Age of History 2 Definitive Edition - What's New, 210+ Changes

[h3]What's New - Age of History 2 Definitive Edition[/h3]

[h3]Note: This list is not final.[/h3]

• New world map with 13,892 provinces, 23 scenarios, and 225 formable civilizations.
  
• New province border drawing system with smoother border lines.
  
• Province names displayed directly on provinces.
  
• Civilization and province name animations appear after zooming out.
  
• Multiple army selection and movement: Press and drag with the middle mouse button to
• Select and move multiple armies at once.
  
• Using the "Move to" action or right mouse button, you can now move and split an army into multiple provinces.

[h3]Religions[/h3]

• Religions will be included in the Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
  
• Religions will influence diplomacy, relations, and more.
  
• New map mode: Religions

[h3]Technology[/h3]

• Technology points can be allocated to increase the number of movement points per turn.
  
• Technology points can be spent to reduce assimilation costs.
  
• Technology points can be spent to increase recruitable population in all provinces.
  
• More technology points can now be allocated.
  
• It is possible to see how each Civilization has allocated its technology points.

[h3]Atomic Bombs / Nukes[/h3]

• Atomic Bombs have been added.
  
• To construct an atomic bomb, a Civilization must reach a certain technology level.
  
• Construction takes X turns, depending on the total number of nukes the civilization already has.
  
• It costs Y gold, with the cost decreasing as technology increases.
  
• Technology level limits how many nukes a civilization can build.
  
• Nukes can only be used against civilizations you're officially at war with.
  
• A dropped nuke will cause casualties to population, economy, and military forces

[h3]Radiation[/h3]

• After an atomic bomb is dropped on a province, a disease called 'Radiation' will begin to spread.

[h3]Systems and Features[/h3]

• A peace treaty will be accepted if a civilization loses over 75% of its provinces.
  
• New government types.
  
• Classic AoH2 map with more detailed sea-bordering province backgrounds.
  
• New wonders.
  
• New scenarios.
  
• New formable civilizations.
  
• Rebels strength can be set from 10% up to 1000%
  
• War exhaustion will grow four times slower when at war with only rebels
  
• The army's Defensive Position will not be reset if the new army differs in size by no more than 50%
  
• Added option to shorten large army numbers with a user-defined minimum value (e.g., 10K, 1M+).
  
• Players can enable or disable "Show Battle Reports" in the settings menu to control battle report display.
  
• A new "Show Combat Movement" option lets players skip the visualization of all combat movements.
  
• Added 'Skip All' button to skip showing all combat movements during a turn.

[h3]Map Overlays[/h3]

• Added map overlays to improve map visuals.

[h3]Age of Chaos[/h3]

• Age of Chaos is a new way to play Age of History.
  
• Every X turns, you will have to change the Civilization you control and switch to a new one.
  
• You will be given four random Civilization to choose from.
  
• Pick one and continue your journey even if it means one day fighting the empire you once ruled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOzBgfDhos

[h3]Visual & UI Improvements[/h3]

• Modernized UI.
  
• New icons
  
• Much higher resolution for all flags
  
• Larger flag frames with dynamic wave animation
  
• Improved flag visuals on the map
  
• Unique images for over 175 provinces.
  
• Over 1,700 new civilizations.
  
• Improved text scaling.
  
• More standardized button dimensions.
  
• Spark animations.
  
• Translation improvements.
  
• New supported languages.
  
• It is now possible to load your own background into the main menu UI.
  
• New info box for wars, truces, and other important messages.
  
• Ranking menu visual improvements

[h3]Map & Gameplay Visuals[/h3]

• Armies in provinces displayed in a new style.
  
• Clouds over the map.
  
• Smooth zooming in and out.
  
• Improvements to map movement and scrolling
  
• New system for drawing civilization names.
  
• New Graphs
  
• Customizable Army Number Formatting

[h3]Mods & Steam Workshop[/h3]

• Modding & Steam Workshop Support
  
• Full Steam Workshop implementation.
  
• In-game mod management.
  
• Mod dictionary support
  
• Generate a mod for the Steam Workshop based on the selected scenario
  
• The game now prioritizes mod files, then subscribed Workshop items, and finally base game files when loading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJAWa5HCIAw

[h3]AI & Performance[/h3]

• General performance improvements
  
• Optimized AI turn calculation time.
  
• Improved AI behavior.
  
• Optimized revolution mechanics.
  
• General performance improvements.
  
• Step-by-step scenario loading for faster performance.
  
• Step-by-step save/load for saved games.
  
• Timelapse storing and saving data improvements

[h3]Diplomacy & Government Mechanics[/h3]

• New system for storing all Civilization's relations, and:
  
• Defensive pacts
  
• Non-aggression pacts
  
• And more
  
• AI aggression range can now be set from 0% to 1000%.
  
• New peace talk options: Demand government type changes either via diplomacy or ultimatum.
  
• In the diplomacy view, all neighbors of civilizations will be shown.

[h3]Diplomacy Flavor Text[/h3]

• The game will display flavor text for several diplomacy actions, including
  
• Declare War
  
• Send Insult, Improve Relations
  
• Offer Alliance, Form Union
  
• Defensive Pact, Non Aggression Pact

[h3]Share Technology[/h3]

• Transfer a portion of your civilization’s technology level to another nation.
  
• Use it to support allies, influence weaker neighbors, or shift the global balance of power.

[h3]Send Volunteer Army[/h3]

• You can now select a specific number of units to send from one of your provinces to a chosen province of another civilization.
  
• A great way to support allies without directly joining their wars.

[h3]Province & Economy Management[/h3]

• Remastered province information menu.
  
• Right-click diplomacy view toggle.
  
• Right-click treasury button opens loan menu.
  
• Mass province actions: Instantly:
  
• Assimilate
  
• Launch festivals
  
• Make investments
  
• Quick overview panel for stability, happiness, and army locations.
  
• "More" menu in provinces: Quick build, assimilate, invest, organize festivals.
  
• Map modes now include quick action buttons for common province tasks.
  
• Use A, S, D, F keys to recruit 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% of troops in a province.
  
• The province information displays income taxation and production, minus the administration costs.

[h3]Buildings[/h3]

• New Building: Market
  
• Farms can now be built in provinces with up to a -10% growth rate. Previously, it was not possible to build in deserts, but now it is.
  
• Added a special menu to build the selected type of building in all provinces at once.
  
• Each building level of the farm, workshop, and market now has a unique name.

[h3]Gameplay Features & Quality of Life[/h3]

• Movement points can accumulate up to 150% of their default value.
  
• Scenario selection menu now includes preview images.
  
• Support for maps with multiple background images.
  
• New config option: MapScaleExtra: 1.0 to allow map scaling without increasing province size.
  
• In the diplomacy view, the 'Offer Alliance' button shows whether the alliance offer will be accepted.
  
• Many hover elements now display more information and have improved visuals.
  
• In income map mode and while building workshops, the list now stays in place instead of returning to the top.
  
• The province action menu will remain visible even when the 'More/Build' menu is open.
  
• The province action menu stays visible even when the Civilization Info or Diplomacy menu is open.
  
• In Diplomacy view, clicking on the diplomacy button will now open all of the civilizations from that button in the ranking view.
  
• Balance of the game
  
• Golden Age Military
  
• Fixed 32-bit integer overflow in population and economy count on Civilization view.
  
• The Treasury text will be shorter if it's over 1 million. You can change the limit in GameValues.
  
• The game will store players' battle reports from the last turn so they can view them again. This is useful if player missed an important battle.
  
• A battle report will be shown only if a battle took place. it won't appear if there were no defenders.
  
• Troops no longer switch sides after defeating rebels on enemy territory.
  
• New statistics menu for the world economy and economy by continent.
  
• Added the ability to change the alliance name and its color in the alliance menu.
  
• War reparations will now last for 18 turns and the income percentage increased to 12%.
  
• Sending a gift can reduce a vassal's liberty desire by at least 1%, up to 10%, depending on the amount of gold sent.
  
• Ports now provide an increased income bonus: 5% (up from 2%).
  
• Changing government type will decrease happiness in all provinces by 10 points.
  
• Defense bonus for Rebels increased from 2% to 8%.
  
• AI will no longer plunder provinces where it has a core.

[h3]Build & Invest in Your Vassal Provinces[/h3]

• Construct all types of buildings in vassal provinces
  
• Invest in economy
  
• Invest in development
  
• Organize festivals
  
• Assimilate
  
• The Lord will automatically start Core Construction in all vassal provinces.

[h3]Peace Treaty - Vassals[/h3]

• During peace deals, vassals that are not war leaders will now transfer their victory points to their overlord if they participated in the war.
  
• This can be changed in the GameValues file.

[h3]Right-Click Province Actions[/h3]

• Right-click on specific buttons in the province information menu to quickly perform actions:
  
• Economy button -> Instantly Invest in Economy
  
• Development button -> Instantly Invest in Development
  
• Happiness button -> Instantly Organize Festival
  
• Stability button -> Instantly Assimilate Province

[h3]Additional Army Management Options[/h3]

• Move All Armies to One Province - Instantly orders all your armies to move to a selected province.
  
• Cancel All Army Movements - Instantly stops all active army movements

[h3]Recruit in Multiple Provinces[/h3]

• You can now recruit units across multiple selected provinces at once, instead of managing each one individually.
  
• The system automatically distributes units based on each province’s available recruitment limit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZTSoOKLpV4

[h3]Population Relocation[/h3]

• Relocate population from one province to another.
  
• Select which nationality to relocate from the province.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4WA2U1N5s


[h3]Map Modes Interface[/h3]

• In the population map mode, it is now possible to see all civilizations ranked by their population.
  
• The economy map mode now displays all civilizations ranked by their economic strength.
  
• Development map mode can display all civilizations ranked by average development in their provinces.
  
• And much more!

[h3]Spectator mode is now more like God mode[/h3]

• After selecting a civilization, you can:
  
• Perform diplomacy actions
  
• Respond to Messages
  
• Release vassals
  
• Assimilate, invest, etc.
  
• Manage world diplomacy
  
• Create alliances
  
• Create defensive pacts, non-aggression pacts, truces, etc.
  
• Control armies
  
• Recruit / disband armies
  
• Build buildings
  
• And much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PsyMhR8y0

[h3]Events[/h3]

• New option for scenario event to play music when the event pops up.
  
• Fix the condition of the 'Controls provinces' event.
  
• Event since date, fix to run when is not set uped
  
• Event data is standardized, but some events might not be usable in a AoH2:DE from AoH2

[h3]Audio[/h3]

• 36 New Songs
  
• The audio menu lets you select a song to play.
  
• Improved mouse click sound.
  
• New movement sounds for units.

[h3]Map Editor & Scenario Editor[/h3]

• New map editor feature: auto-generate connections between all provinces.
  
• Scenario Editor: You can now copy scenarios
  
• In the Scenario Editor, you can set up occupied provinces

[h3]New console cheats/commands -> hi[/h3]

• gold X - Sets the player's gold to X
  
• move X - Sets the player's movement points to X / 10
  
• diplo X - Sets the player's diplomacy points to X / 10
  
• army X - Adds X units to the province
  
• pop X - Sets the province's population to X
  
• setarmy X - Sets army in province to X
  
• md - Redirects you to the Manage Diplomacy menu, where you can create alliances, vassals, pacts, and adjust relations
  
• Use the id command to find civilization IDs
• annex X Y – Civ X annexes all provinces of civ Y
  
• union X Y - Unites the civilizations with IDs X and Y
  
• alliance X Y - Creates an alliance between civilizations with IDs X and Y
  
• vassal X Y - Civilization with ID Y becomes a vassal of civilization with ID X
  
• as - Assimilates all provinces owned by the Player
  
• ww X - Sets the war weariness of the civilization in the active province to X
  
• relation X Y Z – Sets the relations between civilizations X and Y to Z
  
• invest - Perform free invest action in all provinces of active province Ciivlization
  
• chaos - Toggles "Age of Chaos" mode.
  
• nuke - Player gets one atomic bomb
  
• nuke X - Player gets X atomic bombs

[h3]Example use:[/h3]

• pop 12500
  
• union 1 243

[h3]Backward Compatibility[/h3]

• Backward compatibility: Most Mods mods from AoH2 will work in the Definitive Edition.
  
• Maps, scenarios, Civilizations, formable Civilizations, leaders, flags, terrain, etc. will work.

[h3]Game Values - Change game values in the JSON file[/h3]

• Assimilate
  
• Defensive Position
  
• Diplomacy, Diplomacy Points, Diplomatic Treaties (Truce, Non-Aggression, Guarantee, Military Access, Defensive Pact, Call to Arms, Union, Vassalization, Alliance Offer, Transfer Control)
  
• Movement Points
  
• Military Upkeep
  
• Technology, Research
  
• Rebels, Support Rebels, Rebels Independence, Revolutionary Risk
  
• Civilize
  
• Happiness, Stability
  
• Loans, Taxation, Goods, Trade
  
• Development, Invest in Development, Invest in Economy
  
• Population Growth, Economy Growth, Economy, Income, Income Taxation, Income Production
  
• Plunder
  
• Government
  
• Relations, Relation Improve, Relation Decrease, Relations Reactions
  
• Peace Treaty, Ultimatum, Gift
  
• Province, Province Animation, Province Border, Province Not Supplied
  
• Colonize
  
• Festival
  
• Golden Age, Golden Age Prosperity, Golden Age Military, Golden Age Science
  
• Difficulty
  
• Timelapse
  
• Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
  
• Battle, Army Recruit, Army Recruitable, Army Disband, Military Movement
  
• Capital, Move Capital
  
• Buildings
  
• Armoury, Fort, Watch Tower, Port, Supply Camp, Farm, Library, Workshop, Market
  
• Form Civilization
  
• Dices
  
• Vassal
  
• Capitulation
  
• Game Update, Update
  
• Rank Stars, Rank Score
  
• Migrate
  
• And much much more!