e1.6.2

Latest Changes:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to make peace with a minor clan.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred with old save files when the player party interacted with a settlement or AI party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when talking to a minor faction hero for the first time.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the daily tick when calculating Notable Power Change.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the launcher to close by itself.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred due to a text parsing bug.
  

Previous Beta Hotfixes:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when handling pending kingdom decisions.
  

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred during large battles.
  
• Fixed a game freeze that occurred during battles.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when transferring prisoners from a settlement to a party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after creating a random clan with a console command.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to party influence cost calculations.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pasting a weapon in the smithy.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the "Assemble The Banner" quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when navigating the Encyclopedia.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused clans to propose to annex the wrong settlements.
  
• Fixed a bug with culture filter options not being visible in the Encyclopedia.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Destroy Raiders Conspiracy" quest to fail when engaging other parties.
  
• Fixed an issue with some crafting orders failing even when meeting the requirements. Now, the handling value is also taken into account when the crafting requirement is calculated.
  

Multiplayer

• Added Customisation System texts and visual improvements.
  
• Votes are now updated immediately when voting for culture or map in the intermission screen.
  

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred due to rebellions in settlements with certain cultures.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred towards the end of battles.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when entering certain scenes.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused parties to have low gold and become poor after a couple of game years.
  
• Fixed an error that occurred when compiling shaders.
  

Initial Beta Changelog:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred during scene load.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading old save files.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while calculating party influence cost.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while loading a save that had the "Rival Gang Moving In" issue active.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after abdicating leadership of a kingdom while the kingdom consisted of only mercenary clans.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during large battles.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the "Rival Gang Moving In" issue.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a save file with incorrect mapfaction data of storyline heroes.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when declaring war on minor factions through dialogue.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pillaging a settlement after a siege.
  

• Made various combat performance optimisations.
  

• Localisation improvements.
  
• Turkish & Chinese language updates.
  
• Minor text fixes and updates.
  

• Added two new Battanian armours.
  
• Added one new Aserai armour.
  
• Added one new Khuzait ornate battle crown.
  
• Added cloth physics to some of the saddle reins (Rugged Saddle, Rugged Beduin Saddle, Rugged Fur Saddle).
  
• Fixed some clipping issues on Reinforced Suede Armor.
  
• Minor fixes to various scenes from all factions.
  
• Corrected the scene used for the tutorial village.
  
• Fixed collision problems with some Battania dungeon models and scenes.
  
• Fixed a navmesh issue on the level two Empire keep.
  
• Improvements for various materials and textures.
  

• Fixed some child animation related bugs.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some agent animations to not blend completely on mission start.
  

• Village level masks now update correctly as the village hearth value changes. A village mask changes the display of the village on the campaign map by adding buildings and production resources as the village hearth value grows (previously, it only changed after raids or loading the game).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some lord parties to get stuck on the world map.
  

• Prevented civilian ambiences from leaking into battle scenes.
  
• Added idle animation sounds for soldiers.
  
• Improved screen audio during character creation.
  
• Sound improvements for Aserai, Vlandia, Empire & Sturgia scenes.
  

• The clan party member role assignment tooltip now shows the explicit effects that the hero will have on the party.
  
• Added "Wealth" comparison to the Clan encyclopedia list page.
  
• Added "Press ALT to compare with: {ITEM}" explanation tooltip to the inventory.
  
• When looting, the left side inventory is now by sorted by value as default.
  
• Factions that the currently selected faction is at war with are now shown in the kingdom diplomacy tab.
  
• Added a Battle Size option step (800) between 600 and 1000.
  
• Map rotation (Q, E) keys are now bindable.
  
• Improvements to the pillaging menu options and menus for better UX and narrative.
  
• Removed the notable power decreasing effect text from the pillaging effects for castles.
  

• Form Fitting Armor perk's effect is now correctly shown in the inventory.
  
• Localisation layout fixes.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the hero thumbnail from disappearing when moving them from a dungeon to a party.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused option descriptions to not show up after changing languages in the options menu.
  

• The bracing feature has been enabled for spears with shafts of 230 base length and above.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused garrison troops to desert and auto recruit troops in player-owned settlements.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused lord parties to recruit and disband troops in a loop.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused lords in the player’s army to vanish after losing a siege battle simulation.
  

• Introduced the ability to make peace with rebel clans that rebelled against other factions through dialogue.
  
• Diplomacy between the player clan and other clans has been made consistent across different clan types.
  
• Changed the minor faction hero spawn chance from 10% per week to 10% per day.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed minor faction clans to continuously spawn new heroes even after being eliminated.
  

• Northern Grip Wood Two-Handed is now a tier 3 piece and requires 1 Wrought Iron and 1 Hardwood for crafting.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused construction speed to decrease as loyalty increases.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the bribery dialogue with keep guards from appearing.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the influence bonus from being added after donating a prisoner.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to receive influence after selling prisoners to a ransom broker.
  

• Removed the hard conditions that prevented the player from sending a companion to resolve an issue. Instead, the companion skill in relation to the issue skill requirements will determine the success chance.
  
• Added more reason dialogues to explain why the player can't take a quest.
  
• Changed the quest NPC health in the "Notable Wants Daughter Found" quest.
  
• The player character's younger siblings now spawn in the mentioned settlement after the "Rescue Your Family" quest is completed.
  
• The player character's elder brother is now available for creating a party after he is rescued.
  
• The player character's elder brother's equipment now resets after the tutorial is over.
  
• Decreased the probability of "Disrupt Supply Lines" quest caravan selecting a friendly settlement as a target.
  
• Improvements/changes to quest logs to make them consistent with the new alternative solution fail probability feature.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Captured by Bounty Hunters" quest to not fail after losing the duel.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Destroy Raiders" issue parties to keep spawning if they weren’t defeated by the player.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused settlement names to be missing in the description text of the "Scout Enemy Garrisons" quest on the quest tooltip.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Destroy Raider" quest parties to ignore the player party when the player was in a settlement with a small party.
  
• Fixed a bug that kept generating conspiracy quests after a conspiracy had been activated.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the relation bonus from being given when an issue had been solved using an alternative solution.
  

• Various improvements to conversations, encyclopedia, and notifications texts.
  
• Improved facial expressions and their use in conversations.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the army conversation menu to use a temporary background.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some NPC items to disappear after a conversation.
  

• Swapped stats of Legionary Studded Harness and Legionary Reinforced Studded Harness.
  
• It is now possible to do thrust attacks using the Highland Decorated Blade part and the Highland Broadsword.
  
• Improved the speed of Crossbow from 35 to 55.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a mount killed an agent.
  

• Changed the layout of the "Streets of Syllianon" scene.
  

• 
  Customisation System
  
  
  
  • Players can now earn Loot by playing the game.
    
  • Loot is earned whenever the player receives Experience Points by Playing Skirmish and Captain Modes. Every 10 points of Experience awards 1 Loot.
    
  • Loot is also earned by playing custom game modes: TDM, Duel and Siege.
    
  • Loot is also earned when a player gains a level (Loot for previous levels gained is awarded cumulatively when a player gains a level for the first time after the update).
    
  • Players can spend Loot to obtain cosmetic items to customize their troops.
    
  • Once an item is obtained, that item can be used for all applicable troops. No need to obtain the item again for different troops.
    
  
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the remaining time to be incorrectly displayed in the intermission screen.
  

• Various visual bug fixes for Duel mode.
  

Both

• The chatlog window is now resizable.
  

• Performance improvements to combat physics.
  
• Reduced CPU memory usage.
  
• Audio performance improvements.
  
• Minor UI performance improvements.
  

• Kicks can now be interrupted by damage.
  
• The ghost camera can now pass under obstacles like bridges, tents etc.
  
• Extended the combat AI so that agents are able to use spear bracing.
  

Modding

• Made adjustments so that custom classes that inherit from LogEntry, Issue, Quest or InformationData should now be much less likely to break a save game when the mod is removed.
  
• Fixed a problem that caused rebellions in settlements with a custom culture introduced by a mod to crash the game.
  
• Did preliminary work to allow modders to add to existing banner icon groups and introduce whole new groups with BannerManager.LoadBannerIcons(string xmlPath).
  
• MissionGauntletNameMarker (ALT key name markers in settlements etc.) is now more moddable as you’re able to add/remove new agent targets.
  
• Added horizontal scrolling to troop trees in the encyclopedia.
  
• Added spritesheet config to indicate that the spritesheet category should be loaded by default.
  
• Minor faction hero templates are now added through XML and stored in the Clan object directly.
  
• Minor faction hero spawn chance and hero limit values are now moddable.
  
• Troops can now have individual upgrade costs and XP rewards for killing.
  
• Progress bars were added to the “Navigation Mesh Auto Generation”, “Navigation Mesh Grid Generation”, “NavMesh Debug Mark Elevation Problem Faces” and “Remove Unreachable Faces” features in the editor.
  

Beta e1.6.3

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred after creating a random clan with a console command.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during tournaments.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a conspiracy caravan party entered a settlement.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a disbanding party entered a settlement.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when determining deserted troops for oversized parties.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a player killed an agent in civilian missions.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the Revenue Farming quest was canceled when the quest-related menu was open.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to party influence cost calculations.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while handling pending kingdom decisions.
  

• Campaign memory optimizations.
  
• Campaign behavior event optimization.
  
• Optimizations to the field getter functions in CharacterObject class.
  
• Memory usage improvements in custom battle.
  
• Minor UI-related improvements in memory usage.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the game version to be different between clicking "Continue Campaign" and loading the save manually.
  

• Russian and Polish language localization improvements.
  
• Other general localization improvements.
  
• Chinese language updates.
  
• Turkish language updates.
  
• Minor text updates and typo fixes.
  
• Fixed localization issues of Village Needs Draught Animals quest journal logs.
  

• Added an ornate battle crown for Aserai lords.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the campaign character's head to have a white contour.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some NPC faces to be black when viewed from distance.
  
• Minor fixes to some Khuzait, Empire & Sturgia castle scenes.
  
• Minor fixes to some Vlandia, Khuzait & Sturgia town scenes.
  
• Siege tower and siege ladder placement fixes to an Empire town scene.
  
• Sound improvements to some Empire castle scenes.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the melee trainer walking animation to become weird in some cases.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some parties to not play fighting animations during an event on the campaign map.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused all agents to play the same animation during a conversation.
  

• Improved the receive/pay tribute visuals in the kingdom diplomacy tab.
  
• Moved the initial banner selection and clan naming to the character creation in SandBox mode.
  
• Added new tavern game menu images for all main cultures.
  
• The least expensive horses are now used first while upgrading troops.
  
• Mobile party tracker states are now saved between sessions.
  
• Added kill notification interface to town mission for gang and quest-related tasks.
  
• Added panel opening animations to the rest of the fullscreen screens.
  
• General improvements to banner visuals.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused only two upgrade targets to be shown in the upgrade popup even when it should have been more.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some texts to overlap on tooltips.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused holding left or right arrow keys to not move the cursor automatically.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused tracked settlement nameplates to flicker in some instances.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused an incorrect army size value to be displayed in a custom battle.
  
• Fixed inconsistencies in equipment used by hero portraits in the settlement overlay.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the swapping action in the inventory, unequipping the replaced weapon.
  
• Fixed the village hearth and town prosperity tooltips formatting issue.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused settlement quest icons to be displayed wrong.
  

• Introduced death of the NPCs in simulation battles.
  
• Decreased the chance of death caused by battle wounds in missions for all heroes except the player (the chance is the same in both missions and simulations).
  
• The player is from now on able to attack disbanding parties.
  
• Fixed AI aiming for ranged siege weapons.
  
• In cases where “show mercy” is the only siege aftermath option, relation penalties will no longer apply.
  
• When the player aborted raising the siege ladder at the last possible moment and the siege ladder went beyond the exact vertical position and went closer to the walls, it fell to the ground again even though it should have landed against the walls. This has been fixed.
  

• Decreased the chance of dying of old age for all heroes except the player.
  
• Improved the way attribute and focus points are distributed for the AI.
  
• Fixed inconsistencies in character creation adolescence phase with the smith family.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused clan roles to be deleted after the assignment.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the dialogue to be stuck when proposing a marriage alliance for yourself.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused clans to propose to annex wrong settlements.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused item tiers to be wrongly calculated. This bug also prevented workshops from producing lowest tier and highest tier items.
  

• Increased the relation gain from emissaries to 5 from 3.
  
• Decreased the emissaries' relation gain chance.
  
• From now on, an emissary will be able to gain relation only once per day with either a noble or a notable.
  
• Since forcing a village to give supplies and forcing notables to give recruits options are intentional events, nearby parties will no longer join their map events.
  
• Fixed a visual bug that caused prisoners in a castle to be displayed on the lord's hall overlay instead of the dungeon.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused trade rumors in taverns to be incomplete.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some prisoners to be transferred to garrison and militia which caused them to disappear from the settlement prisoner donate/manage screens.
  

• Added a new quest named "Betting Fraud". Quest summary: A gang leader offers you a deal to fix 5 tournaments and share the profit from the bet winnings.
  
• Our clan members will no longer be able to give the following quests. If a quest giver becomes our clan member during an active quest, the quest will be canceled.
  
  
  
  • Lady's Knight Out
    
  • Company of Trouble
    
  • Lord Needs A Tutor
    
  • Prodigal Son
    
  
  
• The player can no longer take the following quests if their clan owns the settlement. If the player becomes the owner of the settlement during the quest, the quest will be canceled with a suitable log.
  
  
  
  • Rival Gang Moving In
    
  • Gang Leader Needs Weapons
    
  
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some text to be missing during the Prodigal Son quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Lord Needs Tutor quest log to be shown as a notification instead of a log.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the relation bonus from being given at the end of the "Village Needs Grain" quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the banner icons above the troops to disappear after switching teams during the Rival Gang Moving In quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Destroy Conspiracy Raiders quest to fail when attacking a party that wasn't related to the quest.
  

• Replaced old pose codes with new ones in conversations and did some minor dialogue fixes.
  

• Updated the weight value of Furred Noble Lancer Helmet with Neckguard to 3.6 kg.
  
• Pila is now named Pilum (since Pilum is a single-piece item).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused all heroes to disappear in the encyclopedia.
  

Multiplayer

• Increased the speed at which the corpses are being cleared on duel mode.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused a team to win the match in which they were ahead in score even though they had all left the server before that.
  
• Changed the gold costs of some troops for team deathmatch and siege modes.
  

• Reworked the scoring system on all game modes (except duel).
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented player troops from charging after the player disconnected on captain mode.
  

• Added cheering and shouting features that will allow players to quickly communicate with other players.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the mangonel projectiles to remain mid-air in some cases after warm-up.
  

• Fixed a crash that occurred on language change while in the lobby.
  
• Fixed a text alignment issue in the MP killfeed.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused AI kills to not have a banner on MP killfeed.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some flags to be added more than once to the marker overlay (ALT).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Draw" match results to not work in TDM matches.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused control points and score UI to show up even when they weren’t relevant.
  

Both

• Fixed a bug that caused snow and rain to enter enclosed spaces.
  
• Young adults will no longer have grey hair.
  

• Fixed sound starvation on the highest Sound Channel setting.
  
• Fixed many going-silent issues on ambient and movement sounds.
  
• Fixed some ambient buss leaking into reverb zones.
  

• Added a "Legacy" option for order layout type.
  
• Minor improvements to the camera placement in facegen.
  
• Added support for simplified and traditional Chinese separation in video subtitles.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused option descriptions to disappear after changing the language in the options screen.
  
• Localization fixes.
  

• Added a camera positioning cue for when the player switches to couched lance mode on horseback.
  
• Mounted movement now supports controllers better.
  
• Double-tap acceleration and slowing down for mounted movement's agility is now related to the weight of the mount.
  
• Fixed cases in which shields were not working against melee attacks when the left-hand collision capsule was partially outside of the shield’s physics body.
  
• Ballista will now fire in the exact same direction if the player doesn't move the cursor during the reload process.
  

Modding

• For further explanation and additional information on the modding changes check the following thread: e1.6.3 Modding Adjustments
  
• Heightmap selection dialogue now remembers the last used folder.
  
• Added a warning to catch duplicate removals of entities.
  
• Animations now support switching the item on the right hand to the left, and back. The appropriate flag for this is "switch_item_between_hands" which can be set in the editor. The addition of "hand_switch_data" to the animation is then also required to be set in the editor.
  
• Damage Particles are now moddable. A new GameModel named DamageParticleModel has been added. By creating and using a new model class inherited from DamageParticleModel and overriding needed functions modders can choose damage particles very precisely according to collision properties.
  
• banner_icons.xml is now moddable. Modders can include their own banner_icons.xml in their modules under "{MODULE_NAME}/ModuleData/banner_icons.xml". Sigils, backgrounds and colours defined in these XMLs will extend the native banner icons.
  
• Added editor visuals that show ranged siege weapon trajectories.
  
• Languages are now moddable. Modders can now change options for all languages by providing their own options file. (see Native/ModuleData/Languages/[ID]/[id]_options.xml).
  
• Moved occupation field to the Hero class from CharacterObject class, making occupations moddable.
  
• Made character creation modder friendly.
  
  
  
  • CharacterCreationStages are now moddable. Modders can decide explicitly which stage types should be included and in what order in CharacterCreationContentBase. They can use their own stage types.
    
  • Fixed a few bugs that could crash the game when new cultures are used in character creation.
    
  • Exposed CharacterCreation.CharacterCreationMenus to modders.
    
  • Most functions', fields' enums' protection levels in StoryModeCharacterCreationContent and SandboxCharacterCreationContent have been changed to protected from private.
    
  
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while sieging settlements with custom cultures.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred if the submodule.xml had a comment in it.
  

e1.6.1

Singleplayer

• Fixed a loading crash related to the education feature.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when mounted agents were routed.
  

• Fixed a bug that added lords and ladies to another party after they were freed by the player (and fixed save files affected by this issue).
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented tier 6 prisoners from being recruitable.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when displaying player names.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when logging in if the username contained specific characters.
  
• Fixed a crash related to multi-core network event creation.
  

• The votekick option has been removed from Duel mode.
  

• Base Throwing Weapon damage increased from +10% to +15% for all Skirmishers.
  
• Voulgier
  
  
  
  • Replaced Battle Joy perk with Veteran Perk
    
    
    
    • +20% damage to Shields
      
    • -10% Cutting damage taken
      
    • -20% Melee damage taken (non-Captain modes)
      
  
  
• Spear Infantry
  
  
  
  • Replaced Duelist Perk with Nimble Perk
    
    
    
    • Grants Sword
      
    • +5% Max Running Speed
      
    • -15% Ranged damage taken
      
    
    
  • Big Game Hunter bonus damage to mounts now only works with Piercing Weapons
    
  
  
• Savage
  
  
  
  • Replaced Battle Joy Perk with Blood Rage Perk
    
    
    
    • +5% Damage per 20 HP Lost
      
    • -12% Melee damage taken per 20 HP lost (-5% for Captain Mode)
      

e1.6.2 Beta

Singleplayer

• Fixed a loading crash related to the education feature. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when mounted agents were routed. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when handling pending kingdom decisions.
  

• Fixed a bug that added lords and ladies to another party after they were freed by the player (and fixed save files affected by this issue). (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented tier 6 prisoners from being recruitable. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when displaying player names. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when logging in if the username contained specific characters. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash related to multi-core network event creation. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  

e1.6.1

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that affected some save files due to incorrect party data for heroes.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when determining deserted troops for oversized parties.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while handling pending kingdom decisions.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a disbanding party entered a settlement.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting an heir.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during tournaments.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the game version to be different between clicking "Continue Campaign" and loading the save manually.
  
• Fixed a dialogue bug that caused the conversion to become stuck when proposing a marriage alliance for the player character.
  
• Fixed village hearth and town prosperity tooltip formatting issue.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when logging into multiplayer with a username that contained certain characters.
  

• Fixed an issue with gaining gold during the warmup phase.
  
• Fixed an issue with gaining gold from team kills.
  
• Fixed an issue with some perks that caused gold to be incorrectly awarded.
  

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred when multiple missiles collided with the same shield at the same time, with the first one breaking the shield.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused shields to be automatically sheathed after throwing a spear.
  

e1.6.2 Beta

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that affected some save files due to incorrect party data for heroes. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when determining deserted troops for oversized parties. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while handling pending kingdom decisions. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a disbanding party entered a settlement. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during tournaments. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during large battles.
  
• Fixed a game freeze that occurred during battles.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when transferring prisoners from a settlement to a party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after creating a random clan with a console command.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to party influence cost calculations.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pasting a weapon in the smithy.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the "Assemble The Banner" quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when navigating the Encyclopedia.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the game version to be different between clicking "Continue Campaign" and loading the save manually. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a dialogue bug that caused the conversion to become stuck when proposing a marriage alliance for the player character. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed village hearth and town prosperity tooltip formatting issue. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  
• Fixed a bug that caused clans to propose to annex the wrong settlements.
  
• Fixed a bug with culture filter options not being visible in the Encyclopedia.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Destroy Raiders Conspiracy" quest to fail when engaging other parties.
  
• Fixed an issue with some crafting orders failing even when meeting the requirements. Now, the handling value is also taken into account when the crafting requirement is calculated.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when logging into multiplayer with a username that contained certain characters. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  

• Added Customisation System texts and visual improvements.
  
• Votes are now updated immediately when voting for culture or map in the intermission screen.
  

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred when multiple missiles collided with the same shield at the same time, with the first one breaking the shield. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  

• Fixed a bug that caused shields to be automatically sheathed after throwing a spear. (Also in e1.6.1 hotfix.)
  

e1.6.1

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when the player selected an heir that was at the time staying in a settlement.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while closing the inventory screen.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to army management influence cost calculations.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a party entered a settlement.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the Destroy Raiders conspiracy quest on map event finalization.
  
• Disabled a number of lord's hall scenes as they were causing crashes.
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented the renaming of crafted weapons.
  
• Fixed an alignment issue for the name input area in the weapon crafted popup.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a mount killed an agent in multiplayer matches.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when joining the duel server at the end of a duel match.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the "Gold granting perks" to work during warmup.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the kick voting in multiplayer matchmaking to not work as intended.
  

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a block action that didn't have a guard action following it was made.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when an attack action that didn't have a guard action following it was made.
  

e1.6.2 Beta

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when the player selected an heir that was at the time staying in a settlement. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while closing the inventory screen. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a party entered a settlement. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Disabled a number of lord's hall scenes as they were causing crashes. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the Destroy Raiders conspiracy quest on map event finalization. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to rebellions in settlements with certain cultures.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred towards the end of battles.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when entering certain scenes.
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented the renaming of crafted weapons. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed an alignment issue for the name input area in the weapon crafted popup. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused most parties to have low gold and become poor after a couple of game years.
  
• Fixed an error that occurred when compiling shaders.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a bug that caused the "Gold granting perks" to work during warmup. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a block action that didn't have a guard action following it was made. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when an attack action that didn't have a guard action following it was made. (Also in 1.6.1 hotfix).
  

e1.6.1

Latest Changes:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when encountering a party that was already on the way to join the player's army.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the last remaining lord/lady was executed.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred if the selected heir was in a caravan party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when an attack without a guard action was made.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused disabled storyline heroes to spawn.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the troops that join the rival gang leader quest fight to be removed from the player’s party.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the relation bonus from being given upon the successful completion of the Headman Needs Grain quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused most clans to become poor after some time.
  

• Made further adjustments to the attribute and focus point distribution of NPC heroes. This should address cases where most points went into one attribute or skill as well as cases where skills were in excess of the learning limit.
  
• Localization improvements.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect points to be displayed in the duel mode in some cases.
  

Previous Beta Hotfixes:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to declare war against minor factions. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a modding-related bug with the upgrade troops popup showing just the first two upgrade targets of a character on the troop tree instead of all of them.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused some noble parties to recruit and disband troops in a loop.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused garrison troops to desert and auto recruit troops in player-owned settlements. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  

• Peace offers will be automatically accepted if the player is contracted as a mercenary.
  
• Some demand adjustments have been made to default items to improve trading.
  
• Changed the primary production type of some villages.
  

Multiplayer

• Server-side stability fixes. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a bug that showed the wrong arena preference after changing troops in Duel mode. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a bug related to the profanity checker. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  

• Throwable spears can no longer be thrown from horseback. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Server time limit made visible in Duel mode. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Faction voting is now available in Duel mode. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Arena preference is assigned automatically based on the selected class in Duel mode unless the player changes their arena preference using a flag. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• The win/loss icon has been removed for Duel mode in match history.
  

Initial Beta Changelog:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when determining the leader party of a siege when pillaging.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after completing a crafting order for a noble that is in a party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting "leave it to others" during sally out missions.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a caravan received items with modifiers.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when fading out agents (mostly seen during tournaments).
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during large battles.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by a raider party that was not removed during the “Destroy Raiders” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by the “Rival Gang Moving In” quest while loading to the waiting to join the fight state.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when calculating inventory stats of a party with corrupt inventory data while loading a save.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after the “Disrupt Supply Lines” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting a prison break.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when encountering a “Noble Revolt” quest party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when using drag and drop in the equip item panel.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when removing a prisoner hero with the slider and then trying to execute the prisoner.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when opening the inventory screen while having many companions in the party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after losing the battle against town guards in the “Gang Leader Needs Weapons” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to some notables having null as their current settlement.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when opening the quest menu that was caused by empty log entries.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after the player selected an heir from their own party.
  

• Optimisations to the campaign map party icon loading, reducing spikes.
  
• Improved thumbnail render performance.
  
• Additional minor UI memory improvements.
  
• Dead notables and wanderers are now removed from object manager after 7 game days.
  

• Fixed party name error when loading an old save for non-English languages.
  

• Various text improvements, fixes and grammar corrections.
  
• Turkish language updates and fixes.
  
• Chinese language updates.
  
• Added translation support for French, Portuguese, Russian, Italian and Spanish for translators.
  
• Reworked German post-processor.
  

• Added new musical instruments: Bodhran, cornu, dombra, oud, flute, hurdy-gurdy, vielle, kemane, harp, khomus, nay.
  
• Added crowns for Battania, Northern Empire and Western Empire.
  
• Added a splash screen to the initial loading screen.
  
• Added more variety to facekeys and banners to solve duplication issues.
  
• Added 11 new villages (also added to settlements.xml and custom battle scenes.xml):
  
  
  
  • empire_village_001 (Dyopalis)
    
  • empire_village_005 (Vealos)
    
  • empire_village_006 (Tevea)
    
  • empire_village_009 (Aeoria)
    
  • empire_village_011 (Gaos)
    
  • khuzait_village_g (Tismil)
    
  • khuzait_village_h (Usek)
    
  • vlandia_village_d (Halisvust)
    
  • vlandia_village_e (Etirfurd)
    
  • vlandia_village_f (Hongard)
    
  • vlandia_village_h (Palisont)
    
  
  
• Minor scene fixes to Empire, Aserai, Vlandia and Khuzait towns and castles.
  
• Sound improvements to Empire, Aserai, Vlandia, Khuzait, Battania and Sturgia town and castle scenes.
  
• Performance and visual improvements to Sturgia level 3 castle models.
  
• Improvements to some materials and textures.
  
• Fixed an issue with snow not being properly rendered in some scenes.
  

• A feature that reads the positions of the joints was disabled for hogs and chickens as it was causing problems.
  

• Added sounds for civilian animations.
  
• Fixed phasing errors in distant combat sounds.
  
• Minor improvements to settlement ambients.
  
• Intro video sound is now a bit less startling.
  

• Encyclopedia now saves the scroll position so when players go back to a list it will continue from where it left off.
  
• Encyclopedia pages now have Next and Previous buttons that change the page to the next item on the list.
  
• The 5x and entire stack modifiers now work on the barter screen.
  
• Heroes in the encyclopedia now have different idle animations to reflect their traits (similar to conversation idle animations).
  
• The affected relations tooltip when executing a prisoner can now show all relations by using the ALT key.
  
• Added explanatory tooltips to the recruit and upgrade popup buttons.
  
• The inventory transaction history tooltip now hides new entries after 40 items.
  
• The troop selection popup in custom battle now shows the type and tier of the troop.
  
• Most of the input texts now show the key icon instead of the name of the key.
  
• Added a "Faster Camera" key to photo mode.
  
• The town management reserve slider now moves in increments of 100.
  
• The tournament winner screen now shows the winner's banner.
  
• Discard donation values are now comparable in the inventory screen.
  
• Improved readability of some of the key icons.

• Fixed some inconsistencies with the quest available icon.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to show up as one of the bodyguards when talking to a hero in the main party.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused workshop detail information to be missing from the clan income tab.
  
• Fixed some tooltips and texts not reflecting re-bound keybindings.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the player from changing weapons with a gamepad in practice fights.
  
• Fixed some localisation issues in the crafting screen.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the encounter overlay to show swapped banners for encounter sides.
  
• Fixed the entire stack modifier not working with the slaughter action in the inventory.
  
• Fixed some layout issues with the character developer perk selection bar and inventory tooltip.
  
• Fixed some text issues when a word didn’t have any spaces in it. They're now separated to the next line.
  
• Fixed the name given in the character creation getting reset if the player goes back some stages in the character creation.
  
• Fixed an issue with the order flag staying visible when a conversation started while the order UI was active.
  
• Fixed an issue with the encyclopedia not updating when the main character's name changed.
  

• Fixed an issue that stopped agents from switching to melee even if they were close to the enemy.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused ranged troops to turn their back while switching to a melee weapon in close-quarter fights.
  
• Troops will no longer lose morale if a retreat is ordered by the player and then cancelled.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a sudden FPS drop after the attacker side retreated in siege battles.
  
• Improved the formula for calculating pillaging effects.
  
• Fixed the mismatch between values in the tooltip for pillaging options and the values in the menu after pillaging actions.
  
• Added Keep Battles:
  
  
  
  • AI Defenders that escaped to the keep during the siege will put up a fight inside of it now.
    
  • The fights will take place in the settlement’s keep after the main siege has been won by the attacking player party.
    
  • Defenders will hold and fall back to chokepoints, while waves of attackers charge into the keep.
    
  
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some parties to enter hostile settlements freely, causing them to appear as defenders of the settlement.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented militia from joining sieges, even if the loyalty in the settlement was high.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some parties to get stuck in an endless battle.
  
• Fixed the positioning of bounced back missiles so that they no longer spawn on the far side of the scene when they hit an object with a script (mainly castle walls).
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented troops from responding to enemies when they were using machines.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused troops to not use ladders in certain situations.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused troops to not break the interior castle gate in certain situations.
  
• Reduced friendly fire incidents from attacker siege engines.
  

• Reworked attribute selection for AI.
  
• Player weight and build will not change more than 30%.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the character age to not update when selecting the starting age and going back to previous character creation screens.
  

• Changed ransom offer notification texts to improve clarity.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused ransom offers to not disappear after donating the prisoner.
  
• Fixed a bug that made the main party unusable if the main hero died while disguised and imprisoned, and the selected heir was in the main party.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the party from disbanding when the main hero got executed and they were the last member of the main party.
  
• Fixed a bug that teleported the main hero's husband/wife to a random settlement from the main party.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player's fiancé(e) to marry someone else a few days after they had agreed to marry the player.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the player from selecting a clan member as a candidate when offering a hand in marriage, even though they should have been selectable.
  
• Fixed a bug that occurred when cancelling a marriage barter; the proposed clan members couldn't be selected again when offering a hand for marriage.
  
• Added wording for the niece, nephew, and grandchildren of the player character.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed imprisoned companions to be able to govern settlements.
  
• Improved some party AI-related decisions. AI parties will think about what they do after some predefined events such as settlement owner change, clan change, and war and peace declarations.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player's capturer party to be invisible.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused relations to not increase after freeing someone from an enemy party.
  
• The lame horse feature is now limited to the player's horse only.
  
• The first hero on the party screen is now the one that is brought into missions.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused the army behaviour text to not update even if the army behaviour had changed in the army idle menu.
  

• Peace and War declarations will now show the reasoning behind them in the kingdom decision screen.
  
• Enemy factions can now send peace offers to the player’s faction. The player can see these offers on the right part of the screen via notifications. If the player is the leader of the faction they can accept or decline these offers. If the player is a vassal then the offer is considered through the voting feature.
  
• Fixed an inconsistency with influence costs when proposing settlement annexation decisions.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused kingdoms with only one clan to trigger a claimant decision when capturing a settlement.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some minor faction clans to be destroyed after their leader's death.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused faction variables to be empty in the menu that informs the player about the recent peace declaration.
  

• Workshops can now produce faction-neutral items.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused artisan workshops to replace other workshops.
  

• Fixed a bug that created an order for the main hero.
  
• Updated Experienced Smith and Steel Maker 3 secondary effects:
  
  
  
  • Experienced Smith - Successful crafting orders give 2 relationships with notables.
    
  • Steel Maker 3 - Successful crafting orders give 4 relationships with lords.
    
  
  
• Updated the formula that determines the required Research Point Experience for unlocking a new part.
  

• Prison Break improvements:
  
  
  
  • The Prisoner now has 2 states (follow and stay) that can be toggled by interacting with them.
    
  • Added a new text to show that there are no prisoners after scouting the keep.
    
  • Removed polearms from prison guards.
    
  
  
• Notables now provide elite troops instantly instead of first creating a basic troop and then upgrading it to an elite troop.
  
• Fixed a rounding error that affected the calculation of gold cut due to low security and low loyalty.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed the player to redo village hostile actions (force notables to give recruits, force people to give supplies) after save & load. These actions now have a cooldown.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some battle simulations to last forever while helping a friendly village.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some generic NPC characters (board game host, tavern keeper, musicians) to be doubled when the player sneaked into the enemy city.
  
• The “Sneak Into Town” formula has been rebalanced to prioritise Roguery more than Renown.
  
• Fixed a calculation error while giving bonus experience to garrison troops.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused ransoming prisoners in the tavern menu to give fewer denars than stated.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Donate prisoner" button to disappear after siege battles.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the progress bar to stop after loading a save while attacking a hideout.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused construction speed to decrease when loyalty increased.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed the player to bet on board games infinitely at the same town using save & load.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the board game host NPC to be missing after entering and exiting the tavern.
  

• Implemented a new quest, "Revenue Farming". Quest Summary: A lord is looking for someone to collect rents that are owed to them.
  
• Improvements to the issue/quest spawn algorithm.
  
• Updated the main storyline time limits. The 10 years time limit for the first phase has been increased to 20. The 30 years overall time limit has been removed.
  
• Radagos now gets full health after the tutorial is over.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented quest progress in "Destroy Raiders" from being updated when the bandits surrendered to the player.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the notables from spawning in the mission during the "Rival Gang" quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the "Raid Enemy Territory" quest from being cancelled when leaving the kingdom.
  
• Fixed a bug that triggered a war on a neutral faction after completing the "Conspiracy Caravan" quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that generated dialogue with the quest giver more than once.
  
• Fixed a bug that generated conspiracy quests after the start of the third phase of the main story.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused an exclamation mark to appear on the ransom broker, even though there was no quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused all quest-related dialogues to be overridden by the "Raid Enemy Territory" quest dialogues.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the quest party leader's dialogue to be generic bandit dialogue during the "Notable Needs Access to Village Commons" quest.
  

• Fixed friendly parties starting an encounter due to their targeted party not updating correctly.
  
• Fixed a dialogue bug with hostile prisoner lords after they were captured in a siege.
  
• Workshops can now be bought from notables through dialogue.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to join an encounter with their brother after talking to the brother from the army menu.
  
• Fixed minor text errors: capitalisation of trade goods, grammar related to the numbers of loads needed in quests, and text variables not appearing in encyclopedia entries.
  

• Battanian Peasants no longer wear the Townsman Luxury Coat.
  
• Improved the variety of armours and outfits on Noble Characters.
  
• Fixed an issue with Aserai Townswomen wearing Desert Helmets.
  
• Khuzait Horse Archer now uses the Heavy Recurve Bow.
  
• Khuzait Raider now uses the Simple Short Bow.
  
• Fixed an issue with Eleduran wearing the wrong outfit.
  
• Sturgian Spearman Heavy Spearman now uses Chainmail Long Sleeve.
  
• Changed Cavalry Lamellar Armor’s culture to Aserai.
  
• Removed 6 leg armour from Light Lamellar Armor (since it has no leg parts).
  
• Renamed Infantryman Mail over Stripped Leather to Infantryman Mail over Striped Leather.
  
• Fixed an issue with the headpieces of two-handed polearms being turned in the opposite direction.
  
• Fixed an issue with some facekeys that caused a pregnancy-like belly.
  
• Added a "Toggle Characters" option to Photo Mode.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented Marauder bandits from being recruitable.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred after picking a faction in duel mode.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when switching to spectator.
  
• Fixed a server-wide client-side crash that occurred after switching between maps during a custom game.
  

• Throwing Weapon Adjustments:
  
  
  
  • Removed ‘Bonus Damage to Shields’ from all non-axe throwing weapons.
    
  • Throwing Spears can not be picked up from corpses.
    
  • Increased the accuracy of all bows equipped on AI troops in Captain mode.
    
  • Increased throwing weapon stack counts for AI Troops in Captain mode from 3 to 5 and 6 to 10.
    
  
  
• Khuzait Heavy Mace damage decreased from 69 to 62.
  
• Khuzait Heavy Glaive damage decreased from 171 to 115.
  
• Spatha damage increased from 64 to 72.
  
• Kite Shield (Voulgier) weight decreased from 5 to 2.
  
• Weight of Stronger Shields used by Heavy Infantry decreased to around 2.
  
• Armour of Stronger Shields used by Heavy Infantry increased by 5.
  
• HP of Stronger Shields used by Heavy Infantry increased by 20.
  
• Two-handed Maces are now slightly faster.
  
  
  
  • Northern Two-Handed Hammer swing speed increased from 69 to 74.
    
  • Highland Spiked Mace swing speed increased from 69 to 72.
    
  
  
• Menavlion Changes:
  
  
  
  • Longer Menavlion deals less swing damage and more thrust damage.
    
  • Heavy Menavlion deals less damage but can crush through.
    
  
  
• Pikes Changes:
  
  
  
  • Awl Pike damaged increased from 41 to 47
    
  • Highland Pike thrust speed increased from 89 to 91
    
  • Highland Pike damage increased from 40 to 47
    
  • Eastern Pike damage increased from 42 to 48
    
  • Southern Pike thrust speed increased from 91 to 92
    
  • Southern Pike damage increased from 44 to 47
    
  
  
• Arrow/Bolt Count Adjustments:
  
  
  
  • Regular and Strong Arrows count is set to 35
    
  • Extra Arrows count is set to 50 (Only used in Captain mode)
    
  • Regular and Strong Bolts count is set to 25
    
  • Extra Bolts count is set to 40 (Only used in Captain mode)
    
  
  
• Bastard Weapons are slightly longer but slower, especially in one-handed mode.
  

• Changed the second slot perks of all troops to be Combo Perks:
  
  
  
  • Combo perks grant equipment and have passive bonuses on the troop.
    
  • Captain mode troops use their own perks.
    
  
  
• Slightly increased acceleration of all non-ranged troops.
  
• All Heavy Infantry movement speed increased to 80.
  
• All Heavy Infantry armour decreased by 2 (except Spear Infantry).
  
• All Shock Troops hit points set to 100.
  
• Skirmishers deal 10% more damage with Throwing Weapons.
  

• Recruit:
  
  
  
  • Pilum now replaces the default Javelins (Non-Captain modes).
    
  • Swapped first and second slot perks.
    
  
  
• Legionary:
  
  
  
  • Replaced Bastard Sword Perk with Better Sword Perk in Captain mode.
    
  
  
• Cataphract:
  
  
  
  • Now has a shield by default.
    
  • Armour decreased from 45 to 40.
    
  • Added Improved Armor Perk instead of Bastard Axe Perk.
    
  
  

• Clan Warrior:
  
  
  
  • Replaced default Long Sword with Short Sword.
    
  • Replaced Axe Perk with Long Sword Perk.
    
  
  
• Wildling:
  
  
  
  • Throwing Spear now replaces the default Javelins (Non-Captain modes).
    
  • Increased default and Strong Shield size.
    
  • Replaced Axe Perk with Club Perk.
    
  
  
• Oathsworn:
  
  
  
  • Replaced Bastard Sword Perk with Better Sword Perk in Captain mode.
    
  
  

• Lancer:
  
  
  
  • Now has a shield by default.
    
  
  

• Brigand:
  
  
  
  • Throwing Spear now replaces the default Javelins (Non-Captain modes).
    
  • Replaced default Northern Axe with Northern Woodsplitter Axe.
    
  • Replaced Heavy Axe Perk with Sword Perk.
    
  
  
• Varyag:
  
  
  
  • Replaced Bastard Axe Perk with Better Sword Perk in Captain mode.
    
  
  

• Voulgier:
  
  
  
  • Reordered perks in the first slot.
    
  
  
• Sergeant:
  
  
  
  • Replaced Bastard Sword Perk with Better Sword Perk in Captain Mode.
    
  
  
• Arbelist:
  
  
  
  • Replaced Axe Perk with Faster Release Perk.
    
  • Replaced Mace Perk with Small Shield Perk.
    
  
  

• Solved GI, physics and stuck point issues with Tsagaan Castle.
  

• Fixed an issue with the main menu music continuing in multiplayer loading screens.
  

• Fixed walk/run state discrepancies under certain conditions between the client and the server.
  
• Reduced falling hard/soft state discrepancies between the client and the server.
  

• The scoreboard now toggles like the singleplayer scoreboard.
  

• Fixed a bug that kicked players for inactivity after intermission voting.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the muted icon to not show next to muted players on the scoreboard.
  

Both

• Fixed a crash related to sound occlusion.
  

• Fixed some minor memory leaks.
  

• Adjusted horse fall animations for gameplay.
  

• Reworked kick: Added new animations and increased the penalty for missing a kick.
  
• Being able to kick immediately after falling hard from some height is no longer possible.
  
• Being able to switch between weapons during an attack release is no longer possible.
  
• Ready attack and defend animation durations are no longer bound to poses of the animations. Instead, they are now calculated from a data table, with more consistent values. This should make attacking and defending more predictable.
  
• Stun Changes:
  
  
  
  • Defender stuns are lowered, by reducing the impact of weapon weight. Reduced the momentum factor that gets calculated from the attackers and defenders weapons physical attributes (weight) so defender stuns are reduced. Effectively, the length of the stuns is affected less by weapon weights.
    
  • Heavy Attacks deal more defender stun and damage. Heavy attacks now deal around 15% more stun to defenders. They also deal slightly more damage now.
    
  • Active blocks cause attacker stun based on defender weapon weight. Similar to how the attacking weapon causes more Defender stun.
    
  
  
• Couch Lance changes:
  
  
  
  • Reduced mount turning speed while the rider is couching.
    
  • Made a small adjustment to the camera (zooms in slightly).
    
  
  
• Slightly reduced Archer turning speed while aiming.
  
• Reduced the length of infantry knockdown animations.
  
• Adjusted the timings of when dismounted cavalry are able to use their shields when getting up.
  
• Horse Head and Neck damage modifiers for Pierce decreased from 2x to 1.2x.
  
• Decreased the equip speed of crossbows by 25%.
  

• Increased the camera reset speed for when the view character key is released.
  
• Eliminated visual errors with the knees of tall riders.
  

Modding

• Added a warning to catch navmesh problems on steep surfaces.
  
• Animation clips can now be filtered in the resource browser.
  
• Campaign map size is no longer hardcoded, it is now set from the map scene.
  
• Harness' “covers_head” flag now works for helmets as well.
  
• Fixed a bug where CampaignGameStarter object was reinitialized. Now, Behaviors and models will be added to CampaignGameStarter at MBSubModuleBase.InitializeGameStarter so that other modules can add/remove other campaign behaviours before they are initialized.
  
• Made further changes to access modifiers. You can learn more about this: HERE
  
• Added a console command (crafting.reload_pieces {MODULE_NAME} {XML_NAME}) for modders to be able to reload crafting pieces XML of their choosing without needing to restart the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused modded sounds to be played as 2D sounds even though they were marked 3D.
  
• Better automatic navigation mesh generation for open field battles.
  
• Improved moddability of the keybinds. Modders can now introduce auxiliary key categories.
  
• Party screen now supports more than 2 upgrade targets.
  
• Added a script that moves any object from point A to point B without any help from agents.
  
• XSLT files are now working even if there is no XML file with the same name.
  
• Moved "Owner" variable from "PartyBase" to "PartyComponent" as getter function.
  
• Moved "HomeSettlement" variable from "PartyBase" to "PartyComponent" as getter function.
  
• A new interface called "IMapEntity" has been added to support custom interactable entities on the map.
  

Beta e1.6.2

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred during scene loading.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading older save files.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while calculating party influence cost.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while loading a save that had the Rival Gang Moving In issue active.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after abdicating leadership of a kingdom while the kingdom had just mercenary clans.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during large battles.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the Rival Gang Moving In issue.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a save file with incorrect mapfaction data of storyline heroes.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when declaring war on minor factions through dialogue.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pillaging a settlement after a siege.
  

• Made various combat performance optimizations.
  

• Localization improvements.
  
• Turkish & Chinese language updates.
  
• Minor text fixes and updates.
  

• Added two new Battanian armours.
  
• Added a new Aserai armour.
  
• Added a Khuzait ornate battle crown.
  
• Added cloth physics to some of the saddle reins (Rugged Saddle, Rugged Beduin Saddle, Rugged Fur Saddle).
  
• Fixed some clipping issues on Reinforced Suede Armor.
  
• Sound improvements for Aserai, Vlandia, Empire & Sturgia scenes.
  
• Minor fixes to various scenes from all factions.
  
• Fixed the incorrectly used scene for the tutorial village.
  
• Fixed collision problems with some battania dungeon models and the scene.
  
• Fixed a navmesh issue on the second level Empire keep.
  
• Improvements for various materials and textures.
  

• Fixed some child animation related bugs.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some agent animations to not blend completely on mission start.
  

• Village level masks now update correctly as the village hearth value changes. A village mask changes the display of the village on the campaign map by adding buildings and production resources as the village hearth value grows. Previously, it only changed after raids or loading the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some lord parties to get stuck on the world map.
  

• Prevented civilian ambiences from leaking into battle scenes.
  
• Added idle animation sounds for soldiers.
  
• Improved screen audio during character creation.
  

• Clan party member role assignment tooltip now shows the explicit effects that the hero will have on the party.
  
• Added "Wealth" comparison to the Clan encyclopedia list page.
  
• Added "Press ALT to compare with: {ITEM}" explanation tooltip to the inventory to show this ability to the player.
  
• When looting, the left side inventory is now by default sorted by value.
  
• Added a display of factions that the current selected faction is in war with to the kingdom diplomacy tab.
  
• Added a Battle Size option step(800) between 600 and 1000.
  
• Map rotation (Q,E) keys are now bindable.
  
• Improvements to the pillaging menu options and menus for better UX and narrative.
  
• Removed the notable power decreasing effect text from the pillaging effects for castles.
  

• Form Fitting Armor perk's effect is now correctly shown in the inventory.
  
• Localization layout fixes.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the hero thumbnail from disappearing when taking them from dungeon to party.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused option descriptions to not show up after a language change in the options screen.
  

• The bracing feature has been enabled for spears with handles with 230 base length and above.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused garrison troops to desert and auto recruit troops in player-owned settlements.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused lord parties to recruit and disband troops in a loop.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused lords in the player’s army to vanish after losing a siege battle simulation.
  

• Introduced the ability to make peace with rebel clans that rebelled against other factions through dialogue. Diplomacy between the player clan and other clans has been made consistent across different clan types.
  
• Changed the minor faction hero spawn chance from 10% per week to 10% per day.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed the minor faction clans to continuously spawn new heroes even after being eliminated.
  

• Northern Grip Wood Two Handed is now a tier 3 piece and requires 1 Wrought Iron and 1 Hardwood for crafting.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused construction speed to decrease as loyalty increases.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the bribery dialogue with the lord’s hall guards from appearing.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the influence bonus from getting added after donating a prisoner.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to receive influence after selling prisoners to a ransom broker.
  

• Removed the hard conditions that prevented the player from sending a companion to resolve an issue. Instead, the companion skill in relation to the issue skill requirements will determine the success chance. 
  
• Added more “reason” dialogues to explain why the player can't take a quest.
  
• Changed the quest NPC health in the Notable Wants Daughter Found quest.
  
• Little sister and little brother now spawn in the mentioned settlement after the "Rescue Your Family" quest is over.
  
• Elder brother is now available for creating a party after he is rescued.
  
• Main hero's elder brother's equipment now resets after the tutorial is over.
  
• Decreased the probability of Disrupt Supply Lines quest caravan to select a friendly settlement as a target.
  
• Improvements/changes to quest logs to make them consistent with the new alternative solution fail probability feature.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Captured by Bounty Hunters quest to not fail even when the player had lost the duel fight.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Destroy Raiders issue parties to keep spawning if they weren’t defeated by the player.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the settlement names to be missing in the description text of the Scout Enemy Garrisons quest on the quest tooltip.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Destroy Raider quest parties to ignore the player party when the player was in a settlement with a small party.
  
• Fixed a bug that kept generating conspiracy quests after a conspiracy had been activated.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the relation bonus from being given when an issue had been solved via an alternative solution.
  

• Various improvements to conversations as well as encyclopedia and notifications texts.
  
• Improved facial expressions and their use in conversations.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the army conversation menu to use a temporary background.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some NPC items to disappear after a conversation.
  

• Swapped stats of Legionary Studded Harness and Legionary Reinforced Studded Harness.
  
• It is now possible to do thrust attacks using the "Highland Decorated Blade" part and the “Highland Broadsword” sword.
  
• Improved the speed of "Crossbow" from 35 to 55.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a mount killed an agent in multiplayer matches.
  

• Changed the layout and gameplay of the Streets of Syllianon scene.
  

• Implemented the level progression & customization system. You’ll now be awarded Loot for playing multiplayer games. This Loot can then be used to unlock various cosmetic items which change the appearance of your character & troops.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect remaining time to be displayed in the intermission screen.
  

• Various visual bug fixes for Duel mode.
  

Both

• The chatlog window is now resizable.
  

• Performance improvements to combat physics.
  
• Reduced the CPU memory usage of the game.
  
• Audio performance improvements.
  
• Minor UI performance improvements.
  

• Kicks can now be interrupted by damage.
  
• The ghost camera can now pass under obstacles like bridges, tents etc.
  
• Extended the combat AI so that agents are able to use spear bracing.
  

Modding

• Made adjustments so that custom classes that inherit from LogEntry, Issue, Quest or InformationData should now be much less likely to break a save game when the mod is removed.
  
• Fixed a problem that caused rebellions in settlements with a custom culture (introduced by a mod) to crash the game.
  
• Did preliminary work to allow modders to add to existing banner icon groups and introduce whole new groups with BannerManager.LoadBannerIcons(string xmlPath).
  
• MissionGauntletNameMarker (ALT key name markers in settlements etc.) is now more moddable as you’re able to add/remove new agent targets.
  
• Added horizontal scrolling to troop trees in the encyclopedia (if it's required).
  
• Added spritesheet config to indicate that the spritesheet category should be loaded by default.
  
• Minor faction hero templates are now added through XML and stored in the Clan object directly. The minor faction hero spawn chance and hero limit values are now also moddable.
  
• Troops can now have individual upgrade costs and XP reward for killing.
  
• In the editor, progress bars were added to the “Navigation Mesh Auto Generation”, “Navigation Mesh Grid Generation”, “NavMesh Debug Mark Elevation Problem Faces” and “Remove Unreachable Faces” features.
  

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Singleplayer

Battle Terrain System

Granting of Peerage to Companions

Order of Battle

Banner Bearers

Party Templates

Cut Scenes

Sally Out Mission

Scenes

Claimant Quests

Vocalisation

Other

Multiplayer

Ranked Matchmaking

Progression System and Skins

Voice Chat

Cheer and Shout Systems

MVP System

End of Match Screen

Flag Capture Improvements

Other

Both

Battle Ambient Sound System

Language Support

Modding Support

e1.6.0

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a save due to storyline heroes not having the correct faction data.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to declare war against minor factions.
  

• Fixed the barter cooldown from resetting after saving and loading the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused garrison troops to desert and auto recruit troops in player-owned settlements.
  
• Fixed class buttons overflowing the panel in weapon class selection in the smithy.
  
• Fixed a crafting bug that prevented crafted weapons from being renamed.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when entering the lobby if the username contained special characters.
  

• Server-side stability fixes.
  
• Fixed a bug that showed the wrong arena preference after changing troops in Duel mode.
  
• Fixed a bug related to the profanity checker.
  

• Throwable spears can no longer be thrown from horseback.
  
• Server time limit made visible in Duel mode.
  
• Faction voting is now available in Duel mode.
  
• Arena preference is assigned automatically based on the selected class in Duel mode unless the player changes their arena preference using a flag.
  
• The win/loss icon has been removed for Duel mode in match history.
  

e1.6.1 Beta

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to declare war against minor factions. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a modding-related bug with the upgrade troops popup showing just the first two upgrade targets of a character on the troop tree instead of all of them.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused some noble parties to recruit and disband troops in a loop.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused garrison troops to desert and auto recruit troops in player-owned settlements. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  

• Peace offers will be automatically accepted if the player is contracted as a mercenary.
  
• Some demand adjustments have been made to default items to improve trading.
  
• Changed the primary production type of some villages.
  

Multiplayer

• Server-side stability fixes. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a bug that showed the wrong arena preference after changing troops in Duel mode. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Fixed a bug related to the profanity checker. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  

• Throwable spears can no longer be thrown from horseback. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Server time limit made visible in Duel mode. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Faction voting is now available in Duel mode. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• Arena preference is assigned automatically based on the selected class in Duel mode unless the player changes their arena preference using a flag. (Also in e1.6.0 hotfix).
  
• The win/loss icon has been removed for Duel mode in match history.
  

e1.6.0

Latest Changes:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when a caravan got items with modifiers.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting a prison break.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to a bug that caused the player clan to be kicked out of a kingdom randomly.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking the encyclopedia link of bandit clans on the journal page of the “Destroy Raiders” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while loading due to removed items.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting an heir from the player party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after the “Disrupt Supply Lines” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to a raider party not being removed during the “Destroy Raiders” quest.
  

• Fixed an issue with ranged troops turning their back while switching to melee weapons in close quarter combat.
  
• Fixed a bug that made weapon and armour donating give less XP than expected.
  

• Notables now provide elite troops instantly instead of first creating a basic troop and then upgrading it to an elite troop.
  
• Reworked attribute selection for AI.
  

Previous Beta Hotfixes:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that affected saves with the "Rival Gang Moving In" issue active.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after completing a noble's crafting order.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after defeating and attempting to loot "Destroy Raiders" quest parties.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after sieges that involved the player party as the besieger party.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the launcher from starting on the machines that have 2 core CPUs.
  

• Fixed the never-ending war bug that involved "Destroy Raiders" issue parties without the player party in it.
  
• Fixed a bug that created crafting orders for the main hero.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused crafting piece selections to reset after crafting a weapon.
  
• Fixed some text layout issues with Chinese translation.
  
• Fixed a bug that made the main party unusable if the main hero died as a prisoner in disguise and the selected heir was in the main party.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the desert speed penalty from being applied.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented modded sounds from playing as 2D sound even though it was marked as 3D.
  

• Experienced Smith and Steel Maker 3 perks' secondary effects updated. (Experienced Smith - Successful crafting orders give +2 relationships with notables. Steel Maker 3 - Successful crafting orders give +4 relationship with lords.) & Research Point Experience needed for unlocking a new part formula has been updated.
  
• The security value of a settlement is now affected by nearby hideouts. And if the settlement has any bounded villages, the raids of those villages affect the security value (previously, raided villages affected the loyalty value). Also, the effect of Prosperity on the Security value is now listed as a tooltip.
  
• XP rewards from donating items with perks are now capped to 75 XP for tier 1 items, 150 XP for tier 2 items, 250 XP for tier 3 items and 300 XP for items with tier 4 or more.
  
• The auto recruitment feature on settlements can now be disabled via a checkbox.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred when joining a server.
  

Initial Beta Changelog:

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred after some castle positions were captured by the attackers in some scenes.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when passing over mangonel stone piles and arrow barrels with a cursor.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when talking to certain wanderer characters.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to story mode heroes having no clans when loading a saved game.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to call the “Lord Needs Tutor” quest NPC to an army.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to item modifiers that were no longer valid.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while opening the quest log.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after completing the “Disrupt Supply Lines” conspiracy quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during the “Village Needs Help With Brigands” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to a notable's current settlement being null.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when losing the battle against guards in the “Gangleader Needs Weapons” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred if the player attacked the rival gang leader alone in the “Rival Gang Leader” quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a ransom offer was made for a companion.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to the main storyline’s second phase.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred in the inventory screen due to the equip/inspect panel for equipped items.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the player forfeited during the AI's turn in board games.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred during loading of a save with corrupt party inventories.
  

• Completed further campaign optimisations.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a loss in performance when the defender won a siege battle.
  
• Fixed a memory issue in settlement menus when the game language was Turkish.
  

• Added an Ironman game mode that restricts your campaign save to a single save file.
  
• Players can choose to enable this option during character creation and won’t be able to change it during the game. If enabled, this option blocks the "Save as", "Load" and "Exit to Main Menu" buttons. The game will create a single save file for each individual campaign and will overwrite it when the game is saved.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong background to be displayed in the menu when loading the game while in a dispersing army.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused notable portraits to be missing after saving & loading in the “Wait” menu.
  
• Fixed a bug with party names after save & load for non-English languages.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a changed player character name to revert to the previous name after reloading the game.
  

• Chinese language updates.
  
• Turkish language updates.
  
• Various text fixes and updates.
  

• Added two new Sturgia boots.
  
• Added a new Battanian battle crown model.
  
• Added a new Western Empire battle crown model.
  
• Added a new Northern Empire battle crown model.
  
• Water refraction quality improvements.
  
• Performance and visual improvements to the Sturgia level 2 keep model.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the intro movie from playing before a new sandbox game.
  
• Fixed a particle effect on the gallows.
  

• Fixed some agent animation related problems in civilian missions.
  

• Improved campaign map villages and added LODS for all campaign map icons.
  
• Introduced a 10% desert speed penalty on the campaign map.
  

• Improved settlement ambient sounds.
  
• Improved campaign ambient sounds.
  

• Party screen upgrade/recruit popup
  
  
  
  • 2 new popups have been added to the party screen to streamline the upgrading/recruiting process.
    
  • With these additions, the required amount of clicks has been reduced by removing the need to click on each troop tuple to upgrade/recruit.
    
  • Added an option to the party screen that allows you to lock units.
    
  
  
• Village nameplates production icons
  
  
  
  • Added production icons that can be seen from any distance to village nameplates to indicate the primary product of the village.
    
  
  
• Encyclopedia item sorting
  
  
  
  • Added sorting options to encyclopedia list pages:
    
    
    
    • Kingdoms: number of Clans, number of Fiefs, Total Strength
      
    • Clans: number of Members, number of Fiefs, Strength, Tier
      
    • Heroes: Relation to the main hero, Age
      
    • Settlements: Prosperity, Militia, Loyalty, Security, Food, Garrison
      
    • Troops: Level, Tier
      
  
  
• Custom battle troop selection
  
  
  
  • Added the ability to choose which type of troops will spawn from the custom battle screen.
    
  
  
• Crafting screen changes
  
  
  
  • Added an option to hide locked items
    
  • Added an indicator to newly unlocked pieces
    
  • Made the Smithing skill value companions visible, along with how many pieces they've unlocked in a template... and more.
    
  
  
• Added a "Saving..." UI element to indicate when the game is saving.
  
• Improved how influence cost for cohesion boost is shown in the Army Management panel.
  
• Improved photo mode UI elements.
  
• Added clan names next to hero names in the encyclopedia to differentiate between heroes with the same name.
  
• Added shortcuts to transfer all prisoners buttons.
  
• Added the ability to rotate the campaign camera with Q and E.
  
• Added the save & load warning popup to the "Continue Game" button in the initial menu.
  
• Changed "Units" to "Troops" on the encyclopedia home page.
  
• Transfer All Troops/Items now transfers up to the weight/party size limit.
  
• Updated the visuals of clan renown/tier in the clan screen.
  
• Added 3 different icons for Devastate, Pillage and Show Mercy options.
  
• Added gamepad D-pad navigation to the character creation stages and the escape menu.
  
• Reduced the maximum number of troops limit option for siege battles.
  

• Fixed available issue icon visibility issues on settlement nameplates.
  
• Fixed the player being able to give an order to themselves while they're the only troop in the formation.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the player from selecting multiple formations by holding the CTRL-key.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented party nameplates from being visible after leaving a settlement with an army.
  
• Tutorial panels now show the correct keybinds in their texts both for keyboards and gamepads.
  
• Fixed the initial rotation of shields in the inventory preview popup.
  
• Fixed barter gold amount entry cursor position issues.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented pasted text in the encyclopedia search from populating results.
  
• Fixed a flicker that occurred before a map conversation opened.
  
• Fixed some layout issues in the Character Developer, Army Management, Party, and Clan screens.
  
• Fixed being able to change or close the Kingdom screen while a decision was active.
  
• Fixed an issue with some properties not having tooltips in the settlement encyclopedia page.
  
• Fixed the "Time Remaining" text in the quest screen showing the wrong values.
  
• Fixed "Show Mouse" visuals not disappearing when the mouse was visible on the scoreboard.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the player character to incorrectly drop their weapons in some instances.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the troop transfer popup in the order UI to show incorrect names for formations.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused failed rebel clans to be stacked in the encyclopedia.
  
• Fixed the Rumors of War menu temporary background problem.
  

• Changed the difficulty setting which reduces damage to allies to now only affect the player's own party. Friendly agents outside of the player party will no longer receive a damage reduction.
  
• Improved AI target selection while using the mangonel.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the AI to require a second charge order for it to attack and further progress into the enemy town/castle after ladders were raised or the gate broken.
  
• Added a scene feature that allows scene designers to override default reference positions to solve instances where the defending AI has trouble determining the enemy’s offensive approach directions due to the scene being too skewed in terms of certain reference points.
  
• Removed formation-related speed limits from troops when a battle ends so that they can chase fleeing enemies.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused parties with 0 troops to appear after losing a battle as an army.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused militia to have a different faction than the settlement, preventing it from joining sieges.
  

• Revised cultural effects:
  
  
  
  • Aserai
    
    
    
    • [Pro] Caravans are 30% cheaper to build. 10% less trade penalty.
      
    • [Pro] No speed penalty in deserts.
      
    • [Con] Daily wages of troops in the party are increased by 5%.
      
    
    
  • Battania
    
    
    
    • [Pro] 50% less speed penalty and 15% sight range bonus in forests.
      
    • [Pro] Towns owned by Battanian rulers have +1 militia production.
      
    • [Con] 10% slower build rate for town projects in settlements.
      
    
    
  • Empire
    
    
    
    • [Pro] 20% less garrison troop wages.
      
    • [Pro] Being in an army brings 25% more influence.
      
    • [Con] Village hearths increase 20% less.
      
    
    
  • Khuzait
    
    
    
    • [Pro] Recruiting and upgrading mounted troops is 10% cheaper.
      
    • [Pro] 25% production bonus to horses, mules, cows and sheep in villages owned by Khuzait rulers.
      
    • [Con] 20% less tax income from towns.
      
    
    
  • Sturgia
    
    
    
    • [Pro] Recruiting and upgrading infantry troops is 25% cheaper.
      
    • [Pro] Armies lose 20% less daily cohesion.
      
    • [Con] 20% more relationship penalty from kingdom decisions.
      
    
    
  • Vlandia
    
    
    
    • [Pro] 5% more renown from battles. 15% more income while serving as a mercenary.
      
    • [Pro] 10% production bonus to villages that are bound to castles.
      
    • [Con] Recruiting lords to armies costs 20% more influence.
      
  
  
• Increased the starting attribute and focus points in Sandbox Character Creation.
  
  
  
  • Players will now start the game with a bonus 2 focus points (FP) and 1 attribute point (AP) at age 20, 4 FP and 2 AP at age 30, 6 FP and 3 AP at age 40 and 8 FP and 4 AP at age 50.
    
  
  
• Added item donation through perks.
  
  
  
  • Stewardship T5 perk "Foreseeable Future" has been renamed to "Giving Hands", with its primary effect changed to "Discarded weapons can be donated to troops for increased experience."
    
  • Stewardship T4 perk "Paid in Promise" secondary effect has been changed to "Discarded armors can be donated to troops for increased experience."
    
  • With these perks whenever a player discards an item from the inventory & loot screen, their troops gain experience.
    
  
  
• Fixed the “Horse Master” perk not providing an easy way to switch between a shield and a bow while riding a horse.
  
• Fixed the “Crossbow-Donkey's Swiftness” perk incorrectly giving a bonus to all ranged weapons.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused siblings to not receive the last education rewards.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the education notifications from being triggered for siblings.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the female character to have an unusual belly during character creation if selecting 20 years old before returning back to the facegen.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused female characters to have an unusual belly after childbirth.
  
• Fixed an accuracy model inconsistency which made characters more accurate on horseback than on foot for certain skill values. Accuracy on horseback should now scale better with the riding and ranged weapon skills.
  

• Non-upgradeable and max-tier units no longer gain XP from the shared XP distribution.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented clan banners from changing when joining a kingdom as a mercenary.
  

• Improved the decision making logic for kingdom decisions to take into account relationships when determining support levels.
  
• Improved distribution of settlements that were previously owned by a clan that was destroyed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the player clan to be removed from the kingdom.
  

• Added a new feature named Crafting Orders which can be accessed via the "Enter Smithy" game menu option in towns. It allows players to craft weapons for nobles and notables with open orders. Consequently, weapon crafting has been split into two modes: Crafting Orders and Free Build.
  
  
  
  • Fulfilling crafting orders will grant you with crafting experience and research points needed to unlock new parts, in addition to a gold reward and relationship gain with the noble/notable based on the value of the crafted item.
    
  • After taking an order, you'll need to create a weapon design that satisfies the stated requirements. Exceeding expectations or underdelivering comes with its own bonuses and penalties, such as an increase or reduction of the gold reward.
    
  • Relationship gains from Crafting Orders need to be unlocked with perks.
    
  • The crafting experience and research points needed to unlock new parts gains received from the "Free Build" have been greatly reduced.
    
  • We will continue to evaluate the values of items produced via the crafting process.
    

• Success chance for gaining relation via emissaries has been reduced by half.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to gain relations with the same notable twice in a row via emissaries.
  
• Fixed a menu bug that said there was no one inside the Lord's Hall even though that wasn’t the case.
  
• Fixed the incorrect menu text that was displayed when aiding a village that was being raided.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the prison break cost to be negative under certain conditions.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some villages to continue to have available issues even though they had been raided.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused notables in a besieged settlements to have the wrong discussion options.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the teleportation of clan members when the player placed them in a settlement.
  

• Added a new issue named “Gang Needs Recruits”.
  
• Added a new issue quest named "Conquest of City".
  
• Added a new issue quest named "Noble Revolt".
  
• Added additional dialogues for issues that can be solved by a companion.
  
• The spy from the quest "The Spy Among Us" now has 225 hp.
  
• Fixed a bug in the "Rival Gang Moving in" quest that caused the enemy gang leader to appear on the settlement menu after being killed in the alley fight.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Manual Laborers” quest giver to activate prisoner dialogue twice.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the same quest log to be added multiple times in the “Lord Needs Tutor” quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Lord Needs Tutor” quest hero to have a child.
  
• Fixed a bug that blocked the player from assigning companions to the “Village Needs Draught Animals” quest.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Raid Enemy Territory” quest dialogue to override other quest dialogues.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the cancellation of the “Escort Merchant Caravan” quest if the quest settlement changed ownership and the new owner was at war with the player faction.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed the main hero to meet quest mentors twice.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the conspiracy quests to keep coming up after the "Arzagos/Istiana's Plan" quest had been finalised.
  
• General bug fixes and improvements to the “Destroy Raiders” conspiracy quest.
  
• General bug fixes and improvements to the “Caravan Ambush” quest.
  
• Mounted Ransackers of the “Caravan Ambush Quest” now use Short Militia Spears instead of Reinforced Highland Spears.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the surrendering bandits to not count towards quest progress in the “Destroy Raiders” conspiracy quest.
  

• The barter option with looters no longer takes power ratio into account. Instead, it will consider who initiated the encounter. This fixes an issue where bandits would come to the player and ask for a toll, but there was no option to pay because the player was stronger than them.
  
• Barter auto-offer now prioritises gold over other barterable items.
  
• Ransoming prisoners via conversation with the Ransom Broker has been temporarily disabled.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed the player to talk to their brother about joining a kingdom as a vassal.
  

• All saddles can now be equipped as civilian equipment.
  
• Removed Decorated Nordic Hauberk from the Sea Raider equipment templates.
  
• Revised tournament equipment templates for Battania, Aserai and Sturgia.
  
• Vlandian Gallant troops now use Saddle Horses instead of Hunters.
  
• Revised clan logos of all factions for better readability and recognition.
  
• The horse type Sturgian Hunter is now named Sturgian Chaser.
  
• Replaced stats of Legionary Studded Harness and Legionary Reinforced Studded Harness with one another.
  
• Fixed an issue with Mercenary Cavalry units having two items in the same weapon slot.
  
• Updated Equipment sets of Mercenary Swordsman and Hired Blade units, making each more distinguishable.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused tutorial trainers to receive very low damage from player attacks.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Storymode refugee parties to have map icon banners.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed some lord parties to enter hostile cities.
  
• Added the missing text attributes in family members' encyclopedia pages.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to hover after mounting a horse in the training ground.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the advanced trainers to continue fighting after the player left the combat area.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some wanderers to always have the same equipment.
  

Multiplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred during skirmish matches.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when opening the team selection window.
  

• Made the shield blocking hitbox slightly more forgiving to opposing swing attacks.
  

• Added Duel mode.
  
  
  
  • Duel mode allows you to face off against other players in single combat. Duels take place on a new map, Proving Grounds, which has 3 different zones for infantry, ranged and mounted combat, with each zone containing multiple arenas.
    
  • After selecting a faction and class, players are spawned in a central hub area where they can challenge other players to a duel. If the challenge is accepted, both players are teleported to a suitable arena and the duel begins, with the winner being the first player to score 3 rounds.
    
  • Winning duels earns Bounty points.
    
    
    
    • Winners of a duel get half of their opponent's Bounty added to their own.
      
    • Any Bounty earned by the players is summed up as their Score on the scoreboard.
      
  
  
• Added voice chat for Skirmish game mode.
  

• Fixed physics problems and improved the flora in Tsagaan Castle.
  
• Improved the mesh blend on Xauna.
  

• Added a mechanism that remembers previous perk selections.
  
• Added a profanity filter to the in-game chat.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused everyone in a multiplayer game to appear as friends.
  

• Reduced the lag when entering the multiplayer lobby.
  

• Added map name and server name to the scoreboard.
  

• Fixed some layout issues in the lobby.
  
• Fixed gold amount text showing incorrect values in some instances.
  
• Fixed the attacker and defender siege icons showing up incorrectly.
  

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred while closing the game.
  

• Improved sound listener calculations to allow for better positioning of in-game sounds.
  

• Added “Animation Sampling Quality” to the game options. It can be used to improve CPU performance for lower performance systems.
  
• Added support for more than 700 symbols for texts.
  

• Memory performance improvements.
  
• Reduced spikes caused by the sound occlusion system.
  
• Reduced GPU memory usage.
  

• Heavy chain attack blending improvements.
  

• Improved AI horse archer targeting and fixed a bug that caused AI horse archers to always miss a stationary target.
  
• Fixed incorrect calculations that caused mounted troops to almost always target the enemy mount, even when it would have been far easier to hit the rider.
  

Modding

• Added two new resources to the modding_resources folder to support the new Horse Reins Simulation Creation tutorial.
  
• Added new detail sound prefabs (Rats, Tavern Exterior, Arena Exterior, Keep Fight Exterior).
  
• Added the ability to name a new paint layer upon creation.
  
• Added some more problem detection systems related to siege ladders for scenes.
  
• Added support for adding new custom battle maps outside the CustomBattle module (within other modules).
  
• The Hero class now uses events to handle certain restrictions instead of cached data, for example, the CanHaveQuestsOrIssuesEvent event which checks if a hero can be targeted by new quests or issues.
  
• Added a new callback with the name OnBeforeMissionBehaviourInitialize() to MBSubModuleBase which is called before MissionBehaviour's OnBehaviourInitialize method. This is in response to a community request for a cleaner way to remove Missionbehaviors from missions.
  
• Did a refactor to move Campaign related classes from Object Manager to Campaign Object Manager.
  
• Culture and trait attributes have been added to the equipment template XMLs.
  
• Added and removed some internal modifiers to make them more consistent and reduce unnecessary limitations.
  
  
  
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• Made the character attraction for romance moddable by moving it to a game model.
  
• Removed "All" lists for some of the default classes such as DefaultSkills, DefaultPerks, DefaultFeats, DefaultTraits, DefaultBuildingTypes, DefaultIssueEffects, DefaultPolicies, DefaultSiegeStrategies, DefaultSkillEffects, DefaultVillageType, DefaultSiegeEngineTypes, DefaultItems, DefaultItemCategories, DefaultCharacterAttributes. Every instance of said object can now be accessed with a new list at its corresponding type or its extensions, for example, use SiegeEngineTypes.All instead of DefaultSiegeEngineTypes.All. SiegeEngineTypes.All will include all of the Siege Engine Types in the object manager. Lists like DefaultSiegeEngineTypes.All were mostly hardcoded.
  
• Skill effects are now registered to the object manager which means that SkillEffect.All now includes skill effects added by mods.
  
• Modifying which basic volunteers a hero gives out can now be changed through a game model (VolunteerProductionModel). The only way to achieve that previously was by rewriting the RecruitmentCampaignBehavior.
  
• Campaign event receivers are now moddable (modders can add their custom campaign event receivers through Campaign.AddCampaignEventReceiver).
  
• Removed the character attribute enum (adding new attributes wasn’t possible before). It is now using static references instead at DefaultCharacterAttributes and Attributes.All to reference CharacterAttributes.
  

• Fixed a crash that occurred during terrain creation.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after cancelling the prefab save dialog.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while using the animation clip inspector.
  
• Play/Stop Sounds now works correctly in the editor.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with terrain-mesh blending.
  
• Fixed colour grade selection in the scene editor.
  
• Fixed the shaded wireframe mode in the shading types menu.
  
• Terrain editing bug fixes & UX improvements.