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Steam News21 August 202510mo ago

Version 0.2.266 - Think()

New Features Advanced AI Thinking: AutomaticHero.Think() and ClearThoughts() methods for sophisticated bot decision-making using remote LLM Visual Basic Scripting: Visual Basic.

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What changed

3 fixes6 additions9 changes4 removals
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Compatibility
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Performance
addedNew FeaturesCarrying Capacity : Heroes now have weight limits and cannot carry overly heavy items like ore in inventory
changedNew FeaturesReagent Spawning : Mandrake roots, mushrooms, and potatoes now spawn naturally in the world
addedNew FeaturesLumberjacking & Carpentry : New gathering and crafting skills for wood-based materials
addedNew FeaturesEnhanced Mining : Tools now have efficiency ratings and improved mechanics
changedBot APIIdle() Method Improvements : - Now automatically walks through different areas as hero level increases - healthPotionThreshold parameter to control healing behavior - lootPredicate parameter to customize what items to collect - Respects 90% carrying capacity limit - Defaults to collecting gold, health potions, and better equipment
addedBot APIParty Management : Gold, gems, souls, and gold cap properties added to AutomaticParty

New Features

  • Advanced AI Thinking: AutomaticHero.Think() and ClearThoughts() methods for sophisticated bot decision-making using remote LLM

  • Visual Basic Scripting: Visual Basic.NET support for bot programming

  • Enhanced Bot API Methods: - FindNearestEnemies() for multi-target awareness - Attack(enemy) method for direct combat targeting - AllocateStatPoints() and AllocateSkillPoints() for character progression - Hero.CarryingCapacity property for inventory management

  • Moon Gates: Socketable runes now act as addresses for portal destinations

  • Carrying Capacity: Heroes now have weight limits and cannot carry overly heavy items like ore in inventory

  • Death Replay: Partially implemented replay functionality for analyzing combat deaths

  • Reagent Spawning: Mandrake roots, mushrooms, and potatoes now spawn naturally in the world

  • Lumberjacking & CarpentryNew gathering and crafting skills for wood-based materials
  • Enhanced MiningTools now have efficiency ratings and improved mechanics

Bot API

  • Idle() Method Improvements: - Now automatically walks through different areas as hero level increases - healthPotionThreshold parameter to control healing behavior - lootPredicate parameter to customize what items to collect - Respects 90% carrying capacity limit - Defaults to collecting gold, health potions, and better equipment

  • Party ManagementGold, gems, souls, and gold cap properties added to AutomaticParty

Items

  • Looking Glass: Legendary magnifying glass that automatically identifies items when held by selected hero

Quality of Life Improvements

  • Controller Support: Enhanced Xbox controller layout with dedicated buttons for pickup, attack, block, item display, and health potions

  • UI Improvements: - Attack rating now displayed in character window - Items can be dropped on experience bar to move to inventory - Tooltips display more slowly using alpha transitions - Better tooltip positioning

  • Visual Polish- Removed lens distortion for more precise mouse aiming - Nameplates below ground are now ignored

Balance Changes

  • Heavy items now have special pickup animations and weight considerations

  • Warriors now start with 3 health potions for better early game survival

  • Bows shoot significantly faster for improved ranged combat

  • Monster levels slightly increased in Crimson Meadows and Rotten Burrows

  • Zombies can no longer swim (they sink as expected)

  • Summon Skeleton spell now summons fewer skeletons per intelligence point

  • Last Stand skill: Now has 1-minute cooldown, still heals percentage of health and permanently reduces stats

  • Attack rating bonuses available in gold shop

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed poison weapons not working

  • Vases are now properly breakable

  • Cursed items can no longer be thrown

  • Player gold properly displayed when trying to pickup over limit

  • Performance optimizationRemoved GC allocations from liquid containers

Source

Steam News / 21 August 2025

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