Victoria 3 Update 1.6 Patch Notes – March 6, 2024

A major Victoria 3 game update 1.6 is available to download on PC(Steam). According to the official Victoria 3 patch notes, the latest update features a variety of quality of life changes, balancing, bugfixes and a number of new features. Apart from this, today’s Victoria 3 patch 1.6 also includes stability fixes.

Previously, a major Victoria 3 update 1.4 added various quality-of-life changes and fixes. Unfortunately, players have been experiencing several issues with the Victoria 3 save files. Today’s Victoria 3 patch 1.6 will address a few of these issues.

Check out more details below.

Victoria 3 1.6 Patch Notes – March 6, 2024

New Features:

• Migration System Rework: Cultural Communities now limit where pops might migrate, enhancing late-game performance and user experience.
• Census Data Panel: A new filterable and sortable fullscreen panel provides deep insights into your population.
• Voice of the People Enhancements: Additional content for abdicating during revolutions, resigning from office, and character interactions in countries with Secret Police.

Improvements:

• Newly spawned countries inheriting war goals will now be automatically targeted with new wars at no additional infamy.
• Formation merging improvements, allowing more flexible retargeting of formations during merges.
• Introduction of a new Leisure category, replacing Art pop need, for self-actualization of the wealthiest pops.
• Diplomatic plays now occur in the subject’s capital, not the overlord’s.
• Overlords can no longer switch sides in diplomatic plays.
• Native uprisings now have the native country as attacker, no longer preventing colonizing countries from starting plays.
• Various interface enhancements including migration maps, tooltips, and UI optimizations.

Balance Changes:

• Various adjustments to population needs, job satisfaction, and resource outputs.
• Reduction of penalties on decentralized nations to prevent mass starvation.
• Rebalancing of starting situations for countries with Military Formations.
• Technology advancements affecting interest gains, food production, and company establishment.
• Revisions to laws, qualifications, and political strengths of various nations.

AI Improvements:

• Military AI enhancements for formation organization, defensive strategies, and decision-making during wars.
• Improved logic for diplomatic plays, subject retention, and defense of capital states.
• More effective utilization of garrisons and defensive orders by AI generals.

Art and Interface Enhancements:

• Visual effects for tanks, artillery, and naval battles.
• Addition of new models for first aid carts, field hospitals, and city buildings.
• Interface optimizations, including improved tooltips, map markers, and outliner organization.

Performance Optimization:

• Reworked pop migration to reduce overall world population and improve late-game performance.
• Shortened load times and optimized AI spending updates.
• Reduced memory footprint for pops and improved unit morale calculations.

Download free Victoria 3 update 1.6 for PC (Steam).