Documentation

Contents

• Introduction
• Installation
• Setup a new 1914 installation
• Upgrade an existing installation
• F.A.Q.
• Credits

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Introduction

1914 is a modification for Paradox Interactives award-winning strategy-game “Hearts of Iron 2“. It was and is made by a couple of fans, which ported the original game into the scenary of the Great War. Starting at different dates, it is possible to play each nation in a timespan between 1897 and 1924. Thousands of new events simulate all important incidents and force the player to react on world affairs. Are you prepared for the war to end all wars?

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Installation

Setup a new 1914 installation

Step One: Creating a clean installation of Hearts of Iron 2, Doomsday or Armageddon

1. Insert your original HoI 2 or Doomsday CD-ROM. Cancel the “Play” screen if it appears.
2. In Windows Explorer, locate your existing Hearts of Iron 2, Doomsday or Armageddon program folder. Temporarily rename it to something else. (Example: If your current installation is located at C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2 then rename the folder to C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2 Backup)
3. Locate the file Setup.exe on the CD-ROM. Run the program.
4. Choose the Repair option. Follow the on-screen instructions until you reach the Finish prompt.
5. Open your Windows Explorer and check your Hearts of Iron 2, Doomsday or Armageddon folder. You should now have two directories: The renamed one and your original game folder (In our example C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2 and C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2 Backup. If necessary, press the F5 key to refresh the screen display.)
6. Download the latest patch from the Paradox website. Choose “Save to Disk”
7. Find the patch file where you saved it, and run the program. Follow the on-screen instructions.
8. After installing the patch, rename the new directory (In our example: C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2) to “1914” (In our example: C:\Program Files\1914)
9. Finally, rename your backup directory back to the original name. (In our example, rename C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2 Backup to C:\Program Files\Hearts of Iron 2 again). Make sure you don’t get the two mixed up! If everything is right, you should have two folders now, one called 1914 and your original game folder.

Step Two: Deleting files that relate specifically to the Second World War, to avoid possible mismatches with the new Great War files

1. In Windows Explorer, locate the following seven folders in your new 1914 directory, and delete each of them (including their sub-folders, if any):
   • \ai
   • \db
   • \music (if you want to install the 1914 music package, leave it if not)
   • \scenarios
   • \GFX\Interface\models
   • \GFX\Interface\pics\
   • GFX\Interface\tech

Step Three: Downloading and extracting 1914

1. Get the apropriate version of 1914 from here. Users of the original Hearts of Iron game should take the HoI2-package, all others (DD- and ARM-users!) take the Doomsday-package.
2. Extract the download-packages with WinRAR or another RAR-Packager of choice.
3. Copy the extracted files to your new created 1914 root directory. Choose “Overwrite” if asked.

Step Four: Last Preparations

1. Install the No Time Limit patch so that the game starts before 1936. Locate the file no_time_limit_11.exe in your 1914 directory. If you can’t find the file (for what reason ever), you can get all No time limit patches here too.
2. You will be asked to Select Target File to Patch. Click on the … [Browse] button.
3. Check that the 1914 folder is displayed, and select the file HoI2.exe. Click Open then Start.
4. If your HoI2/DD is not in english language, open your 1914\settings.cfg-file with a texteditor of choice (Windows notepad f.e.).
5. Change the number in line 1 (language) from whatever to 0 (zero) and save your changes.

Step Five: Run the game (by starting HoI2.exe in your 1914 directory) and have fun!

Upgrade an existing installation

You don’t need to reinstall the whole mod, if you have already the latest mayor version (0.X0 where X is the mayor version) installed. Get the latest upgrade version instead and just extract it into your 1914 directory. Choose yes to overwrite existing files, if asked.

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F.A.Q.

1. Why is it that complicated to install 1914?
   Due to licence limitation, we are not allowed to publish any core files, which are not edited by the 1914 mod team. Therefore we cannot publish complete packages but the files which are changed by our team. This means that you have to build up the mix between core files and mod files on your own. Furthermore, we like to make this mod available to as much players as possible. Therefore, it comes in seperate versions for every HoI2-version.
2. Lots of events happen on the first day of each scenario. What is wrong?
   It seems that you have not unlocked the timescale correctly, so that your game starts on 1st January 1936. Since all 1914 events are intended to happen before 1936, these events fire on the first day of your game. See Step 4 of the installation instructions on how to unlock the whole timescale.
3. Many texts are missing and countries have the wrong name. What’s wrong?
   This usally happens to players of non-english versions of HoI2. At present, 1914 is only available in english language. Therefore you have to change your language-version to English in order to get the right texts. See Step 4 of the installation instructions on how to change your language.
4. I get an “unknown command: free_ic” error on scenario startup. What’s wrong?
   The free_ic command was introduced in a later version of HoI2. If this error appears, it seems that you have not installed the latest patches correctly BEFORE installing 1914. See Step 1 of the installation instructions on how to update your Hearts of Iron 2.
5. My question is not listed here. Where can I get help?
   Most of the problems with 1914 are already discussed before. Check the 1914 discussion board if there is already a solution for your problem. Only start new threads, after checking the existing discussions or bug threads. We’re all trying to help whereever we can, but understand that we’re bored to answer the same questions again and again. Nevertheless, we appreciate every new bug report.

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Credits

Many people contributed to the 1914 project and the team of current developers is always changing. Therefore it is impossible to list every name here. Since every little contribution to the project is important, we don’t want to publish any names here. You can contact the current developers at our forum if you like to give critics or compliments.

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