Hexarchy

Misc

• Significantly reduced load times
  
• Multiplayer turn timer increased
  
• Added an option to enable/disable controller UI navigation with the DPAD. Defaults off except on Steam Deck. This may improve performance so when disabled
  
• Other performance improvements
  

Balance

• You no longer lose a turn of Palace hammers when your capitol is captured or burned
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Steam achievement errors could cause issues with how achievement progress is tracked in-game
  
• Fixed an issue where Pioneering Spirt could be used on a hex containing an enemy unit
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where duplicate resource icons could show in some situations
  

Misc

• Charge attacks will now prefer friendly occupied city hexes over non-city hexes
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where hammer and gold resource gain numbers in the UI could be wrong while events are playing
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Cards Added" popup for tech cards could show on the wrong card
  

Balance

• Settler cost now increases with number of cities
  
• Flank attacks now do 20% splash damage to 1 unit on target hex
  
• Flank attacks cause the attacker to take 75% damage
  

Misc

• Option for a new map when you hit the Retry button in Skirmish mode
  
• Tech tree optimizations
  
• Small changes to a few card illustrations
  
• Internal optimizations that should improve performance
  

Fixes

• Changes that should reduce the number of blank names on leaderboards
  
• Fixed an issue where double yield resources would show when viewing the map after a game
  
• Fixed an issue where resource icons could flicker when ending your turn
  
• Fixed an issue where resource icons could be arranged incorrectly
  
• Fixed an issue where network latency could cause your hammer and gold count to be temporarily wrong
  
• Fixed an issue where rapidly issuing certain order sequences could cause the flashing disconnect icon to appear
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue the last update created with controller support
  
• Fixed an issue with the German localization in two card descriptions
  

Misc

• Added audio cues for enemy units entering your territory, battle victories, and battle defeats
  
• Enemy units in your territory are highlighted in red
  
• Please Wait notification between turns changed
  
• City name panel highlights when mousing over a city to give resources to it
  

Fixes

• Random civ selection for Hegemon now works correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where sometimes the green text highlight on a card cost wouldn't be reset when drawing a card
  
• Fixed an issue in multiplayer where turn timers could desync and cause a disconnection
  
• Fixed an issue where Frenzy could not be used on 2 units on the same hex in the same turn
  
• Fixed an issue where unit models could show up as the wrong team's color
  

Misc

• Turn limit reduced for most game lengths
  
• Ranked multiplayer games on Continents map type will no longer have a player with their own continent unless all players do
  
• Various optimizations that improve late game performance
  
• Border growth events are faster without "Fast Events" enabled
  
• Shortened title screen load times by a few seconds
  

Multiplayer Stats File Changes

• More information is available in the player_stats_.json that is created after a multiplayer game
  
• File location: C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Main Tank Software\Hexarchy
  
• Added turn by turn player score breakdowns
  
• Added resources gained from an order
  
• All research orders are logged, including Great Library researches
  
• Orders for buying and selling resources now include the resource bought or sold
  

Fixes

• Fixed glitch that could occur when researching at a tech after loading a saved game
  
• Fixed a rare issue with AI order generation that could cause the game to get stuck
  
• Fixed an error that could occur when clicking the "Retry" button in the menu immediately after a turn starts
  
• Fixed issues related to quitting back to title screen immediately after a disconnect
  
• Fixed an issue that occurred when East India Company captures a Holy Site
  
• Fixed an issue for some text in Korean
  
• Various other minor error fixes
  

Optimizations

• Reduced polygon count for some models
  
• Various small optimizations
  
• Graphics presets "High" and above now use deferred shading which should improve performance on modern GPUs
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with road rendering that could cause late game stutters when issuing orders
  
• Hopefully fixed an issue where the game could detect a controller device that constantly scrolls the camera
  
• Fixed an issue where unpayable gold maintenance could show on a city for a turn
  
• Fixed an issue where the bottom and top right corner of the maps could sometimes not easily be targeted when panning the camera with the keyboard
  
• Fixed an issue where latency from a previous order could cause a selected stack of resources to disappear
  
• Changed a font for French and German that caused some characters to render incorrectly
  

Misc

• Various performance improvements
  
• Camera zoom limit animation changes
  

Fixes

• Embarked Settlers no longer block other Settlers on neighboring hexes from building cities
  
• Fixed an issue where the game server could continue to run after exiting to the title menu, causing performance degradation
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause game stuttering
  
• Fixed an issue where the Level 65 achievement was set to Level 66
  
• Fixed an issue where the next turn Gold received text could word wrap