Multiplayer Mayhem and More Update

Heyho everyone,

Welcome to Yield! Fall Of Rome's Multiplayer Mayhem and More Update

Multiplayer:

"Live" Lobby for normal games

• Start public lobby's that everyone can join without specifying who

• Chat with other players in the lobby

• Adjust settings while inside lobby

• Everyone must be ready for the game to be started

• Start public lobby for asynch games, that can be filled up over time,

Add ai to multiplayer games

• Add x number of ai's to multiplayer games, both asynch and "live".,

• Possible to play on team vs the ai (the Ai does not really adjust for it, but it’s possible)

MP General

• Added more lightweight protocol for polling data,

• Less use of data,

• Faster updates between players,

• In-game chat

More updates and tweaks:

Basic buildings

NEW: Level 1: Barracks for civilian units (2 production)

Adjusted: Level 1: Throne - gives 3 gold per kill (4 production)

Adjusted: Level 1: Watchtower - gives 2 extra sight range

NEW: Level 2: “Corn Silo” - gives 6 population cost 4 productions

Adjusted: Level 2: Embassy - reveals the nearest undiscovered city

National wonders

New: Level 2: "Wild Boar" (5 production) - Rewards 1 extra of each yield when chopping resources (boar, deer, forest, fish, orca)

New: Level 2: "Woolmill" - Requires that you have at least 3 wool mills in the settlement. Reduces the cost of all units by 2 gold

New: Level 2: "Stonework" - Requires that you have at least 2 Stonework’s in the settlement. Reduces the cost of all buildings by 2 productions

New: Level 2: "Windmill" - Requires that you have at least 3 windmills in the settlement. Reduces the supply cost for all units by 1. (can't currently make this work cause supply is calculated dynamically through checking unit types)

New: Level 3. "Royal Science Institute" - +3 Gold for each tech you have researched at the time of the building it.

Collecting Crowns

"All Policies" rewards a crown for completing all milestones

Unit Skills

New: Skill’s "Shield" & "Greater Shield" - adds extra defence when defending against ranged attacks

Adjusted: Raid & Siege skills work against units in castles and ports but are nerfed by 1

Adjusted: Scouts gain XP from collecting huts

Adjusted: „Palace” Buffed income by 1

Improvements

“Lumberhut” - cost 3 gold

Veterancy

Minor to major overhaul to many units, especially navy, civilians and scouts