Patch notes2026.09.16.5

New launcher, map, chat and a major security audit

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New launcher, map, chat and a major security audit, Ashram Online news

The biggest patch so far: a launcher with sign-in and friends, minimap and world map, redesigned windows, a new chat and dozens of anti-cheat fixes.

This patch brings together several days of work: a launcher that signs you in and shows your friends, a real minimap and world map, the game windows redesigned with one visual language, a new chat and a full security audit of the whole game. Updating is required: the world checks the client version on connect.

Launcher

  • The launcher signs in with your Ashram account and hands the session to the game: no more login screen inside the client.
  • Steam linking from the account panel; if the game was bought on Steam, the launcher knows.
  • Friends panel with collapsible Ashram and Steam sections, search, hide offline and friend chat with a right-click menu.
  • Registration inside the launcher, news with the full patch notes and a Repair button that verifies the launcher and the game by hash.
  • Under Steam the launcher leaves patching to Steam; outside Steam it keeps updating from the CDN.

Map and minimap

  • New Surya minimap with a watercolor ring and the full world map on the M key, in the Premium Store style.
  • Map marks: one per player, placed from the minimap or the map and removed with right click.
  • Party pings: a button opens the action wheel (attack, defend, regroup...) and the ping lasts five seconds, one per player, with a sound. The compass shows pings and party arrows.
  • Minimap and map indicators are black with white text; the big map shows lineages, party and clan, no mobs, and bosses only when close.

Windows

  • Options, Friends, Clan and Samvara now share the Premium Store format: categories with icons, banners and item backgrounds.
  • The Clan shows its missions with their own splash and a progress view with level, bonuses and icons.
  • Every window opens centered between the compass and the action bar and remembers where you left it; the inventory stays as it was.
  • The character sheet's crafting tab uses icon-only filters with black tooltips. Gear is no longer crafted from the sheet: that belongs to workbenches and NPCs.
  • Quests moved down so they don't cover the UI and collapse when you click their title.

Chat

  • A cleaner chat: channels live as icons on the left side, with their name on hover.
  • The tabs on top are only for private conversations: one per person, with an unread dot and a sound when a whisper arrives.
  • Clan and Party messages carry their tag and no longer get mixed up.

Security and stability

  • Full audit of the game, the server, the website and the infrastructure.
  • New protections against cheating and item duplication in trades, storage, loot, market, death and crafting.
  • Safer accounts: hardened login, all sessions closed if a stolen token is detected and registration with real verification.
  • The server rejects outdated clients and closes connections that never finish joining.

Outside the game

  • The website gets security headers, a real anti-bot check and limits on email sending.
  • The minimap ring and the chat icons were redrawn in the UI style.

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