Test Branch 1.0.75158 Test 2024-11-27

Design

• Difficulty rename:
• The Advanced Difficulty setting is now called Prosperity
• The Simple Difficulty presets remain as they were
• Difficulty components are grouped together and indented under difficulty mode in the game parameters tooltip
• Difficulty will be listed as Custom for combinations outside of the simple difficulty presets
• Distant raids are now tied to Tribe Level instead of Difficulty

• Alliance victory is now an setup option, default is off
• Ask to Declare War mission disabled for allies
• Upgrading a unit now keeps its fortification state
• Gifting, converting, hiring, or recruiting a unit can no longer result in it being in territory where it should not be
• Can now upgrade units inside your team's cities, even if they are not your own cities
• Vizier courtiers are no longer giftable in MP

Programming

• Improved replay so that it still works if there is data only from the current turn
• AI performance optimization
• Added more logging for AI unit priority comparison failure

UI

• Character tooltips no longer show trait effects
• All attacks now listed under Units Attacked notifications (previously kills were not shown)
• Free promotions are now indicated in the city production list and unit type tooltip
• Death of governor decision now auto-invalidates if the city can no longer have a governor
• Defeat status now shown when the active player is eliminated in MP even if the game is still ongoing
• Event browser story preview improvements
• Law strategy notes updated

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed invalid moves adding undo points
• Fixed some events failing to appear with the Ruthless AI setting enabled
• Fixed player connection state UI for single-player network games
• Fixed Thracians in Learn to Play 4 being visible before they should be
• Fixed unit widgets failing to display icon and shapes not included in their respective default sprite atlases (affects mods)
• Fixed server games preventing eliminated players from joining one last time to see what happened, and for the game to be saved locally as a loss
• Fixed bug where client could be in a different language to the active player
• Fixed Hall of Fame bug where regenerating was replacing Scenario specific text with Generic game text for Nation, Leader names, and Difficulty
• Fixed Hall of Fame difficulty sorting
• Fixed network messages being sent out of order
• Fixed character suffix bug where a ruler would get the II suffix if a parent had the same name but never was a ruler
• Fixed achievement text that referred to Kushite Cavalry instead of Mounted Lancers
• Fixed Ten Crowns achievement incorrectly counting regents twice
• Fixed Rise of Carthage scenario 2 goals sometimes not getting offered
• Fixed Rise of Carthage starting heirs not being Royal and therefore not tutorable
• Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile scenario 2 event triggering multiple times
• Text and Event fixes