NEW UPDATE 1.4.0 AVAILABLE ON PHARAOH: A NEW ERA

Greetings Pharaohs,

Added Defense System:

• Defensive structures now trigger a defensive zone around them
  
• Surrounding a zone with defensive structures protects it entirely
  
• Civil buildings located in a defensive zone cannot be destroyed in the aftermath of a battle
  
• All invasions now trigger a round of destruction of civil buildings (can only be countered if your army is stronger than the invader’s)
  
• Your city is now more vulnerable to destruction if you lose or narrowly win a battle
  
• Added Defense Overlay to display the current defensive zones
  
• Predators inside a defensive zone can no longer attack walkers
  

Fixed:

• Fixed Overseer of the Military displaying bow icon for upgraded infantry
  
• Fixed soldiers layering on battle screen
  
• Enemy death count now rounds up properly
  
• Increased tower effect on battle calculation
  
• Decreased the price for walls, towers and gatehouses
  
• Fixed troop returns event message
  
• Temple Complex to Seth bonuses are now: Losing fewer troops during battles and Troops gain more experience after a battle
  
• The Overseer of the Military is now disabled on maps where no military building is available
  
• Overseer of the Treasury now displays money loss after being defeated in battle
  

Level Design optimization:

• Behdet : Added Walls, Towers and Gatehouses with better starting funds.
  
• Byblos : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Dakhla Oasis : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Dunqul Oasis : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Heh : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Pyramid Scheme : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Saqqara : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Sawu : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Serabit Khadim : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Small Oasis : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  
• Timna : Added Walls, Towers and Gatehouses. Updated tutorial to introduce new military features. Better starting funds.
  
• Toshka : Predators are now set as Hyenas instead of Scorpions
  

Various bug fixes, changes and level design optimizations:

• Units can now be upgraded in Forts even if resources are scattered across multiple storage yards
  
• Fixed Rotated Gatehouses placement
  
• Fixed a bug soft-locking monuments when saving/loading during the “remove grass” step
  
• Fixed a guild worker-related error
  
• Various fixes on monument workers
  
• Prebuilt monuments now count towards monument rating only when the monument is required to win the current mission
  
• Fixed chained events delay trigger where some events were never called
  
• Population Milestones no longer trigger when loading a save
  
• Gift illustrations are now properly randomized every time you send a new gift
  
• Fixed gift window close button
  
• The game now sends an alert when the Kingdom road is blocked for migrants
  
• Cheat code “Treasure Chest” gives 10,000 Debens instead of 1,000
  
• Confirm button now works properly in the cheat console
  
• Fixed Conservatory flat mode icon
  
• Storage building UI is now updated when goods are being thrown away
  
• Traders from different cities that sell the same goods no longer trade more than the requested quantity
  
• Merchants no longer complain they didn’t sell anything when they actually did
  
• Added tooltip to nilometer
  
• Wood Cutters are now better at finding trees
  
• Reed Gatherers are also better at finding reeds
  
• Improved distribution of workers among buildings
  
• Overseer of Workers now uses the new building icons
  
• Fixed a carrier-related crash
  
• Fixed collapse risk overlay
  
• Fixed crane birds Z-index
  
• Fixed storage method to prevent an infinite loop leading to a crash
  
• Optimized Monument rendering to improve performance
  
• Optimized Walkers’ surrounding detection
  
• Optimized random path computation
  
• Optimized road construction & destruction
  
• Fixed period achievements unlock
  
• Fixed desirability update when removing an object
  
• Firefighters now walk through ruins
  
• Firefighters now extinguish burning ruins
  
• Fixed transfer of personal funds between missions
  
• Fixed Water overlay
  
• Fixed Health Overlay tooltip
  
• Asleep buildings are now properly saved
  
• Temple Complexes’ altars and oracles are now properly displayed after a save
  
• Fixed deserialization of locusts on meadow farms
  
• Several localization fixes
  
• Alexandria (Custom Mission) : Fixed Crocodile spawn points
  
• Henen-Nesw : Trade increase events for Sauty now target Gems instead of Copper
  
• Hetepsenusret : Added Weavers
  
• Hostile Nations : Added Zoos, Game Meat and Hunting Lodges. Removed Meat and Cattle Ranches.
  
• Iken : Fixed crocodile spawn points positions
  
• Iunet : Added Weavers & Jewelers
  
• Meidum : “Price decreased” events now target Incense instead of Jewelry. Added Walls, Towers and Gatehouses
  
• Pi-Yer : “Price increased” events can now also target Incense and Ivory
  
• Rostja : Added Breweries
  
• Rowarty : “Price decreased” events targeting Jewelry can now also target Ebony and Ivory
  
• Selima Oasis : Added Walls and Towers
  
• Steps : Weapons can now be stored in storage yards