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Ancient CitiesNews新官方语言: 简体中文 ( New official language: Simplified Chinese )
Major update

新官方语言: 简体中文 ( New official language: Simplified Chinese )

Ancient Cities · published 28 Jan 2025, 17:41 UTC

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v 1.0.5.3 Simplified Chinese language

We have added official support for the Simplified Chinese language while fixing some visual and gameplay issues. Also adding pottery as a new requirement for some constructions.

LATEST CHANGES & FIXES

- Included official support for Simplified Chinese.
- Included Pottery as a requirement for some constructions.
- Included daily calories consumption in the tooltip for animals and humans.
- Improved task control in the interface.
- Improved terrain visualization.
- Increased farm and crop slope threshold.
- Increased maximum navigation deep in the regional map.
- Decreased probability of learning a new knowledge when many.
- Fixed message box layout in the guided tutorial.
- Fixed cultural requirements to avoid issues.
- Fixed nutrition behavior when rationing is active.
- Fixed animal nutrition behavior.
- Fixed autoselection of Steam language for the game.

CHANGES

- Included new tool for tilling : The bone hoe.
- Increased Ice Age game years and temperature offsets.
- Increased the negative effect of unrest on birth rate.
- Decreased historical year pace based on game speed.
- Adjusted knowledge probability and interface representation.
- Adjusted kale, wheat and peas growing rate.
- Adjusted crafting times for several tools.
- Adjusted meat, bones and nutrition needs for animals.

FIXES

- Fixed overlaped and blank notifications.
- Fixed crashes and stuck people due to routing behavior issues.

PLEASE ENSURE YOUR GRAPHICS DRIVERS ARE UP TO DATE.

- Please use the Steam 'Players' forum to post your feedback, bugs & issues.
- Please send us a report if the game crashes and post report number in the forums.
- Please mod creators: Update & upload your mods when required.

WHAT'S NEXT?

- We are working on new free content updates while improving the game.

HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE GAME?

- Please post a review on Steam if you want to make this game better and better!

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