Aldermere 0.2.8: Tighter view range, longer leashes and faster fires

World#

Other players and NPCs appear at 48 m and stay until 64 m (was the whole ~192 m cell square)
Banker spot in Alderwic: about 27 nearby NPCs instead of about 67
Walk toward a camp or herd and they appear at 48 m; walk away and they drop off at 64 m
Trees near you turn on over a few frames instead of a whole tile popping in at once
Wait cover is a parchment plaque
Terrain stream title: Loading terrain (status: Loading terrain...)
Dropped connection title: Reconnecting (status: Reconnecting, please wait...)
First load title: Aldermere Online (status: Loading...)

Potato and Low skip the player shadow-fade pass
Meadow grass still draws on Low and Medium; only High puts main-light shadows on the grass
PC renderer: screen-space reflections off, water height prepass off (cheaper water and terrain)

Auto-retaliate is remappable (Settings → Interface). Default Q (was hardcoded T with no key on the button)
Auto-retaliate button now shows its key hint

Hostile chase (leash) is now 45 m for every goblin, hobgoblin, Skeleton, and Possessed Hobgoblin
Goblin Warrior: leash 18→45
Hobgoblin Runt: leash 18→45
Hobgoblin Warrior: leash 18→45
Skeleton: leash 18→45
Goblin Scout: leash 30→45
The Big Runt: leash 30→45
Goblin Shaman: leash 30→45
Hobgoblin Scout: leash 30→45
Hobgoblin Shaman: leash 30→45
Goblin Runt: leash 50→45
Goblin Leader: leash 50→45
Possessed Hobgoblin: leash 50→45

Lighting a log still starts at 5 s at that log's unlock level
Same overlevel curve as gathering: +7 levels halves time, +14 caps at 25% (1.25 s)
Birchwood (Firemaking 1): 5 s at 1, 2.5 s at 8, 1.25 s at 15+
Oak (Firemaking 11): 5 s at 11, 2.5 s at 18, 1.25 s at 25+
Willow (Firemaking 21): 5 s at 21, 2.5 s at 28, 1.25 s at 35+