Formamorph [v3.3.0] By Jake James

v3.3.0

Added

• Entity Stats
• Entities can own stats, set on a Stats tab in the entity panel in Advanced mode
• Stats now go in groups on the Stats tab and on each entity’s Stats tab
• The Stats tab shows a node for each entity that owns stats, and Blueprints give one stat to many entities
• An entity’s own traits and trait links now change its own stats, in the World Editor and in play
• An entity stat’s Body Sliders now shape that entity’s own 3D model in play
• Library characters keep their stats on a character card, and the library editor has a Stats tab
• Stat code now reads and writes any stat, and owner holds the entity that owns the stat
• Stat code tools now follow owner and writes to any stat: the editor, Test Code, Issues, renames and the guide
• Entity stats change during play: regen and both code boxes run each turn for every entity, present or not
• The Stats tab shows the selected entity’s stats under yours, with a picker at the top
• Your played entity’s stats now join yours in the stat panel, the AI’s stat updates and the Stats chip
• The AI now updates every entity’s stats with yours, in blocks for your persona, each entity and global stats
• A refused stat request falls back to stat-change lines in your preset’s style, updating your persona’s and loose stats only
• The Entities chip sends each present entity’s stats, in their groups, to the AI
• Code Hover Cards
• Hovering a name in stat code, a Tool script or the template editor now shows a card that explains it
• The Variable menu and the Tool script reference now state whether each field is writable or read-only
• Press Ctrl+K Ctrl+I in a code box to open the card for the name at the caret
• A stat’s hover card in stat code now shows its range, start value, regen, owner and who sees it
• Hovering a declared name or template slot in the code editor now shows a card
• Hover cards in stat code now show a trait’s requirements and effects, and a placeholder’s values and weights
• A hover card in a stat’s code now has Open, which jumps to the item in the World Editor
• A code error with a near name now offers a fix, such as Change to Health for stats.Helth
• A hover card on self, stats, clock and the other code globals now has Read in the Guide
• Hover cards in stat code now have Find All Uses, listing every line that uses that exact item
• Hover cards on persona and Blueprint owner names now show the item each reached entity holds
• Formaquestion
• The Formaquestion Search tab finds guide sections by meaning while Semantic Search is on
• A card on the first open of Formaquestion offers Semantic Search, with Turn On and No Thanks
• Formaquestion’s search now finds partial words and words with typos, on the Search tab and in Ask
• You can now read the Guide full screen from the help window
• You can now open the wiki from the help window, on the page and heading you’re reading
• The Guide reader has Back and Forward buttons in Wide View and the full-screen Guide
• The Formaquestion wiki page now covers Open Guide, Open Wiki, Back and Forward, and the Semantic Search card
• Global Scope Split
• The Traits and Stats tabs now list global traits and stats under a Global heading
• The trait editor now lets any entity’s trait change a global stat, played or not
• A trait requirement that names a global trait, group or stat now checks global scope from any owner’s trait
• The AI now reads global traits and stats under Global headings, before your persona’s block
• World, character and library files now store a trait stat row’s target as global
• The wiki and help window now say global stats, global traits and persona stats
• Persona
• A chip’s Header can now hold the Player Name built-in, in every format
• The AI’s notes now list your persona’s own stats inside its block, and your world’s global stats under Global Stats
• Under Staged thinking, each character now plans its turn with its own stats in view
• The Test Bench’s AI Context tab now lists a Persona block, before Stats and Traits
• Stat Code
• A stat code bound write sets the number, and traits and the AI move it from there
• Anew Dice Roll With Consequences template rolls a d20, pins a placeholder, and changes two other stats
• A stat’s code now keeps a value above its old max when other code or a trait raises that max
• Stat Conditions
• The Availability tab can gate a trait on a stat, such as Rage >= 80
• Stat-gated traits turn off and return in play as their stat crosses the threshold
• Test Bench warns when a trait requires a stat it changes, or a percent of a stat with no range
• Visibility Rules
• Each gallery image now has a cog that sets its Visibility rule
• An entity’s image in play now follows its Visibility rules as the story changes
• Test Bench warns when a Visibility rule names something missing or every image of an entity can hide
• The wiki and help window now explain Visibility rules and stat Conditions
• The World Editor now says Owner, not Bearer, for the entity or dictionary that holds a trait, stat or placeholder
• Selecting a placed chip now opens Chip Options, a dialog that shows what the AI reads as you pick
• The AI now updates your stats with fewer wrong-direction and made-up changes
• The World Editor’s Content group now lists Entities first and Stats last
• A new Time Per Turn setting sets the story time each turn adds while Measured Clock is off
• The stat panel’s Regen field now takes a unit, so a stat can regen 1 per day
• A new Autosaves Kept setting keeps the last few autosaves for each world, named by turn
• Four bundled worlds now show placeholder ownership on the World Editor’s Placeholders tab
• The Tool script’s Variable menu now works like stat code’s, one level at a time down to a field

Fixed

• The placeholder and tag suggestion lists of an editor field no longer cover the help window
• The in-game Map no longer shows Connection travel hints, only the lines
• Loading a save in game no longer shows stat changes from the turn before the load
• A dictionary entry’s Whole Words checkbox now works with Regex keywords
• The World Editor refuses a drag into Blueprints while something still reads the trait or stat
• A click or Escape in the help window no longer closes a menu, popover, list or dialog below it
• Regenerate Memory and a character’s Regenerate wait for background passes, with a spinner you can cancel
• An image request that can’t reach the image server now names the server and what to check
• The World Editor’s Auto Save setting is now Autosave, the name the game’s saves use
• Code completion now lists members after chains with spaces or ?., and nothing in comments
• Escape in a code box inside a dialog now closes only the completion list
• A prompt routed to an endpoint now uses that endpoint’s detected context window in game
• Community Creations thumbnails now show in browsers that can’t cache them, such as Safari