100% brand new rebalance for every unit in the game, after lengthy
discussion with Enrique.
Some updated portraits.
A couple new tips.
Stan's "cataphract" mask and helmet (the helmet needs a texture).
This was SVN commit r15644.
Added a Mercenary Thracian Swordsman.
Tweaked some textures.
Added a "gray skin" variation to the Ptolemaic elephant.
Added Saharan Oases skirm map.
This was SVN commit r14787.
Javelin Thong tech now affects all javelin units (not just infantry
javelinists).
Some shield tweaking.
Some more portraits.
This was SVN commit r14657.
Adjusted hero health.
Made champions use arrow selections, while citizen soldiers use circles.
A bunch of updated portraits.
Seleucids changes.
Map updates.
New techs.
Roman siege walls a little weaker.
This was SVN commit r14589.
Includes:
- Unit rank upgrades, based on a patch by Sanderd. Not all civs get all
rank upgrades. For instance, Spartans get the Infantry rank upgrades,
but not the cavalry rank upgrades. Conversely, the Persians get the
cavalry rank upgrades, but not the infantry rank upgrades. Carthaginians
get rank upgrades for their mercenaries, but not their native units.
etc.
- Updated and tweaked many of the skirmish maps. Too many tweaks to
mention. But I did add Iberian circuit walls to many of them! New
"Bactria" Skirmish Map. Will continue to tweak this one to make it more
unique. It's based on modern-day Afghanistan, which the ancients called
"Bactria." A 2nd Ptolemies sandbox demo map.
- Moved the Ptolemaic Lighthouse to Town Phase to have more impact for
the Ptolemy player on maps with water.
- New Thureos shield patterns by Enrique for a NEW unit: Mercenary
Thureos Spearman.
- TECHNOLOGIES: Some techs renamed and tweaked. Plus, a new "Iron Armor"
tech for Heroes. A new "Roman Logistics" tech for the Roman Army Camp
and Siege Walls. A new "Battlefield Medics" tech for the temple that
unlocks (slow) health regeneration for units. The portrait for this tech
is placeholder and needs replaced ASAP.
- Cavalry now have oval selection rings. Eventually I will implement a
selection ring system where the citizen-soldiers and support units have
round rings, while champions have arrows, and heroes have stars. This
helps visually differentiate the roles of these 3 classes of units. Not
yet implemented.
- Vision radius for infantry slightly reduced.
- Fixed sounds for Persian Wonder.
- Fixed footprint sizes for a few buildings and Ptolemaic walls.
- Ptolemies now have the "Military Settlement" system in place. But this
system might go to the Seleucids instead later for historical reasons.
- Cost of fields reduced. Gathering rates for grain reduced.
- Fixed some selection group names for some templates. (Double clicking
didn't select them all as it should have).
- Fixed/Changed/Added some unit and building names, specifically for the
Ptolemies, but for some others as well.
- Some new temp portraits for Ptolemaic units. Ongoing task.
Lastly, I hope these changes don't break anything. They are heavily
tested on my end, but I can't promise I caught all bugs.
This was SVN commit r14388.
Tweaked some maps.
A new map called "Wasteland". Don't know what to do with it yet.
Dust storm and other particles changes and tweaks.
Tweaks to some maps.
Spec and Norm maps for the Great Pyramid.
New Mace shield prop textures for buildings.
This was SVN commit r14261.
Added final Seleucid unit, the Thracian Mercenary Swordsman.
Added spec and normal mapping to the Spartiate shields.
New Seleucid emblem.
This was SVN commit r14260.
Updated the Seleucid civ json.
Tweaked some tooltips to show their unit classes better.
Balancing: Slingers are now 1.5x vs. ranged infantry and 1.25x vs. melee
infantry.
This was SVN commit r14242.
Maur support elephant is now asian, it has new texture.
Added normal texture for the skin of all asian elephants. (only armors
before)
This was SVN commit r14191.
