Utilities

avistrip - turning AVI files into BMPs suitable for use in HOI sprites (source code + exe)
rgb2pal - Turns raw RGB data into data for use in microsoft palette files (in other words, interpolates one 0 byte after each RGB value (exe only). After you convert the data, you should use a hexadecimal editor to paste the new data at the apropriate point. this is meant for editing the new HOI counters. Design a flag in PSP, save as RAW and you can then create a palette to apply to the desired counter.
sprgen - very basic auto-generator of SPR files (source code + exe)
biplane - a sample model of a textured biplane 3D model made in Milkshape3D.

Simple modelling tutorial

Learn how to make some simple 3D models to be turned into sprites.
Liven up your models with some simple textures.

GC1CEO counter mod

GC1CEO got busy completing McNaughton's palettes for the HOI 1.06 counters, filling in the missing roundel data. But, last time I checked, the file ha provided wasn't very user friendly. So, if you're lazy, just unzip counters.zip into the main HOI directory to get them working.

That file includes the hoi_counter_strip.bmp file you need to get the roundels to display in the game.

The Great War counter mod

These are two variants of the counters for the TGW mod. Installation instructions are the same for both variants. Unzip tgw_counters_variantX.zip into the directory where you have installed The Great War. If you're using mod-dir, that's usually (...)\HOI_directory\TGW. If you're not using mod-dir, your HOI main directory.
If you're using mod-dir, you'll have to check that for every counter_XXX.bmp files contained in the (...)\TGW\gfx\palette directory you have a file with the same name in (...)HOI_directory\gfx\palette. If you don't do this, the counters will still appear, but all countries missing the file will have an almost blank counter.

Or learn how to create your own counters.

Not much here...

The blue and white portuguese flag - Many thanks to XieChengnuo in the Paradox Entertainment forums for making the real portuguese flag for use in Victoria. Half blue and half white, as prescribed by the law which introduced the 1834 flag.
Portuguese unit names (prop #1) - Just a proposal, not usable.
Portuguese unit names (prop #2) - Like the previous.
Leader pictures - A page showing some leader pics.
Font mod - Arial font for Victoria, using the EU2 Font Mod files posted by XiDragon on the Paradox Entertainment Forums.

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