Warsword Conquest Orc Edition news

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Greetings Warsword fans,

We are pleased to be able to announce the release of 'Warsword Conquest Orc Edition'. This is a full edition and not a patch so please delete your current warsword folder if you have one and install the new one fresh.

This update includes a full overhaul of the orc faction by Diceyjune, including a new skin, new weapons and armour. This update includes a lot of bug fixes and quality of life changes (majority by Kraggrim) which will make a full playthrough of warsword conquest the most enjoyable it has ever been. There has been a focus on faction ai in this update with a view to keeping warring nations within a reasonable distance of each other and to keep campaign ai aggressive, focused and for factions to actively look to keep what they have taken. Please take a look at the changelog below to see what this release has in store.

Added:

-Orc visuals completely overhauled and replaced by diceyjune
-New scenes+props for all Nippon locations.
-New post-battle info screen with unit kills etc
-Instant post battle relation gain with relevant lords (without talking)
-New dungeon companion chooser added (can see all party troops now)
-Dungeon option for enemies to be made region-focused
-New dungeon entrance scenes from Morgul
-Couple of new dungeon interior rooms
-New bandit lair scenes by Thorsben
-New/modified town/castle scenes from Morgul/dajimo/kraggrim
-Automatically add rescued troops to garrison after siege
-Sea event Deadeye Isles (scene by Morgul)
-Tournaments now have overhead banners on participants
-Couple of new 2d artworks from whydott
-Enterprise cost estimates added to the list of options
-Marshal -
-New staff for orcs, goblins and beastman.
-New model for the dwarf pickaxe, axe of gotrek, and the body of gotrek.
-New model for the "enchanted shield" of sigmar, used by their generals.
-New model for the high elf mage and Archmage robes.
-New models for the high elf shields of "spearmen" "noble" "dragon prince" and "lothern sea guar"
-New dark elf sorcereer robe, 4 new dark elf shields "scout" "noble" and "dreadlord" and the "spellshield of malekith",
-New models for the dwarven shields of "lord" "ironbreaker" and "rune of iron"
-New banners for the dwarfs and lizardmen.
-New faction icons for dark elves, wood elves and bretonnia.

-background table decoration added to world map
-all missing bridges added to world map
-sylvania terrain decoration by dicey added to world map
-new slayer bodies+ bandannas +face tweaks
-new chaosdwarf long axe model for darklons
-hoteks column new scene by krag
-Boars give bonus to rider's ignore pain

Modified:

-Long-distance war chance reduced dramatically (and chance to declare war when already embroiled), so should focus on neighbours more.
-Factions/lords should hold territory more instead of always immediately losing it back (eg unlanded lord homes set to the front line where possible + forced to guard new fiefs, large garrisons will send troops to reinforce small ones).
-Defeated factions should clear up much quicker now
-Message spam reduced when independent (“Lord has been defeated” etc)

-dark elf kingdom given ai boost for longer campiagning
-dark elves given higher :information_radius for campaign army cohesion
-dark elf lords given +2 pathfinding,
-reduced time marshal will wait for army to gather before setting out by 6 hours,
--and amount of troops needed (all kingdoms)
-companion relation gain now only on epic battles (500 enemy casualties)
-disabled archer aim fix for now as too inconsistent
-AOE messages now show damage for player castings
-wounded companions can't aid with looting in dungeons
-native items assigned to some faction shops
-orc bow accuracy reduced
-various mages given better armour
-stopped enemy spells causing noise in dungeons (apart from explosions)
-mounted crossbow reloading made faster
-charioteer made chaos players default academy troop instead of herald
-orcs given more ironflesh
-Advanced ignore pain for orcs
-beastman Trollskin armour now regenerates the wearer
-braganza and others given more leadership skill
-increase EXP from AOE magic

Small Tweaks:
-Small boost to lord-recruit chance if deserted/no-fiefs
-Companion-lords can have equipment traded
-Chaos lords/castles should use correct god-troops now
-Dwarf map quest made more user-friendly
-Minister and banker converted to faction’s race
-Orcs given boost to party templates
-Caravans should visit only appropriate factions now
--Prosperity boost based on distance now
-Reduced aggressiveness of sieging lords to stop distraction
-Dungeon reinforcements caused by player-party noise only
-Dwarfs added as dungeon enemies for evil players
-Undead pirates added as dungeon enemies in the new world, other types restricted to different regions.
-Dungeon rewards should be more random now
-Guide added to dungeon options page
-Village defenders faction troops rather than always human
-Added animation to npc vs npc dodge
-Ratling gun now can't fire while moving
-cyrus stocks staffs for death magic
-Elder Hisme Stoutheart converted from general Bernhardt
-bandit hunt mayor-quest dialog extended to patrols, farmers and scouts
--lords blocked from being the target party
-arena /visit melee troops are faction now rather than mixed random
-banner-choosing screen improved and fixed
-Prisoners are now auto-sorted by level post-battle before the party screen appears
-Added option for daily npc party sorting
-Tzeentch flamer fireballes rebalanced with small AOE
-ogre gear removed unique flags so can be looted
-Chaos warriors/knights/chosen get boosts based on God type- Rebalance to some 2 handed weapon speeds
- Daemons now have 5+ ward save, agility boost for khorne daemons and ignore pain boost for nurgle troops
-Rebalance to some dark elf weapons and armour and slight change to dark elf tree.
-Rebalance to some beastmen weapons
-Runic blunderbus now causes reinforcements
-Increase to casting chance for casters in dungeons
-You can now give chaos zealots to humanitarian/cult master as well as farmers
-All orcs get ignore pain and Big Un’s and above give advanced ignore pain
-Gold master staff will now not restrict mana below 33 encumbrance
-AI should use teleport spells only when enemies are close
-Goblin spell ‘night shroud’ is now ‘shroud’ and can be used at any time of day.
-adjusted the female version for all the nippon armours
-adjusted the size of the neck collar on chaos magus armour sets.
-adjusted the face texture for Nakwatcha.
-adjusted the hair for female elves n°3 and n°17
-optimized the prop collisions for all empire props, vampire props and some elven castles

-Tavern changes:
--cultmaster/humanitarians go to evil/good towns only
--faction merchants also do this accordingly
--ransom-brokers, potion sellers etc converted to be proper race/faction
--companions should also go to appropriate factions
--adjusted companion price by player honour, skin, faction and party-members.

Solved:
-Centers that changed faction were not reinforcing with more troops
-Lords of near-defeated factions were joining incongruous factions
-Besiegers sieging again immediately after taking a centre
-Player-kingdom towns/villages could spawn wrong villagers
-Changing player culture did not change player-faction merchants etc
-Caravans used wrong troop types (can still happen if origin-city recently changed faction).
-Freelancer/champion exp/health/morale bugs
-Game-corruption on new-game improved a bit.
-Banker was standing in prime position in halls
-Empire city music took over any other music that was currently playing
-Conflageration of doom explosion placement bug
-khizaar soul stealer bug
-special_item_wielded causing crashes
-Camp menu faction colour changer didn’t have all factions
-explosive grenade impact weirdness
-Sort player party removed troops above limit
-imprisoned lords had wrong dialog, can't rescue
-Slaanesh lore attribute was bugged
-Skinks were not immune to poison, etc
-Summon shield change/fix
-saurus starting relations
-fix for the Bug event
-plague race checks added to 2 events
-Prisoner lords could join as dungeon companions
-TK and UP merchants wearing boots
-Orion's 6 wounds being given to karl franz
-bloated corpse explosion friendly fire bug, (and made it more efficient)
-player pirate-faction culture bug
-lords re-sieging center immediately after taking it
-beorg killing companions bug
-fixed TK resurrect horses in sieges bug
-particle_system_add_new potential crash fix
-blocked bizarre khizzard pbod horse/pike bug
-globadier explosion fixed and more efficient, now excludes gasmask troops
-willpower was not helping supress demon manifestation during casting
-bandit lairs had various small bugs
-Chaos characters were not in camera frame during conversation
-Reference troop viewer was broken in various ways, now fixed
-kizlev helm leg armour fixed
-fixed deserter recruit error
-bronze armour massive price fixed
-prisoner management skill description updated
-grey wizards given leadership for some spell that needs it to function
-Bugmans ale should now be consumable
-Hammers and spanners should melt properly in runeforge

-lots of scene fixes
-ulric recruit uniform fixed,
-orc lance wrong faction shops fixed,
-altdorf castle interior prop fixed
-fixed awakening of the woods multiplying damage every agent it cycles through
-applied same fix to all other AOEs just to be sure
-changed savage orc map icon to look less wacky
-ogre mercs given more appropriate dialog in taverns
-player faction town reinforcing with wrong troops fixed,
-business in town error fix additional fail-safe,
-skink arena melee missing body+hands fixed
-freelance retire equipment was being equipped/deleted, fixed
-freelance retire relations reworked, exploit removed
-skink gear restrictions bugs fixed
-ignore pain gotrek event blocking fixed, and skill list menu updated to reflect.
-ID error failsafes added in various places (frequent red text bug)
-spy equipment bug fix
-chamberlain village talk bug fix
-dark elf shield name+size fixes
-dungeon companion presentation wounded blocking others fixed
-tourny randoms fixed to use faction disposition rather than player's
-freelancer 2-week leave bug fixed
-al muktars desert dogs faces and horses and name fixed
-orc merchant given some stuff (he was empty)
-dark elf sorceresses given missing swords
-shield of thorns blocked from hurting ranged troops
-dark elf helm fixes
-nurgle school menu fix
-gotrek body fix

Scenes

14 new arenas, 8 sieges, 4 castle scenes, 3 city scenes and 2 dungeons by Morgul

2 castles and 1 town by Dajimo

New Nippon locations by Gekokujo team

Hope you enjoy the new edition.

Nameless Warrior and the Warsword Team.