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## Description:
This PR update the test checking validity of Nation Names to include the
new character constraint explained below.
It also fixes the 10 Nations that invalid characters (that did not
render correctly on the map).
**The new character constraint**
According to testing, the game map renders correctly all safe
Extended-ASCII characters (non colored in www.ascii-code.com =
[0x20–0x7E] or [0xA0-0xFF]). Other characters, when present in Nation
Names, are rendered correctly in the rest of the game but not on the
map, where they are trimmed to the last byte, which is then interpreted
as Extended-ASCII and rendered if possible.
**How to quickly check my assertion**
1. Change the file resources/maps/world/manifest.json, renaming one of
the countries to "a.á.आ!š!慢!".
2. Start a game on the world map without any bots
3. Verify that the nation name is well displayed in its overlay but is
shown as "a.á.!a!b!" on the map.
(characters before a point are preserved, but characters before an
exclamation mark are missing/changed).
4. run `npm run test` and notice that the NationName test fails and
lists the three non-valid characters.
Explanation: The string is represented in UNICODE-16 as
\u0061\u002e\u00e1\u002e\u0906\u0021\u0161\u0021\u6162\u0021.
Which, when we keep only the right-most byte of each character gives:
61 2e e1 2e 06 21 61 21 62 21
And, converted in Extended-ASCII gives:
a.á.�!a!b!
(which matches the showed name if we discard the control character).
**The 10 Nations which needed a fix**
Utqiaġvik from the Bearing Strait.
Ar Rayyān from the Strait of Hormuz.
6 Nations in the Bosphorus Straits.
2 Easter-egg Nations from Luna.
The 8 real-world Nations were adapted by simply removing the diacritics
(after confirmation from a speaker of arabic and turkish, but sadly none
for the Utqiaġvik Nation).
The Secret Base from Luna was renamed "T0Þ $e¢®ët Mi|¡tªr¥ ß@§£", all
within Extended-ASCII, keeping the same spirit as the original name.
However, the Monolith Nation (previously named ▊, without any flag) has
changed quite a lot and needs some explanation.
**Easter-egg Nation Monolith**
The new name is "ΜΟΝΟʟΙȚΗ", which is entirely outside of the valid
character zone but in a way that entirely disappears on the map (as the
आ character in the example above). This means that on the map, the
Nation has no name and only its Monolith-flag.
However, in all other places (leaderboard, overlay, alliances, warnings,
etc.) the name is displayed correctly.
The included test excludes this precise name from its violation list.
<img width="1512" height="632" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/998693f2-edb4-417c-9054-35dc4819a57d"
/>
The Monolith Nation without its name but with a Monolith flag.
## Please complete the following:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
Katokoda
## Description:
Corrected inbalance in Luna map between top and bottom. Now both sides
have about equal land tiles.
Testing and editing was done to help boat-pathing at least look normal
along bottom half.
Additional notch cut in orbit lines to take edge off boat-pathing. Now
obstacle is almost a straight line.
Filled in center orbits to help players push easier. It was reported to
be tedious previously.
'Top Secret Military Base' nation was renamed with only vowels blacked
out for easier reading of joke name.
'Monolith' nation was renamed with a special character that displays
like the actual Monolith.
<img width="829" height="1165" alt="l1"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8cf10fbf-99c1-4ec8-ae0c-7066d1deae21"
/>
<img width="829" height="1165" alt="l2"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/828e2caf-60b3-4ac7-aa70-0f5b64fac643"
/>
## Please complete the following:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [x] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
## Discord username
PlaysBadly
## Description:
Small-island removal previously ran only on the full-size terrain. The
compact (4x downscaled) map inherited that filtering before being
downscaled, which meant islands that survived at full size could end up
as tiny specks in the compact map.
This PR runs `removeSmallIslands` on the 4x terrain as well, with half
the threshold (15 vs 30 tiles), so very small islands are pruned in
compact maps while the full-size map is unchanged.
## Please complete the following:
- [X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [X] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [X] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [X] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
FloPinguin
## Description:
Updates Luna map so that 'orbit' lines are continuous during compact
game play. Other small edits.
https://youtu.be/rxoME-YYtII
## Please complete the following:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [x] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
PlaysBadly
## Description:
Adds spawn areas to the Luna map for 2 teams, given the map is very
symmetrical and would fit nicely with other team-centered maps like
baikal and 4islands. Thanks to deshack for suggesting this.
<img width="226" height="527" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8c3776d9-dfff-4bdf-a0ec-81d45daa61af"
/>
## Please complete the following:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [x] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
tri.star1011
## Description:
Fixes the Luna map thumbnail, as the original auto-generated one got
centered around empty space. New thumbnail has been manually modified
New one compared to old one:
<img width="322" height="251" alt="Captura de pantalla 2026-04-11
170037"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0f6897e9-e99e-424a-bb70-c2d22d471838"
/>
<img width="402" height="309" alt="Captura de pantalla 2026-04-11
170102"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9b2ea8da-c05b-4c0b-83c7-94c75f532d68"
/>
## Please complete the following:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [x] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
tri.star1011
Katokoda