Hey everyone, so this update once again is quite broad and covers a lot of areas. I've finally done the majority of my merc planned features and have also added a ton of new features and fixes from playtesting and player suggestion.

MERCENARY UPDATE (19 features)

As has been long promised, I've tried to clear through a bunch of notes I've had on mercenaries including majorly... the fact that mercs never charged anything after the initial cost, now they are paid yearly!

* Added merc companies cost gold each year (credit 71)
* Added merc contracts cancelled if you can't afford them
* Fixed ability to hire throne room mercs but then have them refuse to fight for you as a demon (Credit u/Buckzor122 && Xoren)
* Throne room merc company for hire now shows their unit strength
* Fixed 3 text bugs in hired merc group text
* Added new merc origin story 'Oathbreakers and deserters'
* Added new merc origin story 'Small gorge cave'
* Added new merc origin story 'sworn to a cunning giant'
* Added new merc origin story 'traders and guards'
* Added new merc origin story 'militia and army rejects'
* Added group cost indicator to merc screen
* Fixed missing lines in weak demon merc group assimilation
* Fixed missing lines in weak peasant merc group assimilation
* Fixed missing lines in weak soldier merc group assimilation
* Added new sfx to failing to assimilate group
* Fixed 15 text and grammar bugs in assimilation code
* Added new indicator of group quitting contract if assimilation attempt goes wrong
* Added new sfx to assimilating group
* Added new sfx to assimilating demon group

MAJESTY: THE KINGDOM SIM INSPIRATION (30 features)

Recently picked up the Majesty Gold game on steam and it's a fascinating little gem from the past, it's also got some great character names that appear to be procedurally generated and some were really cool.

* Added 5 new kingdom names (Ardania/Gataria/Tullaria/Skyldale/Troth) (Ardania is the name of the Majesty main kingdom, the rest are derivitives of character names)
* Added new vampire name 'Luthiel'
* Added 26 new human names (inspired by the game)
* Added 3 new gnome names (Nugg/Mung/Fugg)
* Added new name suffix 'Heavystep' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Younger' (+2 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Splitstone' (+7 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Tracker' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Bigfists' (+9 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Skullslam' (+15 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Strongclub' (+12 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Hardswing' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Hardbrow' (+6 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Brightbeard' (+5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Steelforge' (+6 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Scragglebeard' (+1 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'of Downstream' (+1 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Treefeller' (+5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Gnash' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'of the Otherplace' (+13 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Daysbane' (+5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Brightstreak' (+9 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Dusksprinter' (+6 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Briskstep' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Darter' (+10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Quickmoon' (+8 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Sternwill' (+9 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Nightrush' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Observant' (+10 battlescore) (can have extra parts added to it randomly)
* Added new name suffix 'Headlopper' (+30 battlescore)

THRONE ROOM ENCOUNTERS (17 features)

Went through the throne room to fix issues with most of them not having the first letter of the text capitalised, ended up adding 10 new random encounters and making some tweaks and fixes!

* Fixed 585 capitalisation issues in the throne room
* Added new throne room encounter 'Stolen family heirloom'
* Added new throne room encounter 'The item that fell from the sky'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Behind the waterfall'
* Added new throne room encounter 'The Knights duel distraction'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Plague of the countryside'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Village vampire' (only if Wild vampires faction exists)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Village saviour' (only if wild vampires faction exists)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Some ale for the trouble' (only if wild vampires faction exists)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Door pisser'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Little trolls'
* Tweaked bandit joiners in throne room encounters to be avalable at 0 public op or below instead of 5 or below
* Fixed reference to title as king instead of custom title from bandit joiner in throne room
* Added new indicator of rebel gained soldier from rejected bonus-requesting soldier throne room encounter
* Added new indicator of horde gained warlord from rejected bonus-requesting soldier throne room encounter
* Added new indicator of merc group gained unit from rejected bonus-requesting soldier throne room encounter
* Fixed 12 text bugs with bonus requesting soldier throne room encounter

SLAVE FORT IMPROVEMENTS (14 features)

The owned slavers fort definitely had some issues, I've tried to fix as many as I could find and have now reorganised the slave fort management screen a bit.

* Fixed buying slaves dynamic 5 graphics not working
* Added new subscreen for owned slaver fort for buying and selling
* Added new screen with dynamic graphic for taking slaves from the fort (with sfx)
* Added new screen with dynamic graphic for taking slave soldiers from the fort (with sfx)
* Added new screen with dynamic graphic for selling slaves (with sfx)
* Added new screen with dynamic graphic for selling slave soldiers (with sfx)
* Added new screen for not having enough slaves to move
* Added new screen for not having enough slave soldiers to move
* Added new screen for trying to sell more slaves than you have
* Added new screen for trying to sell more slave soldiers than you have
* Added new screen for hiring slavers (with sfx)
* Added new screen for trying to hire more slavers than there are
* Added new screen for not having enough gold to hire slavers
* Fixed exploit to hire more slavers than the max (credit NotFox)

THE LAST KINGDOM INSPIRATION (2 features)

I have been binging the hell out of this series on Netflix and am really enjoying it, saw some great names that I thought could be great in Warsim!

* Added new name suffix 'the Arseling' (-2 battlescore)
* Added 52 new Last Kingdom themed human names (Rypere/Finan/Clapa/Odda/Ceowulf/Eadred/Uhtred/Skorpa/Ubba/Leofric etc)

CUSTOM GAMEMODE DEMON OPTION IMPROVEMENTS (2 features)

Now you can choose to start the game with an even bigger demon horde (2000 demons instead of the previous starting 1500 option) doesn't seem like a huge difference but it is, good luck!

* Reworked custom game demon choice screen
* Added new option to have demon horde start huge (credit u/Jean287)

DARKDALE REVISITED (4 features)

I returned to Darkdale in a playtest and found a few things to fix, will probably be returning here soon with more changes!

* Fixed text bug with Nario dialogue 'Ever so often' (should be every so often)
* Added gold indicator bar to goblin slap stall in Darkdale
* Added notification showing if ceremony of Ha'Hah is underway in cult temple (if town is ruled by cultist king)
* Added 3 alt dialogues for Mystic Myck if cult of Ha'Hah rules darkdale

BLACKMARKET GOLD INDICATOR (10 features)

Trawled through the Blackmarket and found a mountain of issues that needed resolving, first and foremost a lot of locations where you could buy stuff but couldn't see how much gold you have.

* Added current gold indicator to Blackmarket bluetrii stall
* Added current gold indicator to Elixir stall
* Added current gold indicator to orb stall
* Added current gold indicator to cheat seller stall
* Added current gold indicator to blessings stall
* Added current gold indicator to Book rental stall
* Added current gold indicator to mushroom stall
* Added current gold indicator to newspaper stall
* Added current gold indicator to wheel of wealth stall
* Added current gold indicator to key stall

BLACKMARKET FORTRESS (7 features)

I noticed some changed needed for the various possible Blackmarket Forts, these vary depending on the type of leader the market has.

* Added new screen for entering guarded Blackmarket fort
* Added new screen for entering goblin guarded Blackmarket fort
* Added new screen for entering bandit guarded Blackmarket fort
* Fixed 3 text bugs in Blackmarket leader dialogues
* Reworked Blackmarket owned by player main fort intro
* Reworked Blackmarket tax income breakdown screen
* Reworked layout of destroy Blackmarket when owned screen

GOBLIN HALL OF HEROES (4 features)

Goblin hall of heroes in Dockrow had a few issues, now resolved!

* Added new indicator of price discount in goblin hero hall for Blackmarket owners
* Added new indicator of gold spent entering goblin hall of heroes
* Added new sound effect when paying to enter goblin hall of heroes
* Fixed Orlak steel jaw text bug in goblin hall of heroes

THE QUEENS REVENGE (6 features)

Noticed this ship was a bit lackluster in Dockrow in the market during a playtest, also ended up finding out that the 'slaves' they sold were actually bluetrii fruits... weird bug.

* Added new screen with sfx for hiring slaves from queens revenge ship
* Fixed buying slaves from queens revenge gave you bluetrii instead
* Added screen for not having the gold to buy slaves from the queens revenge
* Added screen for trying to buy from empty queens revenge ship
* Added screen for expensive slave question to queens revenge
* Added screen for do I have to buy all question to queens revenge

OTHER BLACKMARKET CHANGES (20 features)

Everything else I fixed in the market, I tried to sweep through as much of the place as I could and found plenty to improve.

* Added new screen for re-establishing minor bandit groups from Blackmarket dens (with sfx)
* Added new screen and sound effect for eating mushrooms in mushroom stall in Blackmarket
* Reworked Blackmarket sudden death gold layout
* Fixed the rules of Northern sudden death in the Blackmarket
* Fixed grammar bug with Blackmarket gamemaster out of gold
* Fixed Wulf Thorenson text layout issues
* Added new screen for trying to pay for Wulf performance but not having the gold
* Fixed blackmarket stalls screen text bug
* Fixed 4 text bugs in Orb stall in Blackmarket
* Fixed 6 text bugs in blessings stall
* Added new screen for paying for blessings from blessing stall
* Fixed text bug in key stall
* Fixed 2 text bugs in Blackmarket Gallows
* Fixed 4 text bugs in asking for joiners in Blackmarket
* Reworked Blackmarket joiner screen
* Fixed 3 text bugs in 4th bandit den in Blackmarket
* Fixed 3 text bugs in 5th bandit den in Blackmarket
* Fixed Aerondiir blackmarket text bug
* Fixed 2 issues with Blackmarket graphics having 'A' banner of Aslona instead of whatever your kingdom symbol is
* Reworked Blackmarket conquest tour Dockrow description and textbug

BUGFIXES (7 features)

A bunch of loose bugs that didn't exactly fit anywhere else!

* Fixed grammar issue with foreign troop hire (credit GauRocks)
* Fixed slave freeing diplomacy crash bug
* Fixed 0 slave and 0 slave soldier hire screen bugs
* Fixed ruffian gang interaction text bug
* Fixed market slave seller in Ogloobs tavern still active even with 0 slaves
* Fixed Aslona reference in demon joke
* Fixed several arasuk elder dialogues not having a graphic

EVERYTHING ELSE (4 features)

A handful of loose things that couldn't fit anywhere else. And also a huge thank you tons to Warsim's new patron Nehoy the lord!

* Added new name suffix 'the Dreamless' (-2 battlescore) (credit Cat)
* Added new dwarf name 'Axtadar' (credit u/Axtadar)
* Added gold indicator to wishing well screen
* Added new patreon patron name to Gro'lok's stump (thank you Nehoy!)

WHAT'S NEXT

I've got a big list of stuff that still needs to be sorted through so I'm going to get straight onto that. Warsim is also nearing a very awesome milestone and I've got something up my sleeve planned for it!

Cheers

Huw