Conquest of Elysium 5.13

This update focuses on improving the battles. There is now a per unit battle log, so when you inspect a unit in battle you will only see his part of the battle log. There is also a new unit list, press F1 in a battle to see a list of all participants, including dead units so their cause of death can be inspected in their log. Ice in battles has now got stats and a catapult might smash through it with their boulders, creating patches of open water.

There are also some new spells, magic items, AI & pathfinding improvements, new modding features and the usual bug fixes. The network lobby seems to work quite well now, so the beta warning has finally been removed.

General

• F1 battle unit list

• Per unit battle log

• Improved battle log info

• Pathfinding now prefers straight paths and to avoid dangerous squares

• Magic items are no longer removed from unit until after battle is over

• Now possible to find magic items after dying on the world map

• 6 new magic items

• Farm battlemap

• Fairy Circle battle map

• Battleground ice now has stats and can be destroyed

• Battle terrain mist

• New vegetation: Cabbage

• Certain spells will now target terrain instead if no enemy is nearby

• 2 new spells: Aura of Unlife, Ring of Flames

• Fix for circle area of effects

• Fix for name of Emperor's Statue

• Could sometimes have festering wound and diseased simultaneously

• Token for commander on a ship was not drawn correctly

• Could get cloudfolk recruitment offers without owning suitable citadel

• Could activate any square with 'o' and lose AP

• Different items with fire/cold resistances now stack

• Paralyze spell no longer affects lifeless beings

• Teleport move works for mid/back rankers too

• Call of the Wild now results in a message for all enemy players

• Fix for scrollbar in View Messages resetting after reading a message

• Fix for magic maps sometimes not updating scryed area properly

• Troll Forests now lower the morale of non-troll owned units

• Message if a commander dies from disease

• Festering Wound has a chance to heal

• Illusionist Spell Mirrors less likely to empty themselves on a gate

• Mention location's name in battle messages

• Cloud Forests spread strange mist

• Reanimate Tree didn't always take effect, fixed

• Potential crash fix

• Can no longer steal magic items from stupid units

• Fixed info for magic items with morale bonus

• Fixed plane shift description

• Fix for scrollbar in shop screen

• Catapults no longer become Giant Soulless when transformed

• Templar more expensive in iron 15 -> 35

• Typo & stat fixes

Network / Multiplayer

• Removed network lobby beta warning

• Network lobby games are now deleted after 3 weeks of inactivity (was 2)

• Max nbr of teams increased to 14

• Right click to lower team number

• It was not possible to start team games after removing a player in the middle

AI

• AI better at handling portals

• Cloud Lord AI improvements

• AI better at not flying too far and falling down

• Fix for mid ranks units not advancing properly when front rankers are dead

• Defenders less likely to rush out if they have an enchanted gate

• AI will no longer stop to cast rituals when on a dangerous tile

Modding

• New monster commands: likesterr, lovesterr, hatesterr

• New terrain commands: swamp, mistrare

• newunits and promoteunits didn't set the target unit, fixed