Hello everyone!

This month the Guangxi Clique and Southwest Political Affairs Council get a brand-new focus tree! Also on the menu: Li Zongren path for the RoC! Yugoslavia picks up a host of spicy additions, and we've wrapped some of vanilla's recent content changes into the mod!

Also, bears wearing hats. They're 100% guaranteed to maybe be in there. Trust us.

-Team 56

Highlights

• New focus tree for Guangxi Clique/Southwest Political Affairs Council.
• Li Zongren path and Vice President selection content for the RoC.
• Numerous improvements and extra focuses for Yugoslavia.
• Imported some recent vanilla content changes.

Additions

• Adding a historical intelligence chief to Ireland, with a slightly better trait (taken from Switzerland).
• Improved some French Indochina focuses and revamped some of the icons in the Vietnamese tree.
• [GOT] Added decision and events in order to unlock an Helicopter MIO (or company without AAT) after researching helicopters.
• [NCNS] Added faction goal to conquer the Muslim holy sites for Muslim factions.

Adjustments

• Guangxi and Guangdong start merged as the Southwest Political Affairs Council.
• Democratically Elected Thälmann will have access to the SED branch.
• The German Popular Front Campaign decision now has looser requirements.
• Loosened the requirements for "Consolidate State Feudalist Reforms".
• Reinstate the Sozialistengesetze is now possible with the NRAF in coalition without fighting them first.
• The CVU will suffice for DNVP-exclusive territorial demands.
• The CVU will block the second revolution focus for the NRAF.
• Cleaned up CVU coalition demands.
• Japan starts with the air torpedo tech they had since 1931.
• Moved military related decisions from "Political Action" to the "Military Effort" category.
• Improved the logistical focus of Kalmykia.
• Added fortification research bonuses to relevant focuses.
• Germany air safety regulations decision reduce air accidents and is available to everyone.
• [AAT] Removed duplicated MIO (again...)
• [NCNS] Changed the Latin Entente faction template.
• [NCNS/LaR] Expanded the list of traits usable as head of faction intelligence departments.

Bugfixes

• Germany starts with its supply consumption increase and the focus to remove it works as intended again.
• Fixed a bug where Kicking the CCP from the National Constituent Assembly would still leave your focus path blocked.
• Wang Jingwei's final focus will no longer require (the dead) Chiang Kai-Shek to be country leader.
• Wang Jingwei will no longer gain Army Connections when turning democratic.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to have both Kaiser and President at once.
• Democratic Canaris Path Goerdeler will no longer have desperate Gambit.
• Lack of Civilian Government will be properly removed on the reconcile with Goerdeler path.
• The DNVP will now demand action if in a coalition.
• Fixed a bug where you could have elite support despite being in conflict with them in a NRAF-CVU Coalition.
• Konrad Adenauer will be able to complete "The Christian Hegemon".
• Fixed a bug where Konrad Adenauer forming the CVU would result into unforeseen governments.
• The Uphold Peace faction goal will no longer cancel unintentionally due to having been in a civil war.
• Fixed a bug where the German "Rally the Nation" branch would be blocked if the first focus was bypassed.
• Fixed Mexico being able to invite countries to a non-existent faction.
• Fixed an instance of Romania forming a faction while a puppet.
• Killed the clone of Iuliu Maniu, unless we shot the original.
• [GoE] DLC Afghan focus to reinforce the royal guard now works.
• [NCNS] Fixed icon of a German faction.

AI

• Changed AI regarding carrier planes and light tanks to make the AI upgrade them.
• Ported doctrine specific force concentration guidelines for the AI.

GFX

• Fixed the Golden German Republic's small flag being the conservative one.
• Made some icons of the generic tree and Central Asian shared tree dynamic.
• Fixed an incorrect News image for Denmark joining a Hungarian faction.
• Unique images for Bulgarian capitulation and Bulgarian joining Germany.
• [LaR] Ported 2 intelligence agency icons.

Localization

• Added historical (and alt history) propaganda movie titles.
• The German fascist party will be set to the NRAF upon completion of the focus to restore the republic.
• Fixed various Chinese and German focus descriptions not showing up/being misspelled.
• Fixed a bug where the days since the last German Diplomatic Capstone focus would not display correctly.
• Small text adjustments for Norwegian events.
• Small text adjustments for Albanian decision.

Contact Us!

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Our Wiki!

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Credits

• Please check out our 'Credits.txt' links and order of battles for more information about the people, mods and resources that helped develop this project.

Highlights

• Reworked the political branch of the RoC's focus tree, along with several other minor adjustments to the nation.

Additions

• Added Richard Bong, James Ramage and other historical aces to the name lists.
• Added two missing Japanese commanders.
• Added a Ainu themed focus to the Siberian Unification mini tree.
• Added unique traits to MIOs in Poland and removed duplicated MIOs.
• Added a focus for Liberia.
• Slight defensive improvements for Luxembourg.
• A new formable: Melanesia.
• [AAT] Added unique MIOs and traits in multiple places.
• [NCNS] Adding the missing Maphilindo formable, state-adjusted to the newer patches.
• [TAOG] Adding a Naval HQ to Surabaya in both sides of the military branches.

Adjustments

• Joseph Schuster, luxembourg fortification engineer, can become an high command fort expert.
• Chinese decisions to purchase weapons have been made slightly more expensive.
• The German focus "Weaken the President's Power" can now be taken as a constitutional monarchy.
• The German focus to restore Brest Litovsk can no longer be taken by leftist governments.
• Prevented an involuntarily subjugated Germany from starting wars.
• Prevented Germany from inviting nations to its faction that are in a civil war.
• Overall increased the time it takes for the CVU to collapse.
• Made Finland much more willing to do the Moscow Armistice at high capitulation progress so they don't get capitulated on historical.
• Improved some Yugoslav military focuses.
• Added fortification tech boosts to many fortification focuses. (wild, I know)
• Generic advisors for Green Ukraine.
• Replaced the icon of the Manchu administration.
• Updating the "unlikely to be released by AI" tag list.
• States, buildings, and railways adjustment across the Nusantaran Archipelago.
• Installed a portal near the PDX offices so we can all go visit fancy concerts together!
• [BBA] non communist Mongolia and "spirit of Genghis" leaders will have access to Genghis Khan medal. (in addition to Mengukuo)
• [BBA] replacing r56 CZE medals with new CZE ones.
• [AAT] the White Death will only strike if you neighbor Finland, in one way or another.
• [TAOG] Gerardus Berenschot is now moved to the Netherlands if the DLC's content is activated.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a commander portrait in Canada.
• Fixed regimental support having access of divisional AA support.
• Fixed effect to recall Kerensky from Exile triggering too often.
• Fixed Sweden having access to two nearly identical medals.
• Fixed some small event localization mistakes.
• Removed Swedish "rocket scientist" as that system is now obsolete.
• Fixed free forts in r56 Belgian tree.
• Fixed a bug where "the fight against antisemitism" national spirit would disappear one day after being added.
• Fixed a bug where Goerdeler would not lose "Desperate Gambit" after the civil war.
• Fixed a bug where "Institute Price Controls" could be taken after MEFO was cancelled, making the focus only hurt you.
• Fixed a bug where "Beckist Opposition" was not removable.
• Fixed a bug where the CVU would collapse too fast for you to complete Hugenberg's CVU related focuses.
• Fixed a bug where historical AI Japan is capitulating 1-2 years too early.
• Fixed a bug where Dr. Sutomo's death event for Dutch East Indies did not actually retire him.
• Fixed France continuing diplomatic focuses while a puppet.
• Fixed two offsets in the warlord tree.
• Fixed r56 Austro-Hungarian minitree not being available in Austria.
• Fixed gfx of the Tuvan Bank.
• Fixed a dynamic picture in Manchuria.
• Fixed some generic admirals portraits not showing up.
• [AAT] removing a focus about Nordic research cooperation, it is redundant with the nordic council tree.
• [AAT & GoE] Fixed condition problems with naval Iraqi MIOs.
• [AAT] Removed many duplicated generic MIOs.
• [AAT] Light aircraft MIO will work with all light aircraft and not just light fighters.
• [BBA] Fixed gfx of Japanese medals.
• [NCNS] Fixed the states considered "Nordic" for faction membership purposes.

GFX

• Changed picture for the Soviet capitulation of Lithuania.
• Ensured that all HQ units use the commander models.
• Added a small portrait to a Swedish general.
• Improved use of Swedish plane icons.
• [TaoG] Added different colored generic uniforms for HQ. Countries will start with variants close to their IRL uniforms.

Contact Us!

• Questions? Comments? Let us know on Discord and feel free to check us out on X! We'd love to hear from you!

Our Wiki!

• Do you want to know more about the mod? Do you need a path guide? Come and visit our Wiki.

Credits

• Please check out our 'Credits.txt' links and order of battles for more information about the people, mods and resources that helped develop this project.