# 2023-01-01 Weekly Meeting
###### tags: `weekly-meeting`
[Link to last week's minutes](https://hackmd.io/@veloren/rkMh99Xdj)
### Topics:
## Release party
## Fixes
- https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/issues/1769
- handled by xMAC
## Merges before merge close ?
- https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/merge_requests/3739
- to be reviewed
- https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/merge_requests/3737
- merged
- https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/merge_requests/3735
- to be posponed
- https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/merge_requests/3734
- asking zest
- https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/-/merge_requests/3733
- wait for auther_changes
## Do we need a stress test ?
- Skip it, keep energy for the release, nothing changed that raises concern, so no need for a stress test
## Further discussion
## Blog post
### Section on big changes
- Added a Craft All button and new recipes
- Musical instruments can now be crafted, looted and played
- Pets can now be traded with.
- Added redwood and dead trees
- SeaChapel, greek/latin inspired dungeon for ocean biome coasts
- Bridges
- Sword
- Water will now move according to its apparent flow direction
- Doors now animate opening when entities are near them.
- Added screen-space reflection and refraction shaders
- Added reflection quality setting
- FxUpscale AA mode for higher quality graphics at reduced internal resolutions
- NPCs now move to their target's last known position..
Changed
- Use fluent for translations
- Improved shiny water shaders
Removed
Fixed
- Cancel trades for an entity when it is deleted (note this doesn't effect trades between players since their entities are not removed).
- Moderators and admins are no longer blocked from logging in when there are too many players.
- Pets no longer aggro on pet owners after being healed
- Pets no longer lose their intrinsic weapons/armour when loaded on login.
- Many water shader issues have been fixed
- Flee if attacked even if attacker is not close.
- /time command will never rewind time, only advance it to not break rtsim
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## Next week leads
Lead:
Call for Review!:
Issues (limit 7):
Minutes:
### Todo agenda:
- Release preparation