2.8.0 [BREAKING CHANGES] Referral and billing system update

[Mr. D]

Hi all,

Version 2.8.0 is now available for download from the Play Store and is planned to be released on the App Store later next week.

Known issue: you may need to uninstall and reinstall the app if your land capture / land upgrades are no longer functional and became unresponsive.
This is caused by the fact that we've upgraded the core Android SDK to maintain compatibility with the latest OS versions and, unfortunately, some of these 3rd party changes are breaking and backwards incompatible, which makes the previously cached data inaccessible to the already installed app. This data needs to be removed and downloaded from our servers again.
We apologize for the inconvenience!

Version 2.8.0 contains the following changes:

• Billing functionality upgrade: this should cause no visible changes, but will help with rare situations when a payment gets processed by Google/Apple, but the connectivity with our servers is lost before the Unobtainium transfer finishes.
  Reopening the Unobtainium purchase window later should automatically identify any paid transactions that haven't been credited yet and retry adding the resource to your account.
   
• "Refer a friend" UI and functionality has been revamped: all players now have a unique link that can be shared with anyone who doesn't have the app yet.
  Once they install the game using that link they will automatically be registered as a player referred by you and instantly receive the rewards, no further in-game action required.
  Referral QR codes now contain the same link as well, so in addition to being usable via the "Scrap Items" facility (same as before) these QR codes can also be shared outside the game and scanned by any 3rd party QR scanner for the same referral bonus applied once the app is installed.
  
  Each player can only be referred to the game once, so older/existing players will not benefit from using a new player's referral link, sorry. 🙂
  
  Please note that the new referral functionality is available on Android only until the iOS version goes live; stay tuned for updates on this subject.
   
• Referral rewards have been adjusted and are also displayed on the "Refer a friend" UI: new players installing the game via your link will receive a little bit of Unobtainium in addition to Supplies and Peacekeeping Points, and the referring players will now be gaining Peacekeeping Points whenever the referred party builds a new base or advances to level 3 for the first time.
   
• It is now possible to equip character items directly from the warehouse while stationed at a base: no interactions with the base required, character inventory will automatically get populated with the available warehouse options once you're in range.
   
• Corrected a number of texts and translation errors.

As always, please post if you have any questions or feedback!