Fheroes 2 update v1.0.10 – AI in this release received a huge boost in its logic

Author: Liso1 November 21, 2023 0 Comments

Free Heroes of Might and Magic II Resurrection (fheroes2) is not only a remake of the original Heroes 2 game for current platforms but it also includes modifications of the game interface so that players can use certain mechanics in the most comfortable and intuitive way.

The fheroes 2 editor being the highest priority at the moment is evolving. Team added an enhanced erase tool, the ability to put artifacts and treasures on the adventure map and also did important groundwork towards expanding the game with new future heroes. The current state of the editor is still not ready to be open to the public, but this is planned to be changed in the very near future.

Team made a lot of changes in relation to rendering and the overall UI of the engine in this release. A lot of small rendering issues were fixed, several dialogs were reworked and we were able to speed up graphics-related code as well. Speaking of UI, the team added a new hero action icon to separate situations, when a hero stands on an action object and when he needs to travel to another place. Additionally, we updated the town portal dialog to make it resizable in relation to game resolution and the number of available towns.

New Interaction button to re-visit the object hero stands on.

The AI in this release received a huge boost in its logic: now it can use marketplace to speed up the castle’s development. Important to note, that the AI does not cheat and uses the same exchange rate as human players. The team improved the AI decision-making logic during battles regarding pathfinding and spell evaluation. This makes AI more competitive on higher difficulties.

Town portal window size adjusts according to the resolution selected and the number of towns in a list.

As in every release before the team updated multiple language translations and fixed dozens of small UI and logic issues, totaling more than 30 issues being closed.
An important update: save files that are created by the engine older than 1.0.5 are not supported anymore. This is done to proceed with the Editor development by removing a lot of “hacks” for old saves. If you have save files older than 1.0.5 and want to play them, use 1.0.9 version to open and save these files. The engine will resave files in 1.0.9 format.

Changelog:

• Teach AI to use marketplaces to boost their castle development and improve AI decision making logic during battles
• Add erase tool, artifact and treasure placement in the Editor, and implement possibility to add new future heroes (accessible only for developers at the moment)
• Rework multiple dialogs, fix and speed up several rendering issues
• Add new hero action button icon
• Over 30 issues have been closed since the 1.0.9 release