Aug 2, 2013

Humble Weekly 1C sale offers Men of War and Kings Bounty for pittance

King's Bounty: Crossworlds

1C Company are the subject of this week's pay what you want Humble Sale. Not that you're being offered their full, expansive, and occasionally ropey back catalogue. Instead the bundle focuses on two of the publisher's more notable series. Included are a battalion of Men of War, and a king's ransom of King's Bounty. It's a great collection if you're looking for a large and meaty slice of turn-of-the-decade PC gaming.

Here's what you get:

King's Bounty
King's Bounty: Armoured Princess
Men of War
Men of War: Red Tide

And, if you beat the average price, you'll also receive.

King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Men of War: Assault Squad

As you can see from our reviews, that's well worth doing. While it's not quite the full collection - missing Men of Wars: Vietnam and Condemned Heroes - all included games are bundled with their relevant DLC packs.

The bundle will run until August 8th.

Jan 29, 2013

King’s Bounty: Warriors of the North Updated

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Valve

A new update (29/01) has been released. The list of improvements and fixes includes (см. русское описание ниже):

∙ Valkyries can allocate unit runes on their own
∙ Crafting using recipes now works differently*
∙ 'Morning mania' bug (game time reset upon arrival) fixed on Western and Eastern Freedom Islands*
∙ Bug that prevented player from accessing Guilford castle after battle with Eric fixed* (Workaround: leave Greenwort location and return to it)
∙ Absolute Rage, Rage Control and Sense Weakness bonuses now display correctly
∙ Hero skill Reserve now updates army after battle correctly
∙ Bug with Demon pentagram fixed
∙ Timelessness and Negation spells now display correctly in log
∙ Totem modifiers update correctly after their destruction
∙ Bug with arena pawns fixed (they can't damage themselves anymore)

Steam achievements
∙ Patron and Friend of the Pirates titles can be earned now*
∙ Ragnarok Messenger and Mad Courage achievements can be earned now

Texts
∙ Dialogs with vlkyries concerning the rune usage fixed
∙ Text bug fixed in the Talking Bear quest
∙ Polish: Ice Dragon skills description fixed
∙ Polish: Description of one of the heroes in Western Freedom Islands updated

Units
∙ Orc units health now depends on Adrenalin level correctly
∙ Soothsayers abilty Keeper of Knowledge now doesn't affect Soothsayers themselves
∙ Special Troll attack Pacify corrected
∙ Special Prc Hunter attack Net and its basic attack corrected

Items
∙ Mask of Youth and Chain of Chance properties corrected
∙ Silver Rapier and Ray of Light properties corrected*

* This change will be applied only after starting a new game because this data is stored in a save file.

РУССКИЙ

∙ Исправлен механизм управления рунами юнитов валькириями
∙ Изменен механизм создания предметов с помощью рецептов*
∙ Исправлен механизм пополнения армии после боя и умения героя Резерв
∙ Исправлена morning mania (сброс игрового времени после прибытия на Западные и Восточные Острова Свободы)*
∙ Исправлен баг, связанный с невозможностью подойти к замку Гилфорда после битвы с Эриком, если в это время игрок успел сразиться со сторонней не квестовой армией (чтобы обойти эту ошибку, можно покинуть локацию Гринворт и вернуться в неё)*
∙ Исправлено некорректное отображение бонусов от навыков "Абсолютная Ярость", "Контроль Ярости", "Знание Слабостей"
∙ Исправлен баг с пентаграммой Демонов
∙ Исправлена ошибка с выводом в лог информации о заклинании "Безвременье" и "Отрицание"
∙ Исправлен баг с паунами на арене (теперь они не могут наносить урон себе)
∙ Исправлено обновление модификаторов от тотемов после их гибели

Достижения
∙ Исправлены титулы "Меценат" и "Друг Пиратов" (теперь получаются в Стиме)*
∙ Исправлены ачивки "Ragnarok Messenger" и "Mad Courage" (теперь получаются в Стиме)

Тексты
∙ Исправлены диалоги с валькириями об управлении рунами
∙ Исправлен текстовый баг в квесте "Говорящий медведь"

Юниты
∙ Исправлено изменение здоровья у орков в зависимости от уровня Адреналина
∙ Исправлена особенность юнита Волхв Хранитель Знаний (не действует на самих волхвов)
∙ Исправлена специальная атака "Успокоение" у юнита Тролль
∙ Исправлена специальная "Сеть" и базовая атаки юнита Орк Охотник

Предметы
∙ Исправлены предметы Маска молодости и Цепь случайностей
∙ Изменены предметы Серебряная Рапира и Луч Света*

* Чтобы помеченное исправление работало, требуется начать новую игру.

Jan 29, 2013

January 29 Update

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Sneaksie(RUS)

A new update (29/01) has been released. The list of improvements and fixes includes:

∙ Valkyries can allocate unit runes on their own
∙ Crafting using recipes now works differently*
∙ 'Morning mania' bug (game time reset upon arrival) fixed on Western and Eastern Freedom Islands*
∙ Bug that prevented player from accessing Guilford castle after battle with Eric fixed* (Workaround: leave Greenwort location and return to it)
∙ Absolute Rage, Rage Control and Sense Weakness bonuses now display correctly
∙ Hero skill Reserve now updates army after battle correctly
∙ Bug with Demon pentagram fixed
∙ Timelessness and Negation spells now display correctly in log
∙ Totem modifiers update correctly after their destruction
∙ Bug with arena pawns fixed (they can't damage themselves anymore)

Steam achievements
∙ Patron and Friend of the Pirates titles can be earned now*
∙ Ragnarok Messenger and Mad Courage achievements can be earned now

Texts
∙ Dialogs with vlkyries concerning the rune usage fixed
∙ Text bug fixed in the Talking Bear quest
∙ Polish: Ice Dragon skills description fixed
∙ Polish: Description of one of the heroes in Western Freedom Islands updated

Units
∙ Orc units health now depends on Adrenalin level correctly
∙ Soothsayers abilty Keeper of Knowledge now doesn't affect Soothsayers themselves
∙ Special Troll attack Pacify corrected
∙ Special Prc Hunter attack Net and its basic attack corrected

Items
∙ Mask of Youth and Chain of Chance properties corrected
∙ Silver Rapier and Ray of Light properties corrected*

* This change will be applied only after starting a new game because this data is stored in a save file.

Jan 29, 2013

January 29 Update

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Sneaksie(RUS)

Dec 6, 2012

December 6 Update

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Sneaksie(RUS)

A new update has been released on Steam. The list of improvements and fixes includes:

Spells:

•HP decrease from Pygmy spell fixed.
•Damage from Avenging Angel spell fixed.
•The amount of charges of -100/0 type fixed.
•Precision spell now affects all shooting and throwing attacks (basic and talents).
•Precision spell does not give any melee bonuses.
•Sheep spell returns unit to the original form in case of a scripted death.
•Runic Word spell visual effect fixed.
•Chargers spell potential crash fixed.
•Color highlighting effect of Timelessness, Negation, Gift spells in a log fixed.
•Rune Chain spell hint fixed.
•Justice spell now considers the upper adrenaline level correctly; you can see the change in number of runes a unit has in the battle log.
•Freezing of Blizzard spell fixed.

Units:

•Ice Spider cannot do a shooting attack if theres an enemy unit nearby.
•Split talent takes into account Hypnosis spell that was cast at the original unit.
•Parameters changed for the Book of Evil unit.
•Cold resistance of Phoenix unit and its variants fixed.
•Bug fixed with different length of the shown unit effect and time the bonuses/penalty that effect had.
•The ignite probability of the Engineer unit (85% -> 15%) fixed.
•A potential bug with spells that modify unit damage, in case of cast over the same but active spell fixed.
•Displaying of the lowered damage at units under Magic Shield spell fixed.
•Fixed a bug with Skald unit target selection for Paean and Evil Taunt talents.
•Fixed variable probability of Burning post-effect for Engineer unit while attacking and counter attacking.
•Fixed variable probability of Poisoning post-effect for Alchemist unit while attacking and counter attacking.

Altars:

•Minimum amount of health for altars is fixed.
•Zero amount of health for altars in early locations is fixed.[/list]

Quests:

•Black spot: one of 4 endings didnt work correctly before.
•Stop Guilford: sometimes it was impossible to kill 4 stacks of undead on the beach.*
•Self-recording Apparatus: error with receiving runes twice is fixed.*
•Dragon-informant: error fixed for the cases when there was a dragon in the army.*

Other:

•Item corrected: Werewolf skin.
•Issue with inventory scrolling in backpack is fixed.
•Various mistakes in English texts are fixed.
•Issue with the skill Persuasion for combination of Elves and Demons races is fixed.

Polish version:

•Stub on the Save/load screen is fixed
•UI for world map is fixed.

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* This change will be applied only after starting a new game because this data is stored in a save file.

Dec 6, 2012

December 6 Update

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Sneaksie(RUS)

A new update has been released on Steam. The list of improvements and fixes includes:

Spells:

•HP decrease from Pygmy spell fixed.
•Damage from Avenging Angel spell fixed.
•The amount of charges of -100/0 type fixed.
•Precision spell now affects all shooting and throwing attacks (basic and talents).
•Precision spell does not give any melee bonuses.
•Sheep spell returns unit to the original form in case of a scripted death.
•Runic Word spell visual effect fixed.
•Chargers spell potential crash fixed.
•Color highlighting effect of Timelessness, Negation, Gift spells in a log fixed.
•Rune Chain spell hint fixed.
•Justice spell now considers the upper adrenaline level correctly; you can see the change in number of runes a unit has in the battle log.
•Freezing of Blizzard spell fixed.

Units:

•Ice Spider cannot do a shooting attack if theres an enemy unit nearby.
•Split talent takes into account Hypnosis spell that was cast at the original unit.
•Parameters changed for the Book of Evil unit.
•Cold resistance of Phoenix unit and its variants fixed.
•Bug fixed with different length of the shown unit effect and time the bonuses/penalty that effect had.
•The ignite probability of the Engineer unit (85% -> 15%) fixed.
•A potential bug with spells that modify unit damage, in case of cast over the same but active spell fixed.
•Displaying of the lowered damage at units under Magic Shield spell fixed.
•Fixed a bug with Skald unit target selection for Paean and Evil Taunt talents.
•Fixed variable probability of Burning post-effect for Engineer unit while attacking and counter attacking.
•Fixed variable probability of Poisoning post-effect for Alchemist unit while attacking and counter attacking.

Altars:

•Minimum amount of health for altars is fixed.
•Zero amount of health for altars in early locations is fixed.[/list]

Quests:

•Black spot: one of 4 endings didnt work correctly before.
•Stop Guilford: sometimes it was impossible to kill 4 stacks of undead on the beach.*
•Self-recording Apparatus: error with receiving runes twice is fixed.*
•Dragon-informant: error fixed for the cases when there was a dragon in the army.*

Other:

•Item corrected: Werewolf skin.
•Issue with inventory scrolling in backpack is fixed.
•Various mistakes in English texts are fixed.
•Issue with the skill Persuasion for combination of Elves and Demons races is fixed.

Polish version:

•Stub on the Save/load screen is fixed
•UI for world map is fixed.

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* This change will be applied only after starting a new game because this data is stored in a save file.

Nov 20, 2012

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North Updated

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Sneaksie(RUS)

A new update (20/11) has been released on Steam. The list of improvements and fixes includes:

Quests:
• Fly the Banner*
• Heir to the Throne*
• Luckless Hunter*
• Bear Hunt*

Units:
• Drain talent (‘Book of Evil’s units of all levels).
• Paean talent (Skald).
• ‘Avenging Angel’ is added to Paean spells list of Skald.
• Necromancer does not possess ‘Immune to Mind spells’ ability any more.
• ‘Thread of Life’ damage, received by orcs from animal (or vice versa) is now displayed in log.
• Viking does not escape a trap when using ‘Shield Bash’. The same change is applied to similar talents.
• ‘Action Rage’ ability fully recharges a random orc stack with Adrenaline.
• ‘Onslaught’ ability’s distribution of Adrenaline is changed.

Spells:
Berserk, Blessing, Divine Armor, Hell's Breath, Sacrifice, Kamikaze, Pygmy, Corrosion, Ghost, Blade, Peacefulness, Fire Rain, Gift, Negation, Weakness, Dragon Slayer and Plague were corrected.

Items:
• Living Shield is fixed.

Others:
• Rage abilities always add experience after Christa’s joining the Hero.
• ‘Hilda's Arrows’ ability is fixed.
• Valkyries titles are fixed.
• Scrolling items in backpack is fixed (location Castle).
• ‘Greedy’ achievement is fixed.
• Some descriptions were slightly changed.

Mac version:
• Missing model parts on some nVidia cards fixed
• Disappearing NPCs on some nVidia cards fixed

* This change will be applied only after starting a new game because this data is stored in a save file.