This patch adds sloped platforms, fixes a loading crash, makes legendary items better, rebalances a bunch of things, and fixes many other minor issues.
0.834 change list:
made sloped platform blocks
fixed a loading crash (Marshy/ScrObot)
fixed another way NPCs could spawn at too high level (special rooms related) (Tuidjy/Telkir)
no longer skip special room spawning if too close to player (normally only happens if too close to starting position)
legendary items can no longer get a curse for their random modifier (Omnislash)
legendary items can now randomly get a cursed Mutation magic modifier (exception to no Cursed) (Tuidjy)
increased staff blocking 34%
fixed a couple issues with spawning non-valid wandering vendor (hopefully fixes vendors in town with no items)
now gem gifts between people is 1/4 happiness boost of what it would be to give it directly to npc so now actual choice of gifting directly or between NPCs
now quests escalate faster if in multiplayer and more than 1 player (40% per extra player)
fixed dying fom lack of oxygen not showing damage numbers
now when monsters drop specific loot (like skins & gems) the level range is tighter to their own level (1-7/instead of 3-15)
now cloth plant/fibers have chance to spawn 3 per plant instead of 2
increased Targ Weight from 1.5 to 1.75
fixed most two handed maces not unlocking in collection correctly
now monsters won't turn off lights until level 10
now only show you NPC chat icon if the NPC wants to say something to your specific player (only matters in multiplayer)
increased HappinessChangeDonation from 1.0 to 4.0
increased SearchForEnemyPriceBase/SearchForEnemyPricePerLevel from 10.0/10.0 to 15.0/15.0
now show player names on world map
made effects smaller on imps, zombie parasites, shadows, leprechauns (and zombie versions)
fixed player basic regen not getting set up correctly if resume a game where player is dead and hasn't resurrected yet
fixed house basements sometimes getting filled in with foundations
added stairs to some houses
now destroying rock objects will drop some kind of stone
decreased s_volumeMaster from 0.5 to 0.4
now most fiber plants have a main range and an uncommon range (phase out)
decreased painting HouseSpawnChance from 0.005 to 0.0025
fixed trigger quest being able to pick a bad location and not fail the quest
fixed getting no complete sound when recovering a dead body (quest)
holy water now casts a pinkish light
you can now add sockets to tools (desophos/ulyssessword)
added a new announce sound for uprising quests
added a new announce sound for unique monster quests
now alt works showing items even if monsters nearby
will no longer start more than 1 of the same monster on sight sound at the same time
now monsters have to go through their senses time when first spawned before they react to things
now show what percent you have accomplished directly on achievement icons (pie shading)
added theme music on sound options page so easier to tell what some of the sound volumes do
now platforms draw behind objects
fixed some staves not having tags used for swipes
fixed threat bar and quest history icon overlapping on quest screen
fixed player names on game screen in multiplayer drawing below health bar outline
stacked X item to chest no longer goes to log (just center printed)
salvaged X ore no longer goes to log (just center printed)
increased switch places with NPC max distance a little (basically another tile width)
fixed coal block texture
fixed some rendering issues in editor
made love potion liquid more pink
made vials of liquids more colorful so easier to tell them apart
sped up guardian dying animation
will no longer spawn non-moving monsters in opening screen game
now use full gem name when printing gift messages
fixed found bridge message not printing correctly
expanded EffectsScale to MonsterArchetype
fixed MonsterTrapTowerFire and MonsterTrapTowerIce not having names when selected in game
fixed getting unbreakable blocks in bottom 2 corners of the world (ulyssessword/Faya AOP)
fixed getting random blocks in top 2 corners of the world (Faya AOP)
armor shown on create character screen is now more likely the one players actually use
turned off helmets on create character screen for now
changed material for teleport stone recharge from Obsidian to Schorl
now get "Can now choose an additional specialty!" message when level up to level 10 or 20
fixed Dark Wolf plural spelling
fixed typo in Brave personality description (Tuidjy)
fixed issues in drawPie/drawBackwardsPie (issues that weren't seen before because always used with a black texture)