Happy Christmas everybody. This update includes improvements to the AI, opening the soldiers.xml file for modding and a few bug fixes and minor improvements.

• Opened soldier.sxml file for modding. Included example in Example Mod.
  
• Tweaks to AI to improve unit diversity, and handle allocation of existing units more flexibly.
  [*}Fixed bug where sometimes AI would surround city but not attack. Also should be fewer leader only stacks running around.
  
• Fixed unit replenishment indicator not showing.
  
• Fixed bug with some 3K events.
  
• Overlord stacks can now move through vassal stacks even in vassal's territory.

Hey everybody!

It’s that time of year when sales come at you fast, so here’s another one! From now until October 25th, we’re a part of the Iceberg Interactive Publisher Sale. You can grab a ton of great titles at up to 90% off.



Tell your friends/family/cat/lizard -- you can pick up Oriental Empires at 80% OFF for a full week! The Genghis and Three Kingdoms DLCs are also on sale, at 75% OFF!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/357310/Oriental_Empires/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/919720/Oriental_Empires_Genghis/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089620/Oriental_Empires_Three_Kingdoms/

We are excited to announce that the new Oriental Empires DLC: Three Kingdoms, is available today!



https://youtu.be/CtleYHBuMnM
The Three Kingdoms period was one of the most turbulent periods of Chinese history, and the most beloved thanks to its vivid depiction in the novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. The ancient Han Dynasty was coming to an end, and the empire was in chaos. Bandits and rebels were overrunning the countryside, the Emperor was just a child, and control of the court had been seized by a vicious tyrant.

Yet the time of chaos was also a time of opportunity, when men of courage and ambition could rise to power from outside the traditional aristocracy. A common soldier could become a warlord, a sandal maker could become an emperor, and a fugitive would come to be revered as a god.

In this expansion you take the role of a warlord attempting to re-unite the land, and create a new dynasty.

• Choose from any of 26 factions on a new campaign map that stretches from Vietnam to the northern borders of China.
  
• Play as one of the founders of the Three Kingdoms; the tyrant Dong Zhuo; one of many major or minor warlords, or exploit the chaos as a barbarian or bandit.
  
• Unique portraits and in-game models of more than a dozen major figures.
  
• More than 300 named historical characters.
  
• Scripted events introduce new characters and depict important events from history and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel.
  
• New unit models depict the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms era, as well as the Nanman and Qiang barbarians.

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Rewrite history, buy the DLC today! ⚔️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089620/Oriental_Empires_Three_Kingdoms/

Always wanted to try Oriental Empires or just looking to complete your collection? We're giving away collector's packages to celebrate the new DLC!


👉1x Oriental Empires (base game)
👉1x Genghis DLC
👉1x Three Kingdoms DLC

Enter the giveaway by posting a ⚔️ in the Oriental Empires channel on our Discord server: http://www.discord.gg/iceberginteractive

Winners will be announced on August 29!

The Oriental Empires: Three Kingdoms DLC is coming on August 29!

Take the role of a warlord attempting to re-unite the land, and create a new dynasty in one of the most turbulent periods of Chinese history.



The Three Kingdoms is the most beloved period in Chinese history, in no small part due to its vivid depiction in the novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. The ancient Han Dynasty was coming to an end, and the empire was in chaos. Bandits and rebels were overrunning the countryside, the Emperor was just a child, and control of the court had been seized by a vicious tyrant.

Yet the time of chaos was also a time of opportunity, when men of courage and ambition could rise to power from outside the traditional aristocracy. A common soldier could become a warlord, a sandal maker could become an emperor, and a fugitive would come to be revered as a god.

In this expansion you take the role of a warlord attempting to re-unite the land, and create a new dynasty.

• Choose from any of 26 factions on a new campaign map that stretches from Vietnam to the northern borders of China.
  
• Play as one of the founders of the Three Kingdoms; the tyrant Dong Zhuo; one of many major or minor warlords, or exploit the chaos as a barbarian or bandit.
  
• Unique portraits and in-game models of more than a dozen major figures.
  
• More than 300 named historical characters.
  
• Scripted events introduce new characters and depict important events from history and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel.
  
• New unit models depict the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms era, as well as the Nanman and Qiang barbarians.

Join our Discord server! Click here

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• Facebook

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• Steam Publisher Page

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089620/Oriental_Empires_Three_Kingdoms/

Hello fellow emperors,

The new Three Kingdoms DLC for Oriental Empires is coming up soon! We would love your help and suggestions to finalize it for release. That's why we are currently looking for testers to participate in a small beta. ⚔️

The beta will be very exclusive (a small group of 10-15 people) and run through our Discord server. You will be in close contact with your fellow testers and the developer. Active testers get to keep their copy of the DLC after the beta.

• A small motivation why you would like to test the DLC.
  
• The link to your Steam profile.
  
• And don't forget to join our Discord here!

- Nyanskii

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089620/Oriental_Empires_Three_Kingdoms/

Choose your path through this, the most turbulent era in ancient Chinese history.



The Three Kingdoms is the most beloved period in Chinese history, in no small part due to its vivid depiction in the novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. The ancient Han Dynasty was coming to an end, and the empire was in chaos. Bandits and rebels were overrunning the countryside, the Emperor was just a child, and control of the court had been seized by a vicious tyrant.

Yet the time of chaos was also a time of opportunity, when men of courage and ambition could rise to power from outside the traditional aristocracy. A common soldier could become a warlord, a sandal maker could become an emperor, and a fugitive would come to be revered as a god.

In this expansion you take the role of a warlord attempting to re-unite the land, and create a new dynasty.

• Choose from any of 26 factions on a new campaign map that stretches from Vietnam to the northern borders of China.
  
• Play as one of the founders of the Three Kingdoms; the tyrant Dong Zhuo; one of many major or minor warlords, or exploit the chaos as a barbarian or bandit.
  
• Unique portraits and in-game models of more than a dozen major figures.
  
• More than 300 named historical characters.
  
• Scripted events introduce new characters and depict important events from history and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel.
  
• New unit models depict the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms era, as well as the Nanman and Qiang barbarians.

Wishlist the Oriental Empires: Three Kingdoms DLC now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089620/Oriental_Empires_Three_Kingdoms/

Before 2018 comes to an end, we’ve released a new update that fixes several bugs and optimizes a lot of features. The biggest change for those of you with the DLC is the ability to play as some of the DLC factions in Imperial Era through custom games!

Thank you to everyone this year for your support and encouragement, and for participating in the Oriental Empires community! Join us on Discord,Twitter and Facebook to ask questions and meet other players.

Check out the Changelog below, and enjoy!

- Moonsugar

• Added some DLC factions to custom games in Imperial Era (for players who have the DLC).
  
• Reduced number of techs given at start of Imperial Era games so that there is more room for tech development.
  
• Added a bowyer to cities in custom games started in the Imperial Era.
  
• Added delete faction ability to scenario editor.

• Allow units a double move if blocked from movement the previous turn. Helps crossing rivers and terrain when the way is blocked by other stacks.
  
• Different player stacks may swap positions to reduce movement congestion.
  Improved management of city objects. Reduces memory usage and improves load times on large games.
  
• Fixed performance problems caused by long list of cities in settlement tab.
  
• Fixed problems with large heavily interconnected trade networks performing slowly or crashing.

• Fixed character spawn bug in Chinese and Russian versions of Genghis that gave free bodyguard units each turn.
  
• Fixed bug converting settlements to hordes that stopped expenses being deducted.
  
• Fixed bug with cavalry not fighting in difficult terrain.
  
• AI recognizes that dismounted horse archers can take a city.
  
• Fixed availability of driven civilian unit.
  
• Fixed Jin Symbol.
  
• Fixed some names for historical characters in Chinese.
  
• Fixed other religions being allowed to Islamic factions.
  
• Tweaks to Attabeg and Meng'an Cavalry units.
  
• Fixed problem in scenario editor giving wrong Chinese banner symbol when none selected.

Hey everyone! We've just released a small update that fixes a critical bug in the Genghis DLC and takes care of a few other known issues.

Enjoying the game and want to exchange tactics, ask questions and play multiplayer with us? Join our community on Discord: http://www.discord.io/OrientalEmpires

- Moonsugar

• Shooting gallery models not appearing has been fixed
  
• Fixed a bug in the Life of Genghis campaign that prevented progress past the Khwarazem mission
  
• Fixed a bug in the Life of Genghis campaign that stopped Xi Xia being attacked in the first mission
  
• Fixed a bug that let cities without caravansaries (but connected to one that does) export as if they had one
  
• Fixed a bug that could cancel land trade routes when a quay was constructed when no water route was possible
  
  

The Oriental Empires: Genghis DLC is finally here! This brand-new addition to the base game offers new maps, buildings, units, resources, technologies and characters and expands the campaign mode to follow Genghis Khan's life story: from a homeless outcast to the legendary Warrior King.

“Genghis Khan is probably the most famous Warrior King in history and his story is one of the most requested from the Oriental Empires community. It's been fascinating bringing the world of ancient Mongolia to life, and adding storytelling elements to the game. I hope players are as excited by this DLC as I am."

- R.T. Smith (Developer)

https://youtu.be/Qzw6rkdIJT8
Do you have what it takes to become the real Khan of Khans? Buy the DLC now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/919720/Oriental_Empires_Genghis/