to manage the World. It will be officially available after the Preview period.
- During the Preview period, the World Instance List, Current Player Number, CPU, Mem, and Network Usage Rate will be displayed.
- Note: During the World Insight Preview period, features may change or the service may not function without prior notice. Please understand that some aspects may be adjusted for feature improvements until the official release.

Some of the error messages for property default value-related errors have been improved.

API

A new function has been added to InputService.
- The execution control for the following functions has been changed from Client to ClientOnly.
  - SetCursorVisible
  - CursorLockMode
- A function to assign a custom sprite to the cursor has been added.
  - SetCursor(string ruid, Vector2 hotspot)
  - ResetCursor()
- A boolean function that can confirm the key input status has been added.
  - IsKeyPressed(KeyboardKey key)
  - IsAnyKeyPressed()

CollisionGroup, Foothold, Tweener, and ScreenRecordService types that were missing from the workspace will now be displayed.

The Sliced mode has been added to the SpriteDrawMode value that previously only provided Simple and Tiled types.

Functions have been added to ResourceService.
- Function: PreloadTileSetAsync(string tileSetId, func completeCallback)
  - Pre-loads all Sprite resources that fall under the TileSet.
  - The tileSetId indicates the TileSet entry's ID in the RectTileMap environment.
  - The function is executed asynchronously, and once the job is complete, the callback function that was passed as the parameter for the completeCallback is called.

A new Enum type has been added.
- UpdateAuthorityType
- Potential World impact from this update:
  - UpdateAuthorityType is a return type of the AIComponent prototype function UpdateAuthority.
  - Previously, because this type did not exist as an enum, when attempting to access this type through script, an exception was triggered, preventing the next line from being executed.
  - No exceptions will be triggered for Worlds that accessed UpdateAuthorityType from the script, and the next line will be executed, thus potentially resulting in unintended actions.

The following properties for PolygonGUIRendererComponent will no longer be synchronized:
- UseCustomUVs
- UVs
- Potential World impact from this update:
  - When adding PolygonGUIRendererComponent to the UI entity placed in a map and a property value change is attempted from the server space, they will no longer be synchronized with the client, which may result in unintended actions.

FastVector2, FastVector3, and FastColor types which are more performant versions of their counterpart types have been added.

New-lines from mlua files in the local workspace will now only use the line feed without the carriage return.

Types that had the “MOD” text attached to the type names will now display with the text removed.
- The changes to the type names will not impact the functionality of published Worlds.

Created EventType's mlua file will now extend the EventType base type by default.

StateType's default extends type name has been changed in the mlua file.

The member keyword has been added to the Maker script.
- Potential World impact from this update:
  - The member keyword will not be utilized in the MapleStory Worlds Maker script editor, and is intended for use with the mlua file in LocalWorkspace + UseExtendedScriptFormat. The keyword will be automatically generated during the conversion/syncing step with LocalWorkspace.
  - If there are cases that used the member keyword as a variable etc., it will be detected as a syntax error.
  - The addition of the member keyword will not impact the functionality of published Worlds.

The “isFocused” boolean property that can confirm the current focus state has been added to TextInputComponent.

The auto Constructor function has been removed for StructType, EventType, and BTNode from ScriptAssist, and only the default Constructor will be provided.
- Potential World impact from this update:
  - If there was a code that previously used the auto Constructor function, it will be recognized as an error.
  - This is a change in syntax, and will not affect the core logic, since it actually functions in the same way as it has previously.
  - This change will not impact the functionality of published Worlds.

The alpha parameter has been added to the Play and PlayTextDamage functions for DamageSkinService, allowing the control of the damage skin's transparency.
- Potential World impact from this update:
  - Previously, when more parameters were passed than were available by the Play function, it triggered a runtime exception, causing code execution to halt.
    - (Changed) An exception will no longer trigger following the update, which may result in unintended behaviors.
  - Previously, when more parameters were passed than were available by the PlayTextDamage function, it triggered a runtime exception, causing code execution to halt.
    - (Changed) An exception will no longer trigger following the update, which may result in unintended behaviors.

The PlayRate and Alpha properties have been added to DamageSkinSettingComponent, allowing control of the damage skin's animation speed and transparency.

Optimization

The RectTileMapComponent has been optimized.
- The processing speed when calling many SetTile functions at once has been improved.

Other

You will be able to integrate the external editor VSCode with MapleStory Worlds. (Beta)
- MSWExtension will be available on the VS Code Marketplace. (Name: mLua)

Bug Fixes

Maker

Fixed instances of unnecessary error logs displaying when using PolygonPoints from the Trigger component.

Fixed the issue of an error log displaying when an Entity with 0 Transform Scale uses a TriggerComponent with a Polygon ColliderType for a collision test.

Fixed the issue of sounds still being played in YouTube components even when the background music volume is set to 0.

Fixed the issue of an entity not operating as intended until re-entering the Maker if the PixelGUIRendererComponent is removed from an Entity.

Fixed the issue of being unable to move between code blocks using the up/down arrow keys after opening a component and opening Script.

Fixed the issue of an mlua error pop-up displaying when inputting Ctrl + R while playing the World.

Fixed the issue of the report menu popping up when a chat message is pressed while the in-World chat feature is not displayed.

Fixed the issue of not being able to scroll when using symbol reference Highlight (Script Assist feature) In Workspace in Local Changes while the workspace is open.

Fixed the issue of another icon's outline texture being displayed when outlines are turned on from spriteGUIRenderer while in certain situations.

Fixed the issue of a TileSet entry created from "Create TileSet From Template" in a cooperation environment sometimes being shown as an empty TileSet to other group members, and when that happens, the same TileSet appearing empty to the creator when they leave and reenter Maker.

API

Fixed the issue of the Slerp and SlerpUnclamped functions for Vector2 returning incorrect values.

Fixed the issue of the Sync attribute being added to property types that can't be synchronized when converting a script entry to an mlua file.

Fixed the issue of the max number of players being displayed as 0 when first released from the Maker release screen, and being set to 16 when released as-is.

Fixed the issue of the script not saving when transitioning to the play screen with F5 after editing the script from the script editor, which resulted in the server not reflecting the changed content.

Fixed the issue of the background image being offset from the UI when moving the screen by clicking and dragging the mouse wheel while in UI Editing Mode.

Fixed the issue of the StateAnimationComponent.ActionSheet from the Property Editor is displayed as override even when not in an override state.

Fixed the issue of NameTagComponent and ChatBalloonComponent RUIDs being reset when saving the World from Maker.

Fixed the issue of the UVs applying incorrectly when the vertex is placed in the same place consecutive times from PolygonRendererComponent or PolygonGUIRendererComponent.

Fixed the issue of the Build Console error not being refreshed when removing entries that include a script error from the Build Console errors.

Fixed the issues that are triggered when an incorrect value is input KinematicbodyComponent.MoveVelocity.
- Fixed the issue of the processing speed decreasing when a very large value is input.
- Fixed the issue of the game stopping when Infinity or NaN is input.

Fixed the issue of some of the Native types' EmittableEvent information being missing from workspace.

Fixed the issue of an error being triggered during conversion when there is no method content including new lines in the mlua file when converting from mlua to script entry.

Fixed the issue of read-only missing for static properties contained within certain types that require it such as Color and Vector.

When entering a value of nil for warpData when calling functions related to TeleportService.Warp, exceptions will be triggered in a more verbose manner.

Fixed the issue that occurs when, after changing the cursor control method with the CursorLockMode function, the changes stay even after ending play.

Fixed the issue that occurs when, if the GetCursorLockMode function is called right after changing the cursor control method with the CursorLockMode function, the value before the change is returned.

Thank you,

The MapleStory Worlds Team