Hi folks,
You will notice that the battlefield view has changed a bit. And if you are using mods for the ally & enemy artworks, their modders may need to tweak them slightly. Sorry for that, but I hope you'll find the changes worth the fuss, especially with an ally-oriented expansion coming up soon. ;)
This is the new default view. You can view six allies at a time and eight enemies before needing to scroll either field.
This is the updated summoner's view. While this view is active, you can view ten allies at a time but only four enemies before needing to scroll.
You can quickly toggle between either with the 'z' key. The Ally buttons are accessible by hovering over the ally in both views. And of course, you can still click to get the targeting arrow to attack right-click to produce their card. Etc.
Below, you can find the patch notes for the last two builds.
Patch Notes - 09/03 # 1.035.2
Misc Changes and Additions
- Compact view renamed to Summoner's View
- While the Summoner's view is on the Battlefield will display ten allies at once and four enemies.
- While the Summoner's view is off (default view), the Battlefield will display six allies at once eight enemies.
- Ally Buttons will show up when hovering over the Ally.
- RULE Changes: Unique allies have +1 Concentration Upkeep (on top of the mode rules).
- Upkeep value of each ally will display on their cards.
- The verbose log will display a message when Temp states or Temp ripple effects are cleared.
- Updated the Codex entry of Ripple effects to include the new temporary ripple effects.
- Updated to the latest Unity Engine 2021.2.14f1
- Added Resources for the Ancient Ruins expansion
Modding Additions
- Only[Location]:1 tags in cards can now be used to allow excluded cards to show up as rewards of that location's areas. Location can be either minor or major. Ie. OnlyBleakhorn Ruins:1 will let an excluded card show up as a reward in Bleakhorn Ruins areas (and shops - that part is unchanged.) Most old (and new) cards from the 'Mercenaries' set now use the update OnlyLocation tags and will appear as area rewards in specific locations along with exclusion tags.
- AllowToInvoke:1 can be used to include specific and otherwise excluded allies to cards that Invoke Allies (ie. Invoke:1, InvokeDiscipline:Ally (Goblin) can now invoke Goblins that usually are excluded from Random Loot if they also have the AllowToInvoke tag. Otherwise, only Goblins that aren't excluded from Random Loot will appear.)
- ExcludeFromLegendaryDrops:1 can be used to exclude specific Legendary cards from showing up in cards that Loot or Craft, specifically Legendary cards, ie. Mythical Treasure.
- New special Ally types
- Heroic (should be added in SummonRace field): Heroic allies cost +1 Concentration on top of the mode rules.
- Mythical (should be added in SummonRace field): Mythical allies cost +2 Concentration on top of the mode rules.
- New Ripple Effect category: 'RippleEffectStatus [Status]' will trigger when a certain status is applied. This can be a status the PC applies, ie. Burning, or an Enemy tactic, ie. Flank.
- , ie. TempStateRippleEffectStatus Burning>StrengthenAlliesOfTypeFiend#3:1, whenever you apply burning this turn, fiend allies get +3 power.
Temporary "Quest" States & Ripple Effects
- You can now set temporary ripple effects (through cards) that will last for a single turn using TempStateRippleEffect[Keyword]>[Ripple]:1.
- , ie. TempStateRippleEffectDefend>Draw#2:1, Whenever you play a card with "Defend" this turn Draw two cards.
- ie. TempStateRippleEffectDraw>AmplifyEarth=2;Meditate=2:1, Whenever you play a card with "Draw" this turn Amplify Earth 2 & Restore 2 AP.
- The card text generator won't render such effects in the card text. So you'll have to either override the card description to a manual text or include them as part of the flavor text if you use them. Or add a manual text with the new ExtraRule:[text].
- The card text will get messed up if you combine unsupported keywords, but the ripple effect may still work. You should probably override the card description to a manual text in such cases.
- Each Keyword can have a single TempState associated with it, and playing a different one will overwrite it.
- These temporary ripple effects will trigger in addition to any permanent ripple effects the player already has.
- Temporary ripple effects are cleared after all phases have been processed when the Status report message is displayed in the log.
- You can also set temp versions of Doom, Contract & Alternate Form effects using instead TempStateDoomEffect[],TempStateContractEffect[] & TempStateAlternateForm[] instead of their QuestState equivalents. If present these temp versions will take precedence over the permanent versions.
- ExtraRule:[Text] can be used to display manual text.
- Temp quest states can be set and checked through the event system using TempState (same as you would a QuestState). Such conditions will last for the duration of the whole event or till the event is interrupted by combat.