Fixed Chat Backdrop breaking mouse-wheel chat scrolling. The backdrop now only adjusts/restores vanilla chat image color and alpha; it no longer disables the raycast targets Unity uses to route scroll input.
Kept the 0.1.6 scroll-ownership cleanup: BlueSage still avoids rewriting vanilla ScrollRect movement/sensitivity while preserving chat height, font size, whole-panel scale, outlines, retained rows, and /chatvanilla.
[0.1.6 Early Access] - 2026-07-06
Hotfix
Fixed chat scrolling compatibility after the 0.1.3 chat layout work. BlueSage no longer rewrites vanilla ScrollRect movement, scroll sensitivity, scrollbar visibility, or viewport mask settings during chat refresh.
Chat height, chat font size, whole-panel chat scale, outlines, backdrop, and retained rows still work, but native chat scrolling and scroll-speed mods keep ownership of actual scroll input.
Kept /chatvanilla and the Customize reset button as the safe reset path for chat scale/font/height back to vanilla values.
[0.1.5 Early Access] - 2026-07-06
Emergency Hotfix
Fixed a 0.1.4 reconnect loop where players who had already entered a healthy lobby could be misread as stuck and forced back through join again.
Reconnect Guard now treats visible lobby entry as success and stops interfering while the game finishes settling local player/chat runtime objects.
Native join-by-code watchdog is now observational: it records debug breadcrumbs but does not force a saved-lobby retry or menu fallback after lobby entry succeeds.
/bluedevdebug breadcrumbs are on by default so community logs include clearer reconnect and UI diagnostics. Use /bluedevdebug off for quieter logs.
[0.1.4 Early Access] - 2026-07-06
Hotfix
Reconnect Guard now requires the local player/chat runtime to finish loading before it declares reconnect success, instead of trusting transport/lobby signals alone.
Added a guarded join-by-code loading watchdog: if a lobby join enters a stuck loading state, BlueSage retries that saved lobby once and then returns toward the menu instead of leaving the player trapped until relaunch.
Reconnect fallback now clears the unhealthy multiplayer session before calling the game's normal menu return path, without re-triggering another guarded reconnect loop during that fallback.
[0.1.3 Early Access] - 2026-07-05
Chat Layout Upgrade
Added ChatWindowHeightPercent for players who want taller chat space without scaling text or UI. Default stays vanilla 100; supported range is 100-200.
Added /chatheight, /chatstretch, and /chath plus on/off/toggle, Customize -> Chat window height, Save/Undo, typeahead suggestions, and /qol status reporting as ChatWindowHeight.
Added ChatFontSizePercent for players who want larger chat message text without scaling the whole chat UI. Default stays vanilla 100; supported range is 75-200, with /chatfont, /chatfontsize, and /cf.
Added /chatvanilla, /chatreset, Customize -> Reset Chat UI to Vanilla, and unload/reset restoration for whole chat UI scale, chat font size, and chat window height.
Retained chat logs are now automatically raised to 250 rows for both Global and Local, so players can scroll back through longer sessions even if they leave chat height at vanilla size.
The larger chat window uses the same verified chat panel roots as the existing scaler, with stable vertical expansion that avoids the older width-expansion path until native wrap-width behavior is proven reliable.
Retained rows use the current GameSettings.GlobalMessageLimitCount and GameSettings.LocalMessageLimitCount getter path, raising the game limits without touching chat networking or message text.
Height reset restores vanilla layout, while active height changes keep the current bottom edge stable so players can still use the native chat drag handle for final positioning.
Refreshed in-game wording, README, and UAT notes to make the difference clear: /chatfont is for bigger message text only, /chatscale is for scaling the whole chat UI, /chatheight is for more vertical visible space, and deeper retained rows are automatic.
Documented that native Global/Local chat tabs remain game-owned in this release while BlueSage improves readability, retained rows, font size, whole-panel scale, and vertical height around them.
Reconnect Guard now waits about 5 seconds before its first managed reconnect attempt, limits itself to 3 short attempts, validates that the visible lobby/player UI becomes usable before calling reconnect successful, then tries the saved last lobby once through the game's native join-by-code flow before falling back toward the normal menu flow if the stuck void-lobby state remains.
If AndrewLin Reconnect is installed, BlueSage now defers to that mod's reconnect loop instead of stacking competing reconnect behavior.
Added Clone Shield as a defensive local warning when another visible roster row appears to reuse your current avatar/outfit. It ignores shared name colors, font styling, and status text to avoid false positives, warns locally only, and does not perform moderation actions.
Added optional Player Render Saver for very large lobbies. It is off by default, local-only, hides far/overflow remote player renderers on your PC only, keeps chat/player-list rows visible, and restores renderers when turned off.
Tuned QoL Menu and Style Helper max-safe opening size down slightly so they still auto-fit but leave more game/chat area visible on launch.
[0.1.2 Early Access] - 2026-07-04
Feedback Polish
Tuned final feedback defaults: Spoons remains opt-in/off by default, Ping Sound stays on the ticket sound, and default chat outline intensity is now 75.
Older enabled Spoons configs are reset to hidden once on update so the compact tag is truly opt-in again; players can turn it back on with /spoons on, /spoons 0-5, or Style Helper.
Existing users with untouched 50 or short-lived 60 chat outline defaults migrate to the current 75 default on update while custom outline values are preserved.
Name Styler and Status Styler now draw from the same responsive color library layout so their swatch choices match cleanly.
QoL Menu and Style Helper now open at their largest safe on-screen size, keep a small game/chat lane visible where possible, and still let players shrink them with the bottom-right resize handle.
Menu helper text and footer guidance are more noticeable so players can hover a control and see the exact answer without hunting through docs.
Home toggles the QoL Menu, Insert toggles Style Helper, lobby welcome tips call out the main keys/commands, and /back restores the status that was active before /brb or /afk when possible.
[0.1.1 Early Access] - 2026-07-03
Hotfix
Restored chat readability outline behavior after the 0.1.0 release: exact true-black rich-text names/messages now trigger the configured black-text outline color again, including <#000000>, <color=#000000>, and <color=black> tags.
Kept black detection precise so dark-but-not-black colors like #000080, #000001, and #101010 still use the normal outline color instead of being forced onto the black-text outline path.
Made the local UI outline/shadow apply its configured alpha directly so normal and black outline colors render more consistently over bright or busy backgrounds.
[0.1.0 Early Access] - 2026-07-03
Highlights Since 0.0.10
Full Early Access QoL menu flow: Home or /qolmenu opens settings, /styleui opens Name Styler, Status Styler, templates, colors, and optional Spoons, and Run QoL Status gives a quick local feature check.
Chat readability/accessibility is now a first-class feature: local outline/shadow, restored TMP material outline, /chatoutline 25-100, /chatscale and /chatresize 75-200, Customize -> whole chat UI scale, back on-screen nudging for scaled panels, /chatoutlinecolor, and /blackoutlinecolor.
BlackNamesOutline=on/off defaults on so true-black styled chat/name rows can use the lighter black-text outline color instead of disappearing into dark chat backdrops.
Longer text defaults are now 3000 for chat, Name/ID fields, ID-card details like About Me/FavoriteQuote, and room names, with cautious local tuning up to 4000.
Chat links are easier to read and safer to use: links get hyperlink color, plain click copies, and Shift-click warns before opening.
Polish And Defaults
Existing users get a one-time safe config migration: old untouched text limits move to 3000, old 60-minute sweep defaults move to 30, untouched outline intensity moves to the current default, and Spoons moved toward opt-in instead of being assumed visible for everyone.
Ping Mentions now default to the ticket sound, including migration from the old untouched click default.
QoL Menu and Style Helper are cleaner: toggles use normal On/Off buttons, Customize keeps safe editable rows with Save/Undo, identity edits live in Style Helper, and Midnight Dock is the default theme.
Status Styler and Spoons are tidier: Spoons stays compact as [1/5sp], remains opt-in, and has Save/Show/Hide/Undo controls beside status edits.
Templates apply immediately when loaded, with Undo available if the wrong slot was picked.
Fixes
Welcome tips retry until the local notification system accepts them, so the welcome no longer vanishes during early lobby/chat setup.
Detect Current now prefers live in-game values, keeps the current live name style in preview/copy/apply, and only strips BlueSage status/Spoons suffixes before filling an editable draft.
Menu/footer tooltip and status text areas are consistent across QoL Menu and Style Helper tabs, with no cross-window tooltip bleed.
Typeahead command popups are scrollable and more readable over busy chat.
ID-card details now follow the Name/ID text limit for all player data fields, including the bottom About Me/FavoriteQuote section, instead of the vanilla 1000-character publish cap.
Ping Mentions now match by base name but render the full current display label once, so @Rowan can highlight Rowan [Tired] [4/5sp] and @Blue can highlight Blue (Homelab) [3/5sp] without duplicating suffixes; status/Spoons text does not duplicate inside ping messages.
[0.0.10] - 2026-07-02
New
Midnight Dock became the default menu theme, and the broken High Contrast theme was removed.
Added a per-lobby welcome message so players see Home, /qolmenu, /styleui, /qol status, and typeahead tips when they join a lobby.
Chat links now show as hyperlink-style text. Plain click still copies; Shift-click first copies and warns, then a second Shift-click opens the same link.
Improved
Moved Purge Unused Assets to the Main tab beside the other quick actions.
Toggles use two columns so the menu space is easier to scan.
Fresh configs moved the visible beta features on for testing, while existing configs kept saved player choices.
Spoons stays compact as [1/5sp]; the old mood command and mood config fields were removed so names do not flood chat.
[0.0.9] - 2026-07-02
New
Added menu themes: OG, Vanilla Cream OT, and Midnight Dock.
Theme choice applies to the QoL Menu, Style Helper, and autocomplete/typeahead popups.
Added click-to-copy chat with /copychat and /ccopy.
Added safe chat-link opening: plain click copies text, and Shift-click opens the first safe web link.
Added chat readability with /chatreadability and /chatread.
Added BetterMove: Shift runs and Ctrl slow-walks.
Added /brb and /afk quick status shortcuts.
Improved
Fixed gradient/color output so color tags close cleanly and do not bleed into later text.
Style is now for names, while Status is for activity tags like (Reading).
Style Helper templates now save name styling only, so status does not change by accident.
Added the color library to Status so players can pick status colors without hex-code homework.
Spoons is now off by default for new installs, uses a compact [1/5sp] tag when enabled, and has /spoons off plus a QoL Menu hide button for shorter names.
QoL Menu customization rows now include Save plus a back-out button so players can discard unsaved edits.
Slash-command typeahead is scrollable when browsing commands with /.
Chat readability now tries a stronger local text outline, and Chat Backdrop can restore saved backdrop colors when turned off.
MiniMap dot-to-ID is the supported minimap helper for this release.
Floating minimap name labels stay removed because large lobbies reported FPS/CPU lag; clicking dots for ID cards keeps the useful part without name clutter.
Chat readability improves local text contrast without changing what other players see.
BetterMove only affects your own character locally.
README now keeps the Thunderstore-facing notes shorter and more player-friendly.
[0.0.8] - 2026-06-29
Added the visible @name suggestion popup for Ping Mentions.
Made Style Helper and QoL Menu open larger by default with easier resize handles.
Expanded the Style Helper color library.
Retired the broken tiny Easter egg buttons and kept one compact mostly local-only DO NOT PRESS gag.
Player-list helper buttons now protect native report/ignore/kick/ban controls first.
Enhanced Player Panel helper logs now stay separate from host-health logs.
README now lists both the official On-Together Discord and Blue's Discord Community.
[0.0.7] - 2026-06-28
Fixed Ping Mentions so typing @name and pressing Tab works naturally.
Kept [PING], @lobby, and selectable sound modes.
Reconnect Guard now tries 20 times about every 15 seconds, then returns toward the normal menu/error flow.
MiniMap dot-to-ID remains on by default.
Floating minimap labels are removed after large-lobby FPS/CPU lag reports.
Style Helper and QoL Menu now have resize grips, screen clamping, vertical scrolling, and clearer tips.
Home now opens/closes /qolmenu.
Player-list helper buttons sit left of the native/Pomodoro/PomoSync action area so report/ban buttons remain reachable.
[0.0.6] - 2026-06-28
Fixed the v0.0.5 player-list button layout regression.
Style Helper and QoL Menu became easier to read and scroll.
Added Discord buttons to the Style Helper and QoL Menu headers.
Moved beta controls into Toggles and changed the old Beta tab into Credits / Other.
