Dear Players!

This week we have been working on resolving compatibility issues between the game launcher and Windows Defender. After performing a thorough investigation, we found out that Windows Defender simply didn't like some aspects of the file format used to store images for the information panel and the horse return service. After we made a few small changes, the problem disappeared right away (at least for now). It is clear that in many cases Windows Defender is simply not able to differentiate between potentially harmful applications and safe programs which are using non-standard functions (and such non-standard functionality is necessary in our case for adding new features to the game), and therefore attempts to block any programs that it can not properly analyze. From the perspective of overall computer security, such a strategy of Windows Defender may be justified, but at the same time, it causes significant inconvenience for us and the players. As we have mentioned before, in the future we will try to completely rewrite the launcher code using alternative technologies to minimize compatibility issues, but for now such inconveniences may still occasionally occur.

Since many players were not able to log into the game lately due to the described problem, all in-game events will be extended for another week!

Happy Racing!