Builds 2008-2-Half

Builds of Second Half of 2008

new: ability to cancel campaign if traveled not more than 15% of the path
new: redrawn wall images for all 3 levels
new: purchasing gold via SMS (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
new: screen shots web gallery
new: reset password feature (returning a password)
new: winter season
new: purchasing gold via WMZ payments (auto-converting to WME)
chg: trade reports now shows both cities (source and target) as affected
chg: enemy can be attacked via side bar of tactics screen
fix: heroes power overwhelming giving too high bonuses when lots of heroes in army
fix: no warning in resource exchange - just silent cut of resources
fix: some people unable to log in after password change
fix: tactical log is very cpu and traffic intensive, fully redone and now very fast even in graphical mode (enable in settings)
fix: usability problems in IE with AJAX queries on selections
fix: multi cell building occupying different population amount depending on the order how it was built
fix: usability problem with switching off an professional account
fix: unable to siege a castle with heroes from tavern
fix: walls blocking units even if they are not fully built (level 0)
fix: robbing is incorrect when robbing by several troops from different cities
fix: scouting skill sometimes not working (hero sees only 1 tile)
fix: no expiring players any more when server is running, since it takes too long and causes lasting lags once per day, scheduled on start

fix: Robbing and returning to another city does not give any resources at all
new: Now is possible to cancel troops training by the cost of 30% resources
fix: Many server balancing optimizations
fix: Demolishing walls taking ages when there is a repair squad there
new: Now is possible to select where to send troops when they are leaving a campaign
chg: Now person can not exit his city, using attack screen is the only method
chg: Now it is impossible to exit city when there are troops not on *exit points - the system will notify and cancel exit
new: New unit - ranger - weak archer analogue with high sight range
fix: When army can not move to selected target, a message is shown
fix: Lost training orders when migrating barracks from level 8 to 9 in some cases
new: Now it is possible to change the current valley via a combo box in a map screen
new: Units that are currently not technology available to be trained are still shown as a grayed troops
chg: Some design updates, most noticeably - Overview and Training tabs (yes, mouse wheel works)

and a lot of other tweaks and fixes

fix: Balance troops, bonuses against several troops
fix: Sort cities alphabetically
fix: Text combat report link in combat report mail
fix: Report abuse does not expire
fix: System memory usage updates and new web framework version
new: This forum launched
new: Page about gold coins with ability to pay gold for services (currently accepting PayPal and Webmoney)
new: Automatically split troops training orders depending on how much can be trained in building at the same time
new: RSS feed to fetch all messages (sample url: http://w1.1100ad.com/rss/user/USERNAME/password/PASSWORD)
fix: Game statistics cached
new: Resources tab in castle to see how the population is used
new: Simple allies implemented - like a friends list, overriding fighting help accept flag
fix: Robbing from several cities with incorrect amount
fix: City cell informational panel refresh on timer
fix: Fixed combat overdamage when hero has leadership but no defense skill
fix: Buildings not counted as taking population during system restart
fix: Combat when person with 500 armies (1 cart each) and small army is almost unable to die
fix: Few Chrome-browser related issues with resources updates disabling the whole buttons
fix: Bugfixes
fix: Overview and New Building tab redesigned

fix: Redesign city attack screen
fix: Support translating time when the message was written
new: Attack building implementation and walls demolition using battle rams and catapults
fix: City image generation
fix: Skills logistics, pathfinding accepting only one hero instead of all
fix: Bugfixes