This update focuses on refining version 4.5, fixing reported bugs, improving subsystems and visuals, optimizing performance, and introducing new immersive features related to NPC behavior.

🔹 Key Improvements & Fixes

• NPC Enhancements:
  • NPCs now display their name, stats, and appreciation level (with links when fully implemented).
  • NPCs engage in intimacy scenes across the city, based on the time of day and their desires.
• Soul Link System Tweaks:
  • Increased stat gains for NPCs.
  • More significant scaling per stat point.
• Animation & Interaction Fixes:
  • Fixed previously added animations that had issues.
  • Resolved multiple interaction-related bugs.
• Performance & Optimization:
  • Improved memory management.
  • Reduced NPC processing load.
  • Better GPU performance handling.
  • Fixed physics-related issues.
  • Reduced Lag Spike occurrences.

📌 Important Notes

• NPC Merchant Merge (70% Complete): I originally planned to combine casual NPCs and merchants into a single system. This feature is 70% complete, but to avoid delaying the update, it will be added in the next release.
• ⚡ Your Feedback Matters! Let me know if the optimizations improved performance on your side! Feel free to share your experience here or on Discord! 🚀
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