AAF 1.7.2.1
A small DLL-only bug-fix hotfix on top of 1.7.2.
Fixed
- Pip-Boy equipment lock-out. Items that AAF unequipped and then re-equipped during a scene could no longer be removed through the Pip-Boy afterward (running another scene cleared it, but the lock returned, and a save/reload didn't help). AAF's Next-Gen equip path applied the restore immediately and forcibly, which left the engine's equipped-state data in a state the Pip-Boy couldn't undo. It now queues the equip the same way the game's own scripting does, so restored gear stays normally removable. Next-Gen plugin (`aaf_1_11_221.dll`) only — the Old-Gen path was never affected.
- Hardened how AAF hides the "item added" pop-ups when it equips items during a scene. AAF previously did this by patching a game function in memory the first time it equipped something and leaving that patch in place for the rest of the session — a late, permanent patch that could collide with other mods touching the same function and crash the game. AAF now suppresses those pop-ups using the game's own built-in HUD-message gate instead, with no in-memory patching. Next-Gen plugin (`aaf_1_11_221.dll`) only.
- Old-Gen (1.10.163) plugin failed to load. The `aaf_1_10_163.dll` build was compiled with an incorrect runtime-version constant, so it rejected itself at load on game 1.10.163 (and mis-identified its build). The constant is corrected, so the Old-Gen plugin now loads on 1.10.163. Old-Gen plugin (`aaf_1_10_163.dll`) only.
- The Next-Gen plugin is now built with assertions disabled, as a release build should be. A build-configuration error left the shipped `aaf_1_11_221.dll` compiled with the underlying library's internal debug assertions active, so certain edge cases (some equipment/animation data conditions) raised a "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library — Assertion failed!" dialog and crashed instead of being handled. With assertions off, those cases no longer hard-crash on the assertion, and any genuine crash is now a normal one that Buffout 4 can log for diagnosis. Next-Gen plugin (`aaf_1_11_221.dll`) only.