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Currently re-working the khimbit system a bit which requires lots of backups of the data and the images to make sure we don't mismatch any khimbits.

The backing up of the image folders is roughly 250,000 images so as those folders are being backed up/copied, the site will slow down significantly.

Whilst improving the khimbit den, one of the main requests was to enable users to easily change their color name of their uniques. One of the issues we had is if someone named their khimbit color into a custom name (eg. banana) and then made an overlay of it, to then generate more khimbits of it (eg if you made Banana Batatu into an overlay, to then make custom batatus for that banana color) the overlay would deny it because the overlay cant match the same color as a khimbit breed color, which is something i set to fix.

However that opened up a can of worms/pandoras box as I noticed that some khimbit uniques were having duplicate numbers (Eg. there are two batatu #1288's, etc) and also there were other oddities in the database such as massive skips in unique numbering (eg Wyvir 12500 then it jumps up to Wyvir 98000 and continues from there) this ended up becoming more common, and because the unique identifier number wasnt stored in a sensible manner, finding the single source of truth of where the numbers should start up from for new uniques has been almost impossible, as there were even more weird changes made to the khimbit tables over the years.

To fix these issues and to make sure this doesnt happen again, we've decided the best way is to do a full "recount" on khimbit uniques. Essentially to fix any weird gaps and to prevent duplicate numbers and other issues we'll be re-counting the khimbits per breed to fix any gaps and make sure that even if gaps occur in the future it doesnt mess up the incremental counting of the unique numbers.

What this means for you:

Your number on your khimbit uniques will most likely change. Your images should stay the same (but since the thumbnails use the unique number the urls for the images will also change). If you have already re-named your unique to something else then it should retain that color name if possible.

To resolve issues like this in the future, we will not allow people to rename their unique colors into purely numbers, just to prevent any confusion.

Why the lag:

To make sure the images don't mess up when we change the numbers (which get used for the url of images) we'll be backing everything up. There's a lot of images... and it takes ages to do so whilst straining the server.

What you might see:


During the migration progress your khimbits might not display briefly as everything gets moved over, don't worry - they're not gone. We've made backups in case anything explodes, and they'll return after a bit when we run the scripts.


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Khimbit Den Glowup!

The Khimbit Den has received a considerable upgrade! This update which was fueled by Hazers disdain on the way the previous Den worked (with it being split up for customs vs uniques/collectibles AND both dens had different layouts AND some different functionalities which COULD BE COMBINED) has brought a big glowup and remake to the Khimbit Den, as you can see below:



So what does this upgrade include? Well let me list them:

• Customs, Uniques and Collectible Khimbits now all reside in one overall den.
• This overall den has groups - you can group uniques, customs and collectibles together now, if you wish.
• You can search through the name, breed or colour of your den.
• You can filter the breeds, genders, types (customs/uniques/collectibles) and sort them.
• You can now add custom CSS for all groups (not just the unsorted) and use proper bbcode for descs now.
• A pretty large UI change, making it look and feel more in line with other features (lair and groble pen)

Hope you enjoy the new Khimbit Den which will hopefully be much easier and nicer to use from now on!


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New Lounge Items - More Fiss!

Didn't get enough of exploring of underwater dungeons and fighting aquatic dragons?
Well look no further - expand your fiss party further with these new additions!


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100 more packs have been stocked in the event shop, you can still get points for purchasing beads, and beads are still on sale. SALE ends at the end of the day tomorrow, and no more points will be able to be accumulated after that, but we will restock packs if necessary to fulfill points.




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HAZER HAS GONE MAD WITH POWER, MUHAHAHA!


The lovely Mamakins made Hazer a bunch of custom cyfoxes, and Hazer was plotting to turn them into Overlays to then give khimbit versions out as a little treat to the users. However there was a dilemma: Hazer is dum and didn't know how to make Overlays.

Voke came along and taught hazer how to do it step by step, therefore unleashing the beast and giving Hazer mad power.
Hazer is now abusing this power and has started an event in the chat where you can get these beautiful Haze Cyfox khimbits for yourself!

If you get tricked... that's probably me trying to curse you for attempting to calm me down on my mad rampage of epic proportions! No one tell Onyx... she doesn't know this is happening.

So come along the lounge today for your slim chance at these cyfoxes!


(genuinely i did not ask permission to do this, kekekekeke ABUSE MY DEVELOPER AUTHORITY)

P.P.S: Hazer likes speaking in third person.



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