Hearts of Iron IV Dev Tracker

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!


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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 ... Read more

Generals!

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Command and the Quartermasters have arranged for some of you to be able to win your very own HOI Board Game[gamefound.com] Pledge!

The giveaway is now Live and will end on January 21st 2025

As soon as the contest ends, we will select and message the winners on January 22nd 2025

The Prizes - Five copies of the Hearts of Iron Board Game

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The Quartermasters on Steam have reorganized the railways, lending for more efficient supply lines and offering Discounts yet again during the holidays. Grab something for yourself and complete that collection, or perhaps for a friend to conquer the battlefield together!

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We've released a minor hotfix to address a number of graphical content options recently added with Götterdämmerung.

This is in addition to our developers continued efforts on Hearts of Iron IV, ... Read more

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The year is rapidly coming to an end but the battles rage on. Below, you’ll find a brief snapshot of how your collective efforts shaped the Frontlines this year, whether you focused on making the best Division templates, completed the focuses you needed for victory or Promoted the best friend one can have. For the full roundup, march over to the forums and let us know what stats you wanna see next time!

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Generals!

Our delightful Command have been hard at work since the initial release of Götterdämmerung, so we’re pleased to share with you our latest innovations, a few hefty bug fixes and some gameplay tweaks!

Be sure to read them below, and let us know what you think!

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- Concealment Expert visibility reduction changed from -15% to -10%
- Submarine Torpedoes Hit Chance reduced from 0%/+1%/+1.5%/+2% to 0%/+0.5%/+1%/+1.5%
- Anechoic Tiles visibility reduction changed from -25% to -20%
- Submarine Snorkels visibility reduction changed from -7%/-15% to -7%/-13%
- Increased the amount of factory and dockyard output penalties when hitting max MEFO penalty
- BEL: Added Weekly Manpower to The Belgian Legion.
- Balancing the Prioritize Economic Growth branch by adding Civilian Economy trade law and slightly re-arranging the reduction of Consu... Read more

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The Quartermasters over on Steam have improved the efficiency on their supply lines, allowing us to make massive discounts for their Autumn Sale! Grab something for yourself and complete your collection, or maybe grab something for a friend right before the holidays!

The Sale will run until December 4th 2024 19:00 CET

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Generals!

It has been a week since the release of Götterdämmerung ​but Command has continued their work in the background, with today's patch rolling out with some much needed bug fixes, some balance passes and a few tweaks to the AI. Make sure to check them out below as we continue to work diligently on more for the future!


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- Reduced the base convoy cost for the Underway Replenishment by ~20%. (From 0.35 per fuel to 0.28 per fuel)
- Adding days to the mission "Public Dissent" to give the player more of a fighting chance to avoid the negative fallout of the mission and subsequent event
- Fixed an exploit with swapping division templates
- Added basic transport plane technology to more countries in 1936 bookmark
- Made political power a bit more abundant for the Freedom at Gunpoint/African Union branch for Congo. Also modified some AI chances, ... Read more

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Now that you've conquered the Beginner's Guide, its time to take on your next challenge with Götterdämmerung and our Complete Advanced Guide to Hearts of Iron. Join Hammotimee as they bring you up to speed on every HOI DLC and their unique mechanics.

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Götterdämmerung Available NOW!
And finally the time is upon us. If you’re reading this, what are you doing? You could be playing Götterdämmerung this very moment! It’s been a long road, but in your hands is the power of life and death - will you become the guarantor of peace, or a destroyer of worlds?

Götterdämmerung brings with it a prodigious array of mega-projects, raids, focus trees and mechanics that the team have been diligently working to provide. As usual around any launch, we’re maintaining an active presence here and around social media to get feedback and provide context. Don’t hesitate to reach out with any queries, otherwise I’ll leave this short and sweet: we sincerely hope you enjoy Götterdämmerung!

/Arheo



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Greetings all,

With a mere one day to go before the launch of Götterdämmmerung, it is tradition that we leave you with the change log to pore over. The usual disclaimer applies; this list should be comprehensive but omissions may have occurred. Any items we add retroactively will be placed in a separate spoiler underneath the main list.



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Hello! And welcome to the last Dev Diary for the DLC Götterdämmerung!

I’m CreamGene and I hope you have had a good time reading previous Diaries and are as excited as we are for the release.

Since I’m here, I would like to share with you some of the art we on HOI have loved to see the most as well as show off some behind-the-scenes… or WIPs of how some of the featur... Read more

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