Hi folks!

It's been a while, and I bet you're all wondering what we've been up to... Now, I can't reveal anything about the upcoming expansion quite yet, but, to tide you over, I thought I'd talk a bit about our other efforts. As you know, with every expansion comes a slew of free improvements and fixes. This time the focus has been on the latter; clearing up old bugs and issues (the change log is currently 620 lines long). Sometimes, that has required us to do some fairly major code rewrites. For example, we got rid of the rule that your 'government type' was determined by the type of your Capital Holding. (You know how it was game over when you got a Temple Holding as a capital, even for a tiny period? Well, now that kind of thing cannot happen anymore.) The government form is now something more persistent, and can have various rules that override those of your religion (whether you can raid, take concubines, etc.) To go along with this change, we also reworked the portrait frames to clearly distinguish between the various government forms.

In a similar vein, almost since release we've been plagued by bugs with characters leading multiple regiments and/or flanks, which could even cause crashes. Part of the problem was that the whole system was rather strange, so we decided to consolidate it in the following way: only the ruler, the Marshal and characters you have appointed Commander (a new title) can lead flanks or your own demesne and retinue regiments. Vassal levy regiments can still be led by your loyal vassals, but a character can never both lead a flank and a regiment. Mercenaries become more useful because they come with their own, good, leaders. Flank leaders apply their martial bonus to all regiments in the flank. Oh, and the combat system has been updated under the hood to correct various quirks that few people ever noticed, but which could sometimes cause never-ending battles and such.

In the process of implementing the new Commander title, we decided we might as well throw in a more convenient Honorary Title view. This is a perfect example of how what starts as a simple bug fix can turn into a whole new little quality-of-life feature. In this whole house cleaning process, we've also made some serious optimizations to the speed and memory usage of the game.

To finish off, here are some random snippets from the change log:

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- Revised the pagan Subjugation CB so that it completely subjugates the target but no Holdings ever change hands
- Added "Stop Seduction" and "Stop Spying" decisions
- Failing to imprison vassals of vassals now correctly forces them to abdicate and flee the realm
- AI will not join wars against spouse
- When your heir has an equal tier title to yours, _your_ laws are now copied to his primary title on succession
- Character Finder: The 'Married' filter now excludes concubines too
- Character Finder: Councillors now correctly show up too!
- Fixed a problem with allies of vassals staying in the war when the vassals's liege joins the other side
- Fixed some cases of ANY_ALL in location tooltips
- Duels now potentially give the Kinslayer trait
- The Yazidi Sheikh and Hurufi Caliph now have access to the Muslim subjugation CB and the Jihad CB
- The Paulician faith can now properly mend the schism
- The Hashshashins can now resurface after being scattered
- Fixed some issues with 'excommunication' for Yazidis
- Sons with traits blocking them from inheritance no longer count as "unlanded sons", causing prestige loss
- AI: Toned down seduction by characters with many children
- AI: Toned down impregnation chances for seduction affairs with characters with many children
- Handsome and lustful men now also populate the cabins in the wild for the pleasures of people who find them attractive

That's all for now, but from now on, we plan to post a dev diary every Tuesday, even if it's a short one!

 

[Thure]

So this must mean Cadet Branches or China...Nothing else can be big enough to give CK2 a final Hurrah

They said the patch will be save game compatible... This don't sound like China. And why 'final hurrah'?

 

[TheDarkMaster]

Muslims are a different government type called Iqta

How would this translate into something like my Lollard feudal temples mod?

 

[blackchoas]

Muslims are a different government type called Iqta

is this new or is it just the old government type better defined? where they can hold either castles or mosques with no penalty?

Has something changed about it other than having its own clear ribbon color now?

 

[Jarren]

No

Yes

 

[Three of Seven]

The changes to the UI are nice, but I must say, AI with seduction toned down on children? It was great when my heir went his own way and built a laaarge family, then I died and all those children, who will grow up and continue to carry on my great house! Will I never get such an heir again?!

 

[Sanny]

You have my sword, my lord.

 

[BadZombie]

Love it!

 

[Rorgloin]

Groogy, I think the changes look fantastic. One question about honorary titles-- can a commander hold another honorary title? For instance, could a courtier be Master of Horse AND a Commander?

 

[nicochrish]

can a commander hold another honorary title?

It works for all (or most) other honorary titles... why should e.g. a hirdman not also be commander of a flank?

I certainly hope so, in any case.

 

[Ezumiyr]

It's a bit strange to have Iqtas before the IXth century. Especially as it is not a government form, but a kind of vassal link (- for the caliph's officers - at least at the beginning)... An Empire cannot be an Iqta by definition (it would be like calling an empire a fief, it means that it is a land given to a vassal). The Iqtas only began to designate independant realms when the caliphates' authority was no longer respected (the Iqtas were de facto independant).

(I know that the muslim realms are often called Iqtas in EUIV but it's a different time range)

 

[aitaituo]

It's a bit strange to have Iqtas before the IXth century. Especially as it is not a government form, but a kind of vassal link (- for the caliph's officers - at least at the beginning)... An Empire cannot be an Iqta by definition (it would be like calling an empire a fief, it means that it is a land given to a vassal). The Iqtas only began to designate independant realms when the caliphates' authority was no longer respected (the Iqtas were de facto independant).

(I know that the muslim realms are often called Iqtas in EUIV but it's a different time range)

I think they're calling it Iqta in the sense that they call Christians feudal. The King doesn't (generally) hold any fiefs, but all his vassals are enfeoffed.

 

[Rubidium]

They said the patch will be save game compatible... This don't sound like China. And why 'final hurrah'?

Also, the minimap is fairly conspicuously displayed. If they wanted China (or even to be coy), they could easily have cut the screenshot off before that point.

 

[nicochrish]

I think they're calling it Iqta in the sense that they call Christians feudal. The King doesn't (generally) hold any fiefs, but all his vassals are enfeoffed.

Yes, but you can call medieval england a "feudal realm" and be correct. Calling Ummayad Andalus an "Iqta" or "Iqta realm" is really not historically correct.

I think it's an adequate approximation, though; you've got to call it something, after all.

 

[aitaituo]

Also, the minimap is fairly conspicuously displayed. If they wanted China (or even to be coy), they could easily have cut the screenshot off before that point.

Do you not see the minus and arrow buttons? Sure those currently minimize the mapmode buttons and minimap respectively, but now they must control whether or not China is displayed!

 

[Guthuk Gaming]

If they add China I will finally build up the strength to create a mod that removes India and China from the map. Stop using my processing power goddamnit.

 

[Jorlem]

I just noticed, the tooltip for merchant republics says they have no gender succession law. Currently, they are locked into male only succession. Is that changing?

Edit:
Also, is there any chance the Chronicle button will be changed to match the color of the other buttons on that row? It is currently a brighter shade of blue than the rest.

 

[Talq]

I just noticed, the tooltip for merchant republics says they have no gender succession law. Currently, they are locked into male only succession. Is that changing?

That would be what 'no gender succession law' would mean (you can't change your gender succession law if there are no options)

 

[Jorlem]

That would be what 'no gender succession law' would mean (you can't change your gender succession law if there are no options)

Then shouldn't it say "Cannot change gender succession law"? The current phrasing seems to state that there is no gender succession law at all, not that the option to change it does not exist.

 

[cmgreven]

Three cheers! I was beginning to become afraid of the lack of updates about CK2! Thought its glorious run was over. Feed me more DLC's.

 

[Allastair]

I think this means that there would be some "template" government type, IDK maybe with Agnatic Primogeniture, and than all other governments would change tidy bits of this setup.