Another Heroes 3 Mod (AH3M) 2.0l

2.0l

 • Fixed a crash in the routine where O-Magic from Anti-Magic reduces elemental damage from units

 • Cursed Ground no longer incorrectly prevents spellcasting units from casting their spells

 • Corrected a small error in the hero/town sorting code that prevented towns from sorting

 • Fixed an improperly-impassable road in War of the Magi

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2.0k

 • Fixed a bug preventing enemy heroes in quest maps from having Ammo Carts/First Aid Tents

 • Nagas and Cyclopses now how have the correct high-end damage (18 > 20 and 24 > 30, respectively)

 • Fixed instances in several maps of units blocking treasure able to be bypassed via the Fly spell

 • Redesigned Stronghold's starting area in Old World

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2.0j

 • The Sunray bonus for hero specialists is now correctly applied (this also fixes a potential crash)

 • Repair scrolls now properly allow fixing broken war machines out of combat

 • Soulbinder now properly blocks physical statuses and the Toxic Cloud spell

 • Clarified that Toxic Cloud respects O-Body for immunity instead of unliving

 • War of the Magi - moved the green gates blocking the tertiary Conflux towns into the water

 • Fixed an improperly-passable tile for Golem Forges (Gold/Diamond Golem dwelling)

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2.0i

 • Fixed an incorrect pointer introduced in the previous update that would lead to crashes in combat

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2.0h

 • Heroes with a Learning specialty now correctly receive skill bonuses from Learning artifacts

 • Mind Avatars now correctly check for O-Mind instead of O-Body for damage reduction

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2.0g

 • Fixed a bug in the ranged attack routine that could on rare occasions crash the game via auto-combat

 • Fixed a bug where unit status procs were more likely than intended if attackers outnumbered defenders

 • Fixed incorrect elemental attack settings for Mages/Archmages and Air/Magic/Storm/Magma Avatars

 • Trolls and Gold/Diamond Golems now properly receive combat bonuses when fighting on native terrain

 • Base elemental avatar elemental terrain bonus from +3 to +2; dual-element avatars now get +1 on both

 • Magic Avatars now treat magical plains as native terrain

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2.0f

 • Fixed a bug with the Toxic Cloud spell that would crash the game when cast at expert/master level

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2.0e

 • Swapped the levels of the Dead Man's Boots (now a Minor artifact) and Vampire's Cowl (now a Treasure)

 • Fixed improper handling of magical terrain SP discounts accidentally introduced in previous update

 • Fixed a bug where Fortress & Conflux heroes had an aggression penalty for neutral/unaffiliated units

 • Troglodytes will no longer show resistance notifications for Blind or Petrify

 • Clarified the in-game and Printme descriptions of the Gremlin Engineer ability

 • War of the Magi - player 1's second town no longer has dwellings built by default

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2.0d

 • Fixed a bug where AI heroes with the Dispel spell would invisibly cast it every turn of combat

 • Elemental terrain now correctly allows casting of high-level spells without the requisite skill

 • Paralyzed units are correctly no longer able to retaliate

 • Blinded units now correctly deal 50% damage when retaliating instead of 25%

 • Killer Breath no longer displays resistance notifications erroneously and/or when the target is dead

 • Corrected the in-game description of the Quicksand spell to indicate its 2-turn duration

 • Corrected the in-game description of the Dragonscale Armor to indicate the correct stat boost

 • Improved the formatting of the in-game description of spell scrolls

 • Bull's Eye - fixed poor random unit placement in player 2's starting zone

 • Dragon Quest - corrected an oversight where Bonmalmo was able to build the upgraded lv.5 dwelling

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2.0c

 • Fixed a bug where the damage modification from Attack and Defense was being incorrectly calculated

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2.0b

 • Fixed a bug with external tavern hiring that was not charging gold and could lead to crashes

 • Added scrolls of Fly and Town Portal to the center zones in Bull's Eye

 • Fixed a bug where the game could crash if a human player placed a unit next to an AI ammo cart

 • Fixed the broken activation tile for player 2's starting Lumber Yard in War of the Magi

 • Added green gates to the river ways in War of the Magi to prevent invading player 3 via water

 • Added Fly scrolls as high-level treasure to Divided Lands, Old World, and Shadow Monopoly

 • Lizardmen and Lizard Hunters now have the correct Attack & Defense (5/7 instead of 5/6 and 6/7)

 • Dwarves and Battle Dwarves now correctly indicate 50% status resistance instead of 25%

 • Updated placeholder text accidentally left in as a piece of random tavern advice

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2.0a

 • Fixed a bug with external tavern hiring that was not charging gold and could lead to crashes

 • Added scrolls of Fly and Town Portal to the center zones in Bull's Eye

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2.0

 • Magic skills are now less common outside of forced intervals, particularly for might heroes

 • Completely unlearnable skills by class are now much more limited

    ---> Rampart heroes cannot learn Fire Magic nor can Inferno heroes learn Water Magic
    ---> Necromancy is limited to Necro heroes, who can't learn Leadership or First Aid (no change)

 • Air Magic is now the least common element for Fortress (instead of Fire)

 • Witch starting skill now Water or Air Magic (instead of Resistance)

 • Druid starting skill now Resistance (instead of Earth Magic)

 • Several classes now have different secondary (non-starting) major skills:

    Undertaker -> Sailing      (was Necromancy)
    Warlock -> Fire Magic     (was Wisdom)
    Battlemage -> Sorcery    (was Fire Magic)
    Witch -> Wisdom           (was Learning)
    Mystic(*) -> (All)Magic   (was Sorcery)

    (*Renamed from Sorcerer since Sorcery is no longer a major skill)

 • Lowered lv.7 unit specialist speed bonus from +2 to +1

 • Changed the skill specialties of several heroes:

    Thane (Tower) -> Resistance    (replaces Tactics)
    Quinn (Inferno) -> Logistics      (replaces Agatha as a Resistance specialist)
    Jasmine (Dungeon) -> Tactics   (replaces Logistics)

    Lilith (Inferno) -> Luck            (was Quinn's specialty)
    Ragnar (Inferno) -> Devils       (was Lilith's specialty)
    Kaine (Inferno) -> Imps          (was Ragnar's specialty)
    Agatha (Inferno) -> Mysticism  (was Kaine's specialty)

 • Added Cure & Slow spell specialists; removed Toxic Cloud, Enslave, & Fate specialists:

    Melodia (Rampart) -> Cure        (replaces Haste)
    Solomon (Tower) -> Weakness  (replaces Enslave)
    Daremyth (Tower) -> Haste       (replaces Fate)
    Thant (Necropolis) -> Slow        (replaces Toxic Cloud)
    Alamar (Dungeon) -> Harm       (replaces Enslave)
    Branwen (Fortress) -> Slow       (replaces Enslave)
    Deneb (Fortress) -> Cure          (replaces Bless)
    Jasper (Conflux) -> Slow          (replaces Stoneskin)

 • Harm spell specialty reverted to double damage as in the original game rather than +50% damage

 • Several minor changes to hero starting spells

    ---> Repair, Wizard Eye, & Torchlight (new spell) now appear as starting spells
    ---> No heroes start with a 3rd-level spell now except for Vey (Stronghold)

 • Wisdom now allows additional spellcasts each round instead of gating high-level spells

    ---> Each spell must be of a different element; Master Wisdom allows one of all four
    ---> Lv.3/4/5 spells now require their elemental skill at basic/expert/master level to cast
    ---> Lv.1 spells now only improve with basic skill and lv. 2 only with basic & expert
    ---> Wisdom no longer follows the "must be offered every (X) levels" rule
    ---> Switched to use former Scholar GFX

 • Diplomacy now reduces the cost of join offers (20%/40%/60%) rather than allowing them

    ---> All random units can offer to join unless set to maximum aggression
    ---> Aggression multiplies the cost of join offers; most randoms have 3-7
    ---> Alignment conflicts (i.e. good heroes vs. evil units) will raise aggression
    ---> "Sympathy" mechanic removed (no bonus for having the unit in your army)

 • First Aid no longer increases unit health and solely affects the performance of the tent

    ---> Basic First Aid allows the tent to remove physical statuses
    ---> Expert level allows the tent to overfill a unit's HP (up to 2x the unit's maximum)
    ---> Master level allows the tent to act twice per round

 • Ballistics (renamed back from Engineering) now solely affects the performance of the ballista

    ---> Allows the ballista to ignore range (Bas), deal 2x damage (Exp), and shoot twice (Mas)
    ---> Ballista damage calculation now uses hero level instead of attack
    ---> The Ballista now has the correct Attack value of 10 (was 5)

 • The Catapult now fires 1~2 shots (always retargeting after the first), dealing 1~2 damage each

 • The health of war machines now scales with hero level (20 * lv. for all of them)

 • Ammo carts now deliver up to 2 shots to a unit each turn instead of having a passive effect

 • Raised Scouting carryover limit to 500/750/1000 and lowered view radius bonus to original values

 • Raised Learning spell point bonus from 1x/1.5x/2x to 1x/2x/3x

 • Resistance now defends against Killer Breath (see below)

 • Renamed several units & unit abilities:

    Elite Centaur -> Centaurian
      War Unicorn -> Magic Unicorn
     Boss Gremlin -> Gremlin Engineer
           Djinni -> Noble Efreet
           Gorgon -> Taurus
       Disembowel -> Killer Breath
            Aging -> Wither

 • Renamed several unit dwellings to include the name of the residing unit

    Altar of Wishes -> Genie Altar
    Golden Pavilion -> Naga Pavilion
    Fire Factory    -> Gog Factory
    Kennels         -> Hound Kennels
    Well of Souls   -> Ghost Well
    Estate          -> Vampire Estate
    Mystic Refuge   -> Fairy Refuge

 • Reworked the roles of the four upgraded elemental avatars

    ---> Magma Avatars are now ranged attackers instead of Ice Avatars
    ---> Ice Avatars now have the highest defense and health
    ---> Energy Avatars now have the highest attack and speed
    ---> Both ranged and melee attacks from upgraded avatars are now dual-element

 • Added "aura" abilities (i.e. the Unicorn status resistance aura) to several units:

         Paladins: +2 Morale
       Archdemons: +2 Luck
    Ghost Dragons: -2 Morale
     Gold Dragons: 50% Status Resistance (replaces Unicorn ability)
     Mind Avatars: O-Mind
    Magic Avatars: O-Magic 3/4

 • Raised low-end unit status resistance from 20% to 25% and added 75% status resistance

    ---> Dwarves now have 50% status resistance (as Battle Dwarves) instead of 20%
    ---> Gnolls/Gnoll Marauders now have 25% status resistance (new ability)
    ---> Azure Dragons now have 75% status resistance instead of O-Mind & O-Body

 • Magic Unicorns now cast Cure (3x, 5 power, basic lv.), replacing their old status resistance/aura

 • Gremlin Engineers can now repair war machines (1 damage per Gremlin) and no longer have shots

 • Blind ("fear" in 1.6x) is now a physical status that lowers damage instead of incapacitating units

    ---> Blind can be set by Unicorns/Magic Unicorns or Evil Eyes/Beholders (melee or shot)

 • The poison status now deals damage over time instead of reducing maximum health

    ---> Naga Queens can now set poison instead of retaliating twice

 • The petrify status now reduces all damage by 75% instead of just physical damage

 • Disease now lowers Attack & Defense by 6 (instead of 3) and Speed by 2 (unchanged)

    ---> Devils/Archdevils can now set disease (Archdevils have a higher chance of doing so)

 • Moved inherent Pain Reflection from Archdevils back to Noble Efreet

    ---> Noble Efreet no longer lower target's defense (as Sunray)

 • Mummies now set Enslave instead of incapacitating units (via the old Fear/Blind status)

 • Added new damage bonuses to several units

    ---> Gremlins/Gremlin Engineers deal double damage to enemy war machines
    ---> Troglodyte Soldiers deal +25% damage if their morale is higher than foe's
    ---> Gnoll Marauders deal +25% damage with initiating attacks (instead of no foe retaliation)

 • Adjusted the shot count of many units

    ---> Gogs/Magogs now have 2 shots instead of 12 (Inferno now sells ammo carts as in vanilla)
    ---> Orc Warriors now have 2 shots instead of 1
    ---> Cyclops Brutes now have 2 shots (base Cyclopses still only have 1)
    ---> Lizard Hunters now have 8 shots (base Lizardmen still only have 6)
    ---> Storm and Magma Avatars now have 4 shots instead of 12
    ---> All other units with elemental shots now have 8 instead of 12
    ---> The Ballista now has 12 shots instead of unlimited ammo

 • Raised the defense bonus for the Defend command from 20% to 25%

 • Fixed two bugs pertaining to the preemptive retaliation ability of Halberdiers:

    ...no longer ignore the "enemy can't retaliate" ability
    ...no longer incorrectly allow more retaliations on lethal strikes

 • Skeletons now have the correct growth rate (16 instead of 12)

 • Raised Medusa growth rate (4 -> 5)

 • Goblins now have the correct Attack and Defense values (5/4 instead of 4/3)

 • Lowered the defense-ignore ability of Behemoths/Dread Behemoths from 40%/80% to 33%/66%

 • Fire Avatars no longer possess the "Flying" ability (as in the original game)

 • Fairy Dragon spell mastery from unskilled to expert (as in the original game)

 • Enchanters now cast Bless in place of Cure

 • Slightly adjusted cost of many units

 • Several spells have reduced effectiveness due to the above-mentioned skill changes

    ---> Elemental resistance spells now cap at half damage (75% for dual-element attacks)
    ---> Haste now caps at +2 speed (+3 for specialists)
    ---> Slow now caps at 33% reduction (50% for specialists)
    ---> Bless/Curse no longer have a minimum effect of +/- 1 damage per unit in stack
    ---> Cure now removes physical statuses only at basic level and is no longer mass effect
    ---> Berserk radius reverted to cap at 2 hexes

 • Raised SP cost and general effectiveness (damage spells in particular) of lv.3-5 spells

 • Renamed/reworked several spells, reverting some confusing name changes:

             Fear (AKA Blind) -> (now a physical status, no longer a spell)
         Despair (AKA Sorrow) -> Fear
         Berserk (AKA Frenzy) -> Flamestrike (see below)
          Chaos (AKA Berserk) -> Berserk (back to its original name)
            Meteor Strike -> Meteor Shower (back to its original name)

 • The effects of the Wizard Eye spell now persist until the end of turn

    ---> Now also shows treasure chests (on land only)
    ---> Redundant (extra) castings will no longer cost SP (as the Water Walk/Fly spells)

 • New spell: Torchlight (replaces Fear/Blind) increases hero's view radius until the end of turn

    ---> Has same redundant casting protection as Wizard Eye

 • Fortune is now a second-level spell (replacing Fear/Blind; Torchlight is the new 1-SP fire spell)

    ---> Also has new SFX since Fortune's old SFX is now used by Torchlight

 • Recall is now an Earth spell and returns the caster to the hiring pool with their army intact

    ---> Basic Earth magic: hero may be re-hired from your capital city
    ---> Expert Earth magic: hero may be re-hired from any town
    ---> Master Earth magic: hero may be re-hired from any tavern, including external ones
    ---> AI players will treat this spell as Town Portal

 • New spell: Zoom (replaces Earthquake) allows target unit to fly and increases speed for 1 turn

    ---> Expert and Master Air Magic increase the spell's duration to 2/3 turns
    ---> This is the spell now cast by Master Genies (3x, 3 power, basic lv.)

 • Fly and Water Walk now apply movement penalties to impassable tiles instead of their old turn% limit

 • Fly now halves the movement penalty for rough terrain rather than eliminating it

 • Warp now marks a hero's location on the map and will return them to that position when cast again

 • Repair can now both heal damaged war machines and repair destroyed ones, both in and out of combat

    ---> Repairing destroyed war machines requires Earth Magic

 • Strength/Weakness and Heroism/Fear now cancel one another out as Bless/Curse and Haste/Slow do

 • Sunray is now a standard-duration status effect that is no longer unremovable or cumulative

    ---> Raised magnitude from 3/6 to 4/8
    ---> Changed specialty bonus from +6 to +(target unit lv.)

 • Dispel now removes all non-physical statuses from all units on the battlefield at basic level

    ---> Expert Air Magic: selective status removal from allied units (negative only)
    ---> Master Air Magic: selective status removal from enemy units (positive only)

 • Flamestrike adds fire damage to melee attacks and is no longer a mind spell or reduces defense

 • Counterstrike now doubles retaliation damage, only adding more retaliations at expert/master level

 • Anti-Magic now grants protection as the O-Magic ability instead of complete immunity to spells

    ---> O-Magic now also resists magical statuses in addition to reducing damage
    ---> Anti-Magic will not stack with/is not effective on units with inherent O-Magic

 • Quicksand now binds unit to current hex (as Dendroid ability) instead of its old effect

    ---> Lasts 2 turns, skill level increases effect radius (caster's Magic power has no effect)

 • Enslave is now a 4th-level spell; effectiveness is much higher (100x), duration is 3(E)/4(M) turns

    ---> Clone is now a 3rd-level spell, taking the place of Enslave

 • Sacrifice now allows reviving unliving/undead units (sacrificed stack must still be living)

    ---> Formula now adds magic power to # of units (2x at master) instead of unit health

 • Revival spells (Repair, Reanimate, Resurrection) no longer have permanence checks

 • Purify is now single-target and kills a set percentage of units in addition to dealing damage

    ---> Now uses old Prayer animation and has new SFX

 • Toxic Cloud may now set poison at expert and master level and can no longer miss on living units

    ---> Now uses Weakness/Acid Breath GFX (swapped with Weakness/Minotaur King enrage ability)

 • Meteor Shower now deals half damage to units outside of the central/target hex

 • Armageddon damage is now halved by O-Fire instead of ignoring it completely

 • Lowered magnitude of Elemental Summon spells from 10x to 5x

 • Fire Wall now correctly displays damage on right-click

 • The Stoneskin spell is no longer effective on war machines

    ---> Spell descriptions are now more clear about what will and will not work on war machines

 • Redesigned the spellbook layout and behavior to look better and be easier to read

    ---> Adventure spells are now grayed out/disabled when in combat and vise versa
    ---> Spells that your hero cannot cast for any other reason (i.e. skill) are also grayed out

 • Overhauled the odds of spells appearing in mage guilds

    ---> Replaced the old values with M (83.3%), C+ (66.6%), C (50%), U (25%), and R (10%)
    ---> Mage Guilds in all towns are now expanded (as Tower with Magic Library)

 • Increased the cost of spells from Mage Guilds

    Lv. 1    50    (was 25)
    Lv. 2    100    (was 50)
    Lv. 3    250    (was 100)
    Lv. 4    500    (was 250)
    Lv. 5    1,000    (was 500)

 • Tower's Magic Library now sells scrolls for lv.1-3 spells

 • Dungeon's portal now summons the nearest hero you own once per week instead of acting as a dwelling

    ---> It is now more expensive to build and is no longer required to build the lv.3 dwelling
    ---> It now requires the Mana Vortex and is required for the lv.7 dwelling upgrade
    ---> Swapped the resource costs of the portal with the Mana Vortex

 • Changed the output of Necropolis's Death Machine (formerly "Death Converter") for several units

    ---> Archers/Griffins/Swordsmen now give the correct results
    ---> Enchanters now become Liches (as Monks and Mages do)
    ---> Evil Eyes/Beholders now become Ghosts instead of Zombies
    ---> Only dragons will become Bone Dragons instead of any 7th-level unit

 • The Rampart & Inferno grails now correctly give +3 luck instead of only +2

 • Fixed a bug where Fortress's Glyphs of Fear raised attack & defense while Blood Obelisk did nothing

 • Changed the Blacksmith contents of several towns:

    ---> Castle  -> First Aid Tent    (instead of Ballista)
    ---> Tower   -> Ballista           (instead of Ammo Cart)
    ---> Inferno -> Ammo Cart      (instead of Ballista)
    ---> Conflux -> Catapult only   (instead of First Aid Tent)

 • Raised the values of the First Aid Tent and Ammo Cart from 500/1000 to 1000/1500

 • Town blacksmiths now require heroes to end their turn in town to repair broken war machines

 • Overhauled the handling of heroes in taverns, making several improvements

    ---> Escaped (retreated/surrendered) heroes may now also appear in external taverns
    ---> Escaped/recalled heroes now only temporarily replace heroes in their tavern slot
    ---> Escaped and recalled heroes use different slots; you may have 1 of each at a time
    ---> Fixed a bug that would sometimes lead to no heroes being available to hire

 • Thieves' Guild info is now more limited (top section only) except in external/adventure map taverns

    ---> the tavern tip is now always the same on day 1 (reminding players about right-click info)
    ---> information for AI-only players (not human playable) is no longer displayed
    ---> AI-only teams are also no longer shown on the game setup or scenario info screens

 • The "resource" starting bonus is +5 Wood/Ore/rare resource instead of +10 to said rare resource

 • Changed the amount of starting gold and resources for AI players on certain settings

    ---> AI players now correctly start with the same gold as humans on Normal (5,000 -> 15,000)
    ---> AI players now start with more gold on Hard (20,000) and Very Hard (25,000)
    ---> AI players now start with 1 of each rare resource on Very Easy instead of 0

 • Slightly raised the stats of minor/major/relic artifacts to create a larger divide between tiers

    ---> the 10%/15% skill-boosting artifacts now raise attributes by 2/3 instead of just 1

 • Several more artifacts now raise knowledge (the hardest stat to boost through artifacts)

    Magician's Hat        (+1 magic/knowledge instead of +2 magic)
    Helm of Chaos        (+1 knowledge instead of magic)
    Crown of the Magi    (+5 magic & +1 knowledge)
    Tunic of the Magus    ("")

 • The Ebony Cuirass and Basilisk Scale Armor now just raise defense instead of defense and magic

 • The Ogre's Club of Havoc & Targe of the Mad Ogre now boost luck instead of the minor dragon artifacts

 • The Elixir of Life artifacts now boost health by a percentage instead of a static value

 • Statue of Legend (formerly Legion) artifacts changed from growth to damage bonuses

 • Changed the special effect of several combination artifacts

    ---> Timespinner to SP costs -25% instead of absorbing enemy SP costs
    ---> Soulbinder (formerly Magebane) to O-Body/Mind instead of increasing enemy SP costs
    ---> Titan's Thunder now has higher stats than it's components (+12 to all), loses O-Mind
    ---> Armageddon's Blade no longer subtracts the defense of its components
    ---> Dragonlord Armor now reduces all magical damage taken by 25% instead of increasing output

 • Raised experience values for artifacts at Rebel Camps

    Lv.1  1500  (was 1000)
    Lv.2  4000  (was 3000)
    Lv.3  7500  (was 6000)
    Lv.4  15000 (was 10000)

 • Artifact Traders now buy spell scrolls for gold only and will pay more for higher-level spells

    ---> scroll value is based on purchase cost (500/1500/2500), with lv.4-5 scrolls valued at 5000
    ---> fixed a bug where the artifact in the second "misc" slot was blocked from being sold

 • Spell shrine "not enough gold" rejection messages will now display the spell for sale

 • Reduced terrain penalty for Sand from 1.6x to 1.4x

 • Elemental terrain now halves the SP costs instead of reducing them to the spell level

 • Increased the gold/resource rewards for all creature banks

 • Increased the gold from Templar's Grave (formerly "Warrior Tomb") to 4000-6000

 • Flotsam to higher odds (+10%) for wood + rare resource and less (-10%) for just wood

 • Sirens now permanently increase a hero's water movement by 100 instead of giving extra experience

 • Pyramids now contain a random 4th-level artifact instead of gold

 • Owned external dwellings now show population on right-click and no longer provide town growth bonuses

 • The "split stack" button in town now initiates a trade if a hero is selected (and two are present)

 • The "fort" button on the town screen now opens up the town defense (unit comparison) screen

    ---> The "buy all units" shortcut has been moved to the now-unused 8th dwelling slot

 • Hero skills can now be sorted by left-clicking (no +alt needed) the skill icon in the hero screen

    ---> Sorting skills in the hero screen while in a town no longer exits the hero screen

 • Converted the "fullscreen" button on the adventure map interface to an (A)rrange Heroes/Towns button

 • The "(M)ove Hero" button/shortcut now behaves as "Next (H)ero" if no path set or remaining movement

    ---> The "Sleep" (Zzz...) button now removes a hero's movement path instead of disabling them
    ---> The "Next (H)ero" shortcut no longer skips heroes who have no movement points remaining

 • Repositioned several buttons (Sleep/Dig/Quest Log/View Map/Kingdom Overview) on the adventure map UI

 • The middle mouse click no longer has any effect (instead of replaying current player turn)

 • Replaced the video quality option in the options screen with a toggle for ambient sound loops

 • The unit info combat options no longer affect the display of hero data or damage in the status bar

    ---> it is no longer possible to turn off the in-battle hero info display by any means

 • Clicking a hero's spell point total in kingdom overview no longer displays an incorrect maximum of 0

 • Added a blank line between turns in battle logs for easier reading

 • Removed the menu bar from the game window

 • Added several new sound effects to the game for...

    ...opening treasure chests
    ...obtaining gold on the map (as opposed to other resources)
    ...purchasing/upgrading units, spells/scrolls, or war machines
    ...making deals at marketplaces, black markets/artifact traders, or mercenary guilds
    ...entering/exiting the Mage Guild/Blacksmith
    ...external blacksmith repairs your broken war machine(s)
    ...opening/closing the spellbook
    ...aborting/failing a spellcast
    ...casting the Clone spell (SFX existed, but never played correctly)
    ...completing a quest

 • Added text to several adventure map locations that previously did not have any

 • Overhauled how animation speed settings are handled in combat (should result in smoother animation)

 • Touched up several hero portraits, mostly in Castle, Rampart, & Necropolis

 • The colorblind accessibility patch now includes edits for the Rocky Flats terrain overlay

 • Added two new maps: Bull's Eye & War of the Magi

    ---> Bull's Eye: Medium, target-shaped/maze-style with focus on randomness & external dwellings
    ---> War of the Magi: Large, Tower vs. Dungeon vs. Conflux, transport grail to win

 • Several major changes to Dragon Quest mostly due to above changes

    ---> Player towns can no longer build upgraded dwellings; hill fort required in all cases
    ---> Player towns can no longer build base dwellings for Unicorns, Ogres, or Cyclopses
    ---> Spells can no longer be purchased from mage guilds; added more scrolls/shrines
    ---> Elemental magic skills are now only learnable through quests
    ---> Wisdom may be learned by anyone (only Brey starts with it)
    ---> Stoneskin is now exclusive to Cristo (he no longer gets Shield)
    ---> Cristo now learns Clone (as Surround) instead of Weakness
    ---> Nara is now a Witch instead of a Druid (spell specialty: Slow)
    ---> Moved the two earliest spell teachers (for Cristo and Nara) further back
    ---> Removed all of the skill teachers except those for Sailing and Diplomacy
    ---> Moved the first Gem Pond and Crystal Mine from Endor to the Bazaar area
    ---> Keeleon, Gabrielle, and Necrasaro are now equipped with First Aid Tents
    ---> Keeleon no longer has the Troll's Blood equipped (you still get it for killing him)
    ---> Zenithia is no longer guarded by a single Angel (just the event battle prior)
    ---> The shopkeeper at Endor now has a proper accent

 • Made many changes to other existing maps, some based on above changes

    ---> Most unowned towns and garrisons have more/a wider variety of guards
    ---> Banned the Fly spell in Desert Storm as in other small maps
    ---> Renamed Breakout Island to Adventure Island (to keep it at the top of the list)
    ---> Added guards to the second keymaster tents in Adventure Island
    ---> Added an external Blacksmith and Black Market to Adventure Island
    ---> Add Recall shrines to the player starting zones in Shadow Monopoly
    ---> Reworked the starting and third-zone quests in Shadow Monopoly
    ---> Added guards to the "be hero" quest huts in Zerg Rush
    ---> Added several portal connections between players in Zerg Rush
    ---> Kaine (the new Imp specialist) is now Inferno's starting hero in Zerg Rush
    ---> Deneb (who now starts with Sailing) is now Fortress's starting hero in Ocean Saga
    ---> Swapped Undine (now Conflux's starting hero) and Torrent (now a prisoner) in Ocean Saga
    ---> Changed the objective of Ocean Saga to conquer town (Paradise is now locked by the orb)
    ---> Rebalanced the cost of quest artifacts in Ocean Saga and The Last Crusade
    ---> Changed the difficulty setting of Divided Lands to Normal; lowered obelisk count to 8
    ---> The Grail in Lake Orion is now always underground (to keep it in neutral territory)
    ---> Minor redesigns to Old World's starting zones; upgraded dirt roads to cobblestone
    ---> Fixed improper enemy placement near the surface crystal mine in No Man's Land
    ---> Added a prison to World of Ruin
    ---> Removed "Allied Maps" folder