Old World Blues patch 4.2.1
Update 4.2.1 was released on April 8, 2023.
Patch notes
Added
- Added an effect to turn Missoula into an economic node to MacArthur’s Missoula Market focus
- Added Fission Batteries and CnC bot techs to MacArthur at gamestart
- Added starting production lines to MacArthur at gamestart
- Added a port to one of Coal Consortium’s states at gamestart
- Added Glider tech to Navajo at gamestart
- Added Glider tech to Shi at gamestart
- Added 5 additional Naval Module technologies to Shi at gamestart
- Added a 10% research boost to Light Hull research to Shi’s unique conscription law
- Added 3 additional ships to Shi’s starting fleet
Changed
- Changed the thumbnail on all platforms to a higher resolution and quality
- Changed the Khans core on Bitter Springs to instead be owned by a new, separate “Mojave Khans” off-map tag, fixing many bugs resulting from checking for cores of Northern Khans or other interactions
- Changed the Ace Death chance factor to 0.05, up from 0.03, in line with Vanilla 1.12.12
- Changed Air Wing XP from air exercises factor to 0.125, up from 0.08
- Changed some trade nodes to start with slightly lower development levels
- Changed Arroyo’s trade node to start with a slightly higher development level
- Changed the Sub-Level 2 modifier for Reservation to grant 5% less Factory Output in exchange for 10% more Production Efficiency Gain
- Changed Shi’s unique Infantry Weapon designer, Red 888 Guns, to be stronger
- Changed some focuses for Shi to be slightly stronger
- Changed Shi’s Lo Pan Temple focus’s Special Forces research bonus to be stronger and also be usable on Power Armour
- Changed some focuses for the Portmasters, non-Intervention path in Eureka to grant stronger effects and army buffs
- Changed Portmasters Eureka’s The Fearsome Bear focus to be available far sooner (June 2277) in exchange for Against Goliath focus having the old date check (January 2279)
- Changed some early Navajo focuses to grant additional political power and stability
- Changed Navajo’s capital to start with slightly more building slots
- Changed the starting Stormmongers spirit’s production efficiency gain malus to be decreased
- Changed the starting events and Slave Artisans focus for Stormmongers to be slightly stronger
- Changed Stormmongers to start with 5% more Stability
- Changed Navajo to start with 5% more War Support
- Changed MacArthur to start with 5% less Stability
- Changed many focuses in the top half of MacArthur’s tree to have slightly altered effects or balance
- Changed MacArthur’s top left Air branch to grant stronger bonuses overall
- Changed many focuses in the Patrocolus branch, top left branch and top left branch for Montana Chapter to have slightly altered effects or balance
- Changed many MacArthur advisors to have adjusted costs and modifiers.
- Changed all MacArthur’s advisors with no trait to use a new trait for their modifiers
- Changed the localisation for MacArthur’s Anti-Brotherhood High Command advisor to use a custom tooltip in order to condense its modifiers
- Changed MacArthur to now have access to the War Propaganda decision
- Changed MacArthur’s starting research speed malus to be slightly higher
- Changed Yellowstone’s Illusion of Danger spirit to grant 5% more Core Attack
Fixed
- Fixed multiple Air Doctrines being accessible at once under certain conditions
- Fixed MacArthur’s unique unit leader traits not being added to the Santiagos correctly
- Fixed MacArthur’s unique unit leader trait buffing division speed to use terrain bonuses condensed via a tooltip in order to properly function
- Fixed MacArthur’s The Call of Duty focus incorrectly checking for the awaiting orders flag
- Fixed MacArthur’s Winds of Wyoming focus requiring the NCR to be alive due to an error
- Fixed some focuses for MacArthur which granted air doctrine tech bonuses to correctly grant cost reductions instead
- Fixed a Reservation state modifier affecting monthly population which cannot be modified in states
- Fixed an event for MacArthur using the same option text twice
- Fixed a national spirit for Stormmongers affecting the state scoped conscription modifier
- Fixed Reservation idea description localisation to no longer have visible placeholder text
- Fixed NCR investment decisions to only fire once per nation and not fire for nations it's at war with
- Fixed an effect adding 40% compliance instead of 0.4% in MacArthur's focus tree
- Fixed the trigger on MacArthur Eyebot scripted GUI button
- Fixed a Eureka event that was supposed to add caps instead of remove them
- Fixed Special Agent Johnson not getting removed when MacArthur civil war starts
- Fixed MacArthur’s Jeffrey Sun advisor being a research advisor instead of cultural
- Fixed some NCR events being labeled as "major" and firing for every nation
Removed
- Removed 1 starting Military and Civilian factory from MacArthur
- Removed Automation tech and Naval Communication tech from MacArthur at gamestart
- Removed a proportion of MacArthur’s starting Gauss and APA stockpiles
Technical Changes
- Changed some focus orders for Montana Chapter’s AI strategy plans
- Changed Montana Chapter’s AI Strategy Plans to be separated in code to prevent interference between the two
- Changed AI to research some redundant equipment less often
- Changed Shi to take its Red 888 Guns designer more often
- Fixed various typos in MacArthur, Eureka, and Stormmongers
- Fixed some duplicate trait definitions