What changed in Skullgirls 2nd Encore in 2020

Fixed a bug in Tournament Mode where Player 1's choice would be followed instead of going back to the controller select screen if controllers were unplugged.

Re-enabled the -log Launch Option, which writes output to /skullgirls.log but slows the game down.

Hopefully fixed one MORE mac-vs-other-OSes desync by guaranteeing the update order of sprites.

Took another shot at fixing the Quick Match post-fight menu crash.

Hopefully FIXED the random crash on the post-match menu in Quick Match!

Adjusted the random number selection for Robo-Fortune's intro to align with other characters' script order.

Resolved a shader interpolation bug that caused small holes in sprites at resolutions higher than 720p.

Addressed an old shader bug that resulted in occasional incorrect horizontal lines in shadows at resolutions higher than 720p.

Addressed a code-signing issue affecting Skullgirls on macOS Yosemite.

Corrected a bug causing Big Band's Cymbal Clash to hit overhead instead of mid when executed as a frame-perfect reset after Sound Stun.

Resolved a bug that prevented Beowulf and Fukua from performing air specials using assist inputs immediately after jumping.

Resolved a bug that occasionally led to different hit-check order between sprites on Mac and Windows/Linux, ensuring consistency across platforms.

Corrected a localization error found in the Art Gallery for the French language.

Resolved a shadows issue on macOS that was introduced with a previous shadow fix.

Corrected very minor cleanup errors in Eliza's standing idle and walk back animations, as well as Cerebella's tag out.

Big Band's death VO now properly plays, Valleywheel has her own, and the effect on all of them has been redone.

Fukua's character select VO has been updated with a line that suits her better.

Fixed small visual bugs in the Undizzy bar and healthbar in 1v1 at higher screen resolutions.

Copying lobby URLs now works on Mac and Linux with Command-C / Ctrl-C.

Added new intros for Fukua, Ms. Fortune, and Robo-Fortune, ensuring all characters have at least three intros.

Lobby matching code updated to match players with the person they've played least recently, improving matchmaking.

Fixed stray middle-of-nowhere pixels in Valentine's standing idle pose.

Fixed a bug where death VO would not play if you got chipped out while pushblocking.

Improved the framerate of the lobby search and in-lobby screens a bit.

P1 Death Crawl and SSJ no longer lose to a P2 meaty throw.

Reassigned the button shortcut for Class Notes to be what it used to be.

Press HP to rewind by 1 Skullsecond, or Left+HP to rewind 5 Skullseconds. Hold HK to fast-forward.

Fixed the lobby All-Play matching code to ensure players don't repeat matchups until they have exhausted all options.

Pressing Ctrl-C in a Windows PC lobby will now copy the 'join this lobby' URL to the clipboard.

Hopefully fixed avatars not showing up in lobbies sometimes.

Hopefully fixed the crash going from Quick Match to Lobbies and at the end of a Quick Match game if your opponent quits.

Fixed a bug where trading with Cerebella's s.MP would cause a stagger as P2 but not as P1.

Included the missing 20-30% health range for Training Mode.

Edited the flame color for Squigly #29 to resolve flickering issues affecting players.

Introduced -socdlikehitbox option to handle Up+Down as Up for keyboard users.

Corrected the color of the first lifebar in 1v1 matches.

Attempted to fix the random crash after playing in Quick Match and returning to the main menu or proceeding to lobbies.

Choosing 'Play Again' now updates which variation of the stage you're on, if it has any.

Fukua (in full Filia costume) is now the one on the train in the background of Meridian Area Rapid Transit, previously it was Double.

Changed 'Pushblock' to 'Reaction Shot' in the Training Mode menu.

Fixed a minor bug where characters went into post-block animation after recovering from blockstun.

Skullgirls' UI, HUD, character select screen, and menus have all been remastered in full HD using 1080p art and fonts.

Fixed the position of Robo's small character select sprite.

Fixed Double's Lv5 having the highest input priority during special->super cancels, where it should have been the lowest.

The Windows version correctly switches audio output devices and doesn't crash if the sound output device changes.

In Training Mode settings, added all health values 1%-100% and changed the Drama setting to an actual value (0-240) by 5s.

Autoscrolling on all options speeds up if you keep holding the direction for a while.

Fixed the feet of the SonicFox NPC, correcting the shadow.

Attempted to fix ending Double's Hornet Bomber motion to always give the normal attack instead of a Hornet Bomber.

Fixed missing palette effects and lighting on Ms. Fortune.

Fixed some more bugs in Double's VO set.

Fixed missing character shadows on random types of graphics cards since the last update.

Fixed a bug where in certain circumstances Lenny explodes earlier than it should.

Fixed graphical lines in front of Fukua's drill and Painwheel's taunt.

Fukua is now armored on the first active frame of Inevitable Snuggle.

More credits updates.

Beowulf's grab hits and finishers now make the enemy play hit/death VO.

Fixed the last remaining audio issue with rollbacks. Sounds should no longer be occasionally skipped.

Enabled crash dumps in an extra case that might not have had them.

Added every number between 0-100 for all the 'volume' options.

Fixed multiple graphical issues with sprites when running at resolutions higher than 720p.

Hopefully fixed some people being unable to set a name for their lobby.

Fixed every character being able to do an Outtake on the first airborne frame of a jump.

Fixed a bug in Valentine and Double's s.LK where motions were accepted backwards for 1f right before it hit.

Online color choice conflicts are now resolved separately on each side during loading.

Fixed a bug where Squigly playing her original intro would allow her to tech the first knockdown of the game.

Cerebella can no longer wrongly do an airborne ground-preblock after Magnet vs whiffed Battle Butt.

Fixed another edge case where death VO wouldn't play on death.

Fixed Death Crawl playing multiple death VOs.

Reduced overall game volume by 20%, because Skullgirls is a very loud game.

Replay Theater now doesn't crash on Mac.

Introduced a new stage, No Man's Land, courtesy of Skullgirls Mobile.

Fixed the frame of Grab Bag recovery where Cerebella would not go into hitstun if hit.

Increased hitbox sizes on snapbacks for several characters.

Fixed a bug where Cilia Slide, Updo, Fiber Uppercut, and Countervenom could become airborne under specific circumstances.

Cerebella's Grab Bag now properly scales followups to 55%.

Removed extraneous DP motions for Robo's Danger specials and Magnetic Trap.

Fixed button functions in Replay Theater to match the rest of the game.

Introduced a SonicFox NPC and associated update for the Class Notes variation.

Added several revived colors for various characters.

Peacock's Lonesome Lenny can no longer be lifted off the ground by certain attacks.

Robo's Magnetic Trap no longer affects opponents after a snapback.

Beowulf's Geatish Trepak now correctly deals only recoverable damage.

Added new intro animations courtesy of Skullgirls Mobile.

Headless Fortune now properly plays tag in/out voice lines.

Solo Squigly's Inferno of Leviathan disappears if she is snapped by a duo or trio.

Players can now rematch indefinitely in Quick Match.

Added two new colors per character courtesy of Skybound Games.

Squigly's Seria Sing->SBO now activates air-unblockable protection on the opponent.

First hit of Beowulf's snapback no longer wrongly breaks all hyper armor.

Fixed bug where Painwheel's Hatred Install would not end after a sliding knockdown.

Removed the last possibility of a Happy Holidays after hitting Fukua's air Drill of my Dreams.

Squigly can now cancel held stances between Downs in a 1v1 fight.

Rebuilt character art with additional pixels.

Reduced the duration of Robo's taunt by 20f.

Added electric palette effect on opponents hit by Robo's s.HK.

Fixed a rare bug where characters who were KO'd and revived could not be juggled the next time they were KO'd.

Last hit of Peacock's Lv3 now correctly deals only recoverable damage.

Added KO screams for all characters when they're KO'd in the air.

Double's airthrow now correctly deals only recoverable damage.

Added ground-tech voice lines for Double.

Reduced the duration of Squigly's taunt by 15f.

Added half-circle-forward overrides to Double's Lugers for correct input.

Fixed the way All-Play lobbies assign matches to ensure players are matched with those they've played the least.

Fixed the bug where a new lobby member would duplicate the in-game win streak count of the first person they fought.

Resolved an issue causing crashes when Fortune won the last game in a Quick Match set.

Resolved the issue where a lobby wouldn't successfully count down to start a match, particularly affecting European players.

Ping times and jitter will no longer spike when another person's game loads into character select.

Resolved the new lobby crash issue that occurred since jitter.

The game now creates crash dumps to help identify issues when crashes occur.

Training Mode now displays both players' exact numerical Dramatic Tension values and the amount built or spent during the last combo.

Unplugging or inserting a controller no longer causes a giant hiccup in the Windows version.

If using -ascendhigher online, the chosen GGPO delay is now subtracted from any Ascend Higher extra delay.

A red dot appears in the upper-left corner for players on easily-detected wireless connections.

The GGPOtest branch has been retired and players are automatically set back to the regular game.

Resolved issues with sounds playing, duplicating, or not cutting off properly during rollbacks.

Replays now automatically embed useful netplay-debugging data for problematic matches.

Corrected the negative-damage bug in Training Mode information display.

Players can now connect from farther away with better quality connections, with adjusted ping time thresholds.

Resolved an exploit that allowed players to grief opponents by softlocking the character select screen.

Lobbies and Quick Match now show continuously updated ping values and jitter fluctuations.

Online character select timer reduced to 50 seconds, stage select timer to 20 seconds, and end-of-match timer to 50 seconds.

Top line of lobby boxes now switches between location and lobby-relevant info like win count.

Connections with bad jitter are colored yellow or red in Quick Match, similar to high ping connections.

Skullgirls now displays jitter information in addition to ping time, indicating connection quality.

Corrected display of '<- VS ->' in lobbies when returning to the lobby after a game.

Corrected wrong display of 2000+ jitter after playing a lobby game.

Players on wireless will have a (WF) indicator in front of their ping number in Lobbies and Quick Match.

Additional logging info has been added to assist with problem replays.

Players can disable the tiny red dot indicating wireless connection with the launch option -disablewifidot.

A fix has been implemented to help the game recover from significant frame drops.

Restored the -ggposhowinfo line of logging that was accidentally deleted in the last build.

Improved performance by preventing frame skips during significant slowdowns, allowing the game to maintain a smoother experience.

Fixed an issue where Max Combo Damage and Last Combo Drama numbers were wrongly reset when loading a savestate.

Added the Launch Option -disablerainbowdouble to disable hue shifting for players who prefer a standard appearance.

Made two small adjustments to improve recovery from input starvation or being behind by more than 14 frames.

Resolved issues where menu movement and 'another game' sounds were sometimes played off-center.

Included a missing piece of logging info to enhance debugging.

Adjusted values based on low-ping testing to improve online performance.

Made the -ggposhowinfo text smaller for improved gameplay experience.

Raised thresholds for green/yellow/red ping times and updated recommended delay for ping numbers.

Camera improvement is opt-in with a launch option.

Fixes sprite-flickering issues when multiple characters are onscreen.

Added a person to the credits who got left out for the whole eight years.

Users can revert to the old version with a launch option.

Linux and Mac are now current with the latest updates.

Issue occurred after loading a savestate during a combo.

Greatly improved the speed of rollbacks by removing unnecessary processes during a rollback.

Added the Launch option -ggposhowinfo for diagnostics during online matches.

Fixed the 49281263778 ping-time bug, now it shows '---'.

Improved the L&G/Showtime/KO screens in online play, preventing rollbacks from erasing them.

Completely fixed the weird hitches that some players experienced during online play, especially in low-ping matches.

32bit support on MacOS is no longer available for future builds due to platform support reasons.

The sound code has been upgraded and is now using Ethan Lee's FAudio library.

Fixed the music restarting when staying on the same stage if there was a rollback to frame zero.

Addressed the issue of the game dropping frames after a rollback, improving netplay responsiveness.

This build massively improves netplay responsiveness and reduces dropped inputs.

Fixed the problem of weird hitches while playing a long set on Random stages.

Addressed how sounds are handled during rollbacks, fixing the majority of sound issues.

Addressed the issue of the volume options not functioning properly.

Addresses possible slowdown issues over longer online sets on Random Stage and freezing before matches with good ping.

Updated the GGPOtest branch to address the bug causing jarring repeated zooming if there are rollbacks during a superflash.

Implemented a new method to enhance online play, especially for long-distance connections, by adjusting frame skipping behavior.