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HOI4 Modding / Hearts of iron 4: Black Hammer Edition

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General: Alexander mommy edition Previous >>2180586

EU4: Anbennar thread: Wex edition. S*lmuna greyskins not welcome Previous: >>2167441

This game has spoiled me as far as QoL in gaming goes I don't care if you like it or not, if you're a SucKom moldy sandwich hugger or campaignlet or whatever, what I'm saying is that the QoL that this game has introduced is by far the best experience in controlling anything in an RTS and makes me uncomfortable to play anything else now. I want this level of easiness to play to another game like Age of Empires or even Starcraft clones. Runs on any potato seamlessly with 8v8 people as well, looks incredible, is a proper sandbox and supports modding as well on top of being free. But I don't want more BAR. I want others to realize how much they have been sucking lately and how mogged can they be. I want more RTS with different flavors and rules in my life, not only more TAs, but with this level of quality.

Starsector: POST SHIPS edition

TNO Thread: Duel of Fates edition https://gofile.io/d/zAJ2RV - Full DV leak repository. Proposal, charts, maps. https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasLands - Leaked build footage. Nearly finished and scrapped Italy, very unfinished Germany/US reworks and more. https://space.bilibili.com/385529615/upload/opus - BiliBili leak video repository. https://files.catbox.moe/80z6tb.png - Bormann TNO2 flowchart (never releasing). https://files.catbox.moe/cdag1w.pdf - Vote Pig, the US rework proposal. Read all about this hot new TCT mod. https://files.catbox.moe/j8tp21.pdf - December roundtable notes. Germany never. https://files.catbox.moe/9320n5.pdf - Japan rework. Now with a full proposal leak. https://files.catbox.moe/xlhrjj.pdf - Sweden proposal. Dev still lurking, will respond to all bait. https://files.catbox.moe/ycctp0.png - Sweden flowchart. We lost Pakt Sweden for this OTL-fest. https://files.catbox.moe/l70qhw.pdf - Burgundian Eulogy: Burgundy 2 was real but got scrapped like everything else. https://files.catbox.moe/zff5y4.pdf - Serov "facelift" document. The first leg in the now confirmed Komi rework. https://files.catbox.moe/ymgaur.pdf - Amur rework doc. Over two years in dev hell, still no release date. https://files.catbox.moe/iwmxg6.pdf - Manchuria doc #1. https://files.catbox.moe/cgaqrz.pdf - Manchuria doc #2. https://files.catbox.moe/y2hc34.pdf - Manchuria doc #3. https://files.catbox.moe/96kjev.pdf - Manchuria doc #5. https://files.catbox.moe/vdpi8k.pdf - Red Italy proposal. https://files.catbox.moe/3n9lq9.pdf - New Granada walltext. https://files.catbox.moe/r86sw7.pdf - 200p walltext about Colombian soccer mechanics. https://files.catbox.moe/izg02l.png - 6th (?) space race mech rework mockup. https://files.catbox.moe/o2pmmv.pdf - Old burgundy proposal, lost to history

/mbg/ - Mount & Blade General: FOUL SORCERY edition >M&B Wiki https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki > BANNERLORD >Pastebin https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT >Custom Banner Maker https://bannerlord.party/banner/ >Banner Code Sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0Fz0yetJ8cZgLrPpHuDU6dO33bhsFiHsiWwiCDM >Asset Extractor https://github.com/szszss/TpacTool >Create Custom Companions https://butterlord.com/wanderers > WARBAND >Warband Pastebin https://rentry.org/x7u7t >Noob Guide (READ This) https://imgur.com/a/FMAqV >Anon's Mods and Upstab Guide: https://pastebin.com/agwZu9Df >Thread(looted): >>2158568

I’m just gonna say it: XCOM fucking sucks actually Really don’t understand why this board jerks it off so much

Civ Modding: What mods do you like? I know Civ4 has some really big ones like Caves2Cosmos and Rhye's. I usually like very minor mods that fine tune stuff. Like in civ5 I there's a Forge building, that gives +1 Production on Iron resources, and a Mint building that gives +2 Income on Gold and Silver resources, and I liked using a mod that also made the Forge give +1 prod on Copper resources and the Mint give +1 income on Copper resources. A slight boon to Copper and heighten immersion without going away too far from the core of the game. In civ6 I've mostly used mods for size and player caps, so my friends and I could play in teams against many other AIs that were also in big teams. Been looking into a mod that just removes the Governors though, anyone know if there is one? It's so clunky and really hurts the immersion with how micromanage intensive it is. I actually didn't buy Rise & Fall and only got Gathering Storm to avoid Governors, but turns out they added those into Gathering Storm as well.

Heroes of Might and Magic: All things HoMM. 1. Post your super cool idea for a faction. 2. Your favourite hero for flavour reasons?

Tactics RPG's: Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and any derivatives in this thread! The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is out, as well as the Tactics Ogre remaster. Also shilling the excellent One Vision mod for the PSP version of Tactics Ogre, which rivals and even exceeds the Reborn remaster, depending on taste.

EU4 Last Thread: How did I do?

Thea: The Awakening: Someone recommended Thea in a recent thread, comparing it to the early-game feeling in civ. I think the card-based combat and the village/party management is interesting, but is the game really supposed to look this shit? It is just a featureless grey muddle. I can't really imagine myself playing/watching this shit for hours. Are there mods that fix this?

Master of Orion 2: I've got no idea what I'm doing wrong, it seems like the AI on impossible always has about 5 colonies by around turn 60-80 pre-warp, while I'm still building up my starting system. Then when I try to rush, I'm massively behind on everything and can't keep the AI from shoving 2 battleships up my homeworld's ass with nothing to defend it. Then, randomly, I'll get such a good starting set of systems that I can just sit on 3~, tech to doomstar mauler phase cloak time warping dick flatteners and just roll over everything. Am I missing something?

wargame/warno/steel division: SOUTHAG is out This div is super fun

Rare /vst/ games thread #2: ITT: Strategy games that no one besides (you) have played. Recommend rarities and discuss games that you vaguely remember playing as a kid or seeing in a magazine that one time. Continued from: >>1919459 I'll start: Conflict Zone. Early 00's strategy game that I haven't seen anyone mention in my entire adult life. I remember it being unique because you public opinion was a key currency. As totally-not-NATO that involved airlifting civilians out of conflict zones, and as the bad guys it involved sending TV crews to film you blowing up enemy troops and enemy atrocities. The better your rep, the more advanced units you could bring in. Actually pretty surprised few games tried to make public opinion part of gameplay. Not a great game, but certainly a mechanically unique one. Your turn, anon!

Are Paracuck games really worth 300 bucks?: Their expansions literally cost 30€, and all they do is add a couple more buttons and events. You can buy GTA V for the same amount of money, for a lot more content. Just kinda seems like consumers are not getting much bang for their buck. But for whatever reason, people let the devs get away with it.

CK2 thread: Is after the end worth playing? If so which version? Also CK2 thread

Starcraft Brood War - Soulkey Avenged Edition: In less than 24 hours, Park Sang Hyun, also known as Soma, will defeat Bisu, qualifying for the ASL 20 final, wherein he will defeat Snow, thereby avenging Soulkey's aberrant defeat and keeping the title in Zerg hands for the fifth ASL in a row. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

/dfg/ dwarf fortress general: Previous: >>2131078 Avaliable for free at https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ or as a paid premium version on Steam or Itch.io >What is the difference? Both are the same game on the same version (51.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mod other usermade tilesets and graphic packs) With the premium version you pay for a premium tileset + premium OST + access to beta branches and steam integration (if on steam). >What is next? Fort mode siege mechanics changes, rework and general spice up is the next update. Hatches and doors no longer stop invaders, and constructed walls vulnerable confirmed so far. Ranged combat reworked in the most recent update. End of Lua beta and merge into the main branch >What has changed since I last stopped playing X years ago Check the version history on the wiki https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Version_history Dwarf Fortress has an extensive wiki which can help you with your question about DF as well as providing info about modding and 3rd party tools: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Main_Page https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utilities Utilities you should know about DFHack: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:DFHack Dwarf Therapist: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:Dwarf_therapist Legends Viewer: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:Legends_viewer >Tutorials : Quickstart Fortress Mode: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quickstart_guide Quickstart Adventure Mode: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Adventure_mode_quick_start Other tutorials: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Tutorials >A bunch of guides to various parts of fort-based living: http://imgur.com/a/nGyRF Strike the earth!

Frostpunk 2 New DLC Revealed, "Fractured Utopias": https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1601580/view/809085268448510868?l=english https://youtu.be/GJrPjBeeu74 >DLC's name is "Fractured Utopias" >Launches December 8th >8 New Skill Trees >8 Dedicated Faction Hubs >100 New Narrative Events >2 new Narrative Tales: Plague, and Doomsayers >Plague: A mysterious disease spreads rapidly. Act fast to discover the cure before your city turns into a frozen graveyard. >Doomsayers: A new faction emerges, spreading despair and declaring that all hope is lost. They will sabotage your city’s morale, forcing you to confront their growing influence. >1 New Map Closed Playtests: http://frostpunk2.firstlook.gg/

/oxce/ - OpenXCOM Mods: /oxce/ - OpenXCOM >OXCE? OpenXcom is a free open-source game engine for the original 1994 X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown) and 1996 X-Com: Terror from the Deep games. OXCE extends OXC modding capabilities and is home to megamods like X-Piratez, X-Com Files, 40k ROSIGMA and more. >Game https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense https://openxcom.org/downloads-milestones/ >Mods https://mod.io/g/openxcom https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads (XPZ) https://mod.io/g/openxcom/m/the-x-com-files (XCF) >Resources https://openxcom.org/forum/ https://www.ufopaedia.org/ https://xpedia.netlify.app/ (XPZ) https://xcf.trigramreactor.net/master (XCF) https://www.ufopaedia.org/Hidden_Features_(OpenXcom) https://www.ufopaedia.org/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom) Previous thread >>2143007

AOE2/WC3 Hybrid: I am currently in the early stages of developing a real-time strategy game that aims to combine elements from Age of Empires II and Warcraft III. Both of these titles have had a major influence on me as a player and as a designer. Age of Empires II is remarkable for its strategic depth, focus on economic management, and large-scale battles, although I have always felt it is somewhat limited in a few key areas, such as unique unit mechanics and hero-focused gameplay. Warcraft III, on the other hand, introduced those very features through its heroes, abilities, and more character-driven armies, yet it lost some of the depth found in other systems, particularly in the balance of ranged units, counter mechanics, and naval warfare. My goal is to create a game that brings together the strongest qualities of both styles. I want to capture the grand scale and tactical complexity of Age of Empires II while incorporating the individuality, progression, and fantasy-driven personality of Warcraft III. The idea is to give players the satisfaction of building a thriving civilization and commanding large armies, while also offering memorable units, meaningful choices, and greater variety in strategy. I would love to hear from the /vst/ community about what you would like to see in a project that blends these two approaches. Which mechanics or ideas from either Age of Empires II or Warcraft III do you think are essential to preserve, improve, or completely rework? I am also open to suggestions for other RTS games that might serve as good sources of inspiration. Whether they are classic titles or more recent releases, I would really appreciate your thoughts on what makes those games stand out and what lessons they might offer for this project. Thank you in advance for your insights. I am looking forward to hearing your ideas and discussing what could make an RTS like this both exciting and rewarding to play.

Backpedal, FAST!

turn-based Cold War forum game: On Nov. 20 there's going to be a turn-based, text-based forum game set in the world of 1981. Here's a link whose first post explains how the game works: https://eregime.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=21199

Stellaris Thread- Thoughts ? Concerns ? Shitposts ?: I noticed no Stellaris threads on the board. I know 4.0 was a huge fuckup but I at least expected some talk about the new Psionic Expansion. How you fellas feeling about it. ( If any of you guys are even bothering to still play it lol). Is the UI update doing it for ya ?

Rome 2 mods thread: Is it there any mod that gives you Bad North Jotunn-like (beautiful game that performs well) textures / graphics so my toaster can run it? (My toaster can run Wolfenstein 2014 in high graphics but can NOT Rome 2 in ultra-low ones. Fascinating.) PD: What happened with the mod that give Celtic / Germanic factions Roman-like warfare tech evolution / armors? I can't no longer find it in Steam Workshop.

it really isn't that good

/v3g/ - Victoria 3 General: /v3g/ is a thread for the discussion of the game Victoria 3 mainly, however discussion of other Victoria games like 1 and 2 as well as mods or even similar games is allowed. FAQ is discussion of other victorias welcome? Yes! Can I come here to complain if I never played the game? No Are the dlcs worth it? Some are, some aren't Like all paradox games it depends on what you want, ask around What do I do at the start of the game? Build up a supply of construction goods to reduce construction costs How do I reduce the price of a good? Subventions are the easiest way to do it, otherwise you have to produce the good yourself or get a deal with a power that produces said good Why are my states not buying anything from the market! States need trade centers to reach the global market, a trade center needs access to a port to function Meaning if you are landlocked you might have to go to war or sign a treaty I signed a transit treaty with a country and my trade centers still won't trade? That is because you need merchant marine to trade, which is produced by ports If you have no ports of your own you need to "buy" merchant marine by signing a goods transfer treaty with another power Why is russia being a dick? Because they can, what are you gonna do about it? is creamapi for this game safe and functioning? Yes and yes, provided you get it from cs rin ru Thread Template : https://rentry.co/v3gpasta

>Play Vic II >Play as Austria >Refuse to savescum >Want to expand through Balkans and don't want to create Germany >After 20 years realize Prussia is weaker than me >Maybe I will just create South German Federation since Baden is attacking northern OPMs and Prussia anyways >Forgot this won't include Austria >Now I have a big puppet and two bordergore provinces >Released an OPM but still have one (1) bordergore >Fuck it, now I have to create Germany or I will be stuck with bordergore untill the end of the game >Push through necessary wars >Have to fight at least four wars (one of which was a Great War) to demote Prussia to secondary power >mfw Britain steals my Suez canal since Spain conquered Sinai because Egypt was allied with Yemen which was conquered by aforementioned Spain and had "Liberate" casus belli which meant I couldn't intervene and in spite of having 6% nitroglicerine RNG just wouldnt let me have it >Waste 10 bad goy points on taking it back >France keeps attacking for Alsace every 5 years like clockwork >Can't just sphere Prussia since we have a truce and couldn't just add casus belli since I had too much infamy. >Try "add to sphere" to save time and having to deal with other Great Powers >Fuck too much bad goy points >Russia, Netherlands, USA and France with its allies attack me in a span of couple of months >Meanwhile Boxers fail to interest anyone >too much bad goy points so German and Italian allies refuse to help me >in a war so no way to drop infamy >fuck will have to reload >wait for the magic number to drop so I can have the same war over the same reason >Finally create German Empire >Get like 10 decisions, half of which are dedicated to Prussia (which is weird, since in this timeline Prussia is the one to fail the test of time) >pic related >Schleswig is NOT annexed for some reason >no will to continue the campaign Do (You) sometimes feel like the mechanics of Paradox games limit the player in a way that feels artificial?

Endless Legend 2: Early Access Edition: Out now on Steam and Game Pass. I kind of gave up on it during the Insider's Program but I got back into it during EA and they have improved it a lot.

>the cancer that killed total war

/rtw3/ - Rule the Waves 3 General: There's not a thread up. For shame. Started an 1890 game as Austria-Hungary. Got into a 4 year war with Italy and despite having 1.5x tonnage I beat them. Around 1900 there's a naval treaty. I'm limited to 60000 tonnage which is bullshit FOR 15 YEARS! I'm tempted to just roll with it, but I can for the life of me get into a war with Spain (who are close tonnage wise to me, Italy is too far ahead).

>lets make a government type that is capable of rapid outward expansion >And then make it immune to independence war or any form of internal collapse >And then give them the richest, most developed lands on the map >And then give them an overpowered succession type CK3 is so shit. Just complete fantasy and uninteresting gameplay.

Is stelaris worth playing: I can get the game with 3 DLCs for super cheap on steam. Is the game worth buying and learning? How long does it take to learn?

How woke is Victoria 3?: I'm thinking of trying it because it's on sale, I was a big fan of Victoria 2 but always hated how it encouraged you to become a socialist/liberal democracy at the end of the game to maximize pop growth and the economy. Looking over the artwork for Victoria 3 this game looks to be that but dialed up to 11. How bad is it? Is playing a reactionary absolute monarchy viable or are you bottlenecked until you enact the reforms the developers want you to take?

Menace: >demo so successful they drop even more unplanned content demo chads FEASTING >we get mechs welp time to wait for monday

Master of Command: So what's the verdict so far on Master of Command? Been playing the demo and it's a good game so far, but the controls seem kinda janky.

>Grey Eminence dead >Songs of Eons dead, open source version hasn't been updated in like a year Why do all the interesting projects have to die?

/bbg/ - Battle Brothers General: cursed build edition Menance dead on arrival? Or just an elaborate subsidy fraud?

FIRE EMBLEM THREAD: Talk about Fire Emblem Anyone hoping for a new game in the next direct? Really hoping we dont get a remake.

Cossacks: Got any tips for a newbie? I'm playing Back to War, btw.

The Campaign Trail: Talk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc. CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html

Hearts of Iron 3: How do I get good at HoI3? I'm coming from Darkest Hour. I've never played HoI4 so I'm not used to the newer systems. I've got over 1000 hours in DH and I can see some things like the production system are very similar in HoI3, but the research system and especially the military organisation system are melting my brain.

Modern space 4x games: what are some of the best modern 4x space games? MoO2 is probably my all time favorite but that is an older one.

RTS unit quotes: One shot, one kill

Dominions 6: There hasn't been a good dominions thread in a while. Any good mod nations? I wanna boost grobaashka, it's a mod for a goblin nation :^)

Best looking units: Post only the most kino looking strategy units (bonus point if they are OP)

X4 foundations: Diplomacy update public beta out NOW

Men of War Assault Squad 2 Thread: Looking for high testosterone intelligent men of war to hop on mowas2 and play Robz and sometimes other mods. Maybe even a little Gates of Hell Ostfront. We have around 8 active players currently and would like new people that hop on regularly. Discord Invite https://discord.gg/FBXSgyfvVu

Paradox Hate Thread: This is thread dedicated to hating Paraslop. Post material demoralize Paradox retards.

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic: W&R:SR thread Discuss the engoodening of Early Start, get mad about feature creep and post your decrepit commieblocks.

Strategy games with this feel?

Graviteam Tactics/Combat mission: Fuck that specific spot edition Thread to discuss Graviteam tactics and Combat mission games and others like them.

Lessaria (indie Majesty clone) released today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZPIDIoOKhI https://store.steampowered.com/app/2461280

/WC3/ - Warcraft 3 General: Warcraft 3 General - This entire thread needs to be purged.

Dawn of Man: how you liked this banished clone? I think it's fun fun fun

Worst looking units: Thread inspired by this >>2175383 thread. Post only the most cringe looking strategy units. Starting off with Praetorian from Homm6. Tier 1 unit btw.

Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition: So, it is actually good now after 2.0?

/vst/ 4cc autumn build up: Hello /vst/, its been a while since this has been talked about hasn't it. Yeah, needless to say Spring went horribly, in fact I couldn't even post to tell you guys the cup was going on because the fucking site was down. Regardless, it didn't go well and as such /vst/ is playing this autumn. To sum up the last year of /vst/'s performance in the cup. Well, to put it bluntly /vst/'s currently more cooked than Sigurd was after the end of chapter 5 in FE4. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel, /vst/ has found a new manager and for the first time since Summer 2023 which if I can remind you all was the last time /vst/ made an elite final day. Finally, /vst/ has a triumvirate as a management group once again and I have full confidence in the other two co managers to steer this team in the right direction Anyways to anyone who doesn't know what the 4cc is >What is 4chan Cup? 4chan Cup is a virtual Association Football tournament, played with AI vs AI on Professional Evolution Soccer by Konami, featuring teams made up of various 4chan boards playing against each other. As I have already recapped the state of the team the link to the poll is here: https://forms.gle/rcq7j3QuX4fxoFbU7 If you got any questions about the team please go while and ask away in the thread

so I recently bought lords of waterdeep on steam and its been the most fun I've had playing a game in months. what are some more good games that are like this (light weight / worker placement / strategy / board game vibe)?

Empire at War: are Sith not that good?: All guides i find online write that Darth Vader is one man army super unit that can take planets in ground battle at his lonesome, but i found him to be too underwhelming. what he is great blaster magnet and that's it. Emperor is kinda weak as well. Jedi hero on other hand are all fucking OP as hell. Kenobi can auto heal, is tanky as hell, way more tankier than vader anyway, Luke is very fast and you can turn invisible and run away if he's low on HP, and yoda IIRC can auto heal as well. General Veers is Empire's MVP of ground combat. he can spam units and his range is almost like artillery unit. and how you use Boba Fett in ground combat? his jetpack is good if you need to run away, but other than his flamethrower, he's just bit tankier stormtrooper (against anything other than infantry, he's useless)

This was the only hope CK3 had of being decent https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2322557383 it's over

/gsg/ - Grand Strategy General: If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it. No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5. How fares your empire, /gsg/? On this day in history, the 26th of October: 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor. 1520 – Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor. 1597 – Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang. 1860 – Unification of Italy: The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia. 1905 – King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. 1937 – Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews. 1985 – The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals. Random Country Picker http://orph.link/random >Archive (mods only) https://mega.nz/#F!plMxFYTB!sn9MTrvJ0tYjWSHgM8CZow >Where to get these games https://web.archive.org/web/20190720131512/http://hastebin.com/raw/moqugasume >Mods >> READ THIS FIRST. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712212437/https://pastebin.com/33A7wXdB >>[V2] - Niggermod https://pastebin.com/Xgjd5LvG >>[V2] - Crimeamod https://www.moddb.com/mods/crimeamod Previous thread: >>2176355

Why didn't you play new relic strategy masterpiece Earth vs Mars? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3269230/Earth_vs_Mars/

Age of Wonders 4: Year 3 season pass just revealed

Why are tier 1 skeleniggas so expensive to raise in this shit game

1.0 is almost here: On October 23, 2025, Farthest Frontier leaves its mirrion year Early Access and hits 1.0. Will you be playing the best Banished clone of all time or will you wait another mirrion year for Scammer Lords to be complete?

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint just got out of the EA. It's an xcom-like cyberpunk turn-based tactics. Thoughs?

>lets give the faction with the most overpowered ground vehicles a structure that provides discounts kys

Best city builder in your opinion? >Cities: Skylines Shitties of them all in my opinion. In this one you have shit like 16 people living in a skyscraper and you can't even build realistic sized cities. The traffic simulation is supposed to be good but its nonsensical (drivers are incapable of changing lanes, the game puts pedestrian crossings through roundabouts etc.). >Cities: Skylines 2 Not even top tier computers can run this past a certain city size. >Simcity 4 You can build massive cities in it. Its a shame that the game was designed to build american style cities though (no mixed zones, no public housing, etc.). Game runs like shit too because of its old engine. >Citystate 2 This is the best one in my opinion. Economics makes sense and you have neat details like poor people building slums if you can't fill their housing demand either through making enough housing zones or building public housing units. There is also an entire legislation system that allows you to make anything between a communist hellhole and an anarcho-capitalist dystopia. I wish the game was moddable though.

Hearts of Iron IV Thread: With No Compromise, No Surrender ( and the Czech Content Pack ) rolling out in the new future, what are your thoughts on it? And how do you feel about them adding in Seaplane Tenders as a Naval Unit? Old Thread >>2070984

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: just finished a round of Alpha Centauri. seems as good an excuse as any to create a thread about it >It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people! - Chairman Sheng-ji Yang

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition: It's up

It's really not bad: It's not groundbreaking, but what it tries to do it does quite well. Meaning it's trying to imitate an outdated yet beloved game. What makes or breaks a game like this is mission design and I have to say they fucked it up here. They have units with Starcraft like abilities and the whole (not)GDI faction relies on these gimmicks, but also kinda kept the tedium of C&C mission with some additional tedium of Starcraft. You can also break mission, if you purposely don't do an objective, but rather explore the map, you can wipe the whole enemy force and the magically, the game spawns additional forces and building to destroy - fucking shit design. Other than that and the sub-par try-hard cut-scenes. I'm having fun. It's just too bad that so far it's so fucking unoriginal, it feels like a high quality rip-off, rather than its own thing.

Anno thread. Anno 117 gets a timed demo tomorrow. Expectations? Personally I hope they don't fuck it up, anno 1800 was great.

underworld management: organized crime, spook agencies, cults, revolutionary corps, etc - any kind of shady organization that operates in an urban, semi-modern setting. Lots of potential, not very many games, and most of those few suck. Anything you'd recommend?

TFR Containment Thread: SWEET BAKE EDITION

>hexagon >can move unit vertically and diagonaly, but not horizontally >octagon >Can move unit vertically, diagonally and horizontally Why did hexagon fields become so popular in strategy games, instead of octagon ones?

OLDEN ERA DEMO IS OUT: LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Songs of Syx: Why the hell can't I get any more human immigrants in my city?

Wargames: I'm new to the genre and I'm having fun playing Unity of Command. However I wish it had fog of war and a more forgiving turn limit. Is there a wargame like that?

/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development thread: An awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see the light of day, etc. previous thread: >>1909726 I don't know why or how, but last thread bump limit, so here is the sequel.

Does victoria 3 have any genuine fans?: Youtube shows me these videos sometimes and I really wonder, are they made

>starting a new country from nothing is fun >exploring the map is fun >claiming valuable land and resources is fun >developing your economy and infrastructure is fun >defending your borders from barbarians is fun >fun stops when you get to war because while you were busy building a nice country another player was just spamming troops and rushing military technologies so you just get stomped with doomstacks for merely existing I genuinely wish there was a game that was based ONLY around this early phase of every civ game where you explore the map, expand your borders and grow your economy without the part where some agressive player rapes you. Preferably with more detailed economy.

Conquest of Elysium 5: I want to have a CoE 5 thread. Been playing it nonstop for the past 2 weeks and it's a lot of fun. Much simpler than the Dom series, but still has a lot of the variety and depth. What are you favourite classes? There are loads of great ones, so I can't decide which one I like the most. I ended up liking the Witch and Cloud Lord a bunch which I was surprised by.

ZEPHON: New DLC is out. Discuss Which way anon, tech billionaire or temporally displaced nobleman?

/ckg/ - Crusader Kings General: This thread is NOT for bug reports, yes, there are a lot of issues with the DLC but if you want to discuss them please do so in one of the many dedicated threads to them. Previous: >2184254

What is a good city builder with military and multiplayer?

EUV / EU5 / Project Caesar:: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-86-29nd-of-october-loading-screens-achievements.1865038/#post-30831083 Tinto Talks #86 - 29nd of October - Loading Screens & Achievements Hello, and welcome to another Tinto Talks, the happy Wednesdays where we talk about Europa Universalis V. For those who don’t know me, my name is Arnau, and I am the Associate Producer at Tinto. It has been a while since my last Dev Diary for EU4. That's because I was responsible for coordinating and assisting in the development of the latest EU4 DLCs, particularly with Winds of Change. That was over a year ago. Since then, I have been coordinating EU5 efforts, helping different team coordinators and leads to achieve our milestones on time, and maintain the quality we aimed for. In summary, my main role is to make the Dev team's life easier so they can focus on developing this amazing game. Today marks the release of the last Tinto Talk before our Big Launch Day. After over five years of development, we have just six days left until the release. Yesterday, we celebrated this significant milestone with a team photo featuring most of our members in Tinto. While this photo captures only a small portion of the folks who have contributed to the development of Europa Universalis V, I want to note that this project has been a collaboration involving more than 700 people. At Sitges, we are only the Core Team. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire development team for their hard work and to congratulate them on the fantastic results they have achieved.

Are some sudokus unsolvable ?: On: websudoku.com puzzle: https://www.websudoku.com/?level=4&set_id=4805184826 Or i'm just not smart enough to figure it out. Seems no logical solution. Constrains: I'm not using guessing, x has to be because y.

Total War - a shitty franchise?: Always found their existence quite a bit weird and somewhat deceiving, as someone who enjoys games like Stronghold, Populous 3 and BfME. They take cool historical periods and instead of dedicating themselves truly to the spectacle of war, instead force you to look upon some stupid map. Jesus. I'm playing right now the Shogun Total War game, and I'm enjoying the following: unit sounds, authenticity and immersion, the music, primitive graphics and "difficult" controls. Unfortunately, I am not really enjoying anything else about the game. The combat in Total War games is also weird, the armies are fighting each other too slowly, you visually don't witness much dying and tragedy, you judge the situation by numbers, which is gay and retarded. Why does it never happen in these games that units can get slaughtered quickly? Archers barely do shit, ever. I mean, they obviously do something, but the audiovisual impact is so fkn poor. Why do you retards like these games? You really don't feel the war going on in these games, because you don't even feel like a leader of men, just some soulless geometric shapes going into each other and slowly chipping away. The Warhammer games on the PS1 are much better than these aesthetically trannified and castrated malformations that have gained immense popularity among zoomers. I had to butcher my friends list because my internet acquintences have betrayed their old-school ways by engaging with this genuinely repulsive garbage.

Systemic War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbqx2fpNcQs Well, well, well. This came out of nowhere. It looks interesting in scope if nothing else, compared to stuff like Wargame, Broken Arrow, Regiments, and all that. It'll probably be shit but it might be worth watching.

Starship Troopers: Terran Command: anyone here playing the new update for starship troopers: terran command? i've only played a few missions, but they're pretty fun.

Gothic. Atmosphere. Kino.

>"KNIGHTS!"

I know videogame music is a little passe, but do some STRATEGY game tracks really hit you? The music in these games is often focused on the grand endeavours of nations juxtaposed with the quiet, tragic fate of individuals ground up in brutal war. I think that's really evocative. I've cried to some of this music. Bird of Time from Shogun 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcdy-lxqi50 Forever from RTW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UApsdueSYQ0 A Cruce Victoria from EU3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cCB7nrhaKE Maybe most of all: Sogno di Volare from Civ 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYN2P3E06s

What’s the /vst/dict on this? Need a good 4X to play and I’m tired of the Endless games

>Fire Emblem Good gameplay, shit ass story >Advance Wars Good gameplay and okay story The only reason why Fire Emblem is still alive is because of the units with monster titties, or am I missing something?

is the original campaign even worth playing? I've only been playing FOTS

/v3g/: /v3g/ is a thread for the discussion of the game Victoria 3 mainly, however discussion of other Victoria games like 1 and 2 as well as mods or even similar games is allowed. FAQ is discussion of other victorias welcome? Yes! Can I come here to complain if I never played the game? No Are the dlcs worth it? Some are, some aren't Like all paradox games it depends on what you want, ask around What do I do at the start of the game? Build up a supply of construction goods to reduce construction costs How do I reduce the price of a good? Subventions are the easiest way to do it, otherwise you have to produce the good yourself or get a deal with a power that produces said good Why are my states not buying anything from the market! States need trade centers to reach the global market, a trade center needs access to a port to function Meaning if you are landlocked you might have to go to war or sign a treaty I signed a transit treaty with a country and my trade centers still won't trade? That is because you need merchant marine to trade, which is produced by ports If you have no ports of your own you need to "buy" merchant marine by signing a goods transfer treaty with another power Why is russia being a dick? Because they can, what are you gonna do about it? is creamapi for this game safe and functioning? Yes and yes, provided you get it from cs rin ru Thread Template : https://rentry.co/v3gpasta

ITS SO FUCKING OVER EUV is going to be a pile of shit unless you have 200 other people to play with since the AI isn't going to do jackshit. The game is coming out in about 2 weeks. There is no way they can fix this for the release date. Remember how all the youtubers told their audience how well the AI was playing? Well it turns out they fucking lied. For people who don't know: Youtube channel titled WonderProductions released an AI only timelapse of the game from 1337 to 1836 using the october 16th patch and the result was pic rel. The worst part of the timelapse is that even where the AI did something, its something absolutely batshit stupid like Polish Finland.

WW2 Games: I've been wanting to play a turn-based WW2 game, something on a small scale like XCOM, is there a good game like that? Also, general WW2 strategy game thread I guess.

/ckg/ - Crusader Kings General: All Under Heaven edition Previous >>2165165

DOW4: This speaks VOLUMES about Dawn of War 4's direction. At least Relic's fake brick wall was authentic. Not even counting the horrendous voice acting, stiff animations and toy-like colours in the recent trailer. They don't even have the right table size for a game of 40k. A bunch of posers looking to milk the 40k cow. Ad Mech? Seriously?

Alright, Mr. Anon. You got one shot. Tell us your best-selling strategy game idea.

Manor Lords: Beta for the next update is up.

Broken Arrow: Devs refuse to implement the surrender button because Russians never surrender. Tools: >https://ba-hub.net/ - laggy but with detailed player and match statistics >https://barmory.net/ - detailed unit stats and 1v1 unit combat simulation tool Previous: >>2113255

What are the most TNO - like mods for other strategy games which mainly exist to attract drama out there?

*Ahem*: FUCK MIRIAM FUCK SANTIAGO AND FUCK MIND WORMS THAT SPECIES SHALL BE EXTERMINATED, I TELL YOU! EXTERMINATED!

Starsector: Taxes and Fees not included.: Space IRS demands you pay taxes.

Warlords Battlecry: What happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well?

Why did Microsoft fumble AoM so hard?

how many playthroughs should i do before im ready to play Long war of the chosen mod?

Vic 3: >Boot up game >Play Cambodia >Click on research >Choose Stock exchange tech >Takes 38 months to research >Congrats, Cambodia has a stock exchange by 1840 >End serfdom by the 1850s >Surpass European GDP per capita by the 1880s Vic 2: >Boot up game >Play Cambodia >Click on research >Realize you can't research yet because you need to modernise first >Cambodia has low literacy so it takes until about the 1870s to modernise >Now you can start researching stock exchange

Remaster which blends the bestFallen Enchantress and Sorcerer King is about to get EA release: Stard*ck says they fixed a lot of issues and moved engine to 64bit with modern directX. Hopes, expectations, and fears?

Warhammer 40k Total War: >Supposedly under development >Type of warfare that hasn`t been tried in TW format. >Ranged and melee still suck and are broken >Units get stuck on everything and charges break down. >Dumbed down campaings compared to historical total war which is already dumbed compared to any 4x >Battles are dumbed down with SE stacking >Will have to compete with DOW IV >Last DLC for their cash cow was a 12 months ago Does CA want SEGA to boot them out?

>want to play more >install >old save is still there >open it >8 contracts accepted >not really sure what these are >"Orbit Eve" >oh that should be easy >start designing satellite with the biggest relay dish research points could buy >remember building is fiddly >remember manoeuvre nodes are fiddly >remember I have to eyeball transfer windows >remember running out of dV I just want to enjoy space exploration

Spooky Stratagy Games: Since its October, I've been looking for some scary/horror-esq/spooky strategy games for the month. Is there any good game for Halloween?

Any good terraforming-themed city-builder/factory games out there? I'm only aware of - Surviving Mars (yawn) - Per Aspera (shittiest pathfinding known to man) - Infraspace (fine, bit ugly) - Plan B: Terraform (least bad option) - Terraforming Mars (port of a board game) Am I missing anything?

Patch 5.0.15: new patch https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24225582/starcraft-ii-5-0-15-ptr-patch-notes

Shadow Empire: Can anyone tell me why my guys are starving despite available logistic points being like 7 times higher than consumed ones? Are they just too fucking lazy to pick up their stuff or what? Logistics man, how the fuck do they work?

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General: Parmenion edition Previous >>2173195

Lines of Battle - FoW update: How does this shit board not have a thread for the only good multiplayer strategy in existence Fog of war and all napoleonic unit types now added. Looking pretty complete now. Its free and its good, go play so I can farm elo

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children: fixed the design edition get in here and discuss

Shogun 2: I am noob how should i approach this battle

Retreat mission: Any rts with focus on retreating as the primary gameplay mode? Attack and defend are fairly common, stealth is stale, but very little fanfair for resisting enemies beyond ones ability to hold on yet there is hope given the area to retreat to and collapsed front regroups.

Tropico 7: So apparently this is coming in 2026. Fears? Expectations?

Which 4x has the best economy? I am in the mood for managing the economy of a somewhat randomized world.

EUV / EU5 / Project Caesar: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-flavour-44-17th-of-october-2025-poland-lithuania-ruthenia.1863384/ Hello, and welcome one more Friday to Tinto Flavour, the happy days in which we take a look at the flavour content of Europa Universalis V! Today, we will be taking a look at the content for Poland, Lithuania and Ruthenia! These are countries that have both individual and common unique content, which is the reason for tackling them together in the same Tinto Flavour. Let's take a look at them now, without further ado:

Age of Empires II but as a city builder like Songs of Syx Why can't we have good things?

I love this game. Leagues ahead of any other economic simulation.

Paradox can't help themselves. eu5 is done.

Check out some of the stuff I'm working on for my WC3 mod https://streamable.com/et2l4j https://streamable.com/zebof5 https://streamable.com/9elqlj https://streamable.com/e06z1k https://streamable.com/dqgr8d https://streamable.com/9wppwo https://streamable.com/6wnkae https://streamable.com/4r4sij

Pirate games whining thread: I'm not even going to bother asking why isn't there a good pirate simulation / strategy game since Sid's Pirates, because I already know the answer: >old devs were raised on adventure books and tried to make games that captured the feel >nu-devs were raised with video games and try to make the exact same product but accessible to everyone, cause they were brainwashed in collage My biggest gripe with pirate-themed games is that ever since the Disney slop, it's always this magical fantasy with mystical elements and good pirates vs bad government / religion / other authority. I've already said why. Yet you read a few books and it turns out that pirates, were actually the bad guys. And I mean really fucking bad guys (fuck you, Colin Woodard, Nassau was not some democratic utopia that inspired the Founding Fathers). Surprisingly enough, a game called Cutthroats actually acknowledged that and allowed you to hang prisoners and be real nasty scum (pun intended), but suffered from being utter shit. Now explain to me how the fuck a new pirate game comes and it's a lousy Anno clone with some Port Royal bits added and it has cartoony shit like Jolly Rogers on sails? At least Tropico 2 had actual slavery as the cornerstone of the economy. I want to play a game about pirates where the pirates are the bad guys, because that is actually what they are, not romantic heroes, but fucking thieves. I want to rob from the rich and give to me, have a crew of scumbags I need to keep in check with the threat of extreme violence and build my secret island settlement with a tomb with plundered riches and traps. I want to play as Henry Avery and not Francis Drake, but I'd at least appreciate the devs not forcing me to play a Guybrush Threepwood.

RNG in strategy games: How much randomness do you like in your strategy vidyas?

It seems that going "wide" always eclipses any sort of "tall" build and that no amount of upgrading will ever save small empires from wider ones. In oldschool RTS like C&C it's obvious because those games don't have upgrades, so all you can do is build more. That's why I'm wondering how a strategy game could make tall builds viable. Even games that do have global upgrades usually cap out at +2 or +3, like StarCraft. In Dawn of War, you can upgrade your Space Marine health and damage a little bit but never enough to make true super units. I understand why this is being done for balancing reasons and all that, but it seems there is no game that rewards a turtle player who successfully fights off rushes and then techs up. It technically works in StarCraft but not because of the teching, it's just because the rush player is too far behind after you counter him. Stronghold Crusader comes close because you can find ways to survive and defend even when your farms are being raided, but it has no teching. In the end, you won't be able to keep up with the attacker.

FOOTBALL MANAGER 26: no international management semi-related pic

lol

It's that time again. Play anything cool this Next Fest, anons?

Pax Historia: Let me see what you can do with this anons. >what is this? Some random ai-generated alt-history strategy game https://www.paxhistoria.co

Hoi4 Modding / Hearts of Iron 4: CATHARSIS EDITION

>boot up ck3 because I am craving some autistic king simulator while staring at a map >8 hour ck3 campaign fucking ruined just as it's about to start getting fun >not even my own fault, shitty spaghetti paradox code just bugged the game and made the war unwinnable. >HRE is in multiple front war >occupy all the territory >doesn't say I am anything on the war screen >get -180% ticking war score after I occupied every territory I needed in Italy >make beeline to holy roman empire's capital >retard ally gets caught trying to siege >all my troops fucking die >can't even white peace anymore >fucking mingsplode because all my troops are dead >ruler gets typhus and going to die in 1 year >could have occupied half of italy in one war, instead now I have to deal with shitty asshole vassal wars, my leader dying, having no troops, losing against HRE all because some dumbshit at paradox can't fix the spaghetti code for their hundred dollar game. This was my day off. I can guarantee you EUV is unplayable at launch. Imagine your 15 billion dollar company making games this fucking shit, where some third worlders making mods for free can easily surpass you

>we're just not going to finish it because you can't mock Russians anymore

>Delayed again: >Another delay for DLC >Everything moved to December lmao CA is a lost cause at this point

Where did Ixion go wrong?

Thoughts? Will it be good? Why no sound effects, music, voice acting from the show? How many episodes could be adapted? What alternate paths will you try and what sort of build for the ship?

Does anyone else play Solium Infernum? The Paradise Lost vibe is pretty sick.