[Neolithic]To the End News

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2720149227
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[Steam Workshop]Unified the mod data loading order, the mods loaded later will always overwrite the content of the previous ones. And the additional Mod path written by a player shall always overwrite the one generated when automatically sync with Steam.
[Steam Workshop]Mods can now make their own database maps, NPC registry code, drop list code, and item generate code or overwrite existing ones. (Not fully tested. But, they are old SAPC++ DLC system codes that existed for more than a decade. Thus, they are likely robust. The problem may still exist with file searching and steam interactive.)
[Steam Workshop]New mod: Urban Legend. (The first mod that can have its own additional content to test the above functions.)
[Steam Workshop]For now, the mod may sometimes spawn a special slime mini-boss known as "Clinical Waste" in the hospital of Liu. It has its own item drop list. And the drop list is also from the data in the Mod.
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【创意工坊】统一了MOD载入顺序，后载入的MOD将会始终覆盖之前的MOD的内容。用户自行输入的MOD总会覆盖STEAM工坊默认生成的顺序。
【创意工坊】Mod现在可以有自己的数据地图、NPC注册代码、物品掉落代码和物品生成代码，并且也能覆盖已有的代码。（尚未完全测试。但是，这些都是SAPC++的DLC系统的代码，存在超过了10年。因此，健壮性方面应该没太大问题。问题可能会出现在文件检索以及和STEAM的交互上。）
【创意工坊】新MOD：都市传说。（首个拥有自身新增内容的MOD，用于测试上述的MOD接口。）
【创意工坊】目前，该MOD有时会在疁城医院中生成一个名叫“医用废品”的特殊史莱姆迷你BOSS。它有自己的物品掉落列表。该列表同样是由MOD加入的。

Hi everyone, welcome to another week's developer's diary.

This week, the Steam Workshop functionalities keep expanding beyond mere graphics overwrite.
From a tech point of view, the game can now accept community localization mods.
As proof of technology, a localization template mod has been set up in the workshop.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2712267894

Although I know little about Japanese, French, German, Russian, and many other languages, with a bit of Google Translation, the mod can demonstrate some results on the UI. It shall likely support making mods for most of the languages on earth except a few languages such as Arabic and Uyghur. Depending on the demand of those languages, maybe I can also try to come out with some solutions late. But, for now, that concludes my efforts on supporting community localization mods. If there are any bugs, I will also update the template mod accordingly just as I fixed a few bugs in the Japanese template this week.

The second big part of this week's updates is more food. A sushi bar and a bakery are open in the town of Liu. There are 5 variations of sushi and the new alcoholic drink, sake sold in the sushi bar. Meanwhile, the bakery is a bit different, it mostly just sell baguettes. The Baguette that people can eat, the Baguette that people can use as weapons, the Baguette that can shoot lightning, the Baguette can help pick locks, the Baguette that can make people believe whatever you told them, the Baguette that can do a lot of interesting things thanks to our prefix system. Basically, from a tech point of view, we get a Baguette food and a Baguette weapon while the Baguette weapons can also have prefixes on them. Furthermore, the Baguette weapon can be turned into Baguette food in case anyone is hungry. It's a bit chaotic. But, it feels quite fun in a messed up world with all the magic and unspeakable horrors. :)

Next up is the further subdivide in speech skills. Based on community feedback, the speech skill is now a group of skills of Intimidation, Persuasion, Deception, and Seduction. The previous speech skill is working as a base to affect all the 4 sub-skills. However, each of those 4 new skills can also have modifiers on them to further indicate a character's skills in their respective fields of work. For example, you can hardly use a zombie to seduce a human who does not like undead creatures. But, instead, our zombie friend can be quite Intimidate to the same human. It brought a bit more diversity to solve different problems in this world. But, they may have different consequences. For example, threatening a poor guy who just lost his job to pay up his bill may have a negative impact on karma while nicely convincing them does not; A failed attempt to seduce a police officer may only make them a bit displeased while a failed attempt to intimidate them may make them shoot you immediately.


We also have a bit of story content update, involving the beggar gang faction in Liu. Their leader finally appeared with unsettled grudges with the local dragon organization (though, he admits dragons do not all fly the same color.) The homeless people in the sewer are under his de-facto protection. Thus, killing them may now have some negative consequences.
His appearance can also be used on a male player character.

That's for this week.
Although the stock market is not in its best performance recently, some legal businesses are waiting for me to address, Shanghai is under the attack of another wave of COVID mini-breakout, it's likely going to be a busy week next week, I will try to limit their negative impact on the game development.
See you around. :)

Today's changelog:
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New background music for Liu's sewer.
New NPC: The Beggar King. (More stories later.)
You can now directly choose to go back to the town from the exit of the Beggar Gang's Camp.
After you meet the beggar king, you can also go directly to the Beggar Gang's camp from the entrance of the sewer.
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The game will now start to track the relationship between you and the beggar gang. Killing homeless people in the sewer has a negative impact.

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Added one more playable male character variation. (Someone related to the future beggar gang content.)
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[Save Menu]Made the options window that asks whether to overwrite a savefile wider to fit all languages.
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加入了一个新的可用男性角色造型。（未来和丐帮有关的剧情角色。）
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【存档菜单】询问是否覆盖存档的窗口宽度增大以适应基本上所有的语言。

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[Speech]When picking a teammate to do a speech skill check, the modifier of 4 sub-categories of the speech skills will now also display on the UI.
[Speech]The skill that will be used will also be high-lightened on the UI.
[Speech]Added an option to threaten police officers when they come after you. (Using Intimidation skill. A failed attempt results in their immediate attack.)
[Speech]Added an option to threaten the target during the procedurally generated mission "Collect Debt." However, depending on the situation, it's somewhat evil to threaten or even beat up someone who just got a tough time in their life. Maybe try persuasion instead.
[Enemy Generation]If you attract more than 8 enemies to attack you together, they shall automatically have a formation of multiple lines in the battle so that none of them will totally appear outside the screen.
[Prefix]New Prefix: Cruel-Looking (Increase Intimidation skills, decrease the other three speech skills.)
[Prefix]Cruel-Looking may randomly appear on different clothes and weapons. (And, there is a chance to get a Cruel-Looking Baguette from the bakery.)
[Loading Menu]Made the selection window of whether to use the latest save-file much wider so that it shall fit for all languages.
[Steam Workshop]Updated the localization template mod, fixed some bugs in the Japanese localization template.
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[Localization System]Fixed a crash when a language needs to get an elemental name from its rollback language.
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【说服力】当选择一名队友去进行说服力相关的技能判定时，四个说服力有关的子技能的修正值也会显示在选取界面上。
【说服力】被具体使用的技能会在这个界面上高亮显示。
【说服力】在警察追捕你时，加入了一个威胁的选项。（使用威吓技能。如果失败，将会直接进入战斗。）
【说服力】在随机生成的收集欠款任务中加入了威胁目标的选项。但是，威胁甚至动手殴打一个遭遇生活不幸的人是一种相对邪恶的行为。说服可能是一个更好的解决方案。
【敌人生成系统】如果你吸引了超过8个敌人同时攻击你，那么它们现在将会自动分布在多行上，用于避免有部分敌人完全出现在屏幕外的情况。
【前缀】新的前缀：外貌凶残的（增加威吓技能，降低其它三种说服力相关技能）
【前缀】外貌凶残的前缀可能出现在衣服或武器上。（所以，从面包房里买的法式长棍上都可能有这个前缀。）
【读档界面】使选择是否使用最近的存档的选单变得更宽以适应所有语言的本地化。
【创意工坊】更新了本地化模板MOD，修复了日语MOD中的一些BUG。
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【本地化系统】修复了在一种语言需要从其回滚语言中获得一种元素的名称时发生的游戏崩溃。

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If you really attract a lot of police officers to go after you, they will now have a formation of multiple lines in the battle so that none of them are outside the screen.
A bakery is open in the restaurant located in the commercial street of Liu.
New food: Baguette
New weapon: Baguette (Yes, that's also Baguette. They can have prefixes.)
Baguette can also be melt into Baguette.
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Subdivided the speech life skill into Intimidation, Persuasion, Deception, Seduction.
They are all still based on the speech skill. But, additional modifiers can be applied to those sub-categories.
Taunt skills now use Intimidation. Those skills' description is also changed to reflect this change.
Seducing police officers after committing a crime is now using seduction skills. It no longer has gender restrictions. However, gay officers are rare, almost non-exist in Liu. Thus, it's usually harder to seduce a male officer as a male character.
You can now also let any of your group members do that.
But, again, some non-human teammates may find it harder to seduce a normal human being unless in some rare cases. (I only succeed once during the testing, using a kitten to seduce an officer.)
Luring homeless people to the Unfinished Building is now a deception skill check.
All other previous speech skill checks are converted to persuasion checks.
All those skill checks now show which skill will be used in their options.
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现在，如果你遭到了大量的警察的追捕，他们将会在战斗中有一个分布在多行的阵型，从而确保了他们不会那么容易跑到屏幕外面去。
在疁城商业街的餐馆里开放了一间面包房。
新的食物：法式长棍
新的武器：法式长棍 （对，依然是法式长棍，并且可能带前缀。）
法式长棍还可以熔化为法式长棍。
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细分了说服力技能为 威吓，说服，欺诈，诱惑。
它们均以说服力技能为基础值，但是可能在各自的细分领域有修正值。
嘲讽类技能现在使用威吓。该类技能的说明也进行了对应的修改。
犯罪后色诱警官时现在使用诱惑技能判定。不再有性别限制。但是，疁城的警察中几乎不存在同性恋属性的警员。因此男性角色色诱难度相对较大。
你现在可以使用任何队友来色诱警官了。
但是，非人类队友可能会在进行这项活动时有更高的难度修正，除非刚好遇到某些...特别的情况... （基本上我在测试的时候只成功过一次，用一只猫猫去色诱警察。）
欺骗流浪汉去未完之建筑现在是一项欺诈技能检定。
其余的此前的说服力判断都被转为了新的说服判断。
所有上述技能检定会在对话选项中显示具体使用的是何种技能。