Magic Research 2 version 1.5.1 is out!

A new version of Magic Research 2, version 1.5.1, is now out for everyone. This version introduces a small bit of new content: a new enemy that lets you measure DPS, and a new Storyline to go with it. There are changes to some of the icons and colors, a convenience feature to auto-combine all items , many bug fixes, and a few more things.

Full patch notes below.

New features and changes

• One new Storyline and enemy

• Add cause of enemy death to Exploration log

• Add way to measure DPS from various attacks (only on a specific fight, and only on completion of a Storyline)

• Add feature to auto-combine all items to the "More actions..." menu in Inventory

• Change icons of a few items to make it easier to distinguish between them, or to see them

• Tweak the colors of the themes for Earth and for the late-game Elements Death and Holy for better readability and function

• Tweak the icons for the Elements for consistency

• Show the Element icons in the Study screen

• Enlarge pressable area of Familiar row swap button

• Add warning to Retirement screen if a Pilgrimage is unlocked but not completed

• Do not allow selling Storyline reward items via Market Stalls

"Ethereal" enemies no longer appear in Exploration after you finish all Ethereal Truth Storylines, unless you have the Mirror of Truth equipped

• Add option to wait until Familiar is fully healed before exploring

• Ending history will now also record total amount of Storylines available in the game at the time the ending was achieved

• Spell "Status Shield" no longer affects the effects of spells "Soak" and "Soar"

Bug fixes

• Fix Spellcraft Configs not correctly saving the last used slot

• Fix position of Spell and Events menus in RTL layouts

• Fix ghost items appearing in Inventory when removing Spellcrafts under some circumstances

• Fix Wizards being removed from rules when Wizard Chambers are disposed of, even if there are free Wizards

• Fix caching bug when evolving a Familiar

• Fix post-game Universal Challenge hints not disappearing after the constraints disappear

• Fix many strings that were not being translated

• Other minor bugfixes

Balance changes

• Make spell Enchant Spell Catalysts scale logarithmically

• Furniture Spell Catalyst now also has a Max Mana penalty