V 1.2.2

TWEAKS
- extended the common airforce tree
- reworked airforce design choices to reduce respective production costs
- significantly reduced the MB size of the mod

FIXES
- Benes' focus is now attached to where it belongs
- small fixes to spelling
- reintegrating the Austro-Hungarian lands should work properly now
- Disallowed Emil Fey from dying two times
- Fixed Austro-German research group not triggering
- Fixed focus "Austria or Germany" being unreachable
- Fixed Austria still being able to call the league of nations as a puppet
- Added focus description for buying Italian aircraft
- Fixed AUS_talk_with_germany and AUS_defensive_pact_with_poland
- Fixed Wilhelm III. potrait not appearing when he is a general

V 1.2.1

TWEAKS
- reduced the focus time for the focus "A German Nation" to 50 days from 100
- the focus "Austrian Ambition and Spirit" is now also available in the "Realpolitik" Path

FIXES
- the national spirit "Frontmiliz Issues" no longer casuses Units to not regain organization
- the Focus to "Reach out to Benes" is now possible to complete and no longer relies on variables as requirements
- the Yalta conference no longer Forces Austria turning democratic
- the focuses in the Armor Tree Branch now allow the disbandemend of the Schnelle Divison (its template still is unremoveable, currently still under investigation)
- Czechoslovakia surrendering the entire Sudetenland to Austria now Transfers the correct states
- the Focus "Agrarian Investments" no longer tagets states in Brazil
- fixed democratic German Empire lead by Wilhelm IV. not having a leader
- hungarian AI will now be much more likely to accept reenewing the Rome Protocols based on new modifiers
- fixed a localisation not appearing for a hungarian event
- the focus "Involuntary Neutrality" can now be completed correctly even if only one State agreed to reenew the Rome Protocols
- the focus "Involuntary Neutrality" and the focus "Expanding the Rome Protocols" are now mutually exclusive
- the focus "Talks with Hungary" can now be bypassed under circumstances and has new prerequrisites and a tooltip to help the player to convince Hungary to the protocols
- Germany can now correctly complete the focus "Demand the Sudetenland" if Austria is in their faction or their puppet
- fixed various typos throughout the localisation
- added localisation to event 403

GFX
- replaced some focus icons in Germanys tree
- added some new leader portraits for various nations

V 1.2 "NEUES LEBEN"
HIGLIGHTS
- A new focus tree branch with four main paths to go down, over 150 events and many desicions
- reworked southern german map
- added an austrian radio station
- a revamped and slightly expanded tree for the German Empire in Exile
- unique 3d models for Austria
- Liechtenstein!

Main Theme: "Bozner Bergsteigermarsch"

NEW CONTENT
- a new focus tree branch with four main paths to go down
- added many new unit name groups
- added a new decision category for the Brothers War
- added new flavor events to the starting BoP
- added new starting generals and new adivsors and theorists
- Burgenland starts with a new unique state modifier and added a new focus in regards to it
- added many other minor flavor events, such as the fall of Munich

TWEAKS
- advisors that are ideology exclusive are now no longer visible if an opposing ideology is currently governing
- added new unit name lists (thx to @Cig for the ideas)
- expanded Starhemberg´s flavor event where you get to chose his portrait with new and reworked options
- added a new focus to purchase italian aircraft
- reworked Southern Germany´s map with new states and victory points
- bavarias country color is now bavarian blue instead of white
- the propaganda desicions category now is called historically accurate after its institution; "Bundeskommissariat für Propaganda"
- added new description texts to various characters
- austria starts the game now with early trucks researched
- readjusted military advisors (traits and availability)
- reworked the focus "Preserve the Army´s traditions" into the new focus "Promote the Jansa-Plan"
- added a new event about Jansa´s promotion to Feldmarschallleutnant
- fixed typos, upgraded and added lots of new localisation to existing events and focuses
- tweaked focus tree positions and branch hiding
- recoded some of the last generals into the characters system
- Steiermark now starts with 3 units of steel as state resource
- removed generic MIO´s from Austria
- it is now possible to reject forming Austro-Bavaria
- expanded the demand Sudetenland Event chain for Austria


FIXES
- fixed some flags of some cosmetic tags not appearing
- fixed the armor subbranch of the Bundesheer Tree being locked if you dont own NSB
- fixed the naval MIOs not being available even tho the required states were controlled
- Niederbayerns state category is now correctly upgraded instead of downgraded upon taking the respective decision in the bavarian BoP
- fixed the Bundestaat Großösterreich idea not having an icon
- fixed various typos/wording throughout the localisation
- fixed the Dennounce the Ständestaat focus icon disappearing
- fixed the Crush the Heimwehr focus icon disappearing

GFX
- many new portraits throughout the world
- added new infantry models for austria
- reworked and retouched many portraits
- improved many of the advisor GFX
- added a new portrait for Alois Schönburg-Hartenstein
- added a new portrait for Karl Albrecht, credits to u/Net2025
- added a new military portrait for Schuschnigg, credits to u/Amytherxt
- added a new GFX for the prussian army idea
- added a portrait for Waldemar Pabst
- added new loading screens
- added a new focus icon for the focuses "Die Gebirgsjäger", "Alpine Fortifications", "Expand the Artillery Corps"
- changed the focus icon for following focuses: Theresianische Militärakademie, Austrian Tank Volunteers Program, Agrarian Investements, Invest in Light Industry, Model Democracy, Create Affordable Housing, Power to the Zunftwesen, Re-Abolish the Zunftwesen, Cruiser Flotilla, Modern Battleship Canons, Realize Carrier Ambitions
- removed the unique officer corps pictures

V 1.1.1 Hotfix

TWEAKS
- added description texts to several events that were previously missing them

FIXES
- fixed the event "Fall of Wien" triggering more then just once
- fixed following national spirits not showing their GFX: The Traditional Bundesheer, The Mobile Bundesheer, Austrian Neutrality, Austrian Interventionism, Kaiser Franz Joseph II.,
- fixed the focus "Vertrau Heimat, Vertrau" being available even tho the Monarchy has been restored
- fixed the national spirit "Kaiser Franz Joseph II." not being removed even tho he has died
- fixed the advisor GFX for Otto Meixner von Zweienstamm
- fixed the Schnelle Division not unlocking its template after completing its respective focus
- fixed Maximilian Eugen von Habsburg not becoming an Admiral

GFX
- added a new advisor GFX for Fey
- added a unique event picture to Maximilian´s returns event

V 1.1 "Vertrau Heimat, Vertrau"

NEW CONTENT
- fully reworked the Army Tree
- added a new mechanic about Austrian Rearmament
- reworked the Heimwehr Civil War
- added focuses to Habsburg Austria to invade Mexico and establish a Mexican Empire
- revamped Starhembergs subbranch focus tree with many new events and other additions
- added new focuses for both Steidle and Fey
- reworked the Air Branch
- added new generals and advisors
- added a few new focuses to the "Ally Hungary" Tree Branch
- added new flavor events


TWEAKS
- updated the Mod to the latest version of Hoi4
- added a new focus "Hold Wien at all Cost"
- tweaked Starhembergs starting leader trait
- reworked the focus "Purge the Kärtner Heimwehr"
- reworked the Austrian Militarism national spirit and added a new unique GFX to it
- modified the event demanding Schleswig Holstein from Denmark to also the include the new states introduced in AAT
- the focus "Bundesstaat Großösterreich" now also grants cores on the Sudetenland
- made some of the economic desicions affect the new states
- tweaked/improved the localisation of many events
- the focus "Prussian General Staff" now gives more commanders
- debuffed Mackensen´s stats as corps commander
- the focus "Austrian Imperial Army" no longer requires the Austro-Hungarian BoP to be active
- lots of minor work done on the puppet focus tree for Württemberg
- tweaked and improved the starting situation of the german minors, with some national spirits, country leader traits and GFX
- added leader description texts to following characters: Starhemberg, Steidle
- changed the focus icon for following focuses: Implement Autarky, University of Graz

FIXES
- fixed Karl Albrecht becoming King of Austria instead of Poland
- fixed Adenauer not becoming country leader after completing his focus
- Developing South Tyrolian Steel will add the resources now actually in South Tyrol, not Upper Austria
- The Desicion to Relclaim Istria no longer requires compliance in South Tyrol
- Making Romania a puppet via focus no longer causes you to lose your cores on Transilvania

GFX
- added texticon images to all the starting national spirits
- added a unique news headline GFX
- added a new portrait for Starhemberg aswell as a new advisor GFX
- added a new portrait for Richard Steidle aswell as a new advisor GFX
- added a new portrait for Vasyl Habsburg aswell as a new advisor GFX
- added 2 new portraits for Maximilian Eugen Habsburg aswell as a new advisor GFX
- added new GFX to the starting BoP
- improved Viktoria´s portraits
- added new portraits for many german, croatian, czechoslovak commanders
- added a unqiue advisor GFX for Otto Schöbel
- added a new focus icon for the focus "Empower the Heimwehr"
- added a new focus icon for the focus "Secure Europe"
- added a new focus icon for the focus "German Workers State"
- added a new focus icon for the focus "Revenge July 34"
- added a new focus icon for the focus "Kaiserliche Werften-Wiederherstellungsplan"

V 1.0.6

The Mod is now compatible with the latest Hoi IV Patch V 1.13.3

NEW CONTENT
- added Military Industrial Organizations to Austria
- partially reworked and expanded the industrial branch of the focus tree with many new focuses
- reworked Austrias map with new states and victory points
- added a focus to core Hungary as part of following Churchill´s plan of a Danubian Federation
- added a new focus "Refound the Imperial Navy"
- added a new focus "Auf Baltischer Wacht"
- added a new news event for when Steidle takes over Austria
- added a new news event about Austrian Rearmament
- added a new flavour event about the end of the "Sozialistenprozess"
- added a new event to the army tree
- added description texts to following army commanders: Friedrich Materna, Julius Ringel, Erhard Raus

TWEAKS
- reworked Viktoria´s leader traits
- changed the position of some focus branches
- doing the anti german front focus no longer requires the Czechs to have a opinion of atleast 40 of you; now its only 20
- danish AI is now much more likely to give in to german demands
- the focus "Intervene in Germany" will now also bypass if you are already at war with Germany
- the focus "Integrate the Czech Railways" will no longer require you to own Zaolzie
- the focus Anti German Front will bypass if the Czechs no longer exist

FIXES
- fixed a typo in the anti german front focus and added a description text
- fixed wording in the focus description of "Our very own fault"

GFX
- new main menu screen
- new portrait for Kurt Schuschnigg, credit to u/Net2025 from reddit
- new portrait for Wilhelm III
- new portrait for Viktoria
- added a new generic commander portrait
- changed the GFX icon for the following focuses: Rebuilding Hungary, Integration of the new Lands, Coastal Defense Ships, A Grand High Sea Fleet, Aftermath of the Second World War, Marineakademie, The Iron Curtain, Prepare A New Consitution, Create Bomber Designs, Demand Schleswig-Holstein, Deterrence on the Seas, The new State, Naval Efforts, Imprison remaining Schutzbund Members, Construct the Brumowski Air Base, Exploiting our Mountains, Marineoperationsschule, Purchase German Equipment, Deploy AA

Patch V 1.0.5

NEW CONTENT
- added a new focus "Austrian Rearmament" with a new "Rearm the Bundesheer" mission
- added two new desicions to the Austro-Hungarian BoP that allow you to support either faction over a longer time
- reworked Richard Steidle as an advisor, with new custom trait and GFX aswell as a long description of his background
- reworked the advisor Theodor Innitzer with new custom trait and a description of his background
- added backgrounds to following characters aswell: Friedrich August von Hayek, Emil Fey, Wilhelm Miklas, Juilius Raab, Leopold Figl
- added a proper Head of Intelligence advisor
- new starting national spirit "Österreichische Neutralität" that can be removed in a variety of ways

TWEAKS
- Austria now starts with Artillery I researched
- "Otto von Habsburg" if becoming emperor will now be called "Franz Joseph II."
- the "Buy War Bonds" Propaganda Campagin now gives you -0.5% weekly war support instead of -5% weekly war support
- buying guns from Italy or Germany now gives you 1.5k guns instead of only 1k
- reworked description text for the focus "The Better Germany"
- "Strengthen relations with other Monarchies" now also gives you 100 political power and will also improve relations with FRA, SOV, ROM and ITA if they are a monarchy
- August von Mackensen will now have his full name shown
- "Increase the Role of the Armored Corps" now also gives you +5% armored divison attack
- "Mountain Mules" now also gives you +5% special forces attack
- the desicion to offer peace to Germany now is longer available if you go the "German Empire in Exile" Path
- French AI will now be more agressive after completing the focus Anti German Pact
- Italian AI will now bew more protective towards Austria if they accepted the Alliance
- partially reworked the focus "Our very own Fault"
- the economic desicions now require you to own the specific states
- the focus "Demand Transilvania" will now bypass if you own it already
- focus duration for "Buy Italian Equipment" and the focus "Purchase German Equipment" have both been reduced to 10 days, down from 35

FIXES
- Austria will now receive controlled States in southern Germany from Germany should they accept the peace offer
- fixed two of the Between two Giants desicions not showing up
- fixed a spelling mistake in the description of the national spirit "Austrofascism"
- fixed the icon of the focus "The Better Germany" from disappearing
- fixed the Heimwehr´s opponent in the Civil War having the "Heimwehr" national spirit
- fixed the requirements for the focus "German Workers State"

GFX
- new leader portrait for Steidle

Patch V 1.0.4

NEW CONTENT
- added a new focus "A new German Army" alongside a new event which allows you to chose between some smaller country buffs or getting some of Germany´s commanders
- added a new focus "Mauser Rearmament" which also unlocks Mauser as a designer
- added a new focus "Expand Arms Production"
- added two new resource excavation desicions for Austria if they control South Tyrol (Aluminium and Steel)
- added a new focus to the democratic branch "Rebuilding Hungary"
- added a new focus "Initiate Joint Rearmament"
- the focus "Dismantle Czechoslovakia" now unlocks 4 new desicions to annex the country fully and core states

TWEAKS
- the focus "Alpine Fortifications" now grants a military factory, places the forts more strategically aswell as spawning in more of them, the focus time has been decreased to 50 days from 70 aswell, and its GFX icon has been changed
- the focus "Initiate Naval Rearmament" now unlocks Blohm & Voss as a ship designer, also the focus no longer bypasses if you dont have enough building slots left
- the desicion "Reintegrate Galicia" no longer requires you to have completed the focus "Demand Galicia" but rather to own the states
- changed the GFX for the focus "Strenghten Relations with other Monarchies"
- AI will be now more agressive towards Germany if doing the Anti Germany Front, declaring war much faster
- the focus "End Habsburg Banishment" now changes the non-aligned party name to "Haus von Habsburg-Lothringen"
- the focus "Rennounce Claims to South Tyrol" now takes 10 days to complete instead of 35
- the focus "German Investements" now takes 35 days to complete instead of 70
- the focus "Mobilize the People" now gives you 25k manpower aswell and takes now 15 days to complete
- the focus "Reclaim the Empire" now gives you war economy for free and takes 50 days to complete now, down from 70
- the second upgrade to the national spirit of "Heimwehr" now gives you 5% recruitable population factor, the third upgrade will upgrade it to a total of 10%
- the focus "The Socialists United" now gives you 40k manpower instead of 5k
- the focus "Further Heimwehr Cooperation" will now give you 30k manpower instead of 10k
- the focuses "Agriculture Focus" and "Focus on the Workers in Cities" now both are 35 days long, instead of 49
- made some adjustments to the Naval Designers available to Austria
- the focus "Invite Mauser" now unlocks the former as a designer
- in the event chain "Dismantle Czechoslovakia" Hungary now gets cores on Southern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia, Poland gets a core on Zaolzie
- added the option for Hungary to reject an alliance with Austria, aswell as an event for Austria informing them if that is the case

FIXES
- Karl Albrecht von Habsburg becoming leader of Austria *should* be fixed now. If it isnt, please report it to me
- fixed some of the Austro-Hungarian BoP´s desicions being reported as available even tho they were not
- the focus "Demand the League of Nations to Act" now works correctly

GFX
- reworked Horthy´s portrait
- reworked many of Germany´s unit commanders portraits
- added flags for democratic Vorarlberg

Patch V 1.0.3

NEW CONTENT
- added a new focus to the Industrial Branch "Exploiting our Mountains" which unlocks five new decisions to excavate new resources throughout Austria
- added a new focus to Habsburg Austria that has not restored Austria Hungary "Dismantle Czechoslovakia" alongside a new event chain for that focus

TWEAKS
- restoring democracy as the German Empire will now give you the chancellors as national spirits instead of actual country leaders so your country leader will remain the Kaiser you chose
- added a new event to inform the player that the Netherlands refused their offer, if the AI chosed to not join the faction
- reworked the "Ally Hungary" Event for Habsburg Austria
- capitalized some country´s adjective names ("german Yugoslavia" will now be called "German Yugoslavia" for example)

FIXES
- the events of the focus "Operation Wache im Osten" now all work properly
- the national spirits "Kaiserliches und Königliches Heer" now have their GFX icons working
- adjusted the description of the "Deal with Italy" Focus and changed its name to "Treaty of Bozen"

Patch V 1.0.2

All bugs/issues that have been reported to me up to now have been fixed in this patch. Should you find more, inform me about them.

NEW CONTENT
- added two new decisions to the starting Balance of Powers that are unlocked for the german collaberationist path
- added a new news event for when Emil Fey takes over Austria
- added new completion rewards to the focuses "Intensify Training", "Standardization" and "Specialization" (Air Tree)

TWEAKS
- the starting advisor "Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg" is now also removed if your ruling party is of communist or democratic ideology (still, the desicion in the BoP to remove him exists and it gives you lots of political power)
- the focus "Secure the new State" now removes the starting Balance of Powers
- the focus "The East German Offensive" now gives you also a claim on Vorpommern
- the focus "Begin Integration of East Germany" now gives you also a core on Vorpommern
- the desicion category of "Restoring our foreign sphere" will now be available after completing its respective national focus regardless of your cosmetic tag
- the focus "Revive the Central Powers" will now also bypass if you are already in a faction
- the focus "Breaking the Steel" will now also bypass if in faction with either Germany or Italy
- the focus "Intervene in Germany" will now also bypass if Germany is your puppet
- German Empire in Austria now has its own cosmetic tag instead of relying on the Germany cosmetic tag
- the national spirit "The Austrian Economy" now checks the current adjective of the cosmetic tag; so if youre Austria Hungary you will now see the idea being called "The Austro-Hungarian Economy"
- added a description text for following focuses: "The Nation under Fey", "Bring the Revolution to Vorarlberg", "Marineakademie", "Romanian Puppet Kingdom"
- decreased the focus time completion for the "Intensify Training" focus down from 70 to 50
- decreased the focus time completion for the "Open Inoffical Flying Schools" focus down from 49 to 35
- increased the focus time completion for the "Construct the Brumowski Air Base" focus up to 50 from 49

FIXES
- fixed Karl Seitz not appearing as country leader after doing his focus
- fixed the desicions of the Bavarian Integration BoP being reported as available even tho the BoP is not even active
- fixed the focus requirements of the focus "Aftermath of the Second World War"
- fixed democratic German Empire being called "Bundesrepublik"
- small grammer fix for "Theresianische Militärakademie" Event