- Knights of Honor II Patch 1.7.0 - 16 January 2024
Update Overview This is the sixth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. This time we focused on rebellions and added new features to allow players to better handle rebellions and unrest. As always, thank you to everyone who tried this version during our beta and provided us with feedback. Changes to Rebellions Even the wisest of rulers sometimes cannot prevent a revolt against their rule. Until now, a rebel army could only be defeated in battle. With this update, we are also giving players the opportunity to give in to the rebels’ demands and restore order quickly. • New Feature: “Pay off rebellion” Players can now choose to pay off a rebellion to quickly restore order. Paying off a rebellion costs gold and all conquered provinces are ceded to the rebels. Special rebels like loyalists can also demand additional provinces. • Imminent rebellions are now indicat…
- Knights of Honor II - Beta Patch 1.7.0b1 - 22 December 2023
Hi everyone and welcome to the Beta of the 7th major patch for Knights of Honor II: Sovereign! The current Beta version is now available on Steam. To access it just right-click on the game in your library, select “properties”, switch to the tab named “Betas” and choose “publicbeta – Public Beta Builds” in the top-right dropdown. You can opt-out of the Beta at any time by choosing “None”. Please note: • Beta builds are not fully tested like release builds. While we do some tests to make sure nothing major is broken, some bugs are to be expected. • To play multiplayer with other players, you need to make sure all players are using the same version of the game. • Mods may not be compatible with the Beta branch. If you plan on giving feedback, please deactivate all mods you have installed. Please report any feedback or bugs in our bug tracker. You can also discuss the new features either on…
- Knights of Honor II Patch Notes Game ver. 1.6.0 - 14 November 2023
Update Overview This is the fifth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. With this update, we added more depth and features to the game’s Vassalage mechanics, allowing players to choose if their vassals should contribute to their war efforts, economy or books and faith income. This version also adds more modifiers to the Army Supply system, making it even more important for players to keep an eye on their armies’ situation. Running out of supplies now has a serious impact on your soldiers’ performance and can easily turn the tide in battle. Special thanks to everyone who tried this version during our public beta. Your feedback was invaluable, and we will certainly continue the public beta with the next version. Keep your eyes open for the next couple of weeks for our beta-announcement on Steam and Discord! Changes to Vassalage We added three special types of v…
- Knights of Honor II Beta Patch Notes 1.6.0b4 - 7 November 2023
Bugfixes and changes • Fixed a major bug causing vassals to demand their sovereign’s support every time a campaign was loaded. This will still happen if a savegame from a previous patch version is loaded, saving the campaign with this patch version fixes the problem. • Updated the Convert Vassal Religion Action Icon • Decreased crown authority penalty for refusing to help a vassal from -3 to -2 • Decreased cleric opinion penalty for refusing to help a vassal from -3 to -1
- Knights of Honor II Beta Patch Notes - 3 November 2023
Game ver. 1.6.0b3, 03-Nov -2023 Build version 31750 Bugfixes and changes - Added translations - Fixed text bug: replaced "+0.5 gold per worker" with "+100% gold from population" in Scutage tooltip - Fixed text bug: "Castle" instead of "Keep" - Fixed ConvertVassalReligionAction counting the wrong type of religions for neighbors penalty - Fixed a bug that when stacking too many negative modifiers, chances for a successful action would go up instead of being 0 - Vassals will now accept almost any province if offered - Halved the time required for the 3 Declare Vassal Action - Made all Vassal Actions require the king to not be leading an army - Starting wars created at the start of a campaign now have -75% chance to be declared against a vassal (reduces the Demand Sovereign Defend messages at the start of the game) - Made AI more hesitant to attack vassals with strong sovereigns - Added Dem…
- Beta Program for Knights of Honor II: Sovereign - 27 October 2023
Hi everyone and welcome to the start of the beta program of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign! Since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, we are gathering your feedback and implemented many new features and quality of life improvements, including much-requested items like better camera controls and higher zoom levels, better modding support, shattered world scenario, additional actions for the Knights of the Royal Council, more Unification Quests and countless more. Your feedback and your ideas were a tremendous help for us to identify what would benefit the game most, which is why we decided to add a dedicated beta phase to all future updates where you can give feedback on the next update before it gets released. The next patch 1.6.0 will add new options to get the most out of your subjects and interact with your vassals. You can find the full patch notes below this post. The cu…
- Knights of Honor II Hotfix Game ver. 1.5.1 - 28 September 2023
The following hotfix is currently being delivered to your kingdoms: Fixed several texts missing in the German version Fixed issues with exiled prisoners happening with save games created prior to version 1.5.0 Fixed performance issues with campaigns that were created with a version prior to 1.5.0 Note: Issues with save games could carry over to new games when the new game started after a player loaded an affected save game. Affected save games should be fixed with the new version and can be resumed as usual.
- Knights of Honor II Patch Notes Game ver. 1.5.0 - 19 September 2023
Update Overview This is the fourth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. This version adds new unification quests for many kingdoms along with an improved UI to show the quest’s status. A new setting allows players to place up to 18 buildings in a single province, which not only increases the importance of smaller kingdoms with few provinces, but also introduces more gameplay styles and tactics. The game’s AI also got a makeover, especially the economic decisions, army recruitment and kingdom stability have been improved, making the challenge more interesting and fun. General • Almost all kingdoms now have a unification quest • Added new icons to show rebellion risk for provinces • Changed rebellion triggers to be more predictable • Rebellious population now depends on the population size of a province • Buildings can now be reorganized via drag and drop • Th…
- Knights of Honor II Patch Notes - Game ver. 1.4.1, 12 - 18 July 2023
Update Overview This update mainly tackles various issues related to the new actions introduced in patch 1.4.0, alongside other small fixes and improvements. Improvements and Fixes • Success chances for Arrange Peace Talks and Ask for Absolution Pope actions are now only visible when you hover on the exact target in the target picker, to avoid misleading tooltips when hovering in the main action icons, prior to selecting target. • Fixed a bug for the Ask for Absolution action, causing the target kingdom wars with Catholics not to be taken into account in the breakdown of the success chance. • Fixed a bug for the Ask for Absolution action where the message for the target was not triggered. • Fixed a bug with the Arrange Peace Talks Pope Action, causing the message to the kingdom not being displayed and no change to relations happening. • Changed Arrange Peace Talks Pope Action so that th…
- Knights of Honor II Patch Notes Game ver. 1.4.0 - 28 June 2023
Update Overview This is our third major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. This time, we focused on quality-of-life improvements and adding more options to the Knights of the Royal Council, specifically Clerics and Diplomats. We chose to focus on the Catholic Church in this update, but we will continue to work on other religions as well for future updates. We also added a much-requested Search feature for the Royal Library, the game’s built-in Wiki system. We hope this will help both newcomers and advanced players to learn about the more advanced mechanics of the game and quickly find the information they need. The help module already had hyperlinks and convenient ways for players to jump to important topics from tooltips and interface elements, but it is now much easier to also find information directly on topics one is interested in. General • Added search fea…
- DevDiary 34 - Update 1.4 - Catholicism and Diplomacy - 27 June 2023
Hello friends and welcome to DevDiary 34 for “Knights of Honor II: Sovereign”! Our next update is coming live tomorrow, so we are excited to share with you the new features and changes we’ve prepared. Two of the aspects we’d like to build upon most are Diplomacy and Religion, as they are essential for the game and we have plenty of ideas of what we can add or improve there. Since this is a major endeavor, we’ve decided to split it into several updates and for this one we started with Catholicism – the most widespread religion in the game. View the full article here
- Knights of Honor II 1.3.0 - 18 April 2023
Patch Overview This is our second major patch since Knights of Honor II: Sovereign’s exciting release, so strap in! We focused here mostly on responding to player feedback and providing a few new, fun ways to play the game. First up, we’ve been able to greatly improve the zoom functionality, both in World View as well as Battle View. Players with good enough hardware can enable “Extra Zoom” in the options menu and get further zoom-out levels throughout the game! We also added a seamless transition from World View to the Political View when you hit the zoom-out threshold, making it easier than ever to move around the map. This was a highly requested feature that took a bit of technical work and optimization, but should really enhance everyone’s experience. Many in the community were also requesting the ability to add waypoints when managing their armies in World View, and we’re here to d…
- DevDiary 33 - Patch 1.30 Updates - 17 April 2023
Hello friends and welcome to the third post-release DevDiary for “Knights of Honor II: Sovereign”! We know that it’s been some time since our last update and you’re probably hungry for news about what’s to come. So, let’s dive right in and discuss what you can expect in the latest upcoming patch. To read the full Dev Diary click Here
- Knights of Honor II Patch Notes 1.2.0, - 16 February 2023
Mod support • Fundamental changes are introduced to how mods work. Mods can now be defined without copying the entire contents of the game’s moddable folders, allowing users to define only the changes that they wish to make. • Changing visual assets like icons and illustrations is now also possible. • Added Steam Workshop support to the game. • Multiple mods can now be activated simultaneously. A full guide on how to create mods, where to store them and how to upload to Steam Workshop is now included in the game’s installation folder, the latest version of these resources can be found here. Please note that mods are now located in a different folder, which means that any existing mods must be moved to this new location. We strongly advice reworking pre-existing mods in the new modding system. General • Characters and towns can now be renamed. To do so, press F2 while you have a characte…
- The Scribes Praise You, Sire! New Accolades Trailer out now! - 25 January 2023
The Scribes Praise You, Sire! New Accolades Trailer for Grand Strategy Game Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Sofia, Bulgaria/Vienna, Austria, January 25, 2023: Your Excellency, we have great news to share: The people have shown their appreciation for your leadership, as evidenced by the accolades and praise they have bestowed upon you! The release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign in December 2022 has been met with widespread acclaim from both critics and players. We invite you to view the new accolades trailer to see the positive feedback for yourself. Moreover, as a special treat, we have arranged for you to have an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the game's soundtrack. The Accolades Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bGPOqDI_ME4 The Making of Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/33H_FTPKGTA If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-St…
- DevDiary 32 - Modding Improvements - 24 January 2023
Hello friends and welcome to the second post-release DevDiary for “Knights of Honor II: Sovereign”! We hope you’ve had fun with your campaigns and exploring the game. This time, we will be focusing on a topic that’s been mentioned several times in the past, and one that’s very much important for the game – modding. To read the full Dev Diary click Here
- Knights of Honor II Patch Notes 1.1.0, - 21 December 2022
General • Improved the way the Papacy assigns cardinals, fixing an issue where no cardinals were left in late-game scenarios. Papal states should now aim to have at least two cardinals in its court and consider lower-level clerics, when no others are available. • There is now a guaranteed period (of around 10 minutes) at the start of each new king’s rule, during which he may not get married automatically. • Added a relationship penalty when breaking royal ties with a kingdom (through audience). • “Claim caliphate” is now unavailable for vassalized kingdoms. • “Spy murder”, “Hunting Incident” and “Kill the King” plots now get cancelled when the action's target gets imprisoned. • The “Inspire rebellion” spy plot is now disabled for AI kingdoms at the beginning of a new game (time depending on to the difficulty level). • New Journey opportunities no longer arise for scholars when they are…
- DevDiary 31 - First Post-Release Improvements - 15 December 2022
Hello friends and welcome to the first post-release DevDiary for “Knights of Honor II: Sovereign”! We hope all of you are enjoying your campaigns, as much as we are watching you play and explore the game for the first time! The road to Knights of Honor II’s release has been long, but that doesn’t mean it’s over, and in this diary, we’ll hopefully shed some light on the immediate future of the game as we go forward. To view the full developer diary Here
- Knights of Honor II Sovereign Update 1.0.2 - 15 December 2022
Balance • Bugfix: Desert Heavy Archers were doing double damage. • Taking enemy camps and capture points now takes more time per enemy squad alive. • Varangian Guards defense slightly reduced. • Roman Infantry defense (melee) increased. • Roman Infantry defense (ranged) slightly increased. • Roman Infantry attack slightly reduced. • Teutonic Knight Infantry attack slightly reduced. • Templar Knight Infantry defense (melee) slightly increased. • Templar Knight Infantry defense (ranged) slightly increased. • Crossbowmen melee attack slightly reduced. • Crossbowmen ranged attack slightly reduced. • Crossbowmen and Pavise crossbowmen shoot interval increased. • Pavise crossbowmen melee defense reduced. • Pavise crossbowmen ranged defense reduced • Longbowmen defense (melee and ranged) increased. • Longbowmen gold cost increased. Other changes • Set SSRT default setting to “None”. • Added an…
- Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Update: 1.0.1 - 9 December 2022
General • (Important) The SSRT option is now set to “None” on all graphics presets. Setting it on “high” causes severe frame rate drops, especially on 4K monitors. We are still working on other known issues, mostly related to switching resolutions, especially on multiple monitors • Loyal mercenary squads are now free to hire for their kingdom. (The cost for hiring the entire army remains unchanged) • Tweaked the AI behavior of army leaders in tactical battles to resolve an issue where they were being too aggressive and rushing into fights (particularly in battles when their side’s estimations are really high) • Added a cancel button when attempting to join a multiplayer game • Courthouse upgrade no longer requires Scribe Offices • Tweaked AI difficulty Diplomacy • Lowered chance of AI signing a trade agreement or non-aggression pact after signing a truce • War declaration against player…
