The Guild 3 0.9.16.5_637514

Hi all!
With patch EA 0.9.4 we released the new trade routes. The work for this patch was fully focused on making the sovereign gameplay more interesting and overall the game more stable. As you know we didn’t just want to improve what you can do as a sovereign but also improve the gameplay around becoming sovereign. Check-out the details below!

New features
- First, it’s all about how to become sovereign. The previous system was not very exciting and also not very transparent on how it actually works. Instead of just being appointed, dynasty leaders can “apply” to become sovereign. In order to be able to apply you need to unlock the according privilege and also use influence. As soon as the runner is in the race for becoming sovereign, dynasties can invest their influence. At the end of the race the amount of invested influence is further buffed by the popularity of the contestant with the public. The contender with the biggest approval (influence and popularity) wins and becomes sovereign.
- So what’s the benefit from becoming sovereign? As the ruler of the land the sovereign has the power to change any law in every city. This way the sovereign can freely change laws to his or her will.
- A little but sweet thing was added again with our new patch: The trading of evidence. We had to remove that possibility as it was not very stable and caused several issues (eg. AI wasn’t considering trade value of evidence). So from now on you can trade evidence again via the dynasty trade.
- Additionally, we added another option to the storage keeper in order to give you a bit more control on what automated transporters are supposed to procure. From now on you can define for every item if the automated transporter is getting the according item at the market.


Content & Balancing
- Offering lower prices than the market will increase the reputation with your front store customers.
- We continued balancing the citizen needs in order to make the economy more interesting.
- All members of a family that are adopted or descendants of the families original leader can now propose to their romance partners and produce offspring with their spouses.

Art
- We further improved textures and materials.
- The throne room was added with this version and is accessible via castles in all maps.

Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused the “look inside building” button to not show up correctly.
- Fixed several memory leaks in the game.
- Fixed a bug that caused the AI to not stop the “sleep” action when their building has been destroyed.
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from buying from the front store of a spied-on building.
- Fixed some localization issues related to attribute descriptions to properly represent the formula in the background.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not show a warning when the player tries to purchase a business he/she can’t properly operate.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not show the correct message upon trying to attack allies.
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from trading hostages.
- Fixed lots of localization issues.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not deduct coins from the player upon hiring a henchman.
- Fixed a bug that caused a guarding henchman to attack a conquering henchman from the same family.
- Fixed a bug that allowed children to buy and consume alcohol.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not create an evidence upon successfully using the falsifying evidence action.
- Fixed a bug that caused workers to gather resources within the business building directly instead of the resource provider.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to show the wrong information regarding the maximum businesses and henchmen in the new title window.
- Fixed a bug that caused automated warehouse transporters to buy items at the market just to sell them again back to the market.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to apply the dynasties color to certain female character faces.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to hide the face of a character before the actual body is hidden.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not update the market prices in the item transaction window.
- Fixed a few bugs related to characters not showing the correct animation.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to show the “pick from world” option in the destination selection of the far-trade action.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash upon loading a multiplayer game.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to prevent the ESC key from closing the chat window.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not show traded coins correctly on the client.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not remove the visual representation of sicknesses correctly in multiplayer games.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not lock the purchase button correctly while a transaction is processed in multiplayer games.
- Fixed a bug that re-built destroyed building upon re-connecting to a multiplayer game.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not show the correct save game after saving the game as a new host.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to not show the “new quest” notification for all the quests in the tutorial.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to show a black screen during the intro after switching the game to full-screen mode.
- Fixed several bugs related to changing resolutions and changing modes.
- Fixed a bug that caused some ambience sounds to not be triggered correctly.
- Fixed several bugs related to action tooltip descriptions.

Important information
The game does not display/load save games from outdated patch versions as they have become incompatible due to the rework of core systems.
If you are experiencing difficulties with loading and saving the game, you may attempt to delete all files from the folder “c:Users[USERNAME]Saved GamesGuild3” (standard under Windows).
Multiplayer: If you have a restrictive firewall then you may have to manually open the following outgoing ports to be able to play in multiplayer: 61111 TCP & UDP, 36895 TCP & UDP, - 36975 TCP & UDP. You can find this information as well in the FAQs Multiplayer on our webpage!
It is quite possible that some problems that you have in your game are caused by missing or corrupted files. In this case, the following can help: right-click on "The Guild 3" in your Steam library, then Properties - LOCAL FILES - VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...
If you still have issues afterwards, then we recommend to uninstall the game and then manually delete the folder "C:Users[USERNAME]AppDataLocalGuild3" (or "C:Users[USERNAME]DocumentsGuild3"). Then re-install the game.
Join our official Discord server (link) where you can meet us (that is, when we take a break from developing games) and other players to chat about the game.

What we are planning for the next patch
For the next patch we’ll lay our focus on bugfixing and balancing.

A short outlook...
Goal for the upcoming sprints is to further improve the overall balancing so far and improve MP connectivity. And we will work on the sound and music system in the game.

We implemented a new detection system for all kinds of surveillance actions (eg. guarding). This updated system is used by city guards and lansquenets. The radius shown around a detecting character now reflects the actual area in which the character may perceive illegal or aggressive behavior. Circles are shown when the scanning character is selected or by pressing space on your keyboard. Inside the guard's awareness circle, illegal or aggressive behavior will be detected and, depending on the laws in the city, acted upon.
With the new version important texts (eg. city names, character names, dynasty names, etc.) are highlighted with different colors or font formats, so it’s easier to identify them in bigger text blocks.
New features (under the hood)
Please note: The game does not display/load save games from outdated patch versions as they have become incompatible due to the rework of the employee automation system and other core systems.
Bug fixes
Fixed that not all areas of the brushwood were clickable.
Performance
We improved the way the game checks if an inventory has available space. The function used to do that required a significant portion of CPU time. The function has been reworked which should give you another slight increase of performance.
Known issues
Currently guards are really persistent and will follow your characters until they catch them. They will even wait in front of the buildings. So basically as soon as they discovered illegal behavior they will get you. We will of course change that in the future.
Important information
What we are planning for the next patch
Of course we will continue working on the action system to make it less error prone. As a result we hope that we will have less and less issues with stuck characters in the future.
A short outlook...

As announced, we have taken a look at the issues behind poor performance and inefficient memory usage when loading and playing savegames. We have now improved memory usage patterns which should result in shorter loading times and better performance in general (in particular when playing for extended periods of time and after loading savegames) in EA 0.5.4.
To further improve performance, we have now implemented that only characters which are currently in the field of view of the camera are animated and not as before, every character on the map.
Up until now, the amount of available products in the market hardly had an impact on price development. This has now been changed, so you should check more frequently if prices have shifted and if you need to optimise your supply chains. As part of these changes we have extracted many economy-related parameters from the code so that we can iterate more quickly in the future when it comes to the in-game economy.
The re-work of the visualisation of selected characters is completed as of EA 0.5.4. You will now see a small bluish circle around all your characters. The circle of your dynasty leader will be gold-coloured. When you select one of your characters, the white circle will be highlighted more visibly. It should therefore now be easier to identify and select your own characters, especially within larger crowds.
Character portraits which are displayed above buildings now display the profession and dynasty affiliation of a character. This should make it easier to select the correct character.
The colour of the clothing in character portraits now also correctly reflects the dynasty colours. In order to reinforce this effect, we have replaced the blurry dynasty coat of arms in the background with the dynasty’s colour. Furthermore, we have adjusted the angle and distance from which character portraits are taken.
When losing a game, it is no longer necessary to quit the entire game in order to begin a new one. Instead, you can now load a savegame or simply return to the main menu.
Several maps have been re-worked in order to improve, performance as well as economy, available space for new buildings and arrangement of city districts. The following maps have been revised so far:

• Magdeburg
• Augsburg
• Visby
• Paris

Bug fixes
Employees who are being controlled by the master AI will now immediately resume their activity after a savegame is loaded.
Transporters will now resume their previously defined trade routes after a savegame is loaded.
AI-controlled dynasties previously only reproduced if a marriage partner was already defined at the start of a scenario. Dynasties without marriage partners did not work towards achieving marriages, therefore leading to their eventual extinction. We have now implemented changes which will result in the AI socially interacting with other characters (paying compliments, entering relationships, marrying). The AI is currently not yet acting towards greater strategic plans when doing so, but this fix is merely the first improvement and we aim to continually improve this behaviour with upcoming updates.
Characters should no longer get “stuck” as often when attempting to interrupt another character. The causes of this bug were particular distances and angles between the two characters.
Abilities which interrupted the activity of NPCs will no longer interrupt their other routines. NPCs that just loiter around should therefore appear less frequently.
The building menu of level 2 and 3 businesses should now open with a double-click on the building, as is already the case with level 1 businesses.
Deceased characters will now no longer appear in residential buildings.
Characters watching juggling performances will now no longer stand inside each other.
The shadow calculation was improved so that shadows shouldn’t be cut off very close to the camera anymore.
The white outline of selected characters should now also include their backpacks.
Several texts were corrected, e.g. for henchmen, innkeepers, and news concerning the hospital and far distance travel.
Art
The following buildings have been optimised and were given 3 additional LOD-levels:

• alchemist levels 1 - 3
• barracks levels 1 - 3
• warehouse

Additionally the roof colour of all residential buildings without thatched roofs has been changed, thus making them easier to distinguish.
Known issues
Certain barrels are currently missing textures.
There are some errors in the behaviour of AI-dynasties which can lead to AI characters not finishing certain actions under specific conditions. We will continuing working to fix that system.
In very rare cases you may get a crash related to missing items in a save game. We already found the issue and will fix it.
Important information
It is quite possible that some problems that you have in your game are caused by missing or corrupted files. In this case, the following can help: right-click on "The Guild 3" in your library, then Properties - "More" - Manage Installation - VERIFY/REPAIR
What we are planning for the next patch
A re-work of the HUD, making it easier to understand, navigate and find information.
Based on community feedback, we want to change the rules according to which the player avatar is selected.
We will complete the refactoring of the skills system in order to allow our designers to begin repairing, improving and iterating on character skills.
A short outlook...

Bug fixes

• The game no longer crashes when a building burns down while a character wants to bring goods to that building.
• The game does not crash anymore when certain animations are to be played by guardsmen.
• The game will no longer crash if the residence or business of a character is destroyed.

We analyzed the current pathfinding system and ultimately decided to revise it completely. As you may have guessed, this intervention was not trivial, since pathfinding is related to many other systems (such as actions, NPC behavior, and AI). Many of the bugs that currently cause characters to stand motionless on the streets are not related to pathfinding. Nonetheless, we ask you to pay close attention to the new pathfinding.
With the new pathfinding system, characters try to side step. But if that's too much of a detour, characters move through others. As you can see in the game, pathfinding is much more natural and fluid. Another positive effect is that characters should not push each other anymore.
As you have probably noticed, in the past it was often not possible to send the character to certain places on the street. This problem has occurred especially often at intersections. As part of the conversion to the new pathfinding system, we have now corrected this. You should now be able to move your character anywhere on the streets without any problems.
One point that we have also improved with this version is the use of actions. As soon as an action is selected, the corresponding action icon is now displayed next to the mouse cursor. If you move the mouse pointer over an invalid target, the icon will be crossed out and a text will appear that explains why the target is not valid. At the same time, we have replaced the previously too-large tooltips of characters and buildings with smaller ones, as these often had hidden important elements in the HUD and were obstructing the view. Now it should be much easier for you to find a valid target for an action and then to select it.
With this patch you can now get important information about dynasty characters right in the world: names, dynasty crests, the favor of your dynasty, the status of the character within the family, and the office. Employees are displayed only with the coat of arms of the dynasty. We think that the new "plaques" are very helpful, but you want to give you the freedom to decide for yourself: in the options you can set whether you want to see the "plaques" on characters, buildings, both or not at all. Furthermore, you can set whether you want to show the "plaques" only for your own dynasty or for all dynasties.
We have reworked the system, which generates the water reflections and thereby among other things improved the performance. Furthermore, we have significantly improved the creation of the minimap when loading a scenario map, which has also shortened the loading times.
Bug fixes
The game no longer crashes when certain characters can not be displayed.
The game no longer crashes when you equip your characters with carts.
We finalized another set of bug fixes and improvements for AI controlled dynasties:

• AI controlled dynasties should now be able to build businesses.
• AI controlled dynasties should now also buy building extensions for businesses and upgrade their buildings if they meet the requirements.
• AI controlled dynasties should now have stronger ambitions to expand their businesses, build new businesses, and compete in public office

The Master AI is now able to “have work” for all employees over a longer period of time. To achieve this, the following problems were solved:

• The budget that the AI has available now depends on how much money the dynasty has.
• The AI now changes the production orders of the employees when the raw materials have gone out.
• The AI for the transporters has been revised and should now be less error prone.
• The problem with invalid products should be fixed
• Building levels 2 and 3 have been adjusted slightly to ensure that there is enough space for all raw materials of high quality products without the purchase of additional inventory slots.
• The prioritization of which products the Master AI produces has been optimized

If you switch the operation from automatic (Master AI) to manual, products are no longer placed in different storage slots.
In some cases, transporters have not picked up the right items, even though they should be transported. This should now be solved.
If more than one employee produces the same product, they will no longer be placed in different inventory slots.
Different names for new buildings are proposed again.
If special characters occur in a building name, which can not be displayed, then the building can be built anyway.
The calculation of text lengths has been corrected to allow the size of the background texture of tooltips to be automatically created. Tooltip texts should therefore no longer be cut off and also displayed correctly centered. Furthermore, many texts that were previously shifted too far up or down, should now be properly aligned. Please keep your eyes open for further texts whose alignment we may need to correct.
Characters no longer crash through bridges in certain places.
Characters can now attack characters preparing for a ambush.
Many characters (NPCs) did not move because they had been waiting for some action. This should now occur less frequently.
Characters participating in interactions, like conversations or a fistfight, will now play the correct animations.
Carts can now drive on all roads. This fix solves some horse cart and market issues. In some cases it does not look perfect yet, but we chose this step so that characters do not get stuck just because they are equipped with a horse cart.
We have made several corrections in the localization system, which now displays a large number of missing names and labels within texts correctly. In most cases these were names of characters, buildings and measures. Please see if you notice any missing text.
The buttons in the character creation should now all be displayed even at lower resolutions.
The scroll bar in the overview of items when creating trade routes now works correctly.
When changing the main residence your family members in the previous home building will move now to the new one.
Art
Herbs hut
Apothecary 1 to 3
Scholar 1 to 3
Hospital 1 to 3
Robber camp
Cathedral
Well
Quarry
Mine
Lumberyard
Grove
Cemetery
More city walls and towers
Known Issues
Larger objects such as ships and horse carts are still wiggling when they try to dodge each other.
If you attack characters that are lurking for an ambush, they will most likely start another counter attack after the fight is over. At the moment this is a bit too common. Please let us know how you see it.
Crowds of NPCs sometimes overlap one another right now. This mainly affects horse carts. We’ll checking that issue.
In some cases NPCs may still get stuck when they are being interacted with. This is also the case in previous versions and does not have its cause in the pathfinding changes. We just wanted to mention this, so you know it does not have to be reported.
Currently, NPCs fight each other very often and do not shy away from kids. We will adapt this.
Children are currently trying to sit on benches. Since they have no animations for them, they stay on the bench and move in the state. The same applies to fighting.
Character plaques adjust their length only to the name of the character, but not to its political position (e.g. mayor).
If you still have other problems with the new pathfinding, please create a bug in Redmine, describes the situation, the location and attach the score to the ticket. So we can look specifically at the problems.
Important Information
What we plan for the next patch...
We want to fix the bug that causes AI-controlled NPCs to stop working after being interacted with.
Through various measures we want to reduce the loading times of scenario maps.
We want to further improve the performance. With special attention to savegames, which are stored / loaded.
A short outlook...
Your feedback is important to us!

Patch notes for Patch Version: EA 0.4.13 on May 8th, 2018
Steam version number: 2752715

New Feature
- Scenario map: Barony of Birmingham

Stability Fixes
- Fixed a crash that was caused by double clicking the top of the window when in windowed mode;
- Fixed a crash that was caused by selecting the "dynasty trade" action while a member of the dynasty had died;
- Fixed a crash that was caused by initiating a trial where the evidence did not specify the location of the illegal action;
- Fixed a crash that could occur while the player's character was married & attempted to change residence;
- Resolved a crash that could occur by selecting the "fast forward" option immediately after a saved game was loaded;
- Resolved a crash that was caused by carrying a Dagger in the player's inventory;

Fixes
- Fixed multiple issues which related to selecting an appropriate location for constructing new buildings in the game world;
- Resolved an issue where a mountain could "vanish" if a building was constructed at the intersection where a mountain & an available site for construction were connected;
- Character Creation Menu: Resolved an issue that would allow the player to have an unlimited amount of attribute points by selecting the reset link;
- Resolved an issue related to trading a vote in "dynasty trade" where the message "the trade is no longer valid" & the trade was cancelled even though it was still valid. This should no longer happen;
- Improved the AI concerning its reactions to political propositions. It will make a choice instead of always refusing;
- Multiple improvements with the AI in relation to how it manages the production of items;
- Resolved an issue where a NPC would no longer move since they were looking for a bench to sit on. This was caused by an issue with collisions;
- Items in the front store can now only hold items that are produced by the type of building. Therefore, cookies cannot be in the front store of a smithy;
- If the player is unable to upgrade a building, the reason will be displayed when the mouse cursor is placed above the button "Upgrade Building" in the production window;
- Medicus now plays the correct animations;
- While in jail, a character can no longer apply for an office position;
- The action panel will now be displayed in the bottom center in all scenes except for the Medicus scene. Consequently, the player can leave a scene & will not be stuck in the scene;
- A character's action which is in progress will no longer be cancelled when selecting the actions: put building on sale, make offer on building or destroy building;
- After choosing an action, the player's character will remain selected after selecting the target;
- Resolved an issue that would render a character invisible, if he/she was attacked while inside a grove, brushwood or cemetery;
- Fixed an issue where the action to change to a new residence was disabled. This should no longer be the case;
- Adjusted the control of "zoom in/out" functionality while navigating in the area map window;
- When changing residence, the cost will be 200 coins as intended as opposed to 400;
- General improvements concerning the transfer of items;
- Resolved an issue where buildings that were on sale were not purchasable;
- Character's will run instead of walking when carrying out the action "Sabotage";
- When changing clothes via equipping another type of garb while riding a horse, the horse will no longer be detached from the character;
- Employees reaping herbs will now wait to drop off their items if the storage of the business they are connected to is full;
- When a dynasty dies out, their buildings belong to the city and can be purchased;
- The increments of playing speeds were slightly adjusted in order optimize the frame rate;
- Buildings can no longer be built on narrow streets since carts could not access them;
- Character Creation Menu: Only one voice will be played at a time;
- Resolved an issue which would teleport the player's character to their residence or market by selecting the "Go Home" or "Go To Market" actions. This should no longer occur;
- For some reasons, it was not possible to send the application to be considered as new Sovereign to the Monarch once the player became a noble;
- Fixed an issue where the player could not adopt an orphan after the player already had 6 children, but some had passed away. Now, the game recognizes the children that have died & will let the player purchase a child. The maximum number of children is 6;
- NPCs should no longer riot a castle;
- Resolved an issue where the action "unload all" would not always work. This action should now work correctly;
- Adjusted the maximum number of dynasties for the single scenario maps;
- When a level 1 building was constructed it could have happened that for the duration of a frame, the level 2 & 3 would appear & immediately disappear;
- Resolved an issue where the player's avatar would be considered as an employee of the business it entered & would therefore block the slot for a new employee;
- Shortcut keys have been disabled while entering an amount of money in the "give money" window;
- Resolved an issue where special characters from other languages were not displayed correctly in the text of newly built buildings or in the Skill Tree bonuses;
- Multiple text fixes;

Balancing
- AI controlled businesses: all level 1 businesses will now start with an annual budget 300 coins and it will hire 2 workers and 1 transporter. All level 2 businesses start with 3 workers, 2 transporters and a budget of 600 coins & the level 3 businesses start with 4 workers, 3 transporters and a budget of 900 coins;
- AI controlled businesses will now equip their transporters with bags and carts;
- When starting a game, the AI will choose a greater variety of start-up skills for NPC Dynasties;
- AI businesses will now begin with resources in order to ensure the immediate production of items & their transfer to markets;
- AI farms will now produce more resources;
- The needs of the population were reduced in order to stabilize the amount of items / resources which are purchased;
- The market will check itself periodically: if resources are missing, the market takes care of receiving more, while the people purchase resources with very high stocks;
- When hiring an employee, they will now come with a variety of levels between one to three;
- The robber camp will now have immediate access to hire one transporter;
- Growth of the population adjusted;
- General balancing of the single scenario maps;

UI Tweaks & Fixes
- Map Selection Menu: Added the images of the single scenario maps;
- Character Creation Menu: Rotating the character is no longer possible while editing a input box;
- Character Creation Menu: The color of the character's hair & clothing will no longer be reset after choosing another set of clothing or the size of the character;
- Character Creation Menu: The hair style button will no longer be accessible if variations of colors are unavailable;
- Character Creation Menu: Improvements related to the display of the initial skill path;
- Production Menu: The storage rules will no longer be accessible in the player's residence;
- Production Menu: The status of each transport has been added & is displayed beside the route link. The status will indicate whether the transport is moving to a location, picking up at the location or if there is a problem that needs to be resolved;
- Production Menu: Added an equipment section to transporters, workers & visitors in order to ease the transfer of items that can be equipped. You can have access to the equipment slots of characters, if you click the button in the header of the production menu. This also works in the market menu;
- Production Menu: The number of visitors, shown in the transport section of the production window, will now be properly displayed;
- Market Window: Selling items in the market can now be dropped anywhere in the items section;
- Market Window: When purchasing items & the amount selection tool is displayed, only the amount will be affected when using the scroll mouse button. Before it would scroll the list of items underneath simultaneously;
- Market Window: The equipment panel of the avatar will be automatically opened at the marketplace;
- Erect Building Menu: While selecting a building that was furthest to the right of the menu, it could happen that the details Tooltip would appear far to the left of the building icon in question. This has been adjusted;
- Erect Building Menu: The number displayed to the left of buildings relates to the number that the player has in possession;
- Area Map: Using the mouse wheel to zoom should no longer cause the camera to zoom in the world as well;
- Area Map: Added a filter "Show/Hide all";
- Area Map: Added tooltips for clarification;
- Area Map: Added a camera icon which represents its location in the world & the direction it is pointed towards;
- Area Map: Improved the information displayed related to trade routes;
- Skill Tree Menu: The scrolling of the skill tree will no longer stop if the cursor moves out of the menu;
- Skill Tree Menu: Multiple icons added or replaced;
- Skill Tree Menu: Replaced missing bonus unlockables which are connected to titles;
- Politics Menu: Multiple fixes with the positioning of text & UI elements;
- Politics Menu: Added a tooltip to the Sovereign position;
- Clean-up of various UI elements due to them appearing blurry in game;
- The text boxes of mouse over tooltips should correctly adjust itself to display the entirety of the text;
- The bonusable & unlockables icons that are displayed in the details tooltip should be shown in their entirety. The details tooltip can be viewed by holding the right mouse button with the mouse above a UI element where it is available;
- The Map link displayed on the bottom right side of the HUD, now works as a compass & is connected to the direction the camera is pointing. The half of the needle which is full points north;
- Fixed an issue which would cut off text in a pop-up window even if there was space for the text to continue;
- The cost of the Horse Cart should be correctly displayed in the detail tooltip when viewed in the Market window;
- For the far trade action, the progress bar should now be correctly displayed;
- Kidnapped characters will now appear in the player's inventory;
- If a character has been kidnapped, the action to transfer the kidnapped character to the player's residence will appear in the action panel;
- If the avatar has trained for an attribute, the extra allotted point will be displayed in the Character Selected window, located on the bottom left side of the HUD;
- The quick access panel which displays buildings being spied on will now show more buildings before the scroll bar is used;
- Missing Steam icons have been added;
- Multiple action icons have been replaced;
- Updated the quick notifications icons with the revised UI style;
- When a skill is unlocked, a quick notification icon will appear below the link to the skill tree. You can see what skill was unlocked by placing the cursor above the quick notification;
- Added a tooltip for event notifications which are displayed on the right side of the HUD;
- Added a quick notification icon below the link to the quest window after a quest has been completed, with an additional tooltip with more details;
- Adjusted the color of the text displayed in the detail tooltip of items;
- Added a notification when a building the player owns has been destroyed;
- When a character reaches adulthood, his/her portrait will now be updated;
- Adjusted the mouse over version of interactive UI elements in order to easily distinguish them from their base version;
- Modified the detail tooltip of interactive UI elements in order to easily distinguish them from the mouse over version;
- Multiple adjustments & modifications to the glyphs which appeared blurry & unclear. The glyphs are the icons which are displayed with text;
- Fixed an issue which would cause text to stretch;
- The detail tooltip of items will now correctly display the selling / purchasing price similarly to the format used in the market;
- Added multiple missing tooltips;

Art
- Multiple texture fixes on various 3D models;
- Correction of multiple textures which are related to various character's levels of details;
- Corrected the hair for certain character types;
- Multiple 3D model corrections;
- Fixed a glitch that would elongate the hands of one of the female commoner models;
- Fixed two issues which relates to the captains of ships. First a correction concerning the eyes of the captain on larger ships & took off a "glow" that would appear around the captain of smaller ships;
- Correction of animations that were connected to the action "make a compliment";
- Added missing animations which are shown in the Medicus scene;
- Multiple animation fixes;
- Adjusted the size of the birds;
- Multiple environment fixes in various maps;
- Adjustments to the particles;
- Multiple adjustments to the game's shaders;
- Animation assignation adjustments;
- Adjusted the line of sight effect;
- Adjusted some of the colors used to define the city districts and villages when pressing the "Space" key on the keyboard;

Important Message
This patch includes a lot of bug fixes and UI changes as well as enhanced performance and the new scenario map "Barony of Birmingham".
If you realize rapid camera movement due to enhanced performance, there are two ways to overcome this problem: 1) change the camera speed in the options menu or 2) hold down the “shift” key while moving the camera with keyboard or mouse wheel.
Transport items such as bags and carts are no more automatically equipped when you drop them into a character’s inventory. As a result, these items can now be transported like all other goods. You can equip characters with bags, hand carts or horse carts when you open the “equipment panel” via the arrow symbol top right of the production menu or the market menu.
After installing the latest patch, your old saved games will possibly no longer be shown in the menu due to the reason that the game recognizes them as “incompatible”.
All your feedback is appreciated! Please provide us with as many details as possible as this will help shorten bug fixing times. Relevant saved games help us while reproducing bugs, so please add them to a Redmine ticket.
Many thanks!

Replaced the UI temp art used by the Reaction window. This window appears after winning a fight, when getting caught by a guard, etc;
Stability Fixes
Resolved a crash that would occur after using the Extinguish Fire ability;
Resolved a crash that could occur at the end of a riot;
Possibly resolved a crash which could occur when the Logo videos of the game were playing;
Resolved a crash that could occur during a trial due to the target of a crime was not a character. Such as a neighborhood;
General Fixes
Resolved an issue that would render a purchased horse invisible while the character would be on top of the horse playing the correct riding animation. The horse will no longer be invisible;
Henchmen can now be fired even if they are in middle of completing an action such as guarding a building;
The timeline should no longer be reset after loading a saved game. Previously, after a saved game was loaded, the history timeline would not display previous years in the Statistics Menu;
Resolved an issue where the player would receive an invitation from a secret society that was not on the map. Now, only societies that are in a map & can been seen in the Societies Menu will send invitations;
Fixed an issue that would permit a player to purchase an orphan from the church without the necessary title. This will no longer be the case;
Fixed an issue where the player would not have access to a family member's inventory in order to select items acquired from a Long Shore quest. Now, upon return, the family member will directly drop off the items acquired in the residence's storage. Be warned, all items that cannot be transferred to the storage due to insufficient space will be lost. Please note, we are looking into a better fix in a future update;
General Tweaks
Adjusted the amount of XP rewarded from actions long distance journeys and overseas trips to 300 / 600 respectively;
UI Tweaks
Added a tooltip above way points which are connected to a route when the Map is opened. These tooltips will display the transaction that will take place at a way point. This can only be viewed if the Map is opened via the route link found by the transporters in the Production Menu;
The Stop Action link near Henchmen displayed in the Family Quick Access window, which is accessible on the right side of the HUD, will now work correctly;
Moved the Action Tooltip at the top of the HUD so as to not hide the Action Panel;
Adjusted the size of text Icons to 20% larger, such as the coin, since they appeared too small;
Adjusted the size of the Bonus icons because they were displaying a little blurry;
Added missing bonus icons which are connected to secret societies;
The Character Selection window which is located on the bottom left corner of the HUD will now refresh continuously when opened. Consequently, if a transport type item is purchased, such as a horse, it will be shown immediately & can then be transferred to the Transport Type item slot;
The price of the item Pearl is now correctly displayed on the tooltip that is shown when "right clicking" on an item;
Added a tooltip above the "Purchase Orphan" button which is accessible in the church. If the player does not have the required Title to do that action, the button will appear as unavailable & the tooltip will state the reason for its unavailability;
If a player is "Auditing" a business, the spying icon will now appear above the building in question;
Art tweaks
Multiple texture corrections;
Fixed multiple animal animations;
Fixed an issue where a "black square" would be displayed over wheat fields during the winter;
Completed & added more LOD versions of buildings;
Corrected textures that would not appear on certain models during the winter season;
Important Message & Known Issues
This is a quick hot fix patch for some crashes we have encounter recently. It also includes fixes that we have worked on since the last update. As a reminder, after you update to the latest patch, if the game recognizes old save games as "incompatible", they will be no longer be shown in the menu.
Also, you will no longer be able to use numbers when giving a name to a building, child or saved games since it was causing technical issues. Special characters in character names of NPCs are not shown at the moment. There are some other minor issues with the display of texts that we will take care of asap.
Slightly over 80% of the tickets in Redmine are resolved now. Speaking of Redmine, we continue to appreciate the time you take to communicate with us. The more detailed a report is, the easier it is for us to resolve the issue & if possible, attaching your saved game can help quicken the process. Again, thank you all for your patience and support!

Patch notes for Patch Version: EA 0.4.5 on March 27th, 2018
Steam version number: 2634696

New Content & UI
- Action "Spy Building": While your henchman is spying on a business, an altered version of the business menu will be displayed. The business being spied on is listed through the quick access menu on the right side of the HUD;
- Diary Book with all important past notifications and events;
- Statistics Window, including Winning Points section with a graph to compare the five most successful dynasties with your dynasty;
- New UI in Medicus Scene;
- New UI in Church Scene;
- New Born Child pop up which enables to name a new born;
- Added the Action Tooltip: this window shows more details and - if a target was selected - the chances of success. This window will appear after selecting an action and the target;
- The UI which enables the possibility to change the color of clothing in the residence scene has been replaced;
- Votes in a political election is now tradable in Dynasty Trade;
- Revised version of the font implemented;
- Animals have returned;

Fixes
- Fixed a crash that would occur after loading a game that was saved while the playable character was in jail;
- Fixed a general crash that was related to loading a saved game;
- Resolved multiple other crashes that were connected to loading saved games;
- Fixed multiple crashes which were caused by AI Dynasties that were using invalid skills. This would occur 10 to 15 minutes after starting a game;
- The AI will no longer target children while doing the actions pick pocketing or ambush;
- Resolved an issue where a thief, robber or lansquenet employee would "freeze" if they were interrupted while completing an action. Now, after the employee has been interrupted, it completes the previous action afterwards;
- Various tweaks to the AI of NPC businesses;
- The AI will stop building items if there is no space in the storage;
- Removed the possibility for AI controlled businesses to add extra slots to the storage;
- Added a 350-coin budget to AI controlled family businesses;
- AI: Dynasties who hold the correct title will now apply for office which includes their respective family members;
- Actions taken by a Dynasty AI will now correctly influence their Attitude which can be seen in the Dynasty Window;
- Multiple improvement of the AI & the action "Commit burglary". It will now consider the relationship between the acting dynasty and the owner of the building. Added a 12-hours immunity to buildings that have been subject to a burglary;
- If a chosen heir of a Dynasty has not reached adulthood, his/her actions will now be limited to actions such as going home, going to school as of the age of 5 & hire henchmen, etc. Consequently, actions such as attacking another character or marriage are disabled;
- Fixed an issue which would reset the money & XP of the player's dynasty;
- Characters can now only apply once for a political position & can only re-apply after the election if they did not win;
- Resolved an issue which would permit a 3-year-old child to apply for a political position;
- Only three applicants can apply for one political office position at a time;
- The productivity of employees is now correctly affected by his/her level;
- Fixed an issue which would disable the Upgrade button in the Production Menu even if the player had met the requirements to upgrade the building to the next level;
- The maximum number of children per couple is now 6, for player dynasties and AI dynasties;
- Fixed an issue where the prompt for the "Give Money" (-> A bag of coins) action would not appear when selecting the action;
- Relationships between Societies should now be working as intended;
- Optimized the process & positioning when constructing a new building;
- Multiple text fixes;

Additional UI Tweaks
- The option which enables a building menu to automatically open when entering a building has been added to the in-game options menu;
- The route of a transporter is now displayed when selecting it from a business window;
- The accused for a trial is now correctly displayed in the Evidence menu, the Trial scene & in the Trade menu where the accused is normally displayed;
- Production Menu: the menu will refresh itself continuously to see employees or transport being hired in real time;
- If a henchman is in one of your businesses, he/she will appear in the "other" section which can be selected in the "Workers" panel;
- The Storage Rules window is now merged with the Transport Rules which are accessible in the production menu;
- The "space bar" key has been enabled for naming a saved game;
- Multiple corrections of icons which were not being displayed correctly or causing other elements to no longer be being interactive;
- Updated the Event Icons which are displayed in the Diary Book;
- Notifications no longer pop-up automatically if the mouse hovers the link in the left of the HUD;
- Multiple corrections related to text spacing & appearance of the font;
- Replaced the remaining Add-on icons that were using temporary art;
- Replaced multiple Bonus icons that were using temporary art;
- The required UI element to fire a henchman in the quick access panel has been added;
- Various small tweaks in UI elements;

Art
- Multiple animation and skin corrections for characters and animals;
- Clean-up of various animations;
- The 3d model of the Medicus level 3 has been changed, so that the building can be entered easily again;
- The clickable area of the farm has been changed, so that only the buildings themselves can be clicked and trigger the buildings tooltip;
- Multiple correction of skins & items assignation;
- Missing animations added;

Important Message
Content patch EA 0.4.5 contains some new features and UI replacements, as well as bug fixes and enhancements for the AI. Slightly over 80% of the tickets in Redmine are resolved now. We continue our efforts on implementing all features and fixing the remaining bugs. The update should improve stability further, the performance is subject to improvement in the updates to come. After you update to the latest patch, if the game recognizes old save games as "incompatible", they will be no longer be shown in the menu. And please don’t forget to attach the “save game” with reports on Redmine.
You might notice a drop of performance due to the re-introduction of animals in the game. There are known bugs with long distance journeys and overseas trips - too much XP outcome, exotic goods cannot be used at the moment and some other issues. Henchmen with a job like "guard a building" cannot be dismissed via the character quick access. We will look into all of these issues.
You will no longer be able to use numbers when giving a name to a building, child or saved games since it was causing technical issues. Special characters in character names of NPCs are not shown at the moment. There are some other minor issues with the display of texts that we will take care of asap.
Thank you all for your patience and support!

Fixes
- Fixed a crash related to path finding that could happen while intercepting another NPC such as a combat, ambush, a chase, etc.;
- Fixed crash that would occur when "dragging" & "dropping" an item into a character's inventory from the business menu;
- Fixed a crash that would occur while using the Politics Menu;
- Fixed a crash that was caused by a building which would not initialize their storage after a game was loaded;
- Fixed a crash that would occur when a transporter would pick up items but was no longer connected to a valid route;
- Fixed a crash that would occur when a building was destroyed while its menu was still open;
- Fixed a crash that would occur when a building was destroyed while it remained selected. Now, in this case, once the building is destroyed it will no longer remain selected & the avatar will become selected;
- Fixed a crash that was caused while purchasing a building in the Erect Building menu and the building was destroyed;
- Fixed a crash that would possibly occur when trying to trade a building with another Dynasty;
- It was possible to handover a dead family member to another dynasty ("Dynasty trade") which lead to a crash;
- Fixed a crash that would possibly occur when trying to trade a family member in marriage with another Dynasty;
- Fixed a crash related to the death of a character & their inventory would still be displayed;
- Fixed crash that would occur when a character would return from a Far Trade;
- Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when selecting a saved game in the main menu;
- Fixed a crash which would happen while the game was being loaded;
- Fixed a random crash that would occur while creating a character in the character creation menu;
- Fixed a crash that was caused by selecting keys on the keyboard that were connected to shortcuts while loading a game;
- The save game message will now appear while saving a game [or quick save] & will disappear once the save is completed;
- Pressing the "I" key while a building is selected will correctly display the appropriate menu;
- After the avatar has entered a building, the blue circle which appears at the feet of the character, will now appear above the building if an object outside the building has been selected;
- The price and quantity of items are now shown in the second level tooltip (hold right mouse button on item);
- Fixed a bug that prevented players to select items while setting up a trade route for their transporters;
- In the options menu, if the resolution was changed but was cancelled, it was still saved & it would be used when the game was restarted. This will no longer happen;
- Fixed a bug that would permit the player to marry a character that was dead;
- Building menus (like market menu or production menu) will now automatically open or close when the selected character arrives at or leaves the building, if "Open/close building menu when selected character arrives at/leaves the building" is checked in the options menu;
- Added the achievement "Executed" for Steam;

Important Message & Known Issues
You may notice a slightly longer loading time when loading a game, and possibly a slight loss of performance while you are in play. We are looking into it!
After you update to the latest patch, if the game recognizes old save games as "incompatible", they will be no longer be shown in the menu.
Just a reminder, if possible, please attach the "save game" with reports on Redmine since they greatly help to pin point the cause of the problems you come across. Thank you!

Fixes
- Multiple crash fixes when trying to load a game after selecting it & those that were no longer compatible;
- Multiple pathfinding fixes which would cause crashes or unexpected behaviors from NPC or after sending a playable character to various locations;
- Resolved an issue that would cause a crash if an NPC would not display their inventory;
- Fixed a crash that could appear when quitting the game;

IMPORTANT INFORMATION & KNOWN ISSUES
First, happy new year! For the month of the January we have decided to focus on stability issues, A.K.A crashes, before we return to working on the upcoming features.
After you update to the latest patch, if the game recognizes old save games as "incompatible", they will be no longer be shown. Note that not all old saved games will be incompatible & will appear less frequently as we continue development over the course of the Early Access.
Just a reminder, if possible, please attach the "save game" with reports on redmine since they greatly help to pin point the cause of the problems you come across. We always appreciate the time you take to communicate with us. Thank you.