Kenshi

• Japanese translation update

• Added documentation for FCS
  
  • Adapted from our own in-house documentation
    
  • Non-comprehensive, but it's a start!
    
• Added improved item search functionality
  
  • Recursive property and reference searching
    

• find squads with more than 10 skeletons
  
  • (In Squads section) squad.v0 > 10; squad.race = skeleton
    
• find research items with ingredients with values over 1000 cats
  
  • (In Research section) cost.value > 1000
    
• Building shells requiring construction materials with ingredients that have a value over 100 cats
  
  • (In Building Shell section) construction.ingredients.value > 100
    

• Added ability to search using Regex
  

• Find all dialogue lines with numbers in text
  
  • (In _lines section) text ? (\b[0-9]+\b)
    

• Significantly improved performance of item filtering
  

• Added an "Everything" section to search through all items at once
  
• Added a new panel when translating conversations
  
  • Now displays what dialogue package references the conversation being translated as well as what event trigger can start this conversation
    
• Added additional functionality to the "Set field" window
  
  • Can now remove references in addition to adding them
    
  • Can bulk modify values with addition, subtraction, division and multiplication
    

• Can now select all research items and halve the amount of items required to complete
  
• Can select any number of weapons and multiply bleed damage multipliers by 1.5
  
• Added spell check feature
  
  • Works for any multi line item property
    

• Descriptions for items, races, and buildings
  
• Dialogue lines
  
• Added option in merge window to show previously skipped changes
  
• Added multi line display on single lines for change list and merge mod windows
  
• Added ability to open items from the merge window
  
• Added tree view for notes
  
  • Dialogue lines now parented to conversations
    

• Added ability to more easily navigate merge and todo trees with arrows keys (left and right now expand and collapse nodes)
  
• Added categories and filtering options to errors window
  
• Added error reporting on more problems loading def files
  
• Added number of errors to the errors window title
  
• Added error to be displayed if fcs.def has invalid FCSEnum value
  
• Added lots more error types as well
  
• Added derived score to dialogue lines display
  
• Added additional UI for Todo window, added delete option
  
• Added ability to use Ctrl-A to select all items in a list
  
• Added a reset columns function to turn off all custom columns at once
  
• Added dialogue keyboard shortcuts
  
  • Ctrl+1-5 : change speaker
    
  • Ctrl+L : add line
    
  • Ctrl+I : add interjector
    
• Added ability to restore backups when loading mods
  
• Added modified dialogue lines under owning dialogue in change list
  
• Added ability for TripleInt properties to be displayed with % signs
  
• Added ability to show % symbols when displaying values in custom columns
  
• Added copy dialogue line stringID action to dialogue editor
  
• Added MODIFIED_MISSING item state
  
• Added a warning when deleting an item with locked propertiesAdded check to stop accidentally trying to open hundreds of items at once
  
• Added combined description panels in dialogue package editor
  
• Added 'Expand Link' to dialogue context menu
  
• Added warnings to a dialogue line translation when original text is changed
  
• Added ability to change mod folder location in fcs_settings.def
  
• Added ability for events to display descriptions from FCS_enums.def
  
• Added assets folder path to fcs_settings.def
  
• Added GameData.saveSafely() function that doesn't corrupt the existing file if it fails.
  
• Added restore option if a dialogue line was deleted by the active mod
  
• Added additional checks to avoid creating invalid links when merging mods
  
• Updated translation mode with new features/fixes
  
  • When updating duplicated text, a new option is given to update just the text in this conversation vs everywhere else
    
  • Opening a conversation no longer always opens a new form, if one is already open it is brought to the front
    
  • Updating duplicate text now refreshes all nodes/forms with updated text
    
• Renamed ToDo toolstrip button to Notes and added an icon
  
• Improved resizing behaviour of Errors window
  
• Improved resizing behaviour of Notes window
  
• Pressing down arrow key in 'add reference' window switches focus to item list
  
• List References window opens all selected items when OK pressed
  
• Clear changes command in error list resolves 'Modified item undefined error'
  
• Listing references now shows what field item is referenced by
  
  • Added a bit more info when displaying what dialogue lines have effects that reference an item
    
• Standardised descriptions in fcs.def when referencing val0/1/2
  
  • Sometimes we had val1/2/3 for extra confusion
    

• Fixed custom column duplication
  
• Fixed potential duplication of global settings and artefacts lists
  
• Fixed todo list sometimes not filtering correctly
  
• Fixed mod version number being overwritten
  
• Fixed removed fields not appearing in misc section if there is a reference list of the same name
  
• Fixed cleanup if there is a reference list with the same name as a removed field
  
• Fixed system thinking a mod has changed if you just select a reference property
  
• Fixed merge dialogue showing extra DELETED items
  
• Fixed change list not displaying MODREF values correctly
  
• Fixed some other incorrect uses of GameData Desc flags
  
• Fixed custom column menu bug introduced by adding the reset command
  
• Fixed reverting items not reverting all subitems
  
• Fixed crash reverting subitems in change list
  
• Fixed crash deleting items that own subitems
  
• Fixed being able to modify locked dialogue packages
  
• Fixed crash when cloning items
  
• Fixed reverting MODIFIED_MISSING items
  
• Fixed merge changes with only NEWREF or NEWINST data being tagged as conflicts
  
• Fixed save file backups being deleted if save failed
  
• Fixed exception opening missing reference errors in translation mode
  
• Fixed bug deleting items that are deleted by a later mod
  
• Fixed being unable to delete broken dialogue lines
  
• Fixed being able to edit deleted line items
  
• Fixed some issues with forms owned by merge dialogue
  
• Fixed close all button making some windows unopenable
  

• Fixed a bug that caused items to use old names
  

• Fixed a bug that messed up dialogue events for a few NPCs
  
• Minor bug fixes for FCS
  

• Added find and replace button to toolbar
  
  • Replacing with a blank string results in a confirmation popup
    
  • Escape or cancel button closes this
    
  • Searching for items in translation mode only checks wordswaps and dialogue lines
    
  • Window now has results section
    
    • Can open items from here
      
    • Field of found item also displayed
      
• Added read only mode
  
  • Active file is locked so other programs can't write to it
    
  • Added a warning if you open a file that is already open elsewhere
    
  • Error resolution actions disabled in read only mode
    
• Added support for custom background images / custom colours
  
• Added settings window, no more text file editing for application settings
  
• Added sorting on reference list columns
  
• Added sorting to notes window
  
• Added ability to add multiple notes at once
  
• Added wordswap preview button to dialogue editor
  
• Added [...] button to conversation window
  
• Added [...] buttons to dialogue package form window
  
• Added Delete Item to [...] commands
  
• Added ability to disable dialogue branches in translation mode
  
• Added display for notes in dialogue root node in translation mode
  
• Added diff mode for use with subversion
  
• Added key shortcut to add reference (Insert or +)
  
• Added logging with options in settings file
  
• Added support for custom autosave interval
  
• Added filter timing display in navigation window title
  
• Added ability to allow merging a mod to clear MISSING state
  
• Improved custom columns with recursive field support
  
  • E.g 'residents.building'
    
• Improved searching
  
  • Basic StringID search uses StartsWith to avoid partial matches with other items
    
  • Items added or removed from filtered list if they no longer match filter
    
• Improved performance of translation mode dialogue tree view greatly
  
• Improved change list
  
  • Reverting items in here now updates their state properly
    
  • Interjection and fail nodes labelled as such
    
  • Doesn't refresh on activation if no changes
    
• Improved set field window
  
  • Now has open file button for path fields
    
• Improved Errors window
  
  • Take Ownership error fix now tells you which mod you need to fix in if it fails
    
  • Dialogue errors now ignored for items deleted by a later mod
    
  • Added Copy ID action
    
    • Also available in merge window
      
• Improved translation mode
  
  • Exported .po files now flag entries as needing work if original source text has changed or user has flagged them as needing work
    
  • Update lines box can now be closed with the escape key
    
• Layout data now saved to appdata
  
• Opening an item now restores minimised windows
  
• Blocked changing stringID if any properties are locked
  
• Browsing for files now default directory set to assets folder
  
• Cannot flag new items to be discarded in merge window
  
• ItemFilter assumes default value for MISSING fields
  
• Changed how discarded changes work when merging mods
  
  • Now saves a message to the header to explicitly discard changes rather than relying on the save counters which could have false positives
    

• Loads of minor things not mentioned in this list
  
• Fixed Close all windows button closing translation navigation window
  
• Fixed SetField not updating reference values on references with no target
  
• Fixed error message if saving failed
  
• Fixed loading locked removed references messing up item state
  
• Fixed merge button not being enabled sometimes
  
• Fixed merge window check all action missing some items
  
• Fixed merging mods not merging item rename changes
  
• Fixed properties being set on wrong dialogue line if you right click
  
• Fixed reference state marking LOCKED items as OWNED
  
• Fixed stack overflow when reverting dialogues containing loops
  
• Fixed states of modified instance data if nothing changed
  
• Fixed translation item list not being refreshed after loading
  
• Fixed Close All button sometimes being hidden in the overflow list if window is too small
  
• Fixed LOCKED|REMOVED items appearing in change list
  

• Added some default keybinds to make it easier to setup SteamDeck/controller configs (you need to press the button to reset your keybinds to default)
  
• Fixed the issue with changing font size in the options
  

• Standardised the translation of "Beak Things" and "Skimmers" to "Pinchostruo" and "Patineto", respectively
  
• Corrected mistranslations of words like "Armour King" to "Rey de la armadura"
  
• Used correct tenses for skill-related verbs like "crafting" and "farming"
  

• Quotation marks and ellipses (…) are now properly displayed. No more text gaps!
  
• Translated previously untranslated text
  
• Fixed text overflow on certain UI elements
  
• Some incorrect skill name translations were fixed
  
• Generic NPC names are now correctly gendered to match the NPC’s gender (for example: Bauer/Bäuerin, Söldner/Söldnerin)
  
• Fixed many naming inconsistencies, including Rebirth and the Skeleton race
  
• Skimmers now retain their English name and Skimsands was accordingly changed to “Skimwüste”
  
• The “Gutters” faction is now correctly called “Ausweider”
  
• Reworked many UI texts, item descriptions, tips and tutorials to fix errors and increase legibility
  

• Fixed typos, grammar, and UI display issues
  
• Standardised the translation of gameplay and lore elements for consistency
  
• Gendered names now used for generic NPCs like peasants, soldiers, and mercenaries
  

• Translated texts that were displayed in English into Japanese.
  
• Speed-related displays such as miles/hr are now translated into Japanese.
  
• Re-worded some instructional and help text.
  

• Fixed an issue where item weights were displayed incorrectly, causing incorrect weight values to be shown
  

• Town names are no longer saved so they can be changed by translations and mods
  
• Characters can spawn with items in their belt slot
  
• A fix for sometimes not playing the correct ambient audio bank
  
• Fixed gui stats displaying differently when paused (for crossbows)
  
• A mystery path following bug fix
  

• Fixed game crashing when dialogue censorship was switched on
  
• Changed default font size from 0 to 4
  
• Fixed new game starts window displaying incorrectly with larger font sizes
  
• Fixed a crash on exit
  

• Added undo system
  
• Added settings window
  
  • Added Themes
    
    • Dark mode now available
      
    • Custom themes can be made by users
      
  • Font size can now be changed also
    
• Added detective feature - Shows which mods changed a particular value
  
• Added new warnings/errors
  
  • Warning for sounds with 0 intensity and efficiency multipliers
    
  • Reference type error checks
    
• Added message if failed to take ownership of missing item
  
• Added replace reference button to navigation window context menu
  

• Added new dialog box for creating custom columns
  
  • Combines previous separate UI elements for fields and lists
    
• Added support for list.v0 syntax in item filters and custom columns
  
• Columns can be of the form 'residents.building'
  
• Items can now be sorted by values in reference list columns
  

• Added dialogue word swap permutation preview
  
• Opening a conversation window for a line will select the original line rather than any links
  
• Fixed file changes not being flagged when deleting dialogue lines
  

• Added spell check to translation mode, items with spelling errors now highlighted in orange
  
• Added duplicate wordswap button to translation mode context menu
  
• Added further support for flagging changes to translated text
  
• Added extra info to .pot file comments, % chance for character to be female
  
• Added right click option to mark a line as translated
  
• Added search options in find window for translation mode
  
• Dialogue root notes displayed in translation mode
  
• Tags now get exported to .po/t files
  
• Todo items now have translation tags
  
• Toolbar items now hidden as well as disabled in translation mode
  
• Fixing odd "syntax error" poedit keeps moaning about due to trailing whitespace or things being in a different place than expected
  
• Fixed filter text not being cleared when you open a file in translation mode
  
• Fixed find and replace _original_text existence check
  
• Fixed find and replace operation being able to replace _original_text field in translation mode
  
• Fixed translated strings not being exported properly with escaped quotation marks
  
• Fixed translation mode crash if dialogue contains invalid references
  

• Added creation timestamp to notes
  
• Added display name in brackets to items
  
• Added column sorting options
  
• Changed note timestamps format to unix time
  
• Fixed tags not getting saved when set
  

• Added error message for invalid regex in find/replace window
  
• For dialogue line results the parent dialogue package is now also displayed as an extra column
  
• Changed how nodes get created for dialogue lines to be easier to read
  
• Can now handle find and replace operation for references
  

• Added line variation label to window
  
• Fixed spell check bug where line variations would be skipped over
  
• Fixed translation mode spell check issues
  
• Dictionary now cleared when loading a new mod, in case target language has changed
  

• No longer refreshes on activation if no changes
  
• Stopped items with the LOCKED REMOVED items state appearing in the change list
  
• Fixed reverting deleted references in change list not resolving the reference
  

• Changed how discarded changes work when merging mods
  
• FCSEnum property dropdown lists sorted alphabetically
  
• Fix when saving unparented dialogue line (this shouldn't be happening anyway but here we are)
  
• Fixed FCSEnum property change callback being called with strings
  
• Fixed OWNED|LOCKED|REMOVED items not appearing in merge window
  
• Fixed asset list incorrectly displaying some files as missing
  
• Fixed constant value word swaps being detected as duplicates when they shouldn't
  
• Fixed crash expanding a dialogue link connecting to a parent line
  
• Fixed crash removing last dialogue from package with show only used filter active
  
• Fixed custom words being added to dictionary without being changed to lowercase first
  
• Fixed item filter crash on null default value
  
• Fixed item name and stringID being editable in read only mode
  
• Fixed merging removed items and references if mod being merged is open
  
• Fixed not being able to delete invalid dialogue references from dialogue packages, and related crashes with that context menu
  
• Fixed undefined reference lists not displaying TripleInt values
  
• Item ownership lookup only uses specified reference lists
  
• Last loaded mod automatically selected in mod selection window
  
• Layout file now saves minimised window states
  
• Remove Invalid References action removes references with the wrong type
  
• Take Ownership error fix tells you which mod you need to fix in if it fails
  

With thanks to all the contributors included in this video:

• Traduzione Italiana Kenshi from Survival Games
  
• AQUARIUM from Momayo
  
• BOX MAN from AGO
  
• Rest at Campfires from RadarTruck
  

• "Just a dip" from Bloyd
  
• "Cannibal Plains" from Alexrrazabal 
  
• "I forgot how much HP leviathans have." from SirJuste
  
• "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭" from Alexrrazabal
  
• "One hell of a bad day..." from Unknownself-kenshi
  
• "Overrun" from Dr.PyroBlazer 
  
• ”Weather forecast for today.Death.” from Longjumping_Ring_901
  
• Untitled screenshot from let everything burn
  
• "Gaurdsman" from (XOF)Toasty
  
• "ninja ♥♥♥♥” from renek3
  

• "Commission of my Kenshi character" by AnaCGArt"
  
• "Izumi portrait" from RENTURO
  
• Kenshi_31 from Rumpelstiltskin
  
• "The number one, bestselling children's book" from 9ura40k
  
• "The old warrior in Sho-Battai" from 
  
• "Made a wallpaper in blender inspired by Kenshi" from Mark Makovey
  

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• Gastronome mod
  
• Baap
  
• No Hope No Escape BeakThing
  
• Illumination and Hologram Statues
  

• Red sky at night.
  
• March of the Beak Things.
  
• "My small WIP self-sufficient colony for early-mid game"
  
• "Some moments along the journey."
  
• Enjoying the view.
  
• "Just a few more hours of this shift"
  
• Better run!
  
• "How does this happen???"
  

• "The Horned Devil possessed a sinful mind..."
  
• "Second time making beak thing from clay and he’s so handsome"
  
• "Wandering, never wondering"
  
• "We Die We Hate We Truth"
  
• "Honored Champion of the Crab Lands!"
  
• "Feel the warmth of Ells"
  
• "Pondering shek anatomy"
  
• "Hiver in the Ash"
  

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• Ghillie Suits
  
• Holy Lord Phoenix
  
• OraOraOraOraOra (Rush Beatdown Attack Animation)
  
• Riceweed grows in green biomes.
  

• "Me and the Boys."
  
• "Martial Village"
  
• Ominous premonition.
  
• "A base built in the crater"
  
• "Taking this crew to The Ashlands, whether they're ready or not"
  
• "Pup squad"
  
• "Trio"
  
• "Eyegore KILL KILL KILL"
  
• "So pretty"
  
• "Meet my new friend, Kesha. He likes to snack on raiders ^_^"
  

• "sculpted and painted a skin spider"
  
• “encampment”
  
• "Beak Things and Beep"
  
• “Beep, Ray, and pets.”
  
• "Skeleton Man"
  
• "Defender WIP 2/3"
  
• "The Strongest Kenshi"
  
• "Shek fighter sketch"
  
• "Kenshi-inspired illustration"
  

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• Ex-Slaver Plus!
  
• BURY THE DEAD - Corpse Burials and Caskets
  
• Towns Expansion
  
• Minor Faction Overhaul - Crab Raiders
  
• Industrial Expansion [Beta]
  

• Four in the wilderness
  
• Hilltop Base
  
• "I still feel like taking normal screenshots from time to time"
  
• What are they talking about?
  
• Should their name be changed to Pinhead or Hedgehog or Boromir?
  
• Using walls to make a path in acid water...
  
• Fighting in a sandstorm
  
• "The vibes of my cactus farm in The Great Desert..."
  

• He that talks much, lies much
  
• Unforgotable
  
• P1MkII - Tinfist.
  
• Headshot!
  
• Look closely at the details
  
• Hiver minis for 3d printing
  
• Beep Doesn't Give Up
  
• "He doesn't care" (He’s just KENshi)
  

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• Fishwich
  
• Cat Tower
  
• Blue Nebulosity
  
• Minor Faction Overhaul - Scavengers
  

• A natural fortress.
  
• "Look at that sunset"
  
• "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!"
  
• A new adventure awaits
  
• Morro do Corco Waldo
  
• Twilight swamp
  
• Pretty cool base you got there
  
• Taking in the view before taking someone’s limb
  
• Whoops
  
• "Lord Beep, Protector of Squin"
  

• "A little mixed media mess for one of my hivers, hope this hurts your eyes"
  
• "Dangerous wanted criminals, Agnu and Beep"
  
• "Our courage is our best God"
  
• "The One and Only"
  
• Plotting their next move
  
• "Hiveless"
  
• "No smile"
  

• Storm Walls
  
• Boop
  
• Firefly
  
• Sleep in Any Bed
  

• "Average day in the Foglands"
  
• "Holy sisters."
  
• Was nice knowing you.
  
• Tall vs short
  
• "Welcome to Night City!"
  
• "Run."
  
• "A brief reminder of who is the quintessential predator in this world"
  

• “Robin Hood Kenshi!”
  
• "Cyiath (oc)"
  
• "the nobleman of the united cities has a bad temper"
  
• "The Broken Moon"
  
• We think we've found our new desktop wallpaper.
  
• "Hiveless drone all done!"
  
• "Should Of Brought The Lantern"
  
• Newcomer.
  
• "My god of war"
  

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Community Spotlight #9

• NPCs actually use their Splint Kits
  
• Son of a Slaver Boss (Starts)
  
• Kael's Combat Scars
  
• Beep! - main menu Artwork
  
• Prison House
  

• Someone's been practising their martial arts.
  
• Gotta go fast.
  
• Got enough space for us to come and stay?
  
• "Yet another Sunrise in Kenshi"
  
• You better be great at running.
  
• Twilight.
  
• "Fort Kino Finished"
  
• Being drunk has its benefits…
  

• "Cyiath's Chronicles #2 - The new one"
  
• "Custom Lego BEEP"
  
• The Kenshi experience.
  
• Border Zone
  
• "When reality sank in that you are the only one who survived"
  
• "Chibeep"
  
• That Friday feeling.
  
• This arm is now protected
  

• Kappa: Creature Mod
  
• Bank Use!
  
• Base Recruits
  
• Better Hydroponics
  

• Behold, the cutest creature in Kenshi!
  
• They look like they're having fun
  
• Rolling up with the squad
  
• Scoping out the area
  
• Too many skimmers
  
• "Storming in to kill some skimmers"
  
• Dusty Hill
  
• "Leave town and head south toward the sea."
  
• Look at all that ground beef
  
• "Gut is a Nice Place"
  
• Friends crossing a bridge
  

• Great art style!
  
• Is it safe here?
  
• "Esata the Stone Golem"
  
• "Cyiath's Chronicles #1 - A tough start"
  
• Who's gonna win?
  
• Looking for shelter
  
• Who loves Chad?
  
• "Hive Prince"
  
• "Last Stand"