New Implementations
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- Implemented armor gilding. (Most) Pieces of armor can now be gilded, much like normal equipment. Armors have been broadly divided into two categories, one, the finer pieces (Usually the ones made mainly or entirely from metal), using gemstone gildings, and the other, the more basic pieces (leather armors and the like), using normal equipment gildings. There isn't much more to it, really. EDIT: Holding off on this change, at least for now, to see where the discussion goes.
- Made it so that armor, when reaching 0 HP, is disabled, rather than breaking. We contemplated adding an explicit repair mechanic for armors, but decided that the Recycle mechanic could perform that same function in an interesting way. Let us know how you feel about it! All of this could potentially be controversial(tm), so we're very open to feedback.
- Added two new experiences. See if you can find them!
- Added "Darkwood Ring", ring.
Key Fixes
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- Since "Wrecking Ball"s are apparently the hot new meta for breaking into bases, we made it so that "Wrecking Ball"s can only ever be deployed or used with appropriate permissions.
- Since "Display Sign"s are apparently a bit OP when used for spamming and protecting "Wrecking Ball"s, we gave them a more reasonable footprint, and made them trivial to destroy. Existing display signs will have shifted somewhat graphically as a result of these changes, so you may want to reposition them. Sorry about that last part.
- Updated the client codez to support many more tile types, somewhat discussed in the last patch. We figured we'd give custom client makers some time to merge the new protocol before relying on it, but eventually we will. This will allow us, hopefully, to both track two or three layers of map tiles, to preserve e.g. information about underlying tiles paved over, or the like, as well as to simply add many more tile types.
Small Fixes
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- You can now Ctrl-Shift-RMB to add the maximum amount of substances possible to another inventory substance receptacle. Nice when e.g. filling cheese trays with curds, or combining seed stacks. This should be entirely analog to how filling object receptacles (e.g. barrels or the like) with Ctrl-Shift-RMB works.
- Fixed various actions lacking crime checks: Splitting Wood Blocks and "Swamplily Leaf", Consumption of "Ancient Root", "Abyssal Insight", "Wild Dream", "Heartwood Leaves", "Ageless Ice". All now theft.
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In the Pipe
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- Thinking a fair bit about making winter a smoother experience.
- Again urging any custom client maker who wishes to stay relevant to get with the new rendering times. Support for the old resources will be dropped at some point.
- Our primary development direction is toward object-controlled-objects.
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