Software update: Anno 1404 1.2

Ubisoft has released an update for Anno 1404 with the version number set to 1.2. Anno 1404 is the fourth installment in the Anno series and is set in the Middle East, unlike the events of the previous installments which took place in the “New World”. However, the setup of the game is similar to the previous parts: the player establishes settlements on islands and tries to make them prosper by trading resources and defending them in times of war. For more information, we refer you to our Anno 1404 review from last summer. The list of changes that patch 1.2 brings looks like this:

Patch Notes 1.2

An overview of the most important changes:

• The Golden Ship is now available after accomplishing all the Achievements (the corresponding affected Achievements have been corrected and can now be completed).
• The cooldown period between individual Quests for the Emperor and the Sultan has been reduced.
• Sultan Quests are now available even if players do not have Noblemen in their City.
• Players can no longer see the routes taken by opposing Transport ships.
• Buildings and fields may now be rotated by pressing the middle mouse button.
• Construction time for the Large Oriental Trading Ship has been doubled.
• Players can now also connect to the Gateway to the World under Windows 7.

Other changes:

• Savegames in user-content scenarios are no longer corrupted when a fellow player is vanquished in that scenario.
• In some cases uploads to the Gateway to the World failed. This bug has been fixed and uploads to the Gateway to the World should now be much more stable.
• Fixed a bug in mission 7 in which, under certain conditions, a black pearl necessary for completion of the mission was not given to the player.
• Fixed a bug which allowed the player to multiply the Goods on a Ship through skillful movement between the Ship’s cargo slots.
• The title “World Traveler” is now correctly displayed in the title selection.
• Purchasing the second or third stage “Occidental Shipbuilding” Attainment sometimes led to all the Goods over 40 tons being thrown overboard by the Ships involved. This error has been corrected.
• Ships in the “Historic Battle” Quest can now shoot back!
• The cost in Gold shown in the Caravanserai delivery notification was displayed incorrectly. This error has been corrected.
• Envoys whose Needs are now all met and who pay very few Taxes are now “euphoric” instead of “angry”.
• The Experts Customs goods Items are now somewhat more powerful.
• A number of small improvements have been made.
• Several spelling errors were corrected.