Divide et Impera 1.3.1 Released!

Divide et Impera 1.3.1 Overview

After many months of work and testing, we are proud to announce the new mod update has finally arrived! DeI 1.3.1 features an updated supply system, the Alexander campaign, new reforms changes and updates for many factions. These factions include Maurya, Baktria, Parthia, the Iberians and Athens. We have also worked on some neglected parts of the mod including AOR/Merc units and Naval units. Thanks to everyone who helped to test and give feedback over these months, we all appreciate it!

You can head over to our Download Page to get the latest update. Steam will update automatically. It is save compatible. We will be working on updating submods as we can. Please note: submods that haven’t been updated may not be compatible.

Patch Notes

Supply System Update
– Army and Navy UI addition with detailed information about their supply status. Icon found on top right of Army commander UI.
– Supply storage increased and will be replenished before regional supplies.
– Supply storage now used before regional supplies
– Improved movement bonus for transport fleets first turn after embarking
– Navy to Transport supply effect bundle added
– Various fixes for barbarian supply functions and navies in ports.
– Lots of “under the hood” changes to make the supply system more moddable and modular.
– Many smaller fixes.

Alexander Campaign Added
– Incorporated the Alexander submod into the main mod.

Reforms Changes
– Thracians, Illyrians, Armenians, Galatians and other factions relying on Greek Global Reforms now have their own reforms that trigger 4 turns after the AI global reforms.
– These changes were done to fix various technical issues with reforms, especially in multiplayer.
– Special reforms now have their units hidden instead of just grayed out in the recruitment panel
– Moved Global Marian reforms to Turn 120, Imperial to 220
– Moved Global Thorax to 130
– Added reform requirements text to upgrade technology descriptions for ease of information access.

Mauryan Overhaul
– Overhauled Mauryan unit roster with new units, including naval roster.
– New Garrison, Mercenary and AOR units for the Mauryan regions.
– New reform based on cultural conversion of nomadic lands.
– Six new temples to better represent the culture as well as a new Buddhist temple line. New government types.
– New combined stables/exotic stables and siege workshop/chariot recruitment buildings
– New Buddhist culture spread by one chain and also present as a small regional bonus.
– New UI appearance when playing as Maurya.

Baktrian Overhaul
– Various new and overhauled units for Baktria.
– New Buddhist enclave building line with new unit recruitment

Parthian Overhaul
– New and overhauled units added for Parthia.
– New Parthian reforms at Imperium 3, Turn 60 and Imperium 5, Turn 130

Athens Overhaul
– Various new and updated units for Athens.

Iberian Overhaul
– Adjusted appearance for all Iberian units, generals and officers to bring them up to standard of other units
– Various changes to units within each Iberian faction’s roster to make them have more unique styles.

Naval Overhaul
– Made all tetreres slightly faster to conform to their historical usage. Hellenic and Carthaginian tetreres are now the fastest ramming ships in the game.
– Rhodes has earlier access to tetreres, a new bodyguard option and new Hoplite Slinger marines.
– Added a new marine unit with a spear to all barbarian and steppe factions
– Standardized recruitment cost for all ships
– Adjusted ramming damage and ship HP for all ship classes
– Adjusted population class for many ships to incentivize recruiting faction-appropriate ship types
– Moved all barbarian assault ships into the largest hulls – they now have 120 men.
– Barbarian marines now come in three classes. Third Class are basic melee marines, Second Class are spear marines, First Class are best quality marines.
– Adjusted ships available to Getae, Ardiaei, and Odrysia to remove redundancy

AOR/Mercenary Overhaul
– Overhauled Britannic, Iberian, Gallic, Alpine, Celtic, Germanic, and Galatian AOR and mercenary units to bring them into line with faction counterparts
– Added new officers for Ligurian, Scandinavian, and Alpine units
– Adjusted recruitment level for numerous AOR units
– Balanced Celtic and Germanic garrison units to better conform with previous changes to their recruitable units
– Adjusted Galatian Swordsmen to be more competitive vis-a-vis AOR and mercenary options
– Cimbri Assault Infantry and Helisi Assault Infantry now have precursor javelins

Major Changes
– New cothon port model added to Carthage on the campaign map (thanks Benjin!)
– Added various missing playable factions from pirate spawns and reduced further away early Rome spawns
– Changed Seleucid personality entries to make them more defensive.
– Changed population class for all Third Class cavalry to Second Class cavalry. Made appropriate stat and appearance changes.
– New unit cards for Armenia.
– Slightly lowered AI naval budget allocations for non naval personalities
– Added Dart Slingers as regular unit of Antigonids (thorax reform)
– Fixed Sparta having the wrong pop classes for AOR/Merc greek units

Other Changes/Fixes
– Added new attic helmets
– Fixed Iberian reformed unit missing from their reform entires.
– Disabled new reform the line ability while embarked.
– Changed Magna Graecia secured event text to better match possible situations where Rome is at peace with that region.
– Fixed some special temples missing sanitation bonus.
– Added new shoeless Celtic trouser models.
– Added retextured wolf/sheep mantles (Thanks Summary!)
– Added longsword scabbard models (thanks SMS!)
– Fixed British slinger spearmen missing concentrated fire ability.
– Fixed British slingers having the wrong shield entry.
– Changed Rome starting building from industry to sanitation.
– Fixed mispelled Rhodes faction effect bundle title.
– Removed largest ship types from pirate rosters.
– Changed Scordisci archers to 3rd class
– Increased trade bonus from silk/amber road region effects.
– Changed Belgic regions to be the proper auxilia settings (rather than alpine/celtic) – new campaign only
– Changed Iweriu and Caledone faction traits
– Fixed various barbarian model shoulder/chest clipping
– Fixed many standard bearer models
– Changed starting culture in Latium to be slightly Latin dominant.
– Changed starting Ligurian building to barracks.
– Reviewed all shields for consistent appearance and statistics.
– Changed Gallic army traditions to Formidable Spearmen and Cavalry Masters
– Adjusted non playable British unit weapon stats to be more in line with playable versions
– New shock spear unit strength/weakness text entry
– Adjustments to some Armenian unit appearances.
– Adjustments to Thessalian cav stat and unit appearances.
– Changed arabian pirates to the right culture (new campaign only)
– Updated look and animation entry/stats of Nakharar Cavalry
– Updated look and stats of Syracusean Lancers
– Updated look of Numidian Legionaires and Peltasts
– Further tweaks to Armenian Catas and Royal Catas to include some Greek skins
– Tons of other smaller fixes and updates to many unit appearances.

Credits
– Summary for many UI elements, new textures, shields and much more.
– Litharion for all the supply overhaul changes, as always huge thanks!
– Swaraj for the Mauryan overhaul and reform script changes!
– Sheep cloaks from GAC
– Q/CEMMEN for Iberians, AOR/Merc, Naval and a ton of other stuff. Always awesome work.
– Benjin for various models!
– KAM for the Baktrian/Parthian overhauls and battle updates.
– Skillfultree for many UI and model updates
– Demosthenes for the wonderful Athens rework.
– Morfeasnikos for his great shield textures from his Thucydides History mod
– Dominus for shield textures from his Athens Emblem mobd
– Aguirre for various assets from the great TABU mod
– Noniac, Celticus, Benjin and Hloeric for helmet and sword models from Roman Models Extravaganza
– Kraut and Tea for use of many assets from the Hellenic Resource pack!