He first noticed the difference at dawn. His engineer, a bitter Battanian named Corun, had stopped complaining. The battering ram, which yesterday had spun in drunken circles, now rolled straight and true to the gates of . The siege tower’s wheels no longer fought the terrain. Men climbed its ramp without hesitation, without that maddening stutter-step into oblivion.
One of the biggest complaints in earlier 1.2 builds was the "snowballing" effect—where one faction (usually the Southern Empire or Vlandia) would conquer half the map in ten in-game years. In , TaleWorlds tweaked the ClanTierInfluenceDecay and war exhaustion algorithms.
: Version 1.2.11 specifically fixed persistent crashes occurring during large-scale combat missions like sieges, often caused by corrupted agent data. Mount and Blade II Bannerlord v1.2.11.45697
The community ran tests on versus its predecessor. Here are real-world results (courtesy of the Bannerlord Performance Discord ):
No version is perfect, and TaleWorlds has acknowledged three lingering bugs in this build: He first noticed the difference at dawn
If you are seeing on your Steam client or GOG launcher, you are not on the bleeding-edge beta (like 1.3.0), nor are you on the legacy stable branch (1.1.6). You are on the current "Stable" main branch as of late 2024/early 2025. This version is what the majority of the multiplayer community and mod launchers currently target.
To understand the significance of v1.2.11.45697, one must look at the trajectory of TaleWorlds Entertainment. The transition from Early Access to full release was merely the beginning. The developers have committed to a cycle of "Beta" branches and "Stable" branches, allowing players to opt into experimental changes before they go live for everyone. The siege tower’s wheels no longer fought the terrain
: Several "jumping and walking" exploits were fixed across specific scenes including Trading Post
The battle was swift. Too swift. The new meant his infantry poured through the breach like water finding a crack. For the first time in weeks, he captured a fief without losing half his force to invisible geometry.
Version 1.2.11.45697 includes specific memory leak fixes related to the new "Siege Engine destruction debris" physics.
“No,” Arenicos said. “We go north. The Sturgians are still running their v1.2.10 AI. Their shield wall still breaks if you whistle.”