Rise Of The White Sun News

Hello, here is an new big fat content patch!

First I want to say that the annoying bug that made some armies dissapear on save/load is no more!
Thank you for every one who reported it.

That said, here is what you will find in this new patch:

• 2 new provinces: Xinjiang and Gansu
  
• 15+ new characters
  
• 12 new factions (Ma families, White Russians, Kumul Khanate, Xinjiang officials...)
  
• New features: oasis towns, khanates, many new White Russian actions...
  
• Some more maps redrawn to the new style
  
• Yes, I changed enough stuff to break your current saved games
  

September 1920,

Xinjiang governor Yang Zengxin is worried.
The Russian Civil War has direct repercussions over his province: White Russians armed bands are using China as a rear base to conduct vengeful raids into Bolshevik territories.
Since the fall of Yuan Shikai, Yang Zengxin has not received any funds, nor any modern weapon for his army...
It seems that the governor is on his own to deal with his powerful and wild unwelcome Russian guests.

The governor's enemies in Xinjiang and Beijing are awaiting an error to interfer in his business and oust him from power.
Soon the Red Army will be tempted to in turn cross the border to eradicate the last White armies.

As governor Yang, you have 103 turns to get rid of your enemies in Xinjiang.

To recreate Xinjiang and Gansu, new types of districts have been created for the game: oasis towns and khanates.



Some More Russian Civil War action!

To better simulate the last actions of the Russian civil war, many features have been added: raids into Bolshevik territory, the possibility to recruit White Russians stragglers, the possibility to use the lasts Imperial Russian consulates in Xinjiang to help you...

All the White Russians commanders in Xinjiang are in the game: Dutov, Annenkov, Bakich, but be ready to lose them to treachery and assassinates.

As the White Russian player, You are not the only Russians in town: Bolshevik agents can bevery active in the area!



We are family!

Most of you know or have eard of Ma Bufang, but they were many more Ma in town at that time.
Playing in Gansu have many similarities with the Sichuan gameplay: a lot of factions on a single territory, but with more desert, more horses and ridiculously small armies (by Guangdong standards).

September 1920,

the Hui warlords in Gansu resent the rule of the overnor Zhang Guangjian and petitioned Beijing for his replacement, arguing that Gansu should be governed by people from Gansu.

However, the situation is not as simple, as the province is divided into eight military districts, with half being governed by a Hui commander and the other half by Han commanders.

The Han population is still unwilling to accept the idea of a Hui governor due to the frightening memory of past Hui rebellions.
The situation remained at a standstill until Zhang Guangjian lost support in Beijing, as the power of the Anhui Clique collapsed under attacks from the Zhili and Fengtian Cliques.

Zhang Guangjian's days as a governor are numbered, and the question arises as to who will rise as the next strong leader in Gansu.

You have 103 turns to impose your rule in Gansu and its surrounding areas.

The Ma factions will receive more love and special features in the next patch (Tibet)


I hope that will be enough content for you to have fun waiting for the next content patch,

Have Fun!

Maestro Cinetik

Many good things in this new patch:

• New factions: the Comintern & the Mongol People's Party
  
• New scenario
  
• New Quality of life features
  
• New maps
  
• New cheat codes
  

[h2]New factions[/h2]

As the Comintern, you will assist to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party, and later help Mongol Revolutionaries reclaim their country.

Playing as the Comintern in the Little Model China scenario is a chill, low stress, sand box experience.
It is perfect to get your hands ino the Communist faction mechanisms.
You will have 100 turns to create and develop the Party as you wish.

9 new Communist characters have been added to the game, so you will have a large choice of characters to build your team.
The game already features more than 170 historical characters!

Playing as the Mongol People's Party is an experience of guerilla warfare in the steppe, decisive Red Army expedition (yes you will control Red Army units!), and vicious internal political intrigue.

[h2]New scenario[/h2]

A new 1 map scenario has been added: "Wild Mongolia".
It is specially crafted to be played as the Mongol People's Party.
However, this scenario may be difficult to master if you are a new player.

If you are more into White Russian mad barons, I find it funnier to play Ungern's faction in the longer "Little Model China" scenario.
The same if you prefer playing the Chinese faction: you will have more strategical options on the full China map than on this small scenario.

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

You can now see who commands a unit from the map: just zoom in enough, and the portraits of the commanders will appear next to the units they command. (Only for your faction)

Right click on teh character's portrait on the bottom bar to display new buttons.
1 button to open the character's detailed screen (same effect as double cliking on it)
1 button to jump to the actual location of the character (useful to jump quickly from province to province)
1 button to open the character's window in the who's who interface.

[h2]New maps[/h2]

I will start adding redrawn maps.
Two maps per Two maps.
In this patch, Mongolia and Hunan have been redrawn.

[h2]New cheat codes[/h2]

(press c to open the cheat console, then type one of the cheat codes below)

sepuku: kills your character (and yes, that is super useful)
Bogdbreaksfree: clears Urga from all units and turns it to rebels.
wearefamily: your character's loyalty is now maximum
tycoon: all your district policies progress to 99% (useful to explore the policy tree)
coin1920: Many warlords in Little Model China will now be more interested about fighting Communism and building things in their province.


Et voilà!

I hope you will have a lot of fun with this new patch.
Next patch: Gansu and Sinkiang (Xinjiang) & new White Russian factions.

Maestro Cinetik

[h2]Rise of the White Sun now features Mongolia![/h2]

This has been a huge work: a lot of game mechanisms have been added to portray warfare and policies in the steppe.
Main additions to game are:

3 new factions

• Ungern's Asian Cavalry Division
  
• The Chinese Northern Defence Army
  
• The bloody Ja Lama
  
• The Mongol People's Party and the Red Army
  

The later one not being playable for the moment. They appear in the game but are AI controlled.
The plan is to make them part of a playable multifaction including the Komintern and the Young Chinese Communist Party.

A lot of new game mechanisms

• Trucks
  
• Cavalry
  
• Mongol Banners
  
• Desert & Steppe
  
• Cattle
  

Some things have also been reworked

• The GMD victory conditions in the Little Model China have been changed
  
• A lot of ingame Aid and context texts have been added
  

I realize that you love to know the historical outcome/aftermath of a faction ad that giving you that information often greatly helps you.
I may add some more "spoiler" panels with historical information.

[h2]Game Development Road Map and ETA[/h2]

1) Featuring all the province and all the factions in the Little Model China.
They are 3 big content patches to come:
-Xinjiang & Gansu*
-Tibet
-The birth of the CCP

2) A great map painting -sandbox- no stress scenario.
Once we have all China in the game, nothing opposes to creating that kind of more relaxed scenario.

3) Extenting the Guangdong Revolutionary Base to include the Northern Expedition

4) Completing the Chinese Translation.
It is 65-70% done. It may seem to stall, but as I keep adding tons of texts every day, a 65% done translation is actually encouraging.

And that will be done!

Have fun!

*I struggle to get enough documentation about Gansu in 1920. Feel free to help

[h2]What's new?[/h2]

As you may know, I am currently working on the Mongolia content patch.
I had a lot of new mechanisms to add to the game system, to portray Mongolia as it deserves.

This is why, you now have in the game:

* Steppes
*Livestoks
*Mongol banners
*Cavalry
*New maps prototype in Heilongjiang

[h3]Mongol banners[/h3]

Mongol banners have now special management actions.
You will need to buy the loyalty of Mongol Princes and Lamas in order to do anything worthy in the Mongol steppes.
If you prefer, you can also start a long and costly policy to bring Han settlers in Outer Mongolia.

[h3]Into the steppes[/h3]

You will find that your coolies and habits of living on the land won't be of any help into the vast void steppe.
You will soon learn to seize cattle and move surrounded by your own herds.

[h3]Cavalry[/h3]

Cavalry units are now included in the game!
Bandits riders are now common in North China, and Mongol Rebels my harass you from time to time.
Cavalry units have many advantages, including not having to rely on coolies, but they are also more fragile and costly.

Of course, cavalry grants many bonsues to an army:
-More loot during plunders
-More fleeing enemies killed
-Less chances of being ambushed
-No move maluses into the steppe
etc...

[h3]Maps new look[/h3]

I started to experiment with new better looking maps.
Heilongjiang is my "model province" to do so.
I'd love to have your feed back!


[h2]What's next?[/h2]

The order of the incoming patches may change, but for the moment my road map is:

April
*Mongolia, and the mad baron's last ride (April, first weeks)
*Sinkiang (Xinjiang), and the last White Russian stand of the Civil War (April)
*Tibet & Gansu (April-May)

May
*Maps redrawn (May?)
*Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario extended (more provinces, more game turns), to cover the Northern Expedition
*Some sand box, map painting, scenario (I don't know the starting date yet)

June
*Red Bases: A scenario starting in 1927, just after the Guomindang-Communist split

July
*polishing, fine-tuning
*More wiki, more tooltips
*Texts proof reading

The final release will only happen when the chinese translation will be done.
Unless it takes way too much time.
I don't know when...


August

If all goes according to the plan, I should be working on "Cold War 2" for PC by August.

Have fun!

Hello,

I have been shipping fast a lot of updates these days.
Now all China except the North West is playable.
(North West China lived a life on its own at that time, but I plan to add huge parts of it nevertheless)

[h2]What is new?[/h2]

• Manchuria & the Chinese Eastern Railway
  
• Beijing government
  
• More save game sots
  
• Extented scenario length
  
• New cheat codes
  
• New characters' special events
  
• New treason mechanisms
  

[h3]Manchuria & the Chinese Eastern Railway[/h3]

Zhang Zuolin's Fengtian faction is now available, along with the Manchurian provinces.
It is a very powerful faction with a huge economical power and many supply sources to get modern weapons.

In the Little Model China, that faction just took over the Presidency and the security of the China Eastern Railways. As the Russian civil war is raging, you can expect troubles all along the railway line.
Bolshevik agents will try to create troubles to prevent allied supply from Vladivostok to reach the White Forces, and retreating White Forces will have to be disarmed before they turn to banditry.

The Fengtian character roster is filled with able characters, so the player will be able to turn his domain into an economical powerhouse.

That faction does not control the Beijing government, but have powerful armed forces in the vincinity, and taking over the power won't be so difficult (facing the Zhili Clique counter-offensive, may be less easy)





[h3]The Beijing Government[/h3]

Who controls Beijing controls China's government.
That position will give you extra bonuses.

The Finance ministry will receive the income from China's customs (they are in the hands of Foreigners, who collect the taxes and give back China its share).

The Foreign ministry has a bonus to actions involving Foreign Powers (like buying modern weaponry or requesting a loan)

Needless to say that controlling Beijing will give you a clear edge on the competition for supremacy in China.

[h3]More game save slots[/h3]

You now have 3 saved game slots. This is ertainly enough at the moment. Adding some more would not be a problem anyway.

[h3]Extended scenario mechanism[/h3]

I am testing this new feature in the "Little Model China" scenario.
At scenario's end, provided you scored a victory, you will offered the possibility to play for 50 more turns with new victory conditions.
(the new victory conditions are "global domination" style)

[h3]New cheat code[/h3]

For those who forget how to open the cheat console: just type "c".
There is a new code available:
-"sepuku" will kill your selected character. This may be useful to get ride easily of one of your characters.
Cheat codes are creating for playtesting purpose: it is obvious that killing key characters in heavily scripted scenarios may produce clunky effects.

[h3]Characters special events[/h3]

I added many mini personal events to your character's life.
Some of them will impact the character's loyalty.

You may also spot a new character's role: playboy.
That just means that one of this character's main occupation is partying in smoking all night, drinking champagne with Foreigners.
(I am not sure this is super useful, but it gives some bonuses and maluses here and there)


[h3]Treason mechanisms[/h3]

Now, characters' loyalty is really a thing.
A character position in your clique may have an effect on his loyalty, and now some AIs will try to bribe your men away.

Circular telegrams may be the occasion for such characters to switch side, but they also may choose to leave your faction and stay neutral.


[h2]What's next?[/h2]





Yeah, these guys are what is next to come.


Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik