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Feb 22, 2021

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This update mainly adds support for newer Macs, but there are also some general fixes that could benefit all users.

General

Recreate temp dir if it should be deleted while playing somehow
The --noglfinish behavior is now default (Use --glfinish for old behavior)
Reduced installation size
Stability fixes

Mac OSX

OSX version now has 64-bit build included
Old OSX Power PC support removed
SDL version 1 updated to SDL version 2 for OSX build

Linux

ARM binary removed

Aug 16, 2019

Dominions 4.34

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This update improves the support for new version of Windows and fixes a bunch of bugs. Most these bugs were originally found and fixed in Dominions 5.

General

Mirror image no longer negated by poison, blood vengeance and similar
Teleporting units can now cross Sea of Ice
Spies can no longer infiltrate own capital when it is besieged
AI will now longer send mercs to the arena
Make sure not too many render commands get buffered up
Seduction could result in incorrect message when no commander was found
Fix for Siren's lure message
Automatic site searching no longer targets captured capitals
Atlas of Creation could crash the game if multiple commanders were selected
Event fixes

Windows

Better support for new versions of Windows

Modding

Improved modding error messages

Oct 11, 2018

Dominions 4.33

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This update fixes two bugs that could cause a battle to replay in an incorrect way. The bugs were found in Dominions 5 and the fixes have now been added to Dominions 4 as well. There are also many other fixes added, most of which are from Dominions 5.

General

Goto province was missing on some assassination messages
Scrollbar position saved while browsing saved pretenders
Dome of Corruption is now somewhat less horrible to live under
Spell AI could cast movement buffs on immobile units
Unique commander summons now get their orders cleared after being resummoned
Discarded random gods were not purged properly
Losing head is now always fatal for shapeshifters too
Immortals now also get a death cry when they die
Blood spells requiring blood slaves cannot be cast under water
Battle inconsistency fixes
Bug with same start position fixed
Event fixes
Typos and stat fixes

Apr 24, 2018

Dominions 4.32

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This update has a bunch of bug fixes and tweaks, most of them from Dominions 5. There is also a new simple but very convenient feature (also from Dominions 5), press 'x' to repeat last scripted spell.

General

Can press 'x' to repeat last scripted single round order
Error message when having too many underwater nations for the chosen map
Temple destroyed when losing province in random event
Constructs can no longer use enemy owned labs to heal (sieging, sneaking)
Show poison damage in spell info
Prot 0 units were never targeted by combustion
God vessel non-wishable
Random gods were not purged properly
Fixed bug with pretender residue from game creation
Event uniqueness not initialized properly
Fix for blind & eye loss stat info
Fix for random maps with too much water
New tip
Stability improvements
Event fixes

Modding

Mod item sprites were not downloaded from network server
Increased max number of mod images for network 1000 -> 2500
#supply for sites now accepts larger values
Modding magic items could cause a spell to be named "end"
Memory leak fix for mods

Linux/Mac OSX

Disable multiai by default
Wars were not spread properly to disciples with multiai on

Nov 27, 2017

Dominions 5 released!

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After a few weeks delay Dominions 5 is now completed and released. We hope you'll enjoy it. If you want to know more about what the changes are, here is a video (first one out of three) that goes through many of the changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IdRjM1L-1w

Nov 27, 2017

Dominions 5 released!

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Sep 11, 2017

Dominions 5 announcement

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Illwinter are happy to announce that we have been working on dominions 5 for a while and release is due in a few months time. Work is still in progress, so there might be some additional fixes and stuff added to the game.

Here is a link to the illwinter dom5 page with a summary of changes and new things.

http://www.illwinter.com/dom5

Sep 11, 2017

Dominions 5 announcement

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Jun 19, 2017

Dominions 4.31

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This updated fixes two circumstances that would result in the battle replay diverging from what actually happened. There are also a few crash fixes and the usual stat fixes and improvements to modding.

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