The Mobile Update | Update 10188

Casting on phones

Choose once. Tap to cast.

Your spell now stays selected after you cast it. Tap a monster or player to cast, then tap again to cast again, without opening the spellbook in between.

After a Wind strike, the Magic button is still lit and the hint still says Choose a target — After a Wind strike the spell is still selected, and the Magic button stays lit.

Low level alchemy still selected over an iron bar after two casts — Two iron bars alched in a row without reopening the spellbook.

A tap on a lobster shows its normal Eat option — Tapping a lobster puts the spell away instead of alching it.

On for phones, off on computers

Keep selected starts on for phones and tablets and off on computers. In the Android app, switch it with the new Keep button in the Tap to Cast box under your spellbook, or in Settings → Game → Keep spell selected. In the web game and on desktop, it's in the Advanced settings window under Interface.

Putting it away: walking, Back, Cancel, the Magic button, another spell or running out of runes puts the spell away. Eating keeps it selected, and teleports and other spells you cast on yourself are never kept.
Alchemy and other item spells stay on the same item. Tap the next iron bar and it's alched too; tap anything else and the spell is put away, so nothing gets alched by accident.
The Magic button stays grey until you've chosen a spell for it. Tap it or hold it to open your spellbook and pick one.
Walk away from a spell: tap the ground to walk there, or tap Cancel, and the spell is put away. Before, you had to unselect it first.

The Android spellbook with the Tap to Cast box showing Remove and Keep: On — The Tap to Cast box now has a Keep button.

Android Settings, Game list, with Keep spell selected set to On — The same switch in the app's Settings.

The spellbook open with the message Choose a spell for the Magic button — A grey Magic button opens the spellbook.

Scrolling

Lists that keep up with you.

Scrolling was one of the most requested phone fixes. A list now moves one row for every row's height your finger travels, so whatever you touched stays under your finger. Flick it and it keeps gliding, slowing down on its own; touch it to stop.

The spellbook scrolled to the top — The top of the spellbook.

After a slow swipe the list starts at Level 7 — A slow swipe moves about as far as your finger.

After a short flick the list has glided on to Level 29 — A short flick glides on through eleven rows.

It works the same way in the Android app and your phone's browser: the spellbook, prayers, the bank, settings, chat and the other lists. Before, a swipe in the app could send a list almost three times further than your finger moved, and fast swipes in the browser counted twice. In the Android app, a swipe in the bank no longer scrolls it twice.

Stats panel · every platform

Every skill at a glance.

The Stats panel now shows every skill at once, grouped into combat and skilling, with each level shown out of 99. Point at a skill, or tap it on a phone, to see its XP and progress. Your totals, quest points and gear bonuses sit underneath.

The old Stats panel on a computer, showing part of the skill list — The old panel showed a few skills and scrolled.

The new Stats panel on a computer with every skill and a Mining readout — Every skill, with Mining's readout underneath.

The old Stats panel on a phone — On a phone before.

The new Stats panel on a phone with Mining tapped — One tap shows a skill's readout.

On phones and tablets, tap a skill to see its readout, then tap it again to open its guide.
The XP lock is now on each combat skill's icon. A red padlock means locked; click or tap the icon to lock or unlock it.

See the Stats panel in the Android app

The old Stats drawer in the Android app — The Android app before.

The new Stats drawer in the Android app with Mining tapped — The Android app now, with Mining tapped.

Settings panel · computers

Your settings, tidied.

On desktop and in the web game on a computer, Settings opens with big Camera and Mouse buttons, then your privacy options, your path and XP rates, and More settings and Log out buttons.

Before

The old Profile list.

The new Settings panel with Camera and Mouse buttons, Privacy, and More settings and Log out — Camera and Mouse first, then Privacy.

The Profile and Settings tabs are gone. More settings opens the Advanced settings window, as the Settings tab did. Phones keep their own Settings panel.

Web game on phones and tablets

Buttons that stay out of the way.

The shortcut buttons on the right no longer run into the food button, so a tap meant to eat won't open the Layout sheet. On very short screens, the spare Mag and Pray shortcuts hide first.

Landscape phone before: the Layout button sits on the food button — The Layout button sat on the food button.

Landscape phone now: the Layout button has moved up and the food button is clear — It moves up, and the food button is clear.

Open panels stay clear: a shortcut that would cover an open panel steps aside, and big windows like skill guides, the bank and Game updates keep only the keyboard button.
Stay awake: a new Screen setting in the Layout sheet keeps your screen on while you're in the game, so a long skilling trip doesn't lock your phone and drop the connection. Allow sleep turns it off.
iPads get the keyboard button, so you can type your username without a keyboard case.
Number pad: amount boxes such as Drop X, Withdraw X and stake amounts bring up the number pad.
Faster first load: the largest game files are now sent compressed, 5.2 MB instead of 12.5 MB.

The Game updates window with only the keyboard button beside it — Big windows keep only the keyboard button.

Your layout sheet with the new Screen setting: Stay awake or Allow sleep — The new Stay awake setting.

The iPad login screen with the keyboard button circled — The keyboard button on an iPad.

Website

A front door for phones.

Phone visitors now get a clear way to play. On an iPhone or iPad, the home page offers Play now in Safari, with a tip for adding it to your Home Screen. Android visitors see Google Play first, then the web game, then the direct download.

The home page on an iPhone: Play right in Safari, with a gold Play button — “Play right in Safari on your iPhone.”

The home page on Android with Google Play listed first — Google Play first on Android.

A Play button on every page, at every screen size and at the top of the phone menu.
Sign up with iPhone's suggested password: the form tells your iPhone the rule (8 to 20 letters and numbers), and username boxes no longer auto-capitalise or autocorrect.
A new Home Screen icon that matches the Android app. Shortcuts you've already added keep working.

Android app 1.0.74

A steadier, fuller app.

Settings that were only on desktop are now in the app: Camera view, Character art, Combat chips, four options for the vitals panel, and Click marker, which is back so you can turn the marker off again.

The new settings rows in the Android app — The new rows in the app's Settings.

The Android app with the first-person camera — Camera view: First person.

Dialog asking whether to send a crash report, with Don't send and Send report — Crash reports only if you agree.

Crash reports, only if you agree: if the app closes unexpectedly, it asks after your next login whether to send a report. It holds the error, the app and Android versions and your phone model, never chat, anything you typed or your password.
No more getting stuck on “Game data updated”: the session restarts by itself and loads the new game data. If the app itself is out of date, it takes you to the update.
Reopening a closed session no longer shows a black screen.
One bad tap won't close the app. If errors keep coming, it offers to restart the session.
Easier on your battery: sessions you've switched away from stop drawing but stay connected, and the screen only stays awake in the game.
Android 8.0 or newer is now needed, up from Android 6.0.

See the “Game data updated” fix

Login box: Game data updated. Restart Voidscape to continue. — Stuck at “Restart Voidscape to continue.”

The session has restarted and shows the Welcome to Voidscape screen — The session restarts by itself.

From your feedback

The smaller things.

Duel stakes on phones: you can now set the amount for a second staked item with a long press.
Stats in the phone browser: tapping a skill on the left side of the panel no longer closes it.
Update your client: restart the desktop launcher, reload the web game, or install Android update 1.0.74.

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