🛠️ Pandubs: Stream Ascend – v1.5 Fix Patch Devlog

🎯 What Was Broken?

• ❌ UI glitches causing inconsistent styles across menus

• ❌ Broken chat emotes showing as blank or not rendering correctly

• ❌ Music system delays after selecting a track

• ❌ "Stream Offline" status not switching cleanly to “LIVE” even after clicking

• ❌ Some upgrades, locations, and paths appearing too early or not unlocking correctly

• ❌ Missing visual transitions in the stream area and streamer cam not activating as expected

✅ What Got Fixed

This patch focuses on bringing visual cohesion, audio reliability, and quality-of-life fixes to elevate the experience:

🎨 UI & Visual Consistency

• 🟣 Fixed stream header not updating to "LIVE" on first click

• 🟣 Stream cam now activates with proper background after going live

• 🟣 Updated styles for overlay menus to prevent visual drift across resolutions

• 🟣 Evolution Path and Location menus are now correctly locked/unlocked per milestone

🎧 Stream Music Reliability

• 🎶 Fixed issue where music wouldn’t play or took too long to load

• 🎶 Audio now begins within a few seconds of selection

💬 Chat Emotes & Feedback

• 😺 Several chat emotes have been re-added or restored

• ✅ New Emotes Added (note: may not work for all users):

  • 🟪 Pandubs Side-Eye

  • 🟪 Shaking My Head Pandubs

  • 🟪 Pandubs Laughing

  • 🟪 Let’s Go Pandubs

  • 🟪 Pandubs Shocked

  • 🟪 W Emote

• ⚠️ Heads Up: Emote rendering may still vary for some users due to animation or browser limitations. Workarounds are being explored.

📺 Recorded Clips & Log Fixes

• 📼 “Recorded Clips” now logs stream moments more reliably with proper timestamp order

• 📘 Chat Log Collection improved — new entries trigger correctly and unlock rewards

• ✨ Copypasta and Rage moment trackers properly count completed unlocks

🆕 Other Improvements

• 🔧 Tooltips and hover labels fixed in Achievements, Bit Shop, and Stream Upgrades

• 💡 Reorganized the Upgrades and Evolution menus for smoother UX

• 🕹️ New visual effect when entering Stream Mode

Thanks again for the support — and for vibin’ with Pandubs. More features, chaos, and polish to come. For now, enjoy the fixes, smash that "Click to Stream!" button, and ascend.

🟣 Stay sturdy. Stay ascending.
— Domopremo