[Alpha] Shiro Lobby v1.0.26

Hi All,

Fightorder labs is pleased to present the Alpha version of our new lobby client, Shiro.



Shiro is an all new, lightweight lobby primarily built on Tauri and designed specifically for Zero-K and its community. We designed and tested it from the ground up primarily focusing on main lobby features that Zero-K already has but in a more simplified and clean format, and then also worked on adding functionality that was originally separate on the website into the lobby client.

Small disclaimer: We made this for the benefit of community and also just to see what another client with more functionality could look like. We will make attempts to maintain this project, but we still recommend using the official client if you aren't looking to use something that could be considered experimental. Also, you will need to DM or ask the admins for a lobby password if you haven't set one.

Additionally, we apologize, but our program is not signed, so if you use Windows, you may get a prompt while installing. We ensure you our software is safe (you can inspect our code freely on the github as well). If there is sufficient interest/sponsors I may look at getting it signed.

It features several improvements and features:

• Shiro is a dual-mode lobby - it can either function as a frontend to your existing steam install if you just want to use its added functionality, or install Zero-K by itself and run things independently.

Battle Room Viewer.

• Shiro is incredibly small. The installer sits at around 5mb, even on Linux.

• ...by the way, both Linux and Windows are supported.

• Shiro additionally uses almost no system resources by itself. Our testing showed that impact from running Shiro sits around a few percent or less, and has almost no impact on GPU usage.

• Things like viewing ELO or looking up Maps have been moved into the client, no longer requiring a round trip to the website.

Maps are searchable in-lobby.

• Also, you can view maps in 3D, without entering a game.

New Map Viewer.

• Shiro will track match history and stats, and you can also view detailed stats for other players.

Profiles.

• Skins, Plugins, Widget Management, custom in-game UI, and more is possible.

Add-ons manager.

• 4 other experimental (and useful) side projects are available at launch.

App installer.

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We will continue to post updates and such here, such as patch notes. For now, you can find recent releases in our github here. We will provide updated installers for both Windows and Linux for every major patch.

Also, feel free to add report issues or add feature requests here. We will do our best to keep up as things come in.

Special thanks to the following users for QA or code help:

macrodemon
smallketchup82
Perrold
DarkBlueDiamond
PLT_Godde

Other photos:

v1.0.14 PATCH NOTES

• Fixed a weird interaction causing teams to desync in the room viewer in certain situations

• Enabled players to better understand team setup in lobbies where players are automatically divided from one team, such as FFA

• Added right click player context actions menu, as requested by smallketchup82

• Added a percentile display to water level slider in 3d Map Visualizer, in order to give people a chance to use and import the value into ZK game settings

• Added the ability to change the folder add-ons are downloaded and stored at

• Added support for Hel-K downloads properly from New Hel-K (still a little wonky on install, will fix soon)

You will be prompted to download the update automatically after login.

PATCH NOTES v1.0.16

- Added Azure skin, courtesy of jh_dreemurr

- added lobby return nav in game, similar to official client functionality (beta)

PATCH NOTES v1.0.19

• You can now sign in with Steam. Requires steam to be open in the background, and requires you to own Zero-K in your library (install not needed)

• Fixed a minor bug regarding removing AIs from a room

PATCH NOTES v1.0.22-24

• Added campaign support for the packaged zk campaign (Default) under the galaxy tab

• Fixed a few other bugs affecting linux users, particularly for automatic updates

Linux users may still encounter bugs or will simply not have the campaign available - this is a known issue and we are working on a fix

We are aware of filesystem scans on Recoil game load taking longer than anticipated. This is intended behaviour, but sometimes takes rather long, so we are working on a fix. Just be aware for now that if you download a ton of maps but never boot the game, Recoil will take time to index your filesystem the next time you load into a match.