Hearts of Iron IV Dev Tracker

Generals!
Word on the front lines is there's something new on the Horizon....Allow us to introduce our new YouTube Channel for everything Hearts of Iron.

On this channel you can expect feature breakdowns, trailers, and extra content from the devs!

Make sure to check out the Trailer here[pdxint.at]

Make sure to subscribe to the channel Here[pdxint.at] to not miss out on content!

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello there, it's me C0rax back for another dev corner, and some of you may have noticed in our last dev corner I mentioned in the MIO goals we wanted to have MIO’s “Provide a framework for national specialisms that can be used on the world stage” well i'm here to show you that stage and introduce international markets.

This is all super WIP, you are going to see WIP mock ups, and some details are still being finalized!
Feature Intent & goals

Feature Intent and Goals Introducing a place for nations to buy and sell equipment benefiting both nations with a reward. Creating a new way for countries to contribute specialist equipment to other nations
Be able to source equipment from other nations as needed
For majors to set the global standard for common place equipment leveraging their superior economic might.

The international market acts as a one stop shop for all your equipment needs from other countries. It's intended to be an internationa... Read more

Generals!
Its time for the final patch of this War Effort Initiative cycle! This patch contains a host of balance changes and fixes as well as language localization for Simplified Chinese! We're going to be winding down the Initiative for the time being as we move onto other lines of development!

Furthermore, stay tuned for another message from us later, pertaining to some feature content that we are working on.

Now, onto the patch notes!

Localization
-Added Simplified Chinese language support.

Balance -Lord Halifax now has two leader traits and reduces the requirements with the British Raj when forming the Imperial Federation/Commonwealth of Nations.
-If Lord Halifax is used to annex the British Raj as part of the Imperial Federation, India will suffer increased resistance.
-Fixed non-MTG ships having incorrect base speeds.
-Increased biggest speed and agility factor diff by 1.0, increasing the maximum effect of these... Read more

Generals!

The Publisher's Weekend sale is now here, bringing deals across the board for the content you're missing, but also introducing an even better deal with the Players' Choice Barbarossa Bundle, as voted by you all :)

This bundle adds an extra 10 percent off on top of the other savings!

Players' Choice Barbarossa Bundle

• Hearts of Iron IV: No Step Back Additional 10% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack Additional 10% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Axis Armor Pack Additional 10% off

Base Game

• Hearts of Iron IV: Cadet Edition 70% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Starter Edition 70% off

Expansions

• Hearts of Iron IV: No Step Back 30% off...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello there, generals! May has arrived, and with it comes a new open beta, this time for Operation Alpha!

This patch, as usual, contains balance changes, bug fixes, and something for you awesome modders out there. However, something we have also been working on for a while is language support for Simplified Chinese. This means that all our new Developer Diaries will be translated for Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. And this is just the beginning of what we have planned for our non-English speaking generals!


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Added Simplified Chinese language support.

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Lord Halifax now has two leader traits and reduces the requirements with the British Raj when forming the Imperial Federation/Commonwealth of Nations.
If Lord Halifax is used to annex the British Raj as part of the Imperial Federation, India will suffer increased resistance.
Fixed non-MTG ships having incorrect ... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Generals!
The people have spoken and the results are IN!

Your votes have been cast and counted, and the top picks of the community are;

• No Step Back
  
• Axis Armor Pack
  
• Sabaton Soundtrack

These three will now be put together into what will be called the Player's Choice Barbarossa Bundle!

Thanks so much for all your votes once again :)



This choose-your-own bundle is the first of its kind for HOI, but we plan to do more in the future. So if your favourites weren’t chosen don’t worry - there’s still a chance to get them bundled next time!

Keep your eyes peeled for when this one goes live, it'll be coming soon™

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Greetings all!

Today marks the first occasion since the release of By Blood Alone where we take a deeper look into what is coming next. As you may recall from the BBA development cycle, we had an early set of 'Development Corner' diaries, which serve as an opportunity for us to reveal a narrow look at a specific mechanic or design without revealing too much about the wider context of future releases. Today's offering, as well as the next couple of diaries, will be in much the same spirit - you'll just have to wait a little bit longer to get the full picture. Scandalous and polarising, I know.

/Arheo

Hello there, it's me, C0rax. Now you can get all excited because it's time for some Dev Corners in which we will show you some WIP looks into the new features we have been working on. So without further ado this week we will be looking at…

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

[Poll Closed] Thank you for all of your submissions, we will soon release what the results were!

Generals!

Following the popularity of our Homeland bundle, we're giving YOU the opportunity to pick our next DLC bundle to go on sale! You'll have the chance to rank Expansions, Music Packs and more!

In this survey all we ask is that:

1. You list what you own
2. You rank expansions
3. You rank music packs
4. You rank cosmetics packs


Available to choose from are the following:
Expansions

By Blood Alone
No Step Back
Battle for the Bosporus
La Résistance
Man the Guns
Waking the Tiger
Death or Dishonor
Together for Victory

Music Packs

Radio Pack
Eastern Front Music Pack
Sabaton Soundtrack Vol. 2
Sabaton Soundtrack
Allied Speeches Music Pack

Cosmetics Packs

Allied Armor Pack
Axis Armor Pack
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello Generals, Katten here.

Operation c*ckpit has arrived! With an additional change to the Anschluss focus in Germany and a message from our Game Designer C0rax explaining the intent behind recent balancing! Below that, as usual, you will find a set of patch notes that is now live. Feel free to give us feedback on these planned changes in this thread, or in our Discord[discord.gg]!


The Intent Behind it The initial intent of hitprofile changes in the naval rebalance started with 1.12.0 was to reduce the effect of speed, this is now complete with the halving of the effect of speed on the calculation.

- decreased HIT_PROFILE_SPEED_FACTOR from 2 to 0.5 this will make ships speed affect hit profiles less

The final calculation is (visibility*100) / (speed*0.5 +20) with this final piece in place destroye... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello there Generals!

We have begun the final preparations for Operation c*ckpit! Below you will find a set of patch notes that are now live on an open beta branch. Feel free to give us feedback on these planned changes in this thread, or in our Discord![discord.gg]


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- Canadian Focuses 'National Steel Car' and 'Send in the Zombies' are no longer mutually exclusive. If Great Depression has already been removed, the focus on "War Fuelled Economy" and "Reactivate the Farmers Unity League" will grant a significant temporary construction speed boost.
- Canadian focuses regarding the repatriation of Newfoundland are now available to the recently added Communist path
- Divisional Commanders: XP requirements for level... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello there everyone, I’m sure you can guess who it is, it's me, C0RAX.

So let me clue you in, I know it's been a while since our last update but this one will be worth it, I promise!! We have been working tirelessly to bring you the greatest leap in the history of the hearts of iron franchise(Bit of trivia,it’s over a decade old). We’ve wanted to go above and beyond what the fans expected for a long time so we have a long running project we've kept very close to our chest, the one we’re here to announce.

Ok, without further ado and before you can make all the blocks fall into place on your own, here it is, the future of the franchise:
This was an April Fools!

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.