Lots of work on spells this week. Going to be focused on the 1.1 update for a bit but will still push updates for any bugfixes or minor improvements I make
Enemy AI: Smarter Target Priority
- Enemy squads will no longer chase a single fast unit around the battlefield forever
- This applies to melee, archers, and artillery alike. You can no longer "leash" an entire enemy army with one lone skirmisher while the rest of your force sits safe.
- A unit that just shook off its pursuers gets a short window of breathing room before enemies will commit to chasing it again, so kiting is still useful as a tactic, just no longer an infinite exploit.
- Archers and artillery are also quicker to switch their aim to a genuinely closer or more dangerous target, rather than stubbornly firing at whatever they locked onto first.
Improvements
- Slight increase to performance by rewriting the save system. Should stutter a bit less on older hardware
- Reworked the new “sold gear wont appear again” to reset after every shop visit (thanks for the feedback on this one)
- Updated Chinese translations
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug with Tavern Themes requiring a reload after unlocking by beating Godking
- Fixed a crash caused by entering swamps with a race condition in the code
- Fix to make sure flags rotate even when paused
- Fixed bug with tavern patrons disappearing
- Fix for free camera canvas not showing when hitting tab
Modding: Custom Text & Translations
- Mods can now override any in-game text with a new `localization_overrides.json` file. Rename or re-translate anything the game shows, per language (English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean).
- This includes the names of hero and faction battle bonuses, so custom bonuses can finally have their own custom names instead of borrowing an existing hero's.
- Text you don't translate falls back to the game's built-in wording, so a mod that only covers one language still works everywhere.
Modding Guide Updates
- The example mod now includes every hero and faction bonus as a complete, copy-and-edit reference, so you can see exactly what each hero and faction grants before changing it.
- Added full documentation and a working example for the new text-override file.
- Clarified that faction bonuses use flat values.