This has to be one of the worst focus tree layouts in a mainstream mod.Now with baking!——-MODDING RESOURCES———>bit dot ly 3GPdwPDGeneral Index of tutorials for photoshop, GFX, scripting, etc. This is a google doc, so be aware.>https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/ModdingGeneral article hub on modding, also has a lot of info in general on all pages.>Text Editors/Codinghttps://notepad-plus-plus.org/https://www.sublimetext.com/https://code.visualstudio.com/Programs to write out proper syntax for code/scripting. Try to keep everything centralized in one program if possible; experiment and decide which one is right for you.>https://github.com/Where 95% of HOI modders nowadays put mods alongside the steam workshop.
———NOTABLE UTILITY MODS———>Player Led Peace ConferencesEffectively mandatory for all playthroughs where scripted peaces aren’t a factor. Puts (you) in total control of the peace proceedings so post-war Europe/Asia looks pretty.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=846066944>ToolpackGives the player a togglable menu to change party popularity, give buildings, transfer states and annex, etc. Great for getting yourself/an AI country out of trouble, or fixing bordergore.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2913150560>Better AISwaps the stock AI package for one that is much more aggressive, and gives them in-game stat buffs. Best for people who think base HOI4 is too easy. Not compatible with mods that also change the AI/unit types.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3369706283>Industrial ExpansionAdds 5 new building types to refine steel, aluminum, tungsten, chromium and coal. Adds a new infrastructure type of the same name as the mod, adding building slots the more IE is built.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2707538501———NOTABLE OVERHAUL MODS———Pic related, too big for 2000 character limit
And now, the news!————Our first big drama of the year starts on YouTube, with one ‘Error Log’ publishing back-to-back videos criticizing TNO and GWR getting 50k+ views each. The GWR’s ‘cord ended up being raided apparently, and ‘Error Log’ was in kahoots with Loredad, other HOItuber to get his videos favored in the algorithm. Oh, and TFR had a tiny update for Europe, too. Should’ve just been packaged with 1.1.
>>2338263>4 threadshow long to we get exiled to /vg/
Please tell me the Lan Kir tree gets better because it's horribly generic thus far.
>>2338312I don't think so, and honestly I have no idea what EAW was thinking releasing something so plainly terrible. Granted, their mod development strategy really seems to be quantity over quality..
>>2338270>Should’ve just been packaged with 1.1.No point in having us wait another year. Europe can always use more content, no matter how small. And on that note, if anyone hasn't checked out the mod Europunk yet, you should, it's pretty good even in its early stage, and finally makes it interesting to win the 1EW as the EU.
>>2338326I swear to god tfr has worse fanboys than TNO. You are insufferable faggot and you should go kill yourself if you seriously defend a buggy nothingburger that was the last update
>>2338389Ok Nicola.
bros.. last year, Brandon Russell was sentenced to the maximum period of incarceration of 20 years for the single charge of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.. he's 30 right now, so he'll get out when he's 50 unless he's paroled (they won't let him get paroled). what do we do now that our based TFR leader has been imprisoned for much of his adult life? anyone thought to write him a letter about how much good he brought to the TFR movement? MSS fears us.. FSB won't even touch us..
KR sucks off the KMT so much you almost forget how incompetent they were IRL.
>having a focus tree that looks like THIS in 2026I'm still standing by my statement that EAW is shit and only seems good because when you imagine "pony mod" you imagine something abysmal.
>>2338499EAW suffers from OWB in that most of its content is shallow as fuck. It has a few long routes, but unfortunately half(?) of those are communist routes.
>>2338270>Dramafag My favorite part was when they discovered that his real account was talking to and praising his Error Log alt.>>2338467Can't tell if this is bait or genuine retardation.
>tfr 1.1 comes out>"BTW if you want to enjoy all of the content in 1.1, which includes approximately 50% of the content for each of the factions, you CANNOT touch the console button- cheater.">"also you can't reload your save. ironman only."get ready for serious gayness
>>2338577nobody said this, you are making arguments that never existed>BUT MUH COGNOSCENTI GIMMICKthat wasn't the argument for that either, modded hoi4 achievements are arbitrary if you qualify or not
>>2338577That's not even how ironman of achievements works you baiting retard.
>>2338605>>2338607i'm saying that tfr devs are going to require your games to be ironman "just because," like they did with cognoscenti.
>>2338628Oh my god you're so stupid. You don't know anything about this. That's not what they did. You can unlock a secret ending if you earned the achievement for winning the campaign. That's it. You can still do the normal full world conquest campaign and cheat as much as you want without it being restricted. They just said that to discourage you from locking yourself out of the secret ending. And again this isn't even how ironman or achievements work.
>>2338633they literally decided to FUCK people out of content just because those people like to use console. and the fanbase lapped it up. because the devs weren't stopped, next time they'll lock content behind forced ironman mode.
>>2338638Bruh it's a meme ending for your second campaign using magic and beating the campaign as the most powerful tag in the mod isn't even hard, stop seething because you can't win without using delall on Trump.
>>2338661it's actually pp 2000 for unlimited political points, because the political point system is stupid.>meme endingit's still content that they could have included without preventing people from using the console; instead, they PROHIBITED it, and next time they'll force everyone to use ironman.
>>2338670Skill issue.
>>2338499Actual horsefuckers have been saying this for ages.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheFireRisesMod/comments/1r0laoc/comment/o4jznnw/?context=3More shitflinging about the TFR OST, and Deadrin responding to it.>>2338526>bait or genuine retardation.The latter, though the idea of writing a letter to Brandon from the TFR dev team would be quite gemmy.>>2338648Gimme the catbox, I can't see jack.
>>2338691That's just because they're seething over Griffonia's existence, and Equestria not being so comically overpowered there's no point to playing it except for the power fantasy.
>>2338694>Equestria not being so comically overpowered there's no point to playing it except for the power fantasy.You misspelled "getting no updates since god knows when"
>>2338700>The mod that just updated get no updates
>>2338694Yeah, I want Equestria's regular gameplay to be world domination. And?
>>2338705No updates for Equestria the country.
>>2338389wdym buggy? everything in it works exactly as it should, it's not a lot of content but it makes Germany's early game more interesting
>>2338712Fair enough.>>2338714Nayrt but it was buggy on release. Might have been hotfixed though.
>>2338648>Politically Correct CensorshipThey literally did this, by the way. They did indeed censor at least one Dragon Ball Super episode.>the rest of the treeSpookier than a million Draculas
I hope Dark MAGA Trump has a mini-game around figuring out who is a MAGA loyalist and who needs to go on the purge list, should feel distinct from the Judas mini-game though.https://youtu.be/zd-X3m3fcX0?si=mE2PSfl13jLZrzPD
>>2338648
>>2338761>Syndie mafiaStability debuffs should only apply to non-PJ governments.
>>2338648>>2338761Is this just a full-on TNOfication or will the South American countries be able to do anything meaningful?
>>2338648>>2338761>Fernandez not only doesn't drop out of the ballots, he gets a second term
>>2338700That isn't what /mlp/ complains about doebeit.
>>2338809What are they saying? That nearly none of the toozed content (and there's a lot) made it into the update? That the Lan Kir tree, as bad as it is, apparently took years to develop?
>>2338809/mlp/ complains about that and fundamental problems.
>>2338693>muh plagiarism in muh hoi4 mod!I'll be saving the current music list and will upload any songs they delete as a mod.
>>2338855Good and based.
>>2338855Patriot.
>>2338859>>2338874btw if you want to just access the music yourself then it's just:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\394360\3350892196\music
>>2338577You forgot to attach the gigachad image
>>2338855>>>2338693>>muh plagiarism in muh hoi4 mod!>I'll be saving the current music list and will upload any songs they delete as a mod.
Where you sitting?
>>2338270Any new TNO Yippie leaks get through the cracks yet?
>>2339047Eleven, I'll have no idea what they're saying. But it should be a fun time.
>>2339047Outside AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
>>2339047I'll be skydiving without a parachute tyvm.>>2339048There's a few more leaked charts in the TNO thread. It's not releasing in at least a year though no matter what they say.
>>23390471I spend the entire flight showing him my collection of pringles memes
>>2339047Who are the guys at 8 supposed to be? Also 7 since I assume that's Luka.
>>2339072I think that's the two post-Medvedev communists introduced in Kaliningrad Animal. The Chekist and Stalinist.
>>2338855The 'plagiarism' issue isn't that the music itself is in the game, no one is saying that. Music mods use fuckin' major label music. Like you said, it's just a HOI4 mod.The issue comes about because Deadrin SPECIFICALLY CLAIMED that the music is his, remixed, produced and made by him. The TFR devs not only credited Deadrin but also uploaded the tracks as the 'official TFR soundtrack', assuming that they were made for the mod.It just makes the dev team look like jackasses for claiming that music made by other people is actually theirs.
>>2339047Idea guy here. As much as I love staring out the window, I'm taking 6 so that Sutter won't stab me to death when I go to take a piss at 3 am and accidentally step on his foot.>>2339076That's Klim Zhukov (stalinist) and Dmitry Puchkov (chekist).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klim_Zhukovhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Puchkov
>>2339087A bit harsh it's not like they meant to, they were scammed by the guy.
>>2339052They're playing rock paper scissors. Lafayette won.
>>2339094>they were scammed by the guy.My point exactly. I'm not blaming the TFR dev team for this, and when I said that the situation made them look like jackasses it was because of Deadrin, not them.I'm just explaining why the drama is going on, and that it's not because TFR uses other peoples' music in their mod. Also I'm pretty sure Deadrin is a Rusmonkey so no fucking wonder he scammed them.
how's the latest EaW watch? is the OP image indicative of its quality?
>>2338648>>2338761What submod is this?>>2339047Who's sitting next to Nr. 2
>>2339103Haven't played it yet, but from what I've heard and seen, it varies by country. Some are fine, good even, others not so much. With Lan Kir specifically, opinions usually lean towards the latter, but it's a very conquest-focused nation and has a bunch of mechanics, so there may still be fun to be had. Zongo seems to be the most liked country of the patch.
>>2339103It seems like it has its highs and lows. That one just stood out because of how 2016 it looked. An anon in the last thread said it was good though despite being ass ugly since it's utilitarian and let's you do fun stuff so it might not be as awful as it looks even (I doubt it but I haven't played it).>>2339109Looks like The Fire Redux.
>>2339103EAW went to shit long time ago
>>2339103So far I've only played Lan Kir, it's been a pretty fun ride. I do get the complaints about the focus tree, it is pretty clunky
>>2339109The guy next to 2 is Navalny
>>2338751It’ll be a minigame to find out who’s leaking the Epstein files
>>2339125At least since Path of Fire, the Kiria update. Which incidentally is the last time Kiria got anything.
>>2339103Zango is good. Lan Kir is shit, Aztlan is literally Celestial Resistance but worse.
I just wanna thank the TFR soundtrack for indirectly introducing me to nightcored Rasputin
coming back to tfr is such a hassle because you have to dig up which templates to use
>>2339607He may have been a fraud but he did have good taste. I like Fractured Timeline and Crimewave.
>>2339650Those songs do encapsulate the aesthetic of the entire mod really well. Not to mention that the scripted war songs are kino.
>>2339656Yeah I hope they keep those and just credit the real artist.
>>2339659IIRC they already properly credit some of the songs such as Crimewave and Schwazenflame. I don't know why plebbit decided to bring up a situation that had already been addressed.
>>2339661Wait they already addressed it and gave proper credit? Then why the fuck are they seething? Took the L, admitted fault, did right by the real artists. Fucking Reddit man.
>>2339663You literally have one of the guys Deadrin stole from saying that the entire thing has been resolved in private in the comments of that post.
>>2338693>So you're the guy who got the 1000 dollars?>It was closer to 1500 but yes, spent most of it on my college tuition>I am not redditor enough to play moral high ground nor justify my actionsBased.
>>2338693>This was an experiment that dates back to 2021, when I first entered the team. The basic premise was a 2 parter where the objectives were to see if 1: I could generate income into a sort of pot and 2: initiate a scavenger hunt for people to find the borderline lost media with a central theme for the Mod as a middleman of these songs. The person to find out the truth would receive the option to put the pot in either the charity of his choice or pocket it directly.>so, you stole songs from people?>NO, I created a SOCIAL EXPERIMENT EATER EGG HUNT THAT WOULD REWARD THE FIRST PERSON WHO FIGURED OUT THAT I """"""""""STOLE""""""""""" (heh I never actually stole) THE SONGSWhat the fuck? Does this dude think we're fucking retarded? He literally stole it and is coming up with bullshit on the backend to try to minimize his actions.
>>2339661>>2339663>>2339666stfu deadrin
>>2339607https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6iO69b-49Mthe best track
>>2339797That's not Atomrkieg.JOIN USOR PERISH WITH THE REST
>>2339787>>2339792>What the fuck? Does this dude think we're fucking retarded?I think it's pretty obvious, considering you took the most obvious bait of sympathizing with a plebbitor.>>2339797The Time Is Now is lots better.
>>2339800krieg? that's german, right? for war? HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN' SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT, OOOOHHH GOOD GOD Y'ALL
>>2339797Oops, wrong link.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAeQ4O8QDuY&list=PLMj4C9AjAn3vGflXEjGk-j6vpCo89X-JH&index=34
>>2339792>Calls Deadrin a retarded thief and the issue resolved by admitting he's retarded and a thief>"Obviously Deadrin"Dawg, they're shitting on Deadrin for being a thief. If you want to accuse them of shilling anyone, it'd be the main team for trying to exonerate them.
>>2338467Okay, if we wrote a letter to Brandon, what should it be like? What about this bros?>Dear Brandon,>It sucks that you got 20 years jail, I'm sorry, that was unfair given that you didn't do anything except talk about an idea with your gf.>I'm writing because I got really into the mod for Hearts of Iron 4, The Fire Rises, that's set in 2020 and has a second american civil war happen with like 58 factions splitting off from the United States, including AtomWaffen Division. The mod is actually really serious, the intelligence agency in china prosecuted the lead china modder for developing content for the mod, it's crazy..>To explain more, there are 6 playable countries, including the U.S., but the U.S. has 6 playable factions, including AtomWaffen. I've played AtomWaffen so many times you have no idea. It's really fun and the hardest and most challenging faction in the game. I like being a Satanist the most, but your ideology of Accelerationism is fun too.>Anyway, I hope you have supporters in prison. I've heard neo-nazis are in prison, so hopefully you've got people to back you. You did a really cool thing creating a popular group when you were 18, it just sucks that it got condemned as a terrorist organization.>I post on 4chan, which you might know, and we like to talk about The Fire Rises, and a lot of people respect you and your AtomWaffen Division friends. Just because the feds hate you doesn't mean everyone does. Maybe you could write a book about your experiences while in jail like Hitler and get even more popular?>That said, I'm going to start up another game and play as you, which is surreal in a way since now I'm writing to you. I hope you respond back. Thank you for reading this bro. Stay strong.Thoughts?
>>2339858>ThoughtsYou should never post again.
>>2339858put a first class stamp on this bad boy and get it sent out with your real name and address on it
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3620612939ERX beta is out, go text it, Reformists got new content
>>2339868>reformists>new contentWhat a fucking surprise. No thanks, Zach. Go fuck yourself for what you did the purists.
>>2339868Please don't advertise your mod here.
>>2339868STOP GOONING TO LEGION SISSY HYPNO
>>2339881No.
>>2339858"Dear Slim, I wrote you but you still ain't calling" type shitBeing serious though, write formally and do it like this:>Dear Mr. Russell,>(50 words max of introduction)>(75 words about TFR lore in-game and IRL drama)>(150 words of AWD in-game lore, talk about the paths, econ, military tree, post-war)>(closing paragraph, ask him for his thoughts and to write back when he can)>Sincerely, Idea GuyYou can use Grammarly to check for any errors, it's pretty good. Or just pull out your old English tomes and use them.DO NOT USE YOUR ADDRESS OR REAL NAME, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. DO NOT PESTER HIM IF HE DOESN'T SEND BACK ANYTHING.
>>2339858>>2339887>>2338467can you just kill yourself?
>>2339887Well at least this isn't total cancer.>>2339888Sadly, he won't see reason and blow his fucking brain out.
>>2339881not gonna happen dude
mod osts can be so goodhoi4 mods came a long way, 5-6 years ago you only had tno basically, everything else was super barebonesnow tno is in shambles and it's okhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PJQPLejBo
>>2339901Collapsing world's ost is 80% pure kino and 20% the worst shit you have ever heard
>>2339901Disagree. Kaiserreich, KX and others gave us plenty of good stuff before TNO came. Sure, TNO pushed the envelope on its release, but after retards like Mango and Lamounier killed it and TFR picked up the torch it's all well in my book. Modding is constantly evolving but let's not forget the fact that TFR's ancestors walked so that it could run.
