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Heroes' Vow: Three KingdomsNews2026/10/5-15 Update Log
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2026/10/5-15 Update Log

Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms · published 16 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC

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v1.0.12 (2026/10/16)
1. Open the new version of the dynamic character art project. On the game's main screen -> bottom right corner: Developer Tools -> [Download MOD Project (Baidu Netdisk)] to download it. The dynamic character art tutorial is located at ThreeKindomImageMOD_New/DynamicArtTutorials/index.html, and you can use it to add breathing, cloth, and blinking effects.
2. Lowered the Commerce threshold for the items city merchants stock, so a wider variety of items can now appear.
3. Fixed an issue where the custom Officer's model could not be set to bald.
4. Adjusted the breathing effect on some of the legacy portraits.
5. Added pedestrian models to the roads of county seats.
6. Fixed an issue where some Gear, when dismantled, incurred no Crafting Materials loss at all.
7. Fixed an issue where mounted Officers would float in mid-air in certain story scenes.
8. Added a ‘Disable AI’ option to Buildings for MOD use.
9. Added UV editing for materials in the Gear Model Editor, for MOD use.
10. Fixed an issue where, in the Debate triggered at the appraisal assembly by proposals to change policies or personal tasks, opposing Officers could not join the Debate when there were many Officers in the city.
11. Fixed an issue where, when treating a Party Officer to a drink, the choice among Tusu Wine, Du Kang Wine, Heated Wine, drugged wine, and aphrodisiac wine would cause the special events to play abnormally.
12. Fixed an issue where, when the protagonist is a female Officer and had intimacy with another Officer during her fertile period, the partner would be judged dissatisfied with a very high probability.
13. Fixed an issue where Force Activate in the story ‘Battle of Yingchuan’ would incorrectly cause Sun Jian to occupy Langya.
14. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Righteous Rescue of Lord Lu’ where the ‘Eloquence’ Debate status would disappear when the battle began during the Debate with the eunuch.
15. Improved Force Activate in the story ‘Coalition Against Dong Zhuo’ by adding more Officers to the factions of Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Liu Biao.
16. Fixed an issue in the story ‘No Intact Eggs in an Overturned Nest’ where Xu Chu would appear in the story even when he was not part of Cao Cao's faction.
17. Improved the conclusion events of the story ‘Riding Alone for a Thousand Li’, preventing cases where an Officer defecting to Liu Bei while being a Ruler would drag the entire faction over to Liu Bei.
18. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Riding Alone for a Thousand Li’ where the battle with Xiahou Dun could occasionally still not be won even after his forced death was triggered.
19. Adjusted the trigger timing of the stories ‘Twin Blossoms’ and ‘The Yuan Clan in Peril’, raising the chance of Lujiang belonging to Sun Ce's faction during the corresponding periods.
20. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Burning Xinye’ where, when the protagonist took part as a Pact of Faith Officer, bringing insufficient Private Troops would cause anomalies in the second Legion Battle.
21. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Flooding the Seven Armies’ where, when the protagonist personally took part in the duel to capture Pang De and Yu Jin, the victory and defeat conditions were described inaccurately and Party Officer deployment was judged abnormally.
22. Fixed an issue in the story ‘The Northern Expedition’ where, if Jiang Wei was not present in the story, losing certain battles would end the game immediately.
23. Fixed an issue in the Board task ‘Tiger's Daughter’ where female Officers with exclusive Anecdotes would appear.
24. Fixed an issue in the Board task ‘Trail of the Steed’ where the count of defeated enemies could occasionally be judged incorrectly.
25. Fixed an issue in the Board task ‘Suppress Bandits’ where, on the Defensive Battle branch, holding out for the specified number of turns still would not win the battle.
26. Fixed an issue where the effect of the Legion Battle skill ‘Rapid Advance’ would not end after it was unleashed.
27. Fixed an issue where Ma Teng's Martial Spirit ‘Northwest Warlord’ calculated state stacks abnormally in battle.
28. Fixed an issue where the ‘Blaze’ card drawn by Zhou Yu's Martial Spirit ‘Fire God’ would fail to trigger the Martial Spirit's effect when used.
29. Fixed an issue where, during the home visit recruitment event at your Residence, models would overlap if the protagonist's wives and concubines were in the bedroom.
30. Fixed an issue where the ‘Shangsi Festival’ allowed inviting Officers who were still in party cooldown.
31. Cao Cao will now lose Morality after certain Major Events conclude, to better fit different Officers' Affinity in each period.v1.0.11 (2026/10/12)
1. Added support for preview images in the MOD loading screen (just put in _preview.jpg)
2. Fixed the issue where clicking on a target general in the big map would trigger the mission completion condition even if you hadn't met them yet
3. Fixed the error that occurred when personally commanding a naval battle at the port
4. Lower the commercial threshold for city merchants to spawn items, so more items can appear.
5. Fixed the issue where custom generals' models couldn't be changed to bald.
6. Adjusted the breathing effects on some old character illustrations.v1.0.10 (2026/10/10)
1. Added a ‘Recover Siege Equipment’ feature to Legion Battle.
2. Fixed issues with some UI screens not adapting properly to ultrawide (21:9) monitors.
3. Fixed model clipping issues with Mercenary models such as the Barbarian Female Warrior, Barbarian Giant, Beauty, and Bandit Queen.
4. Updated several Officer CGs: Sun Shangxiang (now closer to the original style), plus Sima Shuang, Lady Yan, Lady Zou, Hou Bai, and Cai Zhenji (these, which had been suspected of censorship, have been restored to their original glory).
5. Added an option on the Graphics tab under Options to switch to the legacy portraits. If you prefer the old portraits, just tick the box.
6. Changed the ‘Jealous’ Personality to a Bonus type.
7. Fixed an issue where some female portraits of new Officers did not change after mods were loaded.
8. Fixed an issue where the Protagonist Details screen displayed a previous Apprentice relationship when starting a new game.
9. Fixed an issue where a new game could not be started if a custom Officer's associated Officer referred to an Officer from an uninstalled mod.
10. Fixed an issue where some UI screens did not handle localized languages properly.
11. Fixed the County Seat Marketplace model being hidden below the ground.
12. Fixed an issue where the AI would build Small Markets in cities.
13. Fixed an issue where hovering over the monthly income on the Family Commerce screen displayed the Mercenary Credibility tooltip.
14. Fixed an issue where the AI's defending units would run to the Pass when the player attacked an AI faction.
15. Extracted each Troop Type's Supply consumption multiplier into TKEditor.
16. Fixed an issue where the English dynastic name could only accept a single character.
17. Fixed an issue where the Legion Battle cards on the Edit Historical Officers screen could not be clicked.
18. In City Defense battles, the defender now has ‘Garrison’ checked by default.
19. Fixed an issue where Officers with the Wine-loving Personality and a Relationship level below 2 would refuse the ‘Treat to a Drink’ interaction.
20. Fixed an issue where the battle triggered by the ‘Hiring a Swordsman’ rumor in the Drill Domestics task could not be completed on higher difficulties.
21. Fixed an issue where the animation played abnormally when teaching skills to an Officer equipped with a Shield.
22. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Oath of the Peach Garden’ where Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were defeated too early in the duel, and their weapons were not restored after the battle ended.
23. Fixed an issue where, after the story ‘Rebellion of the Ten Eunuchs’ was triggered, Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong would still die even when they were the protagonist's Retainers.
24. Improved the experience of the duel to save He Jin in the story ‘Rebellion of the Ten Eunuchs’ on the highest difficulty.
25. Fixed an issue where, in the conclusion of the story ‘Unauthorized Deposal’, Tang Nian would still die even when he was the protagonist's Retainer.
26. Improved the trigger conditions for the story ‘Righteous Loyalty unto Death’; it can now be triggered whether Zhang Chao is alive or dead.
27. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Founding Jiangdong’ where, if Sun Ce had occupied Lujiang in advance and it was his faction's only city, using Force Activate would cause Sun Ce's faction to disband and re-form.
28. Fixed an issue with abnormal battle positions in the story ‘Twin Blossoms’.
29. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Battle of Yijing’ where, after Liu Yu was saved, he still appeared as dead in the following dialogue.
30. Fixed an issue in the story ‘No Intact Eggs in an Overturned Nest’ where the Debate with Kong Rong gave no reward after the secondary objective was completed.
31. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Riding Alone for a Thousand Li’ where the secondary objective could not be completed in the battle with Xiahou Dun.
32. Fixed an issue where Force Activate in the story ‘The Zhang River Floods Ye’ could not change the factions of Guo Jia, Xu Huang, and Ye City.
33. Fixed an issue where Force Activate in the story ‘Yuan Brothers' Truce’ was missing events.
34. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Sun Clan's Revenge’ where, while holding a Pact of Faith with Liu Biao, you could not choose to assist Liu Biao's faction.
35. Fixed an issue in the duel of the story ‘Sun Clan's Revenge’ where Party Officers could not provide support after being placed.
36. Fixed an issue where, after the Changsha duel in the story ‘Sweeping Southern Jing’ was lost, some Officers could not be visited.
37. Fixed an issue where the story ‘Siege of Hanzhong’ could still be triggered when Hanzhong did not belong to Zhang Lu, causing an error.
38. Fixed an issue where Force Activate in the story ‘Winds Rise in Hanzhong’ could not change Wei Yan's faction.
39. Fixed an issue in the story ‘Before the Blood Decree Cools’ where Mu Shun could not be randomly selected.
40. Fixed an issue where setting NPCs failed in the duel of the story ‘The Northern Expedition’.
41. Fixed an issue in the story ‘A Lone Qilin Upholding Han’ where the duel to help Deng Ai could not be completed.
42. Fixed an issue in the hidden story ‘Scheme of the Double Agent’ where Chengdu still belonged to Wei after Liu Chen became Emperor of Shu Han.
43. Fixed an issue where the built-in events ‘Death of Gongsun Du’ and ‘Death of Gongsun Kang’ could not end once triggered.
44. Fixed an issue where Cao Fang and Sima Yan could not properly succeed to the throne.
45. Fixed an issue in the Board task ‘Stolen Grain Case’ where the duel could grant an incorrect reward after the secondary objective was completed.
46. Fixed the range error of Yuan Shao's Command Spirit ‘Noble Lineage’ and the issue where its morale bonus did not apply to allies.
47. Fixed an issue where the Debate card ‘Bitter Advice’ could not be used on yourself.
48. Fixed an issue with abnormal result effects of Sima Yi's Mind Spirit ‘Cunning Veteran’.
49. Fixed an issue in the ‘A Gathering of Heroes’ Scenario where some new Officers had incorrect affiliations.
50. Fixed incorrect equipment and Biographies for several Officers.v1.0.9 (2026/10/08)
1. Fixed the issue where fellow generals couldn't interact in their own homes
2. Addressed the problem where early-stage domestic generals had zero hiring fees
3. Fixed the issue where changing the district type didn't apply the general's commerce value to the district's incomev1.0.8 (2026/10/06)
1. Added a setting option "Turn off backup saves"
2. Fixed some random errorsv1.0.7(2026/10/05)
1. Fixed an abnormal error caused by purchasing property in the county town.
2. Fixed an issue where properties built in a county town without a faction did not update their construction progress.
3. Added settings options: character portrait cloth fluctuation amplitude and character portrait blinking toggle.
4. When loading a mod, if the mod does not include multilingual text, the game's original multilingual text data will be retained in-game (dialogue is unaffected).
5. Add more options to custom difficulty.
6. Added a setting option 'Turn off small scene snow', for players who experience severe lag when entering snowy scenes.

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