Changelog¶

Phase-by-phase version history. Each phase is a self-contained scope with its own version bump.

v0.4.0 — Phase 4 (current)¶

HUD: splash, clan info box, MM:SS round timer.

Match-start splash panel — center of screen on match start: "189TH CLAN VENDETTA / By xAP3XRONINx / Vendetta v0.4.0 started / discord.gg/189th". Auto-dismisses after the splash window.
Persistent clan info box — top-left corner, amber accent, visible for the full match: "189th Clan / Vendetta / discord.gg/189th".
MM:SS round timer — top-center, below the BF6 compass. Counts down from 15:00. Goes red and pulses brackets in the final 60 seconds.
New string keys for HUD elements (vendetta_splash_title, vendetta_clan_box_title, vendetta_timer_separator, etc.).

Per-player stat tracking and custom 5-column scoreboard.

mod.SetScoreboardType(CustomFFA) with five data columns: SQUAD / SCORE / HVT KILLS / KILLS / HVT TIME.
Per-player stat accumulators: score, hvtKills, kills, hvtTime.
RefreshScoreboard() cadence-driven from MatchTickLoop (1 Hz).
Initial-render RefreshScoreboard() call at the end of OnGameModeStarted so the board is populated immediately rather than after the first tick.
Squad-grouped sorting via mod.SetScoreboardSorting.

Stale header docstring referencing only Phase 1 + 2.
Incorrect OnPlayerDeployed refresh pattern (changed to first-deploy-only with a 0.1s delay matching the CTF v4.5.11 pattern).
Inconsistent worldIconManager null guards across HVT lifecycle handlers.
Removed call to non-existent mod.EnableDefaultGameModeWinCondition API.

HVT WorldIcon pings (2A) and +25 HP buff (2B).

WorldIconManager class (lifted from CTF v4.5.11).
HVT WorldIcon: Alert image, parented to HVT player at head height, visible to all players.
HvtIconUpdateLoop async iterator refreshing icon position at ~4 Hz.
Icon lifecycle hooks tied to slot promotion / loss events.

HVT max health buffed from 100 to 125 via mod.SetPlayerMaxHealth on promotion.
Heal-up to new max immediately on promotion (otherwise player walks around at 80% effective HP).
Max health reverts to 100 on demotion / death.

Proximity score multiplier (was in the original Phase 2 design; cut after playtests showed it incentivized HVT camping rather than aggressive play).

State machine, scoring loop, end-by-time with tiebreakers.

Match state machine: WaitingToStart → Live → FinalMinute → Ended.
HVT slot system: per-squad slots with Bootstrap and Locked phases.
Slot transition logic for cross-squad kills, HVT-on-HVT kills, and non-kill HVT deaths.
Scoring per squad: +1 per kill, +5 per HVT-kill, +1 per 5s alive tick (per live HVT), +1 recovery bonus on direct chain recovery.
Final-minute trigger at t=60s remaining with global 2× multiplier.
End-by-time at t=0 with four-stage tiebreaker (score → HVT-kills → total kills → HVT time held).
Match dispatch via DummySpatialProp at ObjId 40010.
Heavy debug logging via console.log (PC-visible) and mod.DisplayHighlightedWorldLogMessage (PS5-visible toasts).
On-screen breadcrumbs via mod.SendErrorReport for the PS5 debug overlay.
Full string-key coverage for promotions, slot losses, and debug events.

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