v1.1.5 Update: Changes when the host leaves, and a rebuilt online connection

Version 1.1.5 is out now. When the host leaves a room, the host role is no longer passed to the next player for now; instead, the players who stay can finish the game with bots. We've also rebuilt how the online connection works, some songs have new lyrics and example drawings, and you can now send a short note about what you liked when you press 👍.

You can't play in the same room as people on v1.1.4 or earlier. Please make sure everyone has updated before playing.

Draw-along songs

• Some songs have new lyrics and new example drawings
• If you've played one of these songs before, its card in the Draw-Along Collection now shows an "Updated!" mark

Changes to what happens when the host leaves the room (one thing you can no longer do)

• Until now, if the host left, the next player took over as host and everyone could keep playing together. That's no longer possible. We're sorry for the inconvenience
• If the host leaves in the middle of a game, the players who stay can keep playing the current game all the way to the end. The other players' seats switch to bots (including the players who stayed, so each of you carries on separately)
• For that song, the drawing of the player who left is replaced with a bot's drawing. Drawings and points from earlier songs are kept
• If the host leaves while you're in the lobby, you'll go back to the title screen
• If someone other than the host leaves, it works the same as before (their seat is removed and everyone else keeps playing)
• To play with other players, please join a room again
• Why: since launch we've been fixing online bugs, and the ones involving passing the host role to the next player kept coming back. Each fix caused something to get out of sync somewhere else, so we've taken it out for now and made simplifying the online connection the priority
• We'll reconsider letting the next player take over as host (so everyone can keep playing after the host leaves) once we've worked on improving other features first and are able to come back to it

New

• When you press 👍 on "How was this song?", you can now also send a short note about what you liked

Online connection rebuilt

• We rebuilt the system that keeps everyone's game progress in sync (starting, getting ready, moving on to the next song, and so on)
• Before, depending on the connection, you could in rare cases run into "the game doesn't start for just one player" or "everyone's finished but you're still stuck waiting." Now the game catches up within a few seconds if that happens, and we've made it less likely to happen

When Windows protection stops you from going online

• If a Windows protection feature blocks a file the game needs for online play, the game now tells you why on screen (before, it only showed an error code)
• When that happens, the game now tries reconnecting a different way
• If you run into any problems, we'd appreciate it if you'd keep reporting them

If you run into a problem, please let us know with "Report a bug" on the title screen. We also post news on X (@2P_START).