Critical Collapse Development Log 3 - New map visuals and UI

(To avoid any confusion, we would like to reiterate that we are a hoi4 mod development team composed of GFL enthusiasts, not the Sunborn game development team.)

Happy New Year 2026 everyone! Due to recent progress by the team, a new development log is being released. Since the previous development log was mistakenly written as the 4th, this is considered the 3rd.

We Discord:https://discord.gg/PT3XJnh5jx

New start screen

New map visuals – Collapse storms (represented by green, misty areas in the image) are sweeping across areas of East Asia contaminated by collapse radiation.

Similar to the image above, this shows a collapse-induced storm in a region of the western United States affected by collapse-induced radiation contamination.

Similar to the image above, the collapsing storms are occurring in the regions affected by the northern light incident.

The explosion effect of the northern light incident on the map.

New \"Start Game\" GUI option

\"0-2\" Difficulty Level Description

\"Shattered Connexion\" difficulty level description

\"Singularity\" difficulty level description

\"Polarized Light\" difficulty level description

\"Collapse Era\" difficulty level description

  • 17 points NO2_2

    Is that a GFL mod for HI4?

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    18 points Infamous-Screen7897

    Yes, this is a mod based on the prequel setting, and a demo will be uploaded on February 14th.

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    6 points NO2_2

    So can you explain a little bit more, please!

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    9 points Infamous-Screen7897

    Sure, I've explained this in a previous post, you can click here:https://www.reddit.com/r/girlsfrontline/comments/1o7e3m4/revealing_the_progress_of_a_group_of_chinese_gfl/

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  • 5 points Opticalcsigasenpai

    Very good

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    2 points Infamous-Screen7897

    th very much

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  • 4 points PerditusTDG

    Looks pretty cool. I've never played any of the hoi games.

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    2 points Infamous-Screen7897

    thx

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  • 3 points SnooGrapes1857

    I’m curious what level of complexity for the combat are you going for here? Is it going to be like millennium dawn or with tons of new types and many more designers/units types, or TNO with a whole economy and multiple mini modes with unique gui? Or like Novum Vexillum where it’s just the base game with a reskin with a new map, story and focus trees? Or somewhere in between like TFR?

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    3 points Infamous-Screen7897

    It will be very similar to TFR, but we've also added some interesting and unique mechanics based on the game world's setting, such as a strategic strike system that allows you to launch a full-scale nuclear war.

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    2 points SnooGrapes1857

    Ohohoh very nice I’m a big sucker for strategic-scale games and mechanics. Stuff like Highfleet’s manual radar searching and plotting missile launches. That’d be epic

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  • 2 points Pavelbatov_funni

    I love this, great work

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  • 1 points LoXyO

    Wow I really look forward to it !

    What did you use to map the zones affected by collapse radiation ? I remember a map created by YZsFerari on Twitter based on the cannon events and images we had in 2023, maybe there was some updates but I guess it could help you for key locations and slightly more accurate collapse zones :)

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