HRS Version History

HRS 1.1 Full Patchnotes

-Japan starts with the "No Diplomatic Corps" (-influence) modifier to keep diplomacy limited
-"No Diplomatic Corps" is replaced with a decaying equivalent by "The Iwakura Mission" event
-The Landowner trait "Family Ties" is removed for being inaccurate to the situation
-The Landowners now start with the "Sankin Kotai" (-radicalism) trait
-The "Sankin Kotai" trait is replaced with "Japonisme" (+influence) by "The Iwakura Mission" event
-The "Middle Managers" trait is reflavored as "Samurai Bureaucrats"
-"The Opening of Japan" event is completely changed
 -The Landowners and Petite Bourgeoisie are renamed the Fudai Daimyo and Tozama Daimyo
 -Aristocrats may now join the Petite Bourgeoisie, scaled with the extent of urbanization in their state
 -A Reformer will lead the Intelligentsia (generic standin for Fukuzawa Yukichi)
 -A Protectionist will agitate from the Petite Bourgeoisie (generic standin for Oukubo Toshimichi)
 -A flag will be set which will forbid the player from reforming away from Free Trade
 -The Petite Bourgeoisie will gain new traits, "Westernization" (+tech spread) and "Sonno Joi" (xenophobia reflavored)
-If forced to open, you will be kept on Free Trade until you gain recognition
-The terms to start the Restoration have changed
 -The primary trigger will activate if the Landowners are not in government OR are insurrectionary. This is a code failsafe because sometimes the game doesn't register insurrectionary landowners resigning from government, and you'll end up fighting a boshin war the game just won't count and that's totally not fair.
 -The secondary trigger can now activate if the Petite Bourgeoisie is powerful in addition to the other secondary triggers (high legitimacy, marginalized landowners, etc)
-New Restoration journal entry added: "Abolish the Han System"
 -Will complete when Japan has none of Appointed Bureaucrats, Land Based Taxation, or Local Police
 -Aristocrats will gradually return to the Landowners after it is completed

HRS 1.0 Full Releasenotes

---Game Balance Changes---

[b]Population:[/b]
  -The subsistence farms have had their employment capacity further increased by 50% to prevent overflow.

[b]Colonization:[/b]
  -Japan starts without a colonization law
  -Hokkaido starts Unincorporated
  -Hokkaido starts without Japanese homeland
  -Homeland in Hokkaido can be gained by completing a Journal Entry

[b]New Company:[/b]
  -Hokkaido Development Commission:
    --Prosperity: Increases migration to colonies
    --Requires:
      ---Completing the Restoration
      ---Either:
        ----Intensive Agriculture technology
        ----Positive relations with a Great Power that has Intensive Agriculture technology
    --Improves:
      ---Wheat farms (only grow on Hokkaido)
      ---Food factories
      ---Coal mines

---Journal---

[b]The Bakufu:[/b] advises players of the option to forcibly open Japan

[b]The Imperial Family:[/b] notifies the player which Emperor will take the throne if they complete the Restoration now

[b]The Hokkaido Development Commission:[/b] Awards Japanese homeland to the state of Hokkaido if Japan controls the whole island and populated it to 90% Japanese (don't be intimidated, this will happen naturally around 1870-1880)

[b]Honorable Restoration:[/b] Komei will now die at the correct historical date, by default he sticks around for another 12 years