Old World Blues patch 4.1.12
Update 4.1.12 was released on January 13, 2023.
Patch notes
Major Features
- Extremely significant performance improvements made. Measurements from early to mid game indicate a reduction to CPU usage of more than 25%. Results will vary between sessions and hardware
- Reworked Hangdogs and WARDEN shared focus tree. Additional branches and focuses have been added for both nations, slightly expanding the tree overall, while certain focus paths have been reworked, moved or had their requirements altered
- Fixed an issue resulting in the update to 30 Maximum Building Slots not functioning properly, and adjusted the State GUI to fit all 30 slots accordingly. 30 Slots is now officially the maximum for a state
- Significant round of balance changes, including rectifying a very significant fuel-related vanilla HOI4 bug, a significant change to doctrine tactic counters, universal decreases to conscription from laws or higher penalties for later stage conscription laws for every nation, industry tech changes and many Caps related tweaks. The full list of tech or system related changes can be found here: https://pastebin.com/jCPmXQpf
Added
- Added new gamerules for Desert Rangers, Navajo, Chained Choir, Ouroboros and Mojave Territories created by Dots
- Added new idea icons and descriptions to most Hangdogs/WARDEN ideas
- Added new focuses and icons to Hangdogs/WARDEN tree
- Added the unlock for the Military Heritage tech to the second starting event of The Last Patrol
- Added a tooltip for the Military Heritage unlock to both the tech and the events which grant it
- Added the Resource Production tech to Rogue Rangers at gamestart
- Added 1 additional military and civilian factory and slightly more slots to Reservation at gamestart
- Added starting Anti-Tank and Demolitions production lines to Reservation
- Added a second stage of the Vault City Lynette robot production cost spirit to the Robotic Caches focus
- Added CnC-Bot tech and 5% more War Support to Protectron Security Hub at gamestart
- Added 15% Bipedal Robot Research Speed to Protectron Security Hub’s starting spirit
Changed
- Changed Decimation to be re-enabled by default via a new option which disables any accompanying state population changes
- Changed the penalties from Radioactive terrain and some weather to be slightly higher
- Changed the frequency of weather on certain terrains slightly
- Changed Crossings in much of Southern Mexico as well as the Chained Choir and Last Patrol border to allow for more fluid and sizable fronts
- Changed the times of most Nueva Aztlan focuses from 60 to 50
- Changed the population, building slots, starting factories and resources for the Itza, Aztlan, Tierra De Los Tzotzil, Costa Cafeinada and Honduras slightly for better balance
- Changed Paullus’s starting stability from 15 to 35
- Changed Vault City’s research group and many others to start slightly weaker
- Changed Vault City’s puppet tree to grant a smaller bonus to the nation’s research group
- Changed the victory events for Caps Raids by Raider nations to grant small amounts of Stability, or political power if at 80% Stability
- Changed MacArthur’s Pacification mechanic from the Coring Button to be allowed for states which border other pacified states rather than only states that border cores
- Changed many focuses and modifiers for Aurelius’s Legion path to be stronger
- Changed some focuses and modifiers for the Vulpes and Lanius Legion paths for balance
- Changed the Navajo Spec Ops units spawned by the Legion’s vassal decisions to both start at max experience and have larger combat width
- Changed Southern Nevada resource distribution slightly, including reduced water
- Changed Arizona resource distribution to be slightly more sensibly placed and replaced some water sources with energy
- Changed the effects and requirements of focuses in the Desert/Rogue Rangers Purification Station branch
- Changed the Opinion Modifier for being in the same faction from +50 to +75
- Changed the Opinion Modifier for having a different ideology from -10 to -5
- Changed some Robot specific fuel consumption modifiers in national spirits to instead modify all army fuel consumption due to a vanilla bug
- Changed the bonuses of the Military Heritage techs to be slightly lower
- Changed the bonuses of some Legion Reward Techs to be slightly higher
- Changed the starting leader trait for Snowmads to give 5% less Supply Consumption reduction
- Changed the second starting spirit for Mad Trains to give 0.5% more Reinforce Rate
- Changed the starting population and factories of Snowmads and Mad Trains for balance
- Changed the Victory Hits leader trait from the Generic Raider tree to be slightly weaker
- Changed the multi-stage idea granted to nations created by the Unifier Gamerules to have both its stages expire one year later
- Changed the Archbishop Daegar advisor for Lanius’s Cohort to grant slightly more Stability
- Changed some early focuses for Lanius’s Cohort to be slightly stronger
Fixed
- Fixed an occasional crash caused by a decision for Eighties after changing the name of their starting template
- Fixed a bug causing Site Y to not be properly annexed by the Nebraska Unifier Gamerule
- Fixed some focuses in the White Legs tree having improper triggers
- Fixed Modus not properly appearing in the event for “Contact the President” focus
- Fixed Vault City’s AI strategy not working due to focus renames
- Fixed Shi’s “Navarro Farms” focus available trigger not functioning properly
- Fixed a focus for Eighties taking 14 days instead of 7
- Fixed missing localisation for a Vault City event
- Fixed missing localisation for some demolitions equipment in specific locations
Removed
- Removed certain redundant triggers in unit leader traits for performance purposes
Technical Changes
- Implemented the backend code for a Montana Enclave faction for future use
- Changed the Followers Demand mission and Scavenging Rescue mission to be manually checked for and fired externally rather than working off country flags in order to improve performance