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Beta Patch Notes v1.0.3


[h3]Beta v1.0.3[/h3]

[h2]Singleplayer[/h2]

Crashes
  • Fixed a crash that occurred due to the AI general formation not being positioned correctly at the beginning of siege battles.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred due to the animation system.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred after battles.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred due to being able to enter towns during a siege.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred due to a modding-related bug even after completely removing all mods / reinstalling the game.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when the player was navigating through inventory, encyclopedia or party screen.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using mods that had dot characters in their module name.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred on PS5 due to a memory issue.


Fixes
  • Fixed a memory leak that occurred when returning to the main menu.
  • [PS] Fixed a bug that caused a save to get corrupted when overwriting save files.
  • [PS] Fixed a bug that prevented the deletion of corrupted save files.
  • [PS4] Reduced the save file limit from 32 to 16 to allow for larger files without corruption.
    • If you have more than 16 save files, this will not delete your files. It will only prevent you from creating new files until you are below 16 again. You can overwrite all existing files.


Changes
  • Siege Engine Changes
    • Decreased the minimum firing range of all mangonels, allowing them to shoot closer targets. This also makes higher walls not so detrimental for defending mangonels.
    • Regular mangonels with multiple projectiles
      • Increased the number of projectiles.
      • Decreased the single-hit damage of each stone.
      • Decreased the damage area of each projectile.
      • Regular mangonels are still effective against troops but no longer overshadow their fire mangonel counterparts.
    • Fire mangonels
      • Slightly increased the area of effect.
      • Increased the damage reduction towards the edges of the hit area.
      • Increased the hit damage of a projectile.
      • It’s harder to hit enemy engines or formations with them in comparison to the regular mangonel but the payout is much better. Not every unit hit by the fire mangonel will die due to the increased damage reduction towards the edges of the hit area.
    • AI targeting behaviour of mangonels
      • Mangonels now prioritize the battering ram and siege towers when choosing a target. Afterwards, they try to attack clumps of enemies.
      • Fire mangonels now primarily target enemy troops.
    • Trebuchets
      • Increased the number of projectiles.
      • Decreased the single-hit damage of each stone.
      • Decreased the damage area of each projectile.
      • We are working on further improvements to them.
    • Battering rams and siege towers
      • Increased the hit points of battering rams and siege towers (to compensate for the decreased mangonel minimum range).
    • AI behaviour of ranged siege engines
      • The AI now properly leads targets.
      • Improved the overall accuracy calculation, resulting in fewer over or undershooting.
      • Adjusted the target boxes of siege towers. Defending mangonels can now target them when they are closer.
  • Troop AI Changes
    • Attacking archers now use line formation spacing instead of tight formation spacing when taking positions.
    • Defending troops now start on walls as the siege begins.


[h2]Multiplayer[/h2]

Crashes
  • Fixed a crash that occurred due to shield inverse kinematics not being fully synchronized with the server.
  • Fixed a server crash that occurred on crowded servers when picking up an item from the ground.

Robbing from the rich in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord




There's an ancient, established tradition of folk tales featuring outlaw heroes. In Britain we have Hereward the Wake and Robin Hood. The US has Davy Crockett and Wyatt Earp. And in China there's an entire genre of writing, called Youxia (literally 'wandering vigilante'), devoted to tales about men who travel the land writing wrongs and protecting the weak. But is it possible to live this way in Mount & Blade 2? To eschew the feudal trappings of land and power in favour of a life spent living on the road, fighting injustice? Yes. To roam the forests, waiting to strike out against the rich, lazy, and powerful? Also yes, but to a lesser extent. And only after a lot of preparation...
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Mount & Blade Winter Sale!



With the holidays approaching fast, don't miss your chance to get Bannerlord at a massive 30% discount! You can also pick up all previous Mount & Blade titles with 75% off up until the 5th of January.

We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a happy holiday season!

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Steam Awards 2022 Most Innovative Gameplay Nominee



Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has been nominated for the Most Innovative Gameplay Steam Award of 2022 thanks to all of your votes so far!

Alongside the games Teardown, Stray, Neon White and Dome Keeper we're now in the final stage of the voting process for this category. You can view all of the nominees and cast your vote until January 3rd at 9 AM Pacific time here:

https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards#MostInnovativeGameplay

We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Digital Companion Release



Warriors of Calradia,

We are happy to announce the release of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s Digital Companion as well as its Digital Deluxe Edition, which consists of both the game and the new application.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2240110/Mount__Blade_II_Bannerlord_Digital_Companion/

The Companion includes a beautifully illustrated and voiced story journal, which explores the world of Calradia from a new perspective. Inspired by Marco Polo’s and Ibn Battuta’s travel books, it follows the journey of Asoios across Calradia, a scribe tasked by Istiana with travelling the lands and reporting his observations to her.



A hand-drawn map of the game world with many little details and a selection of concept art for every culture will allow for your own exploration as well. Coupled with pictures of the development & developers, these offer a glance behind the scenes of the creative process that brought forth the acclaimed and long-anticipated sequel to Warband.



Finally, the application includes a collection of the game’s music that you can listen to while exploring the content.
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In celebration of our recent launch and as a thank you for your support throughout the early access, we are gifting the Companion to everyone that has purchased the game on PC up until this time.

Going forward, the Companion will be available for $9.99 /€9.99 and the Digital Deluxe edition for $59.99 /€59.99 - though there will be a launch discount of 30% on PC and 20% on consoles during the holiday season (until January 5th).

On Steam and GoG, owners will be able to select the Companion from within the game’s launcher. If you purchase it on Epic, Windows Store or consoles, it will appear as a separate application in your library.

The Digital Companion texts are fully localized to all the languages available in the game.

We hope that you will enjoy our (slightly premature) Christmas present and are looking forward to seeing you in our next development update!