Dev Diary 183 - Coronations Art & Changelog

Coronation & Anointment Art​

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PC Update 1.17.0 "Ascendant" Changelog​

Expansion Features (Paid)​

• Added Coronation activity

• Added game rules for Coronations: one making them optional by turning off Crowned laws, another that allows rank-up to emperor without losing crown

• Added laws for kings and emperors regarding their Uncrowned, Crowned or Anointed status

• CosmeticUncrowned kings and emperors/and their spouses - do not wear crowns

• Adds Coronation Tradition doctrine to faiths, determining whether they have Anointment Required (for emperors), Anointment Permitted or No Anointment

• Adds faith-based triggers for whether a culture is focused specifically on crowns during coronations, on regalia, or utilizes either without preference

• Two Coronation types: Regular Coronation and Anointment by the HoF

• Adds Request Anointment character interaction with the HoF

• New filter for activity locations that permits your capital and holy sites, both within and outside your realm

• Ties coronations into title gain events and elsewhere

• Provide coronation artifacts (crowns or regalia) through multiple avenues: on game start, from free inspirations, on regular pulse for AI

• Adds imperial rank-up event informing players that they become uncrowned when increasing tier

• Coronation activity options: Ceremony and Celebrations

• Coronation host intents: Impress Attendees, Embrace Supporters, Weaken Detractors, Exalt the Crown

• Coronation guest intents: Bear Witness, Seize Advantages, Advocate Domain, Profess Rights, Offer Support, Disrupt Loyalists

• ~44 prelude phase random host events

• ~19 prelude phase random guest events

• ~28 feast phase random host events

• ~18 feast phase random guest events

• Above events include guest intent fulfilment events, where guests with shared intents choose what related reward they are interested in asking of the host

• “Critical fail” outcome for Coronations based on guests with disrupt loyalists besting the host

• Events include content for Christians, administrative, clans, nomads, tribals and confederations

• New Activity Pulse Actions for Coronations

• 10 ceremony phase key events with triggered success-based and regional loc variations

• Magnificence meter determining a Coronation’s level of success

• Scaling Coronation and Oath rewards based on magnificence

• through activity and at conclusion, opinion gain with vassal stances based on intents

• Background relationship formations amidst and between Supporters and Detractors during Coronation

• Supporters and Detractors guest subsets

• Activity view widget displaying Major Supporters and Major Detractors

• Added 16 Oaths with bespoke rewards and fulfillment conditions

• Includes Oath-tracking story cycle, Oath decisions, and Oath failure and success events

• New Oath-based building lines

• New Oath-based cultural tradition

• Added crowning animation

• Added new intent icons for the coronation activity

• Coronation activity type illustration

• Illustrations for Regular Coronation and Anointment sub-types

• AI behavior adjustments so they will host a Coronation ASAP while uncrowned

Game Content​

• Added bow inspiration type and added bows to the weapon option of the commission artifact decision.

  • Bow artifacts now increase hunter