Rise Of The White Sun News

Hello,

As you know, I am working on the Northern Expedition scenario.
That includes many new mechanisms, including the Wuhan government and adapting the Shanghai uprising into regular campaigns.

To playtest this new content, I created a 1925 Sandbox scenario.

I also added the possibility to extend the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario if ever you obtain a minor victory.

In both the 1925 Sandbox scenario and the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario, you should have more events now.

It was very difficult to finish the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario as the Communist faction, because Guangzhou was often stormed by Chen Jiongming's armies.
That should not happen anymore: the Guomindang AI has been reworked and now it rocks!
(Playing as Chen Jiongming should be more challenging now)

You may spot small improvements here and there.
For exemple, I've debugged the Chinese version, but a lot of the text is still awaiting to be translated.

Now I am waiting for the feedbacks and playtests to improve the Sandbox and the futur Northern Expedition scenario.

Question: What is the Quality of Life improvement you need to see in the game?
It may end-up in the next content patch.

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik

Hello,

I have been shipping a serie of small but useful updates these days.

Here is a summary of the new features:

[h2]Reports summary screen[/h2]
There is a new button on the left of the map menu.
From it you can access a summary screen for events and reports, for your armies, characters and districts. Some of you asked for it, and you may find it useful (or not), tell me, I am curious to have your feedback on this one.

[h2]Improved Government screens[/h2]
Hovering will tell you the effects of each government office.
Also, faction flags will be displayed for each government members or candidates.
The balance of the Beijing government has been slightly reworked.

[h2]Scenario and faction selection[/h2]
Hovering a faction will now display its name. (you have beenasking for that one since a long time)
I have added minimaps for the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario: now that it hs been extended, it was necessary

[h2]Improved district policies wiki[/h2]
Some small errors have been corrected.
The Foreign interaction wiki now displays the relations of your faction with foreign powers.

[h2]Where are my armies?[/h2]
To improve big factions management, your armies will appear on the China map.

I hope thiswill make your Rise of the White Sun games more enjoyable.

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik

Hello!

The Guangdong Revolutionary Base has been extended to include all meaningful provinces for the Northern Expedition.

This is only a geographical extention: the scenario still lasts 40+ turns.
Next update will allow the player to extend its duration to include the Northern Expedition.

Nice new content includes:

• Feng Yuxiang's Guominjun
  
• More Peasants' secret societies (Red Spears, Big Swords, Heavenly Gate)
  
• More than 20 new characters
  

Feng Yuxiang's Guominjun

An interesting faction. you start in a poor territory, but you control the government and will be offered support from the Soviet Union.

This faction's armies can benefits from special "christian" buffs refleating the many ideas of Feng Yuxiang, and of some improvements brought by the soviet advisors.

However, letting soviet advisors conduct political work in your units is a double edge sword: will they remain loyal to you?

Red Spears, Big Swords, Heavenly Gate

These 3 new factions plays like the Spirit Soldiers. The Only difference is that they start in an area with a high density of Warlord and Bandit armies.

Zhang Zongchang?

I don't know why; but you always ask about Zhang Zongchang ^^.
In this scenario, he starts in the Fengtian Clique characters' roster and he is fighting in the Shanghai area.

He will certainly receive his own mini update at some point.

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik

PS: Other useful news

XthatRandomGamer made a great stream of the game: you can watch it here

My other game Jey's Empire is also in a bundle with Rise of the White Sun and is currently discounted at 50%.

You can now also play Jey's Empire on your phone.

Dear Players,

I am glad to bring you the latest update:
These days, I have been working to address those small but pesky issues that have been causing irritation and frustration among the player community.

This update is all about improving your gaming experience and making your time even more enjoyable. So without further ado, let's dive into the cool new changes you can expect:

• Build arsenals faster!
  
• Merging units
  
• Change a unit commander if the unit belongs to a Generalissimo
  
• Disband militias
  
• Every one of your characters can now Reclaim governorship (not only the character controlling the capital)
  
• Governors can now try to reclaim the taxe collection from other characters of your faction
  
• Some stuff recently broken have been fixed
  
• You can now get easily ride of your sick and bipolar characters
  

That list contains most of the most requested features since the game's launch. I hope you will enjoy it!

To build faster arsenal, select districts with railways or Major ports, in indistrial or minig districts.

To merge units, they must be on the same district, have the same commander, and one of them must be a regular unit.

Changing a unit's commander, is only possible for generalissimos and apply only to units they are actually commanding.

Disbanding militia is only possible if they are in their origine province, and will reset at 50% the policy that create them. (Exemple: dissolving a merchant militia will start again the create militia policy in the district the militia is from, with a progression score of 50%)

Reclaiming governorship & rclaiming taxe collection: this will enable you to better organize your growing empire. But be careful, your warlords don't like being depossessed from their domains.

Bugs fixed: I am working to extend the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario to more provinces. I can break some stuff here and there in the prossess (mostly saves): that will not last and will be fixed quickly when the bugs are reported.
The Chiense language integration test that was broken too, is now fixed;

Sick and bipolar characters: You now have a special zero cost action to have them die.

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik

PS: I am immensely grateful for your continued support and enthusiasm.
Your valuable feedbacks, really drive me to constantly improve the game.
And your bug reports, make it possible for super fast bug fixing.

Hello!

As you may have noticed, the game now has a sandbox scenario, where one can pick the victory conditions that suits his playstyle.

Here is the list of what have been reworked or added to the game in that sandbox context:

• 4 new characters (Puyi, Semeynov, Duan Qirui, Panchen Lama)
  
• Events when you take Beijing or Lhasa based on faction
  
• Some new character's actions & interactions
  
• Golog's victory conditions changed
  
• Some minor warlord's AI have been reworked
  
• Tons of new cheat codes
  
• Some more treason mechanisms
  
• Integration tests for the Chinese language have begun
  

[h2]New Characters & Political custom events[/h2]

Puyi: Few factions have the restoration of Puyi as a goal, but Ungern for exemple may have this kind of fancy ideas

Semeynov: Every white Russian faction taking Beijing will have the option to get Semeynov onboard. He won't come with empty hands, but with Japanese patronage.

Duan Qirui: Some warlords from the Anhui Clique may be proposed to let Duan return as President of the Republic. That's useful as the man as strong connections, and can recruit many characters.

Panchen Lama: A Chinese warlord conquering Lhasa will sent the Dalai Lama in exile once again. The Panchen Lama will be added to his characters' pool.

[h2]New Characters' actions[/h2]

I plan to add many more actions, but for the moment, you have that 3 new actions available from the Character's interaction window:

Indulge: two characters with the playboy role may become real life friends with this action!

Political networking: Your diplomat and statesman characters will gain a real influence when using this action. It is useful to shape your diplomatic operations. It is perfect as a preparatory action before taking over a government or issuing a circular telegram.

Parade in style: is an easy way for warlords and officers to get Face.

[h2]Victory conditions and AI's reworked[/h2]

The victory conditions of the Goloks are more difficult now.
Some warlords AI and Ma QI AI have been reworked to make them last longer in the sandbox mode.
As it is in test phase, only few of the warlords have this new AI.

[h2]New cheat codes[/h2]

In a sandbox mode, using cheat code is more a way to explore the game than to really cheat, isn't it?
These cheat codes have all been created to test the code.

To use them type "c" to open the cheat console, then use the cheat codes below:

"punksinpekin": will reinforce the Police in Beijing and check for a revolt (You will see nothing happening if you have strong garrison there)

"angrylama": just watch the monks rebelling in Xikang, because... why not?

"endgame": this one is very useful, it will advance you to the last turn, just one click away from the final victory screen.

"duanqirui": Adds Duan Qirui to your character's pool

"choekyinyima": Adds the Panchen Lama to your character's pool

"grigorisemenov": Adds a famous White Russian Cossack Ataman to your character's pool

"puyi": Guess which famous historical character that code will add to your pool?

"tycoon": Speeds up all your policies development

"yollo": That one will give max resources to all your characters (quite powerful)

"wearefamily": Will boost to the maximum the loyalty of your characters

"Bogdbreaksfree": Will clean Urga from units and set it neutral

[h2]Some more treason[/h2]

Imagine you have many province capitals under your control: do you really imagine that garrison commanders won't start dreaming of a governor's career?
If you have too many armies, the control over them will losen, I you may have some nasty surprise from time to time.

[h2]Chinese integration tests[/h2]
正在进行中，但还有很多文本需要翻译
You can click on the Chinese language button to test it.
You will see that most of the scenario and landing page texts have not been translated yet.
But some in game content is.
I will add new texts from time to time as they become translated.

Well, I hope you will have fun with this new content,

Maestro Cinetik