Here's the new major update. I hope you enjoy it!
CHANGELOG:
10-09-18
Base:
- Major revision of the Russian setup, especially in later bookmarks (focus on 1066 and 1187).
- The Novgorod Republic (appearing in 1136) has been fixed and tweaked. It is now Duke-tier and has a Rurikovich Prince (King-tier) as liege; the Prince title of Novgorod uses tanistry-succession (as the closest approximation of the actual system). However, the republic owns the vast majority of the land and troops. Both titles have full title-history.
- Succession between 1019 (ascent of Yaroslav) and 1097 (Council of Lyubech) is now seniority in all Rurikovich-controlled principalities (as the closest we can get to the rota-system).
- The Polotsk branch of the Rurikids now has its own dynasty (Rogvolodovich).
- There's now an additional titular principality (Drutsk) within Polotsk, and the line of holders for all of them have been added to the history-files.
- Many Russian rulers of primarily Norse (or Swedish) descent now use Norse portraits.
- Catholic religious titles now use Latin, and Orthodox religious titles use Greek, instead of English.
- The in-game "Autocephalous Patriarchs" are now called "Mitropolítis" (Metropolitan) since real Patriarchs beside the Ecumenical one only appeared in the Pentarchy and in Bulgaria within the game's time frame; the temple holdings where they appeared will now give the title "Patriarkhes" if held by an Orthodox character and "Patriarcha" if held by a Catholic character.
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- Embarking and disembarking ships is now faster; vanilla speed values rather than twice as slow EMF values.
- Further tweaks to the Norse culture conversion and British melting-pots. Younger Scandinavian cultures now appear slightly later (intermediary cultures for Danish, Geatish, and Swedish characters still WIP).
- Younger Scandinavian cultures now use Old Danish, Old Norwegian, and Old Swedish noble titles (character names are still WIP).
- Distribution of land in Denmark in 1066 has been revised. Count-tier vassals preferred rather than Duke-tier.
- Birger Brosa now controls Östergötland between 1166 and 1202 rather than his younger brother, Magnus.
- Duke-tier Bergen, Jämtland, Södermanland and Hälsingland now use the Count-tier noble title (to avoid an over-abundance of Jarl titles).
- Various levels of council power added to Scandinavian and Russian kingdoms.
- Other minor changes.
Icelandic Republic:
- Various minor adjustments.
No Early Wendish Kingdoms:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
No Early Bascinets or Great Helms:
- The high martial enclosed helmet will no longer appear after 1300.
- Slight adjustment of requirements for the different tiers.
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
Portrait Realignment Pack - Custom version:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
Proper Ruler Designer
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
Call to Arms:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
The Articles of the Barons:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
CHANGELOG:
10-09-18
Base:
- Major revision of the Russian setup, especially in later bookmarks (focus on 1066 and 1187).
- The Novgorod Republic (appearing in 1136) has been fixed and tweaked. It is now Duke-tier and has a Rurikovich Prince (King-tier) as liege; the Prince title of Novgorod uses tanistry-succession (as the closest approximation of the actual system). However, the republic owns the vast majority of the land and troops. Both titles have full title-history.
- Succession between 1019 (ascent of Yaroslav) and 1097 (Council of Lyubech) is now seniority in all Rurikovich-controlled principalities (as the closest we can get to the rota-system).
- The Polotsk branch of the Rurikids now has its own dynasty (Rogvolodovich).
- There's now an additional titular principality (Drutsk) within Polotsk, and the line of holders for all of them have been added to the history-files.
- Many Russian rulers of primarily Norse (or Swedish) descent now use Norse portraits.
- Catholic religious titles now use Latin, and Orthodox religious titles use Greek, instead of English.
- The in-game "Autocephalous Patriarchs" are now called "Mitropolítis" (Metropolitan) since real Patriarchs beside the Ecumenical one only appeared in the Pentarchy and in Bulgaria within the game's time frame; the temple holdings where they appeared will now give the title "Patriarkhes" if held by an Orthodox character and "Patriarcha" if held by a Catholic character.
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- Embarking and disembarking ships is now faster; vanilla speed values rather than twice as slow EMF values.
- Further tweaks to the Norse culture conversion and British melting-pots. Younger Scandinavian cultures now appear slightly later (intermediary cultures for Danish, Geatish, and Swedish characters still WIP).
- Younger Scandinavian cultures now use Old Danish, Old Norwegian, and Old Swedish noble titles (character names are still WIP).
- Distribution of land in Denmark in 1066 has been revised. Count-tier vassals preferred rather than Duke-tier.
- Birger Brosa now controls Östergötland between 1166 and 1202 rather than his younger brother, Magnus.
- Duke-tier Bergen, Jämtland, Södermanland and Hälsingland now use the Count-tier noble title (to avoid an over-abundance of Jarl titles).
- Various levels of council power added to Scandinavian and Russian kingdoms.
- Other minor changes.
Icelandic Republic:
- Various minor adjustments.
No Early Wendish Kingdoms:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
No Early Bascinets or Great Helms:
- The high martial enclosed helmet will no longer appear after 1300.
- Slight adjustment of requirements for the different tiers.
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
Portrait Realignment Pack - Custom version:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
Proper Ruler Designer
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
Call to Arms:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
The Articles of the Barons:
- Renamed for better launcher overview.
NHO Base
Features:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (SWMH or MiniSWMH required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
NHO Icelandic Republic
Features:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (SWMH or MiniSWMH required), NHO Base
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Other tweaks:
Features:
- Reworked Norse character and dynasty names as well as title and province/holding localisation using standard Old Norse (Old Icelandic).
- Old Danish, Old Norwegian, and Old Swedish noble titles for younger Scandinavian cultures.
- Reworked names and localisation for all Norse-derived cultures, and tweaked Norse culture conversion and melting-pots.
- New or tweaked names and localisation for neighbouring cultures (Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Balto-Slavic, and Finno-Ugric), including an effort to replace all remaining "High Chiefs".
- Overhaul of the Rus setup, with a new Polotsk cadet branch of the Rurikids, revised succession laws for Kiev, and fixes to the Novgorod Republic, etc.
- Other minor changes that enhance the experience when playing within the Norse sphere of influence.
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (SWMH or MiniSWMH required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
NHO Icelandic Republic
Features:
- Iceland as a republic with all the lawspeakers, important chieftains, and major clans of the age, several saga figures, and a complete line of Bishops for both of the Icelandic dioceses.
- Important families of the Faeroe Islands around the time of conversion to Christianity and an extra holding to make the struggles for/against conversion and integration into the Norwegian Kingdom more interesting; this holding later being replaced by the diocese of the Islands.
- Added modifiers to portray the pre-colonisation (no levies), the Landnám, and the climate.
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (SWMH or MiniSWMH required), NHO Base
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Other tweaks:
NOTE: Please read and understand the requirements before using these tweaks: some of them need specific modules/DLCs alongside them, and they are not all compatible with each other.
No Early Wendish Kingdoms
Features:
Removes the titular Wendish kingdoms in the 867 bookmark, but allows their creation when owning the core areas and being Wendish.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (SWMH or MiniSWMH required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
No Early Bascinets or Great Helms
Features:
No longer will you see Harald Hardrada wearing a 15th century bascinet. Disables bascinets before 1300 and great helms before 1150. The lower tier open bascinets/sallets have been replaced by suitable alternatives.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (CPRplus required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Portrait Realignment Pack - Custom version
Features:
A custom version of iron0037's Portrait Realignment Pack. Changes the Norse, Russian, and Celtic faces to the vanilla ones, while still using the hair styles and accessories from the DLCs. Note: Does not change the checksum.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, Russian Portraits DLC, Norse Portraits DLC, Celtic Portraits DLC NOTE: Not compatible with CPRplus.
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Proper Ruler Designer
Features:
Brings back the +/- of the Ruler Designer to stop yourself and your friends from overindulging.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (EMF required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Call to Arms
Features:
Any independent ruler, with at least one higher than baron tier vassal, that becomes primary participant in a war will have to call vassals to arms, but when at peace or a secondary participant only, the ruler will get the possibility to raise liege levies once more
NOTE:
- I've created this with inspiration, and some base code, from this mod.
- Many triggers for factions and decisions have been modified to take into account the drop in the liege's perceived power when he no longer has direct control of his vassals' levies.
- Be aware that this feature is very much experimental and will change your experience significantly.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (EMF required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
The Articles of the Barons
Features:
Removes the baron-tier border gore reduction. See here for details.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (EMF required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
No Early Wendish Kingdoms
Features:
Removes the titular Wendish kingdoms in the 867 bookmark, but allows their creation when owning the core areas and being Wendish.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (SWMH or MiniSWMH required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
No Early Bascinets or Great Helms
Features:
No longer will you see Harald Hardrada wearing a 15th century bascinet. Disables bascinets before 1300 and great helms before 1150. The lower tier open bascinets/sallets have been replaced by suitable alternatives.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (CPRplus required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Portrait Realignment Pack - Custom version
Features:
A custom version of iron0037's Portrait Realignment Pack. Changes the Norse, Russian, and Celtic faces to the vanilla ones, while still using the hair styles and accessories from the DLCs. Note: Does not change the checksum.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, Russian Portraits DLC, Norse Portraits DLC, Celtic Portraits DLC NOTE: Not compatible with CPRplus.
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Proper Ruler Designer
Features:
Brings back the +/- of the Ruler Designer to stop yourself and your friends from overindulging.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (EMF required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
Call to Arms
Features:
Any independent ruler, with at least one higher than baron tier vassal, that becomes primary participant in a war will have to call vassals to arms, but when at peace or a secondary participant only, the ruler will get the possibility to raise liege levies once more
NOTE:
- I've created this with inspiration, and some base code, from this mod.
- Many triggers for factions and decisions have been modified to take into account the drop in the liege's perceived power when he no longer has direct control of his vassals' levies.
- Be aware that this feature is very much experimental and will change your experience significantly.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (EMF required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
The Articles of the Barons
Features:
Removes the baron-tier border gore reduction. See here for details.
Requirements:
CK2 2.8.3.2, HIP Hydra6 (EMF required)
Download:
Direct (10-09-18)
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