Developer posts and news about this game.
Optimization improvements to shadow frustum culling and visibility based on camera distance and angle optimized long list of least performant units, including all Gallic and Germanic units, some Dacian, Galatian and Brythonic units, Ligurian warriors, Thracians, Daunians, Indian
Map Campaign minor text changes for clarity, especially around destroyed armies fix to campaign AI sometimes running diplomacy rolls in rapid succession sub-faction armies move back to their own, rather than any friendly, territory on season end fix to Belgae and Germanic sprite
Map Campaign added player checklist to map campaign hover window objectives some rebalancing including more starting light foot on certain armies more map variety in some parts of Gallic Wars campaign winning armies don't disband even if small improved AI sub faction defense of t
Pursuit fixes to some pursuit to charge bugs improve AI behavior after being goaded fixes to left in receiving charge bug when charged by pursuer Map Campaign scroll back to zero position on start battle UI on opening it do more rational and consistent allied unit type calls vari
File Size Changes optimized and compressed terrain height maps and textures, greatly decreasing total build size (from nearly 30 GB to less than 9 GB) Map Campaigns distinguished Germanic and Roman flags in Gallic Wars campaign better added achievement for Gallic Wars campaign ad
Gallic Wars Map Campaign Implemented new Gallic Wars map campaign with map of Gaul and settlements Includes Belgae, Aquitani, Germanic and Brythonic Sub-Faction with Gallic main faction and Aedui and Massalian Sub-Factions with Roman main faction Map Campaigns Improvements to AI,
Minor change to appearance of victory screen Fix bug with draggable windows affecting new campaign screen Reset draggable window position after close Minor fixes to recent translation and text updates
small hotfix to infinite reroll on diplomacy with conspirator trait
More translations of Map-Campaign UI Added main menu page language prompt with flag buttons that pops up on main menu
Map Campaigns Added many more translations to map campaign, including translation of rules Better AI calculation of relative advantage in map campaigns for deciding when to garrison, sally, attack, retreat etc...including weighing context of recent defeats and supply Random small
Map Campaigns: minor edits to army generation fix to issues with move again on to enemy who garrisons/to move away from garrisoned enemy fix bugs with AI reroll diplomacy and march rolls fixes to code for withdrawing armies to friendly territory on season end fix to fleet landed
Map Campaigns Fixes to army generation to take take into account most recent army list updates Zoomed in Greco-Persian War map a bit Made victory/planning etc window draggable Improved AI march move pathing to defend capital Fixes to erroneous roll table horn sound playing Random
Terrain foliage and materials optimized, and materials settings dynamically updated with camera distance. This should improve performance more or less depending on how much foliage is on the map. Update also includes minor changes to the small army size final option on the Galati
fix to campaign army generation for light units that could freeze on AI army creation
Quick fix to spawning of scythed chariot visuals, which were broken by recent code change.
This update involved a comprehensive review of the historical accuracy of army lists with many minor, and some major, updates to existing lists, along with corresponding updates to allied lists, updating lists with new or different units and options. Highlights include significan
Map Campaigns added many more battle maps to map campaigns improved selection of battle maps algorithm for map campaigns fix some issues with AI diplomacy prioritization fixed bug with army placement UI
Artillery Added artillery unit type Added four light artillery unit visuals: Marian Roman, Imperial Roman, Hellenistic and Generic Added Artillery to many army lists, including Marian and Imperial Roman, Dacian, Syracusan, and many late Hellenistic armies Added models, animations
Bugs fixed discipline rating for multiple light irregular foot units fixes to soldier rotation in mutual melee passive cav vs cav combats edits to marathon map generals Maps added new maps for forest hill, snowy ridge and winter valley swapped in new nile crossing map on campaign
Optimizations: moderate CPU optimizations for lower end machines for unit calculations and soldier elevation detection improved load times Campaigns: adjustment to some roll table menus for text size New Maps: Broken Terrain Nile Crossing Rolling Mountain Forests Forest Defile Mi