Aldermere 0.4.3: Brown Horse, weather, spears and shields

Mounts#

Buy a Brown Horse at Farmer's Goods for 36,000 Silver Coins
Mount it from your bag outdoors: stand still 1.5s, then ride at 1.5x walk and run speed
Unmount takes 1s. Being hit, attacking, any action, doors and portals put you on foot at once
No riding in dungeons or mounting during combat. You always log in on foot

Weather: Clear, Overcast, Rain and Storm, changing by region. The Great Swamp is never clear; Fallhaven gets the most storms
Storms bring lightning everyone nearby sees at once, with thunder that lags the flash by distance
Rain wets the ground and ripples water; cloud shadows drift over the land
Weather is for looks and sound only. Hover the world clock dial to see what's coming
Potato and Low graphics now get ground mist and haze

NPCs now track threat from damage and healing, and turn to whoever builds clearly more
When their target dies or leaves, NPCs go for the next player instead of resetting
Healing or warding a player draws threat from whatever is fighting them
A lavender ring and eye mark who an NPC is attacking: on enemy bars, the boss bar and party orbs
Bosses gain 50% HP per extra party member nearby, up to 3x for a party of five
Hespera the Bloodwitch calls one Coven Acolyte per party member (was 4). Let one reach her and she can call another wave
Coven Acolytes are tougher
Ward and Ward Other cooldown 10s → 12s
You can walk and run while eating

Spears: one-handed Strength weapons with the Impale special: a 250% thrust that Pins the target in place for 3s (20 MP, 20s cooldown)
Shields: off-hand, adding Armour and +50 to +350 max HP
Both come in Bronze 1, Iron 11, Steel 21, Mithril 31, Ebony 41, Verdite 51 and Tyrian 61 (Strength)

Smithing: spears, shields and fishing rods for every metal, at that metal's usual level
Kindled lasts up to 200 min (was 100)

Fishing rods from Iron to Tyrian (Fishing 11 to 61); the Fishing Rod is now the Bronze Fishing Rod. Smith them or buy them from the Fishmonger
Better rods land bigger fish more often at mixed spots. Catches slow to match, so XP per hour stays the same

New Record button (F10) saves an MP4 of the game with its own sound only, to your Videos/Aldermere folder
Player names, chat, party, social, trade and high scores windows are hidden in the video
Party orbs show your own card first, even solo (Settings > Interface > Show own orb)
Overlapping enemy health bars stack into a column. Click a bar to pick that exact NPC
Hovering a right-click menu row outlines the NPC it names
Your bodies show on the World Map with time left, and their timers pause while the server is down
New Weather volume slider in Audio settings

Buy X and Buy All now buy as many as fit your stock, bag and silver, and say why they stopped

Mouse and keyboard use now count as activity, and crafting or firemaking batches no longer get you logged out as idle
Buff timers like Kindled no longer reset after travelling
Distant players and NPCs no longer stutter between walking and standing
Actions-left estimates are right for skills with fractional XP