🛠️ War of Banners Dev Note #31: War System Overhaul & New Diplomacy Features

※ Notice: Due to the addition of new systems and changes, save files from previous versions are no longer compatible.

Hello, everyone.

In this update, we are introducing a revamped war system where conflicts between factions can escalate into large-scale coalition wars, alongside new diplomacy features.

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War System Overhaul

• Each war now unfolds centered around two core factions directly opposing each other.
• When war breaks out, both factions can request their allies, liege, and vassals to join the war depending on the situation.
• Participating factions can also request their own allies to join, which may trigger a chain reaction of involvement and potentially escalate into a large-scale war.

Diplomacy System & New Features

• Free Navigation: Added the ability to freely zoom in, zoom out, and pan across the Diplomacy screen using the mouse wheel and dragging.
• War Status Overview: Added a feature to intuitively check ongoing wars across the continent and the involvement of respective factions.
• Player Location Indicator: Added an indicator showing the player's current position on the Diplomacy screen.
• New Diplomacy Actions: Added new diplomatic options—such as Alliance Request, Call to Arms, and Withdraw—for more proactive interactions between factions.
• Diplomatic Situation Notifications: Added notifications when major diplomatic events occur, such as alliances or war declarations, allowing players to clearly track geopolitical shifts.
• Faction Mercenary Recruitment: Lords and faction parties can now directly hire nearby mercenaries to fight alongside them in combat.
• Faction Relationship Dynamics: Polished behavioral logic to foster more dynamic friendly and hostile relationships between factions.
• Lord Relation Inheritance: When a faction's lord dies, their successor inherits a portion of the relation value held with the previous lord.

World

• Increased Fief Outlying Structure Spawn Rate: Increased the spawn chance of outlying structures around fiefs, such as various huts and hamlets.
• Increased Merchant Funds: Increased the amount of gold held by merchants.

Graphics & UI

• Icon Visual Improvements: Reworked and improved icon visuals for Proficiencies, Skills, and Traits to enhance clarity.

System Optimization

• Optimized memory usage to improve gameplay stability and performance.

Dev Note: Text Polish for the Diplomacy Overhaul

Following the major overhaul of the diplomacy and war systems, we are currently revising existing in-game diplomacy text. We will update the wording as soon as possible with more accurate and natural phrasing.

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