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Diver's Best Friend - Automated Stratagem System (ASS) R33

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Diver's Best Friend
- A.K.A -
Automated Stratagem System
(ASS)

Demonstration:

View: https://youtu.be/u5LjI8qUi7E


Select on Release & Controller Support:

View: https://youtu.be/BcMtszGqTgw

Your stratagems. In the game. No OCR. No Python. No AutoHotkey. Just a nice ASS.​


Automated Stratagem System

Select stratagems through a native in-game wheel or list, then throw the beacon normally. Diver's Best Friend runs inside HELLDIVERS 2 through Bingus Shared Loader, using the game's UI and live stratagem data. No external application needs to run while you play.

Stable download | Latest canary | Nexus Mods | Installation and controls | Changelog

Current builds

  • Stable: R31 - Scrambled Codes
    Scrambled-code selection and recovery after leaving scrambling areas, plus optional Select on Release.
  • Canary / prerelease: R33 - Polish
    Native selection sounds, adjustable sizes and presets, background opacity, and grouped settings.

Choose stable for regular play or canary to try the latest changes. Install only one version: both use the same addon identity and settings. Stable packages use DiversBestFriend-R#-RecentFeature.zip; canary packages use DiversBestFriendCanary-R#-RecentFeature.zip.

Selection modes

  • Native wheel
    Controls: Mouse/stick pointing + Confirm
    Layout: Eight slots, with Next/Previous to change pages
  • Keybindings list
    Controls: Next/Previous + Confirm
    Layout: Scrolls in list order and wraps around; camera control remains available
  • Experimental: Cards
    Controls: Mouse/stick pointing + Confirm
    Layout: Up to 16 native stratagem rows arranged in a circle
  • Experimental: Expanded wedges
    Controls: Mouse/stick pointing + Confirm
    Layout: Up to 16 entries on one wheel

Radial layouts retain the original stratagem list at the top left. Mouse/stick pointing takes camera control while the menu is open and restores it when closed.

  • Select on Release: optional and off by default. With a Hold menu binding, point at an entry and release to select. Return the pointer to the center before releasing to cancel. List mode uses Confirm.
  • Input interval: adjustable from 0 to 250 ms, default 70 ms, for both Confirm and Select on Release.
  • Cooldown indicators: native and expanded wheels dim unavailable icons during cooldown or delivery and show the selected entry's remaining time. List and Cards retain their native timer displays.
  • Appearance: optional full-color icons, adjustable expanded-wedge darkness and opacity, and automatic centering. Leave the vertical offset at 0 unless you want a custom position.
  • Scrambled codes: selection follows the current required sequence. If it changes during entry, reopen the menu and retry.

The mod enters the selected code through the normal game input path. Availability restrictions still apply, and you throw the beacon yourself.

Requirements

This project would not exist without CowboyBingus and their shared modding infrastructure.

  • Bingus Shared Loader
    Version: v18 / API 1
    Purpose: Loads the addon
  • Mod Bindings Menu
    Version: v2.0
    Purpose: Configurable selection controls
  • Mod Options Menu
    Version: v1.0.1 / API 1
    Purpose: In-game settings
  • HELLDIVERS 2 on Windows/Steam
    Version: Build 25480438
    Purpose: Supported game build
  • Arsenal or a compatible mod manager
    Required for: Installation only
    Purpose: Deploys the addon and dependencies

Install dependencies separately; they are not bundled. The original external Stratagem Wheel app, Equipped Stratagems exporter, and CowboyBingus' gameplay megapack are not required. See Credits for the contributions and earlier work behind the project.

Quick start

  1. Close the game and install the three dependencies above.
  2. Import the release ZIP into Arsenal, enable it, and deploy. Follow Shared Loader's installation and priority instructions.
  3. Restart the game. Open MODS > Diver's Best Friend, choose a selection mode, and Apply.
  4. Check Next stratagem, Previous stratagem, and Confirm stratagem in the native bindings menu's MODS tab. Mouse defaults are Wheel Down, Wheel Up, and Mouse 1 respectively.
  5. Open the normal stratagem menu in a mission, select an available entry, and Confirm. Keep the menu open until the code finishes, then throw normally. Alternatively, enable Select on Release for a radial layout.

Arsenal lists the mod as Diver's Best Friend - Automated Stratagem System (ASS), with the revision in its description.

For detailed setup and troubleshooting, see Installation and controls. Game updates may require a new mod release because this implementation depends on build-specific native functions and UI layouts.

About the project

I created this because I was getting frustrated with inconsistent OCR in my original Stratagem Wheel helper. Reading live game data and putting the menu inside the game made more sense than continuing to read the screen.

This was vibe-coded with GPT-6 Astra, with me directing development, testing in-game, and iterating on feedback. It's a personal project, but I'm happy to share it.

Community modding tools make this native implementation possible. This is an independent fan project with no official support or endorsement from Arrowhead or Sony. HELLDIVERS 2 and its assets belong to their respective owners.

Feedback and license

Report an issue with your mod revision, game build, selection mode/layout, and steps to reproduce the problem. Relevant entries from DiversBestFriend.log and DiversBestFriend-native.log can help. Please report this mod's bugs here, rather than to the dependency maintainers.

The project code is MIT licensed. The game and separately installed dependencies retain their own licenses and ownership.

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Canary R33 — Polish — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R32

Changed

  • Removed R32's centered native detail card and restored the earlier wheel caption and selected-item countdown presentation.
  • Grouped options into Selection, Appearance, Controller, and Advanced, retaining stable saved setting IDs.
  • Used native row spacing and layout descriptions to organize settings; the documented options API does not support conditional hiding.
  • Preserved R31 scrambled-code resolution and recovery, optional Select on Release, and canary naming and metadata.

Added

  • Optional native UI sound feedback when the selected entry changes and when an input job is accepted. Sound feedback defaults on and can be disabled.
  • Repeat throttling and isolated audio-error handling. A failed UI sound does not disable selection, and normal gameplay input sounds remain in place.
  • Custom, Compact, Standard, and Large size presets, preserving custom slider values when using a preset.
  • Independent wheel, icon, and center-label sizing, plus native background opacity controls.
  • Scaling of native/expanded wheels and their cursor together; Cards uses the size control for radial spacing.
  • An illustrated installation guide, mouse/controller examples, and a status-message troubleshooting table.

Validation and upgrade notes

  • Regression coverage includes sound-cue lifecycle, setting bounds and grouping, presets, and native transform routing.
  • Native sounds, visual sizing, cursor alignment, and mode switching still require in-game checks.
  • The confirmation sound means an input sequence was accepted, not that the beacon is already equipped.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R33-Polish.zip. Install with the game closed and enable only one revision. Start with Custom at 100%, or try Compact.

Canary R32 — Wheel Feedback — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R31

Added

  • Independently constructed native-row feedback in the center of Native wheel and Experimental / Expanded wedges for the highlighted stratagem.
  • Native availability text, countdowns, arrow-entry progress, and the game's scrambled-code presentation through the existing native row renderer.
  • Wheel status and input progress, enabled by default. Disabling it restored the previous center caption and timer.
  • Center fitting, saved vertical-offset handling, and hiding when no item is highlighted.
  • Guard-failure fallback to the previous caption/timer without disabling selection.

Changed

  • Restored copied-card visibility when switching layouts; retained the original top-left list, List mode, and Cards layout.
  • Published as DiversBestFriendCanary, with canary package names, Arsenal metadata, and diagnostic filenames.
  • Retained the same addon identity as the stable build: only one revision should be enabled.

Validation and later outcome

  • Automated tests covered selection, empty selection, centering, mode switching, options, and isolation from original widgets.
  • Native appearance, blocked/jammed status, and progress timing still needed live verification.
  • The centered detail-card presentation was subsequently removed in R33 after visual feedback.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R32-WheelFeedback.zip.

R31 — Scrambled Codes — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R30

  • Replaced blanket rejection of scrambled codes with the native per-stratagem effect query and definition remapping used by the game matcher.
  • Applied resolved sequences to Confirm and Select on Release, including sequences with different lengths, while preserving the selected stratagem identity.
  • Rechecked the required code before every direction. A mid-sequence change stops input; close and reopen the menu to retry.
  • Restored temporary release bindings on interruption so a later clean selection can proceed without reloading the mod.
  • Validated original/resolved definitions, local position ownership, and native function signatures.
  • Preserved native availability restrictions; scrambling support does not bypass jamming.
  • Added regression coverage for nonzero seeds without active effects, changed code lengths, entering/leaving effects, both selection paths, and cleanup/recovery.
  • Automated tests passed; live verification of reported spire/scrambler encounters remained pending.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R31-ScrambledCodes.zip.


Changelog

All documented changes to Diver's Best Friend / DiversBestFriend through Canary R33.

R32 and R33 are canary revisions, published under canary-r32 and canary-r33. R22 is the first public release. Earlier entries are reconstructed from the repository's retained research notes; no individual release history is available for R1–R8. Dates below are GitHub publication dates in UTC. Validation statements describe what was recorded for that revision, not a new verification of the game or mod.

Canary R33 — Polish — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R32

Changed

  • Removed R32's centered native detail card and restored the earlier wheel caption and selected-item countdown presentation.
  • Grouped options into Selection, Appearance, Controller, and Advanced, retaining stable saved setting IDs.
  • Used native row spacing and layout descriptions to organize settings; the documented options API does not support conditional hiding.
  • Preserved R31 scrambled-code resolution and recovery, optional Select on Release, and canary naming and metadata.

Added

  • Optional native UI sound feedback when the selected entry changes and when an input job is accepted. Sound feedback defaults on and can be disabled.
  • Repeat throttling and isolated audio-error handling. A failed UI sound does not disable selection, and normal gameplay input sounds remain in place.
  • Custom, Compact, Standard, and Large size presets, preserving custom slider values when using a preset.
  • Independent wheel, icon, and center-label sizing, plus native background opacity controls.
  • Scaling of native/expanded wheels and their cursor together; Cards uses the size control for radial spacing.
  • An illustrated installation guide, mouse/controller examples, and a status-message troubleshooting table.

Validation and upgrade notes

  • Regression coverage includes sound-cue lifecycle, setting bounds and grouping, presets, and native transform routing.
  • Native sounds, visual sizing, cursor alignment, and mode switching still require in-game checks.
  • The confirmation sound means an input sequence was accepted, not that the beacon is already equipped.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R33-Polish.zip. Install with the game closed and enable only one revision. Start with Custom at 100%, or try Compact.

Canary R32 — Wheel Feedback — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R31

Added

  • Independently constructed native-row feedback in the center of Native wheel and Experimental / Expanded wedges for the highlighted stratagem.
  • Native availability text, countdowns, arrow-entry progress, and the game's scrambled-code presentation through the existing native row renderer.
  • Wheel status and input progress, enabled by default. Disabling it restored the previous center caption and timer.
  • Center fitting, saved vertical-offset handling, and hiding when no item is highlighted.
  • Guard-failure fallback to the previous caption/timer without disabling selection.

Changed

  • Restored copied-card visibility when switching layouts; retained the original top-left list, List mode, and Cards layout.
  • Published as DiversBestFriendCanary, with canary package names, Arsenal metadata, and diagnostic filenames.
  • Retained the same addon identity as the stable build: only one revision should be enabled.

Validation and later outcome

  • Automated tests covered selection, empty selection, centering, mode switching, options, and isolation from original widgets.
  • Native appearance, blocked/jammed status, and progress timing still needed live verification.
  • The centered detail-card presentation was subsequently removed in R33 after visual feedback.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R32-WheelFeedback.zip.

R31 — Scrambled Codes — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R30

  • Replaced blanket rejection of scrambled codes with the native per-stratagem effect query and definition remapping used by the game matcher.
  • Applied resolved sequences to Confirm and Select on Release, including sequences with different lengths, while preserving the selected stratagem identity.
  • Rechecked the required code before every direction. A mid-sequence change stops input; close and reopen the menu to retry.
  • Restored temporary release bindings on interruption so a later clean selection can proceed without reloading the mod.
  • Validated original/resolved definitions, local position ownership, and native function signatures.
  • Preserved native availability restrictions; scrambling support does not bypass jamming.
  • Added regression coverage for nonzero seeds without active effects, changed code lengths, entering/leaving effects, both selection paths, and cleanup/recovery.
  • Automated tests passed; live verification of reported spire/scrambler encounters remained pending.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R31-ScrambledCodes.zip.

R30 — Beacon Handoff — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R29

  • Addressed a stale return-to-primary weapon request created by physical menu release. The native opener could see the beacon still equipped and leave that earlier request pending, cancelling the beacon after the code matched.
  • Reissued the native beacon-slot request after reopening when necessary, using the same request path as the native opener.
  • Added weapon-request ownership validation and supported-build guards for the native function and opener call sites.
  • Preserved input pacing, completion waiting, binding restoration, default-off Select on Release, and existing Confirm behavior.
  • Added regression coverage for stale requests, already-requested beacon slots, and failure cleanup.
  • Automated tests passed; live beacon-handoff verification remained pending. Release notes requested testing at 70–100 ms and checking normal Hold behavior afterward.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R30-BeaconHandoff.zip.

R29 — Completion Wait — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R28

  • Kept the temporary Press-mode latch until the native menu finished processing the selection, instead of restoring Hold on the next update after a code match.
  • Added a two-second completion timeout after the final direction.
  • Rejected a lost match while the menu remained active, retaining normal cancellation and restoration paths.
  • Logged native menu state, entered-direction count, matched kind, and queued kind to distinguish a matched code from completion.
  • Skipped further pointing/context preparation during completion to tolerate native menu/HUD closing order.
  • Package and isolated tests passed, including delayed completion and cleanup; the reported post-code cancellation still required live retesting.
  • No settings reset was required. Package: DiversBestFriend-R29-CompletionWait.zip.

R28 — Release Latch — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R27

  • Replaced R27's overwritten evaluated-button hold with temporary native Press behavior for Display Stratagem List during release-selected code entry.
  • Preserved configured direction pacing, then restored the original trigger on completion or cancellation.
  • Left key/button assignments and pre-existing Press bindings unchanged; did not write binding files or invoke Apply.
  • Added exact-value restoration, partial-setup rollback, detection of user binding edits, relocated-map handling, and owner checks during cleanup.
  • Included the intervening master-toggle rename to Enable Mod in the tagged source history.
  • R27 live logs had confirmed early menu closure before queued input. R28 package and isolated tests passed, and the live mapping format was inspected; successful latching/equipping still needed an in-game test.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R28-ReleaseLatch.zip.

R27 — Release Hold — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R26

  • Replaced same-frame Select on Release input with a paced job that temporarily asserted the native menu Hold action.
  • Applied Input interval (ms) to release sequences as well as Confirm.
  • Pinned the selected entry and wheel page during release code entry.
  • Cleared temporary held actions on the update after the final matched direction, or on cancellation, timeout, focus loss, and errors.
  • Cancelled and logged premature native menu closure instead of reopening and replaying a partial sequence.
  • Retained saved settings, bindings, Arsenal identity, default-off release selection, and manual beacon throwing.
  • Isolated tests covered pacing and cleanup. Subsequent live logs showed that the evaluated-button hold did not persist across native updates; R28 replaced this approach.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R27-ReleaseHold.zip.

R26 — Polish — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R25

  • Renamed options and bindings sections to Diver's Best Friend and shortened setting descriptions.
  • Renamed logs to DiversBestFriend.log and DiversBestFriend-native.log.
  • Exposed DiversBestFriend as a runtime alias while retaining the existing alias and resource identity.
  • Preserved the mod GUID, saved settings, and binding IDs.
  • Refreshed installation instructions and Arsenal revision metadata. Arsenal's display name remained Diver's Best Friend - Automated Stratagem System (ASS).
  • Retained R25's default-off Select on Release and default 70 ms Confirm interval. Release selection was still immediate in this revision.
  • Package and isolated tests passed; native release selection/controller timing still needed live validation.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R26-Polish.zip.

R25 — Select on Release — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R24

  • Added optional Select on Release, disabled by default, for Native wheel and both Experimental radial layouts using a Hold menu binding.
  • Added center-to-cancel behavior. List mode retained Confirm; explicit Confirm suppressed duplicate release selection.
  • Added Input interval (ms) for Confirm: 0–250 ms in 5 ms steps, default 70 ms. At zero, one direction is sent per frame.
  • Fixed the interval for each running sequence and scaled the timeout for longer codes at maximum delay.
  • Kept release-selected codes immediate in this revision; release pacing arrived in R27.
  • Guarded release selection against stale frames, lost focus, UI overlays, manual input, ownership changes, and invalid mission membership.
  • Used a guarded native opener to resume a closed input session and closed reopened sessions on rejection. Normal gameplay handled equipping; no automatic throw or direct matched-ID assignment was added.
  • Included intervening Arsenal branding and standardized DiversBestFriend-R#-RecentFeature.zip package naming in the tagged source history.
  • Isolated tests passed for cancellation, single-fire behavior, rejection cleanup, and default-off integration. Native reopening/controller timing remained unverified in-game.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R25-SelectOnRelease.zip.

R24 — Cooldown Indicators — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R23

  • Grayed and dimmed Native wheel and Expanded wedge icons during native cooldown or incoming-delivery states.
  • Added a selected-item minute/second countdown beneath the center name using an owned native text widget.
  • Restored normal icon appearance automatically at timer expiry, including when full-color icons were disabled.
  • Read native HUD cached state to retain special cases such as shared Reinforce, with kind-identity checks and finite, bounded timer validation.
  • Rounded positive countdown seconds up and cleared stale/invalid timer data.
  • Preserved selection, paging, native availability checks, and the built-in timers in List and copied Cards.
  • Timed entries remained selectable for inspection. Indicators did not claim to identify all restrictions, including charges or jamming.
  • Added tests for incoming delivery, Reinforce, minute rollover, expiry, stale data, grayscale palettes, and raw-icon restoration. Native text rendering/placement still needed live verification.

R23 — Wedge Appearance — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R22

  • Added independent Expanded wedge darkness and opacity sliders, each 0–100% in 5% steps.
  • Set defaults to 70% darkness / 75% opacity. 0% / 30% restored the previous appearance.
  • Preserved yellow selected wedges at at least 95% opacity, visible icons, and fainter empty sectors.
  • Applied appearance changes through the normal Apply control while preserving selection; other layouts retained their appearance.
  • Investigated row-card blur but deferred it because the native material lacked a wedge-mask texture binding.
  • Added tests for endpoints, invalid settings, live updates, and selection preservation. In-game appearance verification remained pending.

R22 — Viewport Centering / First Public Release — 2026-09-27

Release and download

  • Published DiversBestFriend with installation/development documentation, credits, MIT license, and PNG/SVG banners.
  • Shipped the native eight-slot wheel with paging, keyboard list mode, and Experimental Cards/Expanded wedges with up to 16 entries.
  • Included native mouse/stick tracking, explicit Confirm, optional full-color icons, and operation without an external helper application.
  • Corrected vertical centering by projecting the native GUI matrix on its X/Z plane instead of X/Y.
  • Applied viewport-midpoint/inverse-transform centering to both screen axes.
  • Defaulted vertical adjustment to zero while preserving saved values; users with the earlier 575-unit workaround needed to reset it manually.
  • Added centering telemetry and tests for HUD scales, viewport heights, both axes, and singular transforms.
  • Documented Windows/Steam build 25480438, game.dll PE timestamp 1790161983, and separately installed dependencies: Bingus Shared Loader v18 / API 1, Mod Bindings Menu v2.0, and Mod Options Menu v1.0.1 / API 1.
  • Isolated tests and deterministic packaging passed. R21 layouts had been author-tested; R22's specific placement correction still needed a live check.

R21 — Experimental Layout Consolidation — Pre-public

  • Consolidated selection into Native wheel, Keybindings — list, and Experimental.
  • Made Experimental layout choose between copied Cards and Expanded wedges, removing its duplicate native-wheel choice.
  • Migrated legacy mode 4 to Experimental / Expanded wedges while retaining rendering and input behavior.
  • Read the legacy saved mode before option registration and persisted migration through the documented options API, without editing the settings file directly or overriding later user changes.
  • Author confirmed the modes/layouts worked as expected in-game.

R20 — Expanded-Wedge Rotation Correction — Pre-public

  • Corrected native rotation handedness and artwork phase after screenshots disproved R18's orientation model.
  • Used a +67.5-degree local native rotation and the negative mathematical icon angle for the outer parent.
  • Matched highlighted wedges to cardinal and diagonal icon positions for 8–16 sectors.
  • Preserved input vectors, icon positions, selected names, Confirm, and R19 full-color icons.
  • Added tests reproducing both earlier incorrect screenshots and checking corrected transforms. Live retesting was pending in the revision notes.

R19 — Native Full-Color Icons — Pre-public

  • Added Full-color stratagem icons, enabled by default, using the native stratagem material and channel-color uniforms instead of exposing red/green texture masks.
  • Validated category palette bounds and color values before assignment.
  • Invalidated both wheel-renderer caches when toggling the option.
  • Retained white vertex tint for full-color icons while keeping yellow wedge highlights; disabling the option restored the earlier generic material.
  • Left List and copied Cards under their native renderer.
  • Added material, parameter, toggle-restoration, invalid-palette, and routing tests. Live color verification remained pending.

R18 — Artwork Orientation Attempt — Pre-public

  • Changed expanded-wedge local rotation after R17 showed the selected wedge opposite the correct cursor/name selection.
  • Left pointer integration, icon coordinates, angular selection, and Confirm unchanged.
  • Added art-ray transform checks.
  • Later screenshots disproved the orientation model. R20 superseded this correction.

R17 — Expanded Wedges Prototype — Pre-public

  • Added Expanded wedges as a fourth selection mode, retaining earlier mode values.
  • Displayed up to 16 mission entries without paging using independently allocated native sprites and transforms; did not extend the native wheel's fixed eight-slot arrays.
  • Added angular selection with a center dead zone, center captions, and reuse of the native cursor.
  • Reset selection and gated held Confirm on membership changes; cancelled active jobs when required.
  • Added geometry, constructor, ownership, slot-16 selection, membership-change, and mode-switching tests.
  • Live screenshots subsequently exposed artwork alignment errors addressed in R18 and R20.

R16 — Experimental Mode Integration — Pre-public

  • Added Experimental as mode 3 while preserving Native wheel and List mode values and the addon GUID.
  • Offered copied native row Cards or the eight-slot wheel baseline as Experimental layouts at this stage.
  • Reused the native wheel cursor while suppressing its ring, wedges, names, and icons for copied-row presentation.
  • Restored normal wheel drawing when switching back; layout changes cancelled active sequences and gated held Confirm.
  • Recorded user confirmation that R15 worked in-game. New R16 routing/cursor transitions were fixture-tested; live testing remained pending.

R15 — Native Emote-Style Wheel — Pre-public

  • Constructed an independently owned shared native wheel in the validated HUD context, leaving the original list/cards intact.
  • Populated eight slots from active mission entries ordered by native displayed row position.
  • Added wrapped Next/Previous paging, including partial final pages; membership changes reset paging and active sequences blocked page changes.
  • Used native mouse/stick integration, sector selection, cursor movement, highlights, stratagem icons, and localized center names.
  • Cleared selection on empty sectors and gated held Confirm across page changes.
  • Preserved explicit stratagem Confirm and camera capture without invoking emote gameplay activation.
  • Added aligned storage, ownership checks, native signature guards, and call-boundary diagnostics.
  • Later R16 notes record successful user validation of R15 in-game.

R14 — Native List Navigation Order — Pre-public

  • Fixed Next/Previous jumping between rows by sorting eligible list entries by settled native Y position rather than storage/payload order.
  • Made Next move top-to-bottom and Previous reverse, with wrapping in both directions and deterministic ties.
  • Tracked selected widget identity across native reordering and retained the correct stratagem identity for Confirm.
  • Used target positions to avoid ordering changes during opening animation or highlight scaling; radial slot order was unchanged.
  • Added scrambled-slot, gap, wrap, reorder, identity, empty-list, and single-row tests. Live navigation retesting was pending.

R13 — Radial and Keyboard List Modes — Pre-public

  • Added separate Mouse — radial and Keybindings — list options while preserving existing settings and bindings.
  • Required pointing before radial selection; retained Confirm as the activation action.
  • Kept original native row placement in List mode and highlighted the selected row at 1.10 times its native scale.
  • Added explicit ownership-aware native camera-input capture during focused radial selection, with cleanup on close, focus loss, mode change, disable, or failure.
  • Restored displays and cancelled input on mode changes, suppressing Confirm held across a switch.
  • Added mode-routing, camera-ownership, cleanup, highlight-restoration, and held-confirm tests. Subsequent notes confirmed mode selection worked in-game.

R12 — Maelstrom Definition Alignment — Pre-public

  • Accepted four-byte alignment for packed native stratagem definitions after a Maelstrom definition was incorrectly rejected by the eight-byte check.
  • Retained eight-byte alignment for object pointers and all definition bounds, identity, and direction guards.
  • Added a fixture reproducing Maelstrom's nine-direction sequence and rejection tests for invalid alignment, bounds, and identity.
  • Recorded user confirmation that R11 drawing, pointing, Confirm, and the original list worked. The Maelstrom fix itself still required live retesting.

R11 — UI Context Address Correction — Pre-public

  • Corrected the UI context-manager address from 0x348CE90 to 0x347CE90, resolving R10's early “UI context manager unavailable” guard failure.
  • Changed the fixture to derive the pointer slot from native instruction bytes instead of repeating the same constant and masking the typo.
  • Preserved Arsenal GUID/schema and updated revision/package identity.
  • Subsequent R12 notes recorded successful in-game drawing, pointing, confirmation, and original-list behavior.

R10 — Native HUD Resource Context — Pre-public

  • Added the native widget resource-context scope omitted in R9, deriving and validating it from the original list.
  • Scoped native construction/update calls and checked context-stack capacity, widget context, and restoration after success or Lua errors.
  • Added explicit 16-byte FFI storage alignment and surrounding canaries.
  • Added persisted native-call boundary diagnostics for construction, attachment, updates, pointing, and layout.
  • Investigated an R9 crash on menu opening. Missing context scope was a confirmed defect, but the crash cause was not established by a native stack trace.
  • A mistyped context-manager address prevented the new path from running; R11 corrected it. R8 remained the last confirmed working build at that point.

R9 — Independent Cards and Native Pointing — Pre-public

  • Constructed an owned duplicate root and native cards instead of moving the original top-left list or copying live widgets.
  • Reused duplicate storage across openings, invalidated stale HUD pointers, and retained uncertain linked generations within a bound.
  • Added native mouse/stick direction integration with ellipse-based card selection, a 20% center dead zone, and three-degree hysteresis.
  • Pinned selection during code entry and arbitrated pointing against discrete navigation.
  • Removed the earlier five-kind allowlist in favor of validated mission-owned entries and native definitions.
  • Retained native availability handling; scrambled codes were still unsupported at this stage.
  • Added 1–16-entry layout, ownership, constructor, pointing, and descriptor tests. A live crash on opening prompted the R10/R11 corrections.

R5–R8 — Early Selection Prototypes — Pre-public, partial history

  • The retained changelog groups early work as selection proofs of concept, owned native UI, pointing, and native HUD-context fixes; individual R5–R7 changes are not preserved sufficiently to assign them to exact revisions.
  • Through R8, activation was limited to five captured/validated stratagem kinds: 3, 136, 4, 25, and 33.
  • R9 notes record that R8's activation path had been confirmed in-game, including Autocannon, and that its alignment fixes were retained.
  • These were development prototypes, not public supported releases.

R1–R4 — Early Drawing Work — History unavailable

  • The retained research refers to a preceding Drawing POC4, from which the selection candidate inherited layout/vertical calibration and addon identity.
  • The available repository does not establish a reliable per-revision R1–R4 change list or prove that the drawing-POC numbering maps directly to these release numbers. No individual changes or dates are asserted here.

Sources and scope


Historical failures and superseded approaches are retained to explain why later revisions changed. Unrecorded early revision details have not been invented. This changelog covers documented user-facing behavior, fixes, packaging/documentation changes, and material validation limits through R33; it does not claim new live-game validation.
 
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Canary R33 — Polish — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R32

Changed

  • Removed R32's centered native detail card and restored the earlier wheel caption and selected-item countdown presentation.
  • Grouped options into Selection, Appearance, Controller, and Advanced, retaining stable saved setting IDs.
  • Used native row spacing and layout descriptions to organize settings; the documented options API does not support conditional hiding.
  • Preserved R31 scrambled-code resolution and recovery, optional Select on Release, and canary naming and metadata.

Added

  • Optional native UI sound feedback when the selected entry changes and when an input job is accepted. Sound feedback defaults on and can be disabled.
  • Repeat throttling and isolated audio-error handling. A failed UI sound does not disable selection, and normal gameplay input sounds remain in place.
  • Custom, Compact, Standard, and Large size presets, preserving custom slider values when using a preset.
  • Independent wheel, icon, and center-label sizing, plus native background opacity controls.
  • Scaling of native/expanded wheels and their cursor together; Cards uses the size control for radial spacing.
  • An illustrated installation guide, mouse/controller examples, and a status-message troubleshooting table.

Validation and upgrade notes

  • Regression coverage includes sound-cue lifecycle, setting bounds and grouping, presets, and native transform routing.
  • Native sounds, visual sizing, cursor alignment, and mode switching still require in-game checks.
  • The confirmation sound means an input sequence was accepted, not that the beacon is already equipped.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R33-Polish.zip. Install with the game closed and enable only one revision. Start with Custom at 100%, or try Compact.

Canary R32 — Wheel Feedback — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R31

Added

  • Independently constructed native-row feedback in the center of Native wheel and Experimental / Expanded wedges for the highlighted stratagem.
  • Native availability text, countdowns, arrow-entry progress, and the game's scrambled-code presentation through the existing native row renderer.
  • Wheel status and input progress, enabled by default. Disabling it restored the previous center caption and timer.
  • Center fitting, saved vertical-offset handling, and hiding when no item is highlighted.
  • Guard-failure fallback to the previous caption/timer without disabling selection.

Changed

  • Restored copied-card visibility when switching layouts; retained the original top-left list, List mode, and Cards layout.
  • Published as DiversBestFriendCanary, with canary package names, Arsenal metadata, and diagnostic filenames.
  • Retained the same addon identity as the stable build: only one revision should be enabled.

Validation and later outcome

  • Automated tests covered selection, empty selection, centering, mode switching, options, and isolation from original widgets.
  • Native appearance, blocked/jammed status, and progress timing still needed live verification.
  • The centered detail-card presentation was subsequently removed in R33 after visual feedback.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R32-WheelFeedback.zip.

R31 — Scrambled Codes — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R30

  • Replaced blanket rejection of scrambled codes with the native per-stratagem effect query and definition remapping used by the game matcher.
  • Applied resolved sequences to Confirm and Select on Release, including sequences with different lengths, while preserving the selected stratagem identity.
  • Rechecked the required code before every direction. A mid-sequence change stops input; close and reopen the menu to retry.
  • Restored temporary release bindings on interruption so a later clean selection can proceed without reloading the mod.
  • Validated original/resolved definitions, local position ownership, and native function signatures.
  • Preserved native availability restrictions; scrambling support does not bypass jamming.
  • Added regression coverage for nonzero seeds without active effects, changed code lengths, entering/leaving effects, both selection paths, and cleanup/recovery.
  • Automated tests passed; live verification of reported spire/scrambler encounters remained pending.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R31-ScrambledCodes.zip.


Changelog

All documented changes to Diver's Best Friend / DiversBestFriend through Canary R33.

R32 and R33 are canary revisions, published under canary-r32 and canary-r33. R22 is the first public release. Earlier entries are reconstructed from the repository's retained research notes; no individual release history is available for R1–R8. Dates below are GitHub publication dates in UTC. Validation statements describe what was recorded for that revision, not a new verification of the game or mod.

Canary R33 — Polish — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R32

Changed

  • Removed R32's centered native detail card and restored the earlier wheel caption and selected-item countdown presentation.
  • Grouped options into Selection, Appearance, Controller, and Advanced, retaining stable saved setting IDs.
  • Used native row spacing and layout descriptions to organize settings; the documented options API does not support conditional hiding.
  • Preserved R31 scrambled-code resolution and recovery, optional Select on Release, and canary naming and metadata.

Added

  • Optional native UI sound feedback when the selected entry changes and when an input job is accepted. Sound feedback defaults on and can be disabled.
  • Repeat throttling and isolated audio-error handling. A failed UI sound does not disable selection, and normal gameplay input sounds remain in place.
  • Custom, Compact, Standard, and Large size presets, preserving custom slider values when using a preset.
  • Independent wheel, icon, and center-label sizing, plus native background opacity controls.
  • Scaling of native/expanded wheels and their cursor together; Cards uses the size control for radial spacing.
  • An illustrated installation guide, mouse/controller examples, and a status-message troubleshooting table.

Validation and upgrade notes

  • Regression coverage includes sound-cue lifecycle, setting bounds and grouping, presets, and native transform routing.
  • Native sounds, visual sizing, cursor alignment, and mode switching still require in-game checks.
  • The confirmation sound means an input sequence was accepted, not that the beacon is already equipped.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R33-Polish.zip. Install with the game closed and enable only one revision. Start with Custom at 100%, or try Compact.

Canary R32 — Wheel Feedback — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R31

Added

  • Independently constructed native-row feedback in the center of Native wheel and Experimental / Expanded wedges for the highlighted stratagem.
  • Native availability text, countdowns, arrow-entry progress, and the game's scrambled-code presentation through the existing native row renderer.
  • Wheel status and input progress, enabled by default. Disabling it restored the previous center caption and timer.
  • Center fitting, saved vertical-offset handling, and hiding when no item is highlighted.
  • Guard-failure fallback to the previous caption/timer without disabling selection.

Changed

  • Restored copied-card visibility when switching layouts; retained the original top-left list, List mode, and Cards layout.
  • Published as DiversBestFriendCanary, with canary package names, Arsenal metadata, and diagnostic filenames.
  • Retained the same addon identity as the stable build: only one revision should be enabled.

Validation and later outcome

  • Automated tests covered selection, empty selection, centering, mode switching, options, and isolation from original widgets.
  • Native appearance, blocked/jammed status, and progress timing still needed live verification.
  • The centered detail-card presentation was subsequently removed in R33 after visual feedback.
  • Package: DiversBestFriendCanary-R32-WheelFeedback.zip.

R31 — Scrambled Codes — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R30

  • Replaced blanket rejection of scrambled codes with the native per-stratagem effect query and definition remapping used by the game matcher.
  • Applied resolved sequences to Confirm and Select on Release, including sequences with different lengths, while preserving the selected stratagem identity.
  • Rechecked the required code before every direction. A mid-sequence change stops input; close and reopen the menu to retry.
  • Restored temporary release bindings on interruption so a later clean selection can proceed without reloading the mod.
  • Validated original/resolved definitions, local position ownership, and native function signatures.
  • Preserved native availability restrictions; scrambling support does not bypass jamming.
  • Added regression coverage for nonzero seeds without active effects, changed code lengths, entering/leaving effects, both selection paths, and cleanup/recovery.
  • Automated tests passed; live verification of reported spire/scrambler encounters remained pending.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R31-ScrambledCodes.zip.

R30 — Beacon Handoff — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R29

  • Addressed a stale return-to-primary weapon request created by physical menu release. The native opener could see the beacon still equipped and leave that earlier request pending, cancelling the beacon after the code matched.
  • Reissued the native beacon-slot request after reopening when necessary, using the same request path as the native opener.
  • Added weapon-request ownership validation and supported-build guards for the native function and opener call sites.
  • Preserved input pacing, completion waiting, binding restoration, default-off Select on Release, and existing Confirm behavior.
  • Added regression coverage for stale requests, already-requested beacon slots, and failure cleanup.
  • Automated tests passed; live beacon-handoff verification remained pending. Release notes requested testing at 70–100 ms and checking normal Hold behavior afterward.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R30-BeaconHandoff.zip.

R29 — Completion Wait — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R28

  • Kept the temporary Press-mode latch until the native menu finished processing the selection, instead of restoring Hold on the next update after a code match.
  • Added a two-second completion timeout after the final direction.
  • Rejected a lost match while the menu remained active, retaining normal cancellation and restoration paths.
  • Logged native menu state, entered-direction count, matched kind, and queued kind to distinguish a matched code from completion.
  • Skipped further pointing/context preparation during completion to tolerate native menu/HUD closing order.
  • Package and isolated tests passed, including delayed completion and cleanup; the reported post-code cancellation still required live retesting.
  • No settings reset was required. Package: DiversBestFriend-R29-CompletionWait.zip.

R28 — Release Latch — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R27

  • Replaced R27's overwritten evaluated-button hold with temporary native Press behavior for Display Stratagem List during release-selected code entry.
  • Preserved configured direction pacing, then restored the original trigger on completion or cancellation.
  • Left key/button assignments and pre-existing Press bindings unchanged; did not write binding files or invoke Apply.
  • Added exact-value restoration, partial-setup rollback, detection of user binding edits, relocated-map handling, and owner checks during cleanup.
  • Included the intervening master-toggle rename to Enable Mod in the tagged source history.
  • R27 live logs had confirmed early menu closure before queued input. R28 package and isolated tests passed, and the live mapping format was inspected; successful latching/equipping still needed an in-game test.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R28-ReleaseLatch.zip.

R27 — Release Hold — 2026-09-28

Release and download · Changes from R26

  • Replaced same-frame Select on Release input with a paced job that temporarily asserted the native menu Hold action.
  • Applied Input interval (ms) to release sequences as well as Confirm.
  • Pinned the selected entry and wheel page during release code entry.
  • Cleared temporary held actions on the update after the final matched direction, or on cancellation, timeout, focus loss, and errors.
  • Cancelled and logged premature native menu closure instead of reopening and replaying a partial sequence.
  • Retained saved settings, bindings, Arsenal identity, default-off release selection, and manual beacon throwing.
  • Isolated tests covered pacing and cleanup. Subsequent live logs showed that the evaluated-button hold did not persist across native updates; R28 replaced this approach.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R27-ReleaseHold.zip.

R26 — Polish — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R25

  • Renamed options and bindings sections to Diver's Best Friend and shortened setting descriptions.
  • Renamed logs to DiversBestFriend.log and DiversBestFriend-native.log.
  • Exposed DiversBestFriend as a runtime alias while retaining the existing alias and resource identity.
  • Preserved the mod GUID, saved settings, and binding IDs.
  • Refreshed installation instructions and Arsenal revision metadata. Arsenal's display name remained Diver's Best Friend - Automated Stratagem System (ASS).
  • Retained R25's default-off Select on Release and default 70 ms Confirm interval. Release selection was still immediate in this revision.
  • Package and isolated tests passed; native release selection/controller timing still needed live validation.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R26-Polish.zip.

R25 — Select on Release — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R24

  • Added optional Select on Release, disabled by default, for Native wheel and both Experimental radial layouts using a Hold menu binding.
  • Added center-to-cancel behavior. List mode retained Confirm; explicit Confirm suppressed duplicate release selection.
  • Added Input interval (ms) for Confirm: 0–250 ms in 5 ms steps, default 70 ms. At zero, one direction is sent per frame.
  • Fixed the interval for each running sequence and scaled the timeout for longer codes at maximum delay.
  • Kept release-selected codes immediate in this revision; release pacing arrived in R27.
  • Guarded release selection against stale frames, lost focus, UI overlays, manual input, ownership changes, and invalid mission membership.
  • Used a guarded native opener to resume a closed input session and closed reopened sessions on rejection. Normal gameplay handled equipping; no automatic throw or direct matched-ID assignment was added.
  • Included intervening Arsenal branding and standardized DiversBestFriend-R#-RecentFeature.zip package naming in the tagged source history.
  • Isolated tests passed for cancellation, single-fire behavior, rejection cleanup, and default-off integration. Native reopening/controller timing remained unverified in-game.
  • Package: DiversBestFriend-R25-SelectOnRelease.zip.

R24 — Cooldown Indicators — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R23

  • Grayed and dimmed Native wheel and Expanded wedge icons during native cooldown or incoming-delivery states.
  • Added a selected-item minute/second countdown beneath the center name using an owned native text widget.
  • Restored normal icon appearance automatically at timer expiry, including when full-color icons were disabled.
  • Read native HUD cached state to retain special cases such as shared Reinforce, with kind-identity checks and finite, bounded timer validation.
  • Rounded positive countdown seconds up and cleared stale/invalid timer data.
  • Preserved selection, paging, native availability checks, and the built-in timers in List and copied Cards.
  • Timed entries remained selectable for inspection. Indicators did not claim to identify all restrictions, including charges or jamming.
  • Added tests for incoming delivery, Reinforce, minute rollover, expiry, stale data, grayscale palettes, and raw-icon restoration. Native text rendering/placement still needed live verification.

R23 — Wedge Appearance — 2026-09-27

Release and download · Changes from R22

  • Added independent Expanded wedge darkness and opacity sliders, each 0–100% in 5% steps.
  • Set defaults to 70% darkness / 75% opacity. 0% / 30% restored the previous appearance.
  • Preserved yellow selected wedges at at least 95% opacity, visible icons, and fainter empty sectors.
  • Applied appearance changes through the normal Apply control while preserving selection; other layouts retained their appearance.
  • Investigated row-card blur but deferred it because the native material lacked a wedge-mask texture binding.
  • Added tests for endpoints, invalid settings, live updates, and selection preservation. In-game appearance verification remained pending.

R22 — Viewport Centering / First Public Release — 2026-09-27

Release and download

  • Published DiversBestFriend with installation/development documentation, credits, MIT license, and PNG/SVG banners.
  • Shipped the native eight-slot wheel with paging, keyboard list mode, and Experimental Cards/Expanded wedges with up to 16 entries.
  • Included native mouse/stick tracking, explicit Confirm, optional full-color icons, and operation without an external helper application.
  • Corrected vertical centering by projecting the native GUI matrix on its X/Z plane instead of X/Y.
  • Applied viewport-midpoint/inverse-transform centering to both screen axes.
  • Defaulted vertical adjustment to zero while preserving saved values; users with the earlier 575-unit workaround needed to reset it manually.
  • Added centering telemetry and tests for HUD scales, viewport heights, both axes, and singular transforms.
  • Documented Windows/Steam build 25480438, game.dll PE timestamp 1790161983, and separately installed dependencies: Bingus Shared Loader v18 / API 1, Mod Bindings Menu v2.0, and Mod Options Menu v1.0.1 / API 1.
  • Isolated tests and deterministic packaging passed. R21 layouts had been author-tested; R22's specific placement correction still needed a live check.

R21 — Experimental Layout Consolidation — Pre-public

  • Consolidated selection into Native wheel, Keybindings — list, and Experimental.
  • Made Experimental layout choose between copied Cards and Expanded wedges, removing its duplicate native-wheel choice.
  • Migrated legacy mode 4 to Experimental / Expanded wedges while retaining rendering and input behavior.
  • Read the legacy saved mode before option registration and persisted migration through the documented options API, without editing the settings file directly or overriding later user changes.
  • Author confirmed the modes/layouts worked as expected in-game.

R20 — Expanded-Wedge Rotation Correction — Pre-public

  • Corrected native rotation handedness and artwork phase after screenshots disproved R18's orientation model.
  • Used a +67.5-degree local native rotation and the negative mathematical icon angle for the outer parent.
  • Matched highlighted wedges to cardinal and diagonal icon positions for 8–16 sectors.
  • Preserved input vectors, icon positions, selected names, Confirm, and R19 full-color icons.
  • Added tests reproducing both earlier incorrect screenshots and checking corrected transforms. Live retesting was pending in the revision notes.

R19 — Native Full-Color Icons — Pre-public

  • Added Full-color stratagem icons, enabled by default, using the native stratagem material and channel-color uniforms instead of exposing red/green texture masks.
  • Validated category palette bounds and color values before assignment.
  • Invalidated both wheel-renderer caches when toggling the option.
  • Retained white vertex tint for full-color icons while keeping yellow wedge highlights; disabling the option restored the earlier generic material.
  • Left List and copied Cards under their native renderer.
  • Added material, parameter, toggle-restoration, invalid-palette, and routing tests. Live color verification remained pending.

R18 — Artwork Orientation Attempt — Pre-public

  • Changed expanded-wedge local rotation after R17 showed the selected wedge opposite the correct cursor/name selection.
  • Left pointer integration, icon coordinates, angular selection, and Confirm unchanged.
  • Added art-ray transform checks.
  • Later screenshots disproved the orientation model. R20 superseded this correction.

R17 — Expanded Wedges Prototype — Pre-public

  • Added Expanded wedges as a fourth selection mode, retaining earlier mode values.
  • Displayed up to 16 mission entries without paging using independently allocated native sprites and transforms; did not extend the native wheel's fixed eight-slot arrays.
  • Added angular selection with a center dead zone, center captions, and reuse of the native cursor.
  • Reset selection and gated held Confirm on membership changes; cancelled active jobs when required.
  • Added geometry, constructor, ownership, slot-16 selection, membership-change, and mode-switching tests.
  • Live screenshots subsequently exposed artwork alignment errors addressed in R18 and R20.

R16 — Experimental Mode Integration — Pre-public

  • Added Experimental as mode 3 while preserving Native wheel and List mode values and the addon GUID.
  • Offered copied native row Cards or the eight-slot wheel baseline as Experimental layouts at this stage.
  • Reused the native wheel cursor while suppressing its ring, wedges, names, and icons for copied-row presentation.
  • Restored normal wheel drawing when switching back; layout changes cancelled active sequences and gated held Confirm.
  • Recorded user confirmation that R15 worked in-game. New R16 routing/cursor transitions were fixture-tested; live testing remained pending.

R15 — Native Emote-Style Wheel — Pre-public

  • Constructed an independently owned shared native wheel in the validated HUD context, leaving the original list/cards intact.
  • Populated eight slots from active mission entries ordered by native displayed row position.
  • Added wrapped Next/Previous paging, including partial final pages; membership changes reset paging and active sequences blocked page changes.
  • Used native mouse/stick integration, sector selection, cursor movement, highlights, stratagem icons, and localized center names.
  • Cleared selection on empty sectors and gated held Confirm across page changes.
  • Preserved explicit stratagem Confirm and camera capture without invoking emote gameplay activation.
  • Added aligned storage, ownership checks, native signature guards, and call-boundary diagnostics.
  • Later R16 notes record successful user validation of R15 in-game.

R14 — Native List Navigation Order — Pre-public

  • Fixed Next/Previous jumping between rows by sorting eligible list entries by settled native Y position rather than storage/payload order.
  • Made Next move top-to-bottom and Previous reverse, with wrapping in both directions and deterministic ties.
  • Tracked selected widget identity across native reordering and retained the correct stratagem identity for Confirm.
  • Used target positions to avoid ordering changes during opening animation or highlight scaling; radial slot order was unchanged.
  • Added scrambled-slot, gap, wrap, reorder, identity, empty-list, and single-row tests. Live navigation retesting was pending.

R13 — Radial and Keyboard List Modes — Pre-public

  • Added separate Mouse — radial and Keybindings — list options while preserving existing settings and bindings.
  • Required pointing before radial selection; retained Confirm as the activation action.
  • Kept original native row placement in List mode and highlighted the selected row at 1.10 times its native scale.
  • Added explicit ownership-aware native camera-input capture during focused radial selection, with cleanup on close, focus loss, mode change, disable, or failure.
  • Restored displays and cancelled input on mode changes, suppressing Confirm held across a switch.
  • Added mode-routing, camera-ownership, cleanup, highlight-restoration, and held-confirm tests. Subsequent notes confirmed mode selection worked in-game.

R12 — Maelstrom Definition Alignment — Pre-public

  • Accepted four-byte alignment for packed native stratagem definitions after a Maelstrom definition was incorrectly rejected by the eight-byte check.
  • Retained eight-byte alignment for object pointers and all definition bounds, identity, and direction guards.
  • Added a fixture reproducing Maelstrom's nine-direction sequence and rejection tests for invalid alignment, bounds, and identity.
  • Recorded user confirmation that R11 drawing, pointing, Confirm, and the original list worked. The Maelstrom fix itself still required live retesting.

R11 — UI Context Address Correction — Pre-public

  • Corrected the UI context-manager address from 0x348CE90 to 0x347CE90, resolving R10's early “UI context manager unavailable” guard failure.
  • Changed the fixture to derive the pointer slot from native instruction bytes instead of repeating the same constant and masking the typo.
  • Preserved Arsenal GUID/schema and updated revision/package identity.
  • Subsequent R12 notes recorded successful in-game drawing, pointing, confirmation, and original-list behavior.

R10 — Native HUD Resource Context — Pre-public

  • Added the native widget resource-context scope omitted in R9, deriving and validating it from the original list.
  • Scoped native construction/update calls and checked context-stack capacity, widget context, and restoration after success or Lua errors.
  • Added explicit 16-byte FFI storage alignment and surrounding canaries.
  • Added persisted native-call boundary diagnostics for construction, attachment, updates, pointing, and layout.
  • Investigated an R9 crash on menu opening. Missing context scope was a confirmed defect, but the crash cause was not established by a native stack trace.
  • A mistyped context-manager address prevented the new path from running; R11 corrected it. R8 remained the last confirmed working build at that point.

R9 — Independent Cards and Native Pointing — Pre-public

  • Constructed an owned duplicate root and native cards instead of moving the original top-left list or copying live widgets.
  • Reused duplicate storage across openings, invalidated stale HUD pointers, and retained uncertain linked generations within a bound.
  • Added native mouse/stick direction integration with ellipse-based card selection, a 20% center dead zone, and three-degree hysteresis.
  • Pinned selection during code entry and arbitrated pointing against discrete navigation.
  • Removed the earlier five-kind allowlist in favor of validated mission-owned entries and native definitions.
  • Retained native availability handling; scrambled codes were still unsupported at this stage.
  • Added 1–16-entry layout, ownership, constructor, pointing, and descriptor tests. A live crash on opening prompted the R10/R11 corrections.

R5–R8 — Early Selection Prototypes — Pre-public, partial history

  • The retained changelog groups early work as selection proofs of concept, owned native UI, pointing, and native HUD-context fixes; individual R5–R7 changes are not preserved sufficiently to assign them to exact revisions.
  • Through R8, activation was limited to five captured/validated stratagem kinds: 3, 136, 4, 25, and 33.
  • R9 notes record that R8's activation path had been confirmed in-game, including Autocannon, and that its alignment fixes were retained.
  • These were development prototypes, not public supported releases.

R1–R4 — Early Drawing Work — History unavailable

  • The retained research refers to a preceding Drawing POC4, from which the selection candidate inherited layout/vertical calibration and addon identity.
  • The available repository does not establish a reliable per-revision R1–R4 change list or prove that the drawing-POC numbering maps directly to these release numbers. No individual changes or dates are asserted here.

Sources and scope


Historical failures and superseded approaches are retained to explain why later revisions changed. Unrecorded early revision details have not been invented. This changelog covers documented user-facing behavior, fixes, packaging/documentation changes, and material validation limits through R33; it does not claim new live-game validation.
 
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VoidGoose said:
It might surprise you, but there are those of us whose hands are not what they used to be. There's a lot of us who suffer daily, disabled or otherwise, and just want to enjoy things. Arthritis and Carpal Tunnel are awful. I wish them on no one.

Try and enjoy things.
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There was a similar to this mod called SERAPOD (https://github.com/odessadraekavik/SERAPOD) and in the comment section on Nexus he was talking the same things as you about "helping people with bad health", and as i said over there "i wish that was in Vanilla". But then it got deleted from Nexus.
 
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VoidGoose said:
It might surprise you, but there are those of us whose hands are not what they used to be. There's a lot of us who suffer daily, disabled or otherwise, and just want to enjoy things. Arthritis and Carpal Tunnel are awful. I wish them on no one.

Try and enjoy things.
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This is definitely it. It's been a bit more difficult for me to play some games because I have two types of arthritis on my left hand; around the base of my thumb and the around the knuckles and base of my middle and ring fingers. The latter makes it difficult to type in stratagems fast, so this mod helps me enjoy the game better.
 
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VoidGoose said:
It might surprise you, but there are those of us whose hands are not what they used to be. There's a lot of us who suffer daily, disabled or otherwise, and just want to enjoy things. Arthritis and Carpal Tunnel are awful. I wish them on no one.

Try and enjoy things.
Click to expand...

Seconding this.

This is not a cheat, this is an accessibility feature.
That they are banning even THAT says alot.

When even obvious accessibility mods are starting to get taken down now, we are inofficially at war.
 
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Is bro really WHINING about a QoL mod? Mods, crush their balls...

Jokes aside, this seems better than SERAPOD by quite a lot, for one it being all in-game with no external and the speed it goes? This is wonderful, thank you so much! It will help me greatly, I have a terrible memory (and a bit dyslexic)... This will help when I need to be fast with it! <3
 
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I see your mod got nuked off nexus

dumb af, its clearly an accessibility mod. I would contact them and argue for that.
 
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