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- Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R5.0.1 Minor visual tweaks
The face displayed on the player token now correctly matches the selected explorer type. * The explorer and lives icons on the UI panel have been visually improved. * The tribe policy panel has been reworked. When loadi…
Announcement3 changesFixUI/audio - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
Major update R5.0.0
Fixed a rare bug where under certain circumstances, a lake could exceed the intended maximum size of three hexes. This fix required a major restructuring of the lake-size checking script, rendering this version incompat…
Announcement5 changesFixGameplay - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.8 Bug fixes
Fixed a bug where the “Witnessed a large tribal battle” bonus was incorrectly treated as a plant, animal, or tribe name, causing the event to be recorded only once in the journal. Fixed a rare bug in the "Encounter slav…
Event2 changesFix - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.7d More visual tweaks
Improved graphics on a few disaster cards.
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.7c Minor visual tweaks
Explorer profile pictures on page 1 of the compendium are now varied instead of identical clones. This update is also reflected in the explorer tooltip.
Announcement - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.7b Update
Resolved an issue where the explorer would escape native capture and sometimes fail to become a bearer. Fixed a bug where the calendar would decrement by one to two days when attempting to paddle upstream without bearer…
Announcement5 changesFixGameplay - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.7 Update
Updated the journal layout so it now displays the inside of the front cover, with entries beginning on the first right-hand page. Corrected a graphics alignment issue with the desert-tribe "Stand your ground" button. Co…
Announcement3 changesFixGameplay - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.6b Visual tweak
Updated the artwork on the compendium cover.
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R4.0.6 More tweaks
Fixed an issue where, on rare occasions after first returning to England, the pocket watch’s minute hand would briefly lag behind the actual time for a split second before jumping forward to catch up. Updated the depict…
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R4.0.5e Minor tweaks
Players are now prompted to review portage management while in Mounted Expedition mode, if a friendly chief offers five askaris and pack mounts can be converted into ride mounts. Oops! I realized I left some redundant c…
Announcement1 changeFix - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.5d Minor update
If there are no more journal entries after the right-hand page, clicking on it now closes the journal. Otherwise, clicking it opens the next page.
Announcement - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
R4.0.5c Updates and bug fix
*Fixed an issue where collecting bonuses during the initial expedition then dying before returning to England, caused entries of the lost items to appear in the journal when clicking on the right-hand page. Repeatedly i…
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
Minor update R4.0.5b
Fixed a logic anomaly in the "explorer shot by askari" message. * Replaced “Nguni and Tswana natives” (broad umbrella terms rather than specific tribes) with “Ndebele” and "Batawana" for tribe naming consistency and imp…
Announcement1 changeFix - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
Update R4.0.5
Improved the mouse-over behaviour of the activity buttons. * Slightly reduced the volume of the native drums in the policy screen. * Made minor alterations to the tribal zones of Fulani, Pygmy and Xhosa natives to bette…
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R4.0.4d minor fix
Resolved an issue affecting the ‘Turn Back’ button behavior on the camel/water message.
Announcement1 changeFix - Source of the Nile Digital Edition
Crash to desktop bug fix R4.0.4c
The last update introduced a critical bug which caused the game to crash if attempting to enter a desert hex without camels.
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