What changed in Hearts of Iron IV in 2023

The team wishes players a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The Stella Polaris free update was released, adding new content and features.

Statistics shared on player preferences for nations and paths during the first week post-release.

A new team has been created to deliver more national flavor and content at a quicker pace in 2024.

Denmark will not have a Balance of Power during a Civil War.

Fixed in tank designer.

Added in imgui ai_strategy window.

Added for Norway.

Corrected for No One Crosses the Finnish Line.

Resolved issues when No Step Back DLC is not active.

Conformed to new scale of value.

Focus now cancels if not valid.

Now properly communicates potential effects from other focuses.

No longer available without Arms Against Tyranny.

Stats now update depending on whether the Upgrade MIO button was pressed.

Equipment cost will now be rounded to 2 decimals.

Air attack increased by 50%.

Aksel Airo will no longer run and hide if decision Secure the Military is taken.

Now applies the correct Opinion Modifiers.

Resolved broken text when Denmark becomes a puppet of Sweden.

No longer attempts to activate invalid decision.

Controller of Greenland now gets the last remaining province.

Higher effect at higher tiers.

Replaces or upgrades MIO now updates the variant name.

Now requires Germany to be either Fascist or Non-Aligned.

Effects will now apply even if completed after focus Break with the Crown.

Resolved errors with Italian DD Alessandro Poerio Class and Eritrea Class.

USA will no longer hand over Greenland prematurely.

Resolved issue when going into Reykjavik's port.

Lowered when completing 'Expand the Resistance' if overlord is fascist/communist.

Resolved issues with changes after ideology shifts.

Ólafur Thors now has a trait icon.

Finland now puts up a fight against Soviets in the Continuation War.

Resolved issues with MIOs of certain categories.

AI should no longer have access without BoP active.

Resolved missing portraits for promoted generals and generic characters.

Resolved bug where Bulgaria could declare war even if it was a puppet.

Resolved broken tooltip for Screen Efficiency.

Resolved bugs related to expeditionary forces not being removed correctly.

Should no longer guarantee other nations and be less likely to join others.

Now requires building more than 14 civs from game start.

Now grant bonuses to the correct category when By Blood Alone is active.

Now requires the first Anti-Air technology.

Now unlocks with 'Reform the Army' as intended.

Resolved multiple bugs related to the Karelian Uprising during the Soviet Civil War.

Increased infrastructure level increases base supply.

Focuses 'Secure Swedish Ore' and 'Secure Denmark' now have the correct bypasses.

Text now refers to 'weeks' of combat instead of 'months'.

Fixed localization error on Soviet decision.

Fixed CTD on hot-reloading AI strategy plans.

Tweaked AI division production to reduce the time they aren't recruiting any divisions while the war is still ramping up.

Removed negative PP gain from Sweden's Fika with the king focus.

Increased recruitable population from 5% to 10% for Sweden.

Improved the performance of evaluating several costly state decisions.

Fixed a bug where showing subsidy tooltips could cause out of sync.

Reduced the bonus from hygienic housing from 12% to 10% for Sweden.

Added a queue function for Military Industrial Organizations to pre-select traits for unlocking.

Fixed a bug where the mechanized infantry battalion wasn't unlocked after researching the technology.

Reduced the amount of military factories awarded in Focus 'Expand Military Industry' for Norway.

Support company bonuses to battalions should now properly work, even with several sources of additive and multiplicative bonuses.

Corrected the political screen to show MIOs in multiplayer for clients without Arms Against Tyranny.

Support divisions with multiplicative battalion modifiers will no longer stack with the number of division types in the template, preventing mega artillery stacking with rangers.

Several bug fixes have been implemented in the update.

The update includes various performance improvements.

Numerous balance changes have been made in the update.

The new expansion Arms Against Tyranny is now playable.

A rollback version for 1.12 will be available for players.

Simulation speed improved by approximately 1.5 times, reducing average tick time significantly.

The existence of mines now incurs less performance cost, improving overall game performance.

Overall performance improvements inspired by other titles and fresh insights into old problems.

Identified areas for better multi-threading, allowing more cores to be utilized effectively.

Support for variable refresh rate monitors and GPUs introduced, improving FPS with V-Sync off.

Several popular mods have been updated to be compatible with the new DLC.

The new DLC 'Arms Against Tyranny' has been released.

The diplomacy button has been replaced with direct access to the international market.

Players can draft contracts for purchasing equipment, specifying quantities and payment settings.

Lend lease usage is now subject to world tension limits and affected by ideology and laws.

New subsidies can be obtained to enhance purchasing contracts, targeting specific equipment types.

A new feature allowing nations to buy and sell equipment, enhancing trade dynamics.

Players can add surplus equipment to the market and set pricing levels.

Players can automatically gain market access from subjects and toggle auto-accept for purchase requests.

New API features allow easy creation and modification of MIOs, including traits and policies.

Players can attach MIOs to research for time bonuses and increased size through research activities.

Condensed progression from 6 departments into a single tree, enhancing narrative and choice impact.

A new system for players to interact with and upgrade design companies, allowing for tailored upgrades and rewards.

Policies provide mid-upgrade bonuses that specialize MIOs, requiring political power and locked for 180 days.

MIOs can now be added during equipment design, affecting production and bonuses.

Each MIO now has an initial trait providing consistent bonuses and defining its focus.

Updated state and VP name changes based on control, including names like Äänislinna and Muurmanski.

An event chain detailing the expulsion of Axis troops and the conflict with German forces.

Focus that grants a new division template and spawns units for garrisoning.

A series of events for Finland involving sniper organizations and options for propaganda or attrition.

Introduction of focuses for the Democratic branch including 'Suomalainen Sosialismi' and 'Pragmatic Socialism'.

New focus for Finland themed around the Finnish Separate battalion 21.

Introduction of new tank models available at game start and through focus.

Focus that demands Nordic states from allies and claims states controlled by neutral or enemy countries.

Introduction of alternative history content for Finland in the upcoming DLC 'Arms Against Tyranny'.

New focuses in the Fascist Branch including 'Right-Wing Policies', 'Discredit the Democratic System', and 'Prepare a Military Coup'.

Introduction of Väinö Tanner as the leader for Democratic Finland with unique traits and agendas.

Focus that provides claims in Kola and East Karelia and unlocks decisions for the Kinship Wars.

New content allowing Finland to support Karelian independentists during the Kinship Wars.

Introduction of new 3D models for Soviet T-28, Marine units, and infantry divisions.

New decisions for Finland to negotiate peace with the Soviets or switch sides during the Continuation War.

Addition of new generals and changes to military advisors based on community feedback.

Options to release Sápmi, Iceland, Karelia, and Greenland from Nordic countries.

Introduction of Vilho Annala as the leader for Fascist Finland with unique traits and agendas.

Focus that grants an additional research slot.

Sápmi will have unique party names, flags, and leader portraits.

Focus that unlocks militia units and spawns them in the capital state.

New functionality added for debugging and scripting, allowing quick access to UI element definitions.

New system allowing shared focus branches among multiple countries with different effects based on completion.

Variables can now be used as tags in targeted modifiers for easier application of effects.

Ability to use arrays in create_wargoal effect for more dynamic wargoal generation based on conditions.

Enhanced scripting for Division Commanders with localized names and portraits.

New parameter allows effects to apply to a specified number of random scopes without duplication.

New effect allows showing tooltips for event options without duplicating effects, simplifying event management.

Introduced modifiers to adjust the effectiveness of forts, allowing for better representation of fort quality.

Ability to change the background for focus titles to differentiate between normal and joint focuses.

Dynamic modifiers can now change names dynamically, improving modding efficiency.

New parameter allows effects to target all unit leaders, including those not visible to the country.

Focus icons can now change based on conditions, allowing for thematic distinctions between ideologies.

Players can pursue ambitions to expand Danish influence in the Baltic region.

Introduced a new military branch for Denmark allowing players to align with their overlord or pursue independence.

Players can secure their northern flank and influence neighboring countries.

Introduced two unique airplane designs for Denmark that were never produced.

New focus allowing players to confront Germany and ensure Danish security.

A focus available to fascist players to reform the Viking realm.

Players can now join forces with their overlord to conquer other Nordic countries.

New focus tree allowing Denmark to strengthen its defenses and seek allies.

Added a new militia unit for Denmark, modeled after historical uniforms.

New focuses allowing players to unify right-wing parties and strengthen the monarchy's power.

Operation Weserübung now adds civilian factories if Germany controls Narvik, incentivizing strategic control of the port.

Players can enact policies related to consumer goods, impacting the strength of the Folkhemmet and civilian economy.

Raoul Wallenberg is now available as an advisor and operative for Sweden.

The Nordic defense council branch now includes new focuses and connects to the democratic branch, enhancing strategic options.

Players can now choose a communist path for Sweden, aligning with the Swedish trade union and unlocking new advisors.

Steel production numbers adjusted for Germany, France, and the UK to enhance resource management and trade dynamics.

Fascists will gather support for a counterrevolution if players delay their communist transition, leading to new gameplay choices regarding generals.

The RNG-based stability threshold system has been replaced with a deterministic approach, allowing players to manage strikes more effectively.

Introduction of a fascist path with mechanics for building support and triggering a coup.

Addition of a new portrait for Trotskij in the game.

Introduction of an event chain related to Trotskij's fate in Norway, starting with a historical altercation.

New decisions for rousing the proletariat, affecting civil war dynamics and state control.

New monarchist path with unique mechanics for building support and military recruitment.

New gameplay mechanics allowing players to choose between Stalinist and Trotskyist paths, impacting political strategies.

Sweden will receive a new communist focus tree in the upcoming expansion.

Unlock the bonus track 'Säkkijärven Polka' by pre-ordering the expansion.

Pre-order the upcoming expansion 'Arms Against Tyranny' releasing on October 10th.

AI will continue producing equipment even after fulfilling its needs to prepare for future conflicts.

AI will sell equipment based on surplus and will not sell if it needs the equipment itself.

The AI can now gain market access, sell surplus equipment, and buy needed equipment from the International Market.

AI now sells equipment in batches instead of individually, improving realism.

AI computes scores for potential purchases based on construction cost, quality, and price.

AI can initiate requests for market access based on diplomatic relations and trade influence.

Paratroopers can now unlock tougher air transports and improved special forces capabilities.

A new doctrine page for specializing special forces has been added, allowing countries to choose a branch specialism.

A new modifier reduces the cap consumption of special forces types, allowing for more mountaineers.

Paratroopers can choose between disruption effects or combat insertion for their paradrops.

Mountaineers can now unlock a supply usage reduction and combat bonuses, along with the Rangers support company.

Marine commandos can perform quick hit & run naval invasions without needing to be at a port.

New battalion modifiers incentivize the use of artillery support in mountaineer divisions.

Marines can now unlock bonuses to naval invasion capacity and the Pioneers support company.

Introduction of new content related to Sweden, including Joint Focus Trees.

Unlocks decisions to improve economies of neighboring countries equally.

Unlocks decisions to expand volunteer capacity and facilitate participation in wars.

Allows players to promote Nordic Unity and improve relations with neighboring countries.

A new feature designed for multiplayer, allowing Nordic countries to collaborate through a shared focus tree.

Unlocks additional focuses at the end of relevant branches based on faction choices.

A faction representing monarchies and dictatorships of Scandinavia and Finland aiming for domination.

Improves relations between countries while trading party popularity.

A faction uniting the peoples of the North against fascism and capitalism.

Completing this focus provides Army Experience and Land Doctrine bonuses to all Nordic members in the faction.

A faction for Nordic democracies focusing on defending political systems and eradicating autocracy.

Introduction of presets for equipment designers to simplify the design process for players.

Artillery, AA, and AT are now in their own category, separating them from maneuver units.

Consumer goods calculation now rounds down the number of consumer goods factories, aiding minor nations.

New modifier 'Consumer Goods Factories Factor' changes how consumer goods are calculated, preventing easy reach to 0%.

New changes to division structure increase challenge and require compromises in designing divisions.

Divisions now start with the bottom slot locked, creating a 5x4 grid, which can be expanded to 5x5 by unlocking doctrines.

Equipment designer presets are moddable, allowing custom templates for mods.

Rebalanced thrust and weights of modules and airframes for better gameplay.

Most tank chassis now grant 10-20% more armor.

Added new techs for the plane designer to enhance customization.

Super Heavy tanks are now classified as support units, no longer line battalions.

AI is now more likely to upgrade divisions in the field even with equipment deficits.

Increased accuracy of ship torpedoes to align with new hitprofile calculations.

Conducted a balance pass on new modules introduced in the game.

Added a generic AI upgraded infantry template for late game infantry.

Fixed an issue where damage reduction occurred before stat initialization.

Fixed an issue with threshold values being incorrectly set.

Increased the tech date for survival studies to 1939.

Improved infantry templates for AI, including ENG and USA upgraded infantry templates.

Adjusted thresholds for damage reduction in naval combat.

Implemented type 2 combat widths as part of the balance changes.

Updated combat width defines as per new balance changes.

Reduced terrain combat widths slightly and changed support widths.

Rebalanced ship engines to reflect new gameplay dynamics.

Introduced new modules including Large autocannon, Large bomb rack, and Armor piercing bomb rack.

Slightly decreased AA disruption caused by ship AA.

Added damage reduction to piercing thresholds for naval combat.

Excess thrust will now increase agility instead of max speed.

Improved some templates for planes to enhance gameplay.

Adjusted turret stats to be less powerful for fighters but better for bombers.

Conducted a major rebalance pass for airframes and modules.

Reduced convoy hitprofile from 120 to 85 to align with new calculations.

Adjusted costs associated with dismantling and converting battleship engines.

Made improvements to aircraft turrets for better performance.

A new National Spirit that can be improved through gameplay focuses.

Denmark now consists of 7 states, enhancing territorial gameplay.

Denmark begins the game in a disarmed state to reflect historical unpreparedness.

Denmark starts with 3 new National Spirits reflecting its historical context.

Denmark now has a unique election cycle of every 3 years, allowing for more political maneuvering.

New mechanics affecting the balance between Welfare and Warfare in Denmark's political decisions.

Introduces a National Spirit reflecting Denmark's economic struggles during the Great Depression.

A new military branch allows players to improve Denmark's military capabilities.

Denmark's Focus Tree has been expanded to include various paths for development.

Denmark receives additional focuses to enhance gameplay and historical accuracy.

Introduces a focus featuring Bamse, the mascot of the Norwegian Free Forces, and events related to Germany's invasion.

Reflects the poor state of Norway's army, introducing modifiers that weaken the country's forts.

New political branch focused on civilian industry and political improvements, with limited military buildup.

Starts an event chain to acquire tanks from Sweden, reflecting Norway's historical tank development.

Slows down building speed and increases consumer goods usage as Norway recovers from the Great Depression.

Allows players to develop states for civilian benefits at the cost of military readiness, with dynamic modifiers and military factory rewards.

Increases fascism in Norway due to the lack of a significant communist presence but fear of communism.

Represents the overconfidence of the Nygaardsvold government, making it harder to switch laws and change the starting Theorist.

New content depicting Norway's political and military situation in 1936, including National Spirits and Focus Trees.

A focus that triggers events related to Quisling's coup during the German invasion.

Modifications to the historical path to allow for Sweden's eventual involvement in the war.

Introduces stability as a shield against hunger strikes, influenced by historical events.

A spirit representing Sweden's welfare state, affecting military capabilities and stability.

New focuses that augment military capabilities and are gated behind war support.

Choices for Sweden regarding involvement in the Winter War, including sending volunteers or claiming territory.

New events that represent historical interactions between Sweden and other powers during the war.

New focuses for Sweden's navy, allowing for different strategic approaches.

A new focus tree for Sweden that includes military, industrial, and democratic branches.

A new state modifier that can be moved to adjacent states, reducing surrender limit.

Introduced a new feature allowing nations to export arms in exchange for civilian factory output.

Introduced a new mechanic representing public trust in Finnish leaders affecting gameplay.

Introduced customization options for weapons manufacturers in the game.

Updated design and organization of military divisions, including special forces customization.

Added new focus trees and alternate histories for Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.

Announced the upcoming expansion focusing on Finland and Nordic countries during WWII.

Added multiple historical leaders for Finland, reflecting the political instability of the era.

Added new unit art and 10 new songs inspired by the cultures in the expansion.

Updated the Sisu National Spirit with five stages tied to the Balance of Power mechanic.

Field Hospitals now increase the strength (HP) of all infantry battalions, reducing manpower loss.

Logistics Company adds 5% defense to all infantry battalions in division.

Engineers now grant 0.25 entrenchment per Leg Infantry battalion instead of a flat bonus.

Signal companies grant 10% defense to all Artillery battalions in division.

Armored Car recon grants 1 max organization to all Leg Infantry battalions in division.

Flame Tanks now increase the breakthrough of all infantry battalions.

Recon companies now provide a soft attack bonus to Artillery battalions and a hard attack bonus to Armored battalions.

Military Police now increase the base organization recovery rate of all infantry battalions by 20%.

Standard recon grants 10% air attack to anti-air battalions in division.

Available medal icon no longer shows up if BBA is not owned.

Introduction of contracts for buying and selling equipment, including payment structures.

A new feature allowing nations to buy and sell equipment on an international stage.

A dedicated stockpile for equipment intended for market trading.

The diplomacy menu is replaced with a new market interface to enhance usability.

Introduction of a new structure for Military Industrial Organizations (MIOs) focused on infantry.

New diplomatic action to negotiate market access between countries.

Allows either party to cancel contracts at any time.

Implementation of a new payment system for contracts using CiC.

Playing as a released country is now persistent over saves in ironman.

Fix for Belgium Congo sometimes flipping to Germany after Belgium capitulates.

Available medals are now present on army screens for Divisional Commanders.

Democratic Italy can now send volunteers to Spain after completing the Aid for Spanish Republic focus.

Fixed License Production Access not being restored when reloading a save file.

Lord Halifax now has two leader traits and reduces the requirements with the British Raj when forming the Imperial Federation/Commonwealth of Nations.

If Lord Halifax is used to annex the British Raj as part of the Imperial Federation, India will suffer increased resistance.

Observers now retain the observed country on hotjoin and resynch.

Fixed an issue in the Pressure Government event chain for Italy and the Soviets in which the feedback event communicating the target's choice was sent to the target instead of the sender.

Increased biggest speed and agility factor diff by 1.0, increasing the maximum effect of these stats on air combat.

Added a new Hearts of Iron IV YouTube channel link to menus.

MIOs will feature skill trees that provide production-specific bonuses and can be applied retroactively to equipment.

MIOs will include departments for design teams and industrial manufacturers, each with unique traits and task capacities.

MIOs will gain funds through research and production, which can be used to increase size and traits.

MIOs will have a task capacity that limits simultaneous projects, affecting research, production, and design.

A new feature allowing players to interact with living organizations instead of static bonuses, enabling tailored upgrades and production.

Correct localization for Discord and Instagram tooltips added.

Links to Instagram and Discord added to the in-game menu.

The new update Operation Cockpit has been launched.

Cockatoo Docks and Engineer now provide bonuses to Heavy Cruisers.

Various localization and interface bugs fixed.

XP requirements for level thresholds and gaining traits reduced by 20-50%, and XP gain from combat increased by 33%.

Supply per transport plane increased from 0.002 to 0.01.

Decreased HIT_PROFILE_SPEED_FACTOR from 2 to 0.5, reducing the effect of speed on hit profiles.

Turkey can no longer ask for investment until the previous request is accepted.

Many tank icons for most countries reintroduced in the Tank Designer.

Air wing XP gain from training per day increased from 3 to 7.

Canadian focuses 'National Steel Car' and 'Send in the Zombies' are no longer mutually exclusive.

Fixed issues with equipment bonuses to Carriers from Italian focus.

Armor now reduces Torpedo critical chance instead of increasing it.

Italian focuses now provide promised bonuses to aircraft.

Portuguese Great War tank now appears in the tech tree without NSB.

Air accident base chance increased from 0.05 to 0.1, with other related multipliers also increased.

If Great Depression has been removed, 'War Fuelled Economy' and 'Reactivate the Farmers Unity League' grant a temporary construction speed boost.

HIT_PROFILE_SPEED_FACTOR decreased from 2 to 0.5, affecting ships' speed and hit profiles.

Now grants a global initiative factor.

Turkey can no longer ask for investment until the previous request is accepted.

Now provides real bonuses to Heavy Cruisers.

Cruiser now has the minelayer role.

Tank now appears without NSB.

XP requirements for level thresholds and gaining an aptitude trait reduced by 20-50%.

Now provide bonuses to aircraft as promised.

Tank icons in the non-NSB generic tree now appear in the Tank Designer with NSB.

Positioning corrected when hiding obsolete branches.

Air wing XP gain from training per day increased from 3 to 7.

Corrected handling of X1R5G5B5 and A1R5G5B5 textures.

Armor now reduces Torpedo critical chance instead of increasing it.

Bonuses to Carriers from 'Refit Civilian Ships' now work as intended.

Icons now appear based on tech.

Supply per transport plane increased to 0.01 from 0.002.

XP gain from combat increased by 33%.

After selecting the national focus 'Decide Post-War Borders'.

Corrected when Hide Obsolete Branches custom rule is set to 'Show'.

Air accident base chance increased from 0.05 to 0.1, with other related multipliers adjusted.

Ensures Austria and Italy exist and are independent.

Fixed issue with granted Costanzo Ciano Light Cruiser Class when Man the Guns DLC was not active.

Fixed the exploit of ignoring the special forces cap when changing army templates.

Germany now begins with 80 transport planes, up from 4.

Disabling construction of railway lines on the map will remove them from construction UI.

Fixed issue so that Ada Gobetti is properly cautious.

Octavian Goga will now correctly become country leader.

Now display the correct color for a bonus.

USA no longer hires both communist and fascist advisors without DLCs.

Hovering over an invasion arrow will now show the whole path even if overlapped by another.

Now have the correct loc keys.

Removed deprecated trigger pc_is_state_outside_influence_for.

Decreased risk of country collapse.

Obsolete Soviet AI plan 'Alternate' has now been purged.

Made available when controlling, rather than owning, states.

Will now properly refresh when something changes the display.

Now shows the reinforcement priority.

Game rule 'Show Obsolete Branches in Focus Tree' no longer requires any DLC.

The name of peace conferences will appear in the correct language after language changes.

Fixed issue with CRDA-CANT requiring the wrong Naval Designer.

Changed the modifier description to accurately reflect its actual effect.

Allows further reduction of the Great Depression, wargoals on the United States, and various other benefits.

Made it possible to move capital to Jerusalem after Axum.

Events and focuses will no longer target subjects for faction invitations.

Made it possible for Ethiopia to collaborate with Italy as Monarchy as well as Fascist.

Increased from 0.12 to 1.2 to be in line with Trucks.

Made multiple investments at the same time possible for Ethiopia.

Fixed by create_equipment_variant effect.

Fixed the missing description for all non-Italian countries receiving the end News Event.

Button should now be visible/usable on UI-scaled clients.

Now available when controlling, rather than owning, states.

Increased from 4 transport planes.

Resolved when changing army templates.

Whole path visible even if overlapped by another.

Previously only available for Fascist Ethiopia.

Made possible after Axum.

Now requires CRDA Naval Designer as intended.

Now properly cautious.

On completion of the National Christian Party focus.

Now accurately reflects its actual effect.

Now properly refreshes when display changes.

After language changes during conferences.

Allows further reduction of the Great Depression, wargoals on the United States, and various other benefits.

Resolved when Man the Guns DLC was not active.

Initial efficiency now only set for slots with an active factory.

Without DLCs.

Now in line with Trucks, from 0.12 to 1.2.

Now visible/usable on UI-scaled clients.

Now shows correct color for a bonus.

Now possible.

No longer target subjects for specific ideologies.

Decreased risk of country collapse.

Now correctly appears for all non-Italian countries.

Resolved by create_equipment_variant effect.

Small fixes to Romanian focus tree additions.

Slight rebalance of Prussia of the Balkans with modifiers scaling as the spirit is upgraded.

Early cruiser hull no longer unlocks cruiser armour.

All countries will now build carrier aircraft if they have carriers, with adjustments to military factory spending on fighters.

Several new focuses added for Romania to manipulate which country leader will run the fascist party.

Increased carrier aircraft wanted buffer for countries with carriers to 1.5x total deck space.

National Railway Lines focus now takes 35 days instead of 70, with new mutually exclusive focuses added.

Requirement tooltips for Mare Nostrum decision improved.

Integrated designers navy spirit no longer gives double bonus, now only provides research bonus for ship modules.

Fixed incorrect templates for RO.57 aircraft.

Fixed the capture and subsequent consequences for operatives when they get spotted on offensive missions.

Fixed incorrect dates for 1938 engine and armour techs.

AI countries will transfer part of their Peace Score to human players on easy difficulties. Puppets and faction members will also transfer Peace Scores to their Overlords and Leaders respectively.

Bulgaria's unit names now use the spelling 'Diviziya', corrected from 'Divizija'.

Random country selection disabled when loading ironman saves.

Bulgaria now begins with the Mountaineers tech unlocked.

Fixed incorrect role settings for amphibious drive module.

Fixed typo in Adopting Rumantsch country flag in Switzerland.

Fixed issue where Germany would receive double research bonuses via the focus 'Treaty with the USSR'.

Aircraft Bomb tech now unlocks torpedoes.

Modders should add a precondition to only execute add_to_stockpile if the country has the required tech.

Hotfix addresses the spike in crashes when playing with certain mods since the January patch 1.12.8.

Default behavior of create_equipment_variant changed; variants will not be created if the equipment type has not been unlocked/researched.

In unit history file, if a mod tries to create a ship for a country that does not have the required tech, do not create the ship.

When using create_equipment_variant in history files, ensure techs are unlocked before creating variants.

Add allow_without_tech=yes in create_equipment_variant to revert to pre-1.12.8 behavior for non-modular equipment types.

Reduced the lower end of plane engine IC costs; earlier planes should be cheaper.

Decaying opinion modifiers will not disappear after loading a save anymore.

Now costs 1 IC, down from 2.

Fixed issue where Democratic Unrest National Spirit in Switzerland wouldn't be removed when declaring the Alpine Protectorate.

Fixed not considering manpower casualties in the air combat.

Fixed Thrust/Weight issues in some plane designs after latest air rebalance.

Fewer drawbacks but higher production cost; HMG soft attack now 4, up from 3, but hard attack removed.

No longer reduces reliability, but has doubled production cost.

Italian AI should no longer release puppets in Balkans on historical via decisions.

Reduced to 30% armor, down from 40%.

Fixed issue where variants created through focuses etc. would get unexpected modules and upgrades.

Now increases armor by 25%, up from 20%.

Fixed Chinese general showing up with blank portrait when Nationalist China integrates Guanxi Clique army.

Fixed issue where researching a new hull, chassis or airframe would not create the default variant if any variant of that type already existed.

Now has 8 breakthrough, down from 10, and reduces soft and hard attack by 10%, down from 25%.

Fix bug with usage of pc_is_state_outside_influence_for trigger in ai desires.

Now reduces total build cost by 5%, but requires 30 XP, up from 10.

Combat log tooltip now shows correct naming for losses breakdown.

Added portraits for political advisors in Spain and Portugal.

No longer valid for naval bombers; increased naval targeting from dive brakes from 4 to 6.

Stop showing a diff in stats when there is no design company attached.

Now has 24 breakthrough, up from 20.

Fixed the manpower exploit by repeated splitting & merging of airwings.

Cruiser Submarine icon will now be properly shown on the researched technology pop-up.

Italian Fiat 3000 and Fiat 3000B inter-war tanks will now show proper inter-war tank 2D icon.

Close Support Gun now has 10 piercing, down from 12.

Unite Polynesia decision category now shows the appropriate decision category picture.

Any trigger or effect requiring a country scope used in character scope will not work anymore.

Added property allow_without_tech to create_equipment_variant.

Now grants 15% reliability, up from 10%.

Now has 14 naval strike attack, up from 12.

Added country dynamic variables: country_leader, theorist, army_chief, navy_chief, air_chief, political_advisor, high_command.

Fix the way character variables in script are stored.

New variants received from auto-upgrades, focuses, events etc. are now highlighted in the production tab.

No longer desires to be best buddies with Romania despite being instructed to ignore them.

Admirals can no longer erroneously gain the politically_connected general trait.

Fixes to how AI selects target templates for upgrading.

AI weights on hiring advisors now makes more sense, with a better split between political advisors & research bureaus.

Heavy Machine Gun now has 8 soft attack, up from 5, and 6 piercing, down from 10.

Fixed issue where 'No Councilor' mission would complete right away.

Increased multiplier, reduced naval strike detection chance from 0.7 to 0.5.

Stalinist AI should now be more inclined to kill Trotsky.

Soft attack reduced to 1, down from 2.

Fix all events related to Soviet Paranoia (value was always 0).

Radio modules curve slightly changed, overall efficacy of radios reduced slightly.

AI no longer forgets top-most production line when reducing excessive factories.