Beta Update

This is the archive of earlier beta notes. New notes are on the main updates page.

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Update 2.53

6/9/2026

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Custom Boss Creator: simple AP/Gil rewards in the creation flow. The tab now has a Simple Rewards block for editing cloned `LootFile` `Gil`, `AP`, and `AP Overkill`; blank/invalid fields inherit from the source monster. The cloner preserves the original loot section and only stamps those fields when provided, leaving drops/steal/gear for the Monster Editor. The `.bossrecipe.json` records `RewardGil`, `RewardAp`, and `RewardApOverkill` when used, and `ProofStatus` now mentions these overrides. Editor builds 0 errors / 361 warnings in this working tree.

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Update 2.52

6/9/2026

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Custom Boss Creator: first `.bossrecipe.json` sidecar for created clones. When a custom boss is created, the module now writes `m###.bossrecipe.json` next to the `m###.bin`, with schema v1 containing UTC creation time, source monster, target monster, display name, AI source (`inherit-base-ai` or `copy-monster-ai`), stat/ModelId/name overrides, and an honest proof-status string. The sidecar does not affect the game, but it makes the creation reproducible and becomes the first base for future exportable/importable `Boss Recipe` files. Editor builds 0 errors / 357 baseline warnings.

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Update 2.51

6/9/2026

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Custom Boss Creator: `AI used` is now an explicit AI Source picker. The `Custom Boss Creator` tab no longer hides AI as an implicit inheritance detail: it now has an AI used card with `Inherit source AI` or `Copy AI from another m###`, its own filter, source list, and a technical summary (`AiFile`, workers, instructions, structural validation). When creating a boss, the clone can receive the whole `AiFile` from another monster, validated by the ATEL codec/validator before writing; stats, name, and ModelId stay in the existing flow. The base monster filter, previously a UI field without behaviour, now actually filters. Honesty: this copies whole AI profiles; mixing workers/snippets, loot/rewards, and phases remain later cuts. Editor builds 0 errors / 357 baseline warnings.

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Update 2.50

6/9/2026

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Difficulty Director v2: Encounter Danger + offline Challenge Modes. `Modules/DifficultyDirector` is no longer just an `m###.bin` scaler: it now reads/previews/writes EncounterTable group `Danger` in `btl.bin` through `EncounterTable_File.Write()`, with `.difficulty.bak` backup, a toggle to apply it together with monster writes, and a preview of the 5 most affected encounter groups. Expanded presets: `Explorer`/`Exploração` (Danger 0) and `Hunter`/`Caçador` (max Danger). Offline Challenge Modes: `True Nightmare`, `Speed Run Assist`, `Explorer`, `Hunter`, and `Equalizer` (normalizes HP/MP/stats to the loaded corpus average). Honesty: `One-Hit`, `No-Overdrives`, adaptive/live scaling, and probe-backed difficulty remain out of this cut until IDA/runtime proof; this is an offline writer. Build attempted; currently blocked by pre-existing `MonsterAiEditor_Control.axaml` Click handler errors from another lane, not by this module.

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Update 2.49

6/9/2026

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Battle Sandbox in Live Battle Lab: assemble an A/B/C package, apply quick HP/AI edits, then trigger Force Battle through the probe. New Battle Sandbox tab inside `LiveBattleLab`: `m###` monster pickers, per-slot HP edits, quick AI presets (`Original`, `Aggressive`, `Defensive`, `Enrage`), and an apply button with `.sandbox.bak` backups. Force Battle reuses the existing `field/group/formation` inputs and the DINPUT8/main-thread bridge route; the screen explicitly says the real formation composition still comes from the saved `btl_` / Formation Editor path. Editor builds 0 errors.

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Update 2.48

6/9/2026

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Difficulty Director: global HP/MP/stat sliders for every monster in the project. New `Modules/DifficultyDirector` module in Core Authoring, with `Easy/Normal/Hard/Dark Aeon` presets, global sliders for HP, MP, strength, magic, defense/magic defense, and the remaining stats, a top-impact preview, and offline writing through `Monster_File.Write()`. Each `m###.bin` gets a `.difficulty.bak` before the first write, and the UI can restore those backups. The running game sees the change on the next monster load; live scaling remains out of scope. Editor builds 0 errors.

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Update 2.47

6/9/2026

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Monster AI Editor: BIBLE OF SPIRA, the contextual read-only ATEL bible inside the module. New `FfxLib/Ai/AiBibleCatalog.cs` structures entries for functions, `btlActorProperty` fields, targets, opcodes, patterns, and guardrails using the real dictionaries (`AiChrPropertyNames`, `AiTargetNames`, `AiScript_File.CallName/Mnemonic`). The `Monster AI Editor` now has a BIBLE OF SPIRA card with search for `70AB`/`Overdrive`/`PUSHII`/`Shiva` and detail panes for signature, stack shape, evidence, and risk. Selecting an AI Assembler row now automatically surfaces the matching bible entry (for example `CALLPOPA 70AB` → `setStatField`). The mission doc title was renamed to BIBLE OF SPIRA and its `setStatField/getStatField` signatures were normalized: `setStatField(field,value)` does not take `actorRef`; explicit actor writes belong to `writeChrProperty(actor,field,value)`. No new writer, no Shiva button, no byte changes — context/guardrails only. Editor builds 0 errors; `AiScriptLab --names` PASS.

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Update 2.46

6/9/2026

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AEON (Assembly Evolution Observation Node): compare edited AI against vanilla with green/red/yellow highlighting. New `FfxLib/Ai/AiScript_Diff.cs` compares two `AiScriptFile`s by `(worker, offset)` and classifies `Unchanged/Modified/Added/Removed`. The `Monster AI Editor` now has an open Diff vs Vanilla card: loads the extracted reference through `Path_FfxPs2Root`, shows deltas with green=added, red=removed, yellow=modified, warns when a grow/size change makes offset diff approximate, and offers vanilla restore with a two-click confirmation plus `.prev.bak`. Missing vanilla becomes an honest message, not a crash. New `AiScriptLab --diff` gate PASS: unchanged `m000` = 0 deltas; in-memory operand edit on `m001` = 1 modified, 0 added/removed. Editor builds 0 errors.

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