Voor De Kroon News

Hello everyone,

This update contains mainly updates to the sieging mechanics and some other fixes and tweaks. It also addresses certain issues related to officer loyalty, reducing the likelihood of defections.

If you experience any issues or bugs, you can report them using the ingame feedback form, here on steam or on the recently reopened official discord server.

Join the discord here:
https://discord.com/invite/cTgXXfTmhc

Thank you for all the support so far!

Changelog

• Add variation to charge timing for AI siege attackers
  
• Add variation to start assault timing for AI siege attackers
  
• Add cheering to attacking formations when castle gate is breached
  
• Add global heraldry for default Frisian factions
  
• Add ability to build regular farms to default Frisian factions
  
• Add morale strength to defending siege archers for better balance
  
• Increase base loyalty for hired officers
  
• Decrease speed of loyalty deprecation for long stationed officers
  
• Randomize siege camp flags from entire attacking army
  
• Tweak battle debrief music volume
  
• Tweak distance of attacking archer defenses to castle
  
• Tweak siege camp distance from castle
  
• Improve siege attacker formation spawn positions
  
• Fix various archer animation problems
  
• Fix player not being able to give orders to ranged only army
  
• Fix AI formation ladder charge behavior
  
• Fix controller icons for siege defense orders
  
• Fix prebattle delegations sometimes floating before siege battle
  
• Fix burning units sometimes trying to flee closed castle
  
• Fix not working defend court order for siege defender
  

Hello everyone,

This update contains upgrades to the battle debriefing system including a more immersive way of handling captured officers. It also contains new shield mask and emblem support for round shields and upgrades to the reinforcement system.

If you experience any issues or bugs, you can report them using the ingame feedback form, here on steam or on the recently reopened official discord server.

Join the discord here: https://discord.com/invite/cTgXXfTmhc

Thank you for all the support and happy holidays!

Changelog

• Add new captured officers system
  
• Add new look to battle debriefing screen
  
• Add variatioin to approach angles of reinforcements
  
• Add toggle to settlements in campaign editor for castle prefixes / suffixes
  
• Add warning to option menu for high battle sizes
  
• Add full heraldry support for round shields
  
• Add variation to number of enemy reinforcements during campaign
  
• Add check to prevent saving factions with default name
  
• Add menu option to disable/enable officer execution
  
• Polish some interface elements
  
• Allow longer input in faction and lord names in faction editor
  
• Various optimizations under the hood
  
• Fix bump reaction animation playing repeatedly when bumping into infantry on horse
  
• Fix officer equipment not saving in faction editor
  
• Fix Frisian skirmisher officer heraldry
  
• Fix default text of text edit widget
  
• Fix faction description not saving for custom factions
  
• Fix item selection widget showing empty after selecting something without a category
  

Hello everyone,

I wish you all a merry Christmas!

It's that time of the year again and you can now try the early access with a discount of 30% off!

There is no better way to get in the festive spirit than defeating your foes in open field battle.

Thank you for all the support this past year. I can't wait to continue this journey into 2025 with you.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1702390/Voor_De_Kroon/

Changelog

• Fix tactical tutorial spawning no units
  

Hello everyone,

This is a variety update again, progress has been a little bit slower due to the holidays.

If you experience any issues or bugs, you can report them using the ingame feedback form, here on steam or on the recently reopened official discord server.

Join the discord here:
https://discord.com/invite/cTgXXfTmhc

Thank you for all the support!

Changelog:

• Add desert variations for all castles
  
• Add generic portraits for tutorial battle
  
• Add seperate option for friendly damage instead of tying it to realistic player damage
  
• Add game speed option
  
• Increase speed of intro cinematic skip interaction
  
• Fix rare crash related to missing unit type
  
• Fix floating units during siege battles with larger battle sizes
  
• Fix warping to attacking archer spawn points
  
• Fix resolution option not setting when game is paused