Greetings, Viceroys!
[p]Now that the Steam Spring Sale is over, let us know - did you go on a shopping spree or stay disciplined? If you found something great, we’d love to hear what you’ve been playing.[/p][p]Also, we want to warmly welcome everyone who picked up Against the Storm during the sale. We’re glad to have you here and hope you’ve been having a great time so far.[/p][p][/p][p]Anyway! We’ve just released a patch with various improvements and fixes to issues you’ve reported. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this patch. We appreciate all your reports and suggestions![/p][p][/p]
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Balance
- [p]The Moldy Grain Seeds Cornerstone will now only appear in biomes that contain fertile soil or Grain nodes.[/p][/*]
- [p]Updated rewards for several orders: Tick Tock, Pyromania, The Cult of Fire, ???? Bat Villagers, Bat Majority.[/p][list]
- [p]Instead of always granting +1 Copper Ore, these orders now reward one of the following based on biome resources: +1 Salt, +1 Coal, +1 Copper Ore, or +1 Sea Marrow.[/p][/*]
- [p]These perks had limited usefulness in Riverland games unless obtained in Year 1.[/p][/*]
- [p]As a result, the Chest Chaser order reward has been adjusted to grant the +1 version of the Export Specialization perk.[/p][/*]
UX/UI
- [p]The Orders icon in the HUD is now always visible, even when orders are unavailable. Hovering over it displays a tooltip stating the reason why orders are blocked.[/p][list]
- [p]This tooltip will now also appear when hovering over the “orders” button in the Recipes/Consumption/Trends panels.[/p][/*]
- [p]Blightrot Cyst alerts.[/p][/*]
- [p]Alerts for destroyed resource nodes.[/p][/*]
Bug fixes
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused some platform-specific/SDK files to be included in builds where they were not needed.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that allowed the Unyielding Corruption Forest Mystery to appear in games with the Playing With Feeling effect (from the Gambler World Event).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Spiced Ale perk to not display its description correctly in multiple languages (Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Hungarian).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Spiced Ale perk to display the wrong name (Trade Logs).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Stormforged version of the Value Added Tax Cornerstone to incorrectly increase the value of Packs of Trading Goods.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Fill The Engines Order objective to be retroactive.[/p][/*]
- [p]???? Fixed a bug that caused the “more Resolve for Religion” bonus in the Cornerstone Forge to appear in games without a species with a need for Religion.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Brineworks ruin to drop a Plantation blueprint instead of a Brineworks blueprint.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Forbidden Lands modifier to appear next to the Ruins modifier.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the worker section of the building panel to go out of bounds in some service buildings under construction.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that allowed players to deactivate buildings without the “deactivate” function/button.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that prevented some house upgrade effects from being removed when an upgraded house was demolished.[/p][/*]
- [p]???? Fixed a bug that caused the Overzaelous Architects Cornerstone to disappear after the wrong number of upgraded houses.[/p][/*]
- [p]???? Fixed a bug that allowed players to obtain more blueprints than expected from the Overzaelous Architects Cornerstone by removing the last upgraded house and resetting the progress counter.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused Blight fighters burning Cysts on the Scribe building to lie on the ground instead of standing straight.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Big Shelter icon to not appear in the Deed completion pop-up when unlocked.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Kelpie glade event sound to play the wrong number of times when selected.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Royal Guard Training Cornerstone to appear in games with modifiers blocking trading.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a bug that caused the Treasure Hunt order to display an incorrect name.[/p][/*]
- [p]???? Fixed a bug that caused the Repair Station upgrade in the Bat House to display an incorrect icon.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a typo in the Polish version of the game (Adamantine Seal).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a typo in the Spanish version of the game (Spices).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a few typos in the Czech version of the game (Mushwood, Giant Proto Fungus).[/p][/*]
- [p]???????? Fixed a few typos in the Japanese version of the game (Cornerstone Forge effects, Syndicate Trader).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a typo in the German version of the game (Bankrupt Trader).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a typo in the Hungarian version of the game (Hidden Reward).[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed a typo in the Simplified Chinese version of the game (Arckmage’s Challenge).[/p][/*]
We hope you'll enjoy the new changes, and we wish you a fantastic weekend.[/p][p][/p][p]May the storm be gentle on you, [/p][p]Eremite Games[/p][p][/p][p]P.S. If you haven't yet, please consider following our studio on Steam. Thanks![/p]
