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Equestria Shoujo: Equestria at War Anime Mod

Currently up to date with Hearts of Iron 4 version 1.15.* and Equestria at War version “Daring Do and the Yaks that SMASH!” 2.4

INTRODUCTION

Equestria Shoujo is an anime submod for Equestria at War that seeks to replace every in-game portrait with an anime counterpart and still stick to the spirit of Equestria at War with nearly 1500 portraits, dozens of event pictures, an updated and non-intrusive UI, and much more!

Equestria Shoujo should NOT change your checksum, as it is a graphics and sound only submod. Save files made when Equestria Shoujo was turned off will still work, and vice versa!

Includes support for the Equestria at War Super Events mod!

UPDATES

Full changelog is located within the mod files.

2025/04/16
V0.8.1 - Updated for latest EaW update.

2024/10/17
V0.8.0 - Fixed missing portraits. Updated to latest EaW update.

CURRENT FEATURES

☑ Total leader overhaul with 1500+ portraits for generals, admirals and politicians for every country in Equestria at War! Every leader a waifu!
☑ Various ministers changed to anime counterparts with more to come!
☑ Over 90 event and report pictures! More to come!
☑ New EaW themed loading screens graphics and quotes!
☑ Dozens of Anime-ified Super Events with custom music and sounds!
☑ Non-intrusive anime UI for research, aces, espionage, laws and more!
☑ Human unit models have fully replaced all pony, griffon, etc. unit models!

PLANNED FEATURES

As of the posted date, the ES team is currently working on the following.

☑ Adding in further event pictures and national focus GFX.
☑ Adding more unit voices.

Subject to change at any time. Please feel free to ask me about any specifics on the Project Moe Discord.

In the far-flung future, we're hoping to do the following:

☑ Continuously updating portraits to be of a high standard.
☑ Replacing all applicable event graphics
☑ Filling out the rest of the ministers
☑ Further updating the UI where applicable

FAQ

Q: What about multiplayer and save game compatibility?
A: Equestria Shoujo is a graphics only mod that will never break a save game nor will it cause sync issues, beyond HOI4's usual antics, in multiplayer.

Q: Will this mod still run if Equestria at War or HOI4 updates?
A: Since Equestria Shoujo doesn't alter any gameplay, events or history files, it'll always run if you don't mind seeing a few of Equestria at War's lovable ponies stellar portraits.

Q: What should I do if I find a glitch, portrait error or some other issue?
A: Please put it into the bug report discussion box or join the Project Moe discord and discuss the problem in the appropriate channel. I am most likely NOT going to see any comments about bug reports, so please use those methods should you wish to report any errors or glitches.

Q: Can I get the source for [art x]?
A: Please join the Project Moe Discord server if you want sources on images. Requests made on Steam will be ignored, the comments section is for feedback only.

Q: Is there a list with sources for all portraits in the mod?
A: No because there's 1500+ portraits in the mod and maintaining a gallery like that would be impossible.

Q: Can I have the loading screens?
A: An Imgur gallery of the loading screens will be uploaded momentarily. Stay tuned!

Q: Can I use your assets for my own mod?
A: This mod itself was built using some assets from another mod, Moereich, and there's a differentiation between work for that mod that I used with permission and work that I made myself. You are free to ask me if you want to use any assets I made myself, but I will tell you if certain assets were made by the Moereich Team instead and you will need to get your permission from them.

Q: Are you going to do anime versions for other major mods?
A: With two anime mods under my belt, the other being Moeredux, I'm committed to updating this and Moeredux at the moment and I doubt I'll start any new projects.

Q: Can I help you guys out in any way?
A: Your feedback and support is all we ask for! If you have any specific ideas for the mod, please leave them in the suggestion sticky or head to our Discord. We'll never take any donations of any kind though and will thus never operate a Patreon or similar service. If the thought of supporting us financially ever came to mind, please direct that towards the Equestria at War team or the artists behind your favorite art in this mod! Thank you!

Q: Will you change the male names in the mod to be female?
A: No, because like any gameplay changes that'd break multiplayer compatibility and force everyone to have our mod running just to play with friends. The in-universe excuse is that this is like Fate/Stay Night and that dudes are magical anime girls because magic/reasons and no one should bat an eye about it.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

Feel free to join the Project Moe Discord[discord.gg] for updates and news about Equestria Shoujo!

Maximus - Lead Developer, yell at this person about any bugs in ES.
Nuclear IL-2 - Portrait Assistant, did additional portraits and assisted with some choices of placement.

Rascalov1337, Spud - Assisted with finding portraits and fitting characters for some placements.
Nickay - GFX Work

The Entire Moereich Team - For making the original assets that I was allowed to build off of for the creation of Equestria Shoujo and for being very supportive.