Developer Diary | Sweden Alt History!

[HOI_DEV]

Oh, btw. The bus is now an actual division on the map. I wasn't sure if I was gonna get a 3D model for it, but our wonderful artists did an amazing job and pulled through. So instead of on map decisions you can drive it around.

If it gets destroyed Tage Erlander takes over.

 

[HOI_DEV]

Amazing dev diary!! Can we get a full picture of the focus tree please?

sure thing, its a bit zoomed out tho

 

[HOI_DEV]

Will Gustav V be available as a Field Marshal?

If you want him yes. He isnt that great though but there for larping.

 

[HOI_DEV]

Lot of work, thanks for the feedback.
The resources reshuffle is really tough, especially if playing France. Already so many debuffs for this country: you need to balance that with something else.
Today, we can finish WWII alone as France by mid-1941, but it takes resources. I don't want to wait months that my economy improves, just to see UK naval landing everywhere and win the war.

If you are playing in SP the in house steel from France should last you for quite some time regardless. The Steel bottleneck isn't really their biggest problem, as much as lack of Tungsten and Oil, so I don't think its gonna be the main bottleneck in the foreseeable future for any French campaign.

If you manage to org wall the Germans I have every confidence that you can manage to win

 

[HOI_DEV]

Now this does relate to the Finnish content as much as it related to the Swedish content, but will there be an option for renaming cities such as Leningrad in the event of such locales being under direct Swedish/Finnish administration?

I don't know about the Finnish content, but currently nothing is renamed for Russia I think, but some parts of the colonies are renamed to "New Sweden" if you take the vacation chair focus

 

[CraniumMuppet]

Is "Det stornodiska riket" the name for facist Sweden only or for the Monarchist branch too? Sweden-Norway is something i spotted in the branches, but having a Swedish Empire as a name would be wonderful!

Both gets that name. However if you have Gustaf you can restore the Swedish empire

 

[CraniumMuppet]

Also can we see a list of all the advisors?

I think that was everyone, some are hidden until unlocked but I think this is most of them, but I might have missed one or 2

 

[PDXKatten]

Any news regarding fixes for broken achievements in the Microsoft Store version of the game? No BBA achievements were added at all and every single NSB achievement is broken in this version of the game since its release. Not sure what will happen when AAT is released.

I know a vast majority of the players uses Steam version, but MS Store still very important for a few other players.

This is an ongoing issue that we still working on.

 

[CraniumMuppet]

Can we see some generals, admirals, or even leader portraits? I love seeing the handsome generals lol

I think I posted most of them before in the historical DD, but I can post them again.

In the democratic path you can also give your leader one new trait, or upgrade their existing one.

 

[CraniumMuppet]

Is that focus all the way to the right part of the shared focus tree or something secret? (Pope path leak PTSD)

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haha no its where the coop focus tree is put atm. Considering that Sweden is protestant it would be really funny if we just had a pope path, alas no

 

[CraniumMuppet]

I see. Then why not include a name-change with that decision?

Maybe if I get time and can reuse existing strings like St Petersburg. Localization takes a while so no promises. Theres always a cost-gain relationships and stuff I dont put on bugs/polish has to outweigh it

 

[CraniumMuppet]

I was referring to how the Papal path for Italy got leaked by accident (?) on one of last year's dev dairies. Can you confirm any easter eggs in Sweden's focus tree, events, etc. ? (Not what they are of course, I don't want spoilers)

There are easter eggs in the focus tree. Nothing as elaborate a hidden tree but some small bits if you can catch them

 

[CraniumMuppet]

The added African resources are well above what they should have from a historical perspective though, right? Same with the other resources in the above quote, actually. @billcorr this question is for you as well.

Nice to see Plan R 4 included. However IRL the idea was not to quickly go into Sweden and then get out, but to occupy northern Norway and Sweden for the duration of the war and establish a Northern Front against Germany. As I recall initial plans extended the occupation quite a ways south, to Central Norway and Sweden or even further to the south than that, though later revisions restricted the area more to northern Scandinavia. Though this area could easily have grown if the front became active if the Germans invaded Scandinavia to push the Allies out, or if the Norwegians and Swedes resisted the Allies militarily.

they are a bit inflated, but so are the resources in HoI in general. Germany starts with way more steel production, even after me nerfing it.
Going into Africa needs a clear incentive, and having smaller amounts of steel is not going to cut it. There were quite large output of steel in that area. I am using USGS as a source; but it is also for gameplay balance.

For the second, you can continue the war if you want to.

 

[CraniumMuppet]

If we go down the monarchist path and get Gustav in power, will he still be able to play tennis?

no all the gympasalar closes down

 

[CraniumMuppet]

Does Germany have to pay any cost at all for this massive trade and benefit to Sweden? defending Narvik looks to really be the only cost from the looks of it.
It would probably be more fair if Germans has to pay a civ cost for the resources if not for the civs Sweden gets.

no, I thought about some tradeoff, but decided against it since essentially what they are paying for is time, and I kinda already nerfed Germany so it would be like kicking someone twice.

 

[CraniumMuppet]

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If spy Raoul Wallenberg dies while spying, will Sweden lose their spy advisor?

if so, Is there any other spy advisor who can replace him if he dies?
Because spy characters can be caught by enemies during activities at any time.

I haven't thought about that, maybe ill see. It kinda sucks to loose an advisor to RNG though, despite the dissonance so im on the fence

 

[CraniumMuppet]

Can the bus leave swedish territory?

its a real unit so it can go wherever it wants to
Dont try to attack with it though it doesnt end well. Its made out of wood

 

[CraniumMuppet]

One thing I've been a bit curious about in terms of the admirals is why Charles De Champs has the Old Guard trait, from reading and talking to other people interested in Swedish naval history he seems to have been more of a moderniser for the navy at the time rather than somebody sticking to dated concepts? Although feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

I think it was because he was an aristocrat, but I dont recall. I might well be wrong tho and you might well be right

Looks like nice additions for Sweden

However at the moment the development/ work on the AI is something I would like to hear about.
Will we get a development diary about AI, especially Naval AI that has many, in my opinion, game breaking issues?

Not my specialty so I cant really answer one way or the other

 

[CraniumMuppet]

I AM OUTRAGED! Right wing sits on the left of the chamber, while left wing always sits on the right side of the chamber, because left/right wing is always from the view point of the Speaker/podium! Paradox has folded under uneducated mob and I am so disappointed in you, Paradox!

alright ill fix it jeez

 

[CraniumMuppet]

But seriously, i want to ask about the map changes.

With all those states added in the Nordics, at least all of them has at least one victory point, right?

Yes, that also includes Gotland, Aland, Jan Mayen, Bornholm, and Southern Jutland.

Also, any new states outside the Nordics? Maybe Onega and Murmansk being broken up?

Most of them have VPs, I don't think Jan Mayen does because it's like 10 people there, not sure about the smaller Islands.

I also added my hometown in the middle of nowhere because I can't be trusted with power.

I don't think we've added any other states but don't quote me in that