Centurions!

We’re working hard on the next update, which will include the new Tier 3 Camp (more soldiers, more contubernia!), new buildings, new camps, barbarian raids, and a full questline (with surprises!).

This was the original plan, but as you know, the Summa Expeditionis team has grown with the addition of @Javi and @Adri[discord.gg]. This has allowed us to expand the scope beyond what we had in mind when we announced the first Summa Expeditionis Roadmap back in November.

That’s why the upcoming Tier 3 Update will also include:

A completely reworked HUD

A graphical upgrade for all character models, clothing, armor, and… new animal models! The bear is even scarier now. 🐻

This increased scope means we need one more week to ensure that all the new content meets the quality you deserve.


We’re confident that this extra week of patience will be worth it.

Manuel Lobico 🐺
Creator of Summa Expeditionis

Salve, my fellow Roman citizen, have you considered joining the legion? ☺️ Summa Expeditionis is -25% off.

Hurry, tell your friends: now is the best time to march over the barbarian! 😏

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2056200/Summa_Expeditionis/

The first major update for Summa Expeditionis will introduce the next tier in your adventure. This means: a new questline, new buildings and recipes, more soldiers under your command... and more barbarians to battle.

Get ready for more action and support Rome through telling your friends about Summa Expeditionis!

Roma Aeterna, Roma Victrix ⚔️

Salve, Centurion,

The new surprise update for Summa Expeditionis has an undeniable star: the new mule stable! This building will help you manage your best logistical allies. It serves as a resting point for the mules, making them easier to manage, and includes several storage slots for all items related to these animals.

Additionally, we have added one of the most requested features by the community: clearing grass. In the buildings menu, under the "Misc" section, you will now find "Clear Area". This will mark a square of land as clearable, and both you and any soldiers assigned to the Servus Castrensis role will be able to remove the vegetation (requires the use of a shovel).

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• The mule can now wait in place when ordered.
  
• The contents of mule storage now synchronize with its movement animations.
  
• Adjusted the mule’s walk/run distance and expanded its follow range to make its movement feel more natural.
  
• Pets no longer run while inside the camp unless they are in danger and need to flee or fight.
  
• Improved animal AI behavior in relation to their owners. They now focus better on defending their owner and will directly react to attackers during a camp attack.
  
• If a camp pet moves too far beyond the influence area (influence area x2), it will teleport back to the camp. This prevents pets from getting stuck in unreachable locations while chasing or fleeing from enemies.
  
• Revised the initial mission line to improve the ambush sequence’s aesthetics and fixed save/load issues at the start of the game. Also, expanded the initial safe zone from aggressive animals to cover the supply cart.
  
• Added a new building, "Mule Stable", under the "Camp" category, where mules will prefer to stay when left free inside the camp.
  
• Added a new "building" under the "Misc" category called "Clear Area", which allows players to mark areas for grass removal using a shovel. (NPCs performing servus castrensis tasks will treat this as a building and will automatically clear the area if they have a shovel available).
  
• Modified the interaction for removing mule attachments; now, you must hold the action for a few seconds. This prevents accidental unloading of all cargo.

• Fixed a bug where enemy raids did not display their point of origin or notify players when enemies were approaching.
  
• Reviewed production settings in buildings to prevent certain rare-use items from having infinite default production.
  
• Fixed save errors that, under certain conditions, prevented the game from being saved. (This bug may reoccur as more content is added or in situations I have not been able to reproduce).
  
• Fixed issues with animal AI that caused them to wander too far from the camp, making them impossible to locate.
  
• Reviewed problems with certain texts and icons that were not displaying correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused AI to return to their original camps instead of staying in the assigned camp in certain situations.
  
• Fixed a bug where AI moved resources from one construction to another, storage, or production instead of keeping them in place.

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Salve Centurion,

Update 0.1.2 has arrived, bringing with it the long-awaited mules.

In a base-building game, resource transportation is essential. Mules have arrived to make life in the legion easier. This new type of domesticated animal can carry a significant amount of resources and follow you wherever you need them most.

Mules come with 3 slots (one on their back and one on each side) where you can place specific storage items that you’ll need to craft. The storage items you can attach to your mule are:

• Planks
  
• Stones
  
• Sacks
  
• Minerals

Mules also have their charming side: customize yours with collars, colorful blankets, and more accessories.

There are two ways to obtain a mule for your century:

1. Follow the questline in a new game. We’ve modified the questline so that upon reaching tier 2, you’ll receive your first mule.
   
2. Visit allied and neutral camps at tier 2. As with other pets, when you visit an allied or neutral camp, you’ll be able to recruit their pets, including their mules.

From the Summa Expeditionis team, we hope you enjoy the update. As always, we’re listening to your feedback both in the Steam community and on Discord[discord.gg] and Reddit.

P.S.: We recommend following two creators who have taken their legions to great heights, Centurions Fillodavento and VaerGamer!

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• Added a new pet: THE MULE.
  
• Added 2 main slots to the mule: one on its back (currently allowing 3 different blankets to be equipped) and one on its neck (currently allowing 3 different collars for aesthetic purposes).
  
• Added 3 storage slots when a blanket is equipped on the mule: one on its back and two on its sides.
  
• Added a saddlebag for minerals, which can be placed in any of the 3 available storage slots on the mule.
  
• Added a saddlebag for planks, which can be placed in any of the 3 available storage slots on the mule.
  
• Added a saddlebag for stones, which can be placed in any of the 3 available storage slots on the mule.
  
• Added a saddlebag for a sack, which can be placed in any of the 3 available storage slots on the mule.
  
• Attack Mechanics: Mules will flee if attacked but will defend themselves if necessary, behaving similarly to deer.
  
• Death Mechanics: When a mule dies, it drops everything it’s carrying.

Final Mission Update:

• Modified the final mission for delivering orders. The NPC no longer dies and directly hands over the orders.
  
• Added a new mission after this one, which brings reinforcements. This mission provides up to 11 NPCs and 2 mules:
  
• One mule with a full plank storage.
  
• One mule with a sack storage containing 6 metal things and 20 salted meat.

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Hello Centurion,

The first update for Summa Expeditionis is now available! With this update, we aimed to address the community feedback we’ve gathered during the game’s first month. Your ideas, concerns, and recommendations have been immensely valuable to us, and we are deeply grateful that you took the time to play, understand, and enjoy Summa Expeditionis, and to share your feedback through Discord[discord.gg], Reddit, X[x.com], and the Steam Community.

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• The auxiliary spear in the initial equipment selection has been replaced with a pilum.
  
• Building connection points now enforce rotation to ensure alignment.
  
• Raiding Roman deserters now wear blue, matching deserter camp visuals.
  
• Legionaries and higher ranks no longer equip javelin backpacks, focusing on their melee potential.

• Added 9 slots to the large shelf for storing helmets up to the legionary rank and one slot for a javelin box.
  
• Added 3 slots to the medium shelf for storing molds for the forge, allowing unwanted molds to be removed.
  
• Added the ability to smelt daggers, swords, and tools in the forge.
  
• Added 3 new molds to the stonemason's table: shovel head mold, pickaxe head mold, and *securis* (axe) head mold.
  
• Added 3 new items associated with the molds.
  
• Added 3 new recipes to the armorer's table: shovel, pickaxe, and *securis* (axe).
  
• Added helmets as "repairable" items at the armorer's table.
  
• Added 8 slots to the Tier 1 weapon rack for storing javelin backpacks.
  
• Added 2 slots for bows to the Tier 1 table.
  
• Added 2 slots for quivers to the Tier 1 table.
  
• Added the recipe for the leather quiver, craftable at the Tier 1 workbench.
  
• Added the recipe for the bow, craftable at the Tier 2 armorer's table.
  
• Added a new item: "Wooden Arrow."
  
• Added the recipe for the wooden arrow to the armorer's table (currently just a stick; take advantage of the low-damage arrow offer!).
  
• Added some Kickstarter content rewards. (Check your Kickstarter inbox if you haven’t received yours).
  
• Added 5 new shields for the Cantabrian and Vascone factions.
  
• Added a new backpack: "Stone Backpack," which allows you to carry 2 stones without a speed penalty.
  
• Added an "Alarm" button to the camp management interface. This command activates all soldiers in alarm mode; they will run to equip themselves and patrol guard posts, walls, and gates. (This feature still has significant potential).
  
• The time between autosaves has been added to the game settings.

• Added Turkish to the available languages.
  
• Added Italian to the available languages.

• Modified AI decision-making regarding tasks, with adjustments to manufacturing need calculations.
  
• AI now recovers up to 25% of sleep while sitting and does not consume sleep while seated. Recovery is also affected by the comfort of the seating area, similar to sleeping.
  
• Improved task queue processing.
  
• Stone workers and camp workers can now use stone backpacks during their workday.

• Fixed several visual glitches: wake-up animations, work animations, and transport animations.
  
• Resolved several performance bottlenecks causing FPS drops.
  
• Improved performance when loading new areas during exploration.

• Fixed a bug that reset straw and wicker storages when saving and loading the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the AI not to defend camp boundaries, leading to frequent losses against wild animals.
  
• Fixed a bug where NPCs would unsheathe weapons and drop heavy objects even when passively in formation.
  
• Fixed a bug that turned some NPCs into "zombies" if the game was saved at the moment of their death.
  
• Fixed dismantling issues with buildings: fences and wooden stairs.
  
• Fixed a bug that did not maintain the dismantling order for buildings after loading a save.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused backpacks to fall to the ground when equipping a new backpack while already carrying one (e.g., javelin backpack, arrow quiver).
  
• Fixed several issues with AI interaction with stairs and platforms for palisades.

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Hello Centurion,

First of all: thank you. After the first week of sales, this legion already consists of more than 1,500 centurions. We are carefully reading all your feedback and taking note of many of your ideas. For this reason, we’d like to announce the development plans for the coming months of Summa Expeditionis:


Following the launch, we’ve received a lot of feedback on how to improve Summa Expeditionis and what you expect from the game in the future. We want to dedicate this first post-launch update to the community, addressing the most requested improvements.

Pack mules are coming to Summa Expeditionis. As a preview of what Tier 3 will bring—where you’ll need to relocate your entire camp as part of the questline—we are introducing mules as domesticated animals. They will be incredibly useful for transporting supplies between different points on the map.

The first major update for Summa Expeditionis will introduce the next tier in your adventure. This means: a new questline, new buildings and recipes, more soldiers under your command... and more barbarians to battle. We don’t want to reveal too much just yet—stay tuned! :)

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We hope you are as excited about the future of this game as we are. There are still many barbarians to civilize, so we’d love for you to share your experiences in northern Hispania through our Discord[discord.gg] and Reddit communities.

We would also like to thank the tremendous support from content creators. It’s been incredible to see some creators we’ve followed for years finally get their hands on Rome’s legion. We’ll share some of the highlights in each language:

🇺🇸 - Splattercatgaming
🇺🇸 - Kysen
🇪🇸 - polman
🇫🇷 - Dr_Horse
🇮🇹 - Ghelloz
Roma Victrix!

• Fixed several bugs that caused AI freezes. (They wouldn’t go to sleep, eat, or perform their tasks...)
  
• Now, when you send your group to rest near the camp, they automatically join the camp, allowing management from the banner and preventing task duplication.
  
• Added an option to rename contuberniums with custom names for better identification.
  
• Made small adjustments to the interface and some texts.

Roma Victrix!

• Added a recipe book.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented sending men to the camp from the orders menu.
  
• Increased the scroll speed in lists.
  
• Removed the camp menu from the orders menu, as it was rarely used and caused confusion. (It may return based on community feedback).

Roma Victrix.