RPG OS v0.9.3
RPG OS v0.9.3 — temporary encounter state and consequence continuity
v0.9.3 gives individually participating entities a concrete current basis before their behavior, keeps that basis while needed, and releases inconsequential temporary values when participation reasonably ends. It also makes focused portrayal-source retrieval and two consequence-handling duties explicit in the existing operating cycle.
The public kit remains unbound and ships Freeform only. It includes no campaign world, character, live encounter state or test campaign.
Establish before behavior
Every PLAY response follows Understand → Establish → Resolve → Portray. The model identifies the actual declaration, recovers sufficient authority, resolves from the established basis, then presents the supported perceptible result. The stages can be brief for routine play. A module-prescribed first-focused-portrayal guide must be available before focused physical description; previously retrieved guidance may be reused within its coverage.
Before individual participation, appraisal, initiative or a separately resolved personal decision involving the PC, complete the Initial Encounter Baseline:
| Current field | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| Condition and mode | Present physical, emotional or operational condition and immediate activity. |
| Priorities and constraints | Current aims, needs, commitments, orders and practical limits. |
| Perception and appraisal | Actual detection, received information and current interpretation, including mistakes. |
| Attraction | Where applicable, overall attraction, no particular attraction or aversion within the supported domain. |
| Engagement stance | Current openness and boundaries, or the appropriate nonsocial response policy. |
Each field has a concrete value, supported inapplicability, or a precise source/perception limitation before dependent behavior. Nature, control, capabilities, identity and established history constrain the current state; activation does not require inventing enduring temperament or a biography. Applicable attraction is established even when a person is on duty or partnered. Its finer physical, aesthetic, sexual or romantic meaning may be resolved later when relevant; it does not determine trust, availability, participation or consent.
These are entity-appropriate determinations. A creature, organism, machine or collective uses its actual senses, drives, directives and control. Chemical response and predation do not become interpersonal attraction by analogy. Setup binds usable compatible methods, source routes, constraints and outcome meanings. The OS adds no universal human dice table, and five fields do not require five rolls.
Keep active state; release expired trivia
Merely observing an unaware individual does not activate private state. An individual's own look, appraisal or initiative can activate it before conversation. Focused physical portrayal follows its source trigger independently.
Coordinated conduct uses genuinely shared operational facts. Ten soldiers following patrol procedure need not receive ten personal baselines; a separately responding individual does. Three patrons individually deciding about offered drinks require three bases. Shared control does not grant shared knowledge beyond actual channels.
While participation continues, retain current values through pauses and shifts of attention and update affected fields for actual developments. Genuine deactivation permits releasing inconsequential temporary values. Preserve material observations, identity, relationships, promises, injuries and unresolved consequences. Physical absence alone does not end an ongoing causal exchange.
Later incidental contact may receive fresh eligible temporary values within surviving facts. Historical evidence remains evidence of its time; it does not automatically make expired values current again. A missing still-active or consequential fact is a source gap, not a permitted reset.
Authorized saves place the active temporary set in NOW and consequential individual facts in PEOPLE or their actual system owners. Scene handover preserves the same ownership and limits. This is a working-state policy: it neither erases earlier conversation tokens nor adds an inactive registry, permanent dossier for every contact, per-turn file write or background simulation.
Carry consequences forward
The two additions in LAW's Resolve stage require the GM to:
- Carry established event changes into current working state before continuing, including what affected entities actually perceived. Preserve observation limits and separate observations from interpretations. An event's actual reach governs its audience; unchanged bystanders need no extra entries.
- Check the current conditions, information, means and resources before executing a pending intention or prepared development. Resolve actual interruptions or supported alternatives, preserve unresolved matters, and require a real source and causal development for replacements, repairs or replenishment.
An intention is not a completed action. These duties use existing owners and do not authorize PLAY file writes.
Existing campaigns and evidence limits
Use the compatible upgrade procedure in a protected copy. Valid v0.7.3, v0.8.0, v0.8.1, v8.1.1, v0.9.0, v0.9.1 and v0.9.2 records retain their formats and save identities. Never install blank INSTANCE or ARCHIVE templates over a campaign. Preserve established people, histories, agreements and earlier determinations. Use the accepted method for eligible current gaps; settle only any missing prospective method or permission through upgrade or recalibration. Installation alone does not enable autosave or change a diceless agreement.
Limited paired crowded-scene trials included full saves and fresh-context continuations. They demonstrated successful retention and information-boundary handling in some tested cases, alongside disclosure defects and incomplete coverage. They did not demonstrate a clear advantage from the two Resolve additions or establish long-context memory reliability. Witnesses spoke publicly in both High-reasoning runs, so that repeat did not settle the silent-witness concern. Structural and instruction checks verify their stated scope; they cannot prove private baseline establishment, enjoyable play or model compliance. See verification for observed evidence and limits.