vcmi/ChangeLog.md

1.1.1 -> 1.2.0

(unreleased, changes for 1.1.1..9c59025)

GENERAL:

• Implemented hardware cursor support
• Heroes III language can now be detected automatically
• Increased targeted framerate from 48 to 60
• Fixed bonus values of heroes who specialize in secondary skills
• Fixed bonus values of heroes who specialize in creatures
• Fixed damage increase from Adela's Bless specialty
• Fixed missing obstacles in battles on subterranean terrain
• Added vcmifaerie, vcmiazure, vcmiarmy, vcmiexp cheats
• Video files now play at correct speed

MAP EDITOR:

• Added translations to German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
• Implemented cut/copy/paste operations
• Implemented lasso brush for terrain editing

LAUNCHER:

• Icons now have higher resolution, to prevent upscaling artifacts
• Added translations to German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
• Mods tab layout has been adjusted based on feedback from players
• Settings tab layout has been redesigned to support longer texts
• Added button to start map editor directly from Launcher

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Implemented different hero movement sounds for offroad movement
• Cartographers now reveal terrain in the same way as in H3
• Holding ALT will now show movement points information in status bar
• It is now not possible to receive rewards from School of War without required gold amount
• Owned objects, like Mines and Dwellings will always show their owner in status bar
• It is now possible to interact with on-map Shipyard when no hero is selected

INTERFACE

• Fixed white status bar on server connection screen
• Buttons in battle window now correctly show tooltip in status bar
• Fixed cursor image during enemy turn in combat
• Fixed cases of incorrect artifact slot highlighting
• Game will no longer promt to assemble artifacts if they fall into backpack
• It is now possible to use in-game console for vcmi commands
• Stacks sized 1000-9999 units will not be displayed as "1k"
• It is now possible to select destination town for Town Portal via double-click

TOWN SCREEN

• Fixed gradual fade-in of a newly built building
• Fixed duration of building fade-in to match H3
• Fixed rendering of Shipyard in Castle

BATTLES:

• All effects will now wait for battle opening sound before playing
• Hex highlighting will now be disabled during enemy turn
• Fixed incorrect log message when casting spell that kills zero units
• Implemented animated cursor for spellcasting
• Fixed multiple issues related to ordering of creature animations
• Fixed missing flags from hero animations when opening menus
• Fixed rendering order of moat and grid shadow
• Jousting bonus from Champions will now be correctly accounted for in damage estimation
• Building Castle building will now provide walls with additional health point
• Speed of all battle animations should now match H3
• Fixed missing obstacles on subterranean terrain
• Ballistics mechanics now matches H3 logic
• Arrow Tower base damage should now match H3
• Destruction of wall segments will now remove ranged attack penalty
• Force Field cast in front of drawbridge will now block it as in H3
• Fixed computations for Behemoth defense reduction ability
• Bad luck (if enabled) will now multiple all damage by 50%, in line with other damage reducing mechanics
• Fixed highlighting of movement range for creatures standing on a corpse
• All battle animations now have same duration/speed as in H3
• Added missing combat log message on resurrecting creatures
• Fixed visibility of blue border around targeted creature when spellcaster is making turn
• Fixed selection highlight when in targeted creature spellcasting mode
• Hovering over hero now correctly shows hero cursor
• Creature currently making turn is now highlighted in the Battle Queue
• Hovering over creature icon in Battle Queue will highlight this creature in the battlefield

SPELLS:

• Hero casting animation will play before spell effect
• Fire Shield: added sound effect
• Fire Shield: effect now correctly plays on defending creature
• Earthquake: added sound effect
• Earthquake: spell will not select sections that were already destroyed before cast
• Remove Obstacles: fixed error message when casting on maps without obstacles
• All area-effect spells (e.g. Fireball) will play their effect animation on top
• Summoning spells: added fade-in effect for summoned creatures
• Fixed timing of hit animation for damage-dealing spells
• Obstacle-creating spells: UI is now locked during effect animation
• Obstacle-creating spells: added sound effect
• Added reverse death animation for spells that bring stack back to life
• Bloodlust: implemented visual effect
• Teleport: implemented visual fade-out and fade-in effect for teleporting
• Berserk: Fixed duration of effect
• Frost Ring: Fixed spell effect range
• Fixed several cases where multiple different effects could play at the same time
• All spells that can affecte multiple targets will now highlight affected stacks
• Bless and Curse now provide +1 or -1 to base damage on Advanced & Expert levels

ABILITIES:

• Rebirth (Phoenix): Sound will now play in the same time as animation effect
• Master Genie spellcasting: Sound will now play in the same time as animation effect
• Power Lich, Magogs: Sound will now play in the same time as attack animation effect
• Dragon Breath attack now correctly uses different attack animation if multiple targets are hit
• Petrification: implemented visual effect
• Paralyze: added visual effect
• Blind: Stacks will no longer retailate on attack that blinds them
• Demon Summon: Added animation effect for summoning
• Fire shield will no longer trigger on non-adjacent attacks, e.g. from Dragon Breath
• Weakness now has correct visual effect
• Added damage bonus for opposite elements for Elementals
• Added damage reduction for Magic Elemental attacks against creatures immune to magic
• Added incoming damage reduction to Petrify
• Added counter-attack damage reduction for Paralyze

MODDING:

• All configurable objects from H3 now have their configuration in json
• Improvements to functionality of configurable objects
• It is now possible to define new hero movement sounds in terrains
• Implemented translation support for mods
• Files with new Terrains, Roads and Rivers are now validated by game
• Parameters controlling effect of attack and defences stats on damage are now configurable in defaultMods.json
• New bonus: LIMITED_SHOOTING_RANGE. Creatures with this bonus can only use ranged attack within specified range
• Battle window and Random Map Tab now have their layout defined in json file
• Implemented code support for alternative actions mod
• Implemented code support for improved random map dialog

1.1.0 -> 1.1.1

GENERAL:

• Fixed missing sound in Polish version from gog.com
• Fixed positioning of main menu buttons in localized versions of H3
• Fixed crash on transferring artifact to commander
• Fixed game freeze on receiving multiple artifact assembly dialogs after combat
• Fixed potential game freeze on end of music playback
• macOS/iOS: fixed sound glitches
• Android: upgraded version of SDL library
• Android: reworked right click gesture and relative pointer mode
• Improved map loading speed
• Ubuntu PPA: game will no longer crash on assertion failure

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Fixed hero movement lag in single-player games
• Fixed number of drowned troops on visiting Sirens to match H3
• iOS: pinch gesture visits current object (Spacebar behavior) instead of activating in-game console

TOWNS:

• Fixed displaying growth bonus from Statue of Legion
• Growth bonus tooltip ordering now matches H3
• Buy All Units dialog will now buy units starting from the highest level

LAUNCHER:

• Local mods can be disabled or uninstalled
• Fixed styling of Launcher interface

MAP EDITOR:

• Fixed saving of roads and rivers
• Fixed placement of heroes on map

1.0.0 -> 1.1.0

GENERAL:

• iOS is supported
• Mods and their versions and serialized into save files. Game checks mod compatibility before loading
• Logs are stored in system default logs directory
• LUA/ERM libs are not compiled by default
• FFMpeg dependency is optional now
• Conan package manager is supported for MacOS and iOS

MULTIPLAYER:

• Map is passed over network, so different platforms are compatible with each other
• Server self-killing is more robust
• Unlock in-game console while opponent's turn
• Host can control game session by using console commands
• Control over player is transferred to AI if client escaped the game
• Reconnection mode for crashed client processes
• Playing online is available using proxy server

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Fix for digging while opponent's turn
• Supported right click for quick recruit window
• Fixed problem with quests are requiring identical artefacts
• Bulk move and swap artifacts
• Pause & resume for towns and terrains music themes
• Feature to assemble/disassemble artefacts in backpack
• Clickable status bar to send messages
• Heroes no longer have chance to receive forbidden skill on leveling up
• Fixed visibility of newly recruited heroes near town
• Fixed missing artifact slot in Artifact Merchant window

BATTLES:

• Fix healing/regeneration behaviour and effect
• Fix crashes related to auto battle
• Implemented ray projectiles for shooters
• Introduced default tower shooter icons
• Towers destroyed during battle will no longer be listed as casualties

AI:

• BattleAI: Target prioritizing is now based on damage difference instead of health difference
• Nullkiller AI can retreat and surrender
• Nullkiller AI doesn't visit allied dwellings anymore
• Fixed a few freezes in Nullkiller AI

RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:

• Speedup generation of random maps
• Necromancy cannot be learned in Witch Hut on random maps

MODS:

• Supported rewardable objects customization
• Battleground obstacles are extendable now with VLC mechanism
• Introduced "compatibility" section into mods settings
• Fixed bonus system for custom advmap spells
• Supported customisable town entrance placement
• Fixed validation of mods with new adventure map objects

LAUNCHER:

• Fixed problem with duplicated mods in the list
• Launcher shows compatible mods only
• Uninstall button was moved to the left of layout
• Unsupported resolutions are not shown
• Lobby for online gameplay is implemented

MAP EDITOR:

• Basic version of Qt-based map editor

0.99 -> 1.0.0

GENERAL:

• Spectator mode was implemented through command-line options
• Some main menu settings get saved after returning to main menu - last selected map, save etc.
• Restart scenario button should work correctly now
• Skyship Grail works now immediately after capturing without battle
• Lodestar Grail implemented
• Fixed Gargoyles immunity
• New bonuses:
• • SOUL_STEAL - "WoG ghost" ability, should work somewhat same as in H3
• • TRANSMUTATION - "WoG werewolf"-like ability
• • SUMMON_GUARDIANS - "WoG santa gremlin"-like ability + two-hex unit extension
• • CATAPULT_EXTRA_SHOTS - defines number of extra wall attacks for units that can do so
• • RANGED_RETALIATION - allows ranged counterattack
• • BLOCKS_RANGED_RETALIATION - disallow enemy ranged counterattack
• • SECONDARY_SKILL_VAL2 - set additional parameter for certain secondary skills
• • MANUAL_CONTROL - grant manual control over war machine
• • WIDE_BREATH - melee creature attacks affect many nearby hexes
• • FIRST_STRIKE - creature counterattacks before attack if possible
• • SYNERGY_TARGET - placeholder bonus for Mod Design Team (subject to removal in future)
• • SHOOTS_ALL_ADJACENT - makes creature shots affect all neighbouring hexes
• • BLOCK_MAGIC_BELOW - allows blocking spells below particular spell level. HotA cape artifact can be implemented with this
• • DESTRUCTION - creature ability for killing extra units after hit, configurable

MULTIPLAYER:

• Loading support. Save from single client could be used to load all clients.
• Restart support. All clients will restart together on same server.
• Hotseat mixed with network game. Multiple colors can be controlled by each client.

SPELLS:

• Implemented cumulative effects for spells

MODS:

• Improve support for WoG commander artifacts and skill descriptions
• Added support for modding of original secondary skills and creation of new ones.
• Map object sounds can now be configured via json
• Added bonus updaters for hero specialties
• Added allOf, anyOf and noneOf qualifiers for bonus limiters
• Added bonus limiters: alignment, faction and terrain
• Supported new terrains, new battlefields, custom water and rock terrains
• Following special buildings becomes available in the fan towns:
• • attackVisitingBonus
• • defenceVisitingBonus
• • spellPowerVisitingBonus
• • knowledgeVisitingBonus
• • experienceVisitingBonus
• • lighthouse
• • treasury

SOUND:

• Fixed many mising or wrong pickup and visit sounds for map objects
• All map objects now have ambient sounds identical to OH3

RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:

• Random map generator supports water modes (normal, islands)
• Added config randomMap.json with settings for map generator
• Added parameter for template allowedWaterContent
• Extra resource packs appear nearby mines
• Underground can be player starting place for factions allowed to be placed underground
• Improved obstacles placement aesthetics
• Rivers are generated on the random maps
• RMG works more stable, various crashes have been fixed
• Treasures requiring guards are guaranteed to be protected

VCAI:

• Reworked goal decomposition engine, fixing many loopholes. AI will now pick correct goals faster.
• AI will now use universal pathfinding globally
• AI can use Summon Boat and Town Portal
• AI can gather and save resources on purpose
• AI will only buy army on demand instead of every turn
• AI can distinguish the value of all map objects
• General speed optimizations

BATTLES:

• Towers should block ranged retaliation
• AI can bypass broken wall with moat instead of standing and waiting until gate is destroyed
• Towers do not attack war machines automatically
• Draw is possible now as battle outcome in case the battle ends with only summoned creatures (both sides loose)

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Added buttons and keyboard shortcuts to quickly exchange army and artifacts between heroes
• Fix: Captured town should not be duplicated on the UI

LAUNCHER:

• Implemented notifications about updates
• Supported redirection links for downloading mods

0.98 -> 0.99

GENERAL:

• New Bonus NO_TERRAIN_PENALTY
• Nomads will remove Sand movement penalty from army
• Flying and water walking is now supported in pathfinder
• New artifacts supported
• • Angel Wings
• • Boots of Levitation
• Implemented rumors in tavern window
• New cheat codes:
• • vcmiglaurung - gives 5000 crystal dragons into each slot
• • vcmiungoliant - conceal fog of war for current player
• New console commands:
• • gosolo - AI take control over human players and vice versa
• • controlai - give control of one or all AIs to player
• • set hideSystemMessages on/off - supress server messages in chat

BATTLES:

• Drawbridge mechanics implemented (animation still missing)
• Merging of town and visiting hero armies on siege implemented
• Hero info tooltip for skills and mana implemented

ADVENTURE AI:

• Fixed AI trying to go through underground rock
• Fixed several cases causing AI wandering aimlessly
• AI can again pick best artifacts and exchange artifacts between heroes
• AI heroes with patrol enabled won't leave patrol area anymore

RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:

• Changed fractalization algorithm so it can create cycles
• Zones will not have straight paths anymore, they are totally random
• Generated zones will have different size depending on template setting
• Added Thieves Guild random object (1 per zone)
• Added Seer Huts with quests that match OH3
• RMG will guarantee at least 100 pairs of Monoliths are available even if there are not enough different defs

0.97 -> 0.98

GENERAL:

• Pathfinder can now find way using Monoliths and Whirlpools (only used if hero has protection)

ADVENTURE AI:

• AI will try to use Monolith entrances for exploration
• AI will now always revisit each exit of two way monolith if exit no longer visible
• AI will eagerly pick guarded and blocked treasures

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Implemented world view
• Added graphical fading effects

SPELLS:

• New spells handled:
• • Earthquake
• • View Air
• • View Earth
• • Visions
• • Disguise
• Implemented CURE spell negative dispell effect
• Added LOCATION target for spells castable on any hex with new target modifiers

BATTLES:

• Implemented OH3 stack split / upgrade formulas according to AlexSpl

RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:

• Underground tunnels are working now
• Implemented "junction" zone type
• Improved zone placing algorithm
• More balanced distribution of treasure piles
• More obstacles within zones

0.96 -> 0.97 (Nov 01 2014)

GENERAL:

• (windows) Moved VCMI data directory from '%userprofile%\vcmi' to '%userprofile%\Documents\My Games\vcmi'
• (windows) (OSX) Moved VCMI save directory from 'VCMI_DATA\Games' to 'VCMI_DATA\Saves'
• (linux)
• Changes in used librries:
• • VCMI can now be compiled with SDL2
• • Movies will use ffmpeg library
• • change boost::bind to std::bind
• • removed boost::asign
• • Updated FuzzyLite to 5.0
• Multiplayer load support was implemented through command-line options

ADVENTURE AI:

• Significantly optimized execution time, AI should be much faster now.

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Non-latin characters can now be entered in chat window or used for save names.
• Implemented separate speed for owned heroes and heroes owned by other players

GRAPHICS:

• Better upscaling when running in fullscreen mode.
• New creature/commader window
• New resolutions and bonus icons are now part of a separate mod
• Added graphics for GENERAL_DAMAGE_REDUCTION bonus (Kuririn)

RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:

• Random map generator now creates complete and playable maps, should match original RMG
• All important features from original map templates are implemented
• Fixed major crash on removing objects
• Undeground zones will look just like surface zones

LAUNCHER:

• Implemented switch to disable intro movies in game

0.95 -> 0.96 (Jul 01 2014)

GENERAL:

• (linux) now VCMI follows XDG specifications. See http://forum.vcmi.eu/viewtopic.php?t=858

ADVENTURE AI:

• Optimized speed and removed various bottlenecks.

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Heroes auto-level primary and secondary skill levels according to experience

BATTLES:

• Wall hit/miss sound will be played when using catapult during siege

SPELLS:

• New configuration format: http://wiki.vcmi.eu/index.php?title=Spell_Format

RANDOM MAP GENERATOR:

• Towns from mods can be used
• Reading connections, terrains, towns and mines from template
• Zone placement
• Zone borders and connections, fractalized paths inside zones
• Guard generation
• Treasue piles generation (so far only few removable objects)

MODS:

• Support for submods - mod may have their own "submods" located in /Mods directory
• Mods may provide their own changelogs and screenshots that will be visible in Launcher
• Mods can now add new (offensive, buffs, debuffs) spells and change existing
• Mods can use custom mage guild background pictures and videos for taverns, setting of resources daily income for buildings

GENERAL:

• Added configuring of heroes quantity per player allowed in game

0.94 -> 0.95 (Mar 01 2014)

GENERAL:

• Components of combined artifacts will now display info about entire set.
• Implements level limit
• Added WoG creature abilities by Kuririn
• Implemented a confirmation dialog when pressing Alt + F4 to quit the game
• Added precompiled header compilation for CMake (can be enabled per flag)
• VCMI will detect changes in text files using crc-32 checksum
• Basic support for unicode. Internally vcmi always uses utf-8
• (linux) Launcher will be available as "VCMI" menu entry from system menu/launcher
• (linux) Added a SIGSEV violation handler to vcmiserver executable for logging stacktrace (for convenience)

ADVENTURE AI:

More info at http://wiki.vcmi.eu/index.php?title=Adventure_AI

• AI will use fuzzy logic to compare and choose multiple possible subgoals.
• AI will now use SectorMap to find a way to guarded / covered objects.
• Significantly improved exploration algorithm.
• Locked heroes now try to decompose their goals exhaustively.
• Fixed (common) issue when AI found neutral stacks infinitely strong.
• Improvements for army exchange criteria.
• GatherArmy may include building dwellings in town (experimental).
• AI should now conquer map more aggressively and much faster
• Fuzzy rules will be printed out at map launch (if AI log is enabled)

CAMPAIGNS:

• Implemented move heroes to next scenario
• Support for non-standard victory conditions for H3 campaigns
• Campaigns use window with bonus & scenario selection than scenario information window from normal maps
• Implemented hero recreate handling (e.g. Xeron will be recreated on AB campaign)
• Moved place bonus hero before normal random hero and starting hero placement -> same behaviour as in OH3
• Moved placing campaign heroes before random object generation -> same behaviour as in OH3

TOWNS:

• Extended building dependencies support

MODS:

• See http://wiki.vcmi.eu/index.php?title=Modding_changelog#0.94_-.3E_0.95 for format changes
• Custom victory/loss conditions for maps or campaigns
• 7 days without towns loss condition is no longer hardcoded
• Only changed mods will be validated

0.93 -> 0.94 (Oct 01 2013)

GENERAL:

• New Launcher application, see
• Filesystem now supports zip archives. They can be loaded similarly to other archives in filesystem.json. Mods can use Content.zip instead of Content/ directory.
• fixed "get txt" console command
• command "extract" to extract file by name
• command "def2bmp" to convert def into set of frames.
• fixed crash related to cammander's SPELL_AFTER_ATTACK spell id not initialized properly (text id was resolved on copy of bonus)
• fixed duels, added no-GUI mode for automatic AI testing
• Sir Mullich is available at the start of the game
• Upgrade cost will never be negative.
• support for Chinese fonts (GBK 2-byte encoding)

ADVENTURE MAP:

• if Quick Combat option is turned on, battles will be resolved by AI
• first hero is awakened on new turn
• fixed 3000 gems reward in shipwreck

BATTLES:

• autofight implemented
• most of the animations is time-based
• simplified postioning of units in battle, should fix remaining issues with unit positioning
• synchronized attack/defence animation
• spell animation speed uses game settings
• fixed disrupting ray duration
• added logging domain for battle animations
• Fixed crashes on Land Mines / Fire Wall casting.
• UI will be correctly greyed-out during opponent turn
• fixed remaining issues with blit order
• Catapult attacks should be identical to H3. Catapult may miss and attack another part of wall instead (this is how it works in H3)
• Fixed Remove Obstacle.
• defeating hero will yield 500 XP
• Added lots of missing spell immunities from Strategija
• Added stone gaze immunity for Troglodytes (did you know about it?)
• damage done by turrets is properly increased by built buldings
• Wyverns will cast Poison instead of Stone Gaze.

TOWN:

• Fixed issue that allowed to build multiple boats in town.
• fix for lookout tower

0.92 -> 0.93 (Jun 01 2013)

GENERAL:

• Support for SoD-only installations, WoG becomes optional addition
• New logging framework
• Negative luck support, disabled by default
• Several new icons for creature abilities (Fire Shield, Non-living, Magic Mirror, Spell-like Attack)
• Fixed stack artifact (and related buttons) not displaying in creature window.
• Fixed crash at month of double population.

MODS:

• See http://wiki.vcmi.eu/index.php?title=Modding_changelog#0.92_-.3E_0.93 for compatibility info.
• Improved json validation. Now it support most of features from latest json schema draft.
• Icons use path to icon instead of image indexes.
• It is possible to edit data of another mod or H3 data via mods.
• Mods can access only ID's from dependenies, virtual "core" mod and itself (optional for some mods compatibility)
• Removed no longer needed field "projectile spins"
• Heroes: split heroes.json in manner similar to creatures\factions; string ID's for H3 heroes; h3 hero classes and artifacts can be modified via json.

BATTLES:

• Fixed Death Stare of Commanders
• Projectile blitting should be closer to original H3. But still not perfect.
• Fixed missing Mirth effects
• Stack affected by Berserk should not try to attack itself
• Fixed several cases of incorrect positioning of creatures in battles
• Fixed abilities of Efreet.
• Fixed broken again palette in some battle backgrounds

TOWN:

• VCMI will not crash if building selection area is smaller than def
• Detection of transparency on selection area is closer to H3
• Improved handling buildings with mode "auto":
• • they will be properly processed (new creatures will be added if dwelling, spells learned if mage guild, and so on)
• • transitive dependencies are handled (A makes B build, and B makes C and D)

SOUND:

• Added missing WoG creature sounds (from Kuririn).
• The Windows package comes with DLLs needed to play .ogg files
• (linux) convertMP3 option for vcmibuilder for systems where SDL_Mixer can't play mp3's
• some missing sounds for battle effects

ARTIFACTS:

• Several fixes to combined artifacts added via mods.
• Fixed Spellbinder's Hat giving level 1 spells instead of 5.
• Fixed incorrect components of Cornucopia.
• Cheat code with grant all artifacts, including the ones added by mods

0.91 -> 0.92 (Mar 01 2013)

GENERAL:

• hero crossover between missions in campaigns
• introduction before missions in campaigns

MODS:

• Added CREATURE_SPELL_POWER for commanders
• Added spell modifiers to various spells: Hypnotize (Astral), Firewall (Luna), Landmine
• Fixed ENEMY_DEFENCE_REDUCTION, GENERAL_ATTACK_REDUCTION
• Extended usefulness of ONLY_DISTANCE_FIGHT, ONLY_MELEE_FIGHT ranges
• Double growth creatures are configurable now
• Drain Life now has % effect depending on bonus value
• Stack can use more than 2 attacks. Additional attacks can now be separated as "ONLY_MELEE_FIGHT and "ONLY_DISTANCE_FIGHT".
• Moat damage configurable
• More config options for spells:
• • mind immunity handled by config
• • direct damage immunity handled by config
• • immunity icon configurable
• • removed mind_spell flag
• creature config use string ids now.
• support for string subtype id in short bonus format
• primary skill identifiers for bonuses

0.9 -> 0.91 (Feb 01 2013)

GENERAL:

• VCMI build on OS X is now supported
• Completely removed autotools
• Added RMG interace and ability to generate simplest working maps
• Added loading screen

MODS:

• Simplified mod structure. Mods from 0.9 will not be compatible.
• Mods can be turned on and off in config/modSettings.json file
• Support for new factions, including:
• • New towns
• • New hero classes
• • New heroes
• • New town-related external dwellings
• Support for new artifact, including combined, commander and stack artifacts
• Extended configuration options
• • All game objects are referenced by string identifiers
• • Subtype resolution for bonuses

BATTLES:

• Support for "enchanted" WoG ability

ADVENTURE AI:

• AI will try to use Subterranean Gate, Redwood Observatory and Cartographer for exploration
• Improved exploration algorithm
• AI will prioritize dwellings and mines when there are no opponents visible

0.89 -> 0.9 (Oct 01 2012)

GENERAL:

• Provisional support creature-adding mods
• New filesystem allowing easier resource adding/replacing
• Reorganized package for better compatibility with HotA and not affecting the original game
• Moved many hard-coded settings into text config files
• Commander level-up dialog
• New Quest Log window
• Fixed a number of bugs in campaigns, support for starting hero selection bonus.

BATTLES:

• New graphics for Stack Queue
• Death Stare works identically to H3
• No explosion when catapult fails to damage the wall
• Fixed crash when attacking stack dies before counterattack
• Fixed crash when attacking stack dies in the Moat just before the attack
• Fixed Orb of Inhibition and Recanter's Cloak (they were incorrectly implemented)
• Fleeing hero won't lose artifacts.
• Spellbook won't be captured.

ADVENTURE AI:

• support for quests (Seer Huts, Quest Guardians, and so)
• AI will now wander with all the heroes that have spare movement points. It should prevent stalling.
• AI will now understand threat of Abandoned Mine.
• AI can now exchange armies between heroes. By default, it will pass army to main hero.
• Fixed strange case when AI found allied town extremely dangerous
• Fixed crash when AI tried to "revisit" a Boat
• Fixed crash when hero assigned to goal was lost when attempting realizing it
• Fixed a possible freeze when exchanging resources at marketplace

BATTLE AI:

• It is possible to select a battle AI module used by VCMI by typing into the console "setBattleAI ". The names of avaialble modules are "StupidAI" and "BattleAI". BattleAI may be a little smarter but less stable. By the default, StupidAI will be used, as in previous releases.
• New battle AI module: "BattleAI" that is smarter and capable of casting some offensive and enchantment spells

0.88 -> 0.89 (Jun 01 2012)

GENERAL:

• Mostly implemented Commanders feature (missing level-up dialog)
• Support for stack artifacts
• New creature window graphics contributed by fishkebab
• Config file may have multiple upgrades for creatures
• CTRL+T will open marketplace window
• G will open thieves guild window if player owns at least one town with tavern
• Implemented restart functionality. CTRL+R will trigger a quick restart
• Save game screen and returning to main menu will work if game was started with --start option
• Simple mechanism for detecting game desynchronization after init
• 1280x800 resolution graphics, contributed by Topas

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Fixed monsters regenerating casualties from battle at the start of new week.
• T in adventure map will switch to next town

BATTLES:

• It's possible to switch active creature during tacts phase by clicking on stack
• After battle artifacts of the defeated hero (and his army) will be taken by winner
• Rewritten handling of battle obstacles. They will be now placed following H3 algorithm.
• Fixed crash when death stare or acid breath activated on stack that was just killed
• First aid tent can heal only creatures that suffered damage
• War machines can't be healed by tent
• Creatures casting spells won't try to cast them during tactic phase
• Console tooltips for first aid tent
• Console tooltips for teleport spell
• Cursor is reset to pointer when action is requested
• Fixed a few other missing or wrong tooltips/cursors
• Implemented opening creature window by l-clicking on stack
• Fixed crash on attacking walls with Cyclop Kings
• Fixed and simplified Teleport casting
• Fixed Remove Obstacle spell
• New spells supported:
• • Chain Lightning
• • Fire Wall
• • Force Field
• • Land Mine
• • Quicksands
• • Sacrifice

TOWNS:

• T in castle window will open a tavern window (if available)

PREGAME:

• Pregame will use same resolution as main game
• Support for scaling background image
• Customization of graphics with config file.

ADVENTURE AI:

• basic rule system for threat evaluation
• new town development logic
• AI can now use external dwellings
• AI will weekly revisit dwellings & mills
• AI will now always pick best stacks from towns
• AI will recruit multiple heroes for exploration
• AI won't try attacking its own heroes

0.87 -> 0.88 (Mar 01 2012)

• added an initial version of new adventure AI: VCAI
• system settings window allows to change default resolution
• introduced unified JSON-based settings system
• fixed all known localization issues
• Creature Window can handle descriptions of spellcasting abilities
• Support for the clone spell

0.86 -> 0.87 (Dec 01 2011)

GENERAL:

• Pathfinder can find way using ships and subterranean gates
• Hero reminder & sleep button

PREGAME:

• Credits are implemented

BATTLES:

• All attacked hexes will be highlighted
• New combat abilities supported:
• • Spell Resistance aura
• • Random spellcaster (Genies)
• • Mana channeling
• • Daemon summoning
• • Spellcaster (Archangel Ogre Mage, Elementals, Faerie Dragon)
• • Fear
• • Fearless
• • No wall penalty
• • Enchanter
• • Bind
• • Dispell helpful spells

0.85 -> 0.86 (Sep 01 2011)

GENERAL:

• Reinstated music support
• Bonus system optimizations (caching)
• converted many config files to JSON
• .tga file support
• New artifacts supported
• • Admiral's Hat
• • Statue of Legion
• • Titan's Thunder

BATTLES:

• Correct handling of siege obstacles
• Catapult animation
• New combat abilities supported
• • Dragon Breath
• • Three-headed Attack
• • Attack all around
• • Death Cloud / Fireball area attack
• • Death Blow
• • Lightning Strike
• • Rebirth
• New WoG abilities supported
• • Defense Bonus
• • Cast before attack
• • Immunity to direct damage spells
• New spells supported
• • Magic Mirror
• • Titan's Lightning Bolt

0.84 -> 0.85 (Jun 01 2011)

GENERAL:

• Support for stack experience
• Implemented original campaign selection screens
• New artifacts supported:
• • Statesman's Medal
• • Diplomat's Ring
• • Ambassador's Sash

TOWNS:

• Implemented animation for new town buildings
• It's possible to sell artifacts at Artifact Merchants

BATTLES:

• Neutral monsters will be split into multiple stacks
• Hero can surrender battle to keep army
• Support for Death Stare, Support for Poison, Age, Disease, Acid Breath, Fire / Water / Earth / Air immunities and Receptiveness
• Partial support for Stone Gaze, Paralyze, Mana drain

0.83 -> 0.84 (Mar 01 2011)

GENERAL:

• Bonus system has been rewritten
• Partial support for running VCMI in duel mode (no adventure map, only one battle, ATM only AI-AI battles)
• New artifacts supported:
• • Angellic Alliance
• • Bird of Perception
• • Emblem of Cognizance
• • Spell Scroll
• • Stoic Watchman

BATTLES:

• Better animations handling
• Defensive stance is supported

HERO:

• New secondary skills supported:
• • Artillery
• • Eagle Eye
• • Tactics

AI PLAYER:

• new AI leading neutral creatures in combat, slightly better then previous

0.82 -> 0.83 (Nov 01 2010)

GENERAL:

• Alliances support
• Week of / Month of events
• Mostly done pregame for MP games (temporarily only for local clients)
• Support for 16bpp displays
• Campaigns:
• • support for building bonus
• • moving to next map after victory
• Town Portal supported
• Vial of Dragon Blood and Statue of Legion supported

HERO:

• remaining specialities have been implemented

TOWNS:

• town events supported
• Support for new town structures: Deiety of Fire and Escape Tunnel

BATTLES:

• blocked retreating from castle

0.81 -> 0.82 (Aug 01 2010)

GENERAL:

• Some of the starting bonuses in campaigns are supported
• It's possible to select difficulty level of mission in campaign
• new cheat codes:
• • vcmisilmaril - player wins
• • vcmimelkor - player loses

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Neutral armies growth implemented (10% weekly)
• Power rating of neutral stacks
• Favourable Winds reduce sailing cost

HERO:

• Learning secondary skill supported.
• Most of hero specialities are supported, including:
• • Creature specialities (progressive, fixed, Sir Mullich)
• • Spell damage specialities (Deemer), fixed bonus (Ciele)
• • Secondary skill bonuses
• • Creature Upgrades (Gelu)
• • Resorce generation
• • Starting Skill (Adrienne)

TOWNS:

• Support for new town structures:
• • Artifact Merchant
• • Aurora Borealis
• • Castle Gates
• • Magic University
• • Portal of Summoning
• • Skeleton transformer
• • Veil of Darkness

OBJECTS:

• Stables will now upgrade Cavaliers to Champions.
• New object supported:
• • Abandoned Mine
• • Altar of Sacrifice
• • Black Market
• • Cover of Darkness
• • Hill Fort
• • Refugee Camp
• • Sanctuary
• • Tavern
• • University
• • Whirlpool

0.8 -> 0.81 (Jun 01 2010)

GENERAL:

• It's possible to start campaign
• Support for build grail victory condition
• New artifacts supported:
• • Angel's Wings
• • Boots of levitation
• • Orb of Vulnerability
• • Ammo cart
• • Golden Bow
• • Hourglass of Evil Hour
• • Bow of Sharpshooter
• • Armor of the Damned

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Creatures now guard surrounding tiles
• New adventura map spells supported:
• • Summon Boat
• • Scuttle Boat
• • Dimension Door
• • Fly
• • Water walk

BATTLES:

• A number of new creature abilities supported
• First Aid Tent is functional
• Support for distance/wall/melee penalties & no * penalty abilities
• Reworked damage calculation to fit OH3 formula better
• Luck support
• Teleportation spell

HERO:

• First Aid secondary skill
• Improved formula for necromancy to match better OH3

TOWNS:

• Sending resources to other players by marketplace
• Support for new town structures:
• • Lighthouse
• • Colossus
• • Freelancer's Guild
• • Guardian Spirit
• • Necromancy Amplifier
• • Soul Prison

OBJECTS:

• New object supported:
• • Freelancer's Guild
• • Trading Post
• • War Machine Factory

0.75 -> 0.8 (Mar 01 2010)

GENERAL:

• Victory and loss conditions are supported. It's now possible to win or lose the game.
• Implemented assembling and disassembling of combination artifacts.
• Kingdom Overview screen is now available.
• Implemented Grail (puzzle map, digging, constructing ultimate building)
• Replaced TTF fonts with original ones.

ADVENTURE MAP:

• Implemented rivers animations (thx to GrayFace).

BATTLES:

• Fire Shield spell (and creature ability) supported
• affecting morale/luck and casting spell after attack creature abilities supported

HERO:

• Implementation of Scholar secondary skill

TOWN:

• New left-bottom info panel functionalities.

TOWNS:

• new town structures supported:
• • Ballista Yard
• • Blood Obelisk
• • Brimstone Clouds
• • Dwarven Treasury
• • Fountain of Fortune
• • Glyphs of Fear
• • Mystic Pond
• • Thieves Guild
• • Special Grail functionalities for Dungeon, Stronghold and Fortress

OBJECTS:

• New objects supported:
• • Border gate
• • Den of Thieves
• • Lighthouse
• • Obelisk
• • Quest Guard
• • Seer hut

A lot of of various bugfixes and improvements: http://bugs.vcmi.eu/changelog_page.php?version_id=14

0.74 -> 0.75 (Dec 01 2009)

GENERAL:

• Implemented "main menu" in-game option.
• Hide the mouse cursor while displaying a popup window.
• Better handling of huge and empty message boxes (still needs more changes)
• Fixed several crashes when exiting.

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• Movement cursor shown for unguarded enemy towns.
• Battle cursor shown for guarded enemy garrisons.
• Clicking on the border no longer opens an empty info windows

HERO WINDOW:

• Improved artifact moving. Available slots are higlighted. Moved artifact is bound to mouse cursor.

TOWNS:

• new special town structures supported:
• • Academy of Battle Scholars
• • Cage of Warlords
• • Mana Vortex
• • Stables
• • Skyship (revealing entire map only)

OBJECTS:

• External dwellings increase town growth
• Right-click info window for castles and garrisons you do not own shows a rough amount of creatures instead of none
• Scholar won't give unavaliable spells anymore.

A lot of of various bugfixes and improvements: http://bugs.vcmi.eu/changelog_page.php?version_id=2

0.73 -> 0.74 (Oct 01 2009)

GENERAL:

• Scenario Information window
• Save Game window
• VCMI window should start centered
• support for Necromancy and Ballistics secondary skills
• new artifacts supported, including those improving Necromancy, Legion Statue parts, Shackles of War and most of combination artifacts (but not combining)
• VCMI client has its own icon (thx for graphic to Dikamilo)
• Ellipsis won't be split when breaking text on several lines
• split button will be grayed out when no creature is selected
• fixed issue when splitting stack to the hero with only one creatures
• a few fixes for shipyard window

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• Cursor shows if tile is accesible and how many turns away
• moving hero with arrow keys / numpad
• fixed Next Hero button behaviour
• fixed Surface/Underground switch button in higher resolutions

BATTLES:

• partial siege support
• new stack queue for higher resolutions (graphics made by Dru, thx!)
• 'Q' pressing toggles the stack queue displaying (so it can be enabled/disabled it with single key press)
• more creatures special abilities supported
• battle settings will be stored
• fixed crashes occurring on attacking two hex creatures from back
• fixed crash when clicking on enemy stack without moving mouse just after receiving action
• even large stack numbers will fit the boxes
• when active stack is killed by spell, game behaves properly
• shooters attacking twice (like Grand Elves) won't attack twice in melee
• ballista can shoot even if there's an enemy creature next to it
• improved obstacles placement, so they'll better fit hexes (thx to Ivan!)
• selecting attack directions works as in H3
• estimating damage that will be dealt while choosing stack to be attacked
• modified the positioning of battle effects, they should look about right now.
• after selecting a spell during combat, l-click is locked for any action other than casting.
• flying creatures will be blitted over all other creatures, obstacles and wall
• obstacles and units should be printed in better order (not tested)
• fixed armageddon animation
• new spells supported:
• • Anti-Magic
• • Cure
• • Resurrection
• • Animate Dead
• • Counterstrike
• • Berserk
• • Hypnotize
• • Blind
• • Fire Elemental
• • Earth Elemental
• • Water Elemental
• • Air Elemental
• • Remove obstacle

TOWNS:

• enemy castle can be taken over
• only one capitol per player allowed (additional ones will be lost)
• garrisoned hero can buy a spellbook
• heroes available in tavern should be always different
• ship bought in town will be correctly placed
• new special town structures supported:
• • Lookout Tower
• • Temple of Valhalla
• • Wall of Knowledge
• • Order of Fire

HERO WINDOW:

• war machines cannot be unequiped

PREGAME:

• sorting: a second click on the column header sorts in descending order.
• advanced options tab: r-click popups for selected town, hero and bonus
• starting scenario / game by double click
• arrows in options tab are hidden when not available
• subtitles for chosen hero/town/bonus in pregame

OBJECTS:

• fixed pairing Subterranean Gates
• New objects supported:
• • Borderguard & Keymaster Tent
• • Cartographer
• • Creature banks
• • Eye of the Magi & Hut of the Magi
• • Garrison
• • Stables
• • Pandora Box
• • Pyramid

0.72 -> 0.73 (Aug 01 2009)

GENERAL:

• infowindow popup will be completely on screen
• fixed possible crash with in game console
• fixed crash when gaining artifact after r-click on hero in tavern
• Estates / hero bonuses won't give resources on first day.
• video handling (intro, main menu animation, tavern animation, spellbook animation, battle result window)
• hero meeting window allowing exchanging armies and artifacts between heroes on adventure map
• 'T' hotkey opens marketplace window
• giving starting spells for heroes
• pressing enter or escape close spellbook
• removed redundant quotation marks from skills description and artifact events texts
• disabled autosaving on first turn
• bonuses from bonus artifacts
• increased char per line limit for subtitles under components
• corrected some exp/level values
• primary skills cannot be negative
• support for new artifacts: Ring of Vitality, Ring of Life, Vial of Lifeblood, Garniture of Interference, Surcoat of Counterpoise, Boots of Polarity
• fixed timed events reappearing
• saving system options
• saving hero direction
• r-click popups on enemy heroes and towns
• hero leveling formula matches the H3

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• Garrisoning, then removing hero from garrison move him at the end of the heroes list
• The size of the frame around the map depends on the screen size.
• spellbook shows adventure spells when opened on adventure map
• erasing path after picking objects with last movement point

BATTLES:

• spell resistance supported (secondary skill, artifacts, creature skill)
• corrected damage inflicted by spells and ballista
• added some missing projectile infos
• added native terrain bonuses in battles
• number of units in stack in battle should better fit the box
• non-living and undead creatures have now always 0 morale
• displaying luck effect animation
• support for battleground overlays:
• • cursed ground
• • magic plains
• • fiery fields
• • rock lands
• • magic clouds
• • lucid pools
• • holy ground
• • clover field
• • evil fog

TOWNS:

• fixes for horde buildings
• garrisoned hero can buy a spellbook if he is selected or if there is no visiting hero
• capitol bar in town hall is grey (not red) if already one exists
• fixed crash on entering hall when town was near map edge

HERO WINDOW:

• garrisoned heroes won't be shown on the list
• artifacts will be present on morale/luck bonuses list

PREGAME:

• saves are sorted primary by map format, secondary by name
• fixed displaying date of saved game (uses local time, removed square character)

OBJECTS:

• Fixed primary/secondary skill levels given by a scholar.
• fixed problems with 3-tiles monoliths
• fixed crash with flaggable building next to map edge
• fixed some descriptions for events
• New objects supported:
• • Buoy
• • Creature Generators
• • Flotsam
• • Mermaid
• • Ocean bottle
• • Sea Chest
• • Shipwreck Survivor
• • Shipyard
• • Sirens

0.71 -> 0.72 (Jun 1 2009)

GENERAL:

• many sound effects and music
• autosave (to 5 subsequent files)
• artifacts support (most of them)
• added internal game console (activated on TAB)
• fixed 8 hero limit to check only for wandering heroes (not garrisoned)
• improved randomization
• fixed crash on closing application
• VCMI won't always give all three stacks in the starting armies
• fix for drawing starting army creatures count
• Diplomacy secondary skill support
• timed events won't cause resources amount to be negative
• support for sorcery secondary skill
• reduntant quotation marks from artifact descriptions are removed
• no income at the first day

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• fixed crasbug occurring on revisiting objects (by pressing space)
• always restoring default cursor when movng mouse out of the terrain
• fixed map scrolling with ctrl+arrows when some windows are opened
• clicking scrolling arrows in town/hero list won't open town/hero window
• pathfinder will now look for a path going via printed positions of roads when it's possible
• enter can be used to open window with selected hero/town

BATTLES:

• many creatures special skills implemented
• battle will end when one side has only war machines
• fixed some problems with handling obstacles info
• fixed bug with defending / waiting while no stack is active
• spellbook button is inactive when hero cannot cast any spell
• obstacles will be placed more properly when resolution is different than 800x600
• canceling of casting a spell by pressing Escape or R-click (R-click on a creatures does not cancel a spell)
• spellbook cannot be opened by L-click on hero in battle when it shouldn't be possible
• new spells:
• • frost ring
• • fireball
• • inferno
• • meteor shower
• • death ripple
• • destroy undead
• • dispel
• • armageddon
• • disrupting ray
• • protection from air
• • protection from fire
• • protection from water
• • protection from earth
• • precision
• • slayer

TOWNS:

• resting in town with mage guild will replenih all the mana points
• fixed Blacksmith
• the number of creatures at the beginning of game is their base growth
• it's possible to enter Tavern via Brotherhood of Sword

HERO WINDOW:

• fixed mana limit info in the hero window
• war machines can't be removed
• fixed problems with removing artifacts when all visible slots in backpack are full

PREGAME:

• clicking on "advanced options" a second time now closes the tab instead of refreshing it.
• Fix position of maps names.
• Made the slider cursor much more responsive. Speedup the map select screen.
• Try to behave when no maps/saves are present.
• Page Up / Page Down / Home / End hotkeys for scrolling through scenarios / games list

OBJECTS:

• Neutral creatures can join or escape depending on hero strength (escape formula needs to be improved)
• leaving guardians in flagged mines.
• support for Scholar object
• support for School of Magic
• support for School of War
• support for Pillar of Fire
• support for Corpse
• support for Lean To
• support for Wagon
• support for Warrior's Tomb
• support for Event
• Corpse (Skeleton) will be accessible from all directions

0.7 -> 0.71 (Apr 01 2009)

GENERAL:

• fixed scrolling behind window problem (now it's possible to scroll with CTRL + arrows)
• morale/luck system and corresponding sec. skills supported
• fixed crash when hero get level and has less than two sec. skills to choose between
• added keybindings for components in selection window (eg. for treasure chest dialog): 1, 2, and so on. Selection dialog can be closed with Enter key
• proper handling of custom portraits of heroes
• fixed problems with non-hero/town defs not present in def list but present on map (occurring probably only in case of def substitution in map editor)
• fixed crash when there was no hero available to hire for some player
• fixed problems with 1024x600 screen resolution
• updating blockmap/visitmap of randomized objects
• fixed crashes on loading maps with flag all mines/dwelling victory condition
• further fixes for leveling-up (stability and identical offered skills bug)
• splitting window allows to rebalance two stack with the same creatures
• support for numpad keyboard
• support for timed events

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• added "Next hero" button functionality
• added missing path arrows
• corrected centering on hero's position
• recalculating hero path after reselecting hero
• further changes in pathfinder making it more like original one
• orientation of hero can't be change if movement points are exhausted
• campfire, borderguard, bordergate, questguard will be accessible from the top
• new movement cost calculation algorithm
• fixed sight radious calculation
• it's possible to stop hero movement
• faster minimap refreshing
• provisional support for "Save" button in System Options Window
• it's possible to revisit object under hero by pressing Space

BATTLES:

• partial support for battle obstacles
• only one spell can be casted per turn
• blocked opening sepllbook if hero doesn't have a one
• spells not known by hero can't be casted
• spell books won't be placed in War Machine slots after battle
• attack is now possible when hex under cursor is not displayed
• glowing effect of yellow border around creatures
• blue glowing border around hovered creature
• made animation on battlefield more smooth
• standing stacks have more static animation
• probably fixed problem with displaying corpses on battlefield
• fixes for two-hex creatures actions
• fixed hero casting spell animation
• corrected stack death animation
• battle settings will be remembered between battles
• improved damage calculation formula
• correct handling of flying creatures in battles
• a few tweaks in battle path/available hexes calculation (more of them is needed)
• amounts of units taking actions / being an object of actions won't be shown until action ends
• fixed positions of stack queue and battle result window when resolution is != 800x600
• corrected duration of frenzy spell which was incorrect in certain cases
• corrected hero spell casting animation
• better support for battle backgrounds
• blocked "save" command during battle
• spellbook displays only spells known by Hero
• New spells supported:
• • Mirth
• • Sorrow
• • Fortune
• • Misfortune

TOWN INTERFACE:

• cannot build more than one capitol
• cannot build shipyard if town is not near water
• Rampart's Treasury requires Miner's Guild
• minor improvements in Recruitment Window
• fixed crash occurring when clicking on hero portrait in Tavern Window, minor improvements for Tavern Window
• proper updating resdatabar after building structure in town or buying creatures (non 800x600 res)
• fixed blinking resdatabar in town screen when buying (800x600)
• fixed horde buildings displaying in town hall
• forbidden buildings will be shown as forbidden, even if there are no res / other conditions are not fulfilled

PREGAME:

• added scrolling scenario list with mouse wheel
• fixed mouse slow downs
• cannot select heroes for computer player (pregame)
• no crash if uses gives wrong resolution ID number
• minor fixes

OBJECTS:

• windmill gives 500 gold only during first week ever (not every month)
• After the first visit to the Witch Hut, right-click/hover tip mentions the skill available.
• New objects supported:
• • Prison
• • Magic Well
• • Faerie Ring
• • Swan Pond
• • Idol of Fortune
• • Fountain of Fortune
• • Rally Flag
• • Oasis
• • Temple
• • Watering Hole
• • Fountain of Youth
• • support for Redwood Observatory
• • support for Shrine of Magic Incantation / Gesture / Thought
• • support for Sign / Ocean Bottle

AI PLAYER:

• Minor improvements and fixes.

0.64 -> 0.7 (Feb 01 2009)

GENERAL:

• move some settings to the config/settings.txt file
• partial support for new screen resolutions
• it's possible to set game resolution in pregame (type 'resolution' in the console)
• /Data and /Sprites subfolders can be used for adding files not present in .lod archives
• fixed crashbug occurring when hero levelled above 15 level
• support for non-standard screen resolutions
• F4 toggles between full-screen and windowed mode
• minor improvements in creature card window
• splitting stacks with the shift+click
• creature card window contains info about modified speed

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• added water animation
• speed of scrolling map and hero movement can be adjusted in the System Options Window
• partial handling r-clicks on adventure map

TOWN INTERFACE:

• the scroll tab won't remain hanged to our mouse position if we move the mouse is away from the scroll bar
• fixed cloning creatures bug in garrisons (and related issues)

BATTLES:

• support for the Wait command
• magic arrow really works
• war machines support partially added
• queue of stacks narrowed
• spell effect animation displaying improvements
• positive/negative spells cannot be cast on hostile/our stacks
• showing spell effects affecting stack in creature info window
• more appropriate coloring of stack amount box when stack is affected by a spell
• battle console displays notifications about wait/defend commands
• several reported bugs fixed
• new spells supported:
• • Haste
• • lightning bolt
• • ice bolt
• • slow
• • implosion
• • forgetfulness
• • shield
• • air shield
• • bless
• • curse
• • bloodlust
• • weakness
• • stone skin
• • prayer
• • frenzy

AI PLAYER:

• Genius AI (first VCMI AI) will control computer creatures during the combat.

OBJECTS:

• Guardians property for resources is handled
• support for Witch Hut
• support for Arena
• support for Library of Enlightenment

And a lot of minor fixes

0.63 -> 0.64 (Nov 01 2008)

GENERAL:

• sprites from /Sprites folder are handled correctly

• several fixes for pathfinder and path arrows

• better handling disposed/predefined heroes

• heroes regain 1 mana point each turn

• support for mistycisim and intelligence skills

• hero hiring possible

• added support for a number of hotkeys

• it's not possible anymore to leave hero level-up window without selecting secondary skill

• many minor improvements

• Added some kind of simple chatting functionality through console. Implemented several WoG cheats equivalents:

• • woggaladriel -> vcmiainur
• • wogoliphaunt -> vcminoldor
• • wogshadowfax -> vcminahar
• • wogeyeofsauron -> vcmieagles
• • wogisengard -> vcmiformenos
• • wogsaruman -> vcmiistari
• • wogpathofthedead -> vcmiangband
• • woggandalfwhite -> vcmiglorfindel

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• clicking on a tile in advmap view when a path is shown will not only hide it but also calculate a new one
• slowed map scrolling
• blocked scrolling adventure map with mouse when left ctrl is pressed
• blocked map scrolling when dialog window is opened
• scholar will be accessible from the top

TOWN INTERFACE:

• partially done tavern window (only hero hiring functionality)

BATTLES:

• water elemental will really be treated as 2 hex creature
• potential infinite loop in reverseCreature removed
• better handling of battle cursor
• fixed blocked shooter behavior
• it's possible in battles to check remeaining HP of neutral stacks
• partial support for Magic Arrow spell
• fixed bug with dying unit
• stack queue hotkey is now 'Q'
• added shots limit

0.62 -> 0.63 (Oct 01 2008)

GENERAL:

• coloured console output, logging all info to txt files
• it's possible to use other port than 3030 by passing it as an additional argument
• removed some redundant warnings
• partially done spellbook
• Alt+F4 quits the game
• some crashbugs was fixed
• added handling of navigation, logistics, pathfinding, scouting end estates secondary skill
• magical hero are given spellbook at the beginning
• added initial secondary skills for heroes

BATTLES:

• very significant optimization of battles
• battle summary window
• fixed crashbug occurring sometimes on exiting battle
• confirm window is shown before retreat
• graphic stack queue in battle (shows when 'c' key is pressed)
• it's possible to attack enemy hero
• neutral monster army disappears when defeated
• casualties among hero army and neutral creatures are saved
• better animation handling in battles
• directional attack in battles
• mostly done battle options (although they're not saved)
• added receiving exp (and leveling-up) after a won battle
• added support for archery, offence and armourer secondary abilities
• hero's primary skills accounted for damage dealt by creatures in battle

TOWNS:

• mostly done marketplace
• fixed crashbug with battles on swamps and rough terrain
• counterattacks
• heroes can learn new spells in towns
• working resource silo
• fixed bug with the mage guild when no spells available
• it's possible to build lighthouse

HERO WINDOW:

• setting army formation
• tooltips for artifacts in backpack

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• fixed bug with disappearing head of a hero in adventure map
• some objects are no longer accessible from the top
• no tooltips for objects under FoW
• events won't be shown
• working Subterranean Gates, Monoliths
• minimap shows all flaggable objects (towns, mines, etc.)
• artifacts we pick up go to the appropriate slot (if free)

0.61 -> 0.62 (Sep 01 2008)

GENERAL:

• restructured to the server-client model
• support for heroes placed in towns
• upgrading creatures
• working gaining levels for heroes (including dialog with skill selection)
• added graphical cursor
• showing creature amount in the creature info window
• giving starting bonus

CASTLES:

• icon in infobox showing that there is hero in town garrison
• fort/citadel/castle screen
• taking last stack from the heroes army should be impossible (or at least harder)
• fixed reading forbidden structures
• randomizing spells in towns
• viewing hero window in the town screen
• possibility of moving hero into the garrison
• mage guild screen
• support for blacksmith
• if hero doesn't have a spell book, he can buy one in a mage guild
• it's possible to build glyph of fear in fortress
• creatures placeholders work properly

ADVENTURE INTERFACE:

• hopefully fixed problems with wrong town defs (village/fort/capitol)

HERO WINDOW:

• bugfix: splitting stacks works in hero window
• removed bug causing significant increase of CPU consumption

BATTLES:

• shooting
• removed some displaying problems
• showing last group of frames in creature animation won't crash
• added start moving and end moving animations
• fixed moving two-hex creatures
• showing/hiding graphic cursor
• a part of using graphic cursor
• slightly optimized showing of battle interface
• animation of getting hit / death by shooting is displayed when it should be
• improved pathfinding in battles, removed problems with displaying movement, adventure map interface won't be called during battles.
• minor optimizations

PREGAME:

• updates settings when selecting new map after changing sorting criteria
• if sorting not by name, name will be used as a secondary criteria
• when filter is applied a first available map is selected automatically
• slider position updated after sorting in pregame

OBJECTS:

• support for the Tree of knowledge
• support for Campfires
• added event message when picking artifact

0.6 -> 0.61 (Jun 15 2008)

IMPROVEMENTS:

• improved attacking in the battles
• it's possible to kill hostile stack
• animations won't go in the same phase
• Better pathfinder
• "%s" substitutions in Right-click information in town hall
• windmill won't give wood
• hover text for heroes
• support for ZSoft-style PCX files in /Data
• Splitting: when moving slider to the right so that 0 is left in old slot the army is moved
• in the townlist in castle selected town will by placed on the 2nd place (not 3rd)
• stack at the limit of unit's range can now be attacked
• range of unit is now properly displayed
• battle log is scrolled down when new event occurs
• console is closed when application exits

BUGFIXES:

• stack at the limit of unit's range can now be attacked
• good background for the town hall screen in Stronghold
• fixed typo in hall.txt
• VCMI won't crash when r-click neutral stack during the battle
• water won't blink behind shipyard in the Castle
• fixed several memory leaks
• properly displaying two-hex creatures in recruit/split/info window
• corrupted map file won't cause crash on initializing main menu

0.59 -> 0.6 (Jun 1 2008)

• partially done attacking in battles
• screen isn't now refreshed while blitting creature info window
• r-click creature info windows in battles
• no more division by 0 in slider
• "plural" reference names for Conflux creatures (starting armies of Conflux heroes should now be working)
• fixed estate problems
• fixed blinking mana vortex
• grail increases creature growths
• new pathfinder
• several minor improvements

0.58 -> 0.59 (May 24 2008 - closed, test release)

• fixed memory leak in battles
• blitting creature animations to rects in the recruitment window
• fixed wrong creatures def names
• better battle pathfinder and unit reversing
• improved slider ( #58 )
• fixed problems with horde buildings (won't block original dwellings)
• giving primary skill when hero get level (but there is still no dialog)
• if an upgraded creature is available it'll be shown as the first in a recruitment window
• creature levels not messed in Fortress
• war machines are added to the hero's inventory, not to the garrison
• support for H3-style PCX graphics in Data/
• VCMI won't crash when is unable to initialize audio system
• fixed displaying wrong town defs
• improvements in recruitment window (slider won't allow to select more creatures than we can afford)
• creature info window (only r-click)
• callback for buttons/lists based on boost::function
• a lot of minor improvements

0.55 -> 0.58 (Apr 20 2008 - closed, test release)

TOWNS:

• recruiting creatures
• working creature growths (including castle and horde building influences)
• towns give income
• town hall screen
• building buildings (requirements and cost are handled)
• hints for structures
• updating town infobox

GARRISONS:

• merging stacks
• splitting stacks

BATTLES:

• starting battles
• displaying terrain, animations of heroes, units, grid, range of units, battle menu with console, amounts of units in stacks
• leaving battle by pressing flee button
• moving units in battles and displaying their ranges
• defend command for units

GENERAL:

• a number of minor fixes and improvements

0.54 -> 0.55 (Feb 29 2008)

• Sprites/ folder works for h3sprite.lod same as Data/ for h3bitmap.lod (but it's still experimental)
• randomization quantity of creatures on the map
• fix of Pandora's Box handling
• reading disposed/predefined heroes
• new command - "get txt" - VCMI will extract all .txt files from h3bitmap.lod to the Extracted_txts/ folder.
• more detailed logs
• reported problems with hero flags resolved
• heroes cannot occupy the same tile
• hints for most of creature generators
• some minor stuff

0.53b -> 0.54 (Feb 23 2008 - first public release)

• given hero is placed in the town entrance
• some objects such as river delta won't be blitted "on" hero
• tiles under FoW are inaccessible
• giving random hero on RoE maps
• improved protection against hero duplication
• fixed starting values of primary abilities of random heroes on RoE/AB maps
• right click popups with infoboxes for heroes/towns lists
• new interface coloring (many thanks to GrayFace ;])
• fixed bug in object flag's coloring
• added hints in town lists
• eliminated square from city hints

0.53 - 0.53b (Feb 20 2008)

• added giving default buildings in towns
• town infobox won't crash on empty town

0.52 - 0.53 (Feb 18 2008):

• hopefully the last bugfix of Pandora's Box
• fixed blockmaps of generated heroes
• disposed hero cannot be chosen in scenario settings (unless he is in prison)
• fixed town randomization
• fixed hero randomization
• fixed displaying heroes in preGame
• fixed selecting/deselecting artifact slots in hero window
• much faster pathfinder
• memory usage and load time significantly decreased
• it's impossible to select empty artifact slot in hero window
• fixed problem with FoW displaying on minimap on L-sized maps
• fixed crashbug in hero list connected with heroes dismissing
• mostly done town infobox
• town daily income is properly calculated

0.51 - 0.52 (Feb 7 2008):

• [feature] giving starting hero
• [feature] VCMI will try to use files from /Data folder instead of those from h3bitmap.lod
• [feature] picked artifacts are added to hero's backpack
• [feature] possibility of choosing player to play
• [bugfix] ZELP.TXT file should be handled correctly even it is non-english
• [bugfix] fixed crashbug in reading defs with negativ left/right margins
• [bugfix] improved randomization
• [bugfix] pathfinder can't be cheated (what caused errors)

0.5 - 0.51 (Feb 3 2008):

• close button properly closes (same does 'q' key)
• two players can't have selected same hero
• double click on "Show Available Scenarios" won't reset options
• fixed possible crashbug in town/hero lists
• fixed crashbug in initializing game caused by wrong prisons handling
• fixed crashbug on reading hero's custom artifacts in RoE maps
• fixed crashbug on reading custom Pandora's Box in RoE maps
• fixed crashbug on reading blank Quest Guards
• better console messages
• map reading speed up (though it's still slow, especially on bigger maps)

0.0 -> 0.5 (Feb 2 2008 - first closed release):

• Main menu and New game screens
• Scenario selection, part of advanced options support
• Partially done adventure map, town and hero interfaces
• Moving hero
• Interactions with several objects (mines, resources, mills, and others)