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For Liberty!

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Strategy
Publisher: Battlefront.com
Developer: Hussar Games

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'For Liberty!' - v1.51 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Aug. 3, 2006 @ 3:26 p.m. PDT

For Liberty! is a turn based computer strategy game for the PC, covering two wars of independence - the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the Rakoczi War of Independence in Europe 1703-1711.

Get the For Liberty! v1.51 Patch off WP (4mb)

Bug fixes:

- Fixed a bug that caused range check error in tactical battles
- Fixed a bug that caused range check error on the strategic map
- Fixed a bug that caused leaders to be replaced by grey figures
- Fixed a PBEM bug when recruiting

Enhancements:

- Explanation added when you cannot fire in battles
- Explanation / hint added to some context menu items
- Explanation added when you cannot recruit a unit type
- Units under 40 morale will not be able to charge (applied to auto battles as well)
- Raised melee casualties a bit - this will be revised completely in a future patch
- Americans will not be able to request weapons and guns before the French aid event

Known issues

- The game may not work on nVidia SLI configurations* (systems with 2 video cards)
- Rarely, units may remain on top of each other in tactical battles and become unselectable


For Liberty! is a turn based 18th century strategy game based on a upgraded game engine from the game 1848. Command the armies of the newly born United States or the British Empire during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). As an added bonus, fight in Hungary, as either Rakoczi's poorly equipped rebels or the Austrians during the War of Spanish Succession, from 1703 to 1711.


Interface Overview:
In your For Liberty! game folder are two graphics that detail and explain the game interface panels.

battle_infopanel.bmp - Details the interface displayed during the tactical battles.

info_panel.bmp - Details the interface displayed while on the strategic scale map.

These graphics can be viewed with any picture viewing program.

Manual errata:

New hotkeys
F1 - Help (hotkey list + campaign information)
W - Center map on selected unit (tactical and strategy maps)
F - Change the facing of all units in the hex to the facing of the selected army (strategy map)
G - about face on both the (tactical and strategy maps)
O - Line of sight on the tactical map


Understrength units morale penalty:
Understrentgth units receive a morale penalty when performing morale checks. These penalties are cumulative and affect auto battles and tactical battles as well!
below 50% -15 morale
below 25% -25 morale
below 10% -50 morale

System Requirements (Minimum):
Windows XP, Windows 2000
500 Mhz CPU (1 GHz recommended)
256 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
32 MB Video Card capable of 1024x768 resolution or higher (64 MB capable of 1280x1024 recommended)
Soundcard

Nvidia SLI Mode Notice:
Currently For Liberty! will not function on a computer running two nVidia video cards in SLI mode. nVidia has been alerted to the issue and a driver fix will have to come from them.


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