Rise Of The White Sun News

Hello,

I have been adding frantickly tons of new content these last weeks, and a direct consequence has been the game growing insanely huge and heavy.

That could not last.
I took a moment to optimize it so you can experience it even on your older computer.
Well, may be not on your 2001 Microsoft Visa computer...

This week and next week, I will add every day (or every two days) some small QOL, UI/UX updates.
Do not hesitate to jump into the Discord to ask for your dreamed feature: https://discord.com/invite/289Pr4g

Then, I will add some Northern Expedition content.
(Now that we have whole China in the game, and a grand scenario, I should be able to deliver new content fast)

Have Fun!

Maestro Cinetik

You have 103 turns to reform Tibet and revive the old Tibetan Empire.

The 13th Dalai Lama rejected Chinese tutelage and assumed both the spiritual and political leadership of Tibet.
The Tibetan forces gained a lot of ground East of Tibet, against Chinese troops abandonned by the Chinese Government.
Although a fragile peace accord was eventually signed, China's persistent claims on Tibet remained unresolved, casting a shadow of uncertainty over the region.
In order to safeguard Tibet from Chinese influence, the Dalai Lama sought the support of the formidable British Empire and set his sights on creating a robust military force.
To fund this ambitious endeavor, he proposed implementing taxation and economic reforms.\nHowever, these reform ideas faced vehement opposition from the powerful monasteries, who viewed them as secularist and foreign-inspired.
This clash of interests heightened the risk of an open rebellion against the emerging class of "modernist militarists" surrounding the Dalai Lama.
Caught in the middle, a third faction composed of conservative government officials could potentially play the role of mediator in the escalating conflicts.

Wanna try it?
here it is : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1189100?utm_source=SteamNews

[h2]Current state of the game[/h2]

• The whole China map is now playable, including Mongolia and Tibet
  
• Every 1920 factions, is available
  
• The core system have been playtested for more than 6 monthsnow and is pretty solid.
  

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

I will now concentrate my efforts on :
*nice to have features,
*coding rare occurence events (What if the Golog tribes take over Beijing?)
*adding more personal actions centered on characters backgrounds and traits
*adding more sandboxy stuff & features

*Next content patc will probably either be an extention of the Guangdong Revolutionary Base scenario, or some 1927 KMT-CCP savage action across Southern China.

Tell me what hypes you the most!

Have Fun!

Maestro Cinetik

A smaller but fun content update:

• Ma Family
  
• Golok tribes
  
• Qinghai
  
• More redrawn maps
  

[h3]Ma Family[/h3]

The Ma family has special actions : they can add Imams to their troops and advocate the religious Yihewani movement in their districts (and even in other districts).

The faction receive 2 new characters and can also gain the famous Golok Queen during the game, if the conditions are met.

With victory conditions easy to met, and a province few other warlords will contest, it is a good beginner faction.

[h3]Golok tribes[/h3]

This small faction has a specific gameplay to simulate its rebellious and bandit way of life.
From players feedback, this faction can be described as half way between the Spirit soldiers and the Ja Lama.

[h3]Qinghai[/h3]

The new province is huge, but poor and features a new terrain: the Tibetan highlands.
Qinghai will open new strategic opportunities for factions in Xinjiang, Gansu and Sichuan.

[h3]Redrawn maps/h3]

They are the Shaanxi, Henan and Qinghai maps.
Note that now, Shaanxi is connected to Henan by Railways (this can change a lot of things)


Next to come: Tibet!

Have Fun!

Maestro Cinetik

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