Victoria 3

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Now it's waiting for the first player that keep hormuz closed the entire game

[Syt]

[Tamas]

Lol authentic central European experience

[Syt]

Upcoming character changes look nice - especially for the future (getting closer and closer to cabinets ).

[The Minsky Moment]

The DLC themselves look kind of meh (of course I got them) but the free update looks fantastic.

The interest changes are huge I think.  Should make plays more realistic and cut down on exploits involving early conquests of minors all over the globe.  Buried the lead a bit on that. A lot can be tweaked and modded on that. Also good to see they are prioritizing supply as that was really driving me up the wall in this game. Watching eg the Russians with their crappy fleet maintaining a half a million expeditionary force in Brazil was just ridiculous.

Just changing the ships into actual ships is a big overdue improvement there.

[Syt]

I'll be happy if it stops the US from going for protectorates in Italy in the 1850s, or Britain conquering Southern China.

[Syt]

Change log:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-181-the-great-wave-update-1-13-changelog.1918490/

Very long, so not reposting here.

[Syt]

Was playing a bit yesterday - last time (hopefully) where it's trivial to send 200 divisions from one end of the world to the other.

Started as UK, mainly to stomp the USA - liberated New Africa, New England and that Indian state in New York, plus conquered the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming colonies for the HBC.

But the game as Britain is a bit boring. You're the biggest bully on the block so you can basically do whatever. Also, 60+ subjects are annoying to manage, plus I had maxed out my power bloc tenets within 15 years ... and then switched one (and maxed it again) within a few more years.

More damning, though, there's little bespoke content for Britain at this point, unlike e.g. France, Spain or Austria who all had content updates.

I know GB is easy mode unless you want to go off the rails, but this was even more so than I thought.

[Valmy]

They made a country so powerful they just assumed nobody would play it 

Guys, you named the game Victoria FFS.

[Syt]

DLC is live, but there's a few known issues to ba aware of, I guess:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/known-issues-update-1-13.1919129/

Known Issues 1.13

• All saves of a previous version of the game will not work and may crash due to the changes implemented in game.
• Due to updated shaders, the game may load a bit longer the first time loading the game.
• Users with specific hardware (mainly Intel i9 13900K) might encounter very frequent crashes. This is likely due to issues tied to the CPU itself and should at this point be solvable by updating your BIOS. The process to update your BIOS is specific to the motherboard you have, so make sure to consult the Motherboard manual, contact the manufacturer or vendor for assistance if you are not able to perform the update yourself.
• If Ironman Cloud Save is enabled, ensure you have enough free space by deleting old saves or use local saves for better stability.
• When unlocking special production methods (PMs) via certain principles (e.g., transportation III or food standardization), locked PMs may incorrectly display default PMs instead of the special ones.
• Power Bloc Statue constructions become NULL_OBJ after leaving a power bloc.
• Some Linux players are experiencing crashes, which are linked to the Steam Linux Runtime, not the game itself. Workarounds you can try:
• Launch the game directly via the command line (bypassing Steam).
• Launch the game in Steam using Proton (this runs the Windows version instead).
• Pops do not get hired to a building with high dividend income due to low wage.
• Armies embarked to a front are not mobilized during a war.
• Springtime of the People becomes active too early.
• AI creates dozens of formations with one or two units.
• AI doesn't disband all obsolete ships late game.
• Army formations can get stuck out at sea.
• Military Ship maintenance is not hooked into shipyards.
• Ottomans have double the maneuvers than anyone else.
• Agitator/Politician General is cleared of roles when exiled but is not cleared from being a general of a formation.
• Marines are ignoring the marine carry capacity limit.
• No tooltip for armies cut off from supplies that the supply route is unavailable.
• Unlocalized mine in Kyoto (HUB_NAME_STATE_KYOTO_mine)
• Renegotiating "make this work" adds negative acceptance articles.
• Costs of war not calculating military goods.
• AI unable to manage crew deficit and build naval administration buildings.
• Naval Administrations sometimes cannot be built in a save.
• The Iwakura Mission can unseat the Emperor.
• Emperor role does not have its own category in outliner.
• Cannot colonize states that only have impassable provinces.
• Number of penalty issues for breaking Ship Transfer treaty.
• Ship Transfer treaty appears when drafting a treaty with a landlocked country.
• Carlist Spain cannot get supplies in two states.
• Text not updated for achievement Everyone Disliked That.
• Improve Supply network tutorial mission isn't updated.
• Supply Ships have no models in the Naval Battle window.
• DLC icons are misplaced on the event windows.
• Generals creating coups can be removed to dismantle the coup.
• Armies may be able to travel through neutral countries to reach inaccessible fronts.
• Flagship button greyed out without explanation.
• During a Civil war, a fleet can belong to one side and shipyards to the other, resulting in ship loss due to lack of maintenance.
• Ships can end up with the name MINE.
• Interest Group negotiations can trigger Trade Center demand for countries with Sakoku or Canton System trade policy law.
• Re-sync after an Out of Sync during multiplayer can cause an Out of Sync relating to Countries Ai Ships ShipConstructionManager.
• Ships can be decommissioned from a fleet carrying troops.
• Some Supply Ships are lost when splitting them on revolution breakout.
• Retired commanders don't become politicians.
• A conscript-only army formation cannot be stationed in another state that has land connection to their current location.
• AI doesn't assign generals to marine formations that are navally invading causing naval invasions to stall.
• Magnates with 0 holdings will display a visible placeholder icon in their holdings list.
• Army upkeep tooltip does not add up.
• Blockade graphics are not visible on the 3D map.
• 'Tropical Storm' harvest conditions can appear in the non tropical areas.
• Locality does not always add to 100%.
• Unlocalized USA ship names.
• Ship Construction cannot be paused if only Supply Ships are being built.
• Misleading tooltip when attempting to establish a Colony in a region with insufficient Interest.
• Toast for Heir becoming Ruler title not showing correct title.
• The Logistics Center for "Army" is called "Land".
• When the defensive side leader gives up to the unification play ultimatum, unifier gets the capital state of said country.
• Supply ships count as military units once they are engaged in battles.
• Japanese officer pops are wearing peasant clothing without The Great Wave Expansion.
• AI creates multiple 1 ship fleets and does not merge them into one fleet.

[Syt]

Ok, they clarified that some items "sound worse than they are" and some are already fixed on release, brining the list down to 50 items, with more being addressed by a hotfix coming in next two days.

[Tamas]

Thanks Syt, I might wait for the hotfix.

[The Minsky Moment]

I just assume it's a ~2 week wait after a major expansion drop to play a proper version.

[The Minsky Moment]

• Ships can end up with the name MINE.

Minesweepers super overpowered in this patch.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

• Ships can end up with the name MINE.

Minesweepers super overpowered in this patch.

in the french version it's "MIME"