🐺 Update: Smoother Combat, Smarter AI, and a More Alive World

This update focuses on making combat feel better, AI behave more reliably, and the spirit realm feel more dynamic and readable.

⚔️ Combat & Transformation Feel (Major Improvements)

Your wolf ↔ werewolf transformation has been significantly improved:

• Context-sensitive shifting

  • Out of combat → slower, more cinematic transformation

  • Near enemies → instant quick-shift for responsiveness

• More impact

  • Added camera shake, enhanced sound, and post-processing effects

This should make transformations feel both cinematic AND gameplay-responsive, depending on the situation.

🧠 AI Improvements & Fixes (Major)

AI behavior across bridges and traversal has been heavily improved:

• Fixed an issue where enemies could get stuck at bridge edges

• Improved off-mesh traversal smoothness

• Added better error handling for edge cases

• Prevented AI from ghosting through bridge posts

Combat encounters should now feel more reliable and less janky, especially in traversal-heavy areas.

🌉 World Generation & Bridge Variety

The spirit realm is now more dynamic and readable:

• 11 unique bridge variations added

  • Each with distinct materials and visual identity

  • Subtle hints at lore and environmental influence

• Improved bridge placement logic

  • Prevents awkward island overlap

  • More natural connections between areas

If you ever notice strange overlaps, feel free to send a screenshot!

⚠️ Enemy Clarity Improvements

To reduce frustrating or “unfair” moments:

• Trap/snare eggs now have dim outlines for visibility

• Crystal raptors:

  • Now capped at ~7 active eggs

  • Oldest eggs automatically despawn

This should make encounters feel challenging but readable, instead of chaotic.

🎥 Cutscene & Progression Fixes

• Fixed rare issues where cutscenes failed to trigger on bridges

• Improved reliability of progression systems tied to navigation

🎮 Camera & Options Menu Upgrades

New camera customization options:

• Mouse sensitivity

• Controller sensitivity

• Toggle transformation camera shake

• Invert camera moved into a proper Camera settings menu

(All options are now properly localized)

🌍 Localization & UI Improvements

• Improved font scaling for Spanish and Russian

• UI readability improvements across menus

• Ability menu text now properly displays over environment

🐛 Bug Fixes & Stability

• Fixed errors related to:

  • crystal abilities

  • coroutines triggering on disabled objects

• Fixed terrain/navmesh errors caused by disabled maps

• Attempted fix for:

  • camera getting stuck when killing a lunging raptor mid-air

💬 Final Notes

This update was heavily influenced by player feedback around:

• Combat clarity

• AI reliability

• “Unfair-feeling” moments

If something still feels off, I want to see it — screenshots and clips help a ton.