Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

• Citizen background and personality system (#1)
  • 12 unique backstories for citizens (refugee farmer, disgraced noble, wandering trader, etc.)
  • 10 distinct personality traits (cheerful, grumpy, cautious, boastful, etc.)
  • 18 possible penalties across criminal, conversation secrets, social, and personal flaw categories
  • Background data persistence via NBT serialization
  • Configurable backgrounds via JSON config files
  • Background display in citizen debug window
• Colony events system (#2)
  • Real-time event detection from MineColonies (citizen deaths, births, hires, building completions, job changes, raids)
  • Randomly generated flavor events (traveling merchants, bumper harvests, festivals, strange noises, worker disputes)
  • Happiness modifiers based on events
  • Event context injection into citizen AI prompts
  • Configurable event types, durations, happiness modifiers, and generation intervals
• NPC conversation history tracking (#4)
  • Persistent NPC memory across server restarts via UUID-based resume
  • NPC IDs stored in NBT compound tags for state persistence
  • Fixed game session ID for identity consistency
  • Conversation history continuity across reloads
• Chat window UI improvements (#3)
  • Enter-to-send functionality in chat interface
  • Auto-scroll feature in chat history
  • Chat tab button in MineColonies citizen window
  • Dedicated chat interface for citizen conversations
• Comprehensive Mixin integrations
  • MixinCitizenManager for automatic AI bridge lifecycle management
  • MixinCitizenData for background and conversation history persistence
  • MixinMainWindowCitizen for chat UI integration
  • MixinDebugWindowCitizen for background information display
• Network messaging system
  • AIChatMessage and AIChatResponseMessage for chat communication
  • BackgroundRequestMessage and BackgroundResponseMessage for background data sync
  • ModNetworking for network protocol management
• Configuration system
  • ModSettings for mod-wide configuration
  • BackgroundConfigLoader for loading custom background definitions
  • BackgroundConfigData for background data structures
• Client-side functionality
  • ClientChatHandler for handling chat on client
  • ClientBackgroundCache for caching citizen backgrounds
  • ChatWindowCitizen for chat UI rendering
• NeoForge 1.21.1 support
  • Migration from Forge to NeoForge
  • Updated mod metadata to neoforge.mods.toml
  • Gradle wrapper integration
• Build automation
  • GitHub Actions workflow for automated builds
• Automated release workflow (#10)
  • GitHub Actions for automated publishing to Modrinth and CurseForge
  • Builds and uploads on GitHub release publication
  • Uses CHANGELOG.md for release notes
• Configurable disease system (#5)
  • Job-specific disease susceptibility modifiers (miners/quarriers 2.0x, healers 0.05x, etc.)
  • Configurable contact spread rates per job type
  • DiseaseConfig.java with TOML configuration
  • MixinCitizenDiseaseHandler.java for custom disease spread logic
• Development tools
  • VSCode settings for project
  • Git attributes configuration

Changed

• Refactored AI bridge architecture
  • Renamed CitizenAIManager to CitizenNpcManager for clarity
  • Replaced CitizenAIBridge with CitizenNpcBridge
  • Improved conversation management with client-server network protocol
  • Enhanced system prompt generation with contextual awareness
• Improved citizen status reporting (#3)
  • Added Level 0 → 1 build phrasing in citizen AI prompts
  • Enhanced job/request status strings with work order and requester details
  • Added null safety guards for citizen status
• Updated dependency management
  • Moved MineColonies and related libraries from local lib/ to Maven dependencies
  • Cleaned up build.gradle configuration
• Enhanced .gitignore to exclude build artifacts and IDE files
• Replaced hardcoded healer disease immunity with configurable low-susceptibility modifier (#5)

Removed

• Local library JARs from repository
  • blockui-1.20.1-1.0.193.jar
  • domum_ornamentum-1.20.1-1.0.290-snapshot-universal.jar
  • minecolonies-1.20.1-1.1.989-snapshot.jar
  • multipiston-1.20-1.2.43-RELEASE.jar
  • structurize-1.20.1-1.0.777-snapshot.jar
• Obsolete Player2 API service classes
  • HTTPUtils.java
  • Player2APIService.java
• Old Forge metadata (META-INF/mods.toml)
• pack.mcmeta file
• ConversationHistory.java (functionality integrated into new bridge)
• ChatEventHandler.java (replaced by NpcEventHandler.java)