Major WARSTEAD Update: Naval Features, Weather and Better Performance!

Dear WARSTEAD community,

This update brings new possibilities at sea, refreshed building visuals and numerous improvements to logistics and performance. A new weather system also makes its debut in the main game!

Ships and Naval Features

• New troop transport carrying up to eight units, including loading, unloading and saving passengers with your game.
• New warship with two cannons on each side. Valid targets are enemy ships, harbors and watchtowers.
• Watchtowers can engage ships and are particularly effective against warships.
• The shipyard now displays construction progress and missing materials more clearly. Ship construction orders can also be canceled.
• Founding a settlement now creates a visible construction site with a progress indicator. Canceling removes the site.

Updated Visuals

• Houses, the shipyard, marketplace and harbor have received visual updates.
• Construction workers now carry a hammer.

Residents and Goods Deliveries

• Resident spawning at the warehouse has been revised to avoid unnecessary trips from the marketplace.
• Bottlenecks in path preparation, building access and transport priorities have been addressed.
• Urgent delivery orders that cannot be completed no longer continually push aside other deliveries.

Better Performance for Growing Settlements

In a comparable save-game test, performance increased from approximately 59–62 to around 83 FPS at 1920 × 1080 with maximum graphics quality .

Actual performance depends on your hardware and save game. A large stress test with 350 carriers was also conducted.

The benchmark setup was corrected as well, including a sideways marketplace and unsuitable worker starting positions.

New Weather System in the Main Game

A new weather model featuring rain, dry conditions, drought and a water balance system has been integrated, adding another layer to your settlement simulation.

The weather system is exclusive to the main game.

Translations and Credits

• Translations for buildings, goods, research, Oswin and demo notices have been refined.
• Missing translations for new features have been added.
• The credits have been fully updated, including Michael, Stephan, Kenji and the NVIDIA technologies used.

Thank you for your support, ideas and feedback! They help me continue improving WARSTEAD, step by step.

Michael Nighthaven Interactive