Update 4.5 Patch Notes

[Nb4powerup]

Hello all! With the newest update to DomiNations just around the corner, its time to provide Intel as to what is coming, changes made and bug fixes! Keep in mind that these notes are subject to change and serve as only a guideline for the next update.


Great Leaders

• Construct a University and cultivate the greatest minds in human history.
• Expand your civilization’s skills with the help of Great Leaders like Leonardo DaVinci, Catherine the Great, King Sejong, Sultan Saladin, and Suleiman the Magnificent
• Each leader specializes in unique bonuses themed to their historical accomplishments. Complete the research for each skill tree to unlock mighty “capstone” powers!

World War Leaderboards

• Battle for Glory to earn your Alliance the top spot on the World War Leaderboard
• Read more about it here: http://bit.ly/29yRbqC

New Languages

• DomiNations now supports Turkish and Italian languages!
• Merhaba! Ciao!

New Upgrades and Tactics

• Level 9 Tank Depots
• Upgrade Medium Tanks into Battle Tanks! (French nations get the S35 tank & Greek nations get the Hellenic Tank)
• Employ a new Tactic at the War Academy! Draw enemy fire away from your valuable troops with Decoys

Balance Changes

• Increased damage of Tanks by 8% and Medium Tanks by 11%
• Troops are slightly more likely to target defensive towers in battle
• Players can only claim one of each type of unique army from the inventory at a time (down from four)
• Transports will now be targeted by air towers
• Reversed the order of the World War battle screen list, now newest battles list first
• Fixed incorrect number of generals showing on Castles/Forts in World Wars
• Generals no longer exit their Fort to attack Aircraft

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Coalitions can now be removed, except during war day
• Coalitions are now purchasable on war days by observers
• Coalitions button on the world war hud is no longer visible while the embassy is being upgraded
• Coalitions now clear for observers if war ends while they are online
• Russian language no longer overlaps in Coalitions window
• Tap National Trade goods to see how they can be used
• “Next battle” button is bigger and easier to tap
• Fixed a rare crash when deploying air units
• Added safeguards to prevent rogue chat messages from causing issues
• Added a "From" to Alliance inbox messages
• Inbox displays the current UTC time for easy event planning
• Warfare Ch3 is now factored into Heavy Tank “damage against tanks” stat
• Added Savings and Wonder bonuses to Vault info window
• Tapping on Library chapters now shows a full info window
• Library chapter research windows now show XP awarded
• Updated messaging for troop donations between different versions
• Expansions now update their clear notification icon correctly
• Vault info window now shows boosted vault contents
• An unrepaired embassy is displayed on accounts who do not have it when visited or attacked
• Fixed a crash tapping rapidly in the inventory window
• Fixed a crash when a citizen tried to walk off the world, bad citizen!
• Partial battles can now return surviving troops if you crash after defeating all defensive buildings
• Removed radius graphic from Blessings since they don't use a range
• Fixed a bug where the wrong troop icon appeared over the barracks
• World War window no longer pops open on a when reloading the game
• Emissary no longer drops supplies in invalid locations
• Fixed a crash occurring in World War battles
• Hunting progress bar no longer strays from the hunted animal
• Troops no longer get stuck in the factory
• Fixed donated troop pop value display in the World War donated troops window
• Fixed troop progress bar not updating when removing troops from a Barracks or Factory training queue

 

[Quovatis]

Nice. Can you please explain what this means in more detail:

• Players can only claim one of each type of unique army from the inventory at a time (down from four)

I don't understand what this means.

 

[redprince]

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[S_How]

Just wanted to say thanks for having the notes out before the patch. Its nice to have back!

 

[Nb4powerup]

Nice. Can you please explain what this means in more detail:

• Players can only claim one of each type of unique army from the inventory at a time (down from four)

I don't understand what this means.

So the way this works currently is (for example), you have 10 Ninja armies that you may have purchased. You can claim 4 of them at once. The update will reduce that to the option of claiming only 1 at a time.

 

[redprince]

Nice to see this on the list...finally! And a new tactic, interesting.

• Fixed a bug where the wrong troop icon appeared over the barracks

 

[Quovatis]

Ah, the key word is inventory. I thought you meant the inventory bar during battle, but you mean the inventory screen from purchases. Understand now.

 

[Atinyfish1386]

Ty patch looks good

 

[JuDomines]

Wow nice! I deeply appreciate having an outlook at the patch notes before it's out.

 

[maggiepie]

Nb4powerup, does this
serve as the announcement that the patch will be here in a few days? Meaning, don't start a war now so as to best capitalize on glory?????

 

[Quovatis]

Interested in this as well. Want to keep workers available for the new upgrades and not start something new if it's coming in the next few days.

 

[redprince]

Yeah I've told our alliance to hold off on the next war assuming that patch notes indicate an update really soon

 

[Atinyfish1386]

Same here!! I'm guessing tomorrow

 

[maggiepie]

Yes, ideally at minimum we would require 3 days notice before the patch so as to be able to either finish a war, not start a new war, or be in the very midst of one, when the update goes live.

 

[Nb4powerup]

Some last minute preparations are still being made but we will provide a 2 day notice before Glory is activated.

 

[maggiepie]

Cool cool, cool cool cool cool. I think we might be able to work with that; thank you

 

[Nb4powerup]

You're very much welcome!

 

[Fable]

Nb4powerup

Ty for the advanced notice.

 

[GailWho]

Thank you so much for the advance notice on this! It looks good... Best wishes on a successful update! Hope everything runs smoothly for the dev team on upgrade day. And for the players as well

 

[Nb4powerup]

Me too! Everyone has been hard at work.