Patch Notes | Operation KNEE Checksum 225a

[Caeric]

Any chance you would consider moving Accept Russian Muhajr Money in the communist India focus tree? Being forced to take Train Robberies first isn't neccesarily ideal. Whilst the +5% factory output per rail foci done is nice, the resulting -5% supply hub build speed per foci is very much not considering the tree wants you to fight the Allies over Burma and thus fighting in awful supply regions and probably helping Japan with China since they're the enemy of your enemy at that point.

You'll either have to go down that path late where the additional factories and MIO levels are less impactful or deal with big penalties to upgrading the supply network.

 

[Zhuriek]

"Like 1 year since Trial of Allegiance and they still haven't fixed the generic "Buy old Battleships/Capital Ships" approach to the powers, the problem, error or bug is when you try to buy from Germany the 2-6 Deutschland and Braunschweig class Pre-dreadnoughts that were taken out of service when they were replaced by the Deutschland class Heavy Cruisers, in the game when Germany agrees to sell the Battleships it charges you the payment but never delivers the Battleships, not even the design appears, whether you play with any of the South American countries or with India or Afghanistan, the ships DO NOT appear"

~~I'm going to repost this, as apparently even after pointing this out in the previous patch and it being an issue that's been going on for over a year, they still... haven't fixed it.~~

Pd: The error has already been resolved... although one issue left me perplexed, which is why I posted an explanation about it again in this same thread.

 

[gurufabbes]

Gameplay

• Updated how air volunteers work. They now will always add the bonus from the modifier, making the intended behaviour of "Legion Condor" work as expected

Just tested it with both the Legion Condor focus for Germany and Corpo Truppe Volontarie focus for Italy.

Solved on both counts. The air volunteer limit gets immediately applied.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

(Though I still think that you should be able to see the volunteers of allies to better coordinate, just as you can see the volunteers of the enemy. As Italy you can see the Soviet volunteers on the map, but cannot see the Germans for some reason).

Either way this is already a big step up. Seriously, I can't tell you how pleased I am.

 

[elchopin]

Added a port to Rangoon, Aqaba and Latakia

Thank you for adding my suggestion. I appreciate it

 

[FLUX2226]

"Like 2 years since Trial of Allegiance and they still haven't fixed the generic "Buy old Battleships/Capital Ships" approach to the powers, the problem, error or bug is when you try to buy from Germany the 2-6 Deutschland and Braunschweig class Pre-dreadnoughts that were taken out of service when they were replaced by the Deutschland class Heavy Cruisers, in the game when Germany agrees to sell the Battleships it charges you the payment but never delivers the Battleships, not even the design appears, whether you play with any of the South American countries or with India or Afghanistan, the ships DO NOT appear"

I'm going to repost this, since apparently even after having pointed it out in the previous patch and being an issue that has been going on for over a year, they still... haven't fixed it.

"Fixed an issue where buying dreadnaughts from Germany would not spawn them correctly"

This sounds like the fix you are asking for. Have you tested if it works with this patch?

 

[Selenter]

"Like 1 year since Trial of Allegiance and they still haven't fixed the generic "Buy old Battleships/Capital Ships"

It's simple. The South American DLC didn't blow the public away like the current DLC did, so you don't have to worry about that. They won't be doing that.

 

[Selenter]

I hope in the future DLC will add not only new focuses, but also unique mechanics that will be available to ALL COUNTRIES

 

[boba22299]

Please add state leaders to the game Alim Khan, Washington Luís, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Johann Koplenig.
Please add officers for Norway and Switzerland.
And enter Henrik Rogstad into the game.
Why doesn't India get independence when the ruling party changes in Britain?

 

[Kosaki MacTavish]

Thanks for the ports

The wait for tiered Arabia is on

 

[Varvs]

I hope in the future DLC will add not only new focuses, but also unique mechanics that will be available to ALL COUNTRIES

core mechanics behind DLC is what i hate most about pdx dlc.

 

[Vaipts]

Will the next update add everyones favourite concept of a formable, the Omani Empire to the game?

 

[ClunkedIt]

Hi guys,
Could this please be fixed?
At the moment, it's makes SHBBs unusable unless you never close the game - or are happy to have them in repair for three months every time you open the game.

Reloading causes Special Project ships to lose bonus HP

Summary Reloading causes Special Project ships to lose bonus HP Platform Steam Operating System Windows 7 Game Version 1.15.3 Enabled DLC Man the GunsLa RésistanceNo Step BackBy Blood Alone Do you have mods enabled? No Description The...

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[Pasiblitz]

It is impossible to make afghanistan democratic without civil war, you have advisors and all but you can't get to 50% democracy because for some reason you get more communist and unaligned influence daily than democratic.
For example, Zahir Shah gains +0.02 unaligned influence daily, then when you do counter elite promotion, it gives you an advisor who gives more communism daily than democracy, please look into it. Thanks.

 

[Pasiblitz]

Also in these screenshots, both from Iraq, in one talks randomly about the germans??? and the other national spirit is just called " Army"

 

[stingray20]

There needs to be a way for these nations to peace out without having to conquer the world.

 

[Dimmie_Dumm]

There needs to be a way for these nations to peace out without having to conquer the world.

If anything, this highlights how lackluster diplomacy in general is; arguably, they should devise some universal mechanics easily applicable to any nation in similar conditions. I personally don't want yet more minigames, railroaded scripts and ad hoc solutions.

 

[stingray20]

If anything, this highlights how lackluster diplomacy in general is; arguably, they should devise some universal mechanics easily applicable to any nation in similar conditions. I personally don't want yet more minigames, railroaded scripts and ad hoc solutions.

Agreed. I think the devs need to look at how diplomacy works in general. Most wars throughout history do not end with the complete invasion and capitulation of one side or the other, its kind of what makes WW2 unique

 

[Teutonic_Knight_2000]

I would've loved to see 'added white peace'.

I really hope theres an effort to add/rework the DLC beyond these fixes making it playable.

The peace system needs a major rework.

 

[Mtvrr123]

Generals!

Welcome to our latest list of updates:

.: Operation KNEE, 1.16.2:.

Balance

• Added a port to Rangoon, Aqaba and Latakia
• Added infrastructure and two civilian factories to states in Burma
• Added infrastructure to some states in Afghanistan
• India
  • "Urge Violence against the British"-decisions now cost 13pp (down from 20pp), reduces compliance by -10%, and increases resistance by 50% (from 35%)
  • You now only need >25% more pressure than Pakistan/Bangladesh to win a princely state
• Iran: The focuses "People's Revolutionary Airforce" and "People's Revolutionary Navy" are no longer mutually exclusive
• Tweaked Musamdam's population and lowered it to a more realistic figure

Gameplay

• Updated how air volunteers work. They now will always add the bonus from the modifier, making the intended behaviour of "Legion Condor" work as expected
• Country leaders for new subject nations added in Graveyard of Empires, such as Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, etc., now display their unique portraits even if Graveyard of Empires is disabled
• India
  • Gaining a princely state now gives a core on that state
  • Princely states can now be cored in the communist path
  • The focus "Royal Indian Navy Mutiny" now requires >50% communist support, rather than full independence
  • The focus "Threaten the Princes" now gives 10% communist support

AI

• India: the AI will now take the decision to become independent when it is available, if it is going down the communist path

Modding

• Added bypass_effect block to national focuses that runs when a focus is manually or automatically bypassed

Bugfixes

Afghanistan

• Added missing search filters to the "Against Kabul"-branch
• Added missing tooltip information for the focus "Qatgani Cavalry"
• Added several missing focus filters
• Fixed a bug where Afghanistan did not start the game with artillery researched if Graveyard of Empires was disabled
• Fixed some instances where focuses would allow joining or creating factions while being a subject
• Helmand Valley events will no longer fire for Afghanistan if they own all relevant states
• The unique country flag for the Afghan-Pakistan Confederation is now displayed correctly
• The focus "Prepare for Operation Countenance" no longer creates a supply hub in Farah and Herat even if Afghanistan does not control them

Germany

• States added in Graveyard of Empires now get included in the formation of the appropriate German Reichskommissariats

India

• Added a bypass for the focus "Annex Goa"
• Added a bypass for the focus "Crush The Anathema"
• Decisions to claim Pakistan as Akhand Bharat can no longer be used to claim Bangladesh during the famine
• Divisions located in Burma will no longer be permanently exiled after the white peace triggers for the Mughal Uprising
• Fixed a bug causing some nuclear raids to not delete military factories correcty with "Bathe in Hellfire" completed
• Fixed a bug where the national spirit "Neutral Foreign Policy" was not properly removed from Pakistan and Bangladesh
• Fixed an exploit where the East India Company could buy the world without paying
• Fixed an incorrect tooltip in the partition mission
• Fixed an instance where a fascist UK would automatically flip India to fascist
• Fixed an instance where Freeman Freeman-Thomas would not lose his negative trait when Britain left India
• Fixed an instance where the civil war started by the focus "Give Me Blood And I Will Grant You Freedom" would not end correctly
• Fixed an issue where a princely state could be automatically annexed while at war with it
• Fixed grammar issues and a typo in the tooltip and description of the focus "Funnel investments into Princely States"
• Fixed missing and incorrect focus filters
• Fixed some instances where focuses would allow joining factions while being a subject
• Fixed the "Agrarian Society" national spirit sometimes not having an effect for India when the Princely Breakaway State or East India Company was created
• Negative versions of the "Marginalized Muslim Community" national spirit is no longer retained by India after the split with Pakistan
• Removed cores from certain states when Graveyard of Empires is disabled
• The achievement "That's Sikh!" is now obtainable
• The correct country name will now be used if "India Fragmentation Status" is set to "British Raj Fragmented" in game settings
• The focus "Expand the Silk Road" no longer builds a railway through the Soviet Union
• The focus "Gurkhas" no longer rewards an unusable Special Forces branch specialism when AAT is disabled
• The focus "Headhunt Army Personnel" now properly allows sending volunteers
• The focus "Institutional Money Laundering" no longer grants a research bonus with no name
• The focus "Jaguar" no longer allows two experimental facilities to exist in the same state
• The focus "Join the Shadow Scheme" can no longer build factories in core states not owned by India
• The focus "Punjab Autonomy" no longer breaks when puppets control the states
• The focus "Special Operations Executive" no longer rewards an unusable cost reduction for paratroopers doctrine when AAT is disabled
• The national spirit "Aggression towards Princely States" now grants -100% generate wargoal tension limit
• The national spirit "War Taxes" can no longer be lowered when not at war, now resets after a war ends, and can no longer be exploited to go above the limit
• The tooltips for the event options in the events "Widespread protests" and "Religious Violence" now display the correct compliance values

Iran

• Added several missing focus filters
• Added missing states to the decision system "Recreate the Persian Empire"
• Completing the focuses "The Memphis Initiative" and "Glory of Cyrus the Great" will now allow Iran to get cores on all of the Middle East, Egypt and Afghanistan
• Fixed a bug that could give Iran decisions to core Turkey twice
• Fixed a bug where avoiding the civil war in the democratic path could result in being stuck with no elections
• Fixed an exploit where the Immortal Legion template could be used to generate free equipment
• Fixed an instance where the "Election Season"-event would sometimes list a leader as retiring before being made leader again
• Fixed some instances where focuses would allow joining or creating factions while being a subject
• The decisions from "War Profiteering" are no longer displayed after your oil has been sold
• The event chain from the focus "A Foothold in the Indus" now grants a war goal instead of automatically declaring war if India rejects the demands
• The focus "Request Trains from Germany" now correctly adds German trains to stockpile
• The focuses "Establish the Airforce" and "Construct Air Bases" no longer grant building slots along with air bases

Iraq

• Added several missing focus filters
• Fixed a typo in the description of the focus "Increase Anglo-Iraqi Economic Ties"
• The focus "Project Babylon" no longer allows two experimental facilities to exist in the same state
• The focus "Regional Military Integration" no longer tries to build factories meant for Jordan in Iraq
• The focuses "Form OPEC" and "Join the Axis" can no longer be taken if Iraq is a subject
• The national spirit "Anglo-Iraqi Mutual Defense Agreement" is now removed if you go to war with Britain

Turkey

• The focus "Unite the Azeri Diaspora" now correctly rewards a core on East Azerbaijan

Overall

• Fixed a bug that would cause the first variant of equipment to always be called "Mk0" regardless of country-specific naming scheme
• Fixed an issue where buying dreadnaughts from Germany would not spawn them correctly

And lastly, here’s our updated roadmap
(Click HERE, or on the map for a new Studio GOLD Update)
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- Happy to see changes already being made!
-I know that I'm gonna sound like a broken record here and since you are already reworking stuff:
Please make Austria(as A-H/Austrian Empire) have a decision to be able to core southern Poland(Historical Galicia and Bucovina), add this decision to Hungary as well, as why would a decision during an event, made by a another country, make u lose your cores?
-Same goes for Silesia(+ zaolzie) as Im pretty sure that as Hungary, even when you annex Puppeted Czech Kingdom with Silesia you do not core it(unless my game bugged out that time)
- And also, add the Habsburg Spain/Mexico focuses Hungary has, to Austria's Focus tree as well. That would make Austria's focus tree perfect.
(And maybe, add the decision to restore the HRE without giving power to lichtenstein?)

- Some descriptions of some focuses still refer to Otto von Habsburg as being a King/ruling a Kingdom eventhough Austria never was a Kingdom and was a Archduchy ruled by an Archduke.
Yes this is a copy paste but please fix this(I will keep copy and pasting this until it is done.

 

[Zhuriek]

Okay... They finally fixed the bug I was complaining about so much, but now I have a question and a very big problem, and it is the following: Germany has just sold you two Deutschland-class heavy cruisers... WTF? That really has me totally and completely perplexed, let me explain.

The "Buy Cruisers and Battleships" focus is based on the premise of acquiring "inactive" capital ships, those ships that have been removed from active service or released into reserve, or even permanently removed from service. That's why France is selling us two Courbet-class battleships, since these would be replaced by the Dunkerque and the Strassbourg, which makes sense. Another example is the sale of a New York-class battleship and the Pensacola-class heavy cruiser, both already outdated models and replaced by more modern models. But in this case... we're talking about Germany creating the Deutschland-class cruisers to replace 4-6 of the Deutschland- and Braunschweig-class pre-dreadnoughts that were still in service, which would make a lot of sense that these were the ships they should acquire. Instead, Germany sells us 2 Deutschland-class cruisers... 2 pseudo-modern cruisers. It really perplexes me.

I don't know what people reading this think. I feel like it's a bit broken, considering they aren't normal cruisers, but rather have battleship guns. lol