Patch 0.1.38180

Design

• When redrawing techs, the research bar will now update to say “Redrawing” until the next turn
• Clicking on the research bar in this state will allow the player to choose an available tech to research - which will cancel the redraw
• Caravan earnings are now boosted based on market inflation
• The cost increase per unit produced has been reduced for Worker, Scout, Caravan, and Disciple units
• Units can now be promoted, upgraded, or have generals added to them after moving
• Cognomen Legitimacy gives diminishing returns for previous leaders, rather than each previous ruler contributing half their earned legitimacy
• March now costs 100 Training
• The Drawbridge Tech has been renamed to Portcullis
• The Warrior Code Tech has been renamed to Martial Code
• The various tiers of the amphitheater improvement have been renamed
• Previously these tiers were: Amphitheater, Hippodrome, Colosseum
• These tiers are now: Odeon, Amphitheater, Colosseum
• Ashurbanipal’s intro text has been updated
• Death and Succession events now have priority at the start of a turn
• Highest Military and Population ambitions will now list the highest rival
• Military comparisons now account for total strength, rather than number of units
• Diplomacy demands have been tweaked to occur less often
• Events that result in a General becoming injured have been tweaked to occur less often
• Spouses who like/dislike you will now lead to having more or less children
• Some map scripts have received name updates
• Names have been added for salt water bodies on the Disjunction map script
• Names have been added for oceans on the Northern Ocean map script

Art

• The Axeman unit has been updated with hit, death and fortify animations
• The Warrior unit has been updated with a fortify animation
• The Barbarian Raider unit has been updated with a combat idle animation
• Scouts will now appear in a boat when they are on water tiles
• The art for the scrub resource has been updated
• Event art for the Colossus has been added
• More action icons have been added/updated
• New resource icons have been added

UI

• The Choose Research pop up design has been updated
• This pop up now features a tech deck icon that will show you what is available, what is in your deck, and what is in your discard pile
• This pop up now has icons to distinguish what each tech unlocks (Improvements that can be built, projects, etc.)
• The research bar has received a small polish update
• The research progress bar has been updated to appear slightly transparent
• New recommendation icons and arrows have been added
• The character selection panel that can be opened within the Primogeniture screen now matches the character selection panels that can be opened from other areas within the game
• Portrait backgrounds have been added to the character select panel buttons
• Selected family portraits will now highlight when moused over
• The character, units, and cities tabs now update to show new additions instantly
• Unit tooltips have been expanded, and unit mouseover help has been improved
• Unit prerequisites are now shown in the encyclopedia
• The choose governor/general pop up will now close when selecting something other than a city or a unit
• The project area of the city screen has received a small polish update
• Overall padding and layout polish updates have been added for various UI elements
• Yield text on the city screen has been adjusted
• New button for city project queue tab?
• Clicking on the unit/project finished widget within the city screen should now make it disappear
• The Religion screen has received some small adjustments
• The Submit Bug window has been resized

Audio

• A despair audio cue has been added to certain events
• A unit cooldown sound has been added

New Events

• A Terrible Loss
• Your spouse has died and the nation attends a vigil for them
• Laid to Rest
• Your spouse has died and the nation mourns their loss
• Farewell Brother/Sister
• You receive news that your sibling has died
• Secret of the Fool
• You discover some interesting rumors about Pieface
• Rise of Pieface
• Pieface flees the palace and returns home after successfully carrying out a plot
• World Tour
• Plays from your finest dramatists have impressed another nation, and they arrive in court to ask if they might learn your secrets
• Oops!
• Scientists from another nation arrive to showcase their latest advancements, but it doesn’t go as expected
• Between Us
• A character from another nation requests to learn your knowledge about horse armor
• Token of Goodwill
• Another nation sends a gift to your nation, and requests a gift of their own in return
• Exchange of Ideas
• Your great scientist wishes to exchange your nation’s knowledge of Metaphysics with another nation
• Battered
• Another nation is impressed with your military knowledge and wishes to learn from you
• Sharing the Loot
• Another nation has sacked a barbarian encampment and wishes to share the loot with you
• Under (Nation)
• Scientists from another nation believe there may be ruins, mines, or vaults buried beneath a city and request permission to excavate
• Suspected Spy
• Agents from one of your families have taken an ambassador from another nation prisoner as a spy
• Dinner with a Rival
• A delegation from another nation is sent to help settle a dispute brewing between your nations
• Dinner with Rivals
• A delegation from another nation is sent to help settle a dispute brewing between your nations, and multiple suggestions are made
• A Toast
• While dining in the company of another nation, your general gives a toast that isn’t received well
• A Duel
• After a spear duel, your general dies of severe injuries
• A Duel
• After a spear duel, your heir dies of severe injuries
• A Mother’s/Father’s Touch
• After news of a duel reaches a person in your nation, they visit the tents of those injured to pray for their health
• Mother/Father in exile
• While in exile, a person from your nation is giving away state secrets and spreading rumors about you
• The Return Home
• Someone returns to the nation with dates, spiced wines, and incense - insisting on accepting their gifts as a sign of forgiveness
• The Return Home: Dates
• After enjoying the dates brought back to the nation, you are experiencing moderate discomfort and suspect something is amiss
• The Return Home: Wine
• After partaking in the wine brought back to the nation, you feel weak and suspect the wine was poisoned
• The Return Home: Incense
• The incense brought back to the nation feels as if it is following you everywhere and driving you mad
• Time to Feast
• Your spouse demands a banquet to celebrate your heir
• The Dark Arts
• Your spouse is impressed with the heir and wishes to teach them the dark arts of espionage
• A New General
• A seer discovers a strange omen before your coronation and shares their thoughts with you

AI

• Improved AI late game performance
• Better AI attack tile selection
• Fixed AI trying to use barracks in cities

Miscellaneous Changes

• A ‘Show Rival Family Colors’ option is now available in the UI options menu
• Some Announcements have been added
• There is now an announcement for when counselors die
• There is now an announcement for when a nation goes to war due to an alliance
• New city and character names have been added

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Submit Bug window dropdown didn’t open within the window correctly
• Fixed an issue with the game editor where specialists could not be added to city territory tiles
• Fixed an issue where the initial tutorial event was not occurring correctly
• Fixed an issue where progress for the capture city ambition was not tracked correctly
• Fixed an issue where the Game of the Week could have the wrong number of players
• Fixed an issue where techs with longer names would not fit properly within the Choose Research pop up
• Fixed an issue where the category button within the encyclopedia did not return to categories correctly when a search term was present
• Fixed an issue where unit consumption values were not shown correctly in the encyclopedia screen
• Fixed an issue that could occur with the flags on certain rotations of the amphitheater improvement
• Fixed an issue where selecting a city from the overview screen, and then clicking outside of that city would not correctly leave the city screen
• Fixed an issue where the city tooltip would not remain present when hovering over a city name while a unit was selected
• Fixed an issue where city widgets would not update to show religion in that city if religion was added to that city via an event
• Fixed an issue where characters could appear in the Primogeniture screen and Character Relatives panel more than once
• Fixed an issue where the “Actions” label on the character selection panel opened from within the Primogeniture screen was positioned incorrectly
• Fixed an issue with unit action icons in the unit list
• Fixed an issues where units could march while on cooldown
• Fixed an issue with AI barbarian colors
• Fixed an issue with the sentry and wake icons
• Fixed a null exception that could occur when hovering over the projects number in the city screen
• Various exception errors have been fixed
• General crash fixes related to Cultural differences in numeric and date formats
• Addressed some late game memory issues and out of memory crashes

See also

• Patches