What changed in Europa Universalis IV in 2019

Complete redesign of the Revolution Disaster mechanics, focusing on player choices and outcomes.

Initial modifiers for Revolutionary Zeal are placeholders and will be adjusted in future updates.

Resolved bug where the Center of Revolution had no associated revolution.

Replaces Absolutism with Revolutionary Zeal, affecting government mechanics and player strategies.

Added events inspired by pre-revolutionary France that affect the likelihood of revolution.

Complete rework of the Burgundian Inheritance event, allowing player control over outcomes.

New feature allowing provinces to become Centers of Revolution, spreading revolutionary ideals.

Introduction of 20 unique reforms for Revolutionary Nations, replacing old absolutism reforms.

Players will be notified when their chance to gain innovativeness from technology is about to expire.

New shortcuts allow for automatic adjustment of demanded money in peace deals based on AI acceptance.

Map clicking now functions correctly in multiple interfaces, preventing unwanted exits.

All state interactions can now be managed through the Macrobuilder, reducing tedium.

New option added to the Diplo Macro Builder for granting Free Cities.

New alert feature for when a Piety action can be used.

Generals will now accompany the first batch during automatic transport.

Giving provinces to subjects in peace deals now directly reduces their liberty desire.

Switzerland has been integrated more with mercenary mechanics, gaining unique play styles and units.

Generals and Admirals now have their own age, and Kings made Generals no longer face double death chance.

The 'outraged countries' field has been enhanced to avoid coalitions.

Leaders will now display their drilling status when selected.

Players can assign state edicts through the Macrobuilder, with improved visibility on edict durations.

Unit view now always shows your force limit when building regiments.

Banners and estate-specific units can now be built more flexibly, increasing national capacity.

Trade Company Investments can now be built directly on the map.

The team is aware of truce timer inconsistencies and plans to fix them.

Tooltips now summarize yearly opinion changes between nations for easier management.

Fixed a bug that prevented the American Revolution from occurring.

Integration cost for vassals is now affected by Power Cost modifier.

Dictatorships can no longer hold lottery elections to perpetuate their rule.

Events now properly acknowledge Calvinism for Huguenot France gameplay.

All missing modifiers have been added to the Nation Designer for player use.

Overlords can now enforce peace on their colonial nations regardless of truce status.

Resolved various issues related to institution spread.

The Unify Culture Age Objective now works correctly.

Fixed issues with the macrobuilder when exceeding 1000 provinces.

The AI will now categorize spending and prioritize investments based on normalized desire scores, improving economic decisions.

AI will only consider buying land in India if they have access to colonists.

The cap for gains from razing provinces has been reduced from 20 to 5 monarch points.

Prevented the Pope from becoming Anglican or No Religion through various means.

Fixed a bug preventing Native Americans from obtaining unique governments like English Monarchy.

All sources of yearly absolutism have been increased from 0.1 to 0.5.

Gold can now spawn in Africa when playing with the Random New World option.

Fixed the Firearm Incident issue, making the achievement more plausible.

Pirate Republics can no longer spawn out of other Pirate Republics.

Yuan and Qing can now be formed without needing the Common Sense expansion.

The Mission UI has been optimized to improve performance on larger mission trees.

AI will now be more agreeable during peace negotiations, reducing feelings of betrayal.

The exploit allowing multiple Centers of Religion to be created has been fixed.

New conditions for the Dutch Revolt Disaster include cultural and religious tensions in Low Countries provinces.

The Dutch Revolt is now represented using the Disaster system, limiting the time-frame for rebellions and introducing new conditions.

The Emperor can choose to attempt to rein in Italian states or abandon Italy, affecting Imperial Authority and Prestige.

The Shadow Kingdom event chain now focuses on reining in Italian Princes slipping away from Imperial rule.

The Emperor can choose to support, suppress, or ignore the Dutch revolt, each with different consequences.

If conditions are met during the Dutch Revolt Disaster, the Dutch Independence event fires, leading to a war and spawning the Netherlands.

An Imperial Incident where the Emperor must decide on Prussia's status, affecting Imperial Authority and relations.

An event chain that introduces peasant uprisings in the Holy Roman Empire, impacting national unrest and noble influence.

A new system that allows the Holy Roman Empire to create and react to issues, enhancing gameplay dynamics.

Removed failing launch option for rollback versions of Europa Universalis IV

More information regarding hardware used for the game will be written in system.log for debugging use

Resolved issue with Linux Players not being able to start the launcher due to graphical settings

Resolved crash issue occurring on monthly tick with 1.28 saves in version 1.29

Removed in-game outdated mod warning; the Launcher will now display this warning instead

All Princes: Mercenary Companies in Imperial Provinces are 50% cheaper.

Example of an Imperial Incident involving Burgundy and the Emperor's choices affecting its fate.

Emperor per Prince: +0.5 Yearly Tax income; Princes: +1 Diplomatic reputation.

Introduction of new reforms for the Holy Roman Empire, including General, Decentralisation, and Centralisation reforms.

Empire Provinces: -5% Local Construction Cost; Emperor gains Imperial Ban CB.

New system for triggering Imperial Incidents that involve member states and the Emperor's decisions.

Event that establishes a 'Permanent Diet' in an Imperial Free City, providing various benefits.

Emperor gains +1 Diplomats and +1 Diplomatic reputation; Empire Provinces: -2 Local Unrest.

Emperor gains a bonus; Empire Provinces: -25% Local State Maintenance.

Emperor gains +0.5 Yearly Prestige; Princes: -5% Tech cost; Empire Provinces: +10% Institution Spread.

Identified and prioritized a fix for Linux users experiencing game launch failures unless launching directly.

Added a warning for players starting the game with incompatible mods after the 1.29 update.

Resolved an issue preventing users from changing their resolution in the launcher, affecting UI scaling.

The Manchu Update will be released on September 17th.

An extensive mission tree has been added for Korea.

New dynamic historical events have been introduced for Korea.

Nine new sets of national ideas have been introduced.

A brand new launcher has been implemented.

The rise of Wakou pirates has been added as a new feature in Japan.

New missions have been introduced specifically for the Manchus and Mongols.

Adjustments have been made to the banners to address community feedback.

New provinces and cultures have been added to the game, enhancing the gameplay experience.

The game will be updated to support 64-bit architecture.

Introduction of new events and a crisis specifically for the Ming dynasty.

Adjustments to the mechanics of losing and gaining the Mandate.

Updates and changes to regions including Manchuria, China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, and Central Asia.

Revamped mechanics and bonuses specifically for the Catholic religion.

Introduction of new abilities for the Bishop of Rome to enhance gameplay.

Major changes to the estates system including crown-land, new privileges, and removal of cool-down events.

Introduction of new missions and flavor for the nations of Palatinate, Mainz, Trier, and Cologne.

Complete overhaul of the mercenary system with new 'companies' at its core.

New mission tree for Serbia added.

New mission tree for the Crusader States added.

New mission tree for Austria added.

Introduction of new and improved mission trees for the French region.

The expansion introduces army professionalism.

The expansion adds 4 new government types.

The expansion features increased trade depth.

Cradle of Civilization is available to play for free for one week.

Three huge new mission trees added for Italy.

A new government type has been introduced for Italian nations.

Bavaria, Saxony, and Prussia are all getting huge new mission trees.

Introduction of new tags, new borders, and dynamic historical events in Germany.

A one-week free trial of the Third Rome expansion for Europa Universalis IV from April 29th to May 6th.

Players can try the Mare Nostrum expansion for free from March 25th to April 1st.

Players can try the Art of War expansion for free from Feb 25 to Mar 4, 2019.

Countries will not be able to negotiate peace while they have a pending enforce peace demand for the same war.

Updated the province requirement for the decision to Form Spanish Nation Diplomatically to reflect map changes in the Spain update.

Hindustan and Bharat can no longer be formed by end game tags (e.g. Ottomans).

Germany can keep the Prussian Monarchy reform if the country that formed it already had the reform.

Localization files may now be placed in subfolders under game/localisation.

Mughals are now in the Indian tech group.

'change_government_via_reform' has been removed as 'change_government' will now always refund reform progress.

Missionary cost tooltip in religious screen now shows effect from maintenance slider.

Lemurians in the 'Lemuria' RNW scenario use the Indian graphical culture.

Old World AI will refuse to join as ally in a colonial war that escalates through refused enforce peace from overlord.

Show guarantees when describing co-belligerent allies.

Typos in the generic mission tree tooltips have been corrected.

Improved the tooltip and progress of several achievements.

Countries with good (100+) relations will be excluded from coastal raiding.

Religious Zeal from converting to Protestant/Reformed now gives you 33% cheaper missionary maintenance cost.

Colonial parents now become war leaders when called in by their subjects.

Fixed typos in expel minority tooltips.

Pirates will be more likely to pick Naval & Maritime ideas now.

Fixed mission names exceeding their bounds in German.

Removed 'owns_all_islands' trigger, replaced by the more generic 'owns_all_provinces'.

Texas' leader names and ship names have been made more Texan.