Hello everyone, A few days ago, we released version 0.85, and it's clear we didn't meet the high standards we set for ourselves and that you expect from us. We sincerely apologize for the shortcomings of this release and any frustration it may have caused you. Your patience, understanding, and supportive feedback during this time have been invaluable, and for that, we are truly grateful. Hotfix 0.85.1 Now Available In response to your feedback, we've worked diligently to address the issues with an immediate hotfix, version 0.85.1, now available for download. This hotfix tackles many of the problems reported by our community, aiming to significantly improve your gameplay experience. macOS Support Announcement We're also thrilled to announce that World Warfare & Economics now supports macOS (silicon only)! This has been a highly requested feature, and we're excited to welcome even more players to our growing community. Whether you're on a Mac or PC, you can now enjoy the strategic depth and immersive world of World Warfare & Economics.

Version 0.85.1 (Hotfix) Changelog

• Countries: Added Taiwan, North Macedonia, and Micronesia as playable countries.
• Currency: Introduced the New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) as a new currency option.
• Naval Transportation Enhancements: Implemented Multi Division to Multi Fleet transportation capabilities.

• Economic Realism: Corrected the GDP calculation and growth metrics to be more realistic.
• Stock Market Stability: Addressed an issue where stock markets would lose 90% of their value in the first week.
• Revenue Fluctuations: Fixed significant and rapid revenue fluctuations.
• GDP Breakdown Accuracy: Resolved inaccuracies in the GDP Breakdown panel.
• UI Responsiveness: Corrected issues where clicking to buy units/licenses or to lift an embargo would not function.
• Energy Production: Fixed countries not producing energy.
• Water Production: Resolved the inability to produce water in coastal provinces.
• Deployment Screen Bug: Fixed a bug where the deployment screen would turn black and prevent unit deployment.
• Ultra-Wide Resolution Support: Addressed issues with UI elements not stretching correctly on ultra-wide resolutions.
• Seaport Construction Logic: Corrected the ability to build seaports anywhere on the map, restricting it to coastal points only.
• Sectors Panel Flag Display: Fixed an issue where the sectors panel would always show the US flag.
• Religious Demographics: Resolved a bug where religious percentages would always show 0% on country pop-ups.
• Model and UI Corrections:
• Fixed issues with tank models.
• Added a missing transportation button for naval units.
• Resolved navy selection issues.
• Corrected behavior of stacked unit cards and unit card orders panel.
• Ensured strategic and tactical unit cards properly collapse when revisited.
• Fixed bases disappearing temporarily after placing a new base.
• Addressed issues with loading saved games and units returning to base or failing to embark on ships.
• Resolved issues with inflation calculation, credit rating resets, and currency value initialization.

• Deployment Interface: Improved the deploy elements interface with the addition of an input field and slider for a better flow.
• Unit Identification: Updated unit cards to now indicate the army.
• Base Selection: Enabled bases to be selected from the region panel.
• War Declaration Confirmation: Added a confirmation dialog for declaring war when engaging a non-war country.
• Manufacturing Process: Altered the units manufacture capabilities process from factories to budget allocation.

• Day Pass Calculation: Optimized the calculation process for days passing, which can alleviate some freezes experienced during day transitions.

• Strategic/Tactical unit cards do not merge unless you zoom in enough to change modes.
• Strategic unit cards flash upon making move orders for divisions or fleets in bases.
• Division unit cards do not update colors after a diplomatic shift.
• Missiles do not work properly at 10x speed.
• Unit panel buttons only work for one division/fleet at a time.
• Saving/Loading inconsistent data.
• Unbalanced resource consumption/production.

Version 0.85 Changelog

• Playable Countries: Introduced 192 playable countries.
• Currencies: Added 140 currencies, all of which can be used as the main currency in-game.
• Country Workers Data: Included data for low, medium, and high worker categories.
• Country Population Data: Added population data categorized into poor, medium, rich, and very rich.
• Country Gender Data: Implemented gender data for men, women, and unspecified categories.
• Debt Repayment: Enabled the ability to repay debt in full.
• Media Infrastructures: Introduced the capability to construct media infrastructures.
• Airports and Entities: Added the ability to construct airports and other entities on the map.
• UI Scaling: Implemented a scalable tooltip feature, allowing for increased tooltip size.
• Region Capture Resistance: Added resistance to region capture, which occurs over time based on the military power of a unit.
• Visual Indicators: Introduced visual indications for region capture progression.
• Tooltip Font Resizing: Added a setting for resizing the tooltip font size.
• Strategic and Tactical Views: Included strategic and tactical unit views for land and naval units.
• Accordion UI: Implemented an accordion UI for land and naval units in tactical view.

• Terrain Rendering: Updated the terrain renderer to support HDR colors.
• Fog of War Redesign: Completely redesigned the fog of war and integrated it with intelligence systems.
• Radar Design: Introduced a new design for radars on the map.
• Economy Structure: Overhauled the economy structure to include production chains and demographic data.
• Squadron Target Selection: Radars will now turn red or green when the cursor is out of range.
• Facility Efficiency: Facilities now have an efficiency rating calculated by workers and resource consumption.
• Resource Consumption: Facilities will now consume resources and require workers.
• AI Defense: Improved AI's ability to defend its regions under attack.
• Budget and Accounts: If exceeding yearly budgets with sufficient account balance, the amount will be deducted from the account balance instead of accruing debt.

• Sector Facilities: Updated the UI for sector facilities to include more information about sectors and facilities, such as workers, resources, and efficiency.
• Sector Panel: Added a new panel for each sector to display comprehensive information.
• Facility Panel: Introduced a new panel for each facility to show detailed information.
• Aerial Unit Feedback: Added UI feedback when attempting to send aerial units out of range.
• Homepage Design: Updated the homepage design.
• Demographics Panel: Revamped the demographics panel design.

• Loading Issue: Fixed a bug where loading would get stuck at 11%.
• War-related Errors: Addressed internal errors related to war.
• Saved Game Loading: Resolved an issue where loading a saved game would be stuck at 80%.
• Missile Behavior: Corrected missiles that would constantly rotate around the target and sometimes scale up and down.
• Yearly Budgets Display: Fixed a bug where yearly budgets would display high values when loading a saved game in the first year.
• Potential Crashes: Fixed potential crashes when returning to the main menu.

• Army Panel Sorting: Optimized sorting in the army panel.
• Country Economy Calculation: Enhanced optimization of countries' economy calculations.
• Loading Process: Improved optimization of the 0-100% loading process (new game only), especially for PCs with low hardware capabilities.