Project Italy

[Melkor89]

This project is aimed at improving the portrayal of Italy. I tried to remove all the historical inaccuracies and improve the database with hundreds of real ministers and leaders. I added dozens of new events and a playable Democratic Italy, and fixed many bugs. The goal is to provide a much more immersive and historically accurate game experience with Italy in both WW1 and WW2.

This is the current status:

Italy: leaders, ministers, tech teams
AOI: leaders, ministers, tech teams
RSI: leaders, ministers, tech teams
Democratic Italy: leaders, ministers, tech teams
Communist Italy: leaders, ministers, tech teams
Italian Somalia: leaders, ministers, tech teams
Italian North Africa: leaders, ministers, tech teams
revised OOBs, models and names for Italy, AOI, RSI, Democratic Italy, Communist Italy
unit pictures: 680+ historically accurate pictures for Italy, AOI, RSI, Democratic Itay, Communist Italy, Somalia, and Italian North Africa
scenarios: new OOBs for 1914, 1933, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943; Italian Kingdom is playable in 1944, 1945
events: tweaked the Italian Surrender event, plus many historical and a-historical events for all the countries above
ten audio files: eight historical Mussolini speeches (Balbo's flight, war on Ethiopia, declaration of the Empire, victory in Spain, annexation of Albania, racial laws, war on the Allies, war on Greece), the Italo Balbo speech in New York in 1933 and the 1943 Badoglio armistice announcement
war
Four unique battlescenarios:
- 1866 Italy vs Austrian Empire battlescenario (Third Italian Independence War)
- 1940 Operation Compass (Italy vs. UK in Egypt/Libya)
- 1940 Greco-Italian War (Emergency G, Italy vs. Greece and UK) that includes the Metaxas speech
- 1943 Operation Husky (Italy and Germany vs. USA and UK) that includes the Roosevelt speech

If you have pictures of leaders or ministers missing from the mod, please send them to me.
This mod is very easy to merge with other mods, if you have any questions or problems please contact me.
This mod is playable in English and Italian.

Some images from the latest version:

More images on the last pages and at the bottom of this post as attachments.


PROJECT ITALY V.2023 (September 2023 - Tenth Anniversary update) FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.05.2
DOWNLOAD LINK (44 MB): https://www.mediafire.com/file/1urdhmj8uu6imq8/PROJECT_ITALY_v.2023_for_DH_1.05.2.rar/file


Installation: copy the content of the Darkest Hour Full folder into the Darkest Hour A HOI Game\Mods\Darkest Hour Full folder, and play! If you want to keep the original files of the game, make a copy of the Darkest Hour Full folder before applying the mod. Remember to select the desired mod in the launcher (under "Load a mod").

Please let me know if you find any bugs and also if you enjoyed playing because feedback is what keeps modders going!
Join the Project Italy channel in the Darkest Hour Modding Server (link: https://discord.gg/GzaYmXQ6q ) to get updates about the mod and discuss its content.

COLOUR UNIT PICTURES FOR PROJECT ITALY 1.2: http://www.mediafire.com/file/2kccvwk7zevp0p3/colour_models_2020.rar/file (october 2020 update)

Spoiler: Preview of the colour unit pictures

Spoiler: Older Versions

Project Italy June 2021 "Husky": https://www.mediafire.com/file/xa07p6r9ymjzoza/PROJECT+ITALY+for+1.05.1+(June+2021).rar/file
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY ENG-ITA (august 2018) FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.05.1:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7mh3nql239och7h/PROJECT+ITALY+ENG-ITA+for+1.05.1.rar (36.6 MB)
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY 1.2 (august 2017) FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.04 FINAL: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7vz1hej029j6ydo/PROJECT+ITALY+1.2+for+1.04+final.rar
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY 1.031 (december 2016) FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.04: http://www.mediafire.com/file/jve7vaiqrx1x2wg/PROJECT+ITALY+1.031+for+1.04+final.rar
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY 1.03 FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.04: http://www.mediafire.com/download/8yjbago347twpp7/PROJECT ITALY 1.03 for 1.04 final.rar
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY 1.02 FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.04 FINAL:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/9iem9z766ii70n4/PROJECT+ITALY+1.02+for+1.04+final.rar
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY 1.01 FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.04 FINAL:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/0yxkeow90adi50f/PROJECT ITALY 1.01 for 1.04 final.rar
DOWNLOAD PROJECT ITALY FOR DARKEST HOUR 1.04 FINAL: http://www.mediafire.com/download/p4iph2wcu81c6s1/PROJECT ITALY for 1.04 final.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/download/l1iz23239de7s3h/PROJECT ITALY 1.1 FOR 1.04.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/download/tdkm4gsgl85rj6z/PROJECT ITALY FOR 1.04.rar
DOWNLOAD LINK FOR VERSION 1.01.1: http://www.mediafire.com/download/e4ot8bj0isg084v/PROJECT_ITALY1.01.1(2).rar
DOWNLOAD LINK FOR VERSION 1.0: http://www.mediafire.com/download/t6kg8y4aeoyl5q2/PROJECT_ITALY1.0.rar
FIX for version 1.0: http://www.mediafire.com/download/sewdk6c762modkb/FIX1.01.rar
info on version 1.0: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ject-Italy&p=17113657&viewfull=1#post17113657

Contributors:
Guglie_ (OOBs and models and general overview)
bestmajor (pictures)
Mackus (events)
Mimmmo (pictures)
ArmyDuck (unit names)

 

[Melkor89]

I want to make my own mod with most accurate and really historical OOBs for all majors. So I would be glad to know the exact and detailed information about the Italy Land and Air Forces on 01.01.36, like I made it for the Red Army. (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?711186-True-historical-Red-Army-on-01.01.1936)
If you have such accurate information (and may be any english-language links with it) I would like to use it in my mod.

The total number of all Italian aircraft on 01.01.1936 is the biggest mystery for me. I know that in real history Italian aircraft Forces on 01.01.1936 maybe was bigger then UK aircraft Forces. But how much and what types it was?? I can't find it.

And I have information that Italy on 01.01.1936 had 1 fully Light Tank brigade. No more, no less. Is it right?

You have to ask Guglie for that, he's in charge of compiling the OOBs. Anyway, it's my intention to release his 1936 OOB for Italy along with the leaders file.

By the way, added two more pictures on leaders and ministers for AOI.

 

[Duce02]

Rodolfo Graziani was the head of the goverment in Italian East Africa in 11 June 1936 to 21 December 1937.

 

[Melkor89]

Rodolfo Graziani was the head of the goverment in Italian East Africa in 11 June 1936 to 21 December 1937.

Yes, I'm going to add both Graziani and Badoglio as viceroy before Amedeo, and two events on their succession. I will also add Gazzera and Nasi just in case.

 

[italofic]

Cold War Italy needs too a new tag to be properly represented

Your project is very interesting but...

why you wanto to make new TAGs? If the matter are the ministers or the leaders you can eliminate them via events... I mean: why the hack two different TAGs between WWI Italy and WWII Italy? Nonsense...

 

[Melkor89]

Your project is very interesting but...

why you wanto to make new TAGs? If the matter are the ministers or the leaders you can eliminate them via events... I mean: why the hack two different TAGs between WWI Italy and WWII Italy? Nonsense...

Because the fact that in 1914 the first ship that you build is called "RN Littorio" totally ruins the atmosphere. Similarly, the land divisions that you build have 1939 names like "1a Divisione 'Superga'". The very same applies for Cold War-era Italy.

 

[italofic]

Because the fact that in 1914 the first ship that you build is called "RN Littorio" totally ruins the atmosphere. Similarly, the land divisions that you build have 1939 names like "1a Divisione 'Superga'". The very same applies for Cold War-era Italy.

You're right but isn't this too much? And, btw you could put the WWI era names before the WWII ones... With the building times and the small italian IC in WWI you're not going to build loads of divisions, so just add a couple of names...

 

[Melkor89]

You're right but isn't this too much? And, btw you could put the WWI era names before the WWII ones... With the building times and the small italian IC in WWI you're not going to build loads of divisions, so just add a couple of names...

This would mean that in WW2 you build units with WW1 names. It's more complicated than it seems, and the only radical solution is using different tags (just like Germany, for example).

 

[italofic]

No, if the WWI names are already used at the beginning of the WWII game... Changing TAGs means changing all the events involving them... And loosing compatibility with every mod or future patch... I mean, if you want to do that I'm noone to say to you it's a mistake... yust think about it...

 

[Melkor89]

No, if the WWI names are already used at the beginning of the WWII game... Changing TAGs means changing all the events involving them... And loosing compatibility with every mod or future patch... I mean, if you want to do that I'm noone to say to you it's a mistake... yust think about it...

Actually, land divisions are called "na Divisione di Linea" in WW1 and "na Divisione 'name'" in WW2, so not even this solution will work. Same with ships: you shouldn't be able to build the "RN Francesco Caracciolo" in the '30s. The only way is having two different tags. I'm not saying I will do this (and probabily I won't), I'm just pointing out the solution. I've spent a lot of time on Mod1914 and I think that Italy is far better represented there. Have a try if you never played it.

 

[Melkor89]

I'm making slow progress... this event sleeps Italian leaders when their double appears in A.O.I.

 

[Melkor89]

A new OOB for Italian East Africa by Guglie_ and me. Totally accurate with the right leaders in the right place.

 

[OneAussieMan777]

Best of luck to you! I'm trying to do a nation specific mod for Australia and from experience have noticed almost nobody will care about anything nation specific unless it applies to Germany.

Best of luck anyhow, I hope you're successful. I'll be keeping my eye on this mod

 

[Hirz]

Best of luck to you! I'm trying to do a nation specific mod for Australia and from experience have noticed almost nobody will care about anything nation specific unless it applies to Germany.

Best of luck anyhow, I hope you're successful. I'll be keeping my eye on this mod

haha unfortunately you are right! However I´m sure Melkor will prove us wrong!

 

[Ericafaq]

As i know,Di-Savoia was died in british POW camp,why hes worked in goverment,or its pre-war postions?

 

[Melkor89]

As i know,Di-Savoia was died in british POW camp,why hes worked in goverment,or its pre-war postions?

Amedeo was Viceroy of Ethiopia from 1937 and died in 1942 after he was captured in May 1941 (so he's rightfully at his place!). Pietro Gazzera (PA) or Gugliemo Nasi (SC) will take his place if you release AOI (again) after 1941.

To the others: thanks you for your support! I had this project in my mind for a long time (when a thing has to be done, it must be done), and I hope it will be merged into one of those bigger mods out there.

 

[Pasha]

Best of luck to you! I'm trying to do a nation specific mod for Australia and from experience have noticed almost nobody will care about anything nation specific unless it applies to Germany.

Best of luck anyhow, I hope you're successful. I'll be keeping my eye on this mod

That's not entirely true. There are a lot of players like myself who enjoy playing as the lesser nations. But I think region specific mods might be a better way to go. I thoroughly enjoyed playing the Yugoslav Improvement Mod, which also modifies all the other Balkan nations. The Commonwealth Mod is a lot of fun too. Both were incorporated into the All In One Mod.

 

[Melkor89]

Update: I made the 1914 scenario compatibile with the new leaders file, so you can play WW1 too with this mod, although I didn't change much (just some names and photos). I will edit the WW1 leaders after all other WW2 stuff is done, and my goal is to import the leaders file that I created for Mod1914.

 

[FCZP]

compatible with World in Flames II?

 

[Melkor89]

compatible with World in Flames II?

Actually I don't know. I'm making a list of all the changes in each file so it's easy to make this mod compatibile with others.

By the way, I'm having problems with mobilization events for AOI, but I'm working on it.