This update does not require a new game. Saves from v0.7.6 continue as normal.
Greetings, fellow Daoists. One more update before launch: you can now meditate almost anywhere, your State of Mind rises and falls with the big moments of life, and relationships play out more sensibly. Three official mods are also now on the Workshop.
New Content
- Meditate anywhere: the time plate in the top right now has a small Meditation icon. Click the time plate to meditate on the spot. In the wild you may run into a beast on any day; meditate in a city or another sect's grounds and an official or steward may come to move you along. Ruins and abandoned abodes work too.
- State of Mind now follows life events: marriage, children, Sworn Kinship, taking a master or disciple and major realm breakthroughs lift it, while the death of a Dao Companion, child or Closest Friend, or learning your Dao Companion has someone else on the side, weighs it down. The State of Mind tooltip lists the reason for each change, for others as well as yourself, and other characters' Karma is itemized too.
- Heavenly Slave Mark: a marked character cannot resist their master. If the master strikes, they stand and take it, never seek revenge or scheme against them, and refer to themselves as "this old servant" or "this servant girl" when speaking to them.
- Companions won't attack their own: if your target is a companion's relative, Dao Companion, Closest Friend, sworn sibling, master or disciple, that companion steps aside and stays out of the fight.
- Three official mods are now on the Steam Workshop: Wealthy Start (1,500 extra spirit stones at the start), Full-Price Selling (shops pay full price for what you sell) and Unrestricted Dual Cultivation (anyone you invite to dual cultivate agrees, unless they are underage). All three affect the player only.
Changes
- The first Qi Refining Secret Realm is open from the start and appears in your quest list right away. If you still haven't entered it by year three, you'll get a reminder.
- Origin Realm Spirit Eyes now only offer seclusion at the Heart, for 30 Contribution each time (was 40); the option to meditate at the outer edge has been removed. Sect cultivators from Inner Disciple rank up now also cultivate in their sect's Origin Realm.
- When someone turns you down, they now give their real reason first: what they actually can't do, grudges and lines they won't cross come before excuses like being badly hurt or feeling weak.
- Added a few traditional cultivator courtesies to dialogue where they fit.
- Hovering the time plate in the top right now lights up the whole plate.
Fixes
- Fixed a one-frame flash when returning to dialogue after dual cultivation.
- Fixed the combat status tooltip using light text on a light background and being hard to read.
Note for mod authors: content tables and fields are unchanged from v0.7.6, so existing mods need no changes.
If you run into problems, please tell us in the Steam discussions: your game version, where it happened and how. Screenshots, recordings or save files help us find it faster, but they're not required. We'll fix problems that block progress, break saves or stop normal play first.
See you at the gates on November 13.
Guixu Studio
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