Version 5.6

Chess Ultimate 5.6 Update

Major highlights

• 2 new characters added the first new characters since launch
  
• Major checker rework balance changes and new behavior
  

New characters

Dragon (16 points)

• moves like a bishop + knight
  
• alternate colors added
  
• new skin dragon knight
  
• added dragon icon
  

Fisherman (8 points)

• can pull enemy characters toward it
  
• new skin pooh bear
  

Checker changes

• checker point cost 1 to 2
  
• forced attack now only triggers after an initial knock out that turn by the checker
  
• checker king movement increased from 1 to 8
  

Shop and cosmetics

• alternate skins moved to the bottom of the shop menu
  
• fixed issues not being able to set skins
  
• copy cat now shows other copy cats movement as well
  

Gameplay and bug fixes

• fixed issues with ghost
  
• fixed battle pass 100 gems animation
  
• fixed local team banner not closing
  
• fixed take back in local games
  
• fixed a bug where bomb would explode on game initialisation causing you to not see the true board state
  
• fixed bomb + angel + mage + giant interaction
  
• fixed issue where character swapping team with parasite while frozen removed the ice material
  
• fixed issue where a ghost with an angel attached kept revealing itself
  
• rewrote a bunch of angel code to fix multiple issues
  
• changed colors a bit when zoomed to game board
  
• changed square hover highlight color
  
• fixed bug where if bomb attacks a parasite the square the parasite was on didnt get cleared and would float around on the client
  
• fixed glass tiles shader
  
• after taking back or resyncing frozen pieces were not being unfrozen properly
  
• fixed issue where local time wasnt being reset properly
  
• dragging a character onto enemy squares during draft pick will now remove your character from the board
  
• fixed sometimes marking dots as danger moves when they werent
  

System changes

• improved translations
  
• updated new user tutorials
  
• all character key costs are now 1
  
• keys earned from winning a match made game 2 to 1
  
• added a new player queue
  
• fixed a bug where it would display blocked users to the blocked person and allowed them to essentially unblock themselves
  
• fixed tournament push notifications not working on android and firing at the wrong time on ios