Patch 1.15 released

[Wizzington]

Go here for details.

This thread is not for problem reports, use the bug reports forum instead.

This is a bug fixing and balancing patch for Cossacks/1.14. It should be save game compatible with 1.14 saves, but you may experience issues with discovery of provinces due to the spread of discovery rework, and as always, compatability is not guaranteed. If you do not want to risk your Ironman games, use the 1.14 steam branch available under 'betas' on 'properties'.

To amplify; until full 1.14 -> 1.15 IM compatibility is proven:

Do not load a valued 1.14.x IronMan save game under 1.15 for even a second!

IM saves the game under the new game version immediately after loading, and there is no roll-back possible after that point !

If you really want to test 1.14 -> 1.15 IM compatibility, make a copy of the save game file first and test that copy under 1.15 , or use a test game file you don't really care about.

 

[Wizzington]

I notice Navarra now has a port, and starting navy. Pretty sure this is new, and I don't see it documented in the changelog, not that I expect every minor change to be documented. Actually, it's kind of fun to find to hunt around for various minor undocumented changes.

This is not new.

 

[Wizzington]

Fixed the link.

 

[Wizzington]

Could it be that someone assigned the shortcuts for the 'a' and the 's' key to the wrong functions? The keys on the keyboard are (in order from left to right) 'a', 's', and 'd'. In the game, however 's' is assigned to the diplomacy button on the left, 'a' to the one in the middle, and 'd' to the one on the right. Surely that's not intentional.

You're right, will fix.

 

[Wizzington]

The game won't allow the use of historical country names though, it still forces you to name it New -Something-

Should I start a thread on the bug section or something?

That should say random/custom setup, not random/default. Sorry.

 

[Wizzington]

Oh, but, why doesn't it happen in all the setups? Does something break if I name a country the same as its historical counterpart?

There are issues with having two countries named the exact same thing, yes.

 

[Wizzington]

I've always thought the game operates on tags, and actual names are purely visual things for us puny humans. That's pretty interesting.

It's not that we use name lookup in the mechanics or anything, it's that there are various places in the code that expect/enforce no duplicate names for the sake of UI presentation.

 

[Wizzington]

The difficulty settings were consolidated. Hard is now a mix of the old Hard (but with less AE) and AI bonuses (but with more targeted bonuses to cover up weak areas rather than blanket bonuses).

 

[Wizzington]

Normal is the same as before.

 

[Wizzington]

Not a bug, so don't mind me commenting here: the new system of showing national modifiers is nice. Using the 'esc' key as your shortcut to and from that screen is not. I don't know about anyone else, but I use 'esc' to close those tabs when I have them open, so the new system interferes with that.

Yeah, bug. We'll fix.

 

[Wizzington]

Previously Burghers only accepted 10+ development provinces, now it's either 10 development or 5 trade power (meaning they will take estuaries and icots, even if development is low).

 

[Wizzington]

1.14.4 gives achievements.

 

[Wizzington]

Sure, I'll look into adding a very hard difficulty setting.

 

[Chaingun]

Not getting any chance to feel the love.

Loaded a 1.14.4 Ironman game and after some month it crashes to desktop on the 1st of some month, well, old games is messed up with the changes anyway.

I start a fresh game as Castile, Vassalize Nevara, go after Granada and exit to desktop on the 1st November 1448, so can't play at all.

Please post your 1.15 fresh start crashlog in bug forum if you did not already do so.