HardLife v0.26902 (content preview) (Patreon)

 https://sta.sh/02ct4mah2sgw 

* DeviL abs still toxic to health stat-modifier, but now has infernal stat-modifier gain side-effect
* Item-IDs converted over from the old S-Mart specific "DEPT#_AISLE#_PRODUCT#" format to the UID/URI format that used by the CMS and new-UI branch: "items.type.subtype.xxxx.*" ---- as a result, (most) items from older saves will no longer work (the new/transformative items are unaffected by this change, they were already using the new format, only items sold by S-Mart were affected)
* S-Mart refactored from ~20 passages to a single passage using room-like sections in the same way that Parkside Fitness and Parkhaven do. This change not only makes the code easier to maintain and integrate with the new-UI branch, but it also allowed us to highlight/shadow departments and aisles based on whether they had any products for sale. The store should be much easier to navigate now. (also updated/added hotkeys for aisles)
* You can now encounter customers in the aisles of S-Mart, not just at the entrance
* S-Mart now sells Protein Powder (cheaper than the gym), but has been unable to negotiate a contract to carry Mega-B (due to it's secret ingredient) -- look for items of this type in the Pharmacy department
* damage/fatigue recovery now scales with difficulty level... base rates increased to compensate
* adjusted the soft-cap of the amazon-Index to scale better with character power
* tuned difficulty levels slightly higher (0.42->0.69; 1.00->1.34; 1.69->2.16; 3.16->3.46; 6.00->6.90; 10.00->16.00), SurvivalMode is now much more challenging (BirthRight is unchanged)
* in response to player complaints, the perceived stat "bonus" for lower difficulty levels has been repealed (by way of a fairly tricky formula that counters the gain and corrects the weight-loss caused by lowering base-stats) Playing at difficulties lower than the default (HardLife 3.46x difficulty) will now result in starting stats barely above the default levels, but still have full benefit of faster gains and lower toning targets. Higher difficulties are unaffected by this change. This has introduced some minor fluctuations in starting weight/bodyfat percentage.