We are releasing a new update for Sovereignty: Crown of Kings!

This patch fixes a few bugs that have been reported by our community. Thank you for your continuous support and feedback!

Changelog:
- Fixed crash in mid/late game when AI runs out of buildings to construct
- Fixed possible crash during AI turns when number of players is calculated incorrectly
- Fixed possible crash when AI is trying to recruit prisoners
- Added floating status when shackles are used in battle
- Changed Impenetrable Mist to reduce range of enemy units
- Realm name texts no longer treat rivers as borders
- Removed text about diplomatic offences when realm is not taking penalty for destroying another realm

We have some fairly big changes in this latest beta branch update. We would like to push this to the main branch rapdly, and thus we are asking for some feedback and confirmation that it is working well for everyone.

If you have already opted in to the public beta, you will get the update automatically.

Biggest higlight is that Sovereignty can now be played by users with Intel cards.

Full list of changes:

AI is more aggressive when at war
AI is less likely to wipe out capitol provinces, especially vs shared race/alignment/ideology
Fixed bug causing map to appear all-black on Intel graphics hardware
Fixed bug preventing AIs from forming alliances
Fixed bug causing AI to abandon occupied provinces when there is no threat
Fixed bug causing crash when hero returns home

Since it has been some time since the last patch went live, we are posting this progress update to let you all know that we are still working on the next patch, and what sort of things to expect from it.

The patch will of course include bug fixes - a more stable and playable game experience in general, there will be new things for your Agents to do, and the biggest things is that we will be improving the AI to provide a more fun and challenging game.

So far, we are about 50% done with the changes and improvements. Details of what we are doing in each area are below:

Your Agents will now be able to Incite Rebellion in another Realm - Agents on this mission will move from province to province, spreading lies and discord as they go - each province affected will have an increased chance to have Rebels spawn in it each turn.

Any Agent left at home doing nothing will now engage in Counter-Spying activities in your realm. This means that for every Agent you leave at home, there is a chance for them to uncover any Agents belonging to other realms operating inside your borders - if an Agent is disvocered, they will flee back to their home, and you will have the option to apply a diplomatic penalty.

The AI will be better at managing its resources and gold stockpiles - It will allocate funds to various activities to avoid running out of money for certain things. It will also be better at making use of the marketplace (which is also being improved and fixed) and trading for the resources it needs.

The AI will be better at choosing units to purchase - no longer spamming the cheapest unit all the time. It will also be better at organising it's units into armies and making use of them.

The AI will make proper use of it's Agents, sending them on covert missions (where practical, some realms only have a single Agent). It will also use the new Counter-Spy and Incite Rebellion missions detailed above.

The AI will be getting more personality - expect the Iron Barony AI to be an aggressive warmonger, while Crivia will use Agents to meddle in the affairs of others. These changes will add a lot more fun and believability to the world of Sovereignty.

The AI will be getting a new approach to how it decides who (and when) to go to war with, this will be partly connected to the addition of more personality, so that ancient blood fueds will actually play a part in how the game unfolds. The AI will also be getting improvements in how it carries out wars. It will have specific targets and goals for each war which it will attempt to carry out.

Hi Everyone,

We have made the 1.02 update official! If you participated in the public beta, that branch have been removed so you are automatically back to the main version (1.02, build 1515).

Here is the list of changes, compared to 1.01:

- Fixed crash bug in tactical battles
- Fixed Sylvan Rebirth targeting everything except Old Forest
- Fixed "Failed to honour treaty" message always naming your own realm
- Fixed clicks on unit portrait in deployment panel being ignored
- Fixed incorrect text when a war is started
- Fixed Allied realms sometimes not ending alliance properly when refusing to join war
- Fixed crash at end of battle after loading mid-battle save
- Fixed Gossamer Wings not being castable on own units
- Fixed missing unit unlock in Evengaad campaign
- Fixed Shattered effect being permanent
- Fixed Heroes lost when treaty signed never returning
- Fixed Town Hall buildings resulting in all realms getting extra gold
- Fixed several small render engine issues
- Mill no longer appears in provinces where Farm cannot be built
- World selection list now hidden unless multiple worlds are present
- Added Tier number to buildings display
- Code of War realms are no longer forced to wait 1 turn if they are invaded
- ESC key now works to close open panels and screens
- Added more error checking during battle cleanup
- Defender now moves first in tactical battles
- No longer possible to retreat from Auto Battle until Skirmish phase completes
- Removed Unit group/Single entity designations from units
- Overrun ability is now only usable once per turn
- Moving armies with garrison units now shows confirmation message
- Mousing over units on promotion dialog now shows info cards
- Auto battle tweaked to make skirmish phase shorter and grand melee longer
- Reduced AI hoarding of resources
- Fixed missing background music
- Fixed overrun (fully fixed this time)
- Fixed incorrect numbers in description of hit and run/skirmisher screen
- Fixed ESC ignoring menu and news ticker
- Fixed being able to cast hero spells on AI turn
- Loading game will remove Shattered from all units not in battle
- Fixed flipped morale/health bars on unit icons

We just released Sovereignty but the team has been very active. The 1.01 patch is here - and it's going to fix some of the bugs that were making your life harder (look at the changelog below for details). In the meanwhile, work continues (check the roadmap to see what's next!).

Changelog:

Fixed a few engine bugs that may have caused crashes in some cases
Fixed cases where terrain types are not correctly identified
Fixed rejected heroes not being removed from the game
Fixed capitol provinces being able to revolt
Fixed Syndicate building causing extra agents to be created every load
Fixed incorrect treaty broken message when a player attacks Valegorm Palatinate
Fixed incorrect Rivalry message if player viewed Valegorn Palatinate before starting game
Fixed treaty buttons on foreign affairs allowing Mutual Defence with Valegorn Palatinate
Fixed AI being able to send Mutual Defence treaty offers to Valegorn Palatinate
Fixed Venom effect being applied in cases where unit did not actually attack
Fixed Boruvian Empire taking penalties for destroying Galeni and Berany
Fixed AI unit purchasing always assuming that it is at war
Fixed some engine issues which may have been causing crashes for some users
Improved AI unit purchasing in general
Modified campaigns with a protect objective to be easier
Clicking realm in Foreign affairs diplomacy list now selects that realm

We gotten a lot of great feedback and we are working to update fixes and improvements asap.

To keep you up to date on immediate plans for the future.

1) Our immediate attention is being directed to crashes, bugs, and so many of the one-off suggestions that have appeared in these forums. In short, our immediate focus will be on stability and miscellaneous gameplay issues. During this period, we will be using the beta branch to rapidly push patches. Basically, the beta branch will be used as the "most recent update" and then we will push that to the main branch, as the "vetted version." I'm guessing this phase will be a few patches, based on future unknown feedback.

2) Once we get in a good place there, we will be shifting focus to an AI overhaul. The focus here will be twofold. First, is the global AI. There are areas in which the AI is not making reasonable decisions. If you think the AI is making a "dumb decision," that's where the focus will be. We invite you to compile a list of "dumb decisions," which will help us isolate and address problem areas within the AI. The second part of the AI overhaul will be individualized AI. We want to bring out more of each realm's personality, according to its unique lore. Each realm has its own motivations, fears and ambitions. We want each realm's personality to influence decisions more.

During the AI overhaul phase, we will shift the role of the beta branch to something much closer to a live beta. We will be introducing an entirely new system, and looking to the beta branch as a playground to test the new AI before introducing it to the main branch.

Last, we'd like to thank everyone for sticking through some of the instabilities we've experienced of late. And we thank so many of you for your tremendous feedback that will go straight into this game. This is your game.

Good Hunting!

Breca

Thanks to all of the people who have bought the game so far :)

We know that there are issues for some players, which are making the game unplayable for them. These issues didn't come up in early access, they only occur under certain conditions which showed up once we had a larger number of players.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused to the affected players, and we want to update everyone on the current progress - and let you know that there is progress going on. We appreciate your patience while we resolve these issues.

We have been working as fast as possible to get a patch prepared and released to fix the issues which have been identified, we are hoping to make that patch available at least as a beta patch on Monday. So far, the patch will cover the following:

(Short version: There were 3 significant crash bugs which are the bulk of the problem, and all of them are being addressed in this patch)

Fixed possible crash when AI has negative spell cast chance
Fixed bug causing random crashes in tutorial battles
Fixed crashes in trading when re-opening a trade previously not sent
Fixed various minor crashes
Fixed cases where terrain types are not correctly identified
Fixed rejected heroes not being removed from the game
Fixed capitol provinces being able to revolt
Fixed Syndicate building causing extra agents to be created every load
Fixed incorrect treaty broken message when a player attacks Valegorm Palatinate
Fixed incorrect Rivalry message if player viewed Valegorn Palatinate before starting game
Fixed treaty buttons on foreign affairs allowing Mutual Defence with Valegorn Palatinate
Fixed AI being able to send Mutual Defence treaty offers to Valegorn Palatinate
Fixed Venom effect being applied in cases where unit did not actually attack
Fixed Boruvian Empire taking penalties for destroying Galeni and Berany
Fixed AI unit purchasing always assuming that it is at war
Fixed some engine issues which may have been causing crashes for some users
Fixed not being able to load older saves
Fixed Suicide unitsin autobattle appearing to still be alive
Fixed missing unit type in Iron Barony armies in tutorial
Fixed treaties not being broken when allies refuse to join a war
Fixed units being able to move into splitterp ass from invalid locations
Fixed missing scrollbar on campaign description text
Fixed harbour fleet retreating when it's owner wins the province
Improved AI unit purchasing in general
Modified campaigns with a protect objective to be easier
Clicking realm in Foreign affairs diplomacy list now selects that realm
Recon units now get to use all of their move points on second move
Keshite catacombs now only works on Maledor's initial provinces
Increased participation of ranged units in auto battles
Increased visibility of open pull out panel indicator
Decreased bonuses for siege weapons vs forts in autobattle
Many objectives now have a "Go To" button to zoom to the target
Units in selected army are now grouped by their unit type
Navies are now destoryed when realm is wiped out instead of turning rebel
Allies now grant Scout on all stacks inside their borders

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Sovereignty brings the 4X concept to a fantasy world. Mixing grand strategy, where resource management, diplomacy, and military aspects are key to progress and turn-based battles, where players are confronted with tactical issues.

The game features a bevy of different races and cultures, including Giants, Orcs, Humans, Dwarves, Elves and even chaotic evil factions. The game also includes a diplomacy, trade, recruitment and magic system that really fleshes out the existing concepts.

Although not an RPG, it makes use of the Good/Evil system present in many of these games. Some countries will be good, focused on chivalry and the betterment of society as a whole. Others, such as the dark and deeply occult wizards of Maledor, or the vicious Khazoth Orcs will have only plunder and destruction on their minds, falling into the Chaotic Evil category. With over 35 unique factions, you'll surely find what you're looking for in this gem of a game.

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With the full release of Sovereignty: Crown of Kings only two days away, today we're going to have a look at the many factions available in the game!

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The game is being released on Thursday February 2nd on PC and Steam. Don't miss it!