This should not change anything noticeable for you in your game. But there is the small possibility that mods you are using may be utilizing the security flaw in a non-malicious way and may therefore stop working with this patch.
If that's the case, you can revert your game version by right clicking the game in Steam -> properties -> BETAS and select the "4.02-no_security_fix..." version. Please note that you do that on your own risk! That version does contain a known security flaw!
Enjoy!
Hearts of Iron III Security Update
Greetings!
To resolve a security issue tied to the way LUA libraries were loaded for mods we released a minor update. This update will not change your version number or cheksum, and save files should be unaffected.
The update has already been applied through Steam.
To prevent IO or system/OS access in Lua (to prevent mods abusing it), we want to disable the `luaopen_io` and `luaopen_os` functions in the LUA library/dll. These are updated LUA libraries with that functionality disabled.
This does not change behavior of the base game, or impact the multiplayer checksum. Some mods might use these libraries for benign purposes, but unfortunately they will not function after this fix.
Hearts of Iron IV - Development Diary #14 - National goals are scrapped, National FOCUS is in!
Attention!
Due to podcat going across the pond to inspect the troops in the new world Johan has made a guest return into the Dev Diary world! Today we are learning more about what happened to the National Goals and why National Focus is so much better:
Hearts of Iron IV - Developer Diary 13 - Conscription & Training
Attention! The 13th Developer Diary for Hearts of Iron IV is now available here!
Today Dan "Podcat" Lind will be telling us more about how conscription changed from Hearts of Iron III (it's no longer only a number ticking up at a steady phase depending on your conscription laws). You should also make sure you prepare for war by training your troops and making sure they have equipment stacked for both training and battle situations.
Hearts of Iron IV - Developer Diary - About internal politics and the release schedule!
Hi guys
After a cancelled Developer Diary in December we're back in full force! Dan "Podcat" Lind explains a bit about the working of the internal politics of a country in Hearts of Iron IV as well as bringing up changes to the release schedule.
So without further ado. Here you go my friends: Hearts of Iron IV - Developer diary 12 - January 16th 2015
Hearts of Iron IV Retells History through a Look at Military Technology
Hi guys!
Come check out our new Video Developer Diary for Hearts of Iron IV!
