OPEN BETA | Patch 1.16.5

[blackpowder320]

• Saadabad Pact Branch - Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey are getting a shared branch that allows them to cooperate more with one another.

FINALLY.

 

[Duke_Dave]

Its a nice start...

 

[PDX_Gorion]

By the way, are this the full extent of the changes you intent to apply to GoE and the beta is to iron out possible bugs/issues or can we expect further content additions/changes to the DLC in a following patch to this one?

Our intention is to add a little bit more to the beta (probably update it next week) and react to further player feedback from the OB.

 

[pdxen]

One question. What happens when you inport/load design that you have not done in the tech research/tech three?

That is situation that will happen often. You have design, but not all the techs for it.

You are able to import any design that is available for the equipment designer you have open. This includes if you are missing modules, upgrade levels, it is made for different chassis that you have open or even if it contains things from mods.

As for loading designs, you will not be able to select the designs for which you lack modules or an upgrade level for. The designs for different chassis are not visible until you open the designer with that chassis. If a design contains modules or upgrades from a loadset you don't have (e.g. disabled mods), then it will not show up in the lists either.

 

[MrArrows]

I complaint abt missing cores for formebles in the survey and here we are, I'll pretend as if my comment made a difference lol

 

[Bambilambi]

Any ai fixes that arent mentioned?
Especially fixing the bugs in the naval ai, suicide convoys and ai unable to upgrade units?

 

[Kosaki MacTavish]

I complaint abt missing cores for formebles in the survey and here we are, I'll pretend as if my comment made a difference lol

Can you speak in my thread?

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/suggestions-for-formable-nations-rework-avalanche-edition-and-formables-bugs-general-thread-i-guess.1547316/

Is that related to the missing cores in Iraq and Iran because of the new states added there?

 

[Nihilusgreat2001]

A bit unrelated to the GoE itself patch (but still is because its Turkey), which sounds really great, by the way, I would like to put my suggestion for additional content for Turkey (as part of this patch or another War Effort patch), as I was inspired by the new formable nations that will be available with the patch:

"I would like to propose the addition of a formable nation for Turkey in the "Continue to Prioritize Balkan Integrity" path. Currently, the Balkan Pact path is the least developed of the Turkish paths compared to the "Reconfigure Foreign Policy" and "Pivot to the East" paths and lacks a definitive endgame.

My suggestion is inspired by a real project that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had in the 1930s to create a Balkan Federation. This idea can be implemented similarly to the Baltic Entente path:

At the end of the path, you could have two mutual focuses:

1. "United but Separate": This focus does not form the Balkan Federation but grants stronger buffs as a result.
2. "The Balkan Federation": This could either be a simple focus or utilize the Imperial Federation mechanics. In this focus, you convene a Balkan Conference to discuss multiple topics, such as the capital of the Federation. If successful, you gain both a Balkan Federation National Spirit and a new leader (the Balkan Federation Council). Additionally, there could be options to gain advisors from all the Balkan countries. Furthermore, there could be a decision to integrate Bulgaria if it adopts a bellicose stance and is defeated by the Balkan Federation in a war.

This proposal aims to enhance the Turkish War Effort this year by providing a clear endgame for the Balkan Pact path with the formation of the Balkan Federation.

Thank you for considering my suggestion. Have a nice day!"

Also, really good job on this patch, devs

 

[BaronQuackers]

Generals!

For the next several days you’ll be able to test some things and give us all your feedback.

Please report issues in Bug Reports!

You can play around, test and give feedback on anything you like, but our focus will be on these points:

• Equipment Designer - We’ve added functionality to save your designs across game sessions. Save a tank/ship/plane design in one playthrough, and load it up in another.
• Also added is the ability to share designs with friends using the import/export feature.

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• Saadabad Pact Branch - Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey are getting a shared branch that allows them to cooperate more with one another.
• Iran is getting some extra characters and focuses, including scientists and generals.
• Afghanistan is also getting some extra characters in the form of a communist country leader and some new advisors.
• Iraq’s Kurdistan branch is being expanded upon

We’re working hard on polishing Graveyard of Empires content on multiple fronts with the addition of new focuses, characters and events. We’ll continue to work on fixes, content and balancing as the beta progresses, and we may want to update the beta content during this time to make sure you have the opportunity to give us specific feedback relevant to the state of the game at that time.

The equipment designer persistence feature is something we might want to extend in the future towards other parts of the game as well, so please give us feedback on that! (The import/export feature is available in the equipment designer that comes with MTG, NSB or BBA)

- @PDX_Gorion and @AveeBee

Open Beta Patch 1.16.5

How to install the Open Beta client
Simply follow the instructions here

Shareable Equipment Designs

• Tank, Plane and Ship designs can now be saved between playthroughs
• Tank, Plane and Ship designs can now be exported to and imported from clipboard

Balance

• Germany
  • Reduced chance of AI Lithuania and Poland giving up territory to Germany in the Brest-Litovsk Path
  • Added more places in the alt-history branches to lower the Consumer Goods Factory Factors if they have either the MEFO Bills or Economy of Conquest
• Iran
  • Added historical Generals Haj Ali Razmara and Assadollah Hosseinpoor
  • Added political advisors Abdolsamad Kambakhsh, Rokneddin Mokhtari and Karim Buzarjomehri
  • Focus "Clash of The Titans" is now visible from game start, and is available even if Greece hasn't formed Byzantium yet, but doing so while Greek Byzantine exists will offer a healthy attack bonus
  • Added two new focuses to give democratic Iran the chance to get scientists, facilities and breakthrough progress
  • Adjusted 24 focuses from 70 to 35 days, with minor tweaks to some of them as a result of the time being lowered
  • Added an extra event as part of the Fight For Iran branch where allies of the faction leader will peace out if the leader chooses to accept the peace negotiations
• India
  • "Rally the Indian Left" now takes 35 days (down from 70)
  • "Reds in the Shadow" now takes 35 days (down from 70)
  • "League Against Gandhism" now adds 30 Political Power
  • Removed War Support modifier, reduced Party Popularity and added 60 Political Power to the focus "All Indian Kishan Sabha"
• Fixed a bug where more equipment got recovered than you lost
• Lowered the chances of the more obscure paths being taken by GoE countries if the game rules are set to non-historical or the country is set to random
• Soviet AI will now make use of Heavy Tanks

Gameplay

• Afghanistan
  • Added a country leader to the communist path, as well as a Field Marshal and German General to the fascist path
  • Added a new focus for the Afghan Democratic branch to gain more democratic support as well as unlock two new advisors
  • Added a focus to gain the support of former Basmachi Movement members in the fascist branch, enabling for easier conquest of Soviet Central Asia
  • Reworked the tooltip for the focus "Retire the Uncles" to be more readable
• Iran
  • Added new focuses to the Communist Path to make the Soviet & Iranian Socialism branches stand out
• Iraq
  • Added Ma'ruf al-Rusafi as an advisor
  • Added four focuses to the Kurdistan path for Iraq, allowing Kurdistan to go communist and join the comintern
• India
  • Reworked how to flip communist as India. Now unlocks infiltration decisions to undermine the independence movement and the British, which reduces threshold to flip communist and boost communist support, instead of using the Autonomy system
  • Renamed Train Robberies to the Peoples Railways, it no longer gives Train Robberies spirit, instead adds an optional decision and alters the railway focuses
  • Subhas Chandra Bose can now become an advisor for Communist India if he is swayed
  • The Princely Breakaway State can now get more territorial concessions during the Mughal uprising, subdivided into Southern, Eastern, Northern, Central and Western India. Controlling all states in an area will let the Mughal side keep them at the end, instantly coring them
• Added more resource variety in GoE nations, such as Chromium, Steel, etc.
• Added bypass to Revolt of the Princes if you already control all of India. Bypass gives the manpower and War Support you would normally get
• Added a way to core the princely states with the Akhand Bharat decisions
• Added the United Maghreb as a new formable nation
• Added custom agency icons for British Raj, Pakistan and Bangladesh
• The Turkmen and Tajik states in Afghanistan are now cores of their respective tags
• Added formable "Mesopotamia" for Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, to allow for the restoration of the Cradle of Civilization
• Added a joint focus tree between Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan to represent the Saadabad Pact, updated some content for Turkey to account for the new joint focus tree

Modding

• Fixed CTDs when attempting to scope to non-existing states
• Fixed dynamic scopes parsing for the fighting_army_strength_ratio trigger

Bugfixes

• Afghanistan
  • Bonuses from Mohammad Hashim Khan, Abdul Hai Habibi, and other historical characters will now be displayed correctly with the character name in tooltips
  • Bonuses from the generic advisor Sher Ali Sherkhanzai (fascist writer) and other non-historical characters will now be displayed correctly with the character name in tooltips
  • Reform Quami - Support companies will now be added to template if the technology is researched after the focus is taken
  • Afghanistan and the Soviet Union now join a tech-sharing group when 'Soviet Research Cooperation' focus is taken
  • Chak Dam focus for Afghanistan now builds in a different state
  • No longer tries to join the Axis from focus "Into the Plains of the British Raj" if they are already part of the Axis
  • The focus "Linchpin of Global Defense" now correctly modifies the Quami national spirit
  • Fixed Dams built via the Focus Tree not showing up on the map with their 3D models
  • Decisions in "The Kabul Conference" now can be taken even decision is cancelled
• Ethiopia
  • Focuses targeting Yemen now also correctly target the Province of Aden
• India
  • Removed advisor Jim Corbett from the Rally the Indian Left focus, as he is actually unlocked by Lobby Parliament
  • Fixed an erroneous tooltip that stated you had 1 year to finish the Mughal uprising, when in fact it was 255 days- If Germany chooses to setup Bourbon France after capitulating France, Free France will now get its Focus Tree with the DLC La Résistance
  • Focus "Lobby for Increased Polling Responsibilities" no longer gives a non functioning bonus to militia attack- Iran: Updated the available triggers for the "Promoting Resistance in <state>" to be more clear
  • When GoE is disabled, the focus Institute of Fundamental Research will grant one scientist level to nuclear scientist Homi J. Bhabha
  • Fixed Princely Breakaway State using the wrong small flag on unit counters
  • India no longer remains a colony after Britain decolonizes
  • Princely Breakaway State will now show the appropriate country flag
  • Added advisors to the East India Company focus "Lobby Parliament" effect and tooltip
  • Fixed a minor typo in the description of focus "The Mughal Uprising"
• India / Madras
  • Fixed Chithira Thirunal Balarma Varma not showing up with his unique portraits as Country Leader, Political Advisor and Army Leader
• Iran
  • Clarifies that only Main Instigator gets resource rights if Iran does "Push for Negotiations", but adds extra effects for other attackers and makes sure all attackers can peace out, added new flavor event for all parties
  • Fixes branches not hiding when they should in the Iranian focus tree
  • Making sure the non-aligned party actually take over if the Islamic Revolution happens
  • Added a capitulation progress requirement to 'Swear Fealty to the Invaders' to ensure the AI doesn't surrender when it is winning the war
  • Added tooltip explaining what Generals are unlocked from the focus "United Progressive Parties"
  • Added more restrictions to when certain Iranian characters can be hired based on for example ideology or focuses completed
  • Added small portraits for Jafar Kavian and Fazlollah Zahedi
  • Resource rights are now reclaimed upon entering war with a country that bought resource rights to Khuzestan Oil
  • The focus "Soviet Alignment" now has an effect even if the Soviet Union isn't in a faction
  • Removes state modifier "Promoting Resistance Here" applied by Iran in states that can be ceded to them if Iran gains control of the state
  • Fixes a tooltip to avoid "Iraq declares war on Iraq"
  • Fixes mutually exclusive branches under "Dig and Defend" and "Force Them Back" not collapsing
  • Fixes focus branches collapsing no whether the rule was set to hide or not hide obsolete branches
  • Ensured that 'Expand the Imperial Guard' is not available when not non-aligned or if the monarchy is not in power
• Iraq
  • Planes created with Iraqi focus "Purchase Alternative Aircraft" no longer give you non-functional fighters
  • Fixed missing focus filters
  • The "Anglo-Iraqi Treaty" is now removed if Iraq and the United Kingdom are at war with each other
  • Removes controlling Maltya from the requirements of "United Kurdistan", adds Deir-Az-Zur as requirements instead
  • The "House of Kurds" achievement now works if Kurdistan is formed from a focus tree
• United Kingdom
  • Expand the Secret Intelligence Service typo fix (it's no longer the Greta War)
• Uruguay
  • Fixed spelling issue for focus "Pay Off All External Debts"
• Fixed rare CTD when removing advisors
• Fixed a bug where spy network modifier was applied to countries, even if they are not at war with the country
• Added missing states to the formable nations the Macedonian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Turan, the Aksumite Empire, Al-Andalus, the Persian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
• Fixed an OOS related to using random in Rajs history file
• Fixed Purchase Dreadnoughts decision tooltip always stating payment to the United States, even when ships were bought from a different country
• Adds Lebanon and Kuwait to the Mesopotamia formable

Our recent, and still incoming, updates

• March 6 - Graveyard of Empires Follow up
• March 10 - Update from the Developers
• March 12 - Patch Notes | Operation HEAD (1.16.1)
• March 20 - Patch Notes | Operation KNEE (1.16.2)
• March 27 - War Effort: Patch Notes | Operation SHOULDER (1.16.3)
• April 9 - Open Beta | Patch 1.16.5 <- You are Here
• April - Patch 1.16.5
• June - First Dev Corner

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No Faqir of Ipi or Mazrak Zadran as generals for Amunallah Khan? Their portraits are already in the game files.

 

[Duke_Dave]

No Faqir of Ipi or Mazrak Zadran as generals for Amunallah Khan? Their portraits are already in the game files.

They are, both become available for Amanullah now. Although the Faqir of Ipi is a FM which makes not much sense. If they want to give Amanullah a FM give Amanullah Amanullah as a FM. He is the king he is literally a FM, also probably an admiral of the fleet.

 

[Duke_Dave]

Colonel Tavvab Tarzi is still called Mahmoud and still makes no sense as a starting general for Afghanistan.

 

[Kosaki MacTavish]

My suggestion is inspired by a real project that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had in the 1930s to create a Balkan Federation. This idea can be implemented similarly to the Baltic Entente path:

Would love to read further on this. I'll support your suggestion since i also thought about that for a bit in 2020.

 

[Aloriad]

It would be nice if it were possible to reintegrate Anatolia's territories for Iran as quickly as nationalizing all Arab territories under the "Memphis Initiative" focus or all Greek territories under the "Absorb the Byzantine Empire" focus. If I'm not mistaken, you just need to remove the "not: regional integration" condition

 

[herculeanus]

Will there be any further changes? Especially the chaos in the Iraq Tree. And the fact that you have to wait for a certain date to even be allowed to continue on the path.

 

[withche.07]

Maybe in a future war effort patch. Its easy to change them to 35 days, but we typically want to rebalance them as well which is a bit more effort.

Could you please take a look at my detailed historical Turkey mod? It might be a bit complex, but it includes many historical decisions, characters, and even scientists that could be added. I believe it could really help with expanding Turkey-related content. I’ve also made some of the focuses shorter and more flexible.

Steam Workshop::Turkey Details

steamcommunity.com

 

[withche.07]

They could have at least used Naci Eldeniz, who led Turkey’s military mission in Afghanistan and worked for the Afghan Ministry of War in the late 1920s.

By this time, he had retired from the Turkish army, but he was a Great War veteran and had studied at the German War College. He would have been a far better choice than using generic names.

Turkey’s Contributions to Afghanistan (1922-1953)

Military Cooperation
Atatürk first sent a group of Turkish officers and doctors to Afghanistan in the summer of 1922. Later, in 1926, the young Republic of Turkey sent five more officers to the İhtiyat Zabitan Mektebi (Reserve Officers School) in Kabul.

In 1927, Naci Eldeniz, then commander of the Fifth Corps, was appointed Undersecretary of the Afghan Ministry of War. Additionally, on October 21, 1928, a military delegation led by Kazım Orbay was dispatched to serve in the Afghan General Staff. This delegation included:

• Colonel Hidayet
• Colonel Nuri
• Colonel Reşit
• Colonel Cemil
• Colonel Muharrem
• Major İzzet
• Major Halim
• Captain Reşit
• Captain Kazım

Following Amanullah Khan’s visit to Turkey in 1928, a new Turkish-Afghan Agreement was signed, leading to the dispatch of another significant Turkish military mission that same year.

In 1937, Turkey sent 11 more officers to Afghanistan to teach at the Afghan Military Academy and train officers. In 1942, five additional officers were sent to teach mathematics, physics, chemistry, and geography at the Kabul Military High School.

Education and Administrative Support
Afghanistan requested Turkish and psychology teachers from Turkey. In 1928, Turkey sent:
• A psychology teacher
• A telegraph operator
• A specialist

Thanks to efforts by Ambassador M. Şevket Esendal, the Kabul Faculty of Political Science was established on June 9, 1938. Around the same time, Prof. M. Ali Fuat Dağpınar founded the Kabul Faculty of Law, where he was joined by:

• Prof. Dr. Zühtü Berke
• Prof. Dr. Şakir Tural
• Col. H. Erbuğ
• Dr. Hans Türk, a Turkish-origin scholar
• Prof. Dr. Atıf Akgüç, who later served as a law professor from 1951-1955


In 1938, Turkey sent six teachers to teach various subjects at the Afghan Military Academy. Additionally, for the Kabul Teacher Training School, Turkey provided:

• One principal
• Two teachers

Furthermore, one advisor was sent to work at the Afghan Ministry of Education (Maarif Vekâleti).

In November 1939, Ordinary Professor İsmail Hikmet Ertaylan was appointed as an advisor to the Afghan Ministry of Education. He took the initiative to establish a night university in Kabul and developed curricula for educational institutions at all levels, from elementary schools to universities.

Between 1941 and 1943, Turkey sent:
• Fuat Arsan (mathematics teacher in 1941)
• Rıfat Bayer (physics teacher in 1943)
• Three additional teachers
• One medical school instructor

From 1945 to 1953, Turkey also dispatched teachers from Istanbul Erkek Lisesi, Galatasaray Lisesi, and Gazi Education Institute to teach physics, history, geography, military science, and physical education in Kabul.

Medical Contributions
Since 1922, Turkey had been sending doctors to Afghanistan. By 1937, there were 38 Turkish professionals working in Afghanistan, including 12 military officers and 17 doctors.

In 1927, Turkey sent:

• Op. Dr. Rıfkı
• Bacteriologist Dr. Rebi Hikmet
• Ophthalmologist Dr. Fuat Bey

One of the most significant figures was Prof. Dr. Kamil Rıfkı Urga, who was sent to Afghanistan in 1927. In 1932, he founded the Kabul Medical Faculty and became its dean. He recruited:

• Prof. Dr. Hasan Reşat Sığındım, a dermatology specialist dismissed from Istanbul Medical Faculty in 1933

• Prof. Dr. Ömer Şevket Öncel, a chemistry expert
• Several other Turkish professors who contributed to various medical fields

Turkish experts also established several medical institutions in Afghanistan, including:
• Pharmacy School
• Male Nursing School
• Midwifery School

Kamil Rıfkı Urga also oversaw the construction of all major buildings for these institutions, including student dormitories.

In 1932, Turkey sent:
• Dr. Celâl Faik Bey, who worked as a dentist at the Afghan Civil Hospital
• Fatma Besime Hanım, who served as a midwife at the Women’s Hospital

In 1935, Dr. Nevzat Eşref, a specialist in mental and neurological disorders, was sent to Afghanistan. A few more doctors followed in 1937.

Two Turkish medical professionals, Pharmacist Salahettin Tandal and Bacteriologist Akif Keçeli, played key roles in Afghanistan’s healthcare sector. Additionally, Turkish doctors Dr. Faruk İlhan and Dr. Adnan Atam from Ankara Numune Hospital were permitted to work under the Afghan government at Kabul University.

You may add Turkish military mission of Afghanistan to shared sadaabad branch and some characters like commander Naci Eldeniz.

Azerbaijani commanders in Iran could also be made available to Turkey through that shared branch. @Gun Metal Grey knows more about Iran Azerbaijanis than me.

 

[eastcoastceojam]

Any chance that the requirements for the three Iran achievements that require owning large chunks of the Middle East get switched to instead only needing the land to be occupied?


Specifically, I'm referring to these three. Having to capitulate multiple factions to own all the land gets very tedious:

 

[AsierMNE]

I've noticed that the Raj has a new unit model that's been glitched ever since the DLC's conception. It seems to be only tied to the original starting 'Rajput Regiment', yet when you click to edit said division, it only shows the original Indian unit gfx, any attempts to edit the template of the Rajput Regiment also results in the unit being reset back to the original gfx.

Regarding all the new content, has Iran possibly gotten new leaders for the two communist paths?

 

[Coach Bud Kilmer]

Equipment Designer - We’ve added functionality to save your designs across game sessions. Save a tank/ship/plane design in one playthrough, and load it up in another.

Next we need the ability to mass assign dockyards, MIOs, and fleet deployment to ships in the production tab. Especially for day 1.

 

[Silens]

Speaking of designs, on a very related note, can you please, for the love of Poseidon and Neptune, allow dedicated medium naval bombers? You know, without the crutch of adding 2xLMG for a "heavy fighter", one that just happens to also carry torpedos?

And I'm once again asking for intercontinental bombers and motherships to be designable. Why not covering that with an extra-large airframe (similar to the Landkreuzer), and the special projects unlock modules for them, and we get to design them as we want?