Alec's Tamework! v2.8.4

2.8.4 - Telemetry Integration + Respawn/Needs Stability - 2026-04-20

Added

• Added optional Alec's Telemetry integration detection/bridge support plus a bundled telemetry project descriptor for hosted crash, usage, and performance reporting when Alec's Telemetry is installed.
• Added live Alec's Telemetry event emission for /tw reloadconfig, /tw settings, /tw news, and settings-announcement open/review flows, with built-in hosted project defaults for the Tamework telemetry project.
• Added an Auto-Link toggle to command-item linked panels so newly tamed companions can automatically bind to the first applicable command item in the player's hotbar or inventory, and breeding offspring can inherit Parent A's command tool binding when their owner is online.

Changed

• Updated hosted telemetry descriptors/defaults to target the public Alec's Telemetry endpoints instead of local/dev-only endpoints.
• Updated the linked companion command panel to debounce inline text filtering and avoid redundant refresh/binding work during live updates, reducing panel churn with larger companion lists.

Fixed

• Fixed initial linked companion panel refresh diffing so first-open refreshes no longer do unstable extra redraw work.
• Fixed spawned companions outside breeding inheritance flows losing their initial random attachments when later growing up by seeding stored attachment state during spawn/bootstrap.
• Fixed revived companions carrying stale low-health/needs runtime state after starvation/dehydration deaths and then dying again immediately on respawn.
• Fixed healthy companions still paying the high-frequency natural-regen suppression maintenance cost between normal needs sweeps, reducing unnecessary needs-system work.
• Fixed /tw debugneedsdamage spam so diagnostics now only log active suppression/damage work and can flag likely external damage instead of routine healthy ticks.
• Fixed debug telemetry tooling so injected debug events stay constrained to the intended supported telemetry usage flow.
• Fixed command-linked respawn placement safety so revived companions now require real standable clearance and are less likely to respawn embedded in walls.
• Fixed Tamework custom UI localization regressions that could make pages like the group manager show raw %server... keys instead of resolved text.