Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

World War Two - Rebalanced
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Update: Jul 18, 2020 @ 11:30am

USSR
Improve War Economy IV and V don't require to have Leningrad under control anymore
Finish the Five Year Plan focus's civilian are now prioritizing specific states (Leningrad, Krasnodar, Tikhvin, Voronezh and Tambov)
Armament Effort focus's civilian are now prioritizing specific states (Leningrad, Ryazan, Novgorod and Kaluga)
Third Five Year Plan focus's civilian are now prioritizing specific states (Leningrad, Volkhov, Rostov, Orel and Belgorod)

UK
Montgomery now starts as a level 6 general (3-6-3-4 instead of 2-6-3-5)
Starts with a naval base level 2 in Suez

Germany
Starts with Convoy Interdiction researched

Japan
For the Emperor! idea gives -10% Division Attrition in addition to the old bonuses

USA
Send Delegation to Vichy focus can't be done before 1942

Other
Supply bonus from input is now 50% instead of 25%
Ennemy Air Superiority Speed Impact is now -20% instead of -15% (-30% in vanilla)

Update: Jul 16, 2020 @ 7:51am

Vichy France
5 vanilla focuses are back in the game (Anti Bolshevist Volunteers, Rebuild the Military, Analyse our Defeat, Buy from the Enemy and Emergency Powers to Petain)
Anti Bolshevist Volunteers focus gives +5% attack and defence bonus against the USSR instead of +10%
Rebuild the Military focus gives +5% military construction speed instead of +10% and the idea is timed now (365 days)
Can't change conscription law when French Neutrality idea is active
Recovering from Defeat gives -10% factory output in addition to the old bonuses

USA
Operation Torch focus now requires to have at least 10 infantry division in Azores and a navy in the African Cost (At least 10 Capital Ships, 2 Carrier Ships and 50 Screen Ships)
Operation Torch focus now gives back French West Africa to Free France (historical)
Break the Purple Code focus and Defense of the Pacific focus have switched spot in the focus tree
Send the Flying Tigers focus now gives +5% production cost for fighters for 30 days instead of the old debuff
Lend Lease Britain focus now gives +5% production cost for tactical bombers and artillery for 30 days instead of the old debuff
Lend Lease Free France focus now gives +5% production cost for light tanks and convoy for 30 days instead of the old debuff
Lend Lease Soviet Union focus now gives +5% production cost for infantry equipment, support equipment and motorized for 90 days instead of the old debuff
Lend Lease Soviet Union focus now gives the Soviet Union 3k support equipment instead of 1k

France
Merge with the French army of Africa event now fires when the West African colonies are back under Free France control
Merge with the French army of Africa event now gives 4 40 width mountaineer divisions and 6 20 width infantry divisions in north Africa instead of old bonuses
Navy focus and Air focus can't be done if Laval is leading the country
Starts with additional 3 military factories
Starts with 7 fewer civilian factories

Germany
Mefo Bills are now automatic (like in vanilla)

Italy
Starts with 1 additional military factory
Starts with 1 fewer civilian facotry

USSR
People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry focus gives the CAS 1 technology in addition to the old bonuses
People's Commissariat of Armament focus gives -10% production cost for support equipment in addition to the old bonuses
Defense of Moscow focus now bypass if the USSR doesn't control Moscow
Defense of Stalingrad focus now bypass if the USSR doesn't control Stalingrad
New focus called "Stalingrad Tractor Plant" which gives -10% production cost for medium tank (for 1 year) and 10 off-map civilian factories
Starts with engineer as support in its 20 width infantry divisions (as result, the USSR starts with additional 1725 support equipment and 575 infantry equipment)

UK
A Motorized Army focus gives the Matilda tank technology in addition to the old bonuses
Industrial Effort focus now gives 3 civilian factories in addition to the old bonuses
Starts with additional 5 military factories and 3 civilian factories

Siam
Aviation Effort focus gives 2 air bases in two states (for a total of 4 instead of 2)
Diversify the Economy focus now gives 2 off-map civilian factories, 2 off-map military factories and 2 off-map dockyards instead of 1 off-map civilian and 1 off-map military

Japan
Starts with additional 2 military factories

Autonomy level
Autonomy cost to become free or to annex puppet now cost 1000pp instead of 300

Navy-Air
Anti Air from ship on incoming air is now 0.6 instead of 0.4
Anti Air from fleet on incoming air is now 0.2 instead of 0.1
Anti Air reduction effect on incoming air damage is now 0.7 instead of 0.6
Disruption factor increased from 4 to 5
Escort factor increased from 2 to 3

Other
Speed 2 is now 2 times slower than Speed 3 instead of 2.5 (still testing)
Graphics optimization (still testing)

Update: Jul 11, 2020 @ 12:42pm

USA
New focus called "Code Talker" which gives -1% intel to others for army, navy, civilian and airforce
New focus called "Break the Purple Code" which remove Type B Cipher Machine bonus from Japan
War Plan Black focus takes 10 days instead of 35
War Plan Orange focus takes 10 days instead of 35

Republican Spain
Death Before Surrender gives +30% minimum surrender limit instead of +5%

Japan
Liaison Conference focus gives Type B Cipher Machine idea in addition to the old bonuses which gives -1% intel to others for army, navy, civilian and airforce
Imperial Austerity reduce fuel consumption for the navy and the airforce by 20% instead of 10%

USSR
Starts with synthetic oil experiments researched
Starts with a refinery in Yaroslav (historical)
Improve Railway Network focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Caucasian Fuel Silos focus takes 35 days instead of 70
New focus called "Synthetic Kauchuk" which gives 2 refineries in Smolensk, Minsk, Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Stalino
Synthetic Kauchuk focus also gives +2 rubber production and -100% oil production from refineries
Finish the Five Year Plan focus gives 2 additional civilian factories in addition to the old bonuses
Third Five Year Plan focus gives 5 civilian factories in addition to the old bonuses
Improve War Economy I, II, III, IV and V now give 5 military factories and 10 civilian factories (like Improve War Economy VI, VII, VIII, IX and X)

Germany
New focus called "Ardennenoffensive" which gives Gives 20 10 width infantry divisions and 4 40 width heavy tank divisions in west Germany, can be done if the allies control at least one coastal state in north western europe

Update: Jul 4, 2020 @ 9:15am

Bulgaria
New focus called "A Port in the Mediterranean Sea" which gives 1 dockyard and a level 2 naval base in Thrace

USSR
Improve War Economy I, II, III, IV and V give 2 military factories instead of 0 in addition to the old bonuses

Siam
Starts with Fuel Storage technology researched

Canada
Starts with Fuel Storage technology researched

Romania
Starts with Fuel Storage technology researched
German Romanian Oil Exploitation Company focus gives 2x100% research bonus on Synthetic resources technology instead of 1x50%

Germany
Invest in Romania focus doesn't gives 1x50% research bonus on Synthetic resources technology to Romania anymore

Update: Jul 2, 2020 @ 4:54am

Bugfix

Update: Jul 1, 2020 @ 3:37pm

USSR
Reworked The Great Purge focus, the focus takes 35 days now and it unlocks 3 decisions to do the trials
Officer purged idea is now divided into 2 different ideas : stavka and officer purged
NKVD Primacy focus isn't mutually exclusive with Rehabilitated Military focus anymore
NKVD Primacy focus requires Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center decision, Secret Trial of the Generals decision and Trial of the 21 decision to be done
Rehabilitated Military focus requires Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center decision, Secret Trial of the Generals decision and Trial of the 21 decision to be done
NKVD Divisions focus now requires Order 227 focus or Operation Saturn focus
Winter War focus now requires NKVD focus
Claims on Baltics focus and Claim on Bessarabia focus merged into one focus called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Lessons of war focus now requires Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact focus
Diversify the Program focus now requires Military Reorganization focus
Closed City Network focus requires Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact focus
Research City Experiment focus requires Diversify the Program focus
LKZ Tank Designer focus can't be done before 1942 or is at war with USSR
LKZ Tank Designer focus now requires Closed City Network focus and Lessons of War focus
Winter Equipment focus now requires Lessons of War focus and can be done even if not at war with a major country
New focus called State Defense Committee focus which gives back the old bonuses to the PCDI (except from resource gain efficiency)
SMERSH focus now requires NKVD Divisions focus
Operation Countenance focus now also requires Ministry of the Shipbuilding Industry focus
Convoy Production focus doesn't requires Expand the Red Fleet focus anymore
Expand the Red Fleet focus requires People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry focus
Support PRC focus and Friend Oversea focus removed (useless)
State Propaganda focus requires New Soviet Man focus
State Propaganda focus requires Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center decision, Secret Trial of the Generals decision and Trial of the 21 decision to be done
New Soviet Man focus requires Caucasian Fuel Silos focus instead of Transpolar Flihts focus
Transpolar Flihts focus and Air Doctrine focus are now merged into one focus, requires People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry focus
Lessons of War focus remove Officers Purged idea
New focus called People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry which gives 2 naval dockyards
New focus called Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building which gives 1x100% research bonus for excavation technologies and +10% resources gain efficiency
New focus called People's Commissariat of Armament which gives -5% infantry equipment production cost and 1x100% research bonus for infantry equipment
New focus called People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry which gives +25% Air Base construction speed
New focus called CAS Focus which gives 1x100% research bonus on cas 2
Order 227 focus and Operation Saturn focus remove Stavka penalties
New focus called The Great Patriotic War which gives +50% CP gain
New focus called Reorganize the Red Army which gives +5% organization
Operation Bagration focus now gives +5% army attack instead of +1 attack to all generals
Finish the Five Year plan doesn't reduce factory output by 5% anymore
Third 5 Year Plan doesn't reduce factory output by 2.5% anymore
Rehabilitated Military doesn't give +2% reinforce rate anymore
NKVD divisions focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Improve War Economy VI gives 10 civilian factories instead of 5 (like the last 4)

Finland
Can't join faction anymore
Continuation War focus icon changed (cosmetic)

Yugoslavia
Starts with Yugoslavian Partisans idea (can still be removed by the croatian event)

UK
Operation Compass focus and Operation Husky focus icon changed (cosmetic)

Update: Jun 27, 2020 @ 2:24pm

UK
Defense of Egypt focus doesn't give a fort in Marsa Matruh anymore
Offensive Strategy focus gives a new event called "Tank Production" instead of giving 2 20width light tank division
Tank Production event gives 150 heavy tanks, 300 medium tanks or 450 light tanks
Defense of Egypt focus gives a new event called "Defensive Equipment Poduction" in addition to its old bonuses
Defensive Equipment Production event gives 200 mechanized or 250 anti-tank artillery

Finland
Starts with great war tank researched

Germany
Gets a new focus called "Support Finland" which gives an event to Finland
Support Finland event gives materiel to Finland (3 options: 1. 7,2K guns, 400 artillery, 400 anti-air and 400 anti-tank. 2. 7,2k guns and 500 light tanks. 3. 400 fighters)

Update: Jun 26, 2020 @ 10:15am

Canada
National Housing Act focus doesn't requires Rowell Sirois Comission focus anymore
Canada Pacific Railway focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Maritime Colonial Railway focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Retool Angus Shops focus requires Dollar A Year Men focus and Maritime Colonial Railway focus instead of Canada Pacific Railway focus and Bits and Pieces Program
Department of Munitions and Supply focus only requires War bonds focus now
Polymer Corporation focus can be done after Mine the Shield ofcus instead of Victory Aircraft Limited focus
Uranium Mining focus can't be done after National Steel Car focus anymore
Defense Research Grants focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore

South Africa
Defense Collaboration Initiative focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore
Found the University of South Africa focus now requires Heavy Engineering focus or Expand the Mining Industry focus
Establish the Atomics Energy Board focus now requires Pretoria Arms focus and Expand the Rand Mines focus
Armament Effort focus now requires Found the University of South Africa focus
South African Steel focus now requires Infrastructure Effort

Australia
Fight Work or Perish focus doesn't requires Squash the Squanderbugs anymore but must be at war in order to complete the focus
Fund Australian Defense Research focus also requires Squash the Squanderbugs focus now
Removed Clasify the Aliens focus
Removed Volunteer Defence Corps focus
Rats of Tobruk focus requires Citizen Military Forces focus now
Rationing and Recycling focus requires to be at war and requires Rats of Tobruk focus
SWPA Protector focus requires Citizen Military Forces focus now but takes 70 days instead of 35
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation focus and Empire Air Training Scheme focus can't be done after SWPA Protector focus anymore
Research Collaboration focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation focus also requires Empire Air Training Scheme focus now
Empire Air Training Scheme focus can be done after SWPA Protector focus or Adopt Westminster focus
Rats of Tobruk focus now gives a 20 width infantry division with 2 line AT, support AT, engineer and recon in Cairo

Philippines
Improvement of Transport focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Infrastructure Effort focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Marine focus, Paratroopers Effort focus and Moutain Troops focus give 2x100% research bonus instead of 1x100%

New Zealand
Research Collaboration focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore but cant' be done before 1940

Mexico
Television Innovators focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore but cant' be done before 1940
Plan of Agua Prieta focus gives +10% support to non-aligned in addition to its old bonuses

Romania
Expand the University of Bucharest focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore but cant' be done before 1940
Barbarossa idea lasts 120 days instead of 150

France
Extra Research Slot II focus doesn't requires to have 75 or more factories anymore but cant' be done before 1940
Can do its focuses after capitulation
Army Reform focus gives 2x100% research bonus for land dotrine instead of 3x100%
Lessons of War focus gives 2x100% research bonus for land dotrine instead of 1x100%

UK
Starts with guarantee over Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Yugoslavia, Greece and Tibet
Can select political advisor Alan Turing after 1941 and Germany doesn't have enigma idea
Nation Requesting Navy from exiled government can't be refused by hosted countries anymore
A Motorized Army gives 1x150% research bonus for Bren Carrier instead of 1x100%, also gets a new icon (cosmetic)

USA
Reinforce Monroe Doctrine focus gives +30% support to democracy to Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela in addition to its old bonuses

Germany
Enigma focus can't be done if UK has political advisor Alan Turing
Barbarossa idea lasts 120 days instead of 150

USSR
Innovative Tank Doctrine focus takes 35 days instead of 70
LKZ Tank Designer focus takes 70 days instead of 35
Found the PCDI focus can be done once at war with Germany instead of having order 227
New recruits the USSR gets by events are now trained instead of Green
Starts with 2 additional civilan factories (in Sumy and Vitebsk)

British Raj
The Bangalore Torpedo focus now requires British Army Support focus
Gets a new focus called Special Forces that gives +2% Special Forces Capacity Multiplier
Jungle Training focus can't be done after Indian Gurkhas focus anymore
Gets a new focus called Modern AT Guns that gives 2x100% research bonus for Anti-Tank

Italy
New focus called Request German Support in Africa that gives an event to Germany "The Deutsches Afrikakorps"
The Deutsches Afrikakorps event gives the opportunity for Germany to send Erwin Rommel, troops and material to Italy (1 40width light tank division and 1 20width infantry division with line AA)
New event called "Erwin Rommel Returns to Germany" that fires once Africa is lost, Erwin Rommel will return to Germany

Finland
Gets new decisions to enact military treaty with axis members who are at war with the USSR with Continuation War focus (decisions to share military access)
Moscow Armistice event remove military access in addition to the old modifications

Generic focus tree
Extra Research Slot II focus doesn't requires to have 80 or more factories anymore but cant' be done before 1940
Technology Sharing focus doesn't requires to have 50 or more factories anymore

Update: Jun 12, 2020 @ 5:47am

Germany
Hermann Hoth is now level 3 (5-1-2-2) instead of level 1
Hermann Hoth can get Engineer trait once at war with USSR

South Africa
George Edwin Brink can get Trickster trait if Alexandria is controlled by the allies after July 1940
Armor Effort focus and Q Services Corps focus are not mutually exclusif anymore
SA Engineer Corps focus can now be done after Mechanization Effort or South African Military College
South African Military College focus gives 2x100% research bonus for land dotrine instead of 1x100%

Australia
Thomas Blamey can get Naval Invader trait if North Borner is controlled by the allies after 1942

Republic of China
Chinese Partisans is now an idea (not included in War of Resistance against Japan and Desperate Defense anymore)
Chinese Partisans idea removed by event at 80% surrender progress

France
B1bis focus description changed (now it specify that the research is done by decision)
Marie-Pierre Koenig is now level 4 instead of level 3 and start with mountaineer trait
Marie-Pierre Koenig gets +2 attack and +1 defense when Syria is liberated
Marie-Pierre Koenig can get Desert Fox trait is Alexandria is controlled by the allies after 1941
Char de Bataille focus gives 100% reseach bonus + 6 month ahead of time reduction for heavy tank 2 instead of its old bonuses
Automitrailleuses focus gives 100% research bonus + 6 month ahead of time reduction for medium 1, medium 2 or light tanks instead of its old bonuses
Division Cuirassée focus gives 2 20 width tanks division instead of 1 but it requires 17K manpower instead of none
Army Reform focus gives 3x100% research bonus for land dotrine instead of 1x100%
Lessons of War focus gives 1x100% research bonus for land dotrine instead of 3x100%
Firepower Kills focus gives 2x100% research bonus on artillery instead of 1x100%
Battle of Maneuver focus, Infantry Tanks focus and Automitrailleuses focus give 5 land xp instead of 10

Canada
Red Deer Training Camp focus gives 2x100% research bonus for land dotrine instead of 1x100%
The Valentine Tank focus doens't give bonuses for Armor anymore but for medium 1, medium 2, heavy 1 or heavy 2

USA
Selective Training Act focus can't be done if war support isn't greater than 0%

UK
Removed Anti Non Contact Commitee focus
Expand the Repair Yards focus requires Naval Rearmament focus instead of Carrier focus or Battleship focus
William Slim I requires Syria to be taken back from Vichy France
William Slim II requires Operation Countenance
William Slim can get Jungle Rat trait after 1943
Alan Brooke I can be done after the Fall of France
Alan Brooke II can be done after 1942
Bernard Montgomery I can be done after the Fall of France
New focus called Infantry Tanks that gives 2x100% research bonus for medium tank 1 and medium tank 2 in addition the focus gives a Leyland medium tank designer
New designer called Leyland which gives +5% reliability and +5% max speed for medium tanks
Chiefs of Staff Committee focus gives 2x100% research bonus for land doctrine in addition to the old bonuses
Issue Gasmasks focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Military Training Act focus takes 35 days instead of 70

Japan
Fight Against Chinese Partisans is now an idea (not included in Chinese Collaboration IV anymore)
Fight Against Chinese Partisans idea is removed after victory against China
New focus called Operation U-Go to launch an offensive on British Raj once most of the Dutch East Indies islands are under Japanese occupation (gives +10% organization, +10% recovery rate, -20% terrain penalty reduction and +20% attack bonus against British Raj for 100 days)
Non Aggression Pact with Sovit Union focus doesn't bypass anymore and the pact can't be refused by the USSR
Strike the USA focus declares war on all the allies instead of just USA and the Philippines
In addition to its current bonuses, National Defense State focus gives the bonuses from the old Fortress Japan focus (level 3 coastal forts on Kanto, Marcus Island, Iwo Jima, Taiwan, Okinawa, Chugoku, Kyushu and Kansai)

Yugoslavia
Formation of the Independent State of Croatia event gives Yugoslav Partisans idea (+75% resistance target) to Yugoslavia if Germany or Italy refuse to create the Croatian puppet state

USSR
Rodion Malinovsky is now level 3 (3-4-1-2) instead of level 1
Rodion Malinovsky can get Trickster trait once Dnipropetrovsk has been lost during the great partiotic war
Stalin Constitution focus icon changed (cosmetic)

Map
Macedonia shape changed in order to fit better the historical occupation of Yugoslavia

Navy
Naval Mines removed from the game (will be added back when bugs and balance fixed)
Existing Variants with mine device changed to light ship battery 1, torpedo 1, submarine torpedo 1 or depth charge 1

Update: Jun 4, 2020 @ 8:52am

Compatibility for 1.9.3