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    1. Update v1.0.71427:
    2. Bugs Fixed
    3. Fixed crash to desktop from new game screen with random nation selected
    4. Fixed scenario loading in MP
    5. Fixed worker value AI bug
    6. Possible fix for joining network games with mods
    7. Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 3 Thessaly goal
    8. Added Safe Mode launch option for Steam
    9.  
    10. Update v1.0.71309:
    11. Headline changes
    12. Portrait Interpolation enabled. Character portraits will gradually age each year instead of having fixed ages at which they change. They will also change depending on their opinion of you. This can be enabled and disabled in the Graphics Options menu.
    13. New map script, turn scale and game options
    14. City production can now be automated
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    16. Design
    17. New map script 'Lakes and Gulfs'
    18. New turn scale 'Seasons'
    19. New game option 'Random Improvements', which randomizes the unique improvements (Shrines) for each nation
    20. New game option Revealed Map, which reveals the map on game start but regular visibility rules apply
    21. Artisans no longer get the Ingenuity promotion for Ship and Siege units, instead get a 25% resource cost reduction on these units
    22. Promotion options of a general no longer include invalid effects for their unit
    23. The Jerwan Aqueduct gives free Farmers even to new farms after it has been built
    24. Added +6 Culture/turn to Necropolis
    25. Added Player Start Location map option to Seaside map script
    26. Improved multiplayer start location selection, especially for team games
    27. Tribal raiders are now willing to take a long path to their target if they cannot do anything else
    28. Damaged cities can only be gifted to a teammate or their original owner
    29. Regents no longer get a suffix
    30. Added multiple selection to the build queue for ships in cities with borders in multiple bodies of water to allow selection of where to build the ship
    31. When hovering over unit production the tile it will appear in will be highlighted
    32. Some Dynasty leaders now have a preferred family and will convert to that family if it is founded
    33. Carthage scenario 3 tweaks
    34. Added Theagenes as a historically correct general to the Sacred Band unit in Heroes of the Aegean scenario 3
    35.  
    36. Programming
    37. Unity upgrade to 2021.3.34
    38. Refactor non-event legitimacy for completing wonders so the AI understands it
    39. AI now takes better advantage of the Jerwan Aqueduct
    40. Added AI for new Rider ability
    41. AI expansion improvements
    42. Improved AI luxury strategy
    43. AI cache memory optimization
    44. Sprite repo optimization
    45. XML reading optimization
    46. Compressed MeshAnimator animations
    47. Improved performance of scenario menu when switching scenarios
    48. Fall back to using default nation/dynasty if the player options file contains a disabled nation
    49. AI economy improvements
    50. Infos and validation refactor
    51. Enabled parallel loading of Infos
    52. Persistent text asset cache for internal mods
    53. AI performance optimizations
    54. Improved speed of scenario selection
    55.  
    56. UI
    57. Portrait Interpolation enabled. Character portraits will gradually age each year instead of having fixed ages at which they change. They will also change depending on their opinion of you. This can be enabled and disabled in the Graphics Options menu.
    58. Portrait Editor added to Extras menu
    59. City production can now be automated
    60. Worker icon replaced with a shovel (to disambiguate it from Axemen)
    61. Added Current Tile worker filter and made it the default. Valid Improvements filter now ignores terrain requirements
    62. Research popup no longer always appears at the start of the turn and follows the priority set for events
    63. Visual improvements for Royal Library, Jerwan Aqueducts, Hanging Gardens, Hovel and Range Improvements
    64. Added action menu when right clicking military units in the Units tab
    65. F1 will now always open the encyclopedia even if no related tooltip showing
    66. Encyclopedia now defaults to a random Hints page instead of a completely random page
    67. Hid "F1 to open encyclopedia entry" helptext for hidden projects
    68. Added Encyclopedia category for "Traits (Items)"
    69. Removed obsolete warnings about losing the game due to having no heirs
    70. Improved Riders family helptext
    71. Converted bug report screen to use TextTypes (for future localization)
    72. Removed popup warning about losing progress when exiting a cloud game, as progress is automatically saved
    73.  
    74. Bugs Fixed
    75. Potential fix for Multiplayer disconnect issues
    76. Fixed history generator not showing for SP games
    77. Fixed game of the week using the premade map in the options file
    78. Fixed razed city undo/redo visibility issue
    79. Fixed LAN menu being unavailable with no internet connection
    80. Fixed non-host cloud game deleting
    81. Fixed username field in cloud setup screen not being copyable
    82. Fixed cloud load null reference
    83. Fixed "Join as any player" multiplayer game option
    84. Fixed player team assignments not getting saved
    85. Fixed heir name in notable events
    86. Fixed case where heir could have the same name as a sibling
    87. Fixed AI stun consideration bug
    88. Fixed AI passively healing when it would be better to attack
    89. Fixed some AI improvement selection bugs
    90. Fixed AI specialist value calculation
    91. Fixed AI yields values
    92. Fixed bug with AI not realizing that adjacent unit bonus applies only for the same type of units
    93. Fixed worker AI that resulted in sub-optimal improvement placement decisions
    94. Fixed AI wasting orders shuffling their units around
    95. Fixed rout indicator issues
    96. Fixed an issue with undo/redo in hotseat and cloud games
    97. Fixed theology effects help text
    98. Fixed regent legitimacy bug where leaders after a regent would pass down too much legitimacy
    99. Fixed Regent / Usurper bugs
    100. Fixed remote server host controls sometimes not working
    101. Fixed misleading Ruthless AI tooltip
    102. Fixed lower tier ambitions being offered as crowning ambitions when higher tier ambitions are still valid
    103. Fixed null reference on start when default dynasty in saved player options is random
    104. Fixed trait helptext not displaying rating change in some cases
    105. Fixed character rename undo bug
    106. Fixed game restart on premade maps
    107. Fixed city right-click menu clipping
    108. Heir name popup gets invalidated when the character is no longer the heir
    109. Fixed bug with Carthage scenario 3 calculation for ship damage goal
    110. Fixed bug that prevented units in their own territory from bumping other units out of the way
    111. Fixed Portrait Editor behavior when a selected mod has no portraits
    112. Fixed game load exception
    113. Fixed for team color slider not working
    114. Fixed unit religion not being preserved upon upgrade
    115. Tab panel layout fixes
    116. Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 3 bug where the Control Thessaly cities goal did not complete if the final city was acquired peacefully
    117. Premade maps with tiles that have no terrain now load and terrain is treated as out of bounds instead of causing map load to fail
    118. Fixed Clergy opinion calculation bug
    119. Fixed generic ping null reference
    120. Fixed null reference from razing a city near the map boundary
    121. Fixed city production icon not showing correctly on loading save
    122. Fixed division by zero on tile mouseover
    123. Fixed divide-by-zero client exception
    124. Fixed bug report text appearing on game load
    125. Fixed load/save error related to Jerwan Aqueduct
    126. Fixed XML first-entry validation for mods that derive from existing Infos and add new fields
    127. Fixed empty text sometimes not updating properly in Encyclopedia
    128. Fixed clicking on preset character links in Encyclopedia not going to character page
    129. Fixed bugs with when African Elephants are valid to build in Carthage scenario 4
    130. Fixed Donut mascript sometimes generating maps with a square hole
    131. Fixed missing platform DLL on GOG Mac build
    132. Fixed rare game freeze when exiting to main men
    133. Text and event fixes
    134.  
    135. Update v1.0.70751:
    136. This hotfix release changes the Rider family bonus from free resources on founding the seat to enabling one time projects to import these resources. There are 3 projects, Import Horses, Import Elephants and Import Camels. Completing the project will add the relevant resource to the city on an empty tile. Each project can only be built once per nation and is restricted to Rider cities.
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    138. This change was made to prevent issues with Rider families losing access to units mid game for ongoing games.
    139.  
    140. Update v1.0.70671:
    141. Headline changes
    142. Major localization text update for all languages
    143. 95 new events added
    144. Many design changes including new map scripts, game options and rebalancing
    145.  
    146. Design
    147. New map script Player islands. Each nation gets their own island, with optional empty islands.
    148. New map script Highlands. Inland map with lots of mountain ranges and elevated terrain.
    149. Inland Sea map script reworked. Now has more variation and is more Mediterranean-like.
    150. New game option Random Tech Tree. Shuffles the position of each tech within its column.
    151. No longer possible to lose when dying without an heir, another character will take over
    152.  
    153. Tech tree changes:
    154. Infantry Square now requires Battleline instead of Bodkin Arrow
    155. Windlass now requires Architecture instead of Scholarship
    156. Added Luxury bonus cards to the tech tree - on Forestry, Metaphysics, Coinage, Portcullis and Lateen Sail
    157. Added Kush UU bonus techs - Free Medjay Archer (Composite Bow) and Free Beja Archer (Bodkin Arrow)
    158. Hittite UU 2 bonus tech (Free Three Man Chariot) science cost reduced from 800 to 600 (to be consistent with other UU bonus techs)
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    160. Free-for-all multiplayer game player start improvements:
    161. All map scripts now spread out the players as much as possible, at the expense of selecting the best terrain.
    162. Added a different, experimental, player placement for highlands and coastal rain basin map scripts, which are relatively uniform land maps
    163.  
    164. Player start adjustment to try to avoid being placed in a small area surrounded by impassable terrain
    165. More resources between city sites, especially at low city site density
    166. Baths class improvements give one extra Happiness per turn
    167. AI (nations and tribes) now have a chance to cancel an alliance when at cautious opinion or lower
    168. Split Away from Court event class into individual classes. This lowers the frequency of some events that were triggering too often (i.e. imprisoned events)
    169. Players without an online ID (e.g. not running through Steam, Epic Launcher or GoG Galaxy) are now able to play network multiplayer
    170. Regents will now be forced for child leaders up to age 6 when previous leader died and up to age 12 if previous leader abdicated
    171. Rider family seat bonus now includes the addition of horses, elephants, and camels to tiles within the city territory, no longer allows building units without resources.
    172. Generals over 50 now get general-related traits offered on upgrade (previously only Generals eligible for assignment were offered these)
    173. Autonomous rule no longer clears the build queue, but AI can change it to build what it wants to
    174. Leaders can no longer be Exploring. Exploring Leader events have been reworked.
    175. Khufu now has a family penalty for each wonder built (Wonders and Dynasties)
    176. Meritities is now Righteous instead of Revered (Wonders and Dynasties)
    177.  
    178. New Events
    179. 89 new base game events:
    180. A Brush With Death
    181. A Child No More (x4)
    182. A Famous Hill
    183. A Gracious Welcome
    184. A Greater Calling Just Called
    185. A Little More Time
    186. A Narrow Escape
    187. A Matter of Faith
    188. A Royal Suspect
    189. A Shift in Thought
    190. Age Of Unrest
    191. Alien Traditions
    192. An Ignominious Wound
    193. Arrow To The Eye
    194. Bonds of Faith
    195. Celebration of Our Many Blessings
    196. Champions of the Guard
    197. Complications
    198. Cultural Similarities (x10)
    199. Elephants of City
    200. Entwined Beliefs
    201. Familial Ties
    202. Family Needs
    203. Family Power Play
    204. Family Traditions (x10)
    205. Fangs Of Our Foes
    206. Felled By Arrows
    207. Hard Rain
    208. Heaven Help Us
    209. Hero Of The Realm
    210. In The Hands Of God
    211. Influence Of Weakness
    212. Keepsake
    213. Laches
    214. Last Of His Line
    215. Lucky Break
    216. Naming and Necessity
    217. National Tour
    218. National Treasure
    219. No Time Wasted
    220. Not Without Risk
    221. Poisoned Tips
    222. Prime Surplus
    223. Rain Of Arrows
    224. Rebel Phase
    225. Select Timber
    226. Shattered Shield
    227. Stalwart Spouse (x2)
    228. Stronger For It
    229. Test Of Metal
    230. The Captured Agent
    231. The End of an Era (x2)
    232. The Freedom Of Divorce (x2)
    233. The Goal Of Life
    234. The Hunt Continues
    235. The Pále
    236. The Peoples Shield
    237. The Third Man
    238. Too Young To Rule
    239. Tribe Eliminated Nickname
    240. Two Birds
    241. Untimely
    242. Ward No Longer
    243. Welcome Return
    244. Wondrous Nation
    245.  
    246. 6 new Sacred and Profane events:
    247. Fugitive From God
    248. General Devotion
    249. Joined in Mystery
    250. The Eyes of God
    251. Turning Mani (x2)
    252.  
    253. Programming
    254. Increased the minimum target unit number for the AI, to deal with military threats when it has few cities
    255. AI technology value adjustments. AI chooses Navigation with higher priority.
    256. AI no longer places value on bonus units if no such units are needed (e.g. free Settler with no vacant city sites)
    257. AI now knows about effectPlayer YieldUpkeepModifier, TeamDiplomacyYields and TribeDiplomacyYields
    258. When at war with a tribe with multiple known settlements, Settlers are planned for one site at a time, not all at once
    259. Quick Infos XML validation optimization. Eliminates most memory allocations
    260. Added support for having the same character in multiple dynasties
    261. AI yield value corrections
    262. Can now set a religion to be not Pagan or World
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    265. Major localization text update for all languages including all missing Wonders and Dynasties text
    266. Added missing Wonders and Dynasties event art
    267. Changed Remind Turn to Turns until Reminder in Improvement and Text pings
    268. Temporary traits now display time remaining in parentheses
    269. Added tooltip about the loss/gain of tribute yields by declaring war on a tribe
    270. Added Tribal Strength game setup option help text for empty city sites
    271. Added missing icons for some Wonders & Dynasty missions and effects
    272. Added new icon for Zealot's Enlist Next effect
    273. Added Greek dynasty leader bios
    274. Updated character suffix localization code and added support for Chinese numerals
    275. Tech selection UI is now updated immediately when available techs change
    276. Disabled history generator for multiplayer games (as this was causing bugs)
    277. Custom Leader Archetype shown on Choose Leader screen when selected
    278. In network games the client no longer exits to main menu immediately upon disconnection but instead tries to automatically reconnect
    279. Smoke particles on mines are now hidden when the smokestack is hidden
    280. New Game option enabled on premade maps, will reroll nation and dynasty selection if these have been randomized
    281. Made Religion/Family/Nation/Tribe sections on tab panels collapsible
    282. Added concepts/linkable helptext about the tech card system
    283. Added intermediate Scripted/Freeform menu to Learn to Play
    284. Proscription mission is now hidden unless enabled (Wonders and Dynasties)
    285. Added new icon for Explorer unit (Wonders and Dynasties)
    286.  
    287. Bugs Fixed
    288. Fixed units on cooldown getting moved when units try to move into their tile
    289. Heir births are entered into the game log only after they have a name
    290. Fixed bug where cut trees could be cleared on Lumbermill tiles
    291. Fixed Restart Game button in cases where a premade map was picked through Advanced Setup instead of going through the Scenarios screen
    292. Fixed cycle military button tooltip text
    293. Learn to Play fixes. Prevented some player actions that could cause LTP scenarios to break.
    294. Fix for Event Browser UI
    295. Likely fix for map element names sometimes not matching between client and server
    296. Fixed some scenario load/save inconsistencies
    297. Fixed AI exploration bug
    298. Fixed AI AdjacentSameModifier value
    299. Fixed AI research selection actually following the AI evaluation instead of being random
    300. Corrected some inconsistent use of the AI in-city yield evaluation
    301. Fix for mod dependency bug
    302. Fixed archetype icon not reflecting selected dynasty leader on SP setup screen
    303. Fixed incorrect estimate of effectPlayer on help text when it involved adjacency bonuses from existing improvements (e.g. science output of Pilgrimage)
    304. Removed double spaces betwixt icons and yield names in some cases
    305. Fixed default improvements/units shown as unique when no nation/dynasty is specified
    306. Fixed landmark names sometimes displaying incorrectly in MP games
    307. Random nation on premade maps now correctly remain random on new game
    308. Premade map selection now remembered for next game
    309. Fixed top section of tab headers getting cut off
    310. Fixed Pick Later nation and Random Dynasty setting the dynasty to Default
    311. Fixed queued actions triggering unit selection before decision selection
    312. Fixed Tooltip Scale and Popup Text Size options not saving on Steam Deck
    313. Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 5 save/load bug
    314. Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 5 bugs with Darius events, rebels and autonomous rule
    315. Fixed Wonder and Dynasties content being missing from World Maps and Barbarian Horde scenarios
    316. Fixed Caesar's dynasty description (Wonders and Dynasties)
    317. Fixed null ref on leader select helptext for dynasties with free tech (Wonders and Dynasties)
    318. Jerwan Aqueduct now has a history that prevents it from changing drastically when city layouts change (Wonders and Dynasties)
    319. Fixed Carthage scenario 1 goal (Markets and Money)
    320. Fixed Jebel Barkal bonus description (Wonders and Dynasties)
    321. Text and event fixes