ono-neko
Prince
Well, I believe this is a bug, or perhaps a really, really, really odd trend, but whenever I release a hero back to it's old master after capturing him, the leader dies, and a new one is selected. For instance, when I'm Lu Bu, if I capture Cao Ren, and release or trade him back, Cao Cao dies and Cao Pi takes over.
The odd thing about this all is the hero does not actaully die... the only thing that changes is the leader. So in my example, Cao Ren is back with the Cao Clan, Cao Pi rules, and Cao Cao remains a general. Odd.
I've also verified this in my latest Zhang Yang game... I changed the leader of the Han Sui faction 3 times by capturing their heroes.
This happened to me as well. I captured Dian Wei, then release him, and suddenly Cao Pi became the leader. Also, the text is backward:
Cao Pi has died, Cao Cao succeeded him as the leader of Cao Clan!
FWIW, when Cao Cao was still the leader, I captured him, then trade him back after peace treaty. That didn't change the leadership of Cao Clan.
Another issue, in the middle of the game, when I pull up the Heroes window, clicking "info" give me a blank page. Basically I can't see list of my heroes with all their stats. The Recruitment and Prisoner page works fine, just the Info page that is not working.