Dominions 6 News

A new nation, Pyrène, Cambion Kings is now available for the Late Age in Dominions. The Black Goats of earlier times have been ousted and replaced by Cambion half-demons sired by succubus and incubus devils summoned by the church.

This new version has many performance improvements and very large games should run much better than previously. There are also many bug fixes, AI improvements, new features and new commands for modders. E.g. saved games can now be sorted on name or date, AI should be better at diplomacy than before and a bug that could result in an incorrect battle replay has been fixed.


General

• New nation: LA Pyrene
  
• New spell: Soul Transaction
  
• New ritual: Summon Incubus
  
• New magic item: Soul Scales
  
• New Patala Hero
  
• 3d performance improvement
  
• Major battle performance increase for large games
  
• Host performance improvement (faster AI, aging & luck stages)
  
• Improved main map performance when having a huge nbr of commanders
  
• AI diplomacy more influenced by AI personalities
  
• AI smarter handling of NAPs and war declarations
  
• Now possible to bump players under NAP
  
• When pretender dies diplomacy can now be conducted with the first disciple instead
  
• Continue old game now has games sorted alphabetically by default
  
• Press 'd' to sort the games by date instead
  
• Added ? help screen when choosing game
  
• Casting earthquake could result in battle inconsistency, fixed
  
• Mounts and immortals could crash the game during host, fixed
  
• Flaming weapons bless can no longer affect melee ice weapons
  
• Hell Ride ritual now takes size of mount into account
  
• Stygian Paths didn't work properly together with the transfer screen
  
• Removed the 'enter gate' commander order from nexus as it didn't work
  
• Twist Fate now always works on undead and inanimates too
  
• Fire, Astral & Banefire shields now trigger on misses too
  
• Added --yearning,--weakdiplo and --nodiplo to help text
  
• Terrain changes now added to province chronicles
  
• Being thrown out of a communion will now remove communion slave spell effect
  
• Gems will no longer be used when targeted by a remote attack ritual
  
• Wishing for provinces will no longer grant empty cave wall provinces
  
• Wish tweaked
  
• Mind Blank tweaked and received an icon
  
• Improved cheat detection
  
• Fixed magic item out of nowhere bug
  
• The missing tune had sleep resistance inverted, fixed
  
• Dream Seduction can target same sex, but with penalty to morale check
  
• Succubus and incubus can now create a progeny
  
• Spell AI can now cast range boosting buffs too
  
• Spell AI now better at handling magic duel
  
• Select cripples, limps now takes mounts into account
  
• Slimed affected aging rate, fixed
  
• Target cavalry didn't always work with new mounts, fixed
  
• Correct gate defenders for different Ind sub-nations
  
• Horror deserter ability doesn't care about thrones if deserter is player owned
  
• Spell AI improvement, mages make sure to always evaluate casting on themselves
  
• Can now select any province on maps without fog of war
  
• Fix for 'y' not including move & patrol commanders in the stats
  
• Twiceborn now works properly for shapeshifters
  
• Sieging forces are now considering bordering besieged player concerning diplomacy
  
• Better log prints regarding swallow attacks
  
• Swallow attacks can no longer destroy shields
  
• Mind Hunt is now an anonymous ritual
  
• Simulacrum doesn't inherit any possible twiceborn ritual
  
• Fixed auto casting of Mirror of Earth's Memories
  
• Project Self could result in a duplicate mage afterwards
  
• Game could crash when using carrion-/darkseeds, fixed
  
• Carrion transformations can now result in minotaur & elephant carrions too
  
• More accurate time for lobby host
  
• Some breath weapons were affected by weapon blesses, fixed
  
• Only start battle music for larger battles
  
• Large maps (>100 MB) didn't work on lobby server, fixed
  
• Master Ritualist didn't give bonus power to certain rituals, e.g. dispel
  
• Vengeful water vs hidden scout could sometimes make unique monster in same province disappear
  
• Lost Land can no longer affect provinces with mountains
  
• Make sure that all disciples are on a team in network games
  
• Fix for falling off mount in battle log
  
• Life after death commanders no longer get feebleminded
  
• Life after death units now die at the end of battle
  
• Friendly fire calculations were off if bushes/trees were nearby
  
• Fix for some units looking too large in site info and gem transfer screens
  
• Ice Prot divided into Ice Prot & Ice Armor
  
• Nightmare Masks now only affect friendly troops
  
• Summon Supayas & Huacas cost tweak
  
• Event fixes
  
• Spell info improvements
  
• Typo and stat fixes
  

Modding / Map Making

• Map editor now has a new map button
  
• New event commands: #req_targseductions, #req_targminkills, #req_targmaxkills
  
• New event commands: #addseduction, #addkills, #req_notpoptype, #req_plane
  
• New event commands: #req_godawake, #req_pretismnr, #req_pretawake
  
• New event command #header to enable custom message headers
  
• New monster/item commands: #icenatprot, #holyrange, #sorcerygems, #elementgems
  
• New monster/item commands: #mobilearcher, #...elementals
  
• New monster command: #animated
  
• Event req_swamp was broken
  
• Fix for 1d..vis with values 50+
  
• #not(dis)mounted now works for ranged weapons too
  
• Event command #req_targgod 2 now requires a non-disciple
  
• Event variable commands can now use -1 to access a nation number variable
  
• Nation command #domwar now accepts negative values too
  

The big thing in this update is mod support for the multiplayer lobby. If you join a modded game the mods used will be enabled automatically, but it is important to have subscribed to all the mods first. There are also some bug fixes, minor new features and new mod commands in this update.


General

• Lobby games sorted new games first
  
• Some inconsistencies in the repel damage calculation were fixed
  
• Fix for divine emperor not being able to do certain commands
  
• Nightfall could be cast without twilight, fixed
  
• Katabasis effect now disappears after being revived
  
• Amulet of antimagic now affects mount too
  
• Changed some weapons to use the short form secondary fire/shock damage
  
• Fix for some twiceborn chassis
  
• Blizzard now changes cold to 1 and can only be cast in heat 0-1
  
• Icon for twist fate in magic item info
  
• Manikin reanimation can now get some more type of creatures
  
• Bardings now shown in F9 even when equipped
  
• It was not possible to swap some items directly between commanders
  
• More mercenary rebate/extra cost for nations
  
• Fixed some magic info in nation overviews
  
• Ulm shaman hero, nature 3 -> 4
  
• Typo and stat fixes
  

Modding

• Mod support for network lobby
  
• New site command: #popgrowth
  
• New nation command: #hidedom
  
• New monster commands: #growthrecscale, #deathrecscale, #orderrecscale, #chaosrecscale
  
• Changed name of #...rec to #...recscale
  
• New event command: #req_enchnearby
  
• Event command #req_enchtarget didn't work properly
  

This is mostly a bug fix update with many fixes relating to the previous Asphodel update, including a new sprite for the Ettin Mandragora. There is also an important mod fix which may result in ongoing games with modded items getting magic items mixed up. This fix should make it so this modded item reshuffling does not happen in the future. Apart from the bug fixes there are also some new small features and new commands for modders.

General

• New sprite for Ettin Mandragora
  
• Fix for Worm Soul not returning to original shape
  
• Fix for Aurora Borealis not being castable during twilight
  
• Fix for supply info not updating after equipping supply items
  
• Ascension points required was not saved by ctrl-s
  
• Fix for new manikins having broken shields
  
• Carrion seed didn't always result in the correct manikin shape
  
• Floating from bless effect didn't give pass rivers ability
  
• Send Aatxe can no longer target underwater provinces
  
• Only show max 2000 games in network lobby game list
  
• Network lobby now has icon for password protected games
  
• New ability: Growthpower
  
• Horse tattoo gives skilled rider
  
• Stat and typo fixes
  

Modding

• New items started at an incorrect number, fixed
  
• New monster/item commands: #plaguedoctor, #corruptor
  
• New item commands: #assassin
  
• New weapon commands: #notmounted
  

This is an Asphodel focused update, they got new type of manikins and gods. They also got spells and abilities to spread carrion seeds with which to infect their enemies and turn them into undead manikins. There is also a large amount of bug fixes, performance improvements, new mod commands as well as some balance changes.


Asphodel

• New sprites for manikins and carrion beasts
  
• New Asphodel pretenders: Mother Mandragora, Titan Mandragora, Worm Soul
  
• Carrion dragon now has a carrion vine attack that can infect targets with darkseeds
  
• Asphodel's ritual Grow Fortress has now become Carrion Fortress instead
  
• One third of sacred manikins will now be Carrion Furies
  
• New types of manikin chassis
  
• New magic items: Carrion Seed, Carrion Bow
  
• Some magic items are cheaper for Asphodel
  
• New spells: Sleep Vines, Vengeful Vines, Tangle Thicket
  
• New sacred: Black Minotaur
  
• Black Centaur get +1 berserk
  
• Sagittarian replaces vine bow with carrion bow that can infect target with darkseed
  
• Manikins start age fix
  

General

• Increased 3D performance (+25% FPS) for Windows-AMD (new AMD driver) and Mac
  
• Ind got cheaper temples as 'every mansion is a palace and every building is a temple'
  
• Heroism bless +50% -> +35% xp
  
• Awaken Forest now more expensive and only targets 50% of battlefield
  
• Spiritform beings are now immune to petrification
  
• Mossbody can no longer target spiritform beings
  
• Magic scale 4+ didn't give horror marks correctly
  
• Terrain changes now affects resources and can make people migrate
  
• Performance improvements for main map and research screens
  
• Performance improvements for large battles and turn generation
  
• Spell AI no longer casts sermon of courage on mindless targets
  
• No longer show regen icons that are incompatible with the monster type
  
• More possible errors printed to admin log for lobby games
  
• Keyboard shortcuts in scoregraphs (F2) were wrong
  
• Skeletal Legion affected caster too, fixed
  
• Liches now keep their age
  
• Master password wasn't always properly remembered during game setup
  
• Switching between lobby and local network could crash the game, fixed
  
• Independent priests could cast all type of banishments, fixed
  
• Icon for negative inspiration bonus
  
• Migrations now less likely to lead into wastes or swamps
  
• Weightlessness bless didn't affect combat speed
  
• Supply usage was sometimes wrong on 'y' screen
  
• More national summon rebalancing
  
• Awe from throne did not show up in bless info
  
• Keyboard shortcuts in alchemy didn't work properly
  
• Twiceborn no longer has any effect on most monster shapes
  
• Fix for twiceborn getting around uniqueness of some monsters
  
• Stat penalty from blindness wasn't shown correctly
  
• Blank config path could prevent game from starting, fixed
  
• Humanoid apes and dogs now leave corpses when they die
  
• Fix for simulacrum losing global enchantments when killed
  
• Fix for simulacrum creator getting unexpected afflictions
  
• Magic empowerment can now raise to max level 13
  
• Chain mail of displacement now gives actual displacement
  
• Income box was not shown when dominion was 0, fixed
  
• Dreams of R'lyeh did not give Dimensional Overload in battle
  
• Fixed possible memory corruption when two immortals returned on the same turn
  
• Memory leak during host fixed
  
• Rider's magic items never affected mounts that were commanders
  
• Last messages didn't work in very large games
  
• All Elemental Opposition rituals dispelled air, fixed
  
• Most immortality effects now take priority over Life after Dead
  
• Shinuyama had access to Caelum's national spell 'Call of the Drugvant', fixed
  
• Pretenders no longer lose passive bless when outside dominion
  
• Fix for incorrect retreat message mentioning fort
  
• Fixed incorrect 'cannot lead magic beings' error message
  
• Returning from the void can no longer put you inside a cave wall
  
• Returning from Inferno/Kokytos will now usually leads to a cave
  
• Fear and Dread no longer stacks with each other
  
• Mirror walk no longer castable by stationary commanders
  
• Fix for out of range dominion values in games with Dreamlands R'lyeh
  
• Throne settings were not loaded/saved with ctrl-l/ctrl-s
  
• Indep flags weren't flashing when choosing spell target province
  
• Larger background texture in network lobby
  
• Auto site searching now stops if inside a besieged fort
  
• Elemental royalties permanent elemental summons can now be boosted
  
• Fix for temporary spirit sight not working
  
• Stygian Paths didn't work for units following along
  
• Box selecting commanders/squads didn't always work properly
  
• Network lobby games now keeps time better
  
• F1 now shows sneaking commanders at the end
  
• Fix for divine emperor not being able to storm castle
  
• Farstrike ritual performance fix
  
• Farstrike rituals were not always fully anonymous
  
• The Missing Tune didn't work properly
  
• Earthquake's special effect in caves didn't work
  
• Random maps with edge start positions are now square shaped
  
• Stat & typo fixes
  

Modding

• Potential crash bug fix for mods using new sounds
  
• Fix for "too many sprites" error when using mods in textonly mode
  
• Button to disable all mods in mods menu
  
• Enabling mods from command line now requires both folder and modfile
  
• Fix for #godpathspell
  
• #remount event command didn't work
  
• #norange now takes a value 0-100
  
• #att now accepts values up to 100
  
• Bless scale req modding, #orderscale, #chaosscale, ...
  
• New site command: #look
  
• New event command: #healaff
  
• New monster/item commands: #clumsy, #powerofdeath, #fearofflood
  
• New monster/item commands: #falsesupply, #glamourmanip
  
• New monster commands: #godsite
  
• New event commands: #addgeo, #remgeo
  
• New item modding commands to create dancing weapons
  
• New weapon commands: #spiritformimmune, #illusionimmune, #false
  
• New weapon commands: #holyifhit, #killmagicifhit, #killdemonifhit
  
• New weapon commands: #fireifhit, #coldifhit, #shockifhit, #petrifyifhit
  
• New weapon commands: #aftercloud, #aftercloudarea, #poisonifdmg
  

This update improves the multiplayer server, adds new capabilities for modders and fixes a bunch of bugs. Previously the multiplayer server failed to create games that had long names, this has been fixed now which should eliminate the most common problem when starting games on the official server. It is now also possible to revert a started game back to the startup when playing on the multiplayer server, making restarting a game much easier.
Hopefully the most important bugs are fixed now and we'll be able to create a small content update for the next patch.

General

• Network games would crash on creation if game name was too long
  
• Network lobby can now revert back to turn 0 (game setup)
  
• Network lobby now remembers pretender uploader perfectly
  
• Network lobby support for larger maps (now max 999 MB)
  
• Ranged weapons that were supposed to be used in melee too didn't always work
  
• Fix for flickering line at edge of map
  
• Map ritual arrows could sometimes be shown on the wrong plane
  
• Spell AI didn't take size/strength negates into account
  
• Teleport didn't work with mounts, fixed
  
• New launch options: --nowarnend, --warnend, --alwayswarn
  
• Performance improvement for army setup (t) and nation overview (F1)
  
• Send Lady Midday is now an assassination ritual
  
• Less trees & bushes on battlefield, especially with high growth
  
• Strands of Arcane Power message has a goto land if 1 new site was discovered
  
• Bukavac got more powerful
  
• Fix for bad vampire count from event
  
• Earth, Illearth and Ice elementals more powerful
  
• Many national summons are now more cost effective
  
• Performance improvement for AI thinking host phase
  
• Flames from the Sky and similar didn't work when cast by a besieged mage
  
• Divine Emperor could not gateway, fixed
  
• Dreamwild Demesne didn't work
  
• LA Pythium's ritual Epoteia didn't work
  
• Stat and typo fixes
  

Modding

• #range050, #range0, #melee50 didn't work
  
• #ammo can now use fatigue instead
  
• Scale values can now go from -5 to 5
  
• New item command: #notfornation
  
• New event commands: #req_month, #req_notcode, #req_enchtarget
  
• New event commands: #req_targsight, #req_targmanygems
  
• New event commands: #assfollower1-3, #assfollower1d3, #gemlosssmall, #gemlosslarge
  
• Spell modding: forcetransform
  
• Spell & weapon mod command: #speedmult
  
• Spell mod commands: #localglobal, #worldvisible, #globallook
  
• Nation mod commands: #viewallprov, #viewallbat