Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.
This week, how about we go for some fishing with an entire group?
Yes, all your group members can now go fishing instead of just your main character. If one of your group members has equipped something that can be considered a fishing rod, you can now go fishing. A new UI will pop up to let you select which group member you want to send to fishing.
This UI will display everyone's fishing skill levels, MP cost, and a warning if this character has not equipped a fishing rod.
Meanwhile, as I mentioned above, there are more types of fishing rods in the game now.
A straightforward variation is an improved version of the fishing rod. They usually come with some bonus to your fishing skill levels.
But how about something strange?
Here is a new rifle barrel module that allows you to convert assault rifles into fishing rods.
Well, there is no magic or supernatural rocket science here. This idea comes from real life. There are indeed hunting-rifle fishing rods out there. Now, we have that in the game too.
So, where do we get those new items?
I decided to update all our fishing equipment vendors. First, they now share a common shop inventory list, including those new items mentioned above, which makes them easy to maintain throughout our vast game world. After that, we got more fishing equipment vendors in more towns so that the items they sell are more accessible.
That's the fishing part. We also got some other interesting updates elsewhere too.
At an abandoned Foundation facility, some researchers have transformed into vampiric creatures, while others are now corrupted by the Shade.
They serve many different purposes during this week's updates.
One of them is to test some new AI functionalities. As they are researchers, they shall behave differently than those more brutal versions of shade creatures. They retain their knowledge to study and analyze their target's weaknesses. They are also empowered by shade to cast shade touches to cause more nasty state effects on their victims. However, it will not be very smart to spam analyze over and over again or keep casting debuff spells on the same targets. Thus, new AI functionalities have been introduced to both the decision-making and target-selecting processes of enemy AIs. Those shade-tainted researchers can coordinate their attack with other shade creatures and serve as support debuffers. They may also appear in any shade-themed procedurally generated locations you can travel to via the Wonderland Travel Agency as a new kind of threat.
Another purpose is they will be some of the earliest enemies you may encounter in a future DLC. I will reveal more details about this later.
The storyline of the Dark Elf King received some minor progress, as you may find more details from the Black Frog King about what the next thing to do will be. The expansion of Hottle and a new location in this town can be considered a preparation for this next stage.
That covers most of this week's updates. There are also some other small improvements. If you are interested, feel free to read the completed update logs below. It's almost Christmas season. The game shall automatically recognize your local system time and make seasonal content appear accordingly. Have fun! :)
The full update logs of this week:
20241207
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[The Black Frog Cave]Added another dialog option about his treasures on the Black Frog King.
[The Black Frog Cave]Several dialog options of the Black Frog King shall now bring you back to the option selection window instead of ending the dialog.
[The Black Frog Cave]Added a bit more dialog along the Dark Elf King's storyline.
[Hottle]Expanded the map to have more buildings.
[Hottle]There are now fishes in this town's waterbody.
[Shopping]All generic fishing equipment vendors now share the same shop inventory list.
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【黑蛙洞穴】为黑蛙王加入了另外一个关于它的财宝的对话选项。
【黑蛙洞穴】黑蛙王的多个对话选项现在会让你回到选项界面而非结束对话。
【黑蛙洞穴】沿着黑暗精灵王的剧情加入了更多的台词。
【霍特尔】扩展了地图，包含更多的建筑物。
【霍特尔】该城镇的水体中现在有鱼了。
【购物】所有的渔具商人现在使用一个公用的商店物品清单。
20241208
English
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[Hottle]Added a fishing equipment vendor near the new waterbody from yesterday's map expansion.
[Element]New Racial Element Type: VS Fish
[Item]New Item: Improved Fishing Rod
[Shopping]All fishing equipment vendors now sell Improved Fishing Rods.
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[Event] Swapping an event now causes the new event to try to follow the old event's facing direction.
[Weapon]Checking whether a weapon can be used as a fishing rod now takes weapon modules into consideration.
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【霍特尔】在昨天扩展出的水体附近加入了一个渔具商人。
【元素】新的种族元素效果：对 鱼
【物品】新物品：改进的钓鱼竿
【购物】所有的渔具商人现在贩卖改进的钓鱼竿。
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【事件】交换事件功能现在会让新的事件试图跟随旧的事件的相同朝向。
【武器】检查一件武器是否可以作为钓鱼竿时，现在也会检查武器模块的效果。
20241209
English
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[Firearm Module]New Rifle Module: Rifle Fishing Wire and Hook (It allows you to use your rifle as a fishing rod.)
[Shopping]Fishing equipment vendors now sell Rifle Fishing Wire and Hook.
[Wiki]Updated everything mentioned above to the game's wiki.
[Wiki]Fixed an error about the Baguette Warhead.
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【枪械模组】新步枪模组：突击步枪垂钓组件（允许你使用这把步枪进行钓鱼。）
【购物】渔具商人现在会贩卖突击步枪垂钓组件
【维基】同步了上述内容到游戏维基。
【维基】修复了法式长棍弹头条目上的一个错误。
20241210
English
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[Hottle]New Location: An Adventurer's House
[Butterfly]You can teleport into "An Adventurer's House" once you have visited this location.
[Butterfly]You can also teleport out of "An Adventurer's House."
[Wiki]Updated everything mentioned above to the game's wiki.
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【霍特尔】新地点：一位冒险家的房子
【蝴蝶之翼】在首次访问一位冒险家的房子后，你可以传送过去。
【蝴蝶之翼】你也可以从一位冒险家的房子里传送出来。
【维基】同步了上述内容到游戏维基。
20241211
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[Enemy]New Enemy: Shade-Tainted Researcher
[Site Demeter]Some normal shade creatures have been replaced by shade-tainted researchers.
[Wonderland Travel Agency]Procedurally generated locations with a "Shade Entity" theme may now spawn Shade-Tainted Researchers.
[Wonderland Travel Agency]Random merchants in procedurally generated locations now also sell Sunscreen, Eloquoria, and Shower Gel.
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[Enemy]Fixed a bug that causes Shade-Tainted Gangsters not coordinately to attack you with other shade creatures.
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【敌人】新敌人：被暗影侵蚀的研究员
【站点德米特】一些普通的暗影生物现在会被替换为被暗影侵蚀的研究员
【奇幻之地旅行社】以【暗影实体】为主题的过程生成的地点，现在可能出现被暗影侵蚀的研究员。
【奇幻之地旅行社】过程生成的地点中的随机商人现在也会贩卖防晒霜、埃洛科里亚、沐浴露。
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【敌人】修复了被暗影侵蚀的帮派成员不会协同其它暗影生物一起攻击你的Bug。
20241212
English
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[Enemy]Shade-Tainted Researchers now have their unique AI code to make them better suit their roles as support debuffers. The change also means they no longer randomly spam "analysis" skills without attacking.
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[Enemy AI]Added two more decision-making functions to check the state effects conditions of the player group.
[Enemy AI]Added two more target-picking functions based on the state effects conditions of the player group.
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【敌人】被暗影侵蚀的研究员现在有了自己的独特AI行为代码，让它们更加符合团队中的辅助和制造Debuff的角色用途。该改动同时防止了它们乱丢【分析】技能而不实际攻击的问题。
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【敌方AI】增加了两个基于玩家队伍中的状态效果情况的决策函数。
【敌人AI】增加了两个基于玩家队伍中的状态效果情况的目标选择函数。
20241213
English
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[Fishing]All your group members can now go fishing if they have equipped something that can be considered a fishing rod and have enough MP.
[Fishing]When facing a waterbody, as long as any one of your group members has equipped something that can be considered a fishing rod, you can start fishing.
[UI]Added a new UI for selecting someone to go fishing.
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【钓鱼】你所有的队友现在均可以钓鱼，只要他们装备了一个可以作为钓鱼竿的物品，并且有足够的MP。
【钓鱼】只要你的队伍中有任何成员装备了钓鱼竿，你在面对一个水体的时候，就可以开始钓鱼。
【UI】加入了一个新的选择钓鱼人员的界面。
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