Hearts of Iron IV - Development Diary 52 - Modding

[Joccend]

@podcat is my Aladdin and i'm his Princess Jasmine.
Show me the world...

 

[Skjold89]

Awesome, love modding tools.

 

[podcat]

Still no 3d model moding support from paradox's side?

we are seriously looking into it actually

 

[Uglyr]

BlackIce confirmed?

 

[13Patrick]

Being a nerd in historical accuracy of profiles and nation or variant related values, I hope it is possible to mod a specific 2D Profile to the variants (maybe like the choosable templates for divisions) and also give every different unit (ship, plane, tank) nationsspecific values (not only by choosing a Company)

Maybe some like this:

That's what I was also thinking about!

Paradox, maybe a mini DLC with this?

 

[Vonboe]

we are seriously looking into it actually

wow didn't expect that answer, awesome to hear!

 

[ArchmageIlmryn]

Is something similar made/planned/possible for Stellaris?

 

[podcat]

That's what I was also thinking about!

Paradox, maybe a mini DLC with this?

yeah would love to do that

 

[leeuw]

Please make errordawg tshirts

And include it in the $69.99 Trinity Edition (subliminal suggestion)

 

[Oahkoah]

Wow, this looks truly helpful!

 

[podcat]

Please make errordawg tshirts

i swear on the graves on my ancestors i will do my best to make this happen ;D

 

[Razielus]

Finally ... no more learning how it works - pure fun

and to think that some people wanted random nation generator .... now we have ultimate world creator

 

[Orlunu]

Can I marry Paradox Interactive?

 

[Celtic Emporer]

Is there any way we could get you guys to do this to other games, too? Plox???

 

[Cpack]

As of a discussion on the japanese air tech tree:
-Do the carrier based versions of the planes have different stats/ values/ (profiles), or are they at least moddable? Means have they a different unit file? (Same for tanks)
-Also do the TD/Sp-Arty/ AA variants of tanks have different unit files?

 

[stardude900]

Sorry Stellaris, looks like HOI4 is gonna be the better moddable game.

 

[Nitan17]

This is, simply put, glorious.

 

[Ownage]

Hello, I'm looking into making a "historical stats" mod, mostly aimed at tanks, aircraft and ships but I may include some other things along the way. We'll see.
Anyways, is there a way to change such values as stats like speed, hard attack, soft attack etc? Would that also be covered by the tools or is there even simpler way?
I'm only now breaking into modding and this will be my first mod so any help is appreciated.

 

[PlayerHOI]

Great news, Paradox is truly a unique company when it comes to modding support

Podcat, any chance to see the "change_tag" effect in HOI IV?

 

[novapaddy]

I think you may have just made modding the most interesting part of hoi4, podcat. I mean we've all played ww2 to death, so the real challenge will be using those excellent tools to create something wonderful.

My only worry is how to do the 3D sprites needed? Cannot trawl Civ3 anymore, time has moved on.

Great Work!