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- v1.19b
- - ENG General Rearmament focus will now also unlock Motorized technology if it isn't already
- - ITA AI will no longer research the Befriend Japan focus when in Historical Mode
- - standardized the cost of AST and CAN ministers to 150 political power
- - fixed some trigger issues with some of the Rhineland and Munich events
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.19 "Together for Compatibility"
- - general compatibility work for TfV and the 1.3 Torch update
- - added a news event
- - added 3 new generals for FRA
- - added 3 new generals for MAN
- - added 2 new generals for SOV
- - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
- - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added some missing Great War tank tech icons for ITA, JAP, SOV and USA, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added some new infantry and MOT/MEC tech icons for ENG, FRA, ITA, RAJ and USA, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added unique leader portraits for Thomas E. Dewey and Alf Landon by tom_jones
- - added RHO as a dominion and member of the Allies in 1936 and 1939
- - added RHO idea: Rhodesian Air Training Group, which provides +15% air experience factor and +25% ace generation chance
- - added RHO idea: History of Segregation, which provides -40% recruitable population factor [removed if RHO is communist]
- - removed MAL in 1936 and 1939 [still exists as a revolter]
- - added ENG focuses: Maunsell Forts and Develop Rhodesia
- - added FRA focuses: Enact Socialist Reforms and Soviet Work Ethic
- - added AST focus: Conclude the Emu War
- - removed ENG focuses: Committee of Imperial Defence, Gurkhas & Chindits, and Cede Newfoundland [obsolete due to new DLC focus trees]
- - added ENG design company: Leyland Motors (Support Equipment Designer)
- - added ENG political advisor: Guy Maunsell (Fortification Engineer)
- - added FRA chief of army: Alphonse Juin (Army Maneuver Expert)
- - added FRA chief of navy: Georges Durand-Viel (Naval Maneuver Specialist)
- - added FRA chief of air: Bertrand Pujo (Old Guard)
- - added GER chief of air: Hans Jeschonnek (Air Safety Expert)
- - added JAP chief of army: Toshizo Nishio (Army Organization Genius)
- - added JAP chief of air: Shinno Takahito (Air Reform Specialist)
- - added ITA chief of army: Umberto di Savoia (Army Organization Specialist)
- - added ITA chief of air: Pier Ruggero Piccio (Night Operations Specialist)
- - added AST theorist: Thomas Blamey (Military Theorist)
- - added ITA theorist: Guglielmo Nasi (Military Theorist)
- - added ITA theorist: Umberto Nobile (Victory Through Airpower)
- - added SOV theorist: Alexander Svechin (Grand Battle Plan Expert)
- - added JAP military high command: Kitsuju Ayabe (Cavalry Expert)
- - added SOV military high command: Grigory Kulik (Artillery Specialist)
- - added SOV military high command: Semyon Budyonny (Cavalry Specialist)
- - added SOV military high command: Nikolai Vatutin (Army Logistics Expert)
- - added RAJ military high command: Orde Wingate (Commando Genius) [if TfV is enabled, requires RAJ Chindits focus]
- - replaced ENG military high command Orde Wingate (Commando Genius) with Frederick Browning (Airborne Assault Specialist)
- - replaced FRA military high command André-Gaston Prételat (Entrenchment Expert) with Frédéric Geille (Airborne Assault Expert)
- - removed CAN theorist: Tasker Cook [duplicate, and incorrect anyway]
- - removed RAJ chief of army: Archibald Wavell [ENG duplicate]
- - removed RAJ chief of navy: Louis Mountbatten [ENG duplicate]
- - changed ENG political advisor David Lloyd George from an Ideological Crusader to a Democratic Reformer [Attlee removed as he can become PM]
- - changed ENG military high command Trafford Leigh-Mallory from a Close Air Support Expert to a Bomber Interception Expert
- - changed GER theorist Walther Wever from an Air Warfare Theorist to a Victory Through Airpower
- - changed ITA political advisor Paolo Thaon di Revel from a Quartermaster General to a chief of navy (Naval Maneuver Specialist)
- - replaced ITA political advisor Paolo Thaon di Revel (Quartermaster General) with Cesare Maria De Vecchi (Quartermaster General)
- - Air Production continuous focus: added missing plane types; reduced production cost bonus from -20% to -10%
- - Naval Production continuous focus: reduced production cost bonus from -20% to -10%
- - Army Training continuous focus: reduced division training time bonus from -25% to -10%
- - Construction Engineering continuous focus: removed land/coastal forts and anti-air; reduced construction speed bonus from +20% to +10%
- - Construction Repair continuous focus: reduced factory repair speed bonus from +50% to +25%
- - changed the color of KOR
- - reduced manpower gained from non-core (colonial) states from 10% to 5%
- - rebalanced the bonuses provided by the Dispersed and Integrated branches of the Superior Firepower doctrine
- - added the missing 1a Divisione 'Trento' to ITA in 1936
- - added a level 2 naval base and 1 coastal fort to Nanning (594)
- - ENG Parachute Regiment focus will now also unlock Frederick Browning as a military high command
- - FRA Aggressive Focus focus will now also unlock Alphonse Juin as a chief of army
- - FRA Defensive Focus focus will now also unlock Alphonse Georges as a chief of army
- - GER Trade Interdiction focus will now unlock Viktor Schütze as a military high command rather than Alfred Saalwächter
- - GER Tactical Air Effort focus will now also unlock Wolfram von Richthofen as a theorist
- - GER Strategic Air Effort focus will now also unlock Walther Wever as a theorist
- - JAP Army Innovations focus will now also unlock Toshizo Nishio as a chief of army
- - JAP Naval Innovations focus will now also unlock Isoroku Yamamoto as a chief of navy
- - NZL Transfer the New Zealand Division focus will now provide some alternative bonuses rather than transfer two CLs from ENG to NZL [temporarily removed due to engine bug]
- - NZL National Defense Institute focus will now provide 3x 50% research bonuses for electronics, RADAR and rocketry tech, rather than an extra research slot
- - AI NZL now has a decent chance of accepting annexation by AST if certain conditions are met
- - reworked ITA focus Secure Austria as Claims on Austria
- - reworked the ITA Treaty with Germany and JAP Axis Technology Sharing focuses to take into account the new technology sharing system
- - ITA Italy First focus will now also add AUS to your faction if certain criteria are met
- - GER Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact focus now requires Stalin to be in power and will cancel if Trotsky comes to power
- - USA Pax Americana focus now requires the Great Depression idea to have been removed
- - SOV now begins with the Paralyzed Military idea, which provides -50% army morale and a daily political power cost malus of 0.25 [removed with NKVD Primacy OR Rehabilitated Military focuses]
- - the CHI Chinese Popular Front event will now also fire for SIK, who can join if they wish [default option is 100% no; 25% yes if not playing Historical mode]
- - the SOV Trotsykist Coup event will now also purge Kulik, Budyonny and Vatutin
- - the SOV Secret Trial of the Generals event will now also purge Svechin
- - improved some of the triggers and AI factors for the Rhineland and Munich events so that e.g. the Little Entente will no longer collapse
- - a number of ITA and JAP claims and declaration of war focuses will now raise world tension a bit
- - USA declaration of war focuses now require USA and target country to have different ideologies
- - SOV now has the Limited Conscription and Early Mobilization laws in 1936, rather than Volunteer Only and Civilian Economy [neither historically apply to SOV]
- - the AI will no longer choose the Total Mobilization law as it is often counter-productive for them to do so
- - the JAP Pearl Harbor Gambit event will now fire as soon as the required focus is underway
- - switched ENG theorists J.F.C. Fuller and B. H. Liddell Hart; restricted Fuller to fascism ideology
- - increased the base cost of pocket battleships from 5800 to 6800
- - added a division cap of 48 for field marshals
- - added various new focus tree icons [added in 1.3 but currently unused in vanilla]
- - added LIT core on Wilno (96)
- - expanded the selection of randomly generated ministers for minors
- - increased the effects of the Dutch Military Stagnation idea from -10% to -25%; also now applies to INS as well as HOL
- - increased INS's starting convoys from 25 to 80
- - removed all PAK starting cores; now added via the RAJ Two-Nation Theory focus [Pakistan was an artifical construct]
- - reverted ENG and USA starting research slots from 3 to 4
- - TAN and MON are now correctly puppets of SOV in 1936 and 1939
- - FRA no longer begins with 1936 Artillery tech in 1936
- - FRA now begins with 1936 Engineers tech in 1939
- - FRA National Mobilization idea now provides +10% army reinforcement rate rather than +10% army morale
- - changed mechanized tech years from 1941/1943/1945 to 1940/1942/1944 [vanilla 1.3 change]
- - changed naval tech years from 1922/1936/1940/1944 to 1922/1934/1938/1942
- - SOV can now access Extra Research Slot with either Collectivist Propaganda OR Positive Heroism
- - SOV Women in Aviation focus will now also provide +5% recruitable population factor and +15% ace generation chance
- - ENG Commonwealth Ties focus will now also remove a small amount of autonomy from each subject nation
- - added a number of new custom tooltips for various events and focuses
- - added a pair of AI events to reduce world tension after the Spanish Civil War and Sino-Japanese War have ended
- - removed a GER AI event that should no longer be needed
- - added a level 2 airbase to Rhodesia (545) in 1936
- - added 1 civilian factory to Rhodesia (545) in 1936
- - added 1 military factory to Rhodesia (545) in 1936
- - added a level 3 airbase to Shaanxi (622) in 1936
- - changed a number of country-specific focus modifiers to be dynamic e.g. fort and claim relation hits
- - removed Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann as an ace for GER in 1936 and 1939 [he was 14 years old in 1936!]
- - tweaked some of the ENG and GER air focuses
- - tweaked the SOV NKVD/Army branch focuses; each branch is now more balanced and interesting, and Lessons of War is more useful
- - tweaked the research bonuses for the Tizard Mission and GER-SOV R&D Treaty events
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, ITA and SOV
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG, FRA and SOV in the 1939 scenario
- - tweaked a few things in the RAJ focus file e.g. Assam Oil is now actually added to Assam (432)
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which AST creating its own faction would drag the USA in regardless of whether it was already in another faction
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which the NZL AI focus list was incorrectly assigned to ENG (!)
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which air casualties were absurdly low [temporary stopgap fix for an engine bug; not a 'proper' fix but should suffice until patched]
- - fixed various minor vanilla/TfV database bugs
- - fixed a few leader and minister name typos for RAJ
- - misc. leader trait tweaks for JAP and SOV
- - misc. database tweaks and some basic rebalancing/tidying up of stuff in the new focus trees
- - misc. OOB tweaks for FRA in 1939
- - misc. ai_strategy and production tweaks and additions
- - misc. syntax improvements and bugfixes
- - misc. localization improvements [including missing vanilla stuff from TfV]
- v1.18c
- - added 2 new generals for GER
- - added an updated Non-Violent Protest idea icon, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
- - added 4 dockyards to Kanto (282) in 1939
- - added 3 dockyards to Taiwan (524) in 1939
- - added 3 dockyards to Chugoku (529) in 1939
- - added 5 dockyards to Osaka (531) in 1939
- - changed the colors of DDR and WGR
- - tweaked the research bonuses for the ITA-GER R&D Treaty events
- - tweaked some of the ITA and JAP Army branch focuses
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.18b
- - added a new Pocket Battleship tech icon, courtesy of Centerbe
- - reduced the AI build priority for pocket battleships
- - reworked JAP focus Army Motorization as Army Modernization [much more useful now as JAP already starts with MOT tech]
- - JAP Armor Innovations focus no longer requires the JAP Axis Leanings focus
- - ENG The Burma Road focus will now bypass if CHI is either in a faction with or is a puppet of JAP
- - FRA now has a Bataillon de Chars Lourds division template in 1936
- - tweaked the surrender progress trigger for the GER event Military Coup Against Nazi Regime
- - changed the required army manpower triggers for JAP and USA focuses to be AI-only
- - fixed a bug in which a couple of events relating to Tory PMs would fire even if Attlee was PM
- - misc. OOB tweaks for FRA [added a heavy tank division in 1936]
- - misc. leader trait tweaks for JAP
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.18 "New Faces"
- - added some more news events
- - added an event for the Blomberg–Fritsch affair
- - added GER focus: Enigma Cipher Program
- - added JAP focus: Renew British Alliance
- - added 2 new generals for ENG
- - added 3 new generals for FRA
- - added 1 new general for GER
- - added 2 new generals for ITA
- - added some new leader portraits, courtesy of Retroliser
- - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added MEX political advisor: Leon Trotsky (Communist Revolutionary)
- - added FIN political advisor: Johan Fabritius (Fortification Engineer)
- - added JAP political advisor: Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Fortification Engineer)
- - added JAP political advisor: Fumimaro Konoe (Smooth-Talking Charmer)
- - added JAP political advisor: Naruhiko Higashikuni (Backroom Backstabber)
- - added JAP political advisor: Yosuke Matsuoka (Ideological Crusader)
- - added USA political advisor: William J. Donovan (Ideological Crusader)
- - added USA political advisor: J. Edgar Hoover (Backroom Backstabber)
- - added USA political advisor: Fritz Julius Kuhn (Prince of Terror)
- - added GER chief of army: Werner von Blomberg (Army Reform Specialist)
- - added JAP chief of army: Yoshijiro Umezu (Army Defense Expert)
- - added SOV chief of army: Leon Trotsky (Army Morale Expert)
- - added USA chief of army: Malin Craig (Army Reform Expert)
- - added USA chief of navy: William D. Leahy (Decisive Battle Specialist)
- - added USA chief of air: Hoyt Vandenberg (All-Weather Specialist)
- - added ENG chief of navy: Winston Churchill (Naval Reform Specialist)
- - added ENG chief of air: Arthur Tedder (Ground Support Expert)
- - added USA theorist: John J. Pershing (Grand Battle Plan Expert)
- - added USA theorist: Russell Willson (Grand Fleet Proponent)
- - added ENG military high command: Orde Wingate (Commando Genius)
- - added FRA military high command: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (Infantry Genius)
- - added FRA military high command: Pierre Billotte (Armor Specialist)
- - added GER military high command: Walter Model (Entrenchment Genius)
- - added GER military high command: Eduard Dietl (Commando Expert)
- - added ITA military high command: Ettore Bastico (Army Logistics Specialist)
- - added ITA military high command: Giulio Martinat (Commando Specialist)
- - added USA military high command: Jacob L. Devers (Armor Specialist)
- - added USA military high command: Harold L. George (Air Combat Training Expert)
- - added USA military high command: Frederick J. Horne (Fleet Logistics Expert)
- - changed GER military high command Viktor Schütze from an Anti-Submarine Specialist to a Submarines Expert
- - changed ITA chief of army Pietro Badoglio from an Army Morale Specialist to an Army Offense Specialist
- - changed ITA chief of air Rino Corso Fougier from an Air Combat Training Specialist to an Air Safety Expert
- - changed USA chief of army Douglas MacArthur from an Army Morale Expert to an Army Defense Expert
- - ENG Gurkhas & Chindits focus will now also unlock Orde Wingate as a military high command
- - FRA Revise Versailles focus will now also unlock Jean de Lattre de Tassigny as a military high command
- - FRA idea Fortification Focus: now provides +20% fort and anti-air construction speed, rather than just +10% fort
- - GER idea German Rocketry: now provides +50% guided missile operational range rather than +10% research speed bonus
- - GER Army Innovations II focus will now also add the Jerrycans idea, which provides -5% supply consumption
- - GER Ostwall focus will now also unlock Walter Model as a military high command
- - ITA Pact of Steel focus will now also unlock Roberto Farinacci as a political advisor
- - JAP Fortress Japan focus will now also unlock Yoshijiro Umezu as a chief of army
- - JAP Super-Heavy Battleships focus will now also add the Yamato Project idea, which provides -10% IC cost for SHBB building
- - USA Air War Plans Division focus will now also unlock Harold L. George as a military high command
- - USA Office of Strategic Services focus will now also unlock William J. Donovan as a political advisor
- - added an option for Winston Churchill in the ENG King Edward VIII Refuses To Step Aside event
- - added custom tooltips for the ITA Pact of Steel, JAP Consolidate Gains and JAP Develop Manchukuo focuses
- - added surrender progress triggers to the ENG The Flight of Sir Oswald Mosley, GER Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide, ITA The Fall of Mussolini and ITA The King Takes Control events
- - added an ai_strategy entry for GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN to generally ignore SOV
- - Italo Balbo will now also be removed as a general if he dies
- - fixed a bug in which Battlecruiser III and Battlecruiser IV tech were not linking to a required UI file
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which a couple of generic minister types were being assigned the wrong traits for several minors
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER and JAP
- - tweaked a number of of the AI's preferred division template sizes and types
- - increased the minimum duration of naval battles from 12 to 18 hours
- - increased the base chance of naval critical hits from 10% to 20%
- - the AI should no longer attempt to replace all of its motorized divisions with mechanized ones (ruinously expensive and ultimately counter-productive)
- - the AI should no longer attempt to replace all of its light armor divisions with medium armor ones, but will instead wait until it has main battle tanks
- - misc. naval OOB tweaks and fixes for CHI, FRA, JAP and USA
- - misc. ideology requirement triggers for a number of ministers
- - misc. leader trait tweaks for ENG, FRA, ITA, JAP and USA
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.17c
- - added a news event
- - Cavalry now have +20% attack and +5% movement in plains and desert terrain
- - ENG Aircraft Production Group focus is now dynamic; provides either a fighter/CAS or tac/strat bomber cost reduction depending on which previous focus was chosen
- - removed the generic [Country] Pursues Nuclear Technology event from the generic focus tree (i.e. it will now only fire for the majors + POL)
- - changed SOV theorist Georgy Zhukov from a Mass Assault Expert to a chief of army (Army Offense Genius)
- - the GER The Return of Otto Strasser event will no longer fire when in Historical Mode
- - the SOV Solidarism: A New Beginning event will no longer fire when in Historical Mode
- - minor nations will no longer research the generic Nuclear Effort focus when in Historical Mode
- - buffed a few doctrinal research bonuses in the focus trees
- - improved the tooltip for the SOV Operation Zet focus
- - fixed another (!) vanilla bug with the trigger for the ENG Chamberlain Resigns event
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.17b
- - added a couple of news events
- - added some more focus tree and idea icons, courtesy of veBear
- - added ITA focus: Nuclear Effort
- - USA Manhattan Project focus now requires that USA be in a faction with ENG
- - the generic [Country] Pursues Nuclear Technology event will now fire for all 7 majors + POL when they research a nuclear focus, not just FRA (vanilla issue)
- - Paratroopers now have +10% attack and defense in forest terrain, +25% defense in urban terrain, and the same breakthrough factor as other special forces
- - changed Sato Tetsutaro's name to Tetsutaro Sato, so as to be consistent with the vanilla JAP naming scheme
- - renamed a couple of JAP focuses to resolve a vanilla issue in which Imperial Glory was the name of an unrelated focus and idea
- - tweaked a few Ideological Crusader ministers so that they are now restricted to their historical ideologies
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ITA
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which the ENG Chamberlain Resigns event would fire even if ENG had changed ideology
- v1.17 "Don't Say Yes To Rudolf Hess"
- - added some more news events
- - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added some new design company icons, courtesy of Jay dey Long
- - added FRA focuses: Naval Dockyards, Colonial Naval Dockyards, and Nationalize Aircraft Industries
- - added GER focuses: Befriend Iran and Secure Iraq
- - added ITA focus: Colonial Workers
- - added JAP focus: Armament Effort
- - added new political advisor type: Hero Worker, which provides +5% factory output
- - added SOV political advisor: Alexey Stakhanov (Hero Worker)
- - added SOV political advisor: Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (War Industrialist)
- - added SOV political advisor: Yury Pyatakov (Quartermaster General)
- - added SOV political advisor: Lev Kamenev (Backroom Backstabber)
- - added SOV political advisor: Leonid Serebryakov (Silent Workhorse)
- - added SOV political advisor: Christian Rakovsky (Smooth-Talking Charmer)
- - added YUG political advisor: Alija Sirotanovic (Hero Worker)
- - added POL political advisor: Wincenty Pstrowski (Hero Worker)
- - added CZE political advisor: Lumír Sakmar (Hero Worker)
- - added GER political advisor: Alfred Rosenberg (Ideological Crusader)
- - added GER political advisor: Franz von Papen (Compassionate Gentleman)
- - added JAP theorist: Sato Tetsutaro (Grand Fleet Proponent)
- - added JAP chief of navy: Kiyokazu Abo (Naval Maneuver Specialist)
- - added JAP military high command: Nobumasa Suetsugu (Capital Ships Expert)
- - added JAP military high command: Kantaro Suzuki (Screens Expert)
- - added one new general for FRA
- - added one new general for ITA
- - SOV Positive Heroism focus will now also unlock Alexey Stakhanov as a hero worker
- - SOV Socialism in One Country focus will now also unlock Vyacheslav Molotov as a smooth-talking charmer
- - SOV Permanent Revolution focus will now also unlock Christian Rakovsky as a smooth-talking charmer
- - SOV Rehabilitated Military focus will now also unlock Nikita Khrushchev as a prince of terror
- - SOV NKVD Primacy focus will now also unlock Lavrentiy Beria as a prince of terror
- - ENG General Rearmament focus will now also add Vickers-Armstrongs as a tank designer
- - GER Trade Interdiction focus will now also unlock Alfred Saalwächter as a theorist
- - ITA Prospect For Oil focus will now also unlock Agip as a synthetics designer
- - FRA Secure Spain focus will now also remove SPR's Recovering From Civil War idea if it still has it and FRA is an alliance leader
- - GER idea Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: now also provides +10% submarine attack and defense
- - FRA idea Victors of the Great War: now also provides -25% army morale
- - FRA idea Protected by the Maginot Line: now also provides -25% division speed; now removed with FRA Aggressive Focus rather than FRA Army of Aggression
- - FRA idea Esprit de corps: now also provides -25% division training time
- - FRA AI will no longer research the Army Reform focus until 1940 when in Historical Mode
- - FRA AI will no longer research the Grande Armée focus when in Historical Mode
- - ITA AI will no longer research the Go After Spain focus when in Historical Mode
- - GER AI will no longer research the Alpenfestung focus when in Historical Mode; now also provides maximum anti-air in Oberbayern (52) and Niederbayern (53)
- - GER AI will now sometimes split CZE with HUN (rather than forming SLO) in Historical Mode
- - POL AI will no longer research the Intermarium focus when in Historical Mode
- - changed JAP theorist Isoroku Yamamoto from a Naval Aviation Pioneer to a Naval Reform Genius (chief of navy)
- - changed JAP military high command Soemu Toyoda from a Capital Ships Specialist to a Fleet Logistics Specialist
- - reworked JAP focus Carrier Focus as Carrier Strike Focus; now also unlocks Shigeyoshi Inoue (theorist) and Fushimi Hiroyasu (chief of navy)
- - reworked JAP focus Modern Battleship Focus as Decisive Battle Focus; now also unlocks Sato Tetsutaro (theorist) and Shigetaro Shimada (chief of navy)
- - changed FRA chief of army Alphonse Georges from Army Maneuver Specialist to Army Organization Specialist
- - replaced FRA political advisor Marcel Bucard (Prince of Terror) with Joseph Darnand (Prince of Terror)
- - replaced SOV political advisor Nikita Khrushchev (Communist Revolutionary) with Grigory Zinoviev (Communist Revolutionary)
- - changed SOV political advisor Nikita Khrushchev from a Communist Revolutionary to a Prince of Terror
- - changed SOV political advisor Lavrentiy Beria from an Ideological Crusader to a Prince of Terror
- - changed GER political advisor Rudolf Hess from a Compassionate Gentleman back to a Silent Workhorse
- - changed GER design company Germaniawerft from an Atlantic Fleet Designer to an Escort Fleet Designer
- - added GER design company: Deutsche Werke (Atlantic Fleet Designer)
- - added GER design company: Kriegsmarinewerft (Pacific Fleet Designer)
- - added ITA design company: Reggiane (Close Air Support Designer)
- - added ITA design company: Olivetti (Electronics Designer)
- - added ITA design company: Agip (Synthetics Designer)
- - added 1 military factory to Algiers (459) in 1936
- - added 1 military factory to Picardie (29) in 1936
- - added 1 military factory to Alsace-Lorraine (28) in 1939
- - removed 2 civilian factories from Latium (2) in 1936
- - removed 3 military factories from Lombardy (159) in 1936
- - removed 5 military factories from Piedmont (158) in 1936
- - removed 3 military factories from Piedmont (158) in 1939
- - removed ITA Modernized Artillery focus
- - removed the Floating Fortress tech from the Base Strike Doctrine
- - the SOV Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center event will now also allow Zinoviev, Preobrazhensky, Pyatakov, Kamenev and Serebryakov to be purged
- - the SOV Trotsykist Coup event will now also purge Voznesensky and Molotov
- - the ENG King Edward VIII Refuses To Step Aside event will now result in Lord Halifax replacing Stanley Baldwin as prime minister
- - moved ITA's extra research slot focuses so that they are gated in a slightly more balanced way
- - switched Mechanization Effort and Armor Effort in the generic focus tree
- - Synthetics Designers now provide +10% resource gain efficiency rather than -5% industrial research time
- - tweaked Hitler's portrait so he is now wearing an Iron Cross instead of a tie
- - tweaked some of the GER naval focuses
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP and POL
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ITA and FRA in the 1939 scenario
- - improved the tooltips for ministers/design companies added via focus
- - fixed a vanilla bug/oversight in which a couple of navy chief ministers were mistakenly being used as military high command for DOM and NOR
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.16c
- - the CHI Chinese Popular Front event will now give MEN a core on Suiyuan (621)
- - MEN now has a core on Suiyuan (621) in the 1939 scenario
- - increased manpower gained from non-core (colonial) states from 2% to 10%
- - renamed SOV chief of army Vasily Blücher to Vasily Blyukher
- - changed the Hawaiian Division from a National Guard to an Infantry division type
- - slightly increased the chance that Edward VIII will choose to abdicate
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which certain infantry and motorized GFX wouldn't display properly due to referencing the wrong file paths
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which the define for naval supremacy was bugged if set to 1.0
- v1.16b
- - added a news event
- - added ENG focus: Cede Newfoundland
- - FRA now gets +20% national unity if Vichy forms and de Gaulle becomes leader
- - GER Anti-Comintern Pact focus will now target all non-aligned countries in Europe (if they meet the other requirements)
- - SOV Free Association idea now provides -10% consumer goods factories, rather than -20%
- - SOV The Great Purge focus can no longer be bypassed (removes some possible exploits)
- - ENG Commonwealth Ties focus will now also target NFL and RHO if they exist and are allied with ENG
- - generic Militarism idea now provides -5% consumer goods factories, rather than -10%
- - removed a couple of GER AI events that should no longer be needed
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG and USA in the 1939 scenario
- - tweaked the text for the FRA Édouard Daladier Resigns event to remove the reference to Vichy (as the event won't fire if Vichy forms)
- - updated the tooltip for ENG Establish the BEF to make clear that it will send divisions to FRA if she is allied with ENG and hasn't capitulated
- - added a tooltip for ENG Indian Independence
- - fixed a bug with flying ace callsigns
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which the generic AI template was mixing up several anti-tank and artillery regiments and support companies
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.16 "Blitzkrieg?"
- - added some more news events
- - added a surprise twist to an existing vanilla event
- - added ENG focuses: Land Rearmament, Establish the BEF, Mobile Warfare, Static Warfare, and The Home Guard
- - reworked ENG focus Royal Tank Regiment as Hobart's Funnies
- - removed ENG Limited Naval Support focus (obsolete)
- - added USA focus: Finish the Hoover Dam
- - added Newfoundland (NFL) and Rhodesia (RHO), complete with leaders, flags and generic name lists
- - added St. John's as a minor VP
- - reworked the left-hand side of the ENG focus tree (new and reworked focuses; more interesting choices; pre-war naval rearmament is now more viable)
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, ITA, SOV and USA
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
- - Vichy France will now form with Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon and Madagascar if FRA controlled those areas when it capitulated
- - numerous AI defines and research focus tweaks; the AI should now be *slightly* more competent and less prone to repeat suicidal naval invasions
- - increased combat width from 80/40 to 96/48
- - reduced max number of leader combat traits from 6 to 3 (reasoning: stop trait spam; encourage use of a greater number of leaders)
- - FRA Defensive Focus focus will now add Maxime Weygand as a chief of army rather than simply unlock him as an option (cost increased to 150 PP)
- - FRA Aggressive Focus focus will now add Maurice Gamelin as a chief of army rather than simply unlock him as an option (cost increased to 150 PP)
- - changed ITA political advisor Junio Valerio Borghese from an Armaments Organizer to an Amphibious Assault Genius
- - added ITA political advisor: Gabriele D'Annunzio (Popular Figurehead)
- - added ENG theorist: B. H. Liddell Hart (Blitzkrieg Theorist)
- - added some historical flying ace names for the 7 majors, courtesy of Mannock
- - EST, LAT and LIT will now be less likely to join the Axis as soon as they turn fascist
- - NOR and YUG AI will no longer appoint their popular figurehead ministers
- - GER Anschluss focus can now also be researched if AUS is fascist and in a faction with GER
- - SOV AI will no longer research the New Soviet Man focus when in Historical Mode
- - SOV AI will no longer research the Annex Tannu Tuva focus until 1944 when in Historical Mode
- - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
- - nukes will now deal much more damage to divisions
- - countries with the generic focus tree will no longer research the Political Effort focus until 1939 when in Historical Mode
- - changed the color of SLO
- - added a number of new focus tree icons, courtesy of veBear and Wolferos (not used at present due to an engine bug which needs fixing)
- - increased min division deployment training requirement from 20% to 50%; Forced Deployment tech reduces this to 25%
- - the AI will no longer deploy divisions at under 100% equipment and training whilst at peace, or 100% equipment and 50% training whilst at war
- - the AI will now prioritize upgrading a much larger percentage of its military equipment
- - the AI will no longer stage naval invasions unless it has 100% naval superiority in that region
- - the AI will now aim for divisions of 24 (INF, MNT, MOT), 18 (CAV, MAR, PAR, L-ARM, M-ARM) or 12 (MEC, H-ARM) width
- - declaration of war focuses will now cancel if the country researching the focus capitulates
- - increased the number of provinces required between point A and point B before the AI will consider using strategic redployment from 8 to 25 (result: less strategic deployment; stronger divisions)
- - Motorized Designer tech teams now also provide a +10% research bonus to Mechanized techs, rather than just Motorized
- - SPR Recovering From Civil War idea is now added via an on_action rather than an AI event for communist SPR (no change in effect, just a better way of doing it)
- - ENG The Burma Road focus now also adds infrastructure and an air base to North Yunnan (748)
- - made a couple more misc. tweaks to the ai_strategy entries
- - fixed a bug in which Paul Reynaud would replace Charles de Gaulle as leader of FRA
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which researching the GER Around Maginot focus would fire the wrong news event
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.15c
- - ITA Italy First focus no longer requires BUL to be in a position to join the faction, but BUL will still join if those requirements are met
- - FRA AI will no longer research the Extend the Maginot Line focus when in Historical Mode
- - added an AI event so that communist SPR now correctly receives the Recovering From Civil War idea (no idea why this doesn't work normally!)
- - fixed another issue of an ai_strategy entry having a broken trigger due to bugged logic construction in vanilla (weird South American fascist goings on)
- - made a couple of tweaks to AI defines so that the AI *should* no longer attack size >3 forts when in careful planning mode
- - made a couple more misc. tweaks to the ai_strategy entries
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.15b
- - added a new icon for the RAJ Non-Violent Protest idea, courtesy of tom_jones
- - removed YEM as a puppet of ENG
- - ITA now guarantees YEM's independence
- - increased the XP requirements for obtaining the Infantryman, Infiltration Expert, Entrencher, Cavalier and Master Gunner traits
- - updated the tooltip for ITA Secure Austria to make clear that it will allow AUS to join ITA's faction
- - fixed an issue with two ai_strategy entries having a broken trigger due to bugged logic construction in vanilla
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.15 "Big Trouble in Little China"
- - added some more news events
- - added JAP focuses: Operation 'C' and Noborito Laboratory
- - added SOV focuses: Support Chinese Communists, Support Chinese Nationalists, and Naval Infantry
- - added ENG military high command: Hugh Trenchard (Strategic Bombing Genius)
- - added ENG military high command: Percy Hobart (Armor Expert)
- - BHU, NEP, OMA and YEM are now correctly puppets of ENG in 1936 and 1939
- - replaced ENG political advisor Nevile Henderson (Backroom Backstabber) with Austen Chamberlain (Compassionate Gentleman)
- - changed ENG political advisor Stafford Cripps from a Compassionate Gentleman to a Backroom Backstabber
- - added one new general for GER
- - added some new minister portraits, courtesy of tom_jones
- - added strategic regions: Tibet (181), Inner Mongolia (182), and Kashmir (183)
- - added states: Chamdo (747), North Yunnan (748), Wuhan (749), South Jiangxi (750), Gobi (751), and Western Mongolia (752)
- - added 10 aluminium, 4 oil and 8 rubber to Sichuan (605)
- - added a supply area (355)
- - general border and population tweaks to a number of Chinese states and strategic regions as a result of various merges and splits
- - transferred Hainan (591), Guangzhou (592), and Guangdong (593) from GXC to CHI in the 1936 scenario
- - added/transferred some divisions to GXC and CHI in the 1936 scenario
- - GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN now have their historical leaders as generals
- - ITA focus Spanish-Italian Alliance will now remove SPR's Recovering From Civil War idea if SPR is fascist, rather than just add fascist influence
- - SOV focus Permanent Revolution will now also remove SPR's Recovering From Civil War idea if SPR is communist
- - SOV focus World Revolution now requires SOV War with Britain focus
- - JAP Subdue the Warlords focus will now bypass if any of the warlord states are puppets of JAP
- - opened up the SOV focus tree slightly; certain branches can now be accessed via alternative routes
- - reworked SOV Operation Zet focus; now more historical, more useful, and available earlier
- - numerous improvements to port and air base sizes and map positions for JAP
- - JAP now has the Limited Exports and War Economy laws in 1939, rather than Closed Economy and Total Mobilization
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER, JAP and SOV
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for SOV in the 1939 scenario
- - the AI should now place greater emphasis on defending fort provinces
- - added an AI event for ITA to declare war on YUG if it has researched YUG Claims on Yugoslavia and FRA has met certain conditions
- - SOV AI will now wait a bit longer until it researches the War with Germany focus
- - SOV AI will no longer appoint naval ministers (a waste of PP and hinders the AI; better spent on army/air/political stuff)
- - GER AI will now be much more likely to appoint Himmler as a minister
- - SIK AI will now be more reluctant to join the Comintern if SOV is at war with GER
- - SIK AI will now try to ally with CHI if SOV is at war with GER and CHI is non-aligned and a faction leader
- - JAP AI will now get an extra pair of marine divisions once it has researched War with China focus
- - JAP AI will no longer research the Axis Leanings focus if GER has already researched Befriend China when not in Historical Mode
- - SPR AI will now be much more reluctant to join factions until SPR-specific faction join focuses have been researched
- - USA AI will now be much more reluctant to join the Allies until it has researched one of its war goal focuses or is at war with one of those countries
- - European AI fascist countries (excluding ITA and SPR) will now be much more likely to try to join the Axis
- - RAJ, CHI, GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN will no longer research the Collectivist Ethos focus if non-aligned when in Historical Mode
- - HUN idea Legacy of Trianon now provides +25 fascism and +25 communism acceptance rather than +5 (HUN should now flip ideology quicker)
- - ENG now has an Anti-Air Division template
- - ENG now starts with anti-air equipment being constructed in 1936 and 1939
- - upgraded GER's cavalry template from brigade to division size in 1939
- - further misc. tweaks and additions to the ai_strategy entries
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers and effects
- - tweaked some naval bonuses in the ITA focus tree
- - added unique unlocked division template names for the 7 majors (i.e. Marines, Mechanized, etc.)
- - improved the tooltips for research bonuses granted via event/focus
- - reduced the default air base capacity from 200 to 100 planes; each upgrade now adds +100 capacity rather than +200
- - fixed a bug in which an event about Hitler would (wrongly) fire even if Strasser was in power
- - fixed a bug in which SPR would not get the Recovering From Civil War idea if the Republicans won
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which the trigger for the ENG Burma Road focus was not working properly
- - fixed a vanilla bug/oversight in which researching mechanized infantry did not generate an associated division template
- - misc. OOB tweaks for ENG (reduced the size of the Colonial Garrison template; added historical Anti-Air Divisions)
- - misc. OOB tweaks for JAP and SOV (renamed a division template)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.14 "The Cable Street Massacre"
- - added some news events (keep your eyes peeled)
- - added a unique portrait for Otto Strasser by tom_jones
- - added a better portrait of Francisco Franco by tom_jones
- - lowered the national unity of DEN and NOR
- - added a level 6 naval base to Flandre (6) to represent Antwerp
- - added Slovenia (SLV), complete with leaders, flags and a generic name list
- - added a better quality flag for communist CHI/PRC
- - added the Führer trait for Adolf Hitler (+25% political power gain, +25% army experience gain)
- - added the Duce trait for Benito Mussolini (+15% political power gain, -15% justify war goal time)
- - added the Dislikes Communist China trait for Chiang Kai-shek (makes the CHI AI very aggressive towards PRC)
- - ITA Victor Emmanuel III idea now provides -7% naval doctrine research time rather than +5% national unity
- - ITA Vittoria Mutilata idea now provides +10% army morale rather than -5% justify war goal time
- - reworked FRA Annex Belgium focus to be an event chain (like Albania) rather than simply a declaration of war
- - Joseph Stalin's Paranoid Tyrant trait now provides a general -2% research time bonus rather than +5% military factory construction speed
- - removed some claims in the Aegean and Istanbul to avoid TUR being dragged into the war so early
- - removed the +100 ideological influence modifier from the ROM Seeking Revenge Against Soviet and Seeking Revenge Against Germany ideas
- - changed the colors of AFG, BHU, CHL, CZE, DEN, GHC, HUN, MEN, MON, NOR, PHI, SIA, SWE, TIB, XSM, and YUG
- - re-added CHI Common Purpose idea, which provides +20% national unity and +5% division attack and defence (activated by Chinese Popular Front)
- - changed FRA Henri Giraud from a generic Military Theorist to a Superior Firepower Expert
- - GER/FRA/ENG AI will no longer appoint Erich Ludendorff, Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Pétain or J.F.C. Fuller as theorists (wrong starting doctrines, hinders AI)
- - ITA AI will no longer research the War with Greece focus until YUG has either capitulated or is allied with ITA or GER
- - ITA AI will no longer research the Invade Iraq focus if still at war with any of its neighbors
- - ITA AI will no longer research the Go After Spain focus unless SOV has either capitulated or is at war with or allied with ITA or GER
- - GER AI will no longer research the Around Maginot focus if FRA has occupied states east of the Maginot Line (will try to kick them out first)
- - GER AI will no longer research the Operation Weserübung focus if still at war with any of its neighbors
- - SOV AI will no longer research the War with Germany focus if still at war with JAP
- - SOV AI will no longer research the War with Japan focus if still at war with GER
- - FRA/ITA/GER AI will no longer research their fort focuses if they are allied with the neighbor the forts are designed to protect against
- - SOV/JAP/GER AI will now be a bit more historical with the timing of their declaration of war focuses
- - SOV AI will now be slightly more reluctant to research The Great Purge and Socialism in One Country focuses when not in Historical Mode
- - FRA AI will now be more likely to research the Aggressive Focus, Little Entente and Revise Versailles focuses when not in Historical Mode
- - GER AI will now be more likely to research the Plan Z and Befriend China focuses when not in Historical Mode
- - supporting either side in the Intervention in the Spanish Civil War event will now cost 20000 manpower rather than 150 political power
- - FRA and FIN AI should now be a bit more defensive
- - ITA AI should now be a bit less aggressive
- - CHI German Advisors idea now also provides +5% army organization and morale
- - edited the special forces OOB loaded for the GER AI when it researches the Operation Weserübung focus
- - added some level 2 coastal forts to Weser-Ems (56), Schleswig-Holstein (58), and Hannover (59)
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER and JAP
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER in the 1939 scenario
- - GER event Military Coup Against Nazi Regime is now a bit easier to get
- - MAN and RAJ divisions now begin with Basic Infantry Equipment produced by JAP and ENG respectively
- - divisions loaded by OOB event or focus will now begin with equipment produced by their country of origin (where appropriate)
- - GER now has a Sicherungs-Division template in 1936
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers and effects
- - added cancel triggers to a number of national spirits (e.g. a democratic GER won't keep Triumphant Will)
- - fixed some issues with the JAP/SOV Chinese Border Incident events
- - misc. naval defines tweaks to try to reduce AI naval invasions
- - misc. OOB tweaks for GER
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.13 "Non-Aggression Patch"
- - updated national focus triggers so that declarations of war aren't made if non-aggression pacts are in effect (excludes GER)
- - JAP AI will now get an event granting some motorized and marine divisions once it has researched War with China focus
- - JAP AI will now get an event granting some cavalry and light armor divisions once it has researched Subdue the Warlords focus
- - JAP Warrior Traditions idea now provides +15% division attack and defence on core territory rather than +10% army morale
- - the Fate of Czechoslovakia event will now load a small panzer division OOB for GER
- - removed CHI Common Purpose idea (balance testing)
- - increased the research time of SOV The Great Purge focus (updated to match vanilla)
- - increased the chances of the AI choosing Churchill over Halifax in Historical Mode
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which Ohka suicide planes could not be given the Kamikaze mission (!)
- - upgraded Hsinking from 1 to 10 VP
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.12 "The Paris Gun"
- - added Railway Artillery I-IV techs; each tech provides +20% fort attack and +10% urban attack for artillery, with GFX courtesy of Jay dey Long
- - added Mountaineer, Marine and Paratrooper IV techs so that special forces have a bit of extra late-game kick
- - added Special Forces Anti-Tank tech
- - GER now begins with Railway Artillery I tech in 1936
- - GER now begins with Railway Artillery II tech in 1939
- - added a better portrait of Mao Zedong by tom_jones
- - upgraded Kwantung (746) to a level 5 naval base
- - added a level 3 naval base and 1 land fort to East Hebei (609)
- - added Tongzhou as a capital and VP for East Hebei (609)
- - Airship Company techs now provide +5% breakthrough and +5% defense rather than +5% soft attack
- - GER should no longer attempt to go to war with the Low Countries until it has researched the GER Around Maginot focus
- - removed PRC from the JAP Subdue the Warlords focus as it would often drag JAP into a war with SOV
- - removed a couple of superfluous straits in the East Indies (apparently I was overzealous)
- - further misc. tweaks and additions to the ai_strategy entries
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.11 "Ísland Improvement Project"
- - added a new (professional!) mod image, courtesy of Acinonyx
- - added ICE as a puppet of DEN in 1936 and 1939
- - added an event for the establishment of a non-aligned Russian corporatist state if SOV has capitulated and made peace
- - added an event for the return of Otto Strasser if GER has not made sufficient progress by the summer of 1941
- - tweaked the SOV focus tree slightly so that the POL/ROM/Baltic claims focuses are now in the correct historical order
- - rebalanced the conscription modifiers provided by the SOV Militarized Schools and Socialist Science focuses
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for SOV
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers and effects
- - improved the triggers for some of the conscription laws
- - added detailed tooltips for all conscription laws so they are easier to understand
- - improved the tooltip for the GER Alliance with the USSR focus
- - buffed the three naval invasion techs from 3/6/12 divisions to 6/12/24
- - ITA should now be far less willing to join the Axis unless FRA is fascist, has capitulated, or is in a faction with GER or ITA
- - JAP should now be far less willing to join the Axis unless it has researched the JAP Axis Leanings focus
- - SOV should now be far less willing to declare war on POL until it has researched the SOV Demand Eastern Poland focus
- - non-Asian nations should now be far less willing to join the Co-Prosperity Sphere
- - removed a number of generals when they become country leaders (i.e. Darlan, Dönitz, Himmler)
- - USA War Plans can now only be researched if the target country is not a puppet
- - USA declaration of war focuses (GER, SOV, ENG, JAP, CHI) now have deployed manpower requirements
- - GER Around Maginot focus now has a deployed manpower requirement
- - FRA and SOV now start with heavy tank equipment being constructed in 1936 and 1939
- - changed GER Erich Ludendorff from a chief of army (Army Morale Specialist) to a theorist (Grand Battle Plan Expert)
- - GER German War Machine focus will now unlock Erich von Mainstein as a theorist rather than Heinz Guderian
- - GER High Seas Fleet focus now also grants a 50% research bonus for Fleet in Being doctrines
- - HOL Royal Dutch Shell is now correctly Refining Concern rather than Industrial Concern
- - revised democratic and non-aligned leaders for ICE
- - revised democratic and non-aligned leaders for SOV
- - added new ideologies: Trotskyism, Strasserism, Corporatism, and Military Dictatorship
- - added a couple of new straits to the East Indies
- - the Admiral Graf Spee should now be commissioned a bit earlier
- - fixed a bug in which the FRA Mechanized Focus national spririt didn't have an icon
- - fixed a number of vanilla bugs (mainly weird focus triggers)
- - further misc. tweaks and additions to the ai_strategy entries
- - added a better quality flag for non-aligned SOV
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.10 "Åland Improvement Project"
- - updated Vanilla + for the official 1.2 "Sunflower" patch
- - added USA focuses: War Plan Yellow, Embargo China, Restore Status Quo, Assert Western Supremacy, Jet Bomber Effort, and Great White Fleet
- - added ENG focuses: Limited Naval Support and Secure Siam
- - added GER focuses: Reich Paramilitarism, German War Machine, and Alliance with Finland, complete with a small event chain to bring FIN into the Axis
- - GER Reich Paramilitarism focus will now unlock Heinrich Himmler as a political advisor (now locked by default)
- - GER Army Innovations II focus will now unlock Erwin Rommel as a military high command (now locked by default)
- - GER Air Innovations II focus will now unlock Hugo Sperrle as a military high command (now locked by default)
- - GER German War Machine focus will now unlock Heinz Guderian as a theorist (now locked by default)
- - buffed some of the GER army/air focuses somewhat (GER were missing a few basic tech boosts that other majors get)
- - updated Battlecruiser stats to bring them into line with the new naval changes
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ITA in the 1939 scenario
- - JAP Convoy Expansion focus will now also add 50 convoys to JAP's equipment pool*
- - tweaked the ITA focus tree slightly so that the YUG and ALB/BUL focuses have now switched places (ALB was invaded before YUG)
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER, ITA and USA
- - added ITA theorist: Enrico Fermi (Nuclear Scientist)
- - USA focus WPA now adds infrastructure to low infra provinces in the continental US rather than providing +150 political power
- - USA focus Preemptive Intervention will now target PRU rather than VEN if USA is democratic
- - JAP focus Infrastructure Effort now adds infrastructure to low infra provinces in the Home Islands and Korea rather than Manchuria (which has its own focus)
- - JAP focus Synthetic Oil Focus now adds 4 synthetic oil refineries rather than a 50% research bonus
- - SOV focus World Revolution now also grants Leon Trotsky the Triumphant Revolutionary trait
- - added the Paranoid Tyrant trait for Joseph Stalin (+5% military factory construction speed, -5% army organization and morale)
- - CHI now guarantees the independence of SHX, GXC, XSM and YUN
- - added a small event chain for a white peace between CHI and JAP if MAN and MEN have both capitulated
- - added an AI event to add convoys for some of the majors if there's a Pacific war (should considerably aid AI USA and JAP with invasions)
- - SPA is now less likely to join the Axis until GER Alliance with Spain is completed
- - SPR will now also get the Recovering From Civil War idea
- - added Pocket Battleship tech (1922 only); a kind of CA-BB hybrid with high speed, extensive operational range and very high evasion
- - GER now begins with Pocket Battleship tech in 1936
- - YUG now begins a bit more democratic in 1936 and 1939 (so it is more likely to join the Allies than Comintern)
- - the Anglo-French Union event will now load a small OOB for ENG, representing French divisions reorganized under British command
- - the Anschluss event will now load a small OOB for GER, representing Austrian divisions reorganized under German command
- - re-ID'd previously added states (Hatay and Orkney)
- - added North Dobruja (745) as a new state split from Muntenia (46)
- - added 1 dockyard and 1 civilian factory to North Dobruja (745)
- - added Kwantung (746) as a new state split from Liaotung (716)
- - added 3 civilian factories and 1 naval fort to Kwantung (746)
- - re-added GRE claim on Istanbul (341)
- - added Modlin fortress for POL
- - updated the name list for MAN
- - nerfed Airship Company slightly (increased weight and supply consumption, reduced attack bonus from 10% to 5%)
- - Åland (145) is now correctly demilitarized until FIN is at war
- - added HOL idea: Dutch Military Stagnation, which provides -10% military factory, dockyard, fort and anti-air construction speed (removed when HOL is either at war or communist/fascist)
- - HOL no longer begins with Infantry Equipment I tech in 1936
- - HOL no longer begins with Recon tech in 1936
- - added MAN idea: Japanese Military Rule, which provides -75% recruitable population factor and -25% national unity (removed with MAN The Future of Manchukuo event)
- - added HUN idea: Legacy of Trianon, which provides +10% national unity, -10% idelogical drift defense, +5 fascism acceptance, and +5 communism acceptance
- - added NOR idea: Norwegian Merchant Fleet, which provides -10% IC cost for convoy building
- - increased NOR's starting convoys from 80 to 150
- - SOV idea Rehabilitated Military now requires either Permanent Revolution OR The Great Purge (updated to match vanilla)
- - ITA idea Invade Iraq now requires either War with Greece OR Befriend Greece OR Befriend Turkey
- - a number of prominent Nazi ministers are now disabled if GER is not fascist
- - added a number of new straits to resolve some annoying movement issues and help improve AI invasions of key areas
- - added unique GFX for the remaining leader traits, courtesy of Jay dey Long
- - added some new flags for AUS, ENG, FRA, HOL, HUN and PER (Vichy no longer has the Bourbon flag!)
- - added a number of custom tooltips for loaded OOBs and national focuses which create or invite to factions
- - added 5 oil to Lower Austria (4)
- - added 5 oil to Nejd (292)
- - added 6 aluminium to Kwantung (746)
- - transferred 30 steel from Liaotung (716) to Kwantung (746) as it was the economic hub of the region and JAP could do with the resources
- - transferred East Hebei (609) from MAN to JAP
- - transferred province #11612 from Slovenia (102) to Upper Austria (152)
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - fixed a number of vanilla bugs
- - misc. OOB tweaks for several nations
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- * this was always the original intent behind the focus but the command hadn't yet been implemented by the devs; it was added in v1.2
- v1.09b
- - added a small event chain for certain non-aligned nations to provide limited support for either side in the SCW
- - added a small event chain for the overthrow of Mao by Chen Duxiu in PRC if Trotsky comes to power in SOV
- - VEN: now correctly non-aligned in 1936 and 1939
- - fixed a minor bug with some of the loading screen quotes not showing properly
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.09
- - added Orkney (742) as a new state split from Scottish Highlands (120)
- - added Inverness, Aberdeen and Galway as minor VPs
- - added an event for a player-controlled MAN to lose puppet status and go it alone (added by request; won't fire for the AI)
- - added an option C to FRA event 'The Hatay Question' for FRA to release SYR as an independent nation
- - added an event for the destruction of the Maginot Line if it has been extended across the Belgian border
- - added RAJ idea: Non-Violent Protest, which provides +0.25 daily political power cost and -75% recruitable population factor (removed with ENG Indian Independence focus)
- - added War with Germany to the historical national focus list for SOV
- - changed the majority of war goals granted by national focuses to actual declarations of war
- - FRA focus Grande Armée now provides +10% national unity rather than +5%
- - SOV focus World Revolution now requires SOV be in an offensive war
- - GER AI will now get an event granting some special forces divisions once it has researched Operation Weserübung focus
- - GER AI will now get an event granting some SS divisions once it has researched Around Maginot focus
- - GER AI will now research Around Maginot focus earlier
- - buffed GER pocket battleships slightly
- - misc. national focus tweaks & buffs for GER and JAP
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.08
- - added SOV focuses: Socialism in One Country, Permanent Revolution, Reinforce Vladivostok, Reinforce Sevastopol, Free Association, A Stateless Society, and World Revolution
- - added JAP focus: Develop Manchukuo
- - MAN is now fascist rather than non-aligned
- - added events for the transfer of Hatay Province
- - added two more Battlecruiser techs
- - tweaked Battlecruiser stats; now faster, more powerful and slightly cheaper but with a higher manpower requirement and less durability
- - ENG now begins with Isolation law in 1936; unlocks Partial Mobilization law with General Rearmament focus
- - reworked ENG focus Industrial Effort as British Austerity
- - removed the first SOV Extra Research Slot focus
- - Free Trade law is now restricted to democratic and non-aligned states
- - War Economy law now provides a -1% conscription modifier
- - Total Mobilization law now provides a -2.5% conscription modifier; now restricted to fascist and communist states
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for SOV and JAP
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for SOV in the 1939 scenario
- - removed EGY (balance testing)
- - added ITA core on Zara (163)
- - added 234 rubber to Leopoldville (295)
- - added 67 aluminium to Stanleyville (718)
- - changed the colours of CRO, FRA, IRQ, POR and SHX
- - FRA now begins with 1936 Battlecruiser tech in 1936
- - JAP now begins with 1936 Battlecruiser tech in 1936
- - USA now begins with Landing Craft tech in 1939
- - downgraded Vladivostok (408) to a level 6 naval base
- - downgraded Crimea (137) to a level 8 naval base
- - added unique GFX for some of the new leader traits, courtesy of Jay dey Long
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.07
- - added events for the destruction of the Maginot Line, Alpine Line, and Fort Eben-Emael
- - added new leader traits: Assault Specialist, Entrencher, Cavalier, and Master Gunner
- - added new support company: Airship Company
- - tweaked the generic AI template so that the AI is able to use airships
- - FRA no longer begins with 1936 Naval Bomber tech in 1936
- - FRA no longer begins with 1936 CAS tech in 1936
- - FRA now begins with 1936 Artillery tech in 1936
- - GER no longer begins with 1936 Naval Bomber tech in 1936
- - GER no longer begins with 1936 Strategic Bomber tech in 1936
- - GER now begins with 1922 Carrier tech in 1936
- - FRA focus Char de Bataille now provides -10% IC cost for heavy tank equipment
- - FRA focus Automitrailleuses now provides -10% IC cost for light tank equipment
- - removed ENG A Motorized Army focus (balance testing)
- - standardized tech bonuses across the national focus trees
- - tweaked a number of leader traits for ITA, FIN, ENG, GER, FRA, RAJ, AST, SAF, POL and USA
- - misc. OOB tweaks for FRA and GER
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.06c
- - USA Standard Oil is now correctly Refining Concern rather than Industrial Concern
- - USA Support Rock Island focus will now unlock Rock Island Arsenal as an Artillery designer (now locked by default)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.06b
- - added 3 dockyards to Campania (117) in 1936
- - ITA now begins with 1940 Light Cruiser tech in 1939
- - ITA no longer begins with 1940 Destroyer tech in 1939
- - ITA no longer begins with 1940 Battleship tech in 1939
- - JAP no longer begins with 1940 Destroyer tech in 1939
- - removed GER Reassert Western Claims focus (balance testing)
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER in the 1939 scenario
- - tweaked a few more national focus triggers
- - OOB tweaks for ENG and ITA in 1936 and 1939
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.06
- - SOV no longer begins with Paratroopers tech in 1936
- - USA no longer begins with 1940 Battlecruiser tech in 1939
- - GER focus Alliance with the USSR will now disband the Comintern and invite SOV to the Axis, rather than create a new faction
- - buffed POL field marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly
- - added a number of new custom tooltips for national focuses which create or invite to factions
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.05b
- - reduced ENG, ITA and USA starting research slots from 4 to 3
- - added the generic Extra Research Slot II focus for ENG and ITA
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and ITA
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
- - FRA now begins with Basic Heavy Tank tech in 1936
- - ENG, FRA, ITA, GER, SOV, JAP and USA now all begin with their initial land, air and naval doctrine techs unlocked in 1936 (some were missing one or more of these)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.05
- - added ship silhouette GFX (both generic and majors) by tom_jones
- - OOB tweaks and name corrections for ENG and GER in 1936 and 1939
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.04e
- - added GER focus: Reassert Western Claims, complete with a small event chain for FRA to cede Alsace-Lorraine to GER
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for GER in the 1939 scenario
- - added an ai_strategy entry for GER to leave FRA alone if it is ceded Alsace-Lorraine
- - removed GER cores on Lorraine (17) and Alsace (28) -- now added with Reassert Western Claims focus
- - reverted HUN core changes (conflicts with vanilla events)
- - GER will no longer inherit AUS armies and division templates with GER Anschluss focus
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.04d
- - JAP will now research the Found our Faction focus in Historical Mode, rather than the Axis Leanings focus
- - ITA and JAP are now much more reluctant to join the Axis until their respective pro-Axis national focuses have been researched
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and JAP
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
- - further tweaks to the ai_strategy entries
- - added FRA cores on Algiers (459), Constantine (460), and Tlemcen (513)
- - removed DEN core on Greenland (101)
- - upgraded HUN claims to cores
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.04c
- - added GER focus: Alliance with China, complete with a small event chain to bring CHI into the Axis
- - added a couple of extra ai_strategy entries dealing with JAP's negative opinion of GER if GER allies with CHI
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.04b
- - added POL focuses: The Northern Flank, The Southern Flank, and Black Sea Pact
- - merged POL focus Treaty With Lithuania into The Baltic Alliance
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for POL
- - fixed a number of vanilla bugs in the ai_strategy files and added a load of new entries (should help the AI be more aggressive/defensive)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.04
- - added CHI and PRC cores on Tibet (322), Tannu Tuva (329), Mongolia (330) and Arunachal Pradesh (434)
- - added GRE claim on Cyprus (183)
- - added BUL claims on Macedonia (106) and Istanbul (341)
- - added YUG core on Zara (163)
- - added GUA claim on British Honduras (311)
- - added VEN claim on British Guyana (687)
- - added HUN claims on Vojvodina (45), Western Slovakia (70), Eastern Slovakia (71), Northern Transylvania (76), Crisana (83) and Transylvania (84)
- - added IRQ claims on Kurdistan (421) and Kuwait (656)
- - added AFG claims on Peshawar (442) and Quetta (445)
- - removed ENG, FRA, HOL, POR, SPR and USA cores on overseas and colonial states
- - removed HUN event claims as they now begin with them
- - removed GRE claim on Istanbul (341)
- - ITA focuses Claims on France and Claims on Turkey now add claims for the provinces in question
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.03d
- - reworked OOB for MAN in 1936 and 1939
- - numerous OOB tweaks and name corrections for ENG and FRA in 1936 and 1939
- - minor OOB tweaks and corrections for GER in 1939
- - added DEN core on Schleswig-Holstein (58)
- - added 32 more rubber to Liberia (298)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.03c
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which the Atatürk death event would fire for TUR in the 1939 scenario despite Atatürk having died in 1938
- v1.03b
- - added HAI claim on Dominican Republic (319)
- - added PER claim on Baluchistan (444)
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG in the 1939 scenario
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG
- - tweaked and improved a few more national focus triggers (general AI improvements)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.03
- - added Hatay (741) as a new state split from Adana (344) and Aleppo (677); owned by FRA in 1936 and TUR in 1939
- - added SYR core on Hatay (741)
- - added TUR core on Hatay (741)
- - added TUR claims on Cyprus (183), Dodecanese (164) and Aegean Islands (187)
- - CHI now begins with Great War artillery researched in 1936; added to 'Sanjiao Jun' and 'Motuo Hua Bubing Jun' division templates
- - TUR now begins with Great War artillery researched in 1936; added to 'Piyade Tümeni' division template
- - TUR now begins with Engineers researched in 1939; added to 'Dag Tugayi' division template
- - CHI now begins with Grand Battle Plan Doctrine and Battlefield Support Doctrine started in 1936
- - TUR now begins with Superior Firepower Doctrine and Battlefield Support Doctrine started in 1936
- - GXC, SHX, XSM and YUN now begin with Mass Assault Doctrine started in 1936
- - JAP focuses Northern Expansion and Southern Expansion now have manpower requirements
- - the three naval invasion techs now allow for 3, 6 and 12 divisions per landing rather than 10, 40 and 100 (!)
- - removed the flags added in v0.8 due to possible conflicts when using flag mods
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.02b
- - reworked ENG focus Imperial General Staff as Committee of Imperial Defence
- - ENG focus Raise the Gurkhas will now also guarantee NEP and provide a +50 relations boost
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and JAP
- - tweaked and improved a few more national focus triggers
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.02
- - added JAP focuses: Consolidate Gains, Army Mechanization, Convoy Expansion, Special Naval Forces, German Air Innovations, and Axis Technology Sharing
- - added USA focus: Coastal Artillery Forts
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for JAP and USA
- - tweaked and improved a few more national focus triggers
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.01b
- - added ITA focuses: Mechanized Army, Heavy Air Effort, and Naval Stratagems
- - tweaked a few national focus triggers
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ITA
- - tweaked a number of naval-related modifiers in 00_defines.lua
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.01
- - revised division templates for ITA in 1936 and 1939 (should make ITA considerably stronger)
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ITA in the 1939 scenario
- - added ENG focuses: Fortify Cyprus, Royal Artillery, and Imperial General Staff
- - added GER focuses: Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Befriend Belgium, and Pressure Romania
- - added ITA focuses: Industrial Effort III, Go After Spain, and Invade Iraq
- - FRA focus Grande Batterie now provides -10% IC cost for artillery equipment
- - FRA focus Mechanized Focus now provides -10% IC cost for mechanized equipment
- - GER chiefs of navy Erich Raeder and Karl Dönitz are now added by focus (Z Plan and U-Boat Effort respectively)
- - added GER idea: U-Boat construction program, which provides -10% IC cost for submarine building (activated by Unrestricted Submarine Warfare)
- - added ENG chief of army: John Dill (Army Drill Expert)
- - ROM no longer gets the Neutral Foreign Policy idea
- - tweaked, improved and reworked numerous national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG, GER and ITA
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which Chamberlain could resign despite having died in a previous event
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.0b
- - added Pietro Nenni (democratic), Palmiro Togliatti (communist) and Victor Emmanuel III (non-aligned) as non-fascist leaders for ITA
- - tweaked a number of leader traits to help certain AI nations
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v1.0
- - added unique leader portraits for Johan Ludwig Mowinckel and Adam Egede-Nissen by tom_jones
- - added CHI idea: Common Purpose, which provides +20% division attack and defence on core territory (activated by Chinese Popular Front)
- - added FIN idea: Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (Popular Figurehead)
- - added TUR idea: Spirit of Atatürk, which provides +10% national unity and +10% division attack and defence
- - GER idea General Staff now provides +10% army organization and morale rather than just +5% army organization
- - GER idea Endsieg Propaganda now provides +50% division attack and defence on core territory rather than +10% army morale and +10% division defence
- - ITA idea Spanish-Italian Alliance no longer has any requirements relating to FRA
- - tweaked FRA Go With Britain focus so it will now bypass if FRA is any faction, not just one with ENG
- - tweaked generic Militarism focus; now provides -10% consumer goods factories rather than +5% recruitable population
- - tweaked generic Military Youth focus; now provides +1% recruitable population rather than +2% recruitable population
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.9e
- - minor OOB tweaks and corrections for ENG in 1936 and 1939
- - ENG no longer begins with Motorised Infantry tech in 1936
- - ENG focus Commonwealth Ties will now also affect EGY
- - upgraded Malta (116) to a level 6 naval base
- - reverted heavy fighter CAS mission change (not working correctly)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.9d
- - changed the colours of AST, BUL, CAN, EGY, GER, ITA, LIT, RAJ, SAF, TAN and TUR
- - upgraded Istanbul (341) to a large city; added a small amount of infrastructure and some extra factories
- - upgraded Ankara (49) to a large town; added a small amount of infrastructure and some extra factories
- - added some anti-air and coastal forts on the Bosphorus for TUR
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.9c
- - tweaked the trigger for GER idea Endsieg Propaganda
- - GER idea Endsieg Propaganda now also provides +10% national unity
- - added the Liège fortress ring and Fort Eben-Emael for BEL
- - added the Metaxas Line for GRE
- - renamed the Bitburg victory point to Trier
- v0.9b
- - tweaked traits and skill levels for a number of existing ITA generals
- - added four new generals and one new admiral for ITA
- - tweaked 00_defines.lua so that countries should now generally be more willing to accept foreign volunteers
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
- - merged GER focus War With France into Around Maginot
- - added ENG political advisor: Stafford Cripps (Compassionate Gentleman)
- - replaced ENG political advisor: Philip Kerr (Silent Workhorse) with Herbert Morrison (Silent Workhorse)
- - re-added FRA political advisor: Marcel Bucard (Prince of Terror)
- - changed GER political advisor Rudolf Hess from a Silent Workhorse to a Compassionate Gentleman
- - changed GER chief of army August von Mackensen from Old Guard to Army Defensive Specialist
- - if François Darlan is assassinated he will now also be removed as an admiral
- - if the Nazis are overthrown during the Rhineland invasion Heinrich Himmler, Sepp Dietrich, Paul Hausser, and Felix Steiner will be removed as generals
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.9
- - tweaked a number of leader traits to help certain AI nations
- - added unique leader portraits for Maurice Thorez, Marcel Bucard, Ferenc Szálasi, and Henry Pu Yi by tom_jones
- - added FRA political advisor: Charles Maurras (Ideological Crusader)
- - added FRA military high command: André-Gaston Prételat (Entrenchment Expert)
- - tweaked traits and skill levels for a number of existing FRA generals; replaced Philippe Pétain with Pierre Billotte
- - added replacement FRA political advisors: Jacques Doriot (Fascist Demagogue) and Marcel Cachin (Communist Revolutionary)
- - reduced battleship_1 tech 'surface_detection' from 15 to 10; this should result in the AI building more modern battleships
- - heavy fighters can now also do CAS missions, although they are less effective than CAS planes
- - reworked VIC ideas file so that FRA and VIC no longer have duplicate/overlapping ministers
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which JAP had a duplicate military commander (Iwane Matsui)
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which POL had some issues with its starting national focuses in the 1939 scenario
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.8h
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which a TUR admiral was incorrectly being represented as a general
- - changed all TUR generals and admirals to use South American leader GFX rather than generic European GFX
- - TUR now uses the South American GFX style
- v0.8g
- - tweaked GER SS divisions in the 1936 and 1939 scenarios
- v0.8f
- - ITA CC.NN. divisions now use a separate division template
- - added country-specific dynamic fleet names for USA, GER, FRA, VIC, ITA, JAP, ENG, CAN, AST, NZL, SAF and RAJ
- - added naval name lists for RAJ
- v0.8e
- - added GER focuses: Naval Infantry and High Seas Fleet
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for FRA in the 1939 scenario
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.8d
- - added GER focus: Ostwall
- - tweaked the completed national focuses for ENG, FRA and GER in the 1939 scenario
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
- - fixed a few minister portrait issues
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.8c
- - FRA now begins with Superior Firepower Doctrine, Operational Integrity Doctrine and Trade Interdiction Doctrine started in 1936
- - ENG now begins with Strategic Destruction Doctrine started in 1936
- - TUR now begins with Superior Firepower Doctrine and Battlefield Support Doctrine started in 1939
- - changed FRA theorist Charles de Gaulle from a Grand Battleplan Expert to a Mobile Warfare Expert; now unlocked by default
- - changed the traits of a number of FRA chiefs of army to provide a bit more variety
- - fixed a bug in which a number of countries with the Mass Assault Doctrine had an incorrect bonus researched
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.8b
- - added leader events for August von Mackensen and Karl Dönitz
- - added a minister file for EGY
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for GER
- - ENG focus Protect Suez: will now fortify Sinai (453) rather than Alexandria (447)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.8
- - added assassination and survival events for François Darlan; now locked as a minister if he is assassinated
- - added Albert Sarraut, complete with resignation event and portrait by EmperorTojo
- - added FRA aircraft designer: CAER (CAS)
- - added FRA naval designers: ACF (Pacific Fleet) and ACP (Raiding Fleet)
- - added FRA industrial concerns: CSF (Electronics Concern) and CFP (Refining Concern)
- - added flags to improve a number of event triggers
- - added one new general for FRA
- - added two new generals for GER
- - added improved democratic, non-aligned, communist and fascist flags for FRA (thanks to Jamryl)
- - added improved fascist flags for ENG, HOL, HUN and PER (thanks to Rogue and Adiya)
- - EGY (Egypt) now exists as a puppet of ENG
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and GER
- - improved a few idea and minister icons
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.7
- - added FRA theorist: Philippe Pétain (Mass Assault Expert)
- - added GER chiefs of army: Erich Ludendorff (Army Morale Specialist) and August von Mackensen (Old Guard)
- - FRA idea Victors of the Great War: removed the -0.3% recruitable population malus
- - FRA idea Disjointed Government: reduced the daily political power cost malus from +0.8 to +0.5
- - added FRA idea: Colonial Conscription, which provides +1% recruitable population (activated by Modernize the Colonials focus)
- - added FRA idea: Esprit de corps, which provides +25% army morale (activated by Grande Armée focus)
- - improved a couple of event triggers
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which two ROM ideas were not working due to being incorrectly assigned to BUL
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.6
- - added 1939 and 1945 general election events for ENG
- - added ENG leader: Clement Attlee
- - added ENG political advisors: Anthony Eden (Smooth-Talking Charmer), John Anderson (Captain of Industry), and David Lloyd George (Ideological Crusader)
- - added a number of new generals and admirals for AST, AUS, CAN, CHI, CZE, DEN, ENG, FIN, GER, GRE, HUN, JAP, NOR, PRC, RAJ, ROM, SAF, SIA and YUG
- - tweaked traits and skill levels for a number of existing generals and admirals
- - changed all AST, CAN, NZL, RAJ and SAF generals and admirals to use ENG leader GFX rather than generic European GFX
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.5b
- - added leader event for J. F. C. Fuller
- - added ENG theorist: J. F. C. Fuller (Mobile Warfare Expert)
- - ENG Anglo-Iranian Oil Company is now correctly Refining Concern rather than Industrial Concern
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.5
- - added Mediterranean fleet designer type; available to FRA, GRE, ITA, ROM, SPR, TUR and YUG
- - added FRA tank designer: Hotchkiss (Light tank designer); AMX is now a Medium tank designer
- - added FRA chief of army: Marie-Pierre Kœnig (Army Reform Genius)
- - ITA Atlantic Fleet focus will now unlock CRDA as an Atlantic fleet designer (now locked by default)
- - FRA Char de Bataille focus will now unlock Renault as a Heavy tank designer (now locked by default)
- - FRA Automitrailleuses focus will now unlock Hotchkiss as a Light tank designer (locked by default)
- - FRA Army Reform focus will now unlock Marie-Pierre Kœnig as a chief of army rather than Charles de Gaulle as a theorist
- - FRA Grande Armée focus will now unlock Charles de Gaulle as a theorist (Grand Battleplan Expert)
- - changed Marcel Bucard's minister portrait to one more fitting
- - RAJ now uses the Commonwealth GFX style
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.4
- - added leader events for Paul Reynaud, François Darlan, Pietro Badoglio, and Victor Emmanuel III
- - added six new generals for RAJ
- - added five new generals for FRA
- - added three new generals and two new admirals for ITA
- - changed Maurice Gamelin's defensive_doctrine trait to offensive_doctrine (to reflect how he is represented as a minister)
- - changed Pu Yi's and Ferenc Szálasi's minister portraits to ones more fitting
- - added FRA naval designer: ACL (Atlantic Fleet); FCM is now a Coastal Defence fleet designer
- - tweaked GER Anschluss focus so it will now bypass if certain requirements are no longer possible (i.e. AUS no longer exists or is democratic)
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.3
- - added FRA focuses: Secure Spain, Plan XVIII, Into the Reich, Perfide Albion, and Union Méditerranéenne
- - tweaked all national focus wargoals
- - misc. database tweaks
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.2a
- - CRO now starts with Bosnia as a core province (so it can form with it)
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.2
- - minor land OOB tweaks; downgraded most of FRA's starting tanks in 1936 to Great War model (FT-17)
- - FRA Army Reform focus will now unlock Charles de Gaulle as a theorist rather than AMX as a tank designer (now unlocked by default)
- - added FRA focuses: Naval Infantry, Expand the Foreign Legion, Modernize the Colonials, Grande Armée, and Annex Belgium
- - added FRA idea: Fresh Legionnaires, which provides +10% division attack and defence on core territory (activated by Expand the Foreign Legion focus)
- - added AUS idea: Blackshirt Intimidation, which provides AI -70% join faction desire (activated by ITA Coerce Austria focus)
- - added ITA naval designers: Gio. Ansaldo & C. (Coastal Defence) and Odero Terni Orlando (Escort Fleet); CRDA is now an Atlantic Fleet designer
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for FRA
- - tweaked various national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.1d
- - tweaked various national focus triggers, effects and icons
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.1c
- - added GER focus: Pressure Hungary
- - moved around a few things in the ITA focus tree; reworked Befriend Austria so it is now mutually exclusive with Pact of Steel
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.1b
- - ITA Befriend Austria focus will now bypass GER Anschluss; should make an ITA-AUS alliance a bit easier
- - turned off AI expeditionary forces; should resolve a number of unintended issues and increase late-game performance
- - misc. localization improvements
- v0.1a
- - minor land OOB tweaks; corrected the names of the division templates for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA and USA
- - extensive naval OOB tweaks; added/removed some missing/incorrect ships; edited starting naval build queues, etc.
- - generally buffed the Axis navies to help balance the naval game a bit more
- - made a number of changes and corrections to various ship tech names and descriptions
- - tweaked starting techs for a few nations
- - improved the ship names for ENG, FRA, GER, ITA, JAP and USA
- - tweaked the historical AI's national focus priorities for ENG and GER; made it so a couple more have already been researched in 1939
- - made a couple of tweaks to 00_defines.lua, primarily to slow down production slightly and try to force the AI to use smaller fleets
- - conscription laws now provide a much more gradual increase in manpower, and later laws provide considerably less manpower than in vanilla
- - re-added MAN (Manchukuo) as a puppet of JAP, complete with ministers, starting leader and a generic name list
- - tweaked all of the national focus files to improve triggers & usability, remove examples of incorrect tech bonuses, etc.
- - added ENG focuses: Parachute Regiment, Raise the Gurkhas, Battlecruiser Focus, and The Grand Fleet
- - added GER focuses: The Four Year Plan, Heavy Water Refinement, Atlantikwall, National Redoubt, and Alpenfestung
- - added ITA focuses: Befriend Austria and Fortification Effort II
- - added ENG idea: Grand Fleet reconstruction, which provides -10% IC cost for capital ship building (activated by The Grand Fleet focus)
- - added GER idea: Endsieg Propaganda, which provides +10% army morale and +10% division defence (activated by National Redoubt focus)
- - tweaked the Mass Assault land doctrine; switched some techs/bonuses around; now has the same number of techs as the other doctrines
- - tweaked a load of country names to be more historical/plausible
- - tweaked the names of the alliances created via national focus, and added two more (missing) for FRA
- - changed the colour of NOR
- - switched the colours of SPA and SPR
- - GER now starts with Alsace and Lorraine as core provinces
- - SWE now starts with Gotland as a core province
- - ENG now guarantees IRE's independence
- - ENG now correctly owns the Solomon Islands, rather than AST
- - fixed a vanilla bug in which battleships had 152 surface_detection rather than 15 (!)
- - changed alert_naval_battle_results from LOW to HIGH (no idea how or even if this works)
- - added some currently unused traits to a number of country leaders
- - added Stanley Baldwin, complete with resignation event and portrait by EmperorTojo
- - added an improved portrait for Ignacy Moscicki by EmperorTojo
- - added ITA leader: Rodolfo Graziani, with portrait by EmperorTojo
- - added POL leader: Edward Rydz-Smigly, with portrait by EmperorTojo
- - HUN: Miklós Horthy is now correctly Non-Aligned rather than Fascist; added Ferenc Szálasi as a possible Fascist leader
- - FRA: Philippe Pétain is now correctly Non-Aligned rather than Fascist; added Marcel Bucard as a possible Fascist leader
- - ROM: now correctly Non-Aligned in 1936 and Democratic in 1939, with the relevant leaders
- - misc. localization improvements
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