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Show initial log messages upon entering map even in Modal UI

Started by R-26 Lightspeed, February 11, 2025, 03:23:19 AM

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R-26 Lightspeed

Because the Modal UI causes the log window to disappear, the start-of-run "Manual seed applied" log message isn't directly visible, and as such will be missed unless the player opens the log, potentially causing a player to accidentally play the same world seed multiple times.
I don't use the Modal UI myself, but i did notice that your last two streamed runs have accidentally been using the Serflord seed FlightTrackerGuard. (Technically those were on a prerelease build, but this issue still applies to B14.)

Kyzrati

Ha, you're right I have been--don't normally use seeds myself, if I was doing more runs and not playing special modes lately I guess it would've become pretty obvious :P

Not a bug though, would consider it a feature request (moved to the appropriate board with a new title) since this mode is generally for more advanced players and the log is hidden by default to begin with. This was actually on my list to consider when the mode was created, but it's rather problematic to automatically review earlier messages, and goes beyond the intended feature set of the mode behavior so I didn't add it. (Would likely end up requiring a whole new type of log notice. It's on the future potential QoL list, which is still incredibly long...)

And technically it's not just this but other things that can appear in the log early on may have the same behavior. I might expand it with new functionality some day, but no plans for that right now. What might be more likely to spur me to action is if it ends up confusing people using old saves with new versions, but players who use this mode tend to not have such issues.)
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