[2021] Patch Notes e1.6.4

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

e1.6.4
Latest Changes:
Singleplayer
Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred when garrison parties moved out of settlements.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the quest giver lost control of the quest settlement during the "Revenue Farming" quest.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while declaring peace while the join encounter menu was open.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after interacting with a party or settlement in older save files.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while upgrading troops on the party screen.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the main hero died while the selected heir was in the main party.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while navigating the encyclopedia screen.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while sorting the encyclopedia by garrison size.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while inspecting the food change value in the encounter overlay.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a siege machine was used while playing a combat animation.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused marriage barters to incorrectly become acceptable by resetting the barter.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the parameters of the face from being changed during character creation.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused periodic events to not be saved and to reset after load.

Changes

• Reduced 'Half Scaled Barding' armour value to 40 (from 76).
  
• Reduced 'Scale Barding' armour value to 50 (from 125).

Multiplayer
Crashes

• Fixed a client-side crash that occurred while connecting to a server.

Both
Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred when launching the game.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused ranged units to chase the enemy without respecting the position set by their formation.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused horse archers to aim at nonoptimal targets given their current position.

Modding

• Errors with XMLs will now show an error with the faulty line and details.

Previous Beta Hotfixes:
14/10/21
Singleplayer
Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused marriage barters to be broken.
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing defender archers to mistakenly switch into melee mode in sieges
  
• Fixed an issue that caused objects on the character creation and education screens to be missing.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the wrong child models to be rendered.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused visual glitches on the character creation screen.

Initial Beta Changelog:
Singleplayer
Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred while returning to the world map.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to text area calculation.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when talking to a minor faction hero in an army for the first time.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred while refreshing army visuals after loading the game.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred after loading an old save file.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to 'Galter' being imprisoned.

Performance

• Battle and siege optimisations.
  
• Fixed many campaign map-related spikes.

Localisation

• Chinese localisation updates.
  
• Turkish localisation updates.
  
• Other general localisation improvements.
  
• Text updates and small fixes.

Art

• Added a crown for Khuzait lords.
  
• Sound fixes for Battania scenes.
  
• Minor fixes for Khuzait and Empire scenes.
  
• Improvements to some materials and textures.

Animations

• Fixed a bug that caused some agents to fly in civilian missions due to an animation problem.

UI

• Added a scrollbar to the list of the settlements in the abdication kingdom decision left-panel.
  
• Fixed some issues with item comparison in the inventory.

Clan and Party

• It is now possible for players to promote companions into nobles with their own clan. In order to use this feature, the player must:
  
  • Be the leader of a kingdom.
    
  • Have at least one fief.
    
  • Have an active companion that is not a family member.
    
  • Have 20.000 Denars and 500 Influence ready to spend for the promotion.
    
  • Once the conditions are met the player can initiate the dialogue with a companion about their promotion. The player will grant the companion one of their fiefs and will be able to name their clan. The newly created clan will be a tier 2 clan and receive a 50 relation bonus with the player’s clan.
• Removed influence gain from donating troops to a clan member's party.

Armies

• Factions will no longer create armies if they are not at war.

Settlement Actions (Town, Village, Castle and Hideout)

• Fixed a bug that prevented prisoners from being donated to towns.

Quests & Issues

• Fixed an issue that allowed hostile settlements to be selected for the "Deliver the Herd" quest.

Conversations & Encounters

• Removed the ability to attack enemy parties after accepting the safe passage agreement via the "Surrender or die" dialogue.
  
• Fixed an incorrect dialogue option that would appear after a successful barter with bandits.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused extra candidates to appear in marriage barters.

Other

• Glaive weapons used in Khuzait tournaments now deal blunt damage.
  
• 'Khuzait Darkhan' now has 60 Bow Skill Level and 80 Throwing Skill Level (previously 80 Bow and 60 Throwing).
  
• Reduced the weight of 'Fringed Cloak' to 0.5 from 4.0.
  
• Removed the non-civilian weapon 'Heavy Flanged Mace' from Khuzait noble civilian equipment sets.
  
• 'Legionary Reinforced Studded Harness' now provides 6 arm and 7 body armour (previously 8 arm and 6 body armour).
  
• 'Legionary Studded Harness' now provides 4 arm and 7 body armour (previously 4 arm and 6 body armour).
  
• 'Leopard Pelt' now provides 4 Body armour (previously 7 body armour).
  
• 'Legionary Padded Straps' now provide 9 body armour (previously 11 body armour).
  
• Switched 'Reinforced Chainmail Barding' from Sturgia to Vlandia item pool (meaning it is now available in settlements with the Vlandian culture).
  
• 'Vlandian Militia Archer' and 'Vlandian Militia Veteran Archer' have been renamed to 'Vlandian Militia Crossbowman' and 'Vlandian Militia Veteran Crossbowman' respectively.
  
• 'Conspiracy Raider' is no longer shown as upgradeable to 'Khuzait Lancers' in the encyclopaedia.
  
• Changed Derthert's battle armour template with a more lordly one.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some companions to act like villager agents in village civilian scenes.

Multiplayer
Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred while trying to display player names.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when connecting to a match.

Other - Miscellaneous

• Fixed a bug that prevented the team selection screen from being displayed in Siege mode.

Both
Performance

• Improved multi-core performance of missile physics.

Combat

• Ballista Improvements:
  
  • Increased the fire rate.
    
  • Decreased the flying curvature.
    
  • Added a sight.
    
  • Improved AI usage.
    
  • Minor animation tweaks.
    
  • Corrected the ballista bolt's centre of mass.
• Attacks now take into account the relative movement speed between the attacker and the target when deciding if an attack will bounce or not.
  
• A system that approximates local superiority has now been implemented.
  
  • This helps AI agents to distinguish a nearby lone enemy that they can kill from a group of enemies. They can then choose to fight or move towards their assigned tactical position in hopes of better odds.
    
  • A minor random element was also introduced that slightly influences decision scores.
• Fixed a bug that prevented units from using shields while being shot at by archers.

Modding

• For further explanation and additional information on the modding changes check the following thread: e1.6.4 Modding Adjustments[forums.taleworlds.com]
  
• Font atlas generator is now available to modders. Modders can generate new font files with custom TTF files and use these fonts in-game. We've also created documentation on how to use this tool: http://docs.modding.bannerlord.com/asset-management/how_to_add_custom_fonts/
  
• StoryModeEvents.RemoveListeners do not need to be explicitly called anymore. Now, StoryModeEvents is added as a CampaignEventReceiver.

Known Issues[forums.taleworlds.com]