General

• Co-op Missions
  • A new commander, Karax, has been added to Co-op Missions. Players who own StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void will automatically have access to Karax.
    • Karax is able to dominate the battlefield from orbit, using upgraded abilities from the Spear of Adun.
    • Command an army of expensive but powerful robotic units.
    • For more information, see our blog.
  • A new Co-op Missions map, 'Lock & Load', has been added.
  • An additional polish pass has been performed on existing Co-op Missions maps, to make them more immersive.
• Nova: Covert Ops is now available for pre-purchase. Those that pre-purchase the mission bundle will receive a Nova portrait as well a Ghost unit skin upon the release of the first mission pack.
• Several improvements and modifications have been made to Chat:
  • Copy and paste has been added.
  • In the Members List, a channel number has been added in front of channels.
  • In the Chat Input Box, the channel number now appears when typing in that channel.
  • Whispers
    • A new 'Whispers' category has been added to the Members List.
    • A 'Leave All Whispers' option has been added to the context menu when right-clicking the whispers category header.
    • A 'Close Whisper' option has been added to the context menu when right-clicking on a member in the Whispers List.
  • Chat Filtering
    • New chat filtering options have been added. To use, type 'filter <channel or whisper', 'unfilter', and/or '/all' slash commands.
    • Leave, filter, and unfilter have been added to the context menus for channel names and whispers.
    • System messages no longer display when filtering.
  • Chat focus behavior has been updated:
    • Double-clicking will focus chat on a single member.
    • Double-clicking a focused member will unfocus the member and return the user to All Chat.
    • Pressing Tab while focused on a whisper will unfocus a whisper.
    • Pressing Tab while in a chat channel will cycle through whispers and channels.
  • When unpinned, the Chat panel will now fade more rapidly when clicking outside of the Chat panel to unfocus it.
• Archon vs. AI has been added as an option in Matchmaking.
• Upon the end of a Multiplayer match, a 'Rename a Replay' button has been added to the score screen.
• A pulldown menu has been added to the Replay Management Screen to more easily allow a user to Delete, Rename and Show a replay.
• A green checkmark has been added over a ready player's avatar in the party panel when the player is ready.

Arcade

• An increase of the document limit for Arcade authors has been added
• A new filter option has been added to the Arcade which will allow users to search open games by name, genre or game mode and a list will surface matching results with active lobbies.

Editor

• General
  • New 'Archon Co-op VS A.I. ' category is available in the Game Variants dialog.
• Data Wizards
  • Added 'simpletext' option for inputs, which limits string entry to letters, numerals, and underscores.
  • Added 'replaceSrc' and 'replaceDst' properties for macros, which apply string replacements to the evaluated text.
  • Added 'truncate' property for macros, which applies string truncation to the evaluated text.
  • Field index values may now be specified using enum names for fields based on enums.
• Bug Fixes
  • General
    • Fixed errors when saving documents as component list directories.
    • Activity window will no longer prevent interaction with the Battle.net Log In dialog.
    • Removed 'Hide Battle.net Lobby' from map publishing options.
    • Map image generation now accounts for the Base Height value (Map > Map Options) when determining camera position.
  • Data Module
    • Fixed incorrect truncation of token identifiers generated by Data Wizards.
  • Terrain Module
    • Fixed various issues with cliff type remapping related to the multiple texture set system.