Dev Diary 2019-03-15

Hello all, and welcome to our dev diary for 3.9.1. As you've noticed we had a slight bump in the schedule with three weeks between 3.9 and 3.9.1, mostly to clean up some tech debt as well as front-loading some extra work for 3.9.2; but more about that in a couple weeks.

3.9.1 is mostly a mission pack with a few fixes and a QoL change suggested by the community.

Coring Requirements
A number of people had pointed out that the core tooltip was long on text and short on indicators of what was actually preventing you from coring the province. I've added some X and checkmarks to the display to make things clearer. If separatism and IB are not a factor, the display will instead show a breakdown of the four possibilities listed under C. This should make it clearer to everyone what conditions need to be met in order to core various provinces.



Missions
Missions for 3.9.1 will focus on Asia, particularly with attention paid to the 1357 bookmark for the Red Turban Rebellion and the nations that spawn therefrom.

Yuan Unlike the Ilkhanate, it is possible for Yuan to survive the rebellions that threaten it and as such has gotten it's own mission tree focused on potential expansion of the empire once the threat is neutralized. A slightly altered tree focused on reclaiming the mandate prior to embarking on these expansions is available to Yuan in the 1357 bookmark.



Ming The historical victor of the conflicts following the Rebellion, Ming's tree is relatively unique and focuses on her eventual expansion following consolidation.



Rival Chinese States There are some small variations in order and requirements of the mission tree for Xi, Zhou, and Shan based on their relative neighbors and geography but the three trees look quite similar to what's shown below (Xi's is pictured).



Misc.
Other minor fixes include an overhaul of the events for Yuan leading to the Red Turban Rebellion in order to get a more historical map more frequently, a fix for the random yet consistent disappearance of a few of Portugal's missions from their tree, and fixes for certain Trading Company events and decisions to take account of the Autonomous trade companies introduced in 3.9