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Hearts of Iron IV

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类别

Base Game

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发布时间 / 补丁

2016-06-06 / 1.0

{{#evt: | service= youtube | id= GMkRSRP1IPY | description= "Grand Ambitions": Johan Andersson, Dan Lind, Mats Virtanen, and Jakob Munthe discuss the design and ambitions of the fourth installment of the Hearts of Iron series. | alignment= right | container=frame }} Hearts of Iron IV (or HOI4) is a grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive and the sequel to Hearts of Iron III. It covers the time period from 1936 to 1948, focusing on the build up to the Second World War and the war itself.

Hearts of Iron IV was announced on the Paradox Forums on the 23rd of January 2014. It was released on D-Day 2016 (2016-06-06).

General information

Announced features

• Total strategic war

The war is not only won on land, on the seas and in the air, but also in the laboratories, the factories, the backrooms, in international trade and in the hearts and minds of men and women.

• The most authentic real-time simulation of the war

Let the greatest commanders of WW2 fight your war with the tools of the time; tanks, planes, ships, guns and newly discovered weapons of mass destruction.

• Fight as any nation in the greatest human conflict of all time

Choose from the greatest powers striving for victory, or the small nations trying to weather the storm.

Development team

The game is being developed by a core team of six, augmented by drop-in support from the rest of Paradox Development Studios.

• Podcat (lead/design/programming)
• Darkrenown (script/research/design)
• TomaszKowalczyk (programmer)
• Guraan (programmer)
• Sideburnout (2D art)
• larre (3D art/map)

Expansions

• Together for Victory released on 15 Dec 2016.
• Death or Dishonor released on 14 Jun 2017.
• Waking the Tiger released on 08 Mar 2018.
• Man the Guns released on 28 Feb 2019.
• La Resistance released on 25 Feb 2020.

System Requirements

Minimum

• Operating System: Windows 7 (32-bit) / 8/10 (latest service pack) with DirectX 9.0c/ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x32 / Mac OS X 10.10 or better.
• Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0 GHz or Intel Core 2 Quad 9400 with 2.66 Ghz
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD HD 5770 or NVIDIA GTX 460 with 1024MB VRAM or better
• Hard Drive Space: 4 GB free Hard Drive Space: 4 GB free
• Internet connection required for multiplayer mode
• Steam registration / account required to be an Internet connection is required.

Recommended

• Operating System: Windows 7 (64-bit) / 8/10 (latest service pack) with DirectX 9.0c
• Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 850 with 3.3 Ghz or Intel i3 2100 3.1 GHz
• Graphics: AMD HD 6850 or Nvidia GTX 560Ti with 1024MB VRAM or better
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Internet connection required for multiplayer mode
• Steam registration / account required to be an Internet connection is required.

Dev diaries

主条目：Developer diaries

All developer diaries about Hearts of Iron IV (base game).

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
1	Our Vision	Design goals	2014-02-07
2	The Tools of War	Equipment, production and research	2014-03-07
3	Bringing WWII to the mainstream	Dogs!	2014-04-01
4	Land Doctrines	Doctrine paths	2014-04-11
5	Production Lines	How things get built	2014-05-09
6	Division Design	Division planner, division template	2014-06-13
7	Air Combat	Air war	2014-07-11
8	Experience and Variants	Production	2014-08-08
9	Vacation and Air tech	Air technology tree	2014-09-12
10	Naval Combat	Naval gameplay	2014-10-10
11	Map & Graphics	Visual aesthetics of the game	2014-11-07
12	Internal Politics	Internal affairs of a country	2015-01-16
13	Conscription & Training	Manpower, recruitment, training	2015-02-20
14	National Focuses	National focuses	2015-03-20
15	On the high seas	Naval battles	2015-04-11
16	World Tension	World tension, war justifications	2015-05-08
17	Johan Invades Germany	Barely a dev diary	2015-06-12
18	Army Planner	Creating and deploying units	2015-06-26
19	Equipment	How equipment works	2015-07-03
20	Soviet Union and Communism	Soviet Union and Communism	2015-08-14
21	Land Combat	Land combat mechanics	2015-08-21
22	Support Companies	List of support companies	2015-08-28
23	Industrial Capacity	How factories function	2015-09-04
24	Trade and Resources	Overview of international trading	2015-09-11
25	Laws and Politics	How to manage government	2015-09-18
26	The Navy	Naval doctrines and naval technology	2015-09-25
27	Italy	Italy's situation in the game	2015-10-02
28	Weather & Terrain	How weather and terrain function	2015-10-09
29	Factions & Wargoals	How factions and wargoals function	2015-10-16
30	France	Overview of France	2015-10-23
31	Peace Conferences	Ending wars	2015-10-30
32	The USA	Overview of USA	2015-11-06
33	Supply	The supply system and supply areas.	2015-11-13
34	Civil Wars	Civil Wars and Coups.	2015-11-20
35	Germany	Overview of Germany	2015-11-27
36	Helping out in other wars	Helping out in other countries wars without directly getting involved	2015-12-04
37	Carrier Warfare	How aircraft carriers work.	2015-12-11
38	Submarines	How submarines work	2015-12-18
39	The Radio	Radios, reinforce chance and radar stations.	2016-01-08
40	Changes to the game	Completely revised factory slots mechanic, World Tension..	2016-01-15
41	Order of Command	OOC and Commander traits	2016-01-22
42	Japan	Overview of Japan	2016-01-29
43	Diplomacy and other options	Diplomacy, Factions, War Goals, ... also: HOI4 is now in BETA	2016-02-05
44	Occupation and Resistance	Managing occupied territory	2016-02-12
45	Battle Plans	How battle plans work	2016-02-19
46	United Kingdom	Overview of UK	2016-02-26
47	China	Overview of China	2016-03-04
48	Naval Invasions	How naval invasions work	2016-03-11
49	Nukes!	Atomic bomb - Research and requirements for production and use	2016-03-18
50	Generic Focus Trees	Generic Focus trees and DDR mat support	2016-04-01
51	Sound & Music	Music & Sound Design in Hearts of Iron IV	2016-04-08
52	Modding	A look at the improved modding support in Hearts of Iron IV	2016-04-15
53	2D art	Sideburnout talks about the 2D graphics of Hearts of Iron IV	2016-04-22
54	AI	SteelVolt speaks of the topic no one wants to touch, but everyone wants to know about	2016-04-29
55	QA	A closer look into the QA process when developing Hearts of Iron IV	2016-05-06
56	Bits & Pieces	Mopping up a bunch of smaller topics not covered in other Development Diaries	2016-05-13
57	Poland: United and Ready	About the free DLC shipped with all copies of Hearts of Iron IV	2016-05-20
58	Tutorial, Wiki & Browser	A look at the tools we provide to help you learn how to play Hearts of Iron IV	2016-05-27
59	D-day	A short, final message from Podcat before we release	2016-06-03

All developer diaries about the post-release patches, patch 1.1 (aka Red Ball Express) and patch 1.2 (aka Sunflower).

Patch 1.2 (Sunflower)

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
4	Back from Vacation	AI changes and MP hotjoin in 1.2, aka 'Sunflower'	2016-08-05
5	Custom Difficulty Settings	AI improvements and implantation of custom difficulty settings at game setup	2016-08-12
6	Sunflower (patch 1.2)	Port Strikes and AI improvements to upgrading templates and naval missions coming in Sunflower	2016-08-19
7	New Releasable Nations	A look at new releaseable nations and more of the AI improvements coming in Sunflower (patch 1.2)	2016-08-26
8	Sunflower Improvements	Sunflower updates: GUI improvements, naval balance, focus trees	2016-09-02
9	Bugs and Stats	Readying Sunflower for release and sharing some gameplay stats	2016-09-09
10	Sunflower is Live	Patch 1.2 is out live, next patch is 1.3 aka "Torch"	2016-09-16

Patch 1.1 (Red Ball Express)

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
1	Release and Future	Podcat shares his thoughts on the release, as well as discussing the near future patches	2016-06-10
2	Red Ball Express	Tweaks to access to allied territory, peace conferences, invasions and naval bombers along with new battle plan modes upcoming in 'Red Ball Express'	2016-06-17
3	Summer Vacation	The team is going on a well deserved summer vacation	2016-07-01