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Jan 22, 2014

Patch 1.32ny, 22nd of January, 2014, 1:30 p.m. (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

XP only up to 2 levels above opponent level (before: 3)
Auto-Adaptive terrain performance (at < 15fps)
Enter accepts confirmation dialogs (like “do you really want to load”)
Improved Texting
Continue game fixed
Reuniting divided troops prevented by obstacles (like: closed doors)
Linux Settings saving fixed
Several interface bugs fixed
Healing of more than one illness on a character improved
Changed "Attributo" spell to give "remaining Spellcasting points / 3" instead of "remaining Spellcasting points". Meaning with Skill 6 the maximum attribute gain is 2, at skill 9 it is 3 and so on
Antidote fixed
Bare Hands Problem at the blacksmith fixed
Performance improved
Levelup-Problem for magicians fixed
Introduced console command “framelimit X” (like: F9 -> framelimit 30<enter>)
Modding: Check existance of modded item definitions. Warn and ignore items
Modding: Questmarker for any building possible

New Village and Travel encounters
Felsteyn castle door fixed
Room checkbonus fixed
Minimap recenter after Fullscreen-Map was moved
Armory free goods fixed
Tavern no more beer/getting drunk for dead/unconscious characters
Upper Orken stalls fixed

Travelmap Questmarker improved
Endurance check error for dead characters fixed
Camp duty saving fixed
Camp on the sea prevented
Hunger and Thirst do not rise on sea journeys any more
more journey hangs fixed
Griffins Riddle fixed

Kukris effect rebalanced (0-5 damage per combat round instead of 20-96 damage at once)
Combat animations accelerated
Gardianum now protects against Ignifaxius
Gardianum won’t protect against Fulminictus fixed
Horriphobus now only works on human opponents
Horriphobus victim only flees when 8 points remaining skill are reached (before: Victim won’t attack caster). stacking is possible
Ranged attacks armor impair fixed
Status update for combatants improved
Endbattle exclusion of non-fighters fixed
Autobattle pause after current characters move when showing the Esc-Menu
Icons for active Autobattle and forced march improved
“dancing” combatants bug fixed
Hangs in autobattle fixed
Klarum Purum effect fixed (removes poisons)
Button “repeat last action” fixed
Autobattle and enemies now use magic again
Ranged skills can only be improved up to 5 fixed
Damage despite of “missed shot” fixed (the target evaded, but the damage was dealt anyways)
Falcon’s Vision spell fixed
Break Domination spell fixed
Textcolors in battle adapted (VI-Loss player = red, VI-Loss enemy = green, AE-Loss = blue)

Jan 22, 2014

Patch 1.32ny, 22nd of January, 2014, 1:30 p.m. (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

XP only up to 2 levels above opponent level (before: 3)
Auto-Adaptive terrain performance (at < 15fps)
Enter accepts confirmation dialogs (like “do you really want to load”)
Improved Texting
Continue game fixed
Reuniting divided troops prevented by obstacles (like: closed doors)
Linux Settings saving fixed
Several interface bugs fixed
Healing of more than one illness on a character improved
Changed "Attributo" spell to give "remaining Spellcasting points / 3" instead of "remaining Spellcasting points". Meaning with Skill 6 the maximum attribute gain is 2, at skill 9 it is 3 and so on
Antidote fixed
Bare Hands Problem at the blacksmith fixed
Performance improved
Levelup-Problem for magicians fixed
Introduced console command “framelimit X” (like: F9 -> framelimit 30<enter>)
Modding: Check existance of modded item definitions. Warn and ignore items
Modding: Questmarker for any building possible

New Village and Travel encounters
Felsteyn castle door fixed
Room checkbonus fixed
Minimap recenter after Fullscreen-Map was moved
Armory free goods fixed
Tavern no more beer/getting drunk for dead/unconscious characters
Upper Orken stalls fixed

Travelmap Questmarker improved
Endurance check error for dead characters fixed
Camp duty saving fixed
Camp on the sea prevented
Hunger and Thirst do not rise on sea journeys any more
more journey hangs fixed
Griffins Riddle fixed

Kukris effect rebalanced (0-5 damage per combat round instead of 20-96 damage at once)
Combat animations accelerated
Gardianum now protects against Ignifaxius
Gardianum won’t protect against Fulminictus fixed
Horriphobus now only works on human opponents
Horriphobus victim only flees when 8 points remaining skill are reached (before: Victim won’t attack caster). stacking is possible
Ranged attacks armor impair fixed
Status update for combatants improved
Endbattle exclusion of non-fighters fixed
Autobattle pause after current characters move when showing the Esc-Menu
Icons for active Autobattle and forced march improved
“dancing” combatants bug fixed
Hangs in autobattle fixed
Klarum Purum effect fixed (removes poisons)
Button “repeat last action” fixed
Autobattle and enemies now use magic again
Ranged skills can only be improved up to 5 fixed
Damage despite of “missed shot” fixed (the target evaded, but the damage was dealt anyways)
Falcon’s Vision spell fixed
Break Domination spell fixed
Textcolors in battle adapted (VI-Loss player = red, VI-Loss enemy = green, AE-Loss = blue)

Dec 24, 2013

Patch 1.32xmas - December 24th, 2013 4:30pm (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

New Statusicons for “Character overencumbered”, “Character is fighting barehanded”, and “Character yields a broken weapon”
Goblins now have Sounds
Ranged Weapons now have a sound
Female Soundeffects for female player Characters introduced
Spell “Rust Iron” unlocked
Campfights now just for Advanced mode (before just for Beginnersmode)
NPC-Walker in Thorwal fixed
Weapontrader Depth of Field fixed
Steam-Achievements fixed
Attributo-Effect doesn’t stack any more
Wand Ritual checks fixed
NPC-Companion time storage fixed
AI-Battle-Magic-hangs caught
Graphic Glitch in Vidsand fixed
Minimaps in Dungeons fixed
two additional Achievements for Eastereggs (Thank you for the Idea Fujak!)
Mac-Version operational again
Linux-Launcher outputlog activated

Dec 24, 2013

Patch 1.32xmas - December 24th, 2013 4:30pm (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

New Statusicons for “Character overencumbered”, “Character is fighting barehanded”, and “Character yields a broken weapon”
Goblins now have Sounds
Ranged Weapons now have a sound
Female Soundeffects for female player Characters introduced
Spell “Rust Iron” unlocked
Campfights now just for Advanced mode (before just for Beginnersmode)
NPC-Walker in Thorwal fixed
Weapontrader Depth of Field fixed
Steam-Achievements fixed
Attributo-Effect doesn’t stack any more
Wand Ritual checks fixed
NPC-Companion time storage fixed
AI-Battle-Magic-hangs caught
Graphic Glitch in Vidsand fixed
Minimaps in Dungeons fixed
two additional Achievements for Eastereggs (Thank you for the Idea Fujak!)
Mac-Version operational again
Linux-Launcher outputlog activated

Dec 20, 2013

Blade of Destiny "Revised", Patch 1.32, 21st of December 2013, 5:30 am (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

Completely reworked user interface
- clear Character Screen
- extended Tooltips
- intuitive handling
- Questbook improved (Mark completed Quests, Sorting)
- Travelmap and Battlescreen with Camera control icons
New Non Player Characters
- From walkers in the streets to the healer
- individual Faces
- Authentic “Thorwalsh”
- Guards with traditional Skraja
Completely new Music (Original score can be optionally activated)
Massive Performance Improvements
Significant Optical Improvement on all game Scenes (Towns, Dungeons, Battles)
Linux Version
Beginner mode (choose on new Game)
Optional Automatic Levelups
Complete Data-Modding-Ability, even with multiple independent Modules
Rebalancing Trader Buy Pricing
Trader locks you out when trying to haggle too hard
Taverns lock you out when being caught stealing / cheating
Levelup adapted (Vitality/AE distribution, grand meditation for magicians)
Combat and Autocombat Bugfixes
AI-Wizards use more different Spells
Autocombat also uses Magic
Reinforcements appear at the exits
Waterskins are refilled in Taverns (with the first beer) and Hostels (when eating)
Ingame-Console is saved to a textfile for later reference
40 new Steam Achievements (including Stats)
Steam Cloud Integration (Online-Backup of Savegames)
Potion effects don’t stack any more
New Spell “Break Domination” (to counter Horriphobus, Evil Eye)
English Map
Corrected Town Names
Problem with Unity Crash when having Corrupted Font Files fixed
Many texting issues fixed
Many more smaller and larger Bugfixes

Dec 20, 2013

Blade of Destiny "Revised", Patch 1.32, 21st of December 2013, 5:30 am (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

Completely reworked user interface
- clear Character Screen
- extended Tooltips
- intuitive handling
- Questbook improved (Mark completed Quests, Sorting)
- Travelmap and Battlescreen with Camera control icons
New Non Player Characters
- From walkers in the streets to the healer
- individual Faces
- Authentic “Thorwalsh”
- Guards with traditional Skraja
Completely new Music (Original score can be optionally activated)
Massive Performance Improvements
Significant Optical Improvement on all game Scenes (Towns, Dungeons, Battles)
Linux Version
Beginner mode (choose on new Game)
Optional Automatic Levelups
Complete Data-Modding-Ability, even with multiple independent Modules
Rebalancing Trader Buy Pricing
Trader locks you out when trying to haggle too hard
Taverns lock you out when being caught stealing / cheating
Levelup adapted (Vitality/AE distribution, grand meditation for magicians)
Combat and Autocombat Bugfixes
AI-Wizards use more different Spells
Autocombat also uses Magic
Reinforcements appear at the exits
Waterskins are refilled in Taverns (with the first beer) and Hostels (when eating)
Ingame-Console is saved to a textfile for later reference
40 new Steam Achievements (including Stats)
Steam Cloud Integration (Online-Backup of Savegames)
Potion effects don’t stack any more
New Spell “Break Domination” (to counter Horriphobus, Evil Eye)
English Map
Corrected Town Names
Problem with Unity Crash when having Corrupted Font Files fixed
Many texting issues fixed
Many more smaller and larger Bugfixes

Nov 4, 2013

Realms of Arkania Patch 1.31f, 4th of November 2013, 9:45 pm (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

Just a little Bugfixing patch to remove some of the annoyances introduced with 1.31.

Opening Hours for Traders fixed (for now daily 7 am to 8 pm, with Option to adapt per Town and per Trader)
Fixed Spell Rust Iron
Signs for special buildings in Liksor and Thorwal fixed
Minimaps fixed: Abandoned hostel, Ljasdahl, Rovik
Fixed Companion Times (preventing them to leave after 2-3 towns)
Made Camerasweep optional (Settings -> Graphics) in case crashes started to happen when entering towns
Fixed Load Game bug under certain circumstances
Prevented retriggering of secret door trigger even when it is already opened
Activated Spell “End Transformations” to be able to heal “petrified”
Deadship only triggers once every 7 days, or not at all if already completed
Dead Companions don’t say goodbye any more
Battlefreeze on some spells fixed
Playerchars now use magic in autobattle
Secured bridges in Thorwal

Nov 4, 2013

Realms of Arkania Patch 1.31f, 4th of November 2013, 9:45 pm (GMT+2)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny - Chris Firefox

Just a little Bugfixing patch to remove some of the annoyances introduced with 1.31.

Opening Hours for Traders fixed (for now daily 7 am to 8 pm, with Option to adapt per Town and per Trader)
Fixed Spell Rust Iron
Signs for special buildings in Liksor and Thorwal fixed
Minimaps fixed: Abandoned hostel, Ljasdahl, Rovik
Fixed Companion Times (preventing them to leave after 2-3 towns)
Made Camerasweep optional (Settings -> Graphics) in case crashes started to happen when entering towns
Fixed Load Game bug under certain circumstances
Prevented retriggering of secret door trigger even when it is already opened
Activated Spell “End Transformations” to be able to heal “petrified”
Deadship only triggers once every 7 days, or not at all if already completed
Dead Companions don’t say goodbye any more
Battlefreeze on some spells fixed
Playerchars now use magic in autobattle
Secured bridges in Thorwal