Hearts of Iron IV Version 1.12.13 Update Patch Notes Issue Bug Fixes

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Hearts of Iron IV has received update 1.12.13. Today’s Patch is the last for the War Effort Initiative cycle. In addition to the changes and fixes, it also adds local localization for Simplified Chinese. Conversely, Paradox Development Studio will wind down the initiative for the time being as they move on to other lines of development. Without further ado, let us check out today’s War Effort- Operation Alpha Update 1.12.13 for Hearts of Iron IV.

Hearts of Iron IV May 16, 2023 Update Patch Notes

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Localization

Added Simplified Chinese language support

Balance

Lord Halifax now has two leadership traits and reduces the requirements of 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.
The dev team fixed non-MTG ships having incorrect base speeds.
The Dev Increased the greatest speed and agility factor diff by 1.0, increasing the maximum effect of these stats on air combat.

UI

Available medals are now present on army screens for Divisional Commanders.
The Dev team Added a new Hearts of Iron IV YouTube channel link to menus.

Modding

Added effect remove_civil_war_target.

Hearts of Iron IV Bugfix

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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.
Playing as a released country is now persistent over saves in Ironman.
Observers now retain the observed country on hot join and resynch.
Fixed License Production Access that could not restore when reloading a saved file.
Democratic Italy can now send volunteers to Spain after completing the Aid for Spanish Republic focus.
Fix for Belgium Congo sometimes flipping to Germany after Belgium capitulates.

Hearts of Iron IV is available on PC, while today’s update, 1.12.13, is available on its official Steam page.