New changes testable on beta: 2020-09-10

The following changes are testable in CoW1.5 beta game rounds created after this post (2020-09-10). They are scheduled to be released to live in ~2 weeks from now.

Mechanics:

Made buildings of non-allied players hidden in fog of war:

• Hidden buildings appear with question mark icon in the province bar.
• Hidden buildings will be revealed temporarily as long as the province center is within sight of a unit (inner view range circle).
• Once a province center is in sight it can take 1-3min until the buildings are revealed due to technical constraints.
• Hidden buildings can also be revealed within the espionage menu using spies, in which they remain visible until the next day change.
• Constructed or destroyed buildings won’t appear in the automated newspaper reports anymore to not give away such information to everyone without scouting.

-> This change makes scouting more important and prevents build strategies from being visible by everyone on the map. Now it will remain a secret what strategy a players follows until he is properly scouted.