Voor De Kroon News

This update addresses a lot of issues and tweaks the game for steamdeck compatibility.

Changelog

• Add auto settings for steamdeck gameplay
  
• Add gamepad control to cyhcle ranged fire mode with LB
  
• Add controller button prompts to order menu
  
• Automatically set native resolution when opening the game on the steamdeck
  
• Add controller button prompts to the tutorials
  
• Increase some text sizes when playing on small screen
  
• Fix AI Cavalry formation behavior around archers
  
• Fix AI Cavalry seeing your ranged units too easily during night
  
• Fix black bar visible on deployment screen when using controller
  
• Fix controller focus on deployment screen when defending
  
• Fix controller input during deployment
  
• Fix controller icon prompt to start the siege
  
• Fix controller input list on pause menu
  
• Fix stack overflow introduced in last patch during siege battles
  
• Fix file time and date sorting of campaign savefiles
  
• Fix battle size text in option menu
  
• Fix player losing game when faction leader is missing, will place back faction leader in random settlement
  
• Fix missing orders on gamepad controls
  
• Fix controller focus on campaign battle won screen
  
• Fix controller focus on prisoner screen
  
• Fix being able to start siege without any siege engines when using controller
  
• Fix dead units not completing their death animation on lower graphics settings and freezing in place
  
• Fix cursor visible when using controller and virtual cursor not active
  

Changelog

• Add small sound to pause menu opening
  
• Set close cavalry camera as default mode
  
• Add back old centered on foot camera as 'alternate player camera' option
  
• Fix player being able to move out of bounds with deployment camera
  
• Fix location of unit card when selecting a unit during deployment
  
• Fix switching to night creating an unhideable siege engine icon
  
• Fix tournament menu styling
  
• Fix campaign end flood triggering unexpectidly
  
• Fix formation icons not showing properly after switching to night battle
  
• Fix missing tooltips on quick battle menu
  
• Fix categories shown in pause menu options
  

Changelog

• Fix cost of defensive siege deployments
  
• Fix interface showing ladders when playing a defensive siege battle during campaign
  
• Fix siege engine icons showing for disabled siege engines
  
• FIx ragdoll freeze time for units climbing ladder
  
• Fix units walking in air in some situations during siege battles
  
• Fix player rotating when getting hit on ladder
  
• Fix siege camp spawning too far into army spawn
  
• Fix some diplomacy events missing from global game log
  
• Fix player being able to rapid fire certain key presses
  
• Fix landscape material color
  

This update fixes a lot of critical errors and also adds a couple of small things.

If you were unable to save and load custom campaigns, now you can! Sorry for the inconvenience.

Changelog

• Add increased saturation on campaign map
  
• Add new siege camp models
  
• Add dynamic area around settlements
  
• Add new base icon for settlements
  
• Add new campaign map landscape material
  
• Add social links to main menu
  
• Add feedback form to main and pause menu
  
• Add crash reporter client
  
• Add compatibility code for legacy workshop campaign data
  
• Tweak campaign map tree autumn color
  
• Increase opacity of smoke on campaign map
  
• Disable unused open image denoise lib
  
• Fix battle tutorial text 'Charge a specific formation' to 'Attack a specific formation'
  
• Fix game going to campaign map at tournament end when should be going to main menu
  
• Fix enemy general fleeing message popping up in situation where it doesn't apply
  
• Fix campaign death not showing faction leader
  
• Fix campaign victory not showing faction leader
  
• Fix overkill on messages when winning single combat
  
• Fix Gate breached message showing when winning siege battle
  
• Fix can't mount horse text during siege battles
  
• Fix crash related to unit categorization during battle
  
• Fix siege camp tents spawning in water
  
• Fix crash related to missing player index during campaign
  
• Fix faction override from quick battle showing in campaign menu
  
• Fix loading/saving custom campaigns being broken
  
• Fix factions resetting when loading custom campaing
  
• Fix AI faction officers not generating correctly
  
• Fix gate not opening when siege battle is won
  
• Fix quick battle menu not setting highest tier unit as commander
  
• Fix advance formation not needed to complete battle tutorial
  

Hello everyone,

Currently I am working on overhauling the campaign mechanics and implementing the most requested feature, free army movement! This changes the dynamics of the campaign and allows for more strategic gameplay.



Now the campaign is being overhauled:
what other features would you like to see in the campaign?

I am excited to hear your thoughts and thank you for all the support so far!