System(s) Changes:

• Added Unit Disbandment (Press G to delete all selected units and the soldiers will return to your nation\'s manpower - if the units have already taken casualties, it\'ll return those who are left alive).

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• Standing Army is now tracked dynamically (casualties can be seen ticking the standing army statistic down).

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Optimization:

• Deferred Pathfinding Jobs to reduce stutters and lag during major wars. Previously, the Pathfinder was flushing all parallel pathfinding jobs every time a tile was captured, causing major stutters that made the game virtually unplayable.

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• Now, every pathfinding job yields one frame.

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• This is a temporary fix that slows the tick rate to prevent FPS stutters. A more permanent fix would be the replacement of the A* pathfinding algorithm with something faster.

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UI Fixes:

• The game\'s Aspect Ratio has been locked to 16:9 to prevent unintended UI scaling on monitors with varying aspect ratios.

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Bug Fixes:

• Manpower was not taking Undeployed Divisions into consideration, resulting in recruitment of soldiers in excess of the actual total eligible manpower. This issue was resolved in this patch.

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UI System Changes:

• The UI scale has been increased by a factor of roughly 1.5x per user feedback (some panels have not changed in scale due to limited screen space).

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• Settings can now be changed from the Main Menu.

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• Added New Graphics Settings: Resolution, Active Display, Window Mode, VSync, Anti-Aliasing.

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• Removed Unnecessary Graphical Settings. (Relief Darkness, etc)

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• Localized Keybinds to Supported Languages.

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Minor Changes:

• Changed Text Tutorial to include additional controls (X to Halt/Retreat selected units, R to cut selection in half, G to disband units).

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I\'m aware the window flickers every scene change. I\'ll resolve this issue in the following update.