[2021] Dev Diary | 5th Anniversary

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/394360/announcements/detail/3040472934143211311]here[/url].

Hi and welcome to another dev diary! It is almost time for the Hearts of Iron 5 year anniversary so we will take a short break from No Step Back, and celebrate that with some streams as well as new 3d model and radio packs, as well as a free update. Without further ado, let's dig in!
Eastern Front Planes Pack
Various planes of different types for Germany, Soviet, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. 54 planes in total!

We’ve also added a new animation to CAS attacks to make them look a whole lot cooler on the battlefield (and so my, and clearly all other adults of sound minds' favourite: the Ju-87G - can shine).









Eastern Front Music Pack
A new radio pack themed around the countries fighting on the eastern front (although not necessarily eastern front songs). 13 tracks in total with tunes like The Soviet National Anthem, Lili Marlene and My, Pierwsza Brygada and others. Give it a listen below for samples while you continue reading :)


Free Update 1.10.6 "Collie" For the anniversary we also have a free update. We have mainly focused on bugfixing in older content, with an extra focus around BFTB but there are other goodies in there as well.

Some personal highlights:

• Ethiopia can now peace out Italy if they push them out
  
• You can now control the equipment of garrison templates like with other templates
  
• Fixed incorrect naval battle reports with convoys on one side
  
• José Díaz portrait should hopefully now work in all combinations of DLCs, alternate universes etc and stop haunting my nightmares
  
• Added Tom Moore as a military leader for Britain. Complete with a jungle trait to reflect his service in Burma and India in the 1940s. Captain Sir Tom Moore passed away at an age of 100 back in February due to COVID. With the team being filled with fans of history and from UK (or both) we wanted to take this opportunity to honor him in some small way.
  
• Added Portuguese unit voice-over for La Résistance owners!

All of this should be released/in store tomorrow! Aiming for before lunch, but you never know when the winds blow across the internet.

We also have some other cool stuff planned around the anniversary
Stream next wednesday looking back at 5 years of HOI with some Q&A
5 year anniversary multiplayer next week - We will tell you more soon(tm)

See you all next week! Read the full article here: {LINK REMOVED}https://pdxint.at/3fYe9L8