v0.1.9.5.9 [191d]

- Removed North Korean cores.
- A few of the Argentinian focuses have improved localization.
- Improved effects from Chilean "Preemptive Intervention" focus.
- Improved the use of 2D-3D tank assets. (mostly for NSB players)
- Sweden no longer benefits from an easy-to-hire air chief genius.
- Multiple small improvements for Albania and communist Austria.
- Adjusted the traits and roles of Czechoslovak leaders to make more sense.
-Added a missing tooltip for Chilean focus about battling the Nacistas uprising.
- Experimental dynamic name change for some states based on the controller's tag.
- Eliminated some broken decisions that caused considerable lag between each game day.
- Altered tooltips for some economic laws. Globalists around the world now tremble in fear.
- The PRC can now justify their existence earlier if they are warmongering in the early game.
- "The Between the Seas Concept" focus branch has been replaced with a decision category to influence other countries for a potential Miedzymorze alliance.
- [non-MtG] Calles loyalist civil war size will properly scale with country's stability and no longer punish the player for following suggestions.
- [NSB] Iceland is now in a personal union with Denmark. Previously this wasn't possible due to issues with its independence level.

➤ SOVIET
- Tweaked a few conditions and names regarding the Soviets demanding Karelia.
- Added two focuses featuring a potential power struggle after Stalin is taken care of.
- Operation "Hunt the Bear" allows the USSR to get rid of Stalin faster with the Centre branch.
- Decreased the tension removed after the end of the Soviet Civil War. However, the world will still remain somewhat strained.

➤ IRAN
- Some new portraits for existing Iranian advisors.
- Adjustments to Iran's 1936 political party names and popularity levels.
- A couple of new characters for Iran, including an admiral, a general, and a communist leader.

v0.1.9.5.8 - BBA [7de8]

★ Compatible with BBA update.
★ Support for a Spanish translation.
★ Added Egypt on the starting map, with a focus tree.
★ The old Mexican r56 tree has been heavily reworked.
★ Advanced tank research has been temporarily removed from the tech tree.

- Coloured subjects game rule.
- Added strait of Bab el Mandeb.
- Added some Australian focuses.
- Added historical African leaders.
- New state in Carpathian Ruthenia.
- Added Yemeni and Iraqi characters.
- Lend lease impact on war score halved.
- Historical leaders/commanders for Sri Lanka.
- Unique laws for capitulated/in exile countries.
- Added an historical Guanxi aviation instructor.
- Syria's authoritarian name and leader changed.
- Cost of overly cheap Guderian theorist doubled.
- [Non-LaR] Added leader traits for Spanish rulers.
- Slightly adjusted the positioning of the Kiel canal.
- Added shared Arab focuses relative to irregular warfare.
- Added decisions to grant medals to some special forces.
- Additional victory points in Sudan, Kenya, and Mozambique.
- Made a specific country leader available again for Greenland.
- Game rule option to choose between BBA and r56 focus trees.
- Added alternate AI behaviours for Albania and Czechoslovakia.
- Added tungsten deposits in Rwanda-Urundi and British Columbia.
- Barbarossa's mission now has some negative effects if not fulfilled.
- A specific Tibetan ruler now looks much better than he was before.
- Desert focused military branch for Arab countries with a generic tree.
- A unique conscription, trade, and economy law for capitulated countries.
- New type of game rule to add/remove cores for some releasable countries.
- [Non-BBA] Added focuses and other improvements to the r56 Ethiopian tree.
- Added a focus for France, Britain and China to purchase American weaponry.
- Added Southern Schleswig as a state to better represent Denmark claiming it.
- Added Liechtenstein to the map, though unreleased and with no focus tree yet.
- KMT economy is properly corrupted and players shall no longer be able to exploit it.
- Readjusted some of the triggers in events with the aim to improve the game's performance.
- Added decision to launch military exercises across the country with generic/shared focus trees.
- China shall no longer receive an overpowered buff if Manchukuo declares the return of the Qing.
- Added a missing nation that can be secured by democratic Canada if the latter is allied to the USA.
- [BFTB] Camelry-related focuses for Arab countries using their new branch as well was Saudi Arabia.
- Player-lead peace option restored, AI gets disabled, and the cost of every action is reduced to 0/1 now.
- Random AI behaviour selections shall work correctly for the Netherlands, Siam, South Africa, and New Zealand.
- Czechoslovakia will be less troubled by Sudeten Germans should they lose control over those specific territories.
- Israel's 'Zionist Consensus' national spirit has been buffed slightly to better prepare for a potentially hostile Egypt.
- Impassable zones now represent the high mountains even the bravest of mountaineers would not be climbing up.
- Asymmetrical Warfare Doctrine no longer provides 10% recruitable population. No human wave tactics from now on.
- Mao Zedong and other committed communists like Zhu De won't be available if you decide to "destroy the communists."
- Selecting any language but English now changes the starting event into a warning that you should change language selection.
- A new game rule in the UI section allowing players to apply the overlord colour to the subject states/only low-level subject states.
- Molotov Line will no longer stretch into German-occupied Poland, no matter how much the foreign minister might have liked that idea.
- A small number of cosmetic tags now apply properly. This includes Banana Empire, Russian Federation, Peru-Bolivian Confederation, and some other formables.
- [LaR] Player shall now have easier time fighting the "garrison influence" mechanics before the SCW - timer delay for them was heavily increased for the opposing AI.

➤ UKRAINE
- Added Crimean mountains.
- Military-industrial focus branch for Ukraine.

➤ MEXICO
- Added new air chief for Mexico.
- Removed poorly balanced designers from Mexican r56 tree.

➤ NETHERLAND
- Lowered the cost of hiring one Dutch advisor.
- [MtG] Clearer conditions and requirements for Dutch political tree.

➤ ARGENTINA
- Added Argentine characters and some focuses.
- Decision for Argentina to core the British islands in the area if they own them.

➤ GREECE
- [BfTB] Slightly buffed Metaxas as the leader.
- Greece can demand the Dodecanese from anyone who controls them.
- [BfTB] Uncovered a few hidden effects in the Greek focus tree for a better game clarity.

➤ TURKEY
- Misak-ı Milli formable has been removed.
- Turkey can reach the Misak-i Milli path after 1.1.1938 and when it has 300.000 army manpower.

➤ GERMANY
- Germany's "Defeat Western Communism" correctly provides war goals.
- Increased the manpower requirements for fascist Germany expansionist focuses.
- Some pre-NSB advisors were finally restored for Germany, they were of low priority.
- Game rules to add cossack and regional German cores, for those who really like map fragmentation.

➤ SOVIET UNION
- Added new white Russians.
- Soviets can now properly select a focus to demand Aegean islands if Turkish lands are in their grip.
- [NSB] AI Strategy plan for democratic USSR -> Russia. Now with the complete dissolution of the USSR.

➤ UNITED KINGDOM
- [LaR] Fixed the UK Cryptologic Bomb idea not applying properly.
- Added tungsten deposits in Rwanda-Urundi and British Columbia.
- [MTG] Britain will no longer leave the Commonwealth Research Group should a single dominion break away.

➤ POLAND
- Communist Poland now can enjoy a very original faction name.
- [NSB] Monarchist path for Poland can now select a chief of army.
- Added a decision to Poland should they become closely aligned with Germany. A token of cooperation.
- Polish scientists now require strong industrial support to provide the country with 5th and 6th research slots.
- Polish Peasant Union shall no longer receive the wrong branch of the focus tree after the civil war completion.

➤ ROMANIA
- The Balkan diplomacy decisions are no longer unavailable if you do Invite Romania.
- [DoD and NSB] Romania can unlock some army spirits for free by increasing the size of their reserve divisions or creating an armored division.

➤ PORTUGAL
- [LaR] Increased the cost of a very strong Portugal air chief.
- [Non-LaR] Portugal starts with 3 research slots and added an extra focus to gain a maximum of 6. Also slightly reduced the starting war support.

➤ ITALIA
- Added colonial focuses for Italian East Africa.
- Merged many old Italian focuses (38 total) on top of already existing vanilla Italian Tree. More interactions, more expansions, more colonial development.
- [Non-BBA] Added a small monarchist/democratic branch for Italy should the player decide to oppose the reign of Il Duce.

v0.1.9.5.8 - BBA Patch Mk1 [11cf]

The full version is not yet completely finished, but the first version is ready. Patch notes will be written when the full version is released.

v0.1.9.5.7 [94c1]

- Tweaked some Iranian generals.
- Etatism economy law for Turkey.
- Sweden has been added to the bookmark.
- Added Better Preset Colors mod. (Cr: Ayzo ツ)
- Decisions to form a new nation were reinstated.
- Added Leaders for Mali, Sierra Leone, and others.
- The Peru focus tree has been removed for a while.
- Added the Virgin Islands to the Caribbean formable.
- World will be less on fire after the Soviet civil war ends.
- Removed some of the releasables from the game rules.
- Cuba now has more accurate historical resources in Oriente.
- The Sikules can now become Hungary if they control the country.
- [LAR] Added some communist focuses to the Portuguese focus tree.
- Added Miklós Kállay as a leader of Hungary if you puppet the country.
- Added 2 new Victory Points to Cuba: Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba.
- Updated some rubber production to be a bit more consistent with 1936 data.
- Game rule to remove some less relevant releasable tags in non-colonial regions.
- Recruiting Flemish generals shall no longer accidentally give you a Walloon one.
- [WTT] China's relocation focus was hidden from people who lack the necessary DLC.
- Added Cuban, Georgian, Moroccan and Colombian historical characters and leaders.
- The duration of 5 focus on the Ottoman path of the Turkish focus tree has been reduced.
- Updated state population totals in Cuba to more accurate numbers per their latest census at the time.
- Added the Diplomacy Alignment Triangle we know from Hearts of Iron 3 (Cr: Drowse, Yard1, Cheporef)
- Misak-ı Milli formable has arrived. To open this formable, you need to complete the Misak-ı Milli focus.
- Being the illegitimate government, Manchuria will lose all its cores should it be annexed in a peace deal.
- Most famous dictators and some specific nationalists will be more reluctant to invite random countries into their factions.
- [MTG] The UK focus "Decolonization" now removes most of the former dominions free without a weird "white peace" option.
- [MTG] "The British Communist Alternative" no longer removes the faction, but only renames it, saving a bit of the headache for UK players.
- Mongolian border raids have now increased timer and AI is "taught" to not target democracies or neutral countries too often. Doesn't apply to pro-Japanese imperialists though!
- Both the cost of political power and its qualifications have been regulated in the Finance, Nationalization and War Bonds laws and the Economy Laws in the State Policies section.
- More than 278 bugs fixed.

➤ GERMANY
- Democratic Germany focus to get colonies. (1 new focus)
- R56 Monarchist Germany can send volunteers after stabilizing now.
- After many gentle reminders, R56 German civil war sides will reset their color after winning.
- [WTT] Road to 56 Germany can get Victoria. (and restore the HRE, might later get a mini-branch)
- [NSB] Lowered the cost for some rather-unimpressive political advisors of the Left Opposition in the Soviet focus tree.
- [NSB] Improvements to the Russian “Beaten, but not Defeated” tree: sped up some focuses, many enhanced focus rewards, and generally improved the branch’s layout.

➤ SOVIET
- Changed the logo of the Soviet Agency.
- Orthodox religious focuses are more impactful.
- Restored NSB cosmetic tags (Russian Empire green again)
- Added new Forest infantry focus, better layout + conditions.
- Triple Entente focus for non-NSB players of the Soviet Union.
- Fixed description for tooltip when trying to release nations as Soviet.
- Protecting Poland as the Soviets gives less tension than demanding the East.
- Adjustments and small fixes to the Tsarist portion of the Russian/Soviet focus tree.
- Lowered the duration for some of the Left Opposition focuses depending on their corresponding rewards.
- Okhrana agency condition (from prev commit) reduced addition of non-communist party popularity (makes civil war slightly harder)

- Hotfix

v0.1.9.5.6 [0595]

- New states in Iran.
- AI arrangement in general.
- Two new advisors for Mongolia.
- AI game rule options for Venezuela.
- Nerfed some of the Lithuanian generals.
- Removed censorship on some Czechoslovak events.
- Flags of communist Egypt and fascist Iraq were changed.
- Added AI-only idea so Iceland doesn't join Axis when attacked.
- Added an additional starting menu option to buff the Comintern.
- Expanded text and flavors for a few commonly seen news events.
- Germany shall no longer be able to receive a seventh research slot.
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram now loves artillery, but is a bit weaker on attack.
- The portraits of Stanley Baldwin and Fumimaro Konoe have been replaced.
- Limited amount of maximum achievable research slots by Manchuria to six.
- New event picture for USSR/Russia should the Third Year Plan be disrupted.
- Siam (AI) shall be hardly inclined to join the GEACPS and not Axis on historical settings.
- The icon of the Anarchism, Democratic Group and Nazism ideology has been changed.
- Added two decisions to Ukraine to allow them to rename their cities to their Ukrainian versions.
- Few of the Chinese industrial and equipment concerns were tweaked and merged to prevent confusion.
- Replaced over 60+ randomly triggering events with decisions, follow-up events, missions, on actions and more. (It will show an increase in performance.)
- Added a new industrial decision to China, PRC and warlords which now more coherently replaces the industrial debuffs.
- "GER/SOV/ENG Air/Tank Cooperation" focuses will provide more country-specific bonuses and be less about overpowered Austrian Wunderwaffe.
- [BFTB] Reworked/rebalanced various ideas which are applied to Turkey via the "Six Arrows" decision categories. Now with clear tooltips and consistent effects. Additional bonus: pursuing secularism makes Kemalist officers much more devoted to the Republic!
- More than 200 bugs fixed.

● Sweden focus tree has been renewed.

➤ SWEDEN
- New decisions.
- New advisors.
- New events.
- Added new leaders.
- Added new companies.
- Changes in ideas.

➤ USA
- New advisors have arrived.
- There have been changes in AI.
- New focus tree GFXs has arrived.
- All modifications have been edited.
- Added 11 new focuses to the focus tree.
- War Plans Division and War Department paths have been adjusted.
- USA national spirit "Pentagon" was tweaked to apply its buff correctly.

➤ PERU
- Added 2 new focuses.
- Minor changes in ideas.

➤ MINOR FOCUS TREE CHANGES
FRENCH INDOCHINA - The duration of the Plan Mandel focus has been increased to 70 days.
BRAZIL - Added a new focus called International Volunteers.
GERMANY [R56] - Added 2 new focuses.
NETHERLANDS - Reduced the duration of Abondon the Gold Standard and Obtain Foreign Colonial Investments focus.

v0.1.9.5.5 [24b0]

- New states in Indonesia.
- Tweaked a few advisor traits.
- News event if Danzig joins Germany on its own.
- New map mode for showcasing claims and cores.
- Slightly reshuffled the Soviet "Comintern" branch.
- Replaced a few event pictures for Czechoslovakia.
- France will now guarantee Belgium upon the game start.
- Mongolia sided with Peru on the country selection screen.
- New map mode to show clearly what are your claims and cores.
- Tweaked a few focuses in the Polish tree on historical branches.
- [LAR] Slightly buffed reward from the Spanish focus "Ensure Loyalty".
- [WTT] Shortened duration and buffed some of the Manchurian focuses.
- Adding new batallion to your division will cost now 4 and not 5 army xp.
- Slightly adjusted the positioning of various branches in Austrian focus tree.
- Northern Ma Clique states have been reshaped following the historical borders.
- Removed and reworked many outdated events which slowed down the game.
- The little Soviet ally in the East now has a focus tree. (Temuchin is not included.)
- Minor changes to the Argentina, Brazil, Findland, Iran and Germany AI Strategy.
- Added unique traits to warlords in China trying to match their backgrounds and deeds.
- Generic focus "Isolated State" is now unavailable if the country is a subject or is at war.
- Replaced a few events in the Congolese and Belgian focus trees with clearer decisions.
- Highly customized 3-way civil war and other major changes in Germany's Road to 56 tree.
- Replaced one of the infantry specialists for Canada to prevent overstacking of specific bonuses.
- Expanded protesting possibilities for the Interventionist USA if various countries do aggressive focuses.
- "Developed Rural Region" now has 3 initial building slots instead of 5 to match the state status properly.
- Added decisions to rename Königsberg for communist Germany, Poland, Stalinist and non-communist Russia, Lithuania.
- [BFTB] Allowed the DLC-less event to kill Ataturk to fire after everything else if you own Battle for the Bosporus in order to ensure that Ataturk doesn't become immortal.
- [WTT] Infiltration decision for PRC together Power Struggle and anti-infiltration campaigns including industrial evacuations for China were made more accessible and easier to navigate.
- More than 381 bugs fixed.

➤ ITALY
- Reduced the duration of Rebuild the North and Christian Democracy focus.
- Italian focus "Ultimatum to Albania" now targets the Albanian rebels as well.

v0.1.9.5.4 [4a59]

- Changed the leader portraits of some countries.
- Turkey's color of appearance became red.
- Added Garrison troop and Mechanized Shocktroop.
- Changed the German and communist England flag.
- Replaced the uncensored version of the German flag on some focus trees.
- Minor changes to the Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Finland and Iran AI Strategy.
- Added the buff to tank armor while also slightly adjusting the nerf to Anti-Tank to make it less severe.
- Adjusted 151 focus tree icons and changed the appearance of some ideology groups.
- More than 108 bugs fixed.

➤ LITHUANIA [R56]
- New decisions.
- New advisors.
- New events.
- Added new leaders.
- Added Amlit company.
- Minor changes in ideas.
- A new fascist flag has arrived.
- Lithuania can now go the monarchist focus path.
(The bottom focus is not used because the focus tree is not completely finished.)

➤ FRANCE
- Tools Modernisation focus has been 70 days.
- Minor changes in focus tree.

➤ SIAM
- The Siam focus tree has undergone an edit and has been slightly modified.

➤ PHILIPPINES
- Worldwide Intervention and Seize Illegal Weapons Manufacturer Plantsfocus has been 35 days.

- Hotfix

v0.1.9.5.3 [1533]

- Small AI changes.
- Added Catalan to Juan Pujol's nationalities.
- New portraits for CRO, ENG, FRA, ITA, POL, SIA and VIN.
- Added Albanian decisions to core Kosovo and a bordering state.
- Austrian, Honduran, Norwegian, and Saudi AI behavior game rules.
- Added a decision for Danzig to join Prussia or Germany.
- Minor changes to the Soviet, Germany, Mongolia, Japan and Finland AI Strategy.
- Motorized vehicles nerfed, Mechanized vehicles buffed.
- Updated some ship icons and added Dreadnought icon.
- Fighter and Heavy Fighter ground attack adjusted. Jets buffed.
- Italy's 'Conquest of Ethiopia' mission has been reduced to 365 days.
- Added various victory points for African nations to spice things up a little.
- More content for R56 Germany, including an overhaul of their historic focus plans.
- Added focuses to attack/ally Andorra in their surrounding nation's focus trees where relevant.
- Added an event for other countries to remove the "Dislike Germany" leader trait in case Germany changes government.
- Minor adjustments to some focus trees.
- More than 486 bugs fixed.

➤ GERMANY
- [R56] All German paths can re-militarize the Rhineland.
- "Improve National Spirit" for Germany now requires either Germany or their subject to control London and Paris.
- [WTT] If USSR has a civil war, German democratic and monarchist focuses and corresponding events will target both (or the) communist part of the war.
- More content for R56 Germany, including an overhaul of their historic focus plans.

➤ SOVIET
- Updated the portraits of two Soviet generals.
- Soviet national spirit "Military Advisors to Spain" will be removed upon SCW completion.
- Stalin is a bit more paranoid and is more reluctant to invite random countries to the Comintern

➤ FINLAND
- Reduced the duration of Moscow Armistice and Join the Axis focus.
- Regulations at Finland events.
- Added some historical Finnish aces in their air focuses.

➤ PERU
- Minor changes in ideas.
- Flags have been updated.
- New events have been added.
- Added new portraits.
- There have been changes to the Democratic and Communism path of the focus tree and the Authoritarian path has been added.

➤ MONGOLIA
- New decisions.
- Minor changes in ideas
- Added 2 new focuses and minor changes in some focuses.
- New events have been added.
- Added a non-aligned leader for Mongolia.
- Added flags for Greater Mongolia, Anarchist Mongolia, and Soviet united Mongolia.