V2.0.4c Patchnotes

v2.0.4c

BUG FIXES

• fixed faction mods using the wrong units as wall turret defense units, especially when several faction mods were installed at once

• fixed the "done" button on hero level up screen potentially overlapping with UI elements, interrupting the level up

• hovering over the Battle speed button no longer moves the camera in battle

• fixed several errors in the first version of the new load game screen

• fixed a bug that allowed you to gain units from monuments without paying

• fixed a save corruption issue where sometimes an artifact would not save its index. This might still cause artifact corruption (turning into a Four Leaf Clover), but won't crash the game. If you see artifacts turned into Four Leaf Clovers when saving/reloading, please report any relevant circumstacnes with your bug report

• fixed a crash that happened when switching to a custom map while selecting starting hero for another map

• fixed a crash relating to first aid tents resurrecting bodyguards (might also need to have been frogged bodyguards)

• fixed the Pillar of Essence graphics looking wrong when using the small or classic town screen

• fixed Arcane and Order towns showing the wrong icons for their faction mechanics

• roaming armies can no longer spawn inside neutral towns

• changed map generation code so no maps can have more than 16 sets of portals (this affects at least Ten Towns, making the map more playable)

• fixed a bug that made new maps with randomised skill trees unable to start

• fixed several issues relating to randomised skill trees. They should now work correctly

• fixed Tea House giving access to Engineer's Workshop when using the small or classic town screen UI

• fixed graphical issues with Tea House on small / classic town screen UI

• made changes that should fix an irreproducible crash that happened sometimes in combat at 2x speed

• fixed crash that happened while trading units between two heroless regiments and the > buttons overlapped the units

• fixed Puzzle Master not unlocking if you had saved and reloaded during the game

• made changes that should fix an irreproducible crash that happened sometimes with a first aid tent

• AI will now value visiting a Mana Well proportionally to how much mana their hero is missing

• fixed some Tide units not being boostable by pearls

• fixed the pearl boosting button being placed poorly in the unit creation UI

• fixed a crash that happened in combination between certain mods and changing language

• fixed map-building Palace of X not showing its gold income in the gold income tooltip

• fixed the gold income tooltip showing the wrong amount of gold income if you had several gold mines

• fixed an issue where Midas Touch gold would be awarded to the wrong player sometimes

• (potentially fixed) Voices of Wrath music track being silent for some users

• Nomads no longer will survive being killed or fleeing

• fixed a bug relating to trading units with Earthen Guards?

• fixed Scrying achievement not unlocking correctly

• fixed AI players fighting against AI players being able to flee, appearing back at their home town and bringing the boat with them

• there are now graphics for skills leveling up beyond Rank 10 all the way up to Rank 20

• fixed a bug that made upgraded dragons from Dragon Temple not correctly stack

• weaker enemy stacks in Easy mode now apply to all human players instead of just player 1

• Hex now prevents de-frogged non-permanent units to Split or Bud, fixing issues where high levels of Hex could make units like Mercurials go infinite

FEATURES

• setting for combat camera. Three options: Auto (current), Mixed, which both automatically moves camera, but allows panning / WASD / edge scrolling and temporarily disables automatic motion, and manual, which entirely removes the automatic combat camera

• load game menu has been redesigned

• MODDING: Unit group modding

• MODDING: Mod loading progress log

UNIT REBALANCING

• Increased health and damage by +5% for the following units (and upgrades): Militia, Cavalry, Strongarm, Treant, Bladesinger, Golem, Scroll, Boneguard, Imp, Canine, Capra, Goblin, Raider, Cyclops, Anaconda, Gilazard, Rex, Moss Golem, Troglodyte, Minotaurs, Cannoneer, Geyseral, Harpooneer, Rock Earthen, White Yeti, Horror, Carcass

• Decreased health and damage by -5% for the following units (and upgrades): Forest Spirits, Deadeyes, Bonewyrm, Runescribe, Tricrow, Spirited Fire, Hellgoat, Ash Demon, Ashen Giant, Ocean Menace

• Decreased health and damage by -10% for Mercurial

• All Blight units gain +5% base stats (Onyx Rod, Malavian, Blightstinger, Crawler, Malcorvid, Blight Monstrum)

• Seraph gains ability Aura of Power - Gryphon starts with retaliation

• Wildspeaker now summons Forest Spirits - the Druid now starts with Summoning for Anima

• Liongod gains ability Terror - Incarnation now starts with charge

• Thundergod gains ability Empower

• Stats of units summoned by Hunter and Ice Sculptors (bodyguards ability) has been reduced by 10%

• Pride gains ability Rebirth - Wrath now starts with Burning

• Archopriest gains ability Empower

• Miner gains ability Taxpayer - Carver loses ability Knockback

• Unit ability Fortune has its luck strike chance reduced from 30% to 15%

• Waveborn gains ability Versatile

• Aetherting gains ability Empower

• The "Power" stat of boss units, Horror and Rex has been decreased slightly, making them slightly cheaper to field in battle - their stats remain the same

CHANGES

• In Easy difficulty setting, AI have the number of units healed by infirmary reduced by 66%

• In Normal difficulty setting, AI have the number of units healed by infirmary reduced by 33%

• Heroes that are killed will now not only lose all movement points, but also gain Tired: 1

• Earthen Guards and Guardposts will no longer send units to the infirmary when defeated

• when choosing a different map in the map selection screen, the menu for picking faction and hero will now reset instead of staying open

• Lexicon > Faction > Skill tree - clicking anywhere on screen will hide the selected skill tree once more

• When opening the game, it should now unlock steam achievements that have been unlocked in-game previously

• Call of Champions now specifies in text that it only works for Horde units (translations might take some time)

• Nomad armies now recover their units more slowly (from 50% to 33%)

• Crawling Cave now correctly specifies that it creates Corpseeaters, not Goblins

• Dragonking skill can now spawn several dragons after a fight if you get enough points. Also slightly changed the Dragonking proc graphic

• Scrollbar on map selection screen is now correctly aligned

• Very slightly increased XP requirement growth per level (+1%)

• Pillar is no longer always shown as one of the combatants in the main menu battle

• numbers of units sent to infirmary is now rounded down instead of to closest integer