• Removed the hostility doctrine effects of the Buddhist Canon doctrines, to prevent situations like the Maitreyist faith seeing everyone else as righteous
  
• RICE activities are now greyed out when you recently attended them, and show how long the cooldown is for, to be consistent with recent changes to vanilla’s activities
  
• Rebalanced costs of decisions for the Temple of Yue Fei, Su Causeway, Qiantang River Seawall, and West Lake improvements
  
• Hephthalite culture now has Devoted Horsemanship instead of Horse Lords, to be in line with other vanilla nomad cultures
  
• Fixed missing localization for some bookmark gloss tooltips
  
• Fixed missing icon for Malay paganism
  
• Fixed missing localization for Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian, and Papuan heritages
  
• Fixed missing localization for Viet pagan priests
  
• Fixed missing localization from the West Lake activity for guests during an event
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added two new flavor packs: Hangzhou: Splendor of the Song Dynasty and the Aslians: The Jungle Pacifists
  
• Added 7 Southeast Asian themed soundtracks
  
• Added 5 Chinese themed soundtracks
  
• Added many new cultures and faiths in Asia
  
• Added new playable landless adventurers:
  
  • 867: Gung Ye, Pei Toutuo (aka Fahai)
    
  • 1066: Aravindahrada, Seliangaya Bungsu
    
  • 1178: Vidyanandana, Bukūri Yongšon
• Added new COA for the Manichean Archegos (courtesy of DPh Kraken)
  
• Removed some of RICE’s old East/Southeast Asian religions and cultures, as they’ve been superseded by vanilla’s new faiths/religions in Asia
  
• Added new COAs courtesy of DPh Kraken
  
• Added Giac Hai and his sons as courtiers of the adventurer-monk Khong Lo in 1066
  
• Added a few more names to RICE’s Nubian namelist
  
• Added DNA for a few easter egg characters
  
• A lot of content’s geographical restrictions have been reworked to account for the new map
  
• Replaced RICE’s old Seasonal Migrators tradition with Rajas of Asia’s Migrators tradition
  
• Several RICE religions are now given Mountain Worship tenet instead of Cththonic Redoubts
  
• East Bantu is now relocalized as Sabaki instead of Zanj, and RICE’s old Sabaki culture has been removed
  
• Tweaked culture/faith setup for northern Mesopotamia/Western Iranian borderlands to be more in line with vanilla’s recent changes to the map in that region
  
• Kaifeng Jews now have a small chance of appearing via Silk Road community events
  
• Rebalanced frequency with ai_frequency_by_tier instead of ai_frequency for various character interactions (following vanilla’s new examples)
  
• Rebalanced frequency with ai_check_interval_by_tier instead of ai_check_interval for various character interactions (following vanilla’s new examples)
  
• Tweaked geographical requirements for the Silk Road communities, partly to account for new geographical regions
  
• Separated some of RICE’s old off-map African effects at game start into a separate file from the Sri Lanka stuff (credits to Msl229 for assistance with this)
  
• All East Slavic cultures now start with Communal Lands, to represent the custom of Toloka or communal agricultural work
  
• Made the Yufirid dynasty mostly Himyarite in 867 (thanks to Msl229 from the Rajas of Asia team for the tip)
  
• Gave Lin Deng the Venerated Ancestor trait
  
• Changed Khuzi to be a hybrid of Elymaean and Mashriqi
  
• Iron Forest now has Cataphract Archer MAA art
  
• Disabled Silk Road community decisions for landless admin nobles
  
• Gave some RICE special buildings the is_mountain and travel_point_of_interest_stress_relief flags recently added in vanilla as appropriate
  
• AI emperors/hegemons will now never take the Nile Empire decision, to prevent weird situations like the Mongols taking the decision causing an Empire "None of" in Egypt and Nubia
  
• Siculo-Arabic culture counties will now exist in Sicily in the 10th century and not just afterwards, if playing with mods that add in such start dates
  
• Updated some innovations’ different associated skills, akin to vanilla's recent changes
  
• Removed an extra trait from Ibn Tulun
  
• Various tweaks to cultures’ graphical code to ensure consistency between RICE and RICE+EPE compatch versions
  
• Tweaked maximum values of Renown gain for the "Ancestor Veneration" activity to make more sense
  
• Fixed RICE purging merchants from the caravan travel options if they were existing characters pulled from the character pool
  
• Fixed RICE’s feudalization decision for non-vanilla African pagan religions not including most of RICE’s new African religions
  
• Fixed missing localization for Fur names
  
• Fixed some missing deity localizations for some Uralic pagan faiths
  
• Fixed Polar Bear artifact from the Nordsetur walrus hunt decision event chain not being destroyed if you sell it
  
• Fixed erroneous building icon for the final stage of the Mediterranean pirate building
  
• Fixed RICE_remove_personality_traits_effect not accounting for the eccentric trait
  
• Fixed decision to Finance Almadraba Fishing not actually costing any gold despite the UI saying so
  
• Fixed Unite the Nile decision being visible to everyone
  
• Fixed dummy character version of the African version of Eldad ha-Dani (for appearance purposes) having the dynasty as his last name
  
• Fixed African Apotropaic Tattoos special doctrine potentially not being passed down to a new faith
  
• Fixed the names of various Egyptian characters in 867 based on iFrunx’s recommendations
  
• Fixed Makuria/Alodia’s Queen Mother Maria’s age in the 1178 bookmark
  
• Fixed missing head_determination = head_determination_domain in some cultures in RICE+EPE compatch
  
• Fixed decision events to choose a patron Tibetan/Buddhist deity decision not resetting the decision cooldown if you change your mind and opt-out of choosing one
  
• Fixed how Erzya and Moksha (aka Mordvin cultures) are assigned at all start dates
  
• Fixed loc error for the Pilgrimage to Ramasetu name in the activity screen
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added learning education traits for Manichean Archegoi in 867 and 1066
  
• Added martial education trait for the Daju ruler Zalaf in 1178
  
• Tweaked new faith icons made by hunter00001
  
• Decision to Compile the First Turkish Dictionary now requires having a culture with the Turkic language rather than heritage
  
• Nerfed Sawdan’s starting army in 867 slightly
  
• Nerfed the potential amount of gold gained from merchant travel events
  
• Failing to negotiate for extra money during merchant travel events now gives stress, especially if you have certain traits
  
• Baqt situation will no longer exist for pre-Islamic start dates (if running a mod that adds in early start dates)
  
• In 1066 and 1178 start dates, Daju rulers now start with castle holdings rather than tribal
  
• Tweaked values of the Pithipati of Bodh Gaya modifier
  
• Decision to Claim the Mantle of the Pithipatis is now visible if your capital is in India and you are Buddhist
  
• Fixed Nuba culture starting with Performative Honor instead of Right to Prove
  
• Fixed event to search for fern flower during Kupala Night not giving stress loss
  
• Fixed several vanilla characters that RICE gives a martial education to not getting a commander trait
  
• Fixed Sorbian culture not using RICE’s Sorbian namelist
  
• Fixed Native American cultures’ gloss localization causing error log spam
  
• Fixed the localization for the requirements of the Trans-Saharan merchant caravan travel option not displaying correct region
  
• Fixed trigger for killing off merchant NPCs from the merchant travel option at the end of traveling
  
• Fixed Daju rulers not holding Dar al-Said in 1178
  
• Fixed several instances of the code referring to the Pithipati of Bodh Gaya modifier as a dynasty modifier instead of a character modifier
  
• Fixed some duplicate modifiers and localizations
  
• Fixed some loc errors
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added Nubia Flavor Pack: Heirs of Kush
  
• Added 9 Egypt/Nubia themed soundtracks
  
• Added Coronations DLC’s anointment doctrines to RICE faiths
  
• Added some new faith icons to replace RICE’s old ones, credits to hunter0001 and DPh Kraken
  
• Added some unique icons for RICE MAAs, credits to hunter00001
  
• Added effect to ensure spouses and children of newly added rulers don’t start off in random courts at game start
  
• Added language to all Aspiration text indicating that Aspiration completion is calculated at the beginning of the year
  
• Enabled several activities for LAAMPs (thanks to pharaox for the assistance with this!)
  
• Replaced Khan/Shah of the White Huns trait with a new and improved one by hunter00001
  
• Replaced vanilla Nubian namelist with new namelist that includes more given names and dynasty names
  
• Modified historical setup for Egypt in 867, based on feedback from iFrunx
  
• Tweaked ibn Tulun’s starting traits and gave him some event troops
  
• Decision to Contact Indian Ocean Pirates now requires owning at least one coastal county in the Indian Ocean region
  
• Decreased chances of generic flavor events happening overall
  
• Split some effects from the Pamir start up effects into separate files per the request of the Raja of Asia devs, to ensure easier compatibility between the two mods
  
• Anglo-Saxon culture now starts with the Monastic Communities tradition
  
• Changed the Orenda faith’s name to Uki-Otkon
  
• Most of RICE’s travel options now cost some herd if you’re nomadic, to be consistent with vanilla’s travel options
  
• Replaced various religious terms for Slavic pagan faiths with more historically researched ones (thanks to msl229 for the information/research and code)
  
• Tweaked language for triggers for various RICE travel options
  
• The merchant trade events while traveling now show you how many successes you’ve had even after you gotten the trait
  
• al-Umari now has the deceitful trait instead of brave
  
• al-Umari now starts with the Adventurer, Gallowsbait, and Reaver traits
  
• Changed localization of Wenmo to Wamo (it is still the same in the code)
  
• Changed al-Umari starting event chain in 867 to have an option for him to become a tributary rather than a vassal of the Tulunids at game start
  
• Changed many location-based activities for landless adventurers to require them having their camp on the location, as a fix for a potential issue where the activity would automatically end if they had no guests (thanks to pharaox for the assistance with this!)
  
• Matter of Britain tradition now increases legend spread chance
  
• Ubiquity of Poetry tradition now increases legend spread chance
  
• Changed Bengali/Gauda culture’s Seafarers tradition to Maritime Mercantilism
  
• Changed Turko-Hephthalite heritage to Turkic
  
• Changed al-Wahshiyya’s family name to al-Altayawi
  
• Changed Khuzi culture to derive innovations from Kurdish rather than Persian
  
• Darb al-Arbain modifier now reduces travel danger instead of build cost (all other bonuses stay the same)
  
• Decision to Resolve the Issue of Xwedodah is now only available if your faith has a relevant incest doctrine
  
• Game start effects to replace vanilla faiths’ doctrines with other doctrines now checks if they already have those doctrines in most cases
  
• Reduced cooldown for several feast/festival-themed activities
  
• Revised Kashmir’s faith setup so Astore and Skardu are now Dezawist
  
• Newly added rulers will now usually only change to clan government at game start if their liege is also
  
• Tweaked territory of Pala Dynasty remnants in 1178 since previously they were holding temple holdings
  
• Unlocked the Horse Sacrifice activity for Baltic and Slavic pagans
  
• Modified Volga-Dnieper Trade region’s geographical boundaries
  
• Made the Harran star worship event a big event pic
  
• Made the Pillar supplication event a big event pic
  
• Trans-Saharan Merchant travel option can now be taken anywhere in Africa
  
• at-Tabataba’i in 867 is now Zayidi instead of Ismaili
  
• Renamed at-Tabataba’s dynasty to at-Tabataba’i
  
• Renamed 867 Shukayr’s dynasty to Shukayrid
  
• Enabled adventurers in Sri Lanka to choose or change the monastic sect they support, though most other Sri Lanka struggle features are still not available to them
  
• Fixed Adventurers being able to technically end the Sri Lanka struggle
  
• Fixed inconsistent scoping in the Norman Adventurer CB
  
• Fixed effects of the Bema Festival activity being applied twice
  
• Fixed Rift Valley Traders tradition not actually increasing the chances of off-map African courtier spawn
  
• Fixed missing culture req tooltip for RICE_breton_tro_breizh
  
• Fixed duplicate province filters in a few activities
  
• Fixed Pyu and several other Southeast Asian cultures getting Indian innovations they shouldn’t be getting
  
• Fixed option to Commission a Manichean Manuscript picking a Manichean faith when choosing the Other Religions’ Texts option
  
• Fixed some of the effects of the Norman conquest/assimilation endings not working properly for the Normandy struggle when the AI does it
  
• Fixed the “chuck it in the river yo” placeholder localization for the Drowning of Marzanna activity
  
• Fixed AI chances of deciding what to do for the Niger Delta Ooni events not accounting for the Ooni’s opinion of the ruler properly
  
• Fixed localization for slavic_religion_opinion
  
• Fixed missing modifier icons for some Kupala Night activity modifiers
  
• Fixed visual issue with the icon for the Bon religion’s Protective Deities doctrine
  
• Fixed missing loc for RICE_aegean_region_geographical_req
  
• Fixed decision to Build a Local Christian Religious Building checking if you built Buddhist religious buildings instead of Christian building to see if you can do it
  
• Fixed Han culture getting Cultivated Sophistication without the Roads to Power DLC
  
• Fixed missing loc in the notification message for non-Manichean rulers when an Uyghur ruler takes the decision to Influence the Future of Uyghur Manicheism
  
• Miscellaneous fixes

Fixed issues with the Spanish translation of the Manichean localization by fixing the relevant file's encoding

• Added missing Spanish localization
  
• Added Joachim of Fiore as a courtier in Sicily in 1178
  
• Tweaked holy sites for off-map African faiths
  
• Replaced the icon for Modimoism (Sotho-Tswana paganism)
  
• Removed some placeholder non-Oromo names from the female Oromo namelist
  
• Fix to account for edge cases where the interaction to ask someone to be expedition leader could refer to two expeditions
  
• Fixed missing code for Oromo names

• Carantanian culture now starts with Forest Folk tradition
  
• Nepali culture now starts with Caravaneers tradition
  
• Kirati culture now starts with Hit and Run and Stand and Fight traditions
  
• Kirati culture now has stoic ethos
  
• Suebi culture now starts with Esteemed Hospitality and Prolific Hunters traditions
  
• Changed j_khd01_RICE_marriage_triggers to refer to parameters rather than doctrines/traditions for greater compatibility
  
• In-game flagging of Greenland/Vinland expeditions will now automatically expire after several years as a failsafe for edge cases where this doesn’t happen
  
• Fixed issue with appoint expedition leader interaction appearing when during Grand Expeditions or Vinland colonization (it should only appear for minor expeditions)
  
• Fixed Hephthalite heritage not being Serindian when running TFE with RICE
  
• Fixed missing placeholder loc for decision groups for non-English languages
  
• Fixed Hephthalites/Turco-Hephthalites not being given relevant traditions when running RICE with TFE
  
• Fixed localization issues with the 867 intro event for Egypt
  
• Fixed Shingqo Sheli Tutung learning other languages after he dies in the history code
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added RICE-specific decision groups to visually categorize many of RICE’s decisions
  
• Added traditions to various African cultures which only had 2 traditions
  
• Disabled some history, culture, and religion changes when running RICE with Dharmachakra, to ensure better consistency between the two mods
  
• Changed West Himalayan religion to share deity localization with Bon, rather than Mundhumism
  
• Hephthalite culture now has Devoted Horsemanship if Khans of the Steppe DLC is detected instead of Malleable Invasions
  
• Khalaj culture now has Frontier Warriors instead of Futuwaa tradition if Legacy of Persia DLC is detected
  
• Changthang Nomads, Cattle Kraals, and Bantu Migrators traditions now provides bonuses related to nomads/herds
  
• Munya Estates tradition is now available for hybrid/divergent cultures outside of Iberia if the parent culture has it
  
• Tweaked the Egyptian intro event in 867 to avoid various weird situations, especially related to Admin gov’t (thanks to the user “a” for the code!)
  
• Removed duplicate al-Farghani character from RICE in 867 Egypt
  
• Fixed Munya Estates tradition not being viewable in a lot of circumstances
  
• Fixed missing loc for RICE_manichean_fast_health_malus_modifier
  
• Fixed references to RICE’s old Norman Cavalry in loc, it should refer to Conrois now
  
• Fixed potential source of (harmless?) errors in the error logs in the Tarim Basin event code due to counties without cultures after the Roads to Power DLC
  
• Fixed game concept icons for Helluland and Markland using the other’s icons incorrectly (how did I not notice that after almost 3 years?)
  
• Fixed possible loc bug for the Buddhist decision to build a holy site
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Munya activities can now be taken anywhere if you have the Munya tradition
  
• Made AI more likely to take the decision to create Rus culture after a certain timeframe after game start
  
• Made AI more likely to take the decision to influence the future of Uyghur Manicheism after a certain timeframe after game start
  
• Tamil culture now starts with the Refined Poetry tradition
  
• Changed Amazigh religion funeral doctrine
  
• Fixed missing localization for DeathDeityHerHim in many RICE religions
  
• Fixed missing localization for some Mari pagan religious loc
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added some missing Spanish localization, courtesy of Ferchu
  
• Added event when creating a new faith with Gnosticism that previously didn’t have it to choose its purification doctrine
  
• All faiths with the Liberation of Light doctrine now also start with The Hidden Light doctrine in later start dates
  
• Increased cooldown for the Manichean confession decision to three years
  
• Temporary fix for potential CTD when playing as Zhang Huaishen in 867 and choosing to send yourself as a Tang hostage, or not sending anyone, by disabling those options for players
  
• Fixed missing localization for the historical context tooltip of the Bezeklik Pilgrimage
  
• Fixed newly created faiths not losing or gaining purification doctrines as appropriate when removing or adding the Gnostic tenet