WARSTEAD Update: Neue Kampfsteuerung, Handelssystem und 14 weitere Sprachen!

WARSTEAD – Major Game Update Announced!

Redesigned Trading House, Tactical Combat Controls, Improved Logistics, and 14 Additional Languages!

Dear Warstead Community, Development of Warstead continues to move forward! Over the past few days, we've been working intensively on numerous improvements. Our main focus has been on the trading system, military controls, transport logistics, and the user interface. We've also significantly expanded international language support. With 14 additional languages, we want to make Warstead accessible to even more players around the world. Our tutorial companion Oswin is also receiving expanded language support. Good news: We're planning to release the major Warstead update for you as early as tonight! Here's a look at the new features and improvements coming with this update!

The Trading House Has Been Completely Redesigned!

Trading plays a central role in Warstead's economy. That's why we've redesigned the Trading House both visually and functionally. The new design stays true to Warstead's familiar medieval style while providing a much clearer and more convenient interface.

• Trade offers from your trading partners are now displayed first.
• Goods offered by neutral factions can be found below in a scrollable overview.
• Buying and selling are available simultaneously and are clearly distinguished by color.
• Prices, package sizes, stock levels, and trading requirements are displayed more clearly.

Our goal: Faster trading, a clearer overview, and more convenient management of your trading relationships!

New Combat Controls and Tactical Formations

Military controls have also received a major overhaul. With the new combat controls, you can select your troops more precisely, choose formations, and individually determine the order of your unit types.

Improved Unit Selection

Whenever you select combat units, the new combat menu replaces the contents of the lower construction bar. The familiar outer frame remains completely unchanged, allowing the new controls to integrate seamlessly into the existing user interface.

• Swordsmen, Archers, and Musketeers can be selected individually using compact buttons featuring their familiar unit portraits.
• Unit counters continuously display the number of selected units.
• When selecting a specific unit type, subsequent commands apply exclusively to those troops.

Four Formations for Your Army

The new formation system gives you additional options for organizing your armies. Four compact formation buttons with graphical dot patterns are available:

• Line – Your troops stand in a wide formation.
• Column – A narrow formation with units positioned behind one another.
• Triangle – A wedge-shaped formation.
• Block – A compact, tightly grouped formation.

Each formation has its own graphical preview, allowing you to quickly recognize and select your preferred arrangement.

Customize the Order of Your Troops

In addition to choosing a formation shape, you can decide which unit types occupy specific positions within your formation.

• Three numbered formation positions display the current order of your unit types.
• Arrow buttons allow you to determine which unit type stands at the front, in the middle, or at the rear.
• Formation shape and unit order can be adjusted independently.

This gives you much greater control over organizing your armies and preparing your preferred tactical formations!

New Rally Points for Barracks

Training and organizing new soldiers is becoming more convenient as well. Completed Barracks now receive a customizable rally point.

• The rally point can be freely positioned on the map.
• A compact map marker indicates the selected location.
• Newly trained recruits automatically move to their assigned rally point.

This makes it easier to gather, organize, and prepare your troops for their next deployment.

Improved Transport Logistics and Workforce Management

A reliable supply of goods is at the heart of every successful settlement. That's why we've further optimized transport mechanics and increased the carrying capacity of transport units in single-player mode.

Increased Transport Capacity

The following transport capacities will apply in single-player mode:

• Carriers can transport up to 5 goods per trip.
• Pack Donkeys can transport up to 10 goods per trip.

This allows your transport units to move larger quantities of goods at once. These changes are intended to make transportation more efficient and improve the supply of goods to your production buildings.

Optimized Goods Distribution

We've also improved the internal transport management system:

• Pickups and deliveries now account for available goods more reliably.
• Available storage capacity is considered more accurately when planning transport orders.
• Existing transport orders are taken into account more reliably.
• Outdated goods reservations no longer block available transport slots.
• The available workforce display now correctly accounts for assigned construction workers and terrain levelers.

These improvements are intended to stabilize your production chains and reduce unnecessary interruptions in the supply of goods.

14 Additional Languages for Warstead!

Warstead is becoming more international! With the upcoming main game update, we're expanding language support by a total of 14 additional languages. We want to make Warstead accessible to even more players worldwide and make it easier for everyone to enter our medieval settlement-building world.

These 14 Languages Are Being Added:

• French
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Danish
• Greek
• Japanese
• Malay
• Norwegian
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Russian
• Spanish (Latin America)
• Czech
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese

In addition, numerous translations have been added and existing language elements have been improved. Unit selection has also been enhanced with localized hover tooltips. Our goal is to welcome players from all around the world to Warstead, regardless of the language they speak!

Meet Oswin – Our Tutorial Companion Is Learning More Languages!

Our interactive tutorial companion Oswin continues to evolve! After introducing Oswin as your personal guide through the first steps of Warstead, we're now expanding his language support. Oswin helps you learn the fundamentals of settlement building, resource management, economic development, and production chains. His introduction consists of 17 consecutive tutorial steps that guide you through the game's most important mechanics. With expanded language support, we want to make this introduction accessible to even more players. This makes the journey from your first Woodcutter's Hut to a fully functioning settlement even more accessible!

User Interface Improvements

Alongside the major new features, we've also improved several smaller but important details.

• A new castle icon now represents the "New Game" option.
• Golden indicator arrows make it easier to identify the search areas of your Geologists.
• Unit number readability has been optimized for different screen resolutions.

These adjustments are designed to simplify controls and make important information easier to recognize.

Game Startup Bug Fixes

Another issue affected the selection of shared game data when launching Warstead through Steam. In certain situations, outdated additional content folders could prevent the current game package from being loaded correctly. This issue has now been fixed. Outdated additional content folders no longer override the current game package. This ensures that the intended, up-to-date game data is used when launching the game.

Thank You for Your Continued Support!

The ongoing development of Warstead remains a project we're deeply passionate about. With this upcoming update, we want to improve overall usability, stabilize economic processes, and give you significantly more control over your military units. The new formation system and redesigned Trading House are especially important steps toward making Warstead more intuitive and strategically versatile. At the same time, we're excited to welcome even more players from different countries with the addition of 14 new languages. Your feedback, suggestions, and continued support help us improve Warstead every step of the way. The new Warstead update is currently expected to be released tonight! We're looking forward to bringing these improvements to you and, of course, hearing your feedback. Thank you for your patience, your interest, and your continued support! We hope you have a fantastic time building settlements, trading, and conquering in Warstead! Your Nighthaven Interactive Team