generals.io Version History

Version 29

Version 29.4 (07/13/24)

• Game limits
  • Games are now limited to 25,000 seconds long (at whatever game speed you play). This translates to 25,000 turns at normal speed.
  • Games will terminate if everyone goes AFK (no moves) for longer than 1000 seconds.

Version 29.0 (04/11/23)

• Added Modifiers
  • Modifiers are available in custom lobbies
  • Some modifiers are for supporters only!
  • Initial set of modifiers is Leapfrog, City-State, Misty Veal, Crystal Clear, and Silent War

Version 27

Version 27.4 (03/08/21)

• Added supporter feature
  • Supporters can save and open maps to map editor
  • Added a way to download your previously published maps
  • Supporters can also download random maps from replays.
  • Supporters can now select their color for in-game. They can also preselect the color in settings.
• Added a brush to the map creator using right click and drag
• Fixed bug with arrows on vertical maps
• Added spectate parameter to custom lobbies (renamed old spectate parameter to defeat_spectate)

Version 27.3 (01/25/21)

• Added light blocks to map-making
• Added AFK detection
  • By turn 60, players must have either one city, or ten land
  • These requirements only apply if you have not seen another player
• Added parameter options to custom room URLs. This can update everything except privacy tab. The options are map, speed, cities, mountains, swamps, spectate, players, width, height
• Hosts of custom matches can now transfer host by clicking on the icon of the other player
• Added reset button in custom lobbies for game settings
• Made map reveal after game has ended
• In custom queues, underlined player's name if they are force starting
• Made all rows in 2v2 leaderboard highlighted (that have you in it)
• Bug fixes
  • Removed POV options from Tutorial screen
  • Removed bug where player would not get general (with custom maps), and have to surrender to end the game
  • Fixed issue with team spawning with teams of one player (on custom maps)

Version 27.2 (01/14/21)

• Added the ability to see player's POVs while spectating a match, or in a replay
• Added ability for moderators to disable accounts of players who violate rules
• Added auto detection & surrender for players using game modifications
• Added checks on all custom game options, so only valid values can be set
• Bug fixes

Version 27.1 (01/06/21)

• Chat Recording
  • Added chat recording for all games. All in-game chat is recorded to the replay, to be played back as the game goes on
  • Custom lobbies can disable chat recording if desired
  • Added notifications of chat recording / replay not supporting
• Bug fixes
  • Discord button on home screen fixed
  • Fixed replay issue where replay would differ from game leading to infinite replays
  • Fixed bug where captured generals would not show up as cities when spectating
  • Fixed "Watch Replay" button not showing pending screen when match is still ongoing

Version 27.0 (12/15/20)

• Team and Spawn priority (custom maps)
  • Map creators can now specify a spawn priority (1 is highest priority, 99 is default and lowest)
  • Map creators can now specify team sets (A-Z, default none)
  • Priority and Team Information
    • The largest team (from queue) is given the largest team (from team sets)
    • Priority goes down, from largest to smallest team
    • Solo players are given random spawns, out of all non-team spawns (No team letter)
    • All remaining players are given spawns in order of: leftover non-team spawns, team spawns (1 per set), empty tiles, team spawns (all remaining)
• Added Shift to NOT move mask in settings -> controls

Version 25

Version 25.5 (8/30/20)

• Increase Max players allowed in a custom game from 10 to 12
• Update colors
• Update the order colors are assigned

Version 25.4 (8/29/20)

• Increase Max players allowed in a custom game from 8 to 10
• Added new colors for the new players, pink and yellow
• Modified the existing orange color to better distinguish between the new yellow and existing orange

Version 25.0 (6/19/18)

• Prevent Anonymous users from circumventing obtaining a username. Added an option for custom games to Disable God-Mode spectator(only able to spectate team members now). Restrictions placed on usernames to ASCII characters only.

Version 23

Version 23.0 (2/4/18)

• Major ranked system overhaul! Seasons are replacing Ranked Decay. Read more about it at https://www.reddit.com/r/generalsio/wiki/index#wiki_what_are_seasons.3F

Version 21

Version 21.0 (8/27/17)

• 2 new tile types available in Custom Maps: Swamp tiles and Neutral tiles.
• New option available for Custom Games: Swamp Density.

Version 19

Version 19.3 (6/1/17)

• Major stability improvements, including a variety of bug and memory leak fixes as well as improved crash detection/prevention.

Version 19.2 (5/24/17)

• Several server stability/backups related improvements.
• Added hotkey to toggle 50% mode. Default: [Z]
• Minor other touchups

Version 19.1 (5/19/17)

• Further server migrations to AWS. This change will further improve our server scalability and stability so we can easily keep generals.io running in the future. If you're reading this right after the update went live, you may notice that some replays are no longer listed on your profile - just check back in a half hour and everything should be back to normal.

Version 19.0 (5/10/17)

• Migrated to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for storing replays. This is a major change for us, so please report any bugs you find and bear with us as we resolve them. NB: Some replay links may be broken for a day or two after this update but should all be fixed eventually.
• Increased # of chat messages stored (so you can now scroll up much higher).
• Other server speed improvements.
• Cities in Custom Maps can now have any strength between [-9999, 9999].

Version 17

Version 17.3 (4/10/17)

• Anonymous users are now required to pick a username after playing 5 games.
• Added FFA Rules popup that everyone is required to accept before playing FFA.
• Other smaller improvements.

Version 17.2 (4/6/17)

• FFA stars/ranks now update immediately after you get captured!
• Added ability to choose a custom map from within any custom game.
• Added ability to remove the currently selected custom map from a custom game.
• Added Search functionality to the Custom Maps Browser.

Version 17.1.1 (4/4/17)

• If a custom game is played on a Custom Map, the map will now be stored in the replay file so anyone who views the replay can see what map the game was played on.
• Fixed a few important bugs.

Version 17.1 (4/2/17)

• Added the ability to upvote Custom Maps.
• Several bug fixes relating to Custom Maps.

Version 17.0 (3/29/17)

• Custom Maps launched! Design, share, and play your own maps, or browse maps created by players around the world.

Version 15

Version 15.3 (2/18/17)

• Further anti-spam improvements. This improvements include a slight refactor to how joining games works, so if you experience some bugs in the early days of this patch please report them!

Version 15.2 (2/17/17)

• Various anti-bot and anti-spam improvements.
• Other behind the scenes improvements and bug fixes.

Version 15.1 (2/13/17)

• Usernames are now unique and permanent. This lets players (especially top ones) be more identifiable and will let us release cool features like user profiles in the future (e.g. https://generals.io/user/my_username).
• Supporter Perk: Supporters can change usernames.

Version 15.0 (2/10/17)

• Launch of the Supporter program! Go to /support to find out how you can support generals.io.
• Bots are now tagged on the bot server leaderboards.

Version 13

Version 13.1 (2/3/17)

• Added a Mute Sounds option.
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

Version 13.0 (2/1/17)

• The bot server is live! Play against both humans and bots: https://bot.generals.io.
• The official developer site / bot API is live: https://dev.generals.io.
• Minor fixes.

Version 11

Version 11.0 (1/18/17)

• 1v1 Matchmaking! We'll try to find the fairest matches for you in a reasonable amount of time.
• Customizable keybindings! Click the options icon in the bottom left corner.
• Play Again button after custom games and 2v2s.
• Undoing a move now also adjusts your selected tile (when applicable).
• Other improvements / bug fixes.

Version 9

Version 9.1.1 (1/11/17)

• Fixed scroll to zoom not working.
• Fixed bug where clicking on an unselectable tile didn't deselect the current selection.
• Stopped showing the Spectate button when the game is already over.

Version 9.1 (1/10/17)

• Press [t] to teamchat in games with teams.
• Right click OR Press [f] and then Left click to ping in games with teams.
• Testing a (potentially) better websocket library.
• Fixed bug where usernames on leaderboard sometimes wouldn't update when changed.
• Enabled fallback methods of communication with the server if websocket fails.

Version 9.0.1 (1/8/17)

• Several bug fixes related to the new custom games.
• Click the in-game leaderboard to minimize. Defaults to minimized on mobile devices.

Version 9.0 (1/7/17)

• Added teams to custom games! You can now specify teams in your custom games however you'd like, so you can grab a group of friends and play things like 3v3 or 1v2 or 2v2v2v2, etc.
• Undo your last queued move by pressing [E].
• Added "You are: [color]" information to the queue page.
• Made player move priorities flip instead of cycle because it's more fair.
• Several other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 7

Version 7.4 (12/16/16)

• Cities and Mountains now both show up in fog of war as Obstacles. Scout them to reveal what they are!
• Cities now spawn with between 40 and 50 army strength.
• Clicking "Watch Replay" now opens the replay in a new tab so you can keep chatting.
• Optimizations and bug fixes.

Version 7.3 (12/15/16)

• Zoom with the mousewheel!
• Laid groundwork for personal replay histories (all your replays in one convenient place) which are coming soon...
• Lots of bug fixes / improvements.

Version 7.2 (12/13/16)

• Major improvements to the Watch Replay page.
• Minor readability improvements: changed brown to maroon, numbers easier to see on yellow.
• Increased delay between a player quitting and their armies turning gray from 15 -> 25 seconds.

Version 7.1 (12/12/16)

• Press [0] to zoom in, press [9] to zoom out.

Version 7.0 (12/11/16)

• Added an EU server! Go to https://eu.generals.io to play on the EU server.

Version 5

Version 5.0 (12/7/16)

• Replays! You can now watch and share replays of games.

Version 3

Version 3.4 (12/4/16)

• You can now see the first decimal point of your star rating in the main menu.
• Minor fixes / optimizations.

Version 3.3 (11/29/16)

• Minor improvements to the star rating change algorithm.
• Longer delay before the actual game starts after the gong sound.

Version 3.2 (11/28/16)

• Fixed a bug with usernames in private games.
• Lowered force start requirements. For example, with 7 people in queue, only 5 force starts are needed now.
• Improved in-game leaderboard ordering: dead players are now shown in order of death.

Version 3.1 (11/26/16)

• Fixed security issues that potentially allowed cheating.

Version 3.0 (11/25/16)

• Added the 1v1 game mode.
• Improved player spawn fairness.

Version 1.1

Version 1.5 (11/17/16)

• Implemented measures to prevent cheating.
• Bug fixes and optimizations.

Version 1.4 (11/16/16)

• Added rank to the main menu.

Version 1.3 (11/16/16)

• Added stars + leaderboards.

Version 1.2 (11/15/16)

• Added a tutorial for first time players.
• Optimizations for mobile.

Version 1.1 (11/14/16)

• First major public release.