Usurper Reborn v0.52.6 Release Notes

Linux Steam Launch Fix

The Linux play.sh launcher has been rewritten with a robust fallback chain. Previously, the script relied entirely on the bundled WezTerm AppImage, which requires FUSE to run. Many modern Linux distros (Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora, Arch) don't ship with FUSE by default, causing the AppImage to silently fail and the game to never launch.

The new launcher:

1. Tries bundled WezTerm normally (FUSE available)
2. Tries WezTerm with APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 (no FUSE needed)
3. Falls back to system terminal emulators (gnome-terminal, konsole, xfce4-terminal, alacritty, kitty, xterm, and others)
4. Last resort: runs the game binary directly

The accessible launcher (play-accessible.sh) has the same terminal fallback chain with --screen-reader mode. It intentionally skips WezTerm to use the system terminal for best screen reader (Orca) compatibility.

NPC Teammate Equipment Persistence Fix (Online Mode)

Fixed a race condition where NPC teammate equipment could revert to an older state after entering the dungeon in online multiplayer mode.

Root cause: When a player gave an NPC teammate new gear (at Team Corner or Home), the equipment was updated in memory but not immediately written to the shared world_state database. If the world-sim's periodic save cycle triggered between the equipment change and the next world-state write, it would reload all NPCs from the database — preserving only pregnancies during the merge, discarding equipment changes.

Fix (defense-in-depth):

• Immediate persistence: After equipping an NPC teammate, a fire-and-forget SaveAllSharedState() call writes the current NPC data to the database immediately, closing the race window.
• Equipment merge on reload: The world-sim's NPC reload logic now captures and restores equipment (in addition to pregnancies) before/after reloading from the database. If the reloaded NPC has different equipment than what was in memory, the in-memory version is preserved since it's always more recent.

Single-player and BBS modes are unaffected (no world-sim).

Potion Cap Display

The Magic Shop now shows the player's current and maximum potion capacity (e.g., "5/10") instead of just the current count. The potion cap uses the player's MaxPotions property instead of the global GameConfig.MaxHealingPotions constant. The merchant "Ravanella" is now named in the purchase confirmation message.

Files Changed

• Scripts/Core/GameConfig.cs -- Version 0.52.6
• Scripts/Locations/TeamCornerLocation.cs -- Fire-and-forget SaveAllSharedState() after NPC equipment changes in online mode
• Scripts/Locations/HomeLocation.cs -- Fire-and-forget SaveAllSharedState() after NPC equipment changes in online mode
• Scripts/Systems/WorldSimService.cs -- Capture and restore NPC equipment (in addition to pregnancies) during world-sim reload cycles; debug logging for equipment restoration
• Scripts/Locations/MagicShopLocation.cs -- MaxPotions instead of GameConfig.MaxHealingPotions; potion display shows current/max; merchant name in deal message
• Localization/en.json -- Updated magic_shop.potion_current and magic_shop.potion_deal format args
• Localization/es.json -- Updated magic_shop.potion_current and magic_shop.potion_deal format args
• Localization/hu.json -- Updated magic_shop.potion_current and magic_shop.potion_deal format args
• Localization/it.json -- Updated magic_shop.potion_current and magic_shop.potion_deal format args
• launchers/play.sh -- Rewritten with WezTerm FUSE fallback, system terminal chain, and direct execution fallback
• launchers/play-accessible.sh -- Rewritten with system terminal chain and --screen-reader flag