Hello everyone!

Version 0.9 is now live! 😊
This is a major update, featuring many graphics improvements along with a host of new additions and changes.

As we get closer to the 1.0 release (still a bit of time to go), every piece of feedback and every bug report becomes even more valuable!

I've recently seen some discussions from players expressing frustration due to a lack of communication, and I want to assure you that going forward, all future updates—big or small—will be posted both on Steam and Discord.

Thank you for your ongoing support. I hope you enjoy this version!
Please don’t hesitate to share your feedback or suggestions, even if it seems like I’m not always responsive, Eventually - I read every post, review, and comment about the game. Always.

Mac Users - im deeply sorry but since the new graphics changes there some shaders fixes need to be done - im working on that and you will get an update ASAP

Graphics

• Deprecated the viewport system and render textures – the camera now renders the global map and terrain directly, resulting in significantly improved graphics.

• New day/night system supports ambient lighting

• Added support for Nvidia DLSS 3.0 (only for compatible devices).

• Introduced new post-processing effects that enhance bloom and create more vivid colors.

• Buildings now react to lighting changes extremely quickly (with minimal performance cost) – lights will gradually turn off at sunrise and on at dusk.

• New batching system combines multiple sprites, text, and meshes into fewer draw calls, significantly boosting performance.

• Trees are now rendered directly, resulting in much improved visuals.

• Mountains and elevation are now integrated into the terrain and no longer require real-time mesh deformation, improving both quality and performance.

• New water system simulates depth, waves, and intersection foam for a more immersive experience.

• New borders rendering technique uses a combination of the JFA algorithm and SDF textures (no more pixelated edges).

• Added camera rotation – players can now rotate the camera using E/Q.

• Elevation modification removed, as terrain is now rendered directly.

• Horizontal wrapping removed due to the deprecation of the viewport.

• Terrain quality modification removed (terrain is now rendered directly).

• Internal Anti-Aliasing system removed (previously GPU-intensive; now obsolete with the new batching and rendering system).

VFX

• Highly realistic nuclear explosion effect added.

• Camera shake effect added when near nuclear explosions.

Gameplay - Additions

• Aerial campaigns: new, more intuitive and realistic method for sending squadrons on missions.

• Aerial campaigns: squadrons now operate across an entire country's airspace (rather than just per province) and follow campaign objectives.

• Aerial campaigns: squadrons now consume fuel and missiles, requiring engineers for faster refueling and rearming when returning to base.

• Aerial campaigns: different squadrons have unique 3D models and sound effects and are represented as units on the map.

• Aerial missiles added – including cluster bombs, AA, GBUs, and thermobaric missiles – used by squadrons during campaigns.

• Nuclear enrichment facilities: nuclear programs no longer require reactors but rely on enrichment facilities, which can be built after activating the nuclear program.

• Underground mechanic: nuclear programs and enrichment facilities can now be built and upgraded underground (up to 3 levels), requiring thermobaric missiles for destruction.

• Trade routes: all official trades (excluding the free market) are now represented by actual cargo planes flying to target countries. Large trades (over 1K) launch cargo ships. These routes can be intercepted in the next version. Built with DOTS, supporting thousands of simultaneous routes with minimal performance cost.

• Government panel added, allowing changes to voting systems, elections, and political structures.

• Central Bank panel added with options to change interest rates, print money, and view financial data.

• Elections added – democratic countries will now experience election cycles.

• Promises and Platforms – political parties can now launch promises across platforms to gain election popularity.

• Cabinet system – players can now assign ministers.

• Minister delegation – ministers can behave like AI, managing sectors, trading, research, manufacturing, and more.

• Negotiation system – added the ability to offer things like war alliances, economic or military aid.

• Negotiation system – added transparency rights requests (to move military forces into other countries).

• Support for military bases in allied countries.

• Support for deployment in allied bases.

• Currencies now influence country economies, world influence, market prices, and economic power.

• Interactive system for negotiating with unions during protests.

• “No Exploit” toggle added to new games – enables/disables resource extraction (disabling gives unlimited resources).

• Strikes: if union satisfaction drops too low, strikes will occur with major economic impact.

• Opposition momentum: failure to fulfill promises or handle protests may increase opposition strength, leading to a government overthrow.

• Aerial space breaches now trigger diplomatic incidents and worsen relations when squadrons enter foreign airspace without approval.

• Unit designer now includes skill levels; each unit has a difficulty rating – low skill may result in failed designs.

Gameplay - Changes

• Many stats are now influenced by the new political system.

• Squadrons are now limited to one aircraft type (bombers, fighters, helicopters, drones, or tankers). Mixing types in a squadron is no longer allowed.

• Protests are now initiated by political unions, with negotiable demands.

• Organizations now have alignment values that update monthly. Higher alignment boosts world influence, lower values risk expulsion.

• AI now aligns with organization restrictions (but doesn’t apply influence or expulsion mechanics like the player).

• Added diplomatic toggle when clicking on countries – shows alliances, war status, etc.

• Political influence is now calculated based on party support.

• Max concurrent research is now based on military/economic superpower status and HDI – up to 5 simultaneous projects.

• Nuclear powers now make attack decisions more lighlty.

• Intelligence mission success rate now calculated with a new formula.

• Waging wars now causes a decline in democratic values.

• Population growth decline is now more balanced in highly developed countries.

User Interface

• Over 50% of panels have been resized, and font type/size improved (WIP)

• New global warnings panel on the home screen – replaces the old warning system and

Bug Fixes

• Many interceptors failed to stop missiles due to internal miscalculations.

• Merging units sometimes caused negative infantry/special forces counts.

• Fixed issue where scroll view jumped to the top when adjusting values.

• Fixed bug where free market trades exceeded intended internal values.

• Silos previously took no damage and couldn’t be destroyed.

• Missile launcher bug where last clicked country remained selected.

• Fixed many overlay issues – conquered provinces now display properly.

• Fixed issue where self-aid to own disasters had no effect on casualty calculations.

• Fixed internal pathfinding issues.

• Fixed province panel conflict triggered by nuclear program map clicks.

• Fixed multiple exceptions from battle/war systems.

• Fixed visual artifacts when launching missiles (AI and player).

• Fixed issue where SFX continued playing when the SFX volume slider was muted.

• Improved clarity of resource colors.

• Many UI fixes.

Optimizations

• Tree matrices are now stored in game data instead of being generated at runtime – reduces loading time by 25%.

• Performance optimizations to AI decision-making.

Knows Issues

• Some cities/airports may appear on water – will be fixed in the next patch.

• Russia may appear fully colored due to incorrect SDF texture generation (may also affect Brazil in some cases).

• Some coastal terrain areas may appear steep or have harsh edges.

• [ADD] Free Market - countries will now auto-trade into the free market to simulate capitalism
  
• [ADD] Relations Panel - a panel to view all relations
  
• [ADD] Inventory Panel - a panel to track all military inventory
  
• [ADD] Option to deprecate military units (hide them from deployment/manufacture)
  
• [ADD] One-year button in the Facility Panel (auto set amount to built in a year)

• [CHANGE] AI will now make smarter decisions during wars (units will be sent more intelligently for occupation and defense)
  
• [CHANGE] AI that declares war will no longer remain idle and wait to be attacked
  
• [CHANGE] Jets will now deliver significantly less damage to ground units

• [FIX] AI errors caused by destroyed units
  
• [FIX] Ability to sign loan deals with 0 years (which caused NaN issues)
  
• [FIX] Issue where AI would keep units idle instead of liberating occupied provinces
  
• [FIX] Issue where world actions wouldn’t display correctly after annexation
  
• [FIX] Issue preventing building of Bases/Ports in non-main regions of countries (e.g., Chile)
  
• [FIX] Issue where conquering continued even after all units had been destroyed
  
• [FIX] Incorrect name positions for India and Chile
  
• [FIX] When multiple wars happen simultaneously, the AI took too long to respond (response times have been significantly reduced, making AI much more responsive during world war scenarios)
  
• [FIX] Fixed issue where an accepted End War request wouldn’t do anything
  
• [FIX] Multiple UI fixes

• [ADD] New growth section UI in Demographics to show information about births, rates, migrations, and factors that affect population growth
  
• [ADD] New negotiation system (complete overhaul of how trades and deals can be signed)
  
• [ADD] Added MSAA to settings (should be more performant than the previous Anti-Aliasing option)
  
• [ADD] AI will build military bases
  
• [ADD] New attribute for countries: Diplomatic Trust
  
• [ADD] War reasons – added for better control and realism for AI declaring war (experimental)
  
• [ADD] Automatic crash reports (crashes will now automatically be uploaded for our review)

• [SOUND] Restructured sound mixers (for a better foundation for future SFX and effects)
  
• [SOUND] SFX for bombings and nuclear explosions
  
• [SOUND] SFX for navy and air bases

• [CHANGE] Missile launchers now support direct clicking on countries on the map
  
• [CHANGE] Changed font and increased font size in Sectors UI (experimental)
  
• [CHANGE] Integrated abortion laws and one-child policy into the new growth algorithm
  
• [CHANGE] New algorithm for population growth calculation (taking into account many factors such as birth rates, women's education, deaths from crime, and more)
  
• [CHANGE] Removed fertilize and regrow projects – provinces will now automatically grow agriculture and trees (no longer requiring digging projects)
  
• [CHANGE] Digging projects will now reveal agricultural soil or new suitable forest areas that will grow over time
  
• [CHANGE] Declaring war against a country under the same IGO defensive pact (e.g., NATO) will expel attackers from the IGO

• [FIX] AI will now be forced to declare war against those attacking pact countries (e.g., NATO)
  
• [FIX] Fixed an issue where starting a new game could get stuck at 41% due to incorrect naval spawning locations
  
• [FIX] Multiple internal fixes related to caching
  
• [FIX] Optimizations to GPU usage (should decrease overall GPU usage, especially in 4K resolutions)
  
• [FIX] Fixed null exceptions coming from AI aerial warfare
  
• [FIX] Fixed an issue where airports/seaports could build more than the intended value in batching mode
  
• [FIX] Fixed an issue where airports/seaports could not be dismantled
  
• [FIX] Fixed saving getting stuck due to saving unit locations
  
• [FIX] Bases that are destroyed will now automatically remove related deployments (also fixes loading issues in such cases)
  
• [FIX] Many UI fixes

• [ADD] Batch toggle for airports and seaports, allows automatic distribution of newly built ports.
  
• [ADD] "Return to Base" button for the navy, enables squadrons to return from carriers to their home bases.

• New command: manufacture_multiplier [float] = increases manufacturing output by the specified multiplier (use 1 for default)

• [QOL] Tariff information added to the trade deals panel for better economic clarity.

• [CHANGE] Manufacturing factories now provide an additional bonus to production rate.
  
• [CHANGE] Jets can now embark on ships within range, not just in coastal provinces.
  
• [CHANGE] Increased the population growth penalty from the One Child Policy.

• [FIX] Population growth penalties were not being correctly calculated into the final growth rate.
  
• [FIX] Tooltip incorrectly showed "insufficient funds" when province construction slider was at maximum.
  
• [FIX] Province project costs were not being deducted from the account balance.
  
• [FIX] Digging projects incorrectly revealed Agriculture and Forests, now only fertilization and tree-planting projects do this.
  
• [FIX] NaN values could appear when dismantling province facilities.
  
• [FIX] Using annex_country command could result in negative population values.
  
• [FIX] Jets launched from carriers were returning to base instead of the carrier.
  
• [FIX] Jets could get stuck when attempting to land on distant carriers.
  
• [FIX] Constructing airports or seaports could cause an infinite saving loop.
  
• [FIX] Military tutorial could get stuck due to naval transport cap, the cap is now ignored in the tutorial.

• [ADD] Truce system – After signing peace, a truce will be active for 5 years, preventing the player/AI from declaring war during that timeframe.
  
• [ADD] War doctrines (bombing/conquering) – Allows forces to destroy cities and purge populations.
  
• [ADD] Military tutorial.
  
• [ADD] Economic tutorial.
  
• [ADD] Personnel recruitment campaigns – Boosts recruitment for the following year.

• [CHANGE] Improved AI reactions to global events to make them more logical.
  
• [CHANGE] Enhanced AI behavior in aerial operations.
  
• [CHANGE] AI will now launch nuclear missiles.
  
• [CHANGE] Added pictures to some UI panels for better immersion.
  
• [CHANGE] Adjustments to happiness calculations.

• [FIX] AI not pressuring for peace.
  
• [FIX] Spain’s aircraft carrier had 20K HP, causing extreme costs and designer attribute issues.
  
• [FIX] Issue where escorted squadrons/divisions would be lost when attempting to disembark at an invalid location.
  
• [FIX] Disembarkation could occur anywhere instead of requiring a coastal province (fleets now automatically find a coastal point before disembarking selected groups).
  
• [FIX] Adding a pending resource to a trade deal could result in an incorrect amount.
  
• [FIX] Annexing countries could lead to negative populations and NaN values in various places.
  
• [FIX] Loading could get stuck at 95% due to multiple issues with unit loading on the map.
  
• [FIX] All trade deals were set to 10 years, even when signed for different durations.
  
• [FIX] Auto-tracking in Intelligence would keep oil tracking indefinitely.
  
• [FIX] Building media facilities took longer than displayed and built more than ordered.
  
• [FIX] The new year calculation could cause an exception when loading a saved game (no year report).
  
• [FIX] System settings were not saved when returning to the main menu.

• [ADD] Protests system implemented
  
• [ADD] Yearly reports now available
  
• [ADD] Comparison panel (accessible through the stats panel) allows comparison of key values, statistics, and needs by month or year
  
• [ADD] Trade panel added to track existing trade deals
  
• [ADD] Option to dismantle province facilities and military bases
  
• [ADD] Multi-selection for military units using middle mouse drag (rectangle selection)

• [QOL] Increased military unit UI scale by 25% and changed the font for better readability
  
• [QOL] Added toggle options for displaying war and disaster pop-ups
  
• [QOL] Additional information is now displayed when constructing resource facilities
  
• [QOL] The default view for facility production now shows needs instead of resources

• [CHANGE] Increased the threshold for happiness changes, making happiness gain and loss slightly faster.
  
• [CHANGE] Increased the number of city seats produced per bus line
  
• [CHANGE] Relationship calculations now consider countries' active wars
  
• [CHANGE] AI and players now automatically gain movement rights with defense pact allies
  
• [CHANGE] AI now considers the civilian casualties others cause when making war decisions and planning military operations
  
• [CHANGE] Reduced the effect of religion on international relations
  
• [CHANGE] Taxes now have a greater impact on happiness calculations
  
• [CHANGE] Adjusted employment distribution and calculation methods

• [DATA] Updated naval unit data for Spain, Iran, and India

• [FIX] Allies, friends, and defense pact nations will now condemn border violations correctly
  
• [FIX] Unemployment rate calculation cannot be controlled and might end up extremely high
  
• [FIX] Fixed incorrect surplus values displayed in the resource panel
  
• [FIX] Signing export deals was too difficult
  
• [FIX] Resolved an issue where daily manufacturing calculations could cause exceptions and long-term calculation errors.
  
• [FIX] Personnel recruitment numbers were not updating correctly at the end of each year.
  
• [FIX] Deploying navy fleets could mistakenly deploy a squadron instead
  
• [FIX] Switching layers allowed ships to embark on themselves
  
• [FIX] Annexed countries’ wars would remain active
  
• [FIX] Annexed countries’ would stay active in player intelligence networks
  
• [FIX] Military units disappearing after wars—only AI units stationed in annexed provinces will now be returned to the inventory (player should remains unaffected)
  
• [FIX] Taxes could become NaN in small countries
  
• [FIX] After annexation, enemy interceptors were still visible and remained in place
  
• [FIX] Naval bases and seaports could not be built in annexed territories
  
• [FIX] Annexed countries sometimes remained as active intelligence networks
  
• [FIX] Dismantling units did not return soldiers to the inventory
  
• [FIX] Some countries would start with 0 taxes, causing imbalances
  
• [FIX] Players were incorrectly receiving "not enough nuclear missiles" messages when launching non-nuclear missions
  
• [FIX] High payload/tanker refueling stats caused unit prices and power levels to become excessively high
  
• [FIX] The GDP displayed on the home panel was not calculated correctly for the selected currency
  
• [FIX] Numerous English typos corrected.