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CHEESY NEUTRAL
41 31 WKU
81 9 III
22 5 II
62 1 I

-Gxp & Co.


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Highlights

• Focus trees for Liechtenstein and Monaco.
  
• Additional R56 Germany focus tree focuses and general tree improvements.

Additions

• Optional game rule to annex Liechtenstein, Andorra and Monaco if you cannot accept their glorious existence.
  
• New focuses for Switzerland related to their relationship with Liechtenstein.
  
• Additional army focuses for the RT56 German tree.
  
• New focuses for democratic RT56 Germany to renegotiate Versailles in exchange for some powerful modifiers.
  
• Additional focus for China to improve their weapon capture ratio.
  
• Additional decision for the 'Purchase American Weaponry' category to purchase support equipment.
  
• [TfV] Granted vanilla voice lines to many countries that you'd think that would have them.

Adjustments and Balance

• R56 German Army tree rebalanced to account for new content.
  
• R56 German communist branch has slightly less mutual exclusivity, with some focuses shortened and extra effects. (e.g. Rebalanced tension)
  
• Transferred vanilla changes which should make Italy's balance of powerless volatile.
  
• Slightly increased the amount of artillery the 'Purchase American Weaponry' decision gives.
  
• Austria's 'Liechtenstein Treaty' now actually includes Liechtenstein as well.
  
• Jacques Doriot now hates communism even more. (Not a lot of people have punched the leader of a communist party on the Red Square)
  
• How Reichskommissariat function recoded. (Functionality is still buggy but less so now)
  
• Rearranged the Soviet Union's defensive branch to make it a bit more sensible.
  
• [LaR] There is now a DLC version for the Trotsky path Triumphant Revolutionary trait which has a spy agency buff instead of "Subversive Activities" which impacts non-DLC ideology boosting.
  
• [LaR] Slightly boosted the Anarchists in order to core territories more easily.
  
• [LaR] Improved Portugal's fascist path, they should have reduced chances of exploding in a civil war and be slightly more interesting to play.

Fixes

• Fixed Egyptian focus 'Rashad Mission' requiring a democratic faction leader instead of a fascist.
  
• Fixed a CTD when doing German economic focuses after losing certain advisors by civil war.
  
• Fixed a CTD when Belgium was left with only Flanders.
  
• Fixed a CTD when a bad leader ID reference was made by a non-original Malaysia tag when they tried to reference the ID after capitulation.
  
• Fixed Indonesia breaking free if granted partial autonomy by any other overlord than the Netherlands.
  
• Fixed broken bypass conditions for UK democratic Iraq/Iran invasion focuses.
  
• Advanced Centimetric Radar and NSB Tank upgrade technology 1&2 (engine/armor) now have to match GUI position and year of availability.
  
• Fixed a Venezuelan focus granting the invader trait to only land commanders instead of any commanders. (including spies)
  
• Fixed Honduras coring only half of Cuba / Replaced the free core with decisions for increased difficulty and immersion.
  
• Ukraine will no longer send Chile to the Allies / Fixed other details in their tree.
  
• Fixed the 'Purchase American Weaponry' decisions not giving you American weaponry.
  
• Fixed some dynamic revolt pictures.
  
• Fixed some unused generic portraits.
  
• Fixed a few oversights with new state additions throughout the mod.
  
• Fixed a few oversights with NSB and R56 content interacting with R56's alt-history Russian tree.
  
• Other various small fixes.
  
• [NSB] Fixed duplicate unlock of the Improved Howitzer gun.

AI

• More improvements to historical AI to make them more sensible.
  
• Another round of Axis AI improvements.
  
• [NSB/BBA] English and German AI Equipment designs have been changed to account for the AI’s poor ability to recognize resource shortages.

Localisation

• Fixed Mediterranean being called an ocean.
  
• Restored and improved Argentinian localization which had been partially removed by mistake.
  
• Filled some localisation gaps within the Egyptian tree.
  
• Replaced "Wip" in the French Indochina tree with blanks.
  
• Other small localization improvements throughout the mod.

GFX/UI

• Portrait for Hinrich Lohse of Reichskommissariat Ostland.
  
• Some Icon GFXs throughout the mod have been swapped and/or replaced.
  
• [BBA] Slightly better use of 2d plane icons. (in progress)

Questions? Comments? Let us know at Discord[discord.gg]. We'd love to hear from you!


Highlights

• Revamped focus tree for Sudan.
  
• Focus tree for Ukraine.
  
• Several key map changes such as useable Caspian Sea, states, terrain changes in various countries, and additional victory points.
  
• [BftB] Refurbished Turkish tree and increased its flexibility.
  
• [BBA] Rewamp of Swiss focus tree for better clarity.

Additions

• Added a balance of power mechanic for Afghanistan, between tribal mercenaries and professional forces.
  
• Additional states for Afghanistan.
  
• The Soviet Union now starts with a Caspian Sea navy.
  
• Additional focuses for Egypt-Albania on Egypt's side.
  
• One extra air focus for Japan.
  
• [WtT] Tunganistan can form Turkestan. Sheng Shikai is unhappy.
  
• [BftB] Few extra focuses for the Turkish Ottoman path.

Adjustments and Balance

• Afghanistan's tribal militias have been swapped to irregulars.
  
• Iran has had a full revision of terrain, cities, and victory points. Zoom in and explore!
  
• Other select areas of the map have had their terrain changed to better represent real life.
  
• Iona Yakir will now be purged as he was historically. An unfortunate fate for someone who showcased such loyalty to the cause.
  
• Slightly nerfed the "Soldier King" leader trait for Italy.
  
• Regno d'Albania and Regno del Montenegro now require 10% and 15% compliance to be released as puppet governments preventing some cheesy exploits.
  
• Small boosts and adjustments for Armenia, they needed it.
  
• [DoD] More air experience for a Hungarian focus.
  
• [BftB] Turkish national spirit "Disorganized Armed Forces" was reorganized and now provides coherent bonuses throughout the tree.
  
• [NSB] Democratic Russia can now join factions and send volunteers after the provisional government is solidified.
  
• [BBA] Reenabled the historical Ethiopian path.
  
• [BBA] Swiss DLC tree reshuffled and heavily adjusted.

Fixes

• Shock troops are now benefiting from infantry bonuses, as they should be. Motorized shock troops are only boosted by bonuses affecting motorized infantry.
  
• Fixed multiple crashes related to spawning units lacking templates.
  
• Fixed the United Kingdom's decolonization focuses bypassing because they did not control Egypt.
  
• Fixed a bug where Ghazi I wouldn't die.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Anglo-Egyptian conference could end in favour of both sides, therefore blocking some paths.
  
• Fixed Britain not owning Sudan's starting resources therefore not having the option to return them in the Anglo-Egyptian conference.
  
• Belarussian revisionists shall no longer prosper: the country will no longer core/claim Polish lands around Białystok after Molotov-Ribbentrop comes into effect.
  
• Readded the missing aluminum mill in Czechoslovakia which was earlier replaced by a synthetic refinery.
  
• Tibet shall no longer receive a wargoal against itself if the ultimatum from China is declined.
  
• USSR can now correctly cede Western Poland to Germany if the Hitler-Stalin pact is in effect.
  
• Iraq shall not change into the King government, again after the Golden Square coup.
  
• Germany cannot turn monarchist via the outdated decision peacefully.
  
• Fixed Italian involvement in Anschluss if Austria got protected by them.
  
• Readded missing core to Austria if Germany does vanilla Anschluss.
  
• Some of the broken .oobs were fixed.
  
• Hungary and Austria are now correctly invited into the Italian-guided Rome Protocols if they are independent and are not in faction. Prince Paul and mister H. tremble in anger.
  
• There can't be two Victor Emmanuelle III and the true one shall receive correct leader traits from some expansionist focuses.
  
• French Lebanon shall correctly lose its French allegiance if released by another country.
  
• Fixed the starting German plane production which was duplicated/buggy depending on the DLC owned.
  
• [LaR] No double OGMA designer in the Portuguese focus tree.

AI

• Peru shall now correctly follow the historical path and will not provoke their unruly neighbours until historical dates.
  
• Warlords AI will now not be annexed by KMT-ruled China during the historical formation of the United Front.

Localization

• All-new ship name lists for Iran. The name lists include Provinces, Cities, Mountains, Animals, and more.
  
• Changes/additions to Iran's division names.
  
• Added descriptions for some German focuses.
  
• More company names for New-Zealand.
  
• New Japanese names for generic characters

GFX/UI

• New focus icons for Albania.
  
• New portrait of Afghanistan's Mohammad Zahir Shah.
  
• New portrait for Chiang Kai-Shek.
  
• New portrait for German Busch, the non-German Bolivian...
  
• New portrait for Charles Edward, the Germano-British nazi prince.
  
• New portraits for more Iranian Generals: Amanullah Jahanbani, Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi, Mahmoud Afshartous.
  
• [NSB] Better use of 2d icons for the tank designer. (in progress)

Fixes

• Fixed the map issue - turned out to be an extremely obscure neverbeforeseen 1 in 1000...

Fixes

• “I try all things, I achieve what I can.”

Fixes

• Looking for berries appropriate to the occasion.

Fixes

• Second attempt at resolving map and Steam compression errors.

Fixes

• Attempt at resolving Steam compression error.

Road to 56 Pie-like Recipe:

• 2/3 cup (180 mL) exquisitely refined sugar.
  
• 3 full pips of lemon zest.
  
• 1 stick of cinnamon, divided coarsely or carefully.
  
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) corn starch.
  
• Enough butter.
  
• 2 reserved pips of fattening cream.
  
• 1 Egg Yolk. Be careful not to spin before breaking.
  
• Pie Crust. (make your own)
  
• An amount and type of berry appropriate to the occasion.

Step 1: Toss berries with a mixture of sugar, starch, cinnamon, salt, and lemon zest.

Step 2: Mix until dry ingredients are dissolved.

Step 3: Place pie crust in family heirloom pan, or cheap aluminium equivalent.

Step 4: Pour filling into crust. Place upper crust over filling and brush daintily but thoroughly with a mixture of egg and cream.

Step 5: Place in pre-heated oven until done. Top crust should be golden or sunset brown when finished.

Step 6: Share generously with friends, family and yet-to-be-charmed enemies. Also, if feasible, top with entirely too much whipped cream.

Best wishes and kind regards,

-Gxp & Co.


Questions? Comments? Let us know at Discord[discord.gg]. We'd love to hear from you!


Highlights

• Fancy new Peruvian focus tree for all your Llama needs.
  
• Added industrial and army trees for India, as well as a liberal branch for the democratic path.
  
• [WtT] Manchuria industrial branches and obedience path rework.
  
• [Non-NSB] Restored late-game tank expansion discarded long ago in the No Step Back conversion process.

Additions

• State rework for Brazil, with two demilitarized that can be removed in a respective focus.
  
• Balance of Power system for India.
  
• Added a focus to prevent communist Siam from causing a rebellion in its French ally.
  
• Implemented some new historical Iraqi events. Iraq can now see the rise and fall of the Golden Square and subsequent invasion by the British, as well as occupation.
  
• New Soviet generals for Left Opposition (4 total) + less ahistorical character purged from some Centre branch focuses. In-game Stalin's paranoia now correlates more with it's historical version.
  
• Bahrain now has it's own state and country rather than entirely being a part of Qatar.
  
• Seychelles is now on the map. The island is there, now the nation.
  
• Various Middle Eastern monarchies now have a trait with their respective titles, providing a small buff to cater to their personality/rule.
  
• New historical characters and parties for African and Middle Eastern countries. This area doesn't get enough love.
  
• New USA focuses and corresponding Decisions “War Plan Blue.” Centred around homeland defence.
  
• Many additional victory points throughout the Middle East, Africa, Soviet Union, China and Vietnam for all your nice-looking map needs.
  
• Canals now link Leningrad and the White sea, they are too shallow for military ships though.
  
• A script will convert AI armored cars into trucks every month because the current AI can't tell the difference between the two and needs trucks.

Adjustments and Balance

• Transport planes were drastically reduced in cost and capacity to match BBAs changes, fixing it being overly costly to use paratroopers. reducing air supply's effectiveness and increasing its relative CP cost.
  
• Aircraft carrier can now have a recon plane catapult.
  
• Brazil will form the Defensul slightly later as the faction appeared a bit too early.
  
• Some small adjustments to Iraqi victory points.
  
• Small infrastructure nerf to all core Iraqi states. All three have 1 less.
  
• Lithuanian and some North Korea monarchist generals nerfed.
  
• Removed three filler events for Saudi Arabia.
  
• Danziger core removal event moved to on action, the effect now includes possible claims too.
  
• Converted an Easter egg country's characters.
  
• Replaced some old .oob's with division spawn commands for Scotland and Croato-Italian legion.
  
• Afghanistan no longer starts with a space marine division.
  
• Integration of Princely States as India requires far less equipment.
  
• Various balance adjustments to USA (Overall buff)
  
• Mannerheim will no longer serve a communist Finland due to his bourgeois reactionary mindset.
  
• [LaR] The AI Portuguese fascists should have a better chance of winning their civil war... which they previously lost every time making their path useless.
  
• [BBA] Fixed effects granting free planes. (like the focuses for Finland)
  
• [NSB] Static Warfare spirit won't be available if you research mobile warfare.

Fixes

• Missiles should now work again.
  
• [Non-BBA] British and French aircraft carriers now start with planes.
  
• Countries puppeted in peace deals no longer leave the faction of their master because of any ideology change.
  
• Puppeted Sweden can no longer form a faction by a focus.
  
• Italian mission "Conquer Southern Ethiopia" now targets the right provinces.
  
• Some anti-Stalin missions will remain hidden if Stalin is dead.
  
• Fixed a wrong trait being required to select the "Hunt Down the Bear" focus.
  
• Fixed some defined errors in AI templates for Germany in USSR.
  
• Some of the commander traits for Canada, Italy, Mexico now apply correctly.
  
• Ship names list updated with various errors in there being fixed.
  
• Less generic pictures for some event pictures for Saudi Arabia, fixed a tooltip for Venezuelan advisor.
  
• Very specific anti-communist PRC national spirit shall now apply properly.
  
• Soviet spies now have a correct chance to receive Udmurtian nationality. A land of possibilities it truly is.
  
• Uruguay is a proper member of League of Nations. Beware now, South American aggressor!
  
• Fixed a mistaken decision effects in some Egyptian focuses featuring the fascist civil war.
  
• British Viceroys staying after Indian independence fixed in a lot of cases.
  
• Fixed bugs with Rt56’s Spain content.
  
• When using a game rule to fragment the USSR, Soviet generals won't join other countries. (Zhukov always went to Ukraine for some reasons)
  
• [BftB] It is no longer impossible to get Yugoslavia into the Balkan Pact.
  
• [BBA] Fixed some effects granting you pre-BBA planes.

AI

• Fixed some incorrect coding in AI strategy regarding the creation of the army. A dozen is fixed, a million more on the way.
  
• The aforementioned monarchy traits come with AI strategies, so Middle Eastern countries should act more like they did with those respective leaders.
  
• The AI of the British Raj now checks for sufficient support before voting on a bill.
  
• Focus weights of the Indian focus tree reworked.
  
• Fixes to make historical AI more historical.
  
• England will now be more willing to defend Egypt during WW2

Localization

• Consistency fixes for the localisation of Iran's victory points.
  
• Small fix for Ethiopian victory points in the state of Sidamo.
  
• Improve localization of one Quebec focus.
  
• Fixed Siam's localization colour ‘leak’.
  
• Other minor localization improvements across the mod.

GFX/UI

• Crimean Tatars now use central asian portraits.
  
• New portraits for Iranian leaders Mohammad Mosaddegh and Mohammad Ali Foroughi.
  
• [Non-BBA] Fixed a strange bug where variants of the Bf 109 (fighter 1) appeared graphically as interwar fighter variants by forcing the use of the Bf 109 fighter. It may be a bug related with BBA icon selection, who knows. (**note to Leif, can be simplified for final release**)
  
• [LaR] unlocked Ethiopian and Swiss agency icons added by the base game with the last DLC.
  
• [NSB] Continued the integration of 2d (from the mod) and 3d (from cosmetic DLC's) elements into the tank designer.

Miscellaneous

• All non-vanilla character traits are merged into a single file.