Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:04 am
I've compared the differences in the event files Keeler points out and found the changes. If you like to play the game without knowing the backend, I highly recommend not reading this. A less spoilery summary might be created. I don't know how to do the semi-hide spoiler alert trick I see on some forums, so take this as your warning.
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Looking at the changes in events, in the April 61 Events, transports can be created for the CSA in SW and SE regions that couldn't before and there is a change in how the events handling allowing the creation of armies and divisions works. It is a small change I don't understand.
In the CSA Events, Eastern Arizona is now an obective only for one month and only worth one VP. The Belle Boyd Arrested Event is shortened to one month (Not sure what it means, if the event only fires with a percent chance, then this means she can only be arrested in March of 1863). Similarly, the great revival event now has a max date of Jan 1 1864 and Submarines event dates were fixed (before min date was set twice and no max date was given, now min date = 1863/08/01 and max date = 1865/01/01). The same type of fix was made for the little davids event (I don't know it), and papal recognition has a max date of March 1864.
In the USA Events, when Sam Houston fires it changes how Dallas is made an objective (maybe this is a bug fix). Basically, Dallas is an objective city worth 5 VP a turn until December 1861. Ericcson's Folly is set to always occur on or before March 1862. the same min date/max date bug as for CSA was fixed for the camp dick robinson event. The Van Wyck event was fixed, before the min date was 1863/03/01, now it has a max date and occurs between 1861/11/01 and 1862/02/28. Similarly, the counterfeiter event has its old min date of 1862/02/21 and no max date changed to min date = 1862/01/01 and max date = 1862/02/28. In the great Sioux uprising, it changes how Richland and Nicholet are set as objectives (this could be a bug fix, both are worth 1 VP for a certain amount of time during the uprising). In scenarios that happen post 1862, Chasseurs d'Afrique are added and colored militia are added to the unit pool. The False Claims Act and Prize Cases Events have the min date moved back one month to 1863/04/01 and have max date 1864/01/01. The Submarines event now has a max date of 1864/01/01. The min date/max date bug was fixed on the prisoners policy event. And the min date/max date bug was introduced on the lost order 1862 event.
In the gov't files the changes are that raising taxes now gives 800 rather than 400 to USA and taxes, bonds, and printing money now gives 600 rather than 400 to CSA. And in both Kentucky files, the changes seem to unblock Henderson County.
