Hey Everyone,
And we are back, with a massive update 58 Part II. This is a good one! To start things off we have finally fixed the last crash issues in-game. And while only time will tell if there`s still an extremely rare crash bug or two left in-game, everyone should have a solid stable experience with MKW now.
In addition you will notice that we increased the limit of troops under your control at once to 16 - please let us know how`s that working out for everyone, should we keep this change?
And of-course nearly 70 other changes and improvements, including some major steps forward when it comes to town defense AI and game`s performance.
And while we are slicing through remaining bugs, as well fine-tuning and balancing; It`s a good time to drop by our forums, and let us know if you have discovered a new bug or want something changed or improved.
We hope you enjoy this update! And so, presenting Update # 58 Part II:
Big Changes
-Fixed the last crash issue during combat
-Increased number of selected units to 16
-Eliminated lag when attacking large towns
-Eliminated lag when tasking 8 battalions on a busy battle field (still a bit with 16)
-Greatly increased performance with Highest Model quality visual option
-Tasking multiple battalions now take up to 1.5 seconds for group of 8
-Units will no longer be able to sneak in through closed gates if tasked before closing
-Fixed potential crash when changing game language
-Scaled up majority of buildings especially economy buildings
Fixes and Improvements
-Fixed various issues with gates, like double gates, or no gates
-When friendly AI attacks a city that recently has changed hands to a friendly or player, AI will not attack this city but move on
-Added a cap of max 5 prisoners to be captured when besieging a city
-Reduced memory load from various language files by good 500 mbs
-Increased amount of resources given in Skirmish on default
-Low, Medium, High resources in Skirmish now actually work
-Fixed issue with Storehouse not increasing resources on town reload or even deducting resources
-Better position for buildings banners, less chance to click it and not select the building
-Chinese localization - fixed additional errors in Chinese fonts, incorrect symbols for ( ) and !
-Chinese localization - fixed text objectives in tutorial being very small
-Fixed hamlet banners being on screen when going to Skirmish after playing Campaign
-Region banners are more transparent and look more different from town banners, not to confuse the two
-New Campaign window portraits don't flicker when changing nation or lords
-Steward portrait doesn't flicker in tech window when buying something
-In Steward Tech window, can select any tech with pop-up staying open allowing to examine the tech
-Fixed odd flashing and pause about 20 minutes into managing towns
-Building plots now look normal on lowest settings
-Adjusted campaign intro cinematic not to zoom in on irrelevant town but continue fly by
Balancing Changes
-Trees no longer grow until level is reloaded
-AI gets less time to conquer player hamlet and town, 20 and 35, from 25 and 40
-Default town storage capacity reduced to 3000
-Catapult removed two other shot abilities
-Catapult fixed the firing FX for normal and flamed Projectile
-Catapult nerfed and fixed over powering damage and rate of fire
-Catapult flaming project now has a much less change to start a fire
-Ballista and Trebuchet fire projectile now have a strong chance to start a fire
-Economy changes - Peasants are 50% more expensive, but also 50% more productive
-Economy changes - livestock max food amount increased by 50%
-Economy changes - chicken and cow over time passive food income increased by 60%
-Economy Changes - Iron and Stone mines 30% more productive, mine level upgrade adds 50%
-Re-balanced movement speed - Heavy armored units and heavy siege units significantly slower
-Re-balanced movement speed - Medium armored units are a little bit slower
-Rebalanced movement speed - Light units regain same speed or a bit faster