The Hearts of Iron IV Modding Thread

Life of the Party · Feb 23, 2020

With the new DLC on its way I wanted to split the discussion into mods and their updates on one side and bugs and glitches on the other. Some of these are just funny pictures, some are new mechanics, some are new technologies and some, I'm sure, will lead nowhere and provide nothing.

So, a short description and a link or two.

Black ICE

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Black ICE is a mod which aims to overhaul HOI IV in order to make a more immersive, historical, and challenging experience for the player.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4blackicemod/

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1137372539

Calm Before the Storm

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Calm Before the Storm is a mod that attempts to bring Kaiserreich Mechanics to an OTL 1933 scenario.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/CBTSmod/

Decorum Est

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This is an alternate history/dieselpunk mod for Hearts of Iron, depicting a world where WW1 was influenced by near magical materials and killing machines.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/DecorumEst/

End of a New Beginning

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EoaNB is a HOI4 Community Project that aims to extend the playable timeline from 1857 to 2050, and enhance the gameplay many times more. New tech trees, events and focuses are only the tip of the iceberg compared to what's planned right now.

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1399124193

https://www.patreon.com/mod_eoanb

Equestria at War

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Equestria at War is a mod that tries to recreate the fantasy world of Equestria from My Little Pony franchise in a slightly darker setting with industrialization, corruption and political disagreements. The scenario focuses on global confrontation between Changelings and Equestria.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/equestriaatwar/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372

Fraternité de Rébellion

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In this alternate history timeline the French Revolution is narrowly avoided through the combination of wiser policy directions, a tougher stance on governance and a little stroke of luck. Its flames of liberté, égalité, fraternité never cut across Europe and the liberal thought of the Enlightenment is in time overshadowed by the continued hegemony of the Church and the Divine Right. Through oppression of the masses and suppression of the intellectuals, the absolutist monarchs of Ancien Europe cement their grip on power throughout the 19th century.

However, the old order shall soon tremble - with Berlin erupting into a popular revolt, Prussia became a republic by 1880. Before them, Britain had transitioned into a liberal republic in the 1860s, reforming its Empire into a visionary Commonwealth. The revolutionaries vowed to spread the once extinguished ideals of the Enlightenment across Europe and the world. Now, in a Europe torn between ideological fault lines, a Great War seems inevitable, in a Europe split in two.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/FdRmod/

https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...llion-wi-the-french-revolution-failed.476264/

Führerreich

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Führerreich is a double-blind alternative history scenario from the perspective of the world of Kaiserreich in which the German Empire lost the First World War to the Entente. With the support of the United States lead by the "Bull Moose Party" candidate Theodore Roosevelt, the Western Powers of France, Britain and Italy were able to overcome the might of the Kaiser's seemingly unstoppable armies. In the wake of their defeat the Central Powers were divided and weakened by their neighbors, losing their Great Power status in the process.

Despite the Entente's victory little could be done to help what was left of their Russian ally. Growing social unrest and the unjustifiable cost of war against Germany had lead Russia into a full scale Civil War in which the Leftist Bolsheviks lead by Vladimir Lenin would ultimately win, turning Russia into the world's first Socialist state, The USSR.

While the 1920's was a peaceful and prosperous decade for most of the world, the 1930's have begun to sow the seeds of another global conflict. The victorious Entente of Britain and France has collapsed as the United Kingdom follows in the foot steps of The United States and adopts an isolationist foreign policy. The Socialists in the USSR continue to modernize and industrialize their nation, threatening the stability of Eastern Europe, and most troubling of all the Far-Right nationalist ideology "Valkism" has taken power in the defeated nation of Germany. As the world enters 1936 German "Fuhrer" Adam Dressler calls for radical change in Europe as he seeks to confirm Germany's place as one of Europe's Great Powers by any means necessary.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Fuhrerreich/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1850690189

Godspeed: A Flame for Winter

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Unlike some mods, which stipulated a timeline changed by a massive world-changing event - be it a German victory in the first World War, or a world rocked by a Nazi victory in the Second - Godspeed has no single point of divergence. History begins drifting apart from our own some time around the mid-5th century CE, resulting in a world completely different from our own - at least, for the most part. The Great Powers of the world are predominantly confined to Europe - but this is not set in stone.

Godspeed makes regular use of fictional leaders - with their own portrait, of course - and blends them into the regular crowd of historical figures we’re all familiar with. We also seek to make each and every leader unique, less like a representation of a country’s politics and more like fleshed-out characters in their own right, with goals, motivations, and personality.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/aflameforwintermod/

Kaiserreich

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"What if Germany had won World War 1?"

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Kaiserreich/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1521695605

Millennium Dawn

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Millennium Dawn is a mod for Hearts of Iron IV that aims to change the originally World War 2 setting to be one of the Modern Era. It is mainly developed by a small group of modders, but everybody is welcome to contribute to the project as long as they are sticking to the principle of quality.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MillenniumDawn/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719416488

The New Order: Last Days of Europe

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The New Order: Last Days of Europe is an ambitious mod for Hearts of Iron IV presenting a unique alternate history Cold War between Germany, Japan and the USA, starting in 1962.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1727487717

Old World Blues

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Old World Blues is a total overhaul for Hearts of Iron IV: starting in the year 2275 and set in the Fallout universe. Experience the postapocalypse like never before with a dynamic war system that ensures that the AI nations act on their own, respond to aggression, and strike when their opponents are weak. Forty seven national focus trees—ten of which are generic—keep the game exciting as numerous powers contest in a battle to control the Wasteland. With the use of “Historic Focuses”, you get to decide the path famous Fallout factions took, directing generic nations, and changing history as you see fit.

Old World Blues is the definitive Fallout experience for Hearts of Iron IV, a total overhaul that uses its expansive list of changes to make the game a truly new and unforgettable experience. With over three years of development time and glowing reviews across the board, we assure you; you’re in good hands here. Welcome to the wasteland, friend.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/OldWorldBlues/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1303741106

Red Flood

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Red Flood is a Hoi4 mod that presents a world in which no nation won the Great War. While there was an official peace treaty between the Entente and Central Powers, the fighting powers were significantly worsened in comparison to our timeline. Germany fell to communism, France to a new ideology of futurism, Russia devolved into feuding warlords and the world as we first knew it became unrecognizable.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/RedFloodMod/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1924486543

Road to 56

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Road to 56 is a DLC-sized addition to your Hearts of Iron experience that has been lovingly crafted by a team of dedicated fanatics.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/RoadTo56/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=820260968

The Coming Storm

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The Coming Storm is a OTL scenario Mod for Hearts of Iron IV, which covers the years between 1905 and 1923. This mod focuses on adding considerable depth to politics, ideological competition, historical events, social changes, deep focus trees, and a plethora of decisions over the base game against the backdrop of the diplomatic double dealing, revolutionary fervor, and ardent nationalism that led to the outbreak of the Great War.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/tCSmod/

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1640555068

Total War Mod

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Total War is a project that was started by Stjern who desired a mod which could give players a satisfying historical mod, with smooth gameplay and a competent AI. Since its inception the mod has grown and improved tremendously in both the quality of the content and contributors. This mod is meant to be challenging, part of the player experience is to be challenged by the gameplay itself and feel limited in the amount of choices you can make. Only the right choices can steer you towards victory.

In this mod you will notice that equipment is much more expensive. This means that the divisions are more precious to the player. No longer will you see Germany have 40 panzer divisions by 1939, it creates a more historical balance to it as production becomes very valuable, and the resources to fuel this production are almost essential to getting a functional army. To aid the player in getting his industry functioning, there are focuses, ideas and decisions to help boost the major’s performance in relation to minor countries.

World War 2 can arguably be called an economic war, and in this mod, you will feel the value of every resource under your disposal. Your goal as Germany is to in the preliminary stages of the war to create autarchy, but autarchy has its limits as chromium, tungsten and aluminium are resources which cannot be synthesized. For Japan you will need to expand into China and the resource rich areas of south east Asia to satisfy your need for resources. The allies and the Comintern, who are rich in resources need to survive the Axis onslaught and then depose the would-be rulers of the world.

We believe that the player should be rewarded for picking a national focus. Most focuses have been rebalanced and all majors have unique focus trees! You will see that a lot of national focuses are much shorter, and every focus actually matters (although some focuses are a lot cooler than others, looking at you industry focuses).

The Total War dev team has a goal in mind and that is to make it the first historical immersion mod that is eSports ready. Immersion is something that is very important to us as we are all WW2 enthusiasts, and any suggestions to how this immersion can be improved will of course be considered. Although, bear in mind that gameplay and balance will always be given priority!

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https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=806209426

Life of the Party · Mar 11, 2020

Godspeed: A Flame for Winter

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Malakal · Mar 11, 2020

You forgot the best mod, Expert AI. Otherwise its really hard to get a challenge out of SP.

Life of the Party · Mar 25, 2020

MadMaxHellfire · Mar 25, 2020

what this game truly needs is an army movement ai which doesn't shuffle units through front every step forward it takes. it's disheartening to watch that heavy unit who just won a fight have to move 200 km across the battle and consequently fuck everything up.

also i don't like how old world blues direction went, most especially about the extremely little manpower available. i get it's post-apoc and shit, but it's still hoi4, it's no fun to play with 3 industries and 10 units.

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