Overview

Generates lines of changes for all data pages. See [[Category:Changelog Dates]] for the dates of all changelogs, and Changelogs for list of all the data pages that contain a Changelog.

How to edit changelogs

Each changelogs should be exactly as written on the forum post, so edits are rarely justified, below are the exceptions to look out for

Typos by the poster should have {{sic}} added so that readers know the typoe was intentionally written verbatim
An entity's name is old, i.e. Yamato's Shadow Explosion was renamed to Shadow Transformation. See #Missing tags for detailed examples
Similarly named but unrelated entities (tags) are both mistakenly assigned, i.e. Barrage and Heavy Barrage. See #Similar tags are assigned for detailed examples
Entity is referenced but isn't affected by the change. See #Tag referenced but unaffected for a detailed example

What are tags?

Each line in a changelog is parsed by User:DeadBot to have certain tags assigned to it. For example, if the forum post looks like Abrams: Shoulder Bash blah blah

It will be assigned tags, Shoulder Bash since its named explicitly, and therefore Ability, Abrams, and Hero. This will make this line added to all changelogs on pages Abrams/Update history, Shoulder Bash/Update history, Ability/Update history, and Hero/Update history.

Similarly, for the line Warp Stone: Distance traveled blah blah, the tags assigned would be Warp Stone since its named explicitly, along with the tags Item and Weapon Item.

Missing tags

Given the line Yamato: Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15, User:DeadBot will be able to assign the Yamato tag, but will not know which ability it is referring to, as Yamato's ability was renamed to Shadow Transformation. This would originally appear as

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Yamato}}: Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15",
        "Tags": [
            "Yamato",
            "Hero"
        ]

To correct is, simply add the related tags for Shadow Transformation. To determine the related tags, see To see all related tags, see Module:Changelog/doc#Tag tree. Add the call to Template:PageRef in the description. The alt_name parameter will need to be passed to nickname the ability as Shadow Explosion, so that it stays written as is, but still links and is added to the relevant pages. The corrected changelog would then be

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Yamato}}: {{PageRef|Shadow Transformation|alt_name=Shadow Explosion}} bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15",
        "Tags": [
            "Yamato",
            "Hero",
            "Ability",
            "Shadow Transformation"
        ]

Similar tags are assigned

Given the line * McGinnis: Heavy Barrage spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.35, User:DeadBot will see both McGinnis' Heavy Barrage ability and Pocket's Barrage ability and assign both as tags. This would originally appear as

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|McGinnis}}: {{PageRef|Heavy Barrage}} spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.35",
        "Tags": [
            "McGinnis",
            "Hero",
            "Heavy Barrage",
            "Ability",
            "Barrage",
            "Pocket"
        ]

To correct it, first determine if its referring to McGinnis' Heavy Barrage or Pocket's Barrage. In this case, it is quite obvious that its referring to McGinnis' Heavy Barrage. Then, simply remove all tags related to Pocket's Barrage. This includes both "Barrage" and "Pocket". To determine all related tags, see Module:Changelog/doc#Tag tree.

The corrected list of tags would then be

        "Tags": [
            "McGinnis",
            "Hero",
            "Heavy Barrage",
            "Ability",
        ]

Similarly, for the following example

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Torment Pulse}}: Interval improved from 2s to 1.5s",
        "Tags": [
            "Torment Pulse",
            "Item",
            "Spirit Item",
            "Pulse",
            "Ability",
            "Rutger",
            "Hero"
        ]

It is actually referring to Torment Pulse the Item, so the tags "Pulse", "Ability", and "Rutger", "Hero" would all need to be removed.

Another example, given the line:

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Cosmic Veil|alt_name=Veil}} {{PageRef|Walker}}: Cooldown increased from 20s to 25s",
        "Tags": [
            "Veil Walker",
            "Item",
            "Vitality Item",
            "Objective",
            "NPC",
            "Walker"
            "Cosmic Veil"
        ]

Here, the changelog is clearly referring to the item Veil Walker, not Cosmic Veils and Walkers. The fixed line would be:

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Veil Walker}}: Cooldown increased from 20s to 25s",
        "Tags": [
            "Veil Walker",
            "Item",
            "Vitality Item",
            "Objective",
            "NPC",
        ]

Tag referenced but unaffected

Given the line Surge of Power: When the passive procs, you no longer get slowed when shooting (similar to Fleetfoot)., User:DeadBot will assign the tag Fleetfoot and all its related tags, even if Fleetfloot wasn't actually changed or modified at all. This would originally appear as

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Surge of Power}}: When the passive procs, you no longer get slowed when shooting (similar to {{PageRef|Fleetfoot}})",
        "Tags": [
            "Fleetfoot",
            "Item",
            "Weapon Item",
            "Surge of Power",
            "Spirit Item"
        ]

To correct it, remove Fleetfoot and all its related tags (Weapon Item tag in this case), but leave the call to PageRef so that it can still refer users to the Fleetfoot page. After correction it should be

        "Description": "* {{PageRef|Surge of Power}}: When the passive procs, you no longer get slowed when shooting (similar to {{PageRef|Fleetfoot}})",
        "Tags": [
            "Item",
            "Surge of Power",
            "Spirit Item"
        ]

Tag tree

The tag tree is how to determine what tags are related. Given a tag, the tags that are in the same chain and have a shorter indentation will/should also be added to the list of tags.

For example, any change to Frost Bomb will also be referenced on the pages Ability, Kelvin, and Hero.

Hero
- <hero_name> i.e. Abrams
  - Ability
    - <ability_name> i.e. Frost Bomb
Item
- Weapon Item
  - <weapon_item_name> i.e. Basic Magazine
- Vitality Item
  - <vitality_item_name> i.e. Extra Health
- Spirit Item
  - <spirit_item_name> i.e. Boundless Spirit
Map
Other

More Tag tree examples:

If Map tag is assigned, no other tags should be assigned
If Weapon Item is assigned, Basic Magazine shouldn't be assigned unless it is also referenced in the line, but Item should be assigned
If Basic Magazine is assigned, Weapon Item, and Item should be assigned

The full tree can be found at Changelogs

Functions

All of these functions are callable by wikitext, i.e. {{#invoke|Changelog|invokable_name|param1|paramN}}

write_changelog_by_tag

The main invokable that will be used. Given a specific tag, it outputs all relevant changelogs from all dates in a Template:Update history table.

Parameters

tag - Tag to search relevant changelogs for. Should be localized, i.e. Abrams for hero_atlas in english.
num_dates - (OPTIONAL) Number of dates to add, recommend 3 for articles. If unprovided, defaults to all.

Examples

For use on Pocket/Update history: {{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_tag|Pocket}}

Outputs

Update	Changes

For use on Pocket#Update history: {{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_tag|Pocket|3}}

Outputs

Update	Changes

write_changelog_by_date_id

Write's a specific date's changelog, as opposed to a specific tag's changelog.

Parameters

date_id_to_write - Date-id to write, format yyyy-mm-dd, view all at [[Category:Changelog Dates]]

Examples

{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_date_id|2024-05-03}}

Updates
← N/A	2024-05-03	2024-05-10 →

Patch notes

General Changes

==
* Added a Recommend A Friend button to the dashboard that you can use to send us requests for people to include in our playtesting
* Added a Resources page to the dashboard which contains a browsable item

shop
* Added overhead text display when another hero uses active items
* The hotkeys F1-F5 to change cameras to allied heroes now maps directly to the order of heroes on the top bar left to right
* Added the

Patron to the spectate-when-dead cycle if the enemy is in your base or everyone on your team is dead
* Added support for Flex Items in the Hero Sandbox
* Increased the range of the mouse sensitivity slider from 0.5→4.0 to 0.05→8.0
* Increased the default framerate cap from 120 to 400
* Improved UI display when endgame objectives are being attacked
* Added music for when the base is under attack
* Changed the local player icon on the the

minimap to always be on top of enemy icons
*

Shop music will now only play for

shops players can access
* Postgame graphs now default to team stats rather than individual
* Added borders around hero icons on the

minimap when watching replays/spectating
* Top bar now shows incoming players before they are fully connected
* Added console command to hide the bar at the bottom in replays ('citadel_hide_replay_hud 1' to hide it, 'citadel_hide_replay_hud 0' to bring it back)
* Various VOIP improvements
* Fixed open mic threshold
* Fixed various consistency issues with the presentation of

Souls terminology, icons, etc
* Fixed

Flying Cloak teleporting players into geometry or out of the world
* Fixed

Warp Stone teleporting you through geometry
* Fixed

Fixation decimal point display
* Fixed Parry animation not playing
* Fixed various issues with the spectate UI display
* Removed the slow climbing vertical recoil on

Yamato's alt fire
* Fixed AP count not showing if you are dead, spectating a team mate or when holding alt/tab to upgrade your abilities

Gameplay Changes

==
*

Troopers DPS vs Lane

Guardians reduced from 44 to 36
* Objectives now have 80% damage reduction anti-backdoor defense when there haven't been creeps nearby in a while
* The uncapturable zipline nodes near your base now extend out 2 more nodes (this means attackers can't capture ziplines quite as close to the enemy base)
* You are now silenced while carrying the Urn
* Urn bounty increased from 900 + 160/minute to 900 + 200/minute
*

Vaults base bounty increased from 150 to 200
*

Abrams: Base Health increased from 550 to 600
*

Abrams:

Siphon DPS increased from 24 to 35
*

Bebop: Weapon no longer has horizontal/vertical recoil
*

Dynamo:

Singularity DPS increased from 48 to 60
*

Dynamo:

Singularity T3 Max HP DPS increased from 3.2% to 3.8%
*

Grey Talon: Charge Shot damage increased from 95 to 105
*

Grey Talon: Charge Shot T2 damage reduced from 80 to 70
*

Grey Talon:

Guided Owl damage increased from 200 to 300
*

Haze:

Bullet Dance bonus Fire Rate reduced from +30 to +20
*

Haze:

Smoke Bomb duration scaling from Spirit improved from 0.2 to 0.3
*

Infernus:

Catalyst no longer slows

Infernus to 1.3 m/s during the cast delay
*

Infernus:

Concussive Combustion damage increased from 130 to 160
*

Kelvin:

Frost Grenade T3 bonus damage increased from +100 to +175
*

Lady Geist: Blood Bomb damage increased from 80 to 100
*

Lady Geist: Blood Bomb T2 damage increased from +65 to +70
*

Lady Geist: Blood Bomb tooltip fixed to reference the correct self damage type and that it can be reduced with armor
*

Lady Geist:

Malice damage amp per shard increased from 10% to 15%
*

Lash:

Grapple cooldown reduced from 55 to 45
*

Lash:

Flog Damage increased from 55 to 65
*

Lash:

Flog lifesteal from heroes increased from 70% to 80% of damage dealt
*

Lash:

Flog lifesteal from non-heroes reduced from 35% to 30% of damage dealt
*

Lash:

Death Slam T1 from +3m to +5m
*

Lash: Fixed

Death Slam's targeting cone not finding enemies near the edges
*

Lash: Fixed

Death Slam to only target enemies who stay in the targeting cone
*

McGinnis:

Heavy Barrage now reduces your speed rather than setting it to a low cap (by itself this change isn't a buff or a nerf, but it allows you to buy items to move faster during the ultimate)
*

McGinnis:

Heavy Barrage camera interaction with

Fleetfoot Boots has been fixed
*

Mo & Krill:

Sand Blast range increased from 25m to 30m
*

Mo & Krill:

Sand Blast width increased from 3m to 5m
*

Mo & Krill:

Sand Blast is now permissive with small obstructions in the way
*

Mo & Krill:

Burrow no longer loses its state as you change elevations
*

Mo & Krill:

Burrow now knocks enemies up when you come up
*

Mo & Krill:

Combo DPS increased from 50 to 60
*

Mo & Krill: No longer listed as a recommended new player hero
*

Vindicta: Base Bullet Damage reduced from 15 to 14
*

Vindicta: Bullet Damage gained per boon reduced from 0.88 to 0.7 (these are gained occasionally as you earn souls, up to 11 times)
*

Vindicta:

Stake T1 bonus duration reduced from +1.5s to +1.0s
*

Vindicta: Is now a recommended hero for new players
*

Yamato:

Crimson Slash radius increased from 11m to 12m
*

Yamato:

Crimson Slash fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
*

Yamato:

Crimson Slash T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
*

Yamato:

Crimson Slash T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"
*

Yamato:

Power Slash T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%
*

Yamato:

Flying Strike cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
*

Yamato:

Flying Strike T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
*

Yamato:

Flying Strike range no longer scales with Spirit
*

Yamato: Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15
*

Yamato: Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
*

Yamato: Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s

write_data_pages_list

Writes list of all changelog data pages using the list of patches at Data:ChangelogConfigs.json. Used on [[Category:Changelog Dates]].

Parameters

None

Examples

{{#invoke:Changelog|write_data_pages_list}}

Outputs

get_last_updated

Retrieve the last (or first) date that a tag was updated on. Planned to be used on a given tag's page, i.e. Abrams's infobox could mention that it was last updated on 2024-05-03, or that Mirage was released on 2024-05-03, etc.

Parameters

tag - Tag to search
last_or_first - Named optional - Must be last or first - defaults to last - Retrieves last or first date

Examples

Example using last {{#invoke:Changelog|get_last_updated|Basic Magazine}}

Outputs

Lua error at line 179: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).

Example using first {{#invoke:Changelog|get_last_updated|Basic Magazine|last_or_first=first}}

Outputs

Lua error at line 179: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).

local p = {};
local date_module = require('Module:Date')
local changelog_configs = mw.loadJsonData("Data:ChangelogConfigs.json")
local tag_tree = mw.loadJsonData("Data:ChangelogTagTree.json")
local dictionary_module = require('Module:Dictionary')

-- Takes in changelog_configs
-- Returns [oldest_id, next_oldest_id, ..., newest_id]
local function get_ordered_ids(data)
	-- Collect the keys into a table
    local keys = {}
    for key in pairs(data) do
        table.insert(keys, key)
    end

    -- Sort the keys (ascending order)
    table.sort(keys)

    -- Build an ordered array
    local ordered_array = {}
    for _, key in ipairs(keys) do
        table.insert(ordered_array, key)
    end

    return ordered_array	
end

--Global scope
local ordered_ids = get_ordered_ids(changelog_configs)

--Only Data:Changelog_05-03-2024.json is loaded right now, as it still needs work and for now it was uploaded manually, need an uploader script to handle it
--Returns all lines of a given date that has that tag
local function write_changelog_lines(id, config, tag_to_filter) 
	-- Get the data for the respective line
	local page_name = id_to_changelog_data_page(id)
	local title = mw.title.new(page_name)
	if not (title and title.exists) then
		return ""
	end
	local changelog_data = mw.loadJsonData(page_name)
	
	local lines = ""
	for index, line in ipairs(changelog_data) do
		description = line["Description"]
		if tag_to_filter == 'All' then
			lines = lines .. description .. "<br>"
		else
			for index2, tag in ipairs(line["Tags"]) do
				if tag == tag_to_filter then
					lines = lines .. description .. "<br>"
				end
			end
		end
	end
	return lines
end

-- Write changelogs table
p.write_changelog_by_tag = function(frame)
	tag = frame.args[1]
	num_dates_str = frame.args[2]
	local num_dates
	if (tag == nil) then return "tag parameter must be provided" end
	if (num_dates_str ~= nil) then
		num_dates = tonumber(num_dates_str)
		if (num_dates == nil) then return "num_dates parameter must be numerical" end
	end
	
	local template_title = "Update history table"
	local template_args = {}
	local content = "\n"
	
	-- Write changelog for each date
	for index, id in ipairs(ordered_ids) do
		config = changelog_configs[id]
		if (num_dates_str ~= nil and index > num_dates) then
			break
		else
			local date = config["date"]
			local template_title_row = "Update history table/row"
			local template_args_row = {}
			local changes
			--05-03-2024 to May 3, 2024
			template_args_row["update"] = date_module.format_date(date)
			template_args_row["changes"] = write_changelog_lines(id, config, tag_to_filter)
			if (template_args_row["changes"] ~= "") then
				changes = mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{ title = template_title_row, args = template_args_row }
			else
				changes = ""
			end
			
			content = content .. mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess(changes) .. "\n"
		end
		index = index+1
	end
	
	template_args["contents"] = content
	
	return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{ title = template_title, args = template_args }
end

function id_to_changelog_data_page(id)
	return "Data:Changelog " .. id .. ".json"	
end

--Shows all changelog date data pages as a list of pages
p.write_data_pages_list = function(frame)
	local str = ""
	
	for i, id in ipairs(ordered_ids) do
		str = str .. "[[" .. id_to_changelog_data_page(id) .. "]]<br>"
	end
	
	return str
end

p.write_changelog_by_date_id = function(frame)
	local date_id_to_write = frame.args[1]
	
	-- Determine the previous and next update
	-- Find the index in dates list
	--ordered_ids defined at global scope
	local previous_id = ''
	local the_id = ''
	local next_id = ''
	local id_found = false
	for i, id in ipairs(ordered_ids) do
		if id == date_id_to_write then
			--id found
			the_id = id
			id_found = true
		elseif id_found and next_id == '' then --on next iteration, save the next id
			next_id = id
			break
		end
		
		if not id_found then
			previous_id = id -- only update previous if the_id isnt found
		end
	end
	if not id_found then
		return "date_id " .. date_id_to_write .. " not found"
	end
	
	local config = changelog_configs[the_id]
	local template_title = 'Update layout'
	local template_args = {
		['prev_update'] = prev_id,
		['current_update'] = the_id,
		['next_update'] = next_id,
		['source'] = config[link],
		['source_title'] = the_id .. ' Update',
		['notes'] = mw.getCurrentFrame():preprocess(write_changelog_lines(the_id, config, 'All'))
	}

	return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{title = template_title, args = template_args}
end

p.get_last_updated = function(frame)
	local tag_to_search = frame.args[1]
	local last_or_first = frame.args["last_or_first"]
	if last_or_first == nil or last_or_first ~= 'last' then
		last_or_first = 'first'
	end
	
	local list
	if last_or_first == 'last' then
		list = ordered_ids
	else
		-- Create the list in reverse
		local list = {}
		for i = #ordered_ids, 1, -1 do
			table.insert(list, ordered_ids[i])
		end
	end
    
	
	-- Iterate changelog dates
	for i, id in ipairs(list) do
		-- If next changelog data page doesn't yet exist, return latest page that exists
		local page_name = id_to_changelog_data_page(id)
		local title = mw.title.new(page_name)
		if not (title and title.exists) then
			return '[[Update:' .. id .. '|' .. id .. ']]'
		end
		
		local changelog_data = mw.loadJsonData(page_name)
		
		-- Iterate lines
		for _, line in ipairs(changelog_data) do
			local tags = line['Tags']
			
			-- Iterate tags
			for _, tag in ipairs(tags) do
				if tag_to_search == tag then
					return '[[Update:' .. id .. '|' .. id .. ']]'
				end
			end
		end
	end
	
	return dictionary_module.translate('N/A')
end

function p.write_tag_tree(frame)
	return p.write_branch(tag_tree, 1)
end
	
function p.write_branch(branch, depth)
	local list_str = ""
	if branch == nil then return "" end
	
	for parent, children in pairs(branch) do
		list_str = list_str .. string.rep("*", depth) .. string.format("[[%s#Update history|%s]]\n", parent, parent)
		if children ~= nil then
			list_str = list_str .. p.write_branch(children, depth+1)
		end
	end
	
	return list_str
end

return p