Repairman BETA gets with naval attacks, fortress blockades and wall updates

• So the new update is getting more stuff, now open for testing on the public beta. Go to game properties/editions and betas/ and select beta There's a bunch getting added. Steam post image

Dynamic War changes.

• enemy fortresses may also spawn on your trade routes as a naval blockade,,

• two new smaller fortresses added for variety

• as soon as you declare war the random warships( of that faction that sail around) will target your biggest port and come at you.. regular naval attacks will occur

• some warships may sail to the settlement under threat by the player if the player hasn't yet conquered anything but is at war

• in total conquest more faction diversity in the attacks

• units en-route to the player for a war assault, may divert to defend a settlement under attack by the player

• pirates and monsters on traderoutes now spawn more often close to your best warship on that route

Architecture changes

Improved the wall/walkway algorithm with the goal of creating smoother traversals of the wall across jagged terrain, it cannot prevent every jitter, but walls /walkways may look a lot more smooth in this update. A small but meaningful fix.

The Repairman has his own base Steam post image

And finally some general fixes:

• refugees may spawn later in the game as well

• prevents loading of old commander lists

• prevents the "fortress message" from happening if there is no fortress

• added more health to trading ships

• reduced health on patrolling enemy vessels

• improved ocean gerstner performance

These are on top of the earlier fixes announced for this update

• fixed event GUI hiding during encounters

• prevented loading errors from corrupting a save

• massively improved the ship traderoute pathfinding..

• improved economy performance

• naval command ship reveals map|

• improved shipping pathfinding

• improved load performance

• added a gunturret repair commander

As always these betas come at the risk of issues, please report anything so I can adress and get this update out.

Cheerio, Tomas ps: the Shipshaper demo went Overwhelmingly positive!! Go check it out: [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4339280/ShipShaper/"]