Patch Notes Page 81

v0.0.724

Normalized Robin combat-sheet visual scale to remove bow-switch shrink.
Extended hero combat render compensation to include damage (Robin) using the same movement/combat frame-width ratio approach used for Jack/Ellis.
Applied this in both hero visual setup paths so local/remote hero initialization keeps consistent bow attack footprint.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.724.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.724 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.725).

Normalized Jack and Ellis combat-sheet visual scale to prevent attack-time shrinking.
Added explicit combat render compensation for tank (Jack) and special (Ellis) based on movement/combat frame-width ratio.
Applied the same normalization in both hero spawn and generic hero visual setup paths so local and remote visuals stay consistent.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.723.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.723 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.724).

Tuned Raven Dire Wolf form visual scale down slightly.
Reduced Dire Wolf base form render size from 32.0 to 30.0 to better match surrounding hero scale.
Kept existing Dire Wolf movement/attack row mapping and attack render normalization behavior unchanged.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.722.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.722 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.723).

Corrected Raven Dire Wolf form sheet mapping to the real authored asset layout.
Wolf movement sheet now uses 14 rows (64x224 with 16x16 frames), with Walk Up on row 8 and death rows on rows 13/14.
Removed out-of-range wolf row indices that previously clamped to incorrect rows and caused frequent mis-facing.
Stabilized Bear/Dire Wolf attack-vs-movement visual scale.
Bear form attack normalization now uses combatRenderScale = 1.28.
Dire Wolf form now uses larger base render size and combatRenderScale = 1.40 to keep attack and non-attack size parity.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.721.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.721 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.722).

Enforced Raven Bear/Dire Wolf form-sheet row mapping contract and ability-slot normalization.
Bear movement/attack rows remain explicitly mapped to the provided 24x24/32x32 row legend.
Dire Wolf movement rows now follow the provided mapping contract (Walk Up bound to row 9), with attack rows still bound to right/left/down/up as authored.
Fixed persistent form ability offset by normalizing druid animal-form kits at runtime.
Animal form abilities are now reordered/normalized by key (M1, 1, 2, 3, 4) so the auto-attack primary always occupies slot 0 and hotkeys line up.
If a form kit is missing a primary in data, the runtime now auto-inserts Bear Claw / Dire Claw into the auto-attack slot.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.720.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.720 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.721).

Corrected Raven Bear/Dire Wolf vertical attack facing.
Bear attack Up/Down rows were swapped; attacking down now plays the down row and attacking up now plays the up row.
Dire Wolf attack Up/Down rows were swapped with the same correction.
Left/Right attack row mapping was intentionally left unchanged.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.719.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.719 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.720).

Fixed Raven animal-form hotkey drift by honoring configured ability keys at runtime.
Ability hotkeys (1/2/3/4) now resolve by each slot’s keyHint string first, with index fallback only if no key match exists.
This prevents Bear/Dire Wolf form kits from shifting hotkeys when form data is edited or loaded without a slot-0 primary.
Refined Bear/Dire Wolf vertical attack-direction row mapping.
Attack up/down rows are now mapped to match the runtime front/back direction semantic used by hero attack-state selection.
This removes intermittent wrong-direction row playback that appeared on vertical attack cases.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.718.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.718 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.719).

Refined Raven Bear/Dire Wolf sheet mapping using explicit snake-style directional rows.
Bear and Dire Wolf now set explicit idle/walk/attack row indices per direction (Right, Left, Down, Up) instead of relying on mixed defaults.
Corrected Dire Wolf walk-up mapping to the actual Wolf.png authored row (row 8) for the 14-row sheet.
Improved Bear/Dire Wolf attack-size consistency.
Combat render normalization now derives directly from movement/combat frame-width ratio at runtime for both forms, preventing attack-time size drift.
Hardened Druid form-kit hotkey alignment.
Added a runtime guard that auto-inserts form primary (M1) at slot 0 for Bear/Dire Wolf if data is missing it, so hotkeys 1/2/3/4 stay aligned.
Hardened Raven human-form auto-attack recovery after shapeshift return.
Returning to human now forces immediate re-fire eligibility (fireCooldown_ = 0) after offense/tag restore, so projectile autos resume on the next attack tick.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.717.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.717 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.718).