The final version of Rise of Three Kingdoms has been released, with a ton of new and updated content. The full changelog for version 4.0 can be found at the bottom, but some of the items include overhaul of the economy and trade resource values, rebalancing of spear and halberd-weilding unit stats, the updating of dozens of portraits, the fixing and addition of a few missions and events, and also the updating of dozen of ancillary bonuses. One of the major changes is the updating of character strat models, in particular the Heishan (or Black Mountain) faction. Below you can see, in the back row (2nd and 4th character) the new strat models for, respectively, Heishan captains and Heishan generals. Additionally, the four major factions (Liu, Cao, Sun and Yuan clans) all received updated standard strat models for their generals (2nd pic, middle character), while the Unaligned faction now has two separate models for their characters, depending on if that particular character is civil or military oriented (2nd pic, left and right characters).
Along with the updating of strat models, battle models were similarly updated, many corresponding to their respective strat model. Below you can see the battle model of the major faction generals that was noted above. In the 2nd picture below, the lamellar armor of light Han units (2nd armor upgrade) was cleaned and updated, with the "Yong-Liang" regional variation of light units seen in the screenshot. And also a couple new units were added, with the new Armored Spearmen featured in the third pic below.
As was stated earlier, I have also uploaded the files for version 4.0 here at modDB - they are now ready for download and have instructions provided on the files' download page. Happy gaming!
Version 4.0 Changelog
- Final version - compilation of all patches and updates
- Total reworking of the economy - tweaking of income modifiers, removal of all trade income penalties and increase in trade resource values
- Values slightly lowered for recruitment limitation script
- New strat model and battle model for Cao, Liu, Sun and Yuan Clan generals
- New strat model and battle model for Sun Ce, Cao Ren and Zhu Jun
- New strat model and battle model for Heishan generals
- New strat model and battle model for Heishan captains
- New strat model and battle model for Nanman captains
- New strat model and battle model for Shanyue captains
- New strat model for Jia Xu
- New strat model for Nanman and Xianbei princess
- Unaligned characters will now have one of two different strat models, depending if they are martial or civil oriented
- New battle model for Lu Meng to match strat model
- New battle model for Zhang Xun to match strat model
- New battle model for Ji Ling to match strat model
- New battle models for Sun Ben and Sun Fu
- New battle model for Goguryeo captains
- New battle model for Han faction captains
- Updated battle models for 2nd upgrade light Han units
- Updated armor progression for County Militia
- Updated armor progression for Peasant Conscripts
- New unit : Han Armored Spearmen
- New units for Heishan : Black Mountain Raiders, Black Mountain Brigands and Black Mountain Cutthroats (unique)
- Camp Crushers now a 2-hand sword shock unit, as they were historically
- Nanman Warriors and Southern Tribesmen now have javelins
- Zhuge Crossbow unit model fixed
- New faction symbol for Nanman faction
- Increase of mount mass for better cavalry charges
- Rebalancing of spear and halberd-wielding unit stats
- Shield wall renamed to Spearwall - only available to spear and halberd units
- Phalanx renamed to Pike Square
- Battle icons updated for character special abilities
- Renamed all strat references of 'castle' to 'fortress' or 'fortified pass'
- Several family trees reworked
- Fixed and updated numerous biographies and ranks
- Updated dozens of portraits
- Henan faction renamed to Henei
- Yang Pei, Dou Fu, Zhao Ang, Lou Gui, Shen Dan, Shen Yi and Zhang Kai added to Unaligned faction
- Duan Wei added to Liang faction
- Yang Bai renamed to Yang Bo
- Ze Rong renamed to Zhai Rong
- Wu Jing added and joins Sun Clan after taking Yuzhang
- Ma Dai joins Liu Clan after completing The Western Frontier mission
- Huang Quan joins Liu Clan after completing Conquer Chengdu mission
- Zhang Lu and Yan Pu join Cao Clan after completing The Central Han mission
- Danyang Troop given to Taishi Ci at campaign start
- Xiliang Cavalry given to Ma Chao after joining Liu Clan
- Han Sui, Yan Xing and Chenggong Ying now join Xiliang if destroyed by the latter
- Fixed Forests of Hengshan custom battle location
- Fixed final two Cao Clan missions by adding a settlement requirement
- Leveled terrain just north of Yang settlement
- Fixed incorrect settlement belief levels in Nanyue and Henei regions
- Modified the 5 Sacred Mountains traits and events, so now they actually work and give explanation on their use
- Increased chances of Merchants and Princesses receiving beneficial traits when spawned
- Slightly increased success rate of assassins
- Fixed numerous ancillaries incorrectly granting Influence bonus (Influence is for diplomat agents)
- Fixed Trouble-dealers incorrect animations (now use spear and shield)
- Increased Loyalty bonus for Grand Administrator ancillaries
- Diplomat horse ancillaries now grant Influence bonus
- Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu will retain their strat models when joining most factions (those that have available slots)
- Most characters with unique strat models will have unique identifier when moused-over
the amount of solid, stable and unique content you were able to put out in such a short amount of time is super impressive. Well done and great mod!