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Zombasite patch 0.929

This patch makes player movement much smoother, optimizes things better, new clans can be started, improves renegades a lot, improves the help topics, and fixes a bunch of other minor issues.

0.929 change list:

  • made player movement much smoother
  • sped up another PlayerClient::getNearestEnemy issue, test goes from 125 to 135 fps
  • now NPCs that leave your clan for whatever reason can start a new clan
  • now uprisings, unique monsters, renegades, and bosses can start new clans
  • now NPCs that go renegade can become a more appropriate renegade type (Smuggler, Witch, Mercenary, etc)
  • now NPCs that just went renegade have a chance to teleport away
  • now NPCs that leave your clan for whatever reason have a chance to join another appropriate clan
  • now renegades might get a new skill with each new promotion
  • renegades now have more chances to get promoted
  • bounty hunters now work
  • more bad guys can send a bounty hunter after the player now
  • increased Enrage hate from 40.0 to 50.0 and increased the inflation from 0.075 to 0.15 (Throwback)
  • made health/mana bars easier to see (The_Wuggly_Ump)
  • changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 48
  • NPCs that leave your clan now can steal some food before they leave
  • now more of the starting menus have theme music
  • made Quick help topic system a little shorter
  • made the font smaller on the quick help topics - hopefully makes it a little easier to read (less scrolling/less imposing)
  • reworded evidence quests text a little
  • added right click stuff to basics help topic
  • reordered menus in UI screens help topic to match order of buttons in game
  • simplified UI screens help topic a little
  • added Help menu to UI screens help topic
  • reworded damage help topic a little
  • reworded ways back to town help topic a little
  • reworded guards part of clan layout help topic a little
  • reworded skill types help topic, color coded it, and broke up into more paragraphs to make easier to read
  • added some whitespace to dynamic world help topic so it is easier to read
  • reworded shared stash help topic a little
  • reworded Fragile Items help topic a little
  • world will no longer spawn a new clan if yours is the last one
  • now default plant movement option to off
  • added Left click to talk help on your NPCs and free NPCs in the wild
  • fixed a typo in Items on the ground help topic
  • crafting items highlight now has left click info color coded
  • now other clans and quests don't do anything until the player leaves town for the first time
  • fixed a door level issue
  • clan relations help topic pops up at a better time now
  • added Free Recuit help topic
  • added Npc Happiness help topic
  • added Npc Insanity help topic
  • added Full Bags help topic
  • no longer show item text on opening screen game
  • fixed another problem spawning pet monsters without a parent (Tuidjy/GTD-Carthage/Throwback)
  • increased chances of teleport stone recharge quest
  • monsters make idle sounds more often now
  • fixed a few collision issues in town levels (Tuidjy)
  • now level requirement for items never goes over 100 (Tuidjy/ScrObot)
  • can no longer add enhancements to gems (xtxlx)