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This Week At Bungie – 3/28/2019
This week at Bungie, Lord Saladin is watching you.
The Iron Banner rages on. Once again, players are invited to test their mettle in Crucible combat—with Power enabled. The Iron Burden and Wolf’s Favor are new features we’ve added to mix things up, and rewards have been refreshed to offer two updated weapons and the new Iron Symmachy armor set for each class.
If you haven’t jumped in just yet, Iron Banner bounties have been updated with new objectives, and each bounty will grant a powerful reward. Some quest steps for Thorn and the Recluse also progress faster in the Iron Banner, so if you’re on the hunt for these rewards, now’s the time to grind them out!
Today, we’re focusing on change. Destiny 2 Update 2.2.1 is on approach, and we have another round of server-side changes coming to Gambit and Gambit Prime Matchmaking to tune your experience.
Refreshing
Each Tuesday, Guardians look forward to a new set of objectives and challenges to complete in the world of Destiny 2—rotating Crucible modes, new bounties to complete, and every so often, a Curse Week in the Dreaming City.
For some time now, we’ve been encountering issues where some of our resets would catch bad streaks, preventing players from completing various Triumphs or earning their desired Titles. We’ve taken some time to address these issues and wanted to give an update on status.
Nightfalls
This week, the Corrupted is available for Forsaken owners to complete. If this is the last checkmark you need for the Dreaming City Seal, make sure you head to The Dreaming City before the weekly reset!
Moving forward, we’ll be putting effort into preventing streaks where specific Nightfalls appear multiple weeks in a row or don’t appear at all for months, and we’ll be making sure your experience tackling strikes associated with Seals isn’t feast or famine.
Ada-1 Weapon Frames
While weapon frames aren’t tied to any specific Seals, we understand that players are on the hunt for new and exciting rolls on their favorite weapons. Since Black Armory released, there have been a few streaks where Sniper Rifle or Machine Gun frames didn’t appear for many weeks in a row.
In Destiny 2 Update 2.2.1, Ada-1 will begin offering all weapon frames each week. While players will still be limited in how many different frames they may acquire per week, we are removing the weekly rotation.
As Destiny 2 continues to evolve throughout the Annual Pass and beyond, we’ll continue to deliver quality-of-life changes like the ones described above to address common feedback items. Some changes may come more quickly than others, but we’ll continue to deploy updates to provide a better player experience. Speaking of these changes, read on for a quick preview of our next update!
Destiny 2 Update 2.2.1 Preview
Tentatively planned for April 9, Destiny 2 Update 2.2.1 will bring a variety of quality-of-life changes and bug fixes. Below is a short list of topics that we commonly see in the wild. Note, if any issues are found in the final weeks of development, the following may change or be delayed. We’ll be sure to keep you updated on status as we get closer to release.
Dreaming City cosmetics
Drop rates for the Ghost, ship, and Sparrow have been doubled, tripled, or more for their respective activities
Last Wish cosmetics
Drop rates for the Ghost, ship, and Sparrow have been doubled, tripled, or more for their respective checkpoints
One Thousand Voices
This Exotic will continue to be rare among players, but we’ve tuned the drop weights to give slightly better chances than what are currently available
Increasing drop rates for various Lore Books
Cayde’s Stash
Dreaming City
Tangled Shore
Invitations of the Nine
Currently, players must complete an Invitation of the Nine by Tuesday reset in order to have a new invitation appear on Friday
After Update 2.2.1, players have through Thursday’s reset at 10AM to complete the invitation
Nightfall Power Handicap
In Season of the Drifter, the Five of Swords card was updated to apply score multipliers only after setting a Power handicap of 100+
In Update 2.2.1, we’ll be adding +25 and Max Handicap buttons to help players set their handicaps more efficiently
Destiny 2 Update 2.2.1 will also kick off Arc Week. Be sure to check back next week for information on how we’ll be celebrating Arc Energy in Season of the Drifter.
Security Update
Members of our Security Response Team spend their days swinging the banhammer against those suspected of cheating. They also inform players they they need to work on improving their network connections. This week, we have a few updates on their efforts.
Security Response Team: Our mandate is to safeguard the experience of our players against those opponents who would detract from your fun in the Destiny universe. Today, we want to talk about two different initiatives we’ve been focused on recently.
Aimbots vs Macros
It’s important to us that people with disabilities be able to use accessibility tools, which sometimes include simple automation. It’s one of the reasons why we fixed the Titan Skating macro issue in-game, instead of simply punishing people running automation tools. However, there is a clear line between macros and aimbots. Players who stray into the latter territory will find themselves no longer welcome in the Destiny universe. We’re currently in the process of banning a number of players on PC who have been detected using aimbots to unnaturally augment their skill. Defeating your opponents, whether they’re AI or other Guardians, should always be about your own skill. We’ll continue to make sure that’s the case.
Plugging In
In December, we announced that we would begin issuing warnings and restrictions to players with extremely poor network connections that lasted for a prolonged period of time. We’re happy to report that 90% of the players who received a warning have not been detected for having a poor connection again.
For people who have struggled to improve their connection after receiving a warning, we want to be clear: Stability is more important than speed. Latency and Packet Loss are the biggest concerns for Destiny, not throughput (mbps). Here are a few choice quotes from our Network Troubleshooting Guide:
“While average bandwidth usage is considerably lower, Destiny may request up to 1 Mbps download and upload bandwidth. Destiny creates connections between a player’s console, Bungie’s servers, and other players in a unique way. As such, network performance in other games and applications is often NOT a good indicator that the network is setup for a stable connection to Destiny. The most common sources of lag and frequent disconnects are high latency and packet loss.”
We encourage players who receive a warning or restriction due to their network connection to visit the Latency and Packet Loss section of our Network Troubleshooting Guide.
Finally: Thank you to the players who have used the Player Report features in-game and on bungie.net to help us identify opponents who are hurting your experience. While we’ll never rely on Player Reports alone to issue restrictions, it is incredibly helpful for corroborating the hard data we gather.
Time for Prime
Two weeks ago, we made some adjustments to Gambit Matchmaking to help even the playing field. To give a refresh of what the change was and why it was made, here’s some context from a previous edition of ‘This Week at Bungie’:
Gambit is a team-based activity. As such, players who are in a pre-made fireteam have a communication advantage. To offset that advantage, we’ve raised the internal skill rating of pre-made fireteams to pull in higher skill enemies to fight against. With this change, even as a solo player, you’ll still have a chance. Plus, your other matched fireteam mates should be higher skilled as well.
After modifying normal Gambit settings to try to create fairer matches, we re-evaluated the settings and have further tweaks to try to get them even fairer. We’ve also now had a chance to collect data on Gambit Prime and are applying these changes to Gambit Prime matchmaking to take advantage of our findings. The changes to Gambit Prime matchmaking are live now. If you encounter any issues, please report your experience to the #Help forum on bungie.net.
Iron Support
Whether you’re on the road to increasing your Power or taking your first steps as a Guardian, Destiny Player Support is at the ready to get you the information you need for success. If you need an assist, you can find then in the #Help forum, or content authored by the team on help.bungie.net.
This is their report.
Saladin’s Pride
This week, we kicked off the first Iron Banner for Season of the Drifter. Unlike other activities, which may require Destiny 2: Forsaken or Annual Pass ownership, Iron Banner is available to all Guardians in Destiny 2 who wish to test their mettle.
Last week, we highlighted some key differences in this season’s Iron Banner experience. For players joining us in progress, we’ve got a convenient summary below.
Changes in Season of the Drifter:
Iron Burden: This consumable reduces a player’s Power by 100 in Iron Banner and is available for purchase from Lord Saladin.
Wolf’s Favor: This consumable increases a player’s Power by 100 (to a player’s cap) in Iron Banner and can be earned by daily and weekly challenges.
Wizened Rebuke: This curated and Masterworked Fusion Rifle is unlocked by defeating 500 enemies in Iron Banner while under the effect of Iron Burden before Season of the Drifter ends.
Weight of Guilt: This emblem is unlocked by completing all weekly bounties during an Iron Banner event. Weight of Guilt tracks higher-Power opponents defeated while under the effects of Iron Burden.
Bounties: All Iron Banner bounties will now grant a powerful reward upon completion as well as unlock direct-purchase rewards from Lord Saladin.
We are also tracking two issues that players may encounter in Iron Banner:
The Weight of Guilt Emblem: We’re aware of an issue where the cost to purchase The Weight of Guilt emblem is not exposed to players after they unlock it for purchase from Lord Saladin.
This emblem costs 40 Iron Banner tokens once players have unlocked it for purchase by completing all of Lord Saladin’s Iron Banner bounties during a single event.
“Iron Ruby” Iron Banner Shader: We’re investigating an issue where players can’t attain this shader.
Delayed Invitations
In recent weeks, Xûr has begun offering Annual Pass players his Invitations of the Nine. These invitations are short-term pursuits that reward players with powerful gear and lore experiences.
Players who accept these invitations should be aware that they must be completed by the following weekly reset in order for Xûr to offer a new invitation in his next visit. Players who complete an Invitation of the Nine after the weekly reset will need to wait another week to become eligible for a new invitation from Xûr.
Prime Time
This week, Gambit Prime features its final map before all maps enter the Gambit Prime playlist rotation. Players who want to get their uninterrupted fill of Emerald Coast have the rest of this week to do so, until the weekly reset next Tuesday.
If, at that time, you and your clanmates decide to relive the glory days of uninterrupted gameplay on your favorite map, we’ve got good news! Next Tuesday (4/2), Gambit Prime unlocks in Gambit Private Matches for Annual Pass players. There, players can choose their favorite Gambit Prime setup, including map, encounter variants, high value target spawn availability, and whether or not Power is enabled during invasions.
Dancing with Crustaceans
Selecting the winning entry for Movie of the Week is a team effort. Cozmo and Griffin have been arguing for hours over whether this week’s winner is a better meme than Bread. The answer is obvious. Join us in celebrating their creation.
Movie of the Week: Crab Rave, but it’s Destiny 2
Runner up: Arcana
If you’d like a chance at the Lens of Fate emblem, be sure to submit your footage to the Community Creations portal on bungie.net.
Don’t forget, next week is our Bungie Bounty on PC. Cozmo will be leading the team in Gambit Prime on stream!
They’ve been working hard to fully kit out their Guardians in Notorious armor sets, granting full role benefits in play. Expect to see Large Blockers, marked invaders, and some locked banks throughout the session.
Bungie Bounty PC: Gambit Prime
10 AM–Noon PDT
Twitch.tv/Bungie
If you think you’ve got what it takes, jump into matchmaking and kick our asses. We’ll give you a sweet emblem for the troubles.
Now, I’ll send you off into the weekend with some community creations at the helm. Maybe they’ll inspire you as your journey continues in Destiny.
See you out there in the wild. I have a Nightfall to run, and some Reckoning Tier 3 to grind.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in San Diego, California from November 18-21, 2019. Join Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, CoreDNS, OpenTracing, Fluentd, gRPC, containerd, rkt, CNI, Jaeger, Notary, TUF, Vitess, NATS, Linkerd, Helm, Harbor and etcd as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.
The standard version of Wolfenstein: Youngblood has a retail price of $30 USD, while the Deluxe Edition goes for $40 USD. The Deluxe Edition includes a cyborg-themed skin pack, which is roughly par for the course with a special edition like this, but more notable is the inclusion of what's called the Buddy Pass. That extra $10 might be worth it for the Buddy Pass alone, because it allows you to grant limited access to the game to a friend, making it perfect for co-op play.
According to the Youngblood FAQ, you can send a Buddy Pass invite code to as many friends as you want. With the code, someone can play Youngblood with you in co-op for free. You can only play with one friend at a time, though, and you do need to be playing in order for someone else to use your pass.
There are some limitations; anyone playing Youngblood via the pass won't be able to earn in-game Xbox One Achievements or PS4 Trophies, for instance. If they want to get those, they'll have to pay an upgrade fee to purchase the full game. Bethesda has not revealed whether the upgrade fee will be cheaper than just buying the game. Still, this might save you both some money if you know you want to play the game with a friend.
The Cyborg Skin Pack includes a custom character skin as well as titanium alloy skins for all weapons, the hatchet, and the knife. The pack also gives you an armor-boosting pep signal. Youngblood includes a few other cosmetic packs as well. The Legacy Pack--which is a set of BJ Blazkowicz-themed outfits and weapons--is available as a pre-order bonus for both editions of the game. The Youngblood FAQ reveals there will be additional cosmetic items, all of which can be earned via in-game currency or bought with microtransactions. The full list of pre-order and Deluxe Edition bonuses follows below.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood's release date on Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Switch is set for July 26. Bethesda has confirmed the Switch version of the game will be released the same day as the others. The game has you play as Jess and Soph, the twin daughters of Wolfenstein protagonist BJ Blazkowicz. After their father goes missing in Nazi-occupied Paris, Jess and Soph launch a rescue mission in order to find him and bring him home. The game can be played completely solo with an AI-controlled partner or co-op with another person.
Random: Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Will Ruin Your Switch Shelf
If you’re a super-serious collector of Nintendo Switch physical releases and love nothing more than seeing all of your purchases neatly lined up on your shelf, you might want to think twice about picking up Darksiders: Warmastered Edition. Then again, if you’re anything like us, this might actually make you want a copy even more.
As spotted by Twitter user @ChaddyBones, it would appear that physical copies of the game have ditched the traditional Nintendo Switch red, instead favouring a full black spine. Just like Wii U’s yellow Super Mario Maker case or the green box for New Super Luigi U, this one will stand out like a sore thumb.
A quick discussion around Nintendo Life HQ reveals that many of us actually love the black design, however, and would happily plonk it on our shelves at home.
Publisher THQ Nordic replied to the tweet above, saying that it “seems to be a printing error”. We’re not so sure – it looks almost too good to be an error in our eyes – but we’ll have to wait and see if future releases go back to the traditional red.
You can see it a little better in this unboxing video below. If it is a printing error, it seems that there might be quite a few out there in the wild.
What do you think? Would you like Switch games to come in different colours every now and then? Or would this make you destroy your shelf in disgust? Let us know in the comments?
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Nintendo Switch Retail
Yoshi’s Crafted World(Nintendo, Fri 29th March, $59.99) As Yoshi, you’ll leap up high, gulp down enemies, and set out on a treasure hunt to find all the different collectables. On the flip side, stages can be played backwards, providing new perspectives to explore and new ways to locate some of the more craftily hidden items! Read our Yoshi’s Crafted World review.
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition(THQ Nordic, Tue 2nd April, $29.99) Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth.
FUN! FUN! Animal Park(Aksys Games, Today, $29.99) Fun for the whole Family! 30 unique mini-games feature the intuitive Joy-Con motion controls and the rules are so easy that players of all ages and experience levels will have so much FUN!
Switch eShop
The World Next Door(VIZ Media, Today, $14.99) An addictive mix of lightning-fast puzzle battles, powerful storytelling and immersive visual novel elements, The World Next Door follows Jun, a rebellious teen girl trapped in a parallel realm inhabited by magical creatures, who must find her way home before time runs out.
12 Labours of Hercules(JetDogs, Sun 24th March, $2.99) You assist a hero from Ancient Greece, Hercules. Evil Hades had kidnapped his wife while Hercules was asleep. This wasn’t the only problem. The villain has destroyed the roads, so it takes a lot of effort to follow. The Player will have to fix the paths, find & use artefacts, activate switches, and fight beasts.
ACA NEOGEO BASEBALL STARS 2(HAMSTER, Thu 21st March, $7.99) BASEBALL STARS 2 is a sports game released by SNK in 1992. Get the full experience with intense graphics and passionate announcers! Time to see some exciting baseball! Use the Power-bat to send the ball flying for an amazing home run! Read our Baseball Stars 2 review.
Airfield Mania(Sprakelsoft, Wed 27th March, $5.99) Are you the right person to guide aircrafts to their runway? Now you can prove it with “Airfield Mania”! Airfield Mania is an addictive line-draw air traffic control game. But don´t tell us we didn´t warn you. It´s really addictive.
AngerForce: Reloaded(indienova, Tue 2nd April, $9.99) AngerForce: Reloaded is a hardcore scrolling fly-and-shoot game done in the 90’s arcade style. It’s set against the backdrop of a 19th-century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.
Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing(Tribetoy, Wed 3rd April, $19.99) In Bow to Blood you will compete to become Champion of the Arena, as its inscrutable Overseers test you and your fellow challengers in a winner-takes-all fantasy reality show.
Cel Damage HD(Finish Line Games, Today, $9.99) Take control of the world’s nuttiest cartoon drivers to demolish your friends with insane weapons and wacky arena hazards! Cel Damage HD is the definitive local multiplayer game, so just add a couch and have a blast with your friends and family. Master the single-player mode to get a leg up on the competition!
Croixleur Sigma(Playism Games, Today, $19.99) Wielding magical blades, four girls fight back encroaching waves of monsters in this exhilarating hack & slash action game! Featuring various battle styles and a variety of weapons to mix and match (up to four) to develop your own unique fighting style.
Darkest Hunter(Ultimate Games, Mon 1st April, $5.30) Choose your hero, grab your weapon, learn new spells and… HUNT! Eliminate every nasty beast you encounter, collect loot and find the rarest, as well as the best equipment!
Event Horizon(Drageus Games, Wed 20th March, $5.99) Take command of a space fleet and start your galaxy exploration mission. Battle hostile aliens, conduct scientific research, capture resources, trade, build new ships and upgrade existing ones. Thousands and thousands of star systems, ferocious battles and surprising encounters are waiting for you.
Gods Remastered(Robot Riot, Today, $19.99) Join the nameless warrior on a dangerous journey through four worlds to defeat the Great Guardians who have stolen the homes of the gods. As a reward, you will receive immortality and a place in the eternal hall of fame… Experience the 2D-action classic “Gods” by the legendary Bitmap Brothers in a new look!
Goken(GIANTY, Today, $9.99) GOKEN seeks to bring back everything that was right about gaming in an action-packed open world environment in the form of the good old Action RPG genre and have the old school gamers tremble in nostalgia.
Inferno Climber: Reborn(Arc System Works Co., Ltd., Today, $13.99) Long ago, there were 5 purgatory stones that brought order to the world. However, the power of the stones was spread too thin and weak minded individuals rose to dominate the world.
Istanbul: Digital Edition(Acram, Today, $19.99) Istanbul is, without a doubt, one of the best board games to have ever been published. So what is the game about? Can you be the first merchant to collect a certain number of rubies?
Junk Planet(Happinet Corporation, Thu 21st March, $13.99) Clean up junk while bringing plants and creatures to life. Freely reclaim the Junk Planet in this 2D sandbox game. The game takes place on Junk Planet, a planet that was bombarded with so much junk, it was completely ruined. It’s here that a peculiar pair meet by chance and their story begins.
Lyrica(Cosen, Today, $19.99) This is a game that allows players to enjoy musical pieces that are fusions of the classical Chinese poetry of Li Bai and Du Fu with modern music such as rock, ballad, and jazz. There are three modes, Story, in which the stories of modern and ancient China are intertwined, Songs, in which players can freely play pieces, and Challenge, in which players take on the challenge of clearing difficult requirements.
Metagal(Ratalaika Games, Fri 29th March, $4.99) Players are thrown into the shoes of “Meta,” a cyborg girl, in her quest to rescue her Creator “Dr Ray” from the hands of “General Creeper,” the evil leader of a rogue army! To make matters worse, Metagal’s sisters were also kidnapped by Creeper and he’s turned them all into battle cyborgs, in order to use their powers so that he can at last, rule the world!
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid(nWay, Tue 26th March, $19.99) A modern take on the 25-year-old franchise, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid showcases stunning graphics and vivid details. Pit current and classic Rangers and villains like never before in 3 vs. 3 tag battles. Test your skills online against friends and players from around the world for endless replayability. A streamlined combat system welcomes newcomers with simplified controls while maintaining depth for the most dedicated competitor to learn and master.
President F.net(Flyhigh Works, Mon 25th March, $4.99) The second title in our ‘F’ series, in President F. net your task is to get rid of your cards as quickly as possible! The player to clear their cards becomes ‘President’ and deals for the next round, so you’ll need to rise up the ranks and triumph over your opponents!
SEGA AGES Alex Kidd In Miracle World(SEGA, Today, $7.99) Over three decades since its humble beginnings, Alex Kidd is back to smash rocks, collect items, and play Rock, Paper, Scissors with evil henchmen! The beloved boy martial artist must traverse the kingdom of Radaxian to face off against evil villain Janken the Great. Does he have what it takes to save the kingdom, or will all be lost to evil? Featuring a new ranking system, AGES mode rewind option, two Time-Attack challenge modes, and more!
SEGA AGES Gain Ground(SEGA, Today, $7.99) It’s 2348 and the Gain Ground battle-simulation supercomputer has gone rogue, trapping people inside with rampaging robots! It’s up to you to rescue them. Choose between twenty playable characters, each with their unique abilities and skill sets. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Shadow Blade: Reload(Dead Mage, Wed 3rd April, $9.99) Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
She Remembered Caterpillars(Ysbryd Games, Today, $11.99) She Remembered Caterpillars is a color-matching puzzle game with an unsettling fungipunk aesthetic. Set in a phantasgamorphic world of writhing caterpillars, brightly-colored Gammies, and living architecture, the game will have players eavesdropping on what appears to be one scientist’s quest to save her father.
Snow Battle Princess Sayuki(Ninja Games Japan, Today, $15.00) Help Sayuki, a snow princess, break an evil curse set upon her loved one by finding 8 items scattered across 8 lands. The treacherous journey will take you across Blizzard Mountain, Monsters Castle and Hells Valley where you will encounter many mysterious yokai monsters.
SpellKeeper(Silesia Games, Tue 2nd April, $5.99) SpellKeeper is a unique logic game with dozens of challenging puzzles and beautifully hand-drawn graphics. Take on the role of the Chosen One and save butterflies trapped in magic cocoons. Use various types of Magic Spells and arrange them on the board in the right way. Challenge your brain and free all the butterflies!
Ultrawings(Bit Planet Games, Today, $19.99) Ultrawings is an open-world, aerial-themed game where you’ll pilot an Ultralight, Gee Racer, Rocket-powered Glider and Sport Plane to complete a variety of challenges across a beautifully-stylized, island-themed world. You’ll pop balloons, perform spot landings, take photos, compete in thrilling air races, and more! Earn in-game money to unlock new airports and new aircraft. Ultrawings is truly the ultimate hobbyist aircraft game for the Nintendo Switch!
Undead’s Building(Double Drive, Today, $5.99) Operate an elevator in a zombie invested apartment where the undead wander the hallways! Use the security monitors to check each floor and then move between floors as quickly as possible to pick up survivors. Delay and the undead will eat them before you get there. Tough decisions await! Will you abandon one person to help three on another floor?
Uni(Game Museum, Today, $7.99) UNI is a two-player party game containing 30 different types of mini-games. UNI includes games from many genres adapted for a two-player game experience: Sports, Action, Fighting, Arcade, Racing… Even RPG!
Warparty(Crazy Monkey Studios, Today, $24.99) WarParty is an old school RTS where players must gather resources to unlock new buildings, units and upgrades, with the goal of destroying all their opponents’ bases. Players can also control a powerful chieftain that they can shape by selecting talents when they expand their settlement.
Activities
Find the Poochy Pups to Earn My Nintendo Rewards Points – Poochy Pups are hiding in different spots on the official site for the Yoshi’s Crafted World game. You can earn 150 My Nintendo Platinum Points for finding all three!
Happy Spring! – To celebrate the launch of Yoshi’s Crafted World, My Nintendo is offering new Yoshi-themed rewards. Starting on March 29, redeem your points* and get wallpapers, calendars and more.
So that’s your lot for this week’s North American Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!
Contribute at the Fedora Test Day for Fedora Modularity
Modularity lets you keep the right version of an application, language runtime, or other software on your Fedora system even as the operating system is updated. You can read more about Modularity in general on the Fedora documentation site.
The Modularity folks have been working on Modules for everyone. As a result, the Fedora Modularity and QA teams have organized a test day for Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Refer to the wiki page for links to the test images you’ll need to participate. Read on for more information on the test day.
How do test days work?
A test day is an event where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed before, this is a perfect way to get started.
To contribute, you only need to be able to do the following things:
Download test materials, which include some large files
Read and follow directions step by step
The wiki page for the modularity test day has a lot of good information on what and how to test. After you’ve done some testing, you can log your results in the test day web application. If you’re available on or around the day of the event, please do some testing and report your results.
Happy testing, and we hope to see you on test day.
In some scenarios there’s a need to read the request body multiple times. Some examples include
Logging the raw requests to replay in load test environment
Middleware that read the request body multiple times to process it
Usually Request.Body does not support rewinding, so it can only be read once. A straightforward solution is to save a copy of the stream in another stream that supports seeking so the content can be read multiple times from the copy.
In ASP.NET framework it was possible to read the body of an HTTP request multiple times using HttpRequest.GetBufferedInputStream method. However, in ASP.NET Core a different approach must be used.
In ASP.NET Core 2.1 we added an extension method EnableBuffering() for HttpRequest. This is the suggested way to enable request body for multiple reads. Here is an example usage in the InvokeAsync() method of a custom ASP.NET middleware:
public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context, RequestDelegate next)
{ context.Request.EnableBuffering(); // Leave the body open so the next middleware can read it. using (var reader = new StreamReader( context.Request.Body, encoding: Encoding.UTF8, detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks: false, bufferSize: bufferSize, leaveOpen: true)) { var body = await reader.ReadToEndAsync(); // Do some processing with body… // Reset the request body stream position so the next middleware can read it context.Request.Body.Position = 0; } // Call the next delegate/middleware in the pipeline await next(context);
}
The backing FileBufferingReadStream uses memory stream of a certain size first then falls back to a temporary file stream. By default the size of the memory stream is 30KB. There are also other EnableBuffering() overloads that allow specifying a different threshold, and/or a limit for the total size:
public static void EnableBuffering(this HttpRequest request, int bufferThreshold) public static void EnableBuffering(this HttpRequest request, long bufferLimit) public static void EnableBuffering(this HttpRequest request, int bufferThreshold, long bufferLimit)
enables a read buffer with limit of 100KB. Data is buffered in memory until the content exceeds 45KB, then it’s moved to a temporary file. By default there’s no limit on the buffer size but if there’s one specified and the content of request body exceeds the limit, an System.IOException will be thrown.
These overloads offer flexibility if there’s a need to fine-tune the buffering behaviors. Just keep in mind that:
Even though the memory stream is rented from a pool, it still has memory cost associated with it.
After the read is over the bufferThreshold the performance will be slower since a file stream will be used.
Humble Book Bundle–Coder’s Bookshelf From No Starch Press
A new game developer friendly Humble Bundle is currently running, this one is the Humble Book Bundle: Coder’s Bookshelf. As always, Humble bundles are a collection of similar themed items, often Books, Games or other media, increasingly of interest to game developers. Portions of the proceeds go to charity, humble, the publisher or to support GFS. Each bundle is broken into tiers, and if you buy a higher tier item, you get all of the items below it.
Relive the American Revolution or experience it for the first time in Assassin's Creed III Remastered, with enhanced graphics and improved gameplay mechanics. Plus, Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered and all solo DLC content are included.
KVM Forum is an annual event that presents a rare opportunity for developers and users to meet, discuss the state of Linux virtualization technology, and plan for the challenges ahead. This highly technical conference unites the developers who drive KVM development and the users who depend on KVM as part of their offerings, or to power their data centers and clouds.
