End date

[Meraun]

Hi Guys

I stubbled of HoI IV wihle eagerly waiting for Stellaris, and since i love CK II and EU IV i just have to get this as well, god save Paradox. ;-)

a question, in CK II you get forced to quiet at 1453ish unless you change the gamefile manually. Since this game
covers about 15 Years, will we be able to play longer than 1948?

 

[Zaku]

Hi Guys

I stubbled of HoI IV wihle eagerly waiting for Stellaris, and since i love CK II and EU IV i just have to get this as well, god save Paradox. ;-)

a question, in CK II you get forced to quiet at 1453ish unless you change the gamefile manually. Since this game
covers about 15 Years, will we be able to play longer than 1948?

The game ends in 48, but since all Paradox games are moddable I assume that an extended timeline mod will come fairly quickly.

 

[Denkt]

I think you can continue past 1948. However the tech tree is made for the game to end in 1948 and the game itself is not designed for long games.

 

[Will Steel]

To be honest, all PDS games need a button like Civilization series "Just...one more turn..." that comes up whenever the game ends, and instead of turns it just go back into the play like usual (or allow us to choose another nation and continue in case our older nation got annexed). It should allow the player to continue playing into infinity (or at least 9999 years more) and also show a huge disclaimer that game will not progress any further, historical events are all ended, the continuation is not supported by Paradox, and player is playing on at his own discretion and any problems that come up are his responsibility. Especially in CK2 or EU4.

HoI4 ends in 1948.

 

[Mac Lazer]

From what I've heard, you can continue past 1948, except the technology, focuses, events, etc. will end at 1948.

 

[GhostKiller01]

A relatively acceptable extended time would be 'till 1955. Any further and you get into a era where the military development is simply too high for the whole tech tree. At least, that's what I believe. But events would be rather awkward post 1948, since they focus on the start of the Cold War. And I'm guessing a Cold War between Germany and USA or Germany and USSR or USSR and USA will be the canon end states, unless you successfully waged war on two fronts.

 

[Caesar15]

The game ends in 48, but since all Paradox games are moddable I assume that an extended timeline mod will come fairly quickly.

Game doesn't end in 1948. You can continue as long as you want, there's just no new events/techs/national focus stuff past 1948.

 

[Zaku]

Game doesn't end in 1948. You can continue as long as you want, there's just no new events/techs/national focus stuff past 1948.

Really? I assumed you need to mod the defines to do that like in other Paradox games.

 

[Caesar15]

Really? I assumed you need to mod the defines to do that like in other Paradox games.

Reasonable assumption, but 6 or so months ago a thread just like this popped up and podcat replied to it saying something along the lines of what my other post said.

 

[Hypercynder]

I prefer see end date in 1989

 

[Will Steel]

I prefer see end date in 1989

We all would, but this game isn't being built for Cold War and lacks mechanisms required to portray it.

 

[carron]

The new civil war function looks like it's made for the Cold War, puppets are in and we just need a "sphere of influence" function.

Modding the end date and lots of new technologies, units and events isnt much of an issue.

 

[Hypercynder]

so , why not 1949 , it's the end of WW2 and reconstruction

it's too the date limit between WW2 and Cold war era

 

[Caesar15]

The new civil war function looks like it's made for the Cold War, puppets are in and we just need a "sphere of influence" function.

Modding the end date and lots of new technologies, units and events isnt much of an issue.

Incoming Cold War expansion then!

 

[Metz]

We all would, but this game isn't being built for Cold War and lacks mechanisms required to portray it.

That's what future DLC's are for.

 

[Metz]

so , why not 1949 , it's the end of WW2 and reconstruction

it's too the date limit between WW2 and Cold war era

Maybe 1953 to allow for the Korean War or other proxy wars between Communist and Democratic factions of lands Axis lost, and post WW2 Communist takeovers (China)?

 

[fabius]

The new civil war function looks like it's made for the Cold War, puppets are in and we just need a "sphere of influence" function.

Modding the end date and lots of new technologies, units and events isnt much of an issue.

Incoming Cold War expansion then!

Yeah, HoI4 looks like it could take a Cold War expansion. Maybe some of the first DLC will also push it that way.

Then a major expansion with things like Money put in; espionage, diplomacy and asymmetrical war fleshed out.

edit- would love it

 

[carron]

Look at the EU4 DLCs - random new world, random nation, custom nation... Setting up 60 years of more content is a bit much asked but giving the modders the tools to do it is not.

 

[Will Steel]

That's what future DLC's are for.

Nope, a game with an engine built completely around WW2 will not and cannot ever have a Cold War DLC. At best you can hope for timeline extension to 1952 if at all.

 

[ringhloth]

To be honest, all PDS games need a button like Civilization series "Just...one more turn..." that comes up whenever the game ends, and instead of turns it just go back into the play like usual (or allow us to choose another nation and continue in case our older nation got annexed). It should allow the player to continue playing into infinity (or at least 9999 years more) and also show a huge disclaimer that game will not progress any further, historical events are all ended, the continuation is not supported by Paradox, and player is playing on at his own discretion and any problems that come up are his responsibility. Especially in CK2 or EU4.

HoI4 ends in 1948.

And then people will still complain that continuing after the end date is so bland and really weird things are going to happen, regardless of a disclaimer that they probably didn't read.