Changelog

1.1.0 — Soft Redline + Interlace

Core heat (v2 Soft Redline)

• No base hard lockout — at max Heat you keep firing (Soft Redline stance)
• Redline brake (RoF/spread) + carrot (damage/element)
• Pressure Vent (R) — spend heat for a small pulse; clears redline
• R router priority: Capacitor Dump → Energy Convergence → Elemental Discharge → Pressure Vent
• Infinity Burn — overcap past max; self-DoT + outgoing power scales with overcap depth
• Capacitor Dump — spend heat as a narrowing muzzle cone
• Config: MaxHeat, HeatPerShot, Dissipate*, zone/redline mults, vent spend/recovery

Upgrade semantics (heat verbs)

• Mag/reload ports renamed and retargeted (Thermal Buffer, Hot Load, Quick Sink, Dense Core, Adrenaline Vent, Equipment Radiator, etc.)
• Decay Energy cut by default (Fire / Shock / Acid only)
• Toxin Bank clears only when heat hits 0
• Condensed Ejection: plasma projectiles + in-flight lightning arcs

Crowns & interlace

• Closed Loop (Exotic) — sustained Soft Redline auto micro-vents + brief HeatPerShot efficiency
• Crossflash — Shock-saturate ignited → heat refund + Fire splash
• Pyrolysis — Ignite corroded → lite detonation + Bank stack
• Tri-Valve — on hit, ApplyStatusEffect Fire/Shock/Acid (no damage re-entry)
• Acid Spark — Shock-saturate corroded → spend 1 Bank → Shock arc nearby
• Braid Protocol — all 3 primaries within window → brief HeatPerShot efficiency
• Saturate Catalyst — saturates stack; next Pressure Vent is stronger

Cycle Phasing (v2 mode table)

• Coolant / Pyre / Storm / Solvent / Split / Needle / Bleed-Off / Spike
• Locked for entire spray hold from aim yaw octant
• Feedback: log + buff VFX (full HUD label later)

Catalog

• 43 Heat Cycler upgrades registered (unique ids 92020+)
• Isolated from vanilla Cycler pool

Technical

• Subsystems: HeatZone, HeatStatLayers, HeatVentSystem, HeatInterlace
• GearData gate before CreateUpgrade (NRE fix)
• Soft Redline hard cut (no dual-path lockout config)

1.0.0

• Initial release: Heat Cycler custom primary
• First-draft heat + upgrade ports (hard lockout model — superseded by 1.1.0)