Patch Notes Page 84

v0.0.700

Added real-time fog-of-war vision for George’s militia and structures.
George-owned mini-units now add vision bubbles while alive and not garrisoned.
George-owned buildings now add vision bubbles while alive.
Normalized George militia combat sprite scaling for Warrior and Archer.
Added a data-driven combatRenderScale tuning key in data/units.json for mini-unit combat sheets.
Warrior/Archer combat sheets now stay visually consistent with their non-combat 16x16 footprint.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.700.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.700.

Fixed George builder placement flow and militia visual parity.
Build preview placement click now commits reliably without being blocked by stale UI hit-gating.
George militia using 32x32 combat sheets now keep a 16x16 in-world footprint across movement and combat states.
Updated George UI visual consistency.
Build menu overlay remains anchored in the raised position and uses the warm HUD palette in staged runtime data.
Disabled unintended George militia sprite recoloring.
Mini-units now render at authored sprite RGB colors while still honoring alpha-based effects.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.699.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.699.

Fixed George building placement and drag-select clicks not registering during in-run UI usage.
Mouse button-down state now always updates in the SDL input bridge, restoring edge-triggered world actions while RmlUi overlays are present.
Builder placement preview left-click commit now reliably places House/Tower/Barracks instead of staying attached to the cursor.
Updated fallback Build Menu visuals to match the in-run HUD language.
Legacy fallback panel now uses the warm brown/gold palette instead of the old blue prototype colors.
Fallback panel anchor was raised to align with the intended overlay placement.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.698.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.698.

Fixed George building placement input path while in build-preview mode.
Builder-selected overlays are now hidden during placement preview so world-click placement no longer gets blocked by UI overlay input capture.
Building previews now place reliably on left-click after selecting House/Tower/Barracks from the build menu.
Updated George builder overlays to match the in-run UI theme.
Build menu, selected-building panel, and selected-units panel now use the warm brown/gold HUD color language instead of the blue prototype palette.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.697.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.697.

Reworked George’s builder flow around militia recruitment and tower defense.
Barracks now recruit Warrior, Archer, Cleric, and Wizard militia classes using new unit sprite sets.
George structures now use dedicated House/Tower/Barracks assets with updated collision footprints and higher durability.
Towers now support garrisoning archers for multi-target volleys and garrisoning George for temporary safety.
Added builder construction and supply upgrades.
George buildings now use timed construction with a bottom-up reveal effect and finish automatically once placed.
Builder starting supply/cap and House supply contribution were increased to support larger militia armies.
Updated George builder UI to RmlUi.
Build menu and selected-building controls now run through RmlUi overlays, including tower garrison actions.
Added an RmlUi selected-units panel with militia counts and combat-toggle controls.
Fixed George interaction regressions tied to builder overlays.
Overlay hit-testing now only captures input on visible cards, restoring drag-selection and reliable building placement clicks.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.696.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.696.

Tuned Sally Holy Smite cast VFX size to intended in-world scale.
Holy Smite now renders at 1:1 sheet frame size (32x32) instead of the oversized 2x scale.
Keeps the same cursor targeting, animation playback, and Holy damage behavior.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.695.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.695.

Fixed Sally Holy Smite cast visuals anchoring and readability.
Timed sprite-sheet VFX entities are now tagged as projectile VFX so navmesh/bounds clamping no longer shifts cursor-targeted casts away from their cast point.
Holy Smite cast VFX now renders with full alpha and a front-biased sort offset for more consistent on-screen visibility at cursor.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.694.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.694.

Fixed Sally Holy Smite cast visuals not appearing reliably.
Added on-cast lazy loading for assets/Sprites/Spells/HolySmite.png so the effect still renders if startup sheet load is unavailable.
Increased Holy Smite cast visual presence by scaling the 32x32 sheet frame for clearer in-world readability.
Added a resilient VFX lifetime floor and fallback sprite-sheet path so a visible cast effect still appears.
Updated build/version alignment.
Updated player-visible build string to Pre-Alpha | Build v0.0.693.
Updated Discord join-service test build-tag fixtures to v0.0.693.