Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

No More Generics!
326 Comments
chicken leg 22 Jul @ 8:10am 
for me i like to change random things around post-main game since i usually play up until the early-mid 60s, i dont want FDR or anyone like that leading the country by that time so i like to have generic leaders be there as a way for it to not be so much of an eyesore on my brain everytime i'd look at the United States.
it's a little weird, i know, i just like to have some generic leaders there to kinda break things up yk?
Molvanîa!  [author] 22 Jul @ 2:52am 
Why do you want a generic leader for the USA? That's the part I don't understand at all. The USA has 12 leaders, and if you're modding leaders you could theoretically get whoever you want to lead the USA
chicken leg 21 Jul @ 3:56pm 
is there any way to fix it? it kinda makes me go insane- ;w;
Molvanîa!  [author] 20 Jul @ 7:06pm 
For North America the generic portraits, aside from those I already talked about, are mostly unchanged, because in vanilla it's very difficult to get a generic leader like that to pop up. So that's what you're seeing
chicken leg 20 Jul @ 1:44pm 
if you'd like, i can provide a screenshot of it? its the same guy across all ideologies, sometimes just in a different uniform
chicken leg 19 Jul @ 1:27pm 
i dont know what the problem could be
chicken leg 18 Jul @ 2:19pm 
they all have different, randomly generated names but all identical faces
chicken leg 18 Jul @ 2:18pm 
its the democratic, fascist, communist and non-aligned.
I use a "retire leaders" mod to purposefully get generic leaders
Molvanîa!  [author] 18 Jul @ 12:37pm 
Is it the non-aligned leader? He is always the same, Carnot Wheeler. He's not a real person so he is given a unique generic of a lesser known leader. There's a few leaders like that with unique generics
chicken leg 18 Jul @ 7:31am 
idk why but it still has the same issue :c
same guy takes control of the united states no matter how many times i remove the current leader
Molvanîa!  [author] 16 Jul @ 1:32pm 
This mod is incompatible with other generic portrait mods, yes.
chicken leg 13 Jul @ 8:56am 
for some peculiar reason, using this mod the SAME guy takes control of the united states over and over.
this may seem like a very silly question but would this be incompatible with other generic portrait mods?
Chungoslavia 27 May @ 10:18pm 
For Romania is showing the same guy in every division commander, making every new general you hire the same long haired. Any work around it? I really like this mod, I combine it with sensible portraits. Have tried both and this is the one ruining Romania. Thanks for the work gl
Steven the Schizo 21 May @ 4:03pm 
Great mod, but can you make a version that also keeps the base game generic portraits anyway? I'd still like to use them combined with this and other portrait mods.
Riggex 6 Apr @ 3:32am 
Great mod, but just wanted to say, the portrait of 'Kim Il Sung' seems to be incorrect. Looks nothing like him.
Bolero 19 Mar @ 1:44pm 
In Argentina, the portrait of Marcelo T de Alvear is not correct! This is the only odd thing I found in this mod, after that, everything is perfect.
pfdaviddelaconfiance 19 Mar @ 5:03am 
Will you add women portrait ?
krolikiewiczmaksymilian 13 Mar @ 2:42pm 
Will you add portraits to new nations from GOE such as Palestine?
morocco.attack 9 Mar @ 4:43pm 
thanks you man for moroccan portrait
es0tericsnake 9 Mar @ 7:17am 
Britain had also decolonised their territories and they've turned Communist, yet my African puppets still share leaders with them even though they are different ideology.
es0tericsnake 9 Mar @ 7:00am 
I released all French and Spanish territories in Africa as Democratic countries, playing as the Netherlands or more specifically the European Union.
Molvanîa!  [author] 7 Mar @ 3:23am 
North African countries have hardcoded leaders, so they should mostly be unique. As for mostly everyone else, there are 20+ portraits in the generic pool for Africa in this mod. 6 for Communists, 5 for Democrats, 6 for Fascists, and 9 for Non-Aligned. Which ideology did you release as, and how many countries? The system works poorest when releasing a large amount of countries as one ideology, I built it more for if you're playing as Africa decolonized or are decolonizing as Britain.
es0tericsnake 7 Mar @ 3:12am 
I just want to point out that when releasing nations in Africa, it's the same 3 portraits throughout the whole continent. Just a suggestion maybe in the next update add more African leaders. Great mod btw!
Molvanîa!  [author] 5 Mar @ 1:46pm 
Will do, but most GFX mods work just fine regardless of game version, unless they're very very old.
budgrant123 4 Mar @ 10:11pm 
please update... forgot how much I dislike generics
ThiagoFiuza 2 Mar @ 12:03pm 
I wish the nation releasables had their own leaders also :/
Molvanîa!  [author] 22 Feb @ 7:21am 
Appreciate it, if you want a different portrait for any character, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\394360\2452231589\gfx\leaders

In your case, you would then go to SOV, and replace Stalin with your dds file of choice. That's how I started out portrait modding.
Soviet The Cat Thing 22 Feb @ 6:59am 
I am glad they left Adolf untouched. If he touched Adolf I wouldn't be able to use a different reskin mod on him.

I would like to mention 2 things.

The Stalin reskin feels too gray.

Francisco Franco is shown twice with the only difference is a very small aspect ratio change.

If you know how to override the Stalin reskin with another one then please let me know.

Ok goodbye!
DarkLZ 9 Feb @ 6:54am 
that s good
Esteban 7 Feb @ 3:42am 
thank you sir!
ChildXDGamer 1 Feb @ 11:06pm 
can you add portraits sutan sjarir,amir sjarifudin,ngo din nem?
Antigonos 22 Jan @ 11:20pm 
Please fix ettore bastico portrait
PattyDaddy69 10 Dec, 2024 @ 7:18pm 
I love the mod, thank you for your hard work. Would it be possible to make Vasyl Vyshyvanyi von Habsburg as the default non-aligned leader for Ukraine? I like having him as the leader of a free Ukraine during my playthroughs but unfortunately he only becomes the leader after a specific focus on the Hungarian tree.
donald.grape 9 Dec, 2024 @ 6:37pm 
Okay, I get your point, but... I make maps in HOI 4 from scratch and despite all those countries being independent, they still hold those white leaders. What's even more strange is that they have African names.
Señor Planta 9 Dec, 2024 @ 1:35pm 
Well at least Degrelle looks better than the vanilla one
Molvanîa!  [author] 9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:46pm 
and yeah I can give Kim-Il-Sung a portrait
Molvanîa!  [author] 9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:41pm 
non-aligned and fascist African countries have a chance of having a white leader, this is for when you play as those countries and puppet African countries, which is the most common way they become released. Communist countries will always have a black leader, and Democratic ones have less white leaders available. It's meant to show colonialism.
donald.grape 8 Dec, 2024 @ 10:41am 
Could you please answer my questions, Molvania?
donald.grape 8 Dec, 2024 @ 5:37am 
Why do some independent African countries have white leaders?
Molvanîa!  [author] 8 Dec, 2024 @ 5:28am 
I don't like the new portrait style, my favorite styles are the Waking the Tiger and No Step Back Styles. The new 3rd party artists they've been bringing in Arms of Tyranny to now make some high quality portraits, but many are subpar. The pack is a community pack, and I will always choose a good community portrait over a vanilla portrait, because that's the point of the mod.
rexsohn 8 Dec, 2024 @ 3:07am 
can you change back the mod? the old portraits suck and the new one is way better. please bring back the old mod!!!!!
donald.grape 6 Dec, 2024 @ 9:32pm 
Will you add Kim Il-Sung as communist Korea leader?
Molvanîa!  [author] 6 Dec, 2024 @ 6:46pm 
Mod is updated, kept the old portraits in the mod
Señor Planta 22 Nov, 2024 @ 6:34pm 
@Molvania please don't change the new portraits for Germany, they are so good already :steamsad:
Molvanîa!  [author] 22 Nov, 2024 @ 2:31am 
Will update soon, haven't been home much this week
Dude 18 Nov, 2024 @ 6:59am 
Got this primarily for Stalins portrait, the default one is awful. Have to say the others look great also.
Kobato 17 Nov, 2024 @ 1:56am 
This mod needs an update since new DLC changed Hitler's portrait and this mod doesn't overwrite that
pc_suffering 8 Sep, 2024 @ 11:16am 
Konovalets as a democratic leader?! Whose bright idea was that?!
Untoten21 20 Jun, 2024 @ 6:30pm 
I think Ngô Ðình Diêm for the Republic of Vietnam might need a custom portrait, he just shows up as a generic for me.
Alekos 12 Jun, 2024 @ 5:49am 
i LOVE this!! hoi4 life!!1