This patch makes monsters more unique, adds more ways to deal with NPCs, optimizes singleplayer and multiplayer better, and fixes a bunch of other minor issues.
0.918 change list:
- donating gold or food to NPC now has chance of making them not start any fights for 10 minutes
- now NPC relations will drift back towards neutral if they haven't had any interactions in a while
- can now gift gems, rings, necklaces, jewelry, and luxuries from one npc to another npc - changes relations & happiness
- now player doesn't have to have quest to gather monster parts for quests
- switched _freePackedDataObjects from linked list to a vector (test went from 88.7 to 101.8 fps) - should speed up server in multiplayer
- added Ground Detail graphics option - if turned down can speed up fps especially dungeons/caves
- set up data for Ground Detail option for dungeons and caves
- changed light models default to 0.75
- added Love Potions
- zombie horrors now get 3 random skills instead of 2
- doubled Orc Shaman Weakness skill debuff
- Imp Spin Attack now does much more damage
- Female Imps crossbow attack is now 33% faster (the projectile)
- improved Naga Priest's heal spell
- Hulk Stunning Hit now does more damage
- Hulk now uses Quake Strike 25% more
- Wisp buff now lasts twice as long
- ghosts are now harder to hit
- guardians now have more armor
- guardians now get extra fire, lightning, poison, and cold resistances
- doubled chance that Giant Spiders use web attack
- doubled Saurian Mage strength buff
- Stalkers use Gut attack more often now
- changed stalker hunters attack time from 1.5 to 0.75
- increased stalker hunter projectile speed from 450.0 to 600.0
- Scorpion Sting now does damage along with the speed debuff
- Scree/Zombie Scree Impale now does more damage, hits more often, and has longer range
- made Changelings a little tougher
- PlagueBringer Larva now do more damage
- Dark Elf Warriors now have more armor
- Dark Elf Warrior's Slice can now hit up to 3 enemies and has a longer range
- increased Dark Elf Assassion chance to hit
- increased Dark Elf Assassion Poison Stab damage
- increased Dark Elf Dark Priest Unholy Bolt damage
- Targ/Zombie Targ now do more damage when in Frenzy mode
- Furies/Zombie Furies now have much higher fire resistance
- Furies/Zombie Furies now have faster attacks
- Skeleton Archers now fire faster
- Zombie Spiders can now phase more but they now have to be farther away
- Zombie Scavengers now have farther corpse sense, sprint to corpses, and can eat more corpses
- made Zombie Hellhound flame more powerful
- now Zombie Ragnars gain more health from eating corpses
- Shadow/Zombie Shadow now has better life steal/mana burn
- Zombie Scarabus now spawn Parasites a little faster
- fixed a bug in alert faction skills
- fixed some problems with Zombie Stalker Death Scream
- Zombie Scorpion now has more health and armor
- Zombie Imp Poisonous Gas damage now scales with level
- increased Blink range (Horror, Zombie Horror, and Zombie Pixie Big Sister)
- added Tail Slam to Zombie Naga bestiary text
- increased Zombie Naga Tail Slam damage, chance to hit, and range
- Zombie Hulk now has Stunning Hit and Quake Strike
- fixed a bunch of monster follower stuff
- now monster taunts debuff you defense, attack, and cast time
- Zombie Shadow Scream is now a taunt
- Ragnars are now much more likely to spawn in groups
- Torva Shaman fire aura now gives better bonuses
- Undead Herald call now buffs allies along with morale boost
- Dark Elf Wizard and Fire Elemental fireballs now do radius damage
- increased range for Fire Elemental and Zombie Imp passive damage attacks
- Orc Caltrops now does damage when the victim moves
- Torvas now use Power Attack much more often when victim has their back turned
- now other clans gain xp faster
- now clan members (yours and others) will wander around looking for enemies when clan is under attack
- simplified recruit save/load stuff to fix some issues when recruits are lost
- increased normal NPC happiness degradation
- decreased NPC happiness increase from full ration
- increased NPC happiness increase from living in a house
- added Spy NPC skill - rogues, makes rumors & sabotaging cheaper
- added Sage NPC skill - wizards & conjurors, makes identifying items cheaper (Tuidjy)
- Quartermaster NPC skill now makes identifying items cheaper
- fixed some recruit stuff not taking affect immediately
- rescue/escort to renegade quest transitions now keep NPC name consistent (Crisses/Caal)
- now alarms on traps will trigger any ambush traps in range
- now a few enemies can send ambushes to you
- alarms on traps can now trigger an ambush (without a nearby trap)
- fixed Arcane Swarm sometimes targeting things the player isn't allowed to target
- added X the Coward quest
- added X the Ambush Master quest
- entity movement should be a little smoother now (especially in multiplayer)
- improved dazed, ice explosion, void shield, ice bolt, teleport, armor melt, ambush, shatter, and amorph split effects
- fixed effects not drawing on bestiary screen
- improved arcane blast, ghost death, ice explosion, arcane swarm, blinding flash, and infused energy effects
- improved earthquake, temporal flux, and quake strike effects
- improved Aura Of Dark Blessing, corpse explosion, and lure effects
- fixed a problem in randomIntInRangeWeightedMiddle
- changed Wisp buff attack color and add an effect while the buff lasts
- stalker hunters no longer have daggers
- changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 39
- can no longer distribute bags to town armory
- improved clan recognition that they are being attacked
- pets no longer count in Enemies Too Close calculations (ScrObot)
- NPCs now use more idle animations
- clan guards now ignore sighting enemies outside of clan level (Crisses)
- now environment fires should spread a little better
- when a NPC goes renegade in your town, the quest now has the correct location (Crisses)
- clicking on a monster in another clan no longer brings up their town defenses UI (Roswitha/ScrObot)
- improved expedition icons
- rearranged clan screen to fit everything better
- increased ambient fairy chances
- fixed Saurian Mage skills text
- added Quake Strike to Hulk's bestiary text
- added to Ghost special abilities they can pass through objects
- added bestiary text for Stalker Hunters
- added Fire Resistance to Fury/Zombie Fury special attack text
- fixed male and female zombie names in bestiary
- added Zombie Parasite bestiary text
- fixed missing translation BuyCovenentSpecialItemCantAfford (Caal)
- fixed NpcStarved translation not working
- reworded wishing well event text a little (Crisses)