Ashbery76 wrote:

We need you for some ES2 work dude.

Wow, I wish we'll see some of LeaderEnemyBoss's work on ES2 in the future!

I am playing with the Community patch and l'm having a very good time.

Thank you!

Hey everyone, I have released the beta for the next "full" version of ELCP. Since there are some larger AI changes included (better Urkan managment, Mykara-AIs being able to use fast travel), I have decided to only release a beta for now. If you feel brave and want to test: [link removed, version outdated]

hello there,

i am trying to load a save game, and i am getting this error massge 

what can i do?

I cant even start new game

https://imgur.com/mx977SU

Just to give my endorsement of this mod:

I started my first game of this mod this week on hard (I never played higher difficulties before.) with the Mykara and attacked a lonely Allayi Skyfin and killed it. Well I guess the AI remembered that and it kept up with destroying my fungal blooms (with upgraded armies which I couldn't defeat fast enough) and it managed to grab the first Urkai (which was contested by another AI faction). Just a few turns later an Allayi army and the Urkai marched on my capital. I could barely defend the city and was not able to destroy the Urkai. The AI then retreated the Urkai to its territory but it kept being a threat.

I later restarted on normal just to learn the ropes of the Mykara and your mod.

I never encountered such a behavior with the vanilla game. Well done, great job! The game feels much more engaging and the AI is much more active on the map.

In my current game I didn't attack the AI and manage to keep my fungal blooms. They have settle the regions around me with fungal blooms on their extractors. So far they don't want to remove it but I guess it will only be a question of time until someone throws the first rock. The Broken Lords are allready mustering some armies.

Hey everyone, I updated ELCP to be compatible with the latest official patch v1.7.4! Remember to join my [Discord Channel], if you want to have a chat. Further information for newcomers on [page 1].

This patch is the first big one that targets many of the new systems Symbiosis introduced.

On the balancing side of things, the Mykara have received some love! One of their most glaring issues was the fact, that overgrown cities are more of a burden than an asset. Many players resorted to just burning them down as soon as Symbiosis was completed. To make keeping them more worthwhile, their impact on empire plans and booster cost has been reduced by 50%. Additionally, after completing Symbiosis they no longer contribute to Expansion Disapproval, and their base Happiness increases from 60 to 80. I am also eyeballing the other new Symbiosis feature - the Urkans! While they didnt receive any direct nerfs (yet!), I provided some new counters, and made peaceful taming in the early game more expensive.

Speaking of Urkans: The AI received a complete overhaul of their Urkan management layer. They are now able to use them in army form, and are more eager to get the luxuries necessary to tame and train them! Other notable changes include Mykara AIs now being able to use Fast Travel and Atmos being able to use his teleport.

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Note: Multiplayer saves from older versions are not compatible with newer versions (Singleplayer saves are fine)

Changelog for v2.3.3:

• Ports the Community patch to Endless Legend v1.7.4 S3

General

• Fixed an ELCP bug that could lead to AI battles locking up when modding tools where enabled
• Introduced a workaround for games failing to load ("object reference not set to an instance of an object") due to trade routes of razed cities not being deleted correctly
• When loading a save, the game now also checks, if there any converted villages of dead cultist players left and "fixes" them if necessary
  • This workaround was added to adress a rare issue of converted cultist villages not being "freed" correctly, when the converting empire is eliminated
• Fixed some more instances of stuttering caused by the AI being unable to generate a path to its intended target
• Fixed Vaulter Holy Resource Booster preventing Urkan Resource gain and AI difficulty bonus of that resource to work
• Less Nudism: Nidya Arpuja mercenaries now wear torso and head armor pieces corresponding to the current era
• Fixed a bug where Urkans would only be able to embark if they where in army form when shipyard research finished
• Improved lategame AI performance slightly
• Streamlined ELCP's new trade route calculation a bit, Frozen Water tiles will no longer be considered for roads
• Fixed the randomization aspect of "Dust Opportunist" not working correctly, also changed the equation a bit

UI

• Fixed fungal bloomed Villages not displaying their Assimilation Bonus in the tooltip
• The tooltip for the Infiltration-Action "Dust Opportunist" now displays how much dust will be stolen when using the action (lower and upper limit)

Balance [Core]

• Due to popular demand, there is now a pre-game setting that lets you disable the ELCP-rule-change on how blackspot works
  • With the Vanilla-Blackspot-Ruleset enabled, you can again conquer cities and fortresses of blackspotted enemies

Balance [XML]

• Increased the amount of dust stolen by "Dust Opportunist" by roughly one level
• Soul Burn (Broken Lords eclipse ability) now causes 5% of max hp damage per turn (down from 10%)
• The "Ward of the Cocoon"-Shield now grants "Natural Immunity" (immunity against most debuffs and stuns except overtime-damage)
  • The quest granting this shield is rarely completed due to it requiring the sacrifice of a settler, which is typically considered too much of a price for a slightly better early game shield
  • Giving the shield an additional rare capacity should make it a bit more enticing. "Natural Immunity" also allows it to be combod with Ceratan Driders, thus matching the lore of the quest.
• The "Better Friends Than Enemies" competitive quest now rewards strategic instead of luxury resources
  • The completion of this quest is mostly down to luck and the luxury reward can lead to some nasty snowballing (getting an early Urkan and/or the Wealth Harvester deed)
• Rebalanced some neutral units with the intention of weakening the overused ones a bit while improving the weaker ones.
  • Jotus Tetike now have true sight. These neutral units are quite expensive, and neither their passive bonus nor their battle prowess justifies this. True sights fits their theme and gives them a more distinct role.
  • Increased base damage of Ceratan Driders by 10. While the passive effect of these unit is fine, their stats in general are bad (as are those of most support units), and the weak heal is typically not worth using due to the stun effect it entails.
  • Reduced the base damage of Dorgeshi Burdeki by 14 and increased their base production cost by 33%. Dorgeshi are one of the better Assimilations due to their good passive effect, and their cheap but highly effective unit. This change is intended to make the Burdeki more of a "support stunner" and less of a damage dealer.
  • Urces Rumblers lose their Beam capacity, can now wear 2h Axes instead of Claws, and have their base cost reduced by 10. Urces are one of the most used Units dues to their strong passive and them being cheap, well statted tanks. In particular they outshine the very(!) similar but more expensive Silics Harmonite in most situations. This change should give it a more distinct role as cheap, sturdy infantry without any extras.
• Reverted the general 50% Increase to Cat's Paw influence cost that ELCP introduced a few patches ago, instead only Fomorian armies are now 50% more expensive to mind control
  • While the Morgawr remain one of the stronger factions, there have been complaints that the old nerf makes the use of (landbased) Cat's Paw in general not feasable
  • As a compromise I opted for a more targeted approach, mind controlling fomorians (one but not the only source of the Morgawr's guaranteed early ocean dominance) is still more expensive, while mind controlling land based armies is back to its original influence cost
• Reduced the food gain of all volcanic tiles by 1
  • Since their introduction the Kapaku have been an unholy combination of easy to play and very(!) strong , mainly because of their many strengths (5 base FISDI on preferred terrain instead of the usual 3, good Science and Industry, one of the best Era 2 units) in combination with no real weakness that matters, as volcano formation is cheap early on, and they tend to have more strategics anyway
  • With this change, their base FISDI is reduced by 1, the intention is to make food gain their weakness and their early game slower when compared to other factions
  • As a side benefit, the effectiveness of volcanic terrain for other factions is unchanged
• Reduced the number of Regions required for an expansion victory slightly
• Slavery no longer works with Converted Villages
• Gave Urkans Disease Immunity in order to make Necrophages less lopsidedly strong against them
• Taming Urkans now always requires at least Era 3 Luxuries, and the amount needed is now fixed at 30 (+ 20 for each other Urkan under control of the instigating empire)
• Scythers now have the "Urkan Slayer 2" Capacity, The Guardian "Atmos" now has the "Urkan Slayer 3" Capacity
  • Both units are expensive and rarily seen, with the Introduction of the new and very strong Urkans these can now serve as alternative ways to counter them
  • Atmos in particular lacked a specialized combat role and was rarily seen for that reason
• Expansion Disapproval reducing Technologies are no longer available for Mykara
• Overgrown Cities no longer generate Expansion Disapproval as soon as Symbiosis is complete
• Overgrown Cities have their happiness fixed at 80 as soon as Symbiosis is complete (they still only have 60 otherwise)
• Overgrown Cities have their Empire Scale factor reduced by 50% (that means their impact on Empire plans as well as some Boosters like Luxuries is halved when compared to normal cities, thanks Cornebre)

AI

• Heavily reworked the AI's management of Urkans
  • Updated ELCP's reworked trading AI, so it takes the Urkans Luxury needs into account. AIs should be more likely to peacefully tame and train them.
  • AI's can now uproot Urkans and use their army form, if they deem it to be necessary.
  • They will also use the teleport/resettle ability offensively
  • AI's are smarter about choosing the actual settling position of Urkans
  • Furthermore AI's no longer "cheat" when using resettle, that means they can't ignore the AP or cooldown requirements. They also don't resettle while the Urkan is in army form.
  • This is just a first step, this new AI will probably need more work in the future
• Reworked how AIs try to engage Urkans, they should be less inclined to just waste armies on them, attacks should be more coordinated
• When at war, AIs will be unlikely to send forces away to tame an Urkan that is no immediate threat
• Fixed AIs trying to settle regions occupied by Urkans
• The AI now makes usage of the Atmos' teleport ability
• Mykara-AIs are now able to use fast travel via overgrown ruins
• Fixed an instance where Forgotten-AIs would still assign infinite value to a technology trade (thanks TrueValhalla)
• Mykara will now research resource technologies even if no deposit is in their main region
• Added the missing AI skill weights for Mykara heros and the Haunts hero
• Broken lords will no longer assimilate Bos, Forgotten will no longer assimilate Haunts
• Broken Lords will try to avoid using food based governors, Forgotten science based ones respectively, improved governor skill builds of both factions aswell
• Some minor tweaks to colonization behavior
• Improved pacification AI
  • AIs below hard difficulty sometimes had trouble pacifying their regions which in turn let to no colonization attempts and small empires
  • The changes made should improve lower difficulty AIs expansion behavior and should also improve their ability to deal with "hard"-difficulty minor factions
• AI Heros will now use additional accessory slots gained by skills
• Introduced a new pre-game option "Shackle AI". Use this option to "put the AI in shackles", resulting in it having a soft cap on how many units it can produce depending on its empire size
  • This option is mainly intended to be used by players that deactivate most victory conditions
  • In very long games (due to missing victory conditions) an AI may otherwise snowball and continue producing absurd amounts of units which can tank the performance to permanent single-digit fps
  • Note: this will naturally reduce the lategame challenge an AI can pose

Modding

• With modding tools enabled, selecting a technology in the Research Screen while pressing the "G"-Key instantly unlocks that technology