Dominions 4 News

This update mainly adds support for newer Macs, but there are also some general fixes that could benefit all users.

General

• Recreate temp dir if it should be deleted while playing somehow
  
• The --noglfinish behavior is now default (Use --glfinish for old behavior)
  
• Reduced installation size
  
• Stability fixes
  

Mac OSX

• OSX version now has 64-bit build included
  
• Old OSX Power PC support removed
  
• SDL version 1 updated to SDL version 2 for OSX build
  

Linux

• ARM binary removed
  

This update improves the support for new version of Windows and fixes a bunch of bugs. Most these bugs were originally found and fixed in Dominions 5.

General

• Mirror image no longer negated by poison, blood vengeance and similar
  
• Teleporting units can now cross Sea of Ice
  
• Spies can no longer infiltrate own capital when it is besieged
  
• AI will now longer send mercs to the arena
  
• Make sure not too many render commands get buffered up
  
• Seduction could result in incorrect message when no commander was found
  
• Fix for Siren's lure message
  
• Automatic site searching no longer targets captured capitals
  
• Atlas of Creation could crash the game if multiple commanders were selected
  
• Event fixes
  

Windows

• Better support for new versions of Windows
  

Modding

• Improved modding error messages
  

This update fixes two bugs that could cause a battle to replay in an incorrect way. The bugs were found in Dominions 5 and the fixes have now been added to Dominions 4 as well. There are also many other fixes added, most of which are from Dominions 5.

General

• Goto province was missing on some assassination messages
  
• Scrollbar position saved while browsing saved pretenders
  
• Dome of Corruption is now somewhat less horrible to live under
  
• Spell AI could cast movement buffs on immobile units
  
• Unique commander summons now get their orders cleared after being resummoned
  
• Discarded random gods were not purged properly
  
• Losing head is now always fatal for shapeshifters too
  
• Immortals now also get a death cry when they die
  
• Blood spells requiring blood slaves cannot be cast under water
  
• Battle inconsistency fixes
  
• Bug with same start position fixed
  
• Event fixes
  
• Typos and stat fixes
  

This update has a bunch of bug fixes and tweaks, most of them from Dominions 5. There is also a new simple but very convenient feature (also from Dominions 5), press 'x' to repeat last scripted spell.

General

• Can press 'x' to repeat last scripted single round order
  
• Error message when having too many underwater nations for the chosen map
  
• Temple destroyed when losing province in random event
  
• Constructs can no longer use enemy owned labs to heal (sieging, sneaking)
  
• Show poison damage in spell info
  
• Prot 0 units were never targeted by combustion
  
• God vessel non-wishable
  
• Random gods were not purged properly
  
• Fixed bug with pretender residue from game creation
  
• Event uniqueness not initialized properly
  
• Fix for blind & eye loss stat info
  
• Fix for random maps with too much water
  
• New tip
  
• Stability improvements
  
• Event fixes
  

Modding

• Mod item sprites were not downloaded from network server
  
• Increased max number of mod images for network 1000 -> 2500
  
• #supply for sites now accepts larger values
  
• Modding magic items could cause a spell to be named "end"
  
• Memory leak fix for mods
  

Linux/Mac OSX

• Disable multiai by default
  
• Wars were not spread properly to disciples with multiai on
  

After a few weeks delay Dominions 5 is now completed and released. We hope you'll enjoy it. If you want to know more about what the changes are, here is a video (first one out of three) that goes through many of the changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IdRjM1L-1w