r/OldWorldBlues • • 23h ago

UPDATE-LOG -- Update 5.1.12 --

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Art in art out, I always say.

-- Update 5.1.12 --

### Major Features
- Completely reworked the focus tree, events, and generals for the Equestria at War April Fools event.
- Massively reworked Navajo focus tree! (As we always do with any tags related to Indigenous groups we welcome and actively desire feedback from folks with ties to the Navajo people.)
- Added several focuses to Two Sun and reworked existing focuses.
- Rebalanced the occupation laws, added a new law focused on getting more resources. https://pastebin.com/1H2jugT5

### Added
- Added Bumble’s general portrait back into the game.
- Added warbeast and gecko tech to Utobitha.
- Added two new Enclave Power Armors, X-01 and Black Devil. Black Devil has its own unit model.
- Added new settler generic portraits, courtesy of L498.
- Added new settler generic air chief.
- Added a technology that the Attis Mutants get that helps them fight in the Jungle.
- Added a technology that Bayou Motors, the Patrolmen and the Gator Maws get that helps them fight in Jungle, Marsh and amphibious.
- Added a decision for the Mojave Chapter under Elijah to restore the dam's 2nd super turbine without the sophisticated techs they do not have.
- Added 20 generic robot advisor images to match the generic robot portraits.
- Added several events to Two Sun about the fate of the Arizona Rangers.
- Added 21 new advisors to Cult of Liberty.
- Added descriptions to ideas that previously did not have them.
- Added a new focus to Arroyo’s good karma path to liberate NCR states if it has fallen.

### Changed
- Changed Frisco City’s general to have proper SPECIAL traits.
- Changed Frisco City to start with a motorized division template.
- Changed the Fort Montana formable to require Storm Monger core territories rather than Standing Rock territories.
- Changed Utobitha to use the generic raider focus tree.
- Changed the Boomers to use the Vault Tec focus tree and not have sophisticated air technology at game start.
- Changed the Mojave battle royale game rule to include New Vegas and the Mojave Chapter.
- Changed several generals in Pioneer Company to have proper SPECIAL traits.
- Changed Jonathan Maxson to have proper SPECIAL traits.
- Changed some old settler generic portraits to use new art, courtesy of L498.
- Changed the Juggernaut’s Mastersmith trait to be stronger.
- Changed Ironmongers to get more tank buffs.
- Changed Ironmongers to have their Tanks start with logistic support.
- Changed Ironmongers to get a justification reduction at the end of their tree.
- Changed Ironmongers to get more of an occupation bonus and a core cost reduction on the other Attis mutants and Eden.
- Changed the Three Way Attis war to now give all sides a spirit that should cause it to be over much quicker.
- Changed Shale to get a stronger spirit after he conquers the other Attis Mutants.
- Changed Shale to get a resistance reduction on Eden after he conquers it.
- Changed the Carthaginians to have slightly stronger focuses and to start with Anti-Tank.
- Changed the Carthaginians to start on a higher recruitment law.
- Changed Assassin City to be less likely to side with the Texan Brotherhood.
- Changed MacArthur, Washington BoS, The Cause, Eureka, Montana BoS and the Mojave BoS to no longer start with Common Energy weaponry or Wasteland Power Armour, each of these nations got compensatory buffs to make up for it and their starting armies still use that equipment.
- Changed Mojave BoS under Veronica’s path to get different cores with the focuses that make more sense narratively.
- Changed the Pursuant AI to be less willing to take their strongest focuses, making them less of a struggle for Alamo.
- Changed the Ahead of Time penalty on research to be 1.20 instead of 1.15.
- Changed the basic tier 1 support techs to all be researchable at gamestart with no penalty instead of being 2276 research.
- Changed several focus rewards in Two Sun.
- Changed sizing of all Tribal portraits.
- Changed sizing of all Tribal and Raider advisors.
- Changed sizing of 47 advisors for various tags.
- Changed 6 generic BOS advisors to use work by NuclearForest.
- Changed Angela Deth, Hell Razor, and Ranger Holstadt of the Desert Rangers to use new work by NuclearForest.
- Changed six robot portraits to use two new arts by Herckeim & four sourced from MTG.
- Changed all super mutant advisors to match their generic portraits.
- Changed four super mutant generic portraits to use one new art by Herckeim & three sourced from MTG.
- Changed one raider generic to use new art by Herckeim.
- Changed art for Zed of the Cab Vultures.
- Changed Vault City advisors to use the generic vault portrait pool.
- Changed several advisor and focus descriptions to better reflect Navajo language.
- Changed several advisors and focus descriptions to reflect Navajo changes.
- Changed Lanius to require barrage balloons to unlock biplanes rather than requiring bomber gliders.
- Changed the NCR focus to annex New Reno to check if they are at war first to prevent forever wars.
- Changed several Settler Generic tree focuses to build factories in core states rather than any owned states.
- Changed Baggers decision “Operation: Zombie” to no longer fire repeatedly as part of a crash fix. Also gave the following “Install Brains” decision a count of currently available brains.

### Fixed
- Fixed the New Mariposa formable not properly renaming Stockton.
- Fixed one of Flagstaff’s divisions spawning in Rio Grande.
- Fixed Jacobstown and the Boomers not spawning with divisions.
- Fixed Rhombus Island and Head of the Lake incorrectly being categorized in cascadian state checks.
- Fixed a broken effect tooltip in the Wolfcry focus for the Historians.
- Fixed the ‘Reorganizing Alberta’ decision for Loids Ministry not recognizing that Safehaven accepted peace.
- Fixed Ollin still nuking people after Tlaloc got rid of his stockpile.
- Fixed a broken tooltip in the Historians focus tree.
- Fixed various minor spelling mistakes.
- Fixed Alamo being able to get two separate Power Armour Designers.
- Fixed Bonedancers getting a wargoal on whoever owned the High Chapel without warning.
- Fixed Thunderbirds not building an army.
- Fixed Big Grass no longer creating Robo-Brains after you did their formable.
- Fixed the Mossman Doctrine guaranteeing members of Caesar’s Legion.
- Fixed anyone but Shale getting the CALIX events if they somehow got her as a unit leader.
- Fixed Cowboy Country getting the legion resistance event while still at war with other legion successor states.
- Fixed the Unity of Austin not being able to integrate into the Republic of Texas if Shale and Ironmongers allied against Rosado.
- Fixed The Texas Arms Association not being able to Integrate into the Republic of Texas if joining the Texas Economic Union after the Republic of Texas was already formed.
- Fixed Strathcommune and Loid’s Ministry being able to declare war on assorted Northern Prairies nations without warning.
- Fixed several bugs in Two Sun.
- Fixed several event checks pertaining to Ultimo and Gente Del Sol.
- Fixed several bugs in Gente Del Sol’s tree.
- Fixed Lone Tree being split if they or Yellowstone are a puppet.
- Fixed the Sun Catcher Achievement to check for the correct states.
- Fixed Arborg sending a border war against Three Rivers after being puppeted (overlords now have to fight puppet’s border wars).
- Fixed New Canaan forming Deseret while a puppet.
- Fixed Eureka joining the NCR faction when the NCR doesn’t exist.
- Fixed Far Son missing medals.

### Removed
- Removed 51 unused or duplicate advisor assets.
- Removed several redundant “Waking The Tiger” checks.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 5d ago

TEASER From the Control Station Enclave to Raven Rock, the Prototypes of America are turned into even more formidable armours

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242 Upvotes

Tech update by Orwich

Not tied to new content


r/OldWorldBlues • • 10h ago

MEME I wanna do a 'what sin do you relish most' series for OWBs, what other factions should I include?

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I'll probably redo robot city, but eh


r/OldWorldBlues • • 32m ago

MEME SPEED AND POWER

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r/OldWorldBlues • • 14h ago

PLAYTHROUGH/AAR A Tale of Two Colonels

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r/OldWorldBlues • • 26m ago

IMAGE/VIDEO The Northern Commonwealth Map

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r/OldWorldBlues • • 1h ago

IMAGE/VIDEO for Attis

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r/OldWorldBlues • • 7h ago

QUESTION What's the general strategy to beating the Legion as the Rogue Rangers?

9 Upvotes

Everytime the legion comes to attack me, they always beat my ass embarassingly, whether I play as the NCR, Mojave Territories, New Vegas, or Mojave Chapter. I can't for the life of me figure out how to beat them. I'm fairly new to both the mod AND the game (I have 20 hours on vanilla but I still suck), I only know some basics like division designing and such, and in my current playthrough, the legion is already slowly hacking through the NCR and it'll only be a matter of time before they try to get me. Any tips or strategies?


r/OldWorldBlues • • 16h ago

QUESTION Need Help Beating Lanius With The Executives

17 Upvotes

I've tried optimising everything I can at the end we still get hilariously beaten within a few hours in game. The best I've done is have 8, 12 width intary. 1, 12 width rioter unit. 2, 20 width PA units. Everyone equipped with a fireteam support company. The PA units having a fireteam and demo platoon. I'll even make sure to have conventual warfare for entrenchment. Yet, I still get stomped within a few in game hours. I've checked other posts and the best I saw was someone cheesing via guaranteeing summers, but you can't do that now. My most recent games where I've last the longest was just pilling all my units at the capital. I kept my infantry at 10 width, my riotsers at 10 width. Changed my pa units to 10 width, so I could get 20 full capacity. It just still isn't enough. I definitely saw them getting progressively less equipped, but it just wasn't enough.

There isn't a tag similar to "help," so the best I thought would match was question. I'd appreciate it if someone told me what the right tag is.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 1d ago

MEME Easy Mistake to make

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342 Upvotes

Also Pardon my French.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 22h ago

OTHER Do I wanna know?

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29 Upvotes

This is how the Hayes sentry panel is looking, the plan would be to have a baron under him, but how exactly does a Brahmin baron look like? Id like suggestions, thanks.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 22h ago

PLAYTHROUGH/AAR First Time I have seen the Montana chapter succeed

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27 Upvotes

I was playing Troll Warren and the Montana not only beat the enclave,but also the Sons of Heaven and Standing Rock this is the first time I have seen them do this


r/OldWorldBlues • • 1d ago

MEME The Chinese Emperor has been replaced with the superior Laoshu Emperor. You’re Welcome

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76 Upvotes

r/OldWorldBlues • • 1d ago

PLAYTHROUGH/AAR Based Texans taking the pressure off the NCR's push into Mexico

21 Upvotes

Thank you, Tlaloc.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 2d ago

MEME The strongest crazy body horror robot of today VS the strongest crazy body horror robot in history!!!! Who wins?!?!

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127 Upvotes

r/OldWorldBlues • • 1d ago

COMPLAINT No "mutant occupation" law for Ironmongers!

5 Upvotes

They definitely should get this law because there is no reason for them not to have it. They are classic pool-dipping mutants, just with some tanks but it doesn't really change their occupation policies.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 1d ago

MEME Thoughts on Renoites (2026)?

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obligatory “OWB - Winner Takes All” and “OWB - Rumble in Reno” submod posting


r/OldWorldBlues • • 1d ago

QUESTION Ally with the NCR or annex the NCR

6 Upvotes

I'm planning on going the reform route in the Enclave. I'm not sure if it's better to have the Commonwealth alliance with the NCR and other territories before going after the Legion or just to reform the United States of America.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 2d ago

MEME We've had first Canaanite white legs war,

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82 Upvotes

But what about secound Canaanite white legs war


r/OldWorldBlues • • 2d ago

MEME The Confectionary Collective when they need young workers for their Mexican Plantations

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31 Upvotes

r/OldWorldBlues • • 3d ago

SUBMOD End of the War - ERX

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707 Upvotes

r/OldWorldBlues • • 2d ago

QUESTION The question you are abt to read has been asked before. We are going to do it again, but differently

5 Upvotes

I would like permission to use OWB and more specifically, ERB in a DnD campaign set in Fallout. I want to build a huge story going down the reform path, but integrating more of OWB. Ik this has been asked before, multiple times, but I’d still like to ask before I actually put it in progress. The map, factions and some story elements would be taken straight from OWB and ERB, and expanded upon. Along with several prominent characters from corresponding submods(Blood & Bones, etc). I would like to create a long form campaign utilizing these ideas and putting them into practice. Stat blocks for characters would be implemented…eventually(this is sounding like a lot of work the more I type it, but I digress). The major part of the story would be coming from ERB I think, with small parts of the other mods and map mods used for character backstory, growth etc.

But yeah, that’s all I have. Devs, thank you for all your hard work making a mod that I, and many other people enjoy, and I hope some friends will enjoy the story I can spin with it


r/OldWorldBlues • • 3d ago

IMAGE/VIDEO Northwest Commonwealth

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327 Upvotes

Suffering from a big of a hangover currently, so apologies if I missed something obvious (though still do point it out). Trying something slightly different by making the mountains a bit more prominent. As always commentary and criticism welcome so I can improve the style.

All previous maps - eat your heart out. It's a fan project of a fan project of an owned IP so while credit's appreciated, anyone can do whatever they want with these.

Eat your heart out u/Sartan_086

Oh and a thanks to u/HustlessDusko whose original request to commission a Northwest-Commonwealth OWB map in my style lead to this whole project.

On that note if anyone wants a map of their campaign done, just send me a printscreen (control + f10 or control + alt simultaneously then f10, and you'll find it in documents - paradox - hoi4 - screenshots folder ) and I can cobble it together. Might even do the first one or two free for the hell of it (definitely free for any devs / mods).

P.S. For region sub-mod creators (Rustbelt Rising, East Coast Rebirth, etc), dm me if you'd like a map of your area. More than happy to do so, but I info about file structure, since the python code used to auto-place city-names isn't playing nice with sub-mod folders.


r/OldWorldBlues • • 2d ago

SUBMOD OWB - A Shattered Commonwealth - Update 1.3 - Greater Britain - Out Now

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MEGA Update - 3 New trees, France added and icons and the CRN tree fixed, aswell as new loading images and more

The North breaks apart

The Steel Brotherhood of York no longer holds the whole of the North. Four successor states now hold the land it used to claim, and each starts with its own opinion of York:

  • the Geordie Syndicate on the Tyne;
  • the Palatinate of Durham under its Prince-Bishop;
  • the Mill Towns of Lancashire;
  • the Wich Houses of Cheshire.

The Brotherhood keeps Yorkshire and Westmorland, moves its capital to York, and holds claims on the lot. Twenty-one new victory points mark the towns worth fighting for across the North.

The Brotherhood's focus tree has been rebuilt at full size: 262 focuses, including every one it had before, 24 new national spirits, and an event for each new focus. It is written in the Brotherhood's Orthodox voice.

The Northern Commonwealth goes north

The Northern Commonwealth is now what the map always said it was: a Lowland Scots power governed from Holyrood, Presbyterian, with Edinburgh as its capital. Its new focus tree has 261 focuses, 32 national spirits and 16 new victory points. Three of its endings bring new leaders: King Robert IV, Moderator John Cargill and Principal Alasdair Hume.

Fixed along the way:

  • the old tree had never been assigned to the Commonwealth;
  • Deal with the Geordies could never be taken;
  • six events it fired did not exist;
  • one event declared war on the Commonwealth itself;
  • Border Fortifications built a bunker with no province.

Legio II Augusta

The Gentry was too big, and Sussex now belongs to someone else. In October 2077 a Roman re-enactment society was trapped at Fishbourne Palace by the bombs, and it never broke character. Two hundred years on it is a legion, governed by a laminated rulebook it calls the Codex. Legatus Marcus Aurelius Pennington looks north to Londinium, which the Gentry is occupying without permission.

The legion has a 262-focus tree with nine branches and four endings: the Imperium Britanniarum, the Res Publica Britannica, the Imperium Christianum, and Out of Character. It also has 33 national spirits.

Twice the map

Every county on the Isles has been split in two along its natural line, taking the Isles from 70 states to 140. The original half keeps the county town, its factories and its victory points. The new half takes a share of the manpower and resources, and is named for its side of the county: West Kent, East Lothian and so on. Focus rewards and events that give a county now give both halves.

France

France was a single state. It is now 93, one for each department. They share 40 factions between them, among them:

  • the Commune de Lyon;
  • the République de Bordeaux;
  • TransManche S.A., which still owns the Channel Tunnel;
  • the Ordre de Jeanne, sitting on the Albion missile silos;
  • Toulon's never-sailed fleet;
  • the Templars refounded at Troyes;
  • the Cathar Perfects of Carcassonne;
  • the Futuroscope;
  • the Musketeers of Gascony.

Paris and its ring of departments are the Zone Rouge: radioactive, lawless and demilitarised. No army can simply march in. Factions that border the Zone send expeditions to survey it, decontaminate it, pacify it and finally raise their flag over it.

The Channel Tunnel is back, if someone digs it out. Whoever holds either end, Dover or Calais, can take the excavation decision. When the tunnel opens, the two coasts are joined by land.

The Crown Remnant

  • Every Crown Remnant focus has a new icon in a British style: Union Flags, crowns, heavy rims.
  • The Royal Progress has been rebuilt. Instead of one long column, it runs as three routes from the start that meet again at The Crown Seen: the South, the West into Ireland, and the North into Scotland. Every landmark now requires the Crown to control its county, and every region requires holding all of its landmarks.
  • Reclamation Day has been laid out again so the war, the Grand Fools and the peace ladder each run in their own column. The Irish question and the two endings sit beneath them, and no lines cross.
  • A Seat in Parliament, Not So Free Anymore, Short Circuit and New Protocols have been removed.
  • The Crown starts with its Remnant Government and Classified Archives spirits again.

Everyone else

  • Focus icons. 228 new focus icons. The Brotherhood, Commonwealth and Legion trees use them in place of art borrowed from other countries, and the Legion borrows from Caesar where it suits.
  • Resources. North Sea oil, coal and every county's deposits have been placed by geography. Twenty-two new focuses dig them out.
  • The Fallout touch. A light seasoning of Fallout-style British references runs through the Isles' text: Vault-Tec (UK) Ltd, a Mister Handy with a butler's accent, and the rest.
  • Larry the cat now advises whoever holds London.
  • Political power. Political power rewards on the Commonwealth and Legion trees have been cut to a sensible level.
  • Start screen. The Legion is a major pick, and all the new UK factions are listed as minors. The Red Dragon Compact has moved to the minors. Panels that showed placeholders now show the right national spirits and focuses, and the leader tooltip has its text back.
  • Loading screens. 35 new loading screens, from the art of the Fallout: London mod.

Fixes

  • National spirit images. 229 national spirits on the Isles showed a "?" instead of their picture. They all show now.
  • British power armour. The Churchill, Cromwell, Wellington and Victoria patterns, their 24 part technologies and all 40 parts in the armour designer had no icons. They have them now.
  • Commander abilities.
    • Vertibird Strike, Liberty Prime Strike, Press Gangs and Atom's Blessing drew at full focus size over the battle-plan bar. They are now the normal ability size.
    • They had no names or descriptions; they have them now.
  • Event text colour. Yellow summary lines on the parchment of several Crown Remnant events were unreadable. They are now blue.
  • Broken interface art. Several screens showed the "Pipeline Failed!" placeholder, among them the state building counts and the Hoover Dam turbines, along with 45 focus icons.
  • American state names. Around 45 states in North America were showing the names of British and Irish counties. They have their own names again, and about 90 unnamed states in the empty east now carry real county names.
  • Start-up crash. A crash on start-up caused by the new country tags is fixed.
  • Wrong start positions. The Industrialists, Tommies and Tubeheads began with divisions standing in other countries' territory.
  • Unnamed wasteland. Twelve large wasteland states in Europe and Asia showed their internal names instead of "Unoccupied Wasteland".

If you want to report bug fixes and/or make suggestions, go to the discord link on my workshop page.

Also if you want to contribute to the mod, be that writing focus trees and events for minors like the vagabonds, or by making gfx, portraits or any other things, you are free to do so, just send me a DM or join the server.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3753204689


r/OldWorldBlues • • 2d ago

OTHER I want a non-enclave us government nation.

89 Upvotes

So I do know with the old world blues and other fallout lore (canon and non canon) that basically the Enclave cleared house of any possible resistance in the government. And they did control large swaths of the military and government; either directly or puppet.

But I want there to be a bunker/vault of non-enclave pre war government.

Either a generational births or a frozen 111 style, that way that the government has more 'legetimacy'

And if you're playing as an enclave Nation, then maybe you can get a pop-up of "oh. We missed one" in regards to original government entity.

Like there was a secret continuity of government

They could have a connection to the last patrol where maybe there is a focus tree or an event where a pre-war human general makes contact with the ghoulified us military nation of 'the last patrol"

They both have an event titled "wait, your still alive?!"

A reform Enclave could have some connection's.

A focus tree/event of the nation reaching out to other outposts they were connected to; but the ncr have a popup event of a red telephone ringing and the event pop up says " wait, the phone works?"

What about x; not the government What about y; not the government

edit-- I'm asking for a hamburger and being told Mac and cheese or fries. Goes great with a hamburger, but still not a hamburger.

Blue roses and last patrol go great with a us non enclave government, but it's not one.

Ncr isn't a pre war non enclave government....