Added some dialogue and readable text to PANAMA that fills in some plot holes (connected Dr. Lee to Mabel). Tweaked the first PANAMA battle at Isla Darien so that Ballistic has a better chance of surviving (he has a lot of dialogue that goes to waste otherwise).

Also fixed AI switching items in the code. Ballistic would use a medkit and then switch to the machete by default. Now AI equips ranged weapons first, then looks for melee.

New blood textures for NIGHTMARE thanks to 5nakey.

Demons in NIGHTMARE now use the original textures again, and the special NIGHTMARE textures are now used for harder varieties, like the Elder Isopod Demon and the Mocker Demon (larger versions of Hecklers that now spawn in NIGHTMARE).

Tripwires can now be disarmed with 10 Hardware skill. Had to update the story files for this one. Also fixed a ton of little bugs, including one with the Poisoned War Axe script.

Remember the mod contest deadline is June 1st:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/games/652410/announcements/detail/802308936293156273

Finally, please leave a review to get that bitch to 500 and the "Overwhelmingly Positive" label. Thanks.

New NIGHTMARE blood textures, thanks to 5nakey:

Complete list of changes:

SOURCE:
-AI now equips ranged weapons first, melee weapons only when out of ammo (fixed bug when AI uses items).
-You can now interact with character info screen while controlling characters that are not in party.

SCRIPTS:
-Fixed bug with Poisoned War Axe running out of poison charges.
-Possibly fixed bug with Lilly's side quest in Pochutla about killing an Elder Isopod Demon.
-(PANAMA) Performing rituals to specific loa in PANAMA now requires Voodoo skill, only main player allowed.
-(PANAMA) Made Ch.1 Isla Darien battle easier, removed half of enemy grenades, Ballistic always faces entrance.
-(PANAMA) Improved dialogue and text in PANAMA to fill in plot holes (connected Mabel to Dr. Lee).
-(NIGHTMARE) Respawn scripts in NIGHTMARE now spawn Mocker Demons.

RESOURCES:
-New demon for NIGHTMARE: Mocker Demon (larger Heckler Demon).
-New separate folder for Elder Isopod Demon, now uses NIGHTMARE skin.
-(PANAMA) Improved blood and gore textures in PANAMA thanks to 5nakey.
-(NIGHTMARE) Improved blood and gore textures in NIGHTMARE thanks to 5nakey.
-(NIGHTMARE) NIGHTMARE demons now use original textures, alt skins used for harder varieties.

STORY FILES: (requires starting a new game)
-All tripwires in all stories are now usable, and can be disarmed with 10 Hardware skill.
-(BATTLES) Removed armor from Loma Larga in BATTLES DLC.

Maps now load 5 times faster. Ricardo's Plantation loads in under 10 seconds. I apologize for wasting so much of people's time up till now on the map loading screen. Hopefully you spent those long load times memorizing vocab in a foreign language or rubbing one out.

There is now also an option to use the native resolution of your OS. If the resolution is not one of the defaults on the list, the scope and mask overlays are changed to sprites and stretched out over the screen, unfortunately obscuring the HUD. I'll have to do something about that in next patch.

Still another patch coming, hopefully by Saturday or Sunday. No spoilers.


Complete list of changes:

SOURCE:
-Loading maps is now 5x faster!
-Added new option to use native screen resolution.
-Using a custom native resolution now makes scope and mask overlays sprites and stretches them out.
-Possibly increased framerate a bit by making screen size variables global?
-Fixed virtual keyboard alignment (for real this time).