Siege and Civil war

⚠️ Notice

• This build has not been validated for long-term play.

• Shields must be equipped in the fourth weapon slot. Otherwise, a crash may occur

• A verified and stable build will be released in about one week.

• Using old save files may cause civil wars in all kingdoms

🏰 Kingdoms, Diplomacy & Civil War Systems

■ Diplomacy

• Peace treaties are enforced for 30 days.

• Due to large code additions, diplomacy may not function properly for a while.

■ Civil War

• If the player’s or any AI clan’s influence exceeds the king’s, the kingdom may split.

• Stored influence decreases daily.

• Kings receive a fixed amount of daily influence.

■ Kingdom Destruction & Restoration

• When a kingdom is destroyed and a new kingdom of the same culture is created, the previous destroyed kingdom will be restored first.

■ Exile System

• Landless lords lose loyalty and may join civil wars or defect to other kingdoms.

• Features related to kingdom destruction and lord exile are not fully tested.

■ De Jure Ownership

• Clans may randomly lose de jure rights to fiefs they do not control.

• Newly captured towns gain de jure ownership on day 100.

■ Influence Gain Issue

• Influence gained from battles does not properly reflect enemy size (known issue).

■ Kingdom Art Settings

• AddedSystem modularizedYou can now change kingdom name and colors without founding a new kingdom .

■ Strategic Settings

• The king can assign overall strategies.

• Clicking the box under a town name allows town-specific strategies.

⚔️ Combat System Changes

■ Infantry Combat (Finalized)

• Pelvis rotates according to the attack direction.

• Movement animations adjust accordingly based on the rotated pelvis.

• Animations may be improved later using UE5 bones, but the core combat framework will not change.

■ Cavalry

• Cavalry AI performs more deliberate and careful melee attacks.

■ Dodging

• Press Spacebar in combat to perform a dodge action.

🖥️ Performance & Technical Updates

■ FSR4 Upgrade

• Updated to FSR4.

• AMD GPU users will experience sharper image quality compared to previous versions.

■ Battle Size Benchmark (High-end CPU)

• Testing with battle size 1200 shows noticeable lag.

• After full optimization, a Ryzen 9800X3D is expected to handle around 1400 infantry units simultaneously.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where one-handed spears could not attack.

• Fixed an issue where cavalry remained abnormally fast after finishing a charge.

• Character models in the equipment screen now update immediately after changing armor.

• Due to a bug, attacking civilians inside towns is temporarily disabled.

🧪 Known Issues / Bugs

• Troops preparing for a siege are not counted in faction strength, affecting peace treaty conditions.

• Towercat’s "Cat Tower" bone system has issues → transform bug occurs randomly.

• Ongoing sieges cannot be canceled through diplomacy.

⚖️ Balance Adjustments

• Armor value cannot drop below 10.

• Monster-type units'HP reduced by 50%.

• Cavalry charge weapon damage can only pierce one target.

• Anti-cavalry formation with two-handed spears can attack up to 3 times.

📅 Updated Development Schedule

■ Prioritized ( takes about a week)

• Long-term playtesting

• Rewriting animations for UE5

• Overhauling battle map art

• Increasing siege map variety

• Overall balancing

Save file compatibility is not yet determined.

🚧 Future Updates (Break save compatibility)

• Character appearance overhaul

• Optimization for girl-type units

• Additional factions

• Basic dungeon system

• Redesign of stats & perk system

• Special projectile system

Final version will additionally include:

• Quests

• Dungeons

• Dialogue system