Hearts of Iron IV

Patch 1.19.4 adds automation for resource trading and diplomatic responses, a repair priority queue and volunteer recall, and folds in the Summer Edition open beta's tank, doctrine and faction-rule balance changes.

• —Faction-rule penalties halved: Declare War Faction Leader Only now costs 5 percent Stability and War Support (was 10); Call to War costs 5 and 2.5 percent political power (were 10 and 5).
• —Volunteers can be recalled when none are encircled, with a long cooldown; pings now show the sending nation's flag.
• —SAM missiles are roughly nine times stronger; motorized infantry HP rises from 25 to 27.5 and cavalry gains 20 percent breakthrough.
• —Multiplayer fixes include the division designer losing changes on autosave, a BBA rocket-engine out-of-sync, and server ID and password masking.

Paradox sketched Industrial Parks, a building tied to a corporation and to the state it sits in, producing only equipment matching its profile and drawing bonuses from local resources. The follow-up answers feedback on the earlier military production diary.

• —Industrial Parks come in Military and Shipyard variants, each tied to a corporation.
• —A park draws bonuses from the state it sits in, including cheaper production from locally sourced resources.
• —Its factories form their own production sub-section, separate from the national pool.
• —Names, systems, balance and art are all explicitly placeholder.

Three modders working with Paradox showed early focus trees for a future Romania DLC. Romania starts friendly with France and Poland, and focuses that shift its partners unlock decisions built on the International Cooperation mechanic.