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==1.0==
 +
===Balance===
 +
====General====
  
=== General ===
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*Wall hitpoints decreased to 1500 (down from 3000).
* Wall hitpoints decreased to 1500 (down from 3000).
+
*Bastion improvement effect changed to give 300% wall hitpoints increase (up from 150%).
* Bastion improvement effect changed to give 300% wall hitpoints increase (up from 150%).
+
*Wall line of sight decreased to 1.
* Wall line of sight decreased to 1.
+
*Elmeti, Mamelukes and Li’l Bombards are now unavailable to train in the Fortress Age.
* Elmeti, Mamelukes and Li’l Bombards are now unavailable to train in the Fortress Age.
+
*Hire Egyptian Mamelukes home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Mamelukes (down from 5).
* Hire Egyptian Mamelukes home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Mamelukes (down from 5).
+
*Monitors cost decreased to 600 wood and 200 coin (down from 800 wood and 200 coin); Long-range Attack ability range decreased to 70 (down from 100) and increased cooldown time to 1 minute 30 seconds (up from 1 minute).
* Monitors cost decreased to 600 wood and 200 coin (down from 800 wood and 200 coin); Long-range Attack ability range decreased to 70 (down from 100) and increased cooldown time to 1 minute 30 seconds (up from 1 minute).
 
  
=== Dutch ===
+
====Dutch====
* Bank experience-points bounties increased to 110 XP (up from 70 XP) — “Build” — and to 220 XP (up from 140 XP) — “Kill”.
 
* Bank base build-limit increased to 6 (down from 4).
 
* Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed to  from +1 bank limit to +20% bank gather rate.
 
* Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed to increase Bank production-rate by 20% each instead of increasing their build-limit.
 
  
=== Iroquois ===
+
*Bank experience-points bounties increased to 110 XP (up from 70 XP) — “Build” — and to 220 XP (up from 140 XP) — “Kill”.
* 100 food added to starting crates.
+
*Bank base build-limit increased to 6 (up from 4).
* 200 wood removed from starting crates.
+
*Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed from +1 bank limit to +20% bank gather rate.
* Aenna cost increased to 110 food (up from 100 food).
+
*Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed to increase Bank production-rate by 20% each instead of increasing their build-limit.
* War Chief hitpoints-aura effect decreased to 10% (down from 15%).
 
  
=== Ottomans ===
+
====Iroquois====
* TEAM Silk Road home-city shipment moved to the Discovery Age (from the Colonial Age); effect increased to 25% (up from 15%); team effect removed.
 
* Abus gun reload time increased to 3.5 seconds (up from 3 seconds).
 
* Veteran Abus Gun improvement effect changed to also give +2 range.
 
* Mosque cost increased to 150 wood (up from 100 wood); XP income increased to 0.7  XP/second (up from 0.4 XP/second).
 
* Janissary hitpoints decreased to 225 (down from 235).
 
  
=== Portugese ===
+
*100 food added to starting crates.
* Settler cost decreased to 80 food (down from 100 food).
+
*200 wood removed from starting crates.
* 100 food removed from starting crates.
+
*Aenna cost increased to 110 food (up from 100 food).
 +
*War Chief hitpoints-aura effect decreased to 10% (down from 15%).
  
=== Sioux ===
+
====Ottomans====
* Bow Rider hitpoints decreased to 220 (down from 250).
 
* Cetan Bow hitpoints increased to 100 (up from 90) and speed increased to 4.5 (up from 4).
 
  
=== Spanish ===
+
*TEAM Silk Road home-city shipment moved to the Discovery Age (from the Colonial Age); effect increased to 25% (up from 15%); team effect removed.
* 3 Lancers home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Lancers.
+
*Abus gun reload time increased to 3.5 seconds (up from 3 seconds).
* 5 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 6 Rodeleros.
+
*Veteran Abus Gun improvement effect changed to also give +2 range.
* 6 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 7 Rodeleros.
+
*Mosque cost increased to 150 wood (up from 100 wood); XP income increased to 0.7  XP/second (up from 0.4 XP/second).
* 8 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 9 Rodeleros.
+
*Janissary hitpoints decreased to 225 (down from 235).
 +
 
 +
====Portugese====
 +
 
 +
*Settler cost decreased to 80 food (down from 100 food).
 +
*100 food removed from starting crates.
 +
 
 +
====Sioux====
 +
 
 +
*Bow Rider hitpoints decreased to 220 (down from 250).
 +
*Cetan Bow hitpoints increased to 100 (up from 90) and speed increased to 4.5 (up from 4).
 +
 
 +
====Spanish====
 +
 
 +
*3 Lancers home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Lancers.
 +
*5 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 6 Rodeleros.
 +
*6 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 7 Rodeleros.
 +
*8 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 9 Rodeleros.
 +
 
 +
==1.0.1==
 +
 
 +
===Maps===
 +
 
 +
*Changes to ESOC Arizona
 +
 
 +
===Patch===
 +
 
 +
*Fixed version number echoed by recorded games
 +
*Improved launcher stability
 +
 
 +
===Anti-cheat===
 +
 
 +
*Allowed some popular hotkey mods by re-writing most of the anti-cheat engine
 +
 
 +
==1.0.2==
 +
 
 +
===Patch===
 +
 
 +
*The current patch version is now viewable in Help and Tools -> About
 +
*A "record game by default" option is now available
 +
*Launcher now runs as administrator to prevent technical issues while updating
 +
*Fixed progress bar filling incorrectly during updates that made it appear as if it might be stuck
 +
*The version number as appears in the Uninstall menu of the control panel will now update with future updates
 +
*Improved launcher stability
 +
 
 +
===Map===
 +
 
 +
*Fixed Silk Road failing to load from the Team Maps map set.
 +
*Pampas Sierras is now team-ready and appears in Team Maps set
 +
 
 +
===Anti-cheat===
 +
 
 +
*Fixed anti-cheat mechanisms
 +
*Improved anti-cheat performance to help prevent lag
 +
 
 +
==1.0.3==
 +
 
 +
===Anti-cheat===
 +
 
 +
*Minor updates to the anti-cheat mechanisms to make them more secure
 +
 
 +
===Patch===
 +
 
 +
*Fixed launcher crashing after using the "launch" button instead of waiting for the countdown
 +
*The common error "Failed to initialize COM" has been fixed
 +
*Installer will no longer let users install in the wrong directory, which is the most common cause of the "[rockalldll/granny2/etc].dll" is missing error
 +
*Installer will no longer try to install Visual C++ if it is already installed
 +
*Installer will now remove old installations before installing
 +
 
 +
===Maps===
 +
 
 +
*New England: improved resource distribution and fixed bug where island didn’t always place
 +
*Patagonia: sea shape and size improved slightly, tweaked herd’s animal counts, and improved second mine placement
 +
 
 +
===1.0.4===
 +
 
 +
===Anti-cheat===
 +
 
 +
*Additional cheats are now detected
 +
 
 +
==1.0.5==
 +
 
 +
===Anti-cheat===
 +
 
 +
*Additional cheats are now detected
 +
*Fixed most issues with false positives in 1.00.4
 +
 
 +
===Maps===
 +
 
 +
*Kamchatka is now available for all game configurations (team and FFA).
 +
 
 +
==1.1==
 +
===Patch===
 +
====Anti-cheat====
 +
 
 +
*Variations of moesbar hack (Lazerbear hacks) are now detected better
 +
*Detection of Third Party Map Hack / OOS Tools
 +
 
 +
====User experience====
 +
 
 +
*TAD user interface added to launcher
 +
*Show FPS and Skip Intro Cinematic features added
 +
*Quick links to get support and see errors with Patch
 +
*One clean menu for launcher options
 +
*Repair feature for bugged temporary game files
 +
 
 +
===Maps===
 +
 
 +
*Treasure updates on multiple maps
 +
*Team game support added for ESOC Maps
 +
*California removed from standard maps (temporary, working out problems with this map)
 +
 
 +
====Team map set====
 +
 
 +
*Added ESOC Manchuria
 +
*Added ESOC High Plains
 +
*Added ESOC Hudson Bay
 +
*Added ESOC Kamchatka
 +
*Added ESOC Tibet
 +
*Removed Saguenay (Hudson fills this slot now)
 +
 
 +
====ESOC maps====
 +
 
 +
*Fixed map description for rated play
 +
*All maps are now playable in team / ffa.
 +
*ESOC Arkansas: fixed mine amount
 +
*ESOC Arkansas: fixed treasure amount and level
 +
*ESOC High Plains: adjusted resource distribution and treasures
 +
*ESOC Hudson Bay: adjusted map layout and treasures
 +
*ESOC Kamchatka: suspended new layout for the time being
 +
*ESOC Kamchatka: fixed treasure amount
 +
*ESOC Kamchatka: unlocked season switch on Kamchatka (forgot)
 +
*ESOC Manchuria: added more variations to the extra mines spawn
 +
*ESOC Manchuria: moved the paired yaks to the mid line instead of the north area
 +
*ESOC Manchuria: fixed mine placement for Manchuria team
 +
*ESOC Tibet: fixed trade routes and res placement
 +
 
 +
====RE maps====
 +
 
 +
*New England: improved the distribution of the extra mines
 +
*New England: improved the spawn of whales
 +
*New England: improved the distribution of sheep
 +
*New England: removed extra lakes present in the team spawn
 +
*Patagonia: fixed 2nd deer spawn
 +
*Patagonia: improved the distribution of sheep
 +
*Siberia: placed the starting animals closer to TC
 +
*Yukon: pushed the 2nd mine a bit away from TC
 +
 
 +
==1.1.1==
 +
===Patch===
 +
 
 +
*Cinematic skip works now
 +
*Annoying game.con issues are gone (Now building rotator works)
 +
*New layer of anti-cheat added (No promises here, pretty small adjustment overall)
 +
 
 +
===Maps===
 +
 
 +
*Reverted treasures largely to the original set. A few maps maintained a small number of slightly larger treasures. Overall spawns should feel better now.
 +
 
 +
==1.2==
 +
===Patch===
 +
 
 +
*Fixed a hole in the anti cheat
 +
*Fixed an issue that detects some special hotkeys as suspicious behavior
 +
*Fixed an issue that detects random .bar (fonts.bar, data.bar ...) as suspicious behavior
 +
*Visual C++ 2013 instead of 2015. This will fix issues with older OS, principally Windows 7 without SP1, which is the most frequent
 +
*Added Building Rotator as an option
 +
*Added Multi-Language (More Information soon)
 +
*Some improvements & bugs fixes
 +
*Improved installer
 +
*Added mapsets images
 +
 
 +
===Maps===
 +
 
 +
*Seven new maps added to the mappool: Bonnie Springs, Colorado, Klondike, Manchac, Mendocino, Tassili and Adirondacks.
 +
*Colorado, Klondike, Mendochino, Tassili, Adirondacks and Manchac added to the team maps set.
 +
*Tibet removed from the team maps set.
 +
*The new maps have all been added to the ESOC maps set.
 +
*K&B maps added to the patch in a seperate set.
 +
 
 +
==1.2.0.1==
 +
===Patch===
 +
 
 +
*Fixed an issue that caused the launcher to crash upon starting
 +
*Fixed an issue where the launcher would crash after clicking on 'options'
 +
*Fixed an issue where playing on K&B maps would reset all your settings

Latest revision as of 19:01, 11 June 2020

1.0

Balance

General

  • Wall hitpoints decreased to 1500 (down from 3000).
  • Bastion improvement effect changed to give 300% wall hitpoints increase (up from 150%).
  • Wall line of sight decreased to 1.
  • Elmeti, Mamelukes and Li’l Bombards are now unavailable to train in the Fortress Age.
  • Hire Egyptian Mamelukes home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Mamelukes (down from 5).
  • Monitors cost decreased to 600 wood and 200 coin (down from 800 wood and 200 coin); Long-range Attack ability range decreased to 70 (down from 100) and increased cooldown time to 1 minute 30 seconds (up from 1 minute).

Dutch

  • Bank experience-points bounties increased to 110 XP (up from 70 XP) — “Build” — and to 220 XP (up from 140 XP) — “Kill”.
  • Bank base build-limit increased to 6 (up from 4).
  • Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed from +1 bank limit to +20% bank gather rate.
  • Bank of Rotterdam and Bank of Amsterdam home-city shipments effects changed to increase Bank production-rate by 20% each instead of increasing their build-limit.

Iroquois

  • 100 food added to starting crates.
  • 200 wood removed from starting crates.
  • Aenna cost increased to 110 food (up from 100 food).
  • War Chief hitpoints-aura effect decreased to 10% (down from 15%).

Ottomans

  • TEAM Silk Road home-city shipment moved to the Discovery Age (from the Colonial Age); effect increased to 25% (up from 15%); team effect removed.
  • Abus gun reload time increased to 3.5 seconds (up from 3 seconds).
  • Veteran Abus Gun improvement effect changed to also give +2 range.
  • Mosque cost increased to 150 wood (up from 100 wood); XP income increased to 0.7 XP/second (up from 0.4 XP/second).
  • Janissary hitpoints decreased to 225 (down from 235).

Portugese

  • Settler cost decreased to 80 food (down from 100 food).
  • 100 food removed from starting crates.

Sioux

  • Bow Rider hitpoints decreased to 220 (down from 250).
  • Cetan Bow hitpoints increased to 100 (up from 90) and speed increased to 4.5 (up from 4).

Spanish

  • 3 Lancers home-city shipment effect changed to give 4 Lancers.
  • 5 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 6 Rodeleros.
  • 6 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 7 Rodeleros.
  • 8 Rodeleros home-city shipment effect changed to give 9 Rodeleros.

1.0.1

Maps

  • Changes to ESOC Arizona

Patch

  • Fixed version number echoed by recorded games
  • Improved launcher stability

Anti-cheat

  • Allowed some popular hotkey mods by re-writing most of the anti-cheat engine

1.0.2

Patch

  • The current patch version is now viewable in Help and Tools -> About
  • A "record game by default" option is now available
  • Launcher now runs as administrator to prevent technical issues while updating
  • Fixed progress bar filling incorrectly during updates that made it appear as if it might be stuck
  • The version number as appears in the Uninstall menu of the control panel will now update with future updates
  • Improved launcher stability

Map

  • Fixed Silk Road failing to load from the Team Maps map set.
  • Pampas Sierras is now team-ready and appears in Team Maps set

Anti-cheat

  • Fixed anti-cheat mechanisms
  • Improved anti-cheat performance to help prevent lag

1.0.3

Anti-cheat

  • Minor updates to the anti-cheat mechanisms to make them more secure

Patch

  • Fixed launcher crashing after using the "launch" button instead of waiting for the countdown
  • The common error "Failed to initialize COM" has been fixed
  • Installer will no longer let users install in the wrong directory, which is the most common cause of the "[rockalldll/granny2/etc].dll" is missing error
  • Installer will no longer try to install Visual C++ if it is already installed
  • Installer will now remove old installations before installing

Maps

  • New England: improved resource distribution and fixed bug where island didn’t always place
  • Patagonia: sea shape and size improved slightly, tweaked herd’s animal counts, and improved second mine placement

1.0.4

Anti-cheat

  • Additional cheats are now detected

1.0.5

Anti-cheat

  • Additional cheats are now detected
  • Fixed most issues with false positives in 1.00.4

Maps

  • Kamchatka is now available for all game configurations (team and FFA).

1.1

Patch

Anti-cheat

  • Variations of moesbar hack (Lazerbear hacks) are now detected better
  • Detection of Third Party Map Hack / OOS Tools

User experience

  • TAD user interface added to launcher
  • Show FPS and Skip Intro Cinematic features added
  • Quick links to get support and see errors with Patch
  • One clean menu for launcher options
  • Repair feature for bugged temporary game files

Maps

  • Treasure updates on multiple maps
  • Team game support added for ESOC Maps
  • California removed from standard maps (temporary, working out problems with this map)

Team map set

  • Added ESOC Manchuria
  • Added ESOC High Plains
  • Added ESOC Hudson Bay
  • Added ESOC Kamchatka
  • Added ESOC Tibet
  • Removed Saguenay (Hudson fills this slot now)

ESOC maps

  • Fixed map description for rated play
  • All maps are now playable in team / ffa.
  • ESOC Arkansas: fixed mine amount
  • ESOC Arkansas: fixed treasure amount and level
  • ESOC High Plains: adjusted resource distribution and treasures
  • ESOC Hudson Bay: adjusted map layout and treasures
  • ESOC Kamchatka: suspended new layout for the time being
  • ESOC Kamchatka: fixed treasure amount
  • ESOC Kamchatka: unlocked season switch on Kamchatka (forgot)
  • ESOC Manchuria: added more variations to the extra mines spawn
  • ESOC Manchuria: moved the paired yaks to the mid line instead of the north area
  • ESOC Manchuria: fixed mine placement for Manchuria team
  • ESOC Tibet: fixed trade routes and res placement

RE maps

  • New England: improved the distribution of the extra mines
  • New England: improved the spawn of whales
  • New England: improved the distribution of sheep
  • New England: removed extra lakes present in the team spawn
  • Patagonia: fixed 2nd deer spawn
  • Patagonia: improved the distribution of sheep
  • Siberia: placed the starting animals closer to TC
  • Yukon: pushed the 2nd mine a bit away from TC

1.1.1

Patch

  • Cinematic skip works now
  • Annoying game.con issues are gone (Now building rotator works)
  • New layer of anti-cheat added (No promises here, pretty small adjustment overall)

Maps

  • Reverted treasures largely to the original set. A few maps maintained a small number of slightly larger treasures. Overall spawns should feel better now.

1.2

Patch

  • Fixed a hole in the anti cheat
  • Fixed an issue that detects some special hotkeys as suspicious behavior
  • Fixed an issue that detects random .bar (fonts.bar, data.bar ...) as suspicious behavior
  • Visual C++ 2013 instead of 2015. This will fix issues with older OS, principally Windows 7 without SP1, which is the most frequent
  • Added Building Rotator as an option
  • Added Multi-Language (More Information soon)
  • Some improvements & bugs fixes
  • Improved installer
  • Added mapsets images

Maps

  • Seven new maps added to the mappool: Bonnie Springs, Colorado, Klondike, Manchac, Mendocino, Tassili and Adirondacks.
  • Colorado, Klondike, Mendochino, Tassili, Adirondacks and Manchac added to the team maps set.
  • Tibet removed from the team maps set.
  • The new maps have all been added to the ESOC maps set.
  • K&B maps added to the patch in a seperate set.

1.2.0.1

Patch

  • Fixed an issue that caused the launcher to crash upon starting
  • Fixed an issue where the launcher would crash after clicking on 'options'
  • Fixed an issue where playing on K&B maps would reset all your settings