Etherlords II v1.03

Патч добавляет псевдо-свободную камеру в приключенческий режим игры. Также вносятся многочисленные изменения, касающиеся геймплея, механики боя, многопользовательского режима.
Изменения:
Campaign mode
- in Adventure mode, pseudo-free camera ("camera on rubber band") is now implemented;
Duel (Combat) mode
Fixes to combat mechanics:
- fixed the bug causing «Dissolution» spell not to "dissolute" enemy creatures if the player had 0 ether, despite the fact that this spell doesn't need ether to work;
- removing « Quick Fix » enchantment from a pale creature now kills it instead of dissipating it as before;
- «Hostile Ambience» spell used to affect creatures in Pale Aspect incorrectly;
- fixed the bug causing «Pale Revival» spell cast on creature with «Regeneration» ability moved to Pale Aspect, not to kill the creature but summon another one from the Graveyard;
- fixed the bug occasionally causing the following effect: if enemy creatures affected by «Water Link» enchantment were present on the battlefield and «Ravaging Hunger» spell was cast, the creatures died, then appeared with the player and then immediately died again, this time as the player's creatures;
- fixed the bug with Walking Horror creature's attack. If attacking Walking Horror killed a blocking Walking Horror and then died, due to its «Trample» ability it incorrectly inflicted damage to hero after its death;
- fixed the bug causing Razor Man, Cutter Man and Sawer Man creatures to get back to owner in Summoning Sickness state when «Change of Command» enchantment has been removed, though visually they remained standing;
- fixed the bug occasionally causing creatures killed by «Water Link» enchantment come back to the game leaving their copies in the Graveyard;
- fixed the bug causing the following effect: If Grass Snake creature inflicted damage to enemy hero, «Blast» spell could only remove the enchantments cast after the attack; it was impossible to remove enchantments cast previously;
Changes to game balance:
- the player whose turn comes second, apart from additional spell now gets 1 extra ether for their first turn;
- changed the working of «Rebirth» specialization: now it can work only once, with average probability;
- Gibberling and Gibberling Instigator spells now cost 1 and 2 ether, respectively;
- «Gift» spell now costs 2 ether;
- Pale Scourge creature's special ability no longer affects Walls;
- Damage caused by «Data Attraction» spell is reduced to 2; and no spells can protect from suffering this damage;
- «Ethereal Resonance» spell now causes double damage to enemy hero and costs 4 ether;
- «Volcano» spell now gives 3 ether channels and costs 5 ether;
- «Ether Vortex» spell is changed. New description: "Ether Vortex: At the beginning of the next turn, the hero gets 1 extra ether from each available ether channel";
- Kobold Guard and Orc Guard creatures now get «Disenchant» ability;
- Orc Shaman creature is changed. New description: "The owner gets 1 ether at the beginning of turn. Rest, sacrifice ether channel: destroy target enchantment";
- «Barbed Souls» spell now only affects the enchantment's owner's creatures;
- Bat creature gets new ability: "If the Bat dies, the enemy hero discards spell";
- Giant Bat creature gets new ability: "Every time Giant Bat inflicts combat damage to enemy hero, the owner gets 1 spell";
- Gray Ogre spell gets new ability: "If this spell has been discarded by opponent's hero, Gray Ogre is summoned to the battlefield";
- Ogre King creature's parameters now change to 7/8. Ogre King spell gets new ability: "If this spell has been discarded by opponent's hero, Ogre King is summoned to the battlefield";
- «Ether Breeze» spell is changed. New description: "Cast on creatures. The enchantment's owner gets 3 ether at the beginning of turn";
- «Ether Storm» spell is changed. New description: "Cast on creatures. The enchantment's owner obtains 1 ether link at the beginning of turn";
- «Weaken» and «Call Lightning» spells get new ability: "If this spell has been discarded by opponent's hero, the opponent discards 3 spells";
- Damage inflicted by «Burning Graves» spell is now increased to 3 for each creature in the Graveyard. Now this spell removes all creatures from the Graveyard;
Miscellaneous fixes:
- fixed the bug which made it possible to press "Surrender" button during Duel repeatedly;
- fixed the bug causing the clock to appear on the screen in single player's unlimited time duel mode, when it was activated after «Round Table» mode;
Multiplayer game
- necessary number of players in «Round Table» mode is reduced to 4;
- in «Blind» mode, players now have a choice among two game's options - with identical sets of spells and with different ones;
- fixed the bug causing connection problems in «Round Table» mode when playing behind Firewalls;
- fixed the bug causing the player's and opponent' names to be put in wrong places when calling up Save Combat screen in Multiplayer mode;
- fixed the bug causing the following effect: pressing key in TCP/IP mode did not lead to pressing Create Host and Join buttons (e.g. if the player only entered their nickname in Enter Your Nick field and then pressed , Create Host button should be activated);