Patch 1.8.X
"Ponies at the Ready" The 1.8.X series of patches lasted from August of 2020 until April of 2021. A major subpatch focused on reworking the Lunar Empire. Other notable content includes the reworks of Longsword and both lunar and communist paths of New Mareland.
The series culminated with the release of the Dread Flood, which is the April Fool's content for the Dread League and it can be reenabled in the game rules settings. As of October of 2024, it is generally regarded as a much more enjoyable experience compared to the regular Dread League. Players that are new to the mod who cannot be dissuaded from playing as the Dread League in the first place, should be recommended the Dread Flood as a compromise.
1.8.0.1 "In the Shadow of Mountains"
Released on 2020-08-14 with checksum a2b4
⛰️ “In the Shadow of Mountains” 1.8.0.1 ⛰️
✢ Added missing localization in numerous places.
✢ Tweaked Barrad army templates.
✢ Fixed various missing portraits.
✢ Fixed an Austurland event not having any possible options (negative days bug).
✢ Disrupted communications caused by Bakara now actually prevent calling in allies.
✢ Made Barrad Titan fight easier and fixed issues with it.
✢ Leopold's knights now use equipment properly.
✢ Leopold's metal techs now have some naval bonuses.
✢ Added an addtional cosmetic tag for Kasa.
✢ Wittenland no longer loses River Federation cosmetic tag after elections.
✢ Foci in Wittenland that add points for forming the River Federation now bypass if the Federation was already formed.
✢ Leopold artillery and tank bonuses now apply to all artillery and tank variants.
✢ Fixed issues with Pentarchy member relations in Barrad.
✢ Asterionese Concordat foci now properly check for faction membership.
✢ Eisen's portrait in Hellquill now has proper resolution.
✢ Fixed broken adjacency in Dragon Isles.
✢ New focus icon for Continuous Suppression.
✢ Added new flag for Kasa-Austurland confederation.
✢ Dehumanized icon for Collaborations button.
✢ Reduced division template spam in Kasa.
✢ Tweaks to House Erie's victory points.
✢ Removed forts on Erie-Eyrie border.
✢ Fixed some special Changeling operations not appearing.
✢ "Exploit the Plains" and "Crystal Rush" focuses for Lake City now unlock decisions instead, so the tree is not blocked.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is compatible with previous save games, but some fixes may only work on new games.
1.8.1 "In the Shadow of Mountains"
Released on 2020-08-26 with checksum 15a0
⛰️ “In the Shadow of Mountains” 1.8.1 ⛰️
✢ Reworked Lunar and Communist trees for New Mareland
✢ Thorax revolt event is no longer MTTH.
✢ Changeling divisions are now locked on game start to prevent cheesing before the Thoraxian civil war.
✢ Added more concerns, better generic advisor icons and admirals for Austurland, and buffed their starting military.
✢ More unique advisor icons for Barrad and Kasa.
✢ A Kasa event no longer fires for Hellquill.
✢ Nerfed Drug Dealer advisor trait.
✢ Undead pentarchy members now have the undead race trait.
✢ Leopold has an additional focus tree branch about clockworks.
✢ Leopold can be rebuilt if he is destroyed and it's possible to build spare parts for him.
✢ Titan should be even easier to defeat now.
✢ Instead of clockwork decisions, there are new types of units to use for Leopold that are very manpower friendly in exchange of using much more infantry equipment.
✢ Asinti has a new special mechanic if he successfully appeases the daemon.
✢ 2000 resources are no longer needed after the Titan fight to have success.
✢ Fixed various event images and icons.
✢ If all three spell tiers are unlocked as Wittenland, then the library study decision no longer appears.
✢ Added names for various tech bonuses that were missing them.
✢ Bakara now has three high command available at start instead of just two.
✢ Kingdom of Hellquill can no longer be formed if Longsword still exists.
✢ Reworked Austurland localization for many events and focuses, added descriptions for national spirits.
✢ Austurland-Kasa interactions when Austurland is a republic have been fixed.
✢ Silver Star nightmares should be more bearable.
✢ Bakaran decision to remove guarantee on Firtree no longer targets Ponaidhean.
✢ Fixed broken portraits for Kasa and added sanity checks for Altu's focuses about owning Barrad.
✢ Fixed Lua advisor events.
✢ Disrupted communications for Diamond Mountain should now work properly.
✢ Various Hellquill events should now only fire once.
✢ Wittenland's land doctrine theorist buffed.
✢ Fixed River Republic's starting operatives.
✢ Wittenland can no longer build border bunkers in states that aren't on the border.
✢ Fixed Wittenland's dragon taming and panzer mercenary decisions.
✢ Improved Lunar Empire-Crystal Empire interactions.
✢ Fixed Skyfall's syndicalist advisors.
✢ Bonuses that give resources to factories work.
✢ Various fixes to technologies and equipment.
✢ Gryphia can no longer ally other nations' subjects (sorry Pravus).
✢ Fixed Changelings annexing Equestria in a peace deal when they shouldn't.
✢ AI countries can no longer change ideology through generic decisions while a puppet.
✢ Added missing models to anti-tank units.
✢ Purple plague tweaked yet again.
✢ Fixed Barrad focus positions.
✢ Added tooltips for new generals received via focuses/events, so you can see what their stats are beforehand.
✢ Fixed Austurland invasion decisions.
✢ Dehumanized localisation.
✢ AI Sicameon should be even less likely to put all its divisions on Jojo islands.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is not compatible with previous save games.
1.8.2 "In the Shadow of Mountains"
Released on 2020-09-09 with checksum f318
⛰️ “In the Shadow of Mountains” 1.8.2 ⛰️
✢ Reworked post-civil war focus trees for Longsword.
✢ Fixed loading screen quotes by adding a missing quote, now more than 7 of them should appear.
✢ Fixed issues with limited export law.
✢ Fixed an issue with Hellquill-Lushi formation if Elias Whitecrest had become King.
✢ Fixed an issue with Luna not avoiding Nightmare Moon transformation when she should've.
✢ Added new focus icons for Lunar Empire.
✢ Hopefully made Griffonian Empire less suicidal.
✢ Fixed disrupted communications for real.
✢ Disrupted communications now lasts 90 days instead of 365.
✢ Changelings should now recall the attache much less often.
✢ Fixed an issue with Wittenland's grand canal and silver mine national spirits not reappearing when they should.
✢ You can no longer form the Commonwealth of Evi if you already formed the Griffonian Empire.
✢ Added a non-La resistance version for communist New Mareland's RES national spirit.
✢ River Republic's focuses about Coltstream now bypass if the state isn't owned.
✢ River federation tree's focuses about northern ponies no longer available if said nations dont exist anymore.
✢ Republican Wittenland can no longer resurrect Wulfric.
✢ Republican Wittenland should now always be able to get 5 research slots.
✢ Fixed Austurland-Kasa unification being available when it shouldn't be.
✢ Added generic portraits for Austurland admirals.
✢ Unruly army national spirit for Griffonian Republic now locks army templates until it is removed.
✢ Event about Wittenland's falling star should now trigger properly.
✢ Re-enabled resource requirements for Barrad's Viira fight, albeit the required amount is lower than before (1200 instead of 2000).
✢ All Barrad generals received from events should now have correct racial traits.
✢ Replaced "No Elections" in country screen with "Any elections by event".
✢ Kasa now has a republican government in code, should fix some weird event responses and other issues.
✢ Added a strait to Haukland islands, should hopefully help the AI with naval invasions.
✢ Improvements to Nimbusia's industrial tree.
✢ Added portraits for various Feathisian generals and one admiral.
✢ Asterion can no longer steal subjects.
✢ Changelings no longer ignore Ahuizotl.
✢ Fixed Wittenland's Coltstream border war decision being available when it shouldn't be.
✢ Most cores received via formable country decisions now require compliance.
✢ Added Maud Pie as a general for Equestria.
✢ Second half of Wittenland's economic tree should no longer disappear once Wulfric dies.
✢ Honoria can no longer do River federation focuses.
✢ Wittenland should go harmonic less often on non-historical.
✢ Barrad can no longer send volunteers in some paths.
✢ Kasa can no longer get 6 research slots.
✢ Non-aligned countries can now host governments in exile.
✢ Bakara's cores on countries outside Riverlands proper now require compliance.
✢ Fixed issues for Princely Lake City if Wittenland joined the sphere.
✢ Kasa can no longer declare war while a puppet.
✢ Bakara starts with Fleet in Being doctrine.
✢ Fixed mechanised technology being available one year later than it should be.
✢ New portraits for undead Pentarchy members.
✢ Equestria, Griffonian Empire, Griffonian Republic, and Stalliongrad now start with armored cars.
✢ Griffonian Republic now starts with motorized.
✢ Tweaks to starting navies of various countries.
✢ Fixed Bakaran communist war of unification not puppeting other communists properly.
✢ Added two new generals for Las Pegasus.
✢ Added new spy portraits for various races.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is not compatible with previous save games.
1.8.2.1 "In the Shadow of Mountains"
Released on 2020-09-11 with checksum 8f48
⛰️ “In the Shadow of Mountains” 1.8.2.1 ⛰️
✢ Fixed Povner decisions not firing.
✢ Rosewood knights now get knight bonuses instead of special forces bonuses.
✢ Fixed Lemiamas Šuolis being broken.
✢ Added a new portrait for Feathisia.
✢ Added a new general for Skyfall for the subreddit banner contest winner, DefiantPosition.
✢ More new focus icons for Lunar Empire.
✢ AI pony nations should prioritize light tank templates a bit less.
✢ Default intelligence agencies for communist and military Longsword.
✢ Fixed missing loc for a Longsword event.
✢ Added advisor icons for Hellquill.
✢ Puppeted non-aligned Wittenland no longer gets stuck on a focus.
✢ Wittenland now only gets flat modifiers for political power gain from national spirits instead of a percentage modifier as well.
✢ Griffonian Empire should no longer get stuck at war with a vassal they can't reach.
✢ Fixed Kasa diplomacy decision visibility.
✢ Made AI Longsword choose to always become a River Federation subject instead of full integration.
✢ Northern Tribes no longer gets griffon spies.
✢ Reworked and polished loading screen quotes.
✢ Fixed an exploit in Flowena that allowed you to keep your mercenaries for free.
✢ Enabled ideology war decisions for Honoria after she completes a certain focus.
✢ Changelings will no longer puppet Polar Bears if they are already a puppet.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is compatible with previous save games.
1.8.3 "In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night"
Released on 2020-10-31 with checksum 5c74
🌑 “In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night” 1.8.3 🌑
✢ Reworked focus tree for Lunar Empire.
✢ Expanded focus tree for Povner in Longsword.
✢ Partially reworked [DATA EXPUNGED] in Arcturian Order.
✢ Full compatibility with 1.10.1 HoI IV update.
✢ New loading screen art.
✢ Moved poverty and illiteracy to society development tab.
✢ Added racial ideas for all races so they no longer appear as "generic". No tech trees yet though.
✢ Added a naval strait between Nova Griffonia and Vedina, fixed Luna Bay strait.
✢ Tweaked resources on Griffonia; Added a lot more aluminium.
✢ Reworked portraits for Archon Eros, Wingfried, Kornilo, Yeven and Altu Kexa, and for some generals in Prywhen, Lunar Empire, New Mareland, Wingbardy, Wittenland, Longsword and Northern Tribes.
✢ New general and admiral portraits for Sicameon.
✢ New advisor icons for Strawberry, Blackrock, Falcor, Nova Griffonia, Gryphia and Wingbardy.
✢ Added new tank GFX for Equestria and Lunar Empire.
✢ Added new textures for planes.
✢ Added new ship GFX for various countries.
✢ More Lunar Empire focus icons.
✢ Reworked news event image for Beakolini.
✢ Buffed griffon Knights.
✢ Fixed faction formation for bandit Longsword.
✢ Properly fixed Wittenland AI always going harmonic.
✢ Longsword should accept annexation by Hellquill less often.
✢ Every country now starts with a garrison template and the AI should now use them for occupation.
✢ Nerfed Maud Pie.
✢ Barrad now gets a generic focus tree when puppeted, and its national spirits are changed.
✢ Properly implemented the new advisor icons for Hellquill.
✢ Generic fighter description's outdated lore fixed.
✢ Fixed Wittenland's decisions for demanding Barrad states not appearing when they should.
✢ Rewrote descriptions for Cadance, Luna, Celestia, Nightmare Moon, Sombra and Daybreaker.
✢ Added a flavour event for MARESOC, adjusted national spirits.
✢ Fixed Aquileia not getting a wargoal on Strawberry if it formed the Empire.
✢ Rewrote all region descriptions.
✢ Fixed prerequisites for Romau foci and AI chances for Empire re-puppeting.
✢ Removed forced white peace event between Wittenland and Barrad.
✢ Adjusted map terrain.
✢ Austurland and Kasa now dislike Barrad.
✢ Herzland countries don't ignore Haukland in their conquest trees anymore.
✢ Implemented vanilla voicelines, including ones from the new DLC, for various nations
✢ Fixed Hellquill communist foci about Lushi not bypassing if Lushi no longer existed.
✢ Added a starting national spirit for Greifwald.
✢ Fixed Wittenland not being able to form the High Kingdom if Austurland killed Kasa and was a puppet.
✢ Fixed Austurland's airplane import foci.
✢ Made Griffonian Republic less suicidal.
✢ Hellquill can no longer negotiate with a puppet Longsword.
✢ Fixed newspaper headers for Barrad, Kasa and Austurland.
✢ Popular figurehead trait no longer gives compliance gain.
✢ Made AI Hellquill more eager to attack Longsword.
✢ Added a decision about coring Coltstream for Wittenland in case they simply annexed River Republic.
✢ Added equipment localization for Barrad.
✢ Changelings now load a generic focus tree if puppeted by Equestria.
✢ Reworked poverty descriptions.
✢ River Republic communist infiltration is no longer permanent.
✢ Replaced valknut focus icons with Archonism focus icons.
✢ Fixed a broken sea province next to Weter.
✢ Gryphia can no longer release Prywhen if they formed the Evi Commonwealth.
✢ Fixed Flowena's mercenaries for Skyfall spawning in Flowena instead of Skyfall.
✢ Tweaked strategic regions in Nova Griffonia and added some air bases there.
✢ Completely rewrote Nova Griffonia's welcomescreen and tweaked New Mareland's welcomescreen.
✢ Fixed Barrad's removal of generals.
✢ Renamed states in Gryphia.
✢ Nerfed resource gain from various foci.
✢ Made "purification" occupation law only visible if at war with Dread League.
✢ Fixed overlapping foci in Bronzehill.
✢ Replaced "bearer of artillery" trait with new "artillery leader" and "artillery expert" traits for most generals.
✢ Jojo islands now start as a demilitarized zone.
✢ Added "heat specialist" and "heat expert" traits to mirror winter.
✢ Fixed Guichard sending a grover coin to the Empire after apologizing for his antics.
✢ Fixed Crystal Empire losing Cadance when siding with the Lunar Empire.
✢ Fixed nuked state modifiers not going away.
✢ Added some new prospecting decisions.
✢ Added anti-communist trait to Pine Chest.
✢ Various changes to sub-ideologies.
✢ Numerous nerfs to Crystal Empire.
✢ Improved tooltip for increasing science base.
✢ Tweaked state categories, population distribution and factory locations in Equestria and Crystal Empire.
✢ Fixed decision for Brodfeld requesting core states not being available when it should be.
✢ Equestria's conscription decision unlocks less easily for the AI.
✢ Hellquill should now go supremacy less often on non-historical.
✢ AI Wittenland more likely to prioritize River Federation foci.
✢ Made non-MtG and MtG versions of navies more consistent with one another.
✢ Harmonic countries can no longer use Forced Labour and Harsh Quotas occupation laws.
✢ Added a unique Spy Agency icon for Lunar Empire.
✢ You can now choose to surrender when Vanhoover initiates a border conflict instead of being forced to fight.
✢ Increased air attack for infantry and pegasi a little.
✢ Viira stops being a general after dying.
✢ Fixed kill counter for Asinti in Barrad.
✢ Dark Wing now gets the correct flag.
✢ Barrad starts with better equipment, should make it easier for them to successfully raid neighbours.
✢ Sombra now gets a decision to highlight all states required for restoring old borders.
✢ MARESOC now gets berserker charge and kamikaze attacks.
✢ Kamikaze attacks renamed to Suicide Strike as Japanese doesn't exist in EaW.
✢ Cleaned up availability checks for laws, they should also work correctly for MARESOC now.
✢ Implemented voicelines from Battle for the Bosphorus.
✢ MARESOC keeps one admiral in the Purge.
✢ Fixed some random cores in the South-East civil war.
✢ Fixed South Confederate States not getting cores on a couple of states.
✢ Nerfed Leopold in Barrad a little.
✢ Made Disciples less likely to betray the Lunar Empire.
✢ Fixed griffon ace portraits not working.
✢ Added an event picture for Guichard.
✢ Arantiga's cores on Francistria changed into claims for now.
✢ Made Griffonian Empire less suicidal, again.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is not compatible with previous save games!
1.8.3.1 "In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night"
Released on 2020-11-12 with checksum 6647
🌑 “In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night” 1.8.3.1 🌑
✢ Full compatibility with 1.10.2 HoI IV update.
✢ Lunar Empire's war decisions no longer available on faction members.
✢ Lunar Empire focus for coring Crystal Empire no longer bypasses if Crystal Empire is a subject.
✢ Added division namelists for Bakara.
✢ Added equipment localisation for Bakara.
✢ Generic racial technologies now appear properly.
✢ Fixed Wingbardy's navy being loaded twice.
✢ Fixed Lunar Empire's war decision not working properly against Thorax.
✢ Fixed Lunar Empire's war decisions not clearing a flag properly.
✢ Greifwald's starting national spirit now actually appears.
✢ Response options for news event about Las Pegasus' secession now work correctly.
✢ Re-added some old Lunar Empire events, one of which is triggered by a new decision.
✢ Pre-industrial artillery no longer costs tungsten to build.
✢ Renamed strategic regions in Gryphia and Gryphus.
✢ AI Equestria should now actually take the "End of Civil War" focus.
✢ "End of Civil War" focus can now be taken even if the Disciples still exist, as long as Equestria is not at war.
✢ Fixed some terrain issues.
✢ Hopefully fixed Changelings not getting a wargoal on Crystal Empire.
✢ Fascio-Communist Asterion can no longer ally Kasa.
✢ Added naval invader trait for a Bakaran general.
✢ Tweaked Griffonian Republic focus AI factors, so they don't rush the air force foci.
✢ Republics vassalizing monarchies should no longer kill their leaders.
✢ Morgenclaw plan should work now.
✢ Lunar Empire admirals now get placeholder portraits insted of blanks.
✢ Fixed some combat abilities not being available when they should be.
✢ Added a new general to New Mareland.
✢ Adjusted borders of Grover II's Riverlands puppets, added vassal for hillpony nations.
✢ Fixed supremacist Flowena's unique poverty law appearing when it shouldn't.
✢ New mechanized equipment GFX.
✢ Re-added missing focus check for Rarity path.
✢ Fixed various issues with Barrad.
✢ Changelings now always get a generic focus tree when puppeted.
✢ Fixed Sunstriker division templates being locked.
✢ Generic Griffonian focus tree now properly upgrades Communal Society development level.
✢ Fixed Stalliongrad becoming harmonic after Nestor's coup.
✢ Fixed borders for Povner's Herzland puppets.
✢ Fixed unintended state transfers in border conflicts for Las Pegasus, South Confederate States, Buffalo Tribe and New California Republic.
✢ Reduced chance of Vanhoover becoming Stalliongrad's puppet.
✢ Colorized portrait for Koldvin in GLA.
✢ New general for communist Gryphus.
✢ National Griffonian Republic's templates are now properly locked.
✢ Ahuizotl no longer ignores Stalliongrad.
✢ Added state highlights for Equestria's railroad decisions.
✢ Lushi-Prywhen trade national spirits now go away if they are at war with each other.
✢ Fixed Aquileian Raise Militias decisions being unpickable after getting cancelled.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update should be compatible with previous savegames, though some bugs may require a new game to be fixed
1.8.3.2 "In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night"
Released on 2020-12-15 with checksum ea44
🌚 “In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night” 1.8.3.2 🌚
✢ Improved portraits for Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Chrysalis, Altidya, Sinister, River Swirl, Kogchel and Boreal.
✢ Replaced Baltimare general portrait.
✢ Integrated the "Recall Volunteers" mod.
✢ Added new icon for Supremacy ideology.
✢ Added news event for the Commonwealth of Evi.
✢ Added new generals for Marelandia, Wittenland and Asterion.
✢ Added portrait for Winter Turnip in Vanhoover.
✢ Added collar patches showing rank for Equestrian general portraits.
✢ Added random generic flavour events featuring fantasy elements.
✢ Added some generic griffon flavour events.
✢ Added a new advisor for Kasa Free State.
✢ Added a decision for Changelings to get a high-level admiral.
✢ Added some new focuses for Suntail and Rosewing in Griffonian Republic.
✢ Added a new loading screen.
✢ Made Griffonstone the Imperial coronation city; you now need to own Griffonstone to crown Grover VI.
✢ Various performance improvements.
✢ Removed the strait to Salt Island as it made Sydia too easy to defend.
✢ Shortened focus times for Flowena, Brodfeld and Gryphia.
✢ Tweaked Gryphus VP values.
✢ Changelings can now release Nova Griffonia and Our Town as protectorates.
✢ Added missing AI focus factors for Penguins.
✢ Added new icons for Prywhen/Brodfeld concerns.
✢ All generic race tech branches should be available now.
✢ Fixed the changelog tab in the welcomescreen not working.
✢ Changelings now instantly declare war on ponies instead of getting wargoals.
✢ Fixed River Republic leaving the River Coalition.
✢ Fixed Gryphia not getting the correct focus tree when puppeted.
✢ Fixed Fezeran Mafia's Skyfall focus checking for Skyfall existing instead of the state being owned.
✢ Swapped Hoofington and Hoof City again.
✢ Whinnyapolis' state is now called Whinnysota.
✢ Removed "Saint" from Petershoof's name.
✢ Renamed Concordat of Southern Nations to Concordat of Free Nations.
✢ Fixed some issues with the research workaround.
✢ Fixed an edge case scenario where Spirit Fire in Wittenland could recruit Spirit Fire as a general.
✢ Undead operatives can no longer be recruited.
✢ [REDACTED] units in Arcturian Order start with less experience.
✢ Some branches in the Longsword communist tree are disabled when puppeted.
✢ Lunar Empire can no longer puppet Crystal Empire while at war.
✢ Added missing zeros to several Kasa research modifiers.
✢ Fixed Iron Marshal path for Griffonian Republic not being able to core things.
✢ Lavender Berry in Baltimare can now unlock Suicide Strike.
✢ Fixes for Altu's war foci.
✢ Fixed a wrong event ID in Kasa.
✢ Fixed Barrad raids not actually costing command power.
✢ Fixed broken wargoals in Silver Star's focuses.
✢ Fixed society development checks for Barrad's development upgrade decision & focus.
✢ Fixed a focus prerequisite in Viira's tree.
✢ Added new puppet cosmetic tags for Ambrosius.
✢ Tweaked AI factors for Griffonian Republic.
✢ Fixed some issues with generals for Silver Star in Barrad.
✢ Adjusted loc of vanilla capitulation events.
✢ Pre-Dreadnaughts no longer require anti-air.
✢ Adjusted numerous state categories.
✢ [REDACTED] in Brodfeld can now only move their capital once.
✢ Wittenland: King Wulfric's serfdom focus is no longer blocked by war, also made insurgency decisions work during war.
✢ Fixed Barrad getting cores on Rumare instead of Lake City.
✢ Wittenland should no longer justify wargoals on Barrad and Kasa.
✢ Povner instantly declares war on Herzland countries now.
✢ Added marsh to Froggy Bottom Bogg state.
✢ If the Southern Confederate States make Coltlumbia their capital, its VP value is now increased.
1.8.3.3 "In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night"
Released on 2020-12-31 with checksum 8798
🌑 “In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night” 1.8.3.3 🌑
✢ Added new generals for Lunar Empire and Hellquill.
✢ Added new descriptions for difficulty levels in the country selection screen.
✢ Added a new loading screen, made by /u/Goered_Out_Of_My_
✢ Reworked portrait for Voliare in Wittenland.
✢ Dehumanized various icons and GUI elements.
✢ Added new ship names for Stalliongrad.
✢ Added a unique icon for the new admiral recruitment decision in Changeling Lands.
✢ Fixed a gamebreaking bug with Barrad that unintentionally made the Angry Mob take over the country.
✢ Lowered AI priority for producing scout planes.
✢ Fixed both of Griffonian Republic's warlord paths being available simultaneously.
✢ Gave Pinkamena the "Artillery Specialist" trait.
✢ Expanded Equestria's Hearth's Warming event at game start.
✢ Expanded and reworked generic namelists for all pony nations.
✢ Tweaked province terrain.
✢ One of Griffonian Republic's infrastructure focuses now gives 1 level on all states.
✢ Nimbusia can no longer get 6 research slots.
✢ Fixed issues related to Gryphia allying with communist Wittenland.
✢ Flowena's patrician investment national spirit no longer cancels with supremacy or harmony ideologies.
✢ Evi Commonwealth can no longer move its capital to Kivessin if it's already the capital.
✢ Fixed the random parasprite event causing famine for certain countries.
✢ Removed "Benevolent Empress" trait from [REDACTED].
✢ Shortened harmonic Greifenmarschen's responses to Equestrian news events, so they fit the option box.
✢ Konrada Wavewing now leads Grover II's Ordenstaat Flussland instead of Urlach, who could be dead by then. Also made the subject non-aligned instead of supremacy.
✢ Fixed Longsword's Hellquill war focus not bypassing properly.
✢ Fixed incorrect state checks for a Lushi decision.
✢ Fixed Gryphus' "Fortify Corporate Holdings" focus building forts in the wrong province.
✢ Fixed issues with Altu's war focuses against Gryphus and Austurland.
✢ Fixed Vanhoover border wars not triggering.
✢ Fixed issues with Changeling Yakyakistan/Jakistan protectorate decisions.
✢ Fixed River Republic not being able to invite countries after taking Golden Curtain.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
Happy New Year from EaW team!
Minor update
Released on the same day and with the same checksum as 1.8.3.3. There are no separate downloads for this update and the original 1.8.3.3, which means that this update either overwrote it, or was never uploaded at all.
- Fixed issues with Russian localisation and a missing portrait. Checksum is unchanged.
1.8.3.4 "In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night"
Released on 2021-01-26 with unknown checksum.
🌑 “In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night” 1.8.3.4 🌑
✢ Improved performance by about 10%.
✢ Added new events about Grover VI for Herzland country paths that didn't have any.
✢ Added new flavour events for partisan Longsword.
✢ Added a small starting fleet for Greneclyf.
✢ Added generic namelists for Our Town and Haukland.
✢ Added descriptions for generals in Aztlan and Lake City.
✢ Partially rewrote Moonshine events and national spirits.
✢ Bronzehill no longer has the exact same colour as Gryphia.
✢ Updated Gryphian division names to match renamed state names.
✢ Some changes to states and VPs.
✢ Atomic research technology now gives 4% research speed.
✢ Updated communist Longsword's namelist.
✢ Made Evi Commonwealth formation decision more visible.
✢ Fixed wrong weighting for Kasa's AI paths when the game rule was set to Random.
✢ Changed Ember's title from Queen to Dragon Lord.
✢ Renamed Primitive Communism sub-ideology to Agrarian Socialism, and renamed Juche to Unz-Kravakgash.
✢ [REDACTED] in Brodfeld no longer loses political power from their offer being refused.
✢ New Mareland's national spirit that adds communist popularity drift is now removed if a civil war is triggered, hopefully preventing an endless cycle of civil wars.
✢ When forming River Federation, any locked templates received from annexed nations are now unlocked.
✢ Dehumanized more GFX.
✢ Renamed a couple of Equestrian strategic regions.
✢ Fixed wrong prerequisites in Feathisia's post-Griffenheim tree and halved the duration of the foci.
✢ Grover II no longer ignores Barrad.
✢ Royal laboratory national spirit is no longer removed for Brodfeld when at peace.
✢ Gryphus now starts with better artillery technology.
✢ Lushi no longer betrays Blackhollow if it befriended Prywhen.
✢ Wittenland now leaves the Co-Prosperity Sphere if Wulfric is overthrown.
✢ Fixed wrong state targeted in Beakolini's wargoal on New Mareland.
✢ If puppeted, the Republican focus tree of Wittenland now functions properly.
✢ Ambrosius in Barrad now mobilizes slower.
✢ Fixed missing portrait for [REDACTED] in Brodfeld.
✢ Fixed issues with Griffonian Republic's foci about illiteracy and poverty.
✢ Fixed an issue where Flowena could still receive the ultimatum after going communist.
✢ Hopefully fixed issues with Bandit Longsword's faction formation properly this time.
✢ AI now prioritizes partial mobilisation over early mobilisation.
✢ AI is more likely to take mobile warfare doctrine if they have a research bonus for it.
✢ Made transport planes cheaper to build.
✢ The Griffonian Empire's AI should no longer declare suicidal wars on neighbours via an AI-only decision.
✢ Greatly reduced the effects of New Mareland supporting resistance in Changeling-occupied Equestria.
✢ Fixed various issues with Longsword foci.
✢ Prevented generic focus trees giving more than 5 research slots.
✢ Nerfed the amount of population gained from Nova Griffonia's urbanisation focus.
✢ Scout planes are now convertable.
✢ Added "Illusive Gentledeer" trait for the generic spy advisor.
✢ Reorganized the list of AI focus path game rules a little, so Equus countries are grouped together.
✢ Dragon equipment can no longer be licensed.
✢ Haukland now gets a light cruiser from the pirate fleet.
✢ Haukland can now get extra naval range from a national spirit.
✢ Added an icon for a tank designer in Kasa Free State.
✢ Fixed a hardness bug with dragons.
✢ Skynavia now starts with a small navy.
✢ Fixed two Equestrian tank icons not working on Linux.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update should be compatible with previous savegames, though some bugs may require a new game to be fixed
1.8.3.4 reupload
Due to minor issues, the previous update was reuploaded a couple of hours later with the checksum c8ea. It overwrote the original version 1.8.3.4 on ModDB as well. No further details were provided.
1.8.3.5 "In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night"
Released on 2021-02-21 with checksum 166b
🌑 “In the Shadow of Mountains: Nightmare Night” 1.8.3.5 🌑
✢ Added a new loading screen.
✢ Reworked portraits for Lavender Berry, Daybreaker and Grover VI.
✢ Added links to EaW Twitter and Youtube accounts.
✢ Added a new general for Solar Empire.
✢ Added descriptions for Sicameon country leaders.
✢ Added a portrait for a Yale field marshal.
✢ Added Grover VI coronation event for Black Claw in Angriver.
✢ AI buffs for Equestria are now disabled by default.
✢ River Coalition countries are now blocked from joining allies' offensive wars, but can join defensive wars freely. The blocker is removed once River Union is founded.
✢ Fixed broken music tracks.
✢ Adjusted naval defines.
✢ New icon for Flowena loan national spirit.
✢ Nerfed Feathisian admirals.
✢ Adjusted NATO icon for pegasi.
✢ Fixed broken tooltip for Changeling "Lead The Armies" focus.
✢ Changelings should now declare war on Crystal Empire.
✢ Added a new general for Crystal Empire.
✢ Improved event for Republican Angriver joining the Griffonian Republic (no longer a game over, switches to Republic, generals are transfered, Republic gets cores).
✢ Fixed Ost-Griffonia being able to core all Lake City cores instead of just their original cores.
✢ Feathisia can now get a wargoal on Skyfall even if it isn't non-aligned.
✢ Fixed randomness in random fantasy flavour events not working properly.
✢ Fixed Kasa's wargoal on Wittenland, adjusted AI factors for foci.
✢ Strategic jet bomber 2 is now more expensive than jet bomber 1.
✢ Dehumanized some gfx and loc.
✢ Fixed Herzland countries not getting wargoals/cores on Tarrin.
✢ Flowena-Skyfall railroad national spirit now only available if both countries are independent.
✢ Fixed broken portrait for a communist Greifenmarschen general.
✢ Adjusted bypasses for supremacy Wittenland's wargoal foci.
✢ "End of Civil War" event should now trigger more reliably for Lunar Empire.
✢ Adjusted some boni for Barrad technologies.
✢ Fixed broken bypass in Longsword focus.
✢ Princely Lake City wars on the Riverlands are now declared instantly, instead of the focus just giving wargoals.
✢ Fixed broken portrait for Moldernik in Feathisia.
✢ Fixed inappropriate focus tree being loaded for Wittenland when puppeted.
✢ Wittenland now gets dragon equipment added to stockpile when it uses "Tame Dragons" decision.
✢ Added descriptions for various Longsword, Hellquill and Greifenmarschen national spirits.
✢ Made Soryth an urban province.
✢ River Federation inherits the claims of annexed countries.
✢ Fixed issues with peace conference triggers.
✢ Military Police technologies no longer give flat boni to suppression.
✢ Fixed Stalliongrad not staying in Equestrian technology sharing group.
✢ Actually make demilitarization work as intended.
✢ Fix Polar Bears getting bad event after breaking free.
✢ Increased tech boni from Paperclip.
✢ Increased AI priority for support techs.
✢ Tweaked AI strategies.
✢ Fixed trait for [REDACTED] in Brodfeld.
✢ Fixed Dread League occupation law not appearing properly.
✢ Fixed Harsh Quotas and Forced Labour occupation laws still being available for harmonic countries.
✢ Changelings are now blocked from releasing Equestria.
✢ Made faction joining popup more descriptive.
✢ Fixed Socialist River Federation not coring puppets properly.
✢ Fixed incorrect name for a Griffonian Republic template.
✢ Fixed Cloudbury's cores on Herzland.
✢ Angriver now starts Supremacy.
✢ Fixes for Bon Bon as spymaster of ELF.
✢ 1017 infantry weapons technology now needs 1013 technology.
✢ Monarchies puppeted by republics no longer get their leaders killed.
✢ Removed duplicate focus in National Griffonian Republic.
✢ AI will no longer research "Dispersed Support" technology.
✢ Improved focus availability checks for Lunar Empire.
✢ Fixed Wingbardy-Equestria white peace decision not being available when it should be.
✢ Dread League now steals the navies of annexed countries.
✢ Fixed a doctrine that does nothing.
✢ New concern icons for Wingbardy, Lake City, Prywhen, Wittenland and Diamond Mountain.
✢ Fixed a Griffonian Republic national spirit going away if it was communist.
✢ Rearranged AI country game rules list again.
✢ Socialist Longsword can now join Skynavia's Socialist International.
✢ Female griffon aces no longer look like ponies.
✢ Fixed AI Austurland puppeting Barrad.
✢ If [REDACTED] in Brodfeld are puppeted by a non-harmonic country, a generic focus tree is loaded.
✢ Fixed Ferdinand's kommissariats not getting cores.
✢ Hopefully fixed Golden Morning being annexed by Wingfried.
✢ Fixed reactor crystals being affected by modifiers.
✢ Fixed Greater Lake City not being green despite still being in the Coalition.
✢ Added missing bypasses and cores to Skyfall's Imperial conquest tree.
✢ Dark Wing now leaves the faction if he stops being a puppet.
✢ Queen Velvet no longer dies when Equestria puppets Changeling Olenia.
✢ Added a missing war warning for Gryphia's wargoal focus on Prywhen.
✢ Sickleclaw in Skynavia now has the generalissimo trait.
✢ Fixed requirements for a Skynavia decision.
✢ Fixed Griffonian Empire being suicidal on historical.
✢ Rebalanced Gerhard line in Yale.
✢ Supremacy Yale now forms the Griffonian Empire instead of Herzland.
✢ Yale now releases Asterion as a puppet.
✢ Nimbusian victory points are removed if Grover II decides to burn the country.
✢ Rarity in Moon Crystal Governorate now has Harmonic Sympathies-trait.
✢ Changed the initial leader of Gryphussian communists.
✢ Musket soft attack increased from 2 to 2.5.
✢ Changeling Crystal Protectorate formed after Sombra is defeated should now have a proper name and flag.
✢ Equestria no longer gives Griffish Isles to Stalliongrad, however Stalliongrad still takes it during civil war and now gets a core on it. Also fixed Dark Wing not getting Tannenbaumwald state.
✢ Erie-Eyrie white peace can no longer trigger if they're puppets.
✢ Small performance improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update should be compatible with previous savegames, though some bugs may require a new game to be fixed.
1.8.6 "Dread Flood: The North Awakens"
Released on 2021-04-01 with checksum d324
⚰️ “Dread Flood: The North Awakens“ 1.8.6 ⚰️
✢ Large scale speed increases.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
1.8.6.1 "Dread Flood: The North Awakens"
Released on 2021-04-04 with checksum 0a89
⚰️ “Dread Flood: The North Awakens“ 1.8.6.1 (April Fools) ⚰️
✢ Disabled Dread Flood by default, can be re-enabled via game rule at start.
✢ Reverted minor map changes.
✢ Buffed bone armor (Necromancer Path).
✢ Various buffs to the Vampire path.
✢ Fixed event dedaprilfool.299 broken loc (Ending event of the Vampire Path).
✢ Fixed event dedaprilfool.190 not firing (Necromancer Path Fluff event).
✢ The First's portrait properly displays now.
✢ Hospital Tech is now disabled only for the Dread League.
✢ Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
✢ Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
Hopefully the correct files got uploaded this time 🌚 the map should be back to normal, let me know if that's not the case