CK2 Dev Diary #108 - Achievements & Appearances

- Added an extra setting to the 'Chinese Interactions' game rule: Restricted, which restricts the diplomatic range of China to the eastern portion of the map permanently. - Removed the "Restricted" setting from the 'Dueling' game rule, so it now only has two modes: - "Default", requiring your target to be a logical one, and penalties are applied for dueling "unsuitable" targets (such as priests or non-warrior women). - "Unrestriced", allowing you to duel almost anyone, while the heavier penalties for unsuitable targets are removed. - Added the ‘Exclave Independence’ Game Rule, with the purpose of eliminating disconnected land on succession. As long as the new ruler during a succession isn’t at war, their exclaves should be set independent according to the setting. If the AI is at war during succession, they will try to remove exclaves once every year until such a time they are no longer at war (does not apply to Players). Settings: - Off - The default option, no removal. - Limited - Exclaves of Independent Rulers at peace will be removed on succession unless they are connected to the Capital area with gaps no larger than one County, via a naval path or part of the characters primary De Jure territory. - Limited (Naval) - Exclaves of Independent Rulers at peace will be removed on succession unless they are connected to the Capital area with gaps no larger than one County, via a limited naval path (1000 distance units) or part of the characters primary De Jure territory. - Significant - Exclaves of Independent Rulers at peace will be removed on succession unless they are connected via a naval path or part of the characters primary De Jure territory. - Harsh - Exclaves of Independent Rulers at peace will be removed on succession unless as they are connected via a limited naval path (1000 distance units) or part of the characters primary De Jure. - Total - Exclaves of Independent Rulers at peace will be removed on succession unless as they are connected via a limited naval path (1000 distance units). Disables Achievements. - Revamped Crusades for Catholics and Fraticelli - A new preparation phase added before the Crusades launch, where characters pledge to join the Crusade and the Pope try to gather as many Catholics/Fraticellis as possible to support the Crusade - Added a new "pot" mechanic to the Crusades, which will spread out prestige, piety, gold and artifacts after a successful campaign, to all the most participating members of the Crusade - A player can now have a dynasty member as their Beneficiary for the Crusades, which will be their recipient if the Crusade is successful - The Crusade Titles will be split between the beneficiaries of all the most participating members of the Crusade, and the "Crusader King/Queen" - The Crusader King/Queen is decided by the most participating member of the Crusade, it can either be the participating Crusader, their beneficiary or the official papal Crusade recipient - If the player is the most participating Crusader and give away the titles to their Beneficiary, they get an event which will let them start playing as their Beneficiary, the new Crusader King/Queen - Added new Crusade events - A chance for Crusader States to appear - The Shepherds Crusade has been reworked - Holy Orders - Holy Orders have their own government form to make them more distinct from normal Feudal characters - Holy Orders will no longer stick around if they feel their liege is unfit to rule - The Knights Hospitaller really wants an island - Rebalanced the money borrowing from Holy Orders - Revamped Dueling - Personal Combat Rating now ranges roughly between 1-100 instead of the old 1-5. - The outcomes of duels are calculated more carefully. - Duel events have been completely rewritten. - High enough Intrigue unlocks a special option that can be used to affect the outcome. - Revamped Battle events - Personally leading a flank of your army now gives the army a 10% morale boost - Old battle events have been remade and rewritten. - New battle events have been added, often to allow dueling on the battlefield. - Outcomes are better calculated. - Added blood and mud splatter portrait effects. - Map Update to Africa - 63 new provinces spread across the continent - Reshaped all existing provinces for increased geographical and historical accuracy - Updated the names of a large number of provinces and titles for increased historical accuracy - 6 new cultures: Daju, Kanuri, Zaghawa, Hausa, Songhay, and Soninke - Reworked North Africa - New empire of Maghreb, consisting of the kingdoms of Maghreb (Mauretania) and Africa - 5 new duchies - Reworked West Africa - 2 new kingdoms, Ghana and Songhay - 4 new duchies - Added the region of Central Africa - New empire of Kanem-Bornu - 2 new kingdoms, Kanem and Hausaland - 7 new duchies - Adjusted rivers to accomodate for the newly added Lake Chad - Map Update to Poland - General overhaul to the DeJure territory of the Kingdom of Poland - Vistula (major) river tweaked to be more geographically accurate - (Minor) river Oder tweaked for more geographical accuracy. (Minor) rivers Warta and Bug added - 6 new provinces, mostly improving granularity in Mazovia and Lesser Poland - All old provinces moved and reshaped for more consistency - Some updated provincial Coats of Arms - Map Update to Pomerania & Eastern Germany - (Major) river Elbe tweaked to be more geographically accurate - Province of Bytow added to the Duchy of Pomeralia and province of Neumark added to the Duchy of Pomerania (both now at 3 provinces each) - Bohemian / Czech provinces moved down south a bit to be more geographically accurate - New province of Lausitz in the Duchy of Meissen - Reshaping of provinces neighbouring reshaped Elbe (especially Brandenbourg which is a bit less blobby now) - Map Update to the Baltics - Major overhaul to the Baltic region (mostly encompassing the Kingdom of Lithuania's DeJure territory) - (Major) river Daugava moved and reshaped a bit for more accuracy - Minor river crossings in Lithuania reshaped for more accuracy - 7 provinces added to enhance pre-Livonian Order flavour - New duchy of Latgale added - All old provinces in the DeJure Lithuanian Kingdom's territory have been reshaped for more historical & cultural accuracy - New kingdom of Estonia, formable by holding the duchies of Estonia and the new duchy of Kalava - Map Update to Finland - 8 new provinces in Finland, improving mobility and spread noticeably in the area - 2 new duchies in Finland (Ostrobothnia and Savonia) - 1 new province in Lapland, in the duchy of Kola - Map Update to Upper Burgundy and the Swiss area - 7 New Provinces added - 2 New Duchies added - County of Bourgogne split into 5 parts (Varais, Portois, Amous, Escuens and Montbeliard), all five moved into the new Duchy of Franche Comté - Schwyz (old Grisons), Zurichgau (old Schwyz) and Thurgau (old St. Gallen) moved into new Duchy of Upper Swabia - A part of the County of Lombardia has been cut off to make the new province Bellinzona - A part of Montferrat and Savoy has been cut off to make the new province Aosta - Map Update to Norway - 6 New Provinces added - 2 New Duchies added - The new province Gudbrandsdal opens up a new pathway across the mountains to make it easier to get between the western and eastern parts of the country

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