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## [1.2.0] - August 20th, 2026 A major conversation-quality update focused on **consistency, deeper dialogue, better personality expression, MCA: Reputation integration, and fixing dozens of conversation branches that did not behave as intended**. ### Dialogue Is Now Consistent Everywhere * Villager replies now show the **same sentence** in: * The conversation screen. * Chat. * Text-to-speech. * Nearby players now hear the same version of a villager's response instead of each client randomly choosing a different line. * Fixed thousands of dialogue variants that existed in the files but could never actually appear. * Improved reply-delay timing so dedicated servers no longer base the delay on the length of an internal translation key. ### MCA: Reputation Integration When **MCA: Reputation** is installed, villagers can now actually talk about your public reputation. * Villagers can gossip about deeds recorded by Reputation. * Quest-related gossip is no longer duplicated between Conversations and Reputation. * Added a new Village topic: **"What do people think of me around here?"** * Villagers can discuss: * Your reputation tier. * Whether the village generally likes or dislikes you. * Recent deeds they know about. * Unresolved problems involving you. * Some conversations allow you to publicly apologize for something you did. * Your response to criticism can affect the conversation. Without MCA: Reputation installed, these features simply remain unavailable. ### Every Topic Is Now a Real Conversation The remaining simple one-click topics have been converted into proper branching conversations. Topics such as: * Family. * Feelings. * Your relationship. * Memories. * Worries. * The future. now let you actually respond instead of ending immediately after the villager's first line. Simply asking a question **no longer rewards hearts**. What matters is how you respond. ### Better Secrets Secret conversations have been rewritten to make more sense. * Villagers no longer reveal the secret **before you agree to hear it**. * Accepting now actually reveals the secret. * Declining has proper responses and does not incorrectly advance the relationship. * Asking whether anyone else knows the secret is no longer treated as betrayal. * Children can no longer be asked to keep inappropriate adult secrets. ### Promises Can Be Broken Villagers now remember when you promise to support them and then fail to follow through. * Broken promises can affect **trust and tension**. * The first missed promise does not directly remove hearts. * Some conversations offer a chance to: * Admit you failed them. * Offer support now. * Refuse to make excuses. * Keeping promises continues to be recognized normally. ### Deeper Conversations Several deeper topics have been expanded. * Strong conversation successes can now reveal **additional information** instead of immediately ending. * Villagers respond differently when you push after being told no. * Apologies now lead to proper repair conversations instead of immediately offering the same intrusive choice again. * Villagers remember when you honestly say **"I can't promise that, but I'm listening."** * Returning to an ongoing conversation on another day now provides meaningful follow-up instead of a short dead-end. ### Better Age-Appropriate Dialogue * Toddlers now have their own dialogue in many more topics. * Children now describe village news in age-appropriate language. * Several topics that were unsuitable for children are now correctly restricted. * Age restrictions in the conversation catalog are now checked automatically. ### Fixed Broken Conversation Branches * Fixed the ordinary **"nothing special is happening today"** branch being effectively unreachable. * Fixed several topics where every answer always produced the same result. * Fixed conversations accidentally falling back to old one-line dialogue despite branching being enabled. * Fixed some negative responses leading into dialogue that thanked the player for being supportive. * Fixed repeated answer labels that looked identical but secretly had different consequences. * Fixed replies mentioning details that only appeared in one random version of the previous line. * Improved automated checks so broken or unreachable conversation paths are caught before release. ### Conversations Feel More Distinct Major topics such as: * Life. * Dreams. * Hopes. * Regrets. * Secrets. now use more topic-specific dialogue instead of sharing many of the same lines. Other improvements include: * Less overuse of dramatic **"nobody has ever done that for me"** responses. * More varied answer layouts instead of every conversation always following the same four-button pattern. * Some conversations now allow jokes. * Some allow you to share something about yourself in return. * Dreams can now end differently depending on whether you encourage the villager or give them an honest reality check. * Added more varied dialogue instead of multiple choices saying nearly the same thing. ### Previously Unused Systems Now Work Several existing configuration and conversation systems were present but were not actually doing anything. Fixed: * `enableTopics` now really disables branching topics when turned off. * `enableQuests` now properly disables quest-related conversation branches. * Season and holiday conversation switches now work. * Villagers can now react to the **Proud** state after you complete a quest for them. * Conversation session information is now properly remembered and used. * Daily relationship limits can now produce an actual response instead of silently preventing rewards. ### More World-Aware Conversations Villagers now react to more of what is happening around them. New or expanded dialogue can account for: * Talking late at night. * How familiar the villager is with you. * Lingering tension after previous conversations. * High trust. * Current mood. * Profession and village role. * Whether you are injured. * Village facilities such as a smith. * Weather and seasons. * Gifts you recently gave. * Quests you recently completed. This means the same topic can produce noticeably different conversations depending on the villager and situation. ### Personality Matters More Personality differences now continue beyond the first line of a conversation. Villagers have more personality-specific responses when: * Accepting sympathy. * Accepting help. * Being treated as a person rather than just a worker. * Receiving a promise of support. * Being encouraged. * Returning to a previous conversation. Personality traits now also influence more conversation checks. ### New Conversation Options Added more natural ways to respond during deeper conversations. You can now sometimes: * Ask about a **specific villager** rather than people in general. * Say **"I don't know what to say"** while still staying with someone. * Be bluntly honest. * Tell someone they can talk when they're ready. * Share a story of your own instead of always making the villager do the talking. ### Chat Mode Improvements Chat-based conversations can access the same branching dialogue as the normal GUI. * Added many more recognized conversational responses. * Numbered answers work during decisions: * Typing `1`, `2`, `3`, etc. selects the matching response. * Chat matching now pays closer attention to the decision currently being shown. * Random topic matches are less likely to accidentally interrupt an active conversation. ### Known Limitation Romance-focused systems for **flirtation and attraction** are still intentionally unfinished. They are planned for a dedicated future design pass rather than being partially implemented here.