What is BlackICE?
Black ICE is a major overhaul of Hearts Of Iron 3, The Grand World War II Strategy game by Paradox Interactive.
What does Black ICE add to HOI3?
•Over 4,000 immersive events and decisions
•100+ unique technologies to research
•400+ unique units (including SS and Soviet Guards)
•Completely new artwork and sound effects
•Thousands of hours of bug fixes and play balance
The BlackICE Team
While contributions to BlackICE have been made by dozens of passionate, dedicated modders over the years, there is a core team that handles game-balance, event management, software builds, distribution, and general direction of the mod. Please see the in-game credits for a detailed list! Everyone on the BlackICE team is a bona-fide history fanatic, with a love and passion for trying to create an experience that both educates and is fun to play.
Panzeroo
Mod lead. Lives in Blue Mountains, Australia with my splendid wife and mischievous daughters.
Maverick87
The GUI-guy, event-maker. Living in Roosendaal, Netherlands with my wife and 2 daughters.
Developing a offline division builder, fleet builder.
Had a dad
The lua meglomanic, currently residing in North Carolina. Panzeroo convinved me to take on the lua March of 2012 and with the help of many I think I am now half way decent. I have a beautiful daughter, and in addition to my job in IT, I am attending college full time.
Marneman
I'm a former gaming-company exec, and a former M1 tanker in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division (Rock of the Marne!). I live in Atlanta, Georgia with my wonderful wife and 2 lovely daughters. I mainly focus on event chains, graphics, sound FX, etc. A little bit of everything I guess!
Installation:
1)IF You're using the steam version do this:
Move the game out of the steam folder, and launch it using the launcher.exe in the future (create a shortcut or add it to your start menu).
2) Download the mod.
3) Launch the installer.
4) Select the BASE game folder as written in the installer.
5) Let it extract, say yes to any override requests.
6) Run the “zDsafe_ExePatcher.exe” located in the main folder.
7) Start the game. Once in the main menu go into the Utility. On the “Special” page press “Remove Sprites”.
8) Restart and enjoy the game.
11.3.4 Patch Notes
General
Units and combat Balance
Technology
Models/Graphics/Sounds
AI/LUA
Utility
Map
QoL/UI
GFX
Bug Fixes
FIRST CHECKSUM: SIMJ
SECOND CHECKSUM: JBUV
Download link: Drive.google.com
Enjoy!
Black ICE is moving to HOI IV !We have started on the long road of modding HOI IV into a game we will all enjoy playing.
A great new "let's Play" series of BICE with the TRE submod by Gamer_1745
New Version will include reworked transport ships, rebalanced infantry based units and a host of bug fixes and rebalances.
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I miss you Panzeroo!!!
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Germany has a convoy/commerce raider ship in its navy is there any tech i should research would like to know how to get more. I tried to research tech to unlock them but i see nothing i don't know if it is even possible to get access to this units. I hope someone has a answer to my question
Keeps crashing on creating texture for quad 12
Im in need of some help. I've been trying to get back to BICE with no luck. Even though vanilla loads fine, any version of BICE keeps crashing on the loading screen. I did switch to a new PC last year which runs on windows 11. Could that be an issue?
guys there is no new update for moddb , look paradoxforum for newer versions
Guys, this legendary mod is still supported and well (as of 2023).
Sadly due to some issues, devs can't post new version (11.3.3) here.
You can download the mod from official Paradox (creators of Hoi3) site.
There is a BlackICE modpage there.
To see the modpage, you will likely have to register your copy of the game.
Link: Forum.paradoxplaza.com
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Dealy beloved BICE gang:
I have the opportunity to help the game Supreme Ruler Ultimate, to be modded to display NATO counters on the units. This is a something I am volunteering to do and there is no money in it. Is it possible to be gifted graphics files that were used in the counters display for HOI 3? I could then convert them to 1024x1024 PNG files for each unit. Any help?
Can this be a practical replacement for lack of the DLC?