RELEASE NOTES - "INFERNO" [1.6.2] 

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [ALL VERSIONS]

• Changed savegame and map file extensions to prevent antivirus and firewall software from blocking their usage.
• The game now supports Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters (modding only).
• Changed the way cutscene subtitles are handled (they can now be modded).
• Prioritized factions with special needs when choosing spawn positions to give them more chances of a good spawn.
• Increased the AI priority of faction-specific military technologies for all major factions.
• Cities traded with the Cultists are destroyed immediately as they do when conquered by force in order to avoid Cultist empires with multiple cities.
• Break down of trait-based FIDSI output in tile tooltip for cases where a faction has multiple traits affecting the same currency output.
• Added a notification when playing a new faction for the first time (Kapaku only, for now).

ADDITIONS [INFERNO]

• Added Volcanic terrain with 6 variations: Basalt Plains, Scorched Wilds, Barren Soil, Lava Swirls, Ash Drifts and Badlands.
  
  
• Added a new river type: Lava Flow, impacting armies on the map and in battle.
  
  
• Added 4 new Anomalies: Lava Chimneys, Lava Geyser, Fumarole and Caldera Lake.
  
  
• Added Dust Eclipse phenomenon, activating a brand new trait per faction for all major factions.
  A Dust Eclipse sweeps Auriga, disrupting the natural order, and empowering all races.
  • Wild Walkers: Dust Divination.
    With greatly heightened senses during Dust Eclipses, Wild Walkers are carefully attuned to Auriga's other inhabitants, granting them the capacity to meet the enemy head-on.
    
    
  • Broken Lords: Sould Burn.
    With Dust already writhing beneath their great suits of armor, it is no surprise that Dust Eclipses can have such great impacts on the Broken Lords' armies.
    
    
  • Vaulters/Mezari: Teleportation Finesse.
    Powerful currents of Dust in the air during Dust Eclipses greatly enhance the accuracy of Vaulter teleportation, allowing more target destinations.
    
    
  • Necrophages: Rising Dead.
    When Dust Eclipses descend on Auriga, animating forces bring to life some of corpses of the Necrophages' great heaps of flesh, creating not-so-fresh recruits.
    
    
  • Ardent Mages: Rising Fire.
    Building off pain rituals, during Dust Eclipses injured Ardent Mages find themselves driven into violent rages that make them extra dangerous fighters.
    
    
  • Roving Clans: Setseke Infusion.
    Setsekes, the giant scarabs that underpin the Clans culture, become invigorated during Dust Eclipses leading to even greater reverence for their powers.
    
    
  • Drakken: Mystical Words.
    With the general confusion and bouts of arcane mysticism that Dust Eclipses bring, unruffled Drakken diplomats are more effective during negotiations at this time.
    
    
  • Cultists: Worshippers Frenzy.
    Leveraging the feelings of fanaticism that Dust Eclipses instill in Auriga's lesser races, Cultists preach that they are a sign from the Queen.
    
    
  • Forgotten: Dust Opportunists.
    Taking advantage of Dust's magical propensity to literally drift out of imperial coffers during Eclipses, infiltrated Forgotten spies can potentially steal small fortunes during the long twilight night.
    
    
  • Allayi: Call of Auriga.
    Responding to Auriga's apparent distress, the Allayi are moved to great feats of endurance during Dust Eclipses.
    
    
  • Morgawr: Riders of the Wild Winds.
    As natural seafarers, the Morgawr are the only faction able to take advantage of the high winds and rough seas that characterise the oceans during Dust Eclipses.
    
    
  • Kapaku: Shaman's Knowledge.
    Already well-attuned to earthen energies, Kapaku shamans gain near supernatural powers of insight at times of Dust Eclipse.
    
    
• Added Confluxes on the world map, granting temporary boosts to armies collecting them.
  
  
• Added a new Major Faction: the Kapaku.
  The Kapaku are a new race uniquely suited to the Volcanic Terrain, able to thrive off it where other races would struggle, and their symbiotic relationships with their golems allows them to exploit more resources more efficiently, fueling their machinery to turn Auriga into a new Volcanic Paradise. 
  
  
• Added a new trait: Volcanoformation.
• Added a new army action, unlocked by the Volcanoformation: Volcanoform, allowing to use Volcanoforming devices and change any terrain into a volcanic one.
  
  
• Added a new trait: Stargazers.
  Auriga's pattern of Dust Eclipses was well understood by the Concrete Endless, predicated on the chaotic interaction of moons.
  
  
• Added a new technology: Siege Engineering.
  Provides an Industry stockpile generated by dealing siege damage to enemy city fortifications.
  
  
• Added a new extension type: Golem Camp.
  Populated by indefatigable golem workers, these camps enable cities to create boroughs entirely separated from their parent metropolis.
  
  
• Added 3 new volcanic Technologies unlocking 3 new city Improvements and items.
  
  
• Added ground effect Dust Blizzard impacting armies on the map and in battle.
  
  
• Added 2 Inferno in-game soundtracks.  

FIXES [ALL VERSIONS]

• Fixed an issue that limited the number of lobbies returned by Steam, thus making the game appear to have a lot less open lobbies than it should.
• Fixed an issue where a skippable assert is generated when the ship in chapter five takes off if the screen is not centered on the ship.
• Fixed an issue where, under some circonstances, when all players press ready and the host launches the session, the host will enter the loading screens and the game will hang there, without the rest of the players loading in the session.
• Fixed an issue where the Advanced extraction can be built in regions with no luxury resources.
• Fixed an issue where nearby armies are not called as reinforcements whenever a converted village without garrison is attacked.
• Fixed an issue where units garrisoned in converted minor faction villages cannot participate in battles as reinforcements.
• Fixed an issue where Roving Clans can win by economy victory after being wiped out from the game.
• Fixed an issue where Ardent Mages Custom factions which do not have the Arcana of Materializing tech cannot complete chapter 6 of the faction quest.
• Fixed an issue where the Chapter 6 step 1 of the Drakken faction quest cannot be completed by Drakken custom factions with the "Weapons of the enemy" trait.
• Fixed an issue where the Drakken chapter 6.1 "Correcting the course" cannot be completed by custom factions with the "Make trade not war" trait.
• Fixed an issue where the AI Empire is eliminated in the next turn if all the units and cities are captured or destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where the AI builds ships on "closed" waters with no exit to the World Ocean.
• Fixed an issue where city siege breaks when any army belonging to the besieging player moves through or leaves the siege area.
• Fixed an issue where the player is not informed how to unlock the Heroes category from Marketplace when hovering the locked tab.
• Fixed an issue where the "Games2Gether" main menu button redirects the user to the wrong site.
• Fixed an issue where the "Stimulated" Achievement triggers after 6 luxury boosters are active at the same time.
• Fixed several text issues.

FIXES [TEMPEST]

• Fixed an issue where a skippable assert is generated and the game remains stuck if the user attacks a frozen Fortress.
• Fixed an issue where the "Morgawr" army pathfinding tries to attack a village from the water.
• Fixed an issue where the Fortresses quest icon is displayed only for the host in a multiplayer session.
• Fixed an issue where Fomorian ships have no banner icon displayed.
• Fixed an issue where ungarrisoned fortresses become captured even if successfully defended by reinforcements.
• Fixed an issue where fortresses become captured if the garrisoned units are killed even if successfully defended by reinforcements.
• Fixed an issue where naval ships can be constructed on lakes if the city is adjacent to ocean tiles.
• Fixed an issue where Morgawr starting spawn can be set inside land and next to a lake.
• Fixed an issue where the "Transport ship slayer" capacity stated an increase of attack versus transport ships.

FIXES [SHIFTERS]

• Fixed an issue where the fourth chapter of the Allayi faction questline cannot be completed by custom factions with the pitiless trait.
• Fixed an issue where the number of turns required to complete Allayi chapter 2 step 2 is inconsistent with its objective.

FIXES [SHADOWS]

• Fixed an issue where the Forgotten AI overstates the value of a technology.
• Fixed an issue where the Forgotten AI heavily undervalues tech stealing.

FIXES [GUARDIANS]

• Fixed an issue where the host receives the unit reward from “Wings of Ruin” quest if the client completes it.

PATCH NOTES [1.6.4]

CHANGE [ALL VERSIONS]

• AI empires should privilege tiles which give 6 neighbours when colonizing (less city centers near borders).

CHANGE [INFERNO]

• Increased the Resource Cost Cap for Volcanoformers from 16 at 7 to 998 at 498.

FIXES [ALL VERSIONS]

• Fixed an issue where the game does not automatically select the last played major faction in New Game screen if the faction is from any expansion.
• Fixed an issue where the Cultists faction questline cannot be completed on custom factions without the conversion trait.
• Fixed an issue where assimilated Minor Faction slot goes out of bounds when using Big Screen User Interface option.
• Fixed an issue where starting a siege with a privateer army is not reducing the city fortification.
• Fixed an issue where units do not receive deployment priority before automatic deployment.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player does not exit the defeat screen, the session will not continue for the other players in a MP session.
• Fixed an issue where, if the player equips an accessory of a certain type on an unit in the Unit design screen, then all other, better accessories of the same type and made of the same material disappear from the forge.
• Fixed an issue where roads do not reduce army movement cost when constructing trade routes, under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where automated governors queue constructions on top of the queue when wonders are being built.
• Fixed an issue where the "Ice in the veins" infantry hero skill does not remove winter penalties to unit attributes.
• Fixed an issue where the "Cold Operator" hero skill does not remove all penalties applied during winter.
• Fixed several text issues.

FIXES [INFERNO]

• Fixed an issue where a performance drop is encountered when performing transition between 3D-map and 2D-map during Dust Eclipse.
• Fixed an issue where the FIDSI stats from the Golem Camp's FIDSI panel are not updated when effects of the exploited tiles change.
• Fixed an issue where Golem Camp does not display the Strategic Resource ouput in the FIDSI panel.
• Fixed an issue where Confluxe buffs are visible in main menu screen.
• Fixed an issue where Dust Eclipse Confluxe icon is covered by the city model in 2D map when it's spawned on any city.
• Fixed an issue where the player cannot place "Volcanoform Devices" on Ardent Mages' banners.
• Fixed an issue where the "2. Otherskins" Kapaku faction quest completes before meeting the quest's whole requirement.
• Fixed an issue where the lava lights from Kapaku themed main menu turn off at random times.
• Fixed an issue where Kapaku Faction Hero Quest Reward tooltip from "4.Preparations", step 2, displays null values if prerequisites are met prior to gaining the quest.
• Fixed an issue where two Industry Stockpile inputs appear in the Marketplace if the player obtained one Stockpile from Siege Engineering.
• Fixed an issue where the duration of the first Dust Eclipse is too short on Fast Game Speed.
• Fixed an issue where active volcano peak textures slightly spill out of boundaries.
• Fixed an issue where Volcanic Leecher improvement could be constructed on regions that have no strategic resources.

FIXES [TEMPEST]

• Fixed an issue where the "Yellow bathysphere, yellow bathysphere...", step 2, triggers if the step 1 of the quest fails.
• Fixed an issue where armies using auto-explore do not dive sunken ruins.
• Fixed an issue where Transport Ships are not affected by vision reduction received from winter effects.
• Fixed an issue where "Dust Focal" does not deal damage on counter attack.
• Fixed an issue where Artillery units affected by "Cat's Paw" keep doing siege damage to the city its capture.

FIXES [SHIFTERS]

• Fixed an issue where the counter of the chapter 2, step 2, of Allayi faction quest displays "-1" as the required number of turns for its completion.
• Fixed an issue where searching ruins on the first summer with the Allayi is not giving orbs.

PATCH NOTES [1.6.10]

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [ALL VERSIONS]

• Oceanic regions containing ruins have their name displayed.
• Slightly reduced the odds of having the Inferno Outgame view at start.
• Trying to execute an army interaction with an unmet empire will no longer show the actions interaction panel (Attack, Siege, etc), the army will move towards it's target's position when possible instead.
• Units can now regenerate health on their cities and districts, regardless of terrain type.
• Increased Science output in ruin exploitation from +2 to +3; reduced all the search ruin Science drop.
• Network messages that weight more than 1MB are now splitted into smaller chunks and reassembled on receipt.

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [INFERNO]

• The duration of the Dust Eclipse should be a slightly longer, so the player can try different Confluxes.
• Added a method (middle-click) to automatically skip the confirmation message when buying a Volcanoformer.
• Added a damage icon due to lava rivers on path points and a popup notification when lava river damage is received.
• Stockpiles obtained through Siege Engineering are not Industry Stockpiles anymore, but are now their own stockpiles (Rubble Stockpiles).
• Changed Nourishing Conflux health regen bonuses values from 0.3->0.15(non-Kapaku) and 0.5->0.25(Kapaku).
• Necrophages Stockpiles will now spawn 2 Battleborns and fights will yield twice the regular amount of corpses during Dust Eclipse.
• Increased effects of the Dust Eclipse for Forgotten factions.
• Added Flamewalker capacity to Guardians.
• Increased Golem Camp production cost from 250 to 400.
• New Lithophage book gives +10 Food and +1 Food per pop.
• Reduced Health Regen Pendant cost from 5 to 3, it's now hero only and works on volcanic terrain.
• New level 1 Volcanology will give +1 Science and new level 2 Volcanology will give +1 Dust on volcanic terrain.
• Kapaku quest reward Slavery Ring now costs 200 Dust, 5 Palladian and 5 Adamantian to equip.
• Improved the way volcanoformation is rendered on the map.
• World Tint effect from the Dust Eclipse is lighter.

FIXES [ALL VERSIONS]

• Fixed an issue where converted villages were costing twice their normal upkeep value.
• Fixed an issue where the number of Next Spawn turns of a converted village are reset on load.
• Fixed an issue where removing an accessory from a unit design will cause the armory to display all obsolete designs of the accessory.
• Fixed an issue where several accessories can be equipped multiple times by the same unit or hero.
• Fixed an issue where Roving clans can win by Economy victory after being defeated.
• Fixed an issue where no information is displayed when hovering the combat strength ratio bar.
• Fixed an issue where the combat strength ratio bar is not modified based on the city's fortification during an assault.
• Fixed an issue where the battle results notification is displayed twice after assaulting a defenseless city.
• Fixed an issue where Faction icon of a defeated Empire is no longer displayed in Combat Notification upon reopening the notification.
• Fixed an issue where huge size map option forces the world shape to default to two continents.
• Fixed an issue with the "United Empires" achievement. It will now be given ONLY to players that win indirectly by being allied with the match victor (not if they win themselves while being allied with someone).
• Fixed an issue where, in Inferno-themed Outgame view, the Geomancer model does not perform a proper mounting animation when mounting the Golem Mount.
• Fixed several text issues.

FIXES [INFERNO]

• Fixed an issue where Kapaku video intro cutscene does not play audio on Mac platform.
• Fixed an issue where the battle soundtrack continues to play after a Manual Combat concludes during Dust Eclipse.
• Fixed an issue where Strategic Deposits are not exploited if a Golem Camp is built over them before researching the Exploitation Technology.
• Fixed an issue where the player obtains no reward when searching "Eclipsed" Temples
• Fixed an issue where Nourishing Conflux regenerates more life than the tooltip states for the Kapaku Faction or when playing with a Non-Kapaku major faction.
• Fixed an issue where Nourishing Conflux regeneration bonus is inconsistent with all other regen bonuses and does not stack with other regen bonuses.
• Fixed an issue where Necrophages AIs do not make use of Recycled Stockpiles during Dust Eclipse.
• Fixed an issue where Lava Flow Rivers exploited by cities and their districts damage own units.
• Fixed an issue where underwater volcanic regions could be generated on maps, preventing Health regen.
• Fixed an issue where Volcanoformer Selection Range is not visible on elevated terrain due to fog of war.
• Fixed an issue where Kapaku militia and settler unit walk animation speeds are not consistent.
• Fixed an issue where Kapaku face tattoos do not display the faction specific color for Geomancers, Golem Riders and Heroes.
• Fixed an issue where vertical lines are displayed on the map's tiles during Dust Eclipse when having Quality Level set on "Fast".
• Fixed an issue where faction starting region can be uninhabitable.
• Fixed an issue where non-Kapaku AIs are put in disadvantage when they place their cities on volcanic regions.
• Fixed an issue where the player is able to place multiple Volcanoformers on the same tile.
• Fixed an issue where "Eclipsed" temple VFX is not removed after an interaction if the "Archeology" technology is researched.
• Fixed an issue where the Productive Worker from the Golem Camp's Population Bonus is granted second turn after the Camp is built.
• Fixed an issue where unit designs could be deleted if units using them are garrisoned in a camp.
• Fixed an issue with the Beetlejuiced achievement. It will now be given even on a counter attack.
• Fixed an issue where the Retrofit button text overlaps with the price for units garrisoned in Golem Camps.
• Fixed an issue where Volcanoformer Stock value overlaps on top of Treasury and Influence when using Big Screen UI option.
• Fixed an issue where the "Patriotic propaganda" deed technology unlock and "Inner peace" Kapaku technology reward overlap in the research screen.
• Fixed an issue where the "no health regen" tooltip information text is out of bounds when a non-Kapaku player hovers Volcanic Terrain.
• Fixed an issue where Volcanoformer's Dial and Range Wave have the player's colors when placed by an Privateer Army.
• Fixed an issue where Kapaku Faction is selected automatically when selecting then disabling Custom Factions in New Game while having Inferno Expansion disabled.
• Fixed an issue where Volcanic Regions option are not disabled in Advanced World Generation Settings when Inferno Expansion is disabled.
• Fixed an issue where Health Regeneration icon from Watchtower is displayed on non-Kapaku units while standing on Volcanic Terrain.
• Fixed an issue where Portable Forge capacity lacks visual feedback on unit when active.
• Fixed an issue where the second part of alternative Kapaku quest "1. Arrival" cannot be completed when requirements are met.
• Fixed an issue where the Kapaku Chapter 8 has not the "final quest" tag.
  

FIXES [TEMPEST]

• Fixed an issue where the player can pillage his own regional buildings while having Black Spot.
• Fixed an issue where the "Dust Focal" naval equipment does not deal damage on counter attack.
• Fixed an issue where the "Satchel Charges" naval equipment does not have audio effects.
• Fixed an issue where ships equipped with "Mouth of Fotios" do not display animations, visual or audio effects when attacking.
• Fixed an issue where ships equipped with "Breath of Atmos" do not display visual or audio effects when attacking.
• Fixed an issue where ships do not display animations, visual and audio effects when applying the "Galvanization" morale bonus.
• Fixed an issue where the "Auto-Heal" capacity received from "Palliative Prow" does not work against Fomorian units and transport ships.
• Fixed an issue where the Fomorian units do not have audio effects if they are destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where weather status effects are displayed inside unit panels only during the first battle turn.
• Fixed an issue where the "To Jail the Jailors" Morgawr Chapter 2 Step 2 cannot be completed if the objective fortresses are already controlled (this requires a new save file).
• Fixed an issue where the "Things from the Deep" naval quest fails if the host saves/loads the session.
• Fixed an issue where encounter notifications of the Morgawrs and Vaulters use the same jingle sound effect.

FIXES [SHIFTERS]

• Fixed an issue where the player is able to build Strategic Intensifier over a Strategic Deposit which cannot be exploited yet.

FIXES [THE LOST TALES]

• Fixed an issue where "Industrial Might" Urces quest can be triggered before Era 3.
• Fixed an issue where "Crystalline Caverns" Silics quest is not properly updating when a new extractor is built.

FIXES [SHADOWS]

• Fixed an issue where shadow particles are displayed in Main Menu after playing as Forgotten.
• Fixed an issue where Forgotten with the conversion trait cannot complete Chapter 5 step 1 if they convert all the villages in their regions.

PATCH NOTES [1.7.5] 

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [SYMBIOSIS]

• Mykara faction now has "Cultivation" as starting tech.
• Increased the value of "Urkan Politics" faction trait bonus (-30% instead of -20%).
• Sister of Mercy hero is removed from the heroes available for Mykara faction.
• Mykara's empire approval is not affected by Overgrown Cities anymore.
• Tweaked the number of turns required to build/destroy a Fungal Bloom, with the following base values in normal game speed:
  - Extractor: 6/4
  - Village, Ruins, Watchtower: 8/6
  - Lookout Tower: 10/8
  - Remotuscope Factory: 12/10
• Values of Mykara quest chapter 5 is now related to gamespeed.
• Improved the way info are displayed on the Fungal Bloom tooltip, in order to avoid confusion with Fortification value.
• Added Urkan tame cost to the Urkan label.
• Added the cost of luxuries it will cost to tame an Urkan to the Urkan Training screen.

FIXES [SYMBIOSIS]

• Fixed an issue where queued techs on the Urkan Training screen will be unqueued when the screen is closed to avoid an error generated when loading a game that had a queued tech.
• Fixed an issue where custom factions with the "Overgrown Cities" faction trait were able to see Fungal Blooms when selecting an Overgrown City.
• Fixed an issue where non-Mykara custom factions with the "Overgrown Cities" faction trait got the extractors from an Overgrown City converted into Fungal Blooms.
• Fixed an issue where all Urkan technologies displayed their price with a Dust cost, instead of Luxuries, when playing with the Forgotten faction.
• Fixed an issue where destroying an Overgrown City removed the assimilated minor faction from that region if the player did not have another colonized region with that same minor faction.
• Fixed several issues where some battle notifications related to destroyed Empire could be displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the "Tame Urkan" army action remains displayed after the player captures an Urkan by battle.

RELEASE NOTES [1.8.2]

ADDITIONS [ALL VERSIONS]

• Added Magtay minor faction.
• Added simplified and traditional Chinese versions.
  

CHANGES [SYMBIOSIS]

• Reduced "Reinforced Carapace" bonus to Defense and Health of Urkan and Lice (+50% -> +35%).
• Increased cost to bribe Urkans.
  • Tier 1: 40+20/Urkan -> 60+30/Urkan
  • Tier 2: 30+15/Urkan -> 40+20/Urkan
  • Tier 3: 15+10/Urkan -> 30+15/Urkan
• Lowered base attributes of Lice.
  • HP 120 -> 100
  • Defense 25 -> 20
  • Attack 40 -> 30
  • Damage 35 -> 30
  • Initiative 35 -> 28

FIXE [SYMBIOSIS]

• Fixed "Brotherhood of Urkans" ability not applying a damage penalty.