Notes on Version History
Each version implements fundamental protocol modifications that persist in current operations. Understanding version history is essential for interpreting why certain cultural behaviours, infrastructure decisions, and social patterns continue despite appearing obsolete or contradictory.
Legacy code from previous versions remains active in current implementation. OS:B does not deprecate historical protocols - it layers new systems over existing ones, creating complex backward compatibility requirements. Current Belgrade behaviour cannot be understood without reference to these accumulated system modifications.
This changelog documents significant version releases from 1945 to present, focusing on updates that permanently altered cultural operating parameters.
Version History
## OS:B Changelog
### Version 2025.10 (Current Release)
**Release Date:** October 2025
**Status:** Active Development
**New Features:**
- Enhanced tourism protocols with increased English language support
- EU integration modules (partial implementation)
- Digital payment systems now available in major venues
- Gentrification detection algorithms for Savamala district
**Deprecated:**
- Full smoke immunity no longer required for all venues
- Some kafanas now enforce non-smoking sections
**Known Issues:**
- Yugoslav nostalgia protocols still running in background
- Economic optimisation remains theoretical
- Infrastructure updates pending indefinite timeline
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### Version 2008.1 - Kosovo Independence Patch
**Release Date:** February 2008
**Breaking Changes:**
- National identity protocols significantly modified
- Border definitions updated
- Historical narrative frameworks restructured
**Bug Fixes:**
- None. New bugs introduced.
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### Version 2000.10 - Democratic Transition
**Release Date:** October 2000
**Major Update:**
- Overthrow of previous operating system
- Attempted installation of Western democratic protocols
- Economic liberalisation modules activated
**Compatibility Issues:**
- Legacy socialist infrastructure conflicts with new systems
- Corruption workarounds persist from previous versions
- Hyperinflation trauma still cached in collective memory
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### Version 1999.03 - NATO Bombing Event
**Release Date:** March-June 1999
**Critical System Failure:**
- Massive infrastructure damage
- Population displacement protocols activated
- International isolation mode enforced
- Architecture.legacy permanently modified
**Recovery Time:** Ongoing
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### Version 1991.0 - Yugoslav Dissolution
**Release Date:** 1991-1995
**System Breakdown:**
- Federation protocols terminated
- War economy mode activated
- Sanctions implementation
- Hyperinflation bug (10^15% severity)
- Social fabric fragmentation
**Legacy Code Impact:** Permanent. Still affects current version behavior.
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### Version 1945.0 - Socialist Installation
**Release Date:** 1945
**Complete System Overhaul:**
- Monarchy protocols removed
- Socialist operating system installed
- Yugoslav federation framework implemented
- Architecture.brutalist modules added
- Tito.personality_cult service initiated
**Long-term Effects:** Infrastructure and social protocols from this
version still partially operational in current release.
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**Version Support Policy:** All versions continue running simultaneously.
No legacy code ever fully deprecated. Backward compatibility maintained
indefinitely whether desired or not.
Cultural Protocols Observed
OS:B VERSION STACK
(Active Protocols by Layer)
2024 EU │ Tourism │ Digital
2008 Kosovo Independence
2000 Democratic Transition
1999 NATO Bombing Trauma
1991 Yugoslav Dissolution
1945 Socialist Base Layer
All layers active
Note: No layer removal supported.
Conflicts are features, not bugs.
