

I don't know much about the game beyond what I've deduced myself so if any experts see glaring errors please do correct me. This post will cover the strategic situation and some gameplay theory. I've already played a few years on them in a couple earlier games, so while there will probably be none of the hilarious fun of me getting blindsided by events and triggers for the first part of the game, there will also not be any of the 'hilarious fun' of me having to restart because I don't understand the mod. In a groundbreaking moment of free-thinking ingenuity I've decided to play the Soviet Union. This isn't intended to be play-by-vote though suggestions will be taken under consideration! Also I'm assuming a reader unfamiliar with Hearts of Iron and doing a fair bit of explanation, so apologies to anyone who already knows all this for the lengthy posts.Īnyway rather than fully review the mod to start with I think I'm going to just bring up aspects as they become salient, though with all the start-of-game decisions that get made a lot of it's probably going to be discussed early on anyway. This will be my first-ever LP too but I've been talking over my play a lot with the friend who encouraged me to try it so I thought I'd try documenting the experience a bit. Recommended 1920 x 1080 or more screen resolution.So I've recently found my interest in Hearts of Iron 3 renewed and picked up the Black Ice mod to mix things up. Look for paradox/hoi3/blackice/gfx/maps and unzip the cache there. The map cache needs to be unzipped in the user/ documents part of the game files. You might also need the 7.03 map cache if you are having issues with building the quads when you start the mod first time. It should install a Black ICE folder in TFH/mods. Place the installer in the main HOI3 directory and run. The mod won't run without the altered exe. Make sure you are able to download POdcat's TFH exe from the paradox tech support forum ( you will need to register TFH expansion on their forum).

Old BICE files will cause conflict issues. Also remove the Black ICE launcher from the main HOI3 directory. Black ICE adds hundreds of events, 80+ unique techs, 70+ unique units, and numerous bug fixes for Hearts of Iron 3: Their Finest Hour.Remove all previous Black ICE folders/ files - this is best done by navigating to TFH/mods and deleting the entire Black ICE folder.
