[0.6.45] Updates

I want to open this release by talking about Patreon. After receiving a lot of feedback, I have decided to not give Patreon early access to builds. Going forward we will be returning to simultaneous releases.

Changes

• Added branching relationship paths for Aei Ma, Pi Lip, Zi Liang, and Lingxi Gian.

  • Added extensive unique dialogue for Aei Ma and Lingxi Gian during combat, meditation, and crafting interactions based on the chosen path.

• Expanded the festival tournament mechanics.

  • You can now enter tournaments above your realm.

  • Added many unique dialog entries depending on your actions through the tournaments.

• Improved Realm-Awareness for NPCs across the world, updating greetings and interactions based on player progression.

• Improved UI and Quality of Life:

  • Added a 'Hide Empty Slot Warnings' toggle to the Options menu to suppress notification badges on the Crafting and Technique screens.

  • Added name-based search filters to the Recipe Library and Herb Garden planting mode.

  • Increased the clickable hit area of 'Close' buttons across all menus.

  • Improved tooltip layout by vertically centering icons for long item names and removing excessive margins on enchantment tooltips.

  • Updated the item quest requirement icon from a bell to an exclamation mark.

• Updated character images for NPCs Pi Lip, Jiaohua Lin, Lingxi Gian, Tidao Feng, and Aei Ma.

• Changed the Hungry Ghoul Realmbreaker to a permanent incandescent-rarity world encounter in the Sinner's Pit.

• AddedImproved the Crafting system interface and feedback-Added a 'Luck Analysis' section to the Crafting Complete screen, displaying success/failure statistics, average expected percentages, and a 'Luck Score' percentile. -Added a distribution bar chart to the results screen to visualize the probability curve of crafting outcomes.

• Added Stability mastery support to the 'Wait' crafting action.

• Added a display to Technique Crystal tooltips showing the count of lower realm fallback techniques available if all primary techniques are already known.

• Removed the requirement for players to be in the Qi Condensation realm to access the mystical region.

• Added a 'Disable Crits' checkbox to the Training Ground Combat Preparation Dialog to force critical hit chance to 0 for the player and party.

• Introduced a global pity system for rare location events that increases rarity weight by up to 5x after approximately 40 failed attempts.

• Added player-specific luck distribution for rare events based on the character's name, applying weight multipliers of 10x, 8x, 4x, and 2x to different rare events.

• Introduced Pillar Patterns to the Pillar Grid to allow placing pre-defined layouts of shards.

• Changed the equipment picker to grey out duplicate item types rather than hiding them, adding tooltips to explain slot requirements.

• Improved the gifting system to allow Improved (+) and Sublime (S) item variants as gifts, providing 2 and 3 approval respectively.

• Added the Sublime (S) version of the Heaven's Guardian Array to its crafting recipe.

• Updated the Weakness stat tooltip to show a maximum stack count of 15 instead of 150%.

Balance Changes

• Buffed 'Channel Attunement' technique for puppets:

  • Ascended Puppet (Celestial) now grants 5 stacks of sunlight (up from 3).

  • Ascended Puppet (Chromatic) now grants 2 stacks of sunlight (up from 1).

  • Attuned Puppet (Celestial) now grants 3 stacks of sunlight (up from 1).

• Increased 'Breaker Detonation' damage on the Third Fang Spear+ to 0.98 of Artefact Power.

• Rebalanced the 'Cross-pollination' technique (Blossom school, Pillar Creation realm) to require at least 1 stack of Razor Blossom and 1 stack of Iron Blossom for activation.

• Increased the maximum barrier mitigation cap for Shadow Shroud V (Pillar Creation realm) from 25% to 35%.

• Rebalanced Pillar Shards:

  • Renamed "Internal Resistance Shard" to "Origin Attunement Shard." Adjusted bonuses from 15% Resistance to 10% Resistance and 10% Elemental Damage Boost.

  • Updated Hebing Shard: Now provides +3 Stability and a 0.8x power multiplier (was a flat -1 reduction).

  • AdjustedUpdated Ronghui ShardIncreased output multiplier from 0.8x to 1.0x, added +3 Stability, and increased rarity to Resplendent.
  • AdjustedUpdated Yinxie ShardIncreased power multiplier for top, left, and right outputs from 0.2x to 0.3x.

• Redesigned the Starpower Talisman:

  • Changed base effect to convert 15% of Power into Artefact Power.

  • Added Tier III, IV, and V variants featuring the "Resonance Cascade" mechanic, increasing Artefact Power by 3% to 5% per stack.

  • Added "S" variant bonus: Grants 15 Protection when maintaining 3+ resonance stacks.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical combat bug where negative barrier mitigation caused Health to become "NaN"; negative mitigation is now capped at 0%.

• Fixed a bug where pills could be used via shortcuts or auto-use even if they exceeded maximum toxicity; checks now correctly account for toxicity resistance.

• Fixed the Seed Toxic Rose Rank 4 mastery to correctly grant stacks of "Empowered Toxic Blossom" instead of "Toxic Rose."

• Fixed a game crash occurring during Charisma calculations with specific Breakthrough Arts equipped.

• Fixed the save migrator to correctly initialize social statistics (Age, Lifespan, Pills Per Round) for older save files.

• Fixed a soft-lock in Mystical Regions caused by reward chests associated with missing reward pools.

• Fixed UI layout in the Technique Mastery screen where buttons and text could become clipped when many mastery slots were unlocked.

• Fixed the Controlled Forging technique mastery success chance incorrectly rounding down decimal values (e.g., 1.5% now displays correctly).

• Fixed several tooltip and description errors:

  • Corrected the Weakness stat tooltip to show stack count (up to 15) instead of a percentage.

  • Fixed "Unleash Arsenal" combat logs showing 0 stacks for Dancing Weapon scaling.

  • Added missing Sunlight and Moonlight tooltips for the Duality Sphere.

  • Clarified that Invocation Guardian deals damage "after each" technique.

  • Corrected "Cyclic Corruption" and "Berserk" typos across all item and buff descriptions.

• Fixed translation and localization issues across all supported languages.

• Fixed the Escape key to correctly close Settings, Credits, and Load Game menus from the Main Menu.

• Fixed a scaling bug for the 'Fragrant' Talisman enchantment; Transcendent rarity now correctly provides +3 stacks (increased from +2).

• Fixed player HP scaling after combat when using items that reduce max HP (like the Woven Remnant) to prevent players from appearing injured out of combat.

• Fixed the Withering Blossom buff tooltip to correctly display the 2% per-stack power value when holding Alt.

• Fixed the Crimson Resonance Talisman tooltip to accurately display the amount of Clouds gained from Blood Corruption after star scaling.

• Fixed an issue in the herb garden where devices lost their stars and duplicated upon being moved.

• Fixed Reinforce Weaponry failing to temper various Dancing Weapons if the player had no Metal Shards available.

• Removed the 45,000 spirit stone requirement for the initial Beishi Ji (Lu Bin Scam) encounter.

• Fixed the 'Attempt Mastery' button being cut off on lower resolutions by making the Technique Mastery list scrollable.

• Fixed the technique search in the skill window to recognize full stat names like 'Damage Resistance' and 'Barrier Effectiveness'.

• Renamed 'Blazing Infusion+' rooms to 'Blazing Infusion Chamber+' for consistency.

• Corrected Methodical Path Cauldron tooltips to properly reference tier-specific buffs rather than base versions.

• Fixed Quest names for Breakthrough Craft commissions to correctly include realm tier suffixes like '(IV)'.

• Increased Calamity Surge stack limits: Tier V capped at 60 (up from 40), Tier VI capped at 80 (up from 40).

ModAPI

• Added global mod flags ([c]setGlobalFlag[/c] and [c]getGlobalFlags[/c]) to allow mods to persist numeric data across all save files.

• Exposed new crafting helper APIs, including [c]getActionCost[/c] for calculating final Qi/Stability costs and [c]getNextCondition[/c] for predicting upcoming crafting conditions.

• Updated the [c]onCompleteCombat[/c] hook to provide access to [c]droppedItems[/c] for post-battle loot interaction.

• Updated the Mundane realm breakthrough pill slot to support custom items defined by modders.

• Modified the Mod Settings system to allow configuration pages to load without an active save file and added a hasSave property to the Mod Redux API.

• Added the [c]addQuestToRequestBoard[/c] function, allowing modders to place custom quests on specific location boards with rarity conditions.

• Added the [c]selectRelationshipPath[/c] event step to allow switching a character's active relationship track programmatically.

• Exposed [c]executeCraftingTechnique[/c] and [c]previewCraftingTechnique[/c] to ModReduxAPI for simulated crafting actions.

• Fixed an issue where techniques added via [c]addTechnique[/c] did not correctly register items in the debug inventory.