Chapter IV Q&A - Response Video

[PDX-Trinexx]

Hello everyone! After a couple of unexpected illnesses and delays, we're finally ready to publish our Q&A video where we address a litany of questions we've received from the community since Chapter IV's reveal.

Did your question not get answered, or do you have new ones after the answers in this video? Drop a reply in the thread and we'll try to include it for future Q&As!

 

[PDX-Trinexx]

I am 99% sure the Tang was not in the expansionist phase during 867 but more like, wow how long can I stay alive for phase.

Quoting Daan from elsewhere:

Actually I misspoke a bit in the video there - I mean to say Tang was in an Expansionist Era. Tang at the start of 867 will be in a very unstable state, and in a different Era.
Tang can go back to an Expansionist Era if they get their things on the road again; but that is not what happened historically.

 

[PDX-Trinexx]

Have the performance concerns been addressed? Adding such a huge area to the map surely adds a lot of lag or a decrease in performance unless the devs make dramatic improvements.

Quoting from the pinned comment response:

We had an answer for that that didn't end up in the final cut of the video, but basically: We've kept performance at the front of our minds from the very beginning of All Under Heaven's concepting stages. We're not going to promise miracles, but we are dedicating a significant amount of time and resources to minimizing any potential simulation performance hit that comes from expanding the map.
For clarity: This refers to tickrate performance, not graphical performance.

 

[PDX-Trinexx]

I wonder, will we get some chinese/japanese clothes and hairstyles on Asia release?

no specifics yet, but yes. Our 2d and 3d art teams are working to ensure there's proper visual flavor for those regions, including clothing & hairstyles.