Hearts of Iron IV - 35th Development Diary - 27th of November 2015

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It's not try. AI is locked to historical focuses only.

Its just an option to have the AI follow national focuses according to a timeline.

That isnt what this is, its just a mode where the AI nations pickes focuses in a historical order if they can. if they cant (say if Secret master has been abusing stuff) they will do other stuff. Its not affecting other things or lobotomozing the diplomatic and strategic AI like in HOI3

yeah. full historical mode by its nature would lead to unhistorical gameplay as players wouldnt do historical choices when faced with a historic AI etc.
 
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Can there be an option to demand Switzerland after Austria? Gotta get those German speakers :D and we can even give the southern bit to italy to make them happy

Also, can i jump around the tree a bit? Is it possible to go for the "puppet turkey" option, then jump to an alliance with spain?
 

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No more Autobahn? It seemed like a great peace-time focus :(

You mean, visible roads on the map? Nah, they are never going to be in because they have never been visible in any HoI games.

Of course Germany will start with great infrastructure. Autobahn will be represented.
 

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Can there be an option to demand Switzerland after Austria? Gotta get those German speakers :D and we can even give the southern bit to italy to make them happy

Also, can i jump around the tree a bit? Is it possible to go for the "puppet turkey" option, then jump to an alliance with spain?

Yes. I would like an Operation Tannenbaum Focus :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum
 
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Yes. I would like an Operation Tannenbaum Focus :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum

Who needs a focus? If you've read about Swiss preparations for war, you know they weren't going to surrender no matter what. Even their standing orders for the population included clauses stating, in effect, that if people received news that the government surrendered, to just ignore it and continue fighting. Switzerland isn't going to surrender or give up territory like Czechoslovakia or Austria, so I question the need for a focus. I don't even think the French or British could be persuaded to negotiate them away due to long-standing Swiss neutrality and intact borders.

Just use your fascist government abilities to turn around and invade them. It's what I will do. (Because there is no in-game advantage in any HOI I can think of to letting the Swiss remain independent.)
 
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You mean, visible roads on the map? Nah, they are never going to be in because they have never been visible in any HoI games. Of course Germany will start with great infrastructure. Autobahn will be represented.

I think he was talking about the "Finish Reichautobahn" national goal that was in DD#12. National goals were replaced by National Focuses in DD#14.

Since then we have not seen it as a German national focus, though we don't see the whole focus tree.
 

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Go and check Arumba's Hearts of iron 4 video at 2:15, it do show the left part of the tree. Even though the video is several months old, I think the national focus tree is the same:)

At the top left Germany have a national focus called Reichsautobahn which give +10 infrastructure to the following states:

  • Brandenburg
  • Hannover
  • Thüringen
  • Franken
 
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The font on those renameable command groups/fronts is way too small and disrupted by background, making it nearly unreadable though. They should improve it so that it is readable without having to look at it for a minute, and increase the size of the font.
 

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That was already there in HOI3, you could name Theater HQs, Army Group HQs, Army HQs and Corps HQs.

Yes I know, but with the end of the OOB I thought this feature was gone. As far as I can remember, in the first screenshots/gameplay footage of HoI 4 the possibility to give a name to the Commands Group didn't exist. I'm glad they add it finally :)
 
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Can there be an option to demand Switzerland after Austria? Gotta get those German speakers :D and we can even give the southern bit to italy to make them happy

Also, can i jump around the tree a bit? Is it possible to go for the "puppet turkey" option, then jump to an alliance with spain?
I vote this opinion. In Hoi3 I have seen many French troops that French Maginot Line Armies have run away in Switzerland.
Encirclemant by German Army in my game was no mean..... I will occupy Switzerland or no touch for French Maginot Line.