Open-source Clausewitz v1

[ggamer2023]

Hello everyone

The story begins when I tried to mod HoI3. As far as I know, the game was made in a hurry and is still unpolished. I tried to improve it by creating a mod with a Victoria-like dynamic flag system, but it seems that can only be done if I modify the .exe file (I’m not a highly skilled programmer, I just followed chatbot advice). I'm trying to create a mechanic that must be in the original game! Releasing communist Germany as a Soviet puppet with its historical flag is... silly. This made me interested in the idea of an open-source project.

Then I found the Project Alice and OpenVic open-source projects. From what I understand, the first one opens up the game itself (though I have no idea what that entails—decompiling the .exe, maybe?), and the second one is a recreation using the Godot engine. As far as I know, they are still in development. Anyway, I'm interested in HoI3 now.

I like the Clausewitz engine v1: the 2D map, its simplicity, and the fact that it doesn’t turn my computer into an oven.

So, the question is: What is the current state of any open-source Clausewitz v1.0-like game or engine? Does one already exist? What about loosely recreating a Paradox game using an engine like Unity or something "clean" (like OpenGL, C++, etc.) and open game files (countries, events, etc.) to rebuild the game mechanics?

And finally, I just wanted to improve HoI3...

 

[Had a dad]

I'm not sure where top start with this reply.

HOI3 was not made in a hurry... Would some of us like more done with the game back in the day, yes, but that doesn't make it unpolished. Both statements are highly inaccurate and pretty insulting to the devs that worked on the game..

No there isn't an opensource version of clauswitz

can you do a GSG with Unity, yes you can.

 

[ggamer2023]

I'm not sure where top start with this reply.

HOI3 was not made in a hurry... Would some of us like more done with the game back in the day, yes, but that doesn't make it unpolished. Both statements are highly inaccurate and pretty insulting to the devs that worked on the game..

No there isn't an opensource version of clauswitz

can you do a GSG with Unity, yes you can.

I was probably too harsh, and I definitely don’t mean to belittle the work of the developers. But the fact remains — communist Germany with a swastika.

P.S. I know it’s the imperial flag in the vanilla game, but still.

 

[Had a dad]

V2 HoD came out after the final iteration of HOI3, can you do the flag in it? no. Can you in HOI4, that came out before V3, yes. those are the facts.