Patch Notes Page 83

v0.0.708

Fixed selected-unit overlay flow so George unit selection uses the themed overlay path reliably.
Selecting mini-units now clears selected-building focus, allowing the selected-units Rml overlay to appear instead of being suppressed by stale building selection state.
This removes cases where unit selection dropped to the legacy fallback panel despite valid selection.
Rethemed selected-unit fallback visuals to match the warm in-run HUD language.
Fallback selected-unit card/text/button colors now match the current brown/gold panel styling instead of legacy blue tones.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.708.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.708 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.709).

Improved healer fallback combat movement and George militia pathing consistency.
Goblin/Orc healers now defer to the standard enemy AI chase/path solver whenever no nearby heal target is available.
George militia movement now uses enemy-style steering and clamping (path direction + separation + obstacle steering + navmesh clamp) instead of bespoke solid-probe steering.
Improved George militia collision navigation reliability.
Mini-unit navigation now consumes the shared nav grid used by enemies, events, and waves for obstacle-aware movement around blocked layers.
Reduced aggressive near-zero velocity snapping that could prematurely stop movement and contribute to spin/stall behavior.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.707.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.707 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.708).

Improved George militia combat awareness and pathing recovery.
George militia now acquire and engage enemies only within their vision bubble range.
Combat stalls now clear stale target locks and force immediate repath attempts to reduce spin/stuck behavior near collision.
Tightened blocked-shot behavior for George militia and adjusted enemy support pressure.
Archer/Wizard line-of-fire checks now hard-block on collision and nav blockers, reducing shots into walls/buildings.
Goblin/Orc healers still prioritize nearby ally heals, but now switch to attacking heroes when no local heal target exists.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.706.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.706 (mismatch assertion moved to v0.0.707).

Stabilized George militia combat behavior when combat mode is enabled.
Mini-units now keep a short combat target lock to reduce rapid target/facing oscillation (“spin in place”) while engaging.
Combat target lock clears cleanly when units are garrisoned, manually ordered, or combat is disabled.
Fixed Warrior close-range engagement so they do not idle just outside melee reach.
Heavy/melee approach logic now pushes into true attack range instead of stopping early in a wide slack band.
Improved Archer/Wizard projectile lane clipping near collision.
Ranged line-of-fire checks now use a permissive clip buffer near lane edges (similar to center-line clipping behavior), so shots are less likely to be falsely blocked by near-wall grazing.
Ranged units still avoid hard-blocked lanes and will reposition/retarget rather than shooting into solid collision.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.705.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.705.

Corrected George Wizard militia projectile behavior to match Jade level-1 Fire auto-attacks.
Wizard militia projectiles now apply Fire spell stage 1 instead of stage 3, preventing fireball-style impact explosions.
Wizard militia fire-row visuals remain mapped to the elemental sheet while preserving non-explosive impact behavior.
Improved George militia combat pathing and blocked-shot behavior around collision layers.
Mini-unit movement now performs local solid-aware steering probes to sidestep blockers instead of repeatedly pressing into walls.
Removed direct-force movement fallback when nav pathing returns zero, reducing wall-running and spin-lock behavior near tight collision.
Ranged militia now require clear line-of-fire (solid + nav-space checks) before shooting, and will retarget/reposition instead of firing into blocked lanes.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.704.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.704.

Improved George militia movement and idle stability.
Light-unit retreat/approach movement now falls back cleanly when nav pathing returns no direction, reducing spin-lock and wall-hugging stalls.
Mini-unit facing updates now use a stricter mini-unit movement epsilon so near-zero velocity jitter does not cause idle turning.
Refined George tower and wizard projectile behavior.
Tower arrows now aim and spawn from tower collision-centered origin/muzzle offsets, and still use Robin-style arrow frame orientation.
Wizard militia projectiles now use Jade fire-style visual treatment and explicit Fire spell tagging.
Updated George builder progression kit.
Builder ability data now includes Primary Fire plus militia-specific upgrades for Warrior, Archer, Cleric, and Wizard.
Added per-unit-key permanent buff support so builder upgrades target the current militia roster directly.
George primary auto-attack now scales with primary ability upgrade level.
UI/positioning and tuning follow-up.
Raised build-menu anchor by ~12px to avoid overlap with lower HUD framing.
Reduced Warrior melee engagement range for near-contact combat behavior.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.703.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.703.

Fixed George construction/building interaction reliability.
Building world-click selection now respects collision-box offsets, so newly placed George structures remain selectable while constructing.
Construction reveal now keeps a visible minimum sprite slice during early progress, preventing structures from appearing to vanish mid-build.
Improved George combat movement and tower projectile readability.
Tower arrow projectiles now initialize directional sprite rows at spawn using the same frame-index logic as Robin-style arrows.
Militia ranged and ally arrow projectiles now share that spawn-time directional setup for consistent facing.
Mini-unit combat hold behavior now snaps to stable zero-velocity in in-range bands, reducing spin-in-place oscillation.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.702.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.702.

Polished George militia combat readability and tower interactions.
Warrior and Archer health bars now stay fixed while swapping between movement/combat sheets.
Tower and militia archer arrows now use the same omni-directional arrow-facing logic as Robin.
Tower garrison actions now require close proximity for both archers and George.
Improved George militia combat reliability.
Archer and Wizard militia ranged auto-attacks now route through projectile spawning so ungarrisoned ranged units resume visible firing behavior.
Warrior melee tuning now requires near-contact engagement, and militia movement smoothing reduces spin-in-place jitter during ranged spacing.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.701.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.701.