Version 1.13.0 - Units & Armour

Features:

• Added new units for each Nation:

  • Greek Phalangite - Weakly armoured soldier who uses a Sarissa. Strong against weakly armoured enemies

  • Norsemen Shield-maiden - Highly armoured warrior that will charge at enemies causing extra damage. Strong against highly armoured enemies

  • Egyptian Slinger - A weakly armoured and hastily trained soldier with a Sling, deadly in large numbers. Strong against highly armoured enemies

• All unit attacks have a 'Category' which specifies how strong they are against different levels of armour

  • Piercing attacks are great against weakly armoured units

  • Concussive attacks are great against strong armoured units

  • Destructive attacks are great against buildings

• All units now have an 'Armour' level which defines how well they defend against different types of attack

  • Strong/High armour is strong against Piercing attacks

  • Medium armour is reasonably strong against all attack types

  • Weak/Low armour is string against Concussive attacks

• All unit descriptions have been updated to reflect their armour level and their offensive strengths (i.e. the armour level they are highly effective against)

• Each unit's weapon/armour metal colour and level is displayed under the units health when selected

• Vastly improved the Tutorial

  • All tutorial steps have expanded descriptions

  • There are now 3 Tutorial challenges to complete

    • Each challenge contains hints for the current Nation

  • Icons display the expected mouse interaction to perform the tutorial action

  • When the tutorial step list is completed a sound is played

  • Resolved some step/action inconsistencies

• All animations will now smoothly blend from the previous animation

• Added unique animations for each direction units take damage from

• Units and buildings being healed display a short animation

• When moving a building's harvest area, the cursor is changed to indicate when the area can be moved

• Added missing building upgrade models for some buildings

Gameplay:

• Added Greek Spearsmith Workshop

  • Spearsmiths produce Spears from 1 Ingot

  • Spearsmiths produce 2x Sarissa from 1x Ingot and 1x Log

• Added Greek Phalangite

  • Phalangite are trained at the Stratopedon and require 1x Sarissa

• Added Norsemen Shield-maiden

  • Shield-maiden are trained at the Viking Camp and require 1x Round Shield and 1x Bearded Axe

  • Shield-maiden's 'Round Shield' are produced by Carpenters

    • Carpenters produce 2x Round Shields from 1x Ingot and 1x Log

• Added Egyptians Slinger

  • Slingers are trained at the Armoury and require 1x Sling

  • Slinger's Sling are produced by Blacksmiths

    • Blacksmiths produce 1x Sling from 1x Sling Stone

• Egyptian Sling Stones are produced by Stonecutters

  • Stonecutters produce 4x Sling Stones from 1x Rock

  • Pick between producing Sling Stones or Talatat from the Stonecutter's building window

• Removed Egyptians Kiln

  • Shadoof now requires Adobe Brick instead of Olla

UI:

• Add a tooltip to the Mine Attack/Defence selection

• Removed repeated notifications on defeat

Levels:

• A number of small changes to all levels

Bug-fixes:

• Fixed some cases where buildings would stop being built

• Stop vehicles that are being constructed from attacking enemies

• Resolved not being able to target enemy Chariots

• Resolved units attacking the unit within Chariots instead of the Chariot itself

• Fixed the Masonry harvesting the same sand repeatedly

• Fixed save games with '-' in the name not saving

• Fixed some crashes

• Fixed particles sometimes being shown incorrectly