Update 0.12.3: Windows Standalone Build and Battle Simulation Performance

Marshals,

Update 0.12.3 is now available for Crown Marshal.

This update introduces a Windows standalone build that runs without the Steam client, along with major low-level performance improvements to the battle simulation. The game engine has also been updated to Godot 4.7.1.

New Features

Windows Standalone Build

Added a Windows standalone build.

Crown Marshal can now be downloaded directly from the official website and played without running the Steam client.

The Windows standalone build supports:

• Steam sign-in
• Email sign-in
• FOGMOE sign-in

Steam sign-in is completed through your system browser.

The standalone and Steam versions fully share:

• Accounts
• Progress
• Crown balances
• Purchased content

Crown top-ups are not available directly in the Windows standalone build.

Crown purchases must still be completed through the Steam client.

Crowns you already own can still be used normally in the standalone build for:

• Purchases
• Exchanges

With the release of the Windows standalone build, the web version has been retired.

The official website now provides access to:

• Steam
• Windows standalone download

Fixes and Improvements

Battle Simulation Performance

Moved the battle simulation's spatial calculations to a native C++ core.

The new native implementation covers:

• Target candidate calculations
• Movement and path blocking
• Collision handling
• In-group spacing
• Projectile checks

In a dense test containing 244 groups and 1,464 battle members, simulation time per tick was reduced to approximately one-third of its previous level.

This improves performance during:

• Large-scale battles
• High-unit-count late-game rounds

The optimization does not change:

• Battle results
• Event order
• Settlement
• Replay contents

Godot 4.7.1

Updated the game engine to Godot 4.7.1.

Thank you for your continued support and feedback.

See you on the battlefield, Marshals!