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-   [[ 1 ]{.tocnumber} [ General modding guides
    ]{.toctext}](#General_modding_guides)
-   [[ 2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Specific mods ]{.toctext}](#Specific_mods)
    -   [[ 2.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ WWII ]{.toctext}](#WWII)
        -   [[ 2.1.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ CORE ]{.toctext}](#CORE)
        -   [[ 2.1.2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Total Realism Project
            ]{.toctext}](#Total_Realism_Project)
        -   [[ 2.1.3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Mod34 ]{.toctext}](#Mod34)
        -   [[ 2.1.4 ]{.tocnumber} [ DAIM ]{.toctext}](#DAIM)
        -   [[ 2.1.5 ]{.tocnumber} [ The World in Flames
            ]{.toctext}](#The_World_in_Flames)
        -   [[ 2.1.6 ]{.tocnumber} [ Stony Road
            ]{.toctext}](#Stony_Road)
        -   [[ 2.1.7 ]{.tocnumber} [ Starfire ]{.toctext}](#Starfire)
    -   [[ 2.2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Other Historical
        ]{.toctext}](#Other_Historical)
        -   [[ 2.2.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ 1914 ]{.toctext}](#1914)
        -   [[ 2.2.2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Modern Day Scenario 2
            ]{.toctext}](#Modern_Day_Scenario_2)
        -   [[ 2.2.3 ]{.tocnumber} [ WERS ]{.toctext}](#WERS)
        -   [[ 2.2.4 ]{.tocnumber} [ Cold War mod
            ]{.toctext}](#Cold_War_mod)
    -   [[ 2.3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Alternate History and Fantasy
        ]{.toctext}](#Alternate_History_and_Fantasy)
        -   [[ 2.3.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Fallout\'s Doomsday Forum
            ]{.toctext}](#Fallout.27s_Doomsday_Forum)
        -   [[ 2.3.2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Fallout\'s Doomsday Website
            ]{.toctext}](#Fallout.27s_Doomsday_Website)
        -   [[ 2.3.3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Kaiserreich: Legacy of the
            Weltkrieg
            ]{.toctext}](#Kaiserreich:_Legacy_of_the_Weltkrieg)
        -   [[ 2.3.4 ]{.tocnumber} [ A.E.I.O.U.
            ]{.toctext}](#A.E.I.O.U.)
        -   [[ 2.3.5 ]{.tocnumber} [ Grand Battle mod
            ]{.toctext}](#Grand_Battle_mod)
        -   [[ 2.3.6 ]{.tocnumber} [ Confederate Armageddon
            ]{.toctext}](#Confederate_Armageddon)
        -   [[ 2.3.7 ]{.tocnumber} [ Settling Accounts
            ]{.toctext}](#Settling_Accounts)
        -   [[ 2.3.8 ]{.tocnumber} [ Domination of the Draka
            ]{.toctext}](#Domination_of_the_Draka)
        -   [[ 2.3.9 ]{.tocnumber} [ Fatherland- Alternate history Cold
            War ]{.toctext}](#Fatherland-_Alternate_history_Cold_War)
        -   [[ 2.3.10 ]{.tocnumber} [ Winter\'s Dawn - 22nd Century
            Warfare
            ]{.toctext}](#Winter.27s_Dawn_-_22nd_Century_Warfare)
        -   [[ 2.3.11 ]{.tocnumber} [ Anatolian Wars Mod
            ]{.toctext}](#Anatolian_Wars_Mod)
    -   [[ 2.4 ]{.tocnumber} [ Graphical Mods
        ]{.toctext}](#Graphical_Mods)
        -   [[ 2.4.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ DMP (Design Mod Projekt)
            ]{.toctext}](#DMP_.28Design_Mod_Projekt.29)
-   [[ 3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Off-Site Modding Guides
    ]{.toctext}](#Off-Site_Modding_Guides)
    -   [[ 3.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Havard\'s HoI Hacking Haven
        ]{.toctext}](#Havard.27s_HoI_Hacking_Haven)
    -   [[ 3.2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Baylox\' event syntax overview
        ]{.toctext}](#Baylox.27_event_syntax_overview)
-   [[ 4 ]{.tocnumber} [ How to use mod-dir
    ]{.toctext}](#How_to_use_mod-dir)
-   [[ 5 ]{.tocnumber} [ MP moddir Still Broken
    ]{.toctext}](#MP_moddir_Still_Broken)
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## [ General modding guides ]{#General_modding_guides .mw-headline}

-   Install your mods with JSGME ( [JoneSoft Generic Mod
    Enabler](http://www.beerymod.com/sh3_011.htm){.external .text
    rel="nofollow"} )
-   [General Modding
    FAQ](/wiki/General_Modding_FAQ "General Modding FAQ") Can\'t find it
    elsewhere? Check here.
-   [Patches](/wiki/Patches "Patches")
-   [Reference
    Materials](/wiki/Reference_Material "Reference Material"){.mw-redirect}
-   [Modding tech files](/wiki/Modding_tech_files "Modding tech files")
-   [Modding tech teams](/wiki/Modding_tech_teams "Modding tech teams")
-   [Modding scenarios](/wiki/Modding_scenarios "Modding scenarios")
-   [Modding events](/wiki/Modding_events "Modding events")
-   [Modding leader
    files](/wiki/Modding_leader_files "Modding leader files")
-   [Modding minister
    files](/wiki/Modding_minister_files "Modding minister files")
-   [Modding difficulty
    levels](/wiki/Modding_difficulty_levels "Modding difficulty levels")
-   [Modding unit
    statistics](/wiki/Modding_unit_statistics "Modding unit statistics")
-   [Modding building
    costs](/wiki/Modding_building_costs "Modding building costs")
-   [Modding misc.txt](/wiki/Modding_misc.txt "Modding misc.txt")
-   [Modding
    province.csv](/wiki/Modding_province.csv "Modding province.csv")
-   [Modding ai files](/wiki/Modding_ai_files "Modding ai files")
-   [Modding
    colorscales.csv](/wiki/Modding_colorscales.csv "Modding colorscales.csv")
-   [Modding graphics](/wiki/Modding_graphics "Modding graphics")
-   [Modding in-game
    music](/wiki/Modding_in-game_music "Modding in-game music")
-   [Modding models.csv](/wiki/Modding_models.csv "Modding models.csv")

## [ Specific mods ]{#Specific_mods .mw-headline}

### [ WWII ]{#WWII .mw-headline}

#### [ [CORE](http://www.terranova.dk/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#CORE .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: 0.3.2
-   Last Update: November, 2007
-   Popularity: *over 10,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2, DD,
    ARMA](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

CORE is the Community Open Resource Exchange. CORE aims to make Hearts
of Iron 2 a more historically accurate and involving game, through
expanded and more detailed tech trees, corresponding units, tech teams
and a large number of events, reflecting both historical actions and
possibilities. Both Industrial Capacity („IC‟) and resources for the
entire game have been revised to better reflect reality in the late
1930s. Other features include reserve divisions instead of militia (a
reserve unit is less mobile, and has less heavy weapons - such as
artillery. These units form the mainstay of the armies of the minor and
semi-industrialized countries), rares scarcity, SS recruitment, 1:1
naval ship representation and negative resource production (representing
civilian spoilage of energy and oil). The basic CORE installer includes
generic graphics for techs, tech teams, leaders, ministers and models
that have been updated to fit the latest release. There are also
optional packages to download with an even greater amount of graphics
available, such as country-specific model graphics.

#### [ [Total Realism Project](http://www.totalrealismproject.com/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Total_Realism_Project .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: 0.9.3
-   Last Update: March, 2008
-   Popularity: *over 10,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2, DD,
    ARMA](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

The TRP mod has a long history a thriving community, both on the Paradox
site on their own website. The primary focus of the mod is to improve
historical realism.

#### [ [Mod34](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/mod-34-revolutions.277121/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Mod34 .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: 0.5,2
-   Last Update: June, 2008
-   Popularity: *1,000 - 5,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2, DD,
    ARMA](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

This mod begins in October of 1934 and features a completely new
technology tree (without historical year), improved AI, new units,
events (over 6000 new events), and new countries (for example:Vatican
city and League of Nations). The technology tree in particular is very
unique, in that it allows players to focus on specialization, and forces
choices in research such as choosing the trade-off of having faster
armor with weaker guns, or better guns but slower armor. In this sense,
every nation is sure to field different units.

#### [ [DAIM](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/daim.298/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#DAIM .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: (does not use versioning)
-   Last Update: April, 2007
-   Popularity: *1,000 - 5,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2, DD,
    ARMA](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

DAIM stands for \"Determined AI Modification\" and is a mod that solely
focuses on improving the AI. This is accomplished by ensuring the AI
researches and builds the most effective units possible, rather than
wasting time building units that the game engine/AI is not capable of
using effectively. Specific focus was made to improve: Germany, Italy,
Japan, Great Britain, Soviet Union, U.S.A. and Nationalist China. DAIM
can be adapted to other mods, since it only changes a select few AI
files. [Further
Reading](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/frequently-asked-questions.213209/){.external
.text rel="nofollow"}

#### [ [The World in Flames](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-world-in-flames-for-dd-dda.335681/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#The_World_in_Flames .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: 1.0 Gold Version
-   Last Update: May, 2008
-   Popularity: *1,000 - 5,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2, DD,
    ARMA](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

The WiF mod is designed to make Hearts of Iron a more challenging,
realistic and historic game with many events (+4000), a new combat
system, new AI, new graphics and sounds. Will you surrender to an AI for
the first time ?

#### [ [Stony Road](http://www.stonyroad.de/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Stony_Road .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: 2.08
-   Last Update: July, 2006 (inactive)
-   Popularity: *over 10,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2, DD](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

The Historical Stony Road (HSR) mod is designed to give experienced
players a tougher, more accurate and detailed game as Germany from 1936
to 1947. The mod addresses historical accuracy, new events with
alternate scenarios, changed combat balancing, a new trading system, new
brigades, improved AI, and new graphics.

#### [ [Starfire](http://www.mnstarfire.com/ww2/hoi/hoimain.html){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Starfire .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: F3B
-   Last Update: February, 2006 (inactive)
-   Popularity: *less than 1,000 posts*
-   Compatibility: [HOI2](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

Starfire is designed for multiplayer, focusing on the 1939 scenario. It
improves accuracy and realism, and uses slower paced combat.

### [ Other Historical ]{#Other_Historical .mw-headline}

#### [ [1914](/wiki/1914 "1914") ]{#1914 .mw-headline}

A modification to recreate WWI, with new leader pics, events, data and
new technology. Further details can be found by clicking the link above.

#### [ [Modern Day Scenario 2](http://modhoi.com){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Modern_Day_Scenario_2 .mw-headline}

MDS2 is a modification of Hearts of Iron 2. The mod starts out with the
Invasion of Iraq and the War on Terror in March 2003 and lasts through
2019. The storyline emphasize on a conflict between China, Russia, the
EU and the US. It is one of the most comprehensive mods for HoI2 that
has been released.

#### [ [WERS](http://wers.eufi.org){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#WERS .mw-headline}

WERS (White Eagle, Red Star) is a battle mod for the Hearts of Iron 2
game. The main theme is Polands fight for independence from 1919-1921.
Player will be also witness a dramatic fight between White Russians
loyal to the Czar and the Red Army. War theatre covers Middle-Eastern
Europe.

#### [ [Cold War mod](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/cold-war-mod.292/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Cold_War_mod .mw-headline}

A mod that focus on the Cold War era. It spans the 1955-1995 time period
and aims to be as historically accurate as possible.

### [ Alternate History and Fantasy ]{#Alternate_History_and_Fantasy .mw-headline}

#### [ ]{#Fallout's_Doomsday_Forum} [ [Fallout\'s Doomsday Forum](http://terranova.dk/viewforum.php?f=49){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Fallout.27s_Doomsday_Forum .mw-headline}

#### [ ]{#Fallout's_Doomsday_Website} [ [Fallout\'s Doomsday Website](http://www.hoi2-fallout.com/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Fallout.27s_Doomsday_Website .mw-headline}

We would like to introduce you to: \"Fallout\'s Doomsday Mod for Hearts
of Iron 2 DD:A\".

Have you been thinking about reuniting USA as a nation long after the
world ended, leading your armies across radiated deserts to fight the
mutated monsters and raiders out there? Or maybe you have been dreaming
about conquering those weak humans while leading an army of powerful
Mutant warriors to victory in their endless wars? Or perhaps you want to
control the Enclave, the shadowy survivors of the pre-War US government
who fled to their offshore bases before the Bombs fell, using their high
tech science and sinister experiments to establish a new world order?

All those paths await you in a new mod that has been created as a
tribute for two best computer role playing games ever: Fallout 1 and
Fallout 2. Set in a post Apocalyptic world 167 years after the Bomb was
dropped, this is complete science fiction conversion to HOI2. Completely
new tech tree, units, resources, economy, and nation groups; all with
unique graphics. A completely new gaming experience for the best WW2
strategy game ever made: Hearts of Iron 2.

The mod is set in the Wastelands: the radioactive and windswept remnant
of what was once North America. Take control of one of the many groups
rising to power on top of the ashes and ruins of pre-War civilisation.
Build industries and infrastructure, research technologies, manage your
resources, conduct diplomacy with other nations, build and manage your
military forces to achieve dominance over the Wastelands.

#### [ [Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/kaiserreich-legacy-of-the-weltkrieg-global-alternate-history-mod-for-hoi2.223176/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Kaiserreich:_Legacy_of_the_Weltkrieg .mw-headline}

Kaiserreich is a Global Alternate History Mod for HOI2. It poses the
question, what if the Central Powers had won the first world war. The
Mod has a [Forum](http://z11.invisionfree.com/Kaiserreich/){.external
.text rel="nofollow"} and a
[wiki](http://editthis.info/kaiserreich/Main_Page){.external .text
rel="nofollow"} .

#### [ [A.E.I.O.U.](http://www.abominus.de.vu){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#A.E.I.O.U. .mw-headline}

The end of the Great War brought with it the end of the age of
monarchies. In Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Serbia,
ruling houses were overthrown and new governments installed in their
place. But those new governments were not always stable and were
themselves subject to opposition, and in some cases rebellion.

How might history have been different if, in the defeated Central
Powers, the emperors had returned? Play A.E.I.O.U., a modification of
Hearts of Iron 2, and find out. Can you lead Austria to reclaim her lost
glory?.

-   [Downloadarea](http://www.planet-core.net/forum/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=2){.external
    .text rel="nofollow"} Here you find the downloadarea with the newest
    version of AEIOU (now also playable with Armageddon!

#### [ [Grand Battle mod](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/grand-battle-mod.293/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Grand_Battle_mod .mw-headline}

Rather than being a specific mod, this is a collection of Risk like
fantasy mods by Yukala. There is also a focus on improved AI. These
include Risk Battle mod and Guild Imperium, which is the latest.

#### [ [Confederate Armageddon](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/confederate-armageddon.295697/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Confederate_Armageddon .mw-headline}

-   Current Version: 2.1
-   Last Update: July, 2008
-   Popularity: *Soon to be a published wargame!*
-   Compatibility: [ARMA](/wiki/Abbreviations#H "Abbreviations")

A mod that allows you to play the CSA in the 1936 scenario.

#### [ [Settling Accounts](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-new-turtledove-mod.213106/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Settling_Accounts .mw-headline}

A mod based on the Settling Accounts books by Harry Turtledove.

#### [ [Domination of the Draka](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/domination-of-the-draka-mod-initial-stages.258324/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Domination_of_the_Draka .mw-headline}

A WWII alternate history mod based on the Draka books by S.M. Stirling.

#### [ [Fatherland- Alternate history Cold War](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/fatherland-alternate-history-cold-war-for-hoi2-dd.294848/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Fatherland-_Alternate_history_Cold_War .mw-headline}

A Cold War mod with a twist. What if Hitler won WW2? Doomsday and
Armageddon only.

#### [ ]{#Winter's_Dawn_-_22nd_Century_Warfare} [ [Winter\'s Dawn - 22nd Century Warfare](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/winters-dawn.327127/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Winter.27s_Dawn_-_22nd_Century_Warfare .mw-headline}

A mod taking place in the future. Conflicts ranging from the early 21st
to late 22nd centuries.

#### [ [Anatolian Wars Mod](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/anatolian-wars-1-00.335721/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Anatolian_Wars_Mod .mw-headline}

Developed by mehmet12 and miihkali, this mod focuses on an alternate
reality in which Greece won the Greco-Turkish War of 1922 and then went
on to fragment Anatolia. Greece, Pontus, Armenia, Cappadocia, Kurdistan,
and Turkey are all playable with new ministers, leaders and skins.
Version 1.0 released in December 2007- the next version is said to
include more modded nations such as Kalmykia, Jebel Al Druze, Maronite
Lebanon, Coptic Egypt, Circassia, Crimean Tatar Republic, and the Kazan
and Don Cossack Hosts.

### [ Graphical Mods ]{#Graphical_Mods .mw-headline}

#### [ ]{#DMP_(Design_Mod_Projekt)} [ [DMP (Design Mod Projekt)](http://www.heartsofiron.eu/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#DMP_.28Design_Mod_Projekt.29 .mw-headline}

A big mod project with a lot of new sprites and graphics for a lot of
countries.

-   [The DMP
    board](http://www.heartsofiron.eu/forum/portal.php){.external .text
    rel="nofollow"} (with a lot of members who work at many other Mods)

## [ Off-Site Modding Guides ]{#Off-Site_Modding_Guides .mw-headline}

### [ ]{#Havard's_HoI_Hacking_Haven} [ [Havard\'s HoI Hacking Haven](http://web.archive.org/web/20060514181431/http://hearts-of-iron.com/){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Havard.27s_HoI_Hacking_Haven .mw-headline}

This site was made originally for the first Hearts of Iron, but most of
the basics of modding that game carry on into the sequel. This site is
almost an essential must-bookmark for any modder, and the tables and
examples contained in the site are worth their weight in rare materials.

### [ ]{#Baylox'_event_syntax_overview} [ [Baylox\' event syntax overview](http://web.telia.com/~u87538946/event_commands.htm){.external .text rel="nofollow"} ]{#Baylox.27_event_syntax_overview .mw-headline}

Overview of all event-triggers and -commands.

## [ How to use mod-dir ]{#How_to_use_mod-dir .mw-headline}

Create a subdirectory and place your files inside it (maintaining the
exact directory structure of HoI) and then launch the game via HoI2.exe
followed by the name of the directory containing your mods. For a more
detailed description see the [Moddir](/wiki/Moddir "Moddir") page.

## [ MP moddir Still Broken ]{#MP_moddir_Still_Broken .mw-headline}

Even with v1.2 the [Moddir](/wiki/Moddir "Moddir") feature is still
broken for multiplayer play. Thus if you try and play a mod in
multiplayer it will fail. The only work around is to modify the main
game itself. [vic:Mods and
Modding](/wiki/index.php?title=Vic:Mods_and_Modding&action=edit&redlink=1 "Vic:Mods and Modding (page does not exist)"){.new}
[eu2:Mods and
Modding](https://eu2.paradoxwikis.com/Mods_and_Modding "eu2:Mods and Modding"){.extiw}
[ck:CK Modification and
Editing](/wiki/index.php?title=Ck:CK_Modification_and_Editing&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ck:CK Modification and Editing (page does not exist)"){.new}
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