Patch Notes Page 76

v0.0.764

Added gameplay.json developer UI toggles for console/profiler/terminal behavior.
Added developerUi.inGameConsoleEnabled to enable/disable the in-run backquote dev console.
Added developerUi.profilerWindowEnabled to enable/disable profiler overlay visibility and Insert hotkey toggling.
Added developerUi.externalTerminalWindowEnabled to show/hide the external Windows terminal window at startup.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.764.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.764 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.765).

Normalized audio mix and improved SFX reliability under ambient load.
Increased SDL_mixer channel allocation and reserved dedicated loop channels for ambient playback.
Ambient loops now use fixed channels so one-shot SFX (pickup, footsteps, attacks) are less likely to drop.
Added ambient sound volume control in Options.
Added an Ambient Volume slider in both main-menu Options and pause Options.
Ambient slider now controls fire/crickets/birds/pub ambience and owl one-shots.
Ambient volume is now persisted in save data.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.763.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.763 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.764).

Fixed recap damage attribution to include player-caused DoT on enemies only.
DamageOverTime now tracks per-channel source entity + source label (bleed, poison, burn).
DoT tick resolution now uses tracked source/label and records recap damage for non-RPG mode as well.
Player-applied DoTs now stamp attribution metadata (dash trail burns/poisons, support poison DoT, and on-hit affix burn/poison).
Improved recap label readability for DoT/affix sources.
Added normalized labels for Bleed, Poison DoT, Dash Trail, Support Poison, Affix Poison, and Affix Burn.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.762.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.762 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.763).

Fixed run recap damage source labels showing blank/garbled text.
RpgDamage::apply now snapshots incoming labels into owned strings before callback chains, preventing dangling string_view reads during on-hit side effects.
Projectile collision damage now passes an owned source label string into damage resolution.
Recap label normalization now trims/sanitizes non-printable labels and falls back to Unknown for invalid entries.
Added friendly recap mappings for common internal damage source tags (runes, area damage, thorn effects, shrine lightning).
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.761.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.761 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.762).

Eliminated long startup freezes from controller subsystem initialization on Windows systems without active gamepads.
SDL controller subsystem init is now gated behind a lightweight XInput connected-device probe.
When no active XInput controller is present, startup skips expensive controller-stack initialization and retries periodically without blocking frame flow.
Kept controller init timing log output so future stalls are visible immediately in console.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.760.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.760 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.761).

Reduced long post-startup freezes on affected Windows input stacks.
Switched default SDL joystick backend hints to prefer XInput and disable RawInput/HIDAPI discovery paths that can stall for tens of seconds on some systems.
Added timing log for SDL controller subsystem initialization to expose remaining input-stack bottlenecks directly in console output.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.759.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.759 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.760).

Improved startup responsiveness before first window draw.
Split SDL startup so only core video/event/timer systems are initialized before window creation.
Deferred gamepad subsystem startup and controller mapping load until first input poll, reducing pre-window blocking risk on problematic device stacks.
Deferred local IP detection from global startup to host-related flows only, with lazy resolution when hosting UI is opened.
Added startup timing diagnostics for faster bottleneck triage.
Application init now logs elapsed milliseconds for Steam runtime init, window init, listener init, and total startup.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.758.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.758 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.759).

Reduced startup stalls caused by local IP detection.
Reworked detectLocalIp() to use a fast UDP route probe instead of hostname DNS resolution on startup.
Added safe loopback fallback when a routable interface cannot be resolved immediately.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.757.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.757 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.758).