Pokémon Trading Card Game Live updates to Version 1.8.1 - Update resolves several minor bugs, but many users still stuck in loading screen loop

The Pokémon Trading Card Game Live this week received an update to Version 1.8.1. This update resolves a small number of issues that had been impacting on several cards, most notably incorrect damage calculations for Toedscruel ex's Colony Rush attack, and Rare Candy not being able to evolve Fossils including the recently released Antique Dome Fossil and Antique Helix Fossil. Unfortunately, with numerous players impacted by a bug introduced in 1.8.0 have reported continuing to find themselves stuck on "Loading data from server 7/40", and unable to actually load the game.

As of writing, there has been no official public acknowledgement of the loading screen loop issue from The Pokémon Company International, with bug reports on the official Pokémon Community Forums going seemingly unanswered by developers. This issue appears to be primarily impacting desktop players using Windows 7, 8, or 10. Affected users who have opened support tickets, including Bulbagarden staff members, have received only suggestions that they attempt uninstalling and reinstalling the TCG Live app, and to disable anti-virus software when starting the app. Affected users have reported both of these suggested solutions were entirely ineffective.

The full Patch Notes for 1.8.1, as posted by the developers on the official Pokémon Community Forums, can be found below.

Cards

• Victreebel (MEW #071): Fixed an issue where the effect text for the Slow-Acting Acid attack incorrectly displayed 0 instead of 12 damage counters being placed during the next turn.
• Toedscruel ex (OBF #022): Fixed an issue where damage by the Colony Rush attack was incorrectly adding evolved Pokémon on the Bench, resulting in higher-than-expected damage.
• Rare Candy (SUM #129) can now be used to evolve Antique Dome Fossil (MEW #152), Antique Helix Fossil (MEW #153), or Unidentified Fossil (UNM #210) into the corresponding Stage 2 Pokémon.

General

• Various other fixes and polish.

Deck Manager/Editor

• Fixed an issue in the Deck Editor where players could not switch between card-type tabs when editing a deck and returning to the Deck Editor menu.

Quests

• Fixed an issue where the quest-collection button could be selected multiple times under certain circumstances to gain multiple rewards.