MCA: Conversations

[1.4.4] - August 30th, 2026

A major conversation UI update focused on readability, smoother interactions, and better accessibility across MCA, chat, and Townstead.

Added

• Redesigned response panel with wrapped text, numbered choices, clearer highlighting, page controls, and support for oversized answers.
• Keyboard controls for selecting and navigating responses, including number keys, Numpad, arrows, Home/End, Page Up/Down, Enter, and Space.
• Mouse-wheel navigation and clickable previous/next page buttons.
• Numeric chat selection without broadcasting the entered number. Multi-digit choices such as 10 are also supported.
• Gold, high-contrast, and classic themes, plus configurable opacity, speaker-name accents, sound volume, and motion effects.
• New animations, UI sounds, selection feedback, and accessibility narration.
• Optional matching number badges and shortcuts for Townstead’s conversation screen.

Improved

• Chat now displays every available response instead of hiding choices after the first five.
• Recognized villager names appear bold and gold for easier reading.
• Long questions, multi-line answers, custom fonts, and different screen sizes now lay out correctly.
• Keyboard and mouse focus behave more naturally, with selected rows gently expanding without shifting the menu.
• Responses lock immediately after selection to prevent accidental duplicate answers.
• English and Portuguese-Brazilian localization has been expanded for the new interface.

Fixed

• Fixed custom fonts causing overlapping text.
• Fixed long conversations extending beyond the safe screen area.
• Fixed stale conversation data sometimes rejecting a valid response after switching villagers.
• Fixed stationary mouse pointers overriding keyboard navigation.
• Fixed unnecessary sounds and narration playing when the selected response had not changed.

Compatibility

• Network protocol remains 2, with no changes to dialogue outcomes or server authority.
• MCA’s original interface remains available as a fallback if the enhanced UI cannot load.
• Townstead remains completely optional.