The Scouring News

[p]- building placement preview doesnt detect buildings that are not seen[/p][p]- icestorm damage vs buildings reduced (actually it was a bug that caused excessive damage) [/p][p]- prompt to activate borderless fullscreen mode instead of exclusive fullscreen [/p][p]- ranked lobby game wont auto-start if other player have outdated mods [/p][p]- ranked ladder reset. Ranked games now require "Asymmetrical Factions by Voply" mod[/p]

- ui impovements: in lobby and skirmish menus, right click will show a list of available races/heroes/ais/teams instead of iterating 1 by 1
- its now possible to select script that is controlling ai assistant (right click)
- some of the game mods are now advertised in the main menu
- units pathing against farmhouses improved
- fixes of reported bugs

balance change:
- footman defend efficiently is increased (halfway to the version before debuff)
- cannons friendly fire disabled altogether in siege mode, minimum range threshold brought back

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• [p]Built-in animation previewer in the modding suite[/p]
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- alt-f3 will select only the army that is outside of buildings
- cannons firing from buildings will not damage friendly barricades/houses
- captured buildings are not included in list of remaining buildings when checking for losing condition
- 'defending' units will no longer attack the building that they are on top of
- other fixes of reported bugs

Balance changes:
- apprentice/warlock gold cost increased
- apprentice slowdown area radius and duration decreased
- apprentice' magic shield mana cost decreased, cast range increased
- apprentice now have "dispel magic" instead of "icestorm" as third ability
- warlock death cloud area radius and cast range decreased
- warlock/apprentice are now trained from castle/fortress

Workshop:
It is now possible to upload custom models to Workshop.
First new unit is uploaded as a Steam Workshop Mod.

- f3 key to select all army
- ctrl+f1/f2 now selects all workers
- shift f1/f2/f3 adds to selection
- f1,f2,f3 keys are now rebindable
Please note: because of this, game settings / hotkeys that you had are reset and you need to bind them again

- option to prevent lighting from affecting hud
- classic with heroes' ai bots will group heroes with their army
- cannons in siege mode will not longer break siege mode if move command is issued, if there are other units in selection

balance changes:
- mage hero (heroes mode) hitpoints increased
- cannons siege mode sector angle increased