- When pillaging sites belonging to minor realms, the locals may send militia and/or mercenaries to attack the pillagers
- Improved selection and highlighting graphics. It is still not final, but has a much smoother look and the color pulses slightly to make it easier to spot.
- Improved interface for constructing new sites. Selecting "Build" and a site type will highlight valid hexes. Hovering the mouse will show the expected base production for each hex.
- Improved font/text quality on many windows.
- Improved labels on the map.
- Tooltip now indicates the reason for the increased movement cost when crossing rivers.
- Cleaned up tool tips and text on the research window.
- Desecrating shrines and holy sites will anger or please factions depending on their religious disposition.
- Desecrating shrines and holy sites can increase or reduce unrest in your cities depending on their religious disposition.
- Farms can no longer be built in desert and arctic terrain
- Vineyards can now only be built on hills
- Arcane research is no longer needed to build resource sites
- Bugfix: Rivers load in editor
- Bugfix: Rivers clear in editor on generating new
- Bugfix: Tooltip issue in customize wizard
- Bugfix: UI Scaling was off by one point when applying settings on some resolutions*
- Bugfix: Cities controlled by a defeated rival will become independent even if there is no on-going rebellion
- Bugfix: Sites under construction do not extend territorial control
This update is mostly usability improvements: Making text, labels and tool tips more readable and informative. There is also "Build Mode", a way to quickly identify valid locations for resource sites and estimate resource yields.
On the feature side, pillaging armies will now encounter various levels of resistance from local forces. Usually just irregulars and militia, but sometimes mercenaries or professionals will arrive in time to fight the invaders. Desecration of shrines/temples now has repercussions on diplomacy and/or public order, with religious dispositions taken into account (a city which has a hostile attitude towards a certain religion will react positively, etc).