Random Events: Anniversary update v2.0 [Changelog] (Patreon)

A very big anniversary update with new mechanics (experimental, will be refined further), new events, and other interesting updates! The world stops being a stream of one-shot events and starts to feel alive: incidents evolve over time, emergency services drive in, the pace ebbs and flows, and your good deeds earn a rank. 59 events become 75.

New systems:

- Living Incidents - a crash can now grow into a whole incident on one spot over about a minute: it catches fire, emergency services are dispatched, the lane is cordoned, the fire is put out, and finally the road reopens. Every stage falls back to a plain scene if something cannot play, so it never gets stuck.

- Dispatch - emergency vehicles (police, fire, tow) now drive in from up the road and park on the shoulder instead of appearing already parked. On maps with no approach road they stage in place, so it always resolves cleanly.

- The Director - a pacing layer that shapes the world into waves of action and calm, and stops the same event clumping. On by default and conservative; a settings toggle returns the classic uniform behaviour.

- Reputation - your Good deeds and Events joined now earn XP and a cosmetic rank ladder (Newcomer up to Legend), shown in the app. Purely for pride, it never gates anything.


New events (16):

- Living crash - a crash that evolves into a full incident.
- Demolition derby - derby cars ram each other on a lot until one is left.
- Desert duel - two off-road trucks trade the lead down a rural road.
- Prisoner transfer - a prison bus boxed between two police escorts.
- Felony stop - a police pursuit that ends on-screen in a boxed-in arrest.
- Hit and run - a car rams another and speeds off, leaving a hazard-lit victim.
- Timber spill - a logging truck has shed logs across a lane.
- Quarry works - parked quarry machinery off the road.
- Fuel depot - a fuel tanker and attendant in a coned transfer zone.
- Wide load - an oversize flatbed rig led by an escort.
- Bus stop - a city bus pulls over, boards, and drives on.
- School bus stop - a school bus stops in your lane; wait behind it for a good deed.
- Moving day - a box truck, movers cars and furniture out on the verge.
- Overland meet - off-road rigs gathered on a rural shoulder.
- RV trouble - a stranded camper; stop beside to lend a hand for a good deed.
- World event - rarely triggers a natural disaster (tornado, meteor, quake) from the Natural Disasters mod, if it is installed.


Improved:

- Per-event descriptions - every event and every setting now has a "?" you can hover for a one-line explanation.
- NEW badge - events added this version are flagged in the app until the next patch.