Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Features:Unarmed styles!Styles feature a set of moves, which give your attack special effects, allow you to block attacks, get in counter-attacks, and more.Moves are unlocked at levels of unarmed skill. Some styles are "easy" featuring low-level moves, while others require an expert to use properly.Most styles also have a unique special effect. These include the ability to run along walls, enhanced blocking after an attack, combo moves and more.New Help item explaining styles.New trait: Martial Arts Training. Allows you to start with your pick of a common martial art style. The more complex ones need to be taught by an NPC!Several weapons have had special moves added to them. Many items can parry attacks or act like a shield.Monsters can be knocked down. So can the player.The player can be "stunned" like monsters are.Melee combat reworked significantly.Damage tweaked extensively.Messages improved.Code streamlined and much nicer to read.Body parts hit in NPC combat tweaked.Critical hit chances tweaked. Critical hit effects improved.Mutation-based attacks can be used against NPCsTwo new missions: "Reach Safety" and "Find Book"Gremour's Vehicle Mod added. Most/many players are already using this. It is awesome.Ability to chop down trees and chop up the logs they create added.Wandering NPCs. They're be flavored and have skills/equipment to match.Lots of new NPC dialogue.NPCs can now train you in skills or melee styles.Interruptable Actions. If you spot a monster while crafting, go ahead and stop crafting, kill the monster, and resume--the time spent crafting won't be wasted, and you'll pick up where you left off. This applies to all long-term activities except reloading.Game state saving improved. NPCs, missions, and much more are all saved.Debug functions expanded.If you're on fire, running into water will put it out.New Monster: Zombie Master. Upgrades nearby zombies to special zombies.New Monsters: Zombie Grabber, Vinebeast. Both will grab the player.Non-swimming monsters will drown if knocked into water. Aquatic monsters will die if knocked onto land.NPCs may lead the player (e.g. to safety).Tweaks:Spawn rate reduced.Installing bionics trains the relevant skills.Amigara entrancement lasts 20 turns max.Many terrain types are "permanent traps." Spiked pit, for example, is no longer a trap type but only refers to the terrain.Getting sleepy queries to cancel activity, rather than just canceling it.No longer warned when a dangerous weather pattern remains the same.Motion Alarm bionic queries to cancel activity (rather than forcing).Lots of places that used trig_dist() now use rl_dist(); more consistant.Inventory is colored better.Active items appear as yellow when you go to pick them up.Nyquil gives you the sleep aid addiction.Manhole covers may spawn in pawn shops.Sledge hammers do more damage.Combat knives more accurate.Bee/wasp stings less accurate.Awl pike does less damage.Arrows much less damaging. Wood arrows less accurate, carbon fiber arrows more accurate. Crossbolt bolts less damaging as well.Bows less accurate.Almost all ammo has better armor-piercing capabilities, making AP-oriented rounds much more effective.Marlin 39A reloads one round at a time.Bayonets have a worse recoil penalty.Top Gear magazine teaches driving skill, not mechanics.Setting traps takes longer.Lava is no longer a see-through wall. Zombies will walk into it and die a fiery death. You can too, if you want.Disarming traps trains trap skill.Being in a dangerous field prompts to cancel activity, rather than just canceling it.Turret range increased by 50%. Turrets use rl_dist not trig_dist.Monsters dodge more often.Stunning an already-stunned monster extends the duration of the stun. Ths applies to other monster effects, too.Zombie necromancers will attack if you strike first, or if you're near death.Dark wyrms are faster and tougher.Many monsters which should not have had heads no longer have heads (i.e. headshots won't happen on a Flaming Eye)Robots have greatly improved armor.Manhacks dodge better.Mutations are good more often. Robust Genetics is a more effective trait.NPC starting skills tweaked extensively.Scientist NPCs will specialize in computers, electronics or medicine.NPCs are more frightened of guns.NPCs are more easily provoked into a homicidal rage. Be nice!NPC dialogue uses letters, not numbers, for selection.Labs are much more populous.Swamp populations modified; swamp monsters less common.Radiation is much less devastating. It's harder to mutation from radiation.Throwing up reduces hunger and thirst by more.Skill rust reduces faster.You can throw further with higher levels of skill.Burst-firing won't target friendly monsters.Bugfixes:(Special thanks to creidieki for finding/fixing half of these)Moon phases work properly.Some Windows display/input fixes.Amigara Fault event fixes--you probably won't be trapped forever anymore.Heatsink bionic protects from temple flame bursts.Plant Skin correctly reduces thirst.Misplacement of contained items ("Cocaine of Whiskey" bug) fixed.Unwielding artifacts works correctly.Debug functions expanded.Some fixes to monsters following you across stairs.Items save better, reducing some rare bugs.Mansion generation fixes.Monsters will match the new type's aggression and morale if they change form.Mutations with more than one prerequisite can use EITHER prerequisite.NPCs retain their gender and skills through time.NPCs will avoid "banned" items better.A few bugs related to NPC death fixed.Rare bug that obscured the name of terrain you've seen fixed.Mansion placement fixed.Player healthiness is initialized properly.Thick Scales mutation correctly reduces Dexterity by 2.Alignment fixes in the skills display.If an NPC is hurt you won't see a prompt to cancel your activity.Flamethrowers won't sputter out.Throwing uses rl_dist like firing guns does.Messages fixed for when NPCs throw items and hit a monster.Item wishing crash fixed.