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

A brand new set of policies have been produced and implemented both for the United States and for the Soviet Union. Working incredibly hard to encompass historically plausible outcomes, we created a good mix for a balance between the competing support for the establishment of Israel and supporting Pan-Arabism. Consider what your immediate and long-term priority will be and your strategy will flourish. You will most likely not be able to please both at the same time, but will you lay the foundation for the flame that risks burning so many regions? As the USSR, you also have the option to recruit Nasser in Egypt. He not only provides much-needed Power in covering the essential strait at Suez, but opens great opportunities to expand the Soviet sphere of influence.

Updated and improved AI

Advances are not limited to policies. MIRVIN received further updates, and we eliminated a cheat that would allow him to deploy more units than the maximum allowed by exploiting disembarking units. Clever, clever MIRVIN, but we saw what you did there!

Improved tool-tips

Our engineers have also been busy with improving the tools at your disposal. Getting information on elements in your terminal has never been easier. Moving your marker over objects will now automatically display detailed information.
This enhanced tool also enables military unit preview displaying both friendly and enemy units.
It also includes unknown units, but can also display Army Commands embarked on Surface Fleets.
The more advanced and skilled you become, the less you will need the tool-tips. For this purpose, our engineers have included the ability in the Options to set the delay time for them to appear.

Terminal Conflict Community

In closing, we would like to celebrate the passing of the 1100 Steam community members milestones! We are incredibly grateful, and humble to have such a fantastic community. Thank you all for your dedication and the all the wonderful congratulatory messages and kind words you sent out way. Mighty Cheers Gellert Keresztes ******************************************************

Upcoming Development

I) 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 final BETA testing. II) Policies are getting rolled out with each new patch. III) CONTRAS: TOP SECRET!

CHANGELOG

AI

• 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

GAME

• 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)

POLICIES

• 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.

MIDDLE EAST USA

• 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.

MIDDLE EAST USSR

• 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.

DECISIONS

• 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

LEADERS

• 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

MAP

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

EDITOR

• 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

OTHER

• 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