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Major Update: The Government Office System — Officials, Cultural Titles, and Local Governance
This August 6, 2026 update introduces the complete Government Office System: every state appoints a full roster of officials (by AI or by hand) whose competence directly affects the treasury, provincial output, rebellio…
Announcement15 changesPerformanceGameplay - Fantasy Map Simulator
Capital Icons, Alliance View, and Independence War Fixes
This update includes the following fixes: Fixed newly founded countries created by rebellions showing a regular city icon for their capital. Fixed the city icon not updating after a national capital was captured. Fixed…
Announcement5 changesFix - Fantasy Map Simulator
New War System V2: Casus Belli, Peace Settlements, and Capital Fall Crises
This July 17, 2026 update brings the reworked War System V2: AI declarations now come with explicit casus belli and war goals, wars are pushed toward the negotiating table by war exhaustion and distress, peace settlemen…
Announcement26 changesFixGameplay - Fantasy Map Simulator
Custom Population, Province Defense, and Dynamic Army Size Limits
This June 4, 2026 update focuses on custom province population, province defense, and dynamic army size limits. Custom population and defense: Added custom population settings to the Province panel. You can now set curr…
Announcement25 changesFixGameplay - Fantasy Map Simulator
Military System, District Editing, and Workshop Upload Rework
This April 20, 2026 update focuses on the new military system, district editing, and a rebuilt Workshop upload flow. Military system and military editor: Added a full military unit system. Unit types now affect recruitm…
Announcement21 changesWorkshopMaps - Fantasy Map Simulator
Crash Fix for Map Editing
Fixed crashes caused by a memory leak while editing maps. Please try painting the map with Autosave enabled in Map Editing -> Global Commands. If the game still crashes, please send your Player.log to fantasymapsimulato…
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - Fantasy Map Simulator
Custom Naming, Custom Labels, and Editing Improvements
This update focuses on country custom naming, custom labels, and map-editing workflow improvements. Country custom naming (State Panel -> State Actions): Added a new Custom Naming system for countries. You can now edit…
Announcement15 changesFixMaps - Fantasy Map Simulator
Naval Overhaul, AI Global Config, and Autosave
This update focuses on a major naval overhaul, AI global configuration upgrades, and the new autosave system. Quick controls: Press 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to switch different map modes. Naval and trade updates: Added an independ…
Announcement20 changesFixGameplay - Fantasy Map Simulator
Family Editing Is Here and the 2026 Roadmap
Family Editing Edit noble houses via Edit Map -> Edit Houses: split territories and delete houses. Manage members via Family Panel -> Members -> Family Tree: delete characters, arrange marriages, divorce, execute, and a…
Event14 changesMapsGameplay - Fantasy Map Simulator
Alliance interface complete with customization and family-trait fixes
The alliance interface is now complete: customize alliance names and colors, press the 2 key to switch to the alliance view, lock an alliance so it never disbands, and expel members when needed. A new capital jump short…
Announcement4 changesFixUI/audio - Fantasy Map Simulator
History log overhaul and giant-map optimizations
The history log panel has been rebuilt so you can jump to any year and turn pages forward or backward with precision. Improvements: Heightmap and biome painting on huge maps now runs much smoother, eliminating the heavy…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - Fantasy Map Simulator
Army panel reset and river editing improvements
Army panel reset with a unified style. River editing improved: you can now multi-select control points and a button was added to delete all rivers. The new river editing workflow is as follows: Left-click to select a ri…
Announcement18 changesFixUI/audio - Fantasy Map Simulator
Family System, National Leaders, Civil War System, Religion Editor and RTS
1. Family System and National Leaders Each country now has different families, and based on their political system, countries have leaders with different titles.Steam post image Leader Titles by Political System: Kingdo…
Event25 changesGameplayBalance - Fantasy Map Simulator
June 21st Update Log
Export Images and History Go to Menu > Options -> Export to select the content you want to export. Army Pathfinding Efficiency Optimization Significantly improved the efficiency of army pathfinding, reducing lag when th…
Patch notes1 changePerformance - Fantasy Map Simulator
Culture View and New Editor UI
Culture View, Alliance View, a new Editor UI views Press 1, 2, 3 to switch between Country, Alliance, and Culture views. Culture The Culture system includes regions where countries can emerge or rebel. The probability o…
Patch notes3 changesUI/audioMaps - Fantasy Map Simulator
Redesign Nation Panel UI
Game Update Announcement Interface Improvements Redesigned Nation Panel UI with clearer categorization, including seven main sections: Basic, Action, War, Trait, Diplomacy, Resource, and History We plan to redesign othe…
Patch notes5 changesFixUI/audio
