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Android: update the desugar_jdk_libs_nio dependency to 2.1.3 (#9270)

version 0.9.1

version 0.9.1 (04 March 2021)

• Add View World support
• Add progressive Campaign support
• Add touchpad support
• Speed up drawings for World Map by 5% and reduce memory usage by 10%
• Add Fast Battle option
• Improve AI and battle logic
• Add Window resizing on SDL 2
• Over 50 bugs fixed since 0.9.0 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

version 0.9

version 0.9 (04 February 2021)

• Greatly improve AI logic for kingdom management and battles
• Fix many drawings and logic issues for battles
• Add touchpad support
• Speed up drawings for World Map by 10%
• Add highlighted area for mass spells in battles
• Add extra army split logic
• Over 100 bugs fixed since 0.8.4 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

version 0.8.4

version 0.8.4 (23 December 2020)

• Fix full screen mode for SDL 2 where the active area of mouse was different in comparison with the screen
• Increase game performance on low-profile devices
• Improve keyboard usage: support of Delete button for editing, Shift and Ctrl buttons for unit stack management, Numpad Enter behaves like the original
• Fix scrollbars behavior, object interaction on world map, UI dialog elements and scenario selection logic
• Over 100 bugs fixed since 0.8.3 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

Please note that for 32-bit version of the game on Windows OS you have to install Visual Studio 2015 Redistributable (vc_redist.x86.exe) if you face an error during application startup.

version 0.8.3

version 0.8.3 (04 November 2020)

• Improve AI logic in castle building scheme, hero and monster recruitment, path calculation and battle strategies
• Speed up World map rendering by more than 20%
• Fix castle screen drawings, War Troll's stone and Cavalry sprite rendering
• Speed up video loading and add missing videos for scenario endings
• Over 100 bugs fixed since 0.8.2 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

Please note that for 32-bit version of the game on Windows OS you have to install Visual Studio 2015 Redistributable (vc_redist.x86.exe) if you face an error during application startup.

version 0.8.2

version 0.8.2 (04 October 2020)

• Replace old AI by fully reworked and enhanced version of it
• Fix map rendering process and information reading from maps
• Update save game file format (new saves will not be loaded on older version)
• Add extended support of campaign (still in progress)
• Add external music support by default
• Over 100 bugs fixed since 0.8.1 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

Please note that for 32-bit version of the game on Windows OS you have to install Visual Studio 2015 Redistributable (vc_redist.x86.exe) if you face an error during application startup.

version 0.8.1

version 0.8.1 (04 September 2020)

• Add a new rendering engine in order to fix various issues with graphics such as: missing color cycling, incorrect rendering of Air Elementals or Resurrection spell, shadow rendering, disable button rendering
• Overall rendering speed up by 20-30%
• Add a proper support of configuration file for game's global settings
• Over 50 bugs fixed since 0.8 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

Please note that for 32-bit version of the game on Windows OS you have to install Visual Studio 2015 Redistributable (vc_redist.x86.exe) if you face an error during application startup.

version 0.8

version 0.8 (26 July 2020)

• Major rework of battle animations including units, spells and heroes
• Implementation of color cycling to animate water/lava surfaces, adventure map objects and units
• Refining UI including scaling, responsiveness, alignment and content (both text and sprites)
• Implementation of missing spell effects such as Lightning, Armageddon, Death Wave as well as fixing many others
• Update render engine and added SDL 2 optimizations; better fullscreen and high resolution support
• Numerous game logic fixes including combat, spells, map, AI and pathfinding
• Improvement of music support and sound mapping, updated MIDI converter
• Add SMK video support
• Over 200 bugs fixed since 0.7 release

Full list of changes can be found here.

Please note that for 32-bit version of the game on Windows OS you have to install Visual Studio 2015 Redistributable (vc_redist.x86.exe) if you face an error during application startup.

version 0.7

version 0.7 (18th April 2020)

• add an edge of the World Map
• complete hero movement cell if a player stops it by any keyboard button
• add hotkey 'N' to start a new game within the World Map like in the original game
• fix crashes in multiple maps during map loading or during AI turns
• fix game freezes during animation of resources collection
• make human turn always first
• do not show file save loading dialog if no saves exist
• fix 'Adventure Options' button is being blurred after pressing it once on MacOS
• cancel a dialog by pressing close window button
• do not allow to move artifacts for not hired heroes in a castle
• allow file selection by double-clicking on a list entry
• fix MAX button state for monster change in recruitment window
• update a cursor while stopping hero's movement
• add monster animation in castle's well
• set correct animation speed
• fix scrolling behavior and add diagonal scrolling
• display recruit monster window even for 0 creatures within castle's well
• fix castle well UI elements
• show hero movement arrow icons with proper colors
• fix resizing of mini-map in fixed interface mode
• do not show Necromancy window for 0 obtained skeletons
• show an empty area instead of tavern building in Necromancer castle
• fix a state of no information displayed in Signs
• fix a crash after loading a save and starting any new game after
• fix a crash during loading empty or newly saved configuration file
• add initial campaign support (very early beta)
• fix crystal resource position
• fix hero path cursor display
• add missing option's titles in Battle Option dialog
• fix a popup messages for different types of resources at the World Map
• fix application title disappearing after loading any map on SDL 2
• fix disabled black surrender button in hero's options in SDL 2 mode
• move creature window info to the top of the castle screen
• make "Buy from well" as a default option
• remove speed 0 for battle and the World Map
• fix spell book is being displayed in semi transparent way
• hero path is recalculated each time when an user chooses the hero
• show creature information in recruitment building
• fix incorrectly displayed shadows on the World Map for SDL 2
• change AI behaviour for castle building strategy
• fix positions of labels in in-game settings
• remove 'Dismiss' button for a hero who is not hired yet in a castle
• fix incorrectly shown message of found resources in the World Map bottom-right window
• fix battle grid
• add missing text in battle options dialog
• fix World Map UI is being drawn inside castle options
• fix shadow display in a battle
• disable Spell button for castles
• change font color for a creature's name
• fix observation tower coverage area
• hide dismiss button for monsters if a hero has only one stack of them
• fix incorrect message for Shipyard by right click
• fix missing battle hexagonal net was not appearing if enabled until next battle
• display a warning message about missing files from the original game
• disable Continue Movement button for a hero which does not have chosen path
• required building names are displayed on a separate line each
• fix no building image for already built building for right mouse click
• fix incorrect image for Captains Quarters
• renamed 'Free Heroes II' to 'Free Heroes of Might and Magic II'
• show disabled "Continue Movement" button for castle
• fix number of monsters being displayed in a black box
• add a script to download a demo version of the original game
• set default display size to 640x480 pixels
• add Windows build

Please note that for Windows OS you have to install Visual Studio 2015 Redistributable if you face an error during application startup.

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Android: update the desugar_jdk_libs_nio dependency to 2.1.3 (#9270)