Iron & Blood Beta 0.3.1 Changelog

Focus of this update: Improved combat reliability, expanded configuration tools, enhanced body-damage interaction, and major compatibility improvements.

Major New Features

New Interactive Body Damage Interface

Added a new full body-status interface.

Added:

• New body treatment screen

• Interactive body-part selection

• Visual body damage overview

• Individual limb information display

• Improved medical treatment workflow

New assets:

• Interactive body screen

• Body-part overlays

• Inventory body-status graphics

The previous body damage display system has been expanded into a more complete injury management interface.

New Weapon Damage Configuration Screen

Added a dedicated in-game weapon override editor.

Players can now configure:

• Body Damage

• Defense Damage

• Stamina Damage

• Stun Multiplier

• Weapon Category

• Bleeding behavior

• Automatic damage ratio calculation

Benefits:

• No longer requires manually editing TOML files for basic weapon balancing.

• Easier balancing for modded weapons.

• Faster testing during development.

New Armor Defense Override Screen

Added an in-game armor defense editor.

Supports:

• Armor selector

• Defense value editing

• Armor weight editing

• Override management

This allows armor balancing without manually modifying configuration files.

Improved Body Damage Calculation

Improved Hit Detection

Reworked contact tracking.

Added:

• More accurate attack contact snapshots

• Better melee hit distribution handling

• Improved projectile impact tracking

• Better compatibility with custom collision systems

New support:

• Epic Fight collider hits

• Projectile impact points

• TACZ kinetic bullet impacts

Improved Natural Attack System

Added categorized natural attack types.

New attack categories:

• Bite / Claw

• Crushing Blow

• Heavy Impact

• Light Contact

• Unarmed

Benefits:

• More accurate monster damage balancing.

• Allows different damage behavior depending on attack type.

• Easier future creature balancing.

New Downed / Incapacitated System

Added a new downed-state manager.

Features:

• Tracks incapacitated entities

• Forces prone/downed posture

• Prevents normal movement while downed

• Supports recovery conditions

This creates a foundation for future incapacitation mechanics.

Combat Improvements

Improved Guard System

Major improvements to blocking behavior.

Fixed:

• Incorrect guard model handling

• Blocking model not restoring correctly

• Weapon model synchronization issues after blocking

Improved:

• Native weapon guard compatibility

• Guard state synchronization

• Guard eligibility checks

• Impact feedback consistency

Epic Knights Compatibility Improvements

Reworked Epic Knights compatibility.

Changes:

• Replaced previous model override handling.

• Added improved blocking model compatibility.

• Improved weapon restoration after blocking.

• Reduced incorrect weapon display states.

This directly addresses previous issues where weapons could remain visually incorrect after blocking.

Epic Fight Compatibility Improvements

Added:

• Epic Fight collider hit support

• Improved collision pass handling

• Improved projectile guard compatibility

• Better synchronization between Iron & Blood combat logic and Epic Fight animations

TACZ Compatibility

Added support for TACZ kinetic bullets.

Improvements:

• Correct body damage handling

• Better impact position detection

• Improved projectile integration

Stamina Compatibility Improvements

Improved external stamina compatibility.

Added:

• Improved client-side stamina synchronization

• Better handling of external stamina systems

• Improved stamina overlay compatibility

SkyLands Compatibility

Added support for SkyLands glider stamina overlay.

Improves:

• Stamina display compatibility

• Overlay interaction

• Client-side HUD behavior

Regeneration System Changes

Added regeneration context handling.

Improved:

• Natural regeneration tracking

• Compatibility with custom regeneration mechanics

• Separation between natural healing and Iron & Blood medical systems

Bug Fixes

Fixed Body Damage Issues

Fixed:

• Incorrect hit distribution in some attacks

• Incorrect projectile impact handling

• Body damage calculation inconsistencies

• Some cases where damage could apply to incorrect body regions

Fixed Guard Visual Bugs

Fixed:

• Weapons displaying incorrect models while blocking

• Weapons failing to return to normal models after blocking

• Blocking animation/model synchronization issues

Fixed Compatibility Bugs

Fixed issues involving:

• Epic Knights blocking models

• Epic Fight collision handling

• External stamina systems

• Projectile-based weapons

• Custom weapon interactions

Performance Improvements

Reduced Combat Calculation Overhead

Optimized:

• Hit contact processing

• Body damage calculations

• Collision handling

• Compatibility checks

Improved Client Performance

Optimized:

• Body HUD rendering

• Medical interface handling

• Overlay synchronization

Reduced unnecessary client-side processing.

Internal Improvements

Added new internal systems:

• Better combat snapshots

• Better hit tracking

• More modular attack classification

• Improved compatibility architecture

Removed older compatibility code:

• Previous Epic Knights model override implementation

• Older projectile impact snapshot system

• Previous natural attack snapshot handling

These were replaced by more reliable systems.

Upgrade Notes

Recommended Upgrade

Beta 0.3.1 is recommended for all Beta 0.3.0 users.

Especially recommended if using:

• Epic Fight

• Epic Knights

• TACZ

• External stamina mods

• Large modpacks

Configuration Notes

New configuration tools may require regeneration of configuration files.

Existing custom weapon and armor overrides should be reviewed after updating.

Summary

Added

✅ Interactive body damage interface
✅ Weapon damage editor
✅ Armor defense editor
✅ New natural attack categories
✅ Downed/incapacitated system foundation
✅ TACZ projectile compatibility
✅ Improved Epic Fight/Epic Knights integration

Fixed

✅ Blocking weapon display bugs
✅ Guard model restoration issues
✅ Hit-location calculation problems
✅ Projectile damage handling issues
✅ Compatibility problems

Optimized

✅ Combat calculations
✅ HUD rendering
✅ Collision processing
✅ Mod compatibility layers