Apr 14, 2022

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

Hello village elders!

As you know, you live here in a peaceful valley far off from the hustle and bustle, and most of the time it's quiet out in the great wide open. Too quiet?

We went out and gathered a few animals to add to the background noise. We found quacking ducks, screeching sea eagles, hawks, and crows. Along with mysterious cooing pigeons, they will provide the soundtrack of the world with their tunes from now on.

Some of the fauna, too, will now be able to contribute more than before. Hunters, listen up: You may now decorate your cosy home with hunting trophies! If you're going to bring a big sixteen-pointer, then you should show it off in your living room!

Tell us what you love about the update. Tell us in the comments or drop us a line on our social media channels!

Good hunting!

The Render Cube and Toplitz Productions teams

PS: We will host a chat with the team chat tonight (April 14th, 2022) from 7 pm - midnight CEST.

The Notes:

Five new birds - Pigeon, Duck, Crow, Hawk and White-Tailed Eagle.
Two new colour variants of hens.
Three new wall decorations - Animal Trophies.
Three new items - Animal Skulls. Skulls as possible rare drops to wisent, deer, buck, and moose.
Six new floor decorations - Animal Furs.
Two new maps to buy - birds and fish spots.
Animal spots can now be discovered on the map.
Attic module to the Simple Small House.
New sounds for the Calf.
Reverb and an occlusion system to some sounds.
New graphic effect - Screen Space Global Illumination (SSGI) (This has a high impact on performance).

No damage to one of the Smithy modules.
One of the house modules doesn't cast a shadow.
Market stalls modules must not be damaged by old age.
Destroyed building modules have the wrong textures.
Accepting settings doesn't hide "restore default" button.
After the interaction that allows a player to buy an animal the animal details instead of the building selection was opened.
Falling tree sounds should be less likely play in a loop.
Racimir going bald when putting on a hood while wearing a hat.
Mount teleporting back home on a skipped day - now only on season skip, if not overloaded.
Cancelling the skinning animation for Wisents skinned them prematurely.
Torch handles sometimes do glow.
Position of doors in buildings.
Position of signboards in buildings.
When a character dies of old age, the heir will also die in the next season if the player continues the game without saving.
A few cases where NPCs block or sleep in front of houses.
Sounds of the horse and donkey will play less often.
Wrong interaction scale when trying to buy animals.
Wrong offset applied when blocking after a tool broke.
Accepting the package from Sambor froze the game.
Asking about the exotic goods trader did not yield an answer from NPCs.
Position of the signboard in the house.
Animal skulls multiplied with the talent when finishing skinning.
Some cases where NPCs go to a point in the water.
When the player interrupts a conversation between NPCs (from other villages), one of the NPCs doesn't stop its talking animation.
The wisent dropped meat instead of leather.
The Innkeeper's icon.
The player got stuck on the bench when sitting and trying to stand up immediately.
Challenge dialogues don't fix on load.
Dead animals could end up underground upon loading.

Building system - 3 construction stages (foundation, framing, modules).
Terrain textures.
Rendering optimisations.
Optimisation of RAM memory consumption.
Optimisation of VRAM memory consumption.
Sounds optimisations.
Numerous tweaks and improvements to the terrain.
Numerous lighting improvements.
NPCs don't go to a break slot, if someone is standing there.
Reduced costs of some fences.
Reworked models of Cowshed modules.
The table in the Apiary is no longer a building module.
The table in the Hen House is no longer a building module.
Reworked models of fishing hut modules.
Reworked models of residential building modules.
Reworked models of barn modules.
Reworked shaders of some vegetation.
In repair mode, only objects that can be damaged are highlighted.
Riding on horse in third person mode.
Getting into NPC details with dialogue and then closing the details closes whole management.
All languages updated.

Apr 7, 2022

Update to v.1.3.0.1. - PUBLIC STAGE - UPDATED

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

Hello everyone!

v1.3.0.0 is now available on the Public Stage.

IMPORTANT: Quests will work again once the new season begins.

How to join the public staging?

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:
MedievalStaging

Press CHECK CODE
Use the drop down and select “release_build_staging”. This is the public stage.
Press Close

Steam should now download this version of the game.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE SAVE YOUR LIVE VERSION SAVES GAME BEFORE ACCESSING THE PUBLIC STAGING BUILD!

Just in case something goes awry!

Saves can be found here:

AppData > Local > Medieval_Dynasty > Saved > SaveGames

*Steam labels all those builds as "betas” albeit they’re not betas, so do not be too confused!

v1.3.0.1.

Accepting the package from Sambor froze the game.
Asking about the exotic goods trader did not yield an answer from NPCs.
Position of the signboard in the house.
Animal skulls multiplied with the talent when finishing skinning.
Some cases where NPCs go to a point in the water.
When the player interrupts a conversation between NPCs (from other villages), one of the NPCs doesn't stop its talking animation.
The wisent dropped meat instead of leather.
The Innkeeper's icon.
The player got stuck on the bench when sitting and trying to stand up immediately.
Challenge dialogues don't fix on load.
Quests on current season before the version 1.3.0.0 couldn't be completed.

Numerous tweaks and improvements to the terrain.
Reduced costs of some fences.
Reworked models of Cowshed modules.

v1.3.0.0.

Five new birds - Pigeon, Duck, Crow, Hawk and White-Tailed Eagle.
Two new colour variants of hens.
Three new wall decorations - Animal Trophies.
Three new items - Animal Skulls. Skulls as possible rare drops to wisent, deer, buck, and moose.
Six new floor decorations - Animal Furs.
Two new maps to buy - birds and fish spots.
Animal spots can now be discovered on the map.
Attic module to the Simple Small House.
New sounds for the Calf.
Reverb and an occlusion system to some sounds.
New graphic effect - Screen Space Global Illumination (SSGI) (This has a high impact on performance).

No damage to one of the Smithy modules.
One of the house modules doesn't cast a shadow.
Market stalls modules must not be damaged by old age.
Destroyed building modules have the wrong textures.
Accepting settings doesn't hide "restore default" button.
After the interaction that allows a player to buy an animal the animal details instead of the building selection was opened.
Falling tree sounds should be less likely play in a loop.
Racimir going bald when putting on a hood while wearing a hat.
Mount teleporting back home on a skipped day - now only on season skip, if not overloaded.
Cancelling the skinning animation for Wisents skinned them prematurely.
Torch handles sometimes do glow.
Position of doors in buildings.
Position of signboards in buildings.
When a character dies of old age, the heir will also die in the next season if the player continues the game without saving.
A few cases where NPCs block or sleep in front of houses.
Sounds of the horse and donkey will play less often.
Wrong interaction scale when trying to buy animals.
Wrong offset applied when blocking after a tool broke.

Building system - 3 construction stages (foundation, framing, modules).
Terrain textures.
Rendering optimisations.
Optimisation of RAM memory consumption.
Optimisation of VRAM memory consumption.
Sounds optimisations.
The table in the Apiary is no longer a building module.
The table in the Hen House is no longer a building module.
Reworked models of fishing hut modules.
Reworked models of residential building modules.
Reworked models of barn modules.
Reworked shaders of some vegetation.
In repair mode, only objects that can be damaged are highlighted.
Riding on horse in third person mode.
Numerous tweaks and improvements to the terrain.
Getting into NPC details with dialogue and then closing the details closes whole management.
All languages updated.

Mar 3, 2022

Medieval Dynasty - The Windmill & Decorations Update

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

Dear Elders!

Gather and behold the latest acquisition to the valley! A few resourceful heads from faraway places have stopped at the tavern and told the villagers about a machine that turns grain into flour by using the power of the wind.

So now it's up to you to put their plans into action and build a miracle of modern medieval technology in the valley.

From big things to smaller things: We have repeatedly read about the great desire to be able to further embellish and decorate your own domicile. We want to help you achieve this dream and have created a few new accessories. Your homes in Medieval Dynasty will also be given new shutters and curtains for windows, shelves, vases and much more.

Nothing stands in the path of upgrading your settlement from beautiful to magnificent.
Speaking of upgrades: The game engine has also been upgraded. From now on, the UE 4.27.2 powers Medieval Dynasty on your PC.

This update is complemented by several bug fixes and improvements.

Tell us in the comments if you like the windmill, where you built it or if you want to challenge it 😊. Of course, feel free to comment on the other features as well! Don't forget to check out our social media channels!

Stay safe and see you around

Render Cube and Toplitz Productions

All changes can be found in detail here:

New building – Windmill.
New decoration system for Houses.
New furniture - Flower pots with the possibility of planting flowers.
New items - small flower vases.
Over 30 new locations of interest generated on the map.
Dynamic drawing of player objects on the map in the book.
Effects for the Blacksmith.
Effects for the Lumberjack.
New Stallholder animations.
New Beekeeper animations.
New pick-up animations for items to third person view.
More sounds for falling trees.
Doppler effect to sounds of falling trees and ranged weapons.
Reverb effect for falling tree sounds.
New sounds for putting items into inventory.
New sounds for dropping items from your inventory.

Invisible chicory.
The cart just west from Gostovia sunk below ground and all the goodies with it.
Stone deposit state isn't saved.
Cut tree progress isn't saved.
Flickering of animal shadows.
It isn't possible to place a gate close to water.
Dropped or impaled items could attach to incorrect objects after loading game.
Vanishing warnings when farmers return to the barn because they ran out of required resources.
Black screen instead of cutscene/tutorial video etc. on windows 7.
Number of fences, gates and furniture displayed incorrectly when the player has no permission to build.
Restoring default game settings sets autosave timer to 30 min instead of 15 min.
HUD input is not updated on grabbing an item.
Rabbits are standing valiantly instead of fleeing from a mounted player.
The mouse cursor is visible during dialogues when using a gamepad.
The mount cannot be summoned on a gamepad when the player is in progress of placing a building's ghost.
Restoring graphic settings is not working as intended.
When multi-crafting with a controller, when you press the left button of the D-pad to reduce the number of items to craft, this action also activates summon mount.
Left hand not affected by offsets after putting away a torch.
Jezerica fishermen have spears with an incorrect rotation.
Fishermen sometimes cross the river in the water to fish on the other side.
The chicken breeder tends to get stuck in the hen house.
Grass doesn't disappear close to the camera in TPP mode.
Expired items have their hp reset to maximum.
Movement is not blocked during selection from sleep menu.
Possibility to interact with objects while mounting up.
Avos will now be a little bit louder when he tries to make owl sounds in Sambor mission.
Racimir sounds related to these statuses: thirst, hunger, cold, heat, poisoning and drunkenness.
Disappearing crops in fields at low visibility settings in range.

Unreal Engine 4.27.2.
Rendering optimizations.
Optimizations to a few systems.
Optimizations to RAM consumption.
Cut tree meshes.
Increased the visible range of high-quality grass.
Increased the map image quality.
Improved the house skeleton models.
The rabbit and bird figurines can stand upright.
Numerous adjustments to the distribution of rocks and plant.
Salting in the Hunting Lodge and Fishing Lodge has been moved to the second tier of the building and drying down to the first tier.
The ability to rotate items held has been added to the "Grab" functionality.
Radial menus on the gamepad now remember the last selected segment.
Quick slot radial menu with roman digits for quick slots.
The Well now needs 20 building technology points to unlock.
Icons of wild animals are enlarged on the map.
Improvements to the wind.
Increased the range shadows are apparent for both animals and humans
Numerous tweaks and improvements to the terrain.
Many of the villages have received additional lighting.
Water Carrier increases the skill Extraction instead of Farming
Order of traps and seats in decoration menu.
All languages updated.

Feb 28, 2022

Update to v.1.2.0.0. - PUBLIC STAGE

Medieval Dynasty - SwordsOfTheSouth

Hello everyone!

v1.2.0.0 is now available on the Public Stage

How to join the public staging?

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:
MedievalStaging

Press CHECK CODE
Use the drop down and select “release_build_staging”. This is the public stage.
Press Close

New building – Windmill.
New decoration system for Houses.
New furniture - Flower pots with the possibility of planting flowers.
New items - small flower vases.
Over 30 new locations of interest generated on the map.
Dynamic drawing of player objects on the map in the book.
Effects for the Blacksmith.
Effects for the Lumberjack.
New Stallholder animations.
New Beekeeper animations.
New pick-up animations for items to third person view.
More sounds for falling trees.
Doppler effect to sounds of falling trees and ranged weapons.
Reverb effect for falling tree sounds.
New sounds for putting items into inventory.
New sounds for dropping items from your inventory.

Invisible chicory.
The cart just west from Gostovia sunk below ground and all the goodies with it.
Stone deposit state isn't saved.
Cut tree progress isn't saved.
Flickering of animal shadows.
It isn't possible to place a gate close to water.
Dropped or impaled items could attach to incorrect objects after loading game.
Vanishing warnings when farmers return to the barn because they ran out of required resources.
Black screen instead of cutscene/tutorial video etc. on windows 7.
Number of fences, gates and furniture displayed incorrectly when the player has no permission to build.
Restoring default game settings sets autosave timer to 30 min instead of 15 min.
HUD input is not updated on grabbing an item.
Rabbits are standing valiantly instead of fleeing from a mounted player.
The mouse cursor is visible during dialogues when using a gamepad.
The mount cannot be summoned on a gamepad when the player is in progress of placing a building's ghost.
Restoring graphic settings is not working as intended.
When multi-crafting with a controller, when you press the left button of the D-pad to reduce the number of items to craft, this action also activates summon mount.
Left hand not affected by offsets after putting away a torch.
Jezerica fishermen have spears with an incorrect rotation.
Fishermen sometimes cross the river in the water to fish on the other side.
The chicken breeder tends to get stuck in the hen house.
Grass doesn't disappear close to the camera in TPP mode.
Expired items have their hp reset to maximum.
Movement is not blocked during selection from sleep menu.
Possibility to interact with objects while mounting up.
Avos will now be a little bit louder when he tries to make owl sounds in Sambor mission.
Racimir sounds related to these statuses: thirst, hunger, cold, heat, poisoning and drunkenness.
Disappearing crops in fields at low visibility settings in range.

Unreal Engine 4.27.2.
Rendering optimizations.
Cut tree meshes.
Increased the visible range of high-quality grass.
Increased the map quality.
Improved the house skeleton models.
The rabbit and bird figurines can stand upright.
Numerous adjustments to the distribution of rocks and plant.
Salting in the Hunting Lodge and Fishing Lodge has been moved to the second tier of the building and drying down to the first tier.
The ability to rotate items held has been added to the "Grab" functionality.
Radial menus on the gamepad now remember the last selected segment.
Quick slot radial menu with roman digits for quick slots.
The Well now needs 20 building technology points to unlock.
Icons of wild animals are enlarged on the map.
Improvements to the wind.
Increased the range shadows are apparent for both animals and humans
Numerous tweaks and improvements to the terrain.
Many of the villages have received additional lighting.
Water Carrier increases the skill Extraction instead of Farming
Order of traps and seats in decoration menu.
All languages updated.