Patch 1.243

Hi all, I've got a new update for you.

New Features

Diplomacy & Politics

• Pay Ransom -- new interaction to pay gold to retrieve imprisoned courtiers from foreign factions

• Diplomatic Marriage & Reassert Authority -- added to peacetime negotiation options, giving more tools during diplomacy

• Province Build Focus -- set build focus directives on vassal provinces to guide AI construction priorities

Military

• Unit Encyclopedia -- full encyclopedia entries for all army and navy unit types

• Instant Embark -- armies automatically board navies when both are garrisoned in the same settlement

UI & Quality of Life

• Pinned Items -- bookmark settlements, characters, and armies to a persistent bar at the top of the screen for quick access

• Rename Militaries, Settlements & Children -- rename your armies, vassal settlements, and player dynasty children

• Disease Info -- settlement sidebar now shows active diseases and their effects

• Redesigned Building Browser -- tabbed category filter replaces the old list, with tutorial hints for new players

• Building Icons on Economy Map -- economy map mode now shows building icons and highlights built structures

• Smooth Camera Panning -- camera edge-panning now uses eased movement for a smoother feel

• Clickable Governor Map -- governor map mode is now interactive; clicking highlights all provinces under the same governor

• Settlement Sidebar -- now displays region, land area, and domain information

• Monthly Income Breakdown -- all gold changes are tracked in the monthly income snapshot with handpicked colour-coded graph segments

• Diplomacy Hints -- province tooltips show diplomacy status for foreign factions

• Unit Tooltips -- now show tier, speed, and build time

• Open Save Folder -- button on the load game screen to open the save games folder in Explorer

• Domain Name Display -- regional power blocs now show their domain's name

• Family tree and patronage terminology updated throughout the UI

• Encyclopedia hint and building tooltips now explain the click-to-build mechanic

Balance Changes

• Cities can now grow beyond 100,000 population with diminishing returns

• Naval Transport -- replaced abstract unit weight system with manpower-based capacity, making naval logistics more intuitive

• Kyrnos Rebellion Navy -- the Kyrnos rebellion now spawns with a navy, making the tutorial island conflict more dynamic

• Cultural integration now restricted to cultures within other culture groups, preventing same-group integration

• Removed wood resource cost from Shipyard

• Removed gold resource cost from Sacred Cairn

• Initial units in new formations now cost gold

• Disloyal governors only cause unrest when they also personally dislike the ruler

Bug Fixes

Military

• Fixed armies attempting instant embark in the same frame as ungarrisoning

• Armies no longer get stuck in settlements or at sea

• Spawned armies now snap to the landscape surface, preventing the stuck-in-ground bug

• Armies and navies deselect immediately when they rebel

• Siege action only appears on settlements at war with the player

• Formation templates sync correctly and handle missing target settlements for replenishment

• AI war blocs no longer force automatic white peace

Diplomacy & Politics

• Dynasty extinction now correctly triggers game over when the player ruler dies without a same-dynasty heir

• Patronage status no longer shown for dead characters

• Garrisons are expelled on peace treaty rather than destroyed

UI

• Edicts display as disabled rather than hidden before the throne is claimed

• Automation checkbox states refresh properly after loading a save

• Popup widgets no longer play close animation when reopened

• Imperator trait gain and loss notifications now use custom event text

• Melancholy trait renamed to Despondent to avoid confusion with the Melancholic personality

• Encyclopedia respects the current language setting and supports Escape to close from the main menu

• AI-generated event text no longer uses faux-subtlety patterns

Other

• Landing site markers replaced with instanced mesh rendering, reducing draw calls during naval operations

• Fixed crash-causing issues: dangling pointers, null faction references, and out-of-memory edge cases

• Deterministic new game initialisation for consistent world generation

• Prevented bulk-syncing locally saved achievements to Steam on startup

• Sea routes generate per-level meshes instead of a single shared asset

• City bell ambient sounds reduced in volume and frequency

• Improved save game error logging with specific failure reasons

• New event artwork for several interactions

Thank you,

Joe