To fulfill my aims, I set about creating a master map file. Secondly, I really, really wanted to ensure the in-game map was accurate against irl topographical, river & location maps. Firstly, I had learned a lot about making more sweeping changes due to my work in California (that I'll show in a future diary!). However, with my 4.0 map rework of California in full swing, I decided to return to Mojave once more. I changed some locations to reflect Fallout: New Vegas better and enable the creation of the Mojave Territories to represent the NCR's presence in the area. You may remember I recently embarked on a reasonably significant rework of the Mojave Desert with our 3.0 update. If you haven't gathered from my previous Reddit posts or my Discord presence, I'm a little something of a perfectionist. I'll do my best to focus on my thought processes, references & the like: map-modding is certainly one of the more arcane aspects of HOI4 modding, so I hope the insight will help cast more light on the area. Today, therefore, I'm presenting the first of three (four, maybe) developer diaries in which I embark on a deep-dive of the map work you'll see from me in 4.0. While I used to be a bit of a jack-of-all-trades on the team, since I began digging into 4.0 & 5.0 I discovered my love for the painful art of the map.

Most notable from my end is my decision to focus the majority of my creative energy on reworking, rejuvenating, and expanding the map. It's been a little while since the last time I sat down to write a Dev Diary, but much has been happening behind the scenes in the weeks since we've last spoken.

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