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#11

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 26, 2026, 05:16:46 PM

• When drawing in Draw 4 Walls Mode, drawing a line instead of a rectangle will produce a single wall facing the correct direction.
• When drawing in Draw 4 Walls Mode, the game will now automatically adapt intersecting, perpendicular walls of the same type.

#12

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 25, 2026, 10:18:49 AM

• fixed: when playing with gamepad, the game would override selection of a main menu button within the first second or so of the intro cinematic being over, forcing the player to click a second time.
• fixed: when playing with gamepad, using a healing item in battle would cause a static health bar representing the character's prior health to partially overlay the animated health bar representing the health recovery--and it would remain onscreen after, reflecting an outdated health total.
• refactored some extremely old code for better performance when altering various properties of a unit's gameobject.
• fixed: localized text for actions bar button tooltips could spill over the intended display area.
• new map editor feature: Draw 4 Walls Mode. There is now a checkbox within the New Object window in the map editor that turns on "Draw 4 Walls Mode"; when turned on, the available objects are limited to walls. Selecting one will bring you back to the map, at which point you can freely drag a rectangle onto the map--when the mouse button is released, the outer edges of that rectangle will be auto-filled with walls of the chosen type, all oriented correctly and meeting with the correct pieces at all four corners. In this way, you can now create buildings and interior structures much more quickly and easily.

#13

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 24, 2026, 02:40:15 PM

• in battle, mousing over an enemy now displays their move-and-attack range for as long as they remain moused over.
• in battle, the background images of character tooltips are now semi-transparent to allow continued visualization of what lies behind them on the battlefield.
• in Free Movement mode, walking into a closed door (i.e. one that is not locked) will automatically cause the door to open.

#14

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 23, 2026, 04:31:30 PM

• in Free Movement mode, walking into a character or pushable object for 0.75 consecutive seconds will cause the free mover to shove them (provided that the space behind the person or thing to be shoved is clear). This allows the player to escape when wandering characters get in the way, and also allows for easy implementation of block-pushing puzzles.

#15

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 21, 2026, 09:01:23 AM

• there is now a small delay when mousing over a character before the game displays a tooltip for them--and a somewhat longer delay when mousing over an object. This keeps tooltips from obscuring the battlefield unless and until the player shows that they intend to inspect something by lingering over it for a moment.
• there is now a significantly longer delay when moving the gamepad selector over a character before the game displays a tooltip for them--and an even longer delay when mousing over an object. This should help keep the game from spawning tooltips before the camera has caught up to the selector (a phenomenon that sometimes obscured important battlefield info).

#16

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 20, 2026, 12:23:22 PM

• new unit tag: MoveSpeed. This affects how quickly a character moves from space to space; it overrides global movement speed settings.
• new unit tag usable only in Free Movement mode: MoveTime. This sets the number of seconds between moves for an NPC that has a movement behavior (i.e. one tagged with Wander, Patrol, Path, or Guard tags).
• in Free Movement mode, the Guard tag now causes the tagged unit to periodically move until they are adjacent to the target unit.

[fixed]

#17

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 19, 2026, 01:37:36 PM

• slimmed down the size of in-battle unit tooltips so they don't obscure as much of the screen.
• fixed: when playing with gamepad, unit tooltips no longer pop up when targeting an attack or skill.
• the shops window within the cutscene and map editors now has Delete and Clone buttons for each shop, making it much easier to create and manage shop variants.
• new destructible objects added: Sign, Sign Small, and Message Board, each with multiple variants.

#18

Together in Battle / Re: Together in Battle Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 18, 2026, 02:59:12 PM

• the game now supports two layers of nested submenus for gamepad UI.
• when playing with gamepad, the game now remembers the last skill you selected with the current character when you return focus to the actions bar; that now only resets when you select a different character.
• finished breaking out the core of free-movement exploration logic into its own distinct handler class to avoid impacting performance during all other modes (while still seamlessly interfacing with existing, grid-based logic for moving NPCs and handling other core functions).

[fixed]

#19

Telepath Tactics Liberated (2022) / Re: Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 18, 2026, 09:29:54 AM

• fixed: the weapon switcher was not working when playing with gamepad.
• fixed: when playing using a gamepad, pressing the "X" button after selecting a skill would shift gamepad focus to the actions bar, but the actions bar would remain invisible; pressing it a second time would return gamepad focus to the battlefield, but the targeting reticle from the attack would remain on the battlefield.
• fixed: when playing with gamepad, the gamepad cursor could sometimes skip over items within a character's inventory subwindow in the reserve supplies screen.
• fixed: when playing with gamepad, if you opened a character screen while in the reserve supplies screen, exiting the character screen would not return gamepad focus to the reserve supplies screen.
• fixed: gamepad cursor was misaligned on the buttons for several confirmation windows (such as the window asking if you want to auto-equip a newly given piece of equipment).
• fixed: during battle deployment when playing on Steamdeck, the settings button appeared partly offscreen.

[fixed]

#20

Telepath Tactics Liberated (2022) / Re: Dev Log

Last post by CraigStern - February 16, 2026, 10:47:55 PM

For the version 1.0.61a hotfix:

• fixed: the new weapon switcher button was not behaving as intended when playing with gamepad.
• fixed: when playing with gamepad, exiting a character detail screen within the reserve supplies window would not restore gamepad focus to the reserve supplies screen.