Heartbound

Version 4.0.0

Major update: Equipment, Armor, Patience, HUD, and final polish.

New:
- Added functional armor slots to the Equipment Menu.
- Added Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, and Boots slots.
- Armor slots now behave like real container slots.
- Each armor slot only accepts the correct armor type.
- Equipped armor is now visible on the companion.
- Armor now protects the companion during combat.
- Armor now loses durability when the companion takes damage.
- If armor breaks, it disappears from the armor slot and visually disappears from the companion.
- Added item break sound when armor breaks.
- Added item break sound when weapons break.
- Added improved HUD system.
- Added HUD display when looking at a companion’s hitbox.
- Added Friendship HUD display when looking at a companion.
- Added Patience HUD display when the companion is angry.
- Added Patience countdown timer so players can see when she will calm down.
- Added cleaner 4.0.0 HUD layout with improved borders, bars, and alignment.
- Updated mod metadata.
- Updated author name to Babayi79.
- Added shorter and cleaner mod description.

Patience System:
- Added new Patience system for accidental hits.
- Hitting your companion once no longer immediately lowers Friendship.
- The first hit puts her into an angry state instead.
- Angry state lasts 5 minutes.
- While angry, the HUD changes from Friendship to Patience.
- While angry, menus are blocked.
- While angry, right-clicking her does not open Partner Menu, Equipment, or Missions.
- Patience starts at 100.
- Each additional hit while angry lowers Patience by 20.
- Each Patience drop shows a unique message in chat.
- If Patience reaches 0, she drops back to Friend.
- Follow and Stay are disabled when Patience reaches 0.
- After dropping to Friend, additional hits lower relationship normally.
- If the relationship reaches 0 after the Partner → Patience → Friend path, the relationship becomes permanently locked.
- When permanently locked, she will no longer accept gifts, give missions, open Partner Menu, or rebuild the relationship.
- Permanent lock message: “I don't want anything to do with you anymore.”
- Special breakup messages now only appear after the Partner → Patience → Friend path.
- Special breakup messages no longer appear in new or normally low relationships.
- Special breakup messages are chat-only and do not appear inside the conversation UI.
- Fixed spam issues with Patience and breakup messages.
- “Don't talk to me right now. I'm upset.” now only appears once.
- After that, looking at her shows the Patience HUD instead.

Equipment / Combat Fixes:
- Fixed weapon and armor durability behavior.
- Fixed weapons breaking correctly.
- When a weapon breaks, the Weapon slot becomes empty.
- When a weapon breaks, the weapon disappears from her hand.
- After a weapon breaks, she returns to normal unarmed behavior.
- If unarmed and cornered, she can punch again.
- If unarmed and not close enough to the threat, she runs away as before.
- Fixed armor breaking correctly.
- Fixed armor disappearing visually after breaking.
- Fixed item break sounds for weapons and armor.
- Fixed visual issue with the arm / sleeve during punch and weapon animations.
- Fixed a remaining visual artifact when she raises her arm.
- Fixed a small running issue when she had a weapon in Stay mode.

HUD / Visual Fixes:
- Added hitbox-look HUD detection.
- HUD now appears when looking at a companion.
- HUD disappears when looking away.
- Fixed HUD flickering/parpadeo when aiming at different parts of the companion hitbox.
- Improved HUD hitbox tolerance so it does not depend on one exact point.
- Improved Patience timer display.
- Improved HUD layout for 4.0.0.
- Cleaned up HUD borders and bar alignment.
- Fixed visual instability in the Patience countdown.

Stability:
- Kept Weapon slot anti-duplication behavior.
- Kept Armor slot anti-duplication behavior.
- Kept Partner Menu behavior.
- Kept Equipment Menu behavior.
- Kept Follow and Stay combat behavior.
- Kept allowed hostile mob system.
- Kept weapon persistence.
- Kept armor persistence.
- Improved final polish for the 4.0.0 release.