

Reddit user drefvelin on the Hearts of Iron IV subreddit discovered a line of code while looking at the AI files for a mod they are creating, called “ ENG_please_stop_stomping_italy_so_hard_in_africa_ty”.

In many cases, the developers have intervened directly it seems the UK was so good at beating Italy in North Africa, for example, the team had to hard-code a solution that rendered them less effective. Through historical and plausible alt-history options, it allows you – in each individual game – to fight your own version of the Second World War, and tell your own stories of an alternative greatest generation.īut with the player taking charge of only one out of dozens nations that existed in 1936, making sure the rest of the world behaves in a manner that facilitates an engaging and believable narrative is an on-going struggle. Hearts of Iron IV is a grand strategy game that attempts to offer the ultimate World War 2 sandbox.
