HOTFIX 21.4.1 #1:

- The manufacturer ideas were merged with the adviser slots somehow... this was fixed so manufacturers are actually usable again. Sorry about the error, and thank you to Tsar Dusty for bringing it to our attention!

UPDATE 21.4.1

April Fools! The update was actually scheduled for today! Ha... ha... ... ha...

Major Changes:
- Globalized generic tier two focuses to unclutter leader specific focus code and to make additions to and modification of the generic tier two focuses much easier.
- Drastically expanded Rapture's starting technology and adjusted some doctrine choices.
- Rapture can now create factions upon completing the rebuild portion of the generic leader specific tree.
- Massively updated the generic leader specific focus tree for rebuilding and expanding Rapture.
- Temporarily disabled the existing brief tree for Fontaine to make the next update easier to implement.

Minor Changes:
- "Advertise Benefits for Service" decision is now "Exploit Pheromone - Enslave New Forces". It is also restricted to after the player finishes the "Adam" focus. This was to attain more canonical accuracy.
- "Exploit Pheromone - Enslave New Forces" decision now has a longer cool-down.
- "Send More Invitations" decision now has a longer cool-down.
- "The Aftermath" event's debuffs have been lessened.
- Added gfx for the "Andrew Ryan's Death" and "Confrontation" events.
- Added dockyard to Iceland.
- Added basic ship designs to Rapture so naval experience is no longer required before you can make a navy.
- Added a basic naming template for Rapture's ships.
- Added a new "Exploit Pheromone - Induce Propaganda Frenzy" decision.
- Since ideology, leaders, ideas, field marshals and generals are all required to be selected by leader selection event, ideology drift advisers have been restricted to use only when the matching leader is in power. This is to prevent things like the player choosing Sofia Lamb then drifting democratic and having Jack leading a country with Sofia Lamb as a field marshal.
- Replaced the effects of the final rebuild focus (Remove The Aftermath & +20% Stability) with "New Beginning" which allows Rapture to create factions and grants a base +10% Stability.
- Reduced starting infrastructure level from 5 to 4 to accommodate new expansion focuses.
- Added custom loading and main menu backgrounds.
- Added custom loading quotes. Unfortunately many were too large to fit completely, so cuts had to be made.
- Reduced effect of "Invites to Rapture" decision by half for balance.
- The capital of not Iceland is now Rapture.
- Moved National Spirit "Little Sisters" to occur when the Brutal Crackdown occurs for more lore accuracy.
- Extended the length of the "Clear the Rubble" national spirit so it was a bit more useful.
- Generalized the "Clear the Rubble" spirit so a bonus was given for each repair and rebuild focus.

Fixes:
- Marxist Preacher now adds Communism drift.
- "Send More Invitations" decision no longer permanently grants it's population growth bonus.
- Event gfx were re-formatted to prevent their overlapping of event options.
- Continuous Focus box was moved a reasonable distance from the standard focus tree so it actually looks like it exists. (No idea why it was so far away...)
- Tamed the games wild and arbitrary stability math to make the civil war and rebuilding more uniform.
- Adviser Atlas' portrait is no longer Frank Fontaine's portrait.
- The generic leader specific focuses were given actual descriptions.
- Restricted some advisers which were available at nonsensical times.
- Your country can no longer be led or advised by the ghost of Andrew Ryan.

Known Issues (which are being worked on if they can be.):

- (SOLUTION UNKNOWN)(NON-CRITICAL) Unfortunately, to create custom loading tips which override the standard HOI4 ones, we have to completely override the loading tips localisation file. This means that any other mod that adds custom loading tips will have... strange... interactions with this mod's loading tips.
- (SOLUTION UNKNOWN)(IMPORTANT) It seems that, despite having a codename file, the operatives for Rapture do not want to have names. This is something being worked on, but as of this upload I am stumped.

Developer Notes:

Several requests and inquiries have been made about Rapture existing in Iceland, despite the obvious deviation from canon. This is unfortunately out of our control. Heart of Iron does not allow state creation in the ocean, and giving Rapture some small territory so it at least seems like it isn't Iceland makes it extremely difficult for Rapture to have any significance on the world stage. Iceland is unfortunately the best we can do for Rapture at this point.

I want to apologize for the delay on this update... two classes were finishing up and I was suffering side effects from my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, we were attempting to root out bugs from the last update with a fair amount of play testing. I hope the additions and fixes make up for the wait! Thank you all again for subscribing and your patience!

Once again, I may have forgotten some small things in the changelog, a lot has happened this update! I hope you all enjoy!

UPDATE 21.3.22

Major Changes:

- Jack Ryan and Adam (Alternative Fontaine) are now playable leaders. They still lack a great deal of specific content, however.
- Overhauled the civil war system for more lore accuracy and content.
- Added repeatable decisions to send more invites and recruit manpower in addition to the national focus due to issues with a severe lack of any useable manpower.
- Added a field marshal and general w/ portraits for each country leader.
- Added political advisors, theorists, manufacturing companies, and military advisors to the country. This is still a WIP as some ideas are more placeholders than anything at the moment.

Minor Changes:

- National Focuses only add buildings and building slots to Iceland now (since Rapture did not extend to places like Estonia.)
- Added a new economy law, “Prosperous Isolation” for Rapture to start on.
- Added economy law, “Economic Collectivism” when Sofia Lamb is selected as the country leader.
- Expanded 1936 starting technologies.
- Additional research slots are now granted when going through the beginning focus tree. Up to four can now be accessed by the country.
- Added 2 base steel to Iceland so you could actually produce some guns.
- Upgraded Iceland from “Rural” to “City” so there were some available build slots to build other things in.

Fixes:

- Corrected some missing localisations.
- Added and fixed some gfx.
- Removed generic ideas.
- Added at least the generic focus tree to all leaders.

Developer Notes:

There may be more small changes I have forgotten to bring up. This is a significant update to the mod, and a lot of new pieces were added! As it comes with new features, there will be new bugs. If you find one, do not hesitate to tell us! We will get to fixing it as soon as we can! Thank you for being patient during development! We hope you all enjoy this update! - BioShock Mod Devs

Worked on Fontaine's focus tree more, and gave The Thinker an animated portrait.
Also updated the images to reflect the movement of the lighthouse to a more canonical spot

Expanded Fontaine's focus tree

Expanded the focus tree

Began working on national focus

Moved lighthouse to a more canon place