Shadow Empire Patch Notes — April 29, 2026
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
1.31q , version #259
-Fixed the thing that could cause a Character Profile to receive a double Profile (like 2 times autocracy) -Fixed S&S Editor (again!! Apologies for this)
-Fixed issue with Stratagem preview difficulty with NATION Stratagems being wrong
-Fixed a CTD related to removal of a Dynastic Faction
-Tuned down max Trader contribution to the Impose Stratagems
-Some minor fixes to other Stratagems DONE 1.31p , version #258 -Fixes to the cleaning up of SSF Assets belonging to Leaders that are no longer with you.
-Fixed Economic Flexibility Regime Feat to be actually needed to Denationalize (instead of Property Agnosticism).
-Private Economy Stimulation Law now giver 100% bonus on Private Investment (instead of giving 50% bonus) -Fixed issue with assigning Commander directly to non-Commander Job.
-Harmonized the old Prestige rules to give no surprises when appointing to new Job (and promise for better job)
-Fixed a number of decisions with AI Major Regimes (like release spy).
1.31o , version #257
-Fixed a number of oversights that allowed you to get too much info on enemy units you do not have total recon on.
-Fixed “Peace Conference” Stratagem
-Made fix to Crime Syndicate to no longer destroy Assets that are still in construction
-Fixed some Decision events switching target character when re-opening the Decision
-Fixed some weird Leader ghost assignments to OHQ/SHQ after revolution
-Causing the ghost leaders has also been fixed for revolutions and stratagems and decisions alike
-Ghost Leaders get cleaned up upon load game -Fixed making a New Makeshift Zone crash.
-Strat Rarity Modifier fixed for Meritocracy, only Cabinet Members taken into account now
-Fixed a Provoke War Decision against yourself.
1.31m , version #256
-Fixed glitch with found Artifact not appearing in Vidcom (or in hand)
-Fixed some Stratagems like Altruistic Resignation to replace Secretary if removed, if nobody in reserve Pool you will get a new Char as secretary.
-Fixed Coopt Minor Elite and Call to Submission to not work on Minors incapable of Diplomacy.
-Fixed bug with Abort for Merge Zone Order not being recognized!
-Fixed an extreme slow down with a Nomination Decision (and possibly other operations where Internal Faction Ranking has to be looked up)
-Replaced Vidcom FanaticInternalTerror by a fixed one
-Improved Game Reactivity/Processing with Scrapping Stratagems for big pile
-Made some fine tuning to the Recruit Veterans Stratagem
1.31k , version #255
-Fixed recently causes bug with S&S editor start up
-Fixed a hanging AI resolution bug
-Skill use for Mediation Training Strat changed from Diplomacy to Leadership *
1.31j , version #254
-Fixed Political General Unit Feat to actually work now.
-Fixed an accounting leak in Corporate Story Module that caused divergence between reality and treasury cashflow report.
-When setting userdebugger.txt to true and flagging Debug Mode in game start setup, the game will generate a lot of log files on the AI decisions. This could be of interest to modders. Or people who have too much curiosity. Wink wink.
-Added an experimental option to add a 3rd “true” line to direct2d.txt to allow some sharpening & contrast to be applied during upscaling on 200% DPI mode (like notably when using a 4K screen res).
-Made SSF Transformation more rare and only if the previous SSF is significantly less liked than the new one.