* Explorer profile pictures on page 1 of the compendium are now varied instead of identical clones. This update is also reflected in the explorer tooltip.
* Resolved an issue where the explorer would escape native capture and sometimes fail to become a bearer. * Fixed a bug where the calendar would decrement by one to two days when attempting to paddle upstream without bearers or when choosing to remain in a lake. * Fixed a couple of typographical and grammatical errors in the compendium. * Canoe travel now correctly refunds movement points and p…
* Updated the journal layout so it now displays the inside of the front cover, with entries beginning on the first right-hand page. * Corrected a graphics alignment issue with the desert-tribe "Stand your ground" button. * Corrected a minor message-box text alignment issue.
* Fixed an issue where, on rare occasions after first returning to England, the pocket watch’s minute hand would briefly lag behind the actual time for a split second before jumping forward to catch up. * Updated the depiction of the “kamappa” on the bonus card to more accurately reflect its description in the original legend.
* Players are now prompted to review portage management while in Mounted Expedition mode, if a friendly chief offers five askaris and pack mounts can be converted into ride mounts. * Oops! I realized I left some redundant code in V4.0.5d that caused the clock hands to appear on the sailing ship screen. This has now been fixed and the correction will take effect after starting a new game. * Enha…
*Fixed an issue where collecting bonuses during the initial expedition then dying before returning to England, caused entries of the lost items to appear in the journal when clicking on the right-hand page. Repeatedly interacting with these entries could also lead to a game crash. * The graphics displayed on the "offer desert chief gifts" screen button was incorrect. * The image of the African…
* Fixed a logic anomaly in the "explorer shot by askari" message. * Replaced “Nguni and Tswana natives” (broad umbrella terms rather than specific tribes) with “Ndebele” and "Batawana" for tribe naming consistency and improved historical accuracy.
* Improved the mouse-over behaviour of the activity buttons. * Slightly reduced the volume of the native drums in the policy screen. * Made minor alterations to the tribal zones of Fulani, Pygmy and Xhosa natives to better reflect the ethnogeography of the time. * Bushmen have been placed within their correct tribal zone.
* Changing travel modes or changing destination ports will no longer reset the expedition make-up, with the exception of mounted mode. * Going from mounted to foot mode, or changing to a port that cannot supply animals, ride mounts will either be refunded or converted to pack mounts if bearer numbers allow.
*Fixed a bug which allowed an expedition in mounted mode to keep more prisoners than there were pack mounts available to convert to rides, by creating extra ride mounts.
* R4.0.0 is a substantial code rebuild. Unfortunately, due to software idiosyncrasies, it is not backward compatible with R3 saves. - I have tested this build for bugs as much as possible. Hopefully, none have slipped through the net. * Fixed a bug that would cause the game lock up if in mounted travel-mode, both camels and horses were present, and a man was killed or discharged. * Introduced a…
Fixed a very rare bug that would cause the game to crash to desktop when arriving in Africa. The odds of it happening were about once or twice out of every 100 new games started.
* Unfortunately, due to software idiosyncrasies, this version is not backward compatible with any previous R2 saves. * Named tribes have now been placed in their correct geographical locations on the map. This is not merely a cosmetic change, it enhances gameplay when playing as an ethnologist and, (to a lesser degree), a journalist. Although misplaced tribes were part of the Avalon Hill versio…
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