Oath of Office Updates

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Updates

This page is supposed to define all the updates that Oath of Office has gotten so far, including patches.

August 2024

August brought the games Initial release and updates to 2.2.

v1.0 - 8/3/24 - INITIAL RELEASE

• + Offices: Players serve in a variety of offices in the Federal Executive Branch, at the Presidential, Cabinet, and Sub-Cabinet level.
• + Issues: Once per day, players are presented with a dilemma to consider with their staff. The decision they make on this issue impacts their statistics.
• + Reputation: A statistic which represents various interest groups' opinion of the player. Managing reputations is key to getting elected.
• + National Statistics: Statistics which are applicable to the entire country, impacted by all players as a global score. All players' reputation with various interest groups is impacted by national statistics, with higher-ranking players seeing the most impact.
• + Elections: At the start of every term, the two characters who have been in game the longest (and who have not yet been President) are declared the "Candidates", and the one controlling the majority of interest groups wins.
• + Social Features: To break up the gameplay and provide opportunities for players to form political connections, create alliances, etc., various maps and special features exist.
• + Schedule: The game day is divided into 3 schedule blocks of 2 minutes each.
• + Character Customization: Each game session, players create a character with a random name (chosen from nameset of choice), and can choose from a variety of outfits, hairstyles, and faces.
• + Achievements: Various achievements can be unlocked, with rewards through the Roblox badge system.

NOTES:

> Characters can currently serve only one term as President, after which they are automatically prompted to create a new character. This will be changed in the next major release.

v1.0.1 - 8/4/24 - Minor Changes

• / Role Select GUI now shows all available roles on one screen
• / Various changes to the concert program, including new and longer pieces
• / Made the day longer
• + Added National Gallery of Art - currently one room, with plans to expand with each update
• + Fixed issue where selected option on Issues wouldn't always highlight

v1.1.0 - 8/5/24 - SERVICE SECRETARIES

• + Secretary of the Navy
• + Secretary of the Army
• + Secretary of the Air Force
• + Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
• + Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
• + White House Chief of Staff
• Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
• / Expanded National Gallery of Art
• / Expanded the Pentagon
• + Added 12 issues (24 total)
• + Added 2 outfits (11 total)
• + Added 2 hairstyles (8 total)
• + Added "reset camera" button while investigating cause of camera locking bug
• / Issues GUI now specifies whether Your Issue, Department Issue, or National Issue is being viewed.
• / "Fade out" sections at doors and hallways now prompt the Travel GUI

v1.2.0 - 8/6/24 - ELECTION TRACKER

• + Election Tracker: Added a GUI which shows who the current candidates for President are, and compares their reputation among voting groups.
• / Chairs in the Cabinet Room locked so only the designated official can sit in them
• / Added spectator chairs to the Cabinet Room
• * Fixed a bug where USECSTATE (IS) did not have a schedule
• * Fixed a bug where USECTREAS (IA) was not properly labeled

v1.3 - 8/7/24 - FOUR MORE YEARS

• + Re-Election: Presidents can now be elected twice (or once if they have completed more than half of a term to which someone else was elected).
• / An error message is now displayed when players try to sit in a seat they don't have permission for
• / Teleport destinations are now locked based on office
• * Fixed a bug where term/day wouldn't load on a player's first term in-game MAPS:
• + Added Roosevelt Room
• + Added White House Lobby AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN:
• + Added expansion pack "An Officer and a Gentleman," focused on the White House Military Office
• + Military Aide to the President
• + Marine Sentry

v1.4 -8/9/24 - CIVIL SERVICE

• / GUIs re-designed
• / Elections fixed
• / Players must now unlock political roles by demonstrating a willingness to participate socially. In practice this means sending a chat message and waiting 30 seconds.
• + Civil Service roles, which are advisory only, that any player can join. MAPS:
• + Added WHCOS Office

v1.5 - 8/12/24 - PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

• + Social Gui: A GUI now shows featured events for each day's social hour.
• + Presidential Debates: During social hour on Day 4, the candidates for election are brought to the Debate Hall.
• / Passive reputation impact from global statistics now can't change your reputation further than 75% and 25%. MAPS:
• + Presidential Debate Hall
• + Hay-Adams Ballroom
• + White House East Room
• + White House Green Room

v1.6 - 8/13/24 - INTERIOR

• / Losing an election now cuts your prestige in half.
• + Department of the Interior
• + The Environment statistic
• + Environmentalists interest group
• + Resource Industry interest group
• + Hispanic name set
• - Removed "Political Dynasties" names due to Roblox moderation concerns (sorry)
• - Reduced number of civil service roles, and server size MAPS:
• + Main Interior Building

v2 - 8/16/24 - IN THE LINE OF FIRE

• + Department of Homeland Security
• + Director of the Secret Service
• + Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency MAPS:
• + St. Elizabeths West Campus
• IN THE LINE OF FIRE: (PREMIUM)
• + Added expansion pack "In the Line of Fire," focused on the Secret Service and other security agencies.
• + Secret Service Agents OTHER CHANGES:
• + Small & new servers now run in "cabinet-only" mode, which shortens the day and locks most non-cabinet roles. Servers exit cabinet-only role when there are enough players to fill the cabinet.
• + Added moderation system.
• + "TP to Protectee" GUI now appears for those with protective/escort missions.
• + Nuclear Football and prop gun added
• + Cover added to Marine Sentry role
• / No longer possible to stand on the table in the cabinet room
• / Global statistics and opinion polls now naturally trend towards neutral
• / WHCOS now impacted by global statistics
• / ADC, other White House officers now start the day in the Oval Office
• * Potentially fixed issue with intro camera (i have also "fixed" it in the past 4 updates and you've seen how that went)
• + "Urban" name set
• + Added 13 outfits
• + Added 14 hairstyles
• + Added 4 faces

v2.1 - 2024-08-24 - DIPLOMATIC SECURITY

• + Added Character Backstories which impact your starting reputation. Each achievement unlocks a new backstory.
• + Election GUI now shows prestige
• + You can now fire 1 person per term
• + The Cabinet can now remove the President with at least 2 votes, a majority of the cabinet voting in favor, and no more than 1 vote against
• / Re-wrote all issues ROLES:
• + Deputy Secretary of State
• + Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
• + Deputy Secretary of Defense
• + Deputy Secretary of the Interior
• + Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security MAPS:
• + Situation Room (not yet functional)
• + Press Briefing Room (not yet functional) IN THE LINE OF FIRE: (PREMIUM)
• + Diplomatic Security Service OTHER CHANGES:
• + Offline bans for moderators
• / Red & green colors on issue impact now corresponds to good and bad - not just up/down.
• / Time passes slightly slower
• / Disabled collisions on nuclear football -- TO DO
• / Updated military aide and marine sentry's uniforms
• / Added USSS pin for the Secret Service director
• / Only cabinet+ can stand on the stage at events
• * Fixed issue where you couldn't buy gamepasses in-game
• + VC servers are now available

(2.2 was skipped due to the August 30th incident)

September 2024

September brought a lot of updates. here is the list of every single one.

v2.3 - 9/4/24 - BLESS THIS MESS

• + Aiguillette for military aide to the president
• + Reporters have microphone props
• + Suggested social events for the mid-day
• + VP's office
• + Secret Service operations room
• + Navy Steward, part of An Officer and a Gentleman
• + Army Protective Services Agent, free security role
• + Secret Service Uniformed Division
• + Secret Service Counter Assault Team

v2.4 - 9/6/24 - FOUR EYES

• + Expanded the Executive Residence
• + You can now buy glasses at the LensMaster store in the mall
• + You can equip those glasses from the new Accessories menu, from the Outfits GUI
• + Re-added Secret Service director

v2.5 - 9/13/24 - GET TO WORK

• + Working Groups now replace Office Hour for most (but not all) officials. Working Groups bring multiple officials together from different agencies to discuss an issue of shared concern.
• + Added several new outfits and issues
• + Meeting Rooms for the Departments of the Treasury, Homeland Security, and Defense
• + Offices for Deputy Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, and the Interior
• + Presidential Debate now prioritizes those in paid news roles, and will show the logo of the news agency hosting the debate
• + IRS Commissioner, ASECINT Indian Affairs, and USCIS Director

v3.0 - 9/20/24 - ADVICE AND CONSENT

Full page here

• Added bills and laws which can be passed by the new Congressional Branch
• Senate and House of Representatives hold sessions each day to vote on legislation
• President must sign or veto laws before the start of the next day's session
• The day is now 5 blocks long, and runs between 6 and 12 minutes depending on server size
• A pop-up GUI appears at the start of each term, asking if you want to run for President, or be considered for VP
• A newly ELECTED President can now choose a Vice President at the start of their term
• Added Vice President, who has the power to break ties in the senate
• New moderation system will allow moderators to respond to most discriminatory behavior within seconds ROLES
• Vice President of the United States
• Speaker of the House
• President Pro Tempore of the Senate (Expansion: ADVICE & CONSENT)
• 6 Senator roles (Expansion: ADVICE & CONSENT)
• 10 Representative roles
• Capitol Police protective agents (Expansion: IN THE LINE OF FIRE)
• Vice President's protective detail (Expansion: IN THE LINE OF FIRE)
• Assistant to the President and Legislative Director
• MAPS
• House Office Building
• Senate Office Building
• Senate Floor

v3.1 - 9/27/24- HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

• + President now appoints cabinet officials and Vice President through Computer > Personnel
• / (note: auto-filled at the start of each day if there is no nominee or incumbent)
• + Added ability to impeach the President
• + Added ability to vacate offices of Speaker and President Pro Tempore ROLES:
• + Sergeant at Arms of the Senate (Expansion: ADVICE & CONSENT)
• + Sergeant at Arms of the House (Expansion: ADVICE & CONSENT) OTHER:
• + Gavel added
• + Added Simple and Concurrent Resolutions
• / Vice President's title now displays as President (of the Senate) when on the Senate floor

v3.1.7 - 9/28/24

• - Changes/bugfixes
• - Vacant Secretary roles are auto-filled at the start of each day if the President has not nominated anyone
• - Fixed issue where impeachment was possible on day 1
• - Impeachment was now only possible once - resets when a new President is elected.

October 2024

October was an the month of the Independent Boards Branch and Press, and new Politcal Parties

v3.2 - 10/4/24 - MEET THE PRESS

• + Added new Y (formerly known as Ritter) system which allows players to post Reets
• + T.V. news roles can now host television programs, which can be watched by other players; and can invite up to 3 officials to appear as guests.

v3.3 - 10/11/24 - FULL FAITH AND CREDIT

• + Added the Department of Commerce, featuring 5 new freely-joinable roles
• + Added new Inflation and Unemployment statistics
• + Added the Federal Reserve Board of Governors as part of the Full Faith and Credit expansion, which can enact policies to recuse inflation and maximize employment.

v4.0 - 10/25/24 - PARTY POLITICS

• + Players can join political parties, randomly chosen for each server.
• + Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate are now elected.
• + Each party has a leader in the Senate and the House.

November 2024

v4.1 - 11/01/24 - 270 TO WIN

• + Added a dynamic Electoral College map to simulate elections
• + Interest groups have different strengths in each state which impacts the vote
• + Debate is now Day 3; an election rally is on Day 4 + Orchestra is now an alternative social event to SOTU and Debate (at the request of many VC server players who say those events are unplayable) + Caucus Meeting now in Day 2 for Congress, in party cloakrooms
• + Congressional bills now impact Inflation + Negative/positive impact-over-time from global statistics now depends on the President's party + Fixed office labels in Congress + Fixed gavels + Impact from issues now occurs at the end of Block 4

v4.2 - 11/15/24 - ELECTION DAY

• Players now vote on Election Day to determine distribution of D.C.'s electoral college votes
• Added two new states, Superior and Orleans
• Several new hairs and outfits
• Added Whips to the House of Representatives
• Players are now informed how their Party Leader wants them to vote on legislation
• "Morning Shows" and "Evening Shows" now exist as suggested blocks for T.V. news
• New African American name set.
• Fixed bug with "Yes We Can" badge and Improved balancing for each state

v4.3 - 11/22/24 - LAG FIX

• Major lag reduction should make the game run faster for all players
• Fixed bug where Federal Reserve gained too much prestige
• Nomination GUI now shows secondary office (SOTH, PPT, leadership, etc)
• News "invite" GUI now shows the actual office held by players, not just their icon
• Added barriers to the Roosevelt Room
• Congressional leadership conference now rotates between the SOTH and PPT's office
• Added a notification noise at the start of blocks
• There is no longer a limit on the number of people you can fire
• Added "party fatigue", where the incumbent party will have a disadvantage that increases each time they win
• Added more women hairs
• Paid roles are no longer shown to first-time players, encouraging them to choose an Executive Branch or Legislative role in * their first session

v4.3.2 - 11/24/24

• You can now only fire 1 person per day. At the start of each term, the President has the option to re-shuffle (and replace) the entire cabinet.

v4.4 - 11/29/24 - CAMPAIGN TRAIL

• New expansion "Party Politics" unlocks Party Chairpersons and Party Strategists, which can buy ads on day 3/4 to impact candidate polls
• Presidential Candidates are locked in on Day 3
• Can appoint a Running Mate (who becomes your VP) and a Campaign Chair (free version of Party Chair)
• Streamlined all Security Roles; see announcements channel for further information
• Expanded the White House staff
• Senior White House Staff must now be appointed by the President, and now receive the highest prestige gain of any executive branch role (other than President)
• Fixed an issue where firing White House Staff counted against your daily terminations limit; you can now freely replace your staff.
• Added new Party Headquarters location
• Added party logos
• Added "Party Base" interest groups, which are currently static, but will be change-able in future update at the Party Convention
• Primary Elections are now based on a combination of Prestige and reputation with the party's 3 base interest groups
• "It's the economy, stupid" and "Meet the Press" badge probably work now

v4.4.1 - 11/30/24

• Fixed election-breaking bug where candidate for Party2 is replaced with Party1's VP
• Added Counselor to the President role, which is automatically filled by the winning President's Campaign Chair

December 2024

v4.5 - 12/7/24 - VP DEBATES AND STUFF

• New mid-day social block
• Day length hasn't been changed; other blocks got slightly shorter
• Party Convention on day 3
• VP Debates on day 4
• Campaign Ad credits are now spent per block, not per day
• WHCOS now manages the White House Staff
• Other minor changes and bug fixes

v5.0 - 12/21/24 - EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW

• New Department of Justice featuring the Attorney General, Solicitor General, US Attorney's Office, and more
• Serve as a Judge or Justice of the Supreme Court
• Court cases deicded by judges, and argued by other players
• Various fixes

v5.0.1 - 12/22/24 - BUG FIXES

• Solicitor General now spawns in for the DOJ meeting
• Fixed auto-promotion bug for Law Firm
• Chief Justice can no longer be demoted
• Paralegals can now view cases
• Judges no longer electable as President
• Added barrier to SCOTUS bench
• Fixed issue with Executive Branch Issues not impacting stats
• Fixed issue where court decisions only had negative impacts
• Added more law cases
• Added issues for AG/DAG
• Made some roles unavailable in VC servers due to smaller server sizes
  

January 2025

v5.1 - 1/10/25 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• New Department of Education

V5.2- 1/24/25- WHITE HOUSE REVAMP

• New White House Map