[31.8.23] New Hotfix available now!

Companion party will now persists throughout each play session to cut down party setup time [note that input engagement will still need to be carried out each time].

Improved archers AI estimate of obstructions to the target before attempting the shot: now there will be less occurrences of AI shooting in vain against a wall/obstacle before reaching the target.
Multiple new quest notifications now merge, displaying up to six at once.
Narration books shown upon first entering a scene will no longer trigger a Codex Unlock notification for the relative location entry, which will be also treated as read right away.
Event log is now mutually exclusive with Free Mode.
Heart of the Winter dice set renamed to Heart of Winter.

Fixed typos in tutorials.
Fixed 3D sounds orientation consistent with the camera view.
Fixed broken bark in Goldport night time.
Fixed an overlap between tracked quest UI and item notification UI when using an ultra-wide resolution.
Fixed occurrences of Codex Unlock notification being triggered more times than actual new entries to read.
Fixed Codex name for all sanctuaries.
Fixed an edge case that could make Vorastel sessions misbehave.
Fixed a bug that prevented the current kingdom heraldic to update up until the first kingdom change.
Fixed Free Mode marker hints not showing up.
Revised hints deployment while in World Map to better state the available inputs in each mode.
Fixed co-op UI not showing the correct player input sprite after input engagement.
Fixed the big painting inside Mayfalls’ tavern.

Alaloth - Champions of The Four Kingdoms update for 31 August 2023