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v2.0 [AESTHETIC & COMBAT REFINEMENT]
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Wasteland Palette Integrated: Faction map colors have been overhauled with a desaturated, lore-friendly palette to enhance terminal immersion.
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HUD Synchronization: Unit counters on the strategic map are now synced to the active terminal color scheme (Pip-Boy glow) for improved visual cohesion.
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Strategic Rebalance: Combat odds adjusted. Player win chance is now 70% (Easy) and 30% (Hard) to provide a more distinct difficulty curve.
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UI Refinement: The 'Survival Guide' button has been relocated for easier access, and the 'Reboot Game' function now features a critical warning state on hover.
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v1.9 [COMBAT AND UI MODIFIERS]
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Commander Combat Adjustments: Assassinations are much harder. Troop damage to Commanders is reduced, ambushes are limited to once per turn, and entrenched Commanders require taking the territory first.
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Advanced AI Tactics: AI commanders now retreat at 50% HP, avoid crowded territories, hold defensive chokepoints, and navigate home intelligently if stranded.
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Turbo Mode Auto-Skip: The game now automatically advances the phase when your AP depletes.
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Smart UI & Map Upgrades: The map perfectly renders multiple VIP stars and adds V.A.T.S. hover warnings for entrenched targets.
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New Holotape Loaded: Added Fallout 4 (The Commonwealth) to the theme selector.
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v1.8 [MOBILE PORT & HOTFIXES]
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Hardware Port: RobCo OS now natively supports handheld (mobile) terminals. Device must be rotated to Landscape mode to initialize.
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Threat Patch: Resolved a logic error preventing the Wild Ghouls subsystem from properly infesting unclaimed sectors at boot.
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The Status and Directive terminal readouts have been completely overhauled.
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Commanders now receive heavy home-turf damage resistance and can flip enemy territories after a ten-phase siege.
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When a faction's Commander is killed, their entire empire completely collapses into unowned, neutral wasteland.
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Wasteland diplomacy dynamically scales Ceasefire negotiations, trading exact Bottle Cap amounts for equal rounds of peace.
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The interface and map graphics have been optimized to provide a more stable, readable, and streamlined visual experience during gameplay.
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Shout-out to Alex for helping me debug.
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v1.7 [SCORCHED EARTH & COMMANDERS]
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Scorched Earth: Optional Nuke Protocol. Secure Launch Codes and hold highly-defensible Command Silos to unleash permanent radiation.
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Commander Protocol: Each faction is led by a VIP (100 HP). If they die, you lose. Manage AP, Stimpaks, and map movement to survive.
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Wasteland Diplomacy: Implemented the ability to offer Caps to rivals for a 3-Round Ceasefire.
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Wasteland Karma: Breaking a truce now incurs a permanent "Betrayal Tax" and triggers retaliatory AI Spite Alliances.
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v1.6 [DIPLOMACY & SECURITY PROTOCOLS]
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Anti-Hacking Patch: Implemented advanced input sanitization to block malicious code injection at the boot terminal.
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OS Version History: Initialized scrolling telemetry window to track simulation patch notes.
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v1.6 [SYSTEMS UPGRADE]
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V.A.T.S. Upgrade: Hover targeting now utilizes Gambler's Ruin algorithms to calculate total victory probability (capped at 95%).
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Customization: Faction color override matrix added to Boot Sequence.
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Cap Economy: Reserve pool expanded to 50, featuring dynamic "Wasteland Salvage" forging.
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UI Refinement: Overhauled the Survival Guide into a compact, tactical layout.
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v1.4 [COMBAT & LOOT PROTOCOLS]
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Tactical Routing: Commanders may now dictate exact troop garrison sizes post-victory.
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Wasteland Justice: Eradicating a rival faction now instantly transfers their entire Cap stash to your inventory.
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Neutral Threat: Feral Ghouls now dynamically multiply based on active simulation difficulty.
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Logistics: "Fixed Reinforcements" (Always 3) trade rule added to boot options.
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v1.3 [ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS]
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Meteorology: Radstorms added to the simulation.
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Fauna: Wild Ghouls (Neutral Threat) optional hazard integrated into the map.
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Comms: Pip-Boy Wasteland Radio frequency scanner initialized.
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v1.2 [HOLOTAPE INTERFACE]
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Telemetry: Vault-Tec Action Log implemented for real-time combat and event tracking.
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Immersion: Randomized wasteland encounter logs integrated into the turn cycle.
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System Clock: Holiday protocol initialized to trigger date-specific wasteland encounters.
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UI: Dynamic HP (Territorial Health) and AP (Action Point) tracking gauges added to the Commander's dashboard.
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Performance: Turbo Mode toggle added to bypass V.A.T.S. rendering for accelerated AI processing.
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v1.1 [PIP-BOY SCREEN AND UI]
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Themes: Capital Wasteland and Mojave holographic overlays loaded.
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v1.0 [ROBCO OS INITIALIZED]
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Baseline Strategic Simulation established. Faction telemetry and global map data synchronized.
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[ SYSTEM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ]
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RobCo OS framework, strategic logic, and terminal UI co-developed with the assistance of Google Gemini.
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