Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

News Release For Immediate Release


Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
Version 3.15 Now Ready For Immediate Download!


Hampstead, NC, 06 March 2008

The best keeps getting better! The mad Swedish geniuses behind the multi-award
winning Dominions 3: The Awakening, Illwinter Game Design, and their publisher
Shrapnel Games (that would be us) would like to announce a brand new patch is
available for the game.

As you've come to expect the patch, which is version 3.15, contains a mixture of cool
new features and the elimination of a number of bugs. Players will happily note that one
of those eliminated bugs is the scale spread bug that brought woe to some. Some other
notable highlights that should bring a smile to your face and put a spring in your step:
MA Ulm and LA Abysia boosted and Ermor domkill at proper levels now.

A complete list of what can be found in the version 3.15 update includes:

The Features:

* MA & LA Ulm sexier.
* Ulm Iron Faith: Black Priests in MA Ulm, Priest Smiths.
* Iron Faith spells: Iron Darts, Iron Blizzard.
* Iron Angel, MA Ulm summon to battle enemy sacreds and magical beings.
* Guardians got Black Halberds that stun enemy sacreds.
* Ghoul Guardians no longer sacred, but got Black Halberds.
* Halt Heretic: New ability on Iron Angel, Ulrich hero and Lord Guardians.
* Plate armors slightly better. Ulm plate armors more so.
* LA Abysia sexier.
* Slayer cult: Anathemant Slayers, common slayers noncapital.
* LA Anathemants got death magic.
* LA Smoulderghosts sacred.
* Warbreds: huge humanbreds bred for war.
* Late Abysian Hero
* Fossilized Giants, LA Abysian summon.
* Altered spell: Hidden in Snow more expensive and gives more units. Also more
effective with luck, magic and turmoil.
* New spell: Hidden in Sand. Summons dust walkers if cast in a wasteland. More
powerful in luck, magic and turmoil.
* Altered spell: Flight is personal.
* New spell: Gift of Flight.
* New icons: Halt Heretic, Animal Awe, Spy and Assassin.
* Avalon witch changes: Crones strat move 1, mother and daughter random nature/air.
* New national militia events for UW nations.

The Bug Fixes and Balance Changes.

* Scale spread bug fixed.
* Ermor domkill upped to proper levels.
* Old militia event made rare.
* Peshti got Kite Shields.
* Peshti Spearman strat move 2.
* Bogatyr strat move 3.
* Some more strat move fixes.
* Plague Scythe -> twohanded.
* Exarch and Kosheij got robes.
* Grid Druzhina cold res 50.
* Fivefold Angel stump attack instead of fist.
* Simargl Falchion -> bite.
* Simargl patrol -> 10.
* Bloodlord helmet.
* Rigor mortis no longer affects inanimates.
* Internal Alchemy works properly.
* Demonbred got correct age.
* Forester and Bakemono scout stealth fix.
* Moose Riders cheaper 45 -> 30.
* #coldpower mod command fixed.

The patch can be downloaded directly from Shrapnel Games and is available for
Windows, Mac, and Linux. Point your browser to:

www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/Dom3/6.htm

Dominions 3: The Awakening is a fantasy turn-based strategy game that proves that
today's gaming landscape still has room for the garage developer. It's also probably the
best damn hardcore turn based fantasy strategy game you'll ever play, but you already
know that since you're reading up on the patch. Unless you just like to collect game
patches. In which case go on and grab the demo from the same spot and see why
everyone worships at the altar of Illwinter. Then once enthralled head on over to the
Gamers Front and grab a copy to apply this patch to, especially since it's on sale all
month long!

Throughout March Dominions 3: The Awakening is $7.00 off its normal retail price of
$54.95! Don't have it yet? Great time to grab it. Already have it? Christmas is only
nine months away and it makes a perfect gift! Remember, you can never have enough
Dominions in your life!

For more information on Dominions 3: The Awakening, or to check out any of our other
fine products, please visit us at www.shrapnelgames.com. Recent releases include the
modder's paradise dungeoncrawl of Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa and coming
soon to a tabletop near you, Eat Electric Death!, the tactical starship combat board game
set in the Infinite Space universe.

To visit our company blog go to www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blog/

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Yahooo! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

At last!

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Wow ! My 2 favourite nations, Ulm&Abysia buffed !!

Finally

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Woo hoo! Let the downloading begin!

Many thanks to the developers and testers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Thanks for fixing the scale spread bug!

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Nice update. I think LA Ulm got a fairly nice boost out of this.

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Hurray! Moose riders cheaper! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

This is terrific!

Regards,

Grell

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Thanks!

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Thank you once more!

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

YEEEAAH!!! I look foreword to many more!!

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Awesome.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

We all praise The God Lords of IllWinter !!!

Heu ...

In fact, we all praise OurSelves, but thanks anyway http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

We really appreciate this attention from you, Mr the Developpers. Again, a great big thanks for your work.

Q'Xel

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

I am the God Lord!

Bow to me,
splendidly!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

*bows*

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

i'm still trying the demo and STILL thinking of buying the game (someday)

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

I *had* weekend plans, you bastards. Fine, I'll chain myself to the keyboard.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

This is hands down the most hilarious thing I've read all week. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Awesome news! I'll be DLing it when I get home tonight.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Buying the game will increase chances of us seeing a Dominions_4.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Dominions 4 isn't planned at the moment, but Illwinter is working on something they haven't detailed yet. Seeing as Illwinter has produced and patched games even when they didn't sell that well (Dom1), I doubt buying a copy does much.

It will allow you to try out Lanka, the evil blood/death/demons monkey nation with reanimating priests, though. And lots of other things, but anyone who plays the demo would be familiar with Kailasa, the not-evil monkey nation.

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Agreed, one single purchase doesn't do much. However with each purchase it's another drop of recognition. Considering how well DOM_3 has sold, I bet after a year or two shrapnelgames may plead or beg for a DOM_4.

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Shrapnel is not the pleading kind of folks and we are not responding to cries of despair, as you should well know http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

If there will ever be a Dom4 it is in the very far future. Perhaps we make it when we are sitting restless in an old-peoples-home http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

We are working on another project now. It won't be dominions, it won't be CoE. Hopefully it will be fun.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

No sorry you are just a general, says so right below your name.

We just salute to higher ranking officers, no bowing though

/me salutes KO

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You know, I'm sure someone could get shrapnel to put KO in a usergroup called "God Lord" or whatever it was.

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*bows, splendidly*
All hail - and may you have many years of game producing ahead of you.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Maybe there's two different Kristoffers, because 24 hours ago there was this post regarding the ULM changes:

So it appears cries of despair works after all, just not all the time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


Luckily Stardock is working on a great TBS fantasy game for release in 2009 which includes multiplayer. I've seen topics on several forums buzzing with excitement about the game.
Best of luck on the new project! I hope it works out great. Whether you plan to do an RPG, RTS, FPS or something else the community here will gladly toss ideas to help.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Huh, I actually got that #patrolbonus I wanted.
Now I could finish my mod, not to mention having a hell of a lot of fun with the game again.

Except that I don't have a personal computer at the moment, due to a fried motherboard.

This must be a conspiracy of some sort, I swear.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Question goes, do I need to patch one at the time from the first to the last - or can I just drive the last one and get all those updated features from earlier patches along?

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

All previous patches are included in the new one.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

The newest patch will give you all the updates.

Jazzepi

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Aesthetically speaking, I'd go with "Lord God", or "Lord of All Creation".

Now if we could just get the Devs to grant EA R'lyeh some funky goodness, I'd be a very happy badger

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Anyone have an idea of when the next patch is coming out?

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Nope http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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My four player multiplay is on hold until the next batch. I can't in good conscience invade Marignions line of Citadels when the fortress is broken.

Come on Johan & Cristoffer, we need a critical patch.

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Oops. Havn't thought about this one for a while. Last time I looked the proper castle was missing fro our backups. I need to look into other files and possibly old CD-backups.

We will get you a placeholder castle if we don't find the proper one.

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Would you mind looking at the Ermorian Citadel too? Those two forts are the only ones that are broken and of them, the Citadel is the more critical one.

Also, would it be possible to fix it by using the Dominions 2 fort file?

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Nope. Different format. Actually I think the problem is that it is the old dom2 citadel that has replaced the correct one. Content have changed which makes stuff look weird. Not sure though.

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

Didn't I post a version where the citadel looked like a castle, already, on the other forum?

Re: Dominions 3: The Awakening Updated Once Again!
 

If you're like me, you've been watching this thread specifically. I'm bumping it to let you know the patch is finally out.

(*goes to check out Hinnom*)