Thanks again for all the reports! This update gives the spell UI a new look and fixes several stutters you told me about.
🎨 New Spell UI
- Redesigned weapon wheel: the 8 spells are now round badges on a golden magic-circle ring. The center is left open so it no longer covers your character.
- Ammo as gold diamonds: each spell's remaining uses are shown as a number in a gold diamond. When a spell runs out, its badge turns gray.
- Matching weapon HUD: the bottom-right HUD uses the same round badge, and cooldowns now show as a sweep from 12 o'clock with the seconds in the middle
🎮 Controls
- Rope while the weapon wheel is open: while holding Shift / LB to pick a spell, you can still fire and release your rope, and your aim no longer freezes. Shooting is still blocked while the wheel is open.
- Mini crosshair for Mana Block / Spider Web: some players said placing blocks felt like they couldn't control the mouse. Now a small crosshair shows exactly where your cursor is, while the placement preview still snaps to the grid.
- Faster camera recenter: after panning the camera to the screen edge, it now returns to your character in about 0.3 s instead of 1 s, and a quick tap of a movement key is enough
- When a spell has no uses left, the message above your head now says SPELL USED UP. NO MANA still shows while a spell is on cooldown.
🤖 AI
- Jump Race: bots now plan their jumps with the real physics and no longer fail the same jump over and over
- Deathmatch: players said bots rescued themselves with the rope too fast. They now have a short human-like reaction time (0.15–0.30 s) before throwing a rescue rope.
⚡ Performance
- No more stutter on the final KO: the frame where a round ends used to hitch noticeably. In my tests it went from over 100 ms to under 10 ms.
- Fixed a ~0.1 s hitch the first time electric arcs appear after a fresh install
- Bot navigation and character animations are lighter, which reduces frame spikes in matches with lots of bots, especially on Shifting Wildlands
🛠️ Small Fixes
- Tooltips no longer hide under the big hand cursor
- The Quit / Feedback / Discord icon tooltips on the main menu are now translated
Please let me know what you think, especially about the new spell wheel look and using the rope while the wheel is open. If you still notice stutters, telling me the mode, the map and your PC specs helps me a lot. I read every post in the discussions!
Thanks for playing! If you're enjoying Mana Boom, please add it to your wishlist 💜