Update 1.060

17 Nov 2022Developer post

New Features and Improvements

Added Journey gamemode, a series of random scenarios and free builds with objectives; the player keeps their technology and some of their best humans, animals, and items between games
Added a How-To section for learning the game
Added the option to enable random economic hardship events such as disease, crops dying, and random fires in Free Build and Scenario modes
Added an option to give random economic objectives in Free Build
A Scenario game can have up to 3 AI of any type and difficulty settings
Added a difficulty option for the Scenario AI to use a reduced start, making them take longer to build up
Humans operating a construct defend themselves when attacked in melee
Armorer buildings gain a chimney after copper forging is researched and emit smoke when making metal items
Various AI improvements
Various optimizations

Corrections and Fixes

Pathfinding failed for certain wall geometries
Units could become stuck next to a building when following a unit far away
The camera could not zoom out as far as intended on larger maps
Fixed the behavior of scorpions and catapults mounted on a tower when that tower was burned or disassembled
Siege machines did not always auto attack enemy humans when they should
Selecting a resource also selected any enemy units gathering from it
Wild animals did not attack humans operating constructs
A human ordered to gather could become stuck trying to get the right tool in rare cases
The icon scale slider in options did not reflect the real value
Equipped horse armor was not shown in the Unit -> Carried tab
A human pulling a small cart used the wrong animation
The Load UI rename box was misaligned

Balance

Breeding cows at a farm can create oxen
Humans with the wrong tool or weapon for a resource gather faster than just using their hands
Fire spreads along wooden walls for a random distance

UI/UX