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The new Latest Updates page is now live. This was a full rewrite focused on making it easier to browse, faster to load, and much more powerful to filter.

What it shows (and what it doesn’t)​

  • Shows: newly added games plus real game updates (new releases / new versions).
  • Doesn’t show: reply bumps or threads rising just because people commented.
  • Doesn’t use: thread edits as the “recent” signal either.

So if something is near the top, it’s there because it’s actually new or actually updated.

Key features​

  • Fully responsive / fluid layout
    The layout is true full-width and scales cleanly from mobile all the way up to ultra-wide screens (5200px+). No cramped boxes and no weird breakpoints.
  • Redesigned sidebar filters
    The sidebar is built for quick browsing and clean filtering:
    • Top-level filters stay visible for fast switching.
    • Collapsible sections for Tags, Status, Engines, and Platforms.
    • Only one section opens at a time, so it stays organized and doesn’t turn into a giant scroll wall.
    • Exclude Tags is supported, so you can hide content you don’t want to see.
  • Hybrid sorting
    Sorting logic was improved to surface both:
    • brand new threads, and
    • valid updates (new releases / new versions)
    without letting random activity take over the page.
  • UI upgrades
    • High-contrast version badges that are easy to spot at a glance.
    • Lazy-loaded tags to keep performance smooth, even with large tag lists.
    • Unified card styling so everything stays consistent across the page.

If you see anything weird (missing updates, wrong data, filters acting dumb), post it in this thread and we’ll tighten it up.

Banking System Update (Cap + Re-Enable)​


Since I can edit the credit system again, I’m looking at bringing banking back, but doing it properly this time.

Should banking have a cap?​

Yes. If banking is unlimited, people can stack forever, inflation gets out of control, and if anything ever gets exploited it turns into a mess fast. A cap keeps the economy stable and keeps it fair for everyone, not just the top hoarders.

What the cap should be based on​

The cap shouldn’t be a random number. It should be based on what an active user can realistically earn over a reasonable period of normal activity.

A solid baseline is:
  • Normal users: roughly 2–4 weeks worth of active earnings.
  • Higher ranks (Donator / Prestige): increased caps as a perk (example multipliers: 2x / 3x / 5x).

This keeps banking useful for saving up, but stops it from becoming a permanent vault where people park insane amounts and never spend.

How deposits will work​

  • You can deposit up to your cap.
  • If a deposit would go past the cap, only the amount up to the cap gets deposited and the rest stays in your wallet.
  • If interest is enabled, interest only applies up to the cap (anything above earns nothing).

Why we’re doing it this way​

A capped bank helps control inflation, prevents hoarding, and protects the economy long-term. It also gives us something we can balance over time instead of letting it run wild.

We’ll keep an eye on real usage (earn rates, spending, and pricing) and adjust the cap if it needs tuning.
 
Is there a way for the Latest Updates page to recognize threads you’ve already ignored, so you don’t have to ignore them again there?
 
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Is there a way for the Latest Updates page to recognize threads you’ve already ignored, so you don’t have to ignore them again there?
sadly no because that page is technically not part of xenforo code.
 
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cap for deposit implemented.
 

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So final(?) suggestion:
- When you use the "Bookmarks" tab on LU, it shows the game's date for the release instead of the latest update date (showing the latest update for the ones you have bookmarked would make more sense to display since it's part of the LU page)
 
Looks actually really well done but are you sure the sorting works? If i put plus and renpy as engine there is only 5 results showing?

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I'm pretty sure there is supposed to be more than 5 games on this list :unsure:
 

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So final(?) suggestion:
- When you use the "Bookmarks" tab on LU, it shows the game's date for the release instead of the latest update date (showing the latest update for the ones you have bookmarked would make more sense to display since it's part of the LU page)
so i am waiting for a few updates on a few games i bookmarked, it should show a version above the bookmarked version (the one above the version i bookmarked should be green for new and the one below is the bookmarked version, when you click the game it should make the green version now the main version and remove the bookmark version) this is probably way more confusing but i have it locked in and wanted to test it.
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Looks actually really well done but are you sure the sorting works? If i put plus and renpy as engine there is only 5 results showing?

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I'm pretty sure there is supposed to be more than 5 games on this list :unsure:
it does work, but it may be an oversite, i will look into it tomorrow.
 
it does work, but it may be an oversite, i will look into it tomorrow.
Other than that it looks well done. Couldn't find any glaring issues when i played around a bit. Although, teach your uploaders how to "edit silently" or whatever its called so a game isn't shot up to latest update when they just update a broken mirror or something else on the game page

Really well done overall though! (y)
 
Is there a hard limit on what you can have in your wallet as well?
 
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Is there a hard limit on what you can have in your wallet as well?
Right now as a test it’s 1k, I am going to sleep tho but I ran something I coded to withdraw everyone’s coins into their wallet outside of bank, hopefully it works but probably not
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Other than that it looks well done. Couldn't find any glaring issues when i played around a bit. Although, teach your uploaders how to "edit silently" or whatever its called so a game isn't shot up to latest update when they just update a broken mirror or something else on the game page

Really well done overall though! (y)
This shouldn’t be an issue anymore as it’s a different logic, what you see is what’s actually updated
 
I noticed something else, but not sure it matters. Its related to my request in a diff thread about giving the option to sort on more "Prefix:" tags than just status and engine (I want it to exclude stuff like AI prefix, maybe sometimes TK17 or KKS or HS depending on my mood). But the new thing I noticed was that if you are viewing non-games (I felt the need to click on assets just for the hell of it), you cant filter those prefixes (Daz Asset, Clothing, Prop, etc). Im not sure if it matters because for all I know the non-game sections get little traffic, but if thats not the case, might be good to add prefix filters for those too.
 
Is there a hard limit on what you can have in your wallet as well?

Right now as a test it’s 1k, I am going to sleep tho but I ran something I coded to withdraw everyone’s coins into their wallet outside of bank, hopefully it works but probably not


If it's 1k in the wallet and 1k in the bank, how will we afford things in the store higher than 2k coins?
 
Also, unrelated, but are filtered (excluded) tags supposed to be saved? Before you updated, I had the LU page open with some excluded tags. When I clicked on next, the whole page changed (to the new version), but the excluded tags stayed. I have since closed that tab, and re-opened LC in a new tab, then went to LU and my excluded tags are still there. I dont exactly see this as a bad thing (I kinda like it, since I hate having to exclude the same tags ALL THE FUCKING TIME, but... I feel like for those who do not expect it, this could be bad. Maybe some sort of notice, or hard-to-miss visual cue that informs them of this?
 
Is there a way to filter out games that are only in Japanese? I am seeing some of those games in the "Plus" section, and some of them are basically unplayable (at the moment).
 
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Is the Wallet also going to be capped or just the Bank?
Also, be aware that, human nature being what it is, and that includes me, some (most?) people will engage until the cap number (whatever it is) is reached and then stop engaging.
When they (we) spend, we won't be maxed anymore, so we'll engage until the cap is reached again... and then stop... as per any board / game / life rules. Just saying...
 
Thank you for the great work!

i did notice something that doesn't seem to be working correctly, but certainly doesn't detract from the "betterness" of this latest page. The filters on the right seem to have the same content when on All or Standard (I can see plus on both).
 
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I don't know if I'm dumb and it's my fault, but before, there was a "plus" tag on the plus games while showing all games.

It's a minor thing, but I liked being able to differentiate plus and "normal" games while browsing all of them
 

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I dont want to get too far ahead of myself but fantastic job. It appears from a few minutes of clicking around like you may have fixed something many before you could not. Thank you for your hard work and i will continue watching with anticipation.

I would like to see the bank return as well. Thank you for approaching the topic.
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Is there a way to filter out games that are only in Japanese? I am seeing some of those games in the "Plus" section, and they are basically unplayable (at the moment).
Click tags and then you can check or uncheck tags the include or exclude. Seems you might want to check Japanese under the excluded tags
 
sadly no because that page is technically not part of xenforo code.
I assume the same is true for bookmarked threads?

I have a bunch of games bookmarked on a thread level, but that relationship doesn't seem to populate when viewing things in Latest Updates. The little bookmark flag on the card in Latest Updates doesn't update to match the threads I've already bookmarked. And vice versa - if I bookmark it in Latest Updates, it doesn't book mark the thread.

Are bookmarks in Latest Updates a different data point compared to bookmarks on the actual thread?
 
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