A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Development Studio. The word equipment after the name of the equipment is not needed here. This is a customized, new and improved submod to the famous Road to '56 mod for Hearts of Iron IV, thus adding many more fun features to the aforementioned mod and to a game of Hearts of Iron IV itself. This in particular is done in the. In addition, it's also possible to make a technology apply a bonus for specific sub-units making up land templates, ships, and the airforce. Any modifier defined within the sub-unit definitions or the equipment archetypes used by them can be applied to units, which'll apply as a multiplicative modifier towards them. The value will be modified if the triggers are true. For example Infantry Equipment 1 is the parent of Infantry Equipment 2. The wide world of HOI4 mods isa smorgasbord of mechanical tweaks and fiddles to choose from, adding new systems for AI, textures, music and more. If desiring to make multiple buildings be unlocked by the same technology, another enable_building = { } block can be set in the technology.The level within the technology cannot be higher than the building's max level set within the building definition itself. Valve Corporation. Focus on taking back the east ASAP then move to the west, as some more states in the Midwest will secede too but they're not worth much. You need to sign in or create an account to do that. Well, there is always the option to encircle half of Poland and Belarus with light tanks, or as I like to call it, the Minsk Pocket. That container window would have to be located within the containerWindowType with the name of countrytechtreeview, defined within /Hearts of Iron IV/interface/countrytechtreeview.gui (not countrytechnologyview.gui), for technology folders and within the containerWindowType with the name of countrydoctrineview, defined within /Hearts of Iron IV/interface/countrydoctrinetreeview.gui, for doctrine folders. The GFX also decides the size. Were not sure about later versions at this time. Winner of the Outstanding Modding Achievement at the 2018 PDXCon, Millennium Dawn delivers exactly what one would imagine: the modern world set in stunning detail on the HOI4 Engine. For example, if the technology unlocks my_equipment_1, then this within any /Hearts of Iron IV/localisation/english/*_l_english.yml file will make the technology (and equipment) have the name of My Honduran equipment for Honduras and My equipment for every other country: The icon is defined as a spriteType within any /Hearts of Iron IV/interface/*.gfx file, by prepending the name of the technology with GFX_ and appending _medium to the end. This is in addition to the technology's actual description, rather than overwriting it. The final cheat code will look like this: add_equipment 1000 light_tank_equipment_1. It also has thousands of new events, new units, new mechanics including DECON and MAD. This does allow making the names be country-specific by prepending it to the beginning, separated with an underscore. show_equipment_icon = yes is used in order to make the equipment icon show up when hovering over the technology in the tree. I try ae 5000 infantry_equipment_1 and it isnt accepted. We include affiliate links in articles. For example, the following code will increase the naval speed of destroyer-type ships by 10%, decrease the combat width of all sub-units in the category of category_all_infantry by 20%, and increase the attack of the same category when fighting in urban terrain by 15% when the technology is researched: show_effect_as_desc = yes can also be used in order to make the modifiers show up in the description of the technology itself rather than in the tooltip showing up when hovering over the technology. 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The menu for viewing the tree is defined within /Hearts of Iron IV/interface/countrytechtreeview.gui for technologies and /Hearts of Iron IV/interface/countrydoctrinetreeview.gui for doctrines. https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Technology_modding&oldid=58028, Play When changing the define files, make sure to use an override file rather than copying over the entire base game files, as copying over the entire thing will cause crashes even on otherwise minor game updates, which commonly add new defines. 16 days ago. For example, this can be used as localisation for the English language within any /Hearts of Iron IV/localisation/english/*_l_english.yml file for my_technology_1: If a technology does not have a name defined, it gets 'borrowed' from the equipment that the technology unlocks. which get used in determining which container exactly to use. Everything from new units and equipment, to new national Focus Trees (many borrowed from other mods that have done good work in this area), to expanding on the Law and Politics mechanics has been looked at. This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 12:42. Please update, atm it breaks the game so badly that you don't even make it into the main menu. This is my old technology mod, and the original core of Road to 56. With the addition of the new in-game radio, now is a better time than ever to try this mod out! With Death or Dishonor equipment variants can alternatively be licensed from other countries. However, they are mostly similar in definition. Or do. Its actually recommended that you play with Historical Focus switched on for this mod, as it caters for the crowd who specifically want the challenge of WW2 as it unfolded, as opposed to the growing alt-history/sandbox crowd. Highly immersive and strangely sombre, this music pack of over 600 songs (though not all are historically accurate) aims to create a certain atmosphere that reminds the player that hes leading millions to death, heartache, and immortal glory. DnD alignment: Lawful Good. If a technology unlocks equipment, it'll use the regular item, while a technology that doesn't unlock equipment will use the small item. This is done with a regular instantTextBoxType: The text is what gets used within localisation, and the primary thing needed to change, while the name should just be unique from all the rest. To do this, use the rather complicated cheat code add_equipment [quantity] [equipment name] _equipment_ [level]. Researching an equipment technology unlocks a basic variant of the equipment type particular to that country. Not content to wait for Paradox to release content packs for various countries, The Road to 56 provides deep and sometimes quirky focus trees for dozens of countries overlooked by the base game. This comes in handy when you're just learning the mechanics of the game and want to have fun. This is in contrast to national focuses, where the offset used as a singular unit is consistent across different focus trees. A technology item is defined by using a containerWindowType with the name of techtree__item, while the small item is defined with the name of techtree__small_item. Old World Blues brings the Fallout universe to HoI4, which makes for a surprisingly solid combination. In order to have a technology as a dependency without having to draw a path, dependencies can be used as such: Since this doesn't draw a path, this does not assign the currently-defined technology to the gridbox of either of two technologies. The AI is more challenging, theres more breadth and depth of options, and generally speaking this an excellent historical immersion experience. A gorgeous tour de force, no one is the poorer for this graphical upgrade which brings an added level of immersion to the rampaging divisions vying for global control. If youre achievement hunting, youll need to find those mods that will tell you in their descriptions that theyre Ironman compatible. Previously Chief Germanist for Green Man Gaming. In most cases, with "LEFT", it goes right for one unit, then goes vertically for as much as necessary, and finally continues right for as much as needed; with "UP" it goes down by one unit, goes horizontally for as much as needed, and then continues down towards the technology. Unpopular opinion: battleplans are the most fun way to play the game. The Ultimate HOI4 Scenario Mod Tierlist. This also leads to adding that technology to this technology's tree branch gridbox in every mutual folder. 1 / 5. In which direction x and y aim depends on the format of the gridbox: a "LEFT" format means that x goes up-to-down while y goes left-to-right, while an "UP" format would mean that x goes left-to-right while y goes up-to-down. This mod is compatible with Version 1.9.2 Husky & all DLC. The folder selection is done within the folder_tabs containerWindowType. One of the best things about this mod is that it does not sacrifice performance, allowing the player to enjoy a greater expanse of visual goodies without any added lag. If there are multiple technologies leading to this one within the same folder, the technology will use the same gridbox used in the technology pathing to it that was defined the earliest. Like most files, the filename has no bearing on how the file is read: any technology can be in any folder without issues. If one of these database objects is locked behind technology, it won't be possible to force a country to use them without having the technology: equipment variants or orders of battle will fail to be created with the specified type. The distinction between small items and regular items is in equipment. The items the icons used for each technology, including the background box itself. This guide allows you to quickly spawn equipment in game. This comes in handy when you're just learning the mechanics of the game and want to have fun. For example: you want to get light tanks, for which the . Oh god, but Im just tryna help out my boys in the Himalayan Empire!! It also will have to be within a technology folder that's assigned to hold doctrines. While the above folder section detailed the insides of the folder, it didn't detail adding the folder to the selection. If you believe your item has been removed by mistake, please contact, This item is incompatible with Hearts of Iron IV. In 1 collection by Greatexperiment Expanded Mods - Hearts of Iron IV 3 items Description Good Evening! An example is: /ae 1000 artillery_equipment_1 - using this command would add 1000 Towed Artillery. This is typically set to be never true for hidden technologies in order to prevent AI from researching it.