V1.4.1c Ugly American Patch C

Ugly American Patch C is the v1.4.1c patch for The New Order released on April 26, 2023, mainly fixing on bugs and balance changes of the Ugly American v1.4.1 update

Bug Fixes

US and OFN Bug Fixes

• Starting USA-German tension now matches listed tension events
• North Sea sea zone adjusted to correct position in Cold War GUI
• Writing Nixon's name in Chinese will no longer make him immune from strikes from the Madagascar proxy
• Iceland Election decisions now hide after 5 media cycles to prevent planning one after the election
• Germany's Iceland Election leak decisions now check that the US has select a tone or appeal, rather than checking Germany twice
• Fixed Media Cycle timer losing loc after the last media cycle of the Icelandic election
• News event for Iceland leaving the OFN now only happens once
• Fixed several Canadian techs with broken GFX
• The Shetlands' strongest patriots will no longer resist tyrannical Canadian rule
• Yockey's election now properly reduces tension with the Germans
• Fixed Hart Breaker achievement missing an icon when it was not eligible to get in a run
• Corrected name of the Flower Class corvettes
• OFN faction status loc updated to new members in UA
• The Faroes will no longer join the ComIntern
• Further purged Nationalist senators cloning themselves
• Schlafly has remembered the number 4
• Schlafly's article complaining about the Mandates properly triggers once again
• Kirkpatrick no longer writes an essay on supporting Matkovsky's Magadan if Werbell has taken over
• US no longer gets a decision to increase suspicion of Japan if Japan has been forced out of TK
• Operation Checkmate chain is no longer missing loc on one event
• Margaret Chase Smith's name is now spelt correctly in the election GUI
• Fixed wrong Columbia being used in DC's name on election GUI
• Fixed event chain in response to Bennett tree breaking with best result
• The events for Harrington talking with the teachers' unions now trigger properly
• Harrington can now properly get radical education reform
• Cantave coup now properly puts Léon Cantave in charge now and updates party pops

Germany and Pakt Bug Fixes

• Germany's Battle for England's North Sea Naval Exercises decision once again has an effect
• Fixed the US not being in the Battle for England if Thatcher starts it before the inauguration of the 1964 president
• Battle for England tab is now properly removed once it finishes
• After Germany wins the Battle for England, UE leaders are no longer told focuses they don't have are going to be completed
• German RND/HVA can no longer get negative agents from doing standard missions
• Standard RND/HVA missions now check if you have agents available
• Media Manipulation mission checks for the correct amount of expertise now
• Germany is now informed of Maurice's disappearance, allowing the RND/HVA to kill him
• Fixed several Bormann ideas missing icons
• Fixed numerous instances where Speer focuses try to change world tension, but lack the scripted effect
• Speer's Germania-Danzig Railway is now created properly
• Slave Revolt no longer causes parts of Eastern Europe to get negative GDP
• Slave Revolt no longer destroys everything in Nordstern
• Fixed several Polish cities missing names during the Slave Revolt
• Germany is no longer told lifting the American embargo will allow Guangdong to sell to them
• Fixed Ostland not losing the Prussian Values spirit post-CW in some scenarios
• Fixed Welsh shipbuilding for non-MtG owners
• Democratic Norway won't rejoin the Pakt if it has a Pakt Observer faction status in Bormann's route
• Pleiger's Reichskommissariat Kaukasien will join the German economic sphere properly in Bormann's route
• Dönitz's Crimea will join the German economic sphere properly in Bormann's route
• Fixed the espionage decision where one could search for Che despite the fact the Paraguayan state no longer existed
• The focus Edward's Trip to Germania will now account for Hitler's condition
• Burgundian economists can no longer find an extra 10B GDP a month after the endgame economic collapse

Japan and Co-Prosperity Sphere Bug Fixes

• Guangdong AI can no longer take the debug decision for target markets
• Guangdong Riots no longer occasionally start with one less state in rioter control than expected
• Japan now gets Cold War points from the Shonan-leaning ceasefire
• Lon Nol's coming to power now properly changes Cambodia to Military-Directed econ subtype
• Fixed scripted loc for the surname of Guangdong's security minister returning their given name instead for everyone except Ōmori
• Fixed GAW w/o 100% legitimacy playing the wrong Super Event audio
• Fixed North China not demilitarized in Western Insurrection
• Fixed North China Political Council not showing up after ROC is defeated which makes ROC impossible post-GAW

Italy and Triumvirate Bug Fixes

• The Greek-Turkish border wars during the ITW now take into account the changes in Greek states and will function correctly
• Fixed that damn Italy focus that upgrades a rail through the Balkans (why won't it stop breaking)
• Fixed one of the Muslim Brotherhood's units not spawning correctly
• Athens state lore now correctly states it was made capital in 1834 instead of 1932
• Fixed effects of Scorza ITW peace-deal
• Corrected several Italian focuses to improve existing ports instead of building a second bigger port immediate next to the first one
• Fixed many instances in Italy tree where forts were build in the wrong provinces
• Iberian Wars finally have a sidebar for its Global Conflicts tab

Africa Continent Changes

• The Malagasy no longer use clones of the German Garrison to lead the 2nd Malagasy Uprising
• Fixed Paktkommission für Madagaskar not showing its leader bio
• Madagascar factions now have vacant ministers in their slots
• The Boere Volksraad now becomes leader properly after Hertzog's and Malan's resignations
• Fixed wrong news events and superevents firing after Reichsstaat collapse
• South Africa will no longer get further displeasure with the Pakt if they are at war with the Afrika-Schild

Carribean and South American Bug Fixes

• Event warning Germany of Puerto Plata Invasion now works again
• Ceasefire following Puerto Plata should give CL/DRF appropriate starting readiness
• Decision "Instigate Insider Attack" now has cost
• Dominican government is no longer focused on garrisoning during the Dominican Civil War
• Fixed several Colombia CW decisions missing proper cost triggers
• Bolivia-Santa Cruz war now shows conflict in the current region on the World Tension map
• Fixed timing on Paraguay Invasion event change so the Conference between the Triple Alliance only occurs after FULNA wins the Bush War
• Fixed Brazil event referring to Che being in Argentine custody rather than Chilean
• Brazilian Colombia CW intervention event now will always have an option appear

Russian Bug Fixes

• Fixed Central Siberia not being able to invade all of the Divine Mandate collapse warlords
• Novosibirsk occupying Kemerovo now properly increases GDP of the state
• Added missing Suslov events for expelling Zhdanov and Bukharina from the Communist Party of Komi
• Fixed New Tomsk not getting the proper generals in AM

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

• Performance issues ameliorated, but the root cause is still unknown
• Fixed espionage techs giving a popup with the incorrect icon and no tech name
• Espionage research is no longer reset if you select your next research before closing the tech complete popup
• State dynamic modifiers now stay with the state view box
• Global tension changes now display one decimal instead of zero
• Added loc for next unit xp levels for Ships and Air Wings
• Fixed ł incorrectly displaying as Ō in event descs
• Ledger no longer uses ideologies from pre-TT

Balance Changes

• Sony can no longer obtain Harsh Regulations
• Adjusted some Britain reconstruction decision costs
• Adjusted some Russian warlords' poverty value for balancing purposes
• Adjusted Second Philippine Republic's "A Listless Spirit" values to be less penalizing

QoL Improvements

Russian QoL Improvements

• Shortened focus times on Chita's Fort branch

Other Changes

German and Pakt Changes

• Going down the anti-Himmler path of Speer's tree now increases Burgundy's chance to collapse
• Adjusted Burgundy collapse chances to account for removed Burgundy RND mission
• Speer's war against the Schörner's mutiny is now named Fall Otto in world tension menu
• Added additional flavor to some England focuses
• Iran's econ type changed from National Socialist Corporatism to Dirigisme

Cold War Changes

• Madagascar CW appears as the Second Malagasy Uprising in Tension menu
• Suharto and Nasution will leave both Japanese sphere and faction if one of them wins in the Indonesian war
• Haitian and Dominican Civil Wars are now classified as civil wars
• Puerto Plata Invasion is now properly named that in war list
• Creating the Malagasy Airforce will increase Japanese contribution and investment
• Jumpstart Malagasy Arms Production will reduce military costs instead of civilian
• Overhauled Madagascar skeletons

US and OFN Changes

• CIA regions locced
• Format of Wallace's tree has been altered to be more pleasing to the eye
• US fleet naming now matches actual US fleet names
• US election GUI cleaned up to increase performance (1/3 GB purged)
• Changes to the presidential election animation
• Moved Jamaican Independence Referendum to 1967

Russian Changes

• Removed the 'Tver Karelian' minority in Tver
• Kemerovo superregional reunification news event now accounts for the leader of the country

Italian Sphere and Middle East

• Removed Functionless Italian Empire GUI
• Iraq and Yemen have Triumvirate Member faction statuses now
• Reworked Turkish States
• Reworked Syrian States
• Reworked Iraq-Mosul border
• Split Middle East Strategic Region into Levant and Mesopotamia

Other Changes

• Removed most instances of hardcoded scripted loc, which allows our translation teams to edit said loc far easier
• Many left-over non-character leaders converted to characters or changed to use loc keys instead of hardcoded names
• Replaced all mentions of MPLA with PLUAA
• Changed the colors of Serbian and Croatian cultures
• Renamed Asia Minor Strategic Region to Anatolia
• Fixed some Greek VP locations
• Diego Garcia and the Chagossians are now classified under the African Creole culture instead of Austronesian
• Several slightly updated Ibuka Silicon Years icons