Welcome to the new open beta of Hearts of Iron 4: Operation Alpha
Hello generals! May is here and with it comes a new open beta, this time for Operation Alpha! As usual, this patch includes balance changes, bug fixes, and something for the great modders among you. Additionally, we have been working on language support for Simplified Chinese. This means that all of our new developer diaries will now be translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. And this is just the beginning of what we have planned for our non-English speaking generals!
Localization and Balance Adjustments in Hearts of Iron 4
In this open beta, we have made some interesting changes. Here are some of the key updates in the areas of localization and balance:
- Added support for Simplified Chinese language.
- Lord Halifax now has two leader traits and reduces requirements when forming the Imperial Federation/Commonwealth of Nations with the British Raj.
- When using Lord Halifax to annex the British Raj as part of the Imperial Federation, India will face stronger resistance.
- Fixed issue: Non-MTG ships had incorrect base speeds.
- Increased maximum speed and agility factor by 1.0, boosting the maximum effect of these values in air combat.
User Interface and Modding Improvements
We have also made some adjustments to the user interface and added support for modders. Here are the key changes:
- Available medals are now visible on army screens for division commanders.
- New Hearts of Iron IV YouTube channel link added to menus.
- Added effect remove_civil_war_target (for modders).
Bug Fixes in Hearts of Iron 4: Operation Alpha
Of course, we have also fixed some bugs to further improve the player experience. Some of the key bug fixes include:
- Fixed an issue in the Press-on-Government event chain for Italy and the Soviets where the feedback event communicating the decision to the target was sent to the target instead of the sender.
- Playing as a released country now persists in Ironman saves.
- Observers retain the observed country during hotjoin and resync.
- Fixed issue: License production access was not restored when loading a save file.
- Democratic Italy can now send volunteers to Spain after completing the aid focus for the Spanish Republic.
- Fixed issue: Belgian Congo sometimes switches to Germany after Belgium's surrender.
The War Effort card update is not included in this patch, it will come with the release of the patch. We wish you all a great weekend and see you next week with even more exciting news!
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