Driftland: The Magic Revival 2.0.110 - игра о попытках возродить планету

This update consists of small but important fixes:

AI upgrade to improve the attacking of flying units
minor tweaks to the tutorial
owners of The Forgotten Passage expansion for Nomads of Driftland will gain access to them from Driftland: The Magic Revival
fixed cursor (pencil) hot spot for island drawing
visual improvements to the Map Editor windows
2 rare fatal bugs fixed
minor bug fixes

Nomads - new game mode
Nomads do not have a ruler and do not carry out orders like other races. Units are managed directly, like in classic RTS games. New unit types/classes affect strategy on the battlefield. Path of Progress tree The Nomad economy is not based on resources as much as in other races.


Free Game - extended game mode replacing Skirmish
A game mode that allows you to generate a random game just like before Skirmish, with the difference that we've added a lot of options that will allow you to create a game on your own inventory and more varied maps.


Cross-Play and new multiplayer engine
With this update, Steam and GOG players will be able to play a multiplayer game together. By the way, we changed the multiplayer game engine, which should improve the stability of the game in this mode.


Tutorial
We've had two tutorials so far - one in Skirmish mode and the other in Campaign mode. Unfortunately, each of them contained a different part of the knowledge needed to play Driftland. Some of you played only one of them and did not look into the other, which sometimes could cause frustration. We decided to sort it out. We have created an independent game mode - Tutorial, which quickly teaches how to navigate the world of Driftland and introduces the basic mechanics. We also got rid of the tutorial mission in the human campaign, which you just didn't like :-)
The nomads got their own tutorial mission because they use a completely different game mechanics.


NVIDIA GeForce NOW support
Now you can play Driftland: The Magic Revival wherever you want using the GeForce NOW service.


Other improvements
- different modes of operation of the improved defense towers depending on the race
- new nested UI windows
- improving the operation of some (units) skills that were not felt well enough
and many more
- key bindings have been extended and improved
- optimizations for larger numbers of units on the screen
- fixed Ritual flag
- fixed tutorial achievement

Improvements
A new algorithm for selecting / clicking birds, dragons and flying units that makes selection easier
Clicking on information about being attacked moves the camera precisely to this event, not the island in general
Clicking on the information about the hero's death moves the camera to the place where it happened
Treasure finding information now directs / shows the treasure, not the finder
Bug fixes
Late game "fatal error" fixed (reported with crashlogs by Kya?? - thx!)
After loading the game we do not lose the view of the lines assigning units to flags
Correction of the description of Dark Elves in the Skirmish mode
Improvement for Dwarves in the unit management menu - flying machines, birds and dragons are correctly distinguished
Correction of persistently returning messages of some in-game events
Correction of the non-disappearing window of the game overwrite
numerous minor fixes

Brave Mages!
This update introduces a number of user experience improvements and fixes that have been discussed and requested by the Driftland community in recent weeks. At the same time, we've synced all three development branches: Steam PC, Steam macOS, and GOG to version 1.3.x

Gamepad
Gamepad support introduced in the previous update has been improved with many new features and has become more convenient. Therefore, from the experimental test version it changed into a full-fledged game feature.

DRM-Free
Fulfilling the requests with version 1.3.x, Driftland becomes DRM-Free. For most of you, nothing changes, the game works and starts as before.
However, for players who treat DRM (Digital Rights Management) as a restriction of ownership, this is a significant change that allows running the game without Steam and effectively creating an offline backup. However, please note that to use some of Dritland features like Steam Cloud save games, cloud campaign progress save, multiplayer mode, and achievements, the Steam client must be running in the background.

Bug Fixes
Since the previous update we have introduced several hundred changes and fixes in the source code of the game. The result is the elimination of many rare but annoying bugs that occur in specific situations, e.g. the (in)correct numbering of camps (and raids) during their frequent creation and removal.
The second group of changes and fixes improved the game's performance and stability. Here we owe a huge thank you to our wonderful community, which provided us a lot of feedback, game saves, and logs.

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Fixed - incorrect total number of heroes given when buying skills in the library, blacksmith, etc.
in the recruitment window, a preview of the daily cost of the heroes and explorers has been added
minor language corrections in the English language version

New Difficulty Levels
This is the most important change over which we have been working for several weeks.

Driftland is a complex and demanding strategy game. New levels of difficulty are to make new players smooth and enjoyable to learn and master the rules of Driftland.

On the other hand, those of you who have been with us for a long time and have mastered the game, ask for bigger challenges, especially in the end game, which we also took care of :steamhappy:

Apprentice Mage - For those who calmly want to learn the game or those who do not like to fight too much and prefer to focus on building their kingdoms
Brave Mage - New default difficulty mode. For magicians who are not afraid to face an opponent, but at the same time do not like to pay too much attention to balancing their economy...
Great Mage - For those who have learned the rules and are looking for new challenges. At this level, the players will face the ruthless enemy and at the same time will have to carefully look after their economy.
Archmage - For those who have mastered all the rules perfectly. Demanding economy and hostile AI, which is determined to destroy enemies and fiercely defend even in the face of inevitable defeat.
We made sure not to spoil the experience of players who have so far been satisfied with their previous levels of difficulty.
If you liked the EASY mode the most, choose Apprentice Mage.
If MEDIUM seems perfect to you, Great Mage will meet your expectations
For HARD, simply choose Archmage

Auto-Open ??

We have added the option of disabling windows that pop up after setting the flag, e.g. geology flag:

Experienced players who perfectly know the contents of these windows will definitely want to turn off the Auto-Open feature. By turning off the auto-opening of the flag windows, they will be able to put flags one after the other at a higher speed. Disabling this feature will also solve the problem of people who are irritated by pop-ups during the fight.

Other Improvements in 1.1.24

Resource Preview - when using the geology flag or spells extracting resources from the islands, information about available resources appears, making it easier to decide on the choice of island. The resource available to be extracted using the spell will be marked.
AI - the rate of repair of buildings adapted to the degree of difficulty: 30%, 50%, 70%, 100% respectively.
Multiplayer - data management optimizations that can potentially prevent disconnection in case of significant lags
Multiplayer - improved color reproduction to increase the readability of the chat
Multiplayer - after pressing ESC, accidental clicking on the screen will not close the menu window
Improved UI Scaling - applies to campaign windows
Optimizations and improvements in the structure of materials (normal maps)
Improved shader of the marked/active islands
Minor Animation improvements
Fixed - an issue with Ibaros making one tier 3 unit of each type ineligible to mount
Bug Fixes - a few rare and difficult to track bugs were found and fixed
Various minor fixes in campaigns

Improved Campaign Mode

The most important change is the reconstruction of the Campaign mode. From now on, the first three campaigns can be played in any order.
Their plot is designed so that the main threads fit together and complement each other regardless of the order in which they will be completed.
The exception will be the fourth, final campaign, which will require the completion of the three preceding campaigns.

AI Improvements
Units in the camps respond more proportionally to the priorities of the flags. As a whole group they only react to the Raid flag.
Enemy AI actively buys upgrades from the Paths of Progress
Better management of gold, food and, respectively, cottages and farms in the middle and end game
Faster replenishment and treatment of units after losses in the end game

UI Improvements
Added description of game modes in the main menu
reworked Campaigns mode menu structure
better marks and new icons of locked buildings and spells in the initial missions
preview of the mission background in the campaign selection menu
Improved readability of the tooltips

Other Improvements:
Added Steam cloud multiplayer autosave automatically shared by the host. Now every player can load and continue the interrupted multiplayer game,
invite other players or replace them with bots. Shared cloud multiplayer autosaves are marked with the icon -
The first mission of the first campaign (tutorial) can be skipped without any consequences.
The tutorial elements in the second mission also can be skipped at any time.
Steam cloud support optimizations
FIXED human camp EXP bug
FIXED Tutorial completion achievement not working (campaign)
FIXED "deleting Combat PoI without an encounter" crash
FIXED "camp null poi" crash
FIXED random multiplayer crash
other minor bug fixes

Watch your heads, because in this Update we got down to all Range Units! We also continued the process of AI improving, adding a bunch of tweaks that will make the game more challenging and fun. Check out the list of all the changes:

Improved Range Units:

• Better animations
• New projectiles

AI Improvements:

• Enemy Empires can now fortify their Castles and upgrade them to higher Tiers
• Enemy Empires can now upgrade their Watchtowers
• Cancelling an Attack Flag on your island will now prevent Units from continuing the fight (previously, it worked only on enemy islands)

Other Improvements:

• We inverted the way shift works (you can now build or cast spells continuously with mouse alone and adding shift allows for a single placement or cast)
• We also worked on even better optimisation and added various tweak to the game

As always, we are looking forward to your feedback, so let us know what you think about the Update and don’t hesitate to share your ideas with our team!

Small step for a game, one giant leap for the Players! Sometimes one change can make a really huge difference and, speaking about steps and leaps, this is the case - your Units will now be able to run, basing the decission to move their feet faster on their profession and current situation. Now, the game’s even more enjoyable, with better pace and Heroes that simply feel more alive! Also, we added epic new music for the Wild Elves to make the overall experience more… epic! Here’s a list of all the changes:

Running / Walking Units:

• All Units can now choose between walking and running, better adapting to various situations. If your Castle is under siege, there’s no time for laziness!

New Music:

• We changed sountrack for the Wild Elves - it’s more atmosperic, detailed and adapts to the situation in the game (like in all other races)! It’s sung in Elvish, too.

Other Improvements:

• Improved AI (including already mentioned running or avoiding enemy turrets)
• Bug Fixes (for example, you can now save the game after winning)

We are also approaching final stages of Dwarves’ developement process - we can’t wait to share the neat new biome type, new Units, spells and gameplay possibilities with all of you! Fortunatelly, they are just around the corner!

The Wild Elves are here!

3 new Heroes with 13 new skills, 9 new spells with 4 of them found in the Wild Summoning - the entirely new school of magic, exclusive to the descendants of Queen Mallevah await you in the Update. If that’s not enough, there’s a new biom type, architecture, sounds and music, too!

It doesn’t matter if you prefer to focus on powerful healing, strong flying Heroes or skills that empower your Units on your enchanted biom, these damage (and healing) over time hermits will have the right tools to match your desired strategy.



Wild Elves bring you:
3 new Heroes: Warrior, Ranger and Druid
13 new skills for your Heroes (like Heart of the Forest or Tattoo of the Bear)
Wild Summoning - new school of magic with 2 types of Golems and 2 types of Ents awaiting your call
5 new spells (like Thorn Grove)
New Paths of Progress Advancement - Nature’s Protection
New biom type
New architecture, music and sounds
3 new Achivements (Wild Elven Adept, Wild Elven Leader and Wild Elven Overlord)
As always, I’d like to thank our entire Community for all your feedback and I’m looking forward to hear from you about the Update! Dwarves are already on the way, but before that, we plan to add some new and highly requested features - like the active pause!

Greetings fellow Mages!
We did it countless times individually, but once again we want to thank you, our great Community, for all your detailed feedback and any other means of helping us! We are a small team, and couldn’t do it with you.
Again, we adressed the things you recently told us about, releasing the Update with two major improvements in mind:


Basic economy clarified:
We are aware that some of you found balancing basic resources (especially Gold) unclear, so we reworked the way the system is shown to you. It’s now easier to understand that your basic Gold income comes from Citizens assigned to Cottages and your Castle and in case you find yourself to be in red, you will be able to easily put your finances back in order!


Improved AI:
New difficulty levels will now affect not only your economy values, but also your enemies’ behaviour. That includes a list of various changes: from the amount of recruited Heroes to attacking your bridges!
You now have bigger control over your Units, with the new ability to order them to abandon their current tasks. Just look for a new button in their window!
Other improvements:
Discover new Paths of Progress Advancements!
Develop new skills for your Heroes!
Enjoy the added Units’ voices (they all speak in their races’ languages)!
Rule your Empire listening to new, epic music!
Savor the improved graphics of the Dark Elven models!
...among other improvements and fixes!


And one more thing… there’s only one week before the next Update (check out the game to find more details)! :)

May your lands remain unshattered,
- Luke