Community News

By RANews.

General

God of War is the fastest set on site to hit 2000 Players
Playstation 2 crossed 200 sets in under 4 months
Site hit a new peak of 1600 users
DSi Rollout has begun, as of this publication 24 sets have been finished

RA Minecraft

RetroAchievement now has an official Minecraft server where you build anything you want in the most popular sandbox game ever created.

The server can be accessed at: mc.retroachievements.org:25588

If you would like access to the server please contact:
Scott, SporyTike, luchaos or BatFastardJordy

Jr Developer Graduates

Graduate	Game
starlite	Bionicle (Game Boy Advance)
Guinea	Sled Storm (PlayStation)
RyudoSynbios	Azure Dreams (Game Boy Color)
Chr0x	Vendetta (Arcade)
thegotoguyy	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (PlayStation Portable)
acheaplemon	DJ Max Fever (PlayStation Portable)

Current Stats: 6 Developers have graduated in 2023 so far

Discord

#Jr-Dev Help Channel voice channel has been created so Code Reviewers can provide help over a call.
#jr-dev-forum channel has been created to help organize the jr-dev requests. Whenever you have a request, no matter if needing help with coding, game page updates or getting added to the review queue, you can now create a forum with the tag and we can easier help you. Additionally we added some guides for a few features with more coming if requested.
#ra-the-game channel has been created to document and get input as Scott creates a WASM-4 game based on the website.

Teams

DevQuest Team has added 1 new member: SlashTangent
Art Team has added 2 new members: EldridgeCrimson, Mendil

Events

Challenge League The Top 100 started, you can start the first 10 events now! You get a badge at 30 points, or 60 if you like a challenge, or 90 if you’re a stud
RA Roulette (RAWR) Season 2/Year 2 has begun

Set Updates

Revisions

Rescores

Demotions

Grenade for Unwelcome Concept #7

Developer Compliance

Code of Conduct Updates

New Developer Code of Conduct updates addressing developers changing accounts has been added here.

The following wording was added: If a user with either Developer or Jr. Developer status changes accounts, achievements and tickets under the old account will be re-authored and reassigned to the new account.

Set Approvals

Mega Man X Collection (PlayStation 2) [Subset - Minimal Shot Presses]
Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2) [Subset - 326 Endings]
Final Fantasy III (PlayStation Portable) [Subset - Max Jobs]
Xenosaga I & Xenosaga III [Subset - Max SPecial Attacks]
Dynamite Headdy (Japan) (Mega Drive)

Demotions

Jig-A-Pix: Love Is… (Nintendo DS) due to memory issues
Just chill! for Unwelcome Concept #7
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr… for Unwelcome Concept #7
The Human World for Unwelcome Concept #6

Site Updates

RAWeb v2.5.0

Completion/mastery icons for game progress bars by @EmoonX in #1281
Stylized categories/subsets in game titles by @EmoonX in #1274
Add Other emulator filter in ticket manager by @Jamiras in #1264
Fix wrapping in Claims lists on front page by @luchaos in #1291
Show hidden awards count in award header tooltips on user page @EmoonX in #1271
Better ordering for Completion Progress list on user page by @EmoonX in #1282
Add admin page for viewing player progress through an achievement set by @Jamiras in #1280
Fix forum pagination when many unverified posts exist by @Jamiras in #1279
Adjust page links to multiple of page size when providing custom offset by @Jamiras in #1276
Hide user pages for banned/spam accounts by @luchaos in #1290
Prevent logging of invalid image exceptions by @Jamiras in #1277
Ensure achievements with no hardcore unlocks get their true ratio recalculated by @Jamiras in #1286

Full Changelog

RAWeb v2.6.0

Fix progress bar completion icon alignment by @luchaos in #1296
Make stylized tags use game title text color by @EmoonX in #1304
Move stylized tags to end of game title by @luchaos in #1297
Apply stylized tags to mature content warning page by @Jamiras in #1306
Apply stylized tag to breadcrumbs by @Jamiras in #1307
Theme aware main menu by @luchaos in #1299
Add box shadows to main menu dropdowns and tooltips by @luchaos in #1303
Hide game progress if game has no achievements by @Jamiras in #1301
Include game name in page titles for game subpages by @Jamiras in #1302
Use cards for game award tooltips by @Jamiras in #1300
Revoke mastery badge when resetting achievements for a set by @Jamiras in #1298
Fix ticket indicator not showing up for junior developers by @Jamiras in #1308
Move lib functions into app_legacy subdirectory by @luchaos in #1285

Full Changelog

RAWeb v2.7.0

Stylized [m] in achievement titles by @EmoonX in #1315
Separate main/subset links in breadcrumbs by @EmoonX in #1314
Add API_GetUserPoints.php endpoint by @wescopeland in #1319
Revert unintentional changes to API_GetUserCompletedGames.php response by @Jamiras in #1316
Fix mastery date sometimes not showing in tooltip by @Jamiras in #1310
Fix site award not awarded if user recently earned achievement with same ID by @Jamiras in #1311
Fix recalculation of true ratios not ignoring untracked users by @Jamiras in #1322

Full Changelog

RATools Updates

RATools 1.11.0 has been released

Add mbf32_le function
Add substring function
Add ascii_string_equals and unicode_string_equals functions
Add XOR operator (^)
Add bitwise invert operator (~)
Add horizontal scrollbar when file is sufficiently wide
Ability to select entire lines by clicking on line number
Support for merging bits into bitcount when pointers are involved
Fix corruption of local notes containing newlines
Fix dumping game using masked pointers
Fix exception dumping game with no achievements or leaderboards
Fix exception dumping game with incomplete leaderboards (one or more blank fields)
Fix exception dumping rich presence with whitespace at the top of the file

Full Changelog

DevQuest

DevQuest Awards

[DevQuest 004] Veteran Developer
voiceofautumn

[DevQuest 007] Most Wanted
Excessiveiser	Beetle Adventure Racing! \| HSV Adventure Racing! (Nintendo 64)

[DevQuest 008] World Traveler
gollawiz	Dragon Quest V (PlayStation 2)
gollawiz	Dr. Slump (PlayStation)
WanderingHeiho	Penguin Wars \| Pengin-kun WARS (NES)
	Nayuta no Kiseki (PlayStation Portable)
	Ys: The Vanished Omens (MSX)

[DevQuest 010] It Takes Two
Delmaru	Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix (PlayStation 2)
Delmaru	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PlayStation 2)
FRAN269	Crazy Frog Racer (PlayStation 2)
FRAN269	Incredibles, The (PlayStation 2)
gollawiz	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Game Boy Advance)
gollawiz	Ratchet & Clank (PlayStation 2)
Fridge	Hot Shots Golf 3 (PlayStation 2)
Fridge	Ratchet & Clank (PlayStation 2)

[DevQuest 011] Happy Birthday RA!
TheMysticalOne	Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (Mega Drive)
suspect15	Warlock (Mega Drive)

[DevQuest 012] Hacker's Habit
Bryan1150	~Hack~ Pokemon Renegade Platinum (Nintendo DS)
Bryan1150	~Hack~ CTGP: Nitro (Nintendo DS)
Delmaru	~Hack~ Mario Kart Zero (Nintendo DS)
Delmaru	~Hack~ Legend of Zelda, The: A New Light (NES)

[DevQuest 015] Console Conqueror
MGNS8M

[DevQuest 016] Wish This Set
SlashTangent	Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (Nintendo 64)
DarkyAndreas	Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2)

[DevQuest 017] RA World Cup
suspect15	Tecmo Bowl (NES)
suspect15	Baseball Stars Professional (Arcade)
wolfman2000	Konami's Golf (MSX)
wolfman2000	RealSports Volleyball (Atari 2600)

Vet Developer Progress

Vet Dev IHas published at least 1000 achievements AND worked on at least 25 sets as sole or majority developer
timenoe	Bryan1150	StingX2

Vet Dev IIHas created achievements for at least ten different consoles
Excessiveiser	kmpers

Vet Dev IIIHas been an active developer for at least two years
pinguupinguu	Ryudo	SlashTangent

Vet Dev VYielded unlocks have exceeded 50,000
timenoe	wolfman2000

Vet Dev VIAs a sole developer, submitted one or more sets for code review and received a cumulative grade of at least 22
Brandovsky	ThatAmericanSlacker	voiceofautumn
wolfman2000	BahamutVoid

Vet Dev VIIHas used at least 75 percent of all currently available flags and features [Vet Dev I and VI required]
voiceofautumn

Vet Dev VIIIHas obtained at least two badges through DevQuest
ThatAmericanSlacker	Excessiveiser	Sines
suspect15

Vet Dev IXHas obtained at least five badges through DevQuest
suspect15