Steam just updated my game to build 6250. Does anybody know what was fixed in this patch? Are there any patch notes?

haha :grin: Just as I posted this the patch notes appeared above my post. I guess I have gotten my answer...

I'm guessing this list is incomplete.... my guess was CORRECT!

Demon Rage ball generation is FIXED!

Semi-bad news, they added a new bug which breaks old saved games in Demonis. I suppose minor issue.

Good stuff all around as far as I can tell.

Hope they fixed the spellbook issue during the last battles aswell but I suppose a fresh game is the only way to tell for sure.

keep em coming

So still 50 updates to come and we will be able to play...

I can test for this later today if you'd like.

While I agree we still need more fixes, what are the major ones that you guys are waiting on? I've beaten the game twice already. The quest bugs do not always occur and rarely for the critical path.

I've heard of the '4 undead not spawning' bug, but haven't experienced it once. Everything else is optional.

Hooray! Guys, let me know what other fixes you uncover as you play, and of course any new bugs (knock on wood).

Awesome. Steam updated the game again. Dunno, if others got that bug, as well but whenever I load any saved game, my character is missing his horse and the camera doesn't follow him anymore. That way the game got unplayable for me. I'm not sure, if that happens to everyone because I am in that demon-world where it's also not possible to fly.
Maybe someone could tell me, if I'm the only one having this issue.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=861

[on this very page]
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=103

thx. Solved the problem. As I played a lot in the demon-world and did not have older savegames (it's just too long ago that I played Gothic 3 :rolleyes:), I just walked to the border of the map, checked the automap and then continued moving blind with the arrow-keys to the teleporter. After switching there and back again, everything was fine again.
The reason why this happened, is also obvious: After the patch, the models were changed. You're on foot now.

Just for anyone having the same issue: Try to hit one of the teleporters and everything's fine again.

Ah thanks for the workaround! Even after hitting a teleporter, it got stuck, but going blind with the automap is a great idea (plus using the arrow keys). Good find!

Another fix for the Demonis/Hades/etc. issue I just did.

• In Steam, go to Library
• Right-click KBWOTN and go to Properties
• Click Betas
• Choose "previousbuild - Nov12 build"
• Click Close
• Launch the game. It should be build 6246 instead of 6250. You should be back on the horse with a working camera
• Exit to the overworld. Save into a new slot. Exit the game.
• Go back to Steam, Properties, Beta
• Choose None, then Close
• Launch the game, it should show the newer build
• Load the save game and re-enter the underworld. The character should be on foot with a working camera

Hi all,
exactly the same problem for me, unplayable

Read post #111 (just 4 posts before yours).

I really wanted to buy and play this game, but there are so many bugs that need to start a new game that I'm gonna wait for the critical ones to be fixed before I buy. x(

The current build is fairly stable. Most problems are
a) people seeing OPTIONAL quests still broken after the patch
b) people refusing to patch even though it will help the crashes/weird behavior.
c) the not so common demonis bug which has a workaround anyway.

I cannot see it like you. In my last game as soothsayer I lost all spells from spellbook and had to continue the game without any spells :evil:
Also the demon portal key quest was bugged and I couldn't revisit demonis.

No, I will wait with KB until a real major patch will be released. The actual state of the game is close to unplayable.

Fair enough, but as work arounds

a) get another ally, you won't lose all spells. Also, to lose all spells, you are already at the final boss and can use a cheat code to recover (I'd prefer to just get another ally instead).

b) out of my three full playthroughs, did not run into that one. Sorry about that. That is pretty bad. :(

you did already 3 playthroughs?
can you tell which one was the hardest and the most easiest one?

Also, can you share me your opinion about which kings bounty is the best?
The original of crossworlds or... ?

for me warrior of the north is a big let down.
playing on impossible and playing mainly without losses at all.

Well, technically I only beat it once. First run was with Viking using Rune Mage / Paladin / Horsemen. I threw in a few Rangers and Elves and almost got to 100% crit chance, but the broken Unicorn Quest made it so I couldn't get my 2nd Yew Bow. :(

My Soothsayer, I stopped short at the last island because I noticed a broken quest bug and it was already pretty easy at that point. I was using mostly level 5s with Ancient Phoenix being my primary damage / tank. Or, switching to Greasy Mist + Fire Rain to deal 20-30K damage PER HEX. :)

And I have slowed my 2nd Viking run considerably as well. Already killed Loki. Using mostly Demons as my damage dealer with very high critical hit. Infinite retaliation with nearly 100% critical chance speeds up battles a lot.

I've specificallly decided not to play the Skald because I find his unique abilities bring nothing special to the table. Resurrecting 90% of a single stack is terrible compared to 100% and while the songs are nifty, I think they only work for the first 2-3 rounds? The higher leadership is a pretty strong advantage though but nearly 100% crit seems to be ~ or better than high leadership advantage. I also typically have a surplus of mind runes anyway.

They all have their pros and cons. For true no loss, Viking has it very hard on the first island. You really need tons of luck. On my second Viking play through, I had to take losses on Uldar and Ahriman as I did not get lucky with Call of Nature like the first time. Soothsayer was pretty easy IF you can get Ancient Phoenix somewhat early on. (not to mention Level 3 Healing is an AWESOME nuke spell and works well with Level 5 units).

I never played The Legend. I really love Crossworlds with the Rune Mages that can resurrect Black Dragons. :)

There are things I do like about Warriors of the North. The mid-game is really flexible so I can build my "super army". I usually do playthroughs with general themes, and this time through my overpowered theme is using an unorthodox team

Archdemons, Bone Dragons (yup, you heard it. Bone dragons), Demonologists, Paladins, and Demons.

I like it. :)

3 at first with a medal that extends the effect to 6 turns. A lot of battles last shorter than 3 turns which makes it easy to earn the medal. Now I find most of the songs to be kinda meh due to downsides, but the anti-undead one is incredibly useful especially in the first part of the game where it gives you all the rage and mana you need in most fights. Its kinda like the Paladin talent that gives you rage and mana for hitting undead enemies, except you can switch it to other effects when you are fighting other enemies.

that being said, I've come to prefer the Soothsayer. though his unique talents are really nothing special, the rune improvement medal is easy to earn and very useful, and there are a lot of fun spells to play around with and two spells per turn gives me more opportunities to do so.

Holidays are over. When are new bug fixes coming?

I want to get playing but there's still too many bugs.

Not in Russia. Their Christmas is today.

It isn't really that bad now, you can play without worry

When I watch the bugs thread there still seems to be quite a lot bugs. I don't want to restart again when they fix those.

Most of those bugs are rather minor and you probably won't encounter most of them.

Well there's still some broken achievements it seems which is downright annoying to some of us.

So many days passed since the last update... did they stopped patching the game?

somebody know if a new patch go out???????????????

I was told it's still holidays in Russia (developers are Russian I assume)

Still no new patches? Disgusting behavior coming from 1c. The game is still so awfully broken that it brings big shame to all of the previous Kings bounty games.

I so regret I bought this piece of shit but how could I know they decided to use a retarded dev team instead of the old one who knew what they were doing

Updates!

You gave me false hope !! still no update on steam :(

no patch no patch

ZZzZzzz

A new update (29/01) has been released. The list of improvements and fixes includes:

∙ Valkyries can allocate unit runes on their own
∙ Crafting using recipes now works differently*
∙ 'Morning mania' bug (game time reset upon arrival) fixed on Western and Eastern Freedom Islands*
∙ Bug that prevented player from accessing Guilford castle after battle with Eric fixed* (Workaround: leave Greenwort location and return to it)
∙ Absolute Rage, Rage Control and Sense Weakness bonuses now display correctly
∙ Hero skill Reserve now updates army after battle correctly
∙ Bug with Demon pentagram fixed
∙ Timelessness and Negation spells now display correctly in log
∙ Totem modifiers update correctly after their destruction
∙ Bug with arena pawns fixed (they can't damage themselves anymore)

Steam achievements
∙ Patron and Friend of the Pirates titles can be earned now*
∙ Ragnarok Messenger and Mad Courage achievements can be earned now

Texts
∙ Dialogs with vlkyries concerning the rune usage fixed
∙ Text bug fixed in the Talking Bear quest
∙ Polish: Ice Dragon skills description fixed
∙ Polish: Description of one of the heroes in Western Freedom Islands updated

Units
∙ Orc units health now depends on Adrenalin level correctly
∙ Soothsayers abilty Keeper of Knowledge now doesn't affect Soothsayers themselves
∙ Special Troll attack Pacify corrected
∙ Special Prc Hunter attack Net and its basic attack corrected

Items
∙ Mask of Youth and Chain of Chance properties corrected
∙ Silver Rapier and Ray of Light properties corrected*

* This change will be applied only after starting a new game because this data is stored in a save file.

Great news! Guess I'll finally enjoy it enough to finish a character :)

Thank you so much for this

I think there problem with variables names in polish version.

For exaple in place where there should be my character name i've got:

{hero_name}

This problem's connected also with number of gold, mana, crystal etc...

Did they also fix the reward in the Talking Bear quest :)

In a polish version I see variable names everywhere. For example: "hero_rage". I don't see my cash, my rage points, mana points and many many others.

where you download this new patch with steam?????

It should happen automatically. If not, right click on the game -> properties and activate automatick updates. Maybe you have to deactivate any beta patch programs too, but I'm not sure.

I agree
After new patch everywere thoose names - we dont see even our leadership - there should be value but we see leadership_value

very anoing and unplayable ;/

Patches, bugs
 

After a long month without any bugfix we get a patch.
But whats within? Only small cosmetics.
Tons - and there are really tons - of bugs, heavy bugs are not solved.
Sorry, but this game ist at the end.
Why do we have such a crappy developer team for this Warriors of the North?
The elder KB parts had only a few small bugs.
This new developer team is not worth to pay their money.

ByeBye KB, Amazon review will follow now!

i have like version always 1.31 (6250)

it s normal and i have automatic in steam

Same here, but I loaded an end game save and managed to get the Mad Courage, Professor and Ragnarok's Messenger achievements so I guess they didn't update the version and build numbers.

I have been getting daily updates to WotN for the last few days.

It would be nice if they updated the version and/or build number so people can keep track of these changes. When I read a message about a new bug, I don't know which version the bug is for.

I'm still waiting for a version of the game that I feel confident in playing. I bought the game as a pre-release, it's been a long wait.

A hotfix has been applied to the game, it should fix the following issues:

- Monsters not reacting to Christa's Gift
- Freeze in a battle if a player hero has Concentration skill level 2 or higher
- Corpse disease spread in a wrong way
- Totem of Life did not function properly

Thank you for this update.... I was expecting a longer list though.

I just wish I could get a timetable on when I should start playing again. If we're going to get minor hotfixes for months that do little to cover the problems, I'm thinking sometime between July 2013 and August 2014.

Such a shame. I love this series, terribly disappointed with this particular game. I used to recommend the series to friends, but I told them all to stay away from this one. I hate to do that, but no way can I let them make the same mistake I did. Would gladly tell them things are better if they get to that point.

I have to hand it to them, it is a huge improvement compared to the first version. I played it in November and it was an atrocious experience. I started playing again a couples of days ago and it's way better. No more desktop crashes, no more huge bugs. Yes, there still are a few here amd there but for me they are not a game breaker anymore.

Did they fix the paper bug with Doktor quest (you get the paper but the quest does not advance and Doktor will not accept) ?

You can check which bugs have been fixed on Bugs Thread.

can anyone tell me what the latest steam build is ? i have build 6250 and Christa's Gift doesnt work, monsters ignore the gold pile :(

More updates please.

Why the latest steam updates were 0 size?

Why there has not been updates for two weeks? Still many bugs in the game.

Updates please ! Still many BUGS in the game !:twisted:

Frankly, ever since I started playing I fixed about 3 issues myself, in a few minutes, with basic modding knowledge (I am not a computer programmer - I'm a zoologist). I'm seriously wondering how people who are PAID to fix this game do a worse job then us fans, who do this for FREE.

....Maybe we should ask for some salary increase? :D

can anyone confirm this?

If you were quoting from the first post, aka the 2012 Nov hotfix, we can confirm this doesn't work at all. :(

its the hotfix from 2nd February 2013. it is not listed on steam updates either, and,. the only reference to it is here on forums.

I'm very disappointed... I was expecting they would fix all bugs but there's still a myriad of them and no new updates for two months.

I doubt anyone from that direction is even checking these forums anymore.

I haven't bought this game yet because I'm still waiting for patches. Yes, I'm waiting since October 2012 :sad:
I certainly won't buy the next game in the series KB.

So.. too many bugs yet?

Yep, still crashes a lot in auto-combat.
Mostly the new units, and I saw a black dragon sit on trap and crash, too.

Also, getting "There is no target for this ability." during auto-combat (occurs when all the enemy units are under player control).

from the point of view of the graphic component, it is performed as well as possible: the game map is huge and detailed, the enemies are diverse, and the battles are characterized by excessive balance, which makes even the most experienced gamers sometimes scatter their brains. By the way, I want to advise you one website where you can safely buy game gold