Apr 16, 2021

Update to v0.5.0.2. - TEST BRANCH - UPDATED

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

A new update for the test branch.

IMPORTANT

Some languages like Simplified Chinese are still work in progress!

How to join the test branch?

Some of you probably have not done this before, so we have a small guide:

Prerequisite:
You must have Medieval Dynasty in your library – obviously.

The procedure

Open your game library.
Right Click on Medieval Dynasty there.
Open properties.
Select the tab "BETAS".
Enter this password below the dropdown in the field:

3v491vMVZnvp3

Press CHECK CODE
Use the drop down and select “public_beta - Public Beta Branch”*.
Press Close

Steam should now download this version of the game.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE SAVE YOUR LIVE VERSION SAVES GAME BEFORE ACCESSING THE BETA BRANCH!

Just in case something goes awry!

Saves can be found here:

AppData > Local > Medieval_Dynasty > Saved > SaveGames

*Steam labels those builds as "beta"(see bullet points), so do not be too confused!

Update Notes

New sounds for Rabbit trap: open and close.
New sounds for Donkey.
New sounds for Blacksmithing: forge with bellows.
New sounds for Blacksmithing: anvil - hardening in bucket.
Swedish language.
Dutch language.
New resource deposits: Copper, Tin, Iron, Salt.
New resource items: Copper Ore, Tin Ore, Copper Bar, Tin Bar, Bronze Bar, Iron Bar. (Some NPC production settings may reset now)
New copper tools/weapons: Hammer, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Sickle, Knife, Arrow, Bolt, Spear.
New bronze tools/weapons: Hammer, Axe, Hoe, Shovel, Sickle, Scythe, Knife, Arrow, Bolt, Spear, Pickaxe.
New animations for NPCs working in the Tavern.
New workbench: Forge.
New vendor presets system.
Family for Raimund. (In saved games they will spawn after the season change)
Dough will now appear on the bakery shovel and in the stove before becoming baked food.
Fish or Meat will now appear on the Firebox during crafting.
New village - Tutki. (Formerly Raimund's home)
New system that generates interesting places on the map each season such as carts with items. (Old carts on the map are now belong to this system)
New mount: Donkey. Can be bought in the new village - Tutki. (They will spawn in saved games after the season change)
Compass icons for specific vendor types.
Status icons next to the NPC names when interacting with them.
Forge now has a fire during crafting.
Firebox in Tavern now has a fire during crafting.

When saving the game, wild animals will now remember their HP and position.
Transferring whole stack of coins. (The decimal value was left in the inventory)
Sometimes the numbers of transferred/dropped items are wrong.
Trying to assign people to a building while having no villagers displays "no building" instead of "no people".
Cannot skip intro with gamepad.
Hop and fruit trees do not show as ready to harvest in the field menu.
Terrain has too low grid density at high FOV values.
Levitating trees on the map.
Animal buttons cannot be clicked in the assignment menus.
Chopped trees left alone drop infinite feathers with each save/reload.
Chopped trees after loading the game turn into regular logs with a different rotations, so they sometimes fall under the map.
Mothers are still assigned to the workplace first season after childbirth.
Alwin story V - if he is sitting when the player accepts the quest, he does not get up and follow.
Fish does not light up in inspector mode, after being shot.
Reduced the occurrence of an issue with dangling NPCs over seated NPCs.
Cutting branches from a felled tree and chopping it into logs does not give any technology points.
Wrong hit sounds of House and Hen House foundations.
Sometimes the horse "zips" to the player when summoned.
The player can sometimes fall under the map after using the unstuck.
Different items appear in hand than on HUD.
Horse will now be more likely to stop when walking into objects.
The player can mount another horse when being already on a horse.
The player can freeze in aiming state after opening and closing menu during aiming.
Mouse input still registers while in ESC menu.
House problems after switching to the heir.
Sometimes an NPC with a torch has an idle animation (e.g., crossing hands) when the player is talking to it.
Builder Trance does not work for fences.
On season change the character will not be teleported to home, when the character is sitting on a horse.
If the player stopped crafting before finishing all the items, the workbench animations are playing anyway.
Issue causing player to stand/sit too far away from loom, spinning/pottery wheel if player cancelled crafting before character was able to fully move to the position.
Hammer mode menu can be displayed during Event card.
Fish Tart now uses Salted Fish instead of Dried Fish.

Sounds in new animations of cooking: Cauldron and Firebox, for Male and Female NPC.
The frequency of sounds for farm animals has been reduced.
Mixed sounds of wind.
Item descriptions.
Building descriptions.
Skills descriptions.
Technologies descriptions.
Furniture descriptions.
Knowledge tab descriptions.
Tutorial messages.
NPCs now fertilize chunks on fields (with set target seeds) regardless of a season.
Dialogue UI.
Radial menus icons.
English language.
Brazilian language.
French language.
Czech language.
Turkish language.
Italian language.
Russian language.
Polish language.
Ukrainian language.
German language.
Chinese language.
Spanish language.
Interacting with chest in buildings shows the name of that building.
Changed the building name from Sewing to Sewing Hut.
Changed the workstation name from Spinning Wheels to Spinning Wheel.
Changed name for item parameter from Health Points to Durability.
Changed name from Fertilizer to Fertiliser.
Changed name for skill and technology from Crafting to Production and Production Technology.
Changed name for category in Tailoring Table from Tailoring to Miscellaneous.
The name of the points required for next level in skill are now Experience Points instead of Skill Points.
Changed name for the professions in Barn to Farmer (works on fields and orchards) and Barn Worker (threshes grain and produces other items).
Hidden HUD allows to use Inventory tab etc.
Feathers are collected automatically after felling the tree.
Many of the already existing interactions provide additional Technology Points.
The assortment of vendors has been increased.
The number of vendors on the map has been increased.
Stable technology requirement lowered from 5000 to 2000.
Apiary technology requirement lowered from 9000 to 5000.
Field management is not cropped during seed selection.
The number of seasons to complete Challenges increased by 1.
Traveling merchant Event - new option if the player has diplomacy maxed out.
Decreased items icon size in quickslot radial menu.
Food that is being fried now changes depending on the recipe.
Firebox animation for the player is now faster.
Item selection optimizations.
Anvil and Forge models.
Anvil animations for the player and NPCs.
Forge animations for the player and NPCs.
Night Rider talent no longer increases animation speed for the horse.
Scythe holding animation for NPCs.
Spears and Throwing Rocks will now automatically start aiming if the player has more than one of them in the inventory and is holding right action button after throwing.
The duration of the alcohol intoxication effect is increased.
Some iron items, feathers and wines had their parameters changed.
Some items e.g., saddlebags or Saddle no longer require Iron in production and now use Tin Bar instead.
Workers and animals limits are now added to the description in building radial menu.
Smithy recipes are now sorted in a different way.
The length of the cave depends on whether it has a Mine building.
Toddlers have more clothes to put on.

Update to v0.5.0.1.

ADDED

Double click detection in UI.
Icon for flirting option in dialogue.
New sounds for the Bull.
Crafting menu displays information about recipe: durability, price, food, water etc.
New music in game.

FIXED

When talking to seamstress they have the tavern icon instead of sewer.
Saving and reloading makes fresh chopped logs disappear.
When using inspector mode, you are unable to see fresh chopped logs.
NPCs from a player's village with the profession of vendor.
HUD tutorial does not scale properly for different aspect ratios.
HUD knowledge tutorial now also hides when HUD should be hidden.
Getting on a mount illuminates the cave.
When Alwin sits during a quest where the player supposed to take him somewhere, he cannot get up.
Some quests require iron tools but now they are further in the Technology.
Donkey is "kicking".
Bronze Spear is disappearing after being thrown.
Bronze Bolt mesh rotation.
Spears or arrows stuck in trees might keep hovering in the air after cutting down the tree.
Camera movement is cancelling timed interactions if the player was within max interaction distance from interacted object.
An issue causing the player to be stuck when trying to mount while crouching.
Being able to open sleep menu at campfire in small simple house.

UPDATED

The age of the animals is considered in production.
Toddler idles animations in fall and winter.
Toddler walking animation.
New model for the mine building.
Czech language.
Polish language.
Portuguese language.
Dutch language.
Swedish language.
Spanish language.
The position of horse equipment in inventory.
Economy changed. The base selling factor is now 50% instead of 35% and buy factor is now 150% instead of 200%.
Animals price with same new price factors as items.
Nerfed last level of barter skill so now it gives 30% instead of 40%.
Music in game.
Sounds for Foal Male, Foal Female, Bull, Calf Male, Calf Female.
NPC name changed from Racimir to Racimiar.
Caves with the built Mine are lighted by torches.
Item related inputs in HUD are now hidden when the player is on mount.
Adjusted chance to destroy for bronze and copper arrow/bolts depending on material type.

Update to v0.5.0.2.

ADDED

New Tool/Weapon - Stone Pickaxe.
New Tool - Bronze Shearing Scissors.
New icons for recipes and crafting categories.
Fire for Stove.
Player now must start a fire before being able to use Stove, Forge or Cauldrons for crafting.
Custom game mode modifier for increasing building limits up to 200% of the basic value.
New sounds of sweat wiping for NPC.
New sounds of head scratching for NPC.

FIXED

Animation loop times for Quern, Loom, Spinning Wheel, and Wine Barrel.
When talking to Seamstress they have the Tavern icon instead of Sewing Hut.
Too fast leveling from grains.
The Mine has zero condition.
When picking up stuff, instead of looking directly at items, the player must look above them to pick them up.
Juice Press working animation for female NPC.
Quern animation desynchronizing when the player is crafting.
Reduced NPCs "bouncing" after getting up from benches or stools.
Farmer's Trans does not work for harvesting vegetables.
Vendors are selling Rot.
Bronze Knife cannot be produced.
Infinite bolts with crossbow if the player unequipped them after reloading the crossbow.
Reduced the number of cases of the invisible force moving NPCs away from the workstations.
An option to exit map border when dismounting.

UPDATED

The cave with the Mine building has signs pointing in the direction of the exit.
Japanese language.
Swedish language.
Polish language.
Brazilian language.
German language.
Italian language.
Spanish language.
Portuguese language.
Dutch language.
Czech language.
Turkish language.
Russian language.
Ukrainian language.
Updated donkey icon in the inventory.
Soup in the cauldrons now is boiling when cooking.
Increased weights from 20 and 40 max to 30 and 60 max for Donkey.
Icon for "all" item category.
Technology rewards for completing quests now have "technology" word for more clarity.
Being drunk only affects player movement with player input.
Added Meat to a Pigsty vendor.
Lowered resource cost for Vegetable Soup.

Apr 1, 2021

Update to v0.4.0.7.

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

Update Notes

Dropping items from horse on the ground is possible only in range of 15 meters (like transferring).
Input buttons for changing values in options menu.
New sounds of the player washing in the Washtub.
New sound of pouring water into the Washtub.
Shading and windowed full screen in the graphics settings.
Landmark - stream flowing through a cave.
Auto-Run (Double tap Sprint button to activate).
New sounds of wind.

Roasted, Salted and Dried Meat and Fish Meat has wrong technology reward.
NPCs cannot craft unlocked clay items in Workshop II.
Front roof of Workshop I has a sound of wood instead of a straw.
Fire effects have too few particles on low quality settings.
Some quests cannot be completed even though all their objectives are done.
Changing steering to gamepad does not hide mouse cursor.
Unlocking crafting scheme (through the radial menu) that also works for another recipe (like Stew with Meat/Salted Meat) does not unlock all recipes attached to this scheme.
Blurry map.
Horse can be summoned even if it is overloaded.
The summoned horse moves at normal speed regardless of the load.
Wolf can howl while being hit by the player.
Animals can sometimes throw trees into outer space.
The Foals sleep with their eyes open.
The player can interact with the Washtub even though the text shows that the Bucked with Water is required.
Washtub cleans the player when filled with water fully for the first time.
Torch appears during crafting.
After taking off the gloves, the wrong material appears on the hands.
After removing the NPC with the Torch from the village, it leaves the Torch in the air.
Talent "Skilled Farmer" does not work for cereals.
Foliage quality settings does not work.
NPCs are wearing multiple clothes at the same time.
Animals are stopping completely when entering a water (swamps mainly).
Movement speed for teenagers.
Mounted horse is still moving when the player is in a dialogue with an NPC.
NPCs are looking in the wrong direction during dialogue with the player.
No visibility of the Poppy in the Inspector mode.
Transferring to mount that is further than 15m from the player.
Wrong sound for stone wall in Tavern III.
Flickering mouse when changing controls to a gamepad.
Dropping or transferring decimal coins is impossible in languages other than English.
NPC list is not updating after removing an NPC from the village.
NPCs block themselves in the orchards.
NPCs have overly wide-open eyes while sitting.
Orchards are taking Technology points from Building instead of Farming in Technology tab.
The buttons’ visibility in options.
Some quests have all goals completed but the quest cannot be completed.
After changing the season, the player often appears in an occupied bed.
Icon of Coins in the item description in Technology tab scheme.
Color of building slot in NPC and animal details.
Crash issue when summoning a mount.
Foals do not have any info on the HUD (Foal: Male/Female).
Inputs are not set to gamepad in the technology, map, trading, and options menu.
Players can transfer items to a dead horse.
Equipping a duplicate item for horse, via character equipment, adds the new item to the horse inventory instead of equipping it (the old item is unequipped).
The player can summon the horse when said horse is dead.
The horse is walking away from the player or not coming closer to the player when it is summoned.
Map quality.
Player can assign horse as a mount without a saddle.
An issue causing the player to appear smaller.
Player falling on horse.
Auto-run can be activated when in menu.
Reduction of cases of "sliding" NPCs.
Player no more slides after landing or running.
Player getting stuck at workbenches when exiting it by using "Q".
Some NPCs are outside the map.
No effect of rain and snow particles on low and medium shadow quality settings.
"Resources" text in radial menus is displayed when the player does not have Castellan's permission.
Player should be less likely to get stuck in the workbenches after crafting.

Redesigned shadow quality levels. Ultra - New quality level, High - previous Ultra, Medium - previous High, Low - improved previous Low.
Visual improvements to grass at low quality levels.
Redesigned texture quality levels. Significant improvement in texture quality on low specification PC.
Hungarian language.
German language.
Russian language.
Italian language.
French language.
Input buttons in Inventory, Journal, trading etc. are now also clickable on the text.
Crafting arrows now makes 10 instead of 50 (cost and time is also reduced 5 times).
Blending for Wolf animations.
Water filling for the Washtub now always takes the same amount of time.
Rendering optimizations.
Memory optimizations.
Loading time optimizations.
Italian language.
Anvil and Furnace are now available in the Smithy I.
Changed the order of the animal buildings to match their respective order in Technology.
New threshing and flail animations for NPCs.
Bulls have now their own model.
The capacity of the Tavern chest increases with building level.
Pressing "Enter" while saving now saves immediately (no need to double "Enter").
Orchard is no longer locked by Technology.
Reputation required to recruit new NPC now no longer counts children from player's village.
Unstuck will now try to move the player out of the object and teleport the player to start only if it fails. (WIP)
New input buttons for tutorial UIs.
New input button for Events.
Diverse optimizations.
Movement should be more responsive to stopping or changing direction.
Every 2 levels the player gets additional talent point (cap increased from 10 to 15).
UI - Hidden level progress if the player reaches max level.
Fruit trees growing time is decreased.

Mar 25, 2021

TEST BRANCH - Update to v0.4.0.6. - UPDATED!

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

How to join the test branch?

Some of you probably have not done this before, so we have a small guide:

Prerequisite:
You must have Medieval Dynasty in your library – obviously.

The procedure

Open your game library.
Right Click on Medieval Dynasty there.
Open properties.
Select the tab "BETAS".
Enter this password below the dropdown in the field:

3v491vMVZnvp3

Press CHECK CODE
Use the drop down and select “public_beta - Public Beta Branch”*.
Press Close

Update Notes

Shading and windowed full screen in the graphics settings.
Landmark - stream flowing through a cave.
Auto-Run (Double tap Sprint button to activate).
New sounds of wind.

After removing the NPC with the Torch from the village, it leaves the Torch in the air.
Talent "Skilled Farmer" does not work for cereals.
Foliage quality settings does not work.
NPCs are wearing multiple clothes at the same time.
Animals are stopping completely when entering a water (swamps mainly).
Movement speed for teenagers.
Mounted horse is still moving when the player is in a dialogue with an NPC.
NPCs are looking in the wrong direction during dialogue with the player.
No visibility of the Poppy in the Inspector mode.
Transferring to mount that is further than 15m from the player.
Wrong sound for stone wall in Tavern III.
Flickering mouse when changing controls to a gamepad.
Dropping or transferring decimal coins is impossible in languages other than English.
NPC list is not updating after removing an NPC from the village.
NPCs block themselves in the orchards.
NPCs have overly wide-open eyes while sitting.
Orchards are taking Technology points from Building instead of Farming in Technology tab.
The buttons’ visibility in options.
Some quests have all goals completed but the quest cannot be completed.
After changing the season, the player often appears in an occupied bed.
Icon of Coins in the item description in Technology tab scheme.
Color of building slot in NPC and animal details.
Crash issue when summoning a mount.
Foals do not have any info on the HUD (Foal: Male/Female).

Rendering optimizations.
Memory optimizations.
Loading time optimizations.
Italian language.
Anvil and Furnace are now available in the Smithy I.

Changelog v0.4.0.5

FIXED

Inputs are not set to gamepad in the technology, map, trading, and options menu.
Players can transfer items to a dead horse.
Equipping a duplicate item for horse, via character equipment, adds the new item to the horse inventory instead of equipping it (the old item is unequipped).
The player can summon the horse when said horse is dead.
The horse is walking away from the player or not coming closer to the player when it is summoned.
Map quality.

UPDATED

Changed the order of the animal buildings to match their respective order in Technology.
New threshing and flail animations for NPCs.
Bulls have now their own model.
The capacity of the Tavern chest increases with building level.

Changelog v0.4.0.6

FIXED

Player can assign horse as a mount without a saddle.
An issue causing the player to appear smaller.
Player falling on horse.
Auto-run can be activated when in menu.

UPDATED

Pressing "Enter" while saving now saves immediately (no need to double "Enter").
Orchard is no longer locked by Technology.
Reputation required to recruit new NPC now no longer counts children from player's village.
Unstuck will now try to move the player out of the object and teleport the player to start only if it fails. (WIP)
New input buttons for tutorial UIs.
New input button for Events.
Optimization.

Mar 19, 2021

TEST BRANCH - Update v0.4.0.3.

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

How to join the test branch?

Some of you probably have not done this before, so we have a small guide:

Prerequisite:
You must have Medieval Dynasty in your library – obviously.

The procedure

Open your game library.
Right Click on Medieval Dynasty there.
Open properties.
Select the tab "BETAS".
Enter this password below the dropdown in the field:

3v491vMVZnvp3

Press CHECK CODE
Use the drop down and select “public_beta - Public Beta Branch”*.
Press Close

Update Notes

Dropping items from horse on the ground is possible only in range of 15 meters (like transferring).
Input buttons for changing values in options menu.
New sounds of the player washing in the Washtub.
New sound of pouring water into the Washtub.

Roasted, Salted and Dried Meat and Fish Meat has wrong technology reward.
NPCs cannot craft unlocked clay items in Workshop II.
Front roof of Workshop I has a sound of wood instead of a straw.
Fire effects have too few particles on low quality settings.
Some quests cannot be completed even though all their objectives are done.
Changing steering to gamepad does not hide mouse cursor.
Unlocking crafting scheme (through the radial menu) that also works for another recipe (like Stew with Meat/Salted Meat) does not unlock all recipes attached to this scheme.
Blurry map.
Horse can be summoned even if it is overloaded.
The summoned horse moves at normal speed regardless of the load.
Wolf can howl while being hit by the player.
Animals can sometimes throw trees into outer space.
The Foals sleep with their eyes open.
The player can interact with the Washtub even though the text shows that the Bucked with Water is required.
Washtub cleans the player when filled with water fully for the first time.
Torch appears during crafting.
After taking off the gloves, the wrong material appears on the hands.

Redesigned shadow quality levels. Ultra - New quality level, High - previous Ultra, Medium - previous High, Low - improved previous Low.
Visual improvements to grass at low quality levels.
Redesigned texture quality levels. Significant improvement in texture quality on low specification PC.
Hungarian language.
German language.
Russian language.
Italian language.
French language.
Input buttons in Inventory, Journal, trading etc. are now also clickable on the text.
Crafting arrows now makes 10 instead of 50 (cost and time is also reduced 5 times).
Blending for Wolf animations.
Water filling for the Washtub now always takes the same amount of time.