Hi Everyone, The latest patch of Shadow Empire is avaialble now! Steam will/should auto update to the latest version. You may need to restart either client if it doesn't! Changelist for 1.11.00 -If AI has been collecting lower quality models after making replacements. This has been addressed and now its SHQ is going to directly deploy the unneeded ones (for repl.troops) in new units. -AI is now only replacing troops now with newer models if XP is at least 40 as the whole idea in the first place was to retain the XP at the front (and sending the new troops to the older version equipment) -Some minor AI algorithms concerning replacing troops revised. -In some cases there will will now be less requests to hire a faction candidate. -Fixed a crash during “flak front processing” message (starfry) -Fixed occasions of faulty nato counters in history screen -Reduced Flak production for AI some further. -Fixed eternal loop in human-human PBEM game (mroll) -Fixed small glitch with Battlegroup formation from SHQ -Fixed issue with Strategic Movement caused in earlier v1.10.X open beta -GPU accelerated in-game DPI scaling added which should speed up a lot playing the game with DPI scaling enabled. -The DPI scaling done by the GPU is sharper than the previous DPI scaling done by the CPU. -Sped up the scrolling speed by using shifting direct memory copies within the same map bitmap -Sped up the scrolling and map clicking speed by not recalculating or redrawing the windows that are overlaid over the map and separating the underlying map drawing and the overdraw (making cache-ing possible). -Fixed bug with Advice window after end turn (Voker57 / thomas) -Fixed bug with receiving a new leader with a regime profile above 100 -Finetuning Militia equipment improvement in games that last hundreds of rounds (hyveltush) -AI work done on quality of tactical level movements. -AI work done on reducing the tendency of giving ground in general. -AI work done of making super aggressive regimes less likely to completely overextend -AI work done on making the AI more likely to invest more in its current military than in its future military (by economic expansion) if threatened a lot. -AI work done on making the AI wait a bit longer before constructing bigger units instead of more units. -AI work done on reducing buying of Flak gun units/replacements at some points. And in general stop buying (much) replacements of troops we have less need of. -AI stops playing some (often) stupid Stratagems on its OHQs -AI improved OOB raising order (less chance to stay stuck in infantry formations only) -AI improvements to moving to correct part of a frontArea -AI improvements with entrenchment -AI improvements with encircled troops -Fixed an issue with Free Folk increasing way too much in some circumstances -Fixed an issue with a savefile getting to large due to extremely large high node logistical network (game will prune some data now if its logs get too big) -Fixed issue with Zone assignment upon rebel unit placement during turn (decision result) -Fixed crash at start of turn calculations with trade (volker) -Fixed an anomaly with the sliders on some systems -Fixed an anomaly in the trade reports -Fixed category of forced sales from private to public in the reporting -Fixed an anomaly with scientific cooperation (not getting tech points from partner) -Fixed rare crash during elections with a class-based voting system in place. -You can now set import & export tariffs on the non-aligned regimes. Can be handy if you want certain items not to leave your Zones or to make a little extra buck! -Fixed a rare issue with private asset doubling public asset that was delegated -Fixed a bug with disappearing air units after artillery attack on them -Fixed an interface glitchy state after asking research decision to a director in the case where no research fields were actually available. -Fixed crash due to an misconfigured AI Regime SHQ inventory (Alex) -Fixed glitch where you were not paying PP for Zone Merge -Fixed ZOC ghosts in multi-player game where one human player has resigned -Truck/Rail/HS Rail Station higher levels now have reduced upkeep workers* -Rail/HS Rail Station higher levels now have reduced construction round for higher levels* -Truck/Rail/HS Rail Station higher levels now have increased truck/rail point production* -Some cards like Eager Industrialist will no longer cause double Asset Type to appear when playing on a Zone where the lower level Asset Type in question is in construction. We hope you enjoy!