Historical Vanilla

HISTORICAL VANILLA

In "Historical Vanilla," the primary focus is to maintain the historical accuracy of events, decisions, and outcomes, allowing players to relive and reshape the major conflicts of World War II. The mod strives to strike a delicate balance between historical realism and engaging gameplay without deviating too far from the vanilla experience.

Core game mechanics, such as combat, logistics, and production, largely remain intact, allowing players to employ their strategic prowess without having to learn new systems.

"Historical Vanilla" retains the historical progression of technologies, national focuses, and events, enabling players to follow the course of history or explore alternative historical paths. While the mod seeks to stay true to the original game, it introduces minor tweaks and improvements to enhance the overall experience without significantly altering the balance of power or game mechanics.

One of the major strengths of "Historical Vanilla" is its compatibility with both AI and multiplayer gameplay. Whether playing against artificial intelligence opponents or engaging in online matches with other players, the mod ensures a consistent and enjoyable experience that stays true to the historical context.

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** CHANGES **

• Non-historical focuses have been removed.

• Changed some events to be with only historical decisions.

• Optimized for multiplayer.

• Modifying a division template is free

• Lag days to automatically slow down or pause the game were extended.

• Players can't justify wargoals. Wargoals can only be gained from national focuses, events and decisions

• Most of the nations with generic national focus tree have been removed.

• Added impassable border from Spain to Gibraltar.

• Added semi-impassable border from Spain to France.

• The 1939 year bookmark has been replaced with the "Europe only" scenario.

• In the "Europe only" scenario Allies and Comintern nations can send Attaché to China via decision and Axis nations can send Attaché to Japan.

• Waiting time before sending a new diplomatic request has been reduced to 12 hours.

• Number of days before being able to kick a new member of faction or re invite a kicked nation to your faction has been reduced to 0 days.

• AI will always be willing to accept a call to war even if front is too dangerous.

• Countries can only gain military access and docking rights from countries that share the same ruling ideology.

• Countries can never release nations.

• Countries may not take over faction leadership.

• Countries can not prepare or execute Coups in any nation.

** NATION CHANGES **

Nation	Changes
German Reich	War with USSR can only be started from 1941 June 22. Can't do Danzig or War focus without doing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact focus first and before 1939 July 2 (war can be declared on 1939 September 1).
Soviet Union	Soviet Union can only declare war on German Reich or Italy after 1941 June 22.
Japan	Japan can only declare war on Philippines after 1941 December 7.
United Kingdom	At the start of the game United Kingdom will guarantee Poland independence

• The mod is in an early version of development. Please report any bugs! Thank you. *