Voor De Kroon News

Changelog

• Add automatic combat stance activation based on enemy proximity and direction
  
• Add slower animation set for big banner on foot
  
• Add hold interactions for critical actions like dropping weapons
  
• Add more background logic to player combat flow
  
• Add flow logic to hard slowmotion hits while mounted
  
• Add the ability to equip a shield with a couched lance
  
• Add parry text instead of blocking to player action log when parrying
  
• Add chance ranged units flee from fire arrow impacts
  
• Add extra health bonus for wearing full helmet
  
• Stabilize cavalry rider animations
  
• Tweak footstep sounds
  
• Polish rush mechanic
  
• Polish and smooth various combat animations and transitions
  
• Stabilize mounted idle animation
  
• Lower dodge speed
  
• Fix AI spear bracing movement freezing
  
• Fix lance couch transition animation when toggling while riding
  
• Fix softlock max targeting
  
• Fix incorrect loadout transfer logic related to shields when mounting horse
  
• Fix mounted static banners on custom units
  
• Fix unit editor preview not equipping shields when possible
  
• Fix finger placement when holding lance
  
• Fix unit animation glitching when getting executed sometimes
  
• Fix map icon showing in UI during tournaments
  
• Fix missing footstep sounds in some combat locomotion animations
  
• Dark Fantasy Variety Pack: Fix mannequin ladder units spawning when lowest tier units are zombies or ghosts
  
• Dark Fantasy Variety Pack: Fix broken equipment slots showing when on dragon
  
• Dark Fantasy Variety Pack: Fix player getting knocked off dragon
  

Hello everyone!

Time for another weekly update.

This update includes upgraded mace impact sounds, improved battle soundscape and FX, full parry support for all primary weapons and more polish and fixes further enhancing the combat experience.

Field battle army camps have also been added. This feature is off by default and can be turned on in the Performance settings if you want to try it out.

Thank you for all the support so far!

If you have suggestions, bugs or just general ideas for the next update, feel free to join the discord or drop by in the discussions. Always happy to hear your input.

https://discord.com/invite/MQXFbqpWpW

Full Changelog

• Add parry for all primary weapons
  
• Add camps to field battles
  
• Add performance option for field battle camps
  
• Add formation noise to start battle cutscene
  
• Add new mace hit sound
  
• Add new sound for unarmed punch impacts
  
• Add ground finisher animation for unarmed
  
• Add some more context to when some weapon actions are not available
  
• Move spear bracing to stab button
  
• Double stamina cost of parry blocking
  
• Tweak general soundscape dynamics of battle
  
• Lock player in combat state when enemy is near and you carry a primary weapon
  
• Improve various finisher FX
  
• Improve player spear animation locomotion
  
• Improve stamina bar
  
• Improve mounted rush mechanic
  
• Improve unit outline fades
  
• Optimize unit outline logic
  
• Buff infantry use of shields against arrows
  
• Fix minimum sprint mounted stamina threshold
  
• Fix some logic related to ground finishers
  
• Fix being able to dagger execute single combat opponents
  
• Fix crash related to siege formation AI
  
• Fix block player action appearing even when already blocking
  

Hello everyone,

Saint Nicholas has arrived in the country again and we are celebrating his visit with a festive discount. Voor de Kroon is now 30 percent off until December 6th, the day he leaves again.

If you have been waiting to join the battle or want to gift a friend (No hair-gel in the surprise please) this is the perfect moment.



Thank you for your support as always!

Enjoy the holiday season.

Changelog

• Add finisher moves to one handed spear for player use
  
• Various small battle optimizations
  
• Fix crash related to arrows
  
• Fix crash related to new volley logic
  
• Fix cavalry not using stab frequently enough
  
• Fix melee indicator during stance combat
  
• Fix shields flipping color when dropped
  
• Fix ordering attack against archers if there's only ranged units on the field
  

Hello everyone!

This update strengthens the core combat experience with smarter AI commander counter charges and improving direct formation targeting when using the move marker. The marker tries to select what you want more intelligently.

Player combat on foot has been improved again as well. The underlying system is now more deterministic, resulting in smoother and more reliable combat flow. Mounted gameplay also receives an upgrade with a new stamina system that is tied to rushing.

Fleeing behavior has been made more organic. Units will still break when a formation becomes critical, but they can now also flee dynamically during combat when specific frightening events occur. This system is influenced by unit level and feudal rank, elite troops will hold longer while militia units may panic sooner.

The update also adds several new battle UI indicators and animated formation icons. These elements can be disabled in the settings, and they will automatically turn off when choosing realism mode.

Thank you all for the support!

If you have suggestions, bugs or just general ideas for the next update, feel free to join the discord or drop by in the discussions. Always happy to hear your input.

https://discord.com/invite/MQXFbqpWpW

Full Changelog

• Add individual unit fleeing: units will flee one by one depending on events until a breaking point has been reached
  
• Add dynamic ranged unit volley discipline based on unit level
  
• Add more flow to player combat on foot
  
• Add player spear bracing: press block to enter bracing state, press again to leave bracing
  
• Add mounted stamina system tied to sprinting
  
• Add more visual feedback to formation icons
  
• Add damage indicator to show direction of damage
  
• Add incoming strike indicator to units attacking player
  
• Add menu option for animated formation icons: disable on realism
  
• Add menu option for battle melee indicators: disable on realism
  
• Add some missing logic to new finisher animations
  
• Add screenshake to nearby falling arrows nearby player
  
• Buff spear bracing
  
• Always make units use high quality death animations when killed by player
  
• Improve enemy counter charge behavior
  
• Improve ranged unit accuracy
  
• Polish behavior of order camera
  
• Improve direct formation targeting logic
  
• Fix player game over when losing defense with faction leader with campaign permadeath turned off
  
• Fix crash related to AI controller
  
• Fix dodge breaking with item pickups when using controller
  
• Fix unit animation sometimes breaking when executed
  
• Fix hand IK not disabling on proximity push animation
  
• Fix command range marker persisting on possess
  
• Fix command range marker persisting when cycling formations
  
• Fix unit outlines sometimes not hiding on fleeing
  
• Fix being able to drop items when not idle
  
• Fix bug causing inconsistency in player weapon damage
  
• Fix mace variant holster position
  
• Fix start volley voice location
  
• Fix some issues with formation fighting noise
  
• Fix being able to open map or go to bird mode while climbing ladder or otherwise busy
  
• Fix ranged formations ammo use