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Patch Notes | Operation HEAD, Checksum 48b7

Hello everyone! As we mentioned not too long ago, we’ll be bringing you several patches over the coming weeks and months. Here is our first batch of patch notes. Operation HEAD, 1.16.

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What changed

2 fixes7 additions11 changes10 removals
  • Balance
  • Performance
  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
changedBalanceIncreased the artillery required for elephantry -reduced its base soft attack by 20% -reduced breakthrough by 20% -reduced manpower requirement by 10% -increased supply consumption by 25%
changedBalanceIndia -Train Robberies now reduce railway/hub/infra by 2% (was 3%) for each railway focus completed -Train Robberies now reduce weekly stability by 0.1% (was 0.3%)
addedBalanceIran: The Immortal Legion now has a much larger starting template
changedBalanceIndia: The national spirit “Anti-Imperialist Zeal” now gives 8% defense bonus against the USA (up from 0.8%)
addedGameplayAdded an event chain for Syria and Lebanon that allows them to side with Vichy/Free France or declare independence when Paris falls
addedGameplayAdded additional animation variants for elephantry

As we mentioned not too long ago, we’ll be bringing you several patches over the coming weeks and months. Here is our first batch of patch notes.

Operation HEAD, 1.16.1, Checksum 48b7

Balance

Increased the artillery required for elephantry -reduced its base soft attack by 20% -reduced breakthrough by 20% -reduced manpower requirement by 10% -increased supply consumption by 25%

India -Train Robberies now reduce railway/hub/infra by 2% (was 3%) for each railway focus completed -Train Robberies now reduce weekly stability by 0.1% (was 0.3%)

  • Iran: The Immortal Legion now has a much larger starting template

  • India: The national spirit “Anti-Imperialist Zeal” now gives 8% defense bonus against the USA (up from 0.8%)

Gameplay

  • Added an event chain for Syria and Lebanon that allows them to side with Vichy/Free France or declare independence when Paris falls

  • Added additional animation variants for elephantry

  • Generic elephantry now uses the generic infantry model

  • Iraq: More models can be selected for artillery and anti-tank battalions in the division designer

  • IndiaAdded better tooltip to train robberies
  • India: Famine now only requires you to lose a starting Indian State (excluding Aden) with 30 days to retake it

  • IndiaImproved Famine description
  • India: The focus “Threaten the Princes” now gives 10% communist support

Modding

  • Added "count" functionality for all any_object triggers. It will evaluate true if at least "count" items fulfill the child triggers. The count field will support scoped variables

Bugfixes

  • IndiaThe Mughal Influence state modifier will now be removed if no longer owned by the Mughal Empire or India
  • India: The Mughal Uprising now changes the name of political parties rather than keeping the Indian ones

  • India: The British Raj no longer loses certain spirits after separating from the East India Company or Princely Breakaway States

  • India: "Parkash Singh"s trait "Brave" is no longer missing a title and description

  • India: The "Conquer Afghanistan" focus no longer attempts to give a special forces doctrine discount when you do not have AAT

  • India: The "Frontier Corps" focus no longer gives a special forces doctrine reward if you are missing AAT

  • India: The "Nothing Personal" focus will now bypass if unavailable

  • India: Forward Bloc now removes the occupation law No Garrison until independence is achieved through the focus Give Me Blood And I Will Grant You Freedom

  • India: The game rule to make India go down the historical path will no longer block achievements

  • India: Independence unrest events no longer continue to appear after declaring independence in India's fascist path

  • India: East India Railways will no longer bypass automatically when GoE is missing

  • India: The Ahadi Division template given by The Mughal Uprising can now be edited

  • India: Famine should now longer trigger if a country spawns in the affected area

  • India: The ruling party of the Mughal Empire and British Raj are no longer flipped (Mughals getting GB and RAJ getting Mughal Court) after starting the civil war

  • India: Aden no longer gets returned to the Raj after the Mughal Uprising if it was previously handed over to the United Kingdom

  • IndiaFixed a bug where a blank EIC focus was appearing in the focus tree upon formation
  • IndiaNumerous national focuses have been updated with filter tags
  • India: The focus Royal Indian Navy Mutiny no longer requires independence

  • IndiaFixed a broken bypass condition for the focus Pledge for the Allies
  • Iraq: Nuri As Said no longer has a placeholder portrait

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Steam News / 12 March 2025

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