Release Notes for Mount & Blade: Warband

Patch 2.059 (19 May 2021)

Viking Conquest

revised surrender dialog logic so town lords don't autosurrender above minimum to consider
fixed probable string bug pillage monastery quest
made mnu_castle_taken_native exit like the other options
made player's stronghold follow his/her faction changes
added warning about breaking the story game to cheat
fixed camera on allied troops at Doccinga
gave Pict females access to speed bonus in multiplayer
fixed tournament spawning and initialization
completed second outfit at tournaments
now using actual fighters for tournament display

Patch 2.054 (09 October 2019)

Viking Conquest

release village elders from captivity
give adventurers clothes
fix skill modifiers from second outfit
remove empty parties of player's ships
correct lair descriptions in dialogs
fix strings so they can all be localized (merci Daneel53!)
update Spanish and German localizations

Patch 2.049 (15 April 2019)

Viking Conquest

fix Odin cave logic and make it more informative
balance Odin cave to player level, skills
make Douar narrative less confusing
clean up ghost parties
complete allowing Marshal to demand prisoner releases
fix slot_party_home_center failures: ports, refugees, change center faction, defeated faction trigger
fix work dialogs
prohibit player indictment by pretender
reset last story battle when its state is somehow corrupted
redo battle immersion to avoid sound overload and improve shield taunt
fix AI by initializing $teams_last_fighting properly
German localization added

64-bit Update for Mac and Linux (07 November 2018)

Adds 64-bit version of Mount & Blade: Warband for macOS and Linux distributions to replace existing 32-bit version.

Patch 2.044 (04 October 2018)

Viking Conquest

exclude horses from courage calculations
mayor test for bad quest party
fix released prisoners returning to defeated factions
reverse strength test for besieged, add consideration for player allies
add consideration of player party strength to surrender decision
initialize s49 in script_update_troop_political_notes
change Hersir Guthrum to avoid confusion with story character of the same name
correct math for bard's feast comment
fix loss of extended shield taunts
add restock for farmstead recruits
fix leave/surrender bug
remove Hardcore Budget option, which was doing nothing, and have easier center relations by options_camp, not easy_wage and easy_levelling
fix logic of bad quest exception
prevent banished lord from returning to player
fix reset feast bug
rewrite center conversion
fix rebalance the work mini games
add checks for no lord of town
clean up notes list of factions
consolidate center transfer functionality somewhat
fix $players_kingdom that is somehow 0
restore encounter recount after party joins
report battle sizes with joined parties correctly
add missing try_end to restore faction trigger
correct Hubbi's name
fix Christian ladies in Northumberland (new game)
remove inconsistent religious considerations from script_troop_get_player_relation
make target bandits never friendly
fix item typos
use correct recruit costs for player faction lord decisions
exempt ports from releasing prisoners when inactive
lords give locations of NPCs in their faction when at another faction center
fix successful rebellion notifications
properly set Caio to Pagan
remove Ragnar's Seax as condition for continuing quest
fix political quests and following logic in script_abort_quest
replace bad dog_ruff sound
correct pagan town note
remove redundant title strings

Warband

Added support for newer keys
Fixed issue with server names for multiplayer workshop mods
Edited game credits

Napoleonic Wars

New features:

Added a button to the left of the map selection that when clicked, brings up a menu of all of the available maps. When you select a map, it will take you back to the admin panel with that map selected. this will make navigating the map list easier, especially with number of custom maps selectable in the panel being fixed.
Added automatic friendly fire on and off depending on when you want it. If you leave the number at 0, it will not toggle the settings off and no. FF will turn off when the round ends.
Added the ability for admins to ban admins. this will have to be done through scripting by uncommenting the code.
Added a new admin weapon; Cannonball launcher.
Added a range of new items for server side modders to spawn like tea cups, and wooden training weapons
Added a new map

Balance:

Improved the player hitbox, should reduce pokes.
Redone the cannonball hit detection a bit, balls hit much more accurate now both buildings and players/horses. if you crouch it is taken in account and a horse can be shot away under you.
Revered some of the changes of last patch in regards to melee
Reduced number of light infantry, partizani, and pirate numbers in Commander Battle
Gave rhine artillery train the correct swords.
Lights infantry and rifles have the same stats in Commander Battle
All arty troops should receive a buff from the arty officer.
Bandages swing faster and can no longer do a down attack.(cant block)
Build props were changed to make it easier to see where they will be when built. also changed their col meshes to make building easier. (example, the fence posts can be hit to build them)

Fixed Bugs:

Fixed an issue with skirmishers with regards to class limits.
Fixed competitive scoring. in combination with for instance slays.
Fixed a bunch of issues with the admin panel setting the wrong settings.
Fixed an error message regarding highlanders in CB.
Improved teleporting doors.
Improved Rambo feature. you have an increase of 50% range of the rambo range when you have less than 4 bots. so if the range was 50 meters, you now have 75 meters. if you are the last one, you can attack where you please.
Fixed a bug with the royal prop boxes + fixed some strings for them.
Fixed doors not having physics after reset in some game modes.
Changed officer bonus to cav to only work on horseback and tweaked the bonus it provides in non CB modes. It now increases the speed of horses.
Made default custom maps better.
Fixed issue with the amount of custom maps you can select in the admin panel.
Fixed preset arty not working on the first round of a map.
Added some new sapper messages for planting props to show if your planting too fast, or on a bad location.
Fixed issue with musicians speed changing when it shouldn't while playing a song after getting a speed buff.
Fixed auto beacon not working properly when there were 2 players left.
Fixed birds not moving.

Hotfix 2.036 (1.173) (03 August 2018)

Updates the Chinese localization of Viking Conquest

Patch 1.173 (18 January 2018)

Warband 1.173:

Stability improvements
Anti-Cheat measures

Napoleonic Wars 2.1

Napoleonic Wars has just received its largest update to date, bringing with it a host of bug fixes, game improvements, balance changes and a brand new faction: Rheinbund!
Server admins and modders can access the latest files over on our Napoleonic Wars download page.

PATCH NOTES (2.1):

New Features

Welcome message will be displayed when joining a server. The default message will display the id of the user.
Commander battle now has musicians that play music and flag bearers.
The server now logs when someone was teamwounded or their horse was teamwounded or teamkilled.
A revive and respawn option was added for server admins.
God mode was added. It makes you invincible and run faster.
There is now a 2 second long restriction on how fast players can construct sapper props.
A suicide button was added to the ESC menu.
Added a a group fight mode.
Added option to disable damage when player is to far away from squad in commander battle.
Custom maps are now selectable in the admin panel. Server owners can choose how many maps people can vote on or amdins can select.
The # of custom maps available is now 100 instead of 20!
Admins can now limit how many people can play as artillery train.
Admins can now limit line infantry from spreading in commander battles. They can only close in or spread back to the starting spacing.
The server now logs when the map or round was changed.
Artillery Guards were added. They have the same stats as a ranker, but only spawn with a bayonet, ammo, and sword.
Added the ability for admins to have custom polls.
Added a few new scene props like a pyramid and coconuts, palm trees, lilys and cattail.
Added new usable sceneprops for spawning items/horses or cannons.
For server owners added a lot more options: Custom buttons, custom chat, also custom usable scene props which server owners can make visible to clients.
Added the ability for servers to define their own map names (in strings.txt) and it gets synced with players and admins.
Added the ability to add custom flag names for your own conquest maps.
Added teleporting door props for mappers to use.
Added that server owners can add the CD Key Id's of their admins to their server console or server config file

Patch 2.036 (1.172) (12 September 2017)

VIKING CONQUEST REFORGED EDITION

properly indicate all members of player's team in minimap (not just player party)
redo Doccinga coastal assault so that Danish allies show on minimap as allies
fix short sword stats
position Ashdown ruins correctly
disallow complaining when there is no ship crew to complain
attempt fix of hof quest strings
have Drywei's and Helgi's skills match their description
fix kingdom/MP culture shields

Patch 4 July 2017

update and fix various texts
update Spanish localization
fix removal of stray dog dialog from Doccinga tutorial
player gets renown reward for recruiting in story only if recruits (exploit)
free villages of captured centers from raids (party fights itself bug)
use proper slot for faction religion
player kingdom takes player's religion
consolidate conversion routines, slow down rate by 4x, implement player converts
remove text to fit all lords into lords relations box
map creep to crouch key and generalize it from hunting
fix siege attacker reinforcement levels
initialize $encountered_party for Solveig encounter
prevent indictment of prisoners
change historic but duplicate Welsh name
reblock ambiance agents after drunk fight
fix slain companions
fix bug where player is sent to recruit 0 troops
fix logic of Boar Grove
add warnings of treasonous plots
remove duplicate battle victory trigger at Ashdown
close quests properly without double messages

BINARIES

7 fixed scenes

Patch 2.028 (1.172) Hotfix (15 March 2017)

Fixed bug:

Khergit lady dress texture has visible UV lines.

Patch 2.028 (1.172) (14 March 2017)

Brings hi-res textures from the console port to Windows, MacOS and Linux

Patch 2.028 (22 December 2016)

VIKING CONQUEST REFORGED EDITION

update and fix various texts
update Spanish localization
fix duplicate husband bug
fix documentation for siege restrictions
prevent player from gaining kingdom in story mode
fix battle presentation for dog exclusion, player team (unrecognized troops bug)
limit items in lords' halls (no more "sneaking" visible weapons with second outfit)
initialize hunt globals correctly
add looted hofs to recovery trigger
refine faction identification for dialogs
apply quest generation shutoff to "no tasks"
apply seax exclusion to all rob prisoner dialogs
add default to torturer dialog
fix farmstead cattle
allow Ashdown battle restart from mid-quest save
bind bottom of relation boost in case somehow goes negative
clean up post-quest locales (Sven's Hideout, Ashdown destroyed, and Boar Grove)
avoid operations on null item or to null inventory
fix scope, div-by-zero problems in script_battle_political_consequence
fix capture of ships problem with autoresolve
prohibit unusable landing points at map border
disable companion political complaints, which are completely wrong
attach Tref Meguaidd East to Caer Meguaidd
fix misnamed variable (MP)
strip practice weapons on ESC from Doccinga tutorial
remove stray dog dialog from Doccinga tutorial
remove dead code

2015 BINARIES

40 odd fixed scenes

MOUNT & BLADE WARBAND

Added new multiplayer game mode "Invasion" to Native

New Multiplayer Mode: "INVASION"

Co-op mode that lets you fight waves of AI opponents with your friends!
Notable characters from single player feature and fight alongside as both friends and foes
Choose your companions and assign them classes to survive the waves of enemies
Enemies drop random items with special features, including armour that restores your health and a bow that fires javelins!
Defeat multiple waves and work your way past enemy lords to kill the king at multiple difficulty levels!

WARBAND OSX

-minor fixes

WARBAND LINUX

-minor fixes

Viking Conquest 2.025 Hotfix 20160907 (08 September 2016)

Hotfix for game-breaking issue

Viking Conquest Patch (05 September 2016)

have player refuge always be in player supporters' faction
apply player kingdom color to refuge, landed ships, quarters
add player kingdom color change function to camp menu
ensure NPC in party does not become adventurer
overhaul duel system, mainly to set opponent properly
deactivate player kingdom properly, using the script for that (NPCs on mission and prime minister now return)
fix mission trigger time and make mission reports the priority
have npc_mission_seek_recognition embassy_results include the other three logical outcomes
drop missions that have no dialog in case a companion somehow ends up with one
override prisoner escape chance properly
rewrite auto-defect trigger
add cultural considerations to new faction pick
prevent random event losses for raiding villages during siege when not actually doing so
remove lovers' system that was making all ladies adulteresses
use correct title strings for Scots/Irish and fix other inconsistencies and omissions
fix ask peace dialog
fix ambiguity in player/faction relations (removes ability to threaten own kingdom's caravans)
add Mod ID string
place sound controls in mission templates to make sure loop tracks are killed
add ambiance to lair interiors
fix refuge chest
fix logic of child count dialogs
fix bard improve relations with lady
fix behavior of rescued lords
fix behavior of ambiance neutrals during jailbreak
fix "hole" in recruit permission dialog when already have it
move recruit permission update from triggers to script
player loses permission to recruit in center that gets new owner
fix fiefs string for lord select for fief
remove player picture from refuge menu
fix troop training management
unset g_encountered_party when it is removed (invalid party bug)
add proper conditions to Hadrian Wall dialog and kill experience reward exploit
fix tutorial message for Roman Baths ruins
adjust pricing formulas (attempt to prevent changes from buying/selling same article)
disable some monastery options when learning to read (early exit exploit)
disable scouts (and their loss) at sea
shut down random events at sea
exclude non-normal villages from lute search (quest was blocked when village inaccessible)
allow slaughter of non-quest cattle after cattle delivered
correct standard bearer report on Camp Menu
allow only one town recruiting run from whatever menu (recruit picking exploit)
clean up event_triggered dialogs, particularly for returning party members
check spiral death cam is finished before attempting to leave scene
attempt to eliminate sometime corruption of refuge text
make immersive default ship names
reinitialize item info (wiped out in someone's save game by unknown cause)
fix craftsmen names
test slot_faction_political_issue properly (has two default values, which rendered the system inoperative half the time)
fix debug message producing false commander mismatches
fix and improve mutiny duel trigger
add backstop at automenu trigger to ensure campaign death after mutiny duel loss

FACTION RESTORATION

process just one faction at a time
adjust rate of restorations to about 1/month at end of game
produce no more than one "Possible Rebellion" message (if no rebellion), and have it escalate with number of walled centers
remove player-based all-or-nothing phaseout
make lord defection dependent on current king relation
make sure faction leader joins resurgent faction
avoid giving money to undefined troop
fix the growth of the rebellion, include adventurers
bring in supporting lords if rebellion threatened (to avoid stranding them if faction is destroyed AGAIN)
avoid auto-war with player

FAST-TRACKED DURING BETA

fix dog interference with army orders (order ALL bug)
fix hire refuge armorer
allow visit village leader at night from menu
prohibit battle panel by down player (leading to crazy camera)

BINARIES

Viking banner textures (fix some white backgrounds)
scn_caravanatacada.sco
scn_castle_37_exterior.sco

Viking Conquest Patch 2.023 (05 April 2016)

Fix rescue slave from village scene
Fix port attack stutter
Remove testing trigger
Fix duplicate ship getting renamed
Add more landing points for faster Norse invasions
Rearrange adventurers' AI trigger to avoid unnecessary AI interruptions (bouncing around at sea)
Change all ti_on_hit to FIRST test if inflicted agent is active (battle red text)
Return to "update all notes" for faction relation changes
Fix suspected critical constant for alliance system
Add check for bad party to script_party_set_ai_state (red text)
Fix wrong dialog option for Trainer in player's refuge.
Fix and document missing prisoners.
Fix refuge dialogs.
Fix refuge training. Limit it to produce only up to L3 troops and have it stop automatically.
Allow refuge items to be refreshed. Have them be from the player culture.
Include attachments when inflicting damage to party from siege event.
Avoid problems by prohibiting companions from being captured by player.
Fix quest dialogs, results.
Update game notes regarding shield taunt.
Take dead player's troops out of scripted mode (frozen skirmishers).
Show when player is mercenary on character report.
Track and test for last town to pay siege tribute (to avoid paying again).
Avoid spawning recruitable dog during village quests.
Move troops and ships from demolished camp.
Alter price adjustment formulas to avoid player from making money just by buying/selling a single item over and over again.
Add script_encounter_calculate_fit to "Charge Villagers" so player gets full party.
Restructure torture dialogs.
Except bandit lairs from icon changes.
Routed parties get ship icons.
Marchoc's polearm skill fixed.
Siege tributes posibilities balanced.
Now you can named only 7 ships, the rest will be random names.

Viking Conquest Patch 2.021 (22 December 2015)

Fixes

Fixed some scene problems.
Cancel all quests related to destroyed faction.
Fixed access to the storage chest of any castle or town.
Fixed eternal pilgrims.
Fixed getting married issue.
Fixed berserker shield size.
Fixed kingdom relation drops and undocumented wars.
Fixed ancient troop name mistakes.
Fixed wrong text for Readingum.
Fixed the ages of faces for some NPCs.
Fixed player doppelgangers
Set troop classes properly in sieges so archers defend walls.
Return Irish troop tree to original scheme to avoid early top level troops.
Properly initialize variable critical to town menu functioning.
Update lair factions.
Ensure no troop equipment is added after it is validated (hood problems).
Other minor fixes.

New

By player petition, dog is immortal now.
Rewrite nearby parties join attack and document refusals to join.
Apply "do_not_stall" to sieges, sea battles, formations.
Avoid reporting morale modifiers for troops not in party.
Prohibit mercenary player from becoming marshal.

Balance

Bandits parties.
Factions relations.
Cirren Caester siege.
Siege simulation kill ratios.
Custom battles armies.
Rewrite and standardize religion malus.
Kludge formation bonus.

Viking Conquest Patch 2.012 (9-21-2015)

Fixes

Fixed some scene problems.
Fixed script errors.
Fixed levy issue with map banner.
Fixed feast quest issue.
Fixed maps getting frozen during coastal assaults.
Fixed issues in Spanish translation.
Fixed Picts not using crossbows.
Battle of Aescesdum loop fixed.
Fixed Ambush not being an option when player is wounded.
Chain mail visual issue fixed.
Banner visual issues fixed.
No Trigger dialogue fixed.
Ath Mor scene fixed.
Fixed Douar fleet being accessible from land.
Fixed Companions being nerfed.
Fixed some minor siege issues.
Fixed Solveig losing all her clothes.
Other minor fixes.

New

Chests added to a lot of hall scenes.
Changed bandit leader to sea captain for viking parties.
Colne Ceaster scene.

Balance

Adjusted amount of money from bandit lairs.
Prosperity recovery.
Gore probability adjusted.
No player kingdom possible during storyline.
Improved performance on world map.
No permanent death in Farmland and Troll's Bridge.
Reduce minimum number of troops required to raid (now 20).

Viking Conquest Patch 2.005 (8-27-2015)

Fixes

Fixed some scene problems.
Fixed enemies wounded in battle before fighting.
Fixed banners problem.
Fixed minimap issue with flags in battlefield.
Training peasant quest fixed.
Fleet split issue.
Fixed headless Vikings and berserkers.
Fixed the holmgang loop.
Fixed slave markets auto rebuild.
Fixed tutorial ship in storyline.
Game pausing bug fixed.
Fixed King Horik's conversation in storyline.
Fixed Flag-shield symbol mismatch.
Fixed quicksavegames issue in Morrigan's Lair.
Fixed inifinity money exploit in bandit lairs.
Fixed marriage quest never ends issue.
Fixed some scene problems.
Fixed snowy battlefield in Scotland.
Fixed diplomatic alliance issue with Minister.
Fixed Refuge port issue.
Other minor fixes.

Balance

Ajusted special smiths' prices.
MP: Added cooldown to polls to avoid abuse.
MP: Added crosbows for Picts.
MP: Some ajustments to balance multiplayer.
MP: Removed horses from Thor's Champion mode.
Lord conversion dialog.
Adjusted the aim of throwing spears.
Altered adultery ratios.
Tweaked villages loot, burn and enslave actions.
Modified Royal Sandbox relations with vassals.
Changed probability of Berserkrs and Ulfheddin becoming uncontrollable.
MP Raid: Re-balance teams.
Ajusted stamina penalty for AI.
Adjusted center production prices.

New / Changes

Added levy feature in villages.
Demolish slave market option added.
Exanded dog feature information in your in-game notes.
New gear to adventurers (NPCs going solo).
Revoked recruitment rights if relations go less than -20 with village or lord.
Weapon break now is optional.
Extra information for "find lyre" quest.
Redid Fjord scene for Multiplayer.
Improved Spanish translation.
Accesible Morgant and Donnchadh while player plays storyline.
Abbot no longer accessible during monastery pillages.
Other minor balancing.

Patch 1.168 (8-27-2015)

Compatibility patch for Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest Reforged Edition DLC

Patch 1.168 hotfix (04.08.2015)

Minor fixes for Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest Reforged Edition DLC

Patch 1.168 (27.07.2015)

This update updates the Mount & Blade: Warband - Viking Conquest DLC to the Reforged Edition,
For a full list of features and changes that come with the Reforged Edition, please visit the following link: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,332049.0.html