Timo's Nation Addon: Technology & Policies

Changelog — Beta 0.10

Core Building Systems

• Added Building Core flow for selecting and placing nation production buildings.
• Added Utility Block flow for utility structures with the same polished selection UI style.
• Added standardized room requirement/validation flow for building activation.
• Improved room handling so validation and messaging are more consistent.

Research & Production

• Added/expanded Library research production systems.
• Added support supply consumption loop for production.
• Reworked progress behavior for smoother, less jumpy progression bars.
• Improved synchronization between production events and visual progress behavior.

Housing System

• Added House utility building path with structured room requirements.
• Added Basic / Improved / Advanced house tiers.
• Added house ownership/resident assignment flow.
• Added nation/player-benefit style effects tied to house tier progression.
• Prevented room-sharing exploits between buildings that should not share the same interior validation space.

Town Hall & Policies

• Added/reworked Town Hall policy system toward card-based management.
• Added policy slot interactions and clearer policy organization.
• Added active policy/upkeep behavior integration with nation economy.
• Improved town hall UI structure for readability and future expansion.

Treasury & Economy

• Added/reworked Treasury into a persistent storage-style system.
• Added clearer treasury/economy presentation with cleaner UI structure.
• Added upkeep-driven behavior where systems pause when required funds are missing.
• Added configurable currency/item handling so server owners can swap economy items for modpacks.

Minting Chain

• Added minting gameplay direction with distinct machine roles (mint/stamp flow).
• Added stamping/processing feedback improvements (including failure-style feedback support).
• Improved minting UI structure and inventory presentation polish.

Embassy / Utility Expansion

• Added utility-side expansion groundwork including Embassy direction.
• Added nation-target selection/search flow for embassy-style setup interactions.

UI/UX Polish

• Large pass on GUI clarity, spacing, overlap fixes, and consistency.
• Improved scroll behavior in building selection lists.
• Reduced unnecessary text noise in multiple menus.
• Improved interaction feedback in several key flows (selection states/tooltips/popups).

Performance & Stability

• Removed/rolled back heavy map-overlay behavior that caused stutter/lag spikes.
• Improved room/validation handling and multi-block counting edge cases.
• General stability and responsiveness improvements for multiplayer use.

Beta Notes

• This is a feature-complete foundation beta, not final balance.
• Expect tuning updates for economy, upkeep, progression pace, and policy balance.
• Built with target server scale in mind (mid-large player counts), with ongoing optimization passes.