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Steam News11 March 20251y ago

Create new NPC, Emojis fix, and more

Notice: Old saves may break as a result of this update. If you must play an old save which is broken, please switch to the "Older Build" beta channel in the Steam settings for this game.

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Full Life of an NPC update

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What changed

3 fixes11 additions2 changes0 removals
  • Compatibility
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
changedNotice: Old saves may break as a result of this update. If you must play an old save which is broken, please switch to the "Older Build" beta channel in the Steam settings for this game.
addedGameplayAdded create new NPC view, subject to the maximum NPCs limit (currently 7)
addedGameplayAdded logic to spawn initial NPCs with initial items
addedGameplayAdded the following functionality for clicked NPC: Delete long-term memory, delete short-term memory, delete agenda item, add/remove/edit item, regenerate item image, remove status effect, add short-term memory, add new prioritized task, rewrite entire agenda with instructions
addedGameplayAdded ability for player to use in-place action when overriding an NPC’s current action
addedGameplayAdded local image gen support for ComfyUI and a1111 API

Life of an NPC changes

changedNotice: Old saves may break as a result of this update. If you must play an old save which is broken, please switch to the "Older Build" beta channel in the Steam settings for this game.
addedAdded create new NPC view, subject to the maximum NPCs limit (currently 7)
addedAdded logic to spawn initial NPCs with initial items
addedAdded the following functionality for clicked NPC: Delete long-term memory, delete short-term memory, delete agenda item, add/remove/edit item, regenerate item image, remove status effect, add short-term memory, add new prioritized task, rewrite entire agenda with instructions
addedAdded ability for player to use in-place action when overriding an NPC’s current action

Notice: Old saves may break as a result of this update. If you must play an old save which is broken, please switch to the "Older Build" beta channel in the Steam settings for this game.

Gameplay

  • Added create new NPC view, subject to the maximum NPCs limit (currently 7)

  • Added logic to spawn initial NPCs with initial items

  • Added the following functionality for clicked NPCDelete long-term memory, delete short-term memory, delete agenda item, add/remove/edit item, regenerate item image, remove status effect, add short-term memory, add new prioritized task, rewrite entire agenda with instructions
  • Added ability for player to use in-place action when overriding an NPC’s current action

  • Added local image gen support for ComfyUI and a1111 API

UI

  • Fixed emojis sometimes not showing correctly

  • Changed the name of “OpenAI API” to “Local/Custom (OpenAI API)” because some people didn’t know what it was

  • Added camera panning with the mouse when holding right click

  • Added mouse zooming logic which anchors the zoom to the point of the cursor

  • Added tips as clickable question marks in the log, clicked NPC view, and create NPC / Static Object views

  • Fixed clicked NPC view not refreshing when survival bar value changed

  • Added ability for player to edit location name

Misc

  • Added tolerance for parsing corpses in case AI specifies a dead NPC without using the word corpse

  • Added tolerance for parsing quoted names in case AI specifies an NPC by their nickname

  • Fixed OpenAI API error when auto-generating world background

Source

Steam News / 11 March 2025

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