Changelog - 1.04 Beta 2

July 28th, 2018

Unofficial Widescreen patch for Warlords Battlecry 3.

This is the second update to my Warlords Battlecry III widescreen patch. After a bit of a break, I've hopped back in and fixed and enhanced quite a few things.

Hope you'll enjoy the added enhancements and bug fixes!

Patch page can be found here: https://heythere.coffee/wbc3/

-Jake

Important Notice

This was developed from the last official patch. As such no features/changes of the unoffical patches are included. You should apply this patch on top of a fresh GOG or Steam install!

Also due to some rendering changes this may not work on older previously supported systems. This has only been tested with Windows 10.

Third party/Open source licenses can be found in osslicenses.txt under the installation folder.

New Features / Changes

• Enhancements to the game's rendering code.
• You can now use things like Steam overlay with the game.
• A framerate limiter has been added. This can be adjusted to any number in Options.json.
• Improved rendering pacing. Less stutterin', more slaughterin'!
• Enhancements to windowed mode.
• The game now uses JSON files for settings instead of registry. (These files are located under Documents/Warlords Battlecry III/Settings.)
• Added new launch parameter EDITOR. (Allows you to directly launch your game to the editor.)
• Added "Test Scenario" functionality. Allows you to test maps more quickly and directly from the editor!
• Added a neat border to menus.
• The editor now has a filler image between its control panel.
• Small adjustments to multiplayer selection screen.
• Added more animal variety to the Mutate spell.
• Adjusted time for Retinue popup to appear.
• Included the lost Battle Report maps. (Eldritch Tower, Gold of Khax Barak, The Dark Path, and the Jawbone of Sartek.)
• Added an option to disable/enable edge scrolling.

Bug Fixes (Bugs From 1.04 Widescreen)

• Fixed editor grid incorrectly displaying.
• Fixed video playback, including subtitles.
• Fixed various random black screens on menus.
• Fixed campaign's world map.
• Fixed various tooltips.
• Fixed various edge scrolling bugs.

Bug Fixes (Bugs From 1.03 Official)

• Fixed editor becoming incredibly slow if you resigned from a match earlier.
• Fixed environmental sounds not playing at the start of a match.
• Fixed advanced option restrictions not actually restricting production (e.g. No Dragons mode not actually restricting dragon production.)
• Fixed a crash relating to StratMap (Minimap) at the end of a game.
• Fixed extra large grasslands random map's lower half being very empty.
• Fixed the hero ability Reave. It now has the intended effect of extra damage against large targets.
• Fixed Daemon heroes being associated as Good. They are now Evil.
• Fixed Barbarian heroes being associated as Good. They are now Neutral.
• Fixed Arcane Rune not affecting the Spider Priestess.

Known Issues

• Fullscreen mode is actually just borderless windowed mode.
• You must save before you "Test Scenario" in Editor.
• The "Test Scenario" feature uses the current map settings and passive AI. Please adjust these to your liking and save before you test it out.
• Rain speed is tied to framerate.
• Slow performance can occur on higher resolutions.