Version 2.0.0 - Multiplayer

Features:

• Added Multiplayer

  • Multiplayer games can be started from the 'Skirmish' game mode

  • Support for lobbies up to 6 players

  • Map and player settings are configured in the multiplayer lobby

  • Choice of Small, Medium, or Large maps, with up to 2, 4, or 6 players respectively

  • Each player can choose their nation, team, and livery in the lobby

  • Players can be invited via Steam or entering the unique lobby code

  • Players can rejoin the game from the main menu or via a Steam invite if they disconnect

  • Player text chat support in the lobby and in-game

  • Support for loading multiplayer game saves

  • Support for transferring the host on disconnection

  • Support for resynchronising the game state for all players

Gameplay:

• Unit view distance reduces during the night

• Mine Ore production is slightly slower

• Mine metals are unlocked slightly faster

• Plebs will get hungry sooner after being created

• Hunger has a larger impact on all workers, increasing cooldowns and decreasing work speed

• Allow keyboard map movement when units are selected

• Improved units behaviour when following other units

• A number of improvements to the AI

UI:

• Add UI zooming

  • Increase/decrease the size of all UI elements

  • Higher UI zoom levels may lower visual clarity

• Improved town-resource icon spacing

• Added notification when a Mine has finished upgrading and a new ore can be selected

• Added UI for roads and bridges

• Fixed the number of mines in the bottom-left UI displaying incorrectly

• Swapped the mine trait button text so the current text is the active trait

Performance:

• Greatly reduced the memory and CPU usage when initially loading the list of levels

• Improved the time it takes to close the game

Levels:

• A number of improvements to random level generation

• Fixed some large random maps having no terrain

• Fixed Mines being placing incorrectly in some cases

Bug-fixes:

• Fixed unit health not being displayed on some systems

• Resolved Fog Of War flickering

• Resolved Fog Of War rendering incorrectly when loading a saved game

• Fixed the Campaign failing to load

• Resolved water moving too quickly on some maps

• Added missing or incorrect animations for some units

• Fixed harbours not being placable

• Fixed some farmers incorrectly pathing to animals

• Stop multiple workers being assigned to buildings incorrectly

• Fixed group unit selection when there are vehicles in the group

• Fixed a crash when unloading levels

• Fixed bridges being buildable outside of the players land

• Fixed roads being buildable over water

• Resolve setting the same target position for a unit causing them to stop moving

• Fixed gates not opening or closing correctly

• Fixed a crash when placing walls