Auto Jurassic Knights V0.1.8, V0.1.9, V0.2.0 (Patch notes 11-11-2025)

TUTORIAL ADDED,

NEW UI ART,

NEW MATCHMAKING,

PERFORMANCE FIX THAT WAS CAUSING 4X RENDERING!!! vastly reducing performance,

Gameplay & Combat Logic,

Fixed:

• Could not interact with menus while a tutorial was active.,

• Units sometimes became unmergeable until the shop was rolled; merging now works consistently.,

• Swapping positions of identical units on a full team failed; swapping now works regardless of empty slots.,

• Summoned units could overlap or fail to move when multiple deaths and summons occurred in the same frame; spawn placement and movement now resolve correctly.,

• Summoned units were missing health and attack UI; stats now display on summon.,

• Rolling the shop incorrectly increased unit health; units now spawn with correct base health.,

• Gunner Thomas did not remain in looping attack pose while suppressing from backline; behavior restored.,

• Steel Helmet and Doomshell did not consume themselves or exploded at incorrect positions; both now detonate and clean up at the correct location and triggers.,

• Steel Helmet was triggered by Burn; Burn no longer triggers it.,

• Leechback Gorun’s health adjustment math was incorrect; health siphon now calculates accurately.,

• Commando Carno attacks failed to trigger Echo Caller Vi when placed behind on-hit units; trigger path fixed.,

• “Mergeable” hint showed with no mergeable units present; indicator now appears only when valid merges exist.,

• Dragging a unit showed target/arrow hints even when not dragging; hints now show only during drag.,

Changed:

• AdjustedEarly run difficulty smoothingfor a player’s first three completed runs, enemy team stats are reduced Rounds 1–4: −40 percent, 5–8: −30 percent, 9–12: −20 percent, 13+: none.,

• Matchmaking prioritizes opponents with the same health (and turn), with fallback to health −1 when needed.,

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UI & UX,

Fixed:

• Settings and other menus now block world hovers and clicks behind them.,

• Fullscreen toggle now functions reliably.,

• Various overlays could not be clicked or had double checkmarks; interaction and layering corrected.,

• Bestiary and several description frames were being stretched or mis-sized; all affected frames now use the correct non-stretched variants and widths.,

• Dropdowns used mismatched backdrops and ill-fitting buttons; standardized to in-game frames.,

• Description box sizing was inconsistent across screens; a default description text size is enforced, shrinking only when text exceeds bounds.,

• Nameplates could scale excessively with short names; added a sensible max size.,

• Combat tooltips could block menus or overlap tooltips; size and placement adjusted to avoid interference.,

• Tutorial confirmation dialog “Yes” was not clickable and “Disable tutorial” persisted incorrectly; flow and buttons fixed.,

• Roll button visibility was inconsistent; it remains hidden until the roll tutorial step and then appears as intended.,

• Tutorial re-appeared repeatedly after buying a fifth unit; de-duped triggers so each tutorial fires once and auto-closes when its action is completed.,

Changed:

• Standardized main shop button sizes (End Turn, Roll, Lock, Sell) and alignment; Sell aligned with others.,

• Target outline and selection states unified with outline shader and white highlight for selected and drag-target states.,

• Dice effect spawns centered on the Roll button and renders above UI; Lock/Unlock impacts aligned from the same origin.,

• Gold amount text increased for readability.,

• Equipment description copy standardized to “Equip Ally:” and equipment panels show base description only.,

• Shift-hold hotkey replaces a unit’s description with the next level’s description for fast preview.,

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VFX, Rendering & Post-Process,

Fixed:

• Multiple rendering-order issues where VFX appeared behind sprites or above UI incorrectly (buff trails, rifle/gun shots, backline effects over frontline UI, mergeable VFX after drag, etc.); all affected systems now draw in the correct order.,

• Money Impact duration was unintentionally shortened in-game; duration honors asset timing again.,

• Win/Draw/Lose VFX were stretched or mispositioned; NS_WIN/NS_LOSE/Draw now spawn centered with correct aspect and thin outline variant.,

• Victory/Game Over screens blocked equipment bars and used inconsistent frames; frames swapped to standard, placement adjusted.,

• Burn ailment’s color grading mismatched in combat; enabling the shared post-process volume and Chameleon in combat restores visual parity with shop.,

• Summoned units in backline failed to spawn with smoke like the shop; smoke now plays in both lines consistently.,

• Characters that die and are thrown back could render behind backline units; death throws now render in front.,

Changed:

• Roll impact uses [c]/Game/Art/VFX/All_Used_VFXs/Triggers/NS_Dice_Impact[/c]; Sell impact uses [c]NS_Money_Impact[/c].,

• Combat damage impact updated to [c]NS_ShatteredBlast[/c] for clearer feedback.,

• Turn timer now triggers an Oil Impact at each tick for timing feedback.,

• Added drag trails: characters use [c]ns_Character[/c] trail, supplies and equipment use dedicated trails; mouse uses [c]ns_mouse[/c] trail.,

• Weapon motion trails added using [c]NS_Slash_Trail[/c] on blade tips or gun barrels during idle-to-attack transitions.,

• Pterodactyl carry-in added for summoned units, with [c]NS_Summon[/c] trails on wing tips and random misc variant selection on each summon.,

• AddedGulletbackadded swallow smoke trail and corrected VFX anchor positions in both shop and combat.,

• Equipment application now plays the oil lock-style VFX on the target.,

• Lock impact VFX scaled up and positioned inside the lock aperture.,

• Machine gun and LMG hits can spawn multiple randomized impact VFX to match multi-bullet volleys.,

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Tutorials,

Fixed:

• Tutorial tooltips no longer appear under a darkened “Second Chance!” screen; they show after that screen closes.,

• Tutorial arrows and highlight states corrected, including dotted vs solid hover behavior and arrow pointing to mergeable units and chainlink UI.,

• “Sell units” tutorial only triggers once at the appropriate unit count and closes after the action.,

Changed:

• New tutorial: selling units by dragging them to the Sell button.,

• New tutorial: spending 1 gold to roll before the End Turn step; Roll button is hidden until this step.,

• New tutorial: autoplay vs manual combat flow after the pause tutorial, instructing to press Autoplay then left-click to advance.,

• Combined and tightened “Supplies give stats / Equipment give abilities” with a single prompt and purchase pointer.,

• Tutorial economy during onboarding keeps player at 10 gold until lock is taught, then forces a 1-gold roll to demonstrate spending.,

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Characters, Units & Content,

Fixed:

• Quartermaster Drell: on sale, stat grant icons showed but numbers did not; numbers now display and apply.,

• FixedGulletback“suck in breath” VFX no longer goes behind his head; enemy-team testing path fixed.,

• Echo Caller Vi now triggers correctly when Carno attacks through on-hit intermediaries.,

Changed:

• AdjustedToken setup for Watsonadded Holmes and [c]holmes_attack[/c] for Watson’s summon; “Wyatt” references updated to Watson.,

• Re-imported and updated VFX anchors for Banner-Knight Virelle and Medic Thorne (with subsequent pose update).,

• Re-imported Gulletback attack sprite to match anchors.,

• Battle Tactician Mira re-imported with new design and VFX anchor locations.,

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Matchmaking & Progression,

Fixed:

• Could hover/select names in selection lists with nothing chosen; hover gating corrected.,

Changed:

• Simplified matchmaking prioritizes opponents on the same turn with the same health, with fallback to health −1 to reduce stomps.,

• One-time auto-delete of an existing, stale run on first launch after the patch prevents corrupted or incompatible progress from blocking play.,

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Audio,

Fixed:

• Post-combat screens now loop their music tracks.,

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General Polish & Optimization,

Changed:

• Global darkening is consistent across all menus and screens.,

• Thin outline shader standardized for Win, Victory, Lose, and Game Over headings.,

• General optimization pass across UI and VFX systems.