

If this is the case, simply shift-left click while dragging the borders of the image inward to minimize the image while still maintaining the ratio. Now, the image you have pasted may be a bit larger the the portrait. Select "keep canvas size", as expanding the canvas will make things more difficult to format. Now you should get a pop up that says something like this: Now, open your image and the template portrait up in your preferred program, I will be using .Īfter this, select the "Rectangle Select" tool, and use it to select a vertical rectangle in the area that you want the portrait to show.Ĭopy and paste the selected area into the template portrait. Make a copy of the portrait you need on your desktop, or somewhere that is easily reachable. All of Hoi4's portraits can be found in:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\gfx\leaders For the sake of coding simplicity, I will be overwriting Stalin's portrait.

In order to make this as simple as possible, we are going to "overwrite" a vanilla portrait with the portrait we want to make. In this example I have decided to replace Joseph Stalin with Russia's greatest love machine: Rasputin. A great amount of new graphics are added, and efforts are made to ensure the icons have a quality and style similar to the vanilla ones.To begin this guide, we will begin by choosing a portrait that we want added into the game. More extensive and historical focus trees are added along with new advisors, events, and decisions. Asian majors, namely China and Japan, have been reworked extensively. New historical nations are added in the Asia along with unique skins, events, focus trees, decisions, unique tech and dynamic news interface. The mod aims to create an in-depth, historical, polished and fun experience for you to enjoy. This is a renewed release of the project. Do not play it on Ironman mode.Įight Years' War of Resistance started off as a mod that aims to slightly adjust the Asian Theater of World War II, but eventually grown into an overhaul mod that focus on the region of East Asia and South East Asia. 1939 scenario is still largely untested due to time limitation.Historical AI on is strongly recommended.WTT, although not required, is strongly recommended to play with this mod to enjoy the mod fully. Please contact me(Natt) for related inquiries.
