File vcmi.changes of Package vcmi
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Fri Oct 3 16:29:59 UTC 2025 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- added no-boost-system.patch
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Sat Apr 26 15:56:20 UTC 2025 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.6.8
Stability
* Fixed crash when visiting Cannon Yard from HotA mod that was
occuring on some systems
* Fixed crash when moving through an event that gives enough
experience to level up if the player is using instant
movement speed
* Fixed crash when trying to sort maps in reverse order that was
occurring on some systems when there were multiple folders
containing maps
* Fixed crash when using one-click upgrade when unit upgrade
cost is zero
* Fixed crash on opening town screen with invisible buildings
from mods
* Fixed crash when a player changes their starting hero in
multiplayer game while another player has town or starting
bonus right-click popup open
* Fixed crash when merging two units located in town garrison
without a hero if both units are equipped with artifacts
(WoG feature)
General
* Fixed not working check for hypnotize spell effect presence
* Fixed calculation of the total cost of the hero's movement
path when the hero has spent some of his movement points today.
* Launcher will no longer tracks clipboard state on mobile
systems to prevent OS notifications
* Automatic selection of xbrz2 upscaler now only happens
on systems with 4GB of RAM
* Game will now detect broken internal mod left over from
VCMI 0.99 installations and notify player on startup
instead of crashing
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Tue Mar 4 20:10:49 UTC 2025 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- Update to 1.6.7
Stability
* Fixed regression causing crash when trying to create lobby room
* Fixed regression causing crash when upscaling image in
background thread on some systems
* Fixed possible crash on opening Custom Campaigns window while
having campaign with unsupported format in maps directory
* Fixed possible crash on misconfigured compatibilityIdentifiers
field in mods
* Fixed rare crash on AI turn that could sometimes happen after
AI dismissed a hero
General
* Added alternative layout for global lobby window that supports
H3-like 4:3 screen ratio
* Added option in launcher to disable in-game overlay available
with Alt or two-finger touch.
* Game will now save and restore map zoom level between sessions.
* Fixed regression that caused Brotherhood of the Sword to open
the Thieves' Guild window instead of the Tavern window when
clicked.
* Fixed regression causing black pixels on some city building
sprites from mods when played without upscaling filter
* Improved handling of very slow taps on mobile systems
* Added snapping of marker when mouse cursor is next to data
point for easy selection in game statistics window
* Fixed some graphical artifacts in the game statistics window.
* Fixed client not checking if submod is compatible with current
VCMI version
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Sun Feb 23 06:34:36 UTC 2025 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.6.6
General
* Game no longer requires local network connection for single
player games
* Reduced size of obstacle-filled junction zones in Coldshadow
Fantasy template
* Upscaling filter xbrz x2 is now enabled by default on mobile
systems
* Fixes failure to import Chronicles on Windows with non-ascii
characters in username
* Added support for importing Chronicles using old All-in-One
installer from gog.com
* It is now possible to enable portrait mode on mobile systems.
* Fixed grey bar at top of screen when returning to app while
in game on Android Stability
* Fixed possible crash on opening unit description with
unavailable upgrades
* Fixed crash on winning game after last player loses the game
due to not controlling a town for 7 days
Interface
* Pressing Q during hero exchange will now swap both army and
artifacts and will no longer trigger a quest log
* Spellbook search is no longer enabled by default, allowing
standard h3 shortcuts to work. Search can now be activated
by pressing Tab
* Ctrl/Shift + click on arrow buttons below creature slots
during hero exchange now works in the familiar way from hd mod
* On mobile systems, clicking on a blocked tile of a visitable
object on the adventure map will now build a path to it
* It is now possible to activate the adventure map overlay on
the mobile system using the two-finger tap gesture
* Fixed incorrect pinch event calculation that caused problems
when zooming with touchscreen gestures
* Game now displays both total cost in movement points and
estimated time to arrive in turns when hovering over an
accessible location
* Artifact sort buttons in the Hero Backpack window now have
correct text describing the sort order
* Fixed non-standard color handling for shadows under selection
highlight in creature animations from mods such as
HotA's Iron Golem
* Effects such as Bloodlust, Clone, and Petrify will now display
correctly when xbrz is in use
* Fixed broken Chronicles campaign screen available with new
main menu themes mod
* Fixed empty bonus shown in unit info window when unit is in
Necropolis with Cover of Darkness built
* Right-clicking on the difficulty button will now display the
difficulty description popup
* Fixed regression causing two minus signs in Fountain of
Fortune description
* Added option to upgrade all creatures in the radial menu when
in town
* Added option to display remaining unit health in the form of
a health bar
* Fixed regression that caused unavailable tiles to be displayed
on the left and right sides of the battlefield when hovering
with the mouse
* Fixed regression that caused all spells to be displayed as
having a duration of 16 rounds
* Scrolling in the lobby window now only happens when hovering
over the appropriate item, instead of scrolling all scrollable
widgets at once
* Fixed regression that caused black pixels on some hero
portraits in mods that use 8-bit palette images
* Fixed memory leak when upscaling images with xbrz filter
* Fixed creature windows text align and buttons background
Mechanics
* It is no longer possible to attack heroes standing on a
visitable object from blocked tiles or from water when the
attacker uses Fly
* Fixed regression from 1.6 that caused multiple taverns in
towns of the same faction to not be counted towards the level
of information available for the thieves' guild
* Fixed regression that caused Cove towns placed on map to be
replaced with Castles on HotA maps
* The amount of gold a player can receive from a bonfire is now
always equal to the amount of rare resources received
multiplied by 100
* Disabled default victory conditions on all Elixir of Life
campaign maps that require an artifact to be found, in line
with H3
Nullkiller AI
* Improved scoring of town buildings by the AI
* AI will now prefer to give faster units to its scout heroes
to optimize their movement points in future turns
* Fixed AI not constructing prerequisites for town buildings
in some cases, like not building Stables when attempting
to build Training Grounds
* AI will now avoid recruiting heroes if AI is low on gold or
if the town is threatened by an enemy hero
* AI will no longer attempt to use more than one hero to defend
a town
* AI will now devalue non-flying units when attacking towns
with fortifications to prevent suicides against castles
* Increased the priority of building unupgraded dwellings, as
they provide units that can be hired immediately, rather than
next week like citadels and castles
* When multiple cities are threatened, the AI will now prefer to
defend the one that takes the least number of turns to reach
* Fixed AI attempting to restore mana points in town without a
mage guild built
* Reduced AI prioritization of army merging to the same level
as general gathering
* AI will now prioritize army merging before attacking enemies
* Increased AI defense prioritization
* AI will no longer leave the defense of a threatened town in
order to bring the army to another hero
* AI will no longer send heroes to die outside of towns that
already have a garrisoning hero inside, if there's a stronger
enemy hero lurking around the town
* AI will no longer focus excessively on reaching Keymaster
tents
* AI will no longer rush towns that don't have a citadel or
better if there is a strong enemy hero in the area
* AI will no longer try to maximize defenses by using the
strongest defender possible, but will instead try to use the
most appropriate defender
* Heroes that are currently threatened will be braver and not
worry about attacking things that are also threatened if
nothing safe is in range
Launcher
* Added context menu for mod lists that allows disabling,
enabling, installing, uninstalling, updating, opening
installed mod location, and opening mod repository
- Drop vcmi-fix-building-with-sdl_mixer-2.8.1.patch,
fixed upstream
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Wed Feb 12 20:40:29 UTC 2025 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.6.5
General
* Fixed corrupted graphics of generated assets like water tiles
on mobile systems
* All generated assets are now used directly from memory without
saving them to disk
* Launcher will now correctly show screenshots for already
installed mods
* Fixed broken icons in commander information dialog
Stability
* Fixed regression causing crashes in combat when touchscreen
input is in use
* Fixed regression causing crash on attempt to upscale empty
image
* Fixed crash on some creature abilities from mods that cast
targeted spells on unit with battle propagator
* Fixed crash on accepting next turn in multiplayer when local
player has game settings window open
* Fixed crash in multiplayer when one player changes his
starting options while another player has hero overview
window open
* Fixed crash on double-clicking login to global lobby button
- Changes in 1.6.4
General
* xbrz image upscaling is now performed in background threads
to avoid freezes in UI
* Fixed a bug which caused importing data to fail on some
Android devices.
* It is now possible to add or remove per-language channels
in lobby.
* Fixed bug causing broken water tile animation when player
opens launcher while game is running
* Fixed smooth map dragging not working with right click drag
* Game will no longer play sound on new chat message in global
chat unless lobby UI is currently open
* Fixed new building sound playing twice on costructing some
buildings, such as town hall
AI
* Significantly improved Battle AI performance
* Slightly improved performance of Nullkiller AI
* Improved scoring of on-map artifacts by Nullkiller AI
* Nullkiller AI will now select artefact loadouts based on the
hero's army, skills, spells, and mana points.
* Nullkiller AI will now consider building resource silos
in towns.
* Fixed possible bug which could lead to AI avoiding map
locations with placed events
Stability
* Fixed a crash that could occur when winning a game by
capturing a city that was set as a victory condition without
first killing all enemies.
* Fixed a possible crash on some platforms when opening the
creature window if the hero has equipped artefacts that
provide spell immunity.
* Fixed crash when renaming preset to same name as before
* Fixed possible crash when opening mod screenshots tab without
selected mod
* Fixed possible crash when loading game with broken mods active
* Fixed crash on loading some user-made maps with objects that
have unknown to VCMI map object ID or subID
* Fixed crash on loading map in Wake of Gods format with
pre-placed Mithril resource pile on map
Mechanics
* Fixed war machines or units under the Bow of the Sharpshooter
effect being unable to fire when blocked by enemy units.
* Enemy corpses will no longer block adjacent enemy ranged units
from using ranged attacks.
* Spells banned on the map can no longer appear in towns.
* Arrow towers will now consider units standing on wall tiles as
inside town for target selection
* Fixed possible integer overflow when player has more than
20 million gold or other resources.
* Fixed the loading of vcmp campaigns when a specific hero is
used in the bonuses of a scenario.
* Fixed regression causing movement bonus from Stables
(adventure map objects) and Stables (Castle town building)
to stack with each other.
* Fixed regression causing Pathfinding skill to reduce movement
costs by only 1 movement point
* Fixed bug causing hero paths not updating immediately after
leveling up Pathfinding skill
Interface
* Fixed multiple cases where town buidings were not ordered
correctly and overlapping each other on town screen
* Object search functionality is now case-insensitive and can
search for similar strings to protect from typos
* Thieves Guild will now show icons instead of text for
resources comparison
* Added support for custom images in multiplayer mode selection
* TCP host/join dialogue now displays correct text in header
* Main menu buttons for unavailable campaigns automatically
hidden
* Fixed graphical artefact near 3DO video when resolution is
high and interface scaling is low
Map Editor
* Object properties now show actual values instead of '...'.
* Hovering over object properties now shows tooltip with
full value
Modding
* It is now possible to configure amount of creatures that would
join on successful diplomacy check
* It is now possible to disable joining for free for diplomacy
* It is now possible to use images with -shadow or -overlay
suffixes for 1x / unscaled mode
* It is now possible to load pregenerated player-colored
interface images using suffixes like -red or -blue in place of
palette-based effects
- Changes in 1.6.3
Stability
* Fixed possible crash on attempt to play corrupted video file.
* Fixed possible crash on invalid or corrupted game data.
* Fixed possible crash on invalid upscaling filter.
Interface
* Added right-click popup to Keymasters, Border Guards, and
Border Gates that show all discovered objects of the same
color.
* Added right-click popup to Obelisks that shows all discovered
objects and their visitation status.
* Added support for randomly selected main menu backgrounds.
* Fixed display of long text in text-only right-click popups.
* Hero overview screen on map setup will now have scrollbars for
hero desription when necessary.
* Fixed teleporter right-click popup appearing out of screen
when interacting with teleporter near screen edge.
* Scenario Information window will now correctly replace random
hero with actual starting hero.
AI
* Improved performance of Battle AI.
* Improved performance of pathfinding calculations.
* Reduced calculation of threat range, especially on low
difficulties to improve performance.
* Fixed Nullkiller AI not considering nearby objects for visiting
in some cases, breaking its exploration logic.
* Fixed Nullkiller AI not building town dwellings.
Map Editor
* Added option to convert .h3c files into .vcmp .
* It is now possible to configure town to have same faction as
player.
- Changes in 1.6.2
General
* Holding Alt while in town will now highlight all interactive
buildings in town.
* Fixed missing surrender video on battle results dialog.
* Game will no longer show custom campaigns dialog for short
period when selecting Heroes III campaign.
* Added workaround for right mouse button being recognized as
'back' button on some Android devices.
* Fixed regression that caused second and further upgrades that
were not functioning correctly.
* Fixed regression that sometime caused curved path that leads
to a blocked monolith in random map generation.
* Fixed regression that broke several mechanics, such as issues
with Legion artifacts or with Gelu/Dracon specialties.
* Fixed broken positioning for some images when selected scaling
factor is different from prescaled texture factor.
Stability
* Game will now show list of mods with critical issues that might
cause crash after game start.
* Fixed crash in map editor on attempt to copy wandering monster.
* Fixed crash on having unsupported mod (e.g. Era mod) in a
preset.
* Fixed crash on attempt to update a mod that depends on unknown
mod that is not installed or not available in repository.
* Fixed possible crash on attempt to flip an empty image.
* Fixed possible crash on attempt to remove old saves.
Campaigns
* Game will now select correct scenario in campaigns with
multiple available scenarios.
* Added blink animation for campaign scenario selection.
AI
* Nullkiller AI will now only upgrade units if this would
increase their AI value. Fixes possible freeze on upgrading
units in some mods that can be upgraded in both directions.
* Nullkiller AI will no longer attempt to build Mage Guild of 4th
or 5th levels in towns without such guild.
* Battle AI now correctly estimates damage for spells that
completely eliminate a unit.
* Fixed bug preventing AI from casting damaging spells if his
troops are unable to reach enemies, for example during siege.
- Changes in 1.6.1
General
* Right-click popup for Monoliths, Subterranean Gates and
Whirlpools now shows location of all known entrances and exits.
* Added support for importing and exporting mod presets in the
launcher.
* Added option to VCMI popup menu on Android to skip launcher and
start game immediately.
* Fixed defeat music not stopping when skipping defeat movie
playback.
* Launcher will now open start game tab instead of mods tab after
initial setup if no mods were chosen for install
Performance
* xbrz is no longer auto-selected on mobile platforms, and only
xbrz2 can be auto-selected on PC platforms. Manual selection
is unaffected.
* Fixed a performance regression that more than doubled the time
of random map generation.
* Improved performance of the Nullkiller AI, which should now
take turns up to twice as fast.
* Minor xbrz performance improvements.
Stability
* Fixed crash when trying to install a mod when no mod is
selected.
* Fixed possible crash when trying to load non-existing frame
from .def file.
* Fixed crash when right-clicking on modded market items, such
as HotA's Junkman.
* Fixed crash when trying to activate mod with recursive
dependencies.
* Fixed crash when trying to activate Chronicles mod after
failed import.
* Fixed crash when attempting to access a non-installed mod when
repository checkout is off.
* Show error message on failure to load filesystem instead of
crashing in launcher.
* Added workaround for crash on attempt to delete non-existent
save/map.
Adventure AI
* AI can now use all possible upgrades on Hill Fort, including
alternative upgrades.
* AI will now correctly identify and use 8th creature dwelling
(e.g. Factory)
* AI will now correctly identify 2nd level upgrades to dwellings
(e.g. Cove) and score them accordingly.
Interface
* Fixed poor alignment of hero primary skill descriptions in the
Thieves' Guild menu.
* Fixed missing description for spell school immunity in
creature window.
* Fixed bonuses such as OPENING_BATTLE_SPELL not appearing in
creature window.
- Changes in 1.6.0
* Greatly improved decision-making of NullkillerAI.
* Implemented support for multiple mod presets allowing player
to quickly switch between them in Launcher.
* Implemented handicap system, with options to reduce income and
growth in addition to starting resources restriction.
* Game will now show statistics after scenario completion, such
as resources or army strength over time.
* Implemented spell quick selection panel in combat.
* Implemented adventure map overlay accessible via Alt key that
highlights all interactive objects on screen.
* Implemented xBRZ upscaling filter.
* Added support for high-resolution graphical assets.
* It is now possible to import data from Heroes Chronicles
(gog.com installer only) as custom campaigns.
* Added simple support for spell research feature from HotA that
can be enabled via mod or game configuration editing.
* Implemented automatic selection of interface scaling.
Selecting interface scaling manually will restore old behavior.
* VCMI will now launch in fullscreen on desktop systems. Use F4
hotkey or toggle option in settings to restore old behavior.
- Drop patch:
* fix-compilation-with-boost-1.86.patch (not longer needed)
- Add patch vcmi-fix-building-with-sdl_mixer-2.8.1.patch,
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi/pull/5409/commits/586cb65adc8f0c5dc4296dda52329a0254d0be32
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Tue Oct 8 14:10:00 UTC 2024 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- added fix-compilation-with-boost-1.86.patch
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Sat Aug 31 19:28:34 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.5.7
* Fixed game freeze if player is attacked in online multiplayer
game by another player when he has unread dialogs, such as
new week notification
* Fixed possible game crash after being attacked by enemy with
artifact that blocks spellcasting
* Fixed heroes on map limit game setting not respected when
moving hero from town garrison.
* Add workaround to fix possible crash on attempt to start
previously generated random map that has players without
owned heroes or towns
* Fixed crash on right-clicking spell icon when receiving
unlearnable spells from Pandora
* Fixed possible text overflow in match information box in
online lobby
* Fixed overlapping text in lobby login window
* Fixed excessive removal of open dialogs such as new week or
map events on new turn
* Fixed objects like Mystical Gardens not resetting their state
on new week correctly
- Use gcc12/gcc12-c++ for Leap
- Add BuildRequires libquadmath-devel for Tumbleweed, fixes
building withh gcc14
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Mon Aug 12 05:34:01 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.5.6
Stability
* Fixed possible crash on transferring hero to next campaign
scenario if hero has combined artifact some components of
which can be transferred
* Fixed possible crash on transferring hero to next campaign
scenario that has creature with faction limiter in his army
* Fixed possible crash on application shutdown due to incorrect
destruction order of UI entities
Multiplayer
* Mod compatibility issues when joining a lobby room now use
color coding to make them less easy to miss.
* Incompatible mods are now placed before compatible mods when
joining lobby room.
* Fixed text overflow in online lobby interface
* Fixed jittering simultaneous turns slider after moving it twice
over short period
* Fixed non-functioning slider in invite to game room dialog
Interface
* Fixed some shortcuts that were not active during the enemy's
turn, such as Thieves' Guild.
* Game now correctly uses melee damage calculation when forcing
a melee attack with a shooter.
* Game will now close all open dialogs on start of our turn,
to avoid bugs like locked right-click popups
Map Objects
* Spells the hero can't learn are no longer hidden when received
from a rewardable object, such as the Pandora Box
* Spells that cannot be learned are now displayed with gray text
in the name of the spell.
* Configurable objects with scouted state such as Witch Hut in
HotA now correctly show their reward on right click after
vising them but refusing to accept reward
* Right-click tooltip on map dwelling now always shows produced
creatures. Player that owns the dwelling can also see number
of creatures available for recruit
Modding
* Fixed possible crash on invalid SPELL_LIKE_ATTACK bonus
* Added compatibility check when loading maps with old names
for boats
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Mon Jul 22 15:48:23 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.5.5
* Fixed crash when advancing to the next scenario in campaigns
when the hero not transferring has a combination artefact that
can be transferred to the next scenario.
* Fixed game not updating information such as hero path and
current music on new day
* Changed default battle queue hotkey from Q to Z to match
HD Mod / HotA
* Changed default hotkey for finishing battle with quick combat
from E to Z to match HD Mod / HotA
* Creature casting now uses both F and G keyboard hotkeys
* Shift+left click now directly opens the hero window when
two heroes are in town
* Fixed handling of alternative actions for creatures that have
more than two potential actions, such as move, shoot,
and cast spells.
- Changes in 1.5.4
Stability
* Fixed a possible crash when clicking on an adventure map when
another player is taking a turn in multiplayer mode.
* Failure to extract a mod will now display an error message
instead of a silent crash.
* Fixed crash on opening town hall screen of a town from a mod
with invalid building identifier
* Fixed crash when faerie dragons die after casting Ice Ring
on themselves.
Mechanics
* The scholar will now correctly upgrade a skill if the
visiting hero has offered a skill at either the basic or
advanced level.
* Hero now reveals Fog of War when receiving new or upgraded
secondary skills (such as scouting).
* AI will now always act after all human players during simturns
instead of acting after host player
Interface
* Pressing the up and down keys on the town screen will now move
to the next or previous town instead of scrolling through
the list of towns.
* Long text in scenario name and highscore screen now shortened
to fit the interface
* Game now moves cursor to tap event position when using
software cursor with touch screen input
* Right-click popup on spell scroll campaign bonus now shows
spell name instead of artefact name
* Damage estimation tooltip will no longer show damage greater
than the targeted unit's health.
Random Maps Generator
* Generator will try to place roads even further away from
zone borders
* Fixed rare crash when placing two quest artefacts in the same
location at the same time
AI
* Improved performance of Nullkiller AI
* Stupid AI no longer overestimates damage when killing
entire unit
* Fixed a bug leading to Battle AI not using spells when
sieging town with Citadel or Castle built
* Fixed an unsigned integer overflow that caused the
Nullkiller AI to overestimate the total army strength after
merging two armies.
Launcher
* Added button to reset touchscreen tutorial on mobile systems
* Launcher will now warn if player selects Gog Galaxy installer
instead of offline installer
* Launcher will now ask for the .bin file first as it is usually
listed first in the file system view
* Extraction failure now displays error message instead
of crashing
* Launcher will now use the header signature to check the
file type instead of the extension when using the gog.com
installer.
* Fixed broken controller sensitivity configuration options
* Fixed manual file installation on Android
Map Editor
* Icons and translations now embedded in executable file
Modding
* Improved bonus format validation
* Validator now reports valid values for enumeration fields
* Fixed missing addInfo field for bonuses that use the
BONUS_OWNER_UPDATER propagation updater.
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Sun Jun 23 18:19:16 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.5.3
Stability
* Fixed possible crash when hero class has no valid commander.
* Fixed crash when pressing spacebar or enter during combat when
hero has no tactics skill.
* Fixed crash when receiving a commander level-up after winning
a battle in a garrison owned by an enemy player.
* Fixed possible crash when exiting a multiplayer game.
* Game will now display an error message and exit after loading
instead of crashing silently if a creature's combat animation
is missing.
* Game should now generate crash dump on uncaught c++ exception
throw
* Fixed crash when player finishes game with negative score
* Fixed crash when opening tavern window in some localisations
* Fixed crash on loading previously generated random map when
mods that add object with same name are used
* Game will now display an error message instead of silent crash
if game data directory is not accessible
Mechanics
* Transport Artefact victory condition will no longer trigger if
another player has completed it.
* Fixed wandering monster combat not triggering when landing in
its zone of control when flying from above the monster using
the Fly spell.
* Fixed potentially infinite movement loop when the hero has
Admiral's Hat whirlpool immunity and the hero tries to enter
and exit the same whirlpool.
* If game picks gold for a random resource pile that has
predetermined by map amount, its amount will be correctly
multiplied by 100
* Fixed hero not being able to learn spells from a mod in some
cases, even if they are available from the town's mage guild.
* The game will now actually take resources from seers' huts
with the Gather Resources mission instead of awarding them.
* Heroes with double spell points will no longer trigger the
Mana Vortex.
* If turn timer runs out during pve battle game will end player
turn after a battle instead of forcing retreat
Interface
* Fixed reversed button functions in Exchange Window
* Fixed allied towns being missing from the list when using the
advanced or expert Town Portal spell.
* Fixed corrupted UI that could appear for a frame under
certain conditions
* The '*' symbol and non-printable characters can no longer be
used in savegames due to Windows file system restrictions.
* Pressing Ctrl while hovering over the adventure map will now
display tile coordinates in the status bar.
* Selection of another hero while hero is selected now requires
Shift press instead of Ctrl
* Fixed hero troops in the info box view flashing briefly during
hero movement.
* Reduced excessive memory usage on adventure map by several
hundreds of megabytes (most noticeable on systems with large
screen resolution)
* It is now possible to scroll through artifacts backpack using
mouse wheel or swipe
Launcher
* Fixed attempt to install a submod when installing new mod that
depends on a submod of another mod
* Fixed wrong order of activating mods in chain when installing
multiple mods at once
* Mod list no longer shows mod version column. Version is now
only shown in the mod description.
* Launcher will now skip the Heroes 3 data import step if data
has been found automatically
* Buttons to open data directories in the Help tab are now
hidden on mobile systems if they can't be opened with
file browser
* Added the configuration files directory to the Help tab as it
is located separately on Linux systems
* Removed H3 data language selection during setup in favor of
auto-detection
* Replaced checkboxes with toggle buttons for easier of access
on touchscreens.
* Added interface for configuring several previously existing
but inaccessible options in Launcher:
- Selection of input tolerance precision for all input types
- Relative cursor mode for mobile systems (was only available
on Android)
- Haptic feedback toggle for mobile systems (was only avai
lable on Android)
- Sound and music volume (was only available in game)
- Selection of long touch interval (was only available
in game)
- Selection of upscaling filter used by SDL
- Controller input sensitivity and acceleration.
AI
* Fixed crash when Nullkiller AI tries to explore after losing
the hero in combat.
* Fixed rare crash when Nullkiller AI tries to use portals
* Fixed potential crash when Nullkiller AI has access to Town
Portal spell
* Fixed potential crash when Battle AI selects a spell to cast
from a hero with summon spells.
* Several fixes to Nullkiller AI exploration logic
* Fixed bug leading to Battle AI doing nothing if targeted unit
is unreachable
Random Maps Generator
* Fixed crash when player selects a random number of players and
selects a different colour to play, resulting in a
non-continuous list of players.
* Fixed rare crash when generating maps with water
Map Editor
* Fixed crash on closing map editor
Modding
* Added new building type 'thievesGuild' which implements HotA
building in Cove.
* Creature terrain limiter now actually accepts terrain
as parameter
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Wed Jun 5 04:44:44 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.5.2
Stability
* Fixed crash on closing game while combat or map animations
are playing
* Fixed crash on closing game while network thread is waiting for
dialog to be closed
* Fixed random crash on starting random map with 'random' number
of players
* Fixed crash caused by thread races on loading map list
* Failure to read data from network connection will show up as
'disconnection' and not as a crash
* Fixed a possible crash when replaying a manually played battle
with the 'unlimited battle replay' option set
* Fixed crash when loading save made on a 64-bit system or
connecting to multiplayer game with a 64-bit host on a 32-bit
system (and vice versa)
* Fixed crash when ending a battle in a draw when a hero has the
Necromancy skill
* Fixed crash when having SPELL_LIKE_ATTACK bonus with invalid
spell ID
* Fixed transfer of non-first artefacts in backpack if hero does
not transfer as well
* Game will now abort loading if a corrupt mod is detected
instead of crashing without explanation later
Multiplayer
* Contact between allied players will no longer break simturns
* Having hero in range of object owned by another player will
now be registered as contact
* Multiplayer saves are now visible when starting a single
player game
* Added chat command '!vote' to initiate a vote to change the
duration of simultaneous turns or to change turn timers
* Added chat command '!help' to list all available chat commands
* All multiplayer chat commands now use a leading exclamation
mark
Campaigns
* If the hero attacks an enemy player and is defeated, he will be
correctly registered as defeated by the defending player.
* Allow standard victory condition on 'To kill a hero' campaign
mission in line with H3
* Fixes Adrienne starting without Inferno spell in campaign
Interface
* For artefacts that are part of a combined artefact, the game
will now show which component of that artefact your hero has.
* Fixed broken in 1.5.1 shortcut for artifact sets saving
* Fixed full screen toggle (F4) not applying changes immediately
* Retaliation preview now accounts for creatures that don't
receive retaliations (Sprites, Archdevils, etc)
* Fixed not visible retaliation preview if damage estimation
string is longer than battle log line due to long creature name
* Game will now select last save on loading screen
* High Scores screen and Campaign Epilogue screen are now
displayed with background on resolutions higher than 800x600
* Fixed non-functioning shortcut 'P' to access Puzzle Map from
adventure map
* Added keyboard shortcuts to markets and altars. 'Space' to
confirm deal and 'M' to trade maximum possible amount
* Pressing 'Escape' in main menu will now trigger 'Back' and
'Quit' buttons
* Added keyboard shortcuts to hero exchange window:
- 'F10' will now swap armies
- 'F11' will now swap artifacts. Additionally, 'Ctrl+F11' will
swap equipped artifacts, and 'Shift+F11' will swap backpacks
- Added unassigned shortcuts to move armies or artifacts to
left or right side
* Added keyboard shortcuts to access buildings from town
interface:
- 'F' will now open Fort window
- 'B' will now open Town Hall window
- 'G' will now open Mage Guild window
- 'M' will now open Marketplace
- 'R' will now open recruitment interface
- 'T' will now open Tavern window
- 'G' will now open Thieves Guild
- 'E' will now open hero exchange screen, if both heroes are
present in town
- 'H' will now open hero screen. Additionally, 'Shift+H' will
open garrisoned hero screen, and 'Ctrl+H' will open visiting
hero screen
- 'Space' will now swap visiting and garrisoned heroes
* Added keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in Scenario
Selection window:
- 'E' will open Extra Options tab
- 'T' will open Turn Options tab
- 'I' will open Invite Players window (only for lobby games)
- 'R' will now replay video in campaigns
* Added keyboard shortcuts to Adventure map:
- 'Ctrl+L' will now prompt to open Load Game screen
- 'Ctrl+M' will now prompt to go to main menu
- 'Ctrl+N' will now prompt to go to New Game screen
- 'Ctrl+Q' will now prompt to quit game
- Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys will now move hero on
adventure map similar to numpad equivalents
- Fixed non-functioning shortcuts '+' and '-' on numpad to zoom
adventure map
* Added keyboard shortcuts to Battle interface:
- 'V' now allows to view information of hovered unit
- 'I' now allows to view information of active unit
Mechanics
* Game will no longer pick creatures exclusive to AB campaigns
for random creatures or for Refugee Camp, in line with H3
* If original movement rules are on, it is not possible to attack
guards from visitable object directly, only from free tile
* Fixed bug leading that allowed picking up objects while flying
on top of water
* Hero can now land when flying from guarded tile to accessible
guarded tile irregardless of original movement rules switch
* Interface will now use same arrow for U-turns in path as H3
AI
* Nullkiller AI can now explore the map
* Nullkiller AI will no longer use the map reveal cheat when
allied with a human or when playing on low difficulty
* Nullkiller AI is now used by default for allied players
Launcher
* When extracting data from gog.com offline installer game will
extract files directly into used data directory instead of
temporary directory
Map Editor
* Fixed victory / loss conditions widget initialization
Modding
* Hero specialties with multiple bonuses that have
TIMES_HERO_LEVEL updater now work as expected
* Spells that apply multiple bonuses with same type and subtype
but different value type now work as expected
* Added option to toggle layout of guards in creature banks
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Sat May 18 18:48:52 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- update to 1.5.1
Stability
* Fixed possible crash on accessing faction description
* Fixed possible thread race on exit to main menu
* Game will now show error message instead of silent crash on
corrupted H3 data
* Fixed possible crash on double-deletion of quest artifacts
placed by RMG
* Fixed crash on loading save made in version 1.4 with removed
from map Quest Guards
* Added workaround for crash on accessing Altar of Sacrifice on
saves made in 1.4
* Fixed possible crash on map restart request
* Fixed crash on attempt to open scenario list with no save or
map selected
* Fixed crash on host resolving error when connecting to
online lobby
* If json file specified in mod.json is missing, vcmi will now
only log an error instead of crashing
Interface
* Added retaliation damage and kills preview when hovering over
units that can be attacked in melee during combat
* Clicking on combat log would now open a window with full
combat log history
* Removed message length limit in text input fields, such as
global lobby chat
* Tapping on already active text input field will display
on-screen keyboard on systems with one
* Fixed possible freeze when trying to move hero if hero has
non-zero movement points but not enough to reach first tile
in path
* Fixed selection of the wrong reward in dialogs such as the
level-up window when double-clicking on it
* Fixed launch of wrong map or save when double-clicking in
scenario list screen
* Right-clicking on a hero in a tavern will now select that
hero as well, in line with H3
* Fixed slow map list parsing when hota map format is enabled
* MacOS and iOS can now use either Ctrl or Cmd key for all
keyboard shortcuts
* Small windows no longer dim the entire screen by default
Mechanics
* Recruiting a hero will now immediately reveal the fog of war
around him
* When both a visiting hero and a garrisoned hero are in town,
the garrisoned hero will visit town buildings first.
Multiplayer
* Fixed in-game chat text not being visible after switching from
a channel with a long history
* Fixed lag when switching to channel with long history
* Game now automatically scrolls in-game chat on new messages
* Game will now only plays chat sound for active channel and
for private channels
* Cheats are now disabled by default in multiplayer
* Game will now show status of cheats and battle replays on
map start
* It is possible to change cheats or battle replay on game
loading
* It is now possible to join rooms hosted by different hotfix
versions, e.g. 1.5.1 can join 1.5.0 games
* Fixed game rooms remaining visible in the lobby even after
they have been closed
* Fixed possible lag when there is a player in lobby with a
very slow (or dying) connection
* Game will show correctly if player has been invited into
a room
* Fixed overflow in invite window when there are more than
8 players in the lobby
Random Maps Generator
* Generator will now prefer to place roads away from
zone borders
AI
* Fixed possible crash when Nullkiller AI tries to upgrade army
* Nullkiller AI will now recruit new heroes if he left with
0 heroes
* AI in combat now knows when an enemy unit has used all of its
retaliations.
Map Editor
* Fixed setting up hero types of heroes in Prisons placed in
map editor
* Fixed crash on setting up Seer Hut in map editor
* Added text auto-completion hints for army widget
* Editor will now automatically add .vmap extensions when
saving map
* Fixed text size in map validation window
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Sun May 12 16:56:33 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- update to 1.5.0
General
* Added Portuguese (Brazilian) translation
* Added basic support for game controllers
* Added option to disable cheats in game
* Game will no longer run vcmiserver as a separate process
on desktop systems
* Game will no longer show server error messages in game chat
in release builds
* Implemented switchable artifact sets from HD Mod
Stability
* Fixed possible crash in Altar of Sacrifice
* Fixed possible crash on activation of 'Enchanted' bonus
* Fixed possible race condition on random maps generation on
placement treasures near border with water zone
* Fixed crash on missing video files
* Fixed crash on using healing spell as
'casts before/after attack' bonus
* Fixed crash on defeating hero that was located in boat on
game start
* Fixed possible crash on turn timer running out while player
has town screen open
* Fixed crash when player has manual control of arrow towers
during siege
* Fixed crash on attempt to attack with Magma Elementals with
Erdamon as hero
* Fixed crash on attempt to access removed Quest Guard
* Fixed crash on moving through whirlpool when hero has no
troops other than commander
* Fixed possible freeze when moving hero over events that give
enough experience to cause a level-up
* Fixed possible crash on movement of double-wide creatures next
to gates during siege
* Fixed possible hanging app on attempt to close game
during loading
Multiplayer
* Game map will no longer be locked during turn of other human
players, allowing to change hero paths or inspect towns
or heroes
* Game will now correctly block most of player actions outside
of their turn
* Implemented new lobby, available in game with persistent
accounts and chat
* Removed old lobby previously available in launcher
* Fixed potential crash that could occur if two players act at
the very same time
* Game will no longer pause due to network lag after every tile
when instant movement speed is selected in multiplayer
* Game will now show "X player's turn" dialog on new turn in
online multiplayer
* Fixed loading of turn timers state from saved games
* Simultaneous turns will now break when players are 1 turn away
from each other instead of 2 turns
* Implemented rolling and banning of towns before game start
Interface
* Implemented configurable keyboard shortcuts, editable in file
config/shortcutsConfig.json
* Fixed broken keyboard shortcuts in main menu
* If UI Enhancements are enabled, the game will skip
confirmation dialogs when entering owned dwellings or
refugee camp.
* It is now possible to move artifact to or from backpack
using Alt+click
* It is now possible to transfer artifact to another hero during
exchange using Ctrl+click
* It is no longer possible to start single scenario by pressing
"Enter", in line with H3 and to prevent interference with
game chat
* Empty treasure banks will no longer ask for confirmation
when entering
* Game will now save last used difficulty settings
* Opening random map tab or scenario selection tab in pregame
will no longer reset starting towns or heroes unless different
map was selected
* Town Portal dialog will now show town icons
* Town Portal dialog will now show town info on right click
* Town Portal dialog will center on town on clicking it
* Town Portal dialog now uses same town ordering as in
adventure map interface
* Game will now remember scrolling position of hero backpack
* Heroes can now be recruited from the tavern by double-clicking
on them
* Added status bar to the backpack window
* Quick backpack window is now only available when enabled
Interface enhancements
* Fixed assembly of artifacts in the backpack when backpack
is full
* Attempt to use enemy turn replay feature will now show
"Not implemented" message
* It is now possible to configure size of small battle queue in
config file
* Opening hero window in town will now open exchange dialog if
there are two heroes in town, allowing artifact exchange
* Fixed positioning of FPS counter after resolution change
* It is now possible to access extra options window from
campaigns startup dialog
* Size of message boxes should now match H3 better. Maximum-size
message box will always be smaller than screen size
* If monsters are willing to join for money, game will now show
gold icon in this dialog box
* Fixed visual duplication of artifacts on Altar of Sacrifice
* Fixed translation of some bonuses using incorrect language
* Added option to use 'nearest' rounding mode for UI scaling
* Fixed various minor bugs in trade window interface
* Removed animation of spawning of every single new monster
on new month
* Game will now correctly reset artifact drag-and-drop cursor
if player opens another dialog on top of hero window
* If player has no valid saves, game will pick "NEWGAME" as
proposed save name instead of empty field
* Fixed incorrect visitation sounds of Crypt, Shipwreck
and Abandoned Ship
* Fixed double sound playback on capturing mines
* Recruitment costs that consist from 3 different resources
should now fit recruitment window UI better
Campaigns
* Game will now correctly track who defeated the hero or
wandering monsters for related quests and victory conditions
* Birth of a Barbarian: Yog will now start the third scenario
with Angelic Alliance in his inventory
* Birth of a Barbarian: Heroes with Angelic Alliance components
are now considered to be mission-critical and can't be
dismissed or lost in combat
* Birth of a Barbarian: Yog can no longer purchase spellbook
from the Mage Guild
* Birth of a Barbarian: Yog will no longer gain Spellpower or
Knowledge when leveling up
* Birth of a Barbarian: Scenarios with mission to deliver an
artifact will no longer end after just defeating enemies
* Dungeons and Devils: AI will no longer take troops from
garrisons in "Fall of Steadwick" scenario, in line with H3
* Gem will now have her class set to "Sorceress" in campaigns
* Fixed missing names for heroes who have their names customized
in map after being transferred to the next scenario
* Artifact transfer will now work correctly if the hero holding
the transferable artifact is not also transferring
* Fixed crash on opening of some campaigns in the French version
from gog.com
* Fixed crash on advancing to campaign mission in which you can
pick hero as starting bonus
* It is now possible to replay the intro movie from the scenario
information window
* When playing the intro video, the subtitles are now correctly
synchronized with the audio
* Fixed invalid string on right-clicking secondary skill
starting bonus
Battles
* Added option to enable unlimited combat replays during
game setup
* Added option to instantly end battle using quick combat
(shotcut: 'e')
* Added option to replace auto-combat button action with
instant end using quick combat
* Battles against AI players can now be done using quick combat
* Disabling battle queue will now correctly reposition hero
statistics preview popup
* Fixed positioning of unit stack size label
Mechanics
* It is no longer possible to learn spells from Pandora or
events if hero can not learn them
* Fixed behavior of 'Dimension Door' spell to be in line
with H3:SoD
* Fixed behavior of 'Fly' spell to be in line
with H3:SoD
* If it is not possible to cast 'Dimension Door', game will show
message immediately on picking spell in spellbook
* Added options to configure 'Dimension Door' spell to be in
line with HotA
* Casting 'Town Portal' while in boat will now show correct
message box instead of server error
* Game will now take mana before visiting town after casting
'Town Portal', allowing Mana Vortex to correctly replenish
all mana points
* Fixed loading of negative luck and morale in events, pandoras
and quests on h3m maps
* Fixed incorrect 'duplicate hero' error on loading of some
vmap maps
* Fixed previously broken digging of the Grail
* Successful digging for Grail will now show correct message
* Game will now correctly update movement range after
rearranging armies
* It is no longer possible for two towns with random names to
have same name, just like in H3
* Creatures that were consumed by Demon Summon ability will
no longer return to life after the battle
* Effects of melee-only or ranged-only spells, such as Bloodlust
or Precision are no longer cumulative
* It is no longer possible to use summoning spells if such spell
would summon 0 creatures
* It is now possible to assemble or disassemble artifacts while
in Altar of Sacrifice
* It is no longer possible to move war machines to Altar of
Sacrifice
* If HotA mod is enabled, game will no longer incorrectly
replace all prisons on map with HotA version
* Fixed regression leading to large elemental dwellings being
used as replacements for random dwellings
Random Maps Generator
* Game will now save last used RMG settings in game and
in editor
* Reduced number of obstacles placed in water zones
* Treasure values in water zone should now be similar to values
from HotA, due to bugs in H3:SoD values
* Random map templates can now have optional description visible
in random map setup
* Implemented biomes system, for more consistent and natural
obstacles placement
* Implemented Penrose tiling to produce more natural zone edges
* Increased minimal density of obstacles on surface level of
the map
* Decreased minimal density of obstacles on undergound level of
the map
* Density of objects should now closely resemble H3 RMG
* Generator will now avoid routing road under guarded objects
whenever possible
* Generator will now avoid placing guards near roads
* Generator will not place a guard near the road if it's
stronger than 1/3 of max guard strength for this zone
* Interactive objects will now appear on top of static objects
* Windmill will now appear on top of all other objects
Launcher
* Launcher now supports installation of Heroes 3 data using
gog.com offline installer thanks to innoextract tool
* Fixed loading of mod screenshots if player opens screenshots
tab without any preloaded screenshots
* Fixed installation of mods if it has non-installed submod as
dependency
* It is now possible to import game settings using drag-and-drop
* Added button to import mods, maps, or settings in addition
to drag-and-drop
* Added Spanish translation to launcher
* Added Portuguese translation to launcher
Map Editor
* Added Chinese translation to map editor
* Added Portuguese translation to map editor
* Mod list in settings will now correctly show submods
of submods
* Fixed display of resource type and quantity in mines
* Fixed inability to change object owner in editor
* Added map sizes larger than XL in map editor
* It is now possible to customize hero spells
AI
* Fixed possible crash on updating NKAI pathfinding data
* Fixed possible crash if hero has only commander left
without army
* Fixed possible crash on attempt to build tavern in a town
* Fixed counting mana usage cost of Fly spell
* Added estimation of value of Pyramid and Cyclops Stockpile
* Reduced memory usage and improved performance of
AI pathfinding
* Added experimental and disabled by default implementation of
object graph
* It is now possible to configure AI settings via config file
* Improved parallelization when AI has multiple heroes
* AI-controlled creatures will now correctly move across wide
moat in Fortress
* Fixed system error messages caused by visitation of Trading
Posts by VCAI
* Patrolling heroes will never retreat from the battle
* AI will now consider strength of town garrison and not just
strength of visiting hero when deciding to attack town
Modding
* Added new game setting that allows inviting heroes to taverns
* It is now possible to add creature or faction description
accessible via right-click of the icon
* Fixed reversed Overlord and Warlock classes mapping
* Added 'selectAll' mode for configurable objects which grants
all potential rewards
* It is now possible to use most of json5 format in
vcmi json files
* Main mod.json file (including any submods) now requires
strict json, without comments or extra commas
* Replaced bonus MANA_PER_KNOWLEDGE with
MANA_PER_KNOWLEDGE_PERCENTAGE to avoid rounding error with
mysticism
* Factions can now be marked as 'special', banning them from
random selection
* Replaced 'convert txt' text export command with more
convenient 'translate' and 'translate maps' commands
* Game will now report cases where minimal damage of a creature
is greater than maximal damage
* Added bonuses RESOURCES_CONSTANT_BOOST and
RESOURCES_TOWN_MULTIPLYING_BOOST
- set ExclusiveArch x86_64 because gcc option fcf-protection is
is not compatible with other targets
- add DENABLE_INNOEXTRACT=OFF because building fails otherwise
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Thu Jan 25 18:27:45 UTC 2024 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- update to 1.4.5
* Fixed crash on creature spellcasting
* Fixed crash on unit entering magical obstacles such as
quicksands
* Fixed freeze on map loading on some systems
* Fixed crash on attempt to start campaign with unsupported map
* Fixed crash on opening creature information window with
invalid SPELL_IMMUNITY bonus
* Fixed placement of guards sometimes resulting into open
connection into third zone
* Fixed rare crash on multithreaded access during placement of
artifacts or wandering monsters
* Fixed inspector using wrong editor for some values
* Fixed bug leading to AI not attacking wandering monsters in
some cases
* Fixed crash on using StupidAI for autocombat or for enemy
players
- changes in 1.4.4
* Fixed crash random map generation
- changes in 1.4.3
General
* Fixed the synchronisation of the audio and video of the
opening movies.
* Fixed a bug that caused spells from mods to not show up in
the Mage's Guild.
* Changed the default SDL driver on Windows from opengl to
autodetection
* When a hero visits a town with a garrisoned hero, they will
now automatically exchange spells if one of them has the
Scholar skill.
* Movement and mana points are now replenished for new heroes
in taverns.
Multiplayer
* Simturn contact detection will now correctly check for hero
moving range
* Simturn contact detection will now ignore wandering monsters
* Right-clicking the Simturns AI option now displays a tooltip
* Interaction attempts with other players during simturns will
now have more concise error messages
* Turn timers are now limited to 24 hours in order to prevent
bugs caused by an integer overflow.
* Fixed delays when editing turn timer duration
* Ending a turn during simturns will now block the interface
correctly.
Campaigns
* Player will no longer start the United Front of Song for the
Father campaign with two Nimbuses.
* Fixed missing campaign description after loading saved game
* Campaign completion checkmarks will now be displayed after
the entire campaign has been completed, rather than just
after the first scenario.
* Fixed positioning of prologue and epilogue text during
campaign scenario intros
Interface
* Added an option to hide adventure map window when town or
battle window are open
* Fixed switching between pages on small version of spellbook
* Saves with long filenames are now truncated in the UI to
prevent overflow.
* Added option to sort saved games by change date
* Game now shows correct resource when selecting start bonus
* It is now possible to inspect commander skills during battles.
* Fixed incorrect cursor being displayed when hovering over
navigable water tiles
* Fixed incorrect cursor display when hovering over water
objects accessible from shore
Stability
* Fixed a crash when using the 'vcmiobelisk' cheat more
than once.
* Fixed crash when reaching level 201. The maximum level is
now limited to 197.
* Fixed crash when accessing a spell with an invalid
SPELLCASTER bonus
* Fixed crash when trying to play music for an inaccessible tile
* Fixed memory corruption on loading of old mods with illegal
'index' field
* Fixed possible crash when the affinity of the hero class is
set to an invalid value
* Fixed crash on invalid creature in hero army due to outdated
or broken mods
* Failure to initialise video subsystem now displays error
message instead of silent crash
Random Maps Generator
* Fixed possible creation of a duplicate hero in a random map
when the player has chosen the starting hero.
* Fixed banning of quest artifacts on random maps
* Fixed banning of heroes in prison on random maps
Battles
* Battle turn queue now displays current turn
* Added option to show unit statistics sidebar in battle
* Right-clicking on a unit in the battle turn queue now displays
the unit details popup.
* Fixed error messages for SUMMON_GUARDIANS and TRANSMUTATION
bonuses
* Fixed Dendroid Bind ability
* Black Dragons no longer hate Giants, only Titans
* Spellcasting units such as Archangels can no longer cast
spells on themselves.
* Coronius specialty will now correctly select affected units
Launcher
* It is now possible to install mods by dragging and dropping
onto the launcher.
* It is now possible to install maps and campaigns by dragging
and dropping onto the launcher.
* Czech launcher translation added
* Added option to select preferred SDL driver in launcher
Map Editor
* Fixed saving of allowed abilities, spells, artifacts or heroes
AI
* AI will no longer attempt to move immobilized units, such as
those under the effect of Dendroid Bind.
* Fixed shooters not shooting when they have a range penalty
* Fixed Fire Elemental spell casting
* Fixed rare bug where unit would sometimes do nothing in battle
Modding
* Added better reporting of "invalid identifiers" errors with
suggestions on how to fix them
* Added FEROCITY bonus (HotA Aysiud)
* Added ENEMY_ATTACK_REDUCTION bonus (HotA Nix)
* Added REVENGE bonus (HotA Haspid)
* Extended DEATH_STARE bonus to support Pirates ability (HotA)
* DEATH_STARE now supports spell ID in addInfo field to override
used spell
* SPELL_BEFORE_ATTACK bonus now supports spell priorities
* FIRST_STRIKE bonus supports subtypes damageTypeMelee,
damageTypeRanged and damageTypeAll
* BLOCKS_RETALIATION now also blocks FIRST_STRIKE bonus
* Added 'canCastOnSelf' field for spells to allow creatures
to cast spells on themselves.
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Tue Dec 26 10:50:55 UTC 2023 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- update to 1.4.2
General
* Restored support for 32-bit builds
* Implemented quick backpack window for slot-specific artifact
selection, activated via mouse wheel / swipe gesture
* Added option to search for specific spell in the spellbook
* Added option to skip fading animation on adventure map
* Using alt-tab to switch to another application will no longer
activate in-game console/chat
* Increased frequency of checks for server startup to improve
server connection time
* added nwcfollowthewhiterabbit / vcmiluck cheat: the currently
selected hero permanently gains maximum luck.
* added nwcmorpheus / vcmimorale cheat: the currently selected
hero permanently gains maximum morale.
* added nwcoracle / vcmiobelisk cheat: the puzzle map is
permanently revealed.
* added nwctheone / vcmigod cheat: reveals the whole map, gives 5
archangels in each empty slot, unlimited movement points and
permanent flight to currently selected hero
Launcher
* Launcher will now properly show mod installation progress
* Launcher will now correctly select preferred language on first
start
Multiplayer
* Timers for all players will now be visible at once
* Turn options menu will correctly open for guests when host
switches to it
* Guests will correctly see which roads are allowed for random
maps by host
* Game will now correctly deactivate unit when timer runs out in
pvp battle
* Game will show turn, battle and unit timers separately during
battles
* Timer in pvp battles will be only active if unit timer is
non-zero
* Timer during adventure map turn will be active only if turn
timer is non-zero
* Game will now send notifications to players when simultaneous
turns end
Stability
* Fixed crash on disconnection from multiplayer game
* Fixed crash on finishing game on last day of the month
* Fixed crash on loading h3m maps with mods that alter Witch Hut,
Shrine or Scholar
* Fixed crash on opening creature morale detalisation in some
localizations
* Fixed possible crash on starting a battle when opening sound
from previous battle is still playing
* Fixed crash on map loading in case if there is no suitable
option for a random dwelling
* Fixed crash on usage of radial wheel to reorder towns or heroes
* Fixed possible crash on random map generation
* Fixed crash on attempting to transfer last creature when stack
experience is enabled
* Fixed crash on accessing invalid settings options
* Fixed server crash on receiving invalid message from player
* Added check for presence of Armageddon Blade campaign files to
avoid crash on some Heroes 3 versions
Random Maps Generator
* Improved performance of random maps generation
* Rebalance of treasure values and density
* Improve junction zones generation by spacing Monoliths
* Reduced amount of terrain decorations to level more in line
with H3
* Generator will now avoid path routing near map border
* Generator will now check full object area for minimum distance
requirement
* Fixed routing of roads behind Subterranean Gates, Monoliths and
Mines
* Fixed remaining issues with placement of Corpse
* Fixed placement of one-tile prisons from HotA
* Fixed spawning of Armageddon's Blade and Vial of Dragon Blood
on random maps
Interface
* Right-clicking hero icon during levelup dialog will now show
hero status window
* Added indicator of current turn to unit turn order panel in
battles
* Reduces upscaling artifacts on large spellbook
* Fixed black screen appearing during spellbook page flip
animation
* Fixed description of "Start map with hero" bonus in campaigns
* Fixed invisible chat text input in game lobby
* Fixed positioning of chat history in game lobby
* "Infobar Creature Management" option is now enabled by default
* "Large Spellbook" option is now enabled by default
Mechanics
* Anti-magic garrison now actually blocks spell casting
* Berserk spell will no longer cancel if affected unit performs
counterattack
* Frenzy spell can no longer be casted on units that should be
immune to it
* Master Genie will no longer attempt to cast beneficial spell on
creatures immune to it
* Vitality and damage skills of a commander will now correctly
grow with level
Modding
* Added UNTIL_OWN_ATTACK duration type for bonuses
* Configurable objects with visit mode "first" and "random" now
respect "canRefuse" flag
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Sat Dec 16 16:26:45 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.4.1
GENERAL
* Fixed position for interaction with starting heroes
* Fixed smooth map scrolling when running at high framerate
* Fixed calculation of Fire Shield damage when caster has
artifacts that increase its damage
* Fixed untranslated message when visiting signs with
random text
* Fixed slider scrolling to maximum value when clicking on
"scroll right" button
* Fixed events and seer huts not activating in some cases
* Fixed bug leading to Artifact Merchant selling Grails in
loaded saved games
* Fixed placement of objects in random maps near the top border
of the map
* Creatures under Slayer spell will no longer deal additional
damage to creatures not affected by Slayer
* Description of a mod in Launcher will no longer be converted
to lower-case
* Game will no longer fail to generate random map when AI-only
players option is set to non-zero value
* Added option to mute audio when VCMI window is not active
* Added option to disable smooth map scrolling
* Reverted ban on U-turns in pathfinder
STABILITY
* Fixed crash on using mods made for VCMI 1.3
* Fixed crash on generating random map with large number
of monoliths
* Fixed crash on losing mission-critical hero in battle
* Fixed crash on generating growth detalization in
some localizations
* Fixed crash on loading of some user-made maps
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Sun Dec 10 09:33:00 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.4.0
GENERAL:
* Implemented High Score screen
* Implemented tracking of completed campaigns
* "Secret" Heroes 3 campaigns now require completion of
prerequisite campaigns first
* Completing a campaign will now return player to campaign
selection window instead of main menu
* Game will now play video on winning or losing a game
* Game will now correctly check for mod compatibility when
loading saved games
* Game client will no longer load conflicting mods if player
have both of them enabled
* If some mods fail to load due to missing dependencies or
conflicts, game client will display message on opening
main menu
* Game will no longer crash on loading save with different mod
versions and will show error message instead
* Saved games are now 2-3 times smaller than before
* Added Vietnamese translation
* Failure to connect to a MP game will now show proper
error message
* Added VSync support
* Implemented tutorial
* Implemented support for playback of audio from video files
* Game audio will now be disabled if game window is not focused
* Fixed formatting of date and time of a savegame on Android
* Added list of VCMI authors to credits screen
* Quick combat is now disabled by default
* Spectator mode in single player is now disabled
Multiplayer
* Implemented simultaneous turns
* Implemented turn timers, including chess timers version
* Game will now hide entire adventure map on hotseat
turn transfer
* Added option to pause game timer while on system
options window
* Implemented localization support for maps
* Game will now use texts from local player instead of host
* Multiple fixes to validation of player requests by server
TOUCHSCREEN:
* Added tutorial video clips that explain supported
touch gestures
* Double tap will now be correctly interpreted as double click,
e.g. to start scenario via double-click
* Implemented snapping to 100% scale for adventure map zooming
* Implemented smooth scrolling for adventure map
* Implemented radial wheel to reorder list of owned towns
and heroes
* Implemented radial wheel for hero exchange in towns
LAUNCHER:
* When a mod is being downloaded, the launcher will now
correctly show progress as well as its total size
* Double-clicking mod name will now perform expected action,
e.g. install/update/enable or disable
* Launcher will now show mod extraction progress instead
of freezing
* "Friendly AI" option will now correctly display current type
of friendly AI
* Player can now correctly switch to global chat
after disconnect
* "Resolve mods conflicts" button now attempts to fix all mods
if nothing is selected
* Implemented support for mention in game lobby
* Implemented support for global and room channels in game lobby
* Added option to reconnect to game lobby
EDITOR:
* It is now possible to configure rewards for Seer Hut,
Pandora Boxes and Events
* It is now possible to configure quest (limiter) in Seer Hut
and Quest Guards
* It is now possible to configure events and rumors
in map editor
* Improved army configuration interface
* Added option to customize hero skills
* It is now possible to select object on map for win/loss
conditions or for main town
* Random dwellings can now be linked to a random town
* Added map editor zoom
* Added objects lock functionality
* It is now possible to configure hero placeholders
in map editor
* Fixed duplicate artifact image on mouse drag
* Lasso tool will no longer skip tiles
* Fixed layout of roads and rivers
STABILITY:
* Fix possible crash on generating random map
* Fixed multiple memory leaks in game client
* Fixed crash on casting Hypnotize multiple times
* Fixed crash on attempting to move all artifacts from hero
that has no artifacts
* Fixed crash on attempting to load corrupted .def file
* Fixed crash on clicking on empty Altar of Sacrifice slots
AI:
* BattleAI should now see strong stacks even if blocked by
weak stacks.
* BattleAI will now prefers targets slower than own stack even
if they are not reachable this turn.
* Improved BattleAI performance when selecting spell to cast
* Improved BattleAI performance when selection unit action
* Improved BattleAI spell selection logic
* Nullkiller AI can now use Fly and Water Walk spells
CAMPAIGNS:
* Implemented voice-over audio support for Heroes 3 campaigns
* Fixes victory condition on 1st scenario of
"Long Live the King" campaign
* Fixed loading of defeat/victory icon and message for some
campaign scenarios
INTERFACE:
* Implemented adventure map dimming on opening windows
* Clicking town hall icon on town screen will now open town hall
* Clicking buildings in town hall will now show which resources
are missing (if any)
* Fixed incorrect positioning of total experience text on
Altar of Sacrifice
* Game will now show correct video file on battle end
* Game will now correctly loop battle end animation video
* Implemented larger version of spellbooks that displays up to
24 spells at once
* Spell scrolls in hero inventory now show icon of
contained spell
* Fixed incorrect hero morale tooltip after visiting adventure
map objects
* Fixed incorrect information for skills in hero exchange window
* Confirmation button will now be disabled on automatic
server connect dialog
* Attempting to recruit creature in town with no free slots in
garrisons will now correctly show error message
MAIN MENU:
* Implemented window for quick selection of starting hero,
town and bonus
* Implemented map preview in scenario selection and game load
screen accessible via right click on map
* Show exact map size in map selection
* Added support for folders in scenario selection and
save/load screens
* Added support for "Show Random Maps" button in random map
setup screen
* Added starting hero preview screen
* Added option to change name of player while in map
setup screen
* Implemented loading screen with progress bar
* Game will now stay on loading screen while random map
generation is in process
* Team Alignments popup in scenario options will no longer
show empty teams
* Fixed missing borders on team alignments configuration window
in random maps
* Fixed map difficulty icon on save/load screen
* Main menu animation will no longer appear on top of new
game / load game text
ADVENTURE MAP INTERFACE:
* Picking up an artifact on adventure map will now show artifact
assembly dialog if such option exists
* Minimap will now preserve correct aspect ratio on
rectangular maps
* Fixed slot highlighting when an artifact is being assembled
* Ctrl-click on hero will now select him instead of changing
path of active hero
* In selection windows (level up window, treasure chest pickup,
etc) it is now possible to select reward via double-click
* Attacking wandering monsters with preconfigured message will
now correctly show the message
* Revisit object button will now be blocked if there is no
object to revisit
* Fixed missing tooltip for "revisit object" button
* Fixed calculation of fow reveal range for all objects
* Attempt to close game will now ask for confirmation
* Right-clicking previously visited Seer Huts or Quest Guards
will show icon with preview of quest goal
* Right-clicking owned dwellings will show amount of creatures
available to for recruitment
* Right-clicking previously visited creature banks will show
exact guards composition with their portraits
* Right-clicking artifacts on map will show artifact description
* Right-clicking objects that give bonus to hero will show
object description
MECHANICS:
* Heroes in tavern will correctly lose effects from spells or
visited objects on new day
* Fixed multiple bugs in offering of Wisdom and Spell Schools on
levelup. Mechanic should now work identically to Heroes 3
* Retreated heroes will no longer restore their entire mana pool
on new day
* Fixed Grail in Crypt on some custom maps
* Added support for repeatable quests in Seer Huts
* Using "Sacrifice All" on Altar will now correctly place all
creatures but one on altar
* Fixed probabilities of luck and morale
* Blinded stack no longer can get morale
* Creature that attacks while standing in moat will now
correctly receive moat damage
* Player resources are now limited to 1 000 000 000 to
prevent overflow
* It is no longer possible to escape from town without fort
* Pathfinder will no longer make U-turns when moving onto
visitable objects while flying
* Pathfinder will no longer make paths that go over teleporters
without actually using them
* Game will now correctly update guard status of tiles that are
guarded by multiple wandering monsters
* Moving onto Garrisons and Border Guards entrance tiles that
are guarded by wandering monsters will now correctly
trigger battle
* It is no longer possible to build second boat in shipyard
when shipyard should be blocked by boat with hero
* Gundula is now Offense specialist and not Sorcery, as in H3
RANDOM MAPS GENERATOR:
* Increased tolerance for placement of Subterranean Gates
* Game will now select random object template out of available
options instead of picking first one
* It is no longer possible to create map with a single team
* Game will no longer route roads through non-removable treasure
objects, such as Corpse
* Fixed placement of treasure piles with non-removable objects,
such as Corpse
* Fixed interface no displaying correct random map settings
in some cases
* Fixed misleading error "no info for player X found"
* Fixed bug leading to AI players defeated on day one.
MODDING:
* All bonuses now require string as a subtype. See documentation
for exact list of possible strings for each bonus.
* Changes to existing objects parameters in mods will now be
applied to ongoing saves
* Fixed handling of engine version compatibility check
* Added support for giving arbitrary bonuses to AI players
* Most mods of type "Translation" are now hidden in Launcher
* Added new mod type: "Compatibility". Mods of this type are
hidden in Launcher and are always active if they
are compatible.
* Added new mod type: "Maps"
* Added new TERRAIN_NATIVE bonus that makes any terrain native
to affected units
* SPELL_DURATION now allows subtypes. If set to spell, bonus
will only affect specified spell
* Both game client and launcher will now correctly handle
dependencies that are not in lower case
* Implemented support for refusable Witch Hut and Scholar
* Added "variables" to configurable objects that are shared
between all rewards
* Added visit mode "limiter" for configurable objects. Hero
will be considered as "visited this object" if he fulfills
provided condition
* Added option to customize text displayed for visited objects,
e.g. show "Already learned" instead of "Visited"
* Added option to define custom description of configurable
object, accessible via right-click
* Added option to show object content icons on right-click
* Object now allows checking whether hero can learn spell
* Object limiter now allows checking whether hero can
learn skill
* Object reward may now reveal terrain around visiting hero
(e.g. Redwood Observatory)
- Clean up spec file, remove unneeded workarounds from the past
- Build for openSUSE Leap with boost 1.75.0
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Fri Sep 29 11:00:30 UTC 2023 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- Update to 1.3.2
GENERAL:
* VCMI now uses new application icon
* Added initial version of Czech translation
* Game will now use tile hero is moving from for movement cost
calculations, in line with H3
* Added option to open hero backpack window in hero screen
* Added detection of misclicks for touch inputs to make hitting
small UI elements easier
* Hero commander will now gain option to learn perks on reaching
master level in corresponding abilities
* It is no longer possible to stop movement while moving over
water with Water Walk
* Game will now automatically update hero path if it was blocked
by another hero
* Added "vcmiartifacts angelWings" form to "give artifacts" cheat
STABILITY:
* Fixed freeze in Launcher on repository checkout and on mod
install
* Fixed crash on loading VCMI map with placed Abandoned Mine
* Fixed crash on loading VCMI map with neutral towns
* Fixed crash on attempting to visit unknown object, such as
Market of Time
* Fixed crash on attempting to teleport unit that is immune to a
spell
* Fixed crash on switching fullscreen mode during AI turn
CAMPAIGNS:
* Fixed reorderging of hero primary skills after moving to next
scenario in campaigns
BATTLES:
* Conquering a town will now correctly award additional 500
experience points
* Quick combat is now enabled by default
* Fixed invisible creatures from SUMMON_GUARDIANS and
TRANSMUTATION bonuses
* Added option to toggle spell usage by AI in quick combat
* Fixed updating of spell point of enemy hero in game interface
after spell cast
* Fixed wrong creature spellcasting shortcut (now set to "F")
* It is now possible to perform melee attack by creatures with
spells, especially area spells
* Right-click will now properly end spellcast mode
* Fixed cursor preview when casting spell using touchscreen
* Long tap during spell casting will now properly abort the spell
INTERFACE:
* Added "Fill all empty slots with 1 creature" option to radial
wheel in garrison windows
* Context popup for adventure map monsters will now show creature
icon
* Game will now show correct victory message for gather troops
victory condition
* Fixed incorrect display of number of owned Sawmills in Kingdom
Overview window
* Fixed incorrect color of resource bar in hotseat mode
* Fixed broken toggle map level button in world view mode
* Fixed corrupted interface after opening puzzle window from
world view mode
* Fixed blocked interface after attempt to start invalid map
* Add yellow border to selected commander grandmaster ability
* Always use bonus description for commander abilities instead of
not provided wog-specific translation
* Fix scrolling when commander has large number of grandmaster
abilities
* Fixed corrupted message on another player defeat
* Fixed unavailable Quest Log button on maps with quests
* Fixed incorrect values on a difficulty selector in save load
screen
* Removed invalid error message on attempting to move
non-existing unit in exchange window
RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:
* Fixed bug leading to unreachable resources around mines
MAP EDITOR:
* Fixed crash on maps containing abandoned mines
* Fixed crash on maps containing neutral objects
* Fixed problem with random map initialized in map editor
* Fixed problem with initialization of random dwellings
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Fri Aug 25 16:02:12 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.3.1
GENERAL:
* Fixed framerate drops on hero movement with active hota mod
* Fade-out animations will now be skipped when instant hero
movement speed is used
* Restarting loaded campaing scenario will now correctly reapply
starting bonus
* Reverted FPS limit on mobile systems back to 60 fps
* Fixed loading of translations for maps and campaigns
* Fixed loading of preconfigured starting army for heroes with
preconfigured spells
* Background battlefield obstacles will now appear below
creatures
* it is now possible to load save game located inside mod
* Fixed border scrolling when game window is maximized
AI PLAYER:
* BattleAI: Improved performance of AI spell selection
* NKAI: Fixed freeze on attempt to exchange army between
garrisoned and visiting hero
* NKAI: Fixed town threat calculation
* NKAI: Fixed recruitment of new heroes
* VCAI: Added workaround to avoid freeze on attempting to reach
unreachable location
* VCAI: Fixed spellcasting by Archangels
RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:
* Fixed placement of roads inside rock in underground
* Fixed placement of shifted creature animations from HotA
* Fixed placement of treasures at the boundary of wide
connections
* Added more potential locations for quest artifacts in zone
STABILITY:
* When starting client without H3 data game will now show
message instead of silently crashing
* When starting invalid map in campaign, game will now show
message instead of silently crashing
* Blocked loading of saves made with different set of mods to
prevent crashes
* Fixed crash on starting game with outdated mods
* Fixed crash on attempt to sacrifice all your artifacts in
Altar of Sacrifice
* Fixed crash on leveling up after winning battle as defender
* Fixed possible crash on end of battle opening sound
* Fixed crash on accepting battle result after winning battle
as defender
* Fixed possible crash on casting spell in battle by AI
* Fixed crash on refusing rewards from town building
* Fixed possible crash on threat evaluation by NKAI
* Fixed crash on right-clicking flags area in RMG setup mode
* Fixed crash on opening Blacksmith window and Build Structure
dialogs in some localizations
* Fixed possible crash on displaying animated main menu
* Fixed crash on recruiting hero in town located on the border
of map
* Drop vcmi-fix-missing-include.patch, fixed upstream
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi/issues/2602
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Mon Aug 7 19:18:23 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.3.0
GENERAL:
* Implemented automatic interface scaling to any resolution
supported by monitor
* Implemented UI scaling option to scale game interface
* Game resolution and UI scaling can now be changed without
game restart
* Fixed multiple issues with borderless fullscreen mode
* On mobile systems game will now always run at native
resolution with configurable UI scaling
* Implemented support for Horn of the Abyss map format
* Implemented option to replay results of quick combat
* Added translations to French and Chinese
* All in-game cheats are now case-insensitive
* Added high-definition icon for Windows
* Save games now consist of a single file
* Added H3:SOD cheat codes as alternative to vcmi cheats
* Fixed several possible crashes caused by autocombat activation
* Fixed artifact lock icon in localized versions of the game
* Fixed possible crash on changing hardware cursor
LAUNCHER:
* Launcher will now attempt to automatically detect language
of OS on first launch
* Added "About" tab with information about project and
environment
* Added separate options for Allied AI and Enemy AI for
adventure map
* Patially fixed displaying of download progress for mods
* Fixed potential crash on opening mod information for mods
with a changelog
* Added option to configure number of autosaves
MAP EDITOR:
* Fixed crash on cutting random town
* Added option to export entire map as an image
* Added validation for placing multiple heroes into starting
town
* It is now possible to have single player on a map
* It is now possible to configure teams in editor
AI PLAYER:
* Fixed potential crash on accessing market (VCAI)
* Fixed potentially infinite turns (VCAI)
* Reworked object prioritizing
* Improved town defense against enemy heroes
* Improved town building (mage guild and horde)
* Various behavior fixes
GAME MECHANICS
* Hero retreating after end of 7th turn will now correctly
appear in tavern
* Implemented hero backpack limit (disabled by default)
* Fixed Admiral's Hat movement points calculation
* It is now possible to access Shipwrecks from coast
* Hero path will now be correctly updated on
equipping/unequipping Levitation Boots or Angel Wings
* It is no longer possible to abort movement while hero is
flying over water
* Fixed digging for Grail
* Implemented "Survive beyond a time limit" victory condition
* Implemented "Defeat all monsters" victory condition
* 100% damage resistance or damage reduction will make unit
immune to a spell
* Game will now randomly select obligatory skill for hero on
levelup instead of always picking Fire Magic
* Fixed duration of bonuses from visitable object such as
Idol of Fortune
* Rescued hero from prison will now correctly reveal map
around him
* Lighthouses will no longer give movement bonus on land
CAMPAIGNS:
* Fixed transfer of artifacts into next scenario
* Fixed crash on advancing to next scenario with heroes
from mods
* Fixed handling of "Start with building" campaign bonus
* Fixed incorrect starting level of heroes in campaigns
* Game will now play correct music track on scenario
selection window
* Dracon woll now correctly start without spellbook in
Dragon Slayer campaign
* Fixed frequent crash on moving to next scenario during
campaign
* Fixed inability to dismiss heroes on maps with "capture town"
victory condition
RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:
* Improved zone placement, shape and connections
* Improved zone passability for better gameplay
* Improved treasure distribution and treasure values to match
SoD closely
* Navigation and water-specific spells are now banned on maps
without water
* RMG will now respect road settings set in menu
* Tweaked many original templates so they allow new terrains
and factions
* Added "bannedTowns", "bannedTerrains", "bannedMonsters"
zone properties
* Added "road" property to connections
* Added monster strength "none"
* Support for "wide" connections
* Support for new "fictive" and "repulsive" connections
* RMG will now run faster, utilizing many CPU cores
* Removed random seed number from random map description
INTERFACE:
* Adventure map is now scalable and can be used with any
resolution without mods
* Adventure map interface is now correctly blocked during
enemy turn
* Visiting creature banks will now show amount of guards in bank
* It is now possible to arrange army using status window
* It is now possible to zoom in or out using mouse wheel or
pinch gesture
* It is now possible to reset zoom via Backspace hotkey
* Receiving a message in chat will now play sound
* Map grid will now correctly display on map start
* Fixed multiple issues with incorrect updates of save/load
game screen
* Fixed missing fortifications level icon in town tooltip
* Fixed positioning of resource label in Blacksmith window
* Status bar on inactive windows will no longer show any tooltip
from active window
* Fixed highlighting of possible artifact placements when
exchanging with allied hero
* Implemented sound of flying movement
(for Fly spell or Angel Wings)
* Last symbol of entered cheat/chat message will no longer
trigger hotkey
* Right-clicking map name in scenario selection will now show
file name
* Right-clicking save game in save/load screen will now show
file name and creation date
* Right-clicking in town fort window will now show creature
information popup
* Implemented pasting from clipboard (Ctrl+V) for text input
BATTLES:
* Implemented Tower moat (Land Mines)
* Implemented defence reduction for units in moat
* Added option to always show hero status window
* Battle opening sound can now be skipped with mouse click
* Fixed movement through moat of double-hexed units
* Fixed removal of Land Mines and Fire Walls
* Obstacles will now corectly show up either below or above unit
* It is now possible to teleport a unit through destroyed walls
* Added distinct overlay image for showing movement range of
highlighted unit
* Added overlay for displaying shooting range penalties of units
MODDING:
* Implemented initial version of VCMI campaign format
* Implemented spell cast as possible reward for configurable
object
* Implemented support for configurable buildings in towns
* Implemented support for placing prison, tavern and heroes
on water
* Implemented support for new boat types
* It is now possible for boats to use other movement layers,
such as "air"
* It is now possible to use growing artifacts on artifacts that
can be used by hero
* It is now possible to configure town moat
* Palette-cycling animation of terrains and rivers can now be
configured in json
* Game will now correctly resolve identifier in unexpected
form (e.g. 'bless' vs 'spell.bless' vs 'core:bless')
* Creature specialties that use short form
( "creature" : "pikeman" ) will now correctly affect all
creature upgrades
* It is now possible to configure spells for Shrines
* It is now possible to configure upgrade costs per level for
Hill Forts
* It is now possible to configure boat type for Shipyards on
adventure map and in town
* Implemented support for HotA-style adventure map images for
monsters, with offset
* Replaced (SCHOOL)_SPELL_DMG_PREMY with SPELL_DAMAGE bonus
(uses school as subtype).
* Removed bonuses (SCHOOL)_SPELLS - replaced with
SPELLS_OF_SCHOOL
* Removed DIRECT_DAMAGE_IMMUNITY bonus - replaced by 100% spell
damage resistance
* MAGIC_SCHOOL_SKILL subtype has been changed for consistency
with other spell school bonuses
* Configurable objects can now be translated
* Fixed loading of custom battlefield identifiers for
map objects
* Warning: saved games from previous releases are not supported.
* Add vcmi-fix-missing-include.patch:
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi/issues/2602
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Sat Apr 29 18:22:50 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.2.1
GENERAL:
* Implemented spell range overlay for Dimension Door and Scuttle
Boat
* Fixed movement cost penalty from terrain
* Fixed empty Black Market on game start
* Fixed bad morale happening after waiting
* Fixed good morale happening after defeating last enemy unit
* Fixed death animation of Efreeti killed by petrification attack
* Fixed crash on leaving to main menu from battle in hotseat mode
* Fixed music playback on switching between towns
* Special months (double growth and plague) will now appear
correctly
* Adventure map spells are no longer visible on units in battle
* Attempt to cast spell with no valid targets in hotseat will
show appropriate error message
* RMG settings will now show all existing in game templates
and not just those suitable for current settings
* RMG settings (map size and two-level maps) that are not
compatible with current template will be blocked
* Fixed centering of scenario information window
* Fixed crash on empty save game list after filtering
* Fixed blocked progress in Launcher on language detection
failure
* Launcher will now correctly handle selection of Ddata
directory in H3 install
* Map editor will now correctly save message property for
events and pandoras
* Fixed incorrect saving of heroes portraits in editor
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Sat Apr 15 14:05:28 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.2.0
* See included ChangeLog file or
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi/releases/tag/1.2.0
* Please note that save games from 1.1 are incompatible with 1.2.
- Add BuildRequires libqt5-linguist-devel
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Sat Feb 4 14:47:11 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Update to 1.1.1
GENERAL:
* Fixed missing sound in Polish version from gog.com
* Fixed positioning of main menu buttons in localized versions
of H3
* Fixed crash on transferring artifact to commander
* Fixed game freeze on receiving multiple artifact assembly
dialogs after combat
* Fixed potential game freeze on end of music playback
* Improved map loading speed
ADVENTURE MAP:
* Fixed hero movement lag in single-player games
* Fixed number of drowned troops on visiting Sirens to match H3
TOWNS:
* Fixed displaying growth bonus from Statue of Legion
* Growth bonus tooltip ordering now matches H3
* Buy All Units dialog will now buy units starting from the
highest level
LAUNCHER:
* Local mods can be disabled or uninstalled
* Fixed styling of Launcher interface
MAP EDITOR:
* Fixed saving of roads and rivers
* Fixed placement of heroes on map
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Sun Jan 22 14:27:28 UTC 2023 - Carsten Ziepke <kieltux@gmail.com>
- Add BuildRequires libboost_atomic-devel
- Fix building for openSUSE Leap: using gcc11-c++
- Changed BuildRequires pkgconfig(fuzzylite) = 5.1 to
pkgconfig(fuzzylite)
- Changed BuildRequires pkgconfig(tbb) to
pkgconfig(tbb) >= 2021.8.0
- Raise disksize in _constraints from 8G to 10G
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Sun Dec 25 08:25:28 UTC 2022 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- Update to 1.1.0
- See included ChangeLog file or
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi/releases/tag/1.1.0
- Removed disable-git-version-checking.patch - resolved upstream
- added _constraints
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Mon Sep 12 09:28:35 UTC 2022 - Adam Mizerski <adam@mizerski.pl>
- update to 1.0.0
- See included ChangeLog file or
https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi/releases/tag/1.0.0
- Removed patch vcmi-0.99-boost-1.66.patch - resolved upstream
- Rewritten patch disable-git-version-checking.patch - there is now
upstream support, but broken.
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Fri May 11 18:41:27 UTC 2018 - antoine.belvire@opensuse.org
- Fix build on Tumbleweed and Leap 15:
* Fix check on %suse_version.
* Add vcmi-0.99-boost-1.66.patch (picked from upstream's develop
branch, rebased on tag 0.99).
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Wed Nov 15 13:03:34 UTC 2017 - adam@mizerski.pl
- cleanup packaging
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Wed Nov 2 09:52:55 UTC 2016 -
- VCMI - 0.9.9
- GENERAL:
- New Bonus NO_TERRAIN_PENALTY
- Nomads will remove Sand movement penalty from army
- Flying and water walking is now supported in pathfinder
- New artifacts supported
- Angel Wings
- Boots of Levitation
- Implemented rumors in tavern window
- New cheat codes:
- vcmiglaurung - gives 5000 crystal dragons into each slot
- vcmiungoliant - conceal fog of war for current player
- New console commands:
- gosolo - AI take control over human players and vice versa
- controlai - give control of one or all AIs to player
- set hideSystemMessages on/off - supress server messages in chat
- BATTLES:
- Drawbridge mechanics implemented (animation still missing)
- Merging of town and visiting hero armies on siege implemented
- Hero info tooltip for skills and mana implemented
- ADVETURE AI:
- Fixed AI trying to go through underground rock
- Fixed several cases causing AI wandering aimlessly
- AI can again pick best artifacts and exchange artifacts between heroes
- AI heroes with patrol enabled won't leave patrol area anymore
- RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:
- Changed fractalization algorithm so it can create cycles
- Zones will not have straight paths anymore, they are totally random
- Generated zones will have different size depending on template setting
- Added Thieves Guild random object (1 per zone)
- Added Seer Huts with quests that match OH3
- RMG will guarantee at least 100 pairs of Monoliths are available even if there are not enough different defs
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Fri Apr 3 00:00:00 UTC 2015 -
- VCMI - 0.9.8
- GENERAL:
- Pathfinder can now find way using Monoliths and Whirlpools (only used if hero has protection)
- ADVENTURE AI:
- AI will try to use Monolith entrances for exploration
- AI will now always revisit each exit of two way monolith if exit no longer visible
- AI will eagerly pick guarded and blocked treasures
- ADVENTURE MAP:
- Implemented world view
- Added graphical fading effects
- SPELLS:
- New spells handled:
- Earthquake
- View Air
- View Earth
- Visions
- Disguise
- Implemented CURE spell negative dispell effect
- Added LOCATION target for spells castable on any hex with new target modifiers
- BATTLES:
- Implemented OH3 stack split / upgrade formulas according to AlexSpl
- RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:
- Underground tunnels are working now
- Implemented "junction" zone type
- Improved zone placing algorithm
- More balanced distribution of treasure piles
- More obstacles within zones
* Sun Nov 16 2014 VCMI - 0.9.7-1
- New upstream release
