This update brings Performance improvements, bug fixes as well as some new features. Also the 64-bit version for Windows will now be used by default if possible. Modders also get a few new commands to use.
General
- Earliest time for the eruption of the Burning Mountain delayed by one year
- Spell AI Improvements
- Battle performance improvement
- Blood mages smarter at sharing blood slaves
- Icon for Slaver
- Sorting of units/commanders from sites
- Solar Brilliance and Solar Rays can no longer be cast without a sun presence
- Fix for incorrect temple destroyed message
- New launch option: --noglfinish
- Out of time sound warning during network play
- New launch option: --timerwarn (set seconds before hosting for a warning sound)
- Improved cheat prevention
- Magic duel now only affects one target
- Precision 100 spells could miss in some rare cases
- Attack rear now behaves better when targeting flying units
- Speedup of map editor area editing
- Immobile units can no longer be seduced
- Automatic site searching no longer targets captured capitals
- Scrying sites now have a default range of 6 provinces
- Fix for arena winner getting an unusable item
- Innate Spell Caster and Time Stop didn't work properly
- Province owner hiding effect no longer hides from neighboring provinces
- AI fix
Windows
- 64-bit win version is now HiDPI aware
- Recreate temp dir if it has been deleted while the game is running
- Put an empty file in temp dir to prevent it from looking deserted
Modding
- Remember scrollbar position when selecting mods
- Increased maximum nbr of abilities by 4
- Minor mod related memory leak fixed
- Spell commands: #ainocast, #aibadlvl, #aispellmod, #details
- Event commands: #req_targminsize, #req_targmaxsize
- Unit & Item commands: #uwregen
- Item commands: #minsize, #maxsize
- Site commands: #scryrange