Voor de Kroon

• Fix blood texture on arming sword
  
• If you press F5 with no formation selected you will possess a random ranged unit if available
  
• Fix stormram floating through water during schagen siege
  
• Tweak campaign map lighting and clarity
  
• Tweak campaign landscape add landmass south of the the map
  
• Add Brabant as playable faction for conquer all campaign
  
• Add Brabant to campaign map
  
• Tweak campaign map out of bounds textures to be almost seamless
  
• Add new settlements to map: Die Haghe, Niemeghen, Tordrecht, Tiel, Ten Bosche, Wyck and Breda
  
• Add region based map for Brabant
  
• Add region based map for Die Haghe, Tordrecht, Wyck and Tiel
  
• Fix assassination logic
  
• Add animation scene for peaceful annex
  
• Add animation scene for assassination
  
• Fix Frisian militie units missing animations
  
• Fix commander not being able to dismount when starting mounted
  
• Fix custom lord weapon not cycling
  
• Fix initial custom lord model being a militia model
  
• Fix reinforcements sometimes being displayed on the wrong side of the battle dialog
  
• Fix firemode icon showing on routed formation card
  
• Fix delay before you can press accept on game event dialog
  
• Fix spy and envoy diplomacy chance calculations
  
• Update main menu with small scene depicting the death of Willem II during a campaign in Western Frisia
  

• Show dialog when campaign savegame is incompatible with new game version
  
• Change campaign faction difficulty text to starting conditions
  
• Fix some game variable declaration values related errors
  
• Write new system for save incompatibility
  
• Allow player to select location for quick battles
  
• Fix defensive formations sometimes falling through floor during siege battles
  
• Add peacefull annexation mechanic
  
• Add assassinate mechanic
  
• Fix bug causing completed buildings to sometimes not show up
  
• Add university building, needed to send spies and envoys
  
• Add send spies mechanic
  
• Add send envoy mechanic
  
• Diplomacy bias normalizes by 1 point every turn
  
• Add diplomacy bias factor, this bias decreases with failed diplomacy attempts, annexation, razing and declaring war prematurely on a faction. When this bias is too high an enemy faction can permanently break off relations.
  
• You can ask an ally to give you resources
  
• Improve some game event sounds
  
• Fix AI garrison management
  
• Add cheat codes activated by inputting specific custom lord names and playing as them
  
• Tweak West Frisia map
  
• Tweak veluwe area map
  
• Make directional combat on foot smoother
  
• Remove heraldry from swords and sword scabbards
  
• Fix custom faction editor color mode shading
  
• Fix campaign map color mode shading
  
• Some small Battle AI balance fixes
  
• Replace weapon names with english variants
  
• Add arming sword and 1.5 hand seperately to custom faction editors
  
• Add campaign difficulty option, this affect public order, diplomacy chances and player income
  
• Player can only possess ranged units
  
• Sound war horn on siege charge when in cinematic mode
  
• Fix mounted sword animations rotating the spine too much
  
• Fix player controlled icon not showing in battle dialog
  
• Tweak cinematic color mode look to be more desaturated and foggy
  
• Correctly switch commander portrait when cycling attack from settlement
  
• Implement new diplomacy screen
  
• Implement barter based diplomacy
  
• Completely remove decree system
  
• Start main campaign with 6 wood
  
• Player can always attack fortified settlements, even when no engineers guild is built
  
• Ladders for sieges can now always be built but will cost double if you don't have an engineers guild
  
• Show faction overview in diplomacy screen
  
• Improve campaign UI Animation smoothness
  
• Move game events widget to campaign map controller
  
• Stay on campaign map on turn end
  
• Add falling leaves during autumn in campaign
  
• Also hide archery UI when gameplay UI is toggled off
  

• Set portrait and info from settlement commander on settlement selection UI
  
• Fix commander unit names to correct middle dutch
  
• Set protraits from settlement commanders in battle screen
  
• Add campaign difficulty indicator to faction info
  
• After winning rebellion fight you can raze the settlement for global public order bonus or leave the settlement for local public order bonus and global public order hit.
  
• You now fight rebels by clicking the settlement and then attack.
  
• Remove civil decree category
  
• Fix crash occuring when selecting a melee ritter unit as commander
  
• Fix formations getting stuck in charge end loop
  
• Add dynamic lord portraits to campaign
  
• Fix shield blocking hit registration calculation
  
• Fix on ground state being activated too long for downed units
  
• Add show gameplay UI toggle, also add to realism mode selector options. This affects attack direction markers, healthbar and action text.
  
• Add toggle to disable hitmarkers, also add to realism mode selector options
  
• Improve balance bar appearance
  
• Fix non combat ready units dissapearing after battle
  
• Fix non combat ready units costing food when attacking
  
• Fix bug causing campaign possible reinforcements to stick when playing quick battles
  
• Tweak AI Cavalry formation charge behavior
  
• Fix being able to select non combat ready units as reinforcements
  

Armor

Gameplay

Ranged Units

Cinematic and Realism mode

• Only show two handed stance text when actually switching to two handed stance
  
• Update game credits
  
• Fix player weapon initialization logic
  
• Remove redundant controls from input config
  
• Fix bug of commander spawning mounted in a siege battle
  
• Change hold fire command to cycle fire mode
  
• Add selective fire mode for archers: only target free standing enemy formations. This is the new default fire mode. Can override to always fire using the cycle fire mode command.
  
• Bind possessing formations to the top face button for gamepad
  
• Fix jittery injured crawl animation
  
• Rename Horichede with shield to Keerlen, implying free farmers
  
• Update unit descriptions
  
• Add penetrate armor flag for missiles: instant kill on chainmail units
  
• Throwing spears and crossbow bolts penetrate armor
  
• Add base class savegame to check save versions without crashing
  
• Add screen to select cinematic or realistic mode on first game load: this automatically sets up gameplay settings for an optimal experience.
  
• Add show enemy formation markers toggle: show kill markers on enemy formations
  
• Add toggle for friendly unit health bonus: Friendly units get 1.5x health
  
• Add directional combat to player on foot: move mouse or gamepad right stick to determine attack direction
  
• Add toggle for sunny weather frequency
  
• Arrow hit to the player is now instant kill on realistic player damage
  
• A lance hit to the player is now an instant kill on realistic player damage
  
• If an army only fields ranged units they will count towards morale balance
  
• Add toggle for slowmotion effects
  
• Slightly increase knockdown sound volume
  
• Tweak snow footstep volumes
  
• Fix archer hand animation
  
• Tweak gamepad controls on foot
  
• Fix mounted gamepad controls
  
• Increase mounted camera distance 1.5x
  
• Retexture first person crossbow
  
• Retexture high res crossbow bolt
  
• Retexture crossbow to be completely wood
  
• Fix anti cavalry stake damage direction calculation
  
• Change default infantry formation size to 75 (from 60)
  
• Prevent AI from breaking formation to run after player
  
• The minimal food cost of all units is now 1
  
• Refactor gamepad controls to virtual cursor in campaign
  
• Add some new deployment strategies for AI Commander
  
• Prevent AI commander from setting up a static defense position when attacking
  
• Fix dismounted cavalry making horse noises during siege battles
  
• Tweak unit weapons
  
• Various code optimizations
  
• Add stakes support to Frisian fanatics unit
  
• Remove support for fire bolts for crossbows, now only archers support fire arrows
  
• Reduce formation skirmish run cooldown time
  
• Add spear throwing skirmisher unit for Frisia, is ranged unit but can stand their ground as a melee unit
  
• Add first person character for skirmisher unit
  
• Unify Unit icon logic
  
• Tweak arrow death reactions
  
• Add a limited amount of arrows to archer and crossbow formations, if out of arrows they will draw their sidearm
  
• Siege defenders have triple the amount of arrows
  
• Replace first person meshes
  
• Replace fire arrow model
  
• Add new Frisian militia unit models
  
• Add new Feudal militia unit models
  
• Knocking down a unit on horse does some damage
  
• Ranged units spawn in loose formation
  
• Add new kletsie model
  
• Remove polearm sergeants unit
  
• Fix cavalry reporting cavalry charge
  
• Replace bow with more historical representative version
  
• Decrease formation spacing for infantry
  
• Low level units now have bigger spacing than before, high level units less
  
• Speed up unit targeting when first starting fighting
  
• Prevent AI from using battle addons before building engineers guild
  
• Implement officer weapon system, add weapon data for officer weapons
  
• Unit targeting optimizations
  
• Increase unit targeting range
  
• Greatly improve formation charge behavior and angle calculations
  
• Optimize hit detection code
  
• Add small chance of polearm unit rearing enemy horse and killing the rider
  
• Add damage bonus to cavalry for polearm militia
  
• Polearm militia can now brace against cavalry
  
• Add new militia weapon models
  
• Refactored shield bash: When hitting a blocking unit they will only stagger, when the victim is not blocking they will fall down
  
• Units on higher ground deal more damage to units on lower ground
  
• Tweak AI Cavalry behavior
  
• Player only takes damage from enemy horse knockdowns
  
• Lower player finisher chance
  
• Fix bug causing player to own more food than the stockpile allows
  
• Fix beard surcoats of Frisian commanders
  

• Fix Jan van Brabant having non helmet voice
  
• Fix game crash related to footsteps on ice during winter
  

• Add watchtower building: Can see enemy units during deployment while defending settlement.
  
• Simplify tree colision, prevent units from getting stuck under branches
  
• Fix start battle button not clickable with too many reinforcements
  
• Fix brederode starting conditions
  
• Rename trading post to traders guild
  
• Rename forestry hut to foresters guild
  
• Rename engineers quarters to engineers guild
  
• Prevent famine making your ruler desert
  
• When a settlement is attacked it loses a fixed 10 points of public order
  
• Fix public order downward spiral when public order is low
  

• Player can designate a garrison commander
  
• Player will play as garrison commander in battle
  
• If the garrison contains a ruler he will always be the commander
  
• Player can toggle if garrison commander will start mounted in unit detail screen
  
• Show player indicator on commanded formation icon in battle
  
• Player spawns near commanded formation
  
• Add new animations to player on foot when not in active combat, improve overall feel on foot
  
• Add freelook controls to player on foot when not in combat
  
• Add falling animations to player on foot when in air
  
• Player will start on foot in siege battles
  
• Add different footstep sounds for surface types
  
• Add snow footsteps for units in winter
  
• Spawn siege camp in siege battles
  
• Add move priority to open gate when gate is breached
  
• fix unit info being scrambled after occupying an empty settlement
  
• Fix ruler lance being lost forever when routed, ruler lance now stays in a defended settlement with 10 units or returns to a remaining settlement when settlement is lost
  
• Fix first person footstep sounds
  
• Fix unit rotation after climbing up ladder
  
• Fix tree collisions, units navigate around them
  
• Being in water now gives 7x penalty to cavalry and 2x penalty to infantry for damage taken
  
• Fix night battle not setting wall defender slots
  
• Destroy trees around siege camp
  
• Destroy trees where castle spawns
  
• Destroy trees and objects where trebuchet spawns
  
• Tweak player realistic damage values: Melee strikes take 1/4 health, arrow hits and cavalry knockdowns take 1/2 health
  
• Improve execution die animations
  
• Prevent units on ladder from becoming injured and trying to crawl away in the air
  
• Remove starting cavalry unit from vroenle
  
• Disable reinforcements for siege battles completely
  
• Fix defensive siege archers shooting at direct targets in a high arc
  
• Fix some pathfinding bugs on palisade walkways
  
• Fix player being able to bash with first person bow/crossbow
  

• Fix game crashing when constructing a building
  
• Fix ladder units still placing ladders after sallying out
  
• Fix being able to sally out before nav mesh finishes generating
  
• Fix units getting stuck in gate when sallying out