Ancient Cities Compatibility & Performance

v 1.9.3 Compatibility & Performance

We have improved the game's compatibility and efficiency, fixed several reported bugs and adjusted the gameplay.

The game is now running experimentally on Steam Deck ( Waiting for Steam evaluation ) and Intel graphics cards on Windows. We look forward to your feedback. Linux Proton compatibility improved for AMD and NVidia GPUs.

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LATEST CHANGES & FIXES

• Steam deck improved performance.

• Steam deck adjusted game options.

• Steam deck texfields trigger virtual keyboard.

• Steam deck adjusted controls layout and descriptions.

• Optimized texture loading.

• Optimized game compatibility with fps limiters.

• Increased priority for tasks in farms.

• Improved rivers in Denmark,Sweaden,Norway and Finland.

• Improved discrete mode.

• Fixed bury behaviour stuck and related crashes.

• Fixed weird reflections.

• Fixed burial freeze.

• Fixed load and save interface.

CHANGES

• Included Steam Deck experimental support.

• Included Intel graphics experimental support.

• Improved support for Linux Proton.

• Optimized shader compilation and loading times.

• Optimized rendering code for smoother gameplay.

• Included limit of fps in the game menu.

• Improved graphics performance and compatibility overall.

• Improved snow and trails visuals.

• Improved cheating detection to keep game stability.

• Increased comunal tasks priority.

• Increased bulld and repair priority.

• Increased learning from repairing buildings.

• Increased fine stones in rivers.

• Decreased animal incursion probabilty.

FIXES

• Fixed learning pace in late game

• Fixed attribute bars for humans.

• Fixed cell creation for areas.

• Fixed stuck issues caused by zone and routing calculations.

• Fixed burial access thorught trails.

• Fixed access over cells with seeds.

• Fixed cursor light by night.

PLEASE ENSURE YOUR GRAPHICS DRIVERS ARE UP TO DATE.

• Please use the Steam 'Players' forum to post your feedback, bugs & issues.

• Please send us a report if the game crashes and post report number in the forums.

• Please mod creators: Update & upload your mods when required.

WHAT'S NEXT?

• We are working on new free content updates while improving the game.

HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE GAME?

• The easiest way to support us is to write a review on Steam!