Patch 2.2.X
The 2.2.X series of patches began on October of 2023 and lasted until September of 2024.
In addition to bugfixes and other minor additions, this series also adds three different epilogues for Sirenalia and makes changes to New Mareland's government-in-exile path. For the 2024 April Fools' crossover, EaW joined forces with a Stellaris' mod called Gigastructural Engineering. This time a strange cat appears in Abyssinia. Soon, he will change that country far beyond recognition and lead it to glory.
2.2.0.1 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2023-10-01 with checksum 5037
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.0.1 🔥
Additions:
- New loading screen.
- Replaced the vanilla event background with a custom one.
- Added two new starting generals for Kiria.
- There are now game rules to strengthen Kirian tags.
- There is now a game setup rule for the Kirian Civil War.
- Revolutionary Fragrance has been given new decisions for raising militias, spreading the revolution southward, and reconciliation with the Nirik Contumancy.
- Added railways in the Zaikirian region.
Changes:
- The new content interface has been moved from the main menu to the continental selection screen.
- AI Equestria can now remove its negative army spirits.
- Zaikirian minors now start with higher societal and scientific development, as well as more starting technologies.
- Significantly nerfed Kiria's Mayflower Bloom.
- Rebalanced the Kirian civil war.
- Scientific Astrology now protects better against bad luck.
- Several Kirian events will now only trigger once, preventing unintended interactions.
- Proper Heritage now makes Vanguards free to design.
- Slightly sped up placeholder wars between Roam and Lan Kir.
- Roam and Talonsvaal can no longer core Kiria.
- Roam, Talonsvaal, and Lan Kir will now always refuse to disarm when demanded by Kiria, and will no longer declare war on the International City of Fragrance.
- Harmonic and communist regimes will now dislike nations with Slave Economy.
- Polar Shamans technology will now buff recon companies instead of field hospitals.
Fixes:
- Corrected dragon generics not having their GFX defined.
- Aquileia can now properly demand Tarrin from Adelart, if they control it.
- Fixed an issue with tank research bonuses in Kirian focus tree.
- Fixed Pingland's starting cruiser design having incorrect modules.
- Kirian state GUIs will no longer briefly appear for a second after selecting a state.
- Kiria can no longer purchase equipment from Equestria if it doesn't exist.
- AI opponents in the Kirian civil war will no longer receive hidden bonuses against a player.
- Removed a corporatist Kiria exploit to lower puppet autonomy far quicker than intended.
- Added a decision for Colthage to cancel trade deals.
- Reverted some strait and impassable changes.
- Various issues with Kirian content have been corrected.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is save compatible.
2.2.1 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2023-10-10 with checksum d99d
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.1 🔥
Additions:
- Full compatibility ensured with Arms Against Tyranny.
- Added female generic griffon Republican general portraits.
- Added a new cosmetic tag for the Titanic Realm, and the ability for them to research Jagers.
- New victory points and supply hubs have been added in the hillpony region.
- Added heavy anti-air and close support gun tank modules.
- Implemented a decision to commandeer civilian trucks.
- Added options to strengthen Roam, Talonsvaal and Lan Kir.
- The Realm of Kiria can now intervene against expansionist Roam, Talonsvaal and Lan Kir.
- The Republic of Kiria can now gain war goals against their western neighbours.
Changes:
- The land doctrine GUI has been reorganised.
- Improved the custom event background.
- Replaced the background image for the Kirian technology tree.
- Placeholder wars from Roam, Talonsvaal and Lan Kir now notify the player of their intentions.
- Replaced Pharynx's Armour Officer trait with Veteran Jager trait.
- Scientific Astrology now also provides better protection against resistance activities.
- Super-heavy turrets no longer have a reliability reduction and a production cost increase.
- Increased Rocket Engine thrust to pre-AAT levels and increased their speed as well.
- Increased Engineer Company entrenchment to pre-AAT levels.
- Increased Signal Company initiative to pre-AAT level.
- Great War Truck's hardness has been reduced.
- SPAA will now receive buffs from small AA technologies.
- Consumer Goods modifiers have been rebalanced.
- Pioneer and Engineer companies' mutual exclusivity has been removed.
- Talarayi's flag has been reworked.
Fixes:
- Corrected AI weight for Wingbardy which could result in them not invading Francistria, Talouse and Arantiga.
- AI should be more willing to take islands in peace deals even if they don't neighbour them.
- Implemented a proper AI template for marines.
- Changeling Fragrance's political screen should no longer break upon reloading a save.
- Fixed an issue where Changeling Fragrance could produce too many infiltrators on a weekly basis.
- Corrected an issue where several characters could be active in both Changeling Lands and Free Changeling Hives.
- Fixed magical medium/heavy cannon tank modules being available on light tanks.
- Fixed an issue where Sicameon would not get a designer despite saying otherwise.
- Corrected an issue where Kirian pirate raid events didn't trigger properly.
- Various minor issues with Kirian content have been corrected.
- Corrected many issues with starting naval and aircraft forces.
- Fixed the joint focus tree in the River Federation.
- Puppeting the Dread League as Viira will now remove all of their ideas.
- Tobuck's decisions for white peace now work properly.
- An issue with Zarantia's Tatzelwurm state modifier has been fixed.
- Fixed ELF's Manehattan liberation news event never firing.
- Corrected issues with various strategy plans.
- Starting production lines have been made matching regardless of DLC ownership.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is NOT save compatible.
2.2.1.1 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2023-10-27 with checksum 1e77
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.1.1 🔥
Additions:
- Realm of Kiria now has additional foreign policy options for their late game content.
- Various Kiria paths can now form their own factions.
- On-map decisions for Fickle Current's Kiria are now toggleable.
- New MIOs have been added for Lake City, and several issues with existing ones have been corrected.
- Sambar, Doelhi and Barasingha now have the option to form Hindia.
- Puerto Caballo can now core the Summer Islands.
- Added a new general for New Mareland, Kasa Free State, Aquileia, Our Town, and the Equestrian Liberation Front.
- Added generic admirals portraits for the Griffonian Republic.
- Added three new custom division icons.
- Asstyria now has a focus to generate a wargoal against Anseruk.
Changes:
- Nerfed Zaikiria to give Kiria a better fighting chance.
- Added logic for AI Kiria to modernise better.
- AI Stalliongrad and Changeling Lands should build more civilian factories before 1009.
- Adjusted the values of many victory points, as well as state categories.
- Hindian unification events are now global.
- Austurland's Ulfdis Aresdottir has received an updated portrait.
- Rebalanced starting units and factories for Asstyria and Anseruk.
- New background artwork for artillery tech tree.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the Kirian Fragrant Flottila would not spawn.
- Archon Erion XII is now available as an advisor for Aquileia under correct circumstances as intended.
- Corrected a late game airframe having an absurdly large range value.
- Angriver's Black Claw focus tree no longer loads as the default one.
- Crystal Empire's communist path will no longer occur on their historical route.
- Corrected an availability issue with Greneclyf's diplomatic options.
- Hippogriffia now retains their puppets if they join Equestria's faction.
- Corrected various unit templates in line with AAT changes.
- Tweaked and fixed many issues with MIOs and equipment.
- An issue with custom division icons has been fixed.
- Various missing icons have been added.
- Optimized targeted decisions, improving performance.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is save compatible with 2.2.1, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.1.2 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2023-11-06 with checksum ed6a
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.1.2 🔥
Additions:
- Added presets for tanks.
- Traditionalist Kiria can trigger the New Standard Army Mutiny by letting the balance of power tip too far in favour of the state.
- Added a new general for Lunar New Mareland, Posadist Hippogriffia, Gerza's Colthage and Maretania.
Changes:
- Rebalanced the New Standard Army Mutiny.
- Implemented changes from the latest HOI4 patch.
- Further buffs for AI Kiria.
- The Rozenkampism subideology has been renamed to Ethno-Socialism.
- Reworked portrait for Communist Gryphus' Revolutionary Coalition.
Fixes:
- Hopefully fixed a problem where Skyfall events would trigger for every nation.
- Fixed Equestria not producing modern tanks.
- Fixed an issue where kirin vanguards would retain a high amount of hardness from the special forces tree.
- Corrected an issue with spawning chances for female generic commanders.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is save compatible with 2.2.1.1, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.1.3 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2023-12-18 with checksum 2bed
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.1.3 🔥
Additions:
- Readded the holiday spirit.
- Realm of Kiria's Great Gallop Onwards now has a progress bar.
- The Council of North Kiria can now purchase their independence from Kiria.
- The Guide's Journal now has notes for concoction clues.
- Improved the peace conference summary UI.
- AI can now construct and field late game mechanised templates.
- Added presets for planes.
- Added a new general for Polar Bears, an admiral for Las Pegasus, and an advisor for Kasa.
Changes:
- Implemented changes from the latest HOI4 patch.
- Changeling Fragrance no longer starts as a puppet to Changeling Lands.
- Improved focus timings for the starting Realm of Kiria focus tree.
- The Hundred Days Campaigns for Republic of Kiria have been buffed.
- 1007 Naval Batteries now require tech Artillery I.
- Stormlands' starting leaders now lead their armies as field marshals.
- Nations with generic content can now hire Backroom Backstabber advisors.
- The Realm of Kiria can no longer gain over 5 research slots.
- Fascist coup in Francistria now results in white peace with fascist Wingbardy, if at war.
- Removed Star Father's alchemy ambience music.
- Harmonic Colthage adds Zumidia to their faction after the referendum.
- Rebalanced starting units and factories for Asstyria, Aestlonia, Karkadannistan and Anseruk.
- Tobuck's Alesia Snezhnaya has received an updated portrait.
- Increased rubber supply in North Zebrica.
- Replaced a rubber deposit in Gryphus with a steel deposit.
- Katerin's Herzland flags have been updated.
- Communist Gryphus' flag has been reworked.
Fixes:
- Fixed issues with the decision to form Hindia.
- Vasile cel Tradat is now instantly hired as an advisor in Zarantia.
- Fixed an issue with Sunrise Sparkle and the Solar Province.
- Corrected a problem with puppet Colthage not changing focus trees.
- Fixed Colthage's state modifiers not being removed when they should be.
- Actually fixed the issue with kirin Vanguards' hardness stat.
- Fixed a possible issue when puppeting Wittenland.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is save compatible with 2.2.1.2, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.1.4 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-01-14 with checksum 4704
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.1.4 🔥
Additions:
- Removed the holiday spirit.
- A new achievement has been added for Kiria.
- Capital ships, floating harbours and railway guns can now use up to 10 factories instead of 5.
- Added an image for Canterlot's state lore under Changeling occupation.
- Harsh penalties have been added if a state's resistance value crosses 90%.
- Added a game rule to help the AI with production lines (disabled by default).
- Added a game rule for Sheriff's Adelart.
- Added game rules for Griffonian Frontier.
- Adelart's Théodule Hobble has received a portrait.
Changes:
- The generic capitulation event image has reworked.
- AI now receives a production bonus on higher difficulties.
- On non-historical, conflict is more likely to break out between Changelings and Polar Bears.
- Kirian civil war focus tree is now visible from the beginning.
- The decision to form the Olenian Protectorate no longer requires compliance.
- Francistria now has bypasses for foci regarding Tarrin if it's already cored.
- Tarrinian refugee crisis now lasts 90 days instead of 180.
- Prywhen and Brodfeld no longer lose cores when puppeted by another ideology.
- Northern Tribes now start as a primitive society.
- Swapped north and south expansion focuses in Prywhen's expansion path.
- Removed a blocker for Asstyria's wargoal focus.
- Wingbardy's Gario Gerti has received an updated portrait.
- Improved communist flags for Mazwi, Timbucktu and Aoranda.
- Added a new VP in Maregypt and changed a state's shape.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with balance of power which prevented a Kirian path from working properly.
- Fixed missing generic horse advisor icons.
- Fixed puppeted New Mareland having the wrong focus tree.
- Corrected several issues with Disciples of the Night's advisors.
- Colthage will no longer ally Chiropterra if Hippogriffia does not have control over Zumidia.
- Fixed a problem with Flowena's special Pomovarra puppet after Flowena is puppeted.
- Fixed availability issues with several advisors for Polar Bears.
- Several special Avian puppets now correctly receive cores.
- Various issues with multiple MIOs have been fixed.
- Corrected a erroneous armoured car equipment type for a Kirian MIO.
- Sanity checks implemented for Gryphian harmonist path.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is save compatible with 2.2.1.3, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.2 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2023-02-18 with checksum 581d
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2 🐐
Additions:
- Epilogue content for Sirenalia.
- Added a new event picture and a new music track for Star Father's ascension event.
- Implemented a decision to remove the conscription malus from Total Mobilisation.
- Wingbardian puppet for Abyssinia now has an unique leader and flag.
- A new focus has been added in Kiria, alongside general buffs and improvements.
- Implemented community provided loading screen quotes.
- State lore for Griffenheim now features landscape artwork.
- Added a formable decision for Klugetown.
- Added super-heavy naval missiles for late game super-heavy battleships.
- Added a new admiral for Stalliongrad.
Changes:
- Implemented miscellaneous changes from the HOI4 1.13.6 patch.
- Backend code has been improved for a faster performance.
- Conscription law requirements now match vanilla HOI4.
- The hardcap for consumer goods has been reduced from 10% to 5%.
- Winggarden now starts with the hippogriff race.
- Buffed Colthage's technocracy path through national spirit and research boost improvements.
- Super-heavy tank support company now provides +15% breakthrough.
- Delicious Rations technology now provides +5% supply efficiency.
- Increased the base speed of monitors to 10 km/h.
- Late game naval doctrine now requires rocketry researched.
- Names and icons for tank and plane models have been improved.
- Increased the amount of starting factories for Kiria.
- The Order of Opinicus can now form Evi again.
- Changelings should now always release the Northern Protectorate.
- Roam, Hayzeb, Gelon-Zornu and Talonsvaal starting armies have been rebalanced.
- Slight improvements for several kirin racial technologies.
- House Erie is now entirely considered part of the Aquileian culture group.
- When puppeted, Arcturian Order gains the generic focus tree.
- Personal Union autonomy level's modifier now match the vanilla one.
- Removed randomness from the triggers of a couple Wittenland flavour events.
- Appropriate wars have been assigned the civil war type, alongside several new war names.
- Austurland's Gulrain Lisvaldr now follows the Revolutionary Dictatorship subideology.
- Improved the communist flag for Flowena.
- Tweaked populations, VP values and state categories of various states.
- The city of Roam now has an urban tile.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the event for Great Northern War would repeat itself.
- Recalling the changeling-griffon attache now correctly spawns a division.
- Tobuck's decisions to have Warzena and Zarantia join their faction now work properly.
- Fixed an issue with the Covenant's resource transmutation decision.
- Fixed an edge case with Tarrin forming Aquileia.
- Fixed cost of Train Revolutionary Cadres decision for Hippogriffia.
- Futurist Winggarden now properly declares war on Wingbardy.
- Weekly stability modifier now always works properly.
- Griffonian Republic warlord breakaway no longer has access to generic MIOs.
- Corrected a mistake where airbases were more resistant to strategic bombing than they should be.
- Corrected a problem where a negative national spirit in Adelart could not be removed.
- Accounted for niche cases in North Zebrican War where Chiropterra was not considered a major.
- The Alleviate Famine decision for Republic of Kiria now correctly adds stability.
- A single destroyer was returned to Tobuck after being mistakenly assigned to Thundaria.
- Fixed issues relating to Falcor seizing Wingbardy's navy.
- Various issues for Austurland have been corrected.
- Tooltip for new advisors being available should now always work properly.
- Armour skirt module for tanks now upgrades properly.
- Fixed a hard attack issue with kirin Vanguards.
- Fixed South Confederate States not getting an event when annexing Canterlot.
- The issue with special forces 3D models has been corrected.
- Fixed an issue where nations could not declare war on masonic Brodfeld.
- Added missing icons for operatives, advisors and equipment.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.2.1.4, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.2.1 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-03-10 with checksum d98f
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.1 🔥
Compatibility for 1.14 Hearts of Iron IV patch and Trial of Allegiance:
- Macawia now uses Brazilian Portuguese voicelines.
- Kiria and southeast Equestrian breakaways can now get Jungle Pioneers support company.
- Replaced various removed modifiers with new ones.
Additions:
- Added futurist socialism subideology.
- Deponya now sends refusal event to River Republic when refusing.
- Added acceptance events for River Republic decisions about trading with allies.
- Added several new victory points on the map.
- Added new capitulation responses for some Kirian breakaways.
- Added arrow popup for Chiropterra's anti-partisan GUI.
- A Pax Chrysalia focus now spawns divisions that have Jachs and Alcippe as division commanders.
- Added a new career profile award for Changeling Lands.
- Added toggles for Kirian on-map decisions.
- Added a new general in Gryphia.
Changes:
- Moved seven Olenian states to Griffonia and Zebrica.
- Reduce penalties from Kiria's civil war national spirits.
- Skyfall now starts with truck and armored car technologies.
- Baragzen in Tobuck now also declares war on Hippogriffia and any Colthaginian breakaways when he attacks Colthage.
- Updated various plane icons.
- Posada in Hippogriffia can now get Coral Ridge as an advisor.
- Arcturian Order now gets a generic focus tree when released as a subject via event.
- Nova Griffonia decision about selling Severyana to Equestria now sells a puppeted Severyana as well.
- Reduced minimum exports modifiers in Skyfall's national spirits.
- Strengthened the starting armies of Asstyria and Karkadannistan.
- Changeling Fragrance can now incite civil war in Kirian tags even if they are majors.
- Polar Bear event about airplanes now also creates an air base.
Fixes:
- Fixed various issues with plane presets and templates.
- Fixed Hippogriffia's Abyss cult leader having a pixelated portrait.
- Fixed issues with plane equipment variant names.
- Fixed issues with Siren and Kiria dynamic modifiers.
- Chiropterra can no longer launch raids into impassable states.
- Fixed event about Vasile not triggering in Zarantia's secret path.
- Fixed issues with characters not becoming leaders in post-defeat Chiropterra.
- Fixed issues with effects that target states.
- Fixed Colthage civil war faction cores not being removed after being defeated.
- Fixed Kiria prison factory disappearing.
- Added check in "Protect Zaikiria" focus.
- Fixed society development not transferring properly to puppets.
- Fixed KirCorWar breakaways not getting cores.
- Fixed Yakyakistan being able to get more than 5 research slots.
- Fixed Abyssinia still having slave economy after being released as a Wingbardian subject.
- Fixed missing icon for Skyfall's pirate den national spirit.
- Fixed MIOs in Skyfall being visible when they shouldn't be.
- When Stormland forms the Storm Kingdom, it will now properly remove cores of the Gyzwindids.
- Fixed Griffon Frontier having a focus that built a railway in an impassable state.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is NOT save compatible with 2.2.2!
2.2.2.2 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-03-18 with checksum 0024
Fixes:
- Fixed instant-defeat due to Coltva's collapse event.
This update is save compatible with 2.2.2.1.
Why bother with just one fix? We just want to get this (critical for Coltva) fix in before the HoI4 update that will integrate some DLCs with the base game. We'll have an update with more changes after that happens.
2.2.2.3 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-03-25 with checksum 12ed
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.3 🔥
Additions:
- Added a new fantasy flavour event chain.
- Implemented a new game rule to strengthen the Changeling Lands (disabled by default).
Changes:
- Implemented miscellaneous changes from the HOI4 1.14.2 and 1.14.3 patch.
- Reshuffled various Changeling focus times, modifiers and focus rewards.
- Caramel Haze will now replace the OHS with a more suitable intelligence agency (La Resistance required).
- Different faction membership no longer imposes a penalty for accepting deals on the international market.
- Kirian Hundred Day Campaigns were made easier for the AI to complete.
- Reduced cooldown for Colthage's border war decision for Kar-Alpaka.
- Hippogriffia can now only release Carrot Stick's Chiropterra if Hippogriffia is at peace.
- Completely replaced Austurland's namelist with new entries.
- Karkadannistan's starting leader has been renamed.
- Equestria's Princess Luna has received an updated portrait.
- Gryphian Host's Yeven Krawvelets has received an updated portrait.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where a Thoraxian focus added manpower to wrong states.
- Corrected a wrong modifier in an April Fool Griffonian Empire idea.
- Nova Griffonia will no longer join Stalliongrad's faction when it shouldn't.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.2.2.2, but some fixes will require a new game. That being said, you should start a new game anyway due to the HoI4 patch.
22.00.1.1 "Katzenreich"
Released on 2024-04-01 with checksum 832f. It is not available to download from ModDB, being overwritten by the next patch.
🌑 “Katzenreich” 22.00.1.1 🐱
New Origin for:
- Kingdom of Abyssinia
New Ascension path for:
- Hippogriffia (Sirenalia path) (outsourced)
Additions:
- Gave Abyssinia new flavour events
- Added interactions for Abyssinia with the Dread League, Equestria and the Griffonian Empire under special circumstances
- Added new unit types
- Added a new Civic, Liberation Front, for certain Harmonic governments.
- Added new 3D models for ponies, changelings, and zebras (they are now much cuter)
- Added a cool new main menu song by Wilzy
- Added a cool old song by Paradox Interactive
Fixes and changes:
- Fixed bug where the timelines wouldn't interact
- Fixed issue with cats not being better than dogs
- Fixed issue where katz keeps being misspelt as cats
- Improved tank performance
- Gave the Star Father extensive gene therapy to make him more appealing to mainstream audiences.
- Accepted demands for more war
- Refactored files
- Removed hands
- Removed Herobrine
- Added more bugs
Due to engine limitations, the Sirenalia path has been uploaded as a separate Steam Workshop entry: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1121692237
This update is NOT compatible with 2.2.2.3!
And should you finish on Faust, you can continue your journey into the stars with https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3208699413
Editor notes
- To play the Stellaris mods linked in the changelog you need both the base Stellaris game and the Utopia DLC.
- Chronologically, from the point of view of the main character, the events from Gigastructural Engineering take place first, then the events of EaW's April Fools' path, and finally a separate Stellaris mod called Kaiser Kattail Faust Start.
- The name of the update is a pun on another popular HoI 4 mod called Kaiserreich. It is not, however, a part of this crossover.
- The update number is a reference to Stellaris' start date of 1st of January 2200. Other Stellaris' gameplay terms used include "origin", "ascension path", and "civic" (used here to mean "subideology").
- Once again, the keyword "outsourced" makes a return, referring to something that is not in EaW, but rather in the partner mod. This time it is explained somewhat at the end of the changelog.
- At the time of its release, this was the only way to play Abyssinia that is not a generic nation. This is still the case as of October of 2024, with actual Abyssinian content still in development.
- "Interactions with the Dread League, Equestria and the Griffonian Empire" refer to using relevant game rules for 2021, 2022, and 2023 April Fools' content respectively. You can enable any combination of them, even all three, to get the desired effect. The 2020 April Fools' content is not accounted for, possibly because it's not compatible with the 2022 one, forcing players to choose.
- The Liberation Front subideology and new models are not specifically related to the April Fools' content. They just happened to be implemented in the same patch. A special nation that forms late during this AF content happens to have the Liberation Front subideology, but some other regular leaders also use it.
- New portrait for Star Father is only visible when playing on a Katzenreich patch. It cannot be brought back when playing on the latest patch with the relevant game rule enabled.
- Unlike previous April Fools' patches, the relevant game rule is already implemented in this patch, which means that players who did not enjoy the content for any reason could simply disable it. That option, however, was marked as not allowing achievements (and by extension, awards). The post-AF patch simply changed the default option for the rule rather than implement it, this time only allowing awards with it disabled.
- "Removed Herobrine" joke returns from the 1.9.6.2 patch notes. The content itself also includes the construction of the underwater tunnel between Lake Rumare and the ocean which was mentioned in those patch notes as well (and was still a meme).
22.00.1.1 v2 "Katzenreich"
Released on 2024-04-02 with checksum 6573. On ModDB it overwrote the original patch 22.00.1.1.
🌑 “Katzenreich” 22.00.1.1 v2 🐱
Fixes and changes:
- Balance changes to Abyssinia content.
- Fixed some units being spawned in impassable states.
This update is save compatible with 22.00.1.1.
2.2.2.4 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-04-05 with checksum 0112. Some of the changes listed were already implemented during Katzenreich patches, but they were either never mentioned in those changelogs, or they were and are repeated here in a more serious tone.
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.4 🔥
Additions:
- Kaiser Kattail has escaped to the next universal cycle! He will return with the correct game rule enabled.
- 3D models have been updated for ponies, changelings and zebras.
- Added an artwork for the Mount Aris state lore.
- Liberation Front has been added as an subideology, and assigned to appropriate leaders.
- Added the Bomb Bays 2 technology with relevant modules for By Blood Alone owners.
Changes:
- Code refactored for improved performance, alongside removing obsolete DLC checks.
- Tobuck's Rose Rain can now become the country leader under specific circumstances.
- Reverted accidental addition of new voicelines.
- Assigned new icons for various equipment.
- Nerfed Logistic Strike mission for CAS planes, buffed the same for Tactical Bombers.
- Improved the namelist for dragons.
- If the game rule is set to start with an united River Federation, it will gain all relevant national spirits.
- Updated flags for communist Yale, Bronzehill, and the Kingdom of Gryphus.
- Gyzwindid Realm's Gyz Windborn has received an updated portrait.
Fixes:
- Gyzwindid Realm will no longer remove its own cores should it unite the Stormlands.
- Fixed Princess Luna (the corps commander) using the outdated portrait.
- Corrected Chital's Hira Ramachan receiving a wrong trait.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update is save compatible with 22.00.1.1 v2.
2.2.2.5 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-04-28 with checksum 71a8
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.5 🔥
Additions:
- Added tank anti-air radar module.
- New portraits for Gilda and Gallus in Griffonstone.
- Reworked flag for Rumare.
- New advisor icons for Rainbow Dash, Flash Magnus and Carrot Top in Equestria.
- Added new icons for air plane and tank modules.
- Added a new general in Changeling Lands.
- New portrait for Silver Star when he is redeemed in Wittenland.
Changes:
- Slightly weakened Hayzeb Federation's starting army.
- Equestria can now always take the decision to rename Stalliongrad if they own it.
- Gallus advisor in Griffonstone now has the Friendship School Graduate trait.
- Verany is now the historical leader of Aquileia.
- Personal union autonomy level now uses the same icon as in vanilla.
- In Bronzehill, Prelate Gunhild's subideology is now authoritarian theocracy.
- Strengthened modern turret tank module slightly.
- The decision to ask Flowena for a loan is no longer available if they cannot afford it.
- Tarrin now gets claims on Aquileia when completing certain focuses.
- Renamed Adelart's theocratic Aquileia formable.
- OT-26 tank variant in Stalliongrad is now a flame tank.
Fixes:
- Fixed all countries on Equus having a developed science base.
- After researching a racial technology and opening the technology screen, it will now properly show the racial technology tab.
- Arclight in River Republic and Applethorn in Farbrook are no longer available as advisors after becoming the country leader.
- United Free States in April Fools' content now check for controlled states not owned, and is formed later.
- Kaiser Kattail now gets claims on all the cores of the nations he attacks, and will automatically declare war on any nation happening to hold these cores
- Kaiser Kattail can now attack any Detached Countries.
- The Kirian Civil War will no longer be paused by Kaiser Kattail's attacks.
- Fixed Austurland getting extra rewards from raiding right away rather than when they win.
- Fixed several issues with province shapes and terrains.
- Fixed demilitarized subjects being able to switch into normal ones immediately.
- When Equestria triggers a civil war in Olenia, the harmonic side's focuses now reload properly.
- Asstyria and Anseruk now get claims on each other to ensure they annex rather than puppet.
- Fixed faulty modifier in Colthage's state devolution national spirit.
- Fixed issues with focus shine effects.
- If the constitutionalists won in Colthage, Coltva will now return any Colthaginian states they took.
- Tobuck decisions regarding party popularity now account for being harmonic.
- Vasile tree in Tobuck accounts for Colthaginian civil war tags when adding a state modifier.
- Fixed faulty focus check in Crack Lightning's Hippogriffia.
- Fixed DLC checks for Macawian planes.
- Fixed Flopparnold advisor from April Fools' content showing up in regular Abyssinia.
- Cleaned up some country borders in Twilight Theory April Fools' content.
- Adelart focus about recruiting Bernier now bypasses if Greifwald has him as leader.
- Sixth Great Hive Changeling Lands focus now accounts for puppet Olenia owning Vanhoover.
- Updated Canterlot Guard and Garrison templates in Changeling Lands.
- Fixed issues with Falcor creating resistance in Wingbardy.
- Hippogriffia now also white peaces the Great War if New Mareland also white peaced after Equestria capitulated.
- Fixed hitboxes for new 3D models being too large.
- Fixed Aquileian conquest decisions no longer being available after a target got annexed or subjugated by another country.
- Fixed a broken Stalliongrad focus icon.
- Gerza's and Star Father's Colthage now gain a generic focus tree after being puppeted.
- Tobuck focus to claim Warzena can now be taken if the country does not exist.
- Blocked Star Father's Colthage from recruiting and creating avian race operatives.
- Dehumanized some GFX.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.2.2.4, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.2.6 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-06-17 with checksum 0fc6
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.6 🔥
Additions:
- The Everfree Forest can now be annexed with a decision by anyone except Changeling Lands and Manehattan Protectorate.
- Added a decision to form the nation of Riseia for Osqat, Maretania, Re'em, Yemane and the Haymirite Kingdom.
- Replaced Aestlonian and Macawian placeholder country leaders with proper ones.
- Griffonian Republic's Reinhard Suntail can now unify with Bakara's Firm Scow.
- Resource prospecting decisions have been added all around the globe.
- Added artwork for the Vesalipolis state lore.
- Split the Mechanics tab of the welcome screen into New Mechanics and Changed Mechanics, for maintenance and translation purposes.
- Added a new general for Solar Empire, Azir and Macawia, and an advisor for communist Longsword.
- Added a new general and admiral for Posadist Hippogriffia.
- Added a female operative portrait for Abyssinia.
Changes:
- Implemented changes from HOI4 1.14.6 patch.
- Aquileia or one of its subjects must own Griffenheim before the former can take the decision "Hoist The Tricolour".
- Encryption and decryption technologies now offer a small boost in operative detection and evasion, respectively.
- Slightly increased Rumare's population.
- If the Everfree Forest exists, Kattail's Night in Canterlot focus now only requires owning Canterlot.
- Griffonian Republic no longer has suggestions or implications about assimilating "native" populace.
- Buffed stats for zebra Chargers and dragon units.
- Improved supply in northern Griffonia.
- Tank chassis can now use a maximum of one Anti-air Radar.
- Jungle pioneers and regular pioneers are now mutually exclusive.
- Sirens will no longer receive fantasy flavour events.
- Removed Suri Polomare advisor from New Mareland.
- Updated victory points for yeti nations.
- Rewrote ideology description for Equalism.
- Further code refactoring to improve performance.
- Updated flags for the Evian formable and fascist Asterion.
- Replaced an old naval themed loading screen with an improved one.
- Solar Empire's Daybreaker has received an updated portrait, with alternate portraits based on path chosen.
- Skynavia's Asper Sickleclaw has received an updated portrait.
- Asterion's Andris Dory and Maximin Kokkinos have received an updated portrait.
Fixes:
- Corrected multiple cases of non-DLC starting forces having incorrect equipment.
- Fixed an issue in Gerza's Colthage where a dynamic modifier had one of its stats wrongly defined.
- Kattail's Abyssinia can now integrate Manedalusia, and should no longer declare war on Warzena too early.
- Buildings should no longer be added in impassable states by various effects.
- Added missing bypasses for Aquileian wargoal foci.
- Aquileia will no longer get stuck in its focus tree if it can't reach House Erie and Avian.
- Corrected a Coltvan decision adding victory point value to a wrong province.
- Fixed a song's name preventing it from being played.
- Improved how a dynamic modifier was applied on Coltvan states.
- Chiropterra's Ocean Spray is now properly removed as a country leader in relevant circumstances.
- Dehumanised and fixed various GFX issues.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.2.2.5, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.2.7 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-08-12 with checksum afd0
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.7 🔥
Additions:
- Added some new content for New Mareland's government-in-exile path.
- Added a new Deerkind formable nation for deer countries.
- Added a new admiral for Thorax's changelings.
- Added a new general in Disciples of the Night.
- Added generic hyena portraits.
- Added economic decisions for New Mareland.
- Added new flag for Rosey Luxembark when forming Griffonian Empire.
- Added new starting national spirits for Mozzi and Gelon-Zornu.
- Added a unique spymaster advisor for Griffonian Republic.
- Added a decision for Chital to declare war on Colthage and Quaggatai.
- Added icons for Griffonian Empire's air chiefs.
Changes:
- You can now cancel raid border conflicts with a decision.
- Assigned various vanilla equipment icons to the equipment of various countries.
- Minor nation AI should now prioritize trucks more.
- Klugetown's formable decision is now available even if the required nations are puppeted instead of annexed.
- Aquileia no longer guarantees AI Adelart.
- All griffon countries can now white peace with New Mareland's overseas overlord/ally with a decision.
- The white peace offer to New Mareland's overseas overlord/ally is now always accepted by AI.
- Rebalanced Anseruk-Asstyria and Karkadannistan-Maretonia/Aestlonia wars.
- Yarikh, a general in Tobuck, now has traits and better stats.
- Randomly added buildings are now only added in core states.
- Wingbardy now gets Francistria's generals if the country is annexed via event.
- Updated AI code to match vanilla.
- Reduced the army experience costs of various generic military decisions.
- Renamed communist and fascist factions in the Arabian Civil War.
- Strengthened Mass Assault doctrine and the right half of Grand Battle Plan doctrine.
- Assigned MIOs/concerns to various starting production lines.
- Split Nova Griffonian as a new culture from Herzlander.
- Lushi can now get a proper science base.
- Griffonstone is no longer required for the Brodfeld-Lushi formable.
- Adjusted the shapes of some strategic regions in the Panthalassic Ocean.
- Made it easier to get heat specialist trait.
- Optimized the performance of numerous state-targeting decisions.
- Strengthened self-propelled guns.
- By default, AI countries can no longer kick out other nations from their faction.
- EaW's game rules should no longer block achievements/awards.
- Griffonian Republic now gets Aquileia's advisors upon peaceful unification.
- Improved license acceptance for having fewer technologies.
- Renamed Self-Reliance subideology to Great Leader Theory.
- Aquileia can now demand Tarrin from an ally.
Fixes:
- Fixed Daybreaker not getting a portrait if she ascends during a war.
- Fixed unbuildable SHBB3 without MtG DLC.
- Fixed terrain of various provinces.
- Fixed a Kiria event not swapping trade laws properly.
- Fixed some Hippogriffia events targeting New Mareland instead of Equestria.
- Fixed missing modules in some fighter planes given by focuses.
- Coltvan negotiation events no longer trigger if Colthage is at war with Coltva.
- Fixed Hippogriffia's focuses about declaring war not giving a warning to Hippone/The Ascendancy.
- Fixed Hippogriffia not being able to declare war on Trotkat via focus.
- If Colthage loses to Quaggatai, no white peaces should any longer happen between the two afterwards.
- Francistria can no longer voluntarily become a puppet during a war.
- Fixed one of Tarrin's flooding drainage decision not being available to other countries.
- Fixed bug where a state wasn't given to Northern Tribes when released as a puppet by The Ascendancy.
- Tarrin can now only ally other nations if it is the faction leader.
- Fixed some traits not being assigned properly in Tobuck.
- Fixed Lunar Empire conquest decisions from locking out when target becomes invalid during preparation.
- Lunar Empire focus targeting Olenia is no longer blocked if Olenia owns Changeling states.
- Fixed some civil wars not properly functioning as civil wars.
- Fixed Ygritte's portrait not upgrading when it should.
- Kasan core states no longer go to Hyperpotamia when it is released as a puppet by The Ascendancy.
- Fixed Abyssinia getting the Kaiser Kattail intelligence agency by default.
- Fixed Colthage getting duplicate/mutually exclusive Coltvan state modifiers.
- Fixed various issues with Prywhen.
- Removed terrain penalty reduction modifier from national spirits as it only works in traits.
- Fixed Yemane's harmonic leader's subideology not matching the country name.
- Fixed icons of various concerns/MIOs.
- Fixed non-aligned and communist Longsword being considered monarchies when they shouldn't be.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.2.2.6, but some fixes will require a new game.
2.2.2.8 "The Way of Fire"
Released on 2024-09-10 with checksum 6b76
🔥 “The Way of Fire” 2.2.2.8 🔥
Additions:
- Added artwork for various advisors in Griffonian Empire and generals in Strawberry Duchy.
- Added a new general for Dread League, Tarrin, Yale, Olenia, and Posadist Hippogriffia.
Changes:
- Implemented changes from HOI4 1.14.8 patch.
- Reorganised game rules and country buffing in a more sensible form.
- The outcome for Lushi accepting Hellquill's request can now be chosen directly.
- Gryphus' puppeting decisions now reward with some manpower.
- Colthage needs less compliance to core Coltva.
- With LaR, the focus "The Matter Of Internal Security" in Lunar Empire creates an agency.
- Warmaster decisions in Chiropterra now explicitly spell out the traits for ingoing advisors.
- Adjusted values for various victory points.
- Updated Bronzehill's Rosey Luxembark country flag.
- Barrad's Asinti and cyborg Leopold have received an updated portrait.
Fixes:
- Romau now keeps the generic tank and naval designer without AAT.
- Assigned MIOs for starting production where it was missing.
- Fixed a character related crash in Colthage.
- Fixed diplomacy decisions for Coltva not appearing.
- Fixed several foci for militarist Colthage not bypassing.
- Fixed Gina de Gioia being transferred to Wingbardy when she shouldn't be.
- "Establish Flussland" decision for the Griffonian Empire and "Establish Ordensstaat Flussland" focus for Yale no longer target potential cores.
- Resolved issues with the Arabian strait rules.
- Countries should no longer lose their colour in the culture map mode after a civil war.
- Peace conference now correctly bypasses in an edge case involving Equestria and Hippogriffia.
- Palace building decision in Stalliongrad can no longer be spammed.
- Aquileia can no longer annex Tarrin during a war.
- Griffonian Republic can now declare war on nations that leave the Republican Pact.
- Warmaster Dawnclaw is no longer the leader of the supremacy party should civil war occur in Griffonian Republic.
- Flowena can no longer spawn mercenary units if it doesn't control the city of Flowena.
- Various Polar Bear fixes.
- Various terrain fixes.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
- Miscellaneous localisation fixes.
This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.2.2.7, but some fixes will require a new game.