Hmm I'll check it but it should honor the thresholds. Will take a closer look.
Yes variants do not auto apply that is true. This is a feature I could add for sure, it's a good idea.
In terms of the lateness of some stuff, apologies, I basically had to end the demo somehow haha and I chose to do it via tearraforming at a certain stage because the game scope is huge there are a ton of things down the line, I just had to end it somehow :) And I am still testing a ton of stuff too !
Thanks for the feedback !