The E3 Map Project for Darkest Hour - 1000's of New Provinces

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Can someone guide me on how to use the map? I just bought DH (one hour ago) and I downloaded the archive (DH-E3 v1.1). How do I put it in DH?
Try this. It's Darkest Hour Full ported to the E3FN map. FN stands for Novapaddy and fabfeingold, two great modders who made their own version of the E3 map. Also Novapaddy is the one who did the porting. Some provinces got removed, but there's still 6,800+ of them.
 
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I’ll soon post an update to the map that should fix all remaining errors. The DH conversion by Novapaddy should be playable. Otherwise I’ll concentrate on my Mod for AOD that will include the new map.
 
Who knows if I'll even get help, but I'll try anyway. Everything starts up normaly, I select a country and press play, it's loading, but it never finishes. Does anybody have a solution, or at least let me know that it's unfixable.

Thanks for reading!
 
Hi, i have been trying to extract the E3 1.1.7 Map with Jamies Mapextractor but all i get are errors and no images. Tried everything i could think of, but it doesn't work.
I already got the 0.9 and 1.0 Versions of the map Images from this Tread, but would like to have the most recent version, too.
Could somebody try to extract the Map and load it up, please.
 
The biggest issue anyone seems to have in Grand Strategy games is the "lack" of provinces.

Well, if you were one of those people, than your cries have been heard. A couple of modders (namely Mumia) have been developing a new map for Darkest Hour called the E3 map, which has it's roots in an old HoI II project.

These new provinces are meant to add a new level of strategy to DH that the Vanilla map is simply not able to bring about. The goal is to give players much more room to maneuver their armies and remove the the game of "your big stack against mine".

While this map was originally built specifically for use in the mod 1914 (which is now dead), the provinces are laid out in such a way as to allow any nation from the 19th century and beyond to be displayed. So, with some work, this map can be adapted for any mod.

Currently, there are over 7000 provinces.

Feel free to ask any questions you have about the map and it's development here.

Map suggestions are welcome and necessary.

Current Beta Version Download:

To install, simply unrar and paste into your DH Mods folder.

Code:
DH-E3Map v1.1.7 (uploaded 20 June 2015):
https://mega.co.nz/#!9MJgFJpA!cD84N5jRttxmFrNbqB-h-hqaG6mGcAOgIT7lIrGgO10

or

http://www.mediafire.com/download/cwp43pi5vcbh96j/DH-E3Map v1.1.7z

Map changes:
too many at this point to list ;)

Screenshots

If you have any areas you specifically want screenshots of, let me know and I'll add them in.

(right click on the images to zoom in, usually says "View Image" or "Open in New Tab")


Europe

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The Balkans


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Scandinavia and the Baltic


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Africa

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Arabia

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North America


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New England and Eastern Canada


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Central China


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Japan and Korea


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South America


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The Caribbean


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South East Asia


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India and South-Central Asia


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Australia and Oceania


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New Zealand and the Pacific Islands


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Hi Tj Arnold, I wanted to know one thing, but the E3 Map Mod for Darkest Hour with which version is compatible? https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...r-darkest-hour-1000s-of-new-provinces.620449/

When I put the E3 map mod in the appropriate folder and open Darkest Hour it gives me this error: 284 error (s) found in external files! Please check savedebug.txt for details.

ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkBrown) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (LightGreen) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (LightBlue) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (LightGray) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (Green) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkGreen) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (Green) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkBlue) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (Yellow) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkBrown) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkGreen) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (LightBlue) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkRed) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (Green) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkGreen) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkBrown) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (Brown) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (Yellow) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (UserColor3) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
ERROR : Invalid model names TAG (DarkRed) in db\country.csv
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ERROR : Invalid model nationality TAG (X) in db\country.csv
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My game just stays at the loading screen with the loading bar full.
Anyways. I tried the E3 Map project by Novapaddy and fabfeingold, and that works fine.

Thanks for replying anyway, good luck on what you're doing right now, bye!
 
I hope this is not an innapropriate necro, but...

What are system reqs for editing the E3 map using map making tools (I want to make more provinces)? I think someone answered me but it was years ago.
As far as I have read, adding provinces to the E3 map is not a good idea, since it apparently gets slower and slower as time progresses (more and more units?) But don't let that stop you.
 
As far as I have read, adding provinces to the E3 map is not a good idea, since it apparently gets slower and slower as time progresses (more and more units?) But don't let that stop you.

Well, my mod only uses North and Central America, so my plan was to eliminate provinces in the rest of the world and just add them to where I want.

I never noticed any significant slowdowns, then again, I never played a mod with a full E3 worldmap.