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Overview

Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air. The game builds on the experience and community input of the successful Hearts of Iron titles. Developed by BL-Logic, a development studio made up of fans of the series and active members of the modding community, Arsenal of Democracy is the ultimate
World War II simulation. It is described by Project Leader Lennart Berg as “Hearts of Iron II on steroids!”

Features:
• Rewrite history as the head of any nation during World War II in a variety of single-player and multi-player scenarios
• Use advanced combat mechanics based on historical research and the work of military theorists to destroy your foes on land, sea, and air
• Master the most detailed and flexible economic and production systems of the series
• Keep your war efforts operating smoothly with realistic logistics and trading subsystem
• Engage in espionage, intelligence, diplomacy, and global trade to give your nation a decisive edge
• Determine your country’s national identity, social policy, and ethnic culture
• Create your own campaigns, units, countries, minister traits, and national ideas with extensive modding capabilities
• Experience classic Hearts of Iron gameplay, improved with a fine-tuned technology tree, refined balance, advanced statistics, and polished graphics
• Removed Province Limit: build your own maps without limitations

Patches

• Name: Arsenal of Democracy
  Version: Patch 1.0.7
  Download: Arsenal of Democracy
  Description: Tweaks to Japan AI
  Lower 1918 Infantry default morale and organization
  Chinese Industry relocation events now evacuate more of the IC provinces
  JAP AI will now seek to land in support of the drive from Northern China rather than open a second front in Guangxi.
  Lowered effectiveness of Logistical Strike mission
  Increased manpower gained by UK during gearing up for war events
  Increased starting manpower pools for Nationalist China,UK,USSR,Italy and USA
  Refined AI assignment of sliders in case of low manpower
  AI now cycles builds through the build queue regularly to ensure all builds receive some IC
  AI will no longer lengthen serials if build queue is too large
  AI will operate within provinces with infrastructure damaged under 10%, but not in provinces with max infrastructure at 10% or lower
  Fixed a bug where trade convoys could be set up from a country at war with one of the trade parties
  Added locked garrisons on UK and Japanese Home Islands
  Missing tech team pics (Pioniere)
  Integration of updated ministers and leaders
  Some new minister,leader,tech pics ( credits to Vaximillian, Leonaru,Bestmajor and Kunadam. )
  Added Pioniere\\\'s province pictures
  Increased AI research preferences for doctrines trees
  High IC majors will now build nuclear reactors and rocket test sites
  Disbanding a division will return its supply/oil to its supply province stockpile, a division killed in combat will return half ( only applicable for land units )
  Increased MIL manpower,supply consumption,decreased morale and organization
  Typo in USSR.txt - max org = organization
  Reduced Croatia revolter territories to avoid \\\"trapping\\\" German units in Yugoslvaia,confusing the AI
  Corrections to invasions and strait calculations
  AI fleets should no longer be able to move fleets behind straits if distances too great ( German invasion of Ethiopia while Suez and Gribraltar straits still British )
  Fixed an issue where upon removing an oil using brigade from a non oil using division would cause a residual infinitesimal consumption that would never go away ( permanent out of oil status )
  Corrected an instance where the same delayed events could fire multiple times
  Adapted some tech effects to properly display digits ( among them supply and fuel consumptions,morale,org,manpower )
  England AI will keep more troops home when at war
  Additional info shown by \\\"debugAI\\\" command
  If low on manpower during wartime the AI will refrain from building more units and focus more on reinforcing and upgrading existing units
  Fixed a number of problems relating to event commands receiving the -1 parameter
  Added Org penalty to the USSR Great Purge effects,increased dissent for not choosing Purge and delayed Purge recovery if Germany has not yet attacked.
  Implemented system for detailed AI attachment preferences. Details in event commands.txt, \\\"military\\\" section
  USSR Great Purge recovery events now properly slept when choosing not to purge
  Purge Recovery will conclude on its own early 1942 if no Barbarossa or unsuccessful Barbarossa
  AI now properly assings IC to the Infrastructure slider in peacetime as well
  Toned down USA\\\'s naval builds
  Updated model names ( Courtesy of the \\\"Several naming issues\\\" thread contributors )
  Uploaded additional propaganda pictures
  Added new misc.txt variable, _EV_CORE_PROV_EFF_RISE_TIME_, influencing efficiency regain in liberated core provinces
  Fixed a CTD when attempting to delete land/naval/air units when no land/naval/air units exist any longer
  
  Fixed a CTD when attempting to delete land/naval/air units when no land/naval/air units exist any longer
  Phillipines now more moderate stats
  Fixed an issue where the AI would advance recklessly from beach-heads
  Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the AI to move units between two fronts on the same landmass as if they were crossing friendly territory
  AI: Offensive Supply now only used when needed.
  AI: Slider mechanics reworked
  Reduced Guangxi Clique aggressiveness towards Nationalist China
  Toned down espionage AI of majors
  Added \\\"revolt_risk_mult\\\" variable to the ai_file_doc.txt documentation
  Further tweaks for Japan AI
  Commented out obsolete events
  USSR\\\'s handicap moved from GDE to Morale
  Modified some AI choice chances more towards historical
  Redone AI assignment of production sliders
  AI should now build synthetic oil plants when feasible and needed
  If insufficient production IC, AI will now delete some builds
  AI will now move any provincial builds to the bottom
  Garrison AI should now seek to relinquish mobile units more
  Added additional information displayed for \\\"debugAI\\\" console command
  Cavalry considered mobile unit by the AI
  
  Added New Event Functionality
  TRIGGERS:
  ispuppet = [Country Tag/-1] # True if tag 1 (or country calling event if -1) is a puppet of another nation
  puppet = { country = [tag 1/-1] country = [tag 2/-1] } # True if tag 1 (or country calling event if -1) is puppet of tag 2 (or country calling event if -1)
  alliance = { country = a/-1 country = b/-1 } # checks if a (or country calling event if -1) and b (or country calling event if -1) is in the same military alliance
  access = { country = [tag1/-1] country = [tag2/-1] } # checks if tag1 (or country calling event if -1) is granting military access to tag2 (or country calling event if -1)
  non_aggression = { country = [tag1/-1] country = [tag2/-1] } # checks if tag & tag have a non_agg_pact active (-1 can be specified for either tag to reference the country calling the event)
  trade = { country = [tag1/-1] country = [tag2/-1] } # checks if tag1 (or country calling event if -1) and tag2 (or country calling event if -1) have an active trade agreement
  guarantee = { country = [tag1/-1] country = [tag2/-1] } # checks if tag1 (or country calling event if -1) is guaranteeing the independence of tag2 (or country calling event if -1)
  war = { country = a/-1 country = b/-1 }# checks if a (or country calling event if -1) and b (or country calling event if -1) is at war
  lost_VP = { country = [tag/-1] value = X }# X% or more of _owned_ VPs in enemy hands (if tag is set to -1, reference the country calling the event)
  lost_national = { country = [tag/-1] value = X }# X% or more of national provs in enemy hands (if tag is set to -1, reference the country calling the event)
  lost_IC = { country = [tag/-1] value = X }# X% or more of national IC in enemy hands (if tag is set to -1, reference the country calling the event)
  military_control = { country = [TAG1/-1] country = [TAG2/-1] } # true if TAG2 (or country calling event if -1) has military control over TAG1 (or country calling event if -1)
  losses = { country = [TAG/-1] value = x } # true if country TAG (or country calling event if -1) has suffered at least X times 1000 number of losses in MP (ex. if X is set to 1, this event will fire when the countries total MP losses reach 1000)
  province_building = { province = [ID] building = [building type] size = x } # true if province ID has a building of [building type] that is at least of size X, use following values for building: 1 = IC, 2 = coastal fort, 3 = land fort, 4 = AA, 5 = infra, 6 = air base, 7 = naval base, 8 = radar station, 9 = nuclear reactor, 10 = rocket test, 11 = synthetic oil, 12 = synthetic rares
  
  COMMANDS:
  type = peace_with_all which = [country tag/-1] # specified country (or country calling event if -1) signs peace a white peace with all countries it is at war with
  type = end_non_aggression which = [country/-1] where = [country/-1] # end a non aggression pact between these countries (-1 can be used for either tag to reference the country calling event)
  type = non_aggression which = [country/-1] where = [country/-1] # create a non aggression pact between these countries (-1 can be used for either tag to reference the country calling event)
  type = end_trades which = [country/-1] where = [country/-1] # end all trade agreements between these countries (-1 can be used for either tag to reference the country calling event)
  type = end_guarantee which = [country/-1] where = [country/-1] # country 1 no longer guarantees independence of country 2 (-1 can be used for either tag to reference the country calling event)
  type = guarantee which = [country/-1] where = [country/-1] # country 1 now guarantees independence of country 2 (-1 can be used for either tag to reference the country calling event)
  type = grant_military_control which = [TAG] # grant military control to nation TAG
  type = end_military_control which = [TAG] # end military control to nation TAG
  
  Removed AI Guangxi-KMT war ( fictional ,historically known as Guangdong-Guangxi Incident, not an armed conflict )
  Lowered IC for Chinese factions
  Adjusted Chinese \\\"Move industry to interior\\\" events to match new IC values
  Updated \\\"manpowerpool\\\" command with new functionality : \\\"which = 1\\\" makes \\\"value = x\\\" be used as %x of daily manpower gain
  Province recovery now 270 days again
  AI transport fleets should always have screening vessels accompanying them
  Reduced daily manpower gain by 1/3
  Reduce the supply distance improvement from logistics techs
  Moddir tech team images in the intel screen no longer require dummy files in the main installation folder
  Fixed Line Gearing decrease to use the correct variable.
  Tech pictures and province images now properly work with moddir
  Brand New Japan AI
  Fixed Land Pathfinding, so that it finds better paths
  Fixed loophole that could cause Marco Polo Bridge Incident ( start of 2nd Sino-Japanese war ) to not fire
  AI will now be more careful before moving into low infrastructure provinces
  Siam revokes military access to Japan when it makes peace with allies.
  France and UK now gain hawk lobby and interventionism moves if either Germany or Italy invades Republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War
  Toned down minor countries\\\' espionage activity ( was un-historically high and effective )
  Toned down minor countries\\\' naval builds and revised air and land builds
  Invasion AI will now favor Infantry divisions for naval landings more
  Production Acceleration - Fixed a bug that caused the acceleration IC penalty (x2,x3) to be reapplied on every reload
  Puppets and Expeditionary Forces - Expeditionary forces can only be exchanged between the puppet and its master,nobody else
  \\\"money\\\" trigger added in the event commands.txt
  Fixed a bug with auto-leader promotion always promoting to Field Marshall
  Reduced Operation Torch USA army requirement from 120 divisions to 50 divisions
  Fixed a bug with \\\"under_attack\\\" trigger that caused it to fail if the event\\\'s country and the trigger country were at war.
  AI now promotes leaders to proper rank to activate HQs
  Updated tooltip text for inactive HQs
  2-frame HQ symbol with 1 frame for inactive HQs
  IC increment at which tech slots are gained now moddable, found in misc.txt \\\"research\\\" section
  Tweaked build AIs
  Changed fallback type of \\\"infantry\\\" to \\\"militia\\\" instead of \\\"garrison\\\"
  Updated the AI documentation with \\\"extra_convoys_war\\\" and \\\"extra_convoys_peace\\\"
  Merging all trades from all countries should now work properly
  Trading naval units between countries now correctly carries over the stats of the naval attachments as well
  switch_allegiance and delete_unit commands now correctly affect the desired percent of units specified by the \\\"when\\\" clause
  supply_dist_mod now correctly results in better ESE the higher value it has
  \\\"largefront\\\" variable (\\\"front\\\" section of AI script) now active. Details in ai_file_doc.txt
  New console command : debugAI. Lists AI info when clicking on a province controlled by an AI country.
  AI will now also delete builds if the current build queue overproduces a unit type when compared to the desired AI build scheme in effect.
  Modifications to build queue management to take into account fallback types ( if MOT isn\\\'t buildable, but present in the build preferences, build INF instead)
  New variable in \\\"misc.txt\\\" for moddable maximum number of tech slots
  Preferences for units that cannot be built will be ignored rather than be transfered to a unit type
  The dig-in bonus of land units will no longer lower the defence efficiency of bombers
  Fixed a bug that prevented the secret tech info pop-up from showing when hovering the cursor over secret techs
  The \\\"save games\\\" folder is created automatically if missing upon starting a new game
  Denniss\\\'s model name corrections
  Added new economic variable _EV_CAN_CHANGE_IDEAS_ to misc.txt that enables or disables manual idea change by the player
  It is now possible to specify the national ideas with which a revolter starts in \\\"revolt.txt\\\"
  Added starting ideas to Nationalist Spain revolter
  Only fleets with ASW capability are considered potential ASW fleets ( no more hunting subs with BBs )
  Implemented \\\"money = \\\" trigger that works like the rest \\\" = \\\" triggers.
  Dissent increasing coup chance now fixed
  Fixed bug in switch_allegiance
  Uploaded Andy\\\'s December 12 files pack
  Transport planes now max length = 3
  Fixed some CTD issues
  Fixed AI leader assignment to garrisons
  Further GER AI tweaks
  Organisation and Default Organisation specified in \\\"*.inc\\\" files is now correctly taken into account and no longer replaced by the standard values.
  AI will now build infra in limited amounts in key resource/IC provinces
  AI will now refrain from assigning higher skill commanders to GAR
  AI will now avoid assigning ARM/MEC/MOT to garrison duty
  The \\\"delete_unit\\\" and \\\"switch_allegiance\\\" commands now work properly. Added \\\"when = [percent]\\\" clause
  for automated deletion or switching of set percent of nations\\\' land/naval/air corps.
  Added extra texts for \\\"delete_unit\\\" and \\\"switch_allegiance\\\" commands with extra \\\"when\\\" clause
  Updated \\\"delete_unit\\\" and \\\"switch_allegiance\\\" commands in \\\"event commands\\\".txt
  Hungary now becomes a puppet of USSR when it surrenders to it
  A Lend Lease event now correctly gives rather than takes metal from USSR
  Fixed an error in loading moddir savegames
  Fixed an error when attempting to host a multiplayer game from a savefile
  Corrected received sum of money by UK in Lend Lease event
  Countries annexed will no longer count towards espionage priorities
  Treaties with start date set after the scenario date will be ignored
  Fixed misaligned \\\"send to escorts\\\" button for destroyers if they have a modded attachment limit higher than 1
  Further AI leader assignment improvements
  Leader promotion is now FREE!
  AI now properly promotes leaders on the spot when needed
  Germany AI places more emphasis on mobile units
  Naval AI now only selects Destroyers and Escort Carriers for ASW missions
  Other tiny fixes
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Manuals

• Name: Arsenal of Democracy Manual
  Download: Arsenal of Democracy Manual
  Description: User Manual (English)
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