Caves of Qud News

build 210.2 - 'beta' branch

• Added a fallback font for the modern UI with many previously missing international unicode characters.
  
• The message for blocking will now include what shield you blocked with.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some historic regions to generate without articles.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused common phrases for "cooking" to not generate.
  
• [modding] Steam workshop mods will now check for updates and prompt downloads if you've declared a version in your manifest.json.
  
• [modding] You can now add HistorySpice.json files to your mod which will merge with that of the game.
  
• [modding] Added LoadBefore and LoadAfter to manifest.json which can influence mod load order without creating dependency cycles.
  
• [modding] The XRL namespace is now checked for type name conflicts which could previously cause silent incompatibilities between mods.
  
• [modding] Map files in subdirectories will now merge together by their ID, if no ID is defined the relative path is used.
  
• [modding] You can now add 'Textures' folders for your sprites anywhere in your project, respecting your manifest.json directories.
  
• [modding] Added an alert to the main menu if enabled mods are missing dependencies.
  
• [modding] Added a new GetBleedLiquidEvent which defaults to the old BleedLiquid tag or property.
  
• [modding] XML files loaded by root now print an info block of file counts to the Player.log.
  
• [modding] Fixed a bug that caused the default values of options to be ignored when used as conditions for manifest.json directories.
  

Caves of Qud is an incredibly special videogame: it was our best roguelike of 2024 and is maybe the only game whose devs could sit down with PCG's Lincoln Carpenter at this year's GDC and finally hash out the ideal number of limbs for a lifeform to have (none). After all, this is probably the only game where players put their heads together to create the most efficient extra-limb meta...
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build 210.0 - 'beta' branch

• Unity version upgraded to 6000.0.41f1.
  
• Windows builds are now 64-bit.
  
• DLC is no longer subject to the 'Enable mods' option.
  
• [modding] The game is now restarted when the mod configuration is changed to fully unload old mod data.
  
• [modding] Mod approval has been replaced by a one-time option to opt-in when installing a script mod for the first time.
  
• [modding] We added some new features to manifest.json.
  
  • Mod dependencies can now be declared, allowing your mod to require and be loaded after others.
    
  • Separate subdirectories can be loaded depending on what version of the game is running, allowing further mod compatibility.
    
  • Subdirectories can also be loaded only if a certain mod is present, allowing optional interwoven features.
    
  • Defining a manual LoadOrder is deprecated, in favor of dependencies.
    
  • Refer here for usage: wiki.
    

1.0.2 (build 207.44)

• Changed Make Camp so that only campfires you made are considered when checking for existing campfires.
  
• Psychic hunters now ambush you less often in [redacted].
  
• The pool of brain brine effects no longer includes adding skills or skill points if you already have every skill.
  
• Distracting holograms now have a higher render layer.
  
• Increased the render layer of lit campfires.
  
• Fixed the circle of light in the chord of Rermadon not displaying its resistance boosts.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the golem to sometimes remain in a semi-piloted state after being destroyed, preventing player control.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Rodanis Y to not receive power from Grit Gate's broadcast power station.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused social coprocessors to not be accounted for in some water ritual contexts.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Spinnerets to not deactivate on the world map.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused your cryo clones to sometimes prevent the game from saving.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to repeatedly gain the reward for completing "A Call to Arms" from Otho by mentioning the slynth.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused dreadroots to be unable to travel on the world map.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused salt krakens to leave trails on the world map.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented companions from satisfying the objective of spreading Klanq to their original faction.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the cooldown reduction from Willpower to be uncapped when applied to Ultra Fire.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused items cloned via cryotubes to conflict in unpredictable ways when equipped together with the original item.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Blinking Tic to teleport you outside vehicle interiors, inflicting large amounts of fall damage.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused conflicts between complex parties to not propagate opinions between the leaders, leading some members to remain neutral.
  
• Fixed a bug with hotkey inputs from the ability menu not being properly consumed when activating an ability.
  
• Fixed a bug with hotkey inputs from the ability menu that rarely caused an ability mapped to 'a' to be immediately used when entering the screen.
  
• Fixed an exception during missile weapon fire when a cell was fully drained during a multi-shot action.
  
• Fixed an exception thrown during explosive projectile impacts.
  
• Fixed a typo in the tutorial.
  
• Added some names to the credits.
  [modding] Fixed an exception in FromWebColor when passing in a color code starting with #.
  [debug] Added party leader and inherited feeling towards the player to the attitude menu.