What changed in Victoria 3 in 2024

Improve on Companies by turning them into actual actors in your country that can own/expand buildings and interact with characters/politics.

Going through the base game Journal Entries and events and making improvements and additions to ensure that they feel meaningful and impactful.

In 1.8 we added Caste System/Social Hierarchy laws to make India more accurate and flavorful.

Make sure that supply is an important and meaningful part of the military system that can win or lose you wars.

Tweaking and improving the frontline system to eliminate excessive front splitting and troop teleportation.

Improve on the Treaty Port mechanic and create more ways for countries to cooperate, compete with and exploit others using trade.

Improving the war support system to be much clearer UX-wise about what is needed to contest wargoals.

Tweaking content such as the Meiji Restoration, Alaska purchase to be more frequently performed by the AI.

Adding laws that expand on diversity of countries and introduce new ways to play the game.

Reactionary movements can no longer appear at the same time as Legitimist movements in France.

Fixed a bug where occupations weren't flipped back after enemy occupation.

Fixed a bug where a player could get multiple lobbies against the same country after independence war.

Divided Monarchists coups no longer incorrectly occur at 75% progress.

Fixed an issue where abdication could cause enacting a null law if a revolutionary tag already existed.

Fixed inverted modifier causing bankruptcy to increase institution change speed instead of decreasing it.

Fixed the radicalism prediction for movements tooltip being incorrect when starting or canceling the enactment of a law.

Removed an old Culture string in Russian Localization in the Culture Tooltip.

The 'Total Separation' law now correctly blocks all conversion again.

Reverted the change that allowed cultures to assimilate in their homelands due to excessive ahistorical assimilation.

Fixed another crash during updating shipping lanes.

Fixed an issue where abdicating the throne could result in ending up in a personal union with a civil war country.

The AI will now generally avoid declaring bankruptcy while at war.

Fixed an issue where Interest Groups could end up rebelling together with Political Movements despite ideological opposition.

Fixed a bug that could result in a Lobby Demand targeting the wrong country.

Fixed a bug where political movement success chance wasn't applied until the law started being enacted.

Characters sent on the Tibetan Expedition will now return to service properly.

Britain will no longer force successful player East India Companies to become the Raj.

Enabled Enlightened Royalists to agitate for more causes.

Fixed a random crash when closing or switching lenses.

Reduced the impact of active laws on activism of the Anarchist and Fascist movements.

Fixed an issue where the Extradition events could not fire due to secessions.

Fixed an issue affecting the way interest groups and movements calculated relative stances on ideologies.

Removed an old string in STATE tooltips in Russian localization.

Fixed an issue where natural interests from subjects would not properly propagate to overlords of overlords.

Fixed a bug where abdicating the throne during a civil war could cause a ruler switcheroo with the insurrectionary country.

Reduced the impact of country turmoil on activism of the Reactionary movement.

Fixed a bug where the Sacred Civics III principle did not give the reduction to Liberty Desire unlocked in Sacred Civics II.

Fixed a bug where the country budget showed the wrong income value.

Added Quetta to the formable India.

Researching Pan-Nationalism no longer blocks Religious Minority movements from spawning everywhere instead of just British India.

Reduced the construction needed to build government admin buildings to alleviate ADM shortages.

The 'Freedom of Conscience' law no longer allows for conversion of pops of Acceptance levels 4 and 5.

Fixed a bug where armies defending against naval invasion on occupied land would not get any units participating in the land battle.

After a civil war ends, there is now a 6 month grace period before another one can start.

The Fascist movement can now correctly attract Agitators to its cause.

Fixed an issue where Joshua Norton could be unable to agitate, causing null scopes in his event.

Fixed an instance of Error spam occurring in Spanish localization in the Movement tabs.

Fixed Literacy tooltip data missing in Russian localization.

Fixed an issue where the ALLOW_ASSIMILATION_ACROSS_HERITAGES define wasn't working correctly when disabled.

Fixed princely state characters with child traits.

Fixed an issue where the AI would overvalue labor savings on PMs, keeping them active despite shortages.

Fixed an issue where religion wage discrimination modifiers weren't being applied.

Fixed a bug where a player could not disband units after a civil war has broken out.

The beginning of Reconstruction will no longer unincorporate Washington D.C.

Fixed an issue where inappropriate events could fire and immediately cancel during secessions.

Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes fail to reform to the government they wanted.

Reduced the base number of individuals radicalized when declaring bankruptcy.

Identified the need for better testing and iteration on the balance of complex Journal Entries like The Unstable Raj.

Increased base wage and dividends weight for Shopkeepers.

Updated how the affected movements are displayed in the tooltip when enacting Laws.

Removed restrictions on assimilation in homelands and cultural heritage traits.

Secessions of Cultural Minority Movements now require their culture to make up at least 5% of the population.

Made changes to the company rework to improve their impact on specific buildings, addressing feedback about their underwhelming performance.

Declaring Bankruptcy now radicalizes a minimum of 25% of the population and affects various economic factors.

Made the 'Exempt from Service' subject interaction accessible to all.

Fixed a bug where a country could proceed colonizing impassible terrain it had no land access to.

Added new trigger to check for population percentages and effects to set interest groups for characters.

Fixed a bug with the Turtle Island Journal Entry buttons that left them unable to target relevant nations.

The East India Company now gains annex wargoals against rebellious princely states in the Indian Uprising.

Collectivization now only targets privately owned levels, allowing public sector foreign investment.

Plans to rethink the reward system for Journal Entries to ensure they match the challenge of completion.

Fixed a bug where political movement success chance wasn't applied until the law started being enacted.

Highlighted significant issues with the military system, including front splitting and troop teleportation.

An independent Ceylon now automatically becomes Sri Lanka.

Resolved a critical issue that caused crashes for users with non-unicode characters in the launcher.

Adjusted the restrictions on Migration and Assimilation to balance the effects of the Discrimination Rework.

Russia and Britain now start neutral towards Mexico, preventing them from blocking US westward expansion.

Companies will own new levels built by local private investors if they own at least one level of a building.

Need to ensure AI can manage the content added, particularly for complex Journal Entries.

The 'Emergency Relief' Decree will no longer auto-cancel as long as at least 20% of the population experiences starvation.

Chance of stalling during enactment is now predicted correctly.

Now grants France a claim on Western Sahara.

Added 5 years of immunity.

Resolved issues with passable and impassible provinces

Now can be created even if Radical Movement exists.

Now excludes movements with no activism changes.

Now applies reinvestment efficiency.

Now sorted alphabetically within the same type.

Optimal sunlight effect is now less intense at nighttime.

Now does not apply to religions with a positive acceptance effect.

Only passable provinces are now counted correctly.

Prioritization corrected

Now properly lowers liberty desire for subjects with the same state religion.

Resolved conflict with Radical Movement existence

Income transfer reduced from 40% to 30%

Now shows up in default and diplo play map modes

Values were overtuned

Does not fire if any modifiers are still in effect.

Now requires at least 10% higher activism.

Princely states can now be annexed by independent India.

Based on player feedback

Now correctly applied to countries without a caste system.

Defines progress as making values smaller

Resolved issue with occupations being cleared incorrectly.

Cultures now require at least 30 general cultural acceptance

Requires at least 10% higher activism now

Income transfer reduced from 40% to 30%.

Required for IG to be pressured by a movement

Popup now shows which movement was created or joined

Resolved issue with continuous civil war starts

Increased from 1 to 2

Movements with no activism changes won't be listed

Reduces screen space usage

Resolved issues related to ig_suppression.

Now shows up in default and diplo play map modes on the nearest zoom.

Now does not apply to religions with positive acceptance effect

Long-standing bug likely fixed.

Claims granted from game start

Overrides usual restrictions for equal or better jobs

Stability scale changed from 100 to 300

Now correctly completes when building the Suez Canal.

Trigger can_pressure_interest_group added for movement pressure evaluation.

Increased from 1 to 2.

Prioritizes annexing Gaza correctly.

Now able to override usual hiring restrictions.

Values were overtuned.

Gave the East India Company claims on much of its historical western frontier from game start.

Now applies reinvestment efficiency

Achievement sometimes became unavailable after loading a save.

Resolved issue of civil wars continually starting and being cancelled.

Now properly lowers liberty desire for subjects with the same state religion

Negative values can now remove radicals.

Now calculated from each country's investment laws and tech

Event does not fire if modifiers are still in effect

Cultures now require at least 30 general cultural acceptance to mass migrate.

5 years of immunity granted

Countries created via create_country effect now get the correct cultures.

Button added on Agitator's Character panel.

AI now merges its army formations correctly.

Resolved Doctrine of Lapse citation problem

Allows removal of radicals

Now calculated from each country's investment laws and tech.

Now selects response after six months

Now appears colder at nighttime to illustrate moonlight

Stability scale changed from 100 to 300.

Automatically selects a response after six months.

Resolved for countries not using a caste system

Icon added in front of status name in modifiers based on player feedback.

Annexing states through events no longer generates radicals.

Did not grant part of balance going to reinvestments.

Opens the Food Security tab on the Market panel.

Progress can now be defined as making values smaller.

Opens Food Security tab on Market panel

Reduces screen space usage when many movements are present.

Popup now shows which movement they created or joined.

Resolved a crash that could occur when a Company was removed.

Resolved a crash that would consistently happen for some users when launching the game.

Resolved an issue where no gains for Loyalists or Radicals would occur after the period ends when the game rule was activated.

Stability gain from low liberty desire subjects in the Unstable Raj Journal Entry reduced by 50%.

Buildings will not include the impact of taxes on expected Standard of Living when setting wages.

New immersion pack focused on the Indian Subcontinent, releasing on November 21st.

New content related to religious tensions and Indian national movements included in Pivot of Empire.

Free Update 1.8 includes Caste System Laws and updated events for the Indian Uprising.

Experience narrative content related to the East India Company and other Indian nations.

Subsistence farms will set much lower wages to maximize profit, addressing GDP issues from version 1.7.

A new set of buildings with unique designs and features, including color variations for roofs based on country colors.

Added a new ornate wooden table and four table assets for player personalization, including a new cloth for coins.

Visual effects added to represent different harvest conditions like drought, flooding, and frost on the 3D map.

New character DNAs and clothing for Indian historical figures including Jankoji Rao Scindia II and Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh.

Enhanced portrait lighting for better visual representation of characters.

New achievements will be introduced with the release of the Pivot of Empire DLC.

Introduction of events related to Hindu-Muslim intercommunal tensions.

Introduction of the Utilitarian movement in British India, influencing governance and reforms.

New narrative content focusing on British India, the East India Company, and the Indian struggle for independence.

New political movement mechanics representing Indian secular nationalist organizations.

New journal entry covering the historical Dravidian Movement and caste discrimination.

Eight new event illustrations have been created, depicting key moments in Indian history during the Victorian age.

The text on the paper map UI skin will now feature Hindi script for enhanced immersion.

New motifs including elephants and peacocks have been incorporated into the UI panels and paper map.

A brand new interface skin has been crafted with inspiration from traditional Indian architecture and art.

The paper map has been redesigned with a focus on Indian paintings and cultural elements.

Added a new game rule to enable or disable fantastical/supernatural content, introducing a new character and events for October and November.

New icons have been designed for the Acceptance feature, representing different tiers of acceptance.

Icons for Famines and Harvest conditions have been created, referencing existing State trait icons.

Addition of new cultures such as Hindustani, Chhattisgarhi, Naga, and others to reflect India's diversity.

Dynamic naming for cities and states based on cultural ownership and customizable names in-game.

New law that increases agriculture and resource industries' efficacy while harming native landowning classes' reinvestment ability.

Complete rework of the journal entry representing the Indian Uprising, now called Unstable Raj.

Custom interest groups representing the unique situation of the East India Company, including new ideologies and traits.

Introduction of new ideologies for the Bhadraloks interest group, representing the Indian bourgeoisie.

New and reworked state regions, cultures, and countries for the Indian subcontinent, including over 30 new tags.

New modifiers and political structures for British India, affecting bureaucratic power and aristocracy influence.

Introduction of the Presidency concept to detail administrative units of colonial India and their unrest tracking.

Four new laws have been introduced: Caste System Enforced, Caste System Codified, Caste System Not Enforced, and Affirmative Action.

A new law group specific to the British Indian Caste System has been introduced, affecting social mobility.

A new social hierarchy system representing the British Indian Caste System has been added to the game.

New mechanics for Social Hierarchies and Social Classes have been introduced to enhance gameplay.

New journal entries reflecting the complexities of the Indian independence movement have been added.

Pops will now be distributed into Social Classes based on their Professions, allowing for culture-specific Strata.

Standard of Living icons and names have been updated to decouple them from the starvation mechanic.

Starvation is now measured by Food Security, with Mild and Severe Starvation statuses affecting birth and mortality rates.

A panel to track starvation levels, famines, and harvest conditions has been introduced for better management.

Famines are declared when a significant number of pops are starving, serving as a political event without direct effects on pops.

Shortages for Basic Food Pop Needs are now introduced, impacting starvation levels based on the consumption of different food types.

Harvest Conditions introduce variability in agricultural output, influenced by weather and other factors, affecting states differently.

Political Movements now have a Radicalism value that influences Civil Wars and Secessions, with a shift from random triggers to movement-driven initiations.

State assignment for Revolutions and Secessions has been overhauled, allowing more nuanced control based on movement type and support.

All civil wars are now started by Radical movements, replacing the previous random secession triggers based on cultural turmoil.

Unincorporated States can now participate in Revolutions, increasing the scope and unpredictability of civil conflicts.

Revolutions now require at least one Interest Group to support the Political Movement, with specific conditions for alignment and anger.

Cultural and religious traits now affect the Acceptance value, providing bonuses based on similarity to primary cultures and state religions.

Pops can now assimilate and convert to cultures or religions that offer a higher Acceptance value, subject to certain conditions.

The age of a Pop's cultural community in their state influences their Acceptance value.

The discrimination system is replaced with an Acceptance system, where each Pop has an Acceptance value between 0 and 100.

Pops can now have one of five Acceptance Statuses, ranging from Full Acceptance to Violent Hostility.

Enacting more progressive laws can improve Pops' Acceptance values, but with a delay in effectiveness.

The Cultures panel has been renamed to Society and restructured to include Acceptance Statuses and Religion.

Movements gain support through an attraction weight system based on their nature.

Agitators now prioritize their own ideology over Interest Group ideologies when supporting movements.

Rework changes Political Movements from temporary demands to long-term ideological forces.

Interest Groups can be influenced by multiple movements, affecting leader ideology selection.

Agitators now increase Pop Attraction instead of directly adding Support to movements.

Support and Radicalism are now represented as percentages between 0 and 100%.

Movements can now be Passive, Agitating, Protesting, or Rioting based on their Radicalism level.

Movements are categorized into Ideological, Cultural, and Religious types, each with unique agendas.

Established Companies will now have ownership over building levels, affecting only their owned buildings rather than all similar types.

Increased throughput and construction bonuses for Companies, applied only to buildings they own.

Added billboards on buildings to indicate Company ownership, featuring the Company’s logo.

Introduced a new tool for bulk nationalization of buildings, allowing players to nationalize multiple buildings at once with specific filters.

Introduce multiple levels of discrimination and improve the mechanics around assimilation.

Transform Political Movements into longer-term ideological movements with broader political agendas.

Introduce unpredictable harvest incidents that affect agricultural output over time.

Expand gameplay around agriculture with a new food availability factor affecting Pops.

Fixed a bug where the AI would sometimes not merge back temporary formations into their parent formations, resulting in a large number of armies with few or no battalions in each.

The AI will now prefer to first cancel constructions of government buildings over demolishing existing ones when trying to save money.

Now subjects subjugated through power bloc action will properly update ports and markets.

Fixed a bug where it was possible to Enforce Military Access on a subject who is opposing their overlord in a play or a war.

Fixed the bug when guarantee independence wouldn't join if the diplomatic play that was started outside of the current interests.

Fixed a crash to desktop that could happen upon enacting cooperative ownership.

Reduced AI naval spending targets from having a large overseas empire to prevent excessive British overspending on the navy.

Protectionism now has a +25% leverage resistance effect.

Added the prompt saying 'CTRL + click to set the levels to a minimum/maximum' directly to the Nationalization popup for better visibility.

Fixed a bug where Military Formations could establish a new basecamp somewhere else when they already had a valid one.

Fixed the bug when government buildings couldn't promote employees.

Fixed a bug where the AI would use 'Grant own Market' on subjects in cases where it did not make sense to do so.

Fixed bug where Force Nationalization Wargoal would only take state-owned buildings from the target, ignoring private-owned ones.

Fixed a bug where the AI would not evaluate Investment Rights and Join Power Bloc wargoals correctly when calculating its desire to dominate another country, resulting in adopting a less aggressive attitude than intended.

Fix/potential stack overflow in cpdxguitextdata.

Fixed the bug when fleets in non-home HQs wouldn't recover from being defeated.

Fixed CTD related to front distribution cache.

Several crashes fixed, including those related to building ownership transfers and GUI rendering on Mac.

Upcoming tool to facilitate nationalization efforts across multiple buildings in update 1.8.

Ensures armies do not reposition unnecessarily, improving military stability.

Improvements to UI system performance for smoother gameplay.

Now affects buildings owned by pops in the targeted country, allowing complete economic cut-off.

Narrowed conditions for rulers to abdicate or resign, addressing exploitation while retaining functionality.

Fix for bug where defeated Admirals were not restored after recovering manpower.

Enhancements to visibility for rapid nationalization of buildings.

Aristocrats no longer starve due to Subsistence farms suddenly raising wages for peasants.

Reduced the Infamy gained by Tibet's overlord if they refuse Tibet's subjugation in Tibet Expedition.

Fixed incomplete logic for AI evaluation of granting states to unrecognized and autonomous subjects.

Fixed Private Investment Pool behaviour under cooperative ownership.

Reduced starting radicals for countries with historical radicals, such as Argentina and Central America.

Infamy cost reduction for rebelling subjects is now properly applied to rebellious subjects not loyal subjects.

Fixed a rare Out of Sync caused by unsorted collecting from unordered map

Introducing a concept of national pride that affects legitimacy based on a country's actions.

Making navies more important for projecting global power and securing control of coasts.

Fixed a major issue that would prevent upgrading power bloc principles under some circumstances

Adding a proper system of military access and addressing rough edges in the frontline system.

Improving Companies to act as entities that can own and expand buildings and interact with politics.

Addressing the complexity of the trade system in large economies for better management.

Allowing peace deals to be negotiated during a Diplomatic Play.

Fixed an issue where privatization was not correctly checked sometimes, resulting in money being spent to privatize building levels that were already privatized

Adding a system for limited wars to reduce early-game global wars between Great Powers.

Turning individual ships into proper pieces of military hardware that can be built, sunk and repaired.

Making discrimination a more nuanced mechanic beyond binary status.

Adding more country, state, and region-specific content to enhance historical flavor.

Adding laws that expand on the diversity of countries and introduce new gameplay mechanics.

Making declaring and holding onto diplomatic Interests more rewarding and challenging.

Making improvements and additions to base game Journal Entries and events for meaningful interactions.

Finding a better solution for how ideologies appear and attract followers for reforms.

Turning legitimacy into a more interesting mechanic tied to government successes and failures.

Improving interactions with subjects, allowing for more autonomy through diplomatic actions.

Tweaking content like the Meiji Restoration and Alaska purchase for better AI performance.

Incorporating Interest Groups into diplomacy, affecting alliances and foreign relations.

Requires keeping the Shogunate out of power for 10 years.

Introduced at the game start.

Represents the historical Holy Alliance.

Negative catalyst with other members.

Now has subsistence pastures instead of rice farms.

Prevents invalid requests.

When having Civilizing Mission technology.

Applicable in non-capital states.

Added clarity to JE activation tooltip.

Prevents invalid elements from appearing.

Against unrecognized countries.

Due to incorrect catalyst firing.

Reflects their relations in 1836 more accurately.

Hong Kong starts with a port when taken as a Treaty Port.

New laws and cost reductions introduced.

With penalties for recognized leaders.

To reflect the diplomatic situation in 1836.

Introduced at the game start.

Update 1.7 includes significant performance improvements, making the game run faster and smoother.

The Sphere of Influence expansion has been released, introducing new gameplay mechanics and features.

Unrecognized Major Powers are now allowed to form Power Blocs.

The AI will now be more aggressive in late-game land grabbing in Africa.

The Great Game has been balanced to be less biased towards Britain.

User experience for leverage has been improved.

Resolved performance issues with the building browser when using the scrollbar.

Substantial improvements to the AI's ability to execute historical outcomes, including nation-forming.

The AI spending system has been rewritten for smarter data updates.

It has become harder to obtain reparations by occupying insignificant colonies.

Players can choose from five identities: Trade League, Sovereign Empire, Military Treaty, Ideological Union, and Religious Convocation.

Leaders can impose their state religion on members and boost conversion rates.

A new system called Power Blocs is being introduced with the Sphere of Influence DLC, featuring five distinct identities.

Leaders can add a secondary War Goal to Diplomatic Plays and have modifiers for military goods costs.

Update 1.7 is in need of more time for bug fixing and polish due to fundamental changes in game functionality.

Leaders can force regime changes in member countries, with specific conditions for execution.

Allows leaders to subjugate members as vassals and reduces Liberty Desire progress for subjects.

The release date for the Sphere of Influence expansion has been postponed to June 24th to allow for additional bug fixing and polish.

The update includes fundamental changes such as Building Ownership Revision and Power Blocs, which have resulted in balance and technical stability issues.

Members automatically become part of a Customs Union, with unique effects including free trade routes for the leader.

Officers now take only half the brunt of casualties compared to Servicemen.

Remixed all war sound effects.

Vanguardism is now unlocked by Political Agitation rather than Socialism.

Improved the performance of AI's journal entry interactions by reducing extraneous trigger checks.

Lobbies consist of Interest Groups that influence foreign relations and can trigger Diplomatic Catalysts.

New Diplomatic Actions for Overlords and Subjects, including managing payments and autonomy.

Made weapon reload sounds less repetitive.

Changed the progressiveness score of Theocracy law to -25 instead of -50.

Lowered the amount of convoys needed to complete Improve Supply Network Tutorial.

New Manor House and Financial District building model for each of the different cultural styles.

Experience the rivalry between Russia and Britain in Asia through a new gameplay objective.

Subjects now need at least 75 Liberty Desire to Expel Diplomats.

Added a new religion overview mapmode that displays the most prevalent religion in each state.

Complete rewrite of the modifier system to improve performance.

Reduced Police Institution reduction of Turmoil effects from 15% per level to 10%.

Increased farm sizes in some parts of Qing China to prevent immediate famines.

Added employment of 200 Clerks and 50 Bureaucrats to base Trade Center PM.

Reworked the Country & State right-click menu to be more compact and be less 'scrolly'.

Great Hunger Journal entry can no longer appear until at least 1837 and grain prices for the Journal Entry have been increased to 70%.

Added new clothes for power bloc members.

Players can form Power Blocs with different Identity pillars, offering strategic benefits.

Removed Infrastructure cost from Gold Fields.

Added various new triggers and modifiers for modding, including economic dependence and power bloc mechanics.

Taking states from your subjects (even to give to other subjects) now create diplomatic incidents.

Improved the layout and readability of the Peace Deal tab.

British and Japanese Intelligentsia are now Constitutionalist by default, rather than Republican.

Reduced the size of USA's navy slightly.

You can no longer build Fishing Wharfs in the states Ob or Upper Yeniseysk.

Enabled scripted_widget support for Victoria 3 (usage pattern same as in Crusader Kings III).

Easier than the norm to impose laws on Puppets and Personal Unions.

Added Financial District buildings 3D asset for Foreign Investment.

Added 85 new distinct appearances for historical characters, including rulers and generals.

Reduced the Sick Man of Europe modifier's prestige malus from -33% to -25%.

Added adjacencies to the southern Chilean Islands so that they are all connected.

Save games from version 1.6 or earlier are not compatible with 1.7 due to significant changes.

Increased the amount of academics and decreased the amount of clerks when bourgeoisie patronage production method is active on Art Academies.

Improved Ottawa river shape, Rio Uruguai river position, and added Kolyma river on the map.

Added distinct appearance and assets for Empress Dowager Cixi.

Fixed the starting Military Formations for Greece, Serbia, Two Sicilies, Papal States, Tuscany, Spain, and Portugal so that they no longer start with unit types they cannot recruit.

Fixed a voice stacking bug for the Naval Carrier that caused performance issues.

Added a fullscreen Building Registry screen.

Changed the required techs to research Gantry Cranes to include Screw Frigates.

Includes new loading screens, event illustrations, and character outfits.

Countries can build up another country's industries through Foreign Investment Rights.

Significant changes to the map and population setups in Persia, Central Asia, and the Russian Empire.

Visual improvements made to the Southern Bessarabian strip as part of Romania’s Journal Entry.

New cultures added in North America: Seminoles, Salish, Bannocks, and Athabaska.

A new starting Journal Entry detailing the conquest and displacement of the Seminole peoples.

More straits added to resolve colonization issues between Argentina and Chile.

New states added and cultural divisions reworked based on the 1897 census.

The Baltic Governorates introduced as a German-cultured puppet under the Russian Empire.

Noongar culture returns along with Wati and Miring to reduce Anglo control in the Outback.

Confucianism introduced as the state religion for China, Korea, and Vietnam.

Three new cultures added: Luri, Mazanderani, and Chitrali.

Introduces types for diplomatic interactions, allowing for more nuanced gameplay.

Allows diplomatic pacts to apply modifiers to both involved parties, enhancing gameplay dynamics.

Adds new triggers and modifiers for enhanced scripting capabilities in modding.

Overhauls the modifier system to improve performance and reduce unnecessary recalculations.

Introduces a new way to display data in journal entries with multiple configurable progress bars.

Ports over the scripted widgets system from Crusader Kings III for enhanced modding capabilities.

Introduced new clothing options for characters, including military outfits.

Introduced a new map mode for religion and upgraded the culture map mode to show significant minorities.

Allies can now select their own war goals when called into a conflict.

Overlords can now support revolutionary sides during their subjects' revolutions.

Players can now initiate multiple wars simultaneously, enhancing strategic options.

Subjects with high liberty desire may support enemies in exchange for independence.

New truces that prevent one side from initiating conflict with the other.

Added two new pacts allowing countries to support or guarantee the independence of other nations.

Migration laws will now only restrict pops from moving out of or into the country, allowing internal migration.

Privately-owned buildings will downsizing automatically if vacancies are not filled.

Added new companies for Sphere of Influence owners and several available for all players.

Diplomatic Actions tooltips have been upgraded to Cooltips for better structure and flexibility.

Right-click menus have been streamlined, with common actions moved to headers and grouped under drop-down menus.

Animated arrows on the map indicate ownership and goods flow between buildings, enhancing visual clarity.

A new feature allowing players to form and lead Power Blocs, complete with unique visualizations and mechanics.

New visualizations for building ownership have been implemented, using horizontal bars to represent ownership distribution.

The Diplomacy panel has been improved to enhance user interaction with Subjects, making it more central and interactable.

A new info panel for Political Lobbies has been added, showing Interest Group support and actions affecting Appeasement.

Players can create and customize their own Emblem and Statues for their Power Bloc.

Two new building types added, each with unique looks for different visual cultures.

New historical character DNAs and outfits related to The Great Game.

85 free historical character appearances created in collaboration with Timothy 'Galactic Cactus' Hicks.

A new Paper Map inspired by minimalistic maps from the era.

A large number of new event images covering different aspects of The Great Game rivalry.

Introduction of new companies and their emblems, including big oil companies and legendary ale.

Sphere of Influence will release on Jun 24, 2024.

A new map mode visualizes Power Blocs using the chosen patterns and colors for emblems.

A variety of new achievement icons with easter eggs and pop culture references.

New interface assets to accommodate Subject Improvements, Lobbies, and Diplomacy improvements.

Major addition of Power Blocs with new visual elements including clothing assets, customizable statues, and emblems.

Persia gains a journal entry to pursue expansionist ambitions, including claims on Central Asia.

The Request Embassy action raises progress towards Recognised status by 10% for each Great Power that accepts.

A new journal entry allows unrecognised major powers to work towards being recognised nations.

All Afghan states start with the Afghan Reunification Journal Entry active, allowing appeals for military and diplomatic support.

Korea receives a journal entry representing the Donghak Movement, affecting peasant revolutions.

Both Circassia and the Caucasian Imamate receive journal entries for their roles in the Caucasian War.

New expedition mechanics for exploring the Himalayas with potential diplomatic ramifications.

Unique objectives for Russia, Britain, Persia, Kabul, Herat, and Kandahar to enhance gameplay.

New subgoal for Russia to acquire territories from China and solidify its borders.

Event introducing Kenesary Kasymuli's rise against Russian rule in Kazakhstan.

A new objective that guides players through the historical rivalry between Russia and Britain in Asia.

A new journal entry for Russia detailing the ongoing conflict in the Caucasus region.

Players can now see the reasons behind AI countries' attitude changes through tooltips and diplomatic map modes.

AI countries will now adjust their Strategic Desire based on Diplomatic Catalysts, making their behavior more transparent and understandable.

A new system that affects how Political Lobbies are created and how diplomatic AI behaves towards other countries.

The AI's method for selecting Strategic Desires has been updated to be influenced by specific diplomatic occurrences rather than a hidden progress bar.

A new feature allowing Interest Groups to form Political Lobbies with specific foreign policy agendas.

The Lobbies system is fully moddable, allowing for the creation of new lobby types.

Four types of Political Lobbies introduced: Pro-Country, Anti-Country, Pro-Overlord, and Anti-Overlord.

Pro-Country Lobbies facilitate diplomacy, while Anti-Country Lobbies hinder it.

A new action that allows countries to financially support Political Lobbies in target countries.

Lobbies have an Appeasement score that affects Interest Group approval and diplomatic actions.

Economic Dependence measures how dependent one country is on another's economy, influencing Liberty Desire and trade dynamics.

Subjects can now request increased autonomy, demand states, request payment relief, and more based on their Liberty Desire.

New pact allows countries to support subjects declaring independence, increasing Liberty Desire progression.

Four new AI strategies added: Break Free, Increased Self-Reliance, Maintain Autonomy, and Integrate with Suzerain.

Players can now impose laws on subjects directly from the Subjects tab with improved feedback on enactment chances.

Liberty Desire measures the autonomy and independence pressing issues for subjugated nations, influencing AI behavior and player strategies.

Overlords can now increase/decrease autonomy, grant states, exempt subjects from service, and appoint colonial governors.

A core version of Power Blocs will be available for free, allowing players to recreate shared markets.

Countries with higher Prestige can initiate a Power Struggle to take leadership of the Bloc.

Leverage is used to invite other countries into a Power Bloc and maintain their membership.

Power Blocs are multinational associations led by a Great or Major Power, allowing players to assemble and customize their own Bloc.

Players can choose Principles that provide effects to all members of the Bloc, with tiers enhancing benefits.

Players can customize the name, emblem, color, and map pattern of their Power Bloc.

Cohesion measures how well countries fit together in a Power Bloc, affecting Leverage gain and Principle Mandate generation.

Power Blocs revolve around Central Identity Pillars that define their values and provide special abilities to leaders.

Based on player feedback.

New mechanic that affects actions between subjects and overlords based on economic intertwining.

Occurred when moving around the map while the game was paused.

Happened if the country had a very long construction queue.

New content addition with objectives and journal entries focused on the historical Great Game between Russia and Britain.

Sorts on the correct value now.

New diplomatic actions for overlords and subjects, including autonomy changes and market management.

AI participants may compute the worth of its sways incorrectly.

Now fails properly if Brazil joins another market.

Revised mechanics allowing owners to be different from workers and enabling selective nationalization or privatization.

Multinational associations formed by high-ranking countries with customizable identities and principles.

Resolved performance impact caused by errors in South American cultures.

Prevents repeated toggling with disastrous results in a fluctuating market.

Interest Groups can now join Lobbies with foreign policy agendas based on diplomatic conditions.

Governments and private investors can construct buildings in other countries with certain diplomatic pacts.

Migration would almost entirely stop if a culture had no states to migrate to.

Related to commander order script.

Surprise release of the Train Bonus Pack featuring new locomotives.

Investigating reports of performance being affected on certain machines, particularly AMD CPUs.

Addressed the Mac crash related to sea nodes.

Corrected the reversal of Radicals and Loyalists in the Census Panel.

Addressed script errors that may cause large error logs.

Fixed a crash occurring in the Census panel.

Fixed an issue where embargoes were not allowed below Poor Relations.

Resolved an issue causing crashes after a few years of gameplay at the start on Mac.

Domestic interest groups will influence foreign policy objectives and relations with other countries.

New events, journal entries, and decisions inspired by the British and Russian rivalry in Central Asia.

Players can start a Diplomatic Play to seize foreign assets in their country.

A free pack including ten new 3D models of train engines from various countries, available for all Victoria 3 owners.

Sphere of Influence expansion pack will be released on May 6, 2024, and is available for pre-order.

New actions and systems for diplomatic relations, including Power Bloc customization and foreign investment mechanics.

Players can build monuments to emphasize their bloc’s influence over world events.

Optimized migration system to reduce the number of Pops by avoiding fragmentation during migration.

Restructured and renamed defines for modders to update with the new migration system.

Pops can now only migrate to states within their Cultural Community, reducing fragmentation.

Mass migrations now operate independently with their own conditions and limits.

Added clearer displays for mass migration eligibility and new map modes for migration tracking.

Migration now prioritizes whole Pops instead of fragmenting them, improving performance.

Tooltip now clearly explains hiring capabilities of buildings.

Initial implementation of tables in tooltips for clearer information.

The tooltip now includes better contextual information and clearer hierarchy.

Scroll positions are now saved when navigating between panels.

Layout adjustments allow for easier access to country attitudes and strategies.

Added 'Condensed' and 'Full' modes for construction list items.

Tooltip predictions now consider more factors for accuracy.

Now shows only qualifications that are realistically employable.

Markers are now collected per State to reduce map clutter.

New button for upgrading all formations and units in a group.

New tools for moving units, including text input and sliders.

Notifications are now color-coded for quicker information access.

Most lists are now sortable and filterable for better usability.

Notifications now clearly state what could cause pacts to break.

The popup has been redesigned for better clarity on country alignment.

Added columns for Literacy, Job Satisfaction, and Needs.

Added markers for ongoing pacts, attitudes, and relations.

Outliner now features tabs for better organization and additional information.

Addressed an out-of-bounds access crash related to Military Path Arrows.

Resolved a crash caused by peace deals allowing to-be-annexed countries to press conquer state wargoals.

Resolved a crash that occurred due to issues with Military Path Arrow length.

A new interface inspired by Victoria 2’s Pop Interface, providing a comprehensive overview of the country's population.

Update 1.6 will address bug fixes, performance work, UX, and AI improvements.

Performance improvements specifically targeting military pathfinding.