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CK3 Dev Diary #103: Summer Break

Greetings!

Summer is upon us, and with Fate of Iberia and the 1.6.1 update(s) (note: another small fix update will be released this week), we feel confident that the game is in a good place where it can be enjoyed over the break! (As always, keep those reports up if you find an issue) Soon we’ll all be out enjoying the beautiful Swedish summer, taking some well-deserved rest, and recharging for the time ahead!

As mentioned in Dev Diary 100, we have big and small plans, some of which will be revealed later this year. We’re very excited to see what you think, but we can’t say anything yet!

From this point onwards we will not have any regularly scheduled Dev Diaries until we’re all back! There may be a small dev diary here and there, but no promises. We’ll be back before the end of August.

If you want to keep discussing the game over the break, head over to our Discord. Also, note that we’ll have videos every Wednesday and Friday throughout the summer, mostly of the DevClash that wrapped up recently.

Before we leave you for the summer, did you know that we added several historical figures that can appear under the right circumstances? Here’s an overview written by Ola, known as @Vaniljkaka here on the forums!

Abbas ibn Firnas (~810-887), known in Latin as Armen Firman, was an Andalusian polymath. Sources claim that he made an attempt at flight by jumping from a tower in Córdoba clad in a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts. For this, he got immortalized, and now has a statue outside Baghdad’s airport. Though Ibn Firnas would be alive in our 867 bookmark, you’ll only encounter him if the right event fires.

al-Zahrawi (936–1013), known as Albucasis in Latin, was one of the greatest surgeons of the Middle Ages, and court physician to the caliph in Córdoba. If you manage to encounter him in the game (you’ll need some luck for this, and an event about medicine…), he’ll even tell you an anecdote from his career.

Ibn al-Wafid (997 – 1074), known as Abenguefith in Latin, was a pharmacist and agronomist in Toledo in the middle of the 11th century. Historical sources claim that he was a pupil of al-Zahrawi, but this seems improbable, as al-Zahrawi died before 1013. Ibn al-Wafid is a great court physician if you play emir Yahya in the Rags to Riches bookmark.

Al-Zarkali (1029-1100), known in Latin as Arzachel, was a craftsman and astronomer based in Toledo. He fled the city when Castille conquered it in 1085. His work formed part of the basis for the Toledan Tables, a set of astronomical tables that were later translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona. He is in the court of Toledo in the 1066 start.

Joseph ibn Nagrela (1035-1066), also known as Joseph ha-Nagid, was vizier to the incompetent, alcoholic emir Badis of Granada. Ibn Nagrela belonged to a prominent lineage of Sephardic Jews; his father Samuel was a famous scholar, warrior, and poet. Ibn Nagrela was the chief victim of the Granada Massacre in December 1066, crucified by an angry mob for supposedly trying to usurp the throne. However, our game begins in January 1066, so perhaps he will fare better in this history…

Ibn Zuhr (1094-1162), known in Latin as Avenzoar, was a physician and poet, who seems to have had a dramatic fallout with one of his employers, the Almoravid ruler. This fallout was very much the inspiration for one of the events in Struggle for Iberia…

Ibn Tufail (1105 – 1185), known in Latin as Abubacer Aben Tofail, was a physician, novelist, and astronomer, among other things. He was quite keen on autopsies, as you’ll notice if you encounter him, which will require the right event at the right time.

Gerard of Cremona (~1114-1187) was an Italian translator of scientific books from Arabic into Latin, active in the kingdom of Castille. After the fall of Toledo, his work was instrumental in making Arabic knowledge available to the Western European intellectual sphere, ushering in the “Renaissance of the Twelfth Century”. Gerard can be encountered if you get an appropriate event during the years when he was active - make sure that conciliation is the prevailing mood in Iberia!

Ibn Rushd (1126-1198), known in Latin as Averroes, was a polymath and jurist and one of the most influential intellectuals of the Middle Ages, with a whole school of thought, averroism, that bears his name. In his youth, he seems to have been a pupil of both Ibn Zuhr and Ibn Tufail. There seem to be claims that he experimented with flight, just like ibn Firnas. Though he is very famous, he lived after our game’s current bookmark dates, and you’ll only encounter him with a bit of luck through an event in the right time period…

Qasmuna (11th-12th century) was a female Sephardi poet. Some of her poems are preserved, but little is known of her life. However, there is a theory that she was the sister of Joseph ibn Nagrela. I chose to go with this, since it made their family tree more interesting and allowed us to include her in the game. You’ll likely find her with her brother in the court of Granada.
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We are excited to come back refreshed and relaxed after vacation, and resume working on the game that we all know and love! Until August, goodbye!
 
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DreadLindwyrm said:
Have you approached the tech support forum?

Or are you complaining about a problem that you haven't even tried to get a solution to? Remember not all crashes will be caused by the same problems, so a crash presented by one person won't necessarily have the same reasons as your crash.

Are you using any mods? If your mods haven't updated they might cause the crashes.
Are you affected by the acknowledged problem that they had in 1.6.0? https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/cpu-support-issue-for-fate-of-iberia.1529667/
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i have lurked on bug reports and tech support since i restarted the game on 1.6.0.

I already did a bug report for crashes i got on 1.6.0

I play with no mods. What helped me to play was the auto save each month in case of crash, to reinstall and verify the game several times, to delete the /document/PDX/CK3 folder ...

My processor is an i5 4690k from 2014 so it doesn't seems to be any of the processors mentionned as i already checked the list (because i love this game so i wanted to play :D )

it seems the crash i actually experience don't even create a crash report in the crash folder. The game just close when i try to start a game or load a save.


Sorry for being rude on my last message, i wish everyone a good holiday but it's actually not logical for many people who can't even play or start the game to read "everything works almost fine we take 2 month vacation" when you see posts for crashes everywhere and no work around to let people play the game and DLC they bought.

i'm not trying to be rude, but sometimes messages need to be sent. I love all the licences of PDX, it's the only studio where i accept bugs and crashes (hello eu4 MP crash and OOS !) but i would like at least to be able to play the game.
 
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Happy vacation!
 
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l just lerv the idea of sneaking real people in as easter eggs!

keep'em coming!!
 
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Happy summer holidays for you all! You've created an excellent game and I'm looking forward to more!

Still, I too share the restlessness about bugfix issues. While a new update is said to be coming, it would really help if bug report threads were marked as "confirmed" or "in review" in the forum with more regularity, so we'd know what you are addressing.

For example my bug report about send poem interaction being still partly bugged in 1.6.1.1. has not been tagged in anyway. It's a small thing but enough to make me not ever use the "refined poetry" cultural tradition.
And the sticky thread "Currently known issues" has not been updated since May 31st!
 
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vandevere said:
I think one of the main reasons Americans react so badly to your Summer Break Announcements is that we're insanely jealous. Two months of Leave? Is it also Paid Leave?

Sometimes getting even unpaid Leave feels a lot like extracting teeth without anesthesia in the US. So glad you guys have it better...
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I do remember one comment on a post about devs going on either summer or winter break once complaining that Sweden should literally change its labor laws because they weren't happy with the state the game was in prior to the break and that Paradox becoming publicly traded meant they're obligated to break labor laws now.
 
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IndigoRage said:
I do remember one comment on a post about devs going on either summer or winter break once complaining that Sweden should literally change its labor laws because they weren't happy with the state the game was in prior to the break and that Paradox becoming publicly traded meant they're obligated to break labor laws now.
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I remember that post too...
 
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Wait I can have two months off on holiday...as an adult....if I only move like a little east of me. Right, goodbye England. You were rapidly nosediving into the proverbial poo anyway :D Best takeaway from this dev diary. Think I probably get a fortnight a year or something, bit more nowdays. Barely get to ever take any of it in most jobs and get pestered to work if you do anyway haha.
Man immagine still having good strong unions and workers rights. Bet you even get paid when your sick, damn socialists ;)
 
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Really love the historical characters! I hope you guys keep sprinkling them in! They're not too common to meet in game but everytime I do it's the biggest joy!

Don't be afraid to add some in the later parts of the game so we have people to look forward to meeting.
 
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Swedes getting Summer Breaks after their school years is something I will eternally be jealous of. Enjoy your time off and have a wonderful summer.
 
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Immgine legislating for Christmas holiday. As a brit I remember working retail for six years, you were lucky to get a day off at Xmas/New Years if you were real lucky. Thankfully am now in jobs where you atleast get bank holidays off.
 
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