***Release 12/16/15***

Political Machine 2016 0.8 Change log

Hello! With this update, we are giving you the option to compete against your friends for the White House.  We've also address some graphic issues and updated the issues.

Major Changes

• Multiplayer:  Battle for the White House against your friends.  

• Updated Issues:  Adjusted the importance of issues to better reflect current events

• Stability:  Addressed numerous graphical issues including problems with the mouse cursor

Issues

• Most issue values have been changed.  Of particular note, Fighting ISIS, Securing the Borders, and Resettlement of Refugees are now top issues.  
• Updated issue importances to reflect current events.  For example, recent events in Chicago have increased the importance of #BlackLivesMatter in Illinois.  ISIS, Migrants, and Securing the Border (immigration) are also likewise more important as national issues.
• Updated the issues for more variation between states.  
• Updated the "Keystone XL" description to reflect that the Obama Administration rejection of the project in November.
• Adjusted some issue names to make them sound more neutral 
• The National Civil Liberties Union now supports #Blacklivesmatter
• The National Organization for the Support of Colored People  now supports  supports ObamaCare  and #Blacklivesmatter
• National Civil Liberties Union now supports #Blacklivesmatter
• National Organization for the Support of Colored People now supports  supports ObamaCare  and #Blacklivesmatter
• Increased Trump's "Media Bias" score a bit to reflect that fact that his supports are energized by negative media attention.  

Graphics

• "Use Hardware Cursor" will no longer make the cursor invisible.

• Mouse cursor is now DPI aware.  This should address problems where the mouse pointer was offset from the mouse or moved a different speed.

• Added support for higher resolution monitors.

• Added a "Fullscreen" choice in the resolution spinner control on the Options Window.

• Options Window will wait to warn you about needing a restart until you leave the options Window, rather than warning you as soon as you change an option that would require a restart.

• Fixed z-order issue that was causing the characteristics/issues section of the Choose Candidate Window to not show up for opponents.

• When playing in windowed mode, the game will remember it's window position next time you start.

• Updated the appearance of the default customizable candidates

• Endorsement effects (e.g Fighting Isis: +10) are  now displayed in the "endorsement is won" screen and in the Weekly news report.    

Bugs

• Disabled action buttons when you cannot perform them (ie. not enough stamina/money/clout/etc), and tooltips explain why.

• Added custom images for the "War on Drugs"

• Fixed issue on the World Setup Window where the slider description would not always match the slider you are modifying.

• 60 Seconds BG: Took some text out of the background image referring to the Election 'Wrapping Up'

• Fixed issue on the World Setup Window where the slider description would not always match the slider you are modifying.

• Changed the text color on the Exit Polls Window so that it's more readable against a red or blue background

• 60 Seconds BG: Took some text out of the background image that referred to the Election 'Wrapping Up'

• Main screen: The state awareness text will no longer be clipped if either or both candidate reaches 100% awareness.

• Main Game Screen: Fixed a text window that was too small (Awareness would elipse when one player reached 100%)

• Main screen: Replaced the "special interest" button with Endorsements and Operatives buttons,

• Main screen: Fixed the Assets Button and Candidate Info button as their functionality was switched.

• Changed the highlight color of first/last name controls on New Candidate Window from black to gray.

• Fixed a stray bobblehead that would show up behind the World Setup Window

• The "Party" sort button is hidden when choosing a running mate as all candidates shown will match your party.

• When "time in game" updates mins or hours, if you are on the Title Window, it'll update its text display of time played.

• Adjusted the formulas for displaying "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" to provide better feedback.  

• The Host and the Peer can no longer rename the game on the password window.

• The Host can now name the game on the "Create Game" screen.

• Fixed several problems where a player's national issue value was having their party's default value added to it multiple times, causing it to have a stacking effect.  This had the effect of making some issues that were not very important during the game to be incorrectly ranked too high in the national polls.