Hearts of Iron IV Update 1.12.3: Performance Improvements and Bug Fixes

By Rohit George Published 10/06/22 EDT

Strategy game Hearts of Iron IV received several performance improvements and bug fixes in the recently updated game version, Avalanche 1.12.3.

Performance Improvements

There’s great news for players struggling with low VRAM. The developers applied tweaks so now only the required fonts to display the chosen game language are loaded to reduce the VRAM usage.

Bug Fix for the Italian

The developers fixed an issue where the Italian were able to build factories in states with no Italian control. Now, the Italian can only build in places they control as intended.

Hearts of Iron IV Update 1.12.3

Stability and Performance

Fixed CTD when showing resources with invalid ownership.
Further Peace Conference AI balance changes, unaligned nations will now mostly embrace Empire, and take land for themselves. England now has a slight preference for coastal regions. AI is slightly less keen on multi-puppeting in multi-faction scenarios.
Added VRAM usage to the ingame profiler UI.
Fixed failure to create DX11 device on Windows 7 without KB 2670838. For the love of god please run windows update.

Bug Fixes

Added fallback state targets for a number of Italian focuses building factories in case they are already using all building slots.
Cze AI can now go alt history.
Luis Maria Martinzez is now avaiable again.
Communist USA can no longer annex the entirety of the Soviet union and be at peace by not joining the call to arms.
Moved port close to Hamburg closer to inland so that you can see which province its in.
Added images for Ethiopian medals.
Added bypasses to several German focuses if Germany is already in a faction and is not the faction leader; they shouldn't be able to invite other countries into the Faction.
Fixed issue with Italian Occupation of Ethiopia decision category preventing decisions related to electrify states from showing up if Ethiopia had capitulated before going into exile.
Fix for Republican Spain on historic focuses post-civil war has no cores.
Fix low probability CTD when a hull, chassis or airframe research completes and multiple equipment variants are auto-upgraded to it.
Fixed bug where decision to form the Holy Roman Empire wasn't granting Ticino.
You can now pick Unite our nations and Finno-estionian supremacy league again.
Italy can now negotiate colonial claims with Ethiopia's host nation.
Fixed bug where Vojvodina annexed Hungary.
Achievement Not Today now shows a previously invisible trigger.
Fixed issue in You Shall Not Pass Achievement making it available regardless of Switzerland winning a defensive war or an offensive one.
Cohesion settings should no longer cause some units to refuse to move to the frontline, however units may relocate somewhat further if they drop behind a swift advance. Incidentally fixed idle unit recognition for army group orders.