Mesozoic Dawn Version 0.8.31 Update

New Features

• Added friends, private messages, friend notes, unread red dots, and real-time social status indicators.
• Added invite-to-play functionality, including cross-server invites and an option to block all game invites.
• Added Dromaeosauridae ride-on-back mechanics, including escape attempts, stamina consumption, and status restrictions.
• Added respawn point selection, allowing choice between nest or random spawn.
• Added active habitat occupation, lord tenure, contest markers, and shared occupation bonuses for friends/teammates.
• Added a "Partner" page in the family system, listing all wild AI available for pairing across servers.
• Added server rule, time, and mini-map control options.
• Added community server audit system and custom Webhook relay domain support.
• Added idle animation features for certain creatures.
• Added weather effect settings.

Optimizations

• Improved social private messaging, chat bubbles, input layout, and local message history.
• Expanded controller radial menu to ten directions, with added friend and safe logout entries.
• Added LAN filter and close button to the server list.
• Optimized HUD perception markers, BUFF prompts, gene hints, health bar height, and multiple UI layouts.
• Improved attack failure messages with distinct reasons, and clearer distant wild AI details and power ratings.
• Refined grass-hiding rules to automatically calculate limits based on body size, allowing a maximum of 3 players to hide.
• Improved display of server announcements, restart/maintenance cards, rule prompts, and version checks.
• Enhanced MOD list, loading process, and management access experience.

Fixes

• Fixed heap growth, fragmentation, and memory retention issues in long-running server hosting, along with certain disconnection/destruction chain memory leaks.
• Fixed client crash caused by BUFF writes.
• Fixed partner cooldown time rebounding after restart or offline periods.
• Fixed callback subscription timing issues on MOD loading completion.
• Fixed mutual aggression between AI offspring and AI partners.