Changelog

[0.2.0] - 2026-04-26

Final tuning before release

Default config is now "Casual" — friendly out of the box

First-time install no longer drops you into the old hardcore tuning. The default .cfg is now identical to the Casual preset:

• Lit lantern blocks 75% cold (EnableWarmthReduction=true, LanternWarmthMultiplier=0.75)
• AutoRefill runs 1.0 fuel-second per real second, anytime (no daytime/hold gating)
• Upgrade system on by default, cheaper curve 30,60,90,120,150 and faster passive accrual (PassiveTickInterval=30s)
• 3D fuel indicator on, HUD defaults to Bottom + ExtraLarge
• Flashlight drain dialed back to 1.2x, proximity grace shortened to 15s

If you want the old tuning back, switch ActivePreset to Balanced (mid-range) or Hardcore.

The three-way alignment (cfg defaults / Config.Bind defaults / PresetManager.Casual) means manual edits and preset switches stay consistent — no more silent drift between "what gets written on first launch" and "what Casual gives you".

ShootZombies 1.3.3 compatibility — leaner patch surface

Upstream Thanks-ShootZombies shipped 1.3.3 with its own fixes for the cook-color tinting issue. Our defensive overlays were no longer needed and have been removed:

• InventoryItemUiCookColorRestorePatch — deleted
• BackpackWheelCookColorRestorePatch — deleted
• ShootZombiesPerformanceFix slimmed down from 369 lines → 163 lines, keeping only the ZombieDeathPatch reflection-elimination Postfix (the part that still gives a measurable perf win)

No functional regression: cook-color now displays correctly in inventory and backpack wheel via SZ's own gating.

Late additions (post-rework polish)

Warmth now survives when the lantern is off (revised)

• Zombie-kill and campfire refuel now work regardless of whether your lantern is currently lit — the warmth flows straight into the lantern body (held, tempSlot, or backpack), RPC-synced to other clients
• Overflow behavior: if the lantern is already full, zombie-hit overflow spills into the reserve pool (campfire is a "refill to max" action, so no overflow by design)
• Why this matters: the reserve pool caps at a fraction of lantern max (Half / Quarter), so dumping everything straight into it used to waste warmth. Filling the lantern first preserves the full value
• Only truly lantern-less players fall back to reserve-pool banking (hit only) so nothing is silently dropped

Host: bugle recall hotkey (BugleRecallKey, default F7)

• Host-only shortcut that destroys every bugle in the scene
• Handles PUN ownership correctly: two-phase coroutine — phase 1 destroys bugles you own + requests ownership on the rest, waits ~0.8s for the RPC to propagate, phase 2 destroys the newly-owned ones
• Pairs with F8 (host bugle spawn): recall all → spawn a fresh one

Bugfix: StrayBugleCleaner couldn't actually destroy stray bugles

• PUN requires Destroy to come from the current owner; stray bugles are usually owned by the last player who picked them up, not the host
• Previous version just logged a warning and gave up
• Now uses two-scan flow: first scan requests ownership (skips destroy), next 5s-scan owns it and destroys cleanly

Bugfix: BugleRecaller had the same async-ownership issue

• Rewrote as a coroutine that waits for the TransferOwnership RPC to land before destroying (see above)

Bugfix: bugle ultimate could force-light lanterns inside backpacks

• Backpack lanterns are supposed to stay snuffed by game design
• BugleUltimatePatch now refills fuel as before but skips the LightLanternRPC call for backpack slots — logs Skipped re-lit (in backpack) for verification

Cleanup

• Removed the dead UpgradeMenuKey (F9) config — redundant since upgrades became automatic
• EnableUpgradeSystem moved from Display section to Upgrade section (it never belonged in Display)
• Added CN/EN localization for the Upgrade section (9 entries) and BugleRecallKey

0.2.0 original rework below

Major rework of the warmth-restore system. Old restore sources that felt out of place (rope / rescue / eat / cook / luggage / huddle) are gone. The new loop is: kill zombies for quick top-ups, snuffed lanterns auto-refuel slowly, and the bugle becomes a long-cooldown ultimate.

⚠️ Breaking change: many config keys were renamed or removed. Old .cfg files are not migrated — delete BepInEx/config/com.wuyachiyu.LanternShootZombiesNight.cfg before the first launch.

Removed restore sources

• InteractionRestorePatch now only handles the bugle — the 5 sub-patches (Luggage / Action_ReduceUses / Item.Consume / CharacterItems.DropItemRpc / Rope.Detach_Rpc) are deleted
• CookingRestorePatch / RescueRestorePatch / HuddleWarmth deleted outright
• Their config keys (EatRestoreWarmth, InteractRestoreWarmth, DropRestoreWarmth, RopeRestoreWarmth, HuddleRestoreWarmth, DiversityCooldown, etc.) are gone

New: AutoRefill (snuffed-lantern slow regeneration)

• When fuel hits 0 and the lantern goes out, it slowly refills back up to a configurable cap
• Configurable in the new AutoRefill section:
  • AutoRefillEnabled (default true)
  • AutoRefillCapPercent (default 0.5 — stops at 50% of max fuel)
  • AutoRefillRate (default 0.5 fuel-seconds per real second)
  • AutoRefillDaytimeOnly (default true — only recharges in daytime)
  • AutoRefillRequireHold (default true — lantern must be held by a player)
• HUD shows "Refill…" while actively ticking
• The lantern stays snuffed — you have to relight it yourself once fuel is back

New: Bugle Ultimate (BugleUltimate section)

• Blowing the bugle is now a group-wide AoE ability with a long shared cooldown
• All non-faerie lanterns on everyone within radius are refilled to max; overflow goes into the reserve pool
• Config:
  • BugleUltimateEnabled (default true)
  • BugleUltimateCooldown (default 180s — global, not per-bugle)
  • BugleUltimateRadius (default 20m)
  • BugleUltimateRestore (default -1 = refill to max; >0 = fixed seconds)
• Old per-item Bugle_Enabled/Radius/Cooldown/Restore config is gone

F8 hotkey: host-only bugle spawn

• F8 spawns missing items with stricter gating:
  • Lantern: you get one only if you have no non-faerie lantern in hands, backpack, or temp slot; spawned empty (fuel=0) so you can't cheese it by burning one and respawning a full one
  • Bugle: only the host can spawn, and only when no bugle exists anywhere in the session (checked against every player's inventory + scene objects)
  • Backpack: unchanged
• Faerie Lantern is still exempt — mysterious items never block a regular lantern spawn

New: auto-purge extra lanterns (PurgeExtraLanterns)

• Scans the local player every 2s with a 0.5s grace buffer
• If you're carrying 2+ non-faerie lanterns, the lowest-fuel one (tempSlot first) gets destroyed
• Faerie Lantern is exempt

New: stray-bugle cleanup (host-only, StrayBugle*)

• The host periodically sweeps for bugles no one is holding, far from every player (> 100m), and has been so for a while (> 60s)
• These are destroyed via PhotonNetwork.Destroy to prevent solo players from "locking" the F8 bugle spawn by tossing one into the void

Upgrade system: passive accrual + CSV-configurable levels

• Points are now gained passively (1 per 60s by default), plus event bonuses:
  • Zombie hit: +1
  • Campfire light: +5
  • Bugle ultimate trigger: +3
• All level numbers moved to the new Upgrade section as CSVs:
  • LevelCostsCsv (default "50,100,150,200,250" — Casual default ships as "30,60,90,120,150")
  • CapacityBonusCsv (default "0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0" — Casual default "0.15,0.3,0.45,0.6,0.75")
  • EfficiencyBonusCsv (default "0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5")
  • PassiveTickInterval / PassivePointsPerTick / HitPoints / CampfirePoints / BuglePoints

HUD simplified

• Restore source icons reduced to: Kill / Bugle / Fire
• AutoRefill shown as a small "Refill…" status text, not an event icon
• Reserve warmth still shown separately

Multiplayer sync

• RoomConfigSync publishes the new AutoRefill / BugleUltimate / Upgrade / PurgeExtraLanterns / StrayBugle* keys
• Presets (Casual / Balanced / Hardcore) re-tuned around the new loop