1.9.7 QoL Update

Released December 14, 2023 on Steam & GOG. Read full news post on the Foundation blog. See Changelog for other changes.

New

• Added Interior Access visualization and construction toggle
• Players can now specify their favorite resources in the top resource bar
• Added a Bailiff option for the Monastery: The Monastic Emissary, a Brother/Sister working at the Emissary Office
• Ghosts of buildings under construction are now displayed when you are in Construction/Edit mode

Update

• Construction sites are now prioritized by start time, not by closest distance
• Workers should go to their workplace before starting their work time
• Display attach node only when snap mode is toggled or part needs to be mandatory attached
• The Market Monument has been turned into a building with parts instead of a Monument with sub-buildings.
• Moved the Clergy Privilege and Clergy Influence mandates to the Monastic Emissary
• Overall improvement of the Mandate window & tooltips
• Improvements to monument attach nodes
• House Upgrade/Downgrade transition improvements to show construction steps and not new build
• Tavern Kitchen – worker quantity now scales with building capacity
• Treasury – Gold coins are no longer lost when the maximum treasury limit is reduced
• Various UI improvements

Fix

• Soldiers – soldiers using the barracks as their houses could not fulfill their needs when the monument is being expanded.
• Bailiff – Changing the bailiff resulted in the edict “contractual wage” to not be applied until reload.
• Book – Logs – Newcomer notification was not updated “live”
• Monument Editing – Display all possible attach nodes when a part is being placed / moved.
• Cloister – Could not start construction if function was switched
• Monument Editing – Prevent parts from being attached to house attach nodes.
• Building Highlight – Sometimes, a building would remain highlighted even if the window is closed and the cursor is not on the part.
• Mandate Window – The window did not close when the Great Hall was destroyed.
• Deliver Wood Quest – Displayed requirement was 50 but required 100 to complete
• Unlockables – Show part’s description when there is no building function
• Missing Unlockable descriptions on Candle & Commonware extension

Map generator

Update

• Improved elevation texture visuals

Fix

• It was possible to have a broken territory on specific generated map seeds
• Some territory regions were too small
• Some maps had unreachable village path exits
• Some setting changes could create unwanted bumps on islands

Modding

• Expose – COMP_BUILDING:getEditMode
• Expose – Mandates
• Territory Tooltip – Always shows “coins / week” even if resource is changed
• Support buying from trade routes with certain condition
• Updated modding wiki