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Chinese players feedback update - October update

Hello!

As you know, I will keep adding content to Rise of the White Sun (until you all get bored by the game^^)
And you have your word to say: the poll about the next big content patch is still open here

This first October patch is a Chines players feedback update.


I made a selection of things to improve from the many feedbacks Chinese have provided these last weeks, and put the result in this update.

Main topics:

  • The Chinese Communist Party in the 1920 scenarios
  • The military actions for the Chinese Communist Party in the 1920 scenarios
  • Dealing with bandits and disasters
  • The Chinese Translation


[h2]The Chinese Communist Party in the 1920 scenarios[/h2]

From your feedbacks, I learned that many of you were confused by the fact the Communist players also controls the Mongolian People's Party.
This was because in the developer's intent it was a Comintern faction, not a Chinese Communist Party faction.
That was not clear, and the desire to play the Communist Party alone totally understandable.

==>You can now play the Communist Party in the 1920 scenarios without bothering about Mongolia and White Russians

You can still play as the Comintern if you prefer (because some players prefered it that way).

[h2]Military actions for the Chinese Communist Party in the 1920 scenarios[/h2]

Many of you asked for military features for the Communists that are more "1927 and beyond" related.
But, well, ...why not!
I want to keep the game the most historical possible, so, turning your 1920 students into seasonned guerilla warriors will be done by using cheatcodes to unlock contents that are available later in the game.

Here are some new cheat codes:

"downwithlandlords": will unlock useful actions, to raise peasant armies, proclaim soviets and punish landlords

"redarmy": will add 3 historical officer characters to your characters reserve pool (if you are playing in 1920)

"1927mao": will unlock an event to turn young 1920 Mao into a peasant guerilla leader

And an old useful cheatcode:

"redsu": will launch a communist uprising in Shanghai (you will need to control pickets, if you don't want to lose it immediately)


[h2]Dealing with bandits and disasters[/h2]

Some of you had trouble dealing with bandit and disasters.
Others had many questions about province management.

I added a province management "practice scenario" set in Shanxi.
This is not exactly a tutorial, but a scenario with far more turns that needed, and no warlord opponent.
So you can take your time to experiment.

Many help panels will be displayed during this scenario answering the FAQ related to province management, bandits and disasters.

Tell me if that new kind of scenario is useful or enjoyable for you.
You can also answer this Steam news to request such scenarios to explore other topics.

[h2]The Chinese translation[/h2]

Here I need to apologize to the translation team.
I thought that using a robot translation to let players test the game until the translation was complete would be a pleasant surprise.

I believed the disclaimers and explanations both on the Steam page and in game would have been explicit, but some players blamed the translators for the poor Robot translation.

I, the dev, did it because I needed to kill the many bugs created by the Chinese localisation, and decided that it could be cool to make it available, instead of keeping it to myself.

Here is how it works from a dev point of view:

1)The game will fetch the translation made by the human team.
2) If that part of the text is not translated yet, it will then display the robot translation
3) If no text is found, the English translation is then used
4) If there is no English translation, a text will be displayed to report the missing variable to the dev

I was really proud of that cascade system.

I hope you will understand and be patient.

If you want to participate to the translation effort, you can just answer to this news.

Please don't use the answer to promote your paid translations services, because there is so much text that even with low costs and poor quality results if would cost more than the game will ever earn.














Small weekly patch

This is a windows patch. (Linux and Mac will follow soon)

*The latest texts translated by the community have been added. (some 900 new entries, but there is still a long way to go)
*A new cheat code: "jackofalltrades" will give all roles to your selected character.
*Small bugs have been fixed here and there

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这是一个windows补丁。 (Linux 和 Mac 很快就会跟进)

*添加了社区最新翻译的文本。 (大约900个新条目,但还有很长的路要走)
*新的作弊代码:“jackofalltrades”会将所有角色赋予您选择的角色。
*修复了一些小错误

Northern Expedition, Linux version, Early Access Exit

Here we are!

After two years of development, the major stepping stones I set for the game to exit EA are now reached:

*You can now play the Northern Expedition scenario!
*You can now also play on your Linux and Mac computers.

I will push the publish button this evening around 6pm hour of Paris.

I am sure you will have a lot of fun with the game.
It offers deep and complete content, with a high replay value.

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik

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Ps:
  • What I will be working on now?
  • What is planed for Rise of the White Sun?
  • Vote for the next Rise of the White Sun content update
  • The complete list of cheat codes to explore the game



[h3]What I will be working on now?[/h3]

I will work at a slower path for some weeks now, seeing friends and reading good books.
My next "big" project will certainly be made on Godot Egine, so I will take the time to get familiar with that engine.
I will probably make 1 or 2 small games with Godot to get used to it.
I am not sure what they will be about, but I already have some concepts and game titles I'd like to explore.
Would you play to a game called "Mad Men in Bunkers", or "Graal"?

When I feel confident enough with Godot, I will adapt Cold War 2 for PC.

[h3]What is planed for Rise of the White Sun?[/h3]

The Chinese Community translation is still going on.
It is currently at 80% done, and the files are being reviewed for integration to the game.
As you know, chinese localisation may produce bugs for Chinese players, so, I will really take my time to limit the troubles.

I will take a month to slow down and ship only small patches and fixes.
Then I will try to make a nice content update.
(see just below)

[h3]Vote for the next Rise of the White Sun content update[/h3]

You can vote here

Here are the 4 proposals:

-An Autumn Harvest / Nanchang uprising scenario
-Bandit factions & a Bai Lang rebel odyssey scenario
-Steam achievements
-A pack of more characters available to any faction, comprising historical figures of adventurers, mercenaries, foreig nagents and old China hands.


[h3]The complete list of cheat codes to explore the game[/h3]

These cheat codes were created for playtesting or bug reproducing purpose.
They should work fine in any normal game context, but strange unintended interactions may occure.

Power cheats

yollo: gives max resources to all your characters
约洛: same effects as "yollo"
megayollo:same as "yollo", but stronger
wearefamily: Maximum loyalty for your characters
tycoon: policies in all your districts progresses to 100%
biggun: fills your faction's armory with goodies. (what will you do with these 2000 armored trains?)
sepuku: selected own character dies of dyssentry (super useful to free a character's slot)

Shanghai

redsu: launches a Communist uprising in Shanghai
su: launches the Shanghai uprising with your faction
rsu: launches the Shanghai uprising with your faction, to reclaim the International concessions
resolvesu: resolves an ongoing Shanghai uprising
rfos: ends the Shanghai uprising with a victory for the uprising side
shanghaicarnage: ends the Shanghai uprising for the defending side
bluesu: a cheat code created to playtest the Shanghai massacre from a GMD point of view

lacavaleriearrive: The Bai Chongxi HQ appears on the Shanghai map (this is of no real use outside the Shanghai uprising scenario)

inthenavy: during the Shanghai uprising, transfer the gunboat to your side
trafalgars: during the Shanghai uprising, the gunboat leaves the battlefield
falluk: during the Shanghai uprising, destroyes imperialist units

showspots: makes the spots where units can move more visibles on the Shanghai map

myshanghai: Congratulations, Shanghai is yours now (to be used on the main China map)
unlockshanghai: unlocks the Shanghai map (not really useful for most of the factions)

Guangzhou - Hong Kong

bluecanton: transfers the control of Guangzhou to the Guomindang
chencanton: transfers the control of Guangzhou to Chen Jiongming
evacuatecanton: units in Guangzhou are ordered to retreat

oldsouth: replace the 1925 Guangzhou government by the 1920 government

hongkongstrike: the Hong Kong Strike Committee appears on the Guangzhou map
hkturbostrike: gets the Hong Kong strike on fast track
starthkstrike: triggers a dialogue with Borodin to start the strike. Will certainly produce strange effects with non relevant factions.

countcantonunit: will tell you how many units they are in Guangzhou (looking at the map should be quicker...)

Mongolia

Bogdbreaksfree: the Bogd Khan creates his own faction in Urga

Tibet & Xikang

angrylama: test for monks revolt all across Xikang

Beijing

punksinpekin: makes sure there is a police unit in Beijing and tests for local revolt
harosurpekin: some variation of the code above. Gives you control of Beijing garrison
whitepekin: Ungern will control Beijing (some events may fire twice, leading to strange effects)

Wuhan

wuhangov: replaces the Guangzhou government by the Wuhan government and turns most of Hubei as Guomindang territory

Unlock characters

gologqueen: the Golog Queen joins you
duanqirui: Duan Qirui joins you
choekyinyima: The Panchen Lama joins you
grigorisemenov: Some White Russian legendary bastard joins you
puyi: The last Qing Emperor joins you
greenfriend: befriend the Green Gang / Huang Jinrong joins you

Strange effects cheat codes

countchar: will tell you how many different characters there is in the game (counting even dead and inactive characters)
run!: the selected unit retreats
shenornothing: if Shen Hongying is in game, he creates his own faction. and you now play as him
coin1920: a lot of warlords AI in the 1920 scenario switch to a counter-insurgency stance
endgame: next turn will be the last turn
nearendgame: you will be 3 turns from the last turn
endgamesandbox: will advance you to the last turn but will then add 60 more turns (may break the game after 1928)
youdieofdisentery: Selected character is now sick
suicideispainless: Selected character is now depressed

they are more cheatcodes, but they are so oriented "debbug" that you won't be able to do anything useful with them.

Bug fixing Patch

I want to thank the players who have reported bugs in the game.
This helps improve the game.
For example, now you can play 'Red Spears' without any worries in Chinese language.
Some Shanghai uprising issues have also been corrected.

I know that some of you may not have easy access to Discord.
You can report bugs to the following email address: [email protected]

In the email, please include the following information:

-Description of the error
-Some instructions for reproducing the error
-Archive file ('Data.dat')
-Error log file ('ErrorLog.dat')

You can access game files from the options menu.
Bugs reported with these elements can be dealt with very easily and quickly.
I will be making updates every day until September 21st.

I believe the current version is quite stable and reliable.
If I'm wrong, please don't hesitate to write to me!

Enjoy the game!"

Annoying bug fixed

修复了角色点击下周后无法恢复体力的问题。
非常感谢向我发送保存的游戏的玩家。

The bug where the characters cannot recover their energy after clicking on the next week is fixed.
Thank you so much to the player who sent me his saved game.