Caster of Magic Release thread : latest version 6.06!

[Seravy]

Update!

5.12
-(hopefully) Fixed bug : AI orders random units to patrol (might even cause data corruption) if a garrison stack has less than 2 garrison eligable units in it but has garrison ineligable units as well (engineers, spirits, ships, etc)
-The “Auto” feature will never cast Mystic Surge.
-Fixed bug : Oracle overrides Nature's Eye scouting range.
-Fixed bug : Weapon Immunity provides complete immunity to ranged nonmagical attacks (thrown, bow, rock) instead of the intended +8 defense.
-Fixed bug : Weakness does not reduce thrown attacks
-In the optional portrait files, the Chosen hero's unit sprites have been redrawn to match the character name and portrait.
-In the optional portrait files, the Paladin hero's unit sprites have been redrawn to match the character name and portrait.
-Fixed bug : When the AI looks at realms for deciding dispel magic priorities of True Sight in combat, it looks at the wrong player and realms.
-Fixed bug : In detailed view, the power produced by Dark Ritual still appears doubled instead ot tripled.
-Golems no longer have Illusion Immunity. It does not contribute quite as much for protecting the unit from spell damage as others, but grants a lot of unintended extra features (seeing invisible, bypassing blur and invisibility defensive effect, etc).
-The last hero level now costs 2000 EXP instead of 2500.
-Army Strength in F5 is now halved, as is it's weight in the Historian (F4) graph. This should provide slightly more realistic information to the player on their chance of victory instead of intimidatingly high AI ratings in perfectly winnable games. This change should in theory have no effect on diplomacy - the ratio of army strengths remains the same even if every player is halved.
-AI spell trading base priority now no longer uses formula Prio=Spell ID within realm+5*Modifier, instead the base priority is directly defined as a constant for each spell. This is the current list of base trade priorities :
0 "Earth Lore 0A"                                        
0 "None"                                                
0 "Magic Spirit C9"                                      
1 "Warp Wood 51"                                        
1 "Disrupt 52"                                          
1 "Skeletons A1"                                        
2 "Warp Creature 59"                                    
2 "Guardian Spirit 81"                                  
2 "Weakness A2"                                          
2 "Hell Hounds 54"                                      
2 "Cloak of Fear A4"                                    
3 "Earth to Mud 1"                                      
3 "Holy Weapon 7C"                                      
3 "Fire Elemental 5A"                                    
3 "Phantom Warriors 2D"                                  
4 "AEther Sparks 2A"                      
4 "Resist Elements 2"                                  
4 "War Bears 6"                                        
5 "Fairy Dust 7"                                    
5 "Nature's Cures 13"                                    
5 "Psionic Blast 32"                                    
5 "Star Fires 7A"                                        
5 "Summon Zombies A3"                                    
6 "Floating Island 2B"                                  
6 "Guardian Wind 2C"                                    
6 "Corruption 55"                                        
6 "Flame Blade 56"                                  
6 "Shatter 58"                                          
6 "Bless 79"                                            
6 "Life Drain A7"                                        
7 "Nature's Eye 3"                                  
8 "Holy Armor 7E"                                        
9 "Summoning Circle CB"                                  
9 "True Sight 83"                                        
10 "Call Centaurs 4"                                  
10 "Water Walking 8"                                    
10 "Sprites  9"                                          
10 "Resist Magic 29"                                      
10 "Nagas 31"                                            
10 "Fire Bolt 53"                                        
10 "Immolation 63"                                        
11 "Darkness A9"                                          
11 "Exorcise 86"                                          
11 "Blood Lust B3"                                        
11 "Detect Magic CE"                                      
11 "Enchant Item CF"                                      
12 "Focus Magic 2F"                                      
12 "Chaos Channels 5D"                                    
12 "Endurance 7B"                                        
12 "Planar Travel 8A"                                    
12 "Ghouls A6"                                            
12 "Dispel Magic CA"                                      
13 "Spell Lock 36"                                        
13 "Fireball 60"                                          
14 "Wall of Fire 57"                                      
14 "Resurrection 85"                                      
15 "Change Terrain 0F"                                    
15 "Land Link 10"                                        
15 "Confusion 2E"                                        
15 "Vertigo 35"                                          
15 "Healing 7D"                                          
15 "Heroism 82"                                          
15 "Black Sleep A5"                                      
15 "Wraith Form B5 ->A8"                                  
15 "Heroic Shout CD"                                      
16 "Move Fortress 1C ->D1"                                
16 "Fire Giant 5C"                                        
16 "Divine Order 87"                                      
16 "Wall of Darkness B2"                                  
17 "Drain Power AB"                                      
18 "Ice Bolt 0D"                                          
18 "Cockatrices 11"                                      
18 "Flight 38"                                            
18 "Mystic Surge 5E"                                      
18 "Gargoyles 5F"                                        
18 "Just Cause 7F"                                        
18 "Unicorns 88"                                          
18 "Lycanthropy AD"                                      
19 "Blur 30"                                    
19 "Water Elemental 37"                                      
19 "Heavenly Light 8B - >80"                              
19 "Night Stalker B0"                                    
19 "Disenchant Area CC"                                  
20 "Web 5"                                              
20 "Construct Catapult 0C"                                
20 "Giant Spiders 0E"                                    
20 "Aura of Majesty 3B"                                  
20 "Raise Volcano 62"                                    
20 "Astral Gate 8B"                                      
20 "Mana Leak AA"                                        
20 "New : Syphon Life AF"                                
20 "Reaper Slash B1"                                      
21 "Phantom Beast 3C"                                    
21 "Chaos Spawn 67"                                      
21 "Raise Dead 89"                                        
21 "Exaltation 84 -> 94"                                  
22 "Fire Storm 6B->61"                                    
22 "Mass Healing 95"                                      
24 "Summon Hero D0"                                      
24 "Great Lizard 14"                                          
24 "Iron Skin 18"                                        
24 "Blizzard 19"                                          
24 "Stasis 44"                                            
24 "Lightning Bolt 5B"                                    
24 "Prosperity 91"                                        
25 "Cracks Call 0B"                                      
25 "Elemental Armor 15"                                  
25 "Counter Magic 33"                                              
25 "Banish 40"                                            
25 "Chimeras 64"                                          
25 "Evil Presence B7"                                    
26 "Invisiblity 3E"                                      
26 "Magic Vortex 69"                                      
26 "Possession AC"                                        
26 "Cloud of Shadow B9"                                  
26 "Create Artifact D3"                                  
26 "Transmute 12"                                        
27 "Petrify 16"                                          
27 "Wind Walking 3F"                                      
27 "Blazing March 66"                                      
27 "Holy Word 96"                                        
27 "Shadow Demons B4"                                    
27 "Wrack B6"                                            
28 "Earthquake 1A"                                        
28 "Creature Binding 49"                                  
28 "Chaos Rift 6E"                                        
28 "Altar of Battle 92"                                  
28 "Terror A8 -> B5"                                      
28 "Warp Node BA"                                        
28 "Disjunction D2"                                      
29 "Flying Fortress 4D ->46"                              
29 "Angel 93"                                            
29 "Famine BD"                                            
29 "Dark Rituals A3 -> BE"                                
30 "Stone Giant 17"                                      
30 "Regeneration 1F"                                      
30 "Uranus Blessing 3D"                      
30 "Efreet 6A"                                            
30 "Lionheart 8D"                                        
30 "Consecration 9B"                                      
30 "Wraiths B8"                                          
30 "Summon Champion D4"                                  
31 "Dispelling Wave 34"                
31 "Gaia's Blessing 1D"                                  
31 "Warp Lightning 65"                                    
31 "Stream of Life 94 -> 84"                              
31 "Invulnerability 8F"                                  
31 "Inspirations 98 -> 90"                                
32 "Storm Giant 41"                                      
32 "Aether Binding 39"                                
32 "Doom Mastery 75 ->6C"                                
32 "Black Prayer AE"                                      
33 "Summon Demon BF"
33 "Earth Elemental 1E"                                  
33 "Earth Gate 25"                                        
33 "Air Elemental 42"                                    
33 "Mind Storm 43"                                        
33 "Doom Bolt 68"                                        
33 "Doom Bat 61 ->6B"                                    
33 "Prayer 8C"                                            
34 "Gorgons 1B"                                          
34 "Spell Blast 3A"                                      
34 "Hydra 6F"                                            
34 "Zombie Mastery BC"                                    
35 "Behemoth 20"                                          
35 "Haste 46 ->4D"                                        
35 "Incarnation 8E"                                      
35 "Wave of Despair BB"                                  
36 "Survival Instinct 1C"                                
36 "Herb Mastery 26"                                      
36 "Great Unsummoning 4B"                                
36 "Chaos Surge 74"                                      
36 "Call to Arms 99"                                      
36 "Animate Dead C3"                                      
36 "Holy Arms 9A"                                        
36 "Eternal Night C5"                                    
37 "Magic Immunity 45"                                    
37 "Flame Strike 6D"                                      
38 "Warp Reality 6C -> 75"                                
38 "Enlightenment 9D"                                      
39 "Pestilence C4"                                        
39 "Djinn 47"                                            
40 "Seismic Mastery 22"
40 "Spell Ward 48"                                        
40 "Life Force 9C"                                        
40 "Annihilate C0"                                        
41 "Disintegrate 70"                                      
42 "Call Lightning 23"                                    
42 "Mass Invisibility 4A"                                
42 “Supreme Light 98"                    
43 "Suppress Magic 4F"                                    
43 "High Prayer 97"                                      
43 "Final Wave C7"                                        
44 "Great Drake 76"                                      
44 "Death Knights C1"                                    
45 "Entangle 21"                                          
45 "Sky Drake 4E"                                        
45 "Crusade 9E"                                          
45 "Massacre C2"                                          
48 "Great Wyrm 27"                                        
48 "Evil Omens C6"                                        
50 "Colossus 24"                                          
50 "Fairy Ring 28"                                    
50 "Meteor Storm 71"                                      
50 "Doomsday 72"
50 "Apocalypse 73"                                        
50 "Arch Angel 9F"                                        
50 "Demon Lord C8"                                        
52 "Charm of Life A0"                                    
54 "Spell Binding 4C"                                    
54 "Call the Void 77"                                    
54 "Armageddon 78"                                        
55 "Time Stop 50"                                        
-Fixed bug : Game crashes if the mouse is clicked at the exact time the game tries to display something. (like those red warning messages when a node counters your spell)

[jsb]

Is this update compatible with save-games, say of 5.11c by any chance?

[Seravy]

Compatible I guess but it will make your historian look weird as all the new formula means everyone will have less overall strength displayed so it'll appear as a sudden drop.

[teelaurila]

Does magic weapons from alchemy give bows the ability to overcome weapon immunity, anyway?

[Seravy]

Yes, it should.

[Nelphine]

Actually I think I'll purposefully check the history graph. I'd like to see what it does to the overall, and checking the graph on a few games will give a better feel for that.

[Seravy]

Small but useful new feature :

5.12b
-To Hit is now better visible on the unit production view. (note that any bonus from Alchemist Guild is not included and the “To Hit” icon only appears if there is a nonzero bonus.)

[Nelphine]

Having converted to 5.12, the army strength change dropped my overall graph by about 10%. Considering it wasn't actually maxed out, whereas both power production and spell power were, this seems about right. Nifty!

[Seravy]

I wanted to release this yesterday but felt to tired so here it is :

5.13
-Fixed bug : Steam Cannons step on a tile where the human player has a unit. (Caused by Wall Crusher making the tile of the targeted unit available for entry which is required because otherwise the AI assumes the unit is unreachable due to the wall.)
-AI wall crusher units moving without a target to attack will now be safer (there was a marginal chance of data corruption due to reading position from a nonexistent unit.)
-Fixed AI bug : AI is unable to cast Holy Word if the first valid target has Invulnerability on.
-Fixed BUG : To Def is not properly set to zero on unit production view
-Maybe fixed bug : AI bumps into player stacks during Jihad hostility even if a path to the target avoiding it exists.
-Number of Magic Vortexes is now correctly limited to 3 instead of 4.
-AI Warp Reality - additional condition : must have at least 1 fewer nonchaos units in battle than the enemy player. (This should guarantee enemy has at least one unit that is affected even if our entire army is chaos units)
-New algorithm to determine the types of noes generated. It is now guaranteed to have 10 each of Sorcery, Nature and Chaos nodes instead of the original flawed method that always generated more Sorcery nodes than the other two. Furthermore the original intention of nodes appearing on similar terrain now works better as there is no terrain independent random reassignment in it. Sorcery nodes will prefer to appear near swamps and tundras, Chaos nodes near deserts, mountains and hills, Nature nodes near forests and grasslands. Note that rivers overwrite terrain after the nodes are placed and might erase what caused the node to be that type.
-Storm Giants now have an AI summoning priority of 32 (instead of 24).
-Hydras now have an AI summoning priority of 72 (instead of 32).
-The game can now display more than 30 of a stat (including health) using icons.
-Fixed bug : If raze prompt is turned off, razing produces the incorrect amount of fame. (untested, please test!)
-Djinn now has 35 MP.
-Magic Immunity now costs 36/180.

EXP changes and starting plane changes not yet done, those will be for the next update.
So far it's 10 nodes of each type, I'd like to see how this works out in practice and get more responses before deciding if I want to make that into 8-12 at random, or the other option.
(see here : http://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/showt...p?tid=9112 )

[Seravy]

And here is a bugfix :

5.13b
-fixed bug : Game might freeze when the AI considers casting direct damage spells during a Chaos Conjunction