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
- Performance issues ameliorated, but the root cause is still unknown
- Starting USA-German tension now matches listed tension events
- 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
- North Sea sea zone adjusted to correct position in Cold War GUI
- 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
- 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'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
- 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 SE audio
- Fixed North China not demilitarized in WI
- Fixed NCPC not showing up after ROC is defeated which makes ROC impossible post-GAW
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Event warning Germany of PPI invasion now works again
- 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 Party
- Fixed New Tomsk not getting the proper generals in AM
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