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Esteemed Generals!

As the warmth of summer fades and the brisk embrace of winter draws near, we are thrilled to unveil the pre-order for the upcoming expansion, "Arms Against Tyranny." Mark your calendars for its grand release on the 10th of October.


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Hey everyone! I’m Plankie and one of the programmers on Hearts of Iron. Large parts of my work consists of feature work, bug fixing, and general game improvements. My absolute favorite part of game development is working with the AI and trying to make it more fun and interesting and immersive to play with. So, in this week’s dev diary I’ll focus on showing how the AI interacts with one of our major new features: The International Market

On a very high level, there are a few things that the AI needs to be able to do in order to utilize the market:

• Gain market access so that we can see what other countries have put up for sale
  
• Sell equipment to others, i.e. putting equipment up for sale on the market
  
• Buy equipment from others, i.e. decide what we want to buy and how much

It also needs a surplus of equipment to sell, but fortunately the AI already knows how to produce equipment, s... Read more

Generals!

As many of you saw, the Open Beta has now been closed, but that doesn't mean we don't want to hear back from you. We know the Beta sparked a lot of discussion, but R&D want to hear directly from the frontlines!

If you participated in the Summer Open Beta, let us know in this survey below how its been for you.

Fill it out here -> https://pdxint.at/47f0R6O




That's all from us today, see you next week with yet another Developer Diary, and have yourselves a great weekend!

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Greetings all,

We’re still well in the middle of Swedish vacation time, but our regular schedule is not entirely interrupted: today’s diary covers a few of the smaller features being added in AAT.

Special Forces Doctrine
For a while now we’ve wanted to give countries a way of specializing their special forces. Numerous militaries relied heavily on these elite troops, and some branches of what HOI4 terms ‘special forces’ really found their identity during and around the second world war.

I believe we’ve reached a good saturation point for equipment designers, and I wanted to tackle special forces in a manner that better befits strategic capability over detailed stat modification. The prolonged global conflict our game portrays led to significant doctrinal development when it comes to how militaries employed elite forces, and this seemed like a good place to start.

In AAT, a fourth doctrine page has been added:
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Joint Focus Tree Dev Diary

Hej hei folks! Carlo here, and I’m super excited to present this new feature, probably the first to be made with multiplayer in mind. Just remember that this is all work in progress so you’ll definitely see stuff that will change for release.

Let me start with a hypothetical scenario:

You and your friends decide to play a co-op campaign of Hearts of Iron. You get your healthy snacks and drinks, jump into a voice chat and load the game, hoping to play as Monarchist Poland. There’s one problem though, one of your friends wants to play as monarchist Lithuania, and hopes to annex Poland and the other Baltic nations. If this has happened to you, then you’ll love the Joint Focus Tree. Actually I’m sure you’ll love it even if it hasn’t.

As nations that start the game disadvantaged against the big majors, a lot of minors rely on absorbing the countries around them to be able to compete. This happens with the Baltics, China, Sout... Read more

Hello there, it's me C0RAX.

This week we are going to talk about some of the small features coming with Arms Against Tyranny, these are small things that add or change the game to increase the QoL or add to the game.

So this week we have 3 main groupings;

• Division Structure
  
• Economy
  
• Presets

Division Structure First up we have division structure changes. The way you make a division has been fairly static for quite some time. With this update there are some new changes that increase the challenge and compromises you will have to make when designing your divisions.

First up we have some changes to the categories for each brigade that you choose when you pick the first battalion for each vertical column. Previously we had both artillery, AA and AT in the same category as maneuver units like infantry and tanks. This is no longer the case; artillery, AA, and AT are now in their o... Read more

Generals!
Not only do we have a Developer Diary this week for you, but we also have some intel from the Development team about some of the features coming to Arms Against Tyranny! This is the first video fo a few that we have planned for you all, so we hope you enjoy!

Make sure to check it out The Video[pdxint.at]

Hello everyone!

My name is John and I’m the 3D artist for Hearts of Iron IV here at Paradox! For this week's Dev Diary, I will be giving you all a behind-the-scenes look at my role in the team and our process for making the 3D art for Hearts of Iron IV.

My role is to create and manage all the 3D art in the game! Not all 3D art is created by a single individual, however. To save time we also have help from various talented outsourcing partners to make sure we can have as much juicy art ready for release as possible!

During this diary, there may be some terminology that may or may not be familiar to you but I will try and make sure that everyone can enjoy reading this and get a glimpse into the 3D art for Hearts of Iron 4.

Creating, tweaking, and managing all this 3D art is a lot of work but it is also a fun and rewarding process so let’... Read more

Hello there, it's me C0RAX.

A bit of the different DD than you’re used to this week. I'm here to introduce a new thing I will be doing over the summer. This summer for weeks we will be giving you the chance to test some of the balance changes coming with the 1.13 Stella Polaris patch. These changes are hand picked for testing in order to get feedback from the community on specific changes that might have large impacts. These changes will affect all three major combat groups (Army, Air, and Navy), and vary from value changes to some new functionality and behavior so be sure to read the change list so you know what you're getting yourself into.

So let's go into how this is going to work. From July 6th until August 3rd there will be a special Summer Open Beta branch on steam, this ... Read more

Generals!

The Steam summer Sale is kicking off, and we've got the deals for you all to get the packs you want or need for up to 70 percent off! Grab a drink, find a lounge chair, and relax down by the beach with us B)

Base Game

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

Expansions

• Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone 20% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: No Step Back 30% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus 50% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Death or Dishonor 60% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Together For Victory 60% off
  
• Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger 60% o...

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Velkommen til Danmarks historiske Dev Diary! As you might have so astutely observed, today’s Dev Diary is all about Historical Denmark (and if you didn’t catch that, it’s ok; no one understands Danish anyways, so you’re not alone). Denmark has had the great misfortune to be designed by a Swede, namely me - and why would that be such a terrible thing you might ask yourself? Well, let me shed some light on that and give you a bit of context dear reader. Denmark and Sweden have fought the most wars between them than any other countries, so there’s some old blood and rivalry here. Which is thrilling to me; I now have the chance to make them as underpowered as I want - muahahahaha!

Before we go any further, do keep in mind that everything is still a work in progress and might change before releasing in- oooopsie! Spoilers ;) But every bit of feedback and correction is welcome! Do you think I missed something? Do let me know! Did I misspell something in Danish? Don’t e... Read more

The year is 1936. After 30 years since gaining their independence from Sweden, things in Norway finally seem to be looking up: Its enormous merchant marine continues to be a steady source of wealth, the meager industrial base is starting to recover from the ravages of the Hard Thirties, and there’s finally a majority government, led by Johan Nygaardsvold, who is in the process of enacting sweeping progressive reforms and will bring political stability to this young nation.

The wind may seem to be on Norway’s back, but it is merely the harbinger of the storm to come.


Hey everyone! I’m Carlo, Content Designer for Hearts of Iron 4, and in charge of the Norwegian content. I’m really excited to present to you how we’re depicting Norway in this period; It’s a fascinating country that played a huge and exciting role during World War II, and I’m sure you’ll al... Read more

Generals!
Word has just reached us from the Requisitions office - The Grandest Lan tickets are now available!

Make sure to grab yours to join in on all the action, to view the castle, and to have a great time.

Get yours here![pdxint.at]

Välkommen!

That is of course not English, but rather Swedish which will be today's dev diary. This DD will talk about the branches for the military and industrial branches, as well as democratic branches.

This tree has been a collaboration between me and AveeBee[forum.paradoxplaza.com]. We have had a longstanding rule in the HoI team that no Swede is allowed to touch a Swedish focus tree, but apparently that rule flew out of the window as long as the Swede in question was supervised by an adult.

Normal caveats apply, there’s work in progress stuff in here, and things might change before release.

Historical Context
As most of you already know, Sweden was the only Nordic country that was not invaded during WW2, but in a similar way to Switzerland was press... Read more

Generals!
Today marks the 7th Anniversary of Hearts of Iron 4! It has been a blast to share the game with you all these years, and what better way than to make a video including your moments~

We've all had our hard fought wars, our toughest battles, that one sneaky encirclement to win a war, but we want to hear from all of YOU!

What are your favourite moments and memories of HOI4? Make sure to fill out the form below with your answers, screenshots and videos, and we'll make a compilation video celebrating your moments :)


Share your moments here https://pdxint.at/43EV3l3




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GENERALS!
We're intercepting a coded message from our Office of YouTube Intelligence. We need your help to decode it!

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Generals!
We've just gotten some fresh Intel on Turbo Larps' NEW event.... the Grandest Lan - HOI4!

This year will see HOI & EU at the awesome Czocha Castle in Poland, which boasts stunning views and is rich in history!

Sign ups begin on June 15th, so make sure not to miss it.

Check out the Trailer HERE

Generals!
Don't miss our new General LoFi video over on the HOI YouTube Channel! After all, even the most battle-hardened General needs to take it easy every now and then~

Plus these tracks are bound to help give you a tactical advantage on the battlefield 😉

How many references can you find?

Make sure to check out The Video[pdxint.at]

Generals!

This is a minor hotfix patch regarding a bug we found with BBA's Medal system.

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- Available medal icon no longer shows up if BBA is not owned

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!