General

• Encumbrance of helmets adapated
  
• Normal skills can now be influenced by current encumbrance
  
• Levelup points for all classes have been increased
  
• Salamanderstones are now labeled on the travel map
  
• The basilisk travel event has been completely redone
  

Battles

• Turning speed of battle avatars was increased significantly
  
• Starting size of NPC starts can now be adapted for random arenas, making these also viable for really big monsters
  
• Inserted an explanation text on the gameover screen when trying to flee from important battles
  

User Interface

• Character perspective in the characterscreen was adapted
  
• "New game" can now be canceled
  
• Cost for simplified levelup is displayed
  
• The school category of the magician is now displayed in green (spell increases are cheaper or have more tries for the school of the magician)
  
• Current time is displayed on camp actions like "sleep"
  
• "Change name" in the character screen received a tooltip
  
• Arenaeditor UI was adapated
  
• Arenaeditor now displays an arrow pointing north
  
• F7 copies the current coordinates to the clipboard (e.g. for bugreports)
  
• The levelup-+ is now hidden in simplified levelups whenever there aren't enough levelups left
  
• Tooltips added for all battle interface buttons
  
• "Destroy illusions" renamed to "End illusions"
  
• Number of remaining uses (e.g. for poisoned weapons, weapon kits and the like) is now displayed in the top left corner of the item icon
  
• Base setting for party movement left/right is now "rotate camera". Can be switched anytime to strafe and back with F8
  
• Effective encumbrance and the chance respecting current encumbrance is now displayed in skill tooltips
  
• Hunger bar in character screen is better readable
  
• Dialogs to "choose a character" can now have tooltips helping to decide which character to choose
  
• Characters in character screen can now be rotated (drag mouse) and are better lit
  
• Choose spell is now alphabetically sorted
  
• The radial menu is automatically closed now when opening a window
  
• Ingame help was adapted to new rules
  
• Godgrace changes at the temple are now displayed in the console (F9)
  
• Button captions for several confirmation windows adapted
  

• NPC movement through towns improved
  
• Keyword dialog at the herbalist improved
  
• Gashok now triggers more town events
  
• Use skill "acrobatics" at the tavern now has proper tooltips
  
• Tavernscene recreated
  
• Christmas trees are gone from all towns
  
• Water of Tiefhusen and Gashok improved
  
• Schedules for Town NPCs improved
  
• Empty dungeon chests now work like containers an can be stuffed with items if desired
  

General

• Ammunition can now modify damage type correctly
  
• Ammunition can now modify damage correclty
  
• Skin color of ork templates adapted
  
• Ork recognition in the character editor fixed
  
• Antharon now carries his arrows in the correct slot
  
• Camp Scene reworked
  
• "Camp talk" now only appears on nature camps
  
• The black box on the travel map won't appear again
  

Battles

• Heshthot doesn't get stuck any more
  
• Initiative-calculation in battles fixed
  
• Visual effects of spells reworked
  
• Battlespeeds reactivated. Starting with 4x movement isn't animated but skipped to the end point directly
  
• Orks don't sink into the ground any more
  
• Ghost don't get stuck any more
  
• Projectile effects (eg Ignifaxius or Bolts/Arrows) work again
  

UI

• Item counts are better readable
  
• Some overlap errors of windows fixed
  
• Choosing heroes in dialogs fixed
  
• Escape-Menu is always in front again
  
• Display bug of the close button fixed
  
• Several bugs when hiding the main UI (Tab-Key) fixed
  
• Portrait in character generator fixed
  
• Energy bars don't overlap the character generator any more
  
• Burdened-Effect is now correctly removed when unburdening by selling
  
• "New Label" in Charactereditor fixed
  
• Weaponinfo window is now closed correctly and is situated below the dialog window
  
• Bug loading ork templates in character editor fixed
  
• Several other bugs in the character editor fixed
  
• Character screen can not be opened when escape menu is active
  
• Damage type in weapons tab of the character screen is now displayed correctly
  
• Convert levelups now respects number of levelups
  
• Checkbox distance in difficulty settings dialog improved
  
• Stackable items in containers fixed
  
• Silver helmet dialog graphical bug fixed
  
• Chance calculation for critical hit fixed
  
• Fixed error message when clicking empty character slot
  
• A problem changing display language fixed
  

Towns & Dungeons

• Invisible NPCs are now "actually gone" and don't even show up on tooltips
  
• Lighting of the healer scene fixed
  
• Fixed several error messages in the tavern screen
  
• Error when bartering with traders fixed
  
• Color correction is now correctly reset between towns
  
• Ingerimm temple perspective improved
  
• Human males now correctly always have eyebrows
  
• Ugly pixelating effect when looking at water fixed
  
• Depth of field adapted so it doesn't blur very near things as well
  
• Chest on lowest level of the dwarf mine fixed
  
• Dungeon level captions fixed
  
• Added collisions for the characters at the end of the cellar vault
  

Features

• The battle system has been changed to "Actions", at the moment everything costs 1 Action, but therefore allows for double the movement distance
  
• All weapons now have a specific damage type (cut, thrust, blunt)
  
• Some monsters no have resistance (half damage), immunity (no damage) or vulnerability (double damage) on specific damage types
  
• Monsters can also cause specific damage types
  
• Implemented the melee maneuver "relentless attack"
  
• Implemented the ranged maneuver "targeted shot"
  
• Melee and ranged attacks now display a chance of success as a tooltip
  
• Added some buttons to make control of the battles easier
  
• Improved lighting in some battle arenas
  
• Added new simple weapons: club and wooden spear
  
• The battle arena camera can now be tilted in a wider range and can also be tilted now via right mouse button dragging
  
• Saving and loading is now also possible while in battle
  
• Items can now modify the damage caused by weapons (e.g. fine arrows or magic items)
  
• The battle order display (top left corner) was improved and also allows highlighting the next characters when hovering over the respective portrait
  
• Weapon wear and tear has been reactivated
  
• Ranged weapons are also subject to wear and tear
  
• Encumbrance is now also correctly used in ranged battle
  
• Ranged weapons are now twohanded because of the new bolt and arrow slots
  
• We can now set specific starting positions for heroes and monsters, e.g. to create battles in narrow passageways

• The witch can now enchant her witch kettle, similar to druids and magicians
  
• there is an introductory text when entering the starting temple on game start
  
• Help has been extended for current topics on battle actions, maneuvers and the like
  
• The initial values for spells are more in line with the pen and paper rules
  
• The avatar in the character screen is not cut off on top any more, should it be too big
  
• The gameover text has been adapted
  
• UI scaling can now be modified with the console (F9) command "uibasescane 100" (where 100 is the percentage of the base scaling). Moving this to the settings is on our todo
  
• "Take all items" now uses the currently selected hero instead of the party leader as "first to try"
  
• The spell categories have been reorganized and extended
  
• All 8 possible companions have a unique avatar now
  
• Some scripting commands have been added or extended
  
• Save games can now be saved with only one letter filename length (before: 3)
  
• The whetstone has been renamed to weapon care kit
  
• Only useful spells can be selected as "free spells"
  
• Captions of the keyword dialog window have been improved

• In a new game, the main road through the svellt valley and its main cities are already known
  
• The ferryman now has a more suitable goodbye

• Santa Claus rode across the svellt valley and placed some trees, one per town and city. Who can find them all? ;)
  
• The market assortments have been reworked
  
• The keyword dialog for the market in Kvirasim has been improved
  
• The way up into the settlement in Kvirasim has been improved
  
• The keyword dialog for the market in Gashok has been improved
  
• Gashok was a little optimized
  
• Removed some quest spoilers in Gashok
  
• Tiefhusen has been completely reworked (e.g. curbs, ground texture) and optimized
  
• Tiefhusen's water has been improved
  
• Tiefhusen will now load a lot faster
  
• The map of Finsterkoppen has been resized
  
• The gate guards in Finsterkoppen now also react to Elfs, Druids and Witches on the way out

• In the Cellar vault there are now some "very cramped" battles
  
• The socket riddle in the cellar vault has been made easier and more comfortable
  
• A climbing riddle in the cellar vault received some more hints
  
• The Ingerimm-Picture in the Finsterkoppenbinge is now better staged
  
• A battl ein the Finsterkoppenbinge was improved so all monsters can actually reach the heroes
  
• Some checks in the Finsterkoppenbinge have been adapted

Bugfixes

• The characters don't move way too far any more
  
• The arena mountain-01 was repaired (e.g. Harpy battle)
  
• Characters are now "correctly killed" from effect damage
  
• A problem with the line of sight calculation has been fixed
  
• Beneficial spells do not "kill" the receiving heroes any more
  
• Characters should be visually killed correctly when they are supposed to
  
• A problem with heroes not attacking in autobattle was fixed
  
• Autobattle shouldn't cause characters to try to occupy the same fields any more
  
• Harpys don't have money on them any more

• When selling, Items past position 21 now appear correctly in the sell list
  
• The intro music now correctly respects music volume
  
• The hero portrait can be changed correctly again
  
• The avatar in the character generator is correctly and always changeable now
  
• A remark to Blade of Destiny has been removed
  
• Temple cannot be left with empty party any more
  
• The Wanderer-Set in the Character editor was fixed
  
• Arrows and bolts are now correctly placed in their respective equipment slots
  
• The Buy-dialog can now be left without buying anything
  
• The minimap is now in the correct location regardless of resolution
  
• All items can now be correctly thrown away
  
• All items can now be correctly equipped via button
  
• The gameover-scene now has the correct music
  
• An overlapping error in the diary has been fixed
  
• The damage display can now be correctly set
  
• The take note-Button in the keyword dialogue window now has its correct size
  
• The gameover screens isn't overlayed by travel routes any more

• The gameover screen will not display the "continue journey" dialogue any more
  
• Junctions on the map change their colors correctly
  
• Events on travels now respect the 35 inventory slots

• Jittery NPCs on the roads are fixed
  
• A stray candle flame in Kvirasim was fixed
  
• NPCs know their way around Kvirasim again
  
• More graphical glitches in Kvirasim have been corrected
  
• Entering the "cellar" of a building when leaving it in Kvirasim was fixed
  
• The mountainside of Finsterkoppen lost its acoustic birds
  
• Missing doors in Finsterkoppen retrofitted
  
• A flying tower in Finsterkoppen has been brought back down to earth
  
• Barrels in Finsterkoppen are now correctly recognized as obstacles by the NPCs
  
• "Flights" above Finsterkoppen shouldn't happen any more
  
• A rooftop in Finsterkoppen was closed off
  
• Several flying objects in Finsterkoppen were brought back down to earth
  
• Two carts in Finsterkoppen are now correctly blocking
  
• Female dwarfs don't have the occasional bald head any more
  
• Houses in Finsterkoppen are now actually obstacles
  
• Lighting in Tiefhusen has been improved
  
• A flying tower in Tiefhusen was brought back down to earth
  
• The optimizations in Gashok should prevent further crashes
  
• A dead end on a Gashok Quest was removed
  
• Small graphical glitches in Taverns were fixed
  
• Lighting of the Rahja temple has been reworked

• Events in Dungeons only trigger once on exit any more
  
• The party marker in dungeons now always has the correct size
  
• Wrong colors on the color box riddle in the Cellar vault were fixed
  
• A secret door in the Cellar vault is now easier to find
  
• An XP-Exploit at the socket riddle in the Cellar vault was fixed
  
• Deactivated bolt traps in the Finsterkoppenbinge are now only reported once
  
• Many jumpy elements in the Finsterkoppenbinge were fixed
  
• Texture glitches in the Finsterkoppenbinge were fixed
  
• Some inaccessable areas in the Finsterkoppenbinge were better fenced off
  
• Some collision bugs in the Finsterkoppenbinge were fixed
  
• Some graphical glitches in the Finsterkoppenbinge were fixed
  
• A chest in the Finsterkoppenbinge was turned around
  
• A dialog in the Finsterkoppenbinge was fixed

Features

• The diary is now available
  
• The character screen has been completely redone
  
• The user interface has been completely redone
  
• Attack/Parry-Deductions from armor are now using the "effective Encumbrance"-Rules, see help for details
  
• Kvirasim has been improved and now features more beautiful textures and a lot of green stuff
  
• Remastered track: Gashok
  
• Remastered track: Healer
  
• Remastered track: Trader
  
• Remastered track: Blacksmith
  
• Keyword dialog responses can now be saved to the notes
  
• The witchbroom has been reanimated
  
• The zant battle character has been reworked
  
• The battlegrid brightness can now be adapted in the settings by slider
  
• Kvirasim now features better support for "those cumbersome strangers don't need to be scrapped of the ground constantly"
  
• Questbook, Recipes and Notes are now in the new UI design
  
• Spells and Skills now have fields with 4 scrollbars each
  
• The visitors of the Rahja temple are now more appropriately dressed
  
• The travelmap has been reworked and now contains captions, denser woods and is more "lively" in general. Right now all captions on the map are german, a translation is being worked on.
  
• There are now more NPCs in Gashok
  
• Kvirasims surroundings can now be explored in a wider area
  
• Random battles at night are now adapted to the average level of the party
  
• There are now more NPCs in Finsterkoppen
  
• The Orks received better templates, thanks to Ali Bengali from the german NLT-Board!
  
• All races are now generated with fixed Vitality and Astral energy
  
• It is now possible to create female orks in the character designer
  
• Orks have received a special armor set
  
• Gold jewelry can now be equipped as well
  
• Increased character inventory slots to 35
  

Fixes

• Fixed a swapped display on some containers
  
• Several fixes in the Finsterkoppenbinge
  
• Fixed a bug where the radial menu didn't appear correctly after battles
  
• Spells and skills now feature a tooltip including a prediction for the success probability when using it
  
• The Map of the Finsterkoppenbinge is now moveable freely
  
• Several debugging displays removed from Finsterkoppenbinge
  
• Initial language choice based on steam should work correctly now
  
• NPCs don't slide along the ground when standing still any more
  
• Turning around when traveling works correctly again
  
• Several problems with the character editor fixed
  
• Battleloot is now correctly reduced by ammo used in battle
  
• Settingswindow is now in the new UI design
  
• Unidentified Belt of strength is now spoilerfree
  
• Time display now only features hours and minutes, no more seconds
  
• Can't drop into the water in Tiefhusen any more
  
• Can't drop off the map in Hillhaus any more
  
• Keyworddialogs in Hillhaus fixed
  
• Many fixes and improvements to Phex temple riddles
  
• In autobattle, the order to check which spell to use is now randomized
  
• Tooltipps always remain on screen
  
• Made check for waking up from unconsciousness more frequent, so e.g. levelup-vitality gain also wakes up
  
• Orks aren't slightly transparent any more
  
• Several travel dialogs fixed and improved
  
• Items don't get stuck on the character portraits any more
  
• Loot windows now don't have extra slots any more
  
• Fixed some texting errors
  
• "Christmas blinking" on lowest quality fixed
  
• "Now entering" deactivated in Videos (like Elsurion, Sudran)
  
• Clicking a junction while standing on it doesn't cause a crash any more
  
• Burnt-down mill in Gashok fixed
  
• No more limits to "simultaneous" tasks in camp - they were sequential to begin with
  
• The "weapons" of ghosts can neither be lost nor destroyed any more
  
• All elves can now increase their class spells by 2 as it should be
  
• Fixed Depth of field for some NPCs in houses
  
• Tiefhusen should load a lot faster now
  
• Harpys now fight and die into the correct direction
  
• Spells are alphabetically sorted in the character screen
  
• Ranged weapons aren't indestructible any more
  

New Features

• The character generator is now available. As an intermediate step you can "roll" the looks of your characters from a given set specific per class until the actual character designer is implemented
  
• A simplified system for character creation has been introduced. You can switch between simplified and classic at any time in the settings
  
• Levelups are now operational
  
• A simplified system for levelups has been introduced. You can switch between simplified and classic at any time in the settings
  
• There are a lot more different camp fights now, and they are better applied according to the current location
  
• Part of the startrail quest was buggy, it can now be played from beginning to end
  
• 6 new battle arenas in night lighting have been added
  
• The fog of war on maps is now a lot more detailed. Disclaimer: This change breaks your already explored parts on the maps of dungeons and towns, you need to reexplore
  
• Tiefhusen has received citizens
  
• Opacity of windows has been increased for readability
  
• wells in towns can now be used to refill your water supplies
  
• Tiefhusen: An animation for traveling with Hensger has been introduced
  
• Binge: The lore ride received a simple animation
  
• Small hints added to the phex temple
  
• Made some balancing adjustments for journeys
  
• Set default framelimit to 60. Can be deactivated by mod or in schweif_data/_data/globalsettings.xml
  
• Stores in towns now are open from 6 am to 8 pm
  
• The fishing-hook received a (described) snell
  
• Random battles on journeys have received better balancing capabilities
  
• Help has been improved and exteded with new information. Still accessible with F1 or Questbook -> Help
  
• Tooltips for the two icon buttons in the item window

Bugfixes and improvements

• Several battle avatars which got stuck repeatedly have been fixed
  
• The developer contact form has been fixed and now automatically attaches the output_log.txt and consolelog.txt files of your current session to better find the problem you have
  
• A spoiler in the loading screen has been removed
  
• There were some memory leaks on the travel map which have been removed
  
• Some dialogue errors have been fixed
  
• Some texting errors have been fixed
  
• There are "town limits" now that prevent the party from leaving accessible areas
  
• Some container dialogs received a suitable image
  
• All 4 market booths in Kvirasim are now working correctly
  
• The bridge in Gashok has been made safer
  
• A wrong reference to Blade of Destiny has been removed
  
• Items don't get stuck on the hero portraits any more
  
• Effect icons now correctly appear on top of the Portraits
  
• The radial menu now correctly appears after battles
  
• Binge: several smaller bugs fixed
  
• The strange bar above the minimap is gone
  
• Kvirasim: several smaller bugs fixed
  
• Binge: even equipped items now get removed correctly (e.g. the torch at efferds sponge)
  
• Tooltips and the radial menu always remain completely on screen now
  
• A memory leak on saving the fog of war has been fixed

Coming up next

• Improvements in battles
  
• UI implementations for questbook, diary, recipes, help and so on