"AHOI Mod - A HOI3 Treasure Chest" for TFH - Download and main information

Hello!

As announced, I will now port my mods to "Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour"..
As I adopted already the "Widescreen Ahoy!(FTM)" to the new Expansion "Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour", now it is time for the "AHOI Mod - A HOI3 Treasure Chest".
First work is already done as you could see on the first pics.
Link: "AHOI Mod - A HOI3 treasure Chest" at ModDB

The entry at ModDB is also rdy:



Its finally here. After nearly 2 years after the first AHOI-Mod for Hearts of Iron 3-"Semper Fi" came out, the first version for Hearts of Iron III-"Their Finest Hour" is out!
I have to say that it is just a first version for testers, as quite some of the Mod needs some tweaking. But those who offered and like to help can do that now.
Please add a note here in the forum about what you would like to do, so we don't have unnecessary double work. To have all feedback focused in one place please use this forums:
Englisch: Official Paradox Forum-"AHOI-Mod thread" . / . Alternative AHOI-Mod Forum
German: German AHOI-Mod Forum . / .


Please test:
OOB's
Goverment traits
start Techs and techtree progression
Start Technologies
Unit progression? (Note: New component system not implemented yet. All std so far.)
NatChi/Jap war progress. Human and AI.

Please suggest:
Production focus of countries.(When should wich country switch to another build?)
Research focus of cuntries.(When should a country focus on what research?)
And of course anything else you would like to have or you might find.

Note:
Check your Checksum(You can find it at the main game screen)!
Checksum original: GSKH
Checksum AHOI-Mod-TFH 4.02: QZZV
You need at least a resolution of 1280*768!
Still no right models or names.
Research-AI will be changed.
Production-AI will be adjusted.

To come:
New component system for units(Needs to be activate the new researched equipment by decsions/events).
If the above is done, I like to implement my already done work for a WW1 scenario..
New buildings like you can already see in the new prov view.
New laws.
Rework of Strategic Ressources.
More map changes(Like the already done Danzig/Corridor or Kiel Canal usage).
Weather changes(Map terrain changes needed for this..)
Finally some events about historic decisions.


Download:

Alternate download:
Ahoi-Mod-TFH-Test-402a - at mediafire

Installation:
The Mod uses the new Mod-Dir now.(That was reworked for TFH)
So just unpack the Mod and copy it into this location X:\Hearts of Iron III\tfh\mod\. There you can find there the folder AHOIModTreasure and the file AHOIModTreasure.mod.
Now you can start the Mod with the launcher.exe in the folder X:\Hearts of Iron III\. Pick AHOI-Mod on the left and start with the start button on the right.
The first startup can take a while beacuse of all the map changes. After the game started the first time, just quit and restart.(Needed sometimes for get it done properly)
Beause of the new Mod-Dir, all the savegames, logs and map files of the Mod can be found in your users folder here: C:\Users\"Your username"\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron III\AHOIModTreasure.

STEAM:
For all STEAM gamers, we have also an own STEAM group now:

Spoiler:

STEAM-Installation:
Locate your STEAM-HoI3 installation directory.
Like: C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Hearts of Iron III
If you don't know where it is do a seach for steam.exe

Now just unpack the Mod and copy the file "AHOIModTreasure.mod" and the folder "AHOIModTreasure"it into this location:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Hearts of Iron III\tfh\mod


Start the Mod:
Now you can start the Mod with the launcher.exe in the folder C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Hearts of Iron III\.
Pick AHOI-Mod on the lower left and start with the start button on the lower right.

The first startup can take a while beacuse of all the map changes. After the game started the first time, just quit and restart.

To have an easier start later on, you could also right click on the launcher.exe and choose " create shortcut" from the menue that pops up.
Now you can copy that just created shortcut to the Desktop and don't have to move down the whole path to the launcher every time you want to use it.


Savegames:
Beause of the new Mod-Dir, all the savegames, logs and map files of the Mod can be found in your users folder here:
C:\Users\"Your username"\My Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron III\AHOIModTreasure

Folders: logs/map/music/savegames/Screenshots
Files: settings.txt/messagetypes_custom.txt(You can have different screen resolutions with different mods.)

Looking forward to feedback and your support.

I'll update this post with ongoing progress of the TFH version. So please check here for newest info and if things have changed.


Cheers,
Chromos




More news about little improvements can bee found as ever on Twitter first:
Link: AHOI Mod on Twitter
If you like facebook, like the AHOI-Mod on facebook please too.
Link: AHOI Mod on facebook
If you have ideas or question you can leave a message here, at ModDB, Twitter, facebook, here or at the AHOI-Mod Forum.
Link: English AHOI Mod Forum

Link: AHOI-Mod Blog

Cheers,
Chromos

Just found out yesterday my "longtime problem" since I started with a version for 3.06..
HoI3 can have memory overflow problems if the gui files are modded. The Lua interface will not work right anymore. Research/trade etc. can brake.
And you wont get any error message in the logs.
So the Testers in here now now that the problems we had with the 3.06 beta was because of such Lua/GUI problems..

I'll have now to check the whole GUI changes to find the exact cause and make sure all files are fine again.
I just got mad and happy at the same time yesterday when I finally found it and remembered all the trouble I had with my new research Lua..
Back in May I thought I had done bad coding of the Lua, but in fact it is only about these "GUI/Lua interaction"..

I'm looking forward to put an TFH test version up soon. Maybe with an "ugly"/mixed GUI at first, but finally a working test version..

Well, it was not the new graphics, new .gui/.gfx files or the changed Lua scripts..
Because exactly thos files work like a charm now..
The only change is, that I use now the Mod-Dir. And so far it works quite well.
Before I just copied all files(from within TFH folder too) into the HoI3 main folder.
It seems that the .exe doesn't like that. It was no real problem with only my normal widescreen mod, but with more changed files of my AHOI-Mod I got then these strange Lua-behaviour.

Anyway, now again ahead with full steam.

Maybe I can upload a first test version at sunday evening.

Cheers,
Chromos

Check out the OP for more details!

Cheers,
Chromos

An early design of the 1001-techtree.
42 tabs on the left with space for around 1000 technologies.
Raging form around 1900-1970 and giving us around the same amount of techs per year as Std-HoI3 had for its shorter time period. So no overwhelming tech spam.
Currently under further development for TFH..

I'll replace the old loading screens. First pics can be seen on ModDB
Maybe you have an idea/suggestion/comment?
Link: First previews of the new loading screens

Cheers,
Chromos

Another preview of the new tech-tree. Make detailed progress with you ampihbious landing capabilities. From the early Storm-Rowboats towards the Hoovercrafts. And also protect your Convoys. Use your transports as Submarine traps or use them as Auxilary Cruiser to be a wolf and pretend you're a sheep. If no carrier are at hand, historical shortgap solutions like CAM/MAC-ships are also in to protect your Convoys.
Alpha-pic..

Merry Xmas and a happy new year to all of you.
I'll be back on this in January. Now I'll take a little break from my Mod forum/blog/facebook/twitter/ModDb..

Have a good time!
Chromos

Sorry for refreshing, but are you planning to release the new version?

Cheers

Hi HeliumPL,

sure I'm planning on releasing a new version. But it has to be done first.
Currently I'm having few time for the Mod as East vs. West is taking up much time.
So progress is sloow atm..

Cheers,
Chromos