🏛️ Silk Road Addon – Grand Update Changelog 🏯
🎵 General
- 🎶 Added authentic Silk Road era music — immerse yourself in battle, trade, and prayer with legit historical tracks spanning cultures.
🗺️ Modular Terrain Expansion
Now all major regions are split into Rural, Urban (City), and Wilderness/Border zones — creating dynamic transitions and more immersive environments.
🕌 Delhi Sultanate
- 🏜️ Desert zone added — now features Rajput factions and architecture.
- 🏙️ City areas updated — includes fortified complexes and a new housing style.
- 🛡️ Revamped Delhi unit roster; removed the outdated generic “Muslim Soldier” units.
- 🌾 Added unique rural terrain layout.
🏯 Song Dynasty
- ⛰️ Added rocky Jin Dynasty border zones for dynamic frontier gameplay.
- 🏞️ Expanded rural and city regions with authentic Song architecture.
- 🏰 Introduced a massive palace complex for faction elites.
- 🚢 Added port zones with functional ships and docks.
- ⚔️ New militia units defend city gates and trade routes.
🕋 Abbasid Caliphate & Khwarezmian Empire
- 🌾 🏙️ Added rural, city, and Khwarezmian border zones.
- 🧕 Updated citizen models — more cultural clothing variation.
- 🧣 Improved shemagh designs.
- 🕋 Added Sufi shrines and Shia presence in the Khwarezmian Empire.
- ⚔️ Expanded Abbasid military roster with new elite units.
- 🏛️ Introduced Khwarezmian dome structures and military units.
- 🐘 Removed Persian spahbad and war elephants (for realism & balance).
- 🎼 Added the oud as a displayable cultural item.
🏜️ Mamluk Egypt (SWAMP)
- 🌊 Modular terrain includes Nile riverbanks, Cairo, and cliff regions.
- 🕌 Features Egyptian-style mosques, pyramids, and bustling cities.
- 🗡️ Deployed elite Mamluk units — formidable and expensive, but devastating.
- 🛍️ Added “Small Islamic Markets” across non-Abbasid Islamic regions — selling religious goods and trinkets.
🐎 Central Asia
- 🔥 Region now ravaged by Timurid invasions — expect danger and dynamic events.
- 🗻 Modular terrain added: Urban zones, rural steppes, and mountain passes.
- 💀 Skull towers now dot the land — a haunting legacy of conquest.
- 💰 Hidden loot chests now spawn in ruins — find relics, scrolls, and rare trade goods.