Hi, everyone. Welcome to this week's developer's diary.
It's quite a busy week as random things keep bumping up in real life. (On the good side, the machine that is used to develop the next DLC received some tremendous upgrades, including 96GB of RAM. So, I can have UE5, Rider, and Reallusion software all opened at once with no issues.)
As such, I can ensure the next DLC can cover a lot of details...
...from all kinds of camera angles. :)
Anyway, now let's cover this week's content.
The primary focus of this week is still on Jiru Island.
As we move further north, it will get colder. The previous supernatural "Colder War" storyline will also get even colder.
In Dana, among those ruined houses destroyed by machines, you can now find one that you can enter. Deep inside, you can find it's not a usual house. The previous owner left a note to someone he was supposed to meet. All clues will indicate this organization's influence in this area.
Given the recent global competition in AI and chips, it's understandable why they send agents to this area to try to get samples from those invading machine creatures.
However, they are not the only faction that represents a nation in this area.
With the development of the story, new characters will inevitably come.
Thus, we get quite a few here:
The United States Office of Naval Intelligence is one of the oldest intelligence organizations in the US, since 1882. Rumors have it that they were directly involved in destroying the Deep One settlements in Innsmouth almost a hundred years ago.
In the game, some of their members' shoulder patches differ from real-world ones.
It is a cover-up of the organization they belong to, if you can see the pattern.
"We are fire, why should we bow to the clumsy clay?"
Many Abrahamic religions depict the rebellion of certain angels who refused to bow to humans and were thus banished. Previously, we saw one brainwashed and enslaved local human population trying to rebuild the Tower of Babel. Now, we can find out more about this lore. In Islamic tradition, some of those who rebelled were not angels but jinns. Each one of them may be very different from the others. Some are good, some are evil. Some may have romantic relations with human, and their descendants walk on this earth even today.
Jiru Island is basically the Skyrim of the Nise Federation.
It is the northernmost island of the archipelago. It's cold. Even before other factions start to infiltrate, it has a complex political environment. Some of its native population is rebelling against the Federation government and wants independence. Many mysteries and supernatural events have happened and are happening, especially the ongoing machine invasion.
Meanwhile, many characters, by their design, also have a Nordic feeling.
Here, we just got another one.
As mentioned before, the North Legion of the Federation, which once fought against the separatists, is now under the siege of the machines.
In addition to those characters, recent events also allowed me to study some Indian Army firearms. Thus, a new gun has been added to the game.
This submachine gun is special because it uses 9mm Glock ammo. Thus, in the game, you will find that it consumes pistol ammo instead of other submachine gun ammo. Its relatively larger ammo capacity and easy-to-carry stock compensate for the lowered single bullet damage from a small caliber.
Meanwhile, the story of the Final Valor Cave continues.
You can now finally find the demon behind all those plague zombies.
He is very generous; he will give you a copy of a religious book for free.
Maybe he has a point. All the development of human civilization nowadays only brings more suffering. Does an office worker trapped in their 9:5 or even 996 daily routine feel happier than our primitive ancestors who hunted wild animals and lived in rent-free caves?
But, well, that's not a good excuse to just give up and rot away.
Thus, you can fight, defeat, and get some loot from him. (He drops very poisonous weapons that you may find useful.)
He may also appear as a random Boss enemy in any demon-themed random location when you travel with the Wonderland Travel Agency.
That's for this week. The world is becoming more and more colorful.
The full upgrade log of this week:
20250510
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[Quest]You can now tell Diana about the situation of Dana in the quest: Survey The Federation
[Wiki]Updated the wiki page of "Survey The Federation."
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【任务】你现在可以在【调查尼斯联盟】的任务中告诉戴安娜关于达那的事情。
【维基】更新了【调查尼斯联盟】任务页面。
20250511
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[Dana]Added a new location: The Ruined House. (For now, it shall serve as a safe location between the first wall and the survivor shelter.)
[The Ruined House]Current infrastructure: a bed, a smelter, two water
[Butterfly Wings]Once you have entered the Ruined House, you can teleport there from any Jiru outdoor locations. (It's under the Dana area's sub-category.)
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【达那】新地点：被毁坏的房屋。（目前可以作为第一道墙和幸存者避难所之间的安全区域使用。）
【被毁坏的房屋】目前包含的设施：床，熔炉，水源。
【蝴蝶之翼】在你首次进入被毁坏的房屋后，你可以从吉鲁岛任何室外区域传送过去。（在达那区域子目录下。）
20250512
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[The Ruined House]Added a campfire.
[Final Valor Cave]All parts of this cave are now accessible.
[Final Valor Cave]Deep in the cave, you can now find a demon known as Morbacius.
[Item]New religion book: The Swarm's Testament
[Final Valor Cave]Morbacius will give you a copy of <> the first time you talk to him.
[Wiki]Updated the faith page.
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【被毁坏的房屋】加入一个营火。
【勇气终点洞穴】该洞穴所有区域现在均已开放。
【勇气终点洞穴】洞穴深处你现在可以找到一个名为莫尔巴修斯的恶魔。
【物品】新宗教书籍：蝇群的祷文
【勇气终点洞穴】在首次和莫尔巴修斯对话后，他会给你一本《蝇群的祷文》
【维基】更新了维基页面。
20250513
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[Firearm]New Firearm: Asmita (Note: Although it is an SMG, by default, it uses pistol ammo, because, according to Wikipedia, its ammo type is 9mm Glock.)
[Shopping]Various firearm vendors now sell Asmita.
[Wiki]Updated the firearm page.
[The Ruined House]Added various loot in this location.
[The Ruined House]Added a note to explain why you can find those loot in this location and something about the previous owners of this house. (It's a new document.)
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[UI]Fixed a bug that certain item detail windows may be hidden behind the tips windows.
[Tileset]Fixed a bug that allows you to step onto some tables.
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【枪械】新枪械：阿斯米塔 （特别事项：虽然这是一把微型冲锋枪，但是默认使用手枪弹药，因为根据维基，它用的是9MM格劳克弹药。）
【购物】不同的枪械商人现在会贩卖阿斯米塔
【维基】更新了枪械页面。
【被毁坏的房屋】加入了各种可以搜刮的物品。
【被毁坏的房屋】加入了一张字条，解释了你为什么能在这里找到这些东西，以及这个房子以前的主人的信息。（这是一个新的文档。）
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【UI】修复了某些物品细节窗口会被说明窗口盖住的BUG
【图块】修复了一个让你可以站到桌子上的BUG
20250514
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[Enemy]Added enemy data for Morbacius. He has his unique combat AI. He can summon plague zombies. As a big fly, his attack also has vampiric effects.
[Final Valor Cave]You can now have more interactive options with Morbacius, including directly attacking him.
[Wonderland Travel Agency]New enemy theme for random locations: Demonic Entities. (It differs from the Possessed theme as it includes demonic enemies such as fire imps.)
[Wonderland Travel Agency] Morbacius may appear as a random boss enemy in a location with a Demonic Entities theme. In this case, he will attack with other demonic enemies nearby.
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[Enemy]Fixed a bug that causes spawned fire imps to not move on the map.
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【敌人】为莫尔巴修斯加入了敌人数据。他有自己独立的战斗AI。可以召唤瘟疫僵尸。作为一个很大的苍蝇，他的攻击也带有吸血效果。
【勇气终点洞穴】你现在可以和莫尔巴修斯有了更多的交互，并且可以直接攻击他。
【奇幻之地旅行社】新的敌人主题：恶魔实体。（不同于被恶魔附体之人的主题，这个主题的场景会包含更多种类的恶魔生物，包括火焰小鬼等。）
【奇幻之地旅行社】在恶魔实体主题的区域莫尔巴修斯可能会作为随机BOSS出现。这种情况下他会和周围的恶魔实体一起攻击你。
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【敌人】修复了一个造成随机生成的火焰小鬼不会在地图上移动的BUG。
20250515
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[Loot]Added 2 item drop lists for Morbacius. (He will drop one very poisonous weapon, a random item, and some Sulfur. If it's in a random location generated by the Wonderland Travel Agency, a boss chest will also drop.)
[Character Customization]New Male Character Appearance: Naval Intelligence officer.
[Character Customization]New Male Character Appearance: Jinn Merchant
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【掉落物】为莫尔巴修斯加入了两个物品掉落列表。（现在他会每次掉落一个剧毒词缀的武器、一个随机物品、一些硫磺。如果是在奇幻之地旅行社生成的地点遭遇并击败他，还会掉落一个BOSS宝箱。）
【角色自定义】新男性角色造型：海军情报办公室军官。
【角色自定义】新男性角色造型：镇尼商人。
20250516
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[Character Customization]Added another male character appearance.
[Jiru Island]New Area: Northern Jiru Ridge - Dana Entrance
[Butterfly]You can teleport out of Northern Jiru Ridge - Dana Entrance.
[Wiki]Updated the Location page.
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【角色自定义】加入了一个新的男性角色造型。
【吉鲁岛】新地点：北吉鲁山岭 - 达那入口
【蝴蝶之翼】你现在可以从北吉鲁山岭 - 达那入口传送出来。
【维基】更新了地点页面。
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