# Victoria 3 Hotfix 1.12.4 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports!

- Product: Victoria 3 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/victoria-3)
- Vendor: Paradox Development Studio
- Date: 2026-01-29
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/529340/view/515233548718834134
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/victoria-3/releases/2026-01-29-hotfix-1.12.4-is-now-live-not-for-problem-reports

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- **removed** — Reverted the ability for Iberia to inherit the Old Empire Journal Entry
- **fixed** — Fixed a save game crash caused by trying to show invalid revolution map objects, which could result in corrupted save files
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue with Windows Smart App Control blocking game executable
- **fixed** — Infamy discount modifiers for diplomatic plays against unrecognized countries no longer apply for countries that are unrecognized themselves
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where infamy from war goals was refunded twice in certain conditions when capitulating
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where a war goal targeting a country would not be removed when that country switched sides in a diplomatic play
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where some commanders didn't count their units towards Two Spains JE Liberal/Conservative progress

Hello Victorians.

We have a small hotfix today addressing a few issues, including a crash which could cause save game corruption and some infamy related issues.

 We have also reverted one improvement from 1.12.2, where Iberia would inherit the Old Empire Journal Entry upon creation as it wasn't working correctly in its current state and needs more extensive work to function properly. We will address it in 1.13 instead.

As previously mentioned in 1.12.3, we will have a dev diary at the end of January, which happens to be today, so look out for that in a couple of hours time!

Otherwise, check out the full patchnotes below. Checksum is `19ff`.

As always, please report any bugs on [our bug reporting forums](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/victoria-3-bug-reports.1114/)! We have also updated the [Known Issues post for 1.12](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/known-issues-update-1-12.1887039/) with any fixed issues!

The following changes have been made to the game compared to 1.12.3:

##### **Content**

- Reverted the ability for Iberia to inherit the "The Old Empire" Journal Entry on account of requiring substantial changes to work properly, we will look into an appropriate solution for 1.13

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed a save game crash caused by trying to show invalid revolution map objects, which could also result in corrupted save files

- Fixed an issue with Windows "Smart App Control" blocking game executable

- Infamy discount modifiers for diplomatic plays against unrecognized countries no longer apply for countries that are unrecognized themselves

- Fixed an issue where infamy from war goals was refunded twice in certain conditions when capitulating

- Fixed an issue where a war goal targeting a country would not be removed when that country switched sides in a diplomatic play

- Fixed a bug where some commanders didn't count their units towards Two Spains JE Liberal/Conservative progress

**Previous Patchnotes**

[1.12.0](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-171-iberian-twilight-update-1-12-now-live.1887040/) | [1.12.1](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/hotfix-1-12-1-is-now-live-not-for-problem-reports.1888125/) | [1.12.2](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-172-seasons-greetings-hotfix-1-12-2.1889676/) | [1.12.3](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/hotfix-1-12-3-is-now-live-not-for-problem-reports.1895957/)