Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

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Aug 4, 2023 @ 5:38am
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Expanded Designers Combined

Description


From the creator of NSB Tank Designer Rebalance, BBA Aircraft Designer Rebalance and MTG Fleet Designer Rebalance:

Expanded Designers Combined


Expanded Designers Combined is a vanilla overhaul mod for all the designers and combat systems in the game. Main purpose of this modification is to deliver a better gameplay expirience. Main focus of the mod is to improve and deepen game mechanics, while remaining compatible and available for paradox AI.

Mod includes:
  • Mechanised and armored cars designer
  • Tank gun upgrade system
  • Expansions for all vanilla designers and equipment upgrades
  • New plane roles
  • AI improvements and tweaks
  • Rebalancing of supply system
  • Battalion and terrain rebalance
  • Additional research slot options
  • Full russian and english localisation





Main Changes:
* Rebalance in ground warfare was directed to remove the ahistorical and illogical meta and allow wide variety of WW2 era designs to be effective. Mechanised and armored car designers add flavor and additional ways of waging war, while rebalancing of battalions and terrain modifiers adds logic and united structure to the game.
* Fleet rebalance focuses around bringing all ships to glory with reducing IC costs and allowing wide variety of designs to be used. Not much of new modules were added, but overall balance was changed drastically. All hail Megatron battleships!
* Air rebalance adds huge amount of new modules, balance tweaks and ability for planes to do practically all missions. The last option allows planes with different modules but the same types to be stacked, fixing core vanilla game problem, but causing minor troubles with AI behavior. No flying tank meta allowed.

Additional Changes:
* AI has been changed to be more challenging and effective. While using mostly historical designs, it will field better divisions and have better priorities in production. Good luck winning air war against the Great Britain in 1943.
* Supply system was reworked to be less punishing and limiting, while still being operational. Now you gain more supply and spend less of it, causing AI to stop dying on the far corners of its country (yeah, vanilla Soviet Union). Yet it is still an important factor and fast attack on supply hub can disrupt enemy's plans and cause a massive encirclement.
* Also during the creation of the mod huge amount of other`s works were used, like there are hell lot of tank icons, commercial and national (SOV, JАР, USA). Creators are mentioned in special category.
* And technologies of all categories are changed a bit, be aware.

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Compatible with Kaiserreich and other mods, that don`t interfere with combat systems and technologies.
Not compatible with KX, Expert AI 5.0, EaW, UTT:NH and RT56. Compatibility submods are not planned, but can be created by players.


Submods:
EDC: Naval Submod (VNR Compat.)
EDC+ (More desingning. Unofficial.)

Translations:
Chinese translation

Look through the list of disscusions, there are several useful categories.
Also I would like to host some multiplayer games or find some help on the mod improving.


Donations:
Link to a hapiness button: https://boosty.to/gdi_trooper


Discord server link: https://discord.gg/4CM8665ZHN

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777 Comments
GDI Trooper  [author] May 22 @ 1:14am 
If you are speaking about specialised equipment it is currently removed from the game, because it doubles towed rocket arty battalion
May 22 @ 1:07am 
I can't find motorized rocket artillery. Where can I find them?
Ludochka May 16 @ 10:51pm 
Сухарики
GDI Trooper  [author] May 13 @ 2:32am 
CodaMission, yeah, let us do it. What part will you do?
CodaMission May 12 @ 9:08pm 
Going to have to second that Infantry Equipment Designer merge. "All the designers", baby! Lets do it!
GDI Trooper  [author] May 10 @ 1:51pm 
Do you have like any feedback about doctrinal changes?
GDI Trooper  [author] May 8 @ 9:50am 
No compatibility submods are planned
Hey, question. Will you add the Infantry Equipment Designer mod? Since the unofficial submod that added it, is discontinued and I think it would fit right in!
GDI Trooper  [author] May 5 @ 9:18am 
Okay, will adress DLC issue one more time and then just delete such questions. The mod uses all dlc combat changes without removing dependancies cause I don`t want problems with paradox. If the dlc is small, like TOA, only few subunits will be unavailable. If big - probably broken. Anyway mod weights 150 MB, go and test it, it is not brand new call of cope with 100 GB of download size.
Dead-Slayer May 5 @ 9:12am 
Sorry if my question is dumb, but is the DLC "Trial of Allegiance" strictly necessary?