Kohan Experimental-Beta Update is Live!

Howdy Immortals – another announcement from Lootmax Games: we are adding an “experimental-beta” branch to both Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift. The current and classic branches will remain unchanged and available. Features in the new experimental branch:

World Zoom

• You can now zoom in and out on the battlefield, from a wide tactical view to close-up.

Units, Buildings, and Some Effects Upscaled

• When you zoom in, you’ll notice units and buildings remain crisp.

Customizable Keybinds

• A full Keybinds tab in Options: 15 rebindable actions across 4 categories.

HD Interface and 4K Support

• The entire in-game interface now renders in high definition at any resolution — panels, buttons, portraits, and text are crisp instead of stretched. Full support up to 3840x2160: 4K in the resolution list.

• There are two UI modes: Crisp (Uniform) — modern, evenly scaled — and Classic (Stretched) — the original look.

New UI Scale Slider

• Options → Video now has a slider that sizes the interface to your liking, up to fully proportioned 4K. UI scale is set to 1.0 on launch, text will be smaller on higher resolutions so use this slider to adjust.

Steam Multiplayer Quality of Life

• Games in progress stay visible in the browser (tagged “in progress” / “in lobby”) instead of vanishing.

Cursor Improvement

• Modernized hardware cursor that moves smoothly and follows monitor refresh rate

Under the Hood

• The game runs on a modern Direct3D 11 renderer (GPU-composited world, sprites, terrain, and UI) while preserving the original game logic bit-for-bit — multiplayer stays lockstep-compatible.

Various other bug fixes and changes

How to play right now: right-click Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns or Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift in your library → Properties → Game Versions & Betas → select "experimental-branch." Steam handles the rest. If you don’t see the experimental beta you may need to restart Steam.

IMPORTANT

If you have installed any third-party software to help with compatibility, you must remove those files for the game to function properly.

You may need to delete the Kohan

Immortal Sovereigns or Kohan: Ahriman’s Gift folder and reinstall – a simple uninstall and reinstall may not remove all user-placed files.

Again, the current and classic branches will remain unchanged and available.

We hope you enjoy playing and testing as much as we have! More to come.

— Lootmax Games