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Update 1.106 - MAJOR BATTLE IMPROVEMENTS

Game enhancements:
- adopted new fatigue balancing system

  • added fatigue for different terrains
  • standard formations now cost only 10% fatigue
  • marching column reduces fatigue
  • building barricades increases fatigue
  • increased fatigue effects when running
  • implemented fatigue for close combat and firing
  • if fatigue is high then melee casualties are also higher
  • high fatigue now leads to loss of morale

Fixed bugs:
- fleets attacking trading fleets got stuck in a “naval battle” and could not disengage
- conquered trading fleets were reappearing but were invisible
- recruiting mercenaries from neighbouring provinces caused too high negative relations
- attaching regiments to mother regiment now works
- fixed wrong sprite appearance after cannons are captured
- removed duplicated regiments in hierarchy which were detached earlier
- fixed crash related to detached regiments after battle ends
- unit marks now move when attacking enemy regiments (targets, waypoint destinations)
- improved regiment to object facing (barricades, captured cannons)
- artillery targets could not be set manually
- sensitivity and numbers of close combat information windows improved
- barricade building timer was shown on top of GUI

Balance:
- naval combat experience gain reduced and limited
- new morale balance in general, heavy salves lead to high morale loss, small casualties from the distance have low effect
- removed AI fastmarch for artillery
- improved retreat behavior due to routs
- melee now stops regiments movements to prevent better combat lines, fallback orders units in melee to retreat

Others:
- improved click sensitivity on enemy units
- when ordering a new target for close combat action a sabre sound is played
- repressing the barricade button stops barricade building or renews building if nearby
- brigade and division flags now change size with the zoom mode