Today we released both version v1.2 of Stronghold: Definitive Edition and our first DLC campaign, "Swine's Bay". Now available at 10% off during launch week, Stronghold: Definitive Edition's first DLC adds seven new missions continuing the story of your attempts to rescue the Jewel, this time from the notorious Slaver Captain Hogsfoot.
- A New Story - Rescue the Jewel from the scurvy-ridden clutches of the wretched Slaver Captain Hogsfoot in a new campaign.
- 7 Epic Missions - Prove yourself as a Stronghold veteran and strategist, with some of our most challenging military scenarios yet.
- Fresh Gameplay - Tackle each mission with 20 years of Stronghold experience and unique spins on traditional series gameplay.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2727990/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition__Swines_Bay_Campaign/
Version Number: v1.2
Date: 13 Feb 2024
Update Size: 150 MB
UPDATES
- Added the ‘Home Fires’ Economic Campaign - A brand new economic campaign featuring 7 challenging missions created by the designer of the original Stronghold campaigns, Simon Bradbury.
- Added 2 new Multiplayer maps - Snake Island - 2 players, 400x400 - “Island warfare as two castles battle it out across narrow crossings to a neutral peninsula.” - Vile Gulch - 4 players, 400x400 - “War for your quarter, as 4 Lords battle against each other while trying to avoid getting stuck in the mud.”
- Added a new Freebuild map - Forest - 400x400 - “An overgrown area that can be expanded into a vast open plain, rich with resources and the chance for a peaceful castle life.”
- Added Increasing Attack Sizes option to Freebuild advanced options - To use this, click on the “Invasion Difficulty” to cycle through until it changes to “Increasing Difficulty” - There are three speeds (Slow, Medium and Fast) which determine after how many attacks the difficulty will increase - The invasions still use the “Repeating Invasions” timer option and respect the ‘Peace Time’ option
- Added Steam Trading Cards
- Added Private Multiplayer lobbies, with invite codes - These can be used to invite players that are not necessarily on your Steam friend’s list
- Added Max Players setting to Multiplayer lobbies
- Added ability to hover over campaign mission names and show if the mission has been completed, and on which difficulty.
- Added scroll button to scroll through units in the UI when more than 8 unit types are selected
- Added Keep enclosed icon to the minimap
- Added ability to reload multiple Catapults/Trebuchets with rocks
- Mission 18 - End of the Pig - Updated player’s troops starting positions so they’re not instantly dying at the start of the mission
- Added pulse effect to Multiplayer ‘Ready’ shield
- Added ‘Balanced’ to Steam Workshop map tags
- Added right-click to move back in Market panels
- Moat delete is now draggable
- Opening Multiplayer chat will now show the last 5 messages
- Added Waypoint and Patrol information to ‘Controlling Military Units’ in the Help file
- Added videos for The Sergeant to all missions in The Jewel Campaign
BUG FIXES
- Removed Pike production from ‘Two Hovels & a Bucket of Fish’
- AI Character videos now stop playing instead of freezing on the final frame.
- Various text fixes in all languages
- Fixed Knight rally points
- Fixed wall pieces remaining after being deleted if placed in certain positions
- Added help icon to Good and Bad Lord buildings
- Fixed floating wheat farmers
- Fixed an issue where disbanding troops while they were patrolling would cause free peasants to start patrolling
- Fixed an issue that caused looping sfx on briefing screen
- Fixed an issue where, rarely, Hunter’s would not return to their posts after catching deer
- Fixed an issue where sometimes AI would attack their own gatehouse in custom missions
- Fixed gatehouse repair button not always showing active state correctly
- Fixed minimap team colours
- Improved unit sprite clipping when standing on a gatehouse
- Remove drawbridges from mission 14 ‘The Mountain Pass’
- Fixed an issue where control groups would not select units entering towers or walking through gatehouses
- Fixed an issue where the Lord would not always return to the keep during a Wolf event
- Fixed missing ignite pitch icon when archers are lighting pitch
- Fixed an issue where a player disbanding troops would break other players’ cursors briefly
- Fixed incorrect building availability in Multiplayer Tech Levels
- Fixed bears and rabbits despawning if they encounter a closed gatehouse in their path
- ‘Peace Time’ overlay now disappears after Peace Time has ended in Freebuild
- Fixed an issue where sometimes placing a wooden gatehouse would remove the wooden stairs on either side of it
- Fixed an issue where speech volume would break and reduce to inaudible levels
- Fixed an formatting issue in the French help text that caused some words to be joined together (thanks Hugo)
For support, please contact us through our support site: [url=]https://firefly-studios.helpshift.com/hc/en/15-stronghold-definitive-edition/[/url]