New patch?

[Andres]

Is it just me or did the game (Shogun II; I don't have FoTS yet) become less stable with the new patch. I used to have CTD's when clicking on the quicksave button or right after a battle, but I'm now having them more frequently. In fact, I can only play 3 or 4 turns before the game CTD's.

[Jacobin]

I have had not just a couple of CTDs but a blue screen of death complete crash in mid-battle.

Sieges seem to be the main problem as there is more going on graphically.

And I have also noticed my metsuke and monks levelling up a lot quicker just for sitting in towns - didn't realise ninja got the same benefit as well though, so could have saved all the money I've been spending on sending them out to sabotage farms just to gain XP.

[frogbeastegg]

Looks like I should leave my mod in place then. Thanks.

[Harleyquin12]

This is probably a trivial issue, but since the big FoTS patch was installed on my copy of Shogun 2 my game has almost completely lost the ability to play pre-battle speeches in the main Shogun 2 campaign. Yesterday was an exception as speeches were mysteriously reenabled (Field battle against Ashikaga Shogunate, citadel siege, field battle against Tokugawa army) on one playthrough only.

After an expected power outage and a restart, I find that speeches don't play anymore. Previously if I laid siege to a Christian rebel castle something along the lines of taking out Christians would play. Similarly battles with small forces would have a quick blurb on family and last thoughts.

I own all of the DLC with the exception of FoTS. I've installed and reinstalled the latest issue of Flash Player countless times to no avail.
There is nothing in the patch notes stating that pre-battle speeches were disabled in the main Shogun 2 campaign, I don't own FoTS so did they reduce the number of occasions when speeches would play in the new patch? I've altered no settings on my PC since the big patch so this issue is perplexing me.

[Jarmam]

Harley, have you tried verifying the integrity of your game cache in Steam? I also have all DLCs except FotS, but no problems with pre-battle speeches. Admittedly the TW games have a habit of crashing if a file isn't acting the way it's supposed to, but just in case try letting Steam detect the problem for you.

[Harleyquin12]

Did that again soon after my first post, again no dice. (Siege battle at Echizen with Tier 3 fort against Christian Rebels). The game somehow updated itself with a 20+ Mb mini-patch but I have no idea what changed.

Other problems I've noted:
1. The order for Encyclopaedia entries for buildings in Shogun 2 is messed up, in particular the final tier upgrades for various specialty buildings (e.g. Ninja fortress is lasted after Burakumin Village, not the Smuggling Network).
2. Nanban Trade Ships are far less accurate than pre-patch, in addition cannons no longer sink ships and the morale hit is less pronounced than previously (definitely undocumented, I had a replay pre-patch where one Nanban ship sank 7 Hattori warships without so much as a scratch, replaying that same battle after the patch saw the Nanban ship go up in flames. I had to delete that reply afterwards which is a bit of a shame).

[Andres]

I noticed the Nanban Trade Ships being less powerful too. It's still possible to win with two or three Nanbans against a half stack fleet, but at least, the opponent now manages to put one of the Nanbans on fire. Personally, I considered the Nanban ships a bit overpowered, so I don't necessarily find this change a bad thing.