War Selection Overhauls Movement, Ship Hitboxes, and Slow Mechanics

War Selection's latest update touches nearly every layer of the game, from rendering to unit tags, but the mechanical core of the patch is movement and collision fidelity.

What changed

Graphics & presentation

• Scene graphics have been improved broadly
• Experimental rendering styles have been added alongside a brightness setting
• Background asset loading is improved — objects appear in their simplified state less often
• General optimisation pass included

Unit shapes & collisions

• Many water units now use an elliptical hitbox rather than a circular bounding shape; collisions and hit detection are now calculated against the actual hull

Movement

• Horsemen, fast wheeled vehicles, and many ships now accelerate, brake, and turn along an arc rather than stopping to rotate in place
• Units push each other more cleanly in crowds
• A unit chasing a fleeing target now moves to intercept along the target's course instead of trailing it
• A pursuing shooter backs off precisely far enough to turn and fire

Balance

• The slow-on-hit mechanic has been split into two tiers: explosions slow, so artillery halts an advance rather than oncoming tanks doing so
• Spear units receive a damage bonus against cavalry

Fixes

• Units unloading from a transport or building no longer spawn stacked on one another
• Spectating from all players' perspectives no longer strips the animal faction's fog of war

Modding

• Damage properties now support tag-based target exclusions for buffs and debuffs
• Heavy vehicles now carry a distinct "Heavy vehicle" tag, separating tanks from armoured cars

Taken together, the movement rework and elliptical ship hulls should make naval engagements and cavalry chases feel considerably more grounded, while the artillery-centric slow rework meaningfully shifts the balance of large engagements.