2026-08-28 11:23 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
FAST Tournaments: there is now a popup asking to go to the next game once it becomes available. Tournament Awards: awards are now given out also if only one human player is in the game. They were previously only given out if at least 2+ human players with different ranking were in a game. Mini Victory Awards: the "Mini Victory" award is now given out too small competitions, such as the rookie wars. GUI: some dropdown menus enhanced with keyboard search function. GUI: file drop now works for certain image/etc. input buttons (where normally a file dialog were shown). Game Setup: all scenarios ar
2026-04-18 14:11 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Tournament Players: there is now a popup that lists all the tournament players (not just the ones in a game). AFK Players: reduced the signup period (before a tournament starts) for slow tournaments from 30 to 7 days to reduce number of AFK players. AFK Players: reduced the signup period (before a tournament starts) for new players to 1 day (instead of 7). Will reduce new players that join a tournament but never return. Game Setup Option "Protectorates": if the option is disabled, protectorates are not available within the game (unless setup beforehand in the scenario). Password Protected Game
2026-03-01 15:24 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Modding & Upload: publishing a map is now free, so is downloading your own map. Modding Tutorial: there is now a new modding tutorial on YouTube explaining the latest map editor at: https://youtu.be/02mSoaUEnWE Modding: game window starts flashing when a bundle update has completed, to indicate ready to continue working. File Dialog: double-click now opens and saves files also. Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Maintenance: updated Urchin. Maintenance: terms of service added. Maintenance: QR-Code generator integrated. Maintenance: improved logging for string parser (debug instea
2025-10-10 13:01 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
AI Chat Bot: the chat system now features an AI chat bot. Talk to it via "@ai {message}"! Editor: Modernized the in-game editor for clarity. All the functionality is still there, but slightly moved around. Some utilities also. Editor: rollover effect enabled also when editing. Maximum Map Size: increased to 6000x4000px (from 4000x4000px). Modding Assets: now included with the binary. Copy the mod/* folder to separate directory if you want to customize fully. Moderating: Moderators are now able to setup password-protected games that are rated at the same time. Moderating: Permission bugfix for
2025-07-25 14:51 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Protector/Protectorate Mechanic: due to abuse of the happiness system, the happiness adjust for the protectorate entering a relationship has been lowered to +3% (from +15%). Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Maintenance: improved text rendering performance. Maintenance: Droid Billing updated to latest version 8.0.0. Maintenance: proguard rules updated (to remove warnings). Maintenance: more detailed information of Droid version. Maintenance: date/time validation with stacktrace if day is wrong (to locate source). Bugfix: chess engine was wrongly sorting move eval and crashed. Bu
2025-06-30 17:32 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Game Setup: streamlined and simplified the game setup screens. All the options are still there but are collapsed by default. Game Setup/Multiplayer: default duration for fast multiplayer is 1.5min/turn. Distant Ship Travel: bugfix for distant ship travel. Maps cannot have ships pre-placed on water if distant ship travel is disabled. Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Code Improvement: user configuration options code streamlined with utility methods. Maintenance: update logging for sign-ins via Google Play. Maintenance: commons-net updated to 3.11.1. Maintenance: improve logging b
2025-04-03 17:24 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Game Auto-Deletion: multiplayer games without activity are auto-deleted (as always). There is now a notification which will be given to the player that his/her game has been auto-deleted for clarity. Map Zoom: pressing the SHIFT-button will allow an extra 2x Zoom-In/Out of the map via mouse wheel (or keyboard). Game Manual: updated the refund policy (consumable products). Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Maintenance: created new Windows, Mac OS and Linux binaries with latest compatibility updates. Especially, the list of Mac OS Binaries improved. Maintenance: Updated libGDX to
2024-11-16 19:49 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Bugfix crashes while parsing some non-English texts.
2024-11-10 08:42 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
New Avatar "Skull": Skull avatar generator is now available for profile images. End Game Statistics: animated icon indicating victory & loss. Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Maintenance: latest libGDX 1.13.0 release. Maintenance: latest Epic SDK DLLs. Maintenance: better detection of slavic languages (for translation verifications). Maintenance: limiting to TLSv1.2 (e.g. for Steam). Maintenance: firewall updated to allow sending purchase confirmation and password recovery emails (Sept. 27, 2024). Maintenance: improved log output describing which provider is registered (if any)
2024-07-17 16:27 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Save-Games: in addition to the already existing auto-save functionality, it's now possible to save custom restore points when a game is paused (single player). Balancing: when "Open Travel" is enabled, allied troops defending a non-owned fortified province will not get the defense bonus applied. Only the actual owner of a province will get a defense bonus. In-Game Manual: large texts including the in-game manual now come with a jump-list to quickly go to specific topics (usability). In-Game Manual: updated the info about the defense bonus to make it clear it is not applied to allied troops (wh
2024-04-30 18:42 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Avatar Generator: updated with additional components such as Viking Helmet, Pirate Hat, Rabbit Ears, Cat Ears, Maid Hat and such. Avatar Gen. "Pig", "Dog" and "Frog": new avatar generators added representing a pig, dog and frog heads with corresponding customizations. Avatar Gen. "Chimp", "Bunny", "Rhino", "Cat", "Elephant", "Crocodile" and "Bear": new avatar generators. Menu UI: Announcement button icon updated (clip) for clarity it doesn't represent the chat. Level of Detail: minimum level of detail is now "few" (not "none" for all platforms). Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D
2024-02-23 10:25 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Tournaments: there is now the option to create tournaments for FAST games. An indicator by the chat has been added to show if one has to be aware that the tournament can have multiple rounds. Please advice on other hints required (as needed)? UI: multiplayer section directly lists joinable games with option to create new games. The announcements and existing games are now available above the chat. UI: improved the multiplayer account settings to make them more compact (clarity). UI: improved layout, fonts, etc. of misc. other UI components to make them more streamlined (clarity). Generally, th
2024-01-03 10:52 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Victories: there is now a list of last victories available for regular games as well as official minor & major events (accessible via multiplayer screen). Balancing: Fertility Festivals do not reset when the owner of a province changes. That means abandoning and re-capturing the province will not allow doing a Fertility Festival right away anymore (unless the timer has previously elapsed). Team Games: for private games, there is no restriction for clan members as to which team they play in. Ratings: new DUEL & DUEL/SLOW rating added. Will get rated if you play a duel. UI: Province selection al
2023-11-05 14:46 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Team Games: more clan players allowed if a game is password protected. Main Wall: limitation removed for new accounts, i.e. they can now post right away (no wait of 30 days!). Screenshot Button: long-touch (or long-press) also activates the camera button that takes screenshots even if a popup is above the button. Language: latest translations added - Thanks :-D Maintenance: auto-submitting latest release notes to Reddit. Maintenance: auto-uploading latest translation text after update. Maintenance: improved logging of WARN or ERROR (reduced normal errors to INFO). Maintenance: setting server m
2023-07-27 16:55 UTC · Community Announcements · noblemaster
Bugfix for Crashes due to ByteBuffer.
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