- Fixed duplicate titles in Herald/Chronicle messages, including Lord Lord and Commoner Commoner. - Commoners and villagers with no office now correctly display no title/office label. - Improved title/name handling so MCA base names remain intact and localized titles are presentation-only. - Fixed Capitals runtime dialogue responses failing or displaying invalid dialogue keys. - Fixed dialogue initialization conflicts that could leave MCA interaction screens empty or broken. - Improved localization handling across titles, offices, Chronicle entries, dialogue, and dynamic names. - Fixed court dialogue losing the names of unloaded sovereigns, heirs, Hands, and other officials. - Improved legacy Chronicle compatibility so older entries can still be used by the gossip/dialogue system. - Routed Capitals villager speech through MCA's dialogue system where possible instead of ordinary system chat. - Improved compatibility with mods that react to MCA villager speech, including TTS-style integrations. - Fixed royal-marriage Herald formatting so titles/styles are not applied twice. - Fixed a severe StackOverflowError caused by player-house/birth identity inheritance repeatedly triggering identity synchronization. - Added recursion protection to villager identity repair/synchronization while preserving normal surname, House, and inheritance updates.

Fixed an issue that caused some Name tags to duplicate titles.

# MCA Capitals 1.3.5 - Houses & Heraldry ## New Additions - Added a full **House system** for noble and royal families. - Houses can now exist as **Royal, Great, or Noble Houses**. - Added persistent House histories that record House founding, leadership changes, elevations, disinheritance, separation, royal status changes, extinction, and restoration. - Added support for new branches and Houses forming from existing family lines. - Added House succession and automatic changes in House leadership. - Added the **Book of Houses**. - Each Capital can maintain a record of its noble and royal Houses. - House records can include House name, rank, founder, current head, members, history, parent House, and extinct status. - Added a custom **double-page book interface**. - Added the **House Ledger** for House-related interactions and management. - Added the **Declaration of Separation**. - Eligible characters can establish a new House separate from their existing family line. - Newly formed Houses are recorded in House history and succession records. - Added new artwork for the Book of Houses. - Added new artwork for the House Ledger. - Added new House document artwork. - Added a new double-page book interface. - Updated the Capital Chronicle artwork. ## Changes - Expanded the **Decree of the House** system. - Updated House name and House words management. - Redesigned the House document interface. - Expanded Chronicle support for House, royal, and noble events. - Improved Court Herald announcement formatting. - Improved the way titles and forms of address appear in Chronicle entries. - Improved Royal Marriage announcement formatting. - Improved how villager titles are applied and removed. - Improved gender-specific titles. - Improved handling of consorts, dowagers, heirs, nobles, and court officials. - Titles are now handled more consistently as display information instead of becoming part of a villager's permanent name. - House membership now updates as family and political status changes. - House leadership can change through succession. - House history persists as members are elevated, disinherited, separated, or succeed previous House heads. - Improved normal succession handling. - Improved wartime succession handling. - Improved succession involving unloaded rulers and heirs. - Improved syncing of Capital status, villager identity, titles, court positions, and House information. - Improved handling of Capitals and residents across dimensions. - Improved support for unloaded villagers and unloaded chunks. - Improved Ambassador state handling and cooldowns. - Improved diplomatic trade and exchange handling. - Improved server-side court appointments and Royal Scepter actions. - Improved Capital authority checks used by dialogue. - Improved ambient court dialogue syncing and timing. - Improved the use of names, titles, and gendered wording in dialogue. ## Major Bug Fixes - Fixed player sovereigns losing their reign after dying in normal Survival mode. - Player death now triggers succession only in Hardcore. - Fixed several dedicated server menus and dialogue options doing nothing when selected. - Fixed Capital titles and names displaying incorrectly between the server and connected players. - Fixed several systems failing when important villagers were unloaded. - Fixed Capital ownership and lookup issues when Capitals, players, or villagers were in different dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital data remaining after reconnecting or reloading a world. - Fixed several succession cases where a Capital could lose track of its ruler or successor. - Fixed villager identity and title data becoming incorrect after unloading and reloading. - Fixed old Capitals titles becoming permanently attached to villager names. - Fixed Royal Marriage Chronicle and Herald announcements displaying incorrectly. - Fixed campaign participants becoming desynchronized after unloading or changing dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital records leaving behind related diplomacy, campaign, justice, refugee, betrothal, and other Capital state. ## Minor Bug Fixes - Fixed several cases of incorrect gendered titles. - Fixed inconsistent names and titles after marriage. - Fixed title restoration when villagers changed rank or office. - Fixed some incorrect consort, dowager, heir, and noble title displays. - Fixed several court roles remaining assigned incorrectly after leadership changes. - Fixed Ambassador cooldown state not always resetting correctly. - Fixed some diplomatic interactions retaining outdated Capital information. - Fixed ambient Capital chatter behaving incorrectly on dedicated servers. - Fixed dialogue occasionally using outdated names or titles. - Fixed several population and resident tracking inconsistencies. - Fixed outdated cached Capital information surviving world reloads. - Fixed several issues involving villagers entering or leaving loaded chunks. - Fixed wartime succession edge cases. - Fixed combat-related villager state not always being restored correctly after campaigns. - Fixed some Royal Scepter actions not being handled correctly server-side. - Fixed several House and Chronicle formatting inconsistencies. - Various additional multiplayer, dialogue, marriage, title, succession, and Capital-state fixes.

# MCA Capitals 1.3.5 - Houses & Heraldry ## New Additions - Added a full **House system** for noble and royal families. - Houses can now exist as **Royal, Great, or Noble Houses**. - Added persistent House histories that record House founding, leadership changes, elevations, disinheritance, separation, royal status changes, extinction, and restoration. - Added support for new branches and Houses forming from existing family lines. - Added House succession and automatic changes in House leadership. - Added the **Book of Houses**. - Each Capital can maintain a record of its noble and royal Houses. - House records can include House name, rank, founder, current head, members, history, parent House, and extinct status. - Added a custom **double-page book interface**. - Added the **House Ledger** for House-related interactions and management. - Added the **Declaration of Separation**. - Eligible characters can establish a new House separate from their existing family line. - Newly formed Houses are recorded in House history and succession records. - Added new artwork for the Book of Houses. - Added new artwork for the House Ledger. - Added new House document artwork. - Added a new double-page book interface. - Updated the Capital Chronicle artwork. ## Changes - Expanded the **Decree of the House** system. - Updated House name and House words management. - Redesigned the House document interface. - Expanded Chronicle support for House, royal, and noble events. - Improved Court Herald announcement formatting. - Improved the way titles and forms of address appear in Chronicle entries. - Improved Royal Marriage announcement formatting. - Improved how villager titles are applied and removed. - Improved gender-specific titles. - Improved handling of consorts, dowagers, heirs, nobles, and court officials. - Titles are now handled more consistently as display information instead of becoming part of a villager's permanent name. - House membership now updates as family and political status changes. - House leadership can change through succession. - House history persists as members are elevated, disinherited, separated, or succeed previous House heads. - Improved normal succession handling. - Improved wartime succession handling. - Improved succession involving unloaded rulers and heirs. - Improved syncing of Capital status, villager identity, titles, court positions, and House information. - Improved handling of Capitals and residents across dimensions. - Improved support for unloaded villagers and unloaded chunks. - Improved Ambassador state handling and cooldowns. - Improved diplomatic trade and exchange handling. - Improved server-side court appointments and Royal Scepter actions. - Improved Capital authority checks used by dialogue. - Improved ambient court dialogue syncing and timing. - Improved the use of names, titles, and gendered wording in dialogue. ## Major Bug Fixes - Fixed player sovereigns losing their reign after dying in normal Survival mode. - Player death now triggers succession only in Hardcore. - Fixed several dedicated server menus and dialogue options doing nothing when selected. - Fixed Capital titles and names displaying incorrectly between the server and connected players. - Fixed several systems failing when important villagers were unloaded. - Fixed Capital ownership and lookup issues when Capitals, players, or villagers were in different dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital data remaining after reconnecting or reloading a world. - Fixed several succession cases where a Capital could lose track of its ruler or successor. - Fixed villager identity and title data becoming incorrect after unloading and reloading. - Fixed old Capitals titles becoming permanently attached to villager names. - Fixed Royal Marriage Chronicle and Herald announcements displaying incorrectly. - Fixed campaign participants becoming desynchronized after unloading or changing dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital records leaving behind related diplomacy, campaign, justice, refugee, betrothal, and other Capital state. ## Minor Bug Fixes - Fixed several cases of incorrect gendered titles. - Fixed inconsistent names and titles after marriage. - Fixed title restoration when villagers changed rank or office. - Fixed some incorrect consort, dowager, heir, and noble title displays. - Fixed several court roles remaining assigned incorrectly after leadership changes. - Fixed Ambassador cooldown state not always resetting correctly. - Fixed some diplomatic interactions retaining outdated Capital information. - Fixed ambient Capital chatter behaving incorrectly on dedicated servers. - Fixed dialogue occasionally using outdated names or titles. - Fixed several population and resident tracking inconsistencies. - Fixed outdated cached Capital information surviving world reloads. - Fixed several issues involving villagers entering or leaving loaded chunks. - Fixed wartime succession edge cases. - Fixed combat-related villager state not always being restored correctly after campaigns. - Fixed some Royal Scepter actions not being handled correctly server-side. - Fixed several House and Chronicle formatting inconsistencies. - Various additional multiplayer, dialogue, marriage, title, succession, and Capital-state fixes.

# MCA Capitals 1.3.5 - Houses & Heraldry ## New Additions - Added a full **House system** for noble and royal families. - Houses can now exist as **Royal, Great, or Noble Houses**. - Added persistent House histories that record House founding, leadership changes, elevations, disinheritance, separation, royal status changes, extinction, and restoration. - Added support for new branches and Houses forming from existing family lines. - Added House succession and automatic changes in House leadership. - Added the **Book of Houses**. - Each Capital can maintain a record of its noble and royal Houses. - House records can include House name, rank, founder, current head, members, history, parent House, and extinct status. - Added a custom **double-page book interface**. - Added the **House Ledger** for House-related interactions and management. - Added the **Declaration of Separation**. - Eligible characters can establish a new House separate from their existing family line. - Newly formed Houses are recorded in House history and succession records. - Added new artwork for the Book of Houses. - Added new artwork for the House Ledger. - Added new House document artwork. - Added a new double-page book interface. - Updated the Capital Chronicle artwork. ## Changes - Expanded the **Decree of the House** system. - Updated House name and House words management. - Redesigned the House document interface. - Expanded Chronicle support for House, royal, and noble events. - Improved Court Herald announcement formatting. - Improved the way titles and forms of address appear in Chronicle entries. - Improved Royal Marriage announcement formatting. - Improved how villager titles are applied and removed. - Improved gender-specific titles. - Improved handling of consorts, dowagers, heirs, nobles, and court officials. - Titles are now handled more consistently as display information instead of becoming part of a villager's permanent name. - House membership now updates as family and political status changes. - House leadership can change through succession. - House history persists as members are elevated, disinherited, separated, or succeed previous House heads. - Improved normal succession handling. - Improved wartime succession handling. - Improved succession involving unloaded rulers and heirs. - Improved syncing of Capital status, villager identity, titles, court positions, and House information. - Improved handling of Capitals and residents across dimensions. - Improved support for unloaded villagers and unloaded chunks. - Improved Ambassador state handling and cooldowns. - Improved diplomatic trade and exchange handling. - Improved server-side court appointments and Royal Scepter actions. - Improved Capital authority checks used by dialogue. - Improved ambient court dialogue syncing and timing. - Improved the use of names, titles, and gendered wording in dialogue. ## Major Bug Fixes - Fixed player sovereigns losing their reign after dying in normal Survival mode. - Player death now triggers succession only in Hardcore. - Fixed several dedicated server menus and dialogue options doing nothing when selected. - Fixed Capital titles and names displaying incorrectly between the server and connected players. - Fixed several systems failing when important villagers were unloaded. - Fixed Capital ownership and lookup issues when Capitals, players, or villagers were in different dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital data remaining after reconnecting or reloading a world. - Fixed several succession cases where a Capital could lose track of its ruler or successor. - Fixed villager identity and title data becoming incorrect after unloading and reloading. - Fixed old Capitals titles becoming permanently attached to villager names. - Fixed Royal Marriage Chronicle and Herald announcements displaying incorrectly. - Fixed campaign participants becoming desynchronized after unloading or changing dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital records leaving behind related diplomacy, campaign, justice, refugee, betrothal, and other Capital state. ## Minor Bug Fixes - Fixed several cases of incorrect gendered titles. - Fixed inconsistent names and titles after marriage. - Fixed title restoration when villagers changed rank or office. - Fixed some incorrect consort, dowager, heir, and noble title displays. - Fixed several court roles remaining assigned incorrectly after leadership changes. - Fixed Ambassador cooldown state not always resetting correctly. - Fixed some diplomatic interactions retaining outdated Capital information. - Fixed ambient Capital chatter behaving incorrectly on dedicated servers. - Fixed dialogue occasionally using outdated names or titles. - Fixed several population and resident tracking inconsistencies. - Fixed outdated cached Capital information surviving world reloads. - Fixed several issues involving villagers entering or leaving loaded chunks. - Fixed wartime succession edge cases. - Fixed combat-related villager state not always being restored correctly after campaigns. - Fixed some Royal Scepter actions not being handled correctly server-side. - Fixed several House and Chronicle formatting inconsistencies. - Various additional multiplayer, dialogue, marriage, title, succession, and Capital-state fixes.

# MCA Capitals 1.3.5 - Houses & Heraldry ## New Additions - Added a full **House system** for noble and royal families. - Houses can now exist as **Royal, Great, or Noble Houses**. - Added persistent House histories that record House founding, leadership changes, elevations, disinheritance, separation, royal status changes, extinction, and restoration. - Added support for new branches and Houses forming from existing family lines. - Added House succession and automatic changes in House leadership. - Added the **Book of Houses**. - Each Capital can maintain a record of its noble and royal Houses. - House records can include House name, rank, founder, current head, members, history, parent House, and extinct status. - Added a custom **double-page book interface**. - Added the **House Ledger** for House-related interactions and management. - Added the **Declaration of Separation**. - Eligible characters can establish a new House separate from their existing family line. - Newly formed Houses are recorded in House history and succession records. - Added new artwork for the Book of Houses. - Added new artwork for the House Ledger. - Added new House document artwork. - Added a new double-page book interface. - Updated the Capital Chronicle artwork. ## Changes - Expanded the **Decree of the House** system. - Updated House name and House words management. - Redesigned the House document interface. - Expanded Chronicle support for House, royal, and noble events. - Improved Court Herald announcement formatting. - Improved the way titles and forms of address appear in Chronicle entries. - Improved Royal Marriage announcement formatting. - Improved how villager titles are applied and removed. - Improved gender-specific titles. - Improved handling of consorts, dowagers, heirs, nobles, and court officials. - Titles are now handled more consistently as display information instead of becoming part of a villager's permanent name. - House membership now updates as family and political status changes. - House leadership can change through succession. - House history persists as members are elevated, disinherited, separated, or succeed previous House heads. - Improved normal succession handling. - Improved wartime succession handling. - Improved succession involving unloaded rulers and heirs. - Improved syncing of Capital status, villager identity, titles, court positions, and House information. - Improved handling of Capitals and residents across dimensions. - Improved support for unloaded villagers and unloaded chunks. - Improved Ambassador state handling and cooldowns. - Improved diplomatic trade and exchange handling. - Improved server-side court appointments and Royal Scepter actions. - Improved Capital authority checks used by dialogue. - Improved ambient court dialogue syncing and timing. - Improved the use of names, titles, and gendered wording in dialogue. ## Major Bug Fixes - Fixed player sovereigns losing their reign after dying in normal Survival mode. - Player death now triggers succession only in Hardcore. - Fixed several dedicated server menus and dialogue options doing nothing when selected. - Fixed Capital titles and names displaying incorrectly between the server and connected players. - Fixed several systems failing when important villagers were unloaded. - Fixed Capital ownership and lookup issues when Capitals, players, or villagers were in different dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital data remaining after reconnecting or reloading a world. - Fixed several succession cases where a Capital could lose track of its ruler or successor. - Fixed villager identity and title data becoming incorrect after unloading and reloading. - Fixed old Capitals titles becoming permanently attached to villager names. - Fixed Royal Marriage Chronicle and Herald announcements displaying incorrectly. - Fixed campaign participants becoming desynchronized after unloading or changing dimensions. - Fixed stale Capital records leaving behind related diplomacy, campaign, justice, refugee, betrothal, and other Capital state. ## Minor Bug Fixes - Fixed several cases of incorrect gendered titles. - Fixed inconsistent names and titles after marriage. - Fixed title restoration when villagers changed rank or office. - Fixed some incorrect consort, dowager, heir, and noble title displays. - Fixed several court roles remaining assigned incorrectly after leadership changes. - Fixed Ambassador cooldown state not always resetting correctly. - Fixed some diplomatic interactions retaining outdated Capital information. - Fixed ambient Capital chatter behaving incorrectly on dedicated servers. - Fixed dialogue occasionally using outdated names or titles. - Fixed several population and resident tracking inconsistencies. - Fixed outdated cached Capital information surviving world reloads. - Fixed several issues involving villagers entering or leaving loaded chunks. - Fixed wartime succession edge cases. - Fixed combat-related villager state not always being restored correctly after campaigns. - Fixed some Royal Scepter actions not being handled correctly server-side. - Fixed several House and Chronicle formatting inconsistencies. - Various additional multiplayer, dialogue, marriage, title, succession, and Capital-state fixes.

- Fixed Capitals villager menu selections not responding correctly on dedicated servers. - Fixed several villager name and title display issues in multiplayer. - Improved synchronization of titles, offices, House names, and villager identities between server and clients. - Fixed title/name updates sometimes remaining outdated until a later refresh. - Fixed localized dialogue handling on dedicated servers. - Removed several cases where server logic incorrectly relied on rendered English title text. - Fixed Decree of the House using displayed titles instead of a villager’s actual name. - Fixed unloaded villagers occasionally displaying incorrect names or UUIDs in court and succession events. - Improved persistence of villager names and identities when chunks unload and reload. Don't worry guys, I'll figure this out eventually :'D

- Improved dedicated server compatibility for MCA Capitals. - Fixed several multiplayer issues affecting custom menus, ambient dialogue, and herald announcements. - Improved villager title/name handling and localization. - Improved House revision syncing so Decree of the House changes apply consistently across House members.

- Now it should also restore the names that the server previously could not read after localization update 1.3.0

- Fixed titled MCA villager names displaying incorrectly or losing the villager’s original name. - Reworked name handling to preserve MCA’s underlying base/citizen name instead of parsing the rendered display name. - Removed reliance on hardcoded English title detection and prefix stripping. - Preserved full localization support by continuing to use translatable components and language-file formatting.