BLACK I.C.E. is an extensive mod of HOI3 under development by Panzeroo and many other members of the Hearts Of Iron 3 forum.
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Installing BlackICE may seem daunting at first, but provided you follow the directions here, you should have a relatively easy time with it. Step 1: After you have downloaded BlackICE, copy the installer to the same directory that as the hoi3game.exe and hoi3_tfh.exe files in it. Generally speaking, this will be somewhere like: • d:\games\Hearts of Iron 3 • c:\games\steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron 3 Step 2: Install Podcat's LAA (Large Address Aware) version of the HOI3 .exe file with BlackICE. This will solve a great many issues with the game crashing as it will take advantage of the larger amounts of memory that newer computers can use. Podcat's LAA .exe file can be found in the Tech Support thread on the PI forum •Overwrite the original hoi3_tfh.exe file with it. Step 3: Run the installer. Do Not Change ANYTHING unless you know what you are doing, just hit next until you see finish. Click on finish.
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Hi Panzeroo!!
same to ,,,hunter748,,,problem with autosave,and many crash,keep the good working,the best stable version was 8.2 and yes some reworked sprite pack will be nice...
try deleting your logs folder in Black ice user/documents
yup, just delete the BICE folder n see, it worked for me mate.
Thans mate!it works....
I can't play it because it said "Unknown Error When Loading Files"
I can't use Podcast because it will said only x32
do you mean you have a 32 bit system ? if so you can still use podcat's TFH exe, but need to make some small adjustments to your computer
What i meant is, i have 64 bit system, but when i replace my TFH with Pocast exe, i can't play it since only for 32 bit.
not at all. All it does is allow the TFH exe to use more then 2Gb of system memory. It actually only works correctly if you do have a 64bit system. 32bit systems need to do some further tinkering to get it working.
Well, it said something like "you need 32 bit system"
Hi,
I downloaded 8.4 and I found that Japan and England the Industrial Capacity seem extremely low. Japan is like 0/148/38. You cant build anything. Is this normal and there is some event that needs to be done? Or is this a glitch that needs to be fixed with a patch?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
GenST
you need to take the Blackice difficult settings decision. This removes the Great Depression effects which will otherwise cripple your economy. This is in place to prevent people from the exploit of not taking the difficulty settings decision.
Ah cool. Thanks, But one problem. Unless I am missing something I do not believe a difficulty decision setting popped up at any time when the game started or is noticible anywhere before the game starts.
if the Blackice difficulty setting isnt available at game start there is something seriously borked with your install as this is a key decision for game balance and later events.
ok thanks...
I want report bug i cant in custom start research artilery division i see it green but when i click nothing happen and still 1/12
custom game start isnt supported in BICE
Hi I wanna ask about difficulty and you say hard or very hard and my question is why?Which one will be more historicaly accurate?And nerfs for my country in very hard are too much I think and will that change also affect unit combat performance?Thx for reply.
the mod is play tested/ balanced on normal settings ( for all settings across all nations)
this is tested with AI vs AI (with the player as a small minor not taking part in the war such as Ireland)
This setting will result in a roughly historical outcome.
If you are playing as a major normal would be fine if you want a historical outcome ( and dont do to many deviations from history) and have some experience playing BICE. If you want more of a challenge/ play a-historically choose harder settings.
If you have never played BICE before, or want to let the AI control your units/ production/ research etc) choose an easier setting.
Choosing no modifiers is also an option ( which will remove all extra bonus/ penalties to the player and AI) this setting will basically pit your skill and advantage against the AI. Its probably the easiest setting and will punish the AI. Can be useful in a large multiplayer game though.
When ever I load the game at the loading screen when it starts to load History or events it just crashes and it says hoi3.exe has crashed.
How can I fix this.I tryed reinstalling the mod,then the game and it still doesn't work.
are you using podcat's TFh exe ?
Could someone tell me what decision/event give german a crude oil in province's?
how do you mean ?
i play as soviet union, gernmany have crude oil in Essen province from nowhere
probably the autarky events - represents synthectic oil refinery
i saw that german had the Eisenbahn-kannone program, what is it?
a series of events where railway gun artillery is created.
Thanks man it was really helpfull
hello PANZEROO, great patch as always for this mod. is there going to be a new version in the future of black ice? Cheers.
yes. Version 8.51 is due shortly
i can't find Podcat's LAA anywhere!
podcat's TFH exe is a paradox tech support product ( basically the TFH exe modified to allow more then 2Gb ram). It is available on the paradox HOI3 forum once you register your HOI3 game and TFH game. The link then becomes active and can be found in tech support and on the blackice mods forum. I guess its paradox's way of nerfing pirates since you need to own TFH before they hand over the TFh exe.
Every time i go to play the game it starts to load up but when it get to loading screen that says loading databases II... it crashes. it gives me an error that says "runtime error! this application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way." what do i do?
what does the seaplane tender do? it takes alot to build but i don't see it's use
its basically an early war fleet detection unit. It will become obsolete if you have carriers or improved radar techs.
Are you planing to release a new version of the mod ?
8.51 should be out on the paradox Blackice forum in the next few days. It might get released here sometime afterwards
Please add the new version here as well, i have a problem with my paradox acc and i cant sort it out :/.
Are you do something with value in province (resources, leadership, etc.) in the next update?
not sure what you mean
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What is the seaplane tender good at panzeroo? it takes too much to build and i wanna know if it's worth it
its an early war recon unit for the navy ( represents seaplane scouts). It is obsolete compared to carriers, and radar techs. But can still be useful in secondary fleets, backwaters. Basically adds sea detection to the fleet its attached to and allows them to find enemies easier.
Did you think about minelayer? Don't you think that idea of mines(naval) could add a realistic event?
tired naval mines some versions back. They are an issue since there is no way to stop them from moving. Even with very slow speed ( and ocean terrain movement penalty) they still slowly move ( or get rebased by the AI). This slow movement also adds in a significant game performance problem. So the mines were removed.
It crashes when while i load it. I installed the new Map thing you put in this comments. It donk work!
are you using podcat's TFH exe ?
podcat's TFH exe is a paradox tech support product ( basically the TFH exe modified to allow more then 2Gb ram). It is available on the paradox HOI3 forum once you register your HOI3 game and TFH game. The link then becomes active and can be found in tech support and on the blackice mods forum. I guess its paradox's way of nerfing pirates since you need to own TFH before they hand over the TFh exe.
After I press "Play game" and it starts loading, it crashes while its "Adapting History". I already did the map cache thing and tried podcat. What can I do?
howe much ram do you have and is it a 34 or 64bit system. If you have more then 6Gb ram ( preferably at least 8gb), a 64bit system, and overwrite the TFh exe with the podcat's TFH exe then you should have no issues. If you still have problems you are installing incorrectly.
64 bit system, 16 GB RAM.
if its still not working despite having system requirements, replaced the TFH exe with podcat's TFh exe, have replaced the map cache in user/documents black ice maps, then i can't tell what you might be doing wrong. Make sure you follow the install instructions correctly as you must be doing something weird with your install.