Editing Horn of the Abyss (Changelog) (section)

== Version 1.7.1 (06/APR/2024)==

[!] Forged in Fire campaign difficulty on Easy & Normal levels has been significantly reduced

[!] Fixed many bugs in Forged in Fire campaign. Several bugs unintentionally reduced difficulty on higher levels

[!] Some of the critical bugs mentioned below have already been fixed through HD Mod updates

=== HotA Bugs ===
[-] Fixed a possible crash when clones and summoned creatures perished during Dreadnought's Heat Stroke ability

[-] Fixed a bug: a hero dismissed in an Airship was corrupted during turn replay

[-] Fixed a bug: tavern heroes weren't regenerating mana; besides that the game could possibly crash on saving

[-] Fixed a possible crash when creatures perished during Gunslinger's Preemptive Shot ability

[-] Fixed a possible crash when defeated in a battle

[-] Fixed a bug with Crimson Couatl missing sounds in English version of the game

[-] Fixed a non-working fixed hero level setting in campaigns and map specifications

[-] Fixed various bugs with hero transfer between campaign scenarios, including bugs with non-working Prisons

[-] Fixed bugs with hero invitation (HD Mod option) occurring when there's no available heroes to invite

[-] Fixed Wagon, Campfire and Lean To synchronization on Mirror Templates

[-] Fixed HotA campaign save conversion from versions below 1.7.0

[-] Fixed possible crashes caused by having unsupported/corrupt campaigns in the Maps folder

[-] Fixed bugs and crashes caused by AI upgrading a Dreadnought in Factory

[-] Fixed a bug: a hero with Fly spell standing on an impassable map cell (e.g. on an adventure map Tavern trigger cell right after hero buy) couldn't fly anywhere else

[-] Fixed a bug: an AI hero in a Boat could occasionally teleport to a disembark cell using Dimension Door spell together with the Boat

[-] Fixed a bug: when an AI hero in a Boat is wearing Angel Wings or Boots of Levitation, during disembark he could unreasonably try casting Fly or Water Walk spells

[-] Fixed AI value calculation for War Machine Factory (AI considered it useless)

[-] Fixed a bug: AI attacked meditating Coatles with Area Shot

[-] Fixed a bug: AI summoned elementals when already having maximum number of stacks and unreasonably lost mana

[-] Fixed an AI bug: casting Clone spell AI value was doubled for Eovacius even if only single stack could be summoned

[-] Fixed a bug: when battle AI without a hero was calculating value to decide if a ranged stack should go melee, AI didn't take into account that the stack will be blocked

[-] Fixed a bug: when AI was on the attacking side, he almost never cast in the first round caused by mistake in hit-n-run forbid logic

[-] Fixed mistakes in choosing faction types for random map zones, including higher probability for zone without a town to have Castle faction

[-] Reworked Sacrifice bug fix: now cast cannot be prevented by Anti-Magic and power to reanimate at least one creature is not required anymore

[-] Fixed a bug with incorrect Morale and Luck bonuses for Rally Flag

[-] Fixed an Oasis bug: it increased Luck instead of Morale

[-] Fixed a bug: sometimes a wrong side could be taken during Morale and Luck checks: e.g. Town Tavern Morale bonus could work for a besieger

[-] Fixed expert Disguise bugs with Cove and Factory creatures

[-] Fixed available targets highlighting while selecting Heat Stroke ability direction

[-] Fixed refreshing UI after sending resources to another player

[-] Fixed a bug: maximum number of move points changed to maximum number for Water terrain after opening Hero Information for hero in an Airship

[-] Fixed music play interruption because of implemented earlier music freeze fix

[-] Fixed a possible crash when running all existing music tracks during a single game run

=== Gameplay ===
[+] Reworked how Patrol works for AI: now a hero strictly can't go outside the area

[-] Maximum move points cap increased: 32768 -> 99999

[+] If there's an empty Tavern slot, a retreated hero now always occupies it instead of replacing a hero in another slot

[+] AI now chooses aesthetically best-looking direction for Dreadnought Heat Stroke ability among choices with same value

=== SoD Bugs ===
[+] Fixed crashes on scenario start while attempting to generate a random hero without any available; now a forbidden hero is generated in such case

[+] Fixed a bug: AI could pass through map cells near monsters using Water Walk or Boots of Levitation attacking those monsters and stopping without a Boat on Water terrain

[+] An unsuccessful Water Walk cast attempt messages in a Boat or an Airship during AI turn are not shown to a player anymore

[+] An unsuccessful Dimension Door teleport attempt from ground into water and vice versa doesn't spend mana anymore

[+] Fixed a bug: when attacking stack died from Fire Shield, retaliation strike into nowhere still happened

[+] Fixed a bug with clones, remaining inactive on battlefield after their expiration caused by Poison effect

[+] Fixed a bug: if you summon 20 stacks and then destroy some of them, you still can't summon new stacks

[+] Fixed a bug: Pit Lord summoned Demons or Fangarm hypnotized creatures could be affected by negative Morale, even though Morale should be positive

[+] Fixed a bug: at some time after a clone had perished, some of theirs passive abilities were still being in effect (e.g. Azure Dragons Fear, Familiar Magic Channel)

[+] Fixed a defect: Vampire Lords could Life Drain from clones

[+] Fixed a bug: Efreet Sultan Fire Shield damage mistakenly increased caused by Hero stats and artifacts

[+] Fixed an AI bug: Bow of the Sharpshooter was not taken into account when attempting to block ranged stacks

[+] Fixed a bug: eliminated after not having a city 7 days player heroes could become invisible in online-match turn replay

[+] Corrected displaying of certain elements belonging to another players during hot-seat turn replay

[+] Removed Surface/Underworld View button flickering during turn replay

[+] Path-route arrows are now removed during turn replay

[+] Actual amount of resources and actual date are now displayed on the bottom bar during Victory/Lose message display

[+] Fixed displaying main menu background parts inside unfilled part of loading map progress bar

[+] Music bug fixes: wrong track selection or playing position reset after quick starting/stopping/switching of tracks

=== Graphics ===
[+] Added an underground sand battlefield

[+] Added a new cactus

[+] Improved Dreadnought Heat Stroke animation: now attacked stacks hit animation starts right in the moment of ray-stroke passing through them

[-] Fixed wasteland Tar Pit and Fissure images: they can no more overlap roads

[-] Fixed outlines not blinking when building certain Factory buildings

[+] Fixed outlines not blinking when building certain Fortress buildings

[-] Fixed defects with Factory units start move and end move animations

[-] Fixed Nix and Nix Warrior move animation speeds

[+] Removed an extra pixel in Efreet Sultan adventure map attack animation

[+] Fixed a graphics defect in Hero Position image in Map Editor

=== Map Editor ===
[+] Added a new option in Event and Pandora's Box settings, which allows to specify difficulty levels on which the object will be present on the map

[-] Maximum move points number given in Events and Pandora's Box increased till 99999

[-] Returned a Guardhouse requirement to build Archers' Tower and Barrack in Castle town

[-] Fixed a bug: new placing objects allowability rules did not take effect when drawing terrains

[-] Fixed a bug: it was possible to choose 1 skill less in Seafaring Academy, which led to game crashes

[-] Fixed a bug: incomplete creatures list was displayed during editing in Event and Pandora's Box settings

[-] Fixed a bug: unavailable for generation town spells' checkboxes were not properly marked

=== Campaign Editor ===
[-] Fixed some problems with text input fields

[-] Fixed problems with file associations

=== Template Editor ===
[+] Added an ability to fine-tune customize faction zones independently from main town faction

[-] Fixed a bug: First Aid skill could be unavailable in the secondary skills list

[-] Fixed a bug: maximum number of rounds in a battle couldn't be changed

[-] Fixed problems with file associations

=== UI ===
[+] The Shipyard and Airship Yard dialog now opens despite not having enough resources, now you can always see Boat and Airship prices

[+] Clones and summoned elementals now do not count to casualties in the Battle Results window

[+] Text in scroll-able messages is now center aligned

[-] Word wrapping by a hyphen doesn't occur anymore if the hyphen is between digits

[+] Town's Shipyard with a boat now correctly responds to a mouse click

[+] Fixed centering for message window about inability to build another ship because of too many ships already present

=== Miscellaneous ===
[-] Updated Cove and Factory creature sounds, volume increased

[+] Balanced music and voice volume levels in campaign cutscenes

[+] Completed campaign checkmarks are no longer dismissed while traveling in the main menu

[-] Fixed a check updates system bug, which caused wrong new version available message to appear

[-] Huge amount of various fixes for maps, campaigns and texts