Hello everyone!

Version 0.88.4 is now available for everyone!

This update combines all beta changelogs along with recent changes to bring a more balanced and polished experience.

A huge thank you to everyone who provides feedback, reports bugs, and helps make this community amazing! Your support is truly appreciated. 💙

Betas changelogs:
🔗0.88.2
🔗0.88.3

Important Notes About This Version:
✔️ This version is available to everyone in both the default and beta branches.
⚠️ Old saves cannot be loaded into this version.

Enjoy the update, and as always, keep the feedback coming!

New Features
[ADD] Tariffs.
[ADD] Provinces now introduce resource availability and an extraction mechanic where resources will eventually run out.
[ADD] Extraction projects to reveal resources in provinces (e.g., fertilization, tree planting, and deeper resource discovery through digging projects).
[ADD] 6 new technologies related to agriculture and forestry.

Console Commands
[CONSOLE] fast_design command (instantly completes unit designs).
[CONSOLE] fast_deploy command (instantly deploys units on the map).
[CONSOLE] fast_projects command (instantly completes projects successfully).
[CONSOLE] no_exploit command (prevents resource extraction from provinces, allowing infinite mining).

Quality of Life Improvements
[QOL] Offers will now be sorted by the closest date first.

Gameplay Changes
[CHANGE] Internal adjustments to laws and policy costs, significantly increasing expenditures in highly developed countries.
[CHANGE] Civilian losses will now contribute to the war score calculation.
[CHANGE] Balancing adjustments for various needs (apartments, education capacity, transportation, addiction cases, and elderly care).
[CHANGE] Soldiers now provide less military power in battles, making armored units more preferable.
[CHANGE] Revised military power calculations for increased realism.
[CHANGE] Population growth will receive a boost in low-GDP per capita countries to better reflect real-world trends.
[CHANGE] Removed the happiness penalty for low-happiness protests, making happiness recovery more challenging in certain countries.
[CHANGE] Units will now instantly return to their original base after a war instead of being sent to inventory.
[CHANGE] Improved integration between carriers and amphibious ships for naval transportation (only carriers can transport aircraft, while amphibious ships can carry land units).
[CHANGE] Enhanced military unit text clarity, particularly for lower resolutions.
[CHANGE] Added a necessity factor for trade deals (AI will now avoid purchasing resources it doesn’t need).
[CHANGE] Decreased air damage to land units by 30%.
[CHANGE] AI will now respond more realistically to civilian casualties and nuclear threats, reducing the likelihood of war declarations during major civilian crises or nuclear bombings.

World Map changes
[MAP] Fixed multiple blank spots on the map.
[MAP] Merged many small provinces into larger ones to prevent excessively small areas.

Bug Fixes
[FIX] Resolved an issue causing loading to get stuck at 67%.
[FIX] Infantry and special forces are now properly updated during annual personnel recruitment.
[FIX] Fixed the news ticker appearing and disappearing in the wrong locations.
[FIX] Resolved an issue where manufacturing always produced one unit per day.
[FIX] Fixed units getting stuck in countries that recently signed a peace treaty.
[FIX] Naval units can now return to base correctly.
[FIX] Fixed an issue where units got stuck in annexed countries while still in a battle state.
[FIX] Post-processing issues resolved, improving overall graphics quality.
[FIX] Auto-save option now works properly.
[FIX] Kindergartens are now correctly included in the education sector.
[FIX] Numerous UI fixes.
[FIX] Fixed an issue where nukes could not be produced in saved games.
[FIX] Resolved arithmetic exceptions that caused countries to become non-clickable over time and resulted in multiple NaN values.

Hello everyone!

I've noticed that most of the feedback I've received lately highlights the lack of tutorials and guidance. Because of that, I’ve made tutorials a top priority. This update introduces two new tutorials: Military and Economy (with a Diplomacy tutorial coming in the next patch and a Politics tutorial once the political system is implemented).

This version also includes adjustments to happiness calculations, as I’ve seen many players struggling to achieve a reasonable increase in happiness, especially in countries that already have low happiness levels.

Of course, there are also bug fixes! I’ve addressed the most urgent ones so far, while others are still under investigation and will be fixed in future patches.

I would love to hear your feedback on the new tutorials, as I want to expand them even further. If you feel there’s any missing information or anything I should add, please let me know!

Thank you all for your support, and I hope this update makes your gameplay even more enjoyable!

This version supports old saved games (from previous version in the Beta branch) and is available for both Mac and Windows users

New Features

• [ADD] Truce system – After signing peace, a truce will be active for 5 years, preventing the player/AI from declaring war during that timeframe.
  
• [ADD] War doctrines (bombing/conquering) – Allows forces to destroy cities and purge populations.
  
• [ADD] Military tutorial.
  
• [ADD] Economic tutorial.
  
• [ADD] Personnel recruitment campaigns – Boosts recruitment for the following year.

Gameplay Changes

• [CHANGE] Improved AI reactions to global events to make them more logical.
  
• [CHANGE] Enhanced AI behavior in aerial operations.
  
• [CHANGE] AI will now launch nuclear missiles.
  
• [CHANGE] Added pictures to some UI panels for better immersion.
  
• [CHANGE] Adjustments to happiness calculations.

Bug Fixes

• [FIX] AI not pressuring for peace.
  
• [FIX] Spain’s aircraft carrier had 20K HP, causing extreme costs and designer attribute issues.
  
• [FIX] Issue where escorted squadrons/divisions would be lost when attempting to disembark at an invalid location.
  
• [FIX] Disembarkation could occur anywhere instead of requiring a coastal province (fleets now automatically find a coastal point before disembarking selected groups).
  
• [FIX] Adding a pending resource to a trade deal could result in an incorrect amount.
  
• [FIX] Annexing countries could lead to negative populations and NaN values in various places.
  
• [FIX] Loading could get stuck at 95% due to multiple issues with unit loading on the map.
  
• [FIX] All trade deals were set to 10 years, even when signed for different durations.
  
• [FIX] Auto-tracking in Intelligence would keep oil tracking indefinitely.
  
• [FIX] Building media facilities took longer than displayed and built more than ordered.
  
• [FIX] The new year calculation could cause an exception when loading a saved game (no year report).
  
• [FIX] System settings were not saved when returning to the main menu.