Patch Notes | Operation HEAD Checksum 48b7

[PDX_Per]

Hello everyone!

As we mentioned not too long ago here is our first batch of patch, notes. Operation HEAD, 1.16.1 , Checksum 48b7
Balance

• Increased the artillery required for Elephantry
  • reduced its base soft attack by 20%
  • reduced breakthrough by 20%
  • reduced manpower requirement by 10%
  • increased supply consumption by 25%
• India
  
  • Train Robberies now reduce railway/hub/infra by 2% (was 3%) for each railway focus completed
  • Train Robberies now reduce weekly stability by 0.1% (was 0.3%)
• Iran: The Immortal Legion now has a much larger starting template
• India: The national spirit “Anti-Imperialist Zeal” now gives 8% defense bonus against the USA (up from 0.8%)

Gameplay

• Added an event chain for Syria and Lebanon that allows them to side with Vichy/Free France or declare independence when Paris falls
• Added additional animation variants for elephantry
• Generic elephantry now uses the generic infantry model
• Iraq: More models can be selected for artillery and anti-tank battalions in the division designer
• India: Added better tooltip to train robberies
• India: Famine now only requires you to lose a starting Indian State (excluding Aden) with 30 days to retake it
• India: Improved Famine description
• India: The focus “Threaten the Princes” now gives 10% communist support

Modding

• Added "count" functionality for all any_object triggers. It will evaluate true if at least "count" items fulfill the child triggers. The count field will support scoped variables

Bugfixes

• India: The Mughal Influence state modifier will now be removed if no longer owned by the Mughal Empire or India
• India: The Mughal Uprising now changes the name of political parties rather than keeping the Indian ones
• India: The British Raj no longer loses certain spirits after separating from the East India Company or Princely Breakaway States
• India: "Parkash Singh"s trait "Brave" is no longer missing a title and description
• India: The "Conquer Afghanistan" focus no longer attempts to give a special forces doctrine discount when you do not have AAT
• India: The "Frontier Corps" focus no longer gives a special forces doctrine reward if you are missing AAT
• India: The "Nothing Personal" focus will now bypass if unavailable
• India: Forward Bloc now removes the occupation law No Garrison until independence is achieved through the focus Give Me Blood And I Will Grant You Freedom
• India: The game rule to make India go down the historical path will no longer block achievements
• India: Independence unrest events no longer continue to appear after declaring independence in India's fascist path
• India: East India Railways will no longer bypass automatically when GoE is missing
• India: The Ahadi Division template given by The Mughal Uprising can now be edited
• India: Famine should now longer trigger if a country spawns in the affected area
• India: The ruling party of the Mughal Empire and British Raj are no longer flipped (Mughals getting GB and RAJ getting Mughal Court) after starting the civil war
• India: Aden no longer gets returned to the Raj after the Mughal Uprising if it was previously handed over to the United Kingdom
• India: Fixed a bug where a blank EIC focus was appearing in the focus tree upon formation
• India: Numerous national focuses have been updated with filter tags
• India: The focus Royal Indian Navy Mutiny no longer requires independence
• India: Fixed a broken bypass condition for the focus Pledge for the Allies
• Iraq: Nuri As Said no longer has a placeholder portrait when missing GOE
• Iraq: The event from Propose Syrian Unification no longer gives the wrong war goal
• Iraq: Restoration of Hejaz focus now grants cores on the targeted states, instead of claims
• Iran/Soviet Union: Fixed a bug in which the Soviets could not puppet Iran if they chose to justify without the focus
• Iran: Join allies focuses can now be appropriately bypassed
• Iran: Changed the Memphis Initiative to include any state in the Middle East
• Iran: Fixed a bug where Iran started with Treaty of Saadabad in 1939, where it should not have
• Iran: Fixed a bug where Opposition to the Shah decisions still appeared after a peaceful takeover
• Iran: Allowed Organize Protests or Establish Local Opposition Groups to be bypassed if any of the focuses starting a civil war are taken
• Iran: Jafar Kavian and Ghulam Yahya Daneshian are now gated behind the Communist focus branch
• Iran: Fixed a bug where the Islamic Revolution leader would not become country leader if a civil war was started in the "Strengthen Iranian Parliament" focus
• Iran: Fixed issue with two national spirits disappearing when communist civil war starts
• Afghanistan: The "Graveyard of Empires" focus now works correctly if you have the Quami national spirit
• United Kingdom: Puppets breaking away from the UK when it goes fascist/communist should now function correctly
• Arabia: Can no longer be formed by Kurdistan
• Arabia: Now correctly gains cores on new states

Localization Bugfixes

• Issues with technical text being displayed in Russian localization should now be resolved
• The East India Company Investment Schemes window is now functional when playing with Russian localization
• Typo: Masshad -> Mashhad
• India: Fixed a typo in the description of the Risk of Famine national spirit, where "loses" is misspelled as "looses"
• India: The Sideline the Conflict focus tooltip no longer displays a bugged name
• India: Several technology bonuses now have a name

Art Bugfixes

• Fixed minor issue with Elephant animations
• Various 2D Icons updated
• Missing elephantry icons added
• Changed animation_blend_time to zero between the animation stages for elephantry

Technical Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where production was not recalculated when taking decisions. This fixes instances of bugs such as MEFO bills failing to update when they should
• Fixed a OOS due to portrait generation when host and client have different DLC configurations
• Fix a Windows CTD on startup when some specific utf-8 characters are in the installation path
• Fixed buffer overflow when rendering 2D elements

And lastly, here’s an updated roadmap

 

[Jhon_Titor]

Would it be possible, if independence is achieved peacefully with Azad Hind without the need for a war of independence, to avoid losing the generals of Indian origin?

- Would it be possible to withdraw the UK's guarantee of independence from Iraq?

It should be Nur Muhammad Taraki, the communist leader of Afghanistan.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PDPA/comments/19225gu/nur_muhammad_taraki_when_he_was_younger

-We need a buildable Omani Empire , Greater Syria, Punic Empire, etc Contand new factions for each country in this DLC.

And please, more generals for Afghanistan, and the possibility of getting Pakistani officers if a union is formed. It's a good way to get an admiral for Afghanistan.

Please read this post.

Ideas for the Graveyard of Empires DLC - British Raj/India

Suggestion ver: Click here. When remaking India's focus tree, please craft the new focus tree in a similar mold to Spain, where the entire focus tree is under two routes' mega branches: the Colonial branch and the Princely States branch...

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[Kosaki MacTavish]

The fixes for India communist branch is alright, i guess...

Still waiting for the tiered Arabia formable for free on Operation Shoulder.

 

[DavidiusTheMad]

First impression is a good step in the right direction for me, and I hope to see further improvements going forward.

I do have a question, are there plans for the Iranian officer corps to get acces to more than one portrait? Or will Iran keep the Clone Army?

 

[Felraksis]

Will there be more balancing changes to Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan as in getting Territory Region wise.
Similar to how Argentina can have a limited war over the Falklands this should be used more in especially Iraqs and Iran's Case. A war with the Allies is just not really feasible as Iraq so early on and with Iran you can't really progress unless you own Turkey and Core it which takes quite some time. The Nations are in my opinion balanced realistically, but not in a fun Gameplay manner. Trying to unite Arabia basically requires a World Conquest by a Nation with < 10 Factories at the start...
I think "Buying" Territory throw Oil Rights in the middle east from GB, FRA, ITA and SPA might be an option especially considering how strong the East India Trade Company is.
This is obviously just a suggestion but I think Limited wars with favorable Peace treaties / ceasefires aswell as buying land is a nice mechanic to make the Gameplay more fun.
It makes sense logically as defending for example Quatar or Kuwait might just be to costly for the UK and so the Goverment would vote against it and in favor of Peace. This may be rejected by the UK player but will come with Stability hits (similar to the Winter war mechanic).
Idk if I am the only one that feels this may work, but this is just my suggestion right here.
Anyway Thx for reading

 

[Gun Metal Grey]

Few things worth mentioning here for the future hotfixes:

• Iran: Jafar Kavian and Ghulam Yahya Daneshian are now gated behind the Communist focus branch <- The focus "United Progressive Parties" should mention Jafar Kavian and Ghulam Yahya being available as generals in its focus description.
• In the focus "The People's Army" for Communist Iran, is it really necessary to add "Politically Connected" traits to generals Ali Akbar Derakshani and Jafar Kavian? Iran already starts with lackluster conditions for communism path, and I think the trait is completely unnecessary.
  • Also description for the same focus mentions Ahmad Amir Ahmadi in its description despite not being available as a general for the communist branch.
  • General Fazlollah Zahedi should NOT be available for Communist Iran, since historically he was a pro-Axis collaborator and was exiled to Palestine by the British.
• South Azerbaijan released as puppet by the focus "Appease the Separatists" has tag of the Northern Azerbaijan (tag:AZR) instead of period accurate Azerbaijan People's Government. New country tag (I propose the name - AZG or APG for the new tag) should be formed with the Azerbaijan People's Government's respective flag and leader, with retaining the cores of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic(AZR) in its north. Especially looks goofy if Soviet Union still exists, because it makes 2 North Azerbaijan republics exist at the same timeline.
• Jafar Kavian should be available as Grand Battleplan Expert or Military Theorist role for Iranian Communist Authority.
  • Ideally, generals Jafar Kavian, Ghulam Yahya Daneshian and Ali Akbar Derakshani, alongside admiral Ghulam Ali Bayandor were of Iranian Azerbaijani descent, therefore naturally transferred to Azerbaijan People's Government tag, as historically they had separatist sympathies and later persecuted by the Pahlavi regime (except Ghulam Ali, he was KIA in 1941 during Anglo-Soviet Invasion).
• For Communist Iran, "People's Revolutionary Air Force" and "People's Revolutionary Navy" should not be mutually exclusive. Much better alternative is to execute "Plan West" and "Plan East" mechanic of Poland, where you need to fully complete one branch of the tree so the other is unblocked.
• You forgot letter "h" in the achievement title "Oil Sheikhs" - currently it is spelled as "Oil Sheiks".
• For Democratic Iran, name of the "Feminist Minister" FakhrAfagh Parsa has typo in her name - [Fakhrafagh Parsa] is the correct version.
• "Unite Arabia" decision for Iraq still needs rework, as it should be split into smaller sets of decisions.
• Soviet Union still cannot CORE provinces of West Azerbaijan; East Azerbaijan; Gilan and Khorasan if they successfully finish Operation Countenance against Iran under 30 in-game days, as it was originally intended back in No Step Back days

 

[Gianlu96]

Still need to fix Corsica flag, the current one it's Sardinian

 

[gurufabbes]

Thank you. I would mention that there are still issues with the main Götterdämmerung content.

Issue: Foreign Volunteers cannot see other volunteers on same side

Summary Issue: Foreign Volunteers cannot see other volunteers on same side Platform Steam Operating System Windows Game Version Current version Enabled DLC Man the GunsLa RésistanceNo Step BackBy Blood Alone Do you have mods enabled? Yes...

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Basically, even if you take the Condor legion focus, the volunteer limit for air volunteers doesn't go up. Same for Italy.

Furthermore, why is it that you can't see volunteers on your own side?

The Spanish Civil war as it is is broken.


And here from other users

Germany: "Legion Condor" focus not granting air volunteers limit properly

Summary Germany: "Legion Condor" focus not granting air volunteers limit properly Platform Steam Operating System Windows 11 Pro, 24H2 Game Version 1.15.3.551d (0143) (S) Enabled DLC All of the above Do you have mods enabled? No Description...

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Condor Legion does not raise air volunteers cap

Summary Condor Legion does not raise air volunteers cap Platform Steam Operating System Windows 10 22H2 Game Version 1.15.0.acbb (79eb) Enabled DLC All of the above Do you have mods enabled? No Description Condor Legion by description...

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It's annoying that even something as basic as the German focus and the Spanish Civil War isn't working.

 

[watermi]

the achievement "thats sikh" is still not available

 

[Ali_depboy]

Iran can Now core states in Caucasus and central Asia ( former achaemenid empire provinces ) ?

 

[SNKxAckerMan]

Arabia is sadly still not tiered and doesn't core Mauritania and Kurdufan, Blue Nile and Southdarfur from Sudan

 

[elchopin]

So this patch don't include a port to Burma, Syria and Jordan. I hope the next patch includes it, because you have confirmed the bug.

Syria, Jordan and Burma cannot access the sea because they don't have any port

Summary Syria, Jordan and Burma cannot access the sea because they don't have any port Platform Steam Operating System Windows 11 Game Version 1.16 Enabled DLC Man the GunsLa RésistanceBattle for the BosporusNo Step BackBy Blood Alone Do you...

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[ScaleZenzi]

Honestly doesn't seem like much is in this patch aside from some of the most egregious bugs (like the communist path being completely unselectable). I feel like this doesn't set a great tone for the follow ups, considering the first of the updates already seems to be bare minimum and yet misses some really obvious stuff (ex: Iraq's army spirit still just being "army," the Sikh achievement still being unobtainable, no Lebanon in the Hashemite path - I just don't really see why this took a week)

Can we get any estimate for the scopes of the following updates? I feel like most of the trees need some serious overhauls when it comes to lengths, rewards, and loc, and confidence hasn't exactly been high considering the state of the initial release.

 

[Kosaki MacTavish]

Honestly doesn't seem like much is in this patch aside from some of the most egregious bugs (like the communist path being completely unselectable). I feel like this doesn't set a great tone for the follow ups, considering the first of the updates already seems to be bare minimum and yet misses some really obvious stuff (ex: Iraq's army spirit still just being "army," the Sikh achievement still being unobtainable, no Lebanon in the Hashemite path - I just don't really see why this took a week)

Can we get any estimate for the scopes of the following updates? I feel like most of the trees need some serious overhauls when it comes to lengths, rewards, and loc, and confidence hasn't exactly been high considering the state of the initial release.

Granted it's still a small step, but at least it's in the right direction.

My concerns are largely outside of GoE, so i'm still content with this GoE-related patch.

 

[PDX_Per]

the achievement "thats sikh" is still not available

We meant next-next patch, so now it's next patch, and soon it'll be just "patch"

 

[Selenter]

Hello, I hope that in addition to fixing the current bugs, you will also add automatic research as they did in Stellaris. Please, I really need it so as not to be distracted by research during the war

 

[Selenter]

I noticed that the German Reich can trade with British Burma in India, even if it is at war with Britain at the time. This misunderstanding needs to be corrected.

 

[Vril266]

Thank you very much for keeping your word and fixing Germany's core mechanic after 4 months, so we can finally play the Götterdämmerung DLC with Germany as intended—without having to constantly reload because the Mefo Bills price control didn’t update, and the industry did not increase or decreased correctly, depending on the path.

Now, only the Götterdämmerung - Legion Condor Focus Bug needs to be fixed, and then the historical German focus tree in Götterdämmerung should be almost or completely bug-free and playable.

Otherwise, please do not forget the field marshal disappear bug from BBA.. It's not game-breaking, but it significantly ruins the immersion—and three years is quite a long time.

HoI 4 - BBA - Field Marshal Portraits Disappear

Description of issue BBA - Field Marshal Portraits Disappear What platform do you play on? Steam Game Version current Enabled DLC Do you have mods enabled? No Description After Peace Conference, Portrait of Italian Field...

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Keep up the good work.

 

[JustAnIdiotIAm]

I’ve read and reread this a few times already, and, unless I’m getting something wrong, this patch still doesn’t fix the “That’s Sikh!” Achievement not firing. It’s been well over a week now where getting all achievements has been impossible without cheating.

 

[gurufabbes]

Thank you very much for keeping your word and fixing Germany's core mechanic after 4 months, so we can finally play the Götterdämmerung DLC with Germany as intended—without having to constantly reload because the Mefo Bills price control didn’t update, and the industry did not increase or decreased correctly, depending on the path.

Now, only the Götterdämmerung - Legion Condor Focus Bug needs to be fixed, and then the historical German focus tree in Götterdämmerung should be almost or completely bug-free and playable.

Otherwise, please do not forget the field marshal disappear bug from BBA.. It's not game-breaking, but it significantly ruins the immersion—and three years is quite a long time.

HoI 4 - BBA - Field Marshal Portraits Disappear

Description of issue BBA - Field Marshal Portraits Disappear What platform do you play on? Steam Game Version current Enabled DLC Do you have mods enabled? No Description After Peace Conference, Portrait of Italian Field...

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Keep up the good work.

Thanks for backing me up. Unfortunately this bug/issue I think is not just for the German focus tree but also for the Italian focus tree and its similar focus to increase the volunteer limit.

Still my number one gripe in the game currently, as it makes the SCW less fun, having to send a 100% fighter contingent to deal with the Soviets ahistorically dominating the skies in eastern iberia.