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Critical Fixes:
+ Fixed a handful of known multiplayer sync issues that could lead to crashes.
+ Fixed crashes when doing Zuul intercept mission
+ Fixed a crash caused by AI players attempting to ally with indy players.
+ Fixed an issue that was preventing certain technologies from being unlocked.
+ Fixed an issue that was causing premature ending of combat in
certain single-player and networked games.

Other Fixes:
+ Fixed some overlapping text issues in the mission screens.
+ Survey complete and planet colonized dialogs now show interactive
system and star map, respectively.
(Click the right/left buttons on the viewports to cycle.)
+ Fixed the drawing of intercept mission waypoints.
+ Fixed return trips for intercepts when a target fleet goes out of range.
+ Prevented Zuul ships from boring temporary node lines back from a
deep space encounter.
+ Fixed the issue where Radiant Bore ships could not create node lines.
+ Gate Lab upgrade requirements can now be met.
+ Hiver gates now display Gate Lab module options.
+ Ships no longer flee so far from an incoming comet in combat.
+ The sensor view icon has been centered correctly on the comet in combat.
+ Fixed a function that allowed a non-player owned system to request a
check for an enclave permission before colonizing a planet.
+ Fixed the provincial capital visual effect.
+ Fixed an issue where combat UI was allowing freighter speeds to be set.
+ Combat zones no longer appear in deep space combat.
+ The battle manager is no longer available for deep space encounter locations.
+ Fixed an issue where infrastructure was resetting to zero each time
a planet was recolonized.
+ Zuul trade now unlocks correctly.
+ Barren planets now have some resources.
+ Fixed issues where inappropriate battle riders were being used to
aid in surveys.

Other changes:
+ Reduced overthrust in combat.
+ Ships with drones now survey faster.

Updates to King Arthur II - The Role-playing Wargame have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

King Arthur II – The Role-playing Wargame v1.1.07

- New button on the Hero Inventory panel (usable on an Artifact Store location) – moves all unequipped Artifacts to the Store
- Beast Master skill fixed
- The settings of the Minimap icons always saved (at returning from battle, starting a new game or loading a saved game from the Main Menu)
- Enemy armies no longer block the route towards the target (some part of the route is marked by red colour, indicating that a battle have to be fought)
- End Turn button popup properly tells if a Delegate quest is waiting to be solved
- Resurrection spell popup fixed
- Tier 2 Elmet Legionaries receive the Fomori Slayer skill properly
- Knights of the Light units receive an upgradable skill (Golden Basilica locations)
- Armies defending a passage cannot be lured away anymore
- “University” (London) diplomacy action fixed
- Woodlander skill of Wolfbreeds fixed
- Units cannot move to an army from faraway Army Reserves anymore
- Marriage for female heroes is not available anymore
- Items received and lost in the same quest no longer appear among quest rewards
- Faith requirement at Unseelie Champions training fixed
- Spell cooldown never drops below 10% of the original number
- Popup of item type filter buttons in Artifact Store improved (info about possible modifiers at forging)
- Unit icons during Tutorial fixed
- Time limit requirement always appears properly in the popup of the quest
- Traits modifying Lore points (from locations) fixed
- Solving late game quests in “wrong” order issue fixed
- Passive skill bonuses appear properly in the statistics
- Lost level up bonuses of hero retinue on new Tier fixed
- Battle alert sounds (gate destroyed) fixed
- Sub-objective text in Call to Arms Objective fixed (15 units available, including own units and heroes)
- Non-16:9 resolution notification windows fixed
- “Careful Tactician” promotion fixed
- First sub-objective of the "Nimue" Objective fixed
- Grendel's Lair teleport location fixed

Known issues – fixing in progress

- The level of some units drops back to 1 in unique situations
- Few quests spawn on the top of the army that is supposed to solve it
- Some of the final Objectives don't appear properly on the Objective panel if a certain option in a specific Diplomatic quest is chosen
- Some Victory Locations don’t appear properly on the Minimap
- Lancelot's Grail Shard Essence gathering

This patch adds an option to adjust the field-of-view (FOV). There’s now a slider in the camera settings (under Help & Options… Settings… Camera) that adjusts the FOV anywhere from 40 degrees to 120 degrees.

The patch also increases the size of a memory buffer that was causing some out-of-memory crashes for a few players.

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

• Added The Waxy Wayfinder
  
• Added a new promotional item
  
• Added Strange Parts that can be used to upgrade existing Strange-quality weapons
  
• Updated The Cozy Camper to allow it to be used in Medieval Mode
  
• Double-clicking on a tool in the backpack view will now use that tool
  
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause weapons dropped after death to render with incorrect skins
  
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause The Manmelter to display incorrect kill icons
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause certain in-game notification sounds to play even if "cl_notifications_show_ingame" was false
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause chat-text strange weapon rank up notifications to sometimes display player names as "unknown"
  
• Increased Steam Workshop item description to 8000 characters
  
• Updated arena_ravine
  • Minor visual and performance improvements
• Updated cp_well
  • Performance improvements
• Lokalisointitiedostot päivitetty
  

* New Ending
Frozen Synapse has a brand new ending for a limited time only.
* Credit Music Fixed
The correct music now plays during the closing credits.

GAMEPLAY
- Added Lycan!
- Fixed Tranquil Boots visual charges being 3 instead of 4 (actual was still 4).
- Fixed the first slash of Omnislash not applying vision properly.
- Fixed crash bug where you could leave the lobby chat channel while in a lobby.
- Enabled Shadow Demon in Captain's Mode.
- The Stable version is now updated to the Latest version.
- Added All Random game mode for private lobbies.
- Alchemist: Fixed Acid Spray killing couriers.
- Batrider: Fixed Flamebreak not having an aoe targeting cursor.
- Beastmaster: Fixed Wild Axes killing couriers.
- Bounty Hunter: Fixed illusions procing Jinada's critical strike.
- Clinkz: Fixed a bug with level 2 Death Pact not gaining the .5% damage buff.
- Mirana: Fixed Arrow getting blocked by Linken's Sphere.
- Morphling: Added timer to Replicate that shows up as a buff.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed Astral Imprisonment stealing Intelligence from illusions.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed Astral Imprisonment being castable on Warlock Golem.
- Queen of Pain: Fixed being able to dispell Shadow Strike
- Razor: Fixed Static Link damage from being purgable.
- Shadow Demon: Fixed attack animation time
- Shadow Shama: Fixed Serpent Wards having instant attack point (instead of 0.3)
- Storm Spirit: Fixed attack projectile speed
- Sven: Fixed Storm Bolt not stunning nearby targets if the primary target became magic immune while the projectile was traveling.
- Venomancer: Fixed being able to dispell Venomous Gale, Poison Sting and Poison Nova
- Warlock: Fixed Golems having incorrect magic resistance.
- Weaver: Fixed Time Lapse forgetting its history when upgraded
- Witch Doctor: Fixed Death Ward projectile speed being too slow
- Fixed Diffusal Blade's mana burn effect going through Magic Immunity.
- Units that are smoked can now be revealed by magic immune enemies.
- Fixed some abilities having incorrect durations against creep heroes (like Dismember).
- Fixed Disruption being castable on Warlock's Golem.
- Fixed gold over time being very slightly off sometimes.
- Fixed Smoke of Deceit not showing movement speed in the stats area
- Fixed Fountain projectile speed being too fast
- Fixed Furbolg attack point being too high
- Fixed Black Drake projectile speed being too fast
- Mjollnir: Fixed Static Charge damaging friendly units and towers. Note that towers can still proc the ability.

UI
- Added a hero performance rating graph to the player persona page.
- Added setting for ambient creatures in the Advanced Video Settings.
- Advanced Video Settings is now versioned and will automatically update this release
- Undroppable items are no longer put in the stash when near the fountain.
- Items will no longer move when they are attempted to be picked up by a unit with a full inventory.
- The courier can no longer pick up certain items (Aegies, Rapier).
- Hooked up XP graph button.
- There is now a different ring effect for the primary unit when you have multiple units selected.
- Fixed second courier not being controllable if enabled by a courier
- Fixed bug where you could cast your ultimate by pressing either the Ability 4 or Ability 5 keys, on a 4 ability hero.
- Added setting to draw hero icons as default in the minimap. Alt will show X's and O's.

BOTS
- Increased bot ability usage reaction time by about 50%.
- Fixed bug where bots would pick up or destroy teammates' items on the ground.
- Increased bot desire to defend their base.
- Fixed nasty bug that would often cause bots to idle in their current location when wanting to go defend.
- Bots now get an added desire to attack a hero that Bane has Gripped.
- Bots no longer random their heroes. They will now try to build a somewhat reasonable team comp based on hero role, stuns, and melee/ranged, and do so over the entire hero selection phase.
- Reworked bot lane selection logic. They should be smarter about which lanes they select, and who they pair with.
- Changed how human pings affect the bots' desires to push/defend. Should be more consistently powerful now.
- Bots in lanes with carries will try to avoid stealing their farm.
- Fixed a few cases where bots would oddly try to cast abilities at neutral creeps (such as when pushing or defending a lane).

VISUALS
-Improvements made to some of Shadow Demon's effects.