Warsim: The Realm of Aslona News

Now I'm going to be real, today has mostly been smaller tweaks and fixes as opposed to a giant new event feature like yesterday as it took me from 8am til about 11pm to get finished, still lots of little things which improve the game and more planned tomorrow!

GAMING DICTATOR'S NAME SUFFIX IDEAS

A couple of new name suffixes thanks to u/theGamingDictator, I'm surprised we didn't have the Brave as a suffix already but now we do!

* Added new name suffix 'the Brave' (+29 battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes) (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new name suffix 'the Impaler' (+39 battlescore) (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new name suffix 'the Walker' (+5 battlescore) (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new name suffix 'the Braver' (+34 battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes) (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new name suffix 'the Bravest' (+37 battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes) (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

GOBLIN JAMBOREE IMPROVEMENTS

A few tweaks on yesterdays large update that I overlooked!

* Added 2 new alt dialogues for Gmek the rich announcing the drinking competition
* Fixed goblinwood celebration settlement graphic not showing in district screens
* Fixed goblinwood invites for celebrations after the initial celebration not going out

AEHLANS IMPROVED

While passing through here on a report of a grammar bug I noticed how sorry looking the book buying screens were, now each book has it's own book graphic and a special screen with sound effects for when you do buy the books!

* Fixed 4 Aehlans rare tomes grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new sound effect to buying books from Aehlans
* Added new book graphic and buying screen for 'The Centaar'
* Added new book graphic and buying screen for 'Blackmarket management'
* Added new book graphic and buying screen for 'Legend of the iron hills'
* Added new book graphic and buying screen for 'Zeberfan the magic man'
* Added new book graphic and buying screen for 'The Black Bank of Azrukh'

SEER OF MINDS IMPROVEMENTS

Same as Aehlans, another few tweaks and fixes for an overlooked part of the Blackmarket!

* Fixed seer of minds grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed seer of minds conversation grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new screen for seer of minds refusal to see you
* Added new screen for seer of minds too broke for a reading

MINER PROBLEM

Title pun, Another nice find by u/TheGamingDictator on reddit, It's an oversight in allowing mines to be prospected in when dead but no code to then tell the game the mine is working again after telling it the mine is dead, now this is fixed and a new screen has been put there to show this event happening!

* Fixed unable to resume mining after discovering new vein of ore in a dead mine (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added screen for mining operations kickstarting again for each of mines (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

BUGFIXES

Tons of bugfixes today thanks to u/TheGamingDictator's giant bug report recently!

* Fixed 4 counts arms ruins text and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed bug with hiring refugees if only one refugee group left freezing game
* Fixed bug with gifting land to refugees if only one refugee group left freezing game
* Fixed ruined goblinstone colonised by savages doesn't show as savage owned in explore screen
* Fixed green sap drink text bug (credit Pakoito)
* Fixed Ogloob tavern event grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Coastman buys drink tavern event grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed coin lodged in bar grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed tolerable but quick drinking grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed weaker than youd expect drinking grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Ogloobs ale with an eye in it grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Icewraith brew grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 Royal bank capitalisation and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 4 prison texts having grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 Blackmarket intro capitalisation bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 Blackmarket slums intro capitalisation bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 hiring Blackmarket capitalisation and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 Old wizards tower (and celebration variant) capitalisation and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed ruined slaver post in blackmarket capitalisation bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Chelobs well intro screen grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed slums ruin grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed bandit group 1 owned building in slums grammar bug and wordspacing (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 4 slums watchtower grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 11 Niklas bug hunter text and layout bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 10 Leafburner text and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 11 Dockrow intro description text and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 Black Opal grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed no ship docked in Dockrow grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 8 Docked ship text and grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

SCREENSHOT

A while ago the goblin settlement upgrade was added, something you can grow from a goblin hut all the way up to a megacity, well many people wanted it expanded and now it has been. Now once you have a goblin hut you can visit it in the other buildings tab on the main screen and upgrade it through there, each of the 20 or so different tiers has it's own graphic so you can watch the settlement grow before you!

* Added new system for goblin settlement (new screen in other buildings)
* Added ability to upgrade goblin settlement within the screen
* Added 20 different graphics for the stages of the goblin settlement



A suggestion by RTT which is a good one, took a bit of work but I've got it sorted, now you can go through and type the name of a save file you want to delete to clear it and all its extra files away, helps if like me you have lots of different saves and test saves that get a little much, now spring cleaning is easy!

* Added ability to delete saves (credit RTT)



For those who don't know, Bookrage has been involved in the Warsim community for quite some time over on Audiogames.net (specifically this thread) and has come up with I would say somewhere in the range of 500+ ideas over the years, frequently dropping a big list of concepts and ideas whenever I was brainstorming with things like the race system or name prefixes, some notable members of the Warsim community have been featured in the game and Defender suggested that Bookrage be added, why not! Now you'll find a place called Raging Book Shop in Blackrow where you'll find him!

* Added Raging Book Shop to Blackrow in Blackmarket
* Added Bookrage from Audiogames.net as a character (Defenders Idea)



Added 8 jokes that can appear being said by in game jesters and comedians

* Added yes knight joke (Level 1 joke) (credit u/Dtyn8)
* Added No good knight joke (Level 1 joke) (credit u/Dtyn8)
* Added fat knight joke (Level 1 joke)
* Added meat eater knight joke (Level 1 joke)
* Added cursed turnip man joke (Level 1 joke)
* Added peasant and a knight on a bridge joke (level 3 joke)
* Added knight in cannibal village joke (level 1 joke)
* Added Footless knight joke (level 2 joke)



Tons of new name suffixes, starting with tooth related ones but then I branched out, the best one is the Warmaker with +45 battlescore, my thought was if this character can make wars happen they are a probably tough, the weakest is the overdramatic with -10 battlescore!

* Added new name suffix 'Beartooth' (+16 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Wolftooth' (+14 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Dogtooth' (+4 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Curvetooth' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Bucktooth' (-1 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Ogretooth' (+29 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Glowtooth' (+15 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Squaretooth' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Lifestealer' (+41 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Wallbreaker' (+25 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Boulder' (+30 battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'the Tombstone' (+21 battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'the Warforger' (+29 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Warchaser' (+34 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Warmaker' (+45 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Overdramatic' (-10. battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes)



A couple of additional origin stories, I will keep adding these because eventually we will get to the point where it'll be more or less unique and each hero will have a completely different origin story to the next

* Added 'Assaulted jester' hero origin story
* Added 'My past? No' hero origin story
* Added 'Sweet roll seller' hero origin story
* Added 'Adventuring writer' hero origin story
* Added 'Adventurer cliff village' hero origin story



Lots of bugs fixed this time thanks mostly to defender and thegamingdictator, so thanks guys!

* Fixed ability to rehire mercenary group by selecting option one when they are hired (credit Defender)
* Fixed wordwrap of demon worshipper encounter
* Fixed demon worshipper throne room grammar bug
* Fixed Recruiter to knight text pause error (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Recruiter to knight text wordwrap bug
* Fixed Knight to recruiter text wordwrap bug
* Fixed hired into king's service grand champion hall of fame text replaced with retired into (whatever title you have ie queen/dude/king/blah)
* Fixed krut and erak showing numbers next to them when destroyed unlike other menu items (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Asking how much gold is needed in slums kicks you all the way out of the donation menu (credit Defender)
* Fixed slums donation menu grammar bug
* Fixed monfort mine reference to king instead of dynamic chosen title when getting tribute



A couple of new things here, now any hiring has a marching sound as well as some other barracks related tweaks!

* Updated Barracks upgrade text in kingdom upgrades screen
* Removed false note of ability to upgrade units directly on training grounds text
* Added new marching sound for hiring troops from main hire screen
* Added indicator of how much gold you have and cost of upgrade to barracks and grand barracks troop upgrade menus (credit u/TheGamingDictator)



Bookrage himself


The new delete a save game screen


Goblin settlement progress


How to delete a save game


Raging book shop in Blackrow

Hey guys I'm a few hours late on posting the changelog but I put the update live last night, I was just out drinking and didn't have enough time to put the changelog everywhere, still another update due tonight aswell!

LET THE PEOPLE DRINK EXTENDED AGAIN

The main bulk of this update is expansions on the let the people drink update, while adding to the tavern dialogues I discovered I'd actually missed a tavern off when I was adding drinking to each tavern, the Lone Arrow tavern found in the far west in Huntsman's Rest had no ability to drink, I added 2 new drinks one of which gives you the ability to hit bullseye each time in the Huntsman's Archery, there are also new sound effects, bugfixes and tons of new dialogues for the various taverns across the world.

* Added ability to drink in Lone Arrow Tavern
* Added new drink 'Sap of the forest' (25 gold) to Lone Arrow tavern
* Added Sap puke event
* Added 4 random sap drinking events
* Added 5 new dialogues to lone arrow tavern
* Fixed lone arrow tavern dialogues not appearing in the tavern
* Added sap of the forest makes you perfect at archery in hunter's rest
* Added new sound effect for goblin hitting head in bar
* Added new sound effect for goblin dropping tray of drinks in bar
* Added 5 universal Northern tavern dialogues
* Added 5 Pitside Tavern dialogues
* Added 5 universal Artifact Market tavern dialogues
* Added 5 silverstaff tavern dialogues
* Added 5 three blades inn dialogues
* Added 5 new rusty dagger inn dialogues
* Added 5 new humans toe tavern dialogues
* Fixed punching staring goblin drunk event broken

DRINKING NAMES

Kind of a belated follow up to the let the people drink update, some more drunk name suffixes for characters in your world!

* Added new name suffix 'the Ale-Gobbler' (+13 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Ale-Chugger' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Ale-Slammer' (+10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Aleblood' (+5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Blackout-Drunk' (-30 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Mead-Guzzler' (+9 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Alebreath' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Aleblood' (+5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Meadblood' (+4 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Meadblood' (+4 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Boozeblood' (+3 battlescore)

U/TheGamingDictator INSPIRED OR SUGGESTED NAMES

u/TheGamingDictator from reddit suggested a number of name suffixes, some of them were added directly others were inspired by his suggestions like all the tooth names

* Added new name suffix 'the Unready' (-5 battlescore) (can mix to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'Lionheart' (+30 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Longshanks' (+10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Redtooth' (+19 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Blacktooth' (+6 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Bloodtooth' (+10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Sharptooth' (+19 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Greentooth' (+10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Stonetooth' (+29 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Glasstooth' (+7 battlescore)

BUGFIXES

Quite a few bugs solved, thanks for bob and u/theGamingDictator for the help!

* Fixed Arena 32 man tournaments being broken (Lots of people reported this so it's hard to credit any one person)
* Fixed fires celebration grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed barracks grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed explorers guild grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed that the other banks text bug (credit Bob)
* Fixed train soldiers bandit text bug
* Fixed 0 option bug with training units
* Fixed training grounds description bug
* Fixed cancelled celebration missing space bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed Parade celebration grammar bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed pre-battle spy report text colour
* Fixed battle retreat text colour

SCREENSHOTS

BARRACKS IMPROVEMENTS

The Barracks troop upgrade screens were abysmal and low-effort, now they have all been reworked and upgraded with graphics and a new sound effect.

* Added new screen for not having enough gold to upgrade goblins to berserkers
* Added new screen for not having enough goblins to upgrade to berserkers
* Added new screen and graphic for goblin to berserker main screen
* Added new screen and graphic for converting a goblin to berserker (with new text)
* Added new sound effect for troop conversion
* Added new costs to upgrading bandits and goblins in barracks
* Made training ground graphic smaller and worse looking
* Made grand barracks graphic bigger and more grand
* Added new screen for not having enough gold to upgrade bandits to soldiers
* Added new screen for not having enough bandits to upgrade to soldiers
* Added new screen and graphic for bandits to soldiers main screen
* Added new screen and graphic for converting a bandits to soldiers (with new text)
* Added new screen for not having enough gold to upgrade goblins to soldiers
* Added new screen for not having enough goblins to upgrade to soldiers
* Added new screen and graphic for goblins to soldiers main screen
* Added new screen and graphic for converting a goblins to soldiers (with new text)
* Added new screen for not having enough gold to upgrade bandits to peasants
* Added new screen for not having enough bandits to upgrade to peasants
* Added new screen and graphic for bandits to peasants main screen
* Added new screen and graphic for converting a bandits to peasants (with new text)
* Added new screen for not having enough gold to upgrade soldiers to knights
* Added new screen for not having enough soldiers to upgrade to knights
* Added new screen and graphic for soldiers to knights main screen
* Added new screen and graphic for converting a soldiers to knights (with new text)

LET THE PEOPLE DRINK EXTENDED

Because tavern dialogues are used in the most common drinking encounters I've decided to expand on them and add more dialogues related to the new alcohol system, now people will complain or praise their respective drinks!

* Added 5 new generic tavern dialogues and rumours
* Added 5 new icewatch tavern dialogues
* Added 5 universal goblin tavern dialogues
* Added 5 universal Blackmarket tavern dialogues
* Added 5 Blackrow Tavern dialogues
* Added 5 Dragon's Kneecap Tavern Dialogues
* Added 5 Thickblood tavern dialogues

YOU'RE FIRED

Firing staff has always been a screenless part of the game, you click the button and they're gone without a word from them, now your staff will have parting words pooled from a big load of possible farewells and goodbyes

* Added new system for random responses when firing your staff (credit Defender)
* Added 5 generic firing dialouges
* Added 5 diplomat firing dialogues
* Added 5 Spymaster firing dialogues
* Added 5 Jester firing dialogues
* Added 5 General firing dialogues
* Added 5 Steward firing dialogues
* Added 5 gamemaster firing dialogues
* Added 5 Bard firing dialogues

PROSPECTING REWORKED

Defender suggested having a sound effect for prospecting, when I went to put it in I noticed just how bad the prospecting 'screen' was, it was a single line of badly formatted text, so now there are new graphics and screens.

* Added new graphic for prospecting in mines
* Added new sound effect for prospecting in mines (credit Defender)
* Fixed prospecting text-wrap bug
* Rewrote mine prospecting text layout
* Made prospecting 50/50 instead of 1 in 3 chance
* Reworked not enough gold for prospecting message
* Fixed Hlok mine prospecting and collapsing options not showing if unfilled
* Added gold loss indicator to prospecting

BUGFIXES

I noticed the refugee camp title line was a little too short and RTT on audiogames.net informed me about the games loading bar appearing in the ascii-less version of Warsim so now both have been fixed!

* Fixed refugee camp title line being too short
* Fixed loading bar appearing in ascii-disabled warsim (credit Rtt)

SCREENSHOTS OF THIS UPDATE

Bandits renouncing banditry in the Barracks
Some of the Ex-Diplomat speeches
How berserkers are made in the Barracks
New Grand Barracks Screen
New prospecting screen

I was planning on working more on let the people drink additions but I got carried away, fixed the vomit hole graphic to be a bit better though!

* Altered vomit hole graphic to be bigger



Having a recent look at the knightly orders screen it was a little strange compared to other menus, I decided to update it again and have added lots of new screens and sounds where there previously were none. You can rename your knightly order (thanks u/TheGamingDictator) and now the leader of the knightly order has a face, a full plated armour image mixed with whatever procedurally generated helmet you have.

* Added new screen with sounds for forming knightly order
* Added new screen and graphic for introduction to leader of new knightly order (with sounds)
* Fixed wrong colour used for knightly order hall graphic on some screens
* Reworked knightly order name screen
* Reworked knightly order screen and split into 3 sub screens
* Added ability to rename knightly order (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added ability to speak to knightly order leader about orders directly



A few tweaks to tournaments, now the npc initiated tournaments have speeches before them!

* Added new screen for tournaments held in arena (not started by you)
* Added screen with speech from arena owner now includes their face
* Fixed 'an 16-man tournament' text bug (Credit 71)



I ended up with a refugee camp in my test world and noticed the whole system was a bit lacking, So I spent quite a large portion of the day working on completely evolving the camps and making them much more dynamic, now there are better screens for actions with them as well as a large personality based system where you can speak to the leaders of the camps. Refugee camps are more likely to appear in game when a kingdom is destroyed than before and they include a ton of depth that wasn't there before. I would say this system has recieved a massive evolution.

* Added troop tree screen to refugee camps
* Fixed refugee camp screen kicking you off after viewing a camp
* Added new cheat code 7049 (turns each kingdom into refugee camp)
* Added new sound effect for destroying the last of a refugee camp
* Added troop tree screen to refugee camps
* Added ability to ask independent leader of refugee camp 5 different questions
* Added 15 dialogues for friendly leaders in refugee camp (dynamic)
* Added 15 dialogues for hostile leaders in refugee camp (dynamic)
* Added 15 dialogues for Mercantile leaders in refugee camp (dynamic)
* Added 15 dialogues for Stupid leaders in refugee camp (dynamic)
* Added 15 dialogues for Neutral leaders in refugee camp (dynamic)
* Added 15 dialogues for Strange leaders in refugee camp (dynamic)
* Added dynamic screen for not having enough gold to hire refugees
* Added sound effect to unable to hire refugees screen
* Added new different refugee camp screen for savage hostile kingdom
* Added new different refugee camp screen for savage kingdom
* Added ability for taking all troops from savage refugee camp if diplomat skill 120+
* Added chance that refugee leader heads out to travel the world after you hire his people
* Added chance that refugee leader joins your army as elite unit after you hire his people
* Added chance that refugee leader offers to become a champion (if space) after you hire his people
* Added dynamic screen for not having enough land to re-establish refugees
* Added dynamic screen from leader for re-estblishing refugees
* Added re-establishing kingdom of a friendly or stupid leader will make them your vassal
* Added new reworked screen for re-establishing refugee kingdom
* Added savage leaders who's units are hired will always join you as an elite unit of their ex-kingdom
* Added ability for helping re-establish kingdom in savage refugee camp if diplomat skill 180+
* Made refugee camps forming a 50/50 chance instead of 1 in 3 chance



A few improvements to the custom game screens, you now have an extra option to have the world explored a little but not fully and your chosen race pack will be shown before you continue on with your chosen game set up.

* Added ability to have the first region of each direction pre-discovered in custom game (credit defender)
* Added tag showing which race pack is active during custom game set up screen (credit Defender)
* Fixed text issues with exploration screen in custom game settings



A couple of little bugfixes and issues resolved! Thanks gaming dictator for the bug reports!

* Fixed grammar issues with no diplomat screen
* Fixed text wrap and colour issues with no diplomat screen
* Fixed goblin law screen showing false relation increase with dead goblin kingdoms (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed destroyed demon totem text wrap
* Fixed long since destroyed when only just destroyed description for demon totems (credit u/TheGamingDictator)



Lots of uncatagorised stuff, now timed games will have the remaining number of years indicated (should have been in game way sooner), I've replaced the ingame changelogs with a message from me instead, and you can now upgrade the prison from within the prison screen instead of just in the upgrades screen.

* Added indicator of remaining years on a timed game (credit LextheMighty & 71)
* Removed changelogs from games files as irrelevant now
* Added thank you note to players in extras screen
* Added ability to upgrade prison from inside prison screen (credit u/TheGamingDictator)



Some of the random full armour helmets found in Knightly orders


Hero of the refugees

Vomit hole improved

Leader of a dead kingdom as your champion

Savage refugees