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    1. Update v1.8.23206:
    2. Updates
    3. Added new Halloween mission ‘The Dark Mist’
    4. Halloween mission is playable from 26 October through 2 November
    5. Added 2 new Freebuild invasions
    6. ‘Terracotta Army’ - Made up of new special unit (Terracotta Warriors)
    7. ‘Ghosts’ - Made up of new special unit (Jiangshi)
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    9. General Fixes
    10. Optimised stalls created by path distances being calculated through long maze like structures
    11. Optimised AI troop tile-based pathfinding from main thread to pathfinding thread
    12. Fixed AI clan attacks becoming interrupted when encountering barricades
    13. Fixed a bug where players could receive infinite food if food is delivered via stashes or events with no granary placed
    14. Fixed an issue with the way buildings would stamp their height layers when on raised terrain.
    15. Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when farms are destroyed
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    17. Update v1.7.22922:
    18. Updates
    19. Added new Skirmish Trail, ‘The Trail of the Tactician’
    20. Added 3 Classic Skirmish maps, recreated from Stronghold Crusader
    21. The River - A mighty river courses through the desert on The River, attracting many who would wish to control its bounty.
    22. Tyre - Venture too far south on this map and you may get your fingers burnt!
    23. Border Patrol - This is a four-player map with a large border stopping each player moving troops over to the other side. The access point is through the center of this border and if a player manages to patrol the center they will be able to control the game.
    24. Added new unit, the Thunderbomb Thrower
    25. A lightly armoured unit that throws explosive bombs, setting fire to troops, land and buildings caught in its blast radius.
    26. Added new Warlord, the Wolf Warlord
    27. The Wolf specialises in heavy weaponry, providing cheap siege equipment to his allies. He attacks with ferocity, using strong armies to overwhelm his enemies and builds a heavily fortified castle to form a well defended lair on the battlefield.
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    29. Balance Changes - All Game Modes
    30. Gunpowder workshop worker dropoff: 1 > 4
    31. Gunpowder buy/sell: 40/80 for 5 > 30/60 for 5
    32. Saltpetre buy/sell: 20/40 for 10 > 30/120 for 10
    33. Reduced the speed of crossbowmen bolts from 85 to 80
    34. Fire lancers that are standing on keep stairs can no longer fire at enemies standing on the keep roof
    35. Actors which are knocked straight down (e.g. by a monk attack or samurai charge) now stay on the ground for just 0.8 seconds, down from 2 seconds
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    37. Balance Changes - Skirmish/Multiplayer Only
    38. Increased fire armour from 2.0 to 0.5x for imperial guardsmen, imp warrior, imp cavalry, imp bannerman, general, samurai
    39. Increased gunpowder cost for fire oxen from 1 to 2
    40. Increased warrior monk cost from 30 to 40 gold
    41. Increased hoarding health by 50%
    42. Increased rice given for starting food settings:
    43. Very Low: 50 -> 75
    44. Low: 50 -> 100
    45. Medium: 100 -> 150
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    47. Multithreaded Optimisations
    48. Moved the bulk of troop pathfinding and formation movement calculations from the main thread to a secondary pathfinding thread. This permits these calculations to be done during the rendering phase, smoothing out a major source of stalled frames in large games, and generally improving frame rates.
    49. Moved troop displacement and pushing logic to the pathfinding thread, speeding up all game logic frames, especially with many active troops.
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    51. General Fixes
    52. Fixes for desyncs that could happen during saving in Multiplayer games
    53. Fixed AI castle building getting stuck when trying to place turrets
    54. Fixed bug where the cursor suggested arrow carts could attack buildings
    55. Stopped players from being able to type in the name of the Skirmish Trail
    56. Fixes for selecting engine towers
    57. Walls built on unpathable tiles now show a barricade on top of the wall
    58. Ninjas now decloak when in range of enemy tigers
    59. Fix for some range units being able to continue to firing at targets that had left their effective range
    60. Siege weapons can no longer spawn from the siege camp on tiles with walls on them
    61. Melee troops can no longer be ordered to attack arrow turrets
    62. Fire lancers now stop attacking when their target goes out of range, instead of attacking but doing no damage
    63. Fixed siege weapons and ranged units not attacking turrets when ordered to attack them from out of range
    64. Healthbars now appear over hoardings and turrets when they are damaged
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    66. Map Editor
    67. Re-added the ‘Purge Entities at Origin’ command to the Map Editor
    68. Field Hospitals can now be placed in the Map Editor