Patch Notes Page 69

v0.0.822

Improved dialogue response hit detection inside the scroll list.
Dialogue choices now use the same delegated hit-test fallback as other generated Rml lists, so rows can still be selected even when the scroll container owns the pointer target.
Selecting a dialogue response now suppresses the scroll-drag path once a row hit is resolved.

Fixed dialogue and quest-log interaction flow.
The Quest Log button in NPC dialogue now closes the active conversation cleanly before opening the quest log.
Dialogue response options now activate on left mouse-down so selections still register even while the response list is being refreshed.

Reworked dialogue and quest-log windows to use the same shared panel shell as the other Rml overlays.
Dialogue and quest-log root panels now use the shared .panel styling path from hud.rcss instead of a separate custom surface path.
Removed extra runtime panel styling overrides so these windows size and skin through the same Rml flow as Inventory, Trader, and Ability Shop.

Hardened the dialogue panel surface rendering.
Dialogue and quest-log now render from a single panel container again, removing the duplicated surface/wrapper layout that was leaving the styled panel in the wrong place.
This targets the remaining light/white fallback box behind dialogue and quest-log content while keeping the wider response layout from the previous build.

Polished dialogue overlay layout and sizing.
The dialogue and quest-log windows now force the intended dark panel surface instead of falling back to a plain light background.
Dialogue response options now receive explicit full-width sizing so long responses no longer collapse into narrow stacked slivers.

Added a first-pass NPC dialogue and quest system.
Trax, Jules, and Father Mathias now use RmlUi dialogue overlays for rumors, lore, service options, and quest offers.
Conversations pause gameplay in single-player, support branching response tones, and can hand off into trader, tavern, and healing services.
Added a run-local quest log on J for active NPC quests, including timed failures and current objective progress.
Dialogue content now loads from per-NPC JSON files under data/dialogue/.

Improved enemy wave pack variety.
Pack-enabled spawn batches now reserve enough enemies for at least two packs when possible, so waves are less likely to collapse into one all-zombie or single-type group.
Added enemyPacks.minPacksPerBatch in data/gameplay.json so multi-pack variety stays tunable from data.

Added gameplay tuning knobs for melee reach.
Hero melee reach can now be tuned directly from data/gameplay.json under hero.meleeRange.
Enemy melee/contact reach is now tunable from data/gameplay.json under enemy.meleeRange, affecting close-range commit and contact checks.