Casual Mahjong news & patch notes

Update Notes — November 14

Performance Optimization

• Optimized the mahjong table model, improving FPS when using the mahjong-table desktop style

Update Notes — November 9

AI

Significantly increased the AI’s offensive capability

• Improved AI tile-efficiency evaluation across the board

• Better decision-making when calling melds

• AI now chooses Damaten or Riichi based on the situation

• AI makes more efficient use of Dora

Performance

• Optimized the scene rendering pipeline, improving FPS (more noticeable on low-spec PCs)

• Eliminated frame drops during draw/discard

• Eliminated severe frame drops when switching custom BGM

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Kan selection panel appearing at the wrong position when multiple Kan candidates were available

• Fixed cases where 【Sanshoku Doujun】 was judged incorrectly

• Fixed an issue in Simplified Chinese where the character “连” failed to display correctly when 【四风连打】 occurred

AI Enhancements

• AI now possesses offensive and defensive capabilities based on situational analysis, enabling accurate decision-making for each turn.
• Added a danger tile analysis function, making AI more cautious and rational in defense to avoid reckless discards.

Art

• Added the new Black Tile design, which can be freely selected in the "Mahjong Workshop."
• Added the new Suzhou Tile design, which can be freely selected in the "Mahjong Workshop."

Animation

• Added dynamic effects for kan animations, including Open kan, Added kan, and Closed kan.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where tiles might turn gray when using a controller or keyboard.
• Fixed an issue where tile corner numbers would not display correctly during the first game in English mode.
• Corrected a spelling error on the tenpai panel: "Waitting" => "Waiting."
• Fixed the incorrect pronunciation of "Second Round" in 【East 2】 and 【South 2】 rounds.
• Fixed an issue where custom music filenames containing special characters could not load properly.

Mahjong Factory

• Added the "Music" customization feature, allowing players to modify in-game music. - You can place your local music files in the designated folder, supporting various audio formats. - Up to 10 music groups can be added, each with a customizable cover image. - A different music group can be assigned to menus, gameplay, Riichi, and the final round.

Animation

• Added tile movement animations for "Chi" and "Pon" actions.

UI

• Adjusted text styles and several screen backgrounds to make text easier to read.

Art

• Adjusted the designs of the Pinzu and Souzu tiles in the "Black Tiles" style to better harmonize with other designs.
• Adjusted the Pinzu tile design in the "Yellow Bamboo" style to better harmonize with other designs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where a Ron or Tsumo could not be determined properly during "Double Fan Restriction."
• Fixed an issue where hands were not displayed during a drawn round caused by four-player Riichi.

UI

• Adjusted the text style, position, and backgrounds of several screens to improve readability

Mahjong Factory

• Now, the last switched tab will open automatically by default
• Added the "UI" customization feature, allowing players to customize the UI - A more compact table layout can be selected (makes tiles in the discard pile larger) - Adjust visibility of certain table UI elements

Windowed Mode

• Added 2K, 1080p, and 720p resolution options for windowed mode

Art

• Redesigned the visual effect indicating the "current player" on the table for better harmony
• Adjusted the patterns and tile body colors of the "Black Tile" style to be less glaring
• Adjusted the patterns of the "Yellow Bamboo" style bamboo tiles for better harmony

Performance

• Optimized the game's disk space usage

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some tile patterns could display outside the tile boundaries

Mahjong Factory

• Choose table style
• Customize table wallpaper
• Adjust wallpaper brightness

Windowed Mode

• When in windowed mode, you can choose from 70%, 60%, and 50% sizes
• When in windowed mode, the window ratio will be restricted between 3:2 and 16:9

Animation

• Fixed the dealer's tile jump animation to ensure they jump to grab two tiles, not consecutively grab two tiles, to better reflect actual Mahjong rules.
• Added an animation effect to the indicator tile for the dora.
• At the end of the dealing phase, the tail corner tiles of the wall will be moved down, to better reflect actual Mahjong play.

Performance

• Optimized the game's disk usage.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the placement of horizontally placed tiles in a Exposed might be incorrect.

The new customization feature "Mahjong Factory” is now live

Model - Customization

• Choose from several preset Mahjong models
• Choose from several preset colors, or use the HSV slider to freely set a color for the back of the tiles
• Choose from several preset colors, or use the HSV slider to freely set a color for the body of the tiles

Pattern - Customization

• Choose from several preset front tile patterns as the base front tile pattern
• Place custom front tile patterns for some or all Mahjong tiles in the specified directory to replace the base front tile pattern
• Choose from several preset back tile patterns as the back tile pattern
• Place custom back tile patterns in the specified directory to be displayed as the back tile pattern

Other Updates

Art

• Significantly improved the clarity of Mahjong tile patterns
• Changed the Mahjong tiles in the "Yellow Bamboo" and "Kanto 1" styles to models with mortise and tenon structure

Game Content

• When dealing and after calling, the rightmost tile will no longer be placed with a gap, to better match the actual situation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where self-draw (Tsumo) sometimes wouldn't work
• Fixed an issue where "Common Terminals" would also be counted as "Common Ends"
• Fixed an issue where right-clicking often couldn't perform a Tsumo cut

Art

• Add a new Mahjong style: Black
• Adjust colors of UI elements to match various Mahjong styles

Input Devices

• Increase idle time for automatic mouse hiding to 15 seconds, and the mouse is no longer moved to the center of the screen when automatically hidden
• Pressing the left or right mouse button, or the controller's button on the winning hand panel will skip the display of point symbols

Game Content

• Increase speed of point movement during point settlement

Bug Fixes

• Add appropriate specular highlights to the bamboo styles "Green Bamboo" and "Yellow Bamboo".

Input Devices

• Right-clicking the mouse during discard will quickly draw the last tile

Art

• Adjust mahjong models to be more rounded
• Rename mahjong style "bamboo" to "green bamboo" and adjust its model for a more realistic look
• Add a new mahjong style: Yellow Bamboo
• Add a new mahjong style: Kanto 2
• Fix an issue with some patterns being inverted in the Kanto 1 style
• Adjust the thickness of tiles in the waitting-list to match that of the hand tiles

Bug Fixes

• Fix a bug that caused the animation of placing tiles in the hand to be choppy

Special (Bug Resolution Assistance Request)

• I apologize for the presence of some difficult-to-detect bugs in the game due to the complex nature of mahjong gameplay. Therefore, I have added a game process logging feature to assist in resolving bugs related to mahjong gameplay.
• A log file will be generated in the following directory for each game session Windows: My Documents/Casual Mahjong/LastGame.log MacOS：~/Casual Mahjong/LastGame.log Linux：~/Casual Mahjong/LastGame.log
• If you encounter any bugs during the game, you can stop the game, obtain this file, and send it to my email: [email protected]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where newly added Kanto 1 mahjong tile pattern was not displayed correctly in some cases

Game Content

• Add a setting in sidebar to enable single or double-click for discarding
• Add a setting in sidebar to toggle visibility of Dora indicator
• Split options between "Main Settings" and "Sidebar Settings"

Art

• Add a new set of mahjong tile patterns: Kanto 1 (Kanto Large Characters)
• Adjust element size and proportions of bamboo-style tile patterns for better coherence
• Adjust position, color, and thickness of some text to improve readability
• Adjust thickness of player's hand tiles to avoid excessive thickness
• Adjust color of white tile backs to be less glaring

Animation and Effects

• Add a animation effect for dealing tiles

Bug Fixes

• Fix a issue where Dora indicator was not displayed correctly upon winning

Game Content

• Remove transparent tiles used as placeholders in the tile river to better conform to standard mahjong rules
• Add a special display effect to the dora indicator for better visibility

Animation and Effects

• Add a animation effect for discarding the riichi stick
• Adjust the position and initial movement effect of the dice to clearly indicate the position of the current round's dealer
• Adjust the collision model of the dice to match its appearance, making it easier to roll

Sound Effects and Music

• Add a sound effect for discarding the riichi stick
• Adjust the collision sound effects of the dice to sound more natural
• Adjust the sound effects of discarding tiles to avoid overly sharp or almost inaudible sounds

Art

• Adjust the proportions of the default-style mahjong tiles for better harmony

Performance Optimization

• Limited the frame rate to 240 to prevent excessive GPU load and performance waste on high-performance computers, and to suppress noise

Game Content

• Adjusted the animation sequence when drawing and discarding tiles to "discard and then put in the new tile", to better adhere to standard mahjong rules

Art

• Redesigned the default style of mahjong tile patterns to resemble the most common offline mahjong patterns

Keyboard & Gamepad

• When the actions list include "Ron" or "Tsumo", they will be set as the default focus, and pressing the confirm key will immediately declare victory

Small Fix

• The random selection method for the discard sound effects during gameplay has been adjusted to prevent consecutive occurrences of the same sound, for reducing dissonance.
• The volume of the discard sound effects during gameplay has been randomized to minimize the repetition for reducing dissonance.

Game Content

• Add animation effects to "discarding tiles" and "selecting tiles to play" to make the actions of drawing and playing tiles clearer and easier to distinguish whether it is a "draw and discard".
• Fine-tuned the duration of various random pauses during drawing and playing tiles to make the game rhythm more natural and smooth, reducing the mechanical feel of the actions.
• Reduced the stay time of the speaking frame when declaring tiles, allowing the action of declaring tiles to be completed more quickly.
• The computer player's hand tiles are arranged in random order before being revealed, to avoid inferring the player's hand tiles based on the positions of discarded and played tiles.

UI

• Fine-tuned the font for sharper and clearer display

Localization

• When playing in English, the character tiles and honor tiles will display a numeric or alphabetic text mark in the upper left corner to help players identify Chinese character tiles.