1.14.0.a Hotfix for "Hyecho" (Released 12/2/24)

Released 12/2/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.14.X

Hyecho was an 8th century Korean Buddhist monk who traveled through much of Asia to go on pilgrimage to India, similar to the more famous Xuanzang a century before him. His travelogue, Memoir of a Pilgrimage to the Five Kingdoms of India, is a valuable source of information on various Asian and Middle Eastern cultures and polities during the early medieval period.

In honor of El Tyranos' newest offering with the West Slavic flavor pack, the RICE 1.14.0.a Hotfix is now out, which includes an update to the RICE+EPE Compatch and various bugfixes, such as fixing Rollo being unplayable if you don't own the Roads to Power DLC.

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added English placeholder for the Polish language version of CK3 (i.e. if you play in Polish, RICE content will display in English instead of gibberish)
• Applied West Slavic DLC clothes to Sorbian culture if the DLC is active
• Updated RICE+EPE compatch to new EPE version
• Updated bookmark art, especially for landless bookmarks (courtesy of Nezaros, creator of Rajas of Asia)
• Fixed Rollo being unplayable if you don’t own or enable the Roads to Power DLC
• Fixed a few minor non-critical discrepancies between the RICE and RICE+EPE compatch culture code
• Fixed Asian-American easter egg culture not making use of EPE’s ethnicities and clothing if playing with EPE
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

1.14.0 "Hyecho" (Released 11/21/24)

Released 11/21/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.14.X

Hyecho was an 8th century Korean Buddhist monk who traveled through much of Asia to go on pilgrimage to India, similar to the more famous Xuanzang a century before him. His travelogue, Memoir of a Pilgrimage to the Five Kingdoms of India, is a valuable source of information on various Asian and Middle Eastern cultures and polities during the early medieval period.

RICE has been officially updated to Wandering Nobles! RICE 1.14.0 "Hyecho" adds some content I've had on the backburner for a while, and includes:

🗺️ Official update to patch 1.14
⛷️ New innovations and decisions like skiing and yakhchals
🏛️ 5 new special buildings
👣 3 new historical landless adventurers
🏕️ Game rule to disable RICE's landless adventurers at game start
🍚 ... and much more!

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Updated to 1.14/Wandering Nobles
• Added new playable landless adventurers: Ishaq bin Yahuda (867), Yusuf Balasanguni (1066), Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Kanemi (1178)
• Added new buildings: Dafo Temple (Ganzhou), Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (Ajase Ipo), Mount Hekla (Skálaholt), Orkhon Inscriptions (Karabalgasun), Tiya Megaliths (Gurage)
• Added new decision to Purchase Ice from Yakhchals
• Added new innovations: Skiing, Nsibidi Pictograms, Yakhchals
• Added new travel options: Quality Skis
• Added game rule to disable RICE’s historical landless adventurers at game start (in case it helps with performance and/or if you don’t like them), with three options: Default, Disable Fictitious (Except Player), Disable All (Except Player)
• Gave brewing culture tradition to the Czech, Polish, Slovak, Bavarian, and Ancient Egyptian cultures
• Changed most book artifacts like the Lusty [Culture] Maid from the miscellaneous to the journal category newly added in vanilla
• Removed different culture and faith bonus from the Ubiquity of Poetry tradition
• Top bar alert suggesting you establish a Greenland estate will no longer show up if you’re an adventurer, since the relevant decision can’t be taken as an adventurer
• Amazigh paganism renamed to Yakushism, to be consistent with Fallen Eagle
• Slightly nerfed the chances of getting gold events when doing the Trans-Saharan and Silk Road merchant options
• Activities now have appropriate “a/an” preceding them like in vanilla
• Fixed a LOT of typos, credits to klorpa for searching for and fixing them
• Fixed Hafsa not taking grief decisions frequently enough
• Fixed RICE’s MAA’s being unrecruitable as an adventurer if you have the Take the Custom Where it Comes perk
• Fixed RICE’s Heavy Infantry and Heavy Cavalry MAA being recruitable if you have the Strength in Numbers tradition
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

1.13.1 "Alexiad" (Released 10/29/24)

Released 10/29/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.13.X

“The tale of history forms a very strong bulwark against the stream of time, and to some extent checks its irresistible flow...and does not allow [events] to slip away into the abyss of oblivion.”
– Anna Komnene (1083-1153), Byzantine princess and historian, in the Alexiad

I'm happy to announce RICE's next update, in commemoration of the 4th anniversary of RICE's release on 10/31/20.

Features include:

💔 Story content for Hafsa al-Rukuniyya in 1178 revolving around processing her grief over her dead lover, Abu Ja'far
🗺️ More historical landless adventurers in every start date
🏴‍☠️ Reenge on Pirate Collaboration via a new decision
🔎 Gloss tooltips for some cultures
🤔 And other miscellaneous content, tweaks, and fixes!

Barring any major issues, this will be the last update before Wandering Nobles comes out.

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added a lot of French and Spanish translations
• Added Embed Yourself Into Sicilian Society decision for landless adventurers in Sicily to get the Sicilian Signore trait, as it is no longer automatically given to adventurers passing through Sicily
• Added new aspirations for Hafsa al-Rukuniyya and Andreas the Ex-Archbishop of Bari
• Added new Heartbroken Grief trait for Hafsa al-Rukuniyya to replace her modifier, that can be leveled up for different bonuses or maluses and upgraded to a better trait through the Process Grief decision
• Added decisions to Renege on Pirate Collaboration in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean which will remove Pirate Dens from your territory (except for the Bawarij Den on Socotra)
• Added a few gloss tooltips in various parts of RICE, particularly Native American cultures to explain their endonyms/exonyms
• Added Palapala as a remnant Pala ruler in 1178
• Added new landless adventurers:
  • al-Tabari (867)
  • Ishaq ibn Kundaj (867)
  • Ahmad ibn Rusta Isfahani (867)
  • Al-Yaqubi (867)
  • Andreas, (Ex-)Archbishop of Bari (1066)
  • Geoffrey Burel (1066)
  • Symeon Seth (1066)
  • Audun of the Westfjords (1066)
  • Margaret of Beverly (1178)
  • Ali al-Harawi (1178)
  • Bappa Beary (1178)
  • Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (1178)
• Added new landless nobles to Kara-Khitan in the 1178 bookmark:
  • Mahmud Yalavach (later a minister for Genghis Khan and his son Ogodei)
  • Mansur ibn Masud al-Uzgandi
• Significantly toned down the likelihood AI will take the decisions to Collaborate with Pirates to reduce the amount of Pirate Den buildings that go around
• Hafsa al-Rukuniyya will no longer be seduced or romanced by AI (unless she resolves her grief through the Recovery path)
• Decision to become involved in the Greenland struggle now counts counties you and your vassals own, rather than just your directly owned counties
• Albanian heritage now counts as the Byzantine/Greek world for the Sicilian struggle
• Nerfed the renown bonus from the Beadmaker Guilds from the Niger Delta by changing it to a legitimacy bonus
• Nerfed development bonus from building monasteries from the decision to Build a Local Christian Religious Building
• Disabled certain pilgrimage activities for landless adventurers if your camp is not on the pilgrimage location as a temporary workaround to issues where the activity would get canceled in the middle of the event chain
• Changed event backgrounds for the Life Release activity
• Fixed certain religious activities getting canceled partway through to nonexistent conversions while playing as landless adventurers (through a temporary workaround to disable this cancelation if you’re playing as non-landed)
• Fixed al-Kashgari’s aspiration not completing when he is landless
• Fixed Manual Angelos bookmark admin not showing him as feudal
• Fixed missing localization for the Wangara game concept
• Fixed missing localization for the requirements for the activity to Visit the Crypta Neapolitana
• Fixed missing localization when using a hook on a Sicilian grain interaction
• Fixed landless adventurer Norman characters (such as Hrolfr/Rollo) and their followers not getting the Adventurer and Camp Follower traits when they settle in Normandy
• Fixed Arctic Adaptations tooltip not working properly when adding it as a tradition
• Fixed loc error with the Kola Nut game concept
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

1.13.0.a Hotfix for "Anna Komnene" (Released 10/12/24)

Released 10/12/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.13.X

“The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration.”
– Anna Komnene (1083-1153), Byzantine princess and historian, in the Alexiad

This hotfix should be savegame compatible if the game was started with RICE 1.13.0.

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers. The Lesbos Flavor Pack Guide is also under construction.

If you are crashing when selecting Sawdan in the bookmark menu, download the file below and add it to your local copy of RICE\common\bookmark_portraits

https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/blob/master/RICE/common/bookmark_portraits/bookmark_RICE_867_sawdan_alt_abu_aaron.txt

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added game concepts for Mediterranean Pirates and RICE’s Pirates in general
• Revised Wo Daochong’s family tree and lifespans to be more accurate by integrating changes from Eastern Etiquette (thanks also to the user 🍓白茶 for assisting with this effort)
• Revised RICE’s cultural heritage triggers to account for more heritages as needed (thanks to Cruci for the code)
• Added more missing Spanish and French translation, courtesy of their respective translators
• Decision to Establish European Ivory Carving Center can now be taken in Asia Minor and the western steppes (in Europe) as well
• Flagged Lesbos flavor pack music that’s vocal as vocal music so it will now be disabled if you have the game rule for no vocal music
• Tweaked chances of which cultures an AI Sawdan might pick as his original culture
• Replaced all instances of Virgilianae with Vergilianae in loc for consistency
• Swahili culture now starts with more innovations at game start
• Ibn Nabhan now starts in the county of Harran if he is a landless adventurer
• Increased amount of xp gained for the Nabataean trait when doing Ibn Wahshiyya’s unique travel options
• Slightly increased chances of gaining bonuses when doing Ibn Wahshiyya’s unique travel options
• Adventurers can now do the interaction to request land in Normandy, not just landed rulers
• Robert Guiscard automatically loses his truce with the ERE after the war over Bari, to prevent his scripted invasion of Epirus from vanilla unintentionally breaking this truce
• Buffed Kara-Khitan in 1178 with castle and city holdings and more gold
• Some Kara-Khitan counties are now Mahayana instead of Vajrayana
• Fixed loc for the introductory event chains for Thabit ibn Qurra and Ibn Nabhan to reflect if they are landless adventurers
• Fixed Abu Aaron’s portrait (i.e. Sawdan’s Jewish friend) in the 867 bookmark screen, which had been causing CTDs before the hot-hotfix released right after release
• Fixed some of Ibn Nabhan’s family remaining pagan
• Fixed several geographically restricted travel options not being available to landless adventurers, even if you’re in a correct location
• Fixed Nabati and Khalaj cultures having no innovations at game start
• Fixed fictitious Dunhuang rulers in 867 being unplayable if you select to play as them in game menu due to a hidden effect killing them off at game start – now, they won’t be removed if you pick them
• Fixed broken loc in the decision to Employ African Mud Masons when playing as a tribal
• Fixed some Mediterranean Pirate localization referring to Indian Ocean pirates
• Fixed Japeth ibn Bundar not having his adventurer title at game start
• Fixed decision to Commission a Work from Nasir Khusraw missing if you’re playing as Ali ibn Asad since Nasir Khusraw is a landless adventurer now
• Fixed the Sortes Vergilianae decision not actually costing any gold
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

1.13.0 "Anna Komnene" (Released 10/5/24)

Released 10/5/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.13.X

“The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration.”
– Anna Komnene (1083-1153), Byzantine princess and historian, in the Alexiad

I'm happy to announce the official RICE update to Roads to Power, and with it RICE is next flavor pack – Lesbos: Island of Poets! RICE 1.13.0 "Anna Kommene" includes:

🏛️ Official update to patch 1.13/Roads to Power
🏝️ Flavor for Lesbos island
🏴‍☠️ Revamped pirate mechanics for the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean
🫂 Many more historical playable landless characters across all start dates
🔖 New bookmarks for landless characters and for 1178
🥙 ... and much more!

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers. The Lesbos Flavor Pack Guide is also under construction.

If you are crashing when selecting Sawdan in the bookmark menu, download the file below and add it to your local copy of RICE\common\bookmark_portraits

https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/blob/master/RICE/common/bookmark_portraits/bookmark_RICE_867_sawdan_alt_abu_aaron.txt

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added new flavor pack – Lesbos: Island of Poets
• Added 5 Mediterranean themed songs
• Added many new historical landless characters in all start dates (see bottom for full list)
• Added 4 RICE bookmarks in 1178, 3 for landed and 1 for landless
• Added new RICE Landless bookmarks for 867 and 1066
• Moved a few now adventurer characters from 867 and 1066’s old bookmarks to the new landless bookmarks
• Modified some decisions, activities, interactions, etc. to be available to landless characters, sometimes if they are in the relevant geographical vicinity
• A few RICE decisions are now available when traveling
• Added Nabati culture to the Syriac heritage in southern Iraq in 867
• Added Contentious Colonists tradition to the Siculo-Arabic culture, replacing Religion Blending and Culture Blending
• Added Image of China tradition for Khitan culture
• Added several new regional innovations: Almadraba, Monsoon Trade Routes, and Dragoman innovations
• Added a decision to Finance Almadraba fishing, unlocked by the Almadraba innovation
• Horse sacrifice activity now unlocked via a special Sacred Horses doctrine that's inherited, for easier compatibility with mods seeking to add it to their faiths
• Added Ibn Jubayr as a character in the court of the Emir of Granada in 1178
• Added Wo Daochong, a Confucian scholar-official in Xixia, as a playable character in 1178
• Added some changes to RICE’s Sicily code to make it run more smoothly with Muslim Enhancements (credits to iFrunx from the ME team for assistance with this)
• Added a few new catalysts for the Sicily struggle
• Kara-Khitai, Xia, and Guiyi now start off with Admin government if you have Roads to Power
• Various Guiyi vassals no longer hold land but are instead noble families in Guiyi if you have Roads to Power
• Removed fictitious ruler of Damot as a RICE bookmarked character in 1066 (superseded by the legendary Motolomi in the 1178 bookmark)
• Decision to Collaborate with Indian Ocean pirates now gives legitimacy loss
• Tweaked renown gain for the decision to Collaborate with Indian Ocean Pirates
• Pirate Den and Bawarji Den buildings now give a malus to control
• Decision to Commission a Work from Nasir Khusraw no longer requires for him to be in your court, but is now only available to Ali ibn Asad
• Han culture now has Cultivated Sophistication instead of Water Rituals
• Changed Khitan ethos to bureaucratic instead of communal
• Thabit ibn Qurra’s education level buffed to level 5
• Yarsani appearance event is more likely to happen after the Yazidi appearance event, though this is not guaranteed
• Caucasian heritage now counts towards the Greek world of Sicily
• Syriac heritage now counts towards the Arab-Berber world of Sicily
• Rollo game rule and event chain has been modified slightly to account for if the player has Roads to Power (i.e. making Rollo an adventurer)
• Added legitimacy malus to the Uncrowned by Ooni modifier, but reduced its piety and prestige malus to compensate
• Reduced Aghlabid event troops since vanilla buffed them
• Makhazen and Siba, Seasonal Migrators, and Bantu Migrators traditions now allow voluntary landless adventuring and increased chances of becoming landless adventurers
• Karaism is now automatically involved in the Persian struggle
• Rabbinism and Karaism are now automatically involved in the Iberian struggle
• Halved control malus of the Between Three Worlds tradition
• Tweaked vassals to be more likely to refuse demands with the Between Three Worlds and Contentious Colonizers traditions
• Tweaked Adventurers and Aristocrats and Legacy of the Northmen traditions to have less overlap with the Audacious Cadets tradition
• Tweaked the starting traits of Genghis Khan, his wife Borte, and his mother Hoelun
• Removed duplicate song in Tuareg and Sus flavor packs
• Removed Norman MAA as it was superceded by Roads to Power’s Norman MAA
• Zhang Qiu now is friends with Zhang Huaishen in the 867 start date
• Liberator of Dunhuang modifier now gives a Influence and Legitimacy bonus
• Fixed old decisions to Pray for a Good Nile Flood being available (since it was replaced with the Activity version)
• Fixed AI being able to reinforce relations with Silk Road communities it shouldn’t have access to if it doesn’t meet the geographical requirements
• Fixed wrong loc for the decision to Recruit Soldiers from Sicily saying Palatini MAA instead of Arimanni and Picchieri MAAs when taking the Latin option in earlier and later eras respectively
• Fixed Sicily language event triggering outside of Sicily
• Fixed traveling for activity and hunt catalysts not triggering in the Sicily struggle
• Fixed code for adding a university to Salerno
• Fixed guests getting Baia-related modifiers when doing the hot springs activity outside of Baia
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

40 New Landless Adventurers

Made existing RICE characters landless adventurers:

• Thabit ibn Qurra (867)
• Hiwi al-Balkhi (867)
• al-Kashgari (1066)
• Ibn Nabhan (1066)
• Nasir Khusraw (1066)
• Longibardopoulos (1066)

Made existing vanilla characters landless adventurers:

• Ali Kalbid (867)
• Fu Murong (867)
• Ottar (Ohthere) av Hålogaland (867)

Added new landless adventurers:

• Plausible fictitious Korean in Dunhuang (867)
• Ibn Wahshiyya (867)
• Cynewulf (867)
• Al-Balkhi (867)
• Eldad ha-Dani (867)
• Wulfstan of Hedeby (867)
• Manikkavacakar (867)
• Tughj ibn Juff (867)
• Azjur al-Turki (867)
• Bartholomew Leslie (1066)
• Chakrapani Datta (1066)
• al-Wuhsha al-Dallala (1066)
• Japheth ibn Bundar (1066)
• Ibn al-Qatta’ al-Siqilli (1066)
• Solomon ibn Ghabirol (1066)
• Trapelicino (1178)
• Hafsa bint al-Hajj al-Rukuniyya (1178)
• Michael Scot (1178)
• Oranmiyan (1178)
• Hugo von Hildesheim (1178)
• Guglielmo Grasso (1178)
• Li Shichang (1178)
• Plausible fictitious Malays in the Indian Ocean (all dates)
• Plausible fictitious Swahili in the Indian Ocean (all dates)
• Plausible fictitious Soninke Wangara merchant (all dates)

1.12.3 "Syracuse" (Released 9/8/24)

Released 9/8/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.12.X

“Sicily was the first of the provinces. She was the first who taught our ancestors how glorious a thing it was to rule over foreign peoples.”
- Cicero (106 – 43 BCE), Roman statesman, lawyer, and thinker

Again, thanks all for the great reception of the Sicily update! This update adds some cut content that didn't make it in the initial release for even more Sicilian flavor.

The patch should be savegame compatible with games that were started with RICE 1.12.2/the Sicily Flavor Pack. Barring any major issues, this will be the last update before Roads to Power comes out.

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers. The Sicily Flavor Pack Guide is also under construction.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added decision for Byzantine rulers or vassals to Restore the Glory of Syracuse
• Added event to spawn the Sicilian Muslim poet Ibn Hamdis if playing from the 1066 start date
• Added a couple narrative events at game start for Sawdan in 867, for players to choose his ethnic origins and focus as a ruler
• Added decision for rulers of Messina to Affirm u Liotru as the Symbol of Catania (i.e. Catania’s famed elephant statue)
• Added a few historical characters related to Sicily:
  • Erchempert, a 9th century Lombard historian
  • Barsakios, 9th century Byzantine general active in southern Italy
  • al-Hasan ibn al-Abbas, 9th century Aghlabid general active in Sicily
  • Agyros of Bari, an 11th century Lombard general of the Byzantines in Bari, and son of Melus of Bari
  • Longibardopoulos, 11th century Lombard general/mercenary of the Byzantines
  • Amatus of Monte Cassino, 11th century historian from southern Italy
  • William of Apulia, 11th century Lombard poet and chronicler
  • Geoffrey Malaterra, 11th century (possibly Norman) historian and monk
• The option to attract immigrants in the decision to Manage the Sicilian Frontier now has a chance of spawning Strongholds in your territory
• The culture and/or faith of rulers who take the decisions to revitalize/occupy the Sicilian frontier will now automatically become involved in the Sicilian struggle if they aren’t already
• Siculo-Arabic and Afro-Roman now also wear Byzantine clothes
• Increased the chances Frontier Raid CBs create and destroy strongholds
• Disabled a few more Sicily decisions when run with TFE
• Slightly nerfed control maluses during the Borderlands phase of the Sicily struggle
• Ruling class modifiers (Imperiality ending) now reduce development rather than control
• Substrate modifiers (Periphery ending) now reduce control rather than development
• Removed initial dev/control hit when arriving at the Imperiality and Periphery phases of the Sicily struggle; instead, the resulting county modifiers have been buffed
• Create a Second Pavia decision is now requires the Longbeard tradition, rather than being descended from Lombard culture
• Create a Second Pavia decision is now visible to anyone with territory in southern Italy
• Non-Slavic pagans are less likely to take the decision to offer gifts to Svetovit
• Fixed Sicilian Signore trait not being given out while the Sicily struggle is not active
• Fixed potential cause of CTDs with the Periphery/Imperiality ending phases’ interface
• Fixed potential error with religious rights contract effect triggering for RICE-added independent rulers at game start
• Fixed development maluses for some Sicilian content not giving maluses properly
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

1.12.2.b Hotfix for "Palermo" (Released 8/31/24)

Released 8/31/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.12.X

I have seen the world map
And the navigational chart,
But Sicily seems to me
The most beautiful in this world.
- Ayo visto lo Mappamundi, 15th century Sicilian folk song

This update adds RICE's next flagship flavor pack, Sicily: Where Three Worlds Met. Major features include:

🍝 A repeatable struggle, the Sicilian Frontier
🗺️ Explore and interact with Sicily's Three Worlds - Islam, Byzantium, & the Latin West
🏛️ New mechanics for Mediterranean geopolitics
🍕 Southern Italian flavor like new activities, decisions, and events
🌋 ... and much more!

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers. The Sicily Flavor Pack Guide is also under construction.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• AI rulers now affected by the hidden timer to reduce grain interaction spam
• Hellenic pagans now count as the Greek world for the Sicilian struggle
• Fixed Sawdan’s historical aspiration success condition not counting vassal-owned counties for the 8 county requirement

1.12.2.a Hotfix for "Palermo" (Released 8/30/24)

Released 8/30/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.12.X

I have seen the world map
And the navigational chart,
But Sicily seems to me
The most beautiful in this world.
- Ayo visto lo Mappamundi, 15th century Sicilian folk song

This update adds RICE's next flagship flavor pack, Sicily: Where Three Worlds Met. Major features include:

🍝 A repeatable struggle, the Sicilian Frontier
🗺️ Explore and interact with Sicily's Three Worlds - Islam, Byzantium, & the Latin West
🏛️ New mechanics for Mediterranean geopolitics
🍕 Southern Italian flavor like new activities, decisions, and events
🌋 ... and much more!

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers. The Sicily Flavor Pack Guide is also under construction.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added missing Spanish translations, courtesy of Ferchu
• Reduced how often AI rulers do Sicilian grain character interactions
• Implemented a hidden timer that will prevent AI rulers from spamming you with grain-related interactions too soon after each other
• Slightly buffed the amount of special event troops Sicilian Muslim rulers get at game start in 1066
• Reduced the chances AI will pick Experienced Whalers tradition
• SwedishGuy360’s easter egg character is now cynical instead of stubborn
• SwedishGuy360’s easter egg character is now heterosexual
• Cybrxkhan’s special easter egg characters are now heterosexual
• Fixed missing loc for the Sicilian struggle game concept
• Fixed Sicilian struggle happening when playing with Fallen Eagle
• Miscellaneous fixes

1.12.2 "Palermo" (Released 8/28/24)

Released 8/28/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.12.X

I have seen the world map
And the navigational chart,
But Sicily seems to me
The most beautiful in this world.
- Ayo visto lo Mappamundi, 15th century Sicilian folk song

This update adds RICE's next flagship flavor pack, Sicily: Where Three Worlds Met. Major features include:

🍝 A repeatable struggle, the Sicilian Frontier
🗺️ Explore and interact with Sicily's Three Worlds - Islam, Byzantium, & the Latin West
🏛️ New mechanics for Mediterranean geopolitics
🍕 Southern Italian flavor like new activities, decisions, and events
🌋 ... and much more!

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers. The Sicily Flavor Pack Guide is also under construction.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

• Added new flavor pack: Sicily: Between Three Worlds
• Added 10 new European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern themed soundtracks
• Added new activity option for all local pilgrimages: Votive Offerings
• Added new travel option to Venerate at Local Shrines
• Added a lot of French translations by various translators from Paratranz
• Added Makhazen and Siba tradition to Baranis, replacing Granary of Africa
• Added Khalaj culture, a divergent culture of Turco-Hephthalite, around Afghanistan and events to spawn in if playing in early start dates
• Added Elamite namelist for Elamite and Elymaean cultures
• Added Gissur, the father of Isleifur (Icelandic “duke” in 1066), in character history
• Added a game rule to remove easter egg characters at game start
• Added Swedishguy360’s easter egg character in Benavert’s court (for correctly guessing Sicily)
• Local Pilgrimage activities are no longer allowed for faiths with the Pilgrimage Forbidden doctrine
• William the Conqueror only requires the Early Medieval rather than High Medieval era for completing the Normandy struggle
• Changed Tajik culture’s name to Khorasani
• Kashmiri culture’s Equal Inheritance tradition replaced with Caravaneers
• Darada culture’s Frequent Festivals tradition replaced with Equal Inheritance
• Malagasy moved to Malayic heritage
• Malagasy made a hybrid of of East African and Malayic cultures
• Burman heritage renamed to Irrawaddy heritage
• Rasht is now Pamiri culture at game start
• Abdul-Hasan Al-Muddabir starts with decent stewardship and learning in the 867 start
• Reward troops from completing Vijayabahu’s aspiration are now inheritable and subject to supply limits
• Struggle ending events for older struggles will now have a more appropriate sfx sound play when the option is selected
• Tweaked language of the Vinland Realism game rules for more clarity
• Nerfed the Founders of Normandy and Norman Conquest modifiers again by changing their Dynasty Prestige bonus to a legitimacy bonus
• William the Conqueror (AI or player) has easier requirements to end the Normandy struggle
• William the Conqueror AI will now generally try to end the Normandy struggle
• Afro-Roman now has Cosmopolitan ethos
• Afro-Roman now has African Tolerance tradition instead of Philosopher Culture
• Decision to adopt Arctic Adaptations now has a warning about losing culture tradition if the culture is at the tradition limit
• Increased likelihood AI will take the decision to Convene Iceland’s First Althing after time has passed
• Made it easier for the AI to take the Historia Normannorum decision
• Historia Normannorum now has an alternate trigger with having a high diplomacy skill
• Fixed annual catalysts not triggering for several struggles, particularly the Normandy struggle
• Fixed potential CTD from several activities due to being able to select wasteland as a destination
• Fixed missing legitimacy effects for Norman adventurer and border raid CBs
• Fixed loc error for the Free Range Pastures culture requirement
• Fixed loc for reformed Shamsi paganism using Vedda paganism text
• Fixed event for the Destroy the Sangha ending of the Sri Lankan struggle not triggering for other rulers
• Fixed Iceland geyser event triggering outside of Iceland
• Fixed some text in the Bamian Pilgrimage activity referring to Sri Pada
• Fixed missing loc concerning building requirements for Alhambra and Santiago decisions
• Fixed missing loc for NOT_RICE_maritime_silk_road_geographical_req
• Fixed Oromo culture having wrong traditions for the RICE+EPE compatch
• Fixed random event chances for Tarim Basin entertainer event being visible
• Fixed localization issues with some god names for Omotic and Sidamic faiths
• Fixed Terek Pass not being given to al-Kashgari when playing with ROA
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks

1.12.1.a Hotfix for "Dioscorida" (Released 3/30/24)

Released 3/30/24, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.12.X

“Dioscorida [Socotra] is very large but desert and marshy [...] The inhabitants are few and they live on the coast toward the north, which from this side faces the continent. They are foreigners, a mixture of Arabs and Indians and Greeks, who have emigrated to carry on trade there.”
- Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Greek navigational aid from the 1st century CE

This is a hotfix to address a number of issues and add in a few minor tweaks. I originally was going to fold these into the next big update, but decided it was better to release these now, given they address a number of important bugs, than to wait possibly a month or longer before the release of the RICE's upcoming flagship flavor pack.

Check out the Discord Server, Official Website, and Twitter for my mods for more info, updates, and regular teasers.

Installation Instructions

DO NOT manually download the master branch unless you know what you're doing as it is a WIP version and not necessarily stable!

1. Go to https://github.com/cybrxkhan/RICE-for-CK3/releases and find the latest version you wish to download.
2. Extract the "RICE" folder and "RICE.mod" file from the .zip file to Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings III\mod
3. Launch CKIII and select RICE in the launcher.
4. Enjoy and play!

The mod folder should look something like this:

NOTE: When re-installing a mod, delete the old version of the mod first before copy and pasting the new one! While it's not always necessary, it's a good habit to do to prevent any potential issues. Additionally, make sure you are not subscribed to the Steam version of the mod, to prevent the launcher from getting confused as to which version to use.

Changelog

1.12.1.a Hotfix for "Dioscorida"

• Various decisions related to the Greenland struggle and Vinland are no longer blocked off if you have a major illness
• Wendish Confederations and People of Boika now unlock tribal elective
• Changed localization for Buddhist afterlife
• Changed Rollo’s difficulty level in the bookmarks to Easy
• Slightly buffed the Marc’hegion MAA for Bretons
• Fixed Nile Repentance decision still existing after it was already adapted to be an activity
• Fixed Sinicize as a West Asian decision being available to other East Asian cultures
• Fixed decision to change Xwedodah to cousin marriage leaving you with only two tenets; third tenet will now be Religious Law
• Fixed possible cause of a gamebreaking/freezing event that pops up without options due to Norman code (thanks to user SpunkyGamer1900 for helping me investigate this!)
• Miscellaneous bugfixes