RELEASE NOTES - "INFERNO" [1.6.2]

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [ALL VERSIONS]

• The game now supports Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters (modding only).

• Changed the way movie subtitles are handled (they can now be modded).

• Prioritized factions with special needs when choosing spawn positions to give them more chances of a good spawn (PC only for now, will be fixed for Mac version in the next build).

• Increased the priority of faction specific military technologies for all major factions.

• Cities traded with the cultists are destroyed immediately as they do when conquered by force in order to avoid Cultist empires with multiple cities.

• Break down trait based FIDSI output in tile tooltip for cases where a faction has multiple traits affecting the same currency output.

• Changed savegame and map file extensions to prevent antivirus and firewall software from blocking their usage.

• Added a notification when playing a new faction for the first time (Kapaku only, for now).

ADDITIONS [INFERNO]

• Added Volcanic terrain with 6 variations: Basalt Plains, Scorched Wilds, Barren Soil, Lava Swirls, Ash Drifts and Badlands.

• Added a new river type: Lava Flow, impacting armies on the map and in battle.

• Added 4 new Anomalies: Lava Chimneys, Lava Geyser, Fumarole and Caldera Lake.

Added Dust Eclipse phenomenon, activating a brand new trait per faction for all major factions. A Dust Eclipse sweeps Auriga, disrupting the natural order, and empowering all races.

• Wild Walkers: Dust Divination. With greatly heightened senses during Dust Eclipses, Wild Walkers are carefully attuned to Auriga's other inhabitants, granting them the capacity to meet the enemy head-on.

• Broken Lords: Sould Burn. With Dust already writhing beneath their great suits of armor, it is no surprise that Dust Eclipses can have such great impacts on the Broken Lords' armies.

• Vaulters/Mezari: Teleportation Finesse. Powerful currents of Dust in the air during Dust Eclipses greatly enhance the accuracy of Vaulter teleportation, allowing more target destinations.

• Necrophages: Rising Dead. When Dust Eclipses descend on Auriga, animating forces bring to life some of corpses of the Necrophages' great heaps of flesh, creating not-so-fresh recruits.

• Ardent Mages: R ising Fire. Building off pain rituals, during Dust Eclipses injured Ardent Mages find themselves driven into violent rages that make them extra dangerous fighters.

• Roving Clans: Setseke Infusion. Setsekes, the giant scarabs that underpin the Clans culture, become invigorated during Dust Eclipses leading to even greater reverence for their powers.

  • Drakken: Mystical Words. With the general confusion and bouts of arcane mysticism that Dust Eclipses bring, unruffled Drakken diplomats are more effective during negotiations at this time.

  • Cultists: Worshippers Frenzy. Leveraging the feelings of fanaticism that Dust Eclipses instill in Auriga's lesser races, Cultists preach that they are a sign from the Queen.

  • Forgotten: Dust Opportunists. Taking advantage of Dust's magical propensity to literally drift out of imperial coffers during Eclipses, infiltrated Forgotten spies can potentially steal small fortunes during the long twilight night.

  • Allayi: Call of Auriga. Responding to Auriga's apparent distress, the Allayi are moved to great feats of endurance during Dust Eclipses.

  • Morgawr: Riders of the Wild Winds. As natural seafarers, the Morgawr are the only faction able to take advantage of the high winds and rough seas