VCMI v1.4.4 release + changelog

Author: Liso1 January 19, 2024 0 Comments

VCMI release 1.4.4 is now available.

General

• Fixed the synchronisation of the audio and video of the opening movies.
• Fixed crash random map generation.
• 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.
• Added option to show unit statistics sidebar in battle
• It is now possible to install mods, maps and campaigns by dragging and dropping onto the launcher.
• Fixed saving of allowed abilities, spells, artifacts or heroes in map editor
• Added new bonuses for modding to better represent abilities of Cove creatures from HotA

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 on server shutdown on Android
• 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

• Welcome screen will automatically detect existing Heroes 3 installation on Windows
• 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.