- Prefer/MC/cast win moderate tip gaps; combat follow and ambient cut-in follow roster
- Dual-light rail when tip touches multiple MCs; record MC↔MC crossover memory
- Earn rivals only from rematches, kin, or war/plot opposition (not single kills)
- Add harness coverage for gap, cast, rival, cross-MC, and ambient cut paths
- Open war/disaster/outbreak crisis overlays with epilogue_crisis closers
- Keep Duel pairs hot only on owned cast; park sleep/freeze; drop ambient scrap pins
- Require a fallen theater partner for survivor aftermath; let king_killed cut mid-fight
- Gate crisis, combat cold, king cut-in, and living-partner aftermath in harness
- Soft-cool kill, courtship, intent, construction, status fx, hatch, rest, and worldlog meta
- Block cooled tips from resuming after a cut-in
- Name only dead theater partners in stands-over aftermath
- Add harness gates through 0.28.54
- Implement new commands for marking combat cold and pushing interest arcs
- Update InterestDirector to manage forced cold combat states for peers
- Introduce frequency adjustments for scoring based on recent arc representation
- Refactor scoring weights to include combat urgency and frequency penalties
- Increment version to 0.28.38 in mod.json and scoring-model.json
- Implement scoring penalties for consecutive same variety arc shows
- Update InterestVariety and InterestScoring to track arc streaks
- Add new commands for noting interest variety in AgentHarness
- Expand HarnessScenarios to test new variety arc mechanics
- Increment version to 0.28.34 in mod.json and scoring-model.json
- Update event catalog to include new decision intents for civilization founding
- Implement soft duel yield mechanics in InterestDirector for combat interactions
- Adjust scoring weights for soft duels and variety valve timings
- Refactor event reasoning to improve spell casting labels and decision handling
- Increment version to 0.28.33 in mod.json
- Introduce variety valve mechanics for cut-in opportunities during combat
- Improve fight balance calculations and scoring based on participant counts
- Add new scenarios for testing variety valve interactions and combat focus
- Update combat event handling to prioritize live fighters over bystanders
- Increment version to 0.27.6 in mod.json