sacred_k/docs/todo.md

To do

Bug: skill "aura" effects are not drawn

Reported 2026-10-14: the aura effects of some skills are missing. Not investigated yet. Things to check first:

• whether vanilla ([widescreen] Enabled=0) draws them, i.e. whether the widescreen or HUD patches cause it;
• whether they are missing everywhere or only away from the screen centre; if the latter, a clip test still using 1024x768 bounds, like the creature clip (0x4c8/0x3c8) was;
• effect objects (cObjectFX) in the object passes (cWorldView0::DrawObjects 0x62e580 / DrawObjects2 0x6300d0) and the light/effect list (+0xce14, 0x41b1xx).

Better pathfinder (mouse clicks and monsters)

Replace the game's pathfinding with a more reliable and efficient one, for click-to-move and for monster AI. What we know so far:

• Walk orders are cEvent_creature command 4 with a ground target (+0x18/+0x1c), sent through cEngine::SendCreatureOrder (0x6170d0), which snaps the target to a walkable point (0x616b70) and hands it to cCreature::ReceiveOrder (0x52e400, vf18, ~6400 decompiled lines).
• Far targets (~2000 world units) are rejected or followed badly.
• Still to map: the path search itself, the sector/tile collision data it reads, and how monster AI issues its moves.

Key bindings moved for WASD movement (temporary)

W, A and S were game hotkeys. With WASD movement (src/mods/wasd.cpp) their actions moved to other keys for now; choose final bindings (and update the in-game texts/tooltips that name the old keys):

Key	Action	Temporary key ([wasd] in sacred_re.ini)
W	action slot 3 (cEngine::UseActionSlot, like Q/E/R/B/Space)	G (ActionKeyW)
A	pick up items nearby (creature event 0x113)	V (ActionKeyA)
S	save game window (UI_WND_SAVEGAME)	K (ActionKeyS)
D	unbound	-

Globally bound letters (engine 0x618130, UI manager 0x757120): A B C E F H I L M N O P Q R S T W, Space, ^, digits. Individual windows may use more.