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Changelog v0.79.7 – November 22, 2022

Additions

• Random map generator – choose the layout you want to use when selecting map in lobby

• Added configurable turn timers as a new map settings option for multiplayer games

• Added a multiplayer settings menu available to the host in multiplayer games

• Added ability to purchase troops from all owned towns and settlements at once when using a Rally Point

• Added Japanese translation

• Added a few more random events for Loth

• Two new skirmish maps added

  • — Eye for an Eye, small 1v1 map

  • — Lion’s Den, XL map with 8 players

Gameplay changes

• Game has had a balance overhaul, there will be more ongoing changes and then another bigger one after all traits and abilities are in place.

Gameplay changes — Balancing

• Adjusted research prices for a more standardized price setting across all factions

• Added +5 initiative to Steampipers song “The Coin in my Hand”

• Units changes

  • — Reworked initiative across all units

  • — Increased hp across all units

  • — Max researched stack size lowered for Militia, Rats, and Hunters

  • — Faey rager now gives chaos, chaos, creation

  • — Fist of Order now gives Order, Order, Chaos

  • — Fist of Orders max damage increased by 1 to 25

  • — Faey Noble and Queen's damage increased to 14—18 and 25—30

  • — Toxicologist now costs 250 gold, Bane costs 500

  • — Banes damage lowered to 4—8

  • — Necromancers now cost 750 gold and 1 Celestial Ore

  • — Necromancers max dmg increased to 12

  • — Scavenged bones now cost 850, Blessed bones cost 1200

  • — Bones stack size increased to 10, with research 15

  • — Scavenged Bones damage lowered to 14—16 and Blessed Bones 18-20

  • — Legions and High Legions damage increased to 30—35 and 40—50

  • — Dreaths max damage increased from to 5 and Dire dreaths damage increased to 5—7

  • — Dire dreath now gives an additional Chaos

  • — Dire dreath price increased to 300

  • — Tinkerers stack size decreased to 15, with research 30

  • — Tinkerer now cost 400 and artificers 650

  • — Artificers damage lowered to 9—12 

  • — Scarred Brute now costs 1200

  • — Scarred Brutes damage increased to 20—24

  • — Shadow now costs 1000 and 1 Glimmerweave

  • — Sassanid researched stack size lowered from 25 to 20

  • — Sassanid damage increased tp 15—20

  • — Shadows minimum damage lowered by 1 to 25

  • — Hellbreath and Hellroars damage increased 25—35 and 40—50

  • — Hellbreath price increased to 1600 and 1 Celestial Ore

  • — Hellroar price increased to 2200 and 2 Celestial Ore

  • — Guard stack size increased to 30, 50 with research

  • — Guard and Protectors max damage increased by 1

  • — Guard cost increased to 250

  • — Crawlers damage increased to 8—10 

  • — Crawlers cost increased to 450

  • — Adult Crawlers damage increased to 12—16

  • — Adult Crawlers cost increased to 700

  • — Chelun damage lowered to 12—14

  • — Chelun Elders damage lowered to 16—20

  • — Dragons damage increased to 40—50

  • — Elder Dragons damage lowered to 50—70

  • — Dragons cost lowered to 2500 + 2 Ancient amber

  • — Elder Dragons cost lowered to 3000 + 4 Ancient Amber

• Note: Many units still do not have the trait or ability they’re supposed to have, so more changes might come when those arrive in the game.

• Spell changes

  • — Protection cost lowered to 4 order

  • — Quicken cost increased to 5 order

  • — Aggression cost lowered to 4 destruction

  • — Damage of Fireball increased to 35/70/100

  • — Invigorate now gives 5/10/15 initiative +1/2/3 move, was +10/15/20  initiative +1/2/3 move

• Increased the cost of the following spells:

  • — Invigorate

  • — Onslaught

  • — Justice

  • — Rapid Fire

  • — Rejuvenation

• Building prices and prereqs reworked across the board to be a bit more synergistic and adjusted to troop income worth

• Wielder changes

  • — Starting troops adjusted and changed according to new prices

  • — Starting skills changed and adjusted in some cases

  • — Specialties changed and adjusted here and there

• Skill changes

  • — Positioning now gives 15 ranged resistance, then 30 and the final tier gives +1 move first round

  • — Prepared now gives +10 initiative and +1 move first round at tier 3

  • — Impressive now gives 10/15/20% more chance of hostiles either fleeing or joining

  • — Raider tier 3 now gives 400 bonus gold and +1 movement and +1 view radius

• Skirmish and campaign maps updated with some different army values and pickups based on the balance changes

Battlegrounds

• Fixed wrong team color on defender in post battle menu

• Disabled turn timers when playing Battlegrounds by friend invite

• Twelve more wielders added for use in Battlegrounds

• Old battlegrounds armies may now be invalid because of price changes

UI

• Rework wielder/building interaction menus into 3 separate menus (town interaction, rally point and troop building menus)

• Updated New Round/Your turn popup

• Minor additions to purchase wielder menu (Better Barya portrait positioning, more info on owned wielders, always show command skill, hide purchase button on owned wielders)

• Show town name instead of "city" in pre battle menu if no wielder is present

• Added specific beacon icon to notification HUD

• Removed positions that are under fog of war from a wielder’s movement outline

AI Adventure

• Performance optimisation

• Fixed bug that stopped the AI from claiming certain neutral faction buildings

• Fixed an issue where AI could not sell buildings

• Made long distance pathing be more precise

• Fixed issue with valuable items not being cleared from cache after interaction, creating what appeared to be pathing issues

• Fixed issue with distance-to-item penalty calculation

• Fixed issue with balancing troops when taking from map entities

• Improved situation where AI previously would stop building on its towns
  

AI Battle

• Fixed abandoning its current position for an inferior one due to not treating it as a valid candidate

• Fixed ranged units using the movement logic for melee units

• Fixed ranged units not evaluating damage done to enemy units correctly if an attack was preceded by a move

• No longer makes sub-optimal moves after a good one due to still having movement left

• Better at adapting to current situation compared to blindly going for its long term target

• Ranged units locked in a zone of control now consider a melee attack

• Ranged units less interested in moving to within deadly range as part of an attack to encourage attacking without moving and without penalty

• Removed threat from positions an ranged enemy unit could target only by moving

• Increased value of high ground when evaluating potential positions

Audio

• Added sound when Sim turn is locked

• Rework and update turn timer sound effect

Bug fixes

• Fixed “You can go back and level up later” mini tutorial showing up at wrong times

• Fixed auto-equipping “Any Hand” artifacts replacing main hand weapon even if the Wielder has no artifact equipped in off hand

• Fixed bug where camera panned to wielders teleporting in fog

• Fixed many instances of sounds and VFX playing for entities that where covered by fog-of-war

• Fixed artistic color tints showing up as interactable in-game

• Solved at least some cases of players getting stuck on loading screen when other players disconnect during loading

• Fixed issue with Bandit Hideout battle map causing exceptions and soft locks when humans or AI attacked them on maps where they had their default defenders changed

Optimizations

• Adventure AI optimizations with focus on larger maps

Known Issues

• Threat level indicator sometimes gives wrong threat assessment — be wary!

• Sim-turns is at version 0.1

• Co-Op (Teams) is at version 0.1

• All traits and abilities for troops are not yet implemented

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