Might & Magic Heroes VII v1.8 Patch and LToA Episode Two Released

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Written by BuckGB on April 21st, 2016

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Might & Magic Heroes VII has been updated with a new v1.8 patch, which brings an assortment of fixes to the turn-based strategy/RPG while also introducing the second half of the game's free DLC, The Tales of Axeoth: Every Dog Has His Day. More information about the second episode can be found here, while the patch notes are below:

General
We have fixed- 

• If a magic guild is prebuilt in a town, the player can`t set its specialization.
• In some campaigns, players can get stuck when spamming ESC during scripted scenes.
• Pathfinding ability and Pathfinder specialization.
• And more

Gameplay
We have implemented- 

• Pending Caravans now show up in the recruitment window until they depart at the end of your turn.
• Caravans arrived at a Fort but not unloaded, can now be accessed and unloaded manually.Altars and Seals now show up on the minimap.
• And more

And improved- 

• The random Skilling Popup has been visually overhauled.

Multiplayer
We have fixed several bugs- 

• A bug where the game would go out of synch when deploying more than 7 stacks in combat
• A bug where the hero got deselected at the start of a new turn.
• A bug where the game gets stuck when the AI attacked an empty town.
• A bug where the player could multiply creature stacks under certain conditions when using auto merge button in town.
• A bug that caused a game crash sometimes when pressing "spectate" after losing a game.
• A bug that caused the game to go Out of synch sometimes when a hero died.
• And more

We have improved- 

• Made Duel Multiplayer sessions more stable.

Level Design
We have fixed a few issues with Stronghold Map 2 and 3, Dungeon Map 2 and 3 and Scenario Timber Wars. 

See patch notes for more details. 

Editor The Editor also has had fixes, improvements and implements, including; 

• Object Properties;
  
• Capped Fog of War revealing radius properties to 300 to avoid crashes in the game.
• Properties were only saved when the map was saved as well for Towns, Forts, Garrisons and Hero Armies.
• Dragon Utopia/Elemental Forge Properties and Merchant Properties fixed crashes
• Implemented an increased level cap from 30- 999 in Hero Properties and fixed a crash when assigning a hero to a creature army with an unset warfare unit.
• A couple of fixes and implements to Town Properties
• For Map Properties, fixed Custom player names not correctly displayed. If your map is affected, you need to open the Map Properties, click OK and then save the map.
• The Editor crashes if the underground layer is destroyed on the auto-save pop-up.
• Implemented, Increased level cap from 30 to 999.

AI Settings have several implements;

• AI tab to Town Properties.
• AI ignore setting to Armies and Buildings.
• AI border control setting to Armies.
• AI stay in Area of Control setting to Armies.

Several fixes, implements and improvements for the  Script Editor including;

• Fixed, Script Editor does not save if the map name contains spaces
• Added proper councillor names to the SpeakerType selection of dialogue lines.
• Increased level cap from 30 to 999 in "Hero reached level" action.

Plus, fixes to  Unreal Editor, Campaign Editor, Layer Tools and Audio.

AI (edited)

• Added Wait action to the Combat AI
• Added Caravan handling for the Adventure AI - the AI will now try (if available) to supply their main fighting heroes with a caravan-based supply chain
• Adjusted AI scoring for the Adventure AI - it now tries to be more proactive about gathering pickups and generally also engaging the player in combat more
• Adjusted AI money management for the Adventure AI - reprioritised the order in which AI purchases buildings/heroes/unit
• Adventure AI now uses Forts and external Dwellings more readily
• Fixed smaller numerous bugs with AI scoring

Regards 

The M&M Team 

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