What would you like to see in the new Hoi2DD patch?? V1.3

[Pioniere]

What would you like to see in the new Hoi2DD patch?? V1.3

First of all puppet china needs to get back some leaders. That’s for sure.
Germany shall have claims on Denmark & Switzerland in all other grand campaign, not just 1938. In the start of 1938 in the month of January Germany shall get claims on Kolding and Zürich.
(Now I have to edit the game)

The Memel province better be a national province to Germany when you start the game in 1938.
When you start in 36 and pass 38 you can make it a national province not just controlled like the 38 grand campaign. There is more to sayso just say


(Thy have to nail this in to Hoi2 and Hoi2DD that Memel was taken in 1939 by Germany
As a national province.
So Germany can’t start with Memel in 38 with a controlled/owed province.
I will know look at the grand campaign 39,41 & 44.)

http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Memel+Territory

 

[unmerged(58737)]

If anything, some sort of solution for the huge masses of expeditionary forces that get sent a lot of the time. So when they're sent back they're not sent to you again for a WHILE.

 

[Lifewalker]

Regarding auto-convoys, a nice improvement would be to split the "auto-maintain transports/escorts" selection into 2 seperate choices of "auto-maintain transports" and "auto-maintain escorts".

This could let you manually maintain escorts while leaving the AI to adjust the transport numbers automatically.

 

[Gormadoc]

Triggers for the love of god more triggers

We need more AI file parameters and event triggers.

some examples: Air AI we need to have parameters to tell the AI which region is more importent, just like we have with fleets. As it is now the AI has air stacks all over the map often in provinces of no importance.

Naval AI: A naval mission parameter just like the air mission so we could better control naval AI. Germany could have some SS convoy raiding missions for its subs in the atlantic but keep its surface fleet out of harms way closer to germany. As it is now germany pisses its fleet away on some surface convoy raiding mission in the atlantic.

Garrison AI: We need to control which units the AI is using as garrison troops. As it is now the AI can just as well put a Armor or HQ division on garrison duty on some god forsaken island, Instead of a Inf division. Prime example is france i have seen it sending both armor and hq units to madagaskar or french guyana. Not a good idea when Germany is your neighbor.

Research AI. The AI cant se the difference between a normal component and one that has double time. This has freqently led the AI to research tech with inoptimal techteams. Also the preference paramter would be a lott more usefull if we could assign numbers to it just like with tech sharing and trade priorities. Would be much easier to make an research AI. As it is now the Research AI is flawed which leads the AI to be miles behind a human player even on VH difficulti.

Event triggers. The Intel difference parameter should include a parameter for opposing country. As it is now the US can assassinate Yamamote if the have better intel against manchuria or hungary for that matter.

The Garrison trigger should include divisions on transport in the harbour.

The Free Money parameter, should accept fractions and not only integers.

Regards Gormadoc

 

[Pioniere]

Do we need more events? What events can that be?

I was just thinking of Marshal Plan from 1947 if Europe is at peace after 1946 we can not cover 100% the game doesn’t allow that just mention it and give the USA better realisations to the countries involved and a tiny IC boost

Surrender events for UK USA vs. Soviet and visa versa. They cud be similar what we already have for the Axis and allies in DD.
The capture of Wernher von Braun.
The first of who capture Germanys Rocket site this goes for USA,UK, Canada and USSR.
Your puppets will take them for you. This event will give you the team Wernher von Braun as your Tec. Team and Germanys blueprints for rockets technology.
The event triggers by the one of that nation who keeps the rocket site even if you give this province a way to an other nation on your team.

Duke of Windsor
The King that Edward VIII founded it impossible to continue as King because of his relations to Wallis Simpson and had to abdicate. Am thinking like this if the Axis Annex the UK and later Liberate it we cud have Edward as King instead of Prince Albert.
If the Duke would accept such a deal I think it cud be possible.
Edward VIII knew Hitler personally and had some sympathies on the fascist because the fear of communism. Maybe an event cud triggers this after the Axis “liberation”.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor meet Hitler on their honeymoon

The Blue division
Events don’t run by themselves you have to do something if you are going to get it triggered
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1. Grant Franco aid in 1936.
2. He must win the bloody Spanish Civil war. (In DD 36gp Franco seem to lose often)
3. You must have a relation at least 50+ with N.spain
4. N.Spain must be neutral and at peace.
5. You as Germany must be at war with the Comintern.

I was thinking of a similar event for Italy. I now its A-historically but its fun at least for me.

If you are playing as Nationalist Spain you can choose to send or not to send the Blue division. If you choose to send it you get 10+ in relation with Germany.
10- for UK, France and 15- with Soviet. 5+ with Italy, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. 10 – in relation with USA if they are allied with the Allies.
Nationalist Spain also gets 1+ in intervention.
If you choose not to send the blue division effects are 5- to Germany.
If Germany guarantees Nationalist Spain independence it will disappear.
2+ in relation with UK and France. If USA is in the Allies you get to 2+ with them.

 

[Pioniere]

What new puppets cud we create?

Imperial Mexico

I like to see a new puppet alterative for Mexico “similar” to the Ottoman Empire.
This Mexico has claims on the USA because of the American Mexico war.
Maybe even feel like taking over some small states in Central America.
There leaders would be Fascist and paternal. Perfect choose for the Axis.

 

[m_spencer]

Mexican Empire
I like to see a new puppet alterative for Mexico “similar” to the Ottoman Empire.
This Mexico has claims on the USA because of the American Mexico war.
Maybe even feel like taking over some small states in Central America.
There leaders would be Fascist and paternal. Perfect choose for the Axis.

That can be done with an event, with the condition being MEX liberated and the government being fascist or communist (Different triggers depending on which), giving the country cores over Texas and the southwest. Cores could be revoked with a "Collapse of the Burrito" event which involves an absolute failure by the forces of the Empire and the foreign cohorts in position running strategically placed restaurants.
But totally an event thing.

 

[perragradeen]

If anything, some sort of solution for the huge masses of expeditionary forces that get sent a lot of the time. So when they're sent back they're not sent to you again for a WHILE.

This has been discussed before, use a google search for specific site if the forum search is broken.


in the ai-files you can change the exp-forces, find the line:

no_exp_forces_to = { FRA BEL HOL NOR DEN POL LUX SPA SPR GRE YUG }

(example from ast_1936.ai) australian AI, it's in the ai folder.

Also there are lines to edit ratio:

exp_force_ratio = 0.15
exp_force_ratios = {
ENG = 1.0

 

[unmerged(62235)]

Bug fixes/ Suggestions

1 Why are there 30 days in every month?

2 Don't seem to be able to select air units to group/reorganise when there are land units in the province.

3 Bomber units seem to accumulate exp much quicker than anything else.

4 Why not be able to prioritise all 5 sliders in order of preference when setting auto IC management. AI seems to pile all spare capacity into consumer goods at the expanse of supplies.

5 How about an auto retreat setting for units such as convoy raiding subs if they get attacked by enemy fleets.

That's all for now. Great game all the same.

 

[unmerged(48197)]

Please get the editor sorted. It is a real headache, and many people (not i) bought the expansion solely for the editor and a pissed off.

 

[Pioniere]

Small remarks! message

Jean Francois Darlan the is one of the leaders of Vichy France, but on the same time he is a admiral at the Free French Navy! Tiny paradox but would be nice to remove him from the French officer pool. While he is in the Vichy.
-I don like the message when your allies get back there provinces that you occupied.
Enemy in sight sir! The province of Algeria has been lost to the despicable troops Italy
Better be something like this: the province of Algeria is returned to Italy the
rightful owner!

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Picture for German Elite infantry! I found this picture of some German infantry post ww2 this would be the 1951 German infantry.

claims!
-Norway as a national socialist cud have claims on Greenland!
-Russia's must have claims on all of Transural Republic provinces.
-Iraq cud have claims on Kuwait afther 1945.

New GP and scenario
I was thinking of a 1942 1st November grand campaign and operation Sealion scenario Were the commonwealth troops defend against Axis Germany and Italy.
-1942 1st Nov gp
-Seelöwe /Sealion scenario

 

[Aliram]

I dream that CAG received damages too, as well as usual planes.
This must be changed somehow!
Вecause I consider that it silly, that any actions of CAG (especially strike on port) only reduce a level of the organization of carriers.
But while they are exists as a brigade, I afraid it is unable to correct .
Sorry for my english.

 

[Aliram]

So, I have two ideas as it can be changed.
1. To make CAG as a separate unit, but which can be used only with carrier.
For example: http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1221/examplerh0.jpg
2. To make to ALL brigades a strength bar. I think it will be more realistic.
In fact brigades suffer loses in combat too as a divisions, and they must require reinforcement. Isn't it?

Sorry for english again :wacko: .

 

[shadow737]

Death of Rommel and the German Officer Corps in 1944. In the standard DD game, Rommel and several other officers of the German officer corps conspircay to kill Adolf Hitler are killed in 1944 regardless of how the war is going if Russia and England are still at war with Germany. These deaths should only occur if the conspiracy takes place and fails. In the event of Germany holding key locations or industries in the British Isles or the Soviet Union, the Prussian officers conspiracy would not have happened and therefore Rommel and the other members would not be killed. These deaths don't make sense if Germany is in the process of winning the war.

 

[TheGhost]

[*]Jungle has an -ve effect on bombers doing Port Strike. Are my pilots landing and running into the jungle, pistol in hand, to find the battleships concealed amongst the greenery?

I love it

 

[unmerged(48197)]

Could we have more events? I mean for the minor countries as well as the major ones. Events are one of the funnest aspects of this game, but only a half dozen countries have any real interesting events at all. I know it is hard, but there are loads of mods in this forum that have made loads of events for their mods, would it be so difficult to use those events as blueprints for paradox's own array of new events?

 

[Pioniere]

Could we have more events?

More events!

I agree more events would have been a good boost to the game no doubt.
-Duke of Windsor as a king once more! If the Axis annex UK and puppet it.
-The capture of Wernher von Braun
-Marshal Plan
-Denmark pushes for Claims on Kiel some other paradox user come up with those
two. Possibility reunion of spiting nations when they get allied.
-Portugal Allows Allies to Use Atlantic Bases if Germany is losing the war.
-Surrender events for UK USA vs. Soviet and visa versa.
Am not so good at figuring new events. Think I have to read more.

-The Führer's Birthday 1939 20.4 as an event.

The fall of Soviet Union event
The fall of Soviet Union event

I think the fall of Soviet/Comintern it’s a unique situation that can be used for an event.
Mainly I was thinking of Allies annex the Soviet Union. End of Cold/hot world war 3. Annexing the Comintern is not daily affair. The player would be glad if some small effect happens. I was thinking of a new Russian civil war. Russia vs. Transural Republic and Siberia.
We cud have something like this
Triggers#
Comintern must not exist.
Liberating Russia 100% before Comintern is gone will terminate the event.

Alternative1 Support the federal republic of Russia.
Effect: Russia vs. Transural Republic and Siberia. Russia joins the allies. No dissident
Alternative2 Grant freedom for all. Russia become paternal and is 50- against all allies.
The Russian Empire will go to war against Transural and Siberia sooner or later. No dissident
Alternative3 No liberation needed.
10% extra partisan rising for the next 6 months in all former Soviet provinces that is not liberated.

Am not 100% finished writing but more or less something like this.

 

[James Mason]

IC management tools

I would like to see tools that better automate the allocation of IC's when you gain/lose them due to tech improvements, etc.

Something along the lines of freezing production at the level necessary while allocating any extra to the areas where it is needed and/or not allocating it to areas that don't benefit from having extra, like reinforcements or upgrades.

There is nothing I hate more than forgetting to check the production screen and seeing that I have been producing at 130% (am I correct that this doesn't do anything?) where that extra 30% could have gone into supplies or something.

The problem with the current automatic system is that it's just too simple and causes problems with over production, etc.

 

[General_Hoth]

A way to effectivly deploy the Afrika Korp in Africa...

A 1943 or 1942 Scenario!!

More name for division, equipement(no more Main Battle Tank but Panzer E-70 by exemple)

 

[MagisterMundi]

What if you cud be Turkey in the 1938 Grand campaign! So you cud bring back the glorious past! 8=) or make more Democratic reforms.

I'm not sure if this has been responded to, but frankly, if I go looking through another two pages of posts, I'll probably forget that I was replying to this.

You CAN play Turkey in 1938 campaign. Just as you can play ANY country that exists in ANY of the scenarios. Right-click a flag when you're starting up a scenario to select a different country.

 

[ColossusCrusher]

I think that the key issues we all have are these:
-FIX BUGS!
-Fix Ex.-Forces
-Make subs useful
-Lots of little things mentioned in this thread
-Editor Fix

Some of mine:
-Make the AI SMARTER! I've seen an SU AAR where Barbarossa stalled a few weeks in without even passing Kiev/Baltics
-Let fighters intercept over a region, not just ONE province. Say every province in a one-prov. radius

I might have more.