Small enhancement package

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I usually play with a couple of self-made minor changes, and I wanted to share them in case others are interested or inspired to other modifications. Here's the full list:

• corrected event 2033 (germany.txt): Croatia is now made a puppet of Germany instead of itself (bug)
• changed USA Gear Up Events (hoi2.txt): they now give +3 ICs each in Washington D.C. instead of China (bug?)
• changed ownership of Kuweit City from Saudi Arabia to the UK in the 1939 scenario (bug?)
• changed the Bitter Peace triggers (ussr.txt): no random factor, but an offset of 87 days
• deleted the surrender events for Germany and Japan (hoi2.txt)
• removed the cores of Italy in Yugoslavia (1936 and 1939 scenarios)
• changed event 4003 (vichy_france.txt) to give Vichy some belligerence (enables the Allies to dow them)
• added an event (hoi2.txt) that gives back Marseille from FRA to VIC if necessary (occasional problem with the creation of Vichy)
• added an event that grants control over some desert provinces to the UK when Italy looses Lybia (removes a green blob in the desert)
• removed the start- and deathdates of the leaders of all countries
• removed the deathdates of the techteams of all countries

*1st UPDATE*

• changed the "Bases for Destroyers" event to actually give the UK destroyer squadrons (hoi2.txt, bug)
• changed the triggers of the "Oil Embargo" event (usa.txt, bug?)
• tried to fix the "Liberation of France", added two events (vichy_france.txt, hoi2.txt, bug?)
• added an event to provoke war between the UK and Vichy France (Mers-el-Kebir, hoi2.txt)
• added an event that creates the "German Afrikakorps" when Germany is AI-controlled (hoi2.txt)

*2nd UPDATE*

• changed the "Moving of Industries to Siberia" event to substract ICs where they really exist (ussr.txt, bug)
• added the second Bitter Peace event (NOT happened) in the triggers of "Eastern Poland to SOV" (germany.txt, bug)
• gave armored cavalry divisions a fuel consumption of 5 (was 0, bug)
• tweaked the conditions of the surrender events of UK and USA (hoi2.txt)
• tried to improve the "Liberation of France" - should work better now, but is still not perfect (hoi2.txt)

*3rd UPDATE*

• corrected "Assassination of Yamamoto" (japan.txt): Techteam Yamamoto is now killed instead of Nagano (bug)
• changed events 4500/1 (siam.txt): Siam now cedes province 1303 instead of 1330 (bug?)
• changed "Independent Croatia" (croatia.txt, germany.txt): Croatia now properly joins the Axis (bug?)
• added a series of reminder events for the domestic policy sliders (hoi2.txt)

In case you'd like to try out these changes, you can download them here. Just unzip the file in your HoI 2 folder, overwriting a few existing files. I'd like to mention that these modifications work fine with the DAIM Mod.
A backup of the standard HoI2 1.1 settings can be found here.

 

[Darks63]

any chance u want to help with our mod

 

[e-stab]

any chance u want to help with our mod

I'm sorry, other historical setups are not that much in my interest, I prefer trying to adjust the standard scenarios.

 

[Darks63]

worth a try it was ai work that i really wanted though

 

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Update and prospect

Updated the information in the first post about compatibility with DAIM now that two new AI sets have been released.

I plan to do a SMEP update within a few days containing a fix for "Bases for Destroyers", "Liberation of France", an event for war between the Allies and Vichy France and one for a decent German Afrikakorps when Germany is AI controlled. Other suggestions are welcome.

 

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• corrected event 2033 (germany.txt): Croatia is now made a puppet of Germany instead of itself (bug)
• changed USA Gear Up Events (hoi2.txt): they now give +3 ICs each in Washington D.C. instead of China (bug?)
• changed ownership of Kuweit City from Saudi Arabia to the UK in the 1939 scenario (bug?)
• changed the Bitter Peace triggers (ussr.txt): no random factor, but an offset of 87 days
• deleted the surrender events for Germany and Japan (hoi2.txt)
• removed the cores of Italy in Yugoslavia (1936 and 1939 scenarios)
• changed event 4003 (vichy_france.txt) to give Vichy some belligerence (enables the Allies to dow them)
• added an event (hoi2.txt) that gives back Marseille from FRA to VIC if necessary (occasional problem with the creation of Vichy)
• added an event that grants control over some desert provinces to the UK when Italy looses Lybia (removes a green blob in the desert)
• removed the start- and deathdates of the leaders of all countries
• removed the deathdates of the techteams of all countries

I have d/l your big DAIM pack and want to try it on my next go with HoI2. I searched through the d/l, however, and could not find any events that make Croatia a puppet instead of a separate nation. Where are all these events? Maybe I am misunderstanding something.

 

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I have d/l your big DAIM pack and want to try it on my next go with HoI2. I searched through the d/l, however, and could not find any events that make Croatia a puppet instead of a separate nation. Where are all these events? Maybe I am misunderstanding something.

Did you download DAIM, the AI Mod, or SMEP, the Small Enhancement Package? They are two completely different things.
The changed events are in SMEP, the changed event for Croatia can be found at the bottom of germany.txt.

 

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Why did you delete the surrender events?

Why cores off from Italy? There are other cases of a more minor country having cores on something it might acquire in the future. Like Hungary with Slovakia. Or do you plan on adding them again with event in the Yugoslavian Pact of Steel Breaking series?

I never have any Marseille problem when I play with the modded Mikon Orod's revolt file, so I suppose it's a problem with revolt.txt.

You can use those event bugs I noted up on my thread in your next version of SMEP, if you like. I'd be honoured (and saved from doing the work myself )

 

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Why did you delete the surrender events?

Why cores off from Italy? There are other cases of a more minor country having cores on something it might acquire in the future. Like Hungary with Slovakia. Or do you plan on adding them again with event in the Yugoslavian Pact of Steel Breaking series?

I never have any Marseille problem when I play with the modded Mikon Orod's revolt file, so I suppose it's a problem with revolt.txt.

You can use those event bugs I noted up on my thread in your next version of SMEP, if you like. I'd be honoured (and saved from doing the work myself )

I deleted the surrender events because the way they distribute the provinces cannot be influenced by the player. They can lead to really strange maps when you e.g. conquer Germany and parts of Eastern Europe as Great Britain or make Japan a US puppet even when you conquer their mainland as the Soviet Union. There have been a number of surprised posts on the forum when somebody got hit by one of them. Personally I don't think they are necessary, the big conferences of the Allies are not in the game, nor should the partitioning.

The cores of Italy in Yugoslavia are not based on real claims, their intended purpose seems to be to prevent Germany from getting a coast in the Mediterranean. I disagree with that intention.

About Marseille, it happened to me a few times that Marseille wasn't ceded correctly to Vichy France. That's why I wrote a small event just to be sure, it only fires when necessary.

I'll use the ideas of the other thread, thanks for your support! Don't hesitate to post other fixes, but please bear in mind that the primary goal of SMEP is to eliminate small problems in the game, not to be a full-scale mod with lots of new events.

 

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I deleted the surrender events because the way they distribute the provinces cannot be influenced by the player. They can lead to really strange maps when you e.g. conquer Germany and parts of Eastern Europe as Great Britain or make Japan a US puppet even when you conquer their mainland as the Soviet Union. There have been a number of surprised posts on the forum when somebody got hit by one of them. Personally I don't think they are necessary, the big conferences of the Allies are not in the game, nor should the partitioning.

They might be improved though, but considering how historically Germany was treated something like "Annex" instead of any peace, I agree that german surrender event could be removed. Some improved version of japanese surrender event might be neat, but that's more into Enhancements though.

The cores of Italy in Yugoslavia are not based on real claims, their intended purpose seems to be to prevent Germany from getting a coast in the Mediterranean. I disagree with that intention.

Did those areas end up italian hands when Yugoslavia was conquered?

About Marseille, it happened to me a few times that Marseille wasn't ceded correctly to Vichy France. That's why I wrote a small event just to be sure, it only fires when necessary.

I suppose there is no harm done having it in.

I'll use the ideas of the other thread, thanks for your support! Don't hesitate to post other fixes, but please bear in mind that the primary goal of SMEP is to eliminate small problems in the game, not to be a full-scale mod with lots of new events.

This was my idea as well, having easily appliable fix for things that are perceived as bugs, while we still wait for 1.2.

 

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Did those areas end up italian hands when Yugoslavia was conquered?

I don't think so. Historically Germany installed some kind of a Croatia puppet regime, and most of the coast should be their claim. In HoI 2 with the Italian cores in Yugoslavia, Croatia usually ends up being extremely small without any coast.

 

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Update!

The SMEP has been updated:

• changed the "Bases for Destroyers" event to actually give the UK destroyer squadrons (hoi2.txt, bug)
• changed the triggers of the "Oil Embargo" event (usa.txt, bug?)
• tried to fix the "Liberation of France", added two events (vichy_france.txt, hoi2.txt, bug?)
• added an event to provoke war between the UK and Vichy France (Mers-el-Kebir, hoi2.txt)
• added an event that creates the "German Afrikakorps" when Germany is AI-controlled (hoi2.txt)

Available at the download links in the first post or in my signature, upgrading with ongoing games _should_ not cause significant problems, but I can't guarantee it.
Still on my list is the "Moving of Industries to Siberia"...

 

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Imo good solution for Siberian move is to look into the scenario and see what provinces have the necessary IC to make the total reduced to match total added even if no IC is built. Then make the event target those provinces accordingly. Tedious work, but best solution I was able to come up.

 

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Second Update!

I had the time to make another update for SMEP:

• changed the "Moving of Industries to Siberia" event to substract ICs where they really exist (ussr.txt, bug)
• added the second Bitter Peace event (NOT happened) in the triggers of "Eastern Poland to SOV" (germany.txt, bug)
• gave armored cavalry divisions a fuel consumption of 5 (was 0, bug)
• tweaked the conditions of the surrender events of UK and USA (hoi2.txt)
• tried to improve the "Liberation of France" - should work better now, but is still not perfect (hoi2.txt)

Available at the download links in the first post or in my signature, upgrading with ongoing games _should_ not cause significant problems, but I can't guarantee it.
As of now I'm not aware of other minor bugs or inconveniences that can be fixed by do-it-yourself - if you have suggestions, please post them below.

 

[Atruejedi]

Broken download link.

 

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Broken download link.

Up again, there was a typo in the package and I removed the link for a couple of minutes. Should work fine now!

To those who already downloaded before I made this post, please download again, the "first" package doesn't work.
*grrr* typos... o

 

[e-stab]

Any SMEP update soon?

Happy now?

I forgot to update the changelog in the first post, this is done now.
And I wanted to thank all SMEP users for their confidence. The previous version has been downloaded over 200 times, that's more than I expected! I'd also like to give proper credit to Byakhiam, some of the latest changes were inspired either directly by him or by his thread (link).

 

[Atruejedi]

Very pleased. However, I'd still like to see a "rearrangement of the Balkans" event, since things go crazy otherwise (especially with DAIM).

 

[Kaarle XII]

Is it just me or does Croatia not become a part of the Axis (via the event)? In my game as Germany they are my puppets, but not part of my alliance. And they refuse to join it despite +200 relations...

 

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Its a bug. Move the line

... alliance which = GER...

from CRO_2032 to GER_2033 (as last line)

and it works fine.