Slitherine

Hello all,

We are pleased to bring you the latest version of Field of Glory, v.1.5.34 (you can grab it here if the auto updater doesn't work for you). As ever, do please let us know of any difficulties you may encounter, thank you for playing and we hope you enjoy the new updates.

Multiplayer

• In MP Custom Battles the second player will no longer get a move on his first turn, just force selection and deployment like the first player. This is so that if the game goes to the turn limit both players will have had the same number of turns. The Turn Limit has not been increased.

UI:

• Game should now work correctly on systems with multiple monitors.

AI:

• AI units (not already in close combat) will no longer attempt to fall back away from enemy shooters they don’t want to charge if they are already Disrupted or Fragmented.

Campaigns:

• Campaign battles now use the same rules as SP custom battles for determining victory in battles that are undecided by nightfall. For player reinforcement scenarios, the player will win even if he has a higher % routed. For open battles, enemy reinforcement and baggage protection scenarios, the enemy will win even if the enemy has a higher % routed.

Localisation:

• Some revisions to French translation.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug that in certain circumstances could result in the MP replay playing out unresolved melees in a different order, resulting in different results.
• Fixed bug that could allow a unit to shoot at a target when its line of sight to the target was partly blocked by a wood/BUA and partly by another unit on an open tile.
• Fixed issue of units charging baggage units continuing to play impact animations after the baggage unit has dispersed.
• Pass Through, Fallback and ZOC highlighting should now update correctly after an Undo.
• Fixed bug that allowed Light Artillery to exert a ZOC.
• Fixed bug that could sometimes make Falling Back unit ignore an enemy unit for the purposes of testing Cohesion if that enemy unit turned in its previous move.

Manual:

• Correction - Section 15.6: “Routers are also dispersed if they have not rallied after 5 consecutive rout moves (unless they are still being pursued).”

Modding:

• By request, here is a list of scripts and other major files changed since v1.5.32:
   AI.BSF
   Slith_RandomMap2.BSF
   Assault.BSF
   CombatTools.BSF
   Undo.BSF
   CampaignTools.BSF
   MoreScenarioTools.BSF
   Tools.BSF
   StartTurnPreTools.BSF
   FallBack.BSF

Thanks a lot!

So no changes at all to army lists and their units, or to unit stats/costs, etc.?

Any suggestions about what to do when using the update app from the game menu and getting

Error:
Unable to download file.
An error occurred while trying to open an FTP file.

Have tried the 'Back' button to retry x3 and the 'Cancel' three times with same effect.
Really hoping I do not have to re-install.

Also posted in tech support.

EDIT
Original query posted at 18.20 GMT - Update @ 18.50 GMT.
Attempted another download through the updater after powering down and restarting the PC.
All went well and update successfully installed.

If I am in an active campaign, but between battles. Will the campaign changes take affect immediately, or do I need to start a new one?

Thanks.

* Stated with 1.5.32 on Steam.

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:42 pm So no changes at all to army lists and their units, or to unit stats/costs, etc.?

Not this time.

MarkShot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:40 am If I am in an active campaign, but between battles. Will the campaign changes take affect immediately, or do I need to start a new one?

Thanks.

* Stated with 1.5.32 on Steam.

The changes should take effect immediately and you are OK to continue.

This should also apply even if you were in the middle of a battle.

Richard,

I thought you were going to remove Baggage Train fights from the campaign? (I am in one.)

The prompt for "NOISE FROM THE FLANK" has popped up twice before purchasing. What I mean is that I close it, and it opens again.

MarkShot wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:43 pm I thought you were going to remove Baggage Train fights from the campaign? (I am in one.)

No

The prompt for "NOISE FROM THE FLANK" has popped up twice before purchasing. What I mean is that I close it, and it opens again.

It pops up once for the left flank and once for the right flank.

Oh ... I got it. It's not going to be a good day!