AFD Mode 2019 (Patreon)

Prereleeeeeeeease!!!! Now a normal prerelease I'd be doing a good bit before the public one, but this time is a bit different since it's got a very specific deadline (4/1!) and I spent longer on it than I maybe should have :P

This release includes a bunch of fixes and tweaks, but most importantly I spent several days this week building a new AFD mode, which alone added 752 lines of code, a +0.6% increase in the core Cogmind code base.

I haven't written the release notes yet (those won't be coming out until 4/1 along with all the announcements), so you'll be going into this blind, but you'll probably catch on pretty quickly ;) 

On Steam, Beta 8.1 is located on the new branch "kyzratipatron," or if you don't have Steam and need the DRM-free prerelease, send me an email.

If you don't want to change your system time in order to access the special 4/1 content, I've added another way to access it, by using the "-forceAFD2019" command line parameter (in Steam this is Cogmind > Properties > Set Launch Options...). Note this isn't required if you just want to play regular 8.1 instead, as this version does include a number of Exiles-related tweaks, but the main cool feature is AFD 2019, which is a whole new way to experience Cogmind :D

In either case, old saves are not compatible.

Enjoy!

Note: For Wizards I'll be updating the wizard key and introducing some of the new wizard mode features after it's officially released on 4/1.