NITETIME MUD // WHAT'S NEW
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2026-08-14

- Documented the deployed Character appearance and physical equipment
  systems.
- Documented the two-handed, 20-exposure NITETIME Field Camera.
- Added room, object, Character and visible-exit framing guidance.
- Added portrait consent, private photo history and Garage recharge.
- Explained immutable scene snapshots, visual IDs and continuity rules.
- Marked the external photo lab as manual and publication automation as
  not deployed.
- Recorded the playtest distinction between interactive objects, clues
  and scenery.

2026-08-13

- Added beginner LOCAL, PRIVATE, GLOBAL and ONLINE communication.
- Added forgiving local speech forms: `local say`, `say`, quote and
  `talk`.
- Added private-message forms with or without an equals sign.
- Added privacy-safe `online`, `who` and `players` output.
- Added public NITETIME channel commands `global`, `chat`, `nitetime`
  and `ooc`.
- Redesigned `comms` so each displayed beginner category is a real
  command.
- Added first-arrival communication guidance and an updated beginner
  menu.
- Added persistent quests, tasks, discoveries, achievements, journal,
  status, hints and a discovered-area map.
- Integrated Work Order 608: First Signal with the quest system.
- Added the playable 03:13 Bearing field-radio investigation.
- Protected critical opening scenery from being carried away.
- Made opening interactions require their actual nearby equipment.
- Improved feedback from progression-sensitive routes.
- Clarified new- and returning-player instructions on the welcome
  screen.

Manual source: authoritative live-MUD handoff, documentation version
1.0, updated 2026-08-13 12:17 UTC.