List of changes in the patches

Changelog

v. 0.80.16

New Features

• Added an alternative starting camera position in combat. It allows you to zoom the starting position in a little closer or, conversely, further out.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the pocket dimension logic with the "Direct Supervision" skill that allowed army size to be doubled.

• Fixed a bug that doubled garrison troops during a city siege.

• Fixed incorrect behavior of the "Taunt" effect.

• Fixed a bug where the camera would sometimes zoom in too far at the start of combat.

• Disabled camera position saving between battles.

• Fixed a bug where a hero on the map could not interact with a city by pressing Space.

• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to use a hero's strike when using the upgraded Excalibur.

• Fixed incorrect camera behavior in certain situations.

• Fixed tournament information display after loading a save.

• Fixed UI breaking when loading the game in map view mode after one of the participants had left the match.

• Fixed incorrect display of the name of a participant who lost or left the game.

• Fixed the "Perception" sub-skill of the "Insight" skill.

• Fixed Cyrillic character display in player nicknames.

Campaign

⚠️ Most fixes will not apply to saves made inside a mission prior to the patch ⚠️

General

• Fixed game area layouts in several missions. This fix directly affects AI behavior logic and the correct functioning of sub-skills related to territory control.

• Fixed the timing of story dialogue windows in a number of missions — dialogues following the defeat of story enemies now play strictly after their death animation, not before it.

• Necromancy is now enabled by default for Necromancer heroes.

"Into the Woods"

• Fixed a bug that caused the dialogue with the Crystal Canyon guards to repeat after the player chose to attack them.

"Never-ending Conflict"

• Removed a pile of resources that was located inside decorations and was inaccessible.

• Added unique inventory icons for quest-related items.

"Burning Hearts"

• Fixed a bug in the dialogue with the builders: selecting "Give Resources" now correctly deducts them from the player's total.

• The builders' quest is now correctly removed from the journal if the player changes their mind about fulfilling the conditions and decides to attack them instead.

• Fixed a bug where Ignatius would appear in the final dialogue even when he shouldn't have. ;)

• The neutral Warlock will no longer return and attack the spies at the portal.

"Deal with a Vampire"

• Fixed bugs with quest markers.

"Saving the Knight"

• Fixed a critical bug related to the Sentinel of Glory that broke all subsequent mission scripts.

• Fixed a critical bug related to the Troglodyte that broke all subsequent mission scripts.

• Fixed the Troglodyte dialogue replaying after selecting "Attack."

"Renegade" and/or "Corruption"

• Fixed a bug where, during the amplifier destruction quest, the player received a negative effect despite having the option available to avoid it.

• Added a unique model and icon for one of the quest items.

• Fixed a bug that caused an infinite tactical phase in the battle with the Necromancer at the portal.

• Updated the bonus movement point logic for all heroes.

• Minor mission balance tweaks.

• Fixed quest markers.

• Fixed a bug that caused an error in one of the quests.

• Replaced one outdated voice-over audio track.

"Alvar Diruil"

• Fixed a bug that allowed one of the battles to be skipped.

• Map exit points and paths leading to them are now more visually prominent.

• Fixed incorrect speaker name and portrait display in certain dialogue lines.

Scenarios

⚠️ Most fixes will not apply to saves made prior to the patch ⚠️

General

• Fixed game territory layouts in several missions. This fix directly affects AI behavior logic and the correct functioning of sub-skills related to territory control.

"Fun and Graves"

• Fixed a bug that blocked mission completion after winning in one of the possible situations.

• Fixed a bug where the game incorrectly registered the death of one of the characters.

• Fixed the portrait of one of the non-player characters.

"Glittering Strait"

• Fixed a bug that caused an empty, broken dialogue to appear.

Localization

• Updated localization for all languages: added translations for new settings, fixed errors, etc.

• Added the ability to select the localization language in the bug report submission form.