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Generals, long time no see...

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(Note that the currently shown price is for the full expansion pass, as Graveyard of Empires is not out yet!)

[h3]Graveyard of Empires releases on March 4th![/h3]
Today we’re really excited to introduce you all to our latest country pack, Graveyard of Empires. Over the coming weeks, we will have a number of developer diaries showcasing the latest countries receiving new or updated focus trees. We will also have a number of streams so you can really get to grips with what to expect of all the latest content and we shall also be doing an AMA with the developer team.

Have a look at what’s coming:


To give you a quick overview of what to expect in this country pack, let’s start by taking a high-level view of each country.

[h3]India[/h3]
The Raj is the jewel of the British Empire, rich and strategically vital. However, a growing independence movement threatens to disrupt the war effort and dissolve the empire. A large focus tree emphasising the struggle of Indian Independence offers many alternate historical paths, including not just the revival of the East India Company as a corporate nation, but also the possibility of freedom for the Princely States, and the formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

[h3]Iran[/h3]
Iran is a potential great power, hemmed in by the imperial pressure of the Soviet Union and the British Empire. A significant new focus tree will allow you to resist the imperial incursions that historically weakened Iran, as well as offering potential for a new and modern Persian Empire.

[h3]Iraq[/h3]
Take control of this British client state and try to chart your own path, choosing to side against your overlord. Manage the many competing ethnic and religious factions in Iraq and develop the strategically important oil fields.

[h3]Afghanistan[/h3]
Historically known as the Graveyard of Empires, isolated from the wider war, Afghanistan offers many alternate paths. Continue the historical path of neutrality and isolation, or choose the road of rapid industrialization and building a new power in the mountains of Central Asia.

[h3]Art & Achievements[/h3]
While, at this point, some of this Diary is still in draft mode and has images like this…


I do want to quote marblemadness, one of our marvelous artists: “…we’ve greased our elbows and dug deep into the sand to excavate the best art we could find, so I really hope you enjoy what we have to show!”

And leave you with a nice teaser..


[h3]Expansion Pass - A Reminder[/h3]
With this Expansion Pass we’re trying something a bit new. They are our way of both giving you a roadmap for the content that’ll be arriving over the next few releases, and letting you sign up to get that content at a 20% discount.

Expansion Pass 1 includes

• Instant unlock of three new 3D tank models and a music track
  
• The Götterdämmerung expansion (Released Nov 14th 2024) - $24.99/£21.99/€24.99​
  
• The Graveyard of Empires country pack (March 4 2025) - $14.99/£12.79/€14.99​
  
• Prototype Vehicles unit pack (Q3 2025) - $6.99/£5.89/€6.99​
  

Generals!

Only 48 hours remain for the campaign of Hearts of Iron: The Board Game, so now is the time to back it if you want a copy of your own.

Click the image above or here to check it out


The awesome people over at Steam Forged Games have been hard at work making the Board Game a fun experience for you and your friends, and to keep it as true to Hearts of Iron as a whole.


Missed the Devs' thoughts on it? Check out the video below!

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Generals!

Missed the information coming out of R&D yesterday? The Hearts of Iron Board Game Campaign over on Gamefound has officially begun!

Make sure enter your backing of the project for your own copy of the game, the campaign will only run for 2 weeks and ends on February 6th 2025~

Check it out below!
Click the above image or this text to visit the website

Generals!

Command has issued fresh orders to the front, alongside the this next patch for our War Effort 1.15.4. Below, Check out the patch notes below for tonnes of bugfixes, balance tweaks, an interesting addition to a certain blueprint operation and more!

We've also added the option to rollback to 1.15.3 in case you encounter any issues.

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# Balance
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- Reworked the Infantry Tank MIO to now apply modifiers to all tank classes rather than on a per-class basis. This means that each tank class now has more than 4-5 relevant nodes.
- Added and tweaked the amount of war support and stability gained through focuses through the alt-history branches for Germany. Also modified Wilhelm II's country leader trait
- It is now possible to seize Turkey's Gold Reserves as Germany, and a country can now capitulate to a German faction member (so not just Germany or one of its subjects) for Germany to be able to seize the Gold reserve of the territory they're holding of said nation.
- AI should be more interested in constructing Land Cruisers, if they have the chance.
- Tweaking the German AI to behave more historically by wanting and producing more submarines and strengthening it overall by making it focus its pp on upgrade conscription laws and such.
- Fleet Submarines Special Project now require 1940 Submarine / 1940 Submarine Hull to be researched instead of their 1936 Variant.
- AIP Engine Unique Reward - Option A, now provides -5% Visibility instead of -10%.
- The Return of the Kaiser focus now checks if the controller of Friesland is at war with Germany as a requirement, instead of checking if the Dutch specifically is at war with Germany. If Germany or one of its puppets control the state, Wilhelm II will automatically get reinstated as the Kaiser.
- Tweaked values for Land Cruisers.
- Specialized Helicopter Support Companies can not be combined with Helicopter Brigade (Generalist Helicopter Brigade).


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- Added random chance to gain breakthrough progress on steal blueprint mission.
- Added Henschel traits, and made it an Infantry Tank MIO using the reworked archetype.
- Added a decision for the Siberian formable to integrate Manchuria.


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- Tweak UK's AI weights for air chief and plane+tank technology so they start producing equipment closer to historical dates.
- AI will now more reliably assign MIOs to new equipment designs.
- Tweaking USA AI templates and tech/production progress.
- The Soviet AI will now be more keen to assign a new Chief of Army if they purge their primary choice of Chief of Army.


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# Graphics
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- Fixed DX9 renderer not working when selected in launcher.


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- Fixed CTD when selecting a sea tile for raid.
- Fixed saved event target localization.
- Fixed issue where scientist would not produce breakthrough after finishing a project.
- Fixed issue that a special project could be completed but never finishing.
- Fixed exploit of stacking same support brigades.
- Fixed unlocked equipment from special project if country had active license.
- Fixed offset tutorial glow.
- Fix issues with planes getting assigned incorrect models.
- Added and tweaked available and bypass triggers for focuses in the Democratic/Non-aligned branch.
- Added an AI weight in an event for when Austria is asked to join Germany's faction.
- BEL: Spanish Intervention now allows Belgium to join the war directly as well as creating a faction with the Spanish Republicans.
- Fixed the Yukon territory having an incorrect population total.
- Fixed an issue where Congo could send an event to Germany or the Soviets for support despite them not existing.
- Fixed an issue where Germany could be the only country to gain 3 Special Forces Branch Specialisms.
- German Volksmarine ships should no longer use the SMS prefix.
- German "Deutschland Class" ships now use the Historical Panzerschiffs namelist.
- Fixes error in transferring Polish states in the event that Poland is a puppet when Austria demands their annexation.
- Fix strategic bombing targets priority.
- Fixed multiple issues with Tank Designer icons and models and fixed their sorting in Soviet Union, USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy and British Dominions.
- BEL: Fixed Belgium not being able to add bicycle battalions.
- fixes unlocalized cancellation trigger in decisions.
- Edits and removes redundant/non-functioning modifiers.
- When completing the focus Autarky Achieved, remove any potential Factory and dockyard output penalties, as well as Expected Consumer Goods.
- Remove the Price Controls Measures decisions when completing the focus Autarky Achieved.
- It is now possible to complete the Focus Supreme Leader after Germany capitulates 3 major countries.
- The Baltics should now refuse Soviet's attempts to annex them through events if Germany has completed the necessary focuses and guaranteed the countries.
- Fixed the name of a Hungarian industrial concern..
- Fixed an issue where a debug-string would display in i Hungarian focus for setting up the Slovakian OOB.
- Fixed MIO efficiency bonus not applied after loading a save when converting equipment.
- Fixed a spelling error in the name for the Austrian Armoured Train model.
- Fixed two issues regarding the Swedish "Reichsprotectorate Nordland" cosmetic tag. They now also gain claims on Nordic territory when completing the focus.
- Fixed an issue where the Italian bonuses from the focus Befriend Japan would only apply if they were in a faction.
- Fixed the fall of Calcutta, Delhi and Singapore events not happening unless the cities were directly owned by the UK.
- Fixed a Danish advisor having an unlocalized available requirement.
- Fixed old content for Oppose Hitler to work with the new focus Rally the Wehrmacht too.
- Fixed inverted variant names for improved and advanced carrier airframes.
- The Greek focus Realign ourselves with the central powers will now check the correct focuses based on if Götterdämmerung is enabled or not.
- Fixed an issue where Khakassia and Evenkia couldn't access the Siberian follow-up decisions.
- Fixed tooltips referring to nuclear production rate.
- If Britain accepts and joins the Anglo-Germanic Cooperation Program, the German National Spirit Redirecting Naval Production changes as per the focus tooltip.
- The focus Anglo-Germanic Cooperation Program now cancels if Germany and Britain is at war with each other and if Britain no longer exists.
- The Emperor's new Clothes; reinstating Wilhelm II will no longer remove the new monarchist infantry model.
- Fixed an issue where the Congolese fascist monarch couldn't access the fourth research slot focus.
- Fix battalions not being available if game was loaded while having active expeditionary forces of the same type.
- Swedish national spirit "Hungersköld" is now successfully removed if you build 14 civilian factories or have 45 civilian factories including trade.


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- Fixed so that saved event target localizations are now evaluated before Götterdämmerungs extended context localization. Order is now: contextual localization V1; saved event targets; contextual localization V2.

Generals!

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