B111a-B111m: Follow-ups to the new desktop engine
A run of small releases after B111: crash reports and an automatic DirectX 9 fallback, Wizard City fixes, Pixelmon party fixes and less stutter.
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Between October 24 and 25, 2026 a series of lettered releases followed B111. Most are for the DirectX 12 desktop game that arrived with B110; a few are for the server, web and mobile.
Desktop: launcher and stability (B111a, B111b)
- Crash reports. If the game crashes, the launcher offers to send a crash report and suggests a likely cause, such as outdated graphics drivers or a damaged install.
- Automatic fallback. If DirectX 12 crashes twice at startup, the next launch uses DirectX 9 by itself.
- Clean updates. Updating fully replaces an older install, so leftover files cannot cause crashes. The launcher installs everything the game needs.
- Fixed crashes at the account check for Windows user names with emoji or non-English characters, and on first launch on a fresh install.
Desktop: Wizard City zones (B111g, B111i)
- Merle Ambrose and the other characters there are no longer stretched or spiky.
- The zones are lit as before, the duel circle is no longer magenta, and duel smoke and house candle flames are back.
- No round character shadows and no extra waypoints inside these zones.
Desktop: characters and performance (B111i to B111k)
- Faces no longer flicker: eye whites, brows and mouths stay drawn as your character moves.
- Less stutter: areas stream in without stalls, far NPCs appear a few at a time instead of all at once, and Pixelmon no longer cause hitches when they load.
- The barber says up front when your taros do not cover a new look, and nothing is changed or paid if you leave without enough.
Character creation (B111g, all platforms)
- The name generator no longer keeps spinning. One click steps once; holding the arrow repeats until you let go.
Pixelmon (B111g, B111h)
- Your party no longer disappears. If loading your party failed once, the panel stayed on "NO PARTNER YET" until you logged out. Now the game keeps retrying, your last party stays on screen meanwhile, and one damaged entry cannot hide the whole party. Nobody's Pixelmon were lost.
- The Pixeldex on web and mobile again remembers every species you have seen.
- Desktop: followers no longer vanish after a warp.
Mobile (B111m)
- Lower memory use and better performance on phones.
See also: Launcher and Updates, Pixelmon, FAQ and Troubleshooting
