[Experimental] - 439181

Kevin · November 7, 2020

Hey Grifters!

It's great to see all of the players enjoying smith in the metrics and feedbacks. Thanks for all of your help shaking out the bugs, and your kind words.

But!

We are not done yet! This is the first experimental update of the next cycle (coming out in December). This update is intended to be a quality-of-life and system tuning one, as we work on some longer-term content for Smith. You'll probably be able to play day 3 in experimental sometime soonish, but it will be very rough around the edges and not ready for wide release until the January update.

GAMEPLAY

Fix recruitment of Shel in daily cave.
fix issue with goon tracking when losing the negotiation in smith's day 1 boss fight.
Set up a GRITTY battle condition
Set up a Grit Bounty argument
Hooked up the promoted wealthy merchant (won't show up anywhere yet)
Added some preliminary grit upgrades
Added the grit_handler aspect
Added grit tracking in game_profile.lua
Added an event to introduce grit
Added a Grit store for Sal
Added the Grit Upgrade graft type
Added two grit upgrades(grafts)
added placeholder smith day 3 + assorted story characters

CARDS

Fixed bug where Double Edge didn't work correctly in negotiations with the NO_CORE_RESOLVE flag
Fixed hand issue for new builds

MISC

Set up wealthy promoted skins and epxorted portraits
Daily leaderboards for Steam. Currently downloads scores around your score, will be changing to friends only.

UI

Adding defense-gain animation fx
Adding the animated Defense icon to the healthbar
Showing a hit animation on the health bars when taking damage

FIXES FROM THE RELEASE HOTFIX:

fix sequence break in smith_tei_shoot_the_messenger.lua
Move a couple plax markers down to avoid conflicting with the top bar
fix spelling, typos
fixed luminiciate hand issue
Fix reference to stacks.
Fix the Vroc kickback not being trained.
Hide DetailsPanel initially before any run is selected.
give quest rewards for side_smith_render_unto_hesh.lua and side_smith_sponsorship_deal.lua
fix sandwich quest followup background override
fix hidden character in EXT_SMITH_ISOLATED_DESERT
make the party store quest resilient in the face of the proprietor dying.
fix issue with goon tracking when losing the negotiation in smith's day 1 boss fight.
Fixed bug where oppo_fight_club.lua could select cards that were already upgraded
fix missing dialog in smith_tei_recruit_filter.lua
rename an npc that was using a duplicate name
The second Twin Boss is now created as a SkinnedAgent so it has the correct name and, most importantly, hair colour
Showing both names on the battle preview for boss pairs
Fix crash with Brut's Bat if under a condition that caused you to attack random targets.
Fix crash if you have a VIP token but the proprietor at the Oshnudrome is no more.
Fix lua crash iterating audio output devices if audio failed to initialize.
Render Unto Hesh: Fix potential crash if you kill quest target.
Fix map_tags on PEARL_FANCY_EATS.
Sponsorship Deal: Fix missing convo-end calls after intimidating a target.
Brag cards produced by Braggart now flagged as temporary.
Basic cards now also have temporary nameplate fx.
make chemist dialog more responsive to your actions

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ADM · November 7, 2020

Just when I've finished my first game as Smith, amazing story, I can't wait for the next, but I'd have too ^^

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minespatch · November 7, 2020

Can we at least get a sketch of a tadpole kra'deshi? Something canon but unimplemented so at least I know what Kra'deshi anatomy is like?

RageLeague · November 7, 2020

Probably not exactly what you wanted, but we have tadpole humans.

RageLeague · November 7, 2020

Oh look, a new unique cult member.

Who is also a kradeshi. There's like a lot of unique kradeshi cult members.

minespatch · November 7, 2020

1 hour ago, RageLeague said:

Probably not exactly what you wanted, but we have tadpole humans.

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Szczuku · November 7, 2020

3 hours ago, RageLeague said:

Oh look, a new unique cult member.

That is Rug's head slapped on a zealot's body. A cheaply made npc since there's not enough original ones.

Scrumch · November 7, 2020

Yeah, like Kevin said - they're placeholders. Tei had a generic Luminari head for a while so these new guys are just waiting for a unique build.

Scrumch · November 7, 2020

I haven't come across those grit additions yet in a Sal run, what's the criteria for getting them?

RageLeague · November 8, 2020

Apparently, as if perks aren't enough, we now have grits, which, from the looks of it, are persistent upgrades.

You get grit from bonus quest rewards, killing enemy with gritty condition, or destroying a grit bounty.

You spend grit to gain persistent upgrades, like increased max resolve, health, bonus starting xp, bonus shills.

Right now there's like basically nothing there, it's just a framework.

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local GRIT_UPGRADES =
{
    grit_health_upgrade = 
    {
        desc = "Increase your maximum health",

        values = { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 },
        upgrade_costs = { 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
            local health_vals = self:GetDef().values
            self.owner:GetAspect("health"):DeltaMax( health_vals[math.min( #health_vals, level )] )
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            local health_vals = self:GetDef().values
            local difference = self.values[math.min( #health_vals, new_level )]  - health_vals[math.min( #health_vals, self.userdata.level )]
            self.owner:GetAspect("health"):DeltaMax( difference )
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,
    },

    grit_resolve_upgrade = 
    {
        desc = "Increase your maximum Resolve",

        values = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 },
        upgrade_costs = { 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
            local resolve_vals = self:GetDef().values
            TheGame:GetGameState():GetCaravan():DeltaMaxResolve( resolve_vals[math.min( #resolve_vals, level )] )
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            local resolve_vals = self:GetDef().values
            local difference = resolve_vals[math.min( #resolve_vals, new_level )]  - resolve_vals[math.min( #resolve_vals, self.userdata.level )]
            TheGame:GetGameState():GetCaravan():DeltaMaxResolve( difference )
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,
    },

    grit_starting_shills = 
    {
        desc = "Start the game with additional Shills.",

        values = { 10, 20, 30, 40 },
        upgrade_costs = { 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
            local vals = self:GetDef().values
            TheGame:GetGameState():GetCaravan():AddMoney(vals[math.min( #vals, level )])
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            local vals = self:GetDef().values
            local difference = vals[math.min( #vals, new_level )]  - vals[math.min( #vals, self.userdata.level )]
            if difference > 0 then
                TheGame:GetGameState():GetCaravan():AddMoney(difference)
            end
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,
    },

    grit_battle_card_xp =
    {
        desc = "Basic battle cards start with bonus XP.",

        values = { 1, 2, 3 },
        upgrade_costs = { 10, 25, 75 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            local vals = self:GetDef().values
            local difference = vals[math.min( #vals, new_level )]  - vals[math.min( #vals, self.userdata.level )]
            if difference > 0 then
                if self.owner.battler then
                    for i,card in ipairs(self.owner.battler.cards) do
                        local cur, max = card:GetXP()
                        if card.rarity == CARD_RARITY.BASIC and max > 0 and cur < max then
                            card:AddXP(vals[math.min(#vals, level)])
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,

        event_handlers = 
        {
            [ "card_added" ] = function( self, card )
                if is_instance( card, Battle.Card ) and card.owner == self.owner and card:GetMaxXP() ~= nil and card.rarity == CARD_RARITY.BASIC then
                    local vals = self:GetDef().values
                    card:AddXP(vals[math.min(#vals, self.userdata.level)], true)
                end
            end,
        },
    },

    grit_negotiation_card_xp =
    {
        desc = "Basic negotiation cards start with bonus XP.",

        values = { 1, 2, 3 },
        upgrade_costs = { 10, 25, 75 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            local vals = self:GetDef().values
            local difference = vals[math.min( #vals, new_level )]  - vals[math.min( #vals, self.userdata.level )]
            if difference > 0 then
                if self.owner.negotiator then
                    for i,card in ipairs(self.owner.negotiator.cards) do
                        local cur, max = card:GetXP()
                        if card.rarity == CARD_RARITY.BASIC and max > 0 and cur < max then
                            card:AddXP(vals[math.min(#vals, level)])
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,

        event_handlers = 
        {
            [ "card_added" ] = function( self, card )
                if is_instance( card, Battle.Card ) and card.owner == self.owner and card:GetMaxXP() ~= nil and card.rarity == CARD_RARITY.BASIC then
                    local vals = self:GetDef().values
                    card:AddXP(vals[math.min(#vals, self.userdata.level)], true)
                end
            end,
        },
    },

    grit_battle_resolve =
    {
        desc = "Recover resolve after every battle.",

        values = { 2, 3, 4, 5 },
        upgrade_costs = { 15, 30, 60, 120 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,

        event_handlers =
        {
            [ "award_loot" ] = function( self, loot, data)
                if data.battle then
                    local vals = self:GetDef().values
                    loot.resolve = (loot.resolve or 0) + vals[math.min(#vals, self.userdata.level)]
                end
            end,
        },
    },

    grit_negotiation_health =
    {
        desc = "Recover health after every negotiation.",

        values = { 3, 5, 6, 8 },
        upgrade_costs = { 15, 30, 60, 120 },

        ApplyUpgrade = function( self, level )
            self.userdata.level = level
        end,

        DeltaUpgrade = function( self, new_level )
            self.userdata.level = new_level
        end,

        event_handlers =
        {
            [ "resolve_battle" ] = function( self, battle, primary_enemy, repercussions )
                local vals = self:GetDef().values
                TheGame:GetGameState():GetPlayerAgent():GetAspect("health"):Delta(vals[math.min(#vals, self.userdata.level)])
            end,
        },
    },
}

Scrumch · November 8, 2020

Yeah and there's an event for unlocking it, but I've done 3 Sal runs and not encountered it once - is the even disabled or something?

RageLeague · November 8, 2020

You need to be on the dev branch as a precondition.

minespatch · November 8, 2020

Just now, RageLeague said:

You need to be on the dev branch as a precondition.

How'd I do that? Wait, is it only for Sal? I can't open it in Smith's run.

RageLeague · November 8, 2020

What do you think "dev branch" means?

You can maybe(?) use mods to set the value of global variable "BRANCH" to "dev". Not sure how well that will work for you.

You also have to edit profile.lua so that it says:

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grit_points = {
  SAL = 0,
},

In other news, when I'm looking through the game files, I saw that a twitch mode is being worked on.

ArtixBot · November 8, 2020

Aw. I was hoping Grit was going to be a new card archetype for Sal rather than another persistent upgrade mechanism.

pacovf · November 9, 2020

Don’t confuse Grit, Grifts, Gifts and Grafts! That would be bad.

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