Combat System – Phase 1 Activated

⚔️ Combat System – Initial Implementation

Combat is now playable.
The system is still under active development, but the core foundation is in place.

Implemented:

• All soldier placeholders replaced with full Character Blueprints

• Integrated functional AI Behavior Trees

• State-based combat logic (Idle / Patrol / Aggro / Combat)

• Damage handling & hit reactions

• Target tracking and navigation via NavMesh

• Basic aggro system

⚠️ Balancing, polish and system extensions will follow in upcoming updates.
This is the first major step toward a fully developed combat system.

🧍 NPC System Expansion

• Added civilians with independent AI behavior

• Expanded spawn and routing logic

• Adjusted collision, pathing and interaction zones

• Improved AI state transitions and stability

The village now reacts more dynamically.

💬 Dialogue System Refactoring

• Reworked dialogue structure

• Optimized trigger events

• Cleaned up redundant calls

• Improved sequence transitions

🔧 System Cleanup & Stability

• Removed outdated placeholder logic

• Refactored AI references

• Performance optimizations between Combat & NPC systems

• General Blueprint and system cleanup

Combat development continues in the next hotfixes
(enemy variety, reactions, feedback, balancing, system depth).

Phase 1 is live.