GAME ENGINE

• Updated tooltips for mismanagement warnings
• Fixed an issue in the "Balance of Power" scenario that could cause a small error

• Adjusted the positioning of the Western European map for better accuracy
• Refined borders along the North Atlantic Ridge in North America to better reflect economic and political realities
• Updated the Theater Map to accurately reflect changes in the North American map

• Fixed an issue where placing INFLUENCE from a policy did not display the Theater Map and incorrectly kept the player on the Policy Selection Screen

• Updated USSR decisions in Wargames for enhanced strategic options
• Fixed an error that occurred when displaying the USSR Weapons programs

• Corrected animation positions for Submarine units in the Arctic region
• Improved positioning of Western European Submarine units in the Arctic to enhance readability
• Fixed an issue where reorganizing Bomber Commands, Fighter Commands, Submarine Fleets, and Carrier Fleets were incorrectly shown as participating in nuclear attacks during nuclear launch simulations

• Updated the title menu to clearly indicate when you are editing a mod
• Fixed an issue where removing the Focus file in a mod caused an error message to be displayed in the Editor

GAME ENGINE + Engine updated to Unity 2021.3.44f1 for Long term support + Added and enhanced various visual aspects of the game + Enhanced tool-tips for USSR and USA mismanagement warning DECISIONS + Updated USSR ELITES and PEOPLES decisions in Wargames GAME EDITOR + Fixed an issue where the game editor was throwing an error when selecting a Leader referencing an ability that does not exist AI + Fixed a bug where the AI would sometimes get stuck on savegame focus selection

• Fixed editor throwing an error when selecting a Leader referencing an ability that does not exist
• Fixed division by zero
• Logging data to help fix log report related to tutorial highlight not working with Reconnect the Department of Defense policy in The Big Picture
• Fixed exception due to focus management screen not updating focuses due to game progress (e.g. player A stays in focus mgmt screen, player B ends focus, player A selects expired focus -> exception)
• Using leader Resupply ability no longer causes an exception when the ability causes the leader to expire
• Fixed exploit caused by leader ability menu not closing after using leader ability that does not end turn (e.g. using Supply which kills the leader, and then using Consolidate)
• Fixed Supply leader ability not using the correct notification when used
• Steam initialization exception are now logged remotely
• Errors when clicking on a mod entry in the editor due to Steam checking upload feasibility now handled gracefully and logged remotely

Commanders, Seth here... Has it really been since May since the last diary? Well, that does not mean that the Cold War engineers have not been working hard to bring more features, more fixes, and more design into Terminal Conflict. If you heard the whistle, its because we are fully engaged to deliver even more updates and Dev Diaries. Announcing that production has started of Terminal Conflict version 1.2 with all hands on deck. Weve also upgraded our equipment to deliver even better streams and content post-launch of version 1.2, when Terminal Thursdays streams will return. We love our community and so keep engaging with us on Discord, and on the Steam forums as we appreciate and value hearing from you. Join our Discord here!

As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

Still blessing those rains...

African Command Economy

Fifth International

Eastern Decolonization

People's Revolution

Comecon Africa

Cold War Balance of Power Bundle

In closing

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• NEW Trigger added for faction Region Domination (5 INFLUENCE)
• Fixed exception when moving unit from arctic to theater not bordering the Arctic
• Upgraded to Unity 2021.3.7
• Fixed ability to navigate to folders outside the wargame in the Editor
• Fixed name of editor image text sprite
• CPU optimization: update focus/policy text in theater com every 300ms instead of checking every frame
• When downloading mods from Steam, report attempt to register the same mod twice instead of throwing an error to the user.
• Attempting to fix an OOS occurring during apocalypse:
• Region scoring takes units into account
• Each faction calculates region scores for both factions, and the score is influenced by the units situated in the region
• When faction A estimates the score for a region targeted by faction B containing units owned by A, faction A will always take these units into account, because faction A is aware of all these units existing
• When faction B estimates the score for a region targeted by faction B containing units owned by A, faction B might not take the same units into account, because faction B's visibility for these units might be different
• This skews the simulation scores, leading to OOS
• The implemented solution is to keep track of unit visibility from the opponent's point of view as well and use that during the nuke simulation process.
• Fixed an issue where units that can do nuclear strikes can still incorrectly launch nukes despite being set to reorganize
• Fixed an issue where Panama had the wrong population numbers
• Fixed an issue where Honduras had incorrect population numbers

• NEW MPLA Movement, Mau Mau Rebellion and PAIGC Rebellion now activates USSR Eastern Decolonization policy
• NEW SWAPO Rebellion and Somali coup d'tat now activates USSR People's Revolution policy
• Updated description for FRELIMO Movement to better reflect the gain of 2 Government

• NEW Added USSR Sub-Saharan Policy AFRICAN COMMAND ECONOMY: Set ELITES to 1. Gain 1 VP for each USSR FINANCE. Conditions: (1) USSR must have at least 10 INFLUENCE in Sub-Saharan Africa OR DOMINATION in at least one region in Sub-Saharan Africa AND (2) at least 1 FINANCE
• NEW EASTERN DECOLONIZATION: Spend 3 ELITES. Gain 5 USSR INFLUENCE in SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
• NEW PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION: Gain 1 INFLUENCE in all local WAR ZONES and trigger a new WAR ZONE in a USA CONTROLLED region in SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
• NEW COMECON AFRICA: Gain 3 USSR INFLUENCE in a SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN region with USSR PRESENCE.
• Fixed an issue where some policies where incorrectly activated
• Activated African Command Economy in Balance of Power Scenario

• Fixed a Typo a the Design Dispute decision

Greetings Commanders! As we approach the dog days of summer, we are coming in hot with some updates! Much like the weather, things continue to heat up with brand new content. Lets talk about some of it, shall we?

Everything counts in large amounts

Focusing On Focuses

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• NEW Regional Population and pop growth data & implementation
• Reduced pop growth random variation from +-25% to +-5%
• Population shown in tooltip also in non-debug mode
• NEW Death calculator implemented for Nuclear Apocalypse
• Updated Nuclear targeting that would sometimes cause an out of sync
• NukeMiniSimulation() considers all nuke-capable units again with every new round
• Fixed an issue where launching a Nuclear Apocalypse would incorrectly disconnect the opponent
• NEW Activated the domestic interest marker to be shown for enemy focuses at focus selection to deepen
• the type of strategies that can be played when selecting enemy focuses
• Removed space from theater influence text in Focus card
• Fixed an issue where multiplayer games could incorrectly end mid-game and disconnect
• Updated Excel file for MIEA UN Partition Plan
• Fixed a bug when launching a False Flag operation in Carpathian-Ukrainian Zone an Invalid Operation exception occurs
• Fixed a bug where disarming did not properly update the Global Map
• Fixed an issue where when attacking a reorganizing enemy naval unit from the arctic in an enemy controlled region, instead of a war zone being declared the enemy unit is incorrectly set to withdrawal.
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes wrongly display the policies with the enemy coloring
• Unity upgrade to 2021.3.1f1

• Fixed an issue where Sud-Afrikaanse Weermag would incorrectly add influence to ALL regions with Soviet Control or Domination instead of ONE

• Fixed an issue where the Warsaw Pact effects would incorrectly overflow the notification field when implemented.

• Operation Balak has have it's option upgraded to:
• Option 1 - Provide arms covertly vi Czechoslovakia (+1 Power to DAVID BEN-GURION, -1 Military, +1 Government)
• Option 2 - Openly defy the embargo (+2 Power to DAVID BEN-GURION, +2 Finance, -1 Military, +1 Doomsday Clock)
• Option 3 - Provide a cultural exchange instead (-1 USSR Influence in Levantian Zone, +2 People)
• Fixed a few typos in the Western European Wirtschaftswunder decision chains
• Fixed an issue where the US decision Enemy Activity would incorrectly show up as to have a hidden bonus.

• Added hotseat support in debug menu
• Added a debug option to force the AI to always select a specific posture to make testing easier
• Footer divide is no longer active when the progress dialogue is active

Commanders! Seth here. I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter and Passover break. Lets get right to it cause I am as excited as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Its the end of April already and that really blows my mind, but things have been hot and furious in the land of the Cold War, with Terminal Conflict. I have been hinting at some things going on and today I get to let you in on some of these events. As you know, we continue to tune, improve and enhance the game from fixs to new features and content to even improving underlying systems and AI. We are always keeping our ears to the ground to see what directions the community is interested in. We continue in 2022 to move forward with this path. We are also expanding the Strategy Mill team! Today, with great pleasure, I get to announce that we are being joined by legendary game developer Yoshitomo Moriwaki (Tomo). He brings with him over 24 years of multiple discipline game development. Tomo, being the Lead Designer on Spiderman and the Creative Director on Spiderman 2 (he even designed the much-loved web-swinging system!) will make an excellent innovative addition to our strategic focus. We are excited for Tomo to be joining us in the design role, and bringing fresh eyes and ideas into the DNA of Strategy Mill.
Many will also recognize Tomo as the Creative Director of the award winning game Epic Tavern with his team at Hyperkinetic Studios, of which he is the co-founder. Epic Tavern, which Geek and Sundry calls D&D meets the Sims but its much more than that, its about storytelling with a tavern management layer on top. Epic Tavern is available in Steam Early Access now with the goal of a 2022 full release. Having been a strategy gamer for many years he remembers the days of playing Steel Panthers and seeing tanks designations such as Sd.Kfz and then doing a deep dive to find out all the information of what is better known as the Panzer 3 and its stats and role during the war. YouTube fans will also recognize him from the Game Wisdom podcasts. Check out our last episode on "Do Video Games Need Humanlike AI?" featuring Tomo, Seth, Gellert, and Josh Bycer. I will tease that the next episode in planning is about the educational applications of strategy gaming. We look to record in the first week of may. If you want even more, come to our Discord and chat with him directly of course.

What's happening next

In closing

Commanders... Hey folks, we have some interesting things to mention for our update today regarding Easter! But first, would it be one of our holiday updates without an image from the cold-war presidential archives?
President and First Lady Carter are ready to board Marine One for an Easter at Camp David There was a hop on the White House lawn!

Easter Break

Easter Eggs

The GRE(AAR)T Giveaway!

• Eyes Only
• Supreme Commander
• Flower Power
• The Original Soundtrack

Greetings commanders! First off, we may develop strategy war games, but we wanted to make a statement regarding world events as we deplore the loss of any human life and feel saddened by the events of the Russo-Ukrainian War. We hope that strategy games can help humankind reflect on our shared humanity, especially in a conflict with the deadly combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons. We urge, therefore, for calm and for a swift return to peace and dialogue. - Gellert Keresztes. Seth here and today we are going to talk about some recent additions that have gone into the game. The team is in very active development and there are some great additions lined up for Terminal Conflict in the coming months. We are also expanding the team, so follow our Twitter and look at the post on the Steam forums for all our other locations. Click here to check out places to find us, get help or even sync up for a game or two, or find out what we are working on. Second, as promised, weve been busy with updating the balance and ways the US can operate in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The US in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub Saharan Scramble

American Culturalization

Western Decolonization

Merchants Of Liberty

In Closing

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where nuclear war would sometime cause the opponent to incorrectly get a disconnect message instead of a victory message
• Improved the way targeting works for nuclear war
• Fixed an issue where nuclear targeting would sometimes cause an Out of Sync issue
• Nukes launched from the Arctic are always fired from the same special Arctic position to prevent OOS from client & master having differing sub positions
• Fixed policy enactment not updating UI in case of Interest mismanagement
• Fixed THE BIG PICTURE lacking a draw description text resulting in exception when quitting and saving
• Updated several issue to further improve performance on slower computers
• Fixed an issue where Disarming would sometimes not properly register on the Global Map
• Fixed an exploit where a player incorrectly could attack and then send a unit back to command reserve in the same turn

• Added the ability to disable screen reflection seen on the Terminal in the options menu to improve performance on older GFX cards

• Treaty of Lagos now activates SUB-SAHARAN SCRAMBLE policy
• FNLA Movement now activates AMERICAN CULTURALIZATION policy
• An African Base, Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag and RENAMO Forces now activate MERCHANTS OF LIBERTY policy
• UNITA Forces and Congo Crisis now activates Western Decolonization Policy

• Updated Policies for Balance of Power
• NEW Added MERCHANTS OF LIBERTY: Spend 3 MILITARY to place 4 USA INFLUENCE in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• NEW Added WESTERN DECOLONIZATION: Spend 3 ELITES. Gain 5 USA INFLUENCE in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Fixed an issue where triggering Glasnost would sometimes not reward 10VP to the USSR
• Fixed an issue where the ASEAN Declaration did not show the correct Soviet effect

• Fixed a typo with the Chinese Civil War

Hey folks, its Seth here, and this is a very exciting day for the Terminal Conflict team. Not only do I get to (re)introduce you to a talented team member, but I also get to announce the release of our much requested original soundtrack. Here is a the legendary composer James Spence himself explaining the work process, for those that have missed it. [previewyoutube=ng_pp3Xt8QQ;full][/previewyoutube] James captures the essence, ambiance and sounds of the Cold War in Terminal Conflict. Regional cues to the music of that area and even instruments are used, provide the flavor to the theaters of operation. The dark seriousness of certain theaters can give way to the regions that invoke a feeling of progress or devastation. Immersion is the key for the soundtrack and the words atmosphere and tension are not enough to do justice to his wonderful work. A 12 year veteran in video game soundtrack production, James' path to fame started with his wonderful work creating music in the UK and later in Japan, where he has been based for many years. His soundtrack for Paradox Interactive and BI-Logics Hearts of Iron: East Vs. West game and recently the soundtrack for the GOTY contender Suzerain, has earned him many fans in the strategy and gaming community. We are proud to present to you his wonderful Original Soundtrack for Terminal Conflict both in high quality mp3 and lossless FLAC version. You can find James's mentioned work here: Terminal Conflict OST Suzerian OST Hearts Of Iron: East Vs, West Bandcamp Page We also have a surprise for you! We are going to give away a copy of the soundtrack to a lucky person. Its going to be really easy to enter. Simply leave a comment to the development diary on Steam and we will enter you into the giveaway. The winner will be announced via the Strategy Mill Twitter channel and on Discord, by me on the 31st of March during Terminal Thursday. Make sure to add a follow to get more of or content directly delivered to you! While you are there, get into a multiplayer game with the devs or the community. One of these days, I swear I will take you on, so come on in even if you are new! I look forward to our next diary where I will be talking about how the drums of war echo into night. MIGHTY CHEERS! -Seth

Happy Lunar New Year, as we exit the year of the ox and enter the year of the tiger, this would be a great chance to talk a little about Chinese pandas and the role they played in diplomacy during the Cold War. First, let us start off with some less furry topics! What would a holiday be without a Steam Sale, and what would a community announcement be without a notice of a discount? Starting today January 27th at 10 AM PST and going on till February 3rd, you can get Terminal Conflict and all the DLC for 30% off. This is an excellent deal, especially if you want to buy a copy for your friend so you can show him whos who on the grand geopolitical stage. Dont have the fantastic Eyes Only DLC? Then this is the best time to get it. Remember in a multiplayer game only one person has to have the DLC for it to be available to both players! Here is a little tip, dont tell anyone. Usually if there is a bundle deal, there is a discount beforehand and then you get the other discount for the sale. So look at the bundles as you can get some super savings this way.

Cold War Changes

No Pandas in the War Room

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where rebasing a figher or bomber command outside the focus theater would not correctly require 1 people interests

• Promoting Peng to Marshall now only requires 10 power
• Added US consulate siege decisions for Lin Biao
• Added Funeral decision for Lin Biao

• Fixed an issue where the terminals would be stuck in Ultra Wide resolution
• Added updated set of Faction buttons
• Fixed a space race researched incorrect opponent faction icon color

• Fixed various smaller bugs
• Fixed a few typos

In the season's spirit, we send you our sincerest appreciation for the support you have awarded us with brand new content. Ho ho ho!

MIRVIN BACKGROUND STORY

• A lot of new content has gone into the game with over 16 new focuses, 30+ new policies and the creation of an in-game encyclopedia to name a few.
• We put in a multiplayer save system for when things are boiling over in real life and you need to take a break.
• The AI underwent a good deal of improvement and tuning.
• The mod system has and is undergoing improvements based on the wishes of the modding community.
• The game engine underwent a major update to bring it in line with newer hardware.

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue for MacOS where users would incorrectly be informed to run Terminal Conflict in 32 bit setup instead of the correct 64 bit
• Fixed an issue where booting up Terminal Conflict on MacOS would incorrectly give an error message regarding the Steam API library
• Can now easily switch between Full-screen and Windowed mode
• Screen resolution can now be adjusted in the Options menu in-game
• Added full graphical support for Wide XGA 1280 x 720 pixels, Full HD 1920 x 1080, UltraWide 2560 x 1080, and Ultra-Wide 4K 3840 x 1600 resolutions.
• Medium resolution (HD 1920 x 1080) is now defined as the default resolution

• TOP SECRET - Season terminal elements - ENABLED

• Suspended the 60 second timer when deploying influence after disarming

• Updated several graphical elements in the Flower Power, Supreme Commander and Eyes Only DLCs.

• Fixed an issue where the terminals would not be shown correctly in Ultra Wide resolution
• Fixed text in screen resolution button
• Added updated Faction buttons

• Fixed several typos and minor issues

Hello commanders, for today we have a really fun community announcement. Not only is it the Autumn Steam sale, but it is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. While you most likely already know that, let me hopefully delight you with some things you did not know. So lets fire up our terminals before the American commanders put their turkeys in the oven. I am Seth and this is your Thanksgiving Community Announcement.

Autumn Steam Sale

Turkey Talk

Comrades, today we have a treat for you. Fire up your terminals, I am Seth and this is your Development Diary for November 18.

Saving the System

Modding

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Updated minimum recommended requariments to macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or better
• Currently Steamworks does not support integration with Apple M1

• Multiplayer save games - Single-player saves are shown in single player mode and multi-player saves are shown in challenge mode
• When multiplayer match is saved, game sets to draw for both players
• Game shows multiplayer challenge menu in case ended game is a multiplayer one
• Fixed faulty lingering connection issues after disconnection
• Savegame deleted if NO SAVE is pressed, but not if disconnection occurs
• Updated the Save Game and Surrender Game option for Quitting a game session
• Added updates to the Space Race Order of Battle
• Added an OOBSpaceRace.json to set starting OOB for the Space Race
• OOS checker hopefully generates fewer false positives
• OOS checker logs action that sparked the OOS
• Fixed Wargames showing wrong list when clicking on Host > Launch Mod > New Game

• Renamed The Latin American Reds to ancahuaz Guerrilla to better clarify the historical connection
• Removed an incorrect condition from The Return of the King that would falsely state that the player failed the Focus
• Updated the filters for The Return of the King to declare PEACE in Greece if the US gain at least 3 Influence in the region

• Replaced COMECON policies with three new COMECON policies with the following effect: Gain 3 USSR INFLUENCE in a WESTERN EUROPEAN/EASTERN EUROPEAN/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN region with USSR PRESENCE.
• NEW COMECON WEST Triggers: 1) At least 1 region in WESTERN EUROPE with presence AND 2) USSR GOVERNMENT at least 5
• NEW COMECON EAST Triggers: 1) At least 1 region in EASTERN EUROPE with presence AND 2) GOVERNMENT at least 5 OR 3) ELITES at least 5 AND Supreme Commander DLC active
• NEW COMECON AFRICA: 1) At least 1 region in SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA with presence AND 2) USSR GOVERNMENT at least 5
• Updated Wargames with the latest Policy implementation

• Fixed an issue where Unexpected Difficulties for the USSR would incorrectly cause an exception for missing imagery
• Fixed a typo in the USSR A Clean Bill of Health
• Updated the Soviet Decision The Tools of War with an improved second options to distribute the weapons

• Updated text for Logistics Planning to contain information about Surface Fleets' convoying ability

• Added an explanation to focus selection clarifying that each round of selection by your faction reduces remaining focuses by 3
• Uploaded a new screen for Save game Draw
• Savegame header UI display
• Fixed an issue where the wrong text padding was added to titles screens
• Fixed space race researched incorrect opponent faction icon color

Hello commanders! Welcome to your Coldwartober briefing! Today we are hunkered down in the war room preparing for the Steam Halloweens sale which starts today and we will be there with some sweet discounts on the base game and all the DLC, now is a great time to pick it up for a -30% discount. Get your friends a copy so you can play them. You only need 1 copy of the DLC if you do this! Having grown up as a teenager in the early 80s, the threat of nuclear annihilation was a constant fear in the background of everyones mind. I can only imagine what it was like in the 60s with our children doing duck and cover exercises in school. We lived in 4 decades of a constant fear in the back of our heads that any spark in the geopolitical situation could erupt in the world's extinction 8 times over. It was pervasive in the culture; it was everywhere in the news.
Photo by Strahil Dimitrov/Getty Images The entire team hopes that you get some outstanding treats for you and your families. Then you can sit down and throw some eggs at the trick or traitors (misspellings dont happen here in the war room).

New Apocalypse Themed Terminal

A smarter AI

• Check out Marcellos review at Turn Based Lovers. What a treat to be reviewed by such a legend! We look forward to bringing you more!
• Reaching for the hall of fame? No indie game is complete without a Beta Tested review! Full analysis and in depth testing on a level everyone should aspire for. We loved your attention to the finer details!
• GMStarson everyones favorite tentacle monster, did a stream featuring Terminal Conflict on Twitch. You can check it out and his other streams here. We shake all your hands!
• MartinQ took a 6 hour dive through the tutorial and the big picture with our lead designer Gellert, and me in the chat cheering him on and answering his questions. The stream was interesting, as a lot of his talk was being analytical about games, history, and design. Ever wished for spying dolphins? Then you want to check this stream out and perhaps pick up the EYES ONLY DLC.

Speaking of DLC

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Re-balanced the AI's focus selection - AI will now be more balanced when selecting focuses
• Increased the AI's nuclear options to be more likely under conventional circumstances - the calculations for nuclear war has been extensively updated
• Will to a higher extent calculate the ability of their opponent to complete the Space Race when selecting a nuclear option
• Adjusted the impact for decision making based on the units the AI discovered and their potential range

• Fixed various smaller bugs

• Now nuclear estimation screen displays and takes into account your own delivery units, their ranges and their locations
• Fixed an issue where the Archive was incorrectly showing
• Added a text to display where you can update the Seasonal Terminal

• Added a Halloween Treat - Trick Or Treat Apocalypse Terminal

• Fixed some typos

Sir, we have something urgent to discuss the elites seem to be upset at your latest decision and have been applying political pressure in other areas, forcing us to counteract their moves and spend resources we need elsewhere. We have seen an increase in security events around your last meeting Welcome to todays Dev Diary. its Seth here and I hope you are having an excellent October. We have a great one today, as I hinted in the last diary, we are going to talk about the changes to the Soviet Elites and the mismanagement system. After we have something fun to talk about.

Interests Management

The role of Elites

Soviet Elite Mismanagement

Tabletop Fest

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Improved the calculation when assessing nuclear targets

• Fixed an issue where the resources lacked would be incorrectly displayed as "need" instead in buttons
• Fixed an issue where Intelligence and Theater statistics were not correctly displayed at the start of "The Big Picture" grand campaign
• Fixed an issue that would cause the Editor to display an error
• Fixed an issue where highlighting for policies was not working as intended

• Updated the entire decision chain for USSR Elites Mismanagement
• Faces on the Water, White Swans, The Storm, The Clouds and The Sun, now all exchange Elites for Victory Point
• The Magician and the Blue Flower have had their options revised and rewards updated to a trade off between 4 Elites or 2 Soviet Influence in Eastern Europe and 1 Victory Point.
• The Magician and the Blue Flower both now correctly state that they carry a 50% Risk of Defeat.
• Updated the Balance of Power Head to Head game to reflect the new USSR Elites Mismanagement chain
• Fixed an issue where the Fourth Estate decision was shown incorrectly
• Updated an issue where description of the Phantom Limbs decision was too long

• Fixed Regions and Theaters

• Fixed an issue that was causing the decision and narrative decision texts to be incorrectly displayed
• Added various tool tips for the editor

• Added the ability to set a mod type in the editor

• Fixed various smaller bugs reported by the community
• Fixed an issue where the Editor would show an incorrect value when editing a mod

CHANGELOG

GAME

• Updated the setup of wargames to better reflect the Scenario types
• Improved the UI for Tutorial and Scenario selection
• Added tool-tip in the Editor for Game type
• Updated the Game Modes to be I) Head to Head, II) Tutorial, III) Scenario
• Fixed the text for military units to be correctly shown
• Fixed an issue where the coloring of Soviet mods would be incorrectly colored blue
• Updated the tool-tip for Game Types to reflect the types available
• Updated the Game Type for the Editor to show game type

DECISIONS

• Updated USSR Elites interests Mismanagement decisions chain
• Implemented the updated Elites Decisions into Balance of Power

OTHERS

• Fixed various typos

Hello Cold War strategist! As the game is growing and reaching a lot of new players, today we are launching a much-anticipated update of the in-game Encyclopedia. Join me, Seth, as you boot up game version AN/GSQ-235(V)982.

The New Encyclopedia

YouTube Beginners Guide

One More Thing

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Updated game engine to Unity version 2020.3.10.0f
• Updated Visual Studio package to version 2.0.11
• Updated the sprite sheet to reflect the sprites
• Fixed issue with text mesh pro sprites were not being masked outside of a view area scroll view
• Fixed an issue where the MAC iOS version was incorrectly giving an error
• Fixed an issue where highlighting for policies was not working as intended
• Fixed an issue where if you have 0 People Interests you cannot move units into focus theaters
• Fixed an issue where the US grand campaign could sometimes result in the tutorial being soft locked

• Fixed a bug that would occur when doing a Carrier Strike against a Reorganizing unit that incorrectly displayed the unit being lost instead of being set to withdraw.

• Fixed an issue where a wargame with a SelectedFocus set in WargamesMode.json triggered an exception when saving and reloading during any non-initial focus selection on the first timeline.
• Fixed an issue where loading a savegame in focus selection state incorrectly selected the world overview menu instead of the focus management menu.

• Fixed an issue where Oil Concession was missing IRAQ from the setup
• Updated the triggers for Oil Concessions
• Fixed an issue where the Berlin Blockade would not correctly deduct Finance from the United States
• The Treaty of Lagos now grants 2 US influence in each of MAURITANIAN-SENEGALESE ZONE, MALIAN-NIGERIAN ZONE, WEST AFRICAN COAST ZONE and NIGERIA if the US has presence there instead of 1.
• The Treaty of Lagos now activates the Sub-Saharan Scramble policy for the USA
• FNLA Movement now grants 2 Elites to the US instead of 1.
• Mining Concessions now grant 4 influence in Sub-Saharan Africa instead of 2.
• An African Base now grants US military unit deployment for 0 Finance instead of 1 until the end of the focus.

• Each factions five expansionist policies are limited to be implemented once per turn.
• Fixed an issue where Nationalization of Wealth was not working as designed
• PoliciesMenuPolicyImg object naming follows the policy name
• Cultivate Relations and The Ascending Titan no longer ends the turn for the Soviet union when enacted
• Managing Domestic Interests to Enact Policies sub-menu added
• USA Sub-Saharan Africa:
• NEW SUB-SAHARAN SCRAMBLE: Spend 3 VP. Gain 6 US INFLUENCE in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• NEW AMERICAN CULTURALIZATION: Reduce US MILITARY ALIGNMENT by 1 to gain 8 VP.

• Updated Wirtschaftswunder decision chain and updated documentation for the same
• Updated the Wirtschaftswunder for Balance of Power
• Fixed an issue where some of the text in The Big Picture was corrupted
• Fixed an issue that was causing the decision and narrative decision texts to be incorrectly displayed
• Added Molotov's decision chains to Balance of Power scenario
• Decision 31071 typo in image path fix
• Updated Domestic mismanagement warning to clarify the issue for the China Card scenario
• Renamed the German-Polish Border Deliberation to the German-Polish Border Wrangle and updated the text to clarify the role of the USSR
• Soviet decision Concessions now grants 1 GOVERNMENT when triggered
• Fixed an issue where Soviet Finance & Elites Mismanagement would in some instances not trigger properly

• NEW Implemented Initial Encyclopedia menu
• NEW Updated the Encyclopedia with new icons
• NEW Added a new Back button navigation system
• Added two new requested entries for Factions and Regions
• Implemented The Basics of the Gameplay
• Updated some encyclopedia entries to reflect changes in the design document
• Readjusted the Welcome Back greeting text
• Fixed an issue where the Submarine Fleet menu would not launch correctly
• Fixed capitalization not being standardized in the encyclopedia
• Updated the state machine for MIRVIN Encyclopedia
• Unified the subject titles

• Fixed an issue where Land units in the Urals would be positioned incorrectly in the region
• Fixed an issue where the Global Map button would not be available when entering the menu

• Fixed an issue where completing the Space Race would not correctly triggers the Steam achievement.
• Fixed an issue where Hail to the Chief would in some instaced not be correctly awarded

• Updated Text integrated Sprites with new sprites and compressed the sprite-sheet for better optimization on older machines
• Sprite sheet character table glyph references fix
• Fixed an issue where the Submarine Fleet Sprite would not be correctly shown
• Fixed an issue where Intelligence Sprites would be shown incorrectly
• CRT effect preset fix
• Fixed an issue where the CRT effect would be shown incorrectly
• Fixed an issue where sprites in the editor would be shown incorrectly
• UILineRenderer fix
• Updated the reflection animation
• Fixed an issue where returning units to the Command Reserve was showing the wrong font type
• Fixed a bug where the Sprite for Espionage and Infiltration was incorrectly switched in some instances

• Fixed various typos

You may have noticed a unique style in the last development diary. Maybe you have even seen some new brilliant tweets. Indeed, a new person has joined our PR and community engagement team. Meet our new veteran strategist, Seth! Some of you may know me through my other project: The Strategy Informer, where I review and promote the discovery of strategy and strategy adjacent games. As an indie game industry veteran, I plan to work with the engagement and reach of Terminal Conflict. Games are my passion. I remember being a 12-year-old boy, and my first board-game, Napoleon at Waterloo. Later I got to experience my first strategy computer game, Gary Grigsbys Guadalcanal, on the Apple II. Who knew the impact it would have on my life? The early RPG Ultima was another major influence when I found the opportunity to work for Origin Systems / Electronic Arts on Ultima Online. Over the years, I have worked on board games, AAA titles, indie games, some through my own game company and I cant wait to get started.
Look me up and send me a message as I got the keys to the Terminal Twitter account. Likewise, I plan to increase engagement in other areas, like the game steam forums. Keep a lookout for upcoming development diaries and the continued development of Terminal Conflict. Also, if anyone is interested in streaming or YouTube, I would be happy to tweet about it and get the word out. Discord or the Strategy Mill Twitter account are the best way to reach me, so ask me pretty much anything. For those that prefer, the Steam forum is another place to get in touch with me. To get updated, if you have not yet followed the Strategy Mill Twitter, this is a great time to do so! So until the next diary where I dive into the game, this is Seth signing off with a Ronald Reagan quote... Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose. -Ronald Reagan

There is no choice between being a communist on 1500 calories a day or a believer in democracy on 1000. -General Lucius Clay Welcome to the Miracle on the Rhine, the Wirstschaftswunder. Today we present a series of US financial decisions in the West German region. Battle the specter of Communism by gaining the hearts and minds of the German people. Poverty brought on by the war is pushing more and more Germans towards Communist ideals, a fear described by the US Morgenthau Plan. American post-war policy towards Germany centers on demilitarization and de-Nazification. The emergence of the Cold War, therefore, makes the economic might of Germany pivotal against the USSR.
Some fear that revitalizing the German economy risks emboldening fascist and Nazi ideology. The pre-Cold War Potsdam Conference between the East and the West attempted to create an environment to minimize this from happening.

A Path Forward Out of Darkness

Pushing Forward

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where the latest OSX version was incorrectly giving an error
• Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes not start properly in the latest version of OSX

• Updated the game engine to a new generation
• Fixed an issue that would cause a cheat with AIR units allowing them to attack invalid targets in some instances
• Updated the notification for invalid AIR targets
• Updated the setup of Wargames to easily assign Encyclopedia help in WargamesMode.json
• Updated the SCN setup to untie them from their ID
• Fixed an issue where the Decisions and Narrative Decisions icons in the editor were not properly shown

• Updated the triggers for Oil Concessions
• Fixed an issue where Oil Concession was missing IRAQ from the setup

• Fixed an issue where Nationalization of Wealth was not working as designed
• Coordinated policies with Balance of Power to match the grand campaign
• Warsaw Pact now properly sets Soviet influence in the Aleutian Islands to 5 if controlled by the USSR
• Added the choice of a more thorough tutorial for LAND COMBAT
• Fixed an issue in THE BIG PICTURE where the tutorial for Policies would fire too early
• Remove mention of non-existing policy
• Fixed a linking issue with the animator in THE BIG PICTURE

• Clarified further US positions regarding West Germany for the Wirtschaftswunder
• Removed War Zone declaration by Option 2 in The Speech of Hope. Instead it provides +1 Government.
• Added Molotov's decision chains to Balance of Power scenario
• Updated the Wirtschaftswunder for Balance of Power

• Fixed an issue where sprites in the editor would be shown incorrectly
• Fixed issue with Text Mesh Pro sprites not being masked outside of a view area scroll view.
• Fixed an issue where the Submarine Fleet Sprite would not be correctly shown
• Updated the sprite sheet to the standard
• Updated Text integrated Sprites
• Updated the UI reflection effect to better harmonize with the game
• Fixed an issue where the CRT effect would be shown incorrectly
• Fixed an issue that was causing the decision and narrative decision texts to be incorrectly displayed
• Updated the Excel files for decision text fix
• Fixed an issue where some of the text in The Big Picture was corrupted
• Fixed an issue where returning units to the Command Reserve was showing the wrong font type
• Fixed an issue where Intelligence Sprites would be shown incorrectly

Guns and tanks and planes are nothing unless there is a solid spirit, a solid heart, and great productiveness behind it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower. A deeper modernization is underway as we complete the new set of weapons program decisions. A warm welcome to this weeks development diary!

Research and Development

Research Breakthroughs

Trouble down the barrel

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Updated notification for focus selection DELAY to better reflect the bonuses and costs involved
• Updated WARGAMES to the current version
• Units In Command Reserve trigger type added
• Added Remaining Turns Argument Type
• Fixed an issue where sometimes you could receive an error for dividing by zero
• Fixed an issue where MIRVIN would say an incorrect dialogue

• Updated Tank Weapons Programs with Intel component for the opponent - each focus now grants opponent +15% success chance for Espionage until the end of the focus
• Fixed an error that would occur when selecting a focus while the opponent ends a turn
• Fixed an issue where Mexican Priistas was not awarding the correct amount of USSR influence when triggered
• Added updates to the Weapons Program to the Big Picture
• Intel success bonus was incorrectly hidden for weapons program focuses
• Fixed an issue where the Espionage bonus would be shown incorrectly for focuses adding intelligence success chance
• Fixed an issue where The Fate of West Berlin incorrectly stated that the USSR must spend 2 government interests if the USSR controls West Berlin. It now correctly states that this cost is spent only if the USA controls West Berlin.
• Fixed an issue where the LITEMPO, Spy Network would incorrectly grant influence instead at the start of the focus instead of at the end
• Fixed an issue where Cultural Exchange would incorrectly provide 1 bonus influence in ALL theaters instead of on Any one theater

• Take Timelines into account when showing policies
• Updated COMINFORM to provide USSR influence to regions in WESTERN EUROPE with at least USSR PRESENCE
• Fixed an issue where Socialist Fraternity description was colored incorrectly
• Fixed an issue where Corporate Ventures was incorrectly reducing Finance Alignment instead of People Alignment
• Pan-Arabism now requires NASSER to be recruited and have at least 1 POWER and USSR CONTROL in either EGYPT, LEVANTIAN ZONE or IRAQ to be enacted.
• Pan-Arabism now grants 5 USSR influence to be placed instead of 4 and 2 VP instead of 1.
• Pan-Arabism is active for enactment from Timeline 2 instead of 1.
• Fixed an issue where Ideological Synpathisers would not provide the correct amount of Soviet influence
• Glasnost now can be enacted regardless of which faction holds control or domination in the region.
• Glasnost now correctly provides the USA with 6 people interests when enacted by the USSR.
• The regime of Peace and Love(USSR) in South Asia now requires the USSR to have at least 5 influences in Indochina OR at least 10 influences in South Asia.
• Fixed some minor typos in policy names
• Updated the Break Passive Containment policy. It now reads "(Enact this policy if you suspect the USA is blocking your next policy. The sovereignty of the Soviet Union shall never be in dispute!)
• Fixed an issue where Consumer of Last Resort had incorrect triggers set up
• Fixed an issue where the Five Year Plan would incorrectly compare the financial interests with the USA instead of the USSR Elites
• Fifth International will assign VP correctly corresponding to the number of Soviet-controlled regions
• Fixed an issue where conditions, where one faction should have a higher interest than the opponent, was displayed incorrectly as a copy of a previous alignment condition
• Updated USSR Policy NORTHERN NEIGHBORS: Gain 1 USSR INFLUENCE and 1 VP in North America for every 3 unlit DOOMSDAY.
• Updated conditions for Policies Molotov Plan East and Molotov Plan West to be more easily attainable

• Fixed an issue where if Nasser lost power without getting recruited Pan-Arabism would not properly be deactivated
• Added Nasser's Funeral decision that disables the Pan-Arabism policy when his Power is lower than 1
• Fixed an issue that did not properly launch the Weapons Program Victory parade
• Fixed an issue where the Soviet tank modernization would incorrectly provide advancement to the US tank program instead of the Soviet one
• Wirtschaftswunder Soviet decision descriptions added
• Standardization of Wirtschaftswunder description texts
• Already existing decision imagery applied, where it made sense
• Fixed an issue where the tank program would not properly launch the final decisions in the set
• Update of documentation
• Minor bug fix for decision 2406
• Fixed some wording for American and Soviet Weapons Program
• Fixed an issue where canceling a Weapons Program would incorrectly continue delivering scientific breakthroughs
• Minor fixes in localization for CIA and KGB decisions
• Tank Modernization decisions now are conditioned to a fixed unit amount that is to be lost due to modernization from the Command Reserve
• Added US Tank Program Report and Soviet Tank Program reports
• Added USA and USSR decisions for tank modernization
• Removed an incorrect need for a region control to gain the Weapons Program
• Adjusted Decision Priorities
• Canceling a weapons program limits production choices to be made to the Armed Services Committee
• You can now attempt to gain the full Enemy blueprint with a small chance of success
• Fixed a minor typo in the Greek Civil War Decision chain
• Updated the description for The Percentage agreement to clarify the role of the British government regarding the greek king
• Updated the description of Brotherhood and Unity to fix an issue where it was not pointing to TITO being available in the ALLIES menu after triggering
• Updated the description of Tito's Ambition to clarify that Yugoslavia is launching military action in Greece
• Updated the description of Successful KKE Operation to emphasize that the Greek king is defeated and fix an issue where the text would incorrectly overflow
• Updated The Big Short decision
• Fixed a typo in USSR decision Flashes in the Night

• Added achievements for US TANK PROGRAM: M48 Patton, M60 Patton, M551 Sheridan, M1 Abrams, M8 AGS
• Added achievements for SOVIET TANK PROGRAM: T-54/T-55, T-62, T-72, T-80, T-90

• Fixed a typo for Leaders in the encyclopedia
• Fixed an issue where selecting to review information about the Command Reserve in the Encyclopedia would not function properly.

• Added console commands - Press ~ to access console or press the console button in the debug menu (available only when run from the in-game editor)
• Console command allows Get Flag Value(string) command added

• Fixed an issue where Delaying focus selection would not properly display that action
• Units In Command Reserve notification fix
• Fixed an issue where Army Commands in effects were displayed incorrectly
• Updated tooltip for Pursued Policies
• Updated tooltips for Characs not available to be favored
• Updated a tooltip for a full display

• Fixed a typo in the editor description for unit procurement
• Decision Effect Is Hidden now applies to focuses as well
• Standard checkbox size fix

• Updated US Dark coloring from #075375 to #075E85 for better color contrast on certain screen types
• Added Console button image and fixed console debug button
• Fixed an issue where the missile range was not properly displaying in km
• Updated the tool-tips for nuclear research
• Updated the clarification for researching missiles
• Updated the order in which nuclear capabilities are shown for Ballistics Missile Research for a better overview
• Fixed an issue where some of the text would incorrectly cut into the border of the tooltip
• Finalized new options menu

• Lowered the volume of the background ambiance

• Fixed minor typos in various decisions

John Quincy Adams once said, If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. With his words in mind, our engineers have created new tools for your terminal to allow you to do just that. Become a leader, and make better choices as today we talk about how you can aspire to pursue policies.

Before you enact

How to pursue

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Finalized new options menu and added new options to toggle Fullscreen Window ON/OFF in Options Menu
• Implemented an updated UI to the Options

• Updated Finno-Soviet Treaty that will now correctly deduct Government for US units deployed during its focus
• Updated several focuses where you need to now attain at least Presence
• Updated definition of many Focuses to make them easier to overview (Polynesian Movement, LITEMPO, Spy Network, Caribbean Legion, Mexican Pristas, The Return of the King, Western Reconstruction, Eastern Reconstruction, Island of Freedom, Berlin Airlift, The Fate of West Berlin, Soviet Armed Forces, Treaty of Zgorzelec, Berlin Blockade, American Aid, The voyage of Missouri, Turkish Straits Crisis, Oil Concessions, Mapam of Israel, Eastern Anatolian Claims, Free Officers Movement, Polisario Front, Mining Concessions, UNITA Forces, Treaty of Lagos, Sud-Afrikaanse Weermag, RENAMO Forces, Congo Crisis, Somali coup d'tat, FRELIMO Movement, Sri Lankan Development, MAAG Vietnam, Cultural Exchange, Viet Minh, Saur Revolution, Taiwan Strait Crisis, Red Dragon Dance, Dengism, The Red Dragon Rising, Joint Declaration, ASEAN Declaration, Polynesian Movement)

• NEW Implemented a Policy Pursuit system
• Updated USSR Policy NORTHERN NEIGHBORS: Gain 1 USSR INFLUENCE and 1 VP in North America for every 3 unlit DOOMSDAY.
• Fixed an issue where the Molotov Plans in Eastern and Western Europe would not deduct People interests correctly
• Updated conditions for Policies Molotov Plan East and Molotov Plan West to be more easily attainable
• Reverted policies not printing out overflow text

• Fixed a typo in USSR decision Flashes in the Night

• Fixed an issue where US Intel Mission Operation Coldfeet had too low of a chance to succeed. Base chance increased from 35% to 65%.
• Fixed an issue where Cold Feet would incorrectly not be available on the Aleutian Islands

• Fixed ArgumentTypes UnitTypesInRegion and UnitTypesInTheater ignoring the Target
• Now correctly supports #ICON and #NUCLEARICON icons in the description text fields when modding

• Updated a tool-tips for full display
• Fixed some issues in localization
• Fixed a small typo i Leaders.json
• Focus management focus text notification now implemented
• Fixed a typo for updating the game variables in the game editor
• Fixed an issue where Probopet text was incorrectly formatted

Good fortune is coming your way! We kick off the Lunar New Year with this brand new development diary and announce that we will take part in Steams Lunar New Year Sales! Pick up your terminal, or one for a friend for a 33% discount on Terminal Conflict starting February 11th at 10:00 am Pacific.

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US GRAND CAMPAIGN

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• NEW Menu indicators added for Decisions, Policies, Allies, Units, Intelligence, Research, and Space Race
• NEW Updated the notification for the Current Focus Effect to state that Focus effects are permanent unless stated otherwise and updated the Notification Tooltips to better explain the functionality of the Current Focus Effects
• Fixed a memory leak, and also removed the cause of the allocation in the first place
• The Alignment animation is now playing correctly when Set Alignment is previewed for interests that are set to 0
• Updated the Animator to optimize it further
• Added a warning when using a function that requires the Steam Client but not being connected

• NEW Setup MIRVIN speech about Domestic Interests
• Adding synced highlighting of the interests when MIRVIN is talking about them
• Fixed an issue preventing THE BIG PICTURE from progressing as intended
• Added framework for Alignment with the Aligning the State inside the Grand Campaign before the second timeline focus selection if it hadnt been fired yet
• Reconnect the West Wing adapted for these changes as it activating too soon and updated Policy text for Reconnect the West Wing
• Suspended activation of Nuclear Button in the early stages of THE BIG PICTURE
• Added the decision A Change of Focus to support players in understanding Focus selection
• Removed duplicated voice-over
• Suspended incorrect mouse over function for Domestic Interest
• Corrected the flow of THE BIG PICTURE

• NEW Updated the Encyclopedia imagery for Current Focus Effects
• Updated the Encyclopedia with further improved Logistics information
• Added a new image in the encyclopedia to display the Logistics Capitals
• Updated the Current Focus Effect field to its own solo element inside the Focus category
• Fixed missing color tags

• Fixed an issue where The Treaty of Lagos would incorrectly increase USA Government interests to 3 instead of setting them to 3

• Fixed that the Marshall Plan was firing when selecting Marshall Plan, instead of after enacting it.
• Rio Treaty now requires USA GOVERNMENT ALIGNMENT to be at least 3
• Fixed an issue where Anti-Communist Programs in South America were referencing the wrong theater
• Fixed an issue where the Reconciliation of Spain policy would reveal more information to the USSR than it should
• Updated triggers for Molotov Plan West

• Updated the USA People Mismanagement Decisions bonuses
• Fixed an issue where some USA People Mismanagement decisions were too long
• Updated the setup for USSR People Mismanagement Decisions
• Fixed an issue where the USSR would incorrectly have a 2x higher chance to lose to People Mismanagement
• Fixed an in issue with Push to Win that would sometimes cause an error

• Fixed an issue where USSR Viet Minh Focus would not properly deduct 1 People from the USA when having a presence in Indochina

• Counterintelligence now only shows infiltrated unit in success notification
• Viewing intelligence missions resets UI notification

• NEW Implemented a progress indicator when files are copied when creating a mod
• Updated naming in the editor of Focus Points trigger to Turns to clarify the functionality
• Fixed an issue where some buttons were of incorrect size
• Fixed an issue where some buttons in the Editor were shown with incorrect font size
• Fixed an issue where the explanation text was incorrectly placed in the Editor

• Fixed a typo in DUTCH EMERGENCY PROTOCOL
• Updated the loading animation to fit it better within the loading Screen
• Fixed a typo in MIRVIN State
• Fixed AI Check Decision State
• Various smaller text tweaks and fixes

Hello there brave Cold War strategy fans! We hope you have started the New Year in style as a new season of the Cold War is brewing. With 2020 behind us, here is a short review of accomplishments:

• A full release of the game in Q3 2020
• Terminal Conflict Community has surpassed 1300 members
• We started new partnerships and launched the intelligence focused Eyes Only DLC with the Hearts Of Iron: Road to 56 Modding Team
• Completed 20 Live Streams hosted by strategy master extraordinaire Lemuel Sora
• Achieved our desired game quality and stability. A testament to the remarkable QA team that has worked on a lot of content and optimized the game with 239 bug fixes over the past year thanks to input from the community. Thank you so much! Top reporters in the community without particular order: Python-079, Bojack_Horsefly, and sjgold will be gifted two copies of Terminal Conflict and be promoted to an honorary Masterful Member in the Community Discord (https://discord.gg/VQusSWF).

Decisions

• Default Decisions (with DECIDE LATER button) - Allow postponing a decision until the end of the FOCUS, at the end of which you lose all remaining undecided default decisions without effect.

• Urgent Decisions (without the DECIDE LATER button) - If you cannot make a choice by the end of the Turn, your administration will select an option for you, with its effects applied.

AI

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where the description text of Leaders would not be shown when the PRESS + HOLD 2 sec function was used over their portrait
• Fixed an issue where The Balance of Power scenario did not match the other Wargames
• Fixed an issue where if you selected a fighter command and change the theater before returning to it, the attack icons became incorrectly invisible
• Updated Eyes Only success and failure decisions to trigger upon launching the decisions
• Fixed unit deploying when starting deployment, canceling, using quick access to navigate to another theater and clicking to a region
• Fixed an issue where some of the policies where missing from Balance of Power
• Expanded MIRVINs storytelling - Reach him by selecting the MIRVIN button in the Main Menu to get more information about the functions in your terminal and to find out some of your predecessors secrets

• In-editor matches no longer counted in profile

• Ascending Titan policy triggers changed to: 1) USSR INFLUENCE, FALSE FLAG, ASSASSINATE LAUNCHED during the game at least 3 OR 2) USSR INFLUENCE, FALSE FLAG, ASSASSINATE SUCCESS during the game at least 1
• USSR Ascending Titan Policy now has the following effect: Place 2 USSR INFLUENCE in EASTERN EUROPE and gain 2 VP.
• Fixed a typo in Ideological Sympathizers Policy

• Updated Encyclopedia description for Decisions
• Updated notification text for Urgent Decisions, clarifying that should you fail to make a choice at the end of the Turn, your administration will select an option for you.
• Updated the documentation for People's interests
• Added meta data for Paralyzing Strikes and fixed an issue where the Decision text for Paralyzing Strikes was too long

• Added Steam Achievement for Reconnecting the Department of Defense
• Steam achievements no longer unlocked in editor matches
• Fixed Bites The Dust achievement being incorrectly set as Deep Cover name
• Fixed Assured Destruction achievement not firing
• Fixed Wasn't Me, Deep Cover, Grapevine achievements not firing
• Fixed Minutes To Midnight incorrectly considering current doomsday clock

• Fixed an issue where the Leader Abilities editor would cause an error when accessed.
• Added the ability to adjust Interests Alignment from the Cheat Menu when running a game from the in-game editor.

• Added Meta data for the default leader imagery
• Fixed an issue where some Leaders had incorrect ability setup
• Added imagery for default Leaders Male/Female

• Fixed interest background animation not playing when previewing depleted resource
• Fixed wrongly colored notifications
• Fixed an issue where the Bottom Field text is too long
• Fixed interest animation warning text not updating correctly
• Implemented better reflections

• Fixed an issue where winning a game in Wargames Mode would bring you to the main menu instead of back to the Wargames Menu.
• Fixed an issue where the Encyclopedia for Intel missions was showing the incorrect descriptions
• Cleaned up the Policy imagery
• Updated Options text

In the spirit of the season, we send you our sincerest appreciation for the support you have awarded us with brand new content. We teamed up once more with our Terminal Christmas Santa and bring you 33% off on Terminal Conflict and all DLCs during this Steam Winter Sale. Ho ho ho!

MIRVIN BACKGROUND STORY

GRAND CAMPAIGN: THE BIG PICTURE

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed MIRVIN btn being accessible during scripted setup in tutorial

• NEW Story-line created for the Big Picture Grand Campaign
• NEW Decision chains added to the Big Picture Grand Campaign
• Updated to a newer version of the game engine
• Removed already used parts of MIRVIN controller
• Moved MIRVIN main story back Main Menu and updated the story-line and removed unneeded storytelling elements
• Fixed issues where the options would be too numerous in MIRVIN Controller
• Rearranged the order of operations for a better flow
• Fixed an issue where the last MIRIVN option in Encyclopedia was incorrectly positioned
• Removed MIRVIN's interaction in the early part of The Big Picture
• Mirvin button no longer an exception in scripted highlighting
• Fixed an issue when deploying units where quick switching to another theater would incorrectly remove the deployment

• Implemented the ability to set the minimum amount of focuses launched each timeline for a faction

• NEW USA - RECONCILIATION OF SPAIN: Gain 2 USA INFLUENCE in the CANARY ISLANDS ZONE and 1 VP.
• NEW USA - NORTHEAST PASSAGE: Gain 1 MILITARY and 2 VP.
• Alignment Policies fully integrated with the Big Picture to allow for Grand Campaign
• Fixed an issue where new policies sometimes weren't listed immediately upon activation
• Selecting a policy in focus menu prints out effects description instantly
• Reconnecting to the Department of Defense no longer provides VP
• Fixed an issue where if you avoided reconnecting the Department of Defense, the game could not properly continue
• Fixed an issue where the icon for Policy Reconnect the Department of Defense incorrectly looked like a seagull
• Updated Enabled policies for The Big Picture
• Added Icon for Reconciliation of Spain
• Policy interests animation fix
• Marshall Plan Now has a custom description

• Updated the Dutch Emergency Protocol decision image
• Moved Doomsday Clock decision to fire after the player opens the relevant policy
• Updated Decision about US Strategy and Tactics given by General Curtis LeMay
• US Strategy and Tactics now activates the Interests for proper costs to be calculated and visualized
• Removal of unlocking Doomsday clock with decision 41008
• Fixed an issue where the USSR would incorrectly mismanage Elites right from the start due to forced Focus selection
• Fixed a text relating to Rising Discontentment
• Victory Points Decision now correctly activates the UI Space Race button
• Suspended tutorial launches for Doomsday Clock and Victory Conditions
• Fixed Conflicts And Wars Combat Preview trigger event invalid decision
• Fixed an issue where Command Reserve would not be properly initiated
• Command Reserve properly fires Encyclopedia post when launched for the first time
• Command Reserve now activates Interests when activated to represent the costs involved

• Fixed an issue where Full House achievement would not trigger correctly
• Catch Em All achievement now correctly counts leaders that have been activated

• Fixed MIRVIN button being activated too late into THE BIG PICTURE
• Updated printing animations
• Updated combat animations
• Implemented a better reflection mechanism for the terminal

• Fixed Change Influence To Region for Distribute

• Fixed various typos
• Fixed an issue where sorting in the data files was incorrect
• DLC Manager no longer a prefab

The supreme art of war is to subdue your enemy without fighting, Sun Tzu writes in the Art of War. This is a central pillar of the Cold War, but how do you go about making the choices that set you up for victory without war? Today we will look at how you can achieve superiority by managing your resources.

Planning your Strategy

The focuses available - Depending on what focuses you have access to and what theaters your opponents focus on will give you a clue. For example, if your opponent plays the USA and has a lot of focuses far away from their logistical reach, or focuses that provide fewer turns, they are more likely to invest into a longer game rather than rushing for an early victory.[/olist]

Building Alignment

It is important to state that you dont have to build alignment with either faction to win, as alignment is not a factor when calculating the final score. Yet, here is what you should consider when building alignment. 1. You enact alignment policies in your home theater and each faction has one of each (North America for the USA, Eastern Europe for USSR). These policies are repeatable and they stand out from the others having their interest type as an icon. Select a policy to enact it.
2. All alignment except for Government costs 4 in total to enact and breaks even after 4 timelines. Government instead, costs 6 in total and requires 6 timelines to break even.

Domestic Political Considerations

Too much alignment can open up any faction for mismanagement of their interests by providing too many resources at the timeline start. This can lead to a path of destruction if a faction cannot spend them leading to mismanagement. It can even be beneficial to select Focuses that grant your opponent a certain type of alignment with the purpose of intentionally causing them mismanagement.
Should this happen to you, it can be beneficial if you find yourself in a game with an enemy known for such overtures to select focuses that activate policies that can convert Alignment into Victory Points.
In closing, remember to make good use of policy blocking intelligence missions as well, and keep an eye out for clues of your opponents intentions based on what focuses they select and what alignment granting policies they enact. In the end, the one quietly collecting interests is likely to make use of that. Mighty Cheers ******************************************************

Upcoming Development

I) Development has started of an event chain built around the Contras in Latin America. II) Policies are getting rolled out with each new patch. III) Updates and improvements are being made to the Grand Campaign.

CHANGELOG

Version: AN/GSQ-235(V)930 AI

• Now tries to balance Alignment much more efficiently
• Handles resources more efficiently
• Warzone declaration sound during AI simulation will no longer occur

GAME

• Fixed compiler error
• The China Card Scenario can now be played all the way to 1991-

FOCUS

• FOCUS Updated ENEMIES WITHIN to 'USA: Gain 1 ELITES ALIGNMENT and set GOVERNMENT ALIGNMENT to 0.'
• Fixed exception when selecting focus in case player is in focus screen while transitioning focus
• Fixed an issue where a focus would be incorrectly timed out

POLICIES

• NEW Added 5 Expansion policies for both factions that grant ALIGNMENT in their respective home theaters (North America for the USA, Eastern Europe for the USSR)
• Added POLICIES USSR ANTI-IMPERIALIST AGREEMENT: Reduce FINANCE ALIGNMENT by 1 to gain 1 USSR INFLUENCE in the MIDDLE EAST for each USSR GOVERNMENT.
• Policies now correctly show interest alignment animation
• Updated the Wargames to house the new rebalanced polices

INTELLIGENCE

• Basic intelligence missions no longer grant alignment
• INFILTRATION: Cost reduced from 2 to 1 ELITES and now grants 1 MILITARY if successful
• COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE: Cost reduced from 2 to 1 ELITES and now grants 1 GOVERNMENT if successful
• ESPIONAGE: Cost reduced from 3 to 1 ELITES and now grants 1 FINANCE and +1 to your ARSENAL
• FALSE FLAG: Cost reduced from 4 to 2 ELITES and still grants 2 INFLUENCE in target region.
• Updated intelligence mission notifications

LEADER

• Fixed an issue where Lech Walesa was causing an error

MIRVIN

• Adjusted the setup of MirvinStateMenu.controller to match the settings without transition time

STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS

• NEW Steam achievements can fire in tutorials too
• Fixed an issue where several achievements would not be gained despite having been completed

UI

• Fixed interests bars not being updated correctly when switching between intel missions
• Fixed interests preview UI on switching between different intel missions

OTHERS

• Removed unused Music file from SCN 10
• Sorted old text edited files with editor text sorter

[ 2020-12-11 00:22:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Every year we try to mentor one student as part of our development process to support young adults in bringing their passion for games to work, as we set to learn and to teach through our small but influential "new generation tester" position. It is a part time program that runs a couple of hours a week with education about the video game development process and with the aim to provide valuable insights, create lasting relationships and meaningful experiences with students. An opportunity usually open for college, university or non-degree students, last year we were blown away by a young man applying as a High School Junior and this year, we have the pleasure to announce and publish the extraordinary work by Niklas.

His Story

Research and Design

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Various minor tweaks to improve the way the AI handles military units

• Fixed an issue where player would fail to connect to multiplayer and would cause an exception
• Fixed UI exception with selecting policy menu when in the Arctic
• Fixed issues with entering/exiting Options menu

• NEW Leader ability for Kim Il-sung - JUCHE(Ends Turn): Spend 2 POWER to gain 1 MILITARY and 1 PEOPLE.
• Fixed an issue where leader abilities added via Decisions were not added correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Lech Walesa was causing an error

• NEW Historical character Cho Man-sik that provides a historically plausible path without Kim Il-sung for the USSR

• Updated 2 Focuses with an emphasis on Korea
• Updated focuses 851 Jeju Uprising and 853 A Nation Divided, now only available in timeline 1 to 3

• NEW Several Policies to activate and complete for East Asia like - HARMONIZATION OF IDEAS KOREA: Set USSR INFLUENCE to 1 and declare a WAR ZONE in SOUTH KOREA.
• Fixed incorrect color tag in policy #29645

• NEW 25+ decisions for the USSR and 3+ decisions for the USA

• Added Audio slots in the Audio Manager for top right buttons

• Adjusted the positioning of the buttons in the top bar to keep an even 16pxl distance

Greetings strategists! We promised we were working on something substantial. Today we are proud to announce that we sought to improve the way the AI operates and give new powers to MIRVIN for situational awareness. While before the AI responds and defends when attacked, this could lead to the AI getting trapped by clever play into combat conditions it could not win.
For example, when before defending off a US land invasion into North Korea, the AI would respond by deploying more USSR Army Commands into the North Korean region to counterbalance the attack. Though such a move is initially effective in stemming the tide of US troops heading North and is deceptively historically plausible, this narrow focus has built-in flaws. The main one is that the AI this way has to surrender the initiative, and that is crucial in maintaining the balance of power. Not to mention, it leaves that large concentration of units open for attacks by Bomber Commands.

MIRVINs Initiative

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• REWORKED the AI setup
• AI tries to gain the initiative with air units in case of attacks instead of reinforcing with more of the same units.
• AI only recruits a historical Charac if necessary

• Fixed carrier fleet strike not clearing click move for regions where carrier fleet strike is not available
• Fixed scripted scenarios Sea Combat, Air Combat, Leader Combat
• Fixed some decisions that would give incorrect and premature outcomes
• Fixed victory screen not showing up in certain cases when defeating the opponent

• Updated OOB switch elements

• We update unit special positioning before using it for nuclear combat
• Synced sub special position with world overview

• Fixed a diamond showing in tooltip in incorrect contexts
• Updated coloring on region unit tooltip

• Mods with no file ID will be ignored instead of causing exception
• Mods with special characters are no longer allowed

• Expanded logging for UI units
• Fixed various typos
• Fixed most cases where certain tooltips would linger on
• Fixed tooltips coloring when quitting a game

Greeting! You have come at the right moment! It is with great pleasure we present the latest developments in strategy-making Cold War technology, featuring:

• NEW Policies for the Middle East (details in the change-log)
• Updated and improved AI
• NEW Improved tool-tips
• Terminal Conflict Community

Policies for the Middle East

Updated and improved AI

Improved tool-tips

Terminal Conflict Community

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• AI now properly differentiates between Army Command deployment on Surface Fleet or LAND when checking if the deployment is valid.
• The Doomsday clock no longer jumps up and down during AI simulation
• Fixed AI not ending a turn in certain Wargames start
• Fixed MIRVIN coloring in scripted Wargames

• Fixed Starting Play notification queuing up
• Updated unit OOBs (Order Of Battle) to better reflect the units present.
• Added Fog of War to Conflict and War section in Encyclopedia.
• Updated Army Command, Fighter Command, Bomber Command, and Carrier Fleet notifications, and wording in Encyclopedia.
• Added a missing a) to Nuclear decision for the Encyclopedia
• Fixed scripted scenarios Sea Combat, Air Combat, Leader Combat where the wrong unit would be referenced in the battle
• Fixed exception when clicking focuses on focus management when timeline transitioning
• Fixed UI exception in Wargames with pre-selected focuses for timelines
• Fixed victory screen not showing up in certain cases when defeating the opponent
• Updated Combat simulator name from Combat Warning to Combat Simulator
• Main menu mods split from Wargames so they can be viewed separately
• Fixed ability to enter recruitment/enactment dialog directly in policy/allies/research/space race menu when accessing such dialogs during opponent's turn and coming back to such menu during own turn (also solves one related exception)

• Fixed issue with policy conditions being shown relative to the local player and not to the policy owner
• Fixed exception with certain policies like Oil Concessions
• Fixed Pan-Arabism policy to function and trigger properly
• Policies may have block-specific effects
• Added for USA Sub-Saharan Africa - POLITICAL REALIGNMENT(once per timeline): Set GOVERNMENT to 5. Chance +20% for Religious Conflict (INFLUENCE set to 0 in one USA CONTROLLED region).
• Added for USSR Eastern Europe - BREAK PASSIVE CONTAINMENT: Reduce GOVERNMENT ALIGNMENT by 1.

• OIL FOR SECURITY: Gain 2 FINANCE and 1 VP for each USA INFLUENCE in IRAN, IRAQ, SAUDI-KUWAITI ZONE, EMIRI-OMANI ZONE, and YEMENI ZONE.
• STATE OF ISRAEL: Spend 1 GOVERNMENT to gain 5 VP. WAR ZONE in LEVANTIAN ZONE and if available suspend USA Oil for Security policy in the MIDDLE EAST.
• FREEDOM GUARANTORS: Gain 4 USA INFLUENCE in the MIDDLE EAST and 3 VP. Set DOOMSDAY to MAXIMUM.
• RAMADAN REVOLUTION: Set INFLUENCE to 3 USSR in EGYPT, LEVANTIAN ZONE, or IRAQ.

• NATIONALIZATION OF WEALTH: Gain 2 FINANCE and 1 VP for each USSR INFLUENCE in NORTHERN ALGERIA, SOUTHERN ALGERIA, LIBYA, IRAN, or YEMENI ZONE.
• PAN-ARABISM (Ends if NASSER is lost): Place 4 USSR INFLUENCE in EGYPT, LEVANTIAN ZONE, or IRAQ. Gain 1 VP.
• STRATEGIC STRANGULATION: Gain 9 VP.
• POLITICAL REALIGNMENT: Reduce FINANCE ALIGNMENT by 1 to gain 1 USSR INFLUENCE in the MIDDLE EAST for each USSR GOVERNMENT.

• Fixed SetChance triggering exception when referencing non-existing decisions
• Decision condition coloring switched to show fulfilled conditions in lit coloring
• Fixed an issue where Soviet Finance Mismanagement decision text would overflow into the options
• Adjusted decision chain for USA People Mismanagement to handle correctly after bonuses have been selected
• Fixed an issue where Existential Threat was incorrectly adding People instead of Finance
• Updated decision chain for the Red Scare of USA
• Updated text for Grand Campaign
• Updated text for China Card Scenario
• Updated text for Land Combat Scenario

• NEW Passive abilities for Leaders and historical Characters
• Fixed an issue where Western European leaders had the incorrect icon for Support
• Fixed an issue where Ho Chi Minh was incorrectly flying a Maoist flag

• Fixed an issue where the Quick map buttons were too narrow that would sometimes lead to it being hard to select

• There is an issue when trying to improve the softcoding appearance resulting in an error message
• Fixed an issue where incorrect game and mods would be copied in the editor
• Fixed game always quitting to editor menu once a game is started from the editor

• Updated Mouse Markers to better suit tooltips
• Fixed wrong cursor on hovering unit buttons in regions
• Fixed buttons getting multiple on hold notifications
• Tool-tips more aware of what their screen boundaries are
• Fixed LogisticsNoPathfindingAvailable iconry
• Fixed error when launching save the game in certain instances
• Disable autosave when running scripted wargame
• Added missing Meta files
• Updated the credits with the New DLC system setup

Greetings! In the twilight's shadow dawn, we have the distinguished pleasure to announce today the latest upgrade to all terminals by the engineering department containing the following features:

• NEW Single Player Campaign - with a dynamic starting guide
• NEW in-game Encyclopedia - the MIRVIN button
• Improved game rules
• Updated and improved AI
• and last but not least, the Ranked Play and ranking system implemented and unlocked for play - for details see the past week's development diary here.

NEW Single Player Campaign

NEW in-game Encyclopedia

Updated and improved AI

Ranked Play

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• AI much better in judging unit deployment
• Further improvements made on how AI handles Ambushes
• Fixed an issue where the MRIVIN state would not play the sound
• Fixed AI simulation not being correctly stopped by Mirvin's skip turn

• Ranked Play enabled - First-ever Ranked Play Season started
• Updated Ranked Play ranks
• Implemented shared decision system and imagery for Encyclopedia
• Implemented a state machine for the Encyclopedia
• China Card now also works with Encyclopedia
• MIRVIN button enabled in non-scripted wargames
• Mirvin conversation now with proper transitions
• Tutorial Fixes and the start of Lore
• Disembark order in non-focus theater can now be issued.
• Fighter Commands and Bombers Command now allow non-focus action
• Fixed ability to launch apocalypse when not in focus
• Updated all the Theaters descriptions for Policies and Allies menus
• Fixed test game faction overrides not being cleared on normal games
• Fixed UI lagging behind logic when starting wargame
• Fixed a typo that would cause an error message to be given when launching Balance of Power
• Removed a file that was no longer used
• JSON error notification reported has been fixed
• Wargames can select to load the main game's decisions/policies as well
• Fixed an issue where the game would display a series of 9s instead of the turn counter

• Exception fix in focus management

• Fixed an issue where policy description coloring would be incorrect
• Updated three Policies for Grand Campaign: The Big Picture
• Reconnect the West Wing: Increase DOOMSDAY to 5 to gain 3 VICTORY POINTS. Enables new policy 'Reconnect Congress'. HINT: Use MIRVIN's ENCYCLOPEDIA to unlock and learn more about the concepts related to the DOOMSDAY clock.
• Reconnect Congress: It will be a challenge but increase either your GOVERNMENT or your ELITES' interest ALIGNMENT to 2 to gain 9 VICTORY POINTS. Might take several timelines. Enables new policy 'Reconnect the National Security Council'. HINT: Use MIRVIN's ENCYCLOPEDIA to unlock and learn more about the concepts related to the INTERESTS.
• Reconnect the National Security Council: Land on the MOON before the USSR does so to gain 12 VICTORY POINTS. HINT: Use MIRVIN's ENCYCLOPEDIA to unlock and learn more about the concepts related to the SPACE RACE.
• Encyclopedia decisions enable UI elements
• Fixed an issue where the policy menu scroller was cutting off 3rd row's names
• Wargames now have StartingPolicies - all other policies deactivated on startup

• Fixed an issue where Nuclear Apocalypse would crash due to UI order change
• New border traces for nuclear world wrap around
• Fixed an issue there the Apocalypse would cause the screen to fill with hostile nuclear icons

• Fixed image references in SCN1
• Added missing image for A Swift Response
• China Card possible breakdown fix
• Decisions grammar fixes
• Duplicate ID fix

• Updated Naming and Notifications for Global Maps
• Updated an issue where Spain had an incorrectly sized overlay

• Characs now correctly lose 1 POWER each timeline
• Favoring characs hurt mutually exclusive characs by 1 power

• Fixed cross-OS OOS due to Directory.GetFiles() retrieving files in different order between *nix and Windows implementations

• Updated name displaying the UI to COMMAND USER INTERFACE
• Updated the definition the TRANSIT unit ability
• Updated definition for cross theater maneuvers
• Fixed small UI bug with space race research dialog
• Added missing audio and updated sound clip for Theater map buttons
• Added tooltip notification for Focus Objective
• Fixed footer bar not resizing in the world overview

With a steadily growing player base, we wanted to upgrade your terminals with a simple system for multi-player games. Coming to you at release on the 24th of September, we are announcing the development of Ranked Play.

Matchmaking

Ranked Play

Seasons

Ranks

Boot up your terminals strategy fan! With a rollout planned for September, we are today presenting a brand new combat screen, updates to the Nuclear Launch system, and for the modders in the community, we are announcing brand new additions to the Game Editor.

NEW Combat Screen and unit movement

Nuclear Annihilation

Modding Service

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• AI will now handle Ambushes much better
• AI checks next move instead of current location when evaluating possible moves

• Added Quick Access buttons on all theater maps - Arms arrows disabled as they are now obsolete
• Transiting military units through friendly regions should properly show combat estimate
• Transit now show all possible movements for a selected military unit
• Transit blocked through regions with leaders (ARMY COMMANDS only) and where max number of units is reached
• Military units with blocked movement and destination not adjacent to source region (due to Transit) will bounce back
• Movement animations will not show unit's own region as possible choice
• Enemy target units now blink to indicate conventional attack target
• Combat preview blinks the correct unit types
• Added elements for CombatWarnDialogue
• Fixed an issue where the mockup for CombatWarn was incorrectly set to "Victory" instead of "Success"
• Air attacks are correctly simulated
• Combat simulation takes into account all unit types (sea & land) in case of air attacks
• Combat simulation properly simulates unit vs leader combat
• Combat warn menu checkbox can be enabled/disabled in Options menu
• Withdrawn military units do not blink when showing combat estimates on map
• Fixed an issue where the Victory Conditions needed to be clarified further
• Fix for GetCurrentName() exception

• Nuclear Authorization Screen Rework and Nuclear warning screen update
• Interests enabled while in nuclear mapmode
• Nuclear mapmode button color now matches nuclear button in theater com
• Nuclear mapmode button uses same notification as nuclear button in theater com when press + held 2 seconds
• Fixed projected estimate calculations in nuclear mapmode
• Nuke Simulation added showing target priority and added nuclear opponent icons for estimated enemy strike
• Fixed World overview exception when > 144 estimated nukes apply
• Nuclear range circle fix no longer causes ranges to mismatch
• Fixed estimate for surviving influence for nuclear apocalypse
• Various fixes for nuclear combat to prevent out of sync
• Nuclear warning now says minor defeat instead of incorrectly displaying a draw

• Unit ability buttons should now print out reason when clicked & unavailable
• Ability DisembarkTransportedNotCombatReady tag fixed
• Fixed an issue where an exception could results in the game ending when a unit gets deployed
• Blinking combat previews now stops when selecting Rebase
• Fixed deployment positioning offset for maneuvering circle displaying unit movement

• Updated Operation Cylinder to match Softcoding
• Operation Cylinder no longer targets submarine fleets and updated the wording for Eyes Only Cylinder and Gold Intel Missions to convey that Submarine Fleets are exempt

• Added unique names to all Ocean regions
• Identified reorganizing and engaged military units stay visible for the duration of their status
• Fixed an issue where backgrounds were not correctly shown
• Updated all Theater maps and added missing elements where needed
• Theater borders no longer disabled in logistics mode

• Exception fixes when adding movement animations to Arctic from theater not adjacent to Arctic
• Small optimization when selecting unit that can move to Arctic
• Fixed exception on clicking Allies button in the Arctic
• Combat warning properly disabled when a unit enters the Arctic

• Fixed a typo in Berlin Blockade focus

• Added cool-down function to UI for policies in policy menu
• Updated policies activated by Red Dragon Rising

• Fixed that narrative decision could be triggered during the apocalypse
• Fixed an issue where the Clifford Elsey Report had the incorrect Focus wording
• USA People mismanagement decisions Priority set to 100
• Creating a new decision in the Editor sets its priority to 100 by default

• Fixed Leader supply ability Out of Sync due to taking into account local faction's adjacent units and not leader's faction
• Added ability to Ho Chi Minh - The Great Pillar of Asian Communism
• MAO ZEDONG no longer has leader ability Consolidate
• Fixed an issue where the image size of some Leader abilities was incorrect

• Inactive historical characters no longer shown in allies menu

• Fixed an issue where the wrong header image was used and the font size was incorrect for Audio Select
• Option button added in editor
• Beautifier can now handle different data types that implement the IJsonFile interface
• Beautifier now displays name of file being processed
• Focus menu no longer beautifies json when pressing BACK button
• Beautifier now beautifies focus file
• Focuses.FocusTimeLines is now correctly processed by beautifier
• Filter texts pixel nudging
• Filter text placeholders now say "Type to filter"
• Theater/region selection dialog now takes up the whole screen
• Media selection dialog buttons coloring fix
• Game editor decision option menu Description field takes up two rows now
• Editor dialog screens pixel nudging
• Editor focus menu color update on faction update
• Deleting a focus now prompts a confirmation dialog first
• Leader abilities menu standardized button design
• Updated various UI elements in the Editor

• Added a printout of Opponents name and rank when game begins in Ranked Play
• Player v Pplayer notification now includes faction icons and names

• Added Game Version to screens with official JETDS designation and versioning for the correct AN system
• Standardize the colors of the message log entries
• Fixed an issue where the background line would not properly cover the background
• Fixed savegame UI exception
• Savegame/load now takes into account correct timer
• Set the save list in an inverted date list so the last one appears first and savegame list takes into account last date modified
• Fixed an issue where the divider would be incorrectly placed
• Build date included in game logs
• MediaSelectionBtn btns font size set to 40
• Fixed various smaller audio issue for MIRVIN
• Removed race condition check flag on game end + added logging

Hello there brave Cold War strategy fans! We are happy to announce that Terminal Conflict is officially set towards release as scheduled this September. Expect an announcement of the release date, events and more in the coming weeks. We could not have done it without the hard work of our veteran team and the wonderful feedback from all of you in the growing Terminal Conflict community. As of today, that community on Steam has passed 1 000 members and in honor of that, we will be presenting an updated set of Focuses and Policies.

Focuses

South Asia

• Mujahideen - USA: Gain 3 ELITES. Increase success chance of RECONNAISSANCE, FALSE FLAG and IN-Q-TEL PROGRAM by 15% during this focus.
• Khmer Rouge - USSR: Set INFLUENCE in INDOCHINESE ZONE to 0. Gain 2 MILITARY.

Middle East

• American Aid - USA: Gain 1 FINANCE and at the end of this focus, if USA CONTROLS IRAN, IRAQ, SAUDI-KUWAITI ZONE, EMIRI-OMANI ZONE or YEMENI ZONE, gain 1 USA INFLUENCE for each in the Middle East.
• Israel Defense Forces - USA: Gain 2 ELITES and increase success chance of ASSASSINATE by 5%.
• Popular Baa'th Party - USA: Gain 5 USA INFLUENCE in Middle East and 1 GOVERNMENT. | USSR: Gain 3 GOVERNMENT.
• Tudeh Party of Iran - USSR: Set INFLUENCE in IRAN to 3. Gain 2 PEOPLE. | USA: Gain 1 ELITES.
• Mapam of Israel - USSR: Gain 1 ELITES and at the end of this focus, if USSR CONTROLS the LEVANTIAN ZONE gain 5 USSR INFLUENCE in the Middle East.
• Free Officers Movement - USSR: GAMAL ABDEL NASSER spends 1 POWER. Gain 2 GOVERNMENT and at the end of this focus, if USSR CONTROLS EGYPT gain 7 USSR INFLUENCE in the Middle East.
• Socialist Ba'ath Party - USSR: Gain 3 USSR INFLUENCE in EGYPT, 1 USSR INFLUENCE in LEVANTIAN ZONE and gain 1 GOVERNMENT. | USA: Gain 3 GOVERNMENT.
• Polisario Front - USSR: Set INFLUENCE in MOROCCAN-WESTERN SAHARIAN ZONE to 0. Chance +20% for Islamist Jihad (INFLUENCE set to 0 in one USSR CONTROLLED region in the Middle East). | USA: Reduce GOVERNMENT ALIGNMENT by 1.

Policies

Western Europe

• Marshall Plan (USA Conditions: Doomsday at least 3 AND USA FINANCE at least 7) - USA Effect: Spend 2 FINANCE, 2 PEOPLE and 1 GOVERNMENT, gain up to 8 USA INFLUENCE in WESTERN EUROPE, restricted to regions without USSR PRESENCE. This is a way to quickly establish a US foothold in Western Europe by laying down some much needed influence in the theater.
• Founding of NATO (USA Conditions: Available from game start) - USA Effect: Set all USA CONTROLLED regions in WESTERN EUROPE to USA DOMINATED. Combined with Marshall Plan, this can be a good way to convert the US CONTROLLED regions you can gain by making use of the extra influence from Marshall to convert those regions into dominated ones.
• Finlandization (USSR Conditions: INFLUENCE is 0 in SWEDISH-FINNISH ZONE, with peace and no USA/USSR LAND/AIR units deployed there) - USSR Effect: Gain 1 VP for each USSR LAND/AIR unit deployed in MAINLAND NORWAY and NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA. With power projection towards the Swedes and Finns, we can hold them up as an example of good neighborly cooperation.
• Molotov Plan West (USSR Conditions: Doomsday at least 3 AND MOLOTOVs Power at least 1) - USSR Effect: Spend 2 PEOPLE and 1 GOVERNMENT, gain up to 7 USSR INFLUENCE in WESTERN EUROPE restricted to regions with USSR PRESENCE. The Soviet equivalent of the Marshall Plan devised by Foreign Minister Molotov. The USSR doesnt require finance investment but in turn provides a smaller influence bonus and only in regions where the USSR is already established. Yet, dont underestimate its impact.
• COMINFORM (USSR Conditions: USSR at least 1 region with PRESENCE in WESTERN EUROPE AND ELITES at least 7 AND USA MARSHALL PLAN not enacted) - USSR Effect: Gain 3 VP and 1 USSR INFLUENCE in each region with USSR PRESENCE in WESTERN EUROPE. As long as the Marshall Plan is not enacted, the USSR can combine the COMINFORM with the Molotov Plan West for maximum effect. French, Italian and Spanish communists unite!

Eyes Only DLC Terminal!

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where an error would sometimes be shown at AI focus selection
• Fixed an issue where the AI would score 0 for theater selection
• AI now favors slightly more policies when making choices
• Fixed options being covered by MIRVIN by changing the visual hierarchy
• AI logs are now more detailed to identify AI action taken for those that want to track AI behavior
• Get AI Score will no longer stall the AI

• Decision or Policies that block opponent's next policy are not shown when enabled for desired effect
• Updated the wording for Technology and Research
• Policy enactment dialog conditions now printout instantly
• Policy conditions automatically are shown when entering to enact a policy
• Current Focuses Description is now correctly displayed when selected and now shows local faction posture
• Fixed an issue where interests icons would be missing from the mismanagement warning
• Influence value displayed for Central Turkey has been repositioning

• Network log no longer sends false positive due to disconnecting from Photon when quitting the game even in offline mode

• Updated the focuses text to better clarify where INFLUENCE was changed when selected
• Red Telephone now has the correct effect wording
• Fixed an issue where the Grandma Yacht Expedition did not correctly activate Castro
• Fixed an issue where Mau Mau rebellion had the incorrect Interest icon
• Updated USA focus Red Dragon Dancing from Military to Government to better reflect the relations
• with Chiang Kai-shek
• Turkish Straits Crisis is no longer a Government supported focus and instead is supported by the Military
• Mujahideen is now Unique
• Khmer Rouge is Unique
• American Aid is now Unique
• MAAG Vietnam was correctly set to Indochina
• Clarified the description for Guddo Thermal Plant
• Israel Defense Forces is now Unique
• Popular Baa'th Party is now Unique
• Socialist Ba'ath Party is now Unique
• Free Officers Movement is now Unique
• Polisario Front is now Unique
• USSR Focus Tudeh Party of Iran is now Unique and fixed an issue where the wrong Region was references instead of IRAN
• Mapam of Israel is now Unique and fixed an issue where this focus would rarely be triggered
• Corrective Revolution is no longer a Finance supported focus and instead is supported by the Elites

• Fixed an issue where Hellenic Resistance Policy was incorrectly set up and wouldn't fire
• Added, updated and fixed: Rehabilitation of Germany, Marshall Plan, American Culturalization, Founding of NATO, European Communities, Molotov Plan West, Fifth International, Finlandization, COMINFORM, Conventional Superiority, COMECON, Eastern Rapproachment, Venona Project, Sierra-India-Oscar-Papa, Rollback, Purging the Apparatchiks, Molotov Plan East, Conventional Superiority and Regime Of Peace And Love

• Fixed an issue where VP loss in mismanagement notification would incorrectly have a # in the decisions

• Fixed an issue where Tito had four abilities instead of three

• Fixed an exception given when trigger groups are deleted
• Disabled NONE and ALL options for Faction in Policies editing
• Policies will automatically have a DisplayTheater
• Policies without display image will display a placeholder image instead of nothing
• Fixed Leaders not taking into account custom timeline in case of starting timeline is set via the editor
• Fixed exception due to ending turn with having used the debug menu
• NEW ArgumentType InfluenceInTheater added
• NEW ArgumentType UnitTypesInTheater added

• Added NEW Terminal-M-103X-Suitcase Eyes Only DLC Terminal (cosmetic)
• Added in-game description of the DLCs
• Added in-game DLC imagery
• Updated the DLC screen
• Updated the test decisions suspending a test decision blocking policies
• Policy buttons in menu have the VP outlined
• Fixed the wording for LOGISTICS notification
• Updated the wording for Global Map
• Updated Victory Point notifications
• Added nuclear apocalypse logging message
• Logger is now thread safe
• Log files report timestamp once again - both global and current match's if available; compatible with Out Of Sync checker
• Fixed a rare exception caused by the Audio manager

Hello there and a warm welcome to the update of your terminal! This weeks development has been focused on mainly three things. (1) The continued improvement of the AI where its decision making ability has been enhanced even further and (2) the confirmation of the improved game balancing, in particular with regards to the focuses and policies. (3) Prepared the new content for the rollout with the next Sprint. We have also introduced a few new policies as part of this new update. Thank you for your patience and for all the community feedback and support! A special thanks to all of you whom participated in Terminal Thursday. What a treat! *******************************************************

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where an AI would get stuck on theater selection
• Fixed AI causing exception when picking focus where best option has a negative score
• Readjusted AI's preferences when launching policies
• Tweaking of AI scores to enable the AI a more accurate selection for interest resource use
• Fixed AI simulation affecting world overview War Zones UI
• AI now evaluates more effects and is even better at strategizing in depth
• Improved AI use of EYES ONLY DLC Intelligence missions
• Game no longer prints out incorrect War Zone messages when AI is running a full world simulation potentially giving away it's plans

• Fixed an issue that would cause nuclear research to be displayed as faulty when launching a nuclear apocalypse
• Updated wording for Surface Fleets' Convoying Ability
• Updated military unit abilities to clarify when the passive abilities are available
• Fixed an issue where the theater was incorrectly displayed
• Added updates for Eyes Only to SCN10 Balance of Power
• Updated policies for SCN 10 Balance of Power
• Improve the automatic Victory Point gain log message to clarify when you or the enemy gains VP
• Fixed an issue where the wording incorrectly suggested the ELITE interests are to set to 9 instead of the alignment

• Updated multiplayer server connection to a new version to fix an issue where sometimes multiplayer games would get incorrectly timed out and disconnected

• Updated notification for Intelligence implementation that End Turn on failure

• NEW HELLENIC RESISTANCE: Gain 2 VP for each USA INFLUENCE in GREECE.

• NEW POPULAR REVOLUTIONS: Gain 3 VP. Trigger a WAR ZONE in 2 target regions.
• NEW FIFTH INTERNATIONAL: Gain 1 VP for each USSR CONTROLLED region in MIDDLE EAST.
• NEW FIFTH INTERNATIONAL: Gain 1 VP for each USSR CONTROLLED region in WESTERN EUROPE.
• NEW FIFTH INTERNATIONAL: Gain 1 VP for each USSR CONTROLLED region in SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

• Exclamation mark showing excess in interests is not visible when you give the opponent interests

• Top Left text uses background color in case of Monofonto-glow
• Fixed typos in Narrative Decisions
• Updated War Zone wording to clarify its meaning
• Fixed an issue where the overlay of MIRVIN and Options can overlay each other

Hello there! What a wonderful reception of the new Eyes Only DLC and we are naturally doing our part at the battle-stations. We got initial reports that the AI was not performing as intended and for this reason as you might have seen we have delayed the publishing the full change-log until we had found the AI issue and fixed it. It turned out to be a small issue that was needlessly causing the AI to mismanage its resources. We also saw, that there was a need to further tweak the balancing of the intelligence operations and instead of losing interests with a particular interest holder in society for failing a top secret missions, failure by your intelligence services will instead remain unknown to the public end will instead end your turn. With the AI fix patched and testing done, we are now ready to roll out the full change-log and take you through the wonderful updates made during this development cycle. The manual is being updated to reflect these changes and some other minor changes and we will be rolling its first draft out this Terminal Thursday 18:00-20:00 CEST. Thank you for your patience and for all the community feedback and support to the guys laboring away searching the bug during the weekend. A special thanks to all who have made this possible and for those who would like to enjoy the epic battle between our chief game designer Gellert Keresztes and Lemuel Sora for the release stream. [previewyoutube=_zCBHY6_jTw;full][/previewyoutube] *******************************************************

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• AI has enhanced Focus selection abilities and is much more strategic in making its choices when selecting where to focus
• Combat ability has been improved and will now to a larger degree exploit favorable map positioning
• AI recognizes hidden costs of intelligence and sets longer term deployment plans
• Improved further the AIs ability to chose nuclear strike targets

• NEW DELAY button added to Focus Selection that is available after the first round of focus selection where you spend 2 PEOPLE to gain 2 ELITES and reduce friendly focuses by 3 TURNS.
• NEW Forcing an enemy military unit to WITHDRAW now provides half its value in VP.
• NEW End Turn button introduced for when you want to pass the initiative or have selected a strategy that does not require you to take further actions this turn
• NEW Alignment, now represents the growth of ideas in your domestic politics. Your alignment value is provided to you at the start of each timeline allowing you to build a proper interest engine.
• NEW Victory conditions can now be Minor or Major and both faction surviving without nuclear war past 1991- will be rewarded with mutual Minor victory
• NEW Interests are no longer given 1 per Turn. Instead interests are collected by selecting a Focus that provides resources according to their description text
• NEW Nuclear Mapmode implemented to get a preview of the apocalypse and the ranges of your delivery systems. Select the blinking mini-map icon and chose the nuclear icon to see a nuclear strike range simulation map
• Logistics of military units no longer cost turns to deploy and instead requires FINANCE
• Replaced the old menu navigation system with a new one displaying buttons for Decisions, Policies, Allies, Units, Research, Intel, Space Race and Nuclear Authorization
• Removed the narrow bonuses provided by controlling or dominating certain percentages of a theater as it incorrectly was providing incentives to reach brackets of target values instead of spreading your factions sphere of influence

• NEW Victory conditions now has a separate screen. Review it by selecting the button housing your VP
• Finalize decluttering of the screens by removing elements that are not in use or are not primary to the task at hand
• Add further clarity to the screens by the use of color and highlighting to direct the attention of the player
• Added an updated notification for buttons - accessed by PRESS + HOLD 2 sec over most active buttons
• Added a simple DLC activator where you can turn on/off to play with DLCs you own
• Enhanced Message Log to give you a better overview of actions taken by you and the opponent. Select the space where messages are printed out at the bottom of the screen or select directly a message to access it
• You can now use units with TRANSIT ability to move to a friendly region and use the Map Arrow to transport it the final step
• Historical Characters can now be properly viewed in the same Allies menu as Leaders and can be FAVORED from there to activate a particular one in a target theater
• New animations added for smoother experience
• Disarmed unit notifications no longer printed on map

• NEW System for space race has been fully restructured to make space missions and bonuses easy to overview and launch

• NEW System for research to display the proper bonuses in one easily manageable screen
• You can now see which unit types a research impacts directly in the screen as part of the overview

• Updated costs of intelligence missions to better match the balancing
• Some Intel missions will add interest alignment if successful 1) Infiltrate (+1 Military) 2) Espionage (+1 Finance) 3) Counter-Intelligence (+1 Government)
• Added the ability to see enemy interests that can be updated by the use of Espionage and where accuracy decays over time

• Reworked the focuses to now provide bonuses, each particularly tailored to their historical counterpart and translated into game terms

• Updated the Return of the King and Chinese Civil War decision chains
• Re-balanced the values of several decision chains to better match their respective historical setups
• Timed decisions with player-driven influence deployment now auto-place points when turn ends instead of those getting lost

• Policies are now activated by Focuses and become available to accomplish for the rest of the game providing rewards when completed.
• Reworked all policies to serve as the main goals in the game providing VP and Influence when achieved
• You can now review your opponents Policies in the policy screen

• Leader recruitment dialog now shows interest mismanagement warning
• Updated Khimati's ability
• Historical Characters powers no longer shows negative value when a character is dead
• Leaders are no longer immortal when using timeline cheat
• Leader death dialog now comes after leader recruitment dialog to make it more useful to the player to understand what has taken place especially if leaders are contesting one another
• Recruiting a leader now plays their costume made sound as they enter the fray

• Fixed an issue where South American regions where not properly connected
• Adjusted positioning for East Asian and Middle Eastern units
• Updated Land positioning in Greenland
• Fixed an issue where GUAM was lacking its influence number
• Renamed Southern Antarctic to Kerguelen Islands

• NEW DEBUG menu available when running the game from the editor that gains you the ability to:
• Cheat for most values such as interests, influence, VP, Doomsday Clock, Arsenal and more.
• View and change Opponents core values
• Allows to advance Turn, Focuses, Timelines
• Select starting Timeline to do your test run
• Select a Quick AI mode if you do not want the AI to strategize about choices
• Fire any Decision or Focus by inputting their ID
• Enable tooltips to see detailed information about game elements on the map
• Enable 100% success chance for intelligence missions
• Modify and test Logistics
• Standardized all the modding elements that target an enemy to be defined as Opponent
• THIS function now works with RegionPolNumber and TriggerType
• ArgumentType now has THIS

• Fixed various issues that would sometimes disconnect a multiplayer game
• Fixed a minor issue that would sometime result in a de-sync between the Leader Power of the Client in multiplayer games

• Fixed various typos
• Added various smaller missing assets
• Implemented a sound priority system that takes into account which sounds are playing and sets their priorities depending on what the player should focus attention to
• Added a soundtrack to Central America
• Updated the soundscape and Equalized sounds that were not properly on the same sound level
• Updated the retro printer sound to match more closely to the proper terminal old terminal soundscape
• Fixed an issue where positioning ow World Overview Sprites were incorrectly placed
• Pixel nudging

Hello there! We challenge you to Global Thermonuclear War! A well-placed spy can change the destiny of a nation. The risks are great, and the rewards are even greater. When the fate of the world is on the line, what was once inconceivable can suddenly become a reality. Boot up your terminal on Thursday 9th of June, on the official Terminal Conflict Twitch channel at 18:00-20:00 CET. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can also make sure to get your voice heard on our Twitter , Facebook , Reddit and join our Steam Community. We'll always notice a fun, well written post anytime.

Welcome to the briefing! Aggressive agents might be tempted to trigger the missions of EYES ONLY without careful consideration, but never forget the enemy excel at exploiting such eagerness. Poor planning may lead toward diplomatic disaster, and ultimately push the world into the arms of Armageddon. Before moving forward, you should review all the relevant factors.

Mission Basics

Instead, they'll try to play the victim and create a scandal at the United Nations, or may strike directly at our forces with a cowardly counter-blow. [/olist]
Consider also that covert missions can be saved for use at the time of your choosing and vitally, can be chained together in ways that are deceptively devastating.

The Surprise US invasion

After significant planning and preparation agents have successfully managed to execute Operation Gold in Western Europe. US forces gain a 20% chance of infiltrating each enemy unit in the theater - and the story revealed was well worth the risk. The Russians have positioned their units for a secret strike against US influence in the theater. If we immediately deploy our forces near the invasion point this can be countered. However, it might be judicious to let the ravenous Reds make the first move. The Stargate program may have been publicly discredited, but the truth is that we have been hiding its true results. We now have new tools are our disposal that are both fantastic and frightening, ones that the propaganda weakened minds of the Soviet soldier will prove most vulnerable to. They shall launch their surprise strike across the Rhine, and then we'll hit them with the full power of Stargate.
The enemy units will be stopped in their tracks, dazed, and open to a crippling counter-offensive. If we have a leader on-hand in the right region we might even be able to drag them over to the cause of freedom. Either way, we'll catch them completely flat footed. Even if the Soviets create an international incident, they will find their options limited and if the enemy pushes the Doomsday clock to midnight all the better. With a few well placed US Bomber Commands, the fearless forces of United States shall be baptized and reborn in the nuclear fire of righteousness. No matter what happens, the machinations of the malevolent Soviet tanks will grind to a halt when faced with the magnificence of America's air power. Victory shall surely side with the soldiers of Democracy.

Final Thoughts

The tools we've provided in EYES ONLY are there to be used at your discretion, but are best deployed carefully. Masterful strategy is what matters most. If you can wait for the proper moment and exploit the weaknesses of your enemy, the voices of victory shall be yours. - Agents Greatexperiment and Thinking Waffle ********************************************************

Upcoming Development

I) NEW tutorials are in productions and the official MANUAL is in print! Expect the first rollout in the coming weeks! II) KIM IL-SUNG: A Communist Ideologue and Supreme Leader will rise to power like the living Sun to establish a People's Republic like never seen before and the first Communist dynasty. Or will his life be cut short and his reign curtailed by US regional power? The rise of North Korea is in BETA testing. III) Finalize UX/UI overhaul and optimization: [olist]

Welcome Comrades! Having previously presented the clandestine missions of the USA, we pull back the anti-capitalist iron curtain guarding the secret programs of the Soviets!

The High-Risk Operations

Operation: Romeo

Operation: Cylinder

Operation: Earthquake

Operation: Red Boulder

Operation: Panther

Domestic Programs

Program: Boomerang

Program: Progress

Program: Radioson

Program: Maximum Integration

Final Thoughts

Upcoming Development

Sharpen your Curare tipped umbrellas, set your camera watches on standby, and sit back with another secret update from the Hearts of Iron: Road to 56 team. Having worked hard, were happy to bring you all the details about the United States' dastardly and dubious intelligence missions!

High-Risk Operations

Domestic Programs

Final Thoughts

Upcoming Development

Seasonal Greetings from our Terminal Conflict Development team!

Upcoming Development

It was a total surprise, as they never thought we would go that far and only realized that they were caught as the tanks began firing. We fought from daybreak that morning when we could hardly see, until late that evening. As it started getting dark, we knew we needed to get out of there. From the plan, into action! Leading the US or the Soviet Union military through the Cold War means that conventional combat orders are given usually on the army, air force or fleet level. First and foremost a quick refreshment of what combat orders are in your terminal.

Issuing Combat Orders

• Direct attack or any combat with a military unit
• Disembarking (Surface Fleet ability) an Army Command in a non-friendly region
• Disembarking into an empty hostile region (controlled or dominated by the opponent) will deplete all actions of the land unit and the Surface Vessel and set the region onto a war zone footing.
• Disembarking into a region occupied by the opponent will immediately fail, with the Surface Vessel entering combat and the opponent's Army Command unit reorganizing.
• Disembarking into a hostile region occupied by an opponent's engaged unit will immediately succeed (positioning the enemy in withdrawal) and will deplete all actions of the land unit and the Surface Vessel and set the region onto a war footing.
• Issuing Carrier Operations (Carrier Fleet ability)
• Any action by a military unit that shifts Influence towards your faction

Cross Theater Maneuvers

Withdrawal

Surprise Assault

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where the AI would be too aggressive and would potentially bankrupt itself in search for a quick victory with Policies

• Updated combat rules
• Fixed an issue that would cause Save Games not to function properly
• Update to theaters and repositioning for better clarity
• Fixed some Maneuver arrows that were rotated incorrectly
• Updated Influence map values in the hierarchy that could cause some to be improperly displayed
• The timer will be updated and starting the next patch will show minutes and second

• NEW Created and implemented design for US/Soviet risky missions for DLC Eyes Only
• Removed a possible People cost for False Flag
• Improved the notification text for US/Soviet intel missions

• NEW Created and implemenented a set of decisions for US intelligence
• Updated a text in to clarify McCarthy's relationship with Anslinger

• Updated all theater maps including the Arctic to better match the design going forward

• DLC button no longer available in Options Menu
• Updated icons in Options Menu

A well-placed spy can change the destiny of a nation. Striking from the shadows, attempting critical missions whose very existence is known to only a select few, and the cloak-and-dagger diplomacy emblematic of the Cold War. Have you ever wanted to run tunnels underneath the Iron Curtain? How about training spies to seduce and infiltrate sensitive enemy facilities? Maybe some domestic programs to surveil your own people and to run experiments that seek to reach the edges of human ability? The risks are great, and the rewards are even greater. After all - when the fate of the world is on the line, what was once inconceivable can suddenly become a reality.

A Brilliant Venture

Lending a Lunik

Final Thoughts

Watching the CRT screen flickering with a long list of log messages, we were desperately trying to make sense of them. Codes, coordinates, trajectories, names of distant places, some of them we have never heard of before. Computer terminals are a blessing, of course, but watching all that information flowing on the screen, we had a chilling sensation of helplessness and paranoia. It didn't strike us until the East Coast of the United States appeared on the screen. Then we understood the machine had begun to think by itself. And decided we would be a target.

The Cold War Terminal AI

Improved AI

MIRVIN AI play

Policies System Update

CHANGELOG

• AI will now simulate ahead and behave even more strategically
• AI will now be a lot more vigilant in creating plans
• Policies are better planned and used
• AI now handles Intelligence and understands cooldowns
• Further optimization of the AI calculations

• Fixed an issue where the profile selected might give an error message
• Fighters should be engaged when attacking surface fleets
• Updated combat preview logic to match actual combat rules
• Updated notification for Non-focus theater war declaration
• Combat preview prioritizes units that can defend
• Combat preview notification should correctly target defending units first

• NEW You can now see how your Intelligence success chance is calculated. Select an intel operation and PRESS + HOLD for 2 seconds in a region with an intelligence success marker
• Updated names for US intel Operations
• Fixed an issue where the recon notification was incorrect
• Fixed an issue where Espionage and Infiltrate intel mission had the wrong sprite in the log
• Perform narrative check after performing intel mission attempt

• Updated cooldown and PerTimeline policies descriptions
• Updated an issue where Mao's name would not be lit in Red Dragon Rising
• Updated an issue where Peng needs to have his flag set

• SCN 7 GRAND CAMPAIGN now properly awards GOVERNMENT interests
• Fixed an issue in SCN 7 GRAND CAMPAIGN that would make it impossible to complete the scenario
• Fixed an issue in SCN 8 The China Card that was preventing the scenario from being played fully

• Intel deployment rules centralized
• Intelligence rules can now be set individually for each mission and bonuses can be defined separately for each faction

• Committed sound effects for focuses
• VSync on all quality levels
• Fixed wrong color in the options menu button
• Updated the Options menu
• Updated Sprites for Intel Operations USA

"Are you or have you been a member of the communist party? Yes or no, answer my question!" I used this sentence to test the effect of aggressive rhetoric on a comrade in high school... Be assured that it works surprisingly well. Of course, I conducted this small experiment due to Joseph McCarthy, the main figure of the second Red Scare. As you have understood by now, and because Halloween is approaching, we will talk about the worst fear of America: Communism! The Red Scare is composed of two separate elements in the game, each unlocked by their own focus.

Passive Containment

Hollywood Investigations

CHANGELOG

• AI will now simulate ahead and behave much more strategically
• AI will now be a lot more vigilant in creating plans
• Policies are better planned and used
• AI can now handle Counter Intelligence
• Optimized the AI and upgraded performance
• Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes incorrectly fire the same policy multiple times

• NEW Command Reserves now has a permanent Logistics button for you to utilize for planning
• NEW Added new Intelligence Mission: COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE: Chance to uncover enemy operatives within ANY friendly LAND, AIR or NON-SUBMARINE FLEET in region.
• Fixed an issue that was palcing the capitals in an incorrect starting region
• Fixed an issue where combat preview would be shown incorrectly
• Updated Notifications for all unit Abilities
• Optimized the game for both single and multiplayer reducing load times
• Fixed an issue where a relevant focus region highlighting would incorrectly persist to the next timeline
• Freshly deployed units will display a text marker to show that they are at risk of attack
• Update Region UI issues fixed
• Fixed an issue where World Overview could cause the wrong faction coloring for deploying Influence
• Fixed an issue where logistics would sometimes get stuck with its button selected
• Fixed an error given sometimes when trying to return a unit to Command Reserve during influence placement

• NEW! Updated the Policy handling system to be even more flexible adding the ability to switch between rows
• Updated several policy sounds

• NEW Added Red Scare decisions for USA

• Wargames adapted to the new game system
• Added ability to hide Logistics button
• Fixed a null exception given in certain scripted scenarios
• Fixed an issue where Infiltration description tooltip was not being displayed properly
• MIRVIN highlighting now takes into account object pivot

• NEW Intelligence missions no longer require 1 ELITES to conduct, instead they will only deduct ELITES if the mission fails
• NEW Opponent influence modifier now applies to all missions
• Flase Flag mission will no longer end your turn
• Infiltration mission no longer provides MILITARY when successful in a region without enemy units
• Rebalanced many base intel missions
• Intel mission selection shows potential cost in the notification instead
• Intel base chance of success is now relative to non Aligned regions and 0 influence
• IntelAssassinatieMinimumChance variable has been removed

• Fixed an issue where flags where not displayed as inteded in the flag editor
• Added more effects including NEW Intelligence triggers
• Value 0 effects will now be set and shown instead of nu value lines for easy overview
• More efficient usage of mathXparser library by not invalidating an expression at every argument change - most notable with policies with lots of arguments such as American Culturalization
• Added several new game variables

• Updated Notitication and description text for Army, Fighter and Bomber Command as well as Submarine Fleet
• Clarified wording for Launch Authorization Menu
• When a path is lacking between logistics capital and a selected region, using inform, it will now notify you that a logistical path needs to be established
• Added a missing icon for first strike backlash tooltip
• Fixed an issue where Command Reserve text would incorrectly overflow at Disarmament
• Updated the naming regime for Infiltrate and Assassinate
• Fixed several typos

You stare at the endless host of convoys and escort ships sailing into the horizon while loved ones say their goodbye from the pier. These are your tools of destruction reinforcements, bringing conflict directly in the enemys home. Having plotted your way through nations near and far, the price of victory is a strategic investment in time: a price that will hopefully pay off in the long run. Just imagine, how terrific it will feel to finally put your adversary off-balance. When they see your forces appear in faraway regions, the element of surprise will be complete and devastating. Welcome to the wonderful world of logistics, colleagues!

Regional Information

Intelligence INFORMation gathering

Western Indian Logistics

Enemy Logistics

CHANGELOG

• AI now makes even better and more realistic choices with an added a level of randomization for AI actions which it values to be equally impactful making it more unpredictable and a lot harder to game

• NEW Major update with the rollout of the LOGISTICS system
• NEW Updated ruleset for logistics, deployment and military withdrawal
• NEW Logistics cost now correctly considers landlocked capitals and sea units marker is no longer printed if the capital is landlocked as a consequence of logistics not having a cost
• NEW Added dashed lines instead of dotted lines for out-of-theater-connector of logistics
• NEW Pressing the BACK button when accessing the intelligence HQ folder should clear current inform region selection
• NEW Added Go To button for Logistics World Overview for quick navigation to the region in Theater Com
• Increased Ocean Regions logistics costs from 0.25 Turns to 0.45 Turns
• Fixed "last movement circle" not being cleaned up on games end.
• Fixed an issue where orders were shown in reverse order in the Message Log for Air units
• Updated setup of Region Notifications
• Updated the text for Ocean and Arctic regions
• Updated the text for Non-aligned regions
• Updated wording to match the new setup for Surface Fleet CONVOY ability
• Minor fix for command reserves when pressing theater button
• Fixed coloring issues for world overview text
• Updated and added world overview unit names
• Inform cost marker is no longer shown in the starting region (capital) if a non-capital region is selected
• Theater borders are correctly disabled in nuclear map mode
• Fixed an issue where region 54 was incorrectly sorted in Western Europe instead of Eastern Europe

• Added Finance mismanagement decisions to Balance of Power SCN 10

• Leaders will now lose 2 power instead of 4 when contesting enemy units in the region they are recruited in
• Fixed an issue where Leaders would incorrectly contest Bomber Commands first instead of Army Commands

• Precise deployment toggle in Options now affects intelligence Inform too
• Added new imagery for the design of the logistics system
• Theater Com off-map lines now centered on unit names in the world overview
• Fixed a compiler error
• Filtered remaining CHARAC sounds
• Fixed various typos

Find yourself masterfully juggling different, and most likely opposing, interests; welcome to the world of domestic politics on a global geopolitical scale. Strategically deep, the Cold War represents the best of what can be achieved in this cloak and dagger world and one we seek to capture in Terminal Conflict. Enter the domestic Interests, five different gauges representing five keys societal groups within your nation. The rules are straightforward, yet challenging: keep them all far from having their interest depleted or maxed out. Should that fail, each time an interest gets to max level or is depleted, you continue to spiral further into a crisis; potentially reaching your ultimate defeat, or your ultimate salvation, nothing less!

Improved Domestic Interests Chains

Rising difficulty

Final Showdown

CHANGELOG

• Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes activate a leader action when none needed to
• Fixed an exception given when the AI incorrectly used a Leader for attack
• Fixed an issue being caused when AI leader was defeated
• The AI will be more strategic when assessing invasions in non-focus theaters
• AI now can hire a leader if he is needed even if that puts its interest dangerously low
• Leader presence is factored in into turn calculation

• Fixed an issue where CARRIER FLEETS did not correctly display their Air Superiority ability
• Fixed an issue that was causing a soft lock for the China Card
• Added Warzone declaration sound effect to Percentage Agreement for setting the warzone in Greece
• Restored animation to play properly when Army Commands battle Leaders
• Fixed an issue where Disembark was not working as designed
• Leaders will now properly wage defensive combat against Disembarking Army Commands
• Fixed an issue where Army Commands in Combat would sometimes end up being displayed incorrectly
• Updated wording of Disarm tooltip
• Fixed an issue where no Warning sound would be played despite the Warning showing for Interests Mismanagement
• Updated wording of Interests Mismanagement
• Fixed the coloring of Interests Mismanagement

• Hollywood Investigation 3 can no longer be selected in timeline 1

• Added base decisions for Chiang Kai-shek to SCN 10
• Updated The Red Dragon Rising 200905 to display for ALL, instead of just the USSR to allow an explanation to the US as to what is happening in China
• Corrected triggers for a Luxurious Exile for Idi Amin
• Updated North American People Interests decision chain and victory conditions fixing some text and typos
• USA People Crisis activated and added to SCN 10
• Updated Egg Fried Rice Triggers
• The Red Dragon Rising/Red Dragon Dance focuses do not appear if there is PEACE in all of Mainland China
• Shortened the description for 'Bulwark against the Bourgeoise'
• Fixed 'Constant Vigilance' having the wrong trigger
• Interest Mismanagement decisions set to PerTurn
• Fixed triggers for Of Rubles and Revolt and Eastern Europe Finance Interests starter decisions
• Fixed order of GameOver flag sets to be at the end, rather than at the start
• Eastern Europe Elites interests rebalance and corrected triggers

• Corrected several typos

History Coming Alive

The Man Behind the Legend

Multiple paths to final victory

A good Commander acts

CHANGELOG

• AI has now gotten a new ability and will correctly score all used effects
• Fixed an issue where the leaders would not be correctly recruited
• AI now properly checks if a particular region can be targeted by Leader abilities
• AI leader recruitment now values focus needs
• Fixed an issue where the AI wrongly looks at focus prioritizations targets
• Fixed an issue where the AI did not use correctly 0 cost Leader abilities
• Tweaked Juche ability for AI use
• Added a new balancing where we slightly increased the favor for interest and increased leader power score
• Various other smaller AI tweaks

• Fixed an issue where the Sea Unit Movement in non-focus theaters is now correctly allowed if you already have a friendly sea unit in your enemy-controlled region
• Fixed a memory leak issue caused by texture allocation
• Failed maneuver attacks into focus theaters no longer incorrectly charge
• People interest
• Unable to DISEMBARK into non-focus theaters where the opponent has a presence in the target region
• Fixed Tito's Ability Samoupravljanje wrongly having an EndTurn value of 2, instead of 1 and Samoupravljanje now correctly grants 1 influence instead of 2
• Fixed an issue where you were awarded twice the amount of decisions in case of one-sided disarmament

• NEW RED DRAGON RISING: Enabled the ability to select and play the Chinese Civil War where the USSR can use Peng Dehuai or Zhu De
• Selection of 'Hollywood Investigation' now activates 'Red Scare' & 'Joseph McCarthy' policies and now requires selection of both Red Scare & McCarthy for completion
• Completion or Failure of 'Hollywood Investigation' now activates 'Olympus Rising'
• Politics of Poverty now requires that the Marshall Plan NOT be enacted

• NEW MERCHANTS OF LIBERTY (USA Sub-Saharan Africa): Spend 3 MILITARY to place 1 INFLUENCE for each of your opponent's MILITARY interests.
• NEW RED DAWN RISING (USSR North America): Set MILITARY to 3 to add 1 USSR ARMY COMMAND to COMMAND RESERVES.
• Charles 'Lucky' Luciano renamed to C. 'Lucky' Luciano to better fit condition and effect notification boundaries
• 'Olympus has Risen' now fires as soon as the flag CIAActive has been set to 1
• Fixed an issue where characters would disappear after a selection

• The Promised Land: Fixed second options to better reflect the bonuses and the text AND adjusted its effect order to meet standards
• America's Playground: now triggered by Enforce Monroe Doctrine as well as America's Playground Focus
• Havana Conference: now triggered by Enforce Monroe Doctrine, America's Playground Focus, LITEMPO, Spy Network, and Havana Crime Conference Focuses
• Disabled Charles 'Lucky' Luciano from the start, instead he is activated by Havana Conference
• Money Trail: Fixed an issue in the that was causing an error when Option 1 or Option 2 was selected and Option 1 can no longer be selected if the CIA has already been created
• 'Olympus has Risen' no longer activates 'Joseph McCarthy' Policy
• Fixed an issue where you were able to remove the SUPPORT ability twice from David Ben-Gurion
• Fixed an issue where some triggers were incorrectly set up in the Chinese Civil War and where one of the change interests was causing an error
• Updated the independence decision for rmqi
• Updated text wording for The Long Telegram
• Fixed Idi Amin making a comeback tour with the USA despite being official with the USSR
• Major overhaul of the Weapons Program's decision effects and Research Breakthrough renamed to Future Generation Progress as well as Scientific Advancement & Triumph of Soviet Industry now require at least 10% progress to trigger
• Updated Weapons Program with randomized values setup and so that they become a lot more dynamic and balanced its bonuses further
• Weapons Program advancement decision framework added
• Random chance of progress assigned to all options in production-related decisions, and Opt. 1 in experimental X for WeaponsProgram
• Updated Weapons Program definition of Enemy Blueprints
• Weapons Program sabotage cost set to -1 Elites, sabotage amount to 5%
• Egg Fried Rice: Updated triggers to better match the correct conditions for Mao's son decision

• Standardized the use of editor terms for ease of usage, like De/Select, etc
• Matched terminology as it is used outside the editor, like war -> war zone
• Clarified the special field to be more succinct

• Fixed an issue where theaters rendering in focus management could potentially cause game instability or crash
• Various memory optimization for the game
• Fixed some typos and minor issues with the text
• Pruned old flags and imagery

The French are glad to die for love, They delight in fighting duels. But I prefer a general who lives to field these armored jewels. Fighters or bombers are quite continental, But tanks are a military man's best friend! A deeper modernization is beginning as the Ministry of Defense initiates the design of a new tank as we implement a new set of decisions. A warm welcome to this week's development diary about the brand new decision chain for the tank weapons program with the equivalent on the US side!

Research and Development

Research Breakthroughs

Trouble down the barrel

Attempt to sabotage your development - yields nothing in terms of advances towards a blueprint, but knocks off 10% of your progress [/olist] Should your enemy succeed in getting hold of your blueprint, they will get up to 25% ahead of the competition at the end of the focus as they get to keep a quarter of all their Research Breakthrough progress for THEIR next focus model.
Keep safe and make sure to TANK your scientists for their great work! Mighty Cheers, Leif 'Greatexperiment' Miler, Alfred 'Zeress' Frendo-Cumbo and Gellert 'GFK' Keresztes, ********************************************************* Upcoming Development I) ZHU DE: Marshal Zhu De, the founder of Communist China's mighty People's Liberation Army is making his entrance into the terminal. The red carpet has been prepared and his story-line has advanced into beta testing, undergoing final balancing. II) People's interests decision chain is in the works for the USA faction and is in full production. III) KIM IL-SUNG: A Communist Ideologue and Supreme Leader will rise to power like the living Sun to establish a People's Republic like never seen before and the first Communist dynasty. Or will his life be cut short and his reign curtailed by US regional power?

CHANGELOG

AI NEW major update to the way the AI handles Leaders AI now uses calculates and uses Leader abilities GAME

• Garrisoning of forces after disarmament is now once more working properly
• Full review and rebalancing of The China Card scenario
• Fixed an issue where selecting Peng as a Policy for China would cause an error
• Fixed an issue where the first Maneuver with an Army Command of a two-step move would incorrectly not cost any PEOPLE
• Fixed an issue that would cause Press + Hold for 2 seconds to sometimes not function properly
• Fixed an issue where selecting the last focus in FOCUS MGMT would cause an exception

FOCUS

• NEW! Focuses can now yield specific effects outside just VP
• Expriging focuses will now be shown properly even for your own focuses, not just the enemies
• Fixed Focus checks being part of an ALL trigger, and thus unable to allow for two triggers to pass at the same time

POLICIES

• USA NEW! (Available if Mao's power grows to 15 or more) INEVITABLE SCHISM: ---CHINA, EAST ASIA. Set all USSR CONTROLLED regions to 2 USSR INFLUENCE.
• Removed the military cost for recruiting the Chinese liaison officers (Peng, Zhu, Lin)

DECISIONS

• Fully rebalanced the bonuses for the Chinese Civil War
• The China Card will now need to be completed in 9 turns, up from 5
• Setup completed in anticipation of the implementation of Zhu De
• Updated the Strident horse Decision chain regarding Mongolia
• Chinese Civil War decisions will now take into consideration the posture you've selected before firing giving you much more variation in outcomes (Arm/Disarm)
• Divided up the Chinese mainland battle into 4 zones (North,West, East, Taiwan)
• Added Decision for Rallying forces by Peng in the North
• Added Decision for Communist Tactical Victory added for Peng in Lanzhou and rmqi in western Muslim regions of China
• Red Dragon Rising narrative and narrative for the Chinese Civil War can now be triggered by focusing on The Death of John Birch, Taiwan Strait Crisis, Red Dragon Dance or The Great Leap Forward
• The Arrival of Generals will correctly take focuses into consideration
• Standardized the description text for Korean Character Cho Man-sik

EDITOR

• Fixed an issue where copying a decision in certain circumstances would cause an exception to be given by the game
• Updated the FocusTargetTheater creation to set the standard focus as North America (being the first theater)
• Decision with Display set to NONE will no longer show in-game Message log allowing for hidden decisions to work in the background

OTHER

• Updated the imagery for all China Card decisions

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AI Improvements

AI aggressivity

AI Apocalypse Triggers

Updated Focus Reports

CHANGELOG

• NEW Major update to calculations for Nuclear Apocalypse in terms of scope and calculation
• AI now considers possible launching vehicles - nuclear triad
• AI more susceptible to tension and pressure for launching a nuclear war
• AI more likely now to conduct first-strike

• Updated the formatting of Save Games to better reflect it's content
• Added a warning system when you are about to deplete a domestic interest to more easily avoid Mismanagement
• Fixed an issue where Press and Hold 2 secs was not working as intended
• Fixed an issue where unit deployment (DEP) marker would not clear in certain situations
• Fixed an issue where Press and Hold 2 secs on the theater map in FOCUS MGMT would incorrectly not produce it's assigned notification
• Adjusted a People interest cost that would incorrectly be ignored when maneuvering an Army Command outside of your focus theater
• Adjusting wrongful sorting of units for procurement in State Affairs
• Fixed an issue where the Options between Warning and the logistics where not correctly separated
• Updated the Transit unit ability for Army Commands to correctly state that the ability is Passive

• During Focus selection and Arm/Disarm Posture selection the reions that are part of the selected focus' conditions now blink for easy identification
• Updated the Kalashnikov Comrades focus where it no longer requires Soviet presence in Yugoslavia
• Added Calderon's character power to Calderon's Return Focus
• Fixed an issue where selecting FOCUS MGMT when the last focus ends would cause an error

• Added the current value to the notification for easy overview of your characters
• Ferrer and Guardia Charac imagery has been added
• Condensed some character names with initials
• Updated Batista's, LeMay's and Molotov's characters
• Chiang Kai-shek is now a character
• Cho Man-sik , is now a character
• All character image names have been updated and standardized
• Changed Olympus has Risen from 131400 to 131401
• Harry Anslinger changed from 29041 to 130100
• Charles 'Lucky' Luciano changed from 29143 to 130200
• Sherman Fowler changed from 29040 to 130300
• Bill Summers changed from 29039 to 130400
• Larry Franks changed from 29038 to 130500
• Sergey Zakharin changed from 29488 to 230350
• Nikolai Avilov changed from 29487 tp 230450
• Veronika Avilova changed from 29472 to 230550
• Liliya changed from 29473 to 230650
• Vadim changed from 29474 to 230750
• Alan Gareau changed from 29032 to 130600
• Helen "Holly Rochs Rochester changed from 29026 to 130700
• General Lester Dunford changed from 29027 to 130800
• James "Whizzy" changed from 29028 to 130900
• Kolya Ilyich Kuznetsov changed from 29475 to 230850
• Dima Orlov changed from 29486 to 230950
• Joseph Toll changed from 29476 to 231050
• Rodion Malinovsky changed from 29484 to 231250
• Robert McNamara changed from 29037 to 131000
• Yitzhak Rabin changed from 29544 to 131200
• Yasser Arafat changed from 29594 to 231350
• Ariel Sharon changed from 29543 to 131300
• Allen Dulles changed from 29035 to 131400
• John Foster Dulles changed from 29031 to 131700
• Patrice Lumumba changed from 29694 to 231550
• Arseny Zverev changed from 29483 to 231650
• Vasily Garbuzov changed from 29482 to 231750
• Alexei Kosygin changed from 29481 to 231850
• George C. Marshall changed from 29034 to 131500
• Joseph McCarthy changed from 29033 to 131600
• Zhou Enlai changed from 29893 to 231950
• Ivan Alexandrovich Serov changed from 29480 to 232050
• George F. Kennan changed from 29030 to 131800
• Panteleimon K. Ponomarenko changed from 29479 to 232150
• Yekaterina A. Furtseva changed from 29478 to 232250
• Pyotr N. Demichev changed from 29477 to 232350
• Rafael A. Caldern Guardia changed from 29194 to 232450
• Jos Figueres Ferrer changed from 29142 to 131900
• Anastasio Somoza Garcia changed from 29141 to 132000
• Clark Clifford changed from 29029 to 132100
• George Schultz changed from 29025 to 132300
• Henry Kissinger changed from 29024 to 132400

• Corrected an issue where the weapons program would not fire correctly
• Renamed Zhu De decision chain content
• Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao and Zhu De assigned their new policy IDs
• Idi Amin decision chain has been updated

• Decisions with Display set to NONE will no longer be shown in the notification message log (but can still be found in the game log file)

• Fixed an issue that was causing the faction text to be colored incorrectly

Ideologies, leaders and momentous decisions in a battle where Communism and Capitalism can transform the world, the Cold War is a politically incredibly rich and interesting period. It is a strategic chessboard that continuously evolves from one theater to another but with the added benefit that both players can, at any moment, wipe the board clean with a devastating nuclear apocalypse. This is both the challenge of the historical era and the beauty of playing a good historically plausible game. In order to capture this unique blend of geopolitical brinkmanship, Terminal Conflict offers two mechanics under one name, Policies. One is for handling close advisors that bring with them a set of decisions, the so called Characs (short for off-map characters) and the other is for handling Ideas that improve certain aspects of your faction.

Policies in theaters

Characters

Ideas

Design note

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• AI Invasion tweaks making the AI more competitive
• Fixed an issue where the AI would repeatedly withdraw units causing a crash in single player
• Fixed an issue where the AI would wrongfully try to do False Flag operations in Sea only regions

• New Charac system added, making them appear similar as policies in theaters. This replaces the old flag system that Characs used to used.
• When an enemy unit is detected in Theater Com a notification is given as well as a warning sound
• Fixed an issue causing withdraw to not remove units properly in certain situations
• Updated various notifications for Active and Selected policies
• Updated Unit movement notification for units blocked by Leaders and of Leader occupied notification

• Added Strategic Air Command for USA
• Added The International Bank for USA
• Updated Western Reconstruction to require People instead of Finance
• Updated the objectives of Sarawak Insurgency to requiring US regional control
• Fixed an issue where the Treaty of Sand Francisco incorrectly required a US Land/Air unit in two Japanese regions
• All focus conditions have been standardized
• Updated two Focus definitions

• New policy system added. Now you can only have up to 3 policies (Characs and/or Ideas) per theater selected. They can be swapped out for available ones at a cost; in the case of Characs they lose 3 power while cycled out ideas becomes lost.
• Idi Amin is now a US Charac that can evolve into a USSR Leader
• Added effects for Curtis LeMay
• Implement 20+ new Character images
• Fixed an issue where using POLITICAL REALIGNMENT would cause an error message and fixed a conditions that should be OR instead of AND
• Updated the Red Scare Policy to include McCarthy as selected Character
• Kennan has now been converted into a Charac for Scenario 7
• Added imagery for Yitzhak Rabin's Character
• Fixed an issue where the Red Dragon Rising and Red Dragon Dance policies in China would incorrectly only be available for singular use

• Added KKE Operations decision to Greek Civil War
• Updated decision chain for Tito regarding the Greek Civil War in particular Balkanic Ambitions
• Added the possibility to spark Religious wars in Sub-Saharan African theater
• Updated various decisions in Scenario 8: The China Card
• Appointing Peng now also disable on Mao's death
• Updated the Cuban Revolution decision chains

• Fixed an issue that prevented Charac ID selection in the editor for Policy selected

• Fixed various typos
• Fixed an issue where Southern UK had Unit icons and Influence incorrectly overlapping
• Pruned various duplicated art
• Fixed an issue where Selected Characs were darkened, instead of lit

As tension rose between the King's government and the Greek communist guerillas, civil war became inevitable. The echoes of gunfire reverberating in the hills and the olive groves, this could all have been so different.

The beginning

A Soviet conundrum

A two edged Sword

The end game

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Better management of disarmament INFLUENCE placement, turn estimate should be fixed for root ANY conditions
• Fixed an issue where the AI would not properly take some INFLUENCE issues into consideration
• Various AI selection improvements

• Corrected various victory conditions not rendering #EnemyFaction in their own color
• Added logic for policy replacement
• Added enemy detected sound effect
• Molotov related triggers updated in yEd
• A CHINA CARD: Scenario 8 updated with new text
• BALANCE OF POWER: Scenario 10 updated with new material

• Updated Focus Treaty of Osimo triggers now require only Presence instead of Control
• Updated the Free Territory of Trieste
• Corrected Sarawak Insurgency Focus to the right Theater

• Previously implemented policies have been updated
• Preparatory implementation of various Policy Characs

• 'THE HAWKS NEST' - Added Government interests chain for USA
• Setup set for Chiang Kai-shek
• Chinese Civil War reorganized for Main Game
• Updated and standardized narrative decisions for Chinese Civil War
• Updated Zhu De decisions
• Updated decision chain for the Free Territory of Trieste
• Improved dynamics of the Greek Civil War
• Improved and shortened the narrative text for several decisions for the Greek Civil War
• Tito Decisions bonuses reordered for better overview
• Standardized effects not to grant more than 1 Turn / option as to not tilt the balance in favor of one faction to heavily

• ImmediateEffects for Characs fire when a Charac becomes Selected
• Added optionsl CharacPower property to Decisions
• Added PolicySelected, CharacPower decision Triggers
• Added ChangePolicySelected, ChangeCharacPower, SetCharacPower decision Effects
• Decision json now loaded in a single dictionary instead of being split up in decision/narrative/policy list
• Editor correctly references decision entries instead of creating new ones when f.e. accessiong decision IDs of already existing but edited decisions

• Adjusted texts where turns are used for easy comprehension
• Fixed various typos

Barely have the guns fallen silent over Europe when a new conflict looms in the horizon. A very different one, one of proxy wars and infamous spheres of influences. A product of a way of thinking where might makes right and where the large powers decide the fate of the smaller ones.

Focus on the Fight

The inner workings

Disarmaments and Arms Races

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• AI is now slightly less Assassination happy
• Made the AI slightly more likely to conduct naval invasions

• Victory/Defeat messages updated to a new format for easier reading
• Fixed an issue that gave players of certain Windows-OS locales huge changes to influence by effects
• Fixed an issue that caused 'End of Timeline' effects to perpetually stall the game in the timeline it was first fired in
• Fixed an issue that caused 'End of Timeline' effects to incorrectly apply to both factions
• Fixed the incorrect shortcut icon being used
• Fixed an issue where nukes would draw out of Africa when being launched out of the Arctic
• Fixed an issue where Algeria and Morocco had support from the incorrect faction
• Increasing POL to a level where friendly POL makes a region CONTROLLED will automatically trigger a warzone if a hostile Land/Air unit is present
• Fixed Interest values being only partially lit (needs verification)
• Fixed Doomsday tracker incorrectly displaying as 0 despite being maxed when navigating from FOCUS MGMT to the world overview
• Any focus that requires you have at least X of any interest now also require that you have Y or less of the counter-interest
• Fixed the notification for dual disarmament mentioning the doubling of turns
• Fixed an issue that caused the disarmament circles to draw in the new FOCUS MGMT screen
• Fixed the max turn counter not updating immediately if increased
• Fixed a rare issue where an exception would occur for specific flag notifications
• Fixed NOT being incorrectly appended to triggers & effects that have a custom description
• Save Games are now saved in LocalLow\StrategyMill\Terminal Conflict (or your OS equivalent)
• Fixed an issue that caused surrendering to not always grant a loss or win to the respective players
• Fixed an issue that causes the sound effect of all travelling nukes to play on top of each other if you skip the apocalypse
• Fixed an issue that was causing Out of Focus movement to cost 2 PEOPLE if a double move was done
• Added Click & Hold notification for focuses, stating the turn and interest gain for it

• Fixed an issue where several triggers did not consider THIS
• Adding a SetFlag trigger in the editor now presents of list of existing flags, instead of a field for typing
• Fixed Interest notification condition displaying #INTERESTNAME with incorrect target faction color
• Fixed Terminal Conflict configuration incorrectly called Arpanet2 Configuration. Please note that this will reset your resolution and window settings
• Fix to buttons not showing up properly in the editor

• Added new focus system, along with editor
• Focuses with 3 turns will now disappear from selection after that selection round. These focuses are indicated by their titles flashing and cycling with EXPIRING
• Focuses will decay at 3 per round of focus selection
• The above 2 points can be edited in GameVariables for modding
• Manually skipping a focus selection will reduce the amount of turns left on all of your faction's focuses by 3
• Added base focuses for all theaters
• Fixed Full Employment giving ELITE instead of the correct PEOPLE interest
• Fixed Ba'ath Party theater being WEEU instead of the correct MIEA
• Fixed Cultivate Relations mentioning CENTRAL AMERICA incorrectly
• Fixed several issues with focus conditions
• Updated PAIGC Rebellion Focus Image
• Several focuses and their related decision chains have had their triggers adjusted
• Fixed the incorrect interest being assigned to Building up the Party
• Fixed FocusMGMT not remembering your Focus/Theater choice
• Fixed an issue that caused 'Expiring' to flash too quickly for focuses
• US Grain sales now has its conditions split into USA and USSR, instead of using target ALL to avoid confusion
• Fixed Dtente 501 missing a theater in its condition
• Fixed various typos

• USSR PEOPLE interest crisis chain added
• USSR ELITES crisis chain added
• Plan of Partition chain now only triggers during a MIEA focus, instead of both MIEA and WEEU
• (WIP) Added USSR GOVERNMENT crisis to MainGame
• Made it so priority decisions now always display before other decisions on the same turn
• Fixed an issue where priority decisions would not fire on turn 1 if a unilateral disarmament occurred
• Fixed a typo in the Long Telegram (805) description
• Fixed Free Territory of Trieste chain firing after it has been dissolved
• Fixed an option in Political Favors 13354 that was extending past the decision box
• Added Return of the King decision chain
• Added Balkanic Ambitions decision chain
• Made several decisions now require a specific focus is chosen to start
• Fixed News portion of decisions being in the incorrect color in certain cases
• Fate of Germany chain now only triggers if the Focus 'Soviet Reparations 456' or 'Building up the Party 451' is chosen
• Many other decision chains that would fire immediately at the start of the game have now been attached to their relevant focus, similar to the one above
• Fixed an issue in the Fate of Germany decision chain where multiple, different versions of duels of fate could fire at the same time
• Fate of Germany 5358 now can also trigger from Treaty of Zgorzelec 454 and An Iron Curtain 458
• Greek Civil War Implemented
• Tito now properly set up and activated by Brotherhood of Unity
• Softcoding code has been optimized

• Added missing decision flags in various scenarios
• Fixed most issues with Wargames not working as intended after the new Focus System implementation
• Added the Focus Image for Scen. 8

• Fixed an issue that could cause the UI to display as the incorrect faction during matchmaking
• Fixed the challenge mode connection counter incorrectly freezing when it runs out
• Fixed an issue that caused the timeout notification to incorrectly appear as soon as you attempt to connect in MP
• Fixed an issue that caused the winner of match to not get a victory screen when the defeated player quit out of the game during focus selection

• (Linux) Fixed an issue that caused sound to not play correctly
• (Linux) Fixed an issue that caused the configuration to not display properly
• (Linux) Fixed the incorrect architecture being used for builds

• Fixed a typo in MIRVIN's introduction
• Fixed Interest values being only partially lit
• Changed the shortcut to open the console from \ to ^
• Various other smaller bug fixes

During a speech when all were expected to stand, a small group of PEOPLE failed to do so. Security forces immediately dealt with the threat and once more it turned out to be a number of desperate citizens. The organizers apparently fled the scene and are at large but authorities reassure the populace that the proper order will be restored and justice will prevail. ********************************************************* SUBJECT: The Joker From: The Committee for State Security (KGB) We previously noted these malcontents as a source of trouble. It seems we were too cautious after all. Once more, it might be worth bothering with them. General Secretary, we're ready to deal with the matter as you see fit. *********************************************************

Soviet People and a New Decisions Standard

Upcoming Development

CHANGELOG

• Fixed AI being able to move reorganizing units

• Saving a game no longer triggers a win/loss screen
• Fixed winner not getting the game over screen
• Fixed the length of the DLC enabling decisions to fit better
• Uruguay's political affiliation is no longer a secret to the world and can be seen as normal in Theater Com
• Fixed 'Consumer of Last Resort' not appearing for player's without DLC
• Save games and profiles are now saved in the correct folder. This will cause both of these to reset (we apologize for any possible loss of previous save games).
• Fixed an issue where retreating units were being able to attack

• Fixed various issues in the editor to streamline the UI

• Domestic Policy chains are much easier to follow with the ease of identification and on which domestic interests behalf
• New standard to make it easier to overview and understand decisions implemented

• No longer able to accidentally start a scenario in a CM queue

• Fixed 'Northern Neighbors' having the wrong icon
• Fixed Icon for 'Purging the Apparatchiks
• Various policy adjustments

• Various updates and bug fixes for SCN 7, SCN 8 and SCN 10
• Fixed an issue where the interface was blocked in SCN 8

• Fixed a bug that was causing errors when sending troops across theaters from Central European - Eastern Zone to Central European - Western Zone
• Fixed an issue caused when Nehru is recruited
• Fixed an issue where John F. Kennedy's ponies were on separate line in the archives.

Rumors intercepted by the Committee for State Security (KGB) mentions that generals participating in the coming May Day Parade are plotting to overthrow the government in order to restore the position of the army. The business of waving to the crowds can be risky, with so many armed men and the ambition of those of rank on visit to the capital. The power of celebrations, amusement or dread and fear? In our glorious Soviet Union, there can be a world of difference between the fine line of May Day night and that of the second day morning after. The USSR Military has finally taken their prominent seat at the table of power. Strike a balance to avoid a military takeover and command the interests of the powerful Military to triumph.

Save the Day

Policy Expansion

CHANGELOG

• SAVE GAME FEATURE (implemented)
• Linux: fixed an issue where the Linux version of the game could not be launched. This is due to the 32-bit support having phased out in order to accommodate the 64-bit.
• Unity Version updated to 2018.3.9f1 for better stability and performance

• Fixed an issue where movement with Submarine Fleets could be exploited for having been to the ARCTIC

• Fixed an issue where Submarines could potentially give away the position of otherwise hidden units.

• Flower Power decisions now added to the start up decisions
• You can now add the ability to show unit sprites in decision/narrative decisions Example: #USAARMYCOMMANDNAME (shows USA: Army Command Icon + "ARMY COMMAND" text) #USSRARMYCOMMANDNAME (shows USSR: Army Command Icon + "ARMY COMMAND" text)
• Fixed an issue where the Master Menu did not properly activate it for DLCs.
• Fixed various Bug fixes
• Updated Typo Fixes

• Printing speed made faster throughout the game making the overview a lot quicker.
• Updated how Army Commands are marked when being offloaded from

Hi there Terminal Conflict fans! My name is Simon J Donovan and I am one of two Music Composer's working with Strategy Mill. I joined the team to give life, musically, to some of the world leaders in the game.

Make it your own

My passion for music

Work on Terminal Conflict

CHANGELOG

• Enhanced Wargames Scenario 1 - Land Combat is now more informative
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the game from launching properly in Linux
• Added 'The Big Picture' Scenario - (COMING SOON)
• SaveGame Feature rolled out for Beta testers (COMING SOON)

• Added ability MILITARY INTELLIGENCE(Passive): Detects enemy LAND/AIR in adjacent regions when not REORGANIZING
• Added ability REDEPLOY: May move 1 extra time when moving through friendly CONTROLLED or DOMINATED region

• Fixed an issue where US historical Character Anslinger was not getting the correct bonuses
• Fixed an issue where Israeli leader Ben-Gurion's abilities would not be properly removed by Soviet support
• Implemented a new standard for Decisions. Important elements are now more easy to overview
• Fixed an issue where victory would not trigger after achieving 50% control in Wargames Grand Campaign
• Fixed several minor issues that could cause the player to be stuck in dialogue with MIRVIN

• The Manual has improved navigation and can more easily be available to the player in the Grand Campaign
• Population with imagery has started to clarify even further the game concepts described and more will be added
• Expanded the manual with chapters covering all units

• Surrender Option changed to Quit to facilitate the UI for Save Game implementation
• Updated notification for Bomber and Fighter Missions
• Added tooltips for main menu
• Adjusted printout speed of notifications
• Fix for Challenge Mode notification
• Theater Influence Percentage notification denotes #VALUE with a percentage symbol to better distinguish it from the Theater Influence
• Fixed an issue where a capital being moved did not have its text properly colored

The report has been dropped discretely with an little known reporter of a local paper. Whatever happens next, it is clear that the wheels of justice are now in motion. This had to come from someone within close ties to the Administration. Sometimes two words can be the most powerful staying power in politics - "No comment".
That's right folks, we've unleashed the powers of the Elites Interests upon the US Administration, as a player you now have to be a little more careful in your dealings with the Elites. Having too much or too little Elite Interests will now rock the Administration and may leave you with an untimely exit from the world stage. It is now up to you, to best strike the balance and steer the domestic interests of the United States to enable a foreign policy victory over your Soviet foes.

Redefinitions

• (a)UNDETECTED : Not visible in your Terminal
• (b)DETECTED : Represented by Diamond marker
• (c)IDENTIFIED : Visible Enemy Unit Icons will be display in your Terminal

CHANGELOG

• Various Bug fixes
• Updated Typo Fixes
• Fixed an issue preventing Submarine Fleets from leaving the Arctic
• Fixed various issues with the Editor
• SAVE GAME FEATURE (Coming Soon)

• Strike & Bombing Mission renamed to Fighter & Bomber Mission respectively
• Added Military Intelligence Ability to Army Command MILITARY INTELLIGENCE(Passive): Detects enemy LAND/AIR in adjacent regions when not REORGANIZING
  • When a unit is ENGAGED, they are active in the region combating an enemy unit they will no longer become UNDETECTED
• Redefinition - Enemy units status from now on can be:
  • (a)UNDETECTED : Not visible in your Terminal
  • (b)DETECTED : Represented by Diamond marker
  • (c)IDENTIFIED : Visible Enemy unit icons will display in Terminal

• DLC Policy Selection Decision 'Master Menu' should now always fire on turn 1, instead of on 2 and 3
• 'Duel of Fates' now grants 2 Finance, instead of taking two, for option 2
• Improve & make consistent older Narrative Decision descriptions

• Scenario 1 overhaul (Coming Soon)

• USA Elites: The Special Council (Elite Interest Mismanagement)
• McCarthy is now activated along with Dulles during Olympus has Risen, to allow the usage of Red Scare for the USA

• The USSR no longer gets access to Socialist Fraternity on Turn 1, and must unlock it as normal in CEAM (Central America)

A warm welcome to this Screenshot Saturday! Have you ever wondered what your generals would say about the combat orders you are about to assign in your favorite terminal? Wonder no more! Terminal Conflict has implements a state of the art update for the MIRVIN module that will now properly show you the general staffs best assessment of combat outcome delivered straight to your screen. As hearts are racing lets get a look at the details!

Combat Assessment (CA)

The Spy and You

Regional Information toolkit

Combat:

• Added a system to preview combat results
• Maneuver arrows, enabled for cross theater movement now behave like unit commands elsewhere
• Fixed an issue where Fog of War was incorrectly applied when attacking an unknown enemy military unit

Decisions:

• Updated Decision "An Honest Pursuit" where expanding Anslinger's Power now is rewarded the correct effect
• Streamlined the code for several decision chains

Policies:

• Fixed a bug that prevent Dulles from being activated 99% of the time
• McCarthy is now activated along with Allen Dulles during Olympus has Risen, to allow the usage of Red Scare for the USA
• Olympus Rising de-activated from start. Instead the appropriate decision choice is required to activate it
• The USSR no longer gets access to Socialist Fraternity on turn 1, but must unlock it as normal in Central America
• Bill Summers temporarily set to active to allow Establishment of NORAD policy to be used
• Red Dragon Dance Policy activated for the USA, under similar conditions to Red Dragon Rising
• Lin Biao and Zhu De policies deactivated until final implementation is ready

EDITOR:

• Fixed being unable to edit the display theater for policies in the editor
• Fixed an issue where decimals would be added to values that should only be integers

Notifications:

• The curly brackets and arguments for nested triggers are now also lit up, making it much easier to understand

Others:

• Fixed an issue preventing Submarine Fleets from leaving the Arctic
• Added various bug fixes
• Fixed typos

The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe and all are subject to Soviet influence and increased measures of control. The beginning of a terminal conflict!
We are launching the Grand Campaign for Terminal Conflict. Embark on a single player adventure as you lead through the Cold War, with the first part out today!
Fancy some information about Cold War concepts and game elements, select the MIRVIN button as we are expanding the in game information. Now a player can navigate the information that they need without having to pop open the Terminal Conflict wiki for the more easily answered questions. Like, If you wanted to know more about your ELITES, what they represent and what you can spend them on (CIA/KGB operations). This isn't solely limited to Elites, as you can find information about all the other Interests available. This is at present only available within the "Big Picture" campaign and is designed to help out any new player learn about the tools that they have at their disposal before they decide to move onto bigger Scenarios against MIRVIN or other players. Or help a returning/current player brush up on their knowledge.
Likewise on this event filled day, we are proud to announce that Strategy Mill, is teaming up with MacGameStore and WinGameStore and as of today you can find Terminal Conflict on their shelves at WinGameStore and MacGameStore. Now a message from the Terminal Conflict Coding Department "Are you a modder who has tired of the boredom of uploading to the Workshop or the drudgery of file improvement. Despair no longer. Shall we play a game? Yes, MIRVIN presents Terminal Tic-Tac-Toe. Make the most out of your upload time! You are welcome!"
Last but definitely not the least, we are introducing the Big Short decision chain, created by none other than renown modder Leif 'Greatexperiment' Miller with imagery by the legendary Jonathan 'Indyclone77' Bagley. Continuing on the theme of the happy 50s, it all starts in the USA, as across the country one can find a renewed sense of optimism and a smile on the faces of every American. Many have lifted themselves out of material poverty and boast a home, car, and all the comforts of a modern life. The Masters of Finance have spoken openly about a new era of endless growth fueled by cheap and easy credit. Though a few voices call for caution, it seems that for now they have been silenced by the contentment of the newly empowered consumer class. Does the grand strategy of the Cold War fascinate you as much as it does us? Come learn the deeper facets of Terminal Conflict and compete with other gamers and developers of the same mind, on Terminal Thursdays!
Signed, THE DONALD

AI:

• NEW Updated algorithm and other various Improvements, with emphasis in particularly with regards to the nuclear Tech and Space Race
• FIX - An issue of not spending Finance if at 9, causing a game loss
• Adjusted AI to more intelligently pick Focus Interests
• Adjusted AI to pick decision options more logically

Game Rules:

• NEW - Win/Lose Condition for when you deprive your enemy of any possible friendly location for a logistics capital
• New Condition is properly displayed in the World Overview

Leaders:

• Assad - NEW - Personalized sound added
• Josip Broz Tito - NEW - Ability added 'SAMOUPRAVLJANJE' - (Ends Turn): Spend 1 POWER and 1 INFLUENCE from YUGOSLAV-ALBANIAN ZONE to place 2 INFLUENCE in WESTERN EUROPE.
• Nasser - NEW - Personalized sound Added

Decisions:

• Red Dragon Rising description Added
• Josip's Broz Tito's decisions added - NEW - Foundation of Yugoslavia
• NEW - Personalized sound added for 'A Swift Response'
• FIX - Prevent ImmediateEffect from firing more than once on non-timed decisions if no option is picked

MIRVIN:

• NEW - In-game manual added
• NEW - Now you too can have a nice relaxing cutthroat match of Tic-Tac-Toe while you await for files to upload to the Workshop or improve them.

Multiplayer:

• FIX - The game will no longer start if mod setup between client and host doesn't match

Scenarios:

• FIX - Softlock in Scenario 1
• FIX - Issue that prevented CR (Command Reserve) from showing if only policies are displayable in Scenario 7
• Wargames can no include scripted support interests. Defaults to random if none is supplied

Terminal Graphics:

• NEW - UI Color Schemes added. Customize your terminals look in the Terminal Options menu

USA:

• NEW - US the Big Short added
• FIX - 'Olympus Rising' now correctly sets Elite Interests to 1
• FIX - 'American Culturization' now won't put points into already dominated regions

USSR:

• MODIFIED - Socialist Fraternity Cooldown increased from 10 to 18 turns - THE DONALD "Huzzah!"
• FIX - 'Regime of Peace and Love' now won't put points into already dominated regions
• NEW - Implemented decision chain for the Free Territory of Trieste
• FIX - USSR support of Israel in the Middle East no longer blocked if Gurion is recruited

Moscow, February 22, 1946 | 9 p.m. I write with haste. It is true. USSR aiming for nothing short of world communism. Worldview comes from sense of insecurity against antagonistic 'capitalist encirclement'. Soviets impervious to logic or reason and highly sensitive to logic of force. Must see that public is educated to realities of Russian situation. Free press cannot do this alone. Do not know how much longer until I'm discovered. Pursuing to gather more information. Signed /Mr. X In the mean time at 4pm the next day the Politburo passed a sweeping overhaul of the Finance Ministry and its affiliates. This deals a decisive blow to the various members of FINANCE that had lately been involved in a conspiracy to take over the government. In every respect these reforms have been a total success, and the people can once again sigh in relief as they no longer will go hungry in order to feed the ambitions of those who would let mere rubles corrupt them. The Union is safe.

USA

USSR

DECISIONS

DECISION CHARACTERS

GAME BALANCE

POLICIES

TERMINAL GRAPHICS

MULTIPLAYER

MAP

EDITOR

TERMINAL WIKI

OTHERS

What a marvelous day today! So many in the community making their voices heard on the Save Game feature and an outpouring of support for our ongoing development of Terminal Conflict. I've received an inbox full of PMs and comments on Steam and in our Discord War Room.

IRONMAN SAVES

TIME FRAME

Welcome to the much-anticipated Save the Day Thursday for Terminal Conflict! We've received much feedback so make your voice heard about the implementation for the save game feature for this remarkable grand strategy game. https://steamcommunity.com/app/745970/discussions/2/1741106440021556434/

We declare our War Room open! Join our development team and other player for multiplayer matches and all things Terminal Conflict and Cold War. The Terminal Conflict Discord: https://discord.gg/VQusSWF

Superb news! Today we announce that the first episode of OneProudBavarian's Strategy Guide is on and ready to enlighten your path to Cold War domination in Terminal Conflict! This is the first video of what will be a series guiding you through your first steps as the ruler of either the American or the Soviet side in the Cold War. Learn the game from the basics up, understand its systems and learn how to develop a grand strategy with which you can thwart both AI and human opponents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXHScvpU1i8 This series is officially supported by Strategy Mill

A big thank you to Pedder for a swift reporting as we are rolling out a patch with the following fixes.

New Tool for Devs

POLICIES

FOCUSES

Other

With a broad smile, the fight for power has begun! This week we are rolling out the much asked for domestic challenge as the American players will now need to guard not just against foreign enemies but domestic rivals.

USA

USSR

DECISIONS

NEW AVAILABLE POLICIES

COMBAT RULE UPDATES

OTHERS

A hot Sunday's patch and a warm thank you all for the feedback!

DECISIONS

DECISIONS EFFECTS

EDITOR

SOUND

GAME ENGINE and STABILITY

OTHERS

This past week we've been hard at work bringing you the main storyline centered around two revolutionary leaders Fidel Castro and Idi Amin. We will end the year in style and start a fantastic 2019! Happy New Year!

Better Incorruptible than Lucky

The Last King of Scotland

DECISIONS

POLICIES

LEADERS

MULTIPLAYER

TUTORIALS

NOTIFICATIONS

EDITOR

OTHERS

Seasonal Greeting from our Terminal Conflict Development team! As winter is approaching and we all gather with friends and family, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support. From the bottom of our hearts we wish you a God Jul! ..And now some gifts from our tinker toy workshop!

SEASONAL EVENT

DECISIONS

NOTIFICATIONS

NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE

AI

TRIGGERS AND EFFECTS

EDITOR

OTHERS

Today we will be diving into the deeper end of the pool as we release two chains ready for gamplay but before we do that, there seems to be some confusion regarding our DLC policy and what our ideas are with DLCs. I realize that this stems from the way we formulated what the DLCs do.

DLC POLICY

FATE OF GERMANY

SHIFTING SANDS

SUPREME COMMANDER EDITION

AI

MODDING

EDITOR

FLOWER POWER EDITION LAUNCHED

SUPREME COMMANDER EDITION LAUNCHED

DISARMAMENT

LEFT AND RIGHT CLICK SUPPORT

NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE

LEADER COMMAND CONSOLE

EDITOR

While we are working hard with STEAM to bring the DLCs online The Cold War has never been hotter! With the release of this first patch, you unlock the path to the Balance of Power.

WARGAMES MODE

ACTIVATED POLICIES

USA

USSR

DECISIONS

SINGLE PLAYER

MULTIPLAYER

OTHERS

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Game Editions

Greetings! This is Frithjof Nikolai Wilborn returning with reports from the Terminal Conflict team. Today, we will focus on the policies the superpowers can enact in the Middle Eastern theater. As the USSR and the USA battle for supremacy with all stately tools at their disposal, swaying the regional powers with sweet, sweet honey.

New Local Policies

Strategic significance

Loving strategy games and a Mac or Linux fan? Come join our BETA team as we are expanding with 4 new BETA positions and enlarging our international team to meet up with demand. In preparation for our December the 4th Early Access and beyond towards full release in 2019, we're looking for committed platform specific testers. We strongly believe that player focused game development results in great games and this is where you come in.

QA Analyst (Tester)

• Team minded: eager to listen and learn in order to process new information and constantly improve and evolve
• Relentless and persistent: you take on challenges with enthusiasm and never give up mastering your environment, why and how are your second nature
• Communicative: you are the first line of defense for the team always open to feedback and collaboration
• A gamer: the vast majority of your time you spend playing games
• A macOS or SteamOS +Linux user

• Test and evaluate potential game issues
• Identify, report and track bugs in our project management system
• Give constructive feedback on bugs, design, fun-factor and other game related perspectives
• Learn about the gaming industry and what it takes to develop video games
• Play a lot of games

• OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory required
• Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Mouse and keyboard are required. / Internet Connection or 1 vs 1 Ranked multiplayer. or Direct connect in multiplayer mode.

• OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory required
• Storage: 2 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Mouse and keyboard are required. / Internet Connection or 1 vs 1 Ranked multiplayer. or Direct connect in multiplayer mode.