Making History: The Great War to release on Steam Early Access on April 4th

[Jarhead0331]

^Juicy.

[steve58]

Just noticed that a (very) draft "manual" was released with the last update.  Now maybe I'll be able to do more that just fire it up and poke around a bit.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/279140/manuals/MHTGW%20Early%20Access%20Quick%20Guide%205.19.2014.pdf?t=1400533502

p.s.  Next two countries to be playable will be Ottomans and Italy with the next release (towards end of May)

[MuzzyDev]

Just noticed that a (very) draft "manual" was released with the last update.  Now maybe I'll be able to do more that just fire it up and poke around a bit.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/279140/manuals/MHTGW%20Early%20Access%20Quick%20Guide%205.19.2014.pdf?t=1400533502

p.s.  Next two countries to be playable will be Ottomans and Italy with the next release (towards end of May)

I'll be adding more documentation over the next week or so.  It's very piecemeal so far because we are still adding, tweaking, and moving things around.  Every time I update it I have to swap out UI images that have been updated or slightly altered.  For example, the Economy is currently managed from a tab on the Production panel but it's moving to the Government panel because that's where everything else that's controlled from a "national" level is located.  However, just about all the systems are essentially in.  I'm trying to first add things people most need to know.  There are also more and more tooltips being put in for pretty much everything you mouse over, and that will help people learning the game.  I love watching the UI get more polish and more data get put in. 

I'm happy to say that so far we are right on track.  We set a schedule to update every two weeks and we've kept to it.  We launched on Steam Early Access 6 weeks ago with one playable nation and now after 3 updates we're up to 10.  Once the Ottomans and Italy get in the only Great Power nations left to add are the British Empire and the American Empire.

Chris--

[Cougar_DK]

Sounds like there will be a steam version and a direct version from your site.  If you buy from your site, do we also get steam key?  Or just one or the other?

Any answer for this?  :)

[MuzzyDev]

Sounds like there will be a steam version and a direct version from your site.  If you buy from your site, do we also get steam key?  Or just one or the other?

Any answer for this?  :)

Absolutely.  You will not have to buy the game twice to play Steam and non-Steam. 

Chris--

[Cougar_DK]

Thanks  :)

[JasonPratt]

Side 1 of my brain is going "Holy bleep, Japan, Mongolia and Siam! And China!" 

Side 2 of my brain is going "Wait, which China? There were, like, seven of them during WW1, busy fighting a huge civil war all by themselves over there."

Not that I'm complaining. Because, Mongolia and Siam.

Any plans to work up the three-or-four-way Mexican Civil War?

[MuzzyDev]

Side 1 of my brain is going "Holy bleep, Japan, Mongolia and Siam! And China!" 

Side 2 of my brain is going "Wait, which China? There were, like, seven of them during WW1, busy fighting a huge civil war all by themselves over there."

Not that I'm complaining. Because, Mongolia and Siam.

Oh yes.  China is a festering cauldron of instability.

Any plans to work up the three-or-four-way Mexican Civil War?

Hehe.  Take a look (and you won't need any stinking badges!):

[JasonPratt]

Bueno, bueno.  :D

[steve58]

...a new update.

The latest update is now live, featuring new playable nations Italy, the Ottomans, Greece, Bulgaria, and Macedonia. New Government Programs, updated logistics, and military features highlight this update. Also much cleanup around trade, economics, and prospecting is working again! We want to thank all of you for your feedback and help with making the best WWI grand strategy game ever. US and the UK on deck for the next update! And remember, the update is not save compatible so finish up any games in progress before updating! Complete release notes below:


New Features

- Add support for Italy, The Ottoman Empire, Greece, Bulgaria, and Montenegro as playable nations
- Add support for Fund Political Faction
- Add support for Coup Attempt
- Add support for Purge Corruption
- Instigate coup now allows you to set government type and puppet status
- Units using road or rail now use transport capacity
- Enabled funding your own regional ideology
- Units now use Shipping Capacity to move over water
- Added Altitude to air units
- Cavalry Units can now charge
- Add ability to update and cancel Government Programs

Bug Fixes

- Fixed Fund Coup Attempt not giving proper resources to new nation
- Redirect access and trade agreements to master nation
- Fixed Prospecting
- Fixed bug in dismantling that would dismantle two of the same factory
- Fix newly created units not being added to engagement
- Fix issue with subordinate nations not going to war when the master does
- Coaling Station build order now actually builds a Coaling Station rather than a Naval Base

UI

- Added Trade Access Results Page
- Fixed empty factory labels repeating the same label
- Relocate Capital City Selection now a dropdown menu
- Added Labels to the capacity panels in the Trade Agreements UI
- Shipment information for trading properly displaying
- Standardized Tool Tip for the Terrain Display
- Added Region Infrastructure Upgrade button functionality for region selection panel
- Show proper military stats for artillery units
- Drop Down Menus for Projects (City, Regions, and Buildings) now no longer have the current project as an option
- Players can now see AI Trade Results in the Main Trade Panel
- Added Turn Count for ships ordered to move to a port
- Added ability to stop research project
- Added Production Requirements Tool Tips for Regions, Cities, and Factory Pop-up Menus
- Added City Production Order to the Map Tool Tip
- Fixed Research Tree not updating properly
- Fixed being unable to change Trade Offers from Trade Market Orders
- Added Transported Groups as selectable options in the Right Click Menus
- Transported Units with orders now have a yellow coloration to them
- Added Purge Corruption UI
- Added Buy Influence List
- Trade Agreements now show Shipping Needs as well as both buyer and seller
- Added Trade Orders Panel
- Fixed Trade Embargoes not disabling trades for the target nation
- Added Production Cost Tool Tips for Region Infrastructure Upgrade Buttons

AI

- Improve cancelling trade behavior

Content

- Additional workers: Near Eastern, Melanesian, Arctic, East African, South American
- Fixed weighting issues for Chinese infantry
- Added New Panama Canal Event
- Edited Research Tree to work with new Defensive Infrastructure Content
- Added New Nationalities: Prussian, Copts, Occitanian, Yakut & Venetian
- Adjusted Research Projects cost
- Gave Italy Northern & Southern Italian Nationality Association
- Reduced supply carry for naval units

[JasonPratt]

Nice block area of nations unlocked there (i.e. upper central/east Med)!

[Gusington]

I may have missed this in an earlier update but is Romania playable?

[steve58]

^Yes, Kingdom of Romania is playable.

...here is the current list of playable nations:

Austria-Hungary
Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Japan
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Siam
Montenegro
Ottoman Empire
Republic of China
Russia
State of Mongolia

[steve58]

...a big update.  US, UK and Aussies now playable.

This is, without a doubt, the largest update since we've gone live on Steam Early Access. No less than nine new playable nations including the long-awaited British Empire and the US, plus Australia, Union of South Africa, New Zealand, Dominion of Newfoundland, Portuguese Republic, Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Spain. This update also adds gas attacks, naval and coaling stations, unrestricted sub warfare, social welfare programs and propaganda, shore bombardment and many AI improvements. There are also many, many bug fixes (THANK YOU for your excellent feedback) lots of interface additions and improvements, and a massive amount of new content.

Please remember that this update WILL BREAK YOUR SAVES! so finish up any current games before updating. Enjoy!

Making History TGW 6/13/14 Release Notes

Game: v1.0.53506.67
Launcher: v1.0.53512.44

New Features
- New playable nations include United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Union of South Africa, New Zealand, Dominion of Newfoundland, Portuguese Republic, Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Spain
- Added Trench Raid and Gas Attack
- "Diplomatic Influence" now is relationship with one value for both parties
- Naval Stations and Coaling stations added
- Unrestricted Submarine Warfare now active
- Reimplemented trade interdiction
- Implementation of Social Welfare Programs, Propaganda, Support State Religion
- Shore bombardment added

Bug Fixes
- Region tax data
- Fixed Trade Deal prices not updating
- Fixed multi-select movement
- Fixed cavalry movement time issues
- Fixed crash in Air Groups Panel
- Fixed engagements not reporting casualty percentages correctly
- Gold now deducted for moving capital
- Fixed issue with Finance Category names
- Fixed plane animations when shooting
- Fixed display for Influence map view
- Fixed a number of issues with carriers and carrier planes
- Fixed crash in readiness template not existing
- Gas attack only appears when player has shells
- Streamlined warring nations readiness display to minimize notifications
- Most nations now default to Low readiness at start
- Fixed bug around bombing orders
- Added Arms Usage for Military Groups
- Fixed Financial Aid amount not showing properly for Player's Puppet States
- Newly created independent and puppet nations start with historic relations
- Fixed empire trade agreement edit not working
- Air Patrol now working
- Fixed Territorial Transfer Response Display
- Fixed New Nations having influence with colonies
- Fixed move by road/rail not filtering options if you don't have capacity
- fixed error in map behaviors. Error was causing all orders after 'Unload from Transport' to not show up
- Fixed possible crash when using rail transport
- Fixed bug that was causing the mystery object in Gulf of Guinea
- Fixed "Black Areas" in the claimed regions map view.
-Fixed Colonies and Protectorates not using the government of their master in determining which icon to display
- Fixed trying to load wrong demonstrator
- Fixed bug in CreateAndSetMoveOrder (wasn't passing along desired transportation level)
- Empire Trade Chart now displays proper data
- Fixed buy influence crash

UI
- Updated some Mapview colors
- Added notifications for Cavalry Charge, Trench Raid, and Gas Attack
- Added New Message Window for War-related Notifications
- Removed Overall Supply Fill Percentage from the Military Command Panel
- End-turn overlay can now accommodate for longer country names
- Updated Military Report Panel
- Updated End Turn transition appearance
- Update art on Land and Sea Engagement Panel
- Added ability for players to remove Trade Embargoes they have placed
- Removed duplicate trade agreement notifications
- Added more ship and sub animations
- Unit art improvements
- Empty transports now automatically removed
- Added Reject/Accept buttons for Treaty Proposals
- Clicking the Nation Icon on the top of Report Panels selects the nation's capital city
- Added Flags in the Military and Trade Access Display
- Added UI support for Editing Trade Orders
- Added rail, road, turns data for movement tooltip
- Added Long Range Siege Gun setup
- Changed how Icons are displayed in the Region Select Panel

AI
- Added triggers for improving and reducing Diplomatic Relations
- Added triggers for making and breaking alliances
- Added triggers for events
- Consolidated decision point logic for various Bombing orders
- Updated nation morale calculation
- Updated loyalty check to prefer adjacent regions
- Updated predicted resource change function to take into account conquest penalty
- Detectors now have a chance to spot and fire on subs before they take a shot
- Splitting an army that is being transported by troopships automatically reassigns the necessary transport ships to make the move legitimate
- Colonies and protectorates don't use world market
- AI sets desired readiness in multiples of 25
- AI sets military readiness to max in wartime

Content
- Wars now track casualties
- Engagements track last turns casualties by unit type and nation
- Gave Transports a small combat ability
- Fixed missing Ottoman military Manpower
- Lowered military readiness cost
- Slightly raised industry value
- Influence Tool Tip now uses Empire name of Mouse Overed Region
- Removed Outside Influence on National Stability
- changed Medical Center to be an upgrade to Hospital
- Set up national unit limits based on readiness
- Modified Hit Points on Defensive Infrastructure
- Revised Diplomatic Influence starting values
- Seaplane fighters and bombers now come with ship
- Updated casualty health reports
- Newly created independent and puppet nations start with historic relations
- Proper range of fire for artillery group and units now displays
- Updated war weariness to take into account casualties sustained
- Added morale to combat
- Updated nation morale calculation
- Separated Grant And Request Military Access into two panels
- Port Access Agreements now appear in the Diplomatic Relations Panel
- Added Wind Display to the Region Select Panel
- Removed Diplomatic Influence Display on the Government Info Panel if there are no Diplomatic Relations
- implementation of "Out of supply" effects on ships
- -- 1/2 combat power
- -- movement reduced to 1 region per turn
- -- no trade interdiction
- Road and rail capacity now cost coal and fuel
- Wind and display added for gas attacks
- Change Hit % Chance to # of Hits for ranged attack bombardment
- Changed production "Turns" to "Production units"
- Added Conquest penalty to regions
- Conquest penalty affects production
- Defensive infrastructure now has hitpoints
- Combat reports now include ships that sunk last turn
- Nation casualties are now tracked by nationTemplate
- Updated Combat report UI to use new data
- Military And Trade Access Proposals now display the nations involved
- Added mining attack as a special attack
- Removed Transport Capacity number on Ship Groups
- Added Dockyard to Romanian Port so they can Trade
- Added Intra-Empire Trade
- Added "End Embargo" option when the player has an embargo on a nation
- Removed some Diplomatic Action Buttons available when the player is at war with a nation
- Puppets now show the military access of their masters if applicable
- Some Rearrangements in the Mapview Key Panel
- Imported new worker and Race models

Launcher
- New Nations added to lobby

[Gusington]

Do the different nations play and feel different?