Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

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New Fighter Icon Series - USA
   
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New Fighter Icon Series - USA

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New Fighter Icon Series - USA

Tired of creating your brand new P-51 variant only to have to use that same old default icon? Well, not anymore! This mod adds many new Air Force and Navy light fighter icons for the U.S., including: the Warhawk, Air Cobra, King Cobra, Mustang (including the famous Red Tails squadron), Thunderbolt ('Jug'), Wildcat, Hellcat, Bearcat, Corsair, and even a bonus XP-75 and F7F Tigercat! I also added a basic carrier CAS variant which the game does not include.

It has always bothered me that I have to use the same exact icon whenever I create a new variant of my aircraft. This is especially true for fighter aircraft since they are the most likely to get modified with new tech to stay ahead of opponents. I have been wanting to do this for a long time, and I finally got around to doing it. I uploaded it so everyone can enjoy!

I also added the heavy fighter aircraft icons to the pool of light aircraft icons available for the player.

* DEFAULT ICONS - USA now has proper default icons for most all of the aircraft. No more Inter War icons for Advanced Fighter!

Compatibility

This mod should be compatible with most any mod.

* 'New Fighter Icon Series' mods will now work concurrently with one another (e.g. enabling USA and Japan at the same time).

Thanks to the awesome advice of Ben_D, I was able to increase the compatibility of this mod, not only with other mods in the series, but it should be compatible with most other mods as well!

*This mod requires the By Blood Alone DLC


Future Plans

My goal is to eventually make a set for all of the major nations. I may be open to requests for specific planes (fighter planes only). Please note this is just a hobby for me, and I do this out of fun and leisure time (i.e. please do not harass me to get your request done ASAP).

Troubleshooting

Please let me know if you experience any issues. Please view the change notes to see the changes I've made with any updates I've posted.

Thank You

If you like this mod, please give it a thumbs up. Thanks!

Check out other mods in this series:

Germany
England
Japan
13 Comments
NoRussianBias Mar 8 @ 3:49am 
Commission as in you'd get payed for it. I'm not one to try and take advantage of someone making something as nice as these Icons for free!
Colonel O'Neil  [author] Mar 8 @ 1:57am 
Thank you.

I'm kind of laying low on this series right now as I am more focused on my Improved Air Designer. What do you mean by commission, though?
NoRussianBias Mar 7 @ 4:03pm 
Hey Colonel O'Neil! 1st off your work on these are amazing, I mean seriously good stuff! 2nd off, I'm genuinely curious if you'd ever be open to the idea of a commission for adding in bombers with this Icon Series. If not no worries just wondering!
Colonel O'Neil  [author] Mar 1 @ 6:45pm 
F2A Buffalo added!
Colonel O'Neil  [author] Feb 28 @ 7:43pm 
I haven't thought about it. If so, it would be way down the road.
vvvzzz Feb 26 @ 2:39am 
Any plans on making generic icons or enabling these for generic countries?, it would be a gread addittion
Colonel O'Neil  [author] Jan 12 @ 7:36pm 
@Cadwalender

I can do that - just might be a while.
Colonel O'Neil  [author] Jan 12 @ 7:36pm 
I'm not sure I know how to make it Ironman compatible.
pc_suffering Jan 11 @ 7:56am 
Ironman?
Cadwalender Jan 11 @ 4:31am 
Small request could you add the F2A buffalo navy fighter? Thanks for a cool mod!