= Alpha 21 = Development started by ​Wildfire Games on April 2^nd^ 2016 (r17966).[[BR]] The most recent revision can be found at http://trac.wildfiregames.com/changeset [[BR]] [[BR]] The following list highlights the most important changes up to r18155, more noticeable ones first:[[BR]] == Gameplay == r18024 Make unused buildings and champions available:[[BR]] Athenians and Sparta can build up to two Royal Stoa and produce Sword- and Skirmisher Infantry Champions there[[BR]] Britons can build a Crannog, which is both a Civic Center and a Dock[[BR]] Persians can build up to two halls from which Spear- and Skirmisher Infantry Champions and War Elephants can be produced (r18043)[[BR]] Romans can build (at most one) Temple of Vesta, Persians the Ishtar Gate, which increase the capture-strength of garrisoned units within 75m of the temple[[BR]] Athenians, Carthaginians, Macedonians, Romans, Spartans and Ptolemaic Egyptian wonders are temples, thus heal nearby (60m) and garrisoned units[[BR]] r18115 New team bonuses: #2445[[BR]] 20% less build cost of civic centers for allies of Seleucids[[BR]] 20% less cost of skirmishers for allies of Iberians[[BR]] 25% faster buildtime for allies of Athen[[BR]] r18075 The time to win a wonder-victory game can be varied[[BR]] r17974 Owning multiple wonders gives multiple population bonuses (#3522 #3792)[[BR]] r18021 Technologies can be researched in captured buildings[[BR]] r18108 New technology to increase internal trading bonus[[BR]] r18044 Units gain experience-points per hit instead of per kill[[BR]] r18049 Most buildings (especially towers) can't be built in unconnected territory anymore[[BR]] r17999 Defense tower techs don't affect Wall Turrets anymore[[BR]] r18008 Corrals: Britons, Gauls and Iberians produce pigs, Carthaginians, Mauryans and Ptolemaic Egyptians produce goats[[BR]] r18004 Dropsites shared by default[[BR]] == Balancing == r18025 Nerf Champions, allow training Thracian Black Cloak champions in Town Phase[[BR]] Reduce armour by 1-2 levels, roughly 25% more build cost and take twice the time to train[[BR]] Researching the tech to build champions from barracks costs 1000 metal[[BR]] Thracian Black Cloak (Sword Champions) can be trained in half the time of standard Champion Sword Infantry, starting in Town Phase[[BR]] Athenian can train archer mercenaries at the Dock[[BR]] Naked Fanatics cost double the metal, train in half the time, run 50% faster than infantry champions[[BR]] Increased research time of technology to train Champions at Barracks from 40 seconds to 90 seconds[[BR]] Macedonian Silver Shield 10% more max HP, +1 Hack/Pierce Armour after upgrade[[BR]] Champion Skirmisher Cavalry ranged attack range decreased from 48 to 32 meters[[BR]] r18037 Strengthen siege and elephants[[BR]] Add about 60% Health Points[[BR]] Increase armor by 2 levels[[BR]] Increase Capture Points from 250 to 500[[BR]] Rams cannot be captured anymore[[BR]] Regenerate capturepoints when garrisoned[[BR]] Reduce packtime for ranged siege[[BR]] Tower range reduced from 80m to 76m[[BR]] r18024 Iberian monument can't be captured anymore[[BR]] r18155 Allow training naked fanatics in town phase[[BR]] r18149 Limit population cost of siege and elephants to at most 3[[BR]] r18045 Improve resistance of buildings[[BR]] Increase garrisoned regenerationrate by 150%[[BR]] 25% more capture points for CCs[[BR]] Increase hack armor of buildings significantly[[BR]] r17970 Reduce Wall Turret range from 88m to 72m, increase minimum range from 3m to 12m[[BR]] == Art == r18119 New Gaul tavern model[[BR]] r18053 New fields[[BR]] r18114 New colonnade for Seleucids[[BR]] r18098 New Seleucid wonder and barracks[[BR]] r18150 New Seleucid market[[BR]] r18084 Roman textures transparency fix[[BR]] r18082 Roman textures Roman rooftiles update[[BR]] r18079 Seleucid walls (normalmaps and specular maps)[[BR]] r18054 Model variants can be defined in external files[[BR]] == User Interface == r18124 Swap civilizations when swapping players in the gamesetup #3804[[BR]] r18014 Improve selection ring of animals (#3786)[[BR]] r18026 Correct team totals for the summary screen[[BR]] r18094 Show health of garrisoned units #3114[[BR]] r18154 Show carried resources when selecting multiple units #3113[[BR]] r18111 Filter the replay list by victory condition, singleplayer/multiplayer and rated games[[BR]] r18085 Restore filter and selection when returning from a replay #3742[[BR]] r18031 Link from summary screen to replay[[BR]] r18078 Show the AI dificulty to guests[[BR]] r18007 Allow sharing/unsharing multiple dropsites simultaneously[[BR]] == Petra AI == r17971 Use corrals with low starting resources[[BR]] r18096 Less terrtory recomputation[[BR]] == Engine == r17975 Cinematic paths: interpolate camera rotation[[BR]] == Performance Optimizations == r18011 Slight improvement of flood-fill algorithm of the hierarchical pathfinder[[BR]] r18090 Slight improvement of the short range pathfinder #3925[[BR]] == Developer Features == r18123 Smaller OOS logs[[BR]]