No one would ever do thatWay too fast. You posted that before reading the whole thing didnt you
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No one would ever do thatWay too fast. You posted that before reading the whole thing didnt you
Interesting that the Nationalist Chinese nation is just named China in this incarnation. Wonder how well they can model that conflict this time around.
Well it was meant to evoke a "WWII feel", but a lot of people just found it dull.
More focus on planning and high level decisions.
Hearts of Iron III could either be played with full manual control, where micromanagement would be pretty heavy (often to the point where you would struggle to pay attention to all aspects of the game) or with AI assistance, where your control over the systems you surrendered to the AI was very limited. We are developing a planning system that gives you greater control while not being as taxing as the detailed manual play from the last Hearts of Iron game. We want to give you time to look at the bigger picture. In my opinion, this also adds a lot of immersion, since it feels more like I am guiding a military campaign rather just shuffling units between provinces.
For the micro-managers out there - you can still do very detailed plans and update them in real-time, which will basically work like the old manual control but the system will reward successful longer term plans, so expect to have a few things to learn! There won't be any large "automate this" buttons in the game. We want all parts to be fun and playable. If they are not, they get redesigned or replaced.
When looking at that map.... I can almost taste the sand of the Sahara and feel the rain and humidity of the Indian subcontinent. You can literally *see* the climates.
I love the day night on the main map. Looking forward to more information being released. Keep up the good work.
You're podcat, okay?Welcome to the first development diary for Hearts of Iron IV!
My name is Dan Lind
It's beautiful...Oh, I almost forgot! Here is a screenshot of the map (click for larger version). This shows just the terrain currently. It is early and political borders are not yet polished to be accurate enough to show them off. Enjoy!
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I personally wonder, will the province sizes change? I would love to see the smaller provinces like HoI3 instead of bigger provinces like EU4 and stuff.
I don't see the lit cities!