Caves of Qud - Version History

[Unormal]

*[modding] Merged blueprint changes will now propagate changes to children

[Unormal]

*Fixed dynmically mixed liquid volumes not having the proper vapor temperatures
*Fixed a stack overflow error when containers disintegrated on the ground from contained fluids
*Fixed some missing tiles

[Unormal]

• We added a new drag-and-drop prerelease inventory screen for the new UI. It's available via the "Prerelease: Use overlay inventory screen." option under overlay UI options. It's work in progress and has some bugs. Feedback is welcome!
  
  • Equipment is manageable via a drag-and-drop procedurally generated paper doll based on your character's body
  • Left click to bring up the item's interaction window
  • Right click to view an item's tooltip
  • Filter buttons along the top allow you to quickly filter to specific categories
• Updated the stilt well picker dialog
• Updated the pour choices dialog
• Fixed several issues with screens under the current popup acquiring input or navigation selection
• Fixed the AI trying to force prison a target and then shoot it with light manipulation
• Fixed Enuch's character creation skill list
• Fixed some stair placement issues in bethesda susa
• Fixed an issue where phase webs would sometimes leave you permanently phased if you saved while you were stuck in them
• Fixed some historic-style areas not having proper tile surface paint
• Fixed an issue with move-speed adjusting equipment not properly applying bonuses
• Fixed an issue with call to arms that wasn't properly respawning Q Girl in the correct circumstances.
• Fixed dynmically mixed liquid volumes not having the proper vapor temperatures
• Fixed a stack overflow error when containers disintegrated on the ground from contained fluids
• [modding] Merged blueprint changes will now propagate changes to children

[hand of luke]

• We made a bunch of enhancements to the paper doll equipment screen. It's still flagged as prerelease content, but you can enable it here: Options > Overlay UI > Prerelease: Use over inventory screen.
  
  • The new overlay inventory is now also used for item pickup and container manipulation.
  • Item filters now entirely hide the filtered categories.
  • Item filter buttons now properly respond to the 'use' key.
  • You can page up and down now.
  • You can use + and - to open and close item categories.
  • Items are now properly sorted alphabetically.
  • Fixed several filter icons in the inventory list.
  • Fixed some issues with scrolling through the inventory list or the paper doll.
  • Updated the look and behavior of many graphical elements.
  • Item selection is now properly restored when the screen refreshes.
  • If the overlay UI and inventory are enabled, the original equipment screen doesn't appear when you tab through your character screens.
• Added tiles for several pieces of natural equipment.
  
  • wings
  • carapace
  • horns
  • stinger
  • quills
  • burrowing claws
  • flaming and freezing hands
• Added a tile for mechanical wings.
• Updated torch tiles.
• Sultans now occasionally fake their own deaths or have their deaths wrongly reported.
• Added some sultan events involving chariot accidents.
• Improved the grammar of sultan history snippets.
• Fixed some cases where looking at a painted or engraved item didn't reveal the proper historic site or give the right quest.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the secrets about the location of the Ruin of House Isner not to appear in procedurally-generated books. The secrets are back in!
• Added a new textbook to the corpus of text that the procedurally-generated books draw from.
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to occasionally become a member of the Beasts faction, resulting in neutral NPCs acting hostile toward you.
• Added new options to the main Options screen.
  
  • Display vignette
  • Display scanlines
  • Brightness level
  • Contrast level
• [debug] Added a wish to clear the player's faction membership: "clearfactionmembership". You can use this wish to fix the hostile NPC bug in older saves.
• [modding] The look cursor is now more compatible with full-color tiles.
• [modding] Display.txt is now moddable. You only need to include the text you want to override in Display.txt. For example, here's the full text of a mod that disables the vignette:
  { "shaders":{
  "vignette":{
  "enable":"false" }}}
• [modding] Display.txt now supports a "tiles" category with "width" and "height" variables. You can use it to reskin the game with an alternate tile aspect ratio.

[Unormal]

• We added a new input manager that supports gamepads out of the box. It's still prerelease content; we'll be expanding support and tweaking the default bindings in the coming weeks.
  
  • Added a new options menu: Controls. You can access key bindings and enable the new input manager from this menu.
  • The default movement mapping is: left stick to point in a direction + right trigger to move. You can also hold down right trigger and point the left stick around to move quickly.
  • You can also rebind to direct movement. If you do, the Move North/South/East/West commands tilt 45 degrees right when you hold the Alt button (left trigger by default). So, to move NE, you hold left trigger and move north.
  • These are the current default mappings on an Xbox controller.
    
    • left stick + right trigger: move
    • A: interact
    • B: get
    • X: ability menu
    • Y: walk (move in a direction until you hit a wall)
    • left bumper: wait a turn
    • right bumper: fire missile weapon
    • dpad up: go up stairs or to the worldmap
    • dpad down: go down stairs or to the local map
    • right stick: look
    • click right stick: reload missile weapon
    • select: menu
    • start: inventory
    • left trigger + B: get nearby
    • left trigger + Y: autoexplore
    • left trigger + left bumper: rest until healed
    • left trigger + right bumper: throw
• Added, changed, or tweak tiles for the following objects.
  
  • pocketed vest
  • black, ash-stained, and cloth robes
  • furs
  • woven and vine-weave tunics
  • wool kilt
  • crude and filthy toga
  • bark armor
  • ring mail
  • basic toolkit
  • stun rod
  • box of crayons
  • Joppa and Grit Gate recoilers
  • iron mace
  • grenades
  • albino monkey braid
• Glass bottles now visually respect the liquids they hold. They appear empty when they're empty; otherwise they show the color of the liquid they contain.
• Updated the slimy shaft tile.
• Added options for fullscreen mode and target framerate (Options > General).
• Improved the navigability of the overlay options.
• Fixed books and artifact stories not working when accessed from the new inventory screen.
• Fixed monsters being able to melee attack you through floors if they were directly above or below.
• Fixed very excessive memory use when browsing the contents of a container that contains many items, particularly liquid volumes.
• Fixed an exception on the Quests screen.
• Fixed several cases of excessive garbage generation.
• Removed some baseobjects (basefloat, tool) from dynamic encounters.

[Unormal]

*Fixed a scripting mod compilation error

[Unormal]

• We added... well, just read below.
  
  • Added a new high-tech item, nano-neuro animator, that makes a nearby wall or door sentient (it'll support more inanimate objects soon).
  • Added a cheaper, consumable competitor for the nano-neuro animator: Spray-a-Brain.
  • Added body types and body parts for animated walls and doors.
  • Added a faction: newly sentient beings.
  • There's now a very small chance that any given wall or door is sentient.
• Updated compass bracelet's tile.
• Made some enhancements to the new input manager.
  
  • Rebinds are now be properly saved between sessions.
  • Improved the 8-way directional sensitivity.
  • D-pad left and right now scroll through your activated abilities.
  • While scrolling through abilities, 'X' activates the selected ability. Left trigger + 'X' enters the ability screen.
  • Next page and previous page bindings now work properly.
  • Menu navigation directions now repeat when held.
  • You can now navigate to the "buy a new mutation" option on the character screen.
  • Holding the Alt button while moving now force attacks in that direction.
  • There are now force attack action bindings.
  • Added key repeat delay and rate sliders to the Controls options menu.
  • Trade bindings now work properly.
  • Fixed canceling causing double input on several screens.
  • Fixed the pick direction screen not accepting diagonal inputs.
• Removed unused 12-gauge shotgun ammo.
• Salt dunes tiles now properly animate.
• Fixed some memory use issues on the high score screen.
• Fixed some rare exceptions in the following parts: AnimatedMaterialSaltDunes, AIPilgrim, Daylight, LiquidVolume, Juke.
• Fixed a rare exception with rendering effects.
• Fixed cases where the overlay UI stopped responding when you exited to the main menu.
• Fixed the mouse wheel not working on the keybind screen.
• Fixed controls in the new inventory screen sometimes incorrectly appearing disabled.
• Fixed a spurious serialization error.
• Fixed a scripting mod compilation error.

[Unormal]

*Fixed doors not properly being brain sprayable
*Fixed the inventory screen sometimes appearing on top of the new user interface
*Fixed the please wait text not appearing

[hand of luke]

• You can now use nano neuro animators or cans of Spray-a-Brain to make tables sentient.
• There's now a very small chance any given table is sentient.
• You can now dominate sentient walls, doors, and tables.
• Fixed a bug that caused you to be unable to spray brains onto doors.
• Added a new book: From Entropy to Hierarchy by Q Girl.
• We replaced the old container storage UI with a much better variant of the trade UI.
• Additional trade actions are now grouped under a submenu of the trade screen.
• Open shafts drop you directly on top of a wall less often.
• Fixed the reload keymind in the new input manager.
• Added an option to globally enable or disable mod support.
• Fixed the message log and status bar options not working properly without the overlay UI fully enabled.
• Fixed option drop-down menus not rendering properly and increased their size.
• Vendors no longer repair or recharge items when you don't have enough water to pay for the service.
• Fixed some issues with double inputs when escaping screens.
• Fixed a rare exception with generic ammo.
• Fixed the inventory screen sometimes appearing on top of the new UI.
• Fixed loading text not appearing when it should.
• Fixed some typos.
• We're also working on a journaling system and expansion to the Water Ritual. Stay tuned!

[Unormal]

*Fixed an issue with auto-drink not automatically drinking