Barony V3.2.0 - The Follower Update Beta is Live!

Hi Everyone,

A new update for Barony is right around the corner; we're introducing an overhaul to the player follower/leadership system, a new item, multiple save games, and Steam leaderboard support! We’ve also been enhancing some Workshop/Editor features to help support our modding scene and fixing all the bugs that the community has reported in the last 2 months.

Due to the scale of changes, we’re jumping straight to v3.2.0 from v3.1.7 and we’ve opened up a public beta test NOW for Windows OS only while we finalise Linux + OSX builds. This beta is feature complete so only bug fixes will be expected to find their way into the full release for everyone.The v3.2.0 beta is available from the ‘betas’ tab in the Steam right-click properties menu for Barony.

Enjoy a nice long read of our changelog below, and report any feedback/bug reports in the new v3.2.X feedback thread!

Also shout out to our Barony discord if you want to chat with others in the community http://discord.gg/Eg2r5fE

• Added nametags for all players that appear above your avatar. Can be turned off in the video settings tab.
  
• Added support for up to 10 singleplayer and 10 multiplayer (non-modded and modded) save files with a new custom menu.
  
• Changed the name format of savegames, these also now reside in a /savegames/ folder under the Barony directory.
  
  • Savegames are sorted by date, most recent appears at the top
    
  • When 10 slots are filled of either singleplayer or multiplayer, the oldest entry will be deleted on starting a new game
    
  • Singleplayer saves are now named savegameX.dat and savegameX_npc.dat
    
  • Multiplayer saves are now named savegameX_mp.dat and savegameX_mp_npc.dat
    
  • Modded saves are now named savegameX_modded.dat, savegameX_mp_modded.dat etc
    
  • If you have an existing savefile when updating, you just need to rename your savefile to match the above formats (e.g savegame0.dat and savegame0_npc.dat) and move it into the /savegames/ folder.
    
• Added support for Steam Leaderboards. Categories for leaderboards are available at https://steamcommunity.com/stats/371970/leaderboards/
  
  • Leaderboards each have a 'fastest time' and 'highest score' variant for each win condition
    
• Added in-game Steam leaderboard browser with character viewer.
  
• Added map hash verification for official Barony levels. Modified maps will disable Steam Achievements and Leaderboard score upload attempts.
  
• Linux OS Barony output files are now located under the home user directory inside a .barony folder (~/.barony)
  Savegames, default.cfg, log.txt and mods are all written to the user's home directory to prevent access issues when writing data. All game resources are still located in the Steam install directory.