I feel so much lighter now~ -Monika

Gameplay Changes

• the farewell select menu now has another button that launches your most frequently used farewell. this changes as your most frequently used farewell changes.

• random chatter settings are now affected by affection - lower affection levels have slower random chatter settings available

• repeat topics setting now starts as enabled

• scrollable menus that have multiselect use a new checkbox UI

• the Outfit Mode checkbox now has a better looking UI

• random limit topic will no longer be shown constantly if a user does not have repeat topics enabled and is out of random topics. The topic is limited to once every two weeks.

• all input (name/instrument) boxes now are limited to mostly latin-based characters (aka standard alphabet + some punctuation)

• dialogue boxes no longer dissolve with Monika

• back buttons in menus no longer scroll with other buttons

• piano no longer crashes if a sprite is missing

Topic Changes

Additions

• monika_asimov_three_laws
• monika_why_spaceroom
• monika_why_do_you_read
• monika_eating_meat
• monika_remembrance
• monika_discworld
• 5 new farewells
• 2 new songs
• 2 new listens
• 1 new greeting
• 1 new mood
• 1 new brb

Changes

• monika_naps - fixed nap check
• monika_attractiveness - extensively rewritten to fix inconsistencies between this topic and other topics
• back from work greeting - additional dialogue options added to Bad and Really Bad routes
• youtuber impersonation greeting - limited to one time only

Removals

• mas_mood_lucky

Spritepack Changes

Additions

• Green Hoodie by @Olliesama
• Heart Choker by @SirNimblyBottoms

Fixes

• typofixes

• fixed xdotool crashes on Linux

• fixed crashes involving suntimes (buildupdate, index crashes)

• fixed nap check in monika_naps

• fixed "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" song not appearing in song menu after it is initially shown

• fix "bad command" not showing correct sys path on Windows

• fixed dicts not being accessible in dialogue substitution

• fixed crash in snow weather prog point

• fixed raise/lower volume hotkeys (+/-) being disabled forever

API Changes

Sprites

• Monika sprite code combinations are now generated dynamically - no need for lengthy sprite chart files
  • the sprite checker tool can now switch between checking sprite validity for dynamic or original sprite generation

Dialogue

• player nicknames should now be selected with mas_get_player_nickname instead of using player
• new dissolve_monika transition - should be used when wanting to apply dissolve to Monika in topics. (See #6033)
• specific labels can be called when a topic is derandomed on a per-topic basis. See #6117 for more info
• scrollable menus must use a new set of constants for area. see #5944 for more info.

Farewells

• docking station farewells can now be customized without copying the flow by setting certain variables. See #5957 for more info
• random property is now ignored in farewells

Event objects

• added various convenience functions for Events: (#6027)
  • mas_checkEVL - evals an arbitrary function with an Event given an eventlabel, accounting for invalid eventlabels. This should rarely be used.
  • mas_getEVLPropValue - retrieves an Event property given an eventlabel, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_setEVLPropValues - sets arbitary properties on an Event given an eventlabel, account for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_isPoolEVL - checks if the Event associated with the given eventlabel is a pool event, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_isRandomEVL - checks if the Event associated with the given eventlabel is a random event, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_isUnlockedEVL - checks if the Event associated with the given eventlabel is unlocked, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_getEVL_last_seen - gets the last_seen property from the Event associated with the given eventlabel, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_getEVL_shown_count - gets the shown_count property from the Event associated with the given eventlabel, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_inRulesEVL - checks if the Event associated with the given eventlabel contains the given keys in its rules dict, accounting for invalid eventlabels
  • mas_assignModifyEVLPropValue - applies an assignment operation to a property on the Event associated with the given eventlabel, accounting for invalid eventlabels. This should rarely be used.
• mas_globals.this_ev - set to the current Event object when call_next_event is called. Does not work with delegate topics (see #6069)
• __repr__ is now defined for Event - it shows the event label.
• The no unlock rule has been changed to no_unlock

Backgrounds

• MASFilterableBackground now has support for ex_props
  • EXP_TYPE_OUTDOOR - denotes a background is not in a room
  • EXP_SKIP_LEADIN - denotes that this background should skip intro dialgoue when changing
  • EXP_SKIP_TRANSITION - denotes that this background should skip transition
  • EXP_SKIP_OUTRO - denotes that this background should skip outro dialogue when changing
• mas_startupBackground - new startup kwarg passed in to let backgrounds know if they are being set on startup or not
• mas_change_background - now runs progpoints after background setup.
  • the disable_progressive arg now locks weather and masks for a background
  • set both disable_progressive and hide_masks to True to mark the background as not supporting weather
• mas_getBackground - returns a background given a background ID

Submods

• exceptions are now raised if a duplicate submod is loaded

Utils

• mas_utils.stdout_as - context manager generator that can replace stdout with a given stream
• input filters moved to definitions
• mas_globals.is_steam - new global var that is True if we are running from steam