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Kingdom Under Fire Update 11th December 2024

11 Dec, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.412

Dark Legion
1. Increased the duration of Pentagram by 22%. When applied to self, Pentagram casting MP is restored by 90%
2. Burrowed Shadow Puppets can now move through friendly units on the ground
Locus Game Chain
1. Added CPU, Memory, HDD usage gauges to gamechain node
2. mproved node synchronization speed

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 24th September 2024

24 Sep, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.411

Human Alliance
1. Fixed an issue where the remaining ammunition of the Dwarven Cannon would reset to 5 shots when forced to stop during cleaning
2. When firing consecutively, the Dwarven Cannon's accuracy in predicting moving targets gradually decreases. After cleaning, it returns to the most accurate state
3. The aerial attack range of the Dwarven Cannon has been reduced by 50%
4. The Dwarven Cannon's attack power has been reduced from 55 to 52, and from 82 to 80
5. Bumberwing's attack power has been increased from 25 to 28
Dark Legion
1. Shadow Puppets now explode when they die from fire damage (Fire Arrows, Fireball, Apocalypse) on the ground. They do not explode from non-explosive fire damage while in burrowed state
2. Even if a Dirigible is destroyed while transporting Lily, Lily will survive with half her HP, provided there is ground to land on within a certain distance

Locus Game Chain

Node synchronization speed improvement

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 17th July 2024

17 Jul, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.41

System
1. Fixed an issue where the 1:1 score window disappears when you press Alt while it is displayed.
2. Improved SyncErr recovery routine
Human Alliance
1. Fixed an issue where Clerics would get stuck in the building when building on top of them with healing turned on.
2. Changed Peasant training hotkey from P to E. However, the P key still works.
Dark Legion
1. Fixed an issue where burrowing Shadow Puppets would get stuck in the building when built on top of them.
2. The 50% increase in MP consumption when Loriana kills a worker with a multishot has been abolished, and instead, EXP will not increase in this case.
3. Vampiric Kiss has been modified to leave 1 HP on Richter summoned bats. This applies equally to friendly or enemy summoned bats.
Common
1. If an animal is killed, the attacker loses 300 experience points. However, the level already obtained does not decrease.

Locus Game Chain

Fixed an issue where the waiting room was sometimes not visible in the lobby list.
Improved NAT holepunching logic

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 19th June 2024

18 Jun, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.409

System
1. During 1:1 multiplayer matches, the 1:1 score window that is automatically displayed to observers at the start of the game has been abolished and replaced with a 1:1 map score window that displays only the score information on the map being played and does not block the view. However, the Locus Record button displays the existing 1:1 record window without change.
2. Building type selection using the Tab key no longer depends on the selected building in the UI. Instead, the Tab building selection state is initialized with a mouse L-click within the screen.
3. Added xBRZ to the DirectX11 screen filters.
4. Improvement of some SyncErr triggers.
Human Alliance
1. Warriors stuck in a building will automatically move to the outside of the building and escape.
2. Bomber Wings have been adjusted to take only 70% damage from Archer, Dark Elf, and Loriana in addition to Cellin. However, Cellin's Magic Arrow and the Archer's Fire Arrow do not apply and inflict 100% damage.
Dark Legion
1. Fixed the issue where Lily's attacks were ineffective against buildings.
2. When predicting shooting for long-distance attack units, including Lily, the accuracy is improved by reducing the degree of prediction when the target distance is close.
3. The time the Demon is revealed after casting Mana Drain and Vortex increased by 33% (Drain 0.67s -> 0.9s, Vortex 1.5s -> 2s).
Common
1. Raised the standard for the surrounding space required for newly produced large units to return to their original size, making it difficult for them to get stuck between buildings.
2. Workers now maneuver through friendly units while moving to construct buildings.
3. You can now build a building directly in the location occupied by your units waiting for orders. When you start building a building, the units above it move to the side.

Locus Game Chain

Added support for application operation in an environment where the number of shards increases to two or more.
Performance optimization for increased overall usage.

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 10th May 2024

9 May, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.408

System
1. Resolved an issue where scrolling did not function when moving the mouse to the right and bottom edges of the screen in certain resolutions
2. Resolved an issue where resources could become negative if they ran out while repairing a building
3. Separated Family Mode from beta features. Beta features are now exclusively activated when specifically selected with .beta command
4. Added functionality to select all of one type of production or tech buildings in RTS missions and skirmish mode by pressing Tab. Shift-Tab cycles backward. The camera does not move to the buildings' locations
Human Alliance
1. When multiple Hodian sorceresses summon stone golems, the golems are now summoned at dispersed locations
2. Increased the damage taken by melee attackers who interrupt Gernot's attack motion from behind from 75% to 90% of Gernot's attack power
3. Increased the number of flames adhering to the ground when dragons execute ground attacks with their fire
Dark Legion
1. When Richter activates Vampiric Kiss, the number of simultaneous targets affected now increases based on his level (Lv4:2, Lv8:3, Lv12:4, Lv16:5, Lv20:6). Targets are initially selected from enemy units, and if Richter's HP is low, neutral units and his own units (excluding allied units) can also be targeted. Depending on the number of targets affected, Richter's HP increases by (4,7,9,10,11,12) and the targets lose 1 HP each. However, Richter's summoned bats lose 3 HP each. Additionally, if Richter is on an ally's pentagram, the HP increase is limited to 4.
2. Units eligible to be targeted by Vampiric Kiss now include all ground living units, including Dwarven Cannons and Richter's summoned bats. However, units that are invisible, affected by Black Plague or Poison, have less than 1/3 HP remaining, or are in the Holy Aura state are excluded. Heroes are also excluded
Common
1. All ranged units and towers, including subheroes, now fires leading shots on moving targets. Accuracy is improved for indirect damage attacks such as Fire Arrows, Bomber Wings, Dragons, and Bone Dragons
2. (Casual <- Beta) When workers attack behind stationary enemies, they now apply 100% increased attack power
3. (Family <- Beta) The maximum population limit has been increased to 300
4. (Family <- Beta) The number of workers repairing Guard posts and Towers is now limited to 5 at a time

Locus Game Chain

Players can now click on a user's name in the lobby to view their match history with themselves
In 1v1 multiplayer battles, the match history screen of both players is now automatically displayed to observers for the first 10 seconds
Added the ability to write RPC logs between game chain nodes and the game (activate by adding saveRPCLog = 1 to kufmain.ini)

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 4th April 2024

3 Apr, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.407

Locus Game Chain

1:1 Game Record Display
1. During 1:1 multiplayer games, clicking on the newly added record button allows viewing the opponent's record for both users.
2. Detailed status of nodes during synchronization is now displayed in the multiplayer lobby.
3. Improved synchronization speed

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System
1. Fixed a bug where equipped items would sometimes duplicate into the inventory in RPG mode missions.
2. Fixed an issue where resource changes due to building repair and dismantling were not immediately reflected in the status bar.
Human Alliance
1. Increased the steel cost of Elven Rangers from 350 to 360.
2. Units within guardposts now only gain experience divided by their level.
3. Archers now replenish fire arrows within guardposts at a rate of 1 every 4 seconds, up to a maximum of 18.
4. Mages can now enter guardposts and cast Lightning with 40 (1/3 of Sorceresses') attack power.
5. Reduced the explosion splash damage resistance ratio of Knight Templars from 50% to 20%.
6. After developing the Charge skill, if a charging unit is hit by an explosion attack, the charge time decreases by only 1 second regardless of attack direction.
7. Dwarven cannons now perform predictive shooting towards moving targets.
8. Clerics can now use Purification on buildings.
9. Golems take 25% additional damage from non-magical explosion attacks but are unaffected by Corruption and Kiss of Seduction.
10. If Gernot is hit by melee damage from behind while performing an attack, the attack is canceled, and instead, the attacker behind him receives damage equal to 50% of Gernot's attack power. This does not apply when Holy Aura is on.
11. Dragons are no longer completely stopped by Spider Towers. Also, they leave ground fires which deal additional damage to the target location for a certain period for ground attacks.
12. (Beta) Reduced the cooldown of Cleric's consecutive healing by 33%.
Dark Legion
1. Reduced the resistance to energy attacks of Ogres from 25% to 10%.
2. Evil Eyes' effect on buildings now persist over time and continue to provide vision.
3. Placing an Evil Eye on an enemy base building allows viewing the enemy's resource status when selecting that building.
4. Friendly units/buildings affected by Evil Eyes can now be removed by using another friendly Evil Eye on them.
5. Reduced the maximum reduction in armor for Swamp Mammoths producing larva from up to 9 to up to 7.
6. Fixed an issue where Swamp Mammoths' larva would still deal damage to the target even if they lost track of it before exploding.
7. Units affected by Corruption will guard Amaruak until given another command. Zombies are excluded. Automatic guarding does not function in No Sub Hero mode.
8. When transforming wizard units into Liches due to Corruption exceeding population limits, they now transform into zombies that do not count towards population.
9. Reduced the stunning duration for Likuku when hit by lightning attacks.
Common
1. In PvP games, when the remaining resources in a mine are depleted, the mine's HP is reduced to 20% of its maximum.
2. (Beta) When repairing guardposts and towers, the number of workers is now limited to a maximum of 3 at a time.

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 29th February 2024

28 Feb, 2024

Kingdom Under Fire 1.406

Added Greek text support. It is selected by default in Greek OS, and can be selected in other OS by setting the language in res/kufmain.ini to "GRC".
Added beta mode again, allowing you to test beta features outside of family mode. Turn on/off with the host command ‘.beta’. Beta mode games are not added to records.
Modified the effect to be retroactively applied to existing buildings when turning the 'simsimhae' cheat on and off.
Fixed the issue of session disconnection when a multiplayer session lasts longer than 2 hours.
In Casual and Family modes, bonus resources will only be reflected when a worker delivers resources, otherwise the resources will not increase.
(Beta) The maximum population for custom battle games has been increased to 300.

Fixed an issue where Gernot was not produced in random races.
Cellin can now spot enemy Elven Rangers ambushed at the same height.
Elven rangers will hide while aiming at the enemy, just like when holding.
When a Warrior in Terror status uses Berserk, the Terror status is resolved.
After charge development, when attacked while charging, the remaining time is reduced by 1 second from the front, 2 seconds from the side, and 4 seconds from the back depending on the attacker's relative position. Before charge development, it was canceled all at once as before.
Increases the distance at which Dwarven Cannons attack Spore Plants and Bats from 50% to 75% of the basic range.
(Beta) After a Cleric heals a unit, he must wait 2-(level*0.2) seconds to heal that unit again. Major heal takes 3-(level*0.33) seconds. at least 1 second

Loriana can now spot enemy Elven Rangers ambushed at the same height.
Fixed an issue where magic was cast even when MP was insufficient by using mana drain/vortex on units approaching to use magic.
A Demon becomes visible for 0.67 seconds after using Mana Drain or Mist. After using Mana Vortex, it becomes visible for 1.5 seconds. The same applies even if casting is canceled immediately.
Modified a Shadow Puppet to explode itself when it dies from explosion damage.
Richter summoned bats will only receive 50% more damage when hit within the range of Chivalric Light. However, even if the bats die in this state, some of the summon MP will not be returned to Richter.
(Beta) When multiple demons cast Mana Drain/Vortex on a unit, they will cast it one at a time. You have to wait 0.17 seconds for Mana Drain and 0.5 seconds for Mana Vortex.

Black Plagued and poisoned units will have their HP reduced but will not die inside Guardposts and transports.
Fixed an issue where a crash occurred with a low probability when selecting a Guardpost to display internal units
The explosion effect does not occur when building construction is canceled or dismantled, but only occurs when destroyed by attack.
Fixed possible cause of building explosion effect not disappearing over time.
Fixed an issue where if you dismantle a building in which a technology is being developed, the technology cannot be developed again.
Fixed an issue where the population would not be restored if a building producing units was dismantled.
(Beta) When a worker attacks a stationary enemy from behind, 100% increased attack power is applied.

Locus Game Chain

Improved synchronization time

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 1st December 2023

30 Nov, 2023

Kingdom Under Fire 1.405

Increased Gernot summon conditions to 1 Lord Castle + 2 Castle + 1 Keep. 2 Lord Castles are also valid.
Gernot Charge skill now consumes 40 MP, with a duration of 11 seconds.
If Knight Templar or Gernot is attacked while charging, the charge will be lifted/cleared.
Knight Templar cannot use charge when under the effect of Haste magic. Additionally, casting Haste while charging will also lift the charge.
Changed Gernot's Divine Light Skill to Chivalric Light. Can be cast at a long range from the beginning, but without detection. Detection feature will be added after developing Divine Light.
If the bat summoned by Richter is weakened by Chivalric Light and dies, it returns 50% of the summoning MP to Richter.
Fixed the issue when Gernot, as the leader, uses Chivalric Light with Knight Templar in the group, Knight Templars will no longer mimic the undeveloped Divine Light.
Knight Templars and Gernot now take 10% more damage from Energy attacks.
Holy Aura will no longer block energy attacks with effective damage below 40 (Chain Lightning, Energy Burst, Magic Bolt).

Guards within the guard post can now gain experience. If there are two archers, the one with lower experience will receive it.
When an Elven Ranger is attached to an ally or allied farm and shelter for an ambush, they receive a +3 cover bonus. However, unlike walls, the bonus is immediately lost if they detach.
Charging state and acceleration state due to Haste magic are now displayed separately.
Modified to prevent the duplication of fx objects when charging is pressed again during the charging state.

When the vampire's terror spreads, it will now spread regardless of the level of the caster, as long as it is the same unit type.
Fixed a crash caused by a divide by zero error when the Mammoth Larva explodes
Adjusted the tower spider web duration reduction effect: Knight Templar/Ogre: 40% -> 20%, Golem: 0% -> 40%, Dragon: 40% -> 50%.

Fixed an issue where separating the leader (Ctrl-L) would also change the selection for other players and observers.
When designating a leader (L & Shift-L), other units are now automatically excluded from the selection, leaving only the leader selected.

Locus Game Chain

Improved the intermittent synchronization issue that occasionally caused longer sync times.

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 21st November 2023

20 Nov, 2023

Kingdom Under Fire 1.404

system
1. Deleted the host command ‘.sync’. IBLT automatic resync function is always on
2. Fixed an issue with a low probability of crashing in DirectSound buffer check.
3. Fixed an issue with a low probability of crashing when the game ends while checking key input in the chat window.
4. Fixed crash that occurred in building burning animation code
5. Modified so that a crash does not occur even if an incorrect value is entered when calling EquipItem, GetGlobalVariableUnitItem, or RemoveItem triggers.
6. Added information to SyncErr debug details. Removed elements in the Divine Light animation code that could cause SyncErr.
Human Alliance
1. Increased Gernot population consumption from 4 to 7
2. When Gernot is summoned, if the rally point is a resource mine, he does not go to the rally point.
3. Modified to prevent Knight Templars and Gernot from passing through approaching units while charging.
4. Fixed an issue where fire arrow attack power was applied in some cases when calculating the aerial attack power of an archer within a guard post.
5. Knight Templar production cost increases by 20 steel, Elven Ranger production cost decreases by 50 steel.
6. Slightly increases the attack priority of Elven Rangers against Mammoths and transports.
7. (Gold) Russellant's Advanced Berserk, like the Warrior or Ogre skill, has been adjusted so that it disappears as soon as the time runs out after being applied twice. Remaining time is displayed.
Dark Legion
1. Modified Mana Drain/Vortex so that it can be used on Gernot.
2. When multiple Liches use Apocalypse, each magic is casted at the same point with overlapping.
3. When Vampire's Terror is applied to a Knight Templar with Holy Aura on, the Holy Aura's decay rate increases by 100% while in Terror state. However, it does not increase beyond twice the basic attenuation rate.
common
1. When selecting a group using number keys, units inside guard posts are excluded.
2. (Gold) When a hero unit encounters an obstacle while moving, it has been modified to reduce the pausing time and quickly bypass it

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Kingdom Under Fire Update 30th October 2023

29 Oct, 2023

Kingdom Under Fire 1.403

Game Modes
1. When redistributing resources, bonus resources spent are now no longer redistributed to opponents. This change is made to reduce the overall increase in resources.
2. In the Casual mode, bonus resources have been removed, and spent resource redistribution is reduced to 50%. The goal is to maintain the effect of narrowing skill differences while controlling the increase in resources to a certain extent.
3. In Family mode, bonus resources are reduced to 50%, and spent resource redistribution is set to 90%. This aligns the resource amounts with the previous Casual mode.
4. In Family mode, the restriction that allowed sub-heroes to be produced only from the third hall has been removed.
5. In Gold mode, if the population exceeds the limit, resource collection efficiency decreases by 5% for each number exceeded. The minimum value is 30%. Does not apply to Casual or Family modes.
System
1. When redistributing resources, bonus resources spent are now no longer redistributed to opponents. This change is made to reduce the overall increase in resources.
2. In the Casual mode, bonus resources have been removed, and spent resource redistribution is reduced to 50%. The goal is to maintain the effect of narrowing skill differences while controlling the increase in resources to a certain extent.
3. In Family mode, bonus resources are reduced to 50%, and spent resource redistribution is set to 90%. This aligns the resource amounts with the previous Casual mode.
4. In Gold mode, if the population exceeds the limit, resource collection efficiency decreases by 10% for each number exceeded. The minimum value is 30%. Does not apply to Casual or Family modes.
5. Improved team color assignment routine. Similar colors are assigned for the same team, while different teams are assigned distinct colors.
6. Fixed an issue with filter strings in random map definition files not working properly.
7. Game options are loaded/saved only when the game starts and ends, and in-game chat messages are reset to be sent to everyone every time the game starts.
8. Wide-screen settings have been changed from session settings to personal settings which can be set from the alt-O dialog. The previous host command ".wide" and the "singleplayerWidescreen" switch in kufmain.ini have been deprecated.
9. Fixed an issue in the BGM routine that caused occasional crashes during screen transitions.
10. Improved resynchronization logic during multiplayer game session.
Human Alliance
1. The ambush ability of the Elven Rangers is now enhanced by the surrounding terrain. If there are structures such as walls or trees nearby, the detection range by enemies is reduced, and the preparation time for ambush is shortened. If there is lower terrain near hiding position, the effect of structures is counteracted. Ambush efficiency based on terrain is displayed from (+0) to (+4)
2. Dwarven Cannons now recover 55 HP after completing their cooldown/cleaning action.
3. Dwarven Cannons can now attack bats from a 50% normal range.
4. Knight Templars now have a 50% resistance to non-magical explosion splash damage (from Dwarven Cannons, Bomber Wings, Swamp Mammoth Larva, Shadow Puppets, Bone Dragons, Fiery Blasts). This resistance does not apply to Holy Aura and does not apply to Gernot either.
5. Knight Templars deal 110% damage when attacking Ogres.
6. Clerics can now cast Purification and Mages can cast Invisibility and Haste on themselves.
7. Bomber Wings can now attack Spider Towers and Tarantula Towers from outside their tower range. However, in this case, there is a 50% increased waiting time between shots.
8. The production conditions for Gernot have been changed to require 1 Lord's Castle + 1 Castle + 1 Keep. The previous condition of 2 Lord's Castles is still valid, and Gernot can be produced from either, fulfilling the condition in the last completed building.
9. The particle effect of Gernot's Divine Light has been slightly changed for differentiation from regular Divine Light.
10. Gernot's Holy Aura costs 200 MP to cast but adds 200 HP for shield
Dark Legion
1. Shadow Puppet now has an added effect that poisons surviving units when it explodes. They will continuously lose HP for 8 seconds and can be cured by Purification but do not spread.
2. When using Mist at the center of a Dome of Negation, the effective radius is increased by 20%. However, even if multiple domes overlap, only the remaining time of one dome is consumed.
3. While Demons are using Glimpse, they can now see adjacent Domes of Negation.
4. If an Ogre in a Bloodlust state did not reduce the HP of a living unit upon hitting them, they will not gain HP either.
5. Fixed syncErr that occurs when Richter's summoned bats enter the influence zone of Divine Light..
6. When Richter's summoned bats are within the influence zone of Gernot's Divine Light, their attack power is reduced to the minimum value, and they take an additional 200% damage when attacked. However, this change does not apply to regular Knight Templar's Divine Light.
7. Spore Plants now take 50% additional damage when attacked while moving.
8. (Gold) Units turned by Lily's Kiss of Seduction will enter a guarding state protecting Lily.
9. (Family) Swamp Mammoth Larva will now automatically search for a new target if its current target boards a transport ship or enters a building.
Common
1. After selecting a leader, pressing Ctrl-L will execute 'detach leader' command which transfer the leadership to another unit, and the original leader will be removed from the group, becoming individually selected.
2. Modified so that when selecting a unit and right-clicking on itself, it is not interpreted as guarding itself.
3. An air units will not be pushed by other air units guarding it.
4. Fixed an issue where the guard command was not canceled when moving a unit in guard mode by clicking on a building with R-click.
5. Added keys for selecting all heroes (ctrl-`, ctrl-/), selecting all leaders (ctrl-shift-`, ctrl-.), and selecting all idle workers (ctrl-,). These commands do not move the screen.
6. Newly produced ground units can now pass through narrow corridors within the distance of about one main hall building from the rally point, even if they are not currently moving towards the rally point.

Locus Game Chain

Improved the Keystone file format in response to the GameChain API version update.
Fixed an issue where, in the event of an abnormal termination of GameChain or manual deletion of some files within GameChain folder, recovery through synchronization was not possible depending on the state of the remaining files.

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