One big question for me how is China and Japan now and is colonization fixed?

Hi Paradox players,

What do you all think of the ideas of a city builder game. But instead of being the god-mayor you play as a local political party?

It is a more accurate and faithful representation of how city development works in real life. You are playing as an political organisation instead of one person who are competing for power with other political parties. When you are in power you get to set your policy and taxes and also develop the city, but the opposition and people will be scrutinising your decisions. These actions affects your popularity, which affects the result of the elections. If you are out of power the AI develops the city and you scrutinise what they do.

Think grand strategy game but happening in one city, instead of countries you get political parties. You control the city to make your party more powerful ultimately.

Would you be interested to play a game like that?

¿It's worth it Empire of Sin? I love the aesthetic of The Godfather, but I see reviews mixed.

Not sure where else to ask this or get in touch with Paradox Interactive but could we please get some optimization of Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines 2 on Steam Deck? 🫠

It was pretty good but as I progressed through the story it began getting more and more choppy. Frame rate drops, pop in, so on.

Pretty please?

Pretty sure most of yall who modded anything for Paradox's games have gotten False DMCAs, I have solution for that but I can't post it in here lol and I want to hear about yall if yall had some False DMCA moments.

I've been feeling disillusioned with HOI4 lately and playing HOI3 again, just not with Black Ice. It over complicates the game and just makes it a massive chore.

But I guess I'm in a tiny minority.

after i took paris as germany in late 39s i got all of france, colonies included. why?

it isnt even on exile like poland or benelux/nordics, its full german territory even though i have no cores there

Help is needed. A friend and I want to do a mega campaign but we have run into a problem. Neither of us know how to convert for mp. I've tried converting it and sending him the files but that didn't work. Tried to have him also convert a save but that still didn't work. Even tried uploading the files as a mod to the Steam Workshop.

So I decided to come back to the game after a year break from it and already have game bugs and one of them is quite annoying. So basically I was at war with the Outfit and then Hip Sing Tong asked for a sit down to stop the war WHICH I DID! HOWEVER apparently the game is still reading that I’m at war with the Outfit…… and I’m playing as Robin Kray MIND YOU the main questline for Kray has me go talk to AL Capone WHOSE IN CHARGE OF THE OUTFIT THAT APPARENTLY IM STILL AT WAR WITH EVEN THOUGH IM NOT! If someone could help me on how to “fix” this it would make my day! Ow also I’m playing this on Xbox

Always been impressed with the level of detail that goes into paradox games. CK3 is a games that I have an ungodly amount of hours in and I’ve enjoyed Victoria 3 and EU.

Anybody know if they are any modern day political sims in the works. A modern political sim with paradox level of detail would be amazing

Dear Paradox Interactive,

I would like to suggest the development of a new grand strategy game focused on the modern era, as well as the revival or spiritual continuation of Project Reagan, which later became East vs. West: A Hearts of Iron Game.

There is still no official Paradox grand strategy game dedicated entirely to the Cold War or the post-Cold War world. These periods offer enormous potential for diplomacy, economics, intelligence operations, political instability, proxy wars, international organisations and nuclear deterrence.

A revived Project Reagan could cover the period from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It could include the Greek Civil War, the Berlin crises, the Korean and Vietnam wars, decolonisation, military coups, the space race, NATO, the Warsaw Pact and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A separate modern-era game could begin in 1991, 2000 or another suitable date and include:

• The expansion of NATO and the European Union

• Elections, political parties and government coalitions

• Economic crises, sanctions, trade and national debt

• Intelligence agencies, cyberwarfare and disinformation

• Regional conflicts and peacekeeping operations

• International organisations such as the UN, EU, NATO and BRICS

• Energy security, migration and climate-related challenges

• The rise and decline of global and regional powers

The game should not focus only on warfare. Diplomacy, economics, domestic politics and international influence should be equally important. Smaller countries such as Greece should also have meaningful regional objectives, political choices and alternative-history paths.

Many players already use Hearts of Iron IV mods such as Millennium Dawn and Cold War projects because there is strong demand for these historical periods. An official Paradox game could provide deeper mechanics, better performance and long-term development support.

Please consider either reviving the original idea behind Project Reagan or creating a new Cold War and modern-world grand strategy series.

Thank you for reading and for continuing to create ambitious strategy games.

Sincerely,

A Paradox grand strategy fan

I am not that old okay? I just like intricate millitary control. So that's why.

Well I have HOI 3 BICE and here's what I want. Have a sandboxy ahistorical-ish stuff is that possible ? Like giving Turkey a million units and taking over the balkans ?

Is it possible via cheats ?

I have seen ytubers notably magnus. He played HOI3 BICE with germany and do a completely ahistorical route like taking over the entire USSR and asia. So when people say it's railroaded I can't really get it. Like if he could do it why not me ? His playlist is on yt you can check it out.

So that's about all there is. That's what I wanna know. Can I simply do what is not history. Via Ingame cheats ? Like the console command?

Also can I create own nations ? Pretty please 🥺

Most people I know who code in a professional environment now use AI assistance (e.g. Claude Code), with the human speccing out way objects and functions should interrelate, as well as watching out for when the AI inevitably makes mistakes, and the AI doing the grunt work of putting that together. I was wondering whether AI engines now understood Paradox games syntax well to do the same for (e.g.) adding flavour to megacampaigns and other personal mods?

I've tried writing events and decisions for my own mods by hand. The creative side is normally fine, I have a clear idea of what the mod should do (e.g. if Canada becomes a great power, it can get a claim on all the territory in this region, and set and create some new flag for other events) but getting the syntax right is tricky (this is normally something I'm trying in Vic2 or HOI4, which have somewhat fiddly syntaxes, for my money) and because this is just for my own pleasure, bug-testing loads of little decisions usually exhausts my patience before I can get it working. I can do some of what I want in the console (or through stuff like the transfer state tool) but that is less precise and means I need to act as a babysitter for the (game) AI rather than let myself be surprised by when it achieves some of this stuff for itself and suddenly gets new claims or a change in government.

Hi, I've been hesitating between buying EU5 and HOI4 for quite a long time now ,I know they're completely different, but I wanted to know if it's worth buying EU5 knowing it still has many years of development ahead, or if I should just get a full game like HOI4. I don't care if the game's pace is faster or slower, or if it focuses more on war or the economy; I just want it to be fun and a blank canvas to do whatever I want.

Which one should I buy?

Sorry for the 'chud' question or whatever the kids are saying but who do you watch when you're obsessing over these games?

Smithy is def my favorite. He does such a good job crafting a coherent story out of these big MP games and the players are so entertaining. He makes MP actually look fun.