You can. https://cs.rin.ru/forum/ contains everything you need including a patch for online play (never tested it myself). I kinda just use it to test DLCs before buying.
The CKII strategy of just locking entire regions behind a paywall was 1000x better than their current DLC model of making that region barebones and the DLC having 1 major mechanic you need to play any country locked behind it.
You can then buy the game subscription for 90% on sale (3 dollars) for 1 month to negatively rate all of the DLC on steam.
To be fair, the explanation is nonsensical. It would disqualify nearly all of alt paths for every nation.
They probably just didn't want to do it out of lacking time or laziness and this is their excuse.
The fascist party with 50 guys deserves a path more expansive than the USAs canon FDR route.
Please, just overhaul the USA and UK and I'll die a happy man.
Because all those games stink! Someone make a Hoi4 to Hoi4 save converter. That's actually useful.
Fun fact. Victoria 2 had code for including pictures in some events but they decided to remove it by just not including any images and setting the co-ordinatines off screen. Modders discovered this and re-implemented them.
Meanwhile, EaW has their custom country selection still intact. It's also one of the nicest looking ones I have seen.
Likely will get your wish. Given everything they've updated thus far and how MtG was made free it's next on the expansion list.
I think hoi4 DLCs would be better received if they were 6 countries with full on content for 15 bucks and free stuff released in between.
Paradox fans enraged about not having a communist Siam path.
France too. It's absurd they were an afterthought in a DLC titled La Resistance.
If we all put our backs into it, we can get it even further down to overwhelmingly negative. Threshold should be 15% if I'm remembering right.
They had a chance to release just the new commander unit stuff (or whatever the fuck it's called) for a $1 and I think everyone would have loved them for it. I'd have paid a dollar for that and they'd have made a shitload of money for zero effort.
