Changelog: Updates, Evolution and New Features

Improvements

• Major refactor of the 3D globe: reorganized code, improved performance, and a more robust foundation for future features. The globe now displays over 10,000 entities and 150,000 hexagonal cells at 60 FPS on a reference setup.
• Added a dedicated benchmark step for the 3D globe to measure FPS.
• Completion of missing map filters to cover the main properties of territories and countries.
• Improved entity selection system: more intuitive selection of countries and territories with clear entity hierarchy.
• Added parameters for rendering configuration and performance optimization.
• Each territory now displays a point indicating the location of its associated city.
• Various UI improvements.

Features

• Added a system of institutional capabilities and power: countries now have institutional capacity (administrative, executive, legislative, judicial), geopolitical score, hard power, and soft power calculated from real-world indicators.
• Leaders now have influence (personal attribute affecting diplomatic interactions and election chances).

Improvements

• It is now possible to choose the default role for leaders with multiple functions; the most populous country is now selected by default.
• Updated globe imagery with a new layer displaying hydrographic networks (lakes and rivers).
• Improved quicksave management: existence check and information display directly in the interface.
• Fully reintegrated mod management.

User Interface

• Display of cities and capitals in the interface.
• Escape now closes only one window at a time, or toggles the main menu if no window is open.

Features

• New macro-economic system simulating GDP, unemployment, debt and other indicators evolution. Each country evolves according to its category and economic state.
• Historical convergence mechanics: the simulation automatically adjusts indicators to bring them closer to historical values, according to the chosen fidelity level.

Improvements

• Data display enhancement with added graphs to track entity properties evolution, making trends and changes easier to understand.
• New console commands to hot-reload localizations and mods.

Data

• New historical events affecting the economy: 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, Olympic Games, energy crisis, war in Ukraine.

User Interface

• Tooltips improvement: ability to lock them, cascading opening and hierarchical management for smoother navigation.

Features

• Added AI Conversations: phone call system to interact with characters using a language model.
• Integrated World News system: browse current global events directly in the application.

Improvements

• Enhanced cinematic tools with new camera modes and recording options.

Features

• Added historical natural disasters: earthquakes, tropical cyclones, and volcanic eruptions.
• Implemented hex cells system to track territorial damage.
• Added geospatial phenomena system for dynamic events visualization.
• Added cinematic camera tools for creating simulation recordings.

Improvements

• Damage system now managed at cell level instead of territory level.
• Added simulation parameters.

User Interface

• Enhanced globe with new overlays for disasters and damage visualization.
• Improved entity selection with context menu.

Features

• Added Linux support.

User Interface

• User interface improvements.

Performance

• Complete backend rewrite in Rust to enhance performance.
• Enhanced multi-threading capabilities.
• Optimized memory usage.

Features

• Added political systems and succession process (elections, monarchy, dynastic union).
• Added spectator mode.
• Added family relations.
• Implemented hex grid for territorial mapping.
• Static opinion modifiers.

User Interface

• Drawer for countries, territories and persons.

Features

• Relations/opinions between countries and persons.
• Simulation presets.

Improvements

• Upgraded AI.

User Interface

• Upgraded UI with relative opinions.

Features

• Added "Supernatural" mod.
• Introduced additional conditions, effects, and selectors.
• Added sounds.

Improvements

• Enhanced the event system.

User Interface

• Enhanced the UI.

Features

• Added events system.
• Events appear based on specific conditions and trigger effects to make the simulation more dynamic.
• Added evaluation for modding files (conditions and effects).

Features

• Implemented localization system.

Data

• Added French translations.

Features

• Added modifiers for world, countries, territories, cities, and individuals.
• Modifiers temporarily influence the value of an entity's properties.

Performance

• Multithreading.

Data

• Added new data: occupations, religions, languages, citizenships, Press Freedom Index, GDP, Gini Index, life expectancy, median age, net migration, official languages, nuclear weapon dates, and some missing territories.

Performance

• Improved globe rendering performance.
• Enhanced territory geometry processing.

Features

• Each individual now operates as an AI-driven entity using behavior trees, capable of executing actions.
• Introduced multiple AI behavior variations.
• Actions now have effects, with conditions that must be met.
• Added partial modding support for actions.
• Introduced a scoring system to observe world evolution.

User Interface

• Added rich tooltips and entity navigation via links.

Features

• Introduced seismic hazard and devastation effects on territories.
• Earthquakes can now occur, causing infrastructure damage (devastation) and population casualties (deaths).
• Earthquake probability can be set when creating a new simulation.

Data

• Added earthquake data (for historical mode).

Features

• Implemented simulation structure & UI with load/save functionality.
• Introduced historical mode.

Data

• Added population indicators data.
• Added models & data for population dynamics (death and growth).

User Interface

• Enhanced globe with rasters and labels.
• Added search functionality.

Features

• Introduced WorlDB (application database).
• Added map filters.
• Implemented geometry processing.
• Integrated audio player.

Data

• Added data for individuals and population.

User Interface

• Console, Settings.

Features

• Established application core structure & UI.
• Introduced 3D Globe.

Data

• Added data for countries, territories, and cities.