This is a minor update that fixes a few issues with version 6.27. Most notably it was no longer possible to cast rituals that caused events since the previous update.

General

• Call God no longer worked if not using shortcut
  
• Rituals causing events didn't take effect due to new host targeting check
  
• Cast item spells from map didn't work properly

Modding / Map Making

• Scripting didn't overrule aibadlvl, fixed

This update adds new Thrones of Ascension as well the ability to autosort magic items in the treasury (press ctrl + a). There has also been the usual bug fixes, performance improvements, stat fixes and small improvements. The Utterdark and Haunted Forest global enchantments also got some tweaks, making them a little bit more useful.

General

• Magic item treasury autosort (ctrl-a)
  
• 7 new thrones
  
• Increased max nbr of thrones to 30/20/10
  
• Utterdark now has more shade attacks
  
• Press 'b' to select all units with battle fright
  
• Disease res can now protect against disease spells too (including plague)
  
• Haunted Forest no longer affects plants
  
• Haunted Forest creates commander manikins from dead commanders
  
• Twilight removed the effects of some magic items too, fixed
  
• Battle inconsistency fix
  
• Extreme cold info was slightly off
  
• The new Praise special ability didn't work properly
  
• AI commander scripting tweak
  
• Shapechanged commanders will now lose disabled items too when killed
  
• Reanimators bless didn't give passive undead leadership, fixed
  
• Shift key for raid didn't work with sneaking commanders
  
• Fixed popup for site with no gem trace
  
• Damage that takes effect slowly over many days (e.g. homesickness) no longer triggers returning
  
• Spell AI is now less fond of Gift of Formlessness
  
• Lichcraft now removes any twiceborn enchantment
  
• Fleeing didn't work properly for lobster riders, fixed
  
• Reduced CPU usage during game setup for dedicated servers
  
• Reduced CPU usage during map upload/download
  
• Sleep clouds could affect mindless units
  
• Host target validation for rituals
  
• Improved performance for particle light effects
  
• AI no longer chooses fireshield blessing for EA Abysia and some other nations
  
• Mindless units can no longer get false damage when repelled
  
• Sleep clouds now takes undreaming into account
  
• Mindless units now immune to sleep clouds
  
• Hermit Sahir got some fire resistance
  
• Earthquake used caster's fatigue for def penalty instead of the target's, fixed
  
• Stat and typo fixes

Modding / Map Making

• Muspelheim type modding commands for non-capital fort recruitment
  
• New monster/item commands: #battlesum1dX and #battlesumwarm
  
• New monster/item command: #enchantedblood
  
• #bugshape and similar didn't work, fixed
  
• #aibadlvl now takes communion into account
  
• Single commander can now use more item ritual items
  
• Fix for possible host crash when using mods with #summon.. command
  
• Lobby server safety check to ensure all required mods have been uploaded
  
• Fix for map editor and bridges

This update mostly fixes some bugs, but there are also a few new features and a few new commands for modders. Angel-like beings now have a new Praise ability that will glorify the one true God. This automatically raises dominion in their province, but only if they are in a friendly dominion.

General

• New magic item: Pillar of Truths
  
• New ability for angel-like beings: Praise
  
• Pressing ctrl-i in battle prints host version and current version
  
• Fix for shapeshifting mounts/riders not becoming re-recruitable
  
• Fix for armors/weapons sometimes not resetting when disabling a mod
  
• Fix for battle enchantment symbols for glamour and holy spells
  
• Magic Weapons bless didn't work fully when repelling, fixed
  
• Twilight will now remove enchantments from mounts as well
  
• Better scout message when observing a fort battle
  
• Information about false supplies in starvation messages
  
• Spell AI will now cast to get high resistance values if scripted to do so
  
• Can now see temperature info in F2 weather screen, even if dominion is unknown
  
• Fixed sound effects for some tramplers
  
• Fatigue from flying and trampling didn't work properly for non-mounted
  
• Cost for twiceborn ritual was incorrect for some casters
  
• Battlefield wide spells can no longer be cast indoors (except holy spells)
  
• Spell light effects no longer worked since last patch, fixed
  
• Dead units could sometimes show up in the Position Army screen
  
• Can fix a mount problem that crashes the hosting with the --repair option
  
• Disbelieve value printed in hit points details
  
• More monsters got darkvision
  
• Spine Frog now has digestion (2 dmg / round)
  
• Dagon got digestion (3 dmg / round)
  
• Wailing Lady got tweaked
  
• Gelatinous Cubes can no longer be turned into soulless and similar
  
• Typo and stat fixes

Modding / Map Making

• New spell commands: #makecrater, #notindoors
  
• New monster/item command: #praise
  
• More terrain restriction details shown in nation overview

This update continues with some balance changes, but smaller ones than last time. The largest change is probably for Ind, they can now get commanders and shamans when they do mobilize heathens. The shamans are different depending on the terrain of the province. There are also some new thrones, a new spell and new graphical effects for fire spells. Fire spells can now scorch the earth where they hit and meteors can leave craters. There are also the usual bug fixes and new stuff for modders.

General

• Ind muster heathen ability more effective and can give commanders also
  
• New spell: Army of Immaculate Mounts
  
• Three new thrones
  
• Throne of Eternal Suffering now gives +2 morale to blessed units
  
• Fire damage area spells leave scorch marks on the ground
  
• Meteors now leave craters
  
• Gifts from Heaven increased casting time -> 125%
  
• Chaos power less affected by unrest
  
• Many 10 gold cost archers reduced to 8 gold
  
• Markatas cheaper 5 -> 4 gold
  
• Kailasa got cheaper holy troops
  
• Lion Warriors more expensive
  
• Tweaked start armies for some nations
  
• AI now respects the diplomacy off setting
  
• Pretender sensing thrones now reveals them for disciples too
  
• Summon animals now has more appropriate cave animals
  
• Apostasy shorter range and cannot target mounts
  
• Geas can now longer target mounts
  
• Invisibility and blur/displacement no longer stacks
  
• Message for found items after remote attack
  
• Fix for dispersing units retreating to wrong provinces
  
• Vengeance of the Dead no longer affects never sleeping units
  
• Dreams of R'lyeh no longer affects never sleeping units
  
• Ritual of Rebirth no longer works on spiritform beings
  
• Popups could cause flickering in fade effects, fixed
  
• Fix for incorrect growth info on heat/cold scale
  
• Jinn in lamp now got glamour magic instead of astral
  
• Fix for possible population overflow
  
• Conscription now dependent on order scale
  
• Mind Blank didn't work against magic duel
  
• Network couldn't handle turn files larger than 300 MB
  
• Curse of Stones didn't work if only mount was cursed
  
• Spell targeting fix regarding healing spells
  
• Can press ctrl-l to load map on the Map Settings screen
  
• Finding a magic item in a site will now put it in lab if it can't be carried
  
• Fix for ritual auto targeting for Mirror of Earth's Memories
  
• Fixed leak in castle wall corner
  
• More difficult to control hurricanes in Gale Gate
  
• Mekone now longer has rebate for Shield of Gleaming Gold
  
• Lightning Field didn't have its full effect, fixed
  
• Can now copy/paste orders in army positioning screen
  
• Polypal Mother and Polypal Queen can now also do Aboleth-only rituals
  
• Some foreign recruit units can no longer be recruited in caves
  
• Knife of the Damned's cursed luck didn't work
  
• Fix for length of some natural weapons
  
• Stat and typo fixes

Modding / Map Making

• New nation commands: #plainrec, #plaincom, #plainfortrec, #plainfortcom
  
• New nation commands: #caveinc, #caveres, #caverecpt
  
• New monster commands: #bugshape, #buguwshape, #bugswarmshape, #bugswarmuwshape
  
• New event commands: #req_targrealmnr, #req_targnorealmnr
  
• New Weapon command: #mrhalf
  
• Monster command #reclimit can now take special -1 and -2 values too
  
• Spells with number 5000 or greater didn't work in battles
  
• Nation commands #kelprec, #kelpcom didn't work
  
• More terrain restrictions described properly in nation overview
  
• Fix for add foreign recruitment not working on some existing nations
  
• AI template research goals didn't work together with custom bless effects

This patch makes multiple tweaks to the game balance. The Fear ability now has a reduced effect and can no longer lower morale by more than its value. Asphodel got slower free spawning and an increase to its construct fort ritual. Caves have also been tweaked, now they contain a little less population and the special cave terrains are a bit more rare. In addition to this there are also more balance tweaks, bug fixes, new mod commands as well as one new spell and one new unit.

General

• National rebates for many artifacts
  
• New unit: C'tissian Medium Infantry
  
• New spell: Featherweight Army
  
• Ranged frost mist weapons now create a cloud on misses too
  
• Friendly units are now immune to the effect of Unholy Weapons
  
• Paralyze effects were not updated to new size system, fixed
  
• Fear and Dread blesses are now more expensive
  
• Fear can now lower morale by at most the same value as the fear effect (or max 10)
  
• Vampiric weapons bless now drains a little even if the target was killed
  
• Arcane Decree didn't prevent globals when there were free slots available
  
• Shields didn't work against Rain of Stones
  
• Costs for immortal pretenders slightly tweaked
  
• Asphodel dominion freespawn rate reduced by about 15%
  
• Asphodel ritual "Carrion Fortress" cost 35 -> 45
  
• LA C'tis Keeper of the Tombs is now slow to recruit
  
• Don't bail out if failing to save the prevcons file
  
• Lobby games now remembers map wrap settings correctly during setup
  
• Cave population reduced by 20%, except for cave forests
  
• Cave system now have more ordinary caves (non-forests, etc.)
  
• Torch symbol after pillage was not shown on map
  
• Fixed battle background for assassinations in Nexus
  
• Damage from homesickness is now removed if changing shape to non-homesick unit
  
• Ctrl-z to show/hide teleportation movement didn't work, fixed
  
• Fix for restoring recruitment queues with half cost mounts
  
• Not possible to deselect all with 'a' if a commander mount was selected
  
• Mounts with floating will no longer be hampered by non-floating riders
  
• Reacquire mount order now works correct for units with multiple mounts/riders too
  
• Fists of Iron spell now counts as an iron weapon
  
• No multiple weapon fatigue penalty for spellcasters
  
• Commander mounts could not hold up illusions, fixed
  
• Legion's Demise now works slower
  
• Wish for Devi of Strength didn't work
  
• Death Gaze weapon could kill its user
  
• AI spellcasters could get confused by the different communion types
  
• Forts and temples from Ind could sometimes be seen when they shouldn't
  
• Fix for repeat ritual and master ritualist
  
• Veil of perpetual mist should now never work against its creator
  
• Stun from shock damage was not prevented by e.g. twist fate
  
• Some more beings now have storm immunity and/or storm power
  
• Strength of Gaia will now give strength as well as magic boost to spiritform beings
  
• Fixed graphical effect for Beast Mastery
  
• The effects of Half Dead were not shown in bless info
  
• AI tweaks
  
• Stat and typo fixes

Modding / Map Making

• New monster/item commands: #spikes, #sleepres
  
• New monster/item commands: #sabbathmaster, #sabbathslave
  
• New monster/item commands: #chorusmaster, #chorusslave
  
• New weapon command: #magiconly
  
• New event commands: #req_school, #req_minresearch, #req_path, #req_pathgems
  
• New nation commands: #fortcoldscaleres, etc.
  
• Event var commands can now be used multiple times per event
  
• #dompower was broken, fixed
  
• Nation command #clearrec didn't clear everything

This update is mostly a bug fix update, but there are also a few general improvements. Games in the network lobby will now remain longer (up to 6 weeks of inactivity) to prevent them being deleted during longer vacations. However lobby games that are still in the setup stage, will be deleted more quickly (after 1 week of inactivity) to prevent cluttering. The income overview is now color coded in the same way as battle reports, making it easy to see which entries are commanders and mages.

General

• Color coded income overview
  
• Income overview now also shows units with 0 upkeep cost
  
• Better flag centering on random maps
  
• Fix for mounts retreating after fort siege defence
  
• Tweaks to cave PD
  
• Armor of twisting thorns can now longer be used by inanimates or undead
  
• Host crash fix
  
• Potential crash fix for browse pretenders
  
• AI improvement for sieges
  
• Network games (in lobby) are now only deleted after 6 weeks of inactivity
  
• Not yet started games (in lobby) are deleted after 1 week of inactivity
  
• Twiceborn didn't work for non-amphibians in underwater labs
  
• Birds of Splendour will now get rid of afflictions when reborn
  
• Use current directory as fallback if failing to create normal save directory
  
• Fix for curse of stones not affecting unmounted units
  
• Cave rivers now give bonus to pop growth
  
• Event fixes
  
• Typo and stat fixes

Modding / Map Making

• New armor mod command: #protparts
  
• Batmap "empty" now looks more empty
  
• New spell command: #sumhealaffs
  
• Map editor now loads fog of war setting properly
  
• Fix for modded weapon with nbr 3000+ not having correct info
  
• Map editor ctrl-b (border image) didn't work with multiple planes
  
• Fix for parsing maps without a newline at the end
  
• Fix for mounts with breath weapon not getting any beams

This update is mostly focused on improved performance, especially for battles in very large games. So if you are running a large game you can expect turn generation times to be faster, as resolving battles usually take up most of the time. There are also a whole bunch of new commands for modders as well as some bug fixes and general improvements. For online games using the network lobby, there is also a new setting that enables all players to alter the time until next hosting deadline.

General

• Performance improvements (especially for large game battles)
  
• Commanders can now also reclaim mount if it is afflicted
  
• Home sick ability now shows home province when clicking on it
  
• Fix for incorrectly being able to issue assassin order
  
• Fix for mirror image regarding weapon blesses
  
• Remote attacks now explicitly fizzle out if the caster is killed between casting and the remote attack phase
  
• Fix for god throne defenders sometimes not having enough researched spells
  
• Glamour path will now add to MR vs shroud of bewilderment
  
• More randomness in music selection
  
• Monsters with breath weapons could hit themselves
  
• Fix for flask of holy water and undying bless
  
• Mounts didn't always lose their buffs after battle
  
• Can allow all players to extend time in lobby games
  
• Wasn't always possible to view farkill rituals via 'v'
  
• Fix for not retreating into castle after siege battle
  
• Curse of Stones will now give fatigue only to mount when moving
  
• Flying in combat will now give fatigue only to mount
  
• More type of mummies are now fire vulnerable
  
• More type of mummies can now enter the sea (but will take damage)
  
• Continue to count down expiring NAPs even after nation has died
  
• Merrow commoner description was missing
  
• Enable more combat debug prints if game is run by host
  
• Fix for long lobby logs being cut off
  
• Updated some help texts
  
• Typo and stat fixes

Modding / Map Making

• New spell commands: #onlysitedst, #napbreakrit
  
• New event commands: #selectevent, #clear, #req_turnrare, #assownerench, #req_targhorrormark
  
• New nation command: #templeholypoints
  
• New monster/item commands: #mindcollar, #statstorm, #statbreak
  
• New event mod command: #req_fortid
  
• New ritual effect: massteleport
  
• Event command #fort can now be used to remove forts too
  
• Beam weapons didn't work properly for mounts
  
• Spell commands #onlymnr and #notmnr now works for combat spells too
  
• Mod error checking now complains about file names with spaces
  
• Map editor now uses alt-9 to toggle province names
  
• Event max text length increased 1400 -> 2400
  
• Printing mod variables in messages didn't work, fixed

This is mostly a bug fix update. Most importantly it fixes a potential crash that could occur when the background changed in a battle. There is also a new bonus added for higher difficulty AI players that hunt for blood slaves. They will now receive a bonus to the amount of blood slaves caught if they were successful. There are also various other fixes and a new mod command for spell ai modders.

General

• Added commoners for underwater tavern
  
• AI > normal now get bonus when hunting blood slaves
  
• Battle viewer could crash when the 3d fog changed, fixed
  
• Better at remembering all 3 names of triple gods
  
• Healing spells didn't work properly on units with undying
  
• Nation income bonuses from thrones didn't show up in income overview
  
• Fix for old network connections being forgotten
  
• Fix a potential hang on corrupted fatherland file
  
• Fix for skirmish ability negated by mounts
  
• Team colored squared were sometimes seethrough in assassinations, fixed
  
• Fix for some mummies not able to be remummified
  
• Some mage mercs without units would retire when without units, fixed
  
• Changing the sea part of random maps didn't work in network lobby
  
• Box of wondrous monsters didn't work properly
  
• Fix for wrong lost eye information in stats
  
• Transformation to non-eating entity will now remove starvation
  
• Fix for goto messages with mercs
  
• Utgård had wrong type of dracolich
  
• Stat fixes

Modding / Map Making

• Insert/remove province in map editor didn't work properly for multiplane maps
  
• New spell command: #aiassmod
  
• Make sure a map never has the combination deep & not-sea
  
• Make sure a map never has the combination sea & river
  
• Don't allow creation of units with too high monster numbers

A quick fix update to fix two bugs introduced in the previous version. That gemlongevity was on by default and that newly saved game settings couldn't be loaded again. There are also a a few minor changes that made it into this update.

General

• Could not load gamesettings from previous version, fixed
  
• Gemlongevity was set to 2 by default for vanilla game, now 0
  
• Lobby server better at keeping track of which players are connected