Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Alpha20_Timosthenes

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Mar 25, 2016, 7:13:49 PM (8 years ago)

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+= Alpha 20 - Timosthenes =
+Named after the Greek navigator and geographer.
+Created by [[http://wildfiregames.com|Wildfire Games]] between november 28th 2015 (r17299) and march 27th 2016 (r17953 or later).
+
+The following list highlights the most important changes (more noticable ones first): 
+[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+== Researchable Technologies ==
+r17875 Use allied dropsites (storehouses, farmsteads, docks, CCs, but not mauryan elephant) (#3791)[[BR]]
+r17344 Murder Holes - let towers attack units standing underneath the tower[[BR]]
+r17311 Fish gathering speed upgrade[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+== Maps ==
+r17903 8 new random maps "Ambush", "Empire", "Flood", "Frontier", "Hell's Pass", "Island Stronghold", "Lions Den" and "Stronghold" (#3455 r17734 r17844)[[BR]]
+r17440 4-player skirmish map "Forest Battle"[[BR]]
+r17697 2-player skirmish map "Golden Island"[[BR]]
+r17847 Map previews for Mainland, Sahel, Survival Of The Fittest and some demo maps (#3798)[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+== Models ==
+r17452 New trees and variations (acacia, aleppo, oaks, dead oaks, generic dead trees) and grapes texture[[BR]]
+r17926 New seleucid barracks
+
+[[BR]]
+== Gameplay & Balancing ==
+r17571 Battlefield medicine tech: Units only regain health while idle (#3606, r17590)[[BR]]
+r17334 Loot resources that killed enemies carried (kill wood workers to get wood) (#2732)[[BR]]
+r17882 Limit arrows on certain buildings and ships (#3196)[[BR]]
+r17654 Farms change ownership after capturing a CC (#3741)[[BR]]
+r17564 Promotion improves capture strength[[BR]]
+r17801 Drop carried resources when finishing to build a dropsite[[BR]]
+r17521 Drop resources before switching to the next order (#1670)[[BR]]
+r17818 locked-teams completely locks diplomacy (#3702)[[BR]]
+r17799 Mauryan pillar of ashoka a trade speed bonus (#3639)[[BR]]
+r17849 Ships can be garrisoned in cart superDock with a heal rate (#3810)[[BR]]
+r17811 The garrison aura bonus of heros didn't work (#3797)[[BR]]
+r17536 Slower repairing of walls (#3707)[[BR]]
+r17706 Macedonian and Iberian fortress more expensive and slower to build[[BR]]
+r17770 Fix hero auras to actually improve building cost and walk speed (#3769)[[BR]]
+r17952 Need 10 minutes instead of 5 to win a wonder-game[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+(less noticable:)[[BR]]
+r17476 Balance loot of animals (#3701,  r17493)[[BR]]
+r17312 Wall towers half attack damage. Lower cost of walls and faster to build.[[BR]]
+r17329 "gift from the gods" cheat[[BR]]
+r17336 Gatherer from pyramids with more units (#3583)[[BR]]
+r17386 Easier balancing using relative templates (#2936)[[BR]]
+r17461 Don't resurrect dead units when promoting them[[BR]]
+r17514 Adjusts female citizen HP (#3510)[[BR]]
+r17610 Defeat the player if no more units, nor buildings to train units are present (#3229)[[BR]]
+r17754 Small vision range for aggressive animals (#3783)[[BR]]
+r17782 Influence all (ptolemian) mercenaries by auras and techs (#3770)[[BR]]
+r17800 do not drop resources when garrisoning in allied structure[[BR]]
+r17854 market exploit (#3812)[[BR]]
+r17878 decrease the hack armour of fields to favor rushes[[BR]]
+
+[[BR]]
+== User Interface ==
+r17625 Better options dialog (dropdowns, revert and default settings button) (#2596, r17657)[[BR]]
+r17830 Credits page in the main menu (#3744)[[BR]]
+r17335 Show icon for the female inspiration aura (#3384)[[BR]]
+r17674 Disable the idle-worker-button if no units are idle (#3736)[[BR]]
+r17880 Fix back-to-work button when selecting multiple units[[BR]]
+r17362 Enlighten too dark username-colors in the lobby[[BR]]
+r17805 New inscription on the altar in the main menu background[[BR]]
+r17594 Cinematic camera paths[[BR]]
+r17399 Don't emit sounds when selecting dead animals[[BR]]
+r17342 gives repair a lower priority compared to capture (#3443)[[BR]]
+r17465 "/clear" chat command[[BR]]
+r17443 actually assign joined players to empty slots[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+== Structure Tree / Tooltips ==
+r17644 Display unlisted hero auras (#3655)[[BR]]
+r17328 Show units that can train other units (#3213)[[BR]]
+r17518 Show repair-speed (#3395 r17609)[[BR]]
+r17643 Show population-bonus of buildings (#3738)[[BR]]
+r17662 Show the city wall bonus (#3655 #3766 r17762)[[BR]]
+r17638 Unit-stance tooltips (#3385 r17639)[[BR]]
+r17784 Correct siege and ship arrowcount tooltip[[BR]]
+r17865 Don't confuse speed and time bonus (#3600)[[BR]]
+r17331 Template analyzer tool usable again[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+
+== Observer / Replay mode ==
+r17617 Show the selection panels to observers / in replays (#3731)[[BR]]
+r17675 Let observers change perspective to a player (#3168)[[BR]]
+r17893 Follow player commands (#3743)[[BR]]
+r17735 Show fog of war in observermode (#3168)[[BR]]
+r17423 Ingame summary screen for observers[[BR]]
+r17758 Defeated players become observers[[BR]]
+r17771 Observer, ally, enemy and private messaging in chat[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+(less noticable:)[[BR]]
+r17665 Sort replaylist by date[[BR]]
+r17761 One replay directory per release (#3255)[[BR]]
+r17709 Stop animations at the end of replays (#3581)[[BR]]
+r17861 Change late-observer setting in running games (#3669)[[BR]]
+r17672 Easier deleting of multiple replays (#3473)[[BR]]
+r17845 Ask whether to join running games in the lobby[[BR]]
+r17390 Some replays didn't show up in list[[BR]]
+r17852 Quit replay list immediately if requested (#3446)[[BR]]
+r17383 Restore player- and game-selection when updating the lists (#3244)[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+
+== Petra AI ==
+r17626 Make AI harder using a trade multiplier[[BR]]
+r17596 Build near walls but not gates (#3725)[[BR]]
+r17407 Better dock placement[[BR]]
+r17426 Improve the detection of stuck gatherers (#3562)[[BR]]
+r17824 Do not let the ai build too much towers or fortresses[[BR]]
+r17827 Improve choice of workers (#3586)[[BR]]
+r17543 Defense tweaks[[BR]]
+r17705 Improve performance of docks positioning[[BR]]
+r17723 Imrpove migrating from islands[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+== Network ==
+r17881 Hosting with up to 16 observers and change late-observer-setting ingame (#3254 #3671)[[BR]]
+r17730 Show who lags or has a network timeout (#3264)[[BR]]
+r17710 Show players if the host closed the server[[BR]]
+r17881 Show players if the server is full[[BR]]
+r17851 Prevent duplicate user joins ("User" and "User (2)") (#3604)[[BR]]
+r17780 Always show "offline" if a player is disconnected (#3677)[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+
+== Crashes ==
+r17772 Don't disconnect the host in case of extended lag (#2854)[[BR]]
+r17444 Multiplayer game couldn't be started sometimes[[BR]]
+r17751 Fix crash when someone joins the gamesetup while host selects the dropdown[[BR]]
+
+[[BR]]
+== Pathfinder bugs ==
+r17765 Prevent short pathfinder to go into impassable region (#3785)[[BR]]
+r17769 Less units going back and forth around the target[[BR]]
+[[BR]]
+== Performance Optimizations ==
+See also wiki:GamePerformance. Likely not more than 5% overall performance increase. [[BR]][[BR]]
+r17350 Pathfinder optimization[[BR]]
+r17409 Pathfinder optimization[[BR]]
+r17413 Pathfinder optimization (#3588)[[BR]]
+r17500 Pathfinder optimization (#3541)[[BR]]
+r17560 Pathfinder optimization (calculeTerritories)[[BR]]
+r17561 Optimization of isBoxVisible (#3712)[[BR]]
+r17573 Optimizes range queries (#3717)[[BR]]
+r17764 Update goal before pathing when moving target (#3472) and improve unitMotion overlay[[BR]]
+r17866 Remove the now useless Unit-Motion planning (#3790)[[BR]]