Chaos Chain

This update changes A LOT of things, so old saves will likely experience oddities, inconsistencies, and issues. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to begin a new game!

Update 1.5.4 Change Log:

• Fixed a bug where discarding equipment wouldn't immediately update current item weight for that specific amount of items carried
  
• Fixed EXP popups not appearing anymore (I accidentally deleted the line of code that handled this when I was clearing out old code with the last patch)
  
• Fixed several types of special melee attacks not having the Melee Hit trait for affecting AP when hitting a target
  
• Fixed some typos
  
• Fixed some dialogue text showing in the wrong colors
  
• Fixed some enemies not having some items in their drop pool like they should
  
• Fixed the traveling doctor random metro event saying 35 Cred for healing but showing 30 (The real price is 30)
  
• Fixed randomized lowlife callouts list only playing a sound effect for some of them in the list
  
• Fixed camel pack equipping to the wrong slot and being classified as a gadget
  
• Fixed certain backpacks being classified as armor and not gear
  
• Fixed dust storm weather displaying the rain drop ground splash effect
  
• Fixed a bug with "The Catch" side quest where the quest related area would not become available under certain circumstances
  

• Added "Precious Possession" side quest (Multiple ways to complete, can be found in Lamplight Market)
  
• Added "Keep the Dogs at Bay" side quest (Several ways to complete and multiple outcomes, can be found in Lamplight Market)
  
• Added "Eyes on the Inside" side quest (Can be accessed after completing "Relief Recovery", can be found in Crescent Strip)
  
• Added some new Steam Achievements
  
• Added a new quest related interior area (No spoilers)
  
• Added a new quest related exterior area (No spoilers)
  
• Added some new quest related items (Again, no spoilers)
  
• Added new dialogue to some existing characters (Lore, details, hints, etc)
  
• Updated some existing quests with new options and new dialogues for quest related characters
  
• Added some new characters to interact with
  
• Added some new character sprites
  
• Added wild dog enemy type (2 Variants)
  
• Added some wild dog enemy troop setups
  
• Added dog randomized battle callouts list (Growls, groans, etc)
  
• Shop lists are now listed and sorted in accordance to their archtype (Items, then weapons based on type, then ammo based on caliber, then armor and gadgets based on type - These are all still sorted by price as well) (Thank you DonPatchRM for the help on this one!)
  
• Improved example descriptors during character creation for the various professional backgrounds based on feedback (Civic specifically - I will be working to make this one more interesting over time - It was originally more of a placeholder than a final implementation)
  
• Changed some Civic based dialogue options around a bit to be more reasonable and understandable
  
• Added some more logical/realistic Civic dialogue options to a few existing dialogues (Quest related, mainly)
  
• Based on player request, I added an option to toggle popups on screen for when you gain an item, exp, rep, and money (They'll be ON by default in NEW games, but old saves will have to turn them on if the player wishes)
  
• Added an option to toggle the additional raindrop splash animation system to the options menu to help users with slower systems
  
• Omari's Crew (At the Hab Block 13 location) are now referred to as "Hexers" - A gang name for them
  
• Adjusted hit type chances slightly for regular hits based on a roll of 13 (Graze - 23.1%, Regular - 61.5%, Solid - 15.4% --- Criticals are separate from this and have their own roll and code)
  
• Hard coded the crafting sound effect to always play if an item is created regardless of type
  
• Drones now fully charge Mettle when you rest/sleep
  
• Drones can no longer get the rested status
  
• Flight command will no longer display in combat unless escaping the battle is even possible in the first placce (Not many battles are currently possible to be escaped for a variety of reasons - mainly because of potential inconsistencies)
  
• Level cap increased from 30 to 35
  
• EXP requirements to advance in levels have been increased by 50% each (I found that I was leveling up extremely quickly even when I had slower exp gain, so they have been increased - This will be offset by the fact that new quests and more activities will be added over time)
  
• Tweaked some exp rewards for side quests (Increased a few, no decreases)
  
• All enemies now give 3 EXP as a base value when killed in combat (Plus their previous amount from their stat fluc)
  
• Enemy stat fluctuation is now rounded to the nearest whole number instead of rounded down automatically
  
• Converted the inventory system to return float values (Rounded 1 decimal) instead of whole integers
  
• Ammo types now cost various amounts of inventory space so you cannot carry infinite ammo (All well below 1.0 except for 45mm grenade shells which weight 1.0)
  
• Equipped ammo will now still show 100% of itself in the inventory screen (The actual inventory screen and not the equip screen)
  
• Equipped ammo will now show the currently loaded (Reserved by the current character because it's loaded in the chamber) ammo AFTER the pooled ammo on the equip screen (Example: You have 30x 10mm ammo, it will show "x29+1" next to the equipped ammo if one character has it equipped, "x28+2" if two characters have it equipped, and so on - The ammo is reserved properly in the display amount now - This was not technically a bug, but not necessarily easily understandable)
  
• Loner world modifier stat bonuses are now 15% each instead of only 10% (Most cases, it wasn't even doing anything at all previously)
  
• Added tactical vest support equipment ([Inv: 4/+12, Gear, Support, Init: 2, Allows Free Equipment Swapping In Combat])
  
• Updated some shop listings with new items
  
• Added a stash access point to one of the lockers in the basement of the Eclipse night club (Available after talking to Lynch for the first time)
  
• Lights Out ability now does mettle damage instead of health damage, but also now has a random damage variance from 1-3 instead of only 1
  
• Drop and Roll now has an 80% chance to stop burning instead of only 66%
  
• Added Cripple learnable ability (Ipct, +40% Trauma, +20% Shock, +2 Damage, -10 Initiative On Use) for main character and companions
  
• Added Shove learnable ability (+66% Stunned, Ignores Armor, -8 Initiative On Use, +10% Shock, +1 Mettle Damage) for main character and companions
  
• Added Priority Target learnable ability (Target takes +20% Physical Damage Taken +20% Stress Damage Taken, -1% Mettle Regen - 3 Turns, -3 Initiative On Use) for main character and companions
  
• Added Priority Target status effect
  
• Added Artificial Meat consumable
  
• Updated randomized loot tables
  
• Added Calm learnable ability (85% Chance to remove confused status from ally, Recover 3 Mettle, -5 Initiative On Use)
  
• Added Shocking learnable passive skill (+5% Shock chance on attack) for main characters and companions
  
• Added Confusing learnable passive skill (+5% Confuse chance on attack) for main characters and companions
  
• All tone skills now cost 5 skill points instead of only 4 (It was too easy to get them all and thus, pretty much always be able to get through any situation that allowed you to use skills to avoid conflict without any struggle)
  
• Several human enemies have been given the shove ability
  
• Added more helpful hints and descriptions to several skills
  
• Added some new icon art for items/equipment/skills/etc
  
• Athletic skill is now listed as a talent and costs 2 skill points instead of just 1
  
• Ranged enemies now have access to some of the various melee based abilities such as lights out, trip, and so on (This will give them more diverse action patterns but also actually make them a little easier since they aren't always using their best and most powerful attacks)
  
• Rebalanced some enemies to make them a bit more "evenly" rounded (What I mean by this is that they won't feel like they're so extremely good in one stat compared to others)
  
• Adrenaline now restores 150 stamina by default (No cost difference)
  
• Removed the Battle Background image toggle from the options menu (They're part of the game by default now)
  
• Some slight tweaks to the environmental colors (Bringing out a bit more color vibrancy)
  
• Lowered the values recovered for health and mettle when resting (It was a bit too easy to heal and could potentially be viewed as an exploit)
  
• Updated the game over image with a vignette effect
  
• Improved some tileset graphics (More detail, cleaned up)
  
• Floating label text for containers is now in a blue/bluish color to be more easily recognizable
  
• Edited some existing skill/stat checks to be more reasonable
  
• Expanded some areas (Interiors mainly) with more playable space
  
• Updated some backend testing code (Related to game startup) to make my life easier (Writing this down so I remember I did this change)
  
• Cleaned up some code that is always running in the background (Required, but made it more efficient and got rid of some extra stuff that wasn't necessary)
  
• Various other minor tweaks and improvements
  
• A few more things that I forgot to write down on here
  

Chaos Chain

Update 1.5.3 Change Log:

• Fixed a text option when talking to Chip not showing up in a specific color if certain conditions are met
  
• Fixed an issue with the soundtrack timer (Caused by an optimization from a recent update) where it caused music to shuffle twice every time it changed
  

• Reduced base selling price of items by 5%
  
• Increased the total allotted time for autosaving to 1 full second instead of only 0.5 of a second to allow processing to be less rushed and to make sure everything is smooth
  

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Chaos Chain

Update 1.5.2 Change Log:

• Popup text on screen will now automatically delete itself if the menu is opened (It won't get stuck on screen anymore if you open a menu or something while it is visible)
  
• Fixed a bug where resting weather changes could only be of a few different types (Was leftover from testing)
  
• Fixed a bug where being indoors when the weather changed would cause the toxic weather system to not activate when necessary
  
• Fixed some environment pathing issues
  

• Quest completions/failures/starts will now force an autosave in slot 7 - These do NOT use memory chips
  
• Slot 7 for the save slots is now named "Autosave" and cannot be manually saved over in game
  
• The workbench dialogue is now instantly displayed so it doesn't have to type the whole thing out each time you use it
  
• Sped up text display for dialogue tree beginnings
  
• Some optimization to the rain drop system for performance
  
• Improved some graphics for the environment with more detail
  
• Changing equipment in combat now takes an entire turn (You cannot freely re-equip constantly in combat, if you choose to change equipment, you lose the turn)
  
• Added PDA popup alerts for when toxic weather begins and ends
  
• Added some new NPC character sprites
  
• Added a few more NPCs to various areas
  
• Cleaned up and removed some old code
  
• Optimized some systems that are always running
  
• Deprecated some excessive and obsolete code that really did nothing but cause some extra processing bloat
  

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Chaos Chain

Update 1.5.1 Change Log:

• None needed!
  

• Molotov crafting schematic balanced by adding another rag to the build requirement
  
• Added sound effects to the new hit types (graze and solid hit - you'll hear specific sound effects like a glancing blow or a really loud thump for a solid hit)
  
• Some minor optimization of the new hit type system (graze, solid hit, regular hit, critical)
  

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Chaos Chain

Update 1.5.0 Change Log:

• Fixed Shoot Hydra Fully Auto skill saying its target was 3 enemies instead of 1
  
• Fixed Eye Lighters Flash ability saying it targeted only 1 enemy instead of all
  

• Physical attacks now have 4 different levels (Graze: x0.5, Regular: -, Solid: x1.5, Critical: x2 or x3 if you have the world modifier for it)
  
• Physical attacks that DEAL DAMAGE and are NOT CRITICALS (Separate roll for crits) will now roll a random number to see if the attack was a grazed, regular, or solid hit
  
• Added combat popups for grazed and solid hits
  
• Reduced the price of Zeal, Voodoo, Twitch, and Grace narcotic drugs
  
• Reduced price of Shortcut and essence medical drugs
  
• All prices of firearms and ordinance have increased by 5
  
• All prices of firearms and ordinance with burst and automatic capabilities have increased in price slightly (6 for burst, 9 for auto)
  
• All grenades and explosives have increased in price by 10 (Except 40mm grenade ammo)
  
• 40mm grenade ammo has increased in price by 4 (8 for specialized rounds)
  
• Other general balances to the in game economy
  
• Eye Lighters skill cost increased to 20 MP instead of 15
  
• Medtech Stabilize and Treatment skill costs have increased by 5 AP each
  
• Smoke Discharger skill cost increased to 20 AP instead of 15
  
• Reduced the amount of Condition recovered from resting slightly (Intended to make food items a bit more useful)
  
• Base daily limit for winnings from playing Verge is now 350 instead of 500.
  
• High Roller no longer gives unlimited gambling capacity, it just further increases your daily limit by doubling the capacity (Max is 1300 with the Jackpot modifier active)
  
• 44 Magnum ammo weapons now all do +1 damage, but the cost of the bullets have increased
  
• Updated enemy stats if they use 44 Magnum ammo
  
• Selling items is now for only 40% of the base cost instead of 50%
  
• A few other quick tweaks and changes
  

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Chaos Chain

Update 1.4.9 Change Log SO FAR:

• Fixed some icons clipping into others
  
• Fixed enemy grenade use skills playing the animation more than once
  
• Fixed implant based abilities not showing up in the skills list in battle
  
• Fixed trauma kit price (It was 5 Cred too high)
  

• Added a new Steam Achievement for getting a drone
  
• Added Discord Channel Link invite button to the main menu
  
• Added a Toggle Fullscreen/Windowed button to the main menu
  
• Rearranged some main menu options
  
• Updated some main menu option icons
  
• Updated credits with patrons list (Currently only 1)
  
• Medical kits and bandages now have slower initiative when used in combat
  
• Medical kits now cure bleeding by default (Their healing capabilities have been very lightly reduced to balance this change)
  
• "Broken" status effect renamed to "Drained"
  
• "Broken" (Now called Drained) status effect icon updated from the white flag to a lightning bolt that is mostly grey to symbolize out of energy/exhausted/etc
  
• Replaced Manual option with Quick Ref (Shows controls and main status effect info) on the in game menu screen
  
• Rebalanced some skills and items (Mainly just their speed in combat)
  
• Added new icon art for over 40 different skills, pieces of equipment, status effects, etc
  
• Cost to enter surgery for augmentations reduced from 50 to 30
  
• Added Crawler class drone archtype (Heavy, built like a small tank)
  
• Added Orb class drone archtype (Light and deceptive)
  
• Added Outrider class multipurpose drone archtype (Agile and adaptable)
  
• Added large weapon mounts talent
  
• Added small weapon mounts talent
  
• Added drone gadget slot talent (To allow them to equip their gadgets)
  
• Added drone gear slots talent (To allow them to equip drone gear)
  
• Added drone equip slots to the list (Frame, Sensors, Battery, Attachment, Mobility)
  
• Added minigun turret weapon (Requires at least 5 rounds of ammo) to fire
  
• Added minigun turret animation and sound effects
  
• Added welded frame drone equipment
  
• Added polymer frame drone equipment
  
• Added aluminum frame drone equipment
  
• Added steel frame drone equipment
  
• Added carbon fiber frame drone equipment
  
• Added titanium frame drone equipment
  
• Added basic sensors drone equipment
  
• Added refined sensors drone equipment
  
• Added balanced sensors drone equipment
  
• Added enhanced sensors drone equipment
  
• Added superior sensors drone equipment
  
• Added self repair protocol drone equipment
  
• Added extra plating attachment drone equipment
  
• Added ECM component attachment drone equipment
  
• Added stock battery drone equipment
  
• Added rapid battery drone equipment
  
• Added improved battery drone equipment
  
• Added amplified battery drone equipment
  
• Added supercharged battery drone equipment
  
• Added starter motors drone equipment
  
• Added calibrated motors drone equipment
  
• Added advanced motors drone equipment
  
• Added premium motors drone equipment
  
• Added kinetic capacitor drone equipment
  
• Added reactive stabilizer drone equipment
  
• Added smoke discharger drone gadget
  
• Added medtech system drone gadget
  
• Added smoke discharger ability
  
• Added self maintenance drone ability and animation
  
• Added medtech stabilize ability
  
• Added medtech treatment ability
  
• Prohibited use of medical items on drones (They'll get their own means of repair)
  
• Added drone recovery kit item (For revives)
  
• Added drone repair kit item (Drone medical kit for all intents and purposes)
  
• Added drone energy rod item (Used for a quick surge of energy)
  
• Temporarily (Possibly permanently) disabled the show_added_states function when on the map screen so that you won't constantly get popups every few seconds that are warning you about a character being dead or broken
  
• Various other (Minor) tweaks and changes