Beta 5 is now officialy released

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – January 10, 2012 -- Orange Triumph KB. Today announced the release of the fifth open beta of it's browser based strategy game Warbarons. All games created from now on are started in the beta 5 version.

The changes in beta 5 compared to beta 4.

Performance increases
Minimap updated to HTML5 canvas reducing HTML elements when discovering new areas.
In game graphics size reduced to 30% size.
Number of server requests reduced.
Several SQL queries improved.
Movement speed up by pre calculations.
Several in game menus no longer require to wait for server response.
Fixed issue in Chrome that casued slowdown after open game window.
CSS files now cached.

Game play
New game mode Scenario
A range of tutorials to help new players practice.
Computer controlled AI opponent.
Unit rebalancing.
Item rebalancing.
Ruins fine tuned.
Increased economy.
Ladder page updated.

Misc
Map editor face lift.
Game lobby updated.
Integration with Facebook APIs / APP.
New private faster server.
Real time intergrated with the chat for testing purposes for future simultaneous game mode.
New admin system that allow us of much better overview and control over our service.

Bug fixes
Over 100 major and minor bugs fixed.