204.38 - 'beta' branch

• Added a new mouse cursor and an option to disable it or choose an alternate color scheme (Options > Overlay UI > Mouse cursor).
• Added more status effect possibilities to dilute warm static.
• Made all the Chavvah entities water ritualable. More changes to the Chavvah faction are in progress.
• We made some balance changes to the Hamsa component of [redacted].
  • The action cost reduction for melee weapons was reduced from 25% to 15%.
  • Figurines now award reputation with the factions of the creatures they depict.
  • Cybernetic implants now reduce the toughness of the [redacted] by an amount equal to their license cost.
  • Teleport-granting items now give Teleport 6 instead of Teleport 1.
• Added [redacted].
• Added "If, Then, Else" post-quest dialogue for Tammuz.
• Raised scorpiock's level and lowered their AV.
• When using the modern UI you can now zoom out past your default setting, going to "Fit" mode, then "Fullscreen".
• Added a "Wait Menu" keybind to the legacy key mapping.
• Removed the outdated "Display a background image when letterboxing" option.
• Improved performance when moving through liquids, particular during autoexplore.
• Particle simulation now has a fixed timestep.
• Fixed a bug that caused imaginary objects to be flammable.
• Fixed a bug that caused imaginary objects to vaporize if they reached vapor point.
• Fixed a bug that caused particles to stack up in look and targeting views.
• Fixed a bug with item naming popups in the console UI.
• Fixed a bug that caused the play area to dissapear behind item interaction popups.
• Fixed some auto collection bugs for liquids.
• Fixed ability bar buttons not greying out properly.
• Fixed "Wait 1 Turn" option not working properly in the wait menu.
• Fixed a bug where prerelease inventory UI screens were appearing below the play area.
• Fixed a bug where autoget would pick up fancy furniture.
• Fixed a bug that caused village merchants to fail to spawn.
• Fixed a bug where each village history entry in your journal contained histories from every village.
• Fixed a bug with arrow keys improperly paging through modern UI controls.
• Fixed the sizing of popup message windows with long scrollbars.
• Fixed a bug where "Take all" would fail to pick up everything if you had previously dropped any of the items.
• Fixed a bug that caused some shale walls to become invisible.
• Fixed a bug that caused zones to stay in memory for too long.
• [modding] All XML files are now parsed based on their root element and can thus be reorganized within subdirectories and renamed to anything.
• [modding] Skill entries can now set the Hidden flag to remove them from the Skills menu until they has been acquired via other means.