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Here is an update for those of y'all that are waiting with baited breath for the release.

We have solved the save game problem. Now that we have solved that we are getting down to the business of testing the install as a whole and making tweaks so we can make this the mod that you have come to accept. Although I doubt that we can reach those extremely high standards, we will try.

We have also solved a problem that prevented the installer from utilizing alternative load paths. This will help those of you that use a hard drive other than C or have changed the install path for your Hearts of Iron 2 installation.

We have added new events to make the Rhineland reoccupation more realistic and added events to make the Munich Conference more historically correct and add some gameplay aspects.

There is a new chain of events that deals with the Spanish Civil War and events surrounding that.

We have been tweaking the land combat stats to make battles and wars last a more accurate time period. This will be ongoing after release as I am sure y'all will have some input on how this can be improved.

There are now new graphics that have been included for the load screen and the start game screen. We have come up with a new scheme compared to the brighter look of the HoI version.

There are some new graphics to support other aspects of the game that have been changed.

Right now, the download is still less than 10 mB, so we are achieving our goal for the first release. There are plans to have a seperate graphics download which will be available shortly after the initial release.

Thank you for your patience again. MDow
 

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Nice, I have been waiting for some sort of release. Is there a possibility we will see a download thread before christmas?
Will the installation support mod dir or will it be a separate installation ontop of a regular vanilla installation (kind of like the way we solved it in MDS)?

Good luck with the mod guys!
 

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would the exe overwrite the vanilla files? or, if I want to overwrite them, I'd have to run the exe first and muck about in the overwriting afterward?
 

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We are trying to overcome the problems with mod-dir. That is our goal. But, if the choice is a release with overwriting files or waiting for mod-dir, we will probably go with overwriting files.

If you have problems with that and think our priorities should be reversed, speak up now.
 

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Doomtrader said:
When you are planning to release it?
As I remember you guys were talked something about end of November. And it is close!

We are close. A couple more CTD fixes and we will be ready. MDow
 

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MateDow said:
We are trying to overcome the problems with mod-dir. That is our goal. But, if the choice is a release with overwriting files or waiting for mod-dir, we will probably go with overwriting files.

If you have problems with that and think our priorities should be reversed, speak up now.

Does this mean that every time a new patch is released for vanilla we'll have to reinstall the game before the new patch, and then the new core-patch? I don't care about any of that I just want you to release asap!! :D
 

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Just keep a copy of your HoI install. Copy paste the entire HoI directory into another folder, called 'HoI CORE' or something. Then use your original 'clean' copy for patching or vanilla games. When you need to update your CORE game just repeat the procedure. The only problem with this is having lack of hd space.

And please release as soon as possible, there are lots of things that will change/improve over time anyway, right..? Can't wait! :)
 

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robertcop said:
Does this mean that every time a new patch is released for vanilla we'll have to reinstall the game before the new patch, and then the new core-patch? I don't care about any of that I just want you to release asap!! :D

That is probably what that means. MDow
 

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robertcop said:
Does this mean that every time a new patch is released for vanilla we'll have to reinstall the game before the new patch, and then the new core-patch? I don't care about any of that I just want you to release asap!! :D
Considering how close Doomsday is (relatively speaking), I'd be surprised if Paradox put out a whole lot more patches for regular HoI2 so this shouldn't be a big problem. When Doomsday arrives, however, it's another matter...
 

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MateDow said:
We have also solved a problem that prevented the installer from utilizing alternative load paths. This will help those of you that use a hard drive other than C or have changed the install path for your Hearts of Iron 2 installation.

Bewdy! Very grateful.
 

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Happy to wait for mod-dir

My 2 cents worth. I'd be happy to wait for the mod-dir rather than a version that overwrites the vanilla files. Although, based on the past work the C.O.R.E. community did on HOI1 if any files were to be overwritten i would trust C.O.R.E. to do it and keep stability.
Cheers.
 

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10shun said:
My 2 cents worth. I'd be happy to wait for the mod-dir rather than a version that overwrites the vanilla files. Although, based on the past work the C.O.R.E. community did on HOI1 if any files were to be overwritten i would trust C.O.R.E. to do it and keep stability.
Cheers.
Mod-dir or not does not delay the release, there are other issues.
 

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Well bugger my giddy aunt. Make sure the install instructions are simple, clear and consise.
 

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MateDow said:
We are trying to overcome the problems with mod-dir. That is our goal. But, if the choice is a release with overwriting files or waiting for mod-dir, we will probably go with overwriting files.

If you have problems with that and think our priorities should be reversed, speak up now.

no, that's just what I want so that I can multiplay it with friends