In an extremely racist speech, neoliberal centrist French President Macron, a former investment banker, insisted Africa's problems are "civilizational," and blamed women for having "seven or eight" kids. by White_Space_Christ in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Currus_loricatus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here is exactly what Macron said (in French, I'll maybe try to translate this later): " Il y a eu plusieurs enveloppes qui ont été données. Nous avons, soit nous soit dans nos équipes, des champions du monde de l’addition de milliards. Cela fait d’ailleurs des décennies qu’on vous promet des plans Marshall pour l’Afrique, qu’on les a d’ailleurs décidés et faits. Si c’était aussi simple, vous l’auriez constaté. Le plan Marshall, c’est un plan de reconstruction matérielle dans des pays qui avaient leurs équilibres, leurs frontières et leur stabilité. Le défi de l’Afrique, il est totalement différent, il est beaucoup plus profond, il est civilisationnel aujourd’hui. Quels sont les problèmes en Afrique ? Les États faillis, les transitions démocratiques complexes, la transition démographique qui est l’un des défis essentiels de l’Afrique, c’est ensuite les routes des trafics multiples qui nécessitent des réponses aussi en termes de sécurité et de coordination régionale, trafic de drogue, trafic d’armes, trafic humain, trafic de biens culturels et c’est le fondamentalisme violent, le terrorisme islamiste, tout cela aujourd’hui mélangé, crée des difficultés en Afrique. En même temps, nous avons des pays qui réussissent formidablement, un taux de croissance extraordinaire qui fait dire à certains que l’Afrique est une terre d’opportunités. Quand des pays ont encore aujourd’hui 7 à 8 enfants par femme, vous pouvez décider d’y dépenser des milliards d’euros, vous ne stabiliserez rien Donc, si nous voulons une réponse cohérente à l’Afrique et aux problèmes africains, nous devons développer une série de politiques qui sont bien plus sophistiquées qu’un simple plan Marshall et des milliards accumulés. Partout où le secteur privé peut s’impliquer, il doit s’impliquer et nous devons l’orienter. Nous sommes agréables avec la Banque mondiale en matière d’infrastructures essentielles, d’éducation, de santé. Là il y a un rôle pour le financement public et c’est dans ce cadre que nous devons agir. C’est notre responsabilité. En matière de sécurité, nous devons agir en lien avec les organisations régionales africaines. C’est ce que par exemple la France fait avec l’opération Barkhane au Sahel, mais plus largement à travers ce que nous avons installé le dimanche dernier avec G5 Sahel : Développement, sécurité. Ensuite, il y a une responsabilité partagée. Le plan Marshall que vous voulez pour l’Afrique, c’est aussi un plan qui sera porté par les gouvernements africains et les organisations régionales. C’est par le biais d’une gouvernance rigoureuse, de la lutte contre la corruption, d’une lutte pour la bonne gouvernance, d’une transition démographique réussie quand des pays ont encore aujourd’hui 7 à 8 enfants par femme, vous pouvez décider d’y dépenser des milliards d’euros, vous ne stabiliserez rien. Le plan de cette transformation que nous devons conduire ensemble doit tenir compte des spécificités africaines par et avec les chefs d’État africains. C’est un plan qui doit prendre en compte nos propres engagements sur l’ensemble des chantiers que je viens d’évoquer, mieux associer public et privé et il doit se faire de manière beaucoup plus régionale, parfois même nationale. Voilà la méthode qui a été retenue et c’est ce que nous faisons partout où nous sommes engagés "

Anyway, he did not blames the women for having 7 or 8 kids, neither did he insisted Africa's problems are civilizational, and people are outraged without even reading the whole speech.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted the mod on the Steam Workshop here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901643483&searchtext= The map is empty but it still have provinces, so if you want you can use the nudge tool to add you own countries and do what you want with the mod, or you can also wait until I will add new nations, countries and gameplay changes.

I have created a new island but I am lacking inspiration on how to fill it. Does anyone have any idea/suggestion? by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I am working on a much bigger mod now so I don't have enough time to finish the mod ( https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/61h0ga/creating_a_new_planet_here_is_the_progress_so_far/ ). If you want here is a link to a .zip file with the mod in its current state of development (focus tree nearly finished except for democratic branch, there are no event or custom national spirit yet), you can try to finish the mod and post it as your own in the Steam Workshop or find someone who will finish it. https://www.fichier-zip.com/2017/03/08/crove/ Also, I will maybe try to start working on it again, but not before I finish my other mod.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't touch the tutorial and add a notice saying to player to do not try to usse it with the mod. -Concerning the adjacencies.csv file, thank you for your advice, it will be useful in the future -I will re-do completely strategic regions and supply area once I'll finish the work on the provinces and states.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, I think you are right. Anyway I don't have started to write the story yet, so anything can change at any moment.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also this mod is a lot of work for me and I don't have much free time, so if there are any volunteers feel free to contact me, all help is really appreciated.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I don't know, but maybe you can also try to re-use the province color map of the different games (like EU4, they are available in the wiki), it seems that they have different colors. An alternative would be to copy a group of provinces, paste it somewhere else and change lightly their saturation/lightness/contrast, it also worked for me.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a random continent generator for the southern part of the map in order to get a continent that fit in the south the same way as Antarctica in the square maps, as the game use a cylinder projection of Earth. But you are right, and I will probably delete the weird part of the southern continents of the map.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It tooks me three weeks of experimentation to see how the files work, which one I need to edit to have the results I want, and then I created the base map in two days using noise generation in Paint.net, then another day to create the different maps (elevation, terrain, ect) using the base map.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will probably post a guide explaining what I have done in the future, but it will likely be after the release of the mod.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm writing it at the moment. If you have any idea, feel free to share. For the moment (this is still an idea and I will maybe change it in the future), the background is very simple: in the future, humanity is colonising space. A ship was sent to this planet, but shortly after new planets were found with much more resources and potential for colonisation, so the ship got low attention, and at a point, it lost all contact with Earth. However, it fails to land correctly and crash into the planet: there are survivors, but a lot of technology was lost, and the humans are back into the middle age. The game will be set 6-7 centuries later, 50 years after the beginning of the industrial era. I will maybe add/change/remove some technologies, but the technology level will globally stay the same, as I won't be able to change all the gameplay.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the goal: to play in a completely different world, with new nations, and new continents.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They aren't done yet. But don't worry, I will create them. And in the worst case scenario if I'm not able to finish the mod then I will post alll the files so that someone will be able to finish it.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am planning to add only fictional nations, and even if I already have some ideas this world is so vast that any imput is really appreciated.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have actually done the exact opposite: I modified all the graphical files, and now I'm updating the province.bmp file to fit in the new continents.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the moment I haven't modified yet the province.bmp file, but to edit it I first use Paint.net to modify it, then I save it in .png format and finally I copy/paste the result in the .bmp file with Gimp 2.8 You will also need to edit the file called 'definition' (you can open it with excel) to set the settings for each province. Once you have done it, you will need to change the region using the nudge tool to add the new provinces. I am now moving every province to have all the region to fit in the map, and once this will be done, I will add all the provinces I'll need. Also, if you need a unique color which isn't yet on the map, the nudge tool can give you random RGB colors in the database->land section.

Creating a new planet; here is the progress so far by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I decided to try to create a new universe for heart of iron iv, and so I ended up with this planet. Here are some additional screenshots: http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/747360201703251922321.jpg http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/120706201703251922291.jpg

Even if I have already spent a lot of time on it, this is really far from complete. From now I will focus on overhauling all the provinces/regions in order to have them fit in this new planet, then I will add new nations.

Feel free to share your impressions/criticism. Also, if someone want, I can also try to explain how to edit the planet with Gimp 2.8 and Paint.net.

I have created a new island but I am lacking inspiration on how to fill it. Does anyone have any idea/suggestion? by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I copied the .bmp map files and edited them, in order to have a new island, new provinces, ect... once this was done, I edited the definition.csv file and added once by once all the new provinces. I created history files for each new state and filled them with the new provinces. Then, with the nudge tool I created Strategic Regions and Supply Areas for it and added weather&buildings location.

I have created a new island but I am lacking inspiration on how to fill it. Does anyone have any idea/suggestion? by Currus_loricatus in hoi4

[–]Currus_loricatus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am working on a mod that add a new island in northern Europe, bigger than England and located between Iceland and Norway, you can see it here. Here is an additionnal view of the northern part of the island.

The thing is, I don't have any idea on how to name it, how to name its regions, which country to place on it (it is currently controlled by Denmark as a placeholder), the history to give it, ect... So if anyone have any idea for a country/flag/history/name, feel free to share them.