Greetings Warriors of Calradia!
Third day, third round of improvements! Boatswain XP is now earned through ship repairs, Shipmaster XP gains have been doubled, and friendly troop banners display correctly. We’ve also added more refinements to the naval storyline, and Xbox players will be able to exit the smithing screen with improved stability. Massive thanks for all your feedback, support, and patience.
Please note that there may be a delay between the download of the base game and the download of War Sails. If you launch the game prior to both of them being updated, you will crash. If you face this issue, please verify your game files.
Please also note that Console hotfixes arrive with a delay, as their release processes take a bit more time. Releasing to PC without waiting on this process allows us to gather data and feedback more quickly - benefiting all platforms.
The following changes are specific to the War Sails expansion and are not part of the base game.
Changes
Added a warning and blocked launching the title if the versions of War Sails and Bannerlord are not compatible. This can occur after a patch release when there is a delay between the downloads. Launching the title with such a mismatch would cause a crash. You can verify file integrity to resolve this.
Repairing ships now grants Boatswain XP.
Doubled the Shipmaster XP gain for travelling on water.
Scouting XP is no longer given when travelling on water.
Slowed down the enemy ships in the final battle of Hunt Down Emira al-Fahda and the Corsair quest. Also decreased the consort ships' maneuverability to give players more time to try again after an unsuccessful ram.
Increased the turning arc of basic and fire ballistas on ships. They should now allow you to shoot at the “Floating Fortress” while still circling it in the storyline mission.
Increased the time allowed to return to the naval playable area during storyline missions from 10 to 30 seconds.
Improved GPU performance during the final Naval Storyline quest mission.
Changed the culture of several helmets used by the Nord troops to Nord, making them available in their towns.
Fixes
Improved the ability of troops to find the last remaining enemy units during naval battles.
Fixed a bug that caused all troops to have the same face in naval battles.
Fixed the ship connection errors that occurred during Quest 5 Phase 2.
Fixed a bug that prevented you from exiting the storyline from a hostile town.
"Amnesties For Pirates" kingdom policy fixes:
Fixed a bug that caused garrisons to be overflown with troops, bankrupting clans in the process.
Fixed a bug that prevented the 5% daily chance from working.
Instead of merging all members of the pirate party into the settlement's garrison, only some members (~25%) will join the garrison.
Crashes
Fixed a crash that occurred during the Speak To the Sailors in Omor quest (fireship) when the player died before ramming the enemy ship.
Fixed a crash that occurred on the campaign map due to siege blockades.
Fixed a crash that occurred during Quest 5 Phase 3.
Fixed a crash that occurred when electing the new ruler of Nords.
The following changes are part of the base game and apply to the War Sails expansion as well.
Fixes
Fixed a bug that prevented friendly troops' banners from being displayed with DLSS on.
Fixed a bug that caused the selected formations to become deselected after every given order during deployment.
Fixed a bug that prevented players from launching the game via the Epic platform.
The Kick hotkey no longer disables mouse movement.
Crashes
Fixed a crash that occurred when exiting the smithing screen on Xbox.
Fixed a crash that occurred on the campaign map when a garrison decided to sally out but had no healthy troops.
Fixed a crash that occurred during stealth missions.
Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting the first option during the Water Supplies random event.
Fixed a crash that occurred when a column formation was following the player.