Hi, everyone. Welcome to the last developer's diary of May. When you read this, it's likely been June already. Well, time moves on quite fast. We are almost at our 20th anniversary.
Anyway, let's start to talk about the content we get this week.
First, some follow-ups to Genzou. As the latest new teammate you can recruit, he needs to have some unique features and mechanisms. So, when he is in your group, you may discover some new story content in addition to his personal quest. For example, when you bring him to see a certain Aztec prince, he will comment on how similar they are, both waiting for someone, only to be dismissed by the prince mentioning they are nothing alike. Meanwhile, if Genzou is in your group, many Katan outlaws will not attack you because of some professional courtesy among bandits. (You can still attack them if you like.)
By the way, if you have won many times in the Arena in the Den of Pleasure, they will also no longer attack you.
Now, as we are talking about Katan, many of you may know there was an interesting location that has not been accessible in our current iteration of the game. That is the Psychedelic Cave. This location has been added to the game during this week's updates.
What makes this place quite infamous is, that almost all of its floors are so identical. There are several entrances/exits on each floor, each of them may move you down, move you up, or move you to another location on the same floor.
If you don't pay attention to details, you may find each floor looks just like this.
Thus, at the entrance, a bandit will remind you to bring some butterfly wings in case you get lost.
If you pass a persuasion check, you can convince him to sell you some.
Talking about the entrance.
You can immediately find the cave is not the brightest place in the world.
But, what's in this cave is so important that it keeps attracting people to keep going down there?
Well, let's not spoil that here.
But, you can easily find an ex-chemical teacher and current drug dealer to tell you. (Well, some of you may know this is another easter egg which we have plenty of.)
He is hiring someone to collect some spores carried by the mushrooms in this cave.
Yes, there are a lot of mushrooms. The deeper you go, the more and stranger variations you will encounter. Those spores have many usages. You can use them in alchemy, you can use them in cooking.
Don't tell people what you just added to those foods.
To accommodate this, I also made the food additives more versatile.
It now works this way:
If you are cooking a lot of food, you will need a lot of those additives to take effect. The less food you cook and the more such additives you add, the better the effect modifier. For example: 6 Poisonous Spore + 1 Apple can get you a cooked apple with a high poisonous modifier while 6 Poisonous Spore + 2 Apples may give you 2 cooked apples with only half of that modifier.
Not sure how many people will die from food poison since this update. But, it's going to be fun. :)
Those new mushrooms can also be turned into pets if you desire. They have unique skills and attributes according to their types just like the plague mushrooms we already have before. As they are mushrooms, you can also heal them with fertilizers. They drop their correspondent spores as loot. This also extended to existing mushrooms and their victims. The Plague Mushrooms and their infected victims in a quarantined neighborhood in Liu will now drop poisonous spores.
There are also some mineral deposits in this cave. However, most of them can only be mined for a limited amount of time. On the 4th floor, you may even find deposits of curse stones, indicating something sinister is on the deepest floor ahead which is currently still working in progress.
Other updates of this week include new equipment prefixes that increase resistance to horny, stun, and acid burn, flags of the United States in Queensmouth's various buildings, and more generic alchemy functions. Please refer to the full update logs for details.
That's for this week. So far, none of those things added this week will make you addicted as we don't have an addiction system in place yet. So, feel free to eat them or let others eat them like candies and go as high as you like. Have fun! :)
The full update log of this week:
20240525
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[Genzou]When he is in your group, talking to his dog now has additional dialogs.
[Genzou]If you bring Genzou and talk to a certain Aztec Prince. In one of the dialog options, Genzou will now mention how alike they are while the Aztec Prince will dismiss that.
[Genzou]When you interact with any moonlight flowers in the world and Genzou is in your group, he will say something.
[Queensmouth]Added the flag of the United States in several buildings.
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[Genzou]Fixed a bug that in a rare case you can still see Genzou in his tent even when he is in your group.
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【愿藏】当愿藏在你的队伍里的时候，和他的狗狗说话现在有额外的对白。
【愿藏】当你带着愿藏和某个阿兹特克王子对话时，在其中一个兑换选项中，愿藏会说他们很像，而那个阿兹特克王子会否认这件事。
【愿藏】当愿藏在你的队伍中的时候，和世界上任何的月光花交互，愿藏都可能有额外的对白。
【王后镇】在多个建筑中加入了美国国旗装饰物。
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【愿藏】修复了在一种情况下愿藏会在已经加入你的队伍后依然在他的帐篷里出现的BUG。
20240526
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[Katan]If Genzou is in your group, Katan outlaws will not attack you because of some professional courtesy. However, you can still attack them instead. Those berserkers will still attack you.
[Katan]If you win a lot in the Arena in the Den of Pleasure, Katan outlaws may not attack you. (Each victory increases the chance by 2%) However, you can still attack them instead. Those berserkers will still attack you.
[Prefix]New Prefix: Frigid. (Increase horny resistance. It's a generic prefix that may appear on any equipment.)
[Prefix]New Prefix: Tenacious. (Increase stun resistance. It's a generic prefix that may appear on any equipment.)
[Prefix]New Prefix: Alkaline. (Increase acid burn resistance. It's a generic prefix that may appear on any equipment.)
[Katan]New Location: The Psychedelic Cave. (It has a map effect similar to an old mansion in SAPC++'s School DLC. Still WIP. It's quite empty at this moment.)
[Butterfly]Butterfly Wings now work in the Psychedelic Cave.
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【卡坦】如果愿藏在你的队伍中，那么卡坦的法外狂徒会因为同行礼节的缘故不主动攻击你。你依然可以选择攻击他们。强盗狂战士依然会攻击你。
【卡坦】在卡坦欢愉之巢的竞技场里获得胜利可能导致野外的卡坦法外狂徒不主动攻击你。（每次胜利提高2%的几率） 你依然可以选择攻击他们。强盗狂战士依然会攻击你。
【词缀】新词缀：性冷淡的（增加性冲动抗性。通用词缀，可能出现在任何装备上。）
【词缀】新词缀：坚韧的（增加晕眩抗性。通用词缀，可能出现在任何装备上。）
【词缀】新词缀：碱性的（增加酸液腐蚀抗性。通用词缀，可能出现在任何装备上。）
【卡坦】新地点：迷幻洞穴（有一个和SAPC++的校园DLC的某个古宅类似的地图效果。目前仍然在施工中，内部基本是空的。）
【蝴蝶】对迷幻洞穴加入了蝴蝶之翼的支持。
20240527
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[The Psychedelic Cave]Added more dialog options on the outlaw at the entrance. He shall provide you with more information about this cave.
[The Psychedelic Cave]Added 4 more floors of this cave. All of them look almost identical. Thus, it's quite easy to get lost.
[The Psychedelic Cave]The deeper you go, the environment will become pinker.
[Wiki]Added a wiki page of this location: https://neolithia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Cave
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【迷幻洞穴】在门口的法外狂徒上加入了更多的对话内容。他会提供给你更多关于这个洞穴的信息。
【迷幻洞穴】追加了4层。几乎都长得一摸一样。所以很容易迷路。
【迷幻洞穴】更深的楼层，环境会变得有更深的粉红色调。
【维基】加入了关于迷幻洞穴的维基页面： https://neolithia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Cave
20240528
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[The Psychedelic Cave]Plague Mushrooms now appear in this cave.
[The Psychedelic Cave]When you go to another floor, the environment on the previous floor may now change.
[The Psychedelic Cave]If you pass a persuasion skill check, you can now convince the outlaw at the entrance to sell you some Butterfly Wings.
[The Psychedelic Cave]On Floor 1, there is now a board near the exit back to Floor 0.
[Skill]New Skill: Aphrodisiac Spore
[Pet/Enemy]New Pet/Enemy: Aphrodisiac Mushroom
[The Psychedelic Cave]Aphrodisiac Mushrooms now appear in this area. The deeper you go, the more of them will appear.
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【迷幻洞穴】瘟疫菇现在会出现在这个洞穴。
【迷幻洞穴】当你进入另外一层的时候，之前楼层的环境可能发生变化。
【迷幻洞穴】如果你通过一个说服检定，那么你可以说服门口的法外狂徒卖给你一些蝴蝶之翼。
【迷幻洞穴】在第一层返回第零层的正确出口处，现在有一块公告板。
【技能】新技能：催情孢子
【宠物/敌人】新宠物/敌人：催情菇
【迷幻洞穴】催情菇会出现在这个区域。并且，更深的楼层会有更大概率出现。
20240529
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[Item]New Item/Alchemy Material: Poisonous Spore
[Item]New Item/Alchemy Material: Aphrodisiac Spore
[Loot]Mushrooms and their infected humans may now drop those spores.
[Cooking] Poisonous Spores can now be used as food additives when cooking. (If you are cooking a lot of food, you will need a lot of those additives to take effect. The less food you cook and the more such additives you add, the better the effect modifier. For example: 6 Poisonous Spore + 1 Apple can get you a cooked apple with a high poisonous modifier while 6 Poisonous Spore + 2 Apples may give you 2 cooked apples with only half of that modifier.)
[Cooking] Aphrodisiac Spores can now be used as food additives when cooking.
[Wiki]The cooking and alchemy effects of those spores have been updated to the Wiki.
[Wonderland Travel Agency]Procedurally generated caves with mushroom enemies may now have Aphrodisiac Mushrooms.
[Shopping]Enchantopia Elegance Emporium and the Mage Guild now sell Poisonous Spore.
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Added a new function to standardize the effect of food additives during the cooking process.
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【物品】新物品/炼金材料：剧毒孢子
【物品】新物品/炼金材料：催情孢子
【掉落物】蘑菇以及被它们感染的人类现在可能掉落这些孢子。
【料理】剧毒孢子现在可以作为食品添加剂。（如果你同时料理很多的食物，你可能需要加入很多的此类食品添加剂来产生效果。而如果你只料理很少的食物，但是加入了很多这类添加剂，那么可以造成较高的效果修正值。 比如，你用1份苹果和6份剧毒孢子，可以料理出有较高修正的有毒的苹果。但是，如果你用2份苹果和6份剧毒孢子，那么可能得到的是2份修正值是前者一半的有毒的苹果）
【料理】催情孢子现在可以作为食品添加剂。
【维基】在维基的料理和炼金页面加入了上面这些孢子的信息。
【奇幻之地旅行社】过程生成的有蘑菇敌人的洞穴中，现在会出现催情菇。
【购物】优雅吟唱者秘法店和法师公会现在贩卖剧毒孢子。
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加入了一个新的函数来标准化料理过程中的食品添加剂效果。
20240530
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[The Psychedelic Cave]Added a new NPC: Mr. Lambert on Floor 0 of this cave. (Some may know what an easter egg this is.)
[The Psychedelic Cave]Mr. Lambert buys the spores you can collect from those mushrooms at a relatively high price.
[The Psychedelic Cave]Mr. Lambert sells some standard medicine supplies and some drugs he makes. (He has an alchemy skill level of about 60.)
[The Psychedelic Cave]Added two types of unique drugs that Mr. Lambert sells.
[The Psychedelic Cave]Added two bodyguards standing behind Mr. Lambert.
[Skill] New Skill: Psychedelic Spore
[Item] New Item: Psychedelic Spore
[Alchemy]Added the alchemy data on Psychedelic Spores.
[Cooking]Added the additive effects on Psychedelic Spores.
[Wiki]Everything above has been updated to the wiki.
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Added a parameter on the brew potion function in the Alchemy system module. This new parameter can override almost everything.
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【迷幻洞穴】在第0层，加入了一个新的NPC：兰伯特 （有人可能知道这是什么彩蛋。）
【迷幻洞穴】兰伯特会高价收购你从蘑菇上收集的孢子。
【迷幻洞穴】兰伯特会贩卖一些标准的药剂，也会向你出售一些他自己制造的药物。（他的炼金技能大约是60级。）
【迷幻洞穴】加入了两种兰伯特出售的独特药物。
【迷幻洞穴】在兰伯特身后加入了两个保镖。
【技能】新技能：迷幻孢子
【物品】新物品：迷幻孢子
【炼金】为迷幻孢子加入了炼金信息。
【料理】加入了迷幻孢子的食品添加剂效果。
【维基】上述内容均已被更新到维基。
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在炼金系统的制药函数中加入了一个基本能重载任何内容的参数。
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[Psychedelic Mushroom]New Enemy/Pet: Psychedelic Mushroom
[Psychedelic Mushroom]Psychedelic Mushrooms now appear in the Psychedelic Cave.
[Psychedelic Mushroom]Psychedelic Mushrooms now appear in the Wonderland Travel Agency's procedurally generated dungeons.
[Psychedelic Mushroom]Psychedelic Mushrooms now drop Psychedelic Spores.
[Skill]New Skill: Exciting Chemical (Psychedelic Mushrooms have this skill when turned into pets.)
[Mining]All mining deposits can now have a limited number of times that you can mine.
[The Psychedelic Cave]Floor 1 to Floor 4 may now have some stone mining deposits. On the 4th floor, there may be cursed stone mining deposits.
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【迷幻菇】新敌人/宠物：迷幻菇
【迷幻菇】迷幻菇现在会出现在迷幻洞穴里。
【迷幻菇】迷幻菇现在会出现在奇幻之地旅行社的过程生成洞穴中。
【迷幻菇】迷幻菇现在会掉落迷幻孢子。
【技能】新技能：化学兴奋剂 (迷幻菇在变成宠物的时候会有这个技能。)
【采矿】所有的矿藏现在可以拥有一定的采矿次数限制。
【迷幻洞穴】第1层到第4层现在可能会有一些石头矿。第4层现在可能会有诅咒石矿。
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