Yes, we didn't push many updates during the last week, but it's mostly because we're deep into game settings.
We're making sure they're flawless (and believe me, in Unity video settings are not always that trivial and clean!), and they do cover a solid amount of options (even though we might add some in the future too).
The .02 update is probably gonna go online on monday or tuesday (true, our Easter holiday are gone legs up thanks to the virus, but allow us a weekend of semi-chilling :D ), then we're onto the achievements manager. We're also preparing all the contents for localization (and believe me, it's a lot of stuff!)
Meanwhile we are also fixing a few bugs in the while (we get less and less bug reports and that's golden, specially as feedback reports keep on coming).
And last, but not least, our George is working on the new province screens, and I am sure you will love them (but it takes more time to get those on the build, maybe a beta branch earlier though ;) ) Sneak a peek!
0849.01.10
Right click on Tutorial doesn't prevent anymore from completing it
The scout action has been properly restored in the tutorial
0849.01.11
Fixed a bug that occurred by clicking a path marker before the wave scouting was over
Fixed a bug that didn't show the correct "\n" for the new line in events descriptions
Now it's also possible to access again in a deferred way an enemy governor interested in joining you after you conquered a province
0849.01.12
Fixed a bug that because of reinforcements failing prevented the turn passing
that said, one we go, and back to code!! Cheers, Dr.H, Lead Designer
0849.01.12 a small fix before 0849.02
0849.01.12
Fixed a bug that because of reinforcements failing prevented the turn passing
0849.01.11 no fix is too small
0849.01.11
Fixed a bug that occurred by clicking a path marker before the wave scouting was over
Fixed a bug that didn't show the correct "\n" for the new line in events descriptions
Now it's also possible to access again in a deferred way an enemy governor interested in joining you after you conquered a province
Steam Demo now includes Sandbox!
Several of you are not interested in the whole blah blah of the campaign dialogs, nothing bad with that! But how could you know if you liked the game without that part if we didn't open it up in the demo as well?
Fight and conquer for 25 turns, in 5 provinces, and using up to two tiers of research. You can't say we ain't lovely this time!
If you got any issue, ping us with the F11 ingame tool, and we will fix them with the speed of light!
Cheers and see you around, Dr.H
0849.01.10 first tutorial fixes
0849.01.10
Right click on Tutorial doesn't prevent anymore from completing it
The scout action has been properly restored in the tutorial
Early Access Diaries #5 Stay home, code games
Like I said, we're a bit late with this, that's undeniable. BUT, we did a lot, and we kept you up to date with our updates as well. Bugs start to appear more and more rarely, so balancing and adding new features has been among the main focus. We're also preparing all the texts for translations.
We're gathering your feedback continuously, through the ingame tool, on discord, on the forums, etc, ugually in 7 days batches. Then at the end of the week we do average (yes, we happened to get in the same week about the same map or topic both the "It's too easy" and "it's too hard", but that's normal) and then decide what to apply, what not, and in what order.
I really think the balancing is shaping up a lot more nicely now, both in battle and in the campaign itself. There's still a lot to do, but well, we're here to do it!
0849.01.7
Added persistence to Candidate Officers until the end of the current turn. UI button to reach them added as well.
Added multiple factors to influence the difficulty of a Riot fight (Relations with the Folks, Happiness, Authority and Rebellion of the province, and Hostile Neighbors)
Added a small delay in the spawning of the Call the Charge knights to avoid superpositions
0849.01.8
Scrolling the main map News and Attack News doesn't zoom any longer the main map
Close automatically the news panel upon visiting a province
Increased Cannon shooting speed by 0.5 seconds per shoot
Slowed down Ballist and Repeating Ballista by 0.2 seconds per shoot
Fixed Authority requirement for Chapter 4 (UI and engine gave different thresholds)
Increased duration of timer between Riots to (22,18,9) from (20,15,8)
Fixed a bug in which the scouting factor was not used to calculate the autoresolve
Fixed a bug with the autoresolve that in certain cases used the wrong province for calculations
Fixed a bug that showed a Snow-covered fort for the attacker in case of Riot (WTF)
Added a UI for events prevention (for Sandbox and after the first time it's done with dialog in the Campaign)
Increased by 10% the chance of detecting events before they do strike a province
Soldiers health raised by 10 points
Soldiers damage raised by 7 points
Fixed a bug with ghosting scouting actions
Fixed a Typo in Call The Charge! cooldown ability
Slightly increased starting Rebellious activity in Rebelling province (+5% to min and max ranges)
0849.01.9
The tooltip now disappeaers automatically upon Closing the Panel in eventsprevention
Fixed a bug that caused a console error if the path to the HQ province was interrupted
Increased the wood cost of the Ballista by 20 units
Reduced by 10% the size of the Ballista Bolt collider
Decreased the gold cost of the Rangers tower by 20 units
What's coming next? Well, first of all we need to finally refactor the tutorial. Instead of a single long one, I want to make 2-4 shorter ones, more modular, more focused on single topics each. Then it's Settings, Achievements and Localization.
On we go, let's march! Dr.H, Lead Designer
0849.01.9 Another one? Wow!
0849.01.9
The tooltip now disappeaers automatically upon Closing the Panel in eventsprevention
Fixed a bug that caused a console error if the path to the HQ province was interrupted
Increased the wood cost of the Ballista by 20 units
Reduced by 10% the size of the Ballista Bolt collider
Decreased the gold cost of the Rangers tower by 20 units
0849.01.8 this is getting larger
0849.01.8
Scrolling the main map News and Attack News doesn't zoom any longer the main map
Close automatically the news panel upon visiting a province
Increased Cannon shooting speed by 0.5 seconds per shoot
Slowed down Ballist and Repeating Ballista by 0.2 seconds per shoot
Fixed Authority requirement for Chapter 4 (UI and engine gave different thresholds)
Increased duration of timer between Riots to (22,18,9) from (20,15,8)
Fixed a bug in which the scouting factor was not used to calculate the autoresolve
Fixed a bug with the autoresolve that in certain cases used the wrong province for calculations
Fixed a bug that showed a Snow-covered fort for the attacker in case of Riot (WTF)
Added a UI for events prevention (for Sandbox and after the first time it's done with dialog in the Campaign)
Increased by 10% the chance of detecting events before they do strike a province
Soldiers health raised by 10 points
Soldiers damage raised by 7 points
Fixed a bug with ghosting scouting actions
Fixed a Typo in Call The Charge! cooldown ability
Slightly increased starting Rebellious activity in Rebelling province (+5% to min and max ranges)
Please note. We did test on old saves, and it stays consistent. Only on some very old ones we had a strange occurrence in which the first attempt at preventing an event didn't sparkle any dialog. Should it happen, the second time it fixes itself automatically, and from the 3rd time on, you can use the new UI directly. For new games the problem shouldn't exist at all.
If anything, keep the feedback coming, you guys are being awesome and very very helpful!
0849.01.7 You will like it
Surprisingly no bugs reported this time, but we started adding a few improvements to the UX and a new feature too! (and some balancing as well)
Added persistence to Candidate Officers until the end of the current turn. UI button to reach them added as well.
Added multiple factors to influence the difficulty of a Riot fight (Relations with the Folks, Happiness, Authority and Rebellion of the province, and Hostile Neighbors)
Added a small delay in the spawning of the Call the Charge knights to avoid superpositions
Impending Riots and ways to delay those Riots
The Western Marches are aflame with rebellion and riots. Don't let a single, temporarily tamed, province deceive you at times. They are not happy, they are not welcoming you. In the best cases, they are trying their best to tolerate you. That said, for most of the game, riots will keep on happening periodically. We are working on a system to distribute them even better based on provinces stats, and even to determine their duration and strenght based on each province rebellion, but you can't stop them (well, you can, but that's a story we won't spoil).
You can't stop them, but you can delay them, though. Let's see how riots work first.
Once the riot timer has started (since a specific dialog in the Campaign, or since the first turn in Sandbox mode), the system determines a pseudorandom number of turns to next riot, based on the difficulty. 14 to 18 in Easy mode, 9 to 12 in Intermediate mode, and 4 to 6 in Hard mode.
This base timer, is modified as follow by the % of achieved chapter objectives (this only works in Campaign mode):
25% Objectives +1
50% Objectives +2
75% Objectives +3
Your relations with the Folks also impact this timer:
-1 for each 10 points below 50%
+1 for each 10 points above 50%
Conquering or losing a province, gives a one time bonus or malus to the timer instead, also based on the game difficulty.
Conquering province :
+9 (Easy)
+5(Intermediate)
+3 (hard)
Losing province:
-2 (Easy)
-4 (Intermediate)
-6 (hard)
In order to avoid an excessive unbalancing of the game though, the maximum number of turns to the next riot is limited to the following values. (Conquering a province will add bonus turns, but it will still have this value as a maximum cap).
Max Turns to Next riot
Easy: 20
Intermediate: 15
Hard: 8
Summarizing, if you stay friendly with the Folks and work towards achieving your chapter objectives, and distribute wisely your conquest of the Marches, riots will be a lot less frequent than if you don't do all the above. Easy no?
If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask! Cheers, Dr.H
