Improvements
Fighter reactions to proposed bouts now better reflect personality, career goals, matchup history, and opponent appeal.
Advancing weeks and simming to the next event should feel much faster, especially in large or mature saves with thousands of fighters and long fight histories.
Title fight negotiations are smarter. Champions now recognize legitimate contenders more reliably, react differently to short-notice defenses, and weigh risky or low-upside defenses based on their personality.
Negotiation packages now surface more useful sweetener options, including promises that directly address a fighter’s concern.
Fighting style icons, shortcut arrows, dividers, and event history icons now render more reliably across platforms, including Linux and Steam Deck.
Bug Fixes
Fixed title fight previews treating challengers as unranked, which caused champion logic around contender claims to behave incorrectly.
Fixed short-notice title defenses not properly counting as negotiation pressure on champions.
Fixed Linux builds potentially failing to launch after deployment because required executable permissions were missing.