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[p][/p][p][/p][p]Hallo Victorians, and a happy Tuesday![/p][p]
While people are slowly coming back into the office from their summer breaks, we are diving right back into action with some exciting news. Today we announce the release date of Expansion Pass 2’s first Immersion Pack, National Awakening, which will come alongside the free 1.10 Update.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As the name suggests, National Awakening will lead you through the rise of new nations. With a focus on the Austrian Empire and the Balkan region, you will get to experience both the struggle of the old empires to remain intact, and the ambitions of their nationalist competitors. Will you maintain control over your empire, or will you choose to fight for the independence of your nation? Will your people be subjects, or will they be citizens?[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Within National Awakening, you will navigate a tumultuous time in the Austrian Empire, deciding the fate of Hungary and the structure of the Empire as a whole.[/p][p]In the Balkan region, you will face the struggle for independence and national unification, placing your nation in conflict with the traditional empires that dominate the region. New states forming out of the ashes of empires will create a dynamic environment for events to unfold in the minor countries like Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro, and provide opportunities to realize the ambition of a unified South Slavic state.[/p][p]This new content, along with improvements to the mechanics of nationalism, should make any new playthrough in the region a lot more engaging.[/p][p]
See this infographic for a handy summary of National Awakening’s contents (click to get the full view):[/p][p][/p][p]National Awakening and the accompanying free 1.10 Update will be released on the 23rd of September and is included in Expansion Pass 2. If you wish to buy it on its own, it’s going to cost €9,99. Check out the Steam store page for screenshots and wishlist it there![/p][p][/p][p]As we usually do, we will dive deeper into all the content of the Immersion Pack with Dev Diaries in the coming weeks, starting with the changes coming in the free 1.10 Update.[/p][p]We are kicking off this phase next week already, when Narrative Design Lead Victoria will guide us through some coming changes that touch upon the central themes of National Awakening: Cultural Fervour and our rework to Culture and Religion traits. Be sure to check back in for that![/p][p][/p][p]I also want to mention that we have one final patch planned for the 1.9 Update. Currently planned to release next week, 1.9.8 will bring a slew of bugfixes and smaller quality of life improvements.[/p][p][/p][p]Until then, enjoy your rare happy Tuesday![/p][p]
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[p]Happy Thursday Victorians![/p][p][/p][p]Hotfix 1.9.7 is now live! This hotfix contains some critical fixes including a frequent crash when looking at a states population tab, autonomous investments not updating target states and more![/p][p][/p][p]We do have one issue regarding games started on 1.9.6, you can read about that and a work around for it below. Fresh 1.9.7 saves are not affected by this issue. [/p][p][/p][h2]1.9.6 Saves[/h2][p]
If you are continuing a 1.9.6 save on 1.9.7, any expenses from a transfer goods article will stay with you after the treaty is withdrawn and will not be displayed as an expense on your balance. [/p][p]
To get around this, you can do anything that updates the diplomatic actions or pacts of you and the nation you were transferring goods with, the easiest example would be to start and stop the Improving Relations action with the target, this should update and clear the invisible expense.[/p][hr][/hr][p]As always please report any bugs on our bug reporting forums! We have also updated the Known Issues post for 1.9 with fixed issues![/p][p][/p][p]Check out the full patchnotes below! Checksum is ‘1741’[/p][h2]AI[/h2]

• [p]Fixed a bug where autonomous investment would not update its state target for a building type but instead construct the same building in the same state over and over[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the AI would not construct a sufficient number of ports to fix critical convoy shortages[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug which was preventing the AI from establishing new military formations in some cases[/p]
• [p]Fixed another issue that was preventing the AI from withdrawing from enforced treaties[/p]
• [p]The AI is now fine with building Railways in states that have sufficient Infrastructure, if those Railways would be profitable[/p]
• [p]Improved the AI's ability to prioritize spending on government buildings when its current spending is far below its desired targets[/p]

[h2]Balance[/h2]

• [p]The Boer States now start out guaranteed by Britain as per the Anti-Cheese Treaties of 1836[/p]
• [p]Gaza now starts with an army[/p]

[h2]Interface​[/h2]

• [p]Treaties now get their own budget entry in the budget tooltip, rather than being nested under the Diplomatic Pacts entry[/p]

[h2]Bugfixes​[/h2]

• [p]Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when viewing a state's population tab[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug when the regional HQ kept investing despite a broken foreign investment pact[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where an overlord capitulating would sometimes not enforce wargoals targeting their subjects in the same play[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the winning revolutionary side would disband all original country companies instead of transferring them[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that would cause enforced money transfer articles to not be properly accounted for when capitulating[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that would cause money transfer articles to transfer twice the stated amount[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that would cause money transfer and goods transfer articles to not be properly frozen when the two bound countries get involved in a war on opposite sides[/p]
• [p]Fixed the wrong country being shown for diplomatic stance acceptance factor for existing treaties[/p]

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[/p][p]Previous Patchnotes[/p][p]1.9.0 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.4 | 1.9.5 | 1.9.6[/p][p]
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