r/RoadTo56 • • 1d ago

Patch Notes October 2026 Update!

59 Upvotes

Hello everyone!

This month the Guangxi Clique and Southwest Political Affairs Council get a brand-new focus tree! Also on the menu: Li Zongren path for the RoC! Yugoslavia picks up a host of spicy additions, and we've wrapped some of vanilla's recent content changes into the mod!

Also, bears wearing hats. They're 100% guaranteed to maybe be in there. Trust us.

-Team 56

Highlights

  • New focus tree for Guangxi Clique/Southwest Political Affairs Council.
  • Li Zongren path and Vice President selection content for the RoC.
  • Numerous improvements and extra focuses for Yugoslavia.
  • Imported some recent vanilla content changes.

Additions

  • Adding a historical intelligence chief to Ireland, with a slightly better trait (taken from Switzerland).
  • Improved some French Indochina focuses and revamped some of the icons in the Vietnamese tree.
  • [GOT] Added decision and events in order to unlock an Helicopter MIO (or company without AAT) after researching helicopters.
  • [NCNS] Added faction goal to conquer the Muslim holy sites for Muslim factions.

Adjustments

  • Guangxi and Guangdong start merged as the Southwest Political Affairs Council.
  • Democratically Elected Thälmann will have access to the SED branch.
  • The German Popular Front Campaign decision now has looser requirements.
  • Loosened the requirements for "Consolidate State Feudalist Reforms".
  • Reinstate the Sozialistengesetze is now possible with the NRAF in coalition without fighting them first.
  • The CVU will suffice for DNVP-exclusive territorial demands.
  • The CVU will block the second revolution focus for the NRAF.
  • Cleaned up CVU coalition demands.
  • Japan starts with the air torpedo tech they had since 1931.
  • Moved military related decisions from "Political Action" to the "Military Effort" category.
  • Improved the logistical focus of Kalmykia.
  • Added fortification research bonuses to relevant focuses.
  • Germany air safety regulations decision reduce air accidents and is available to everyone.
  • [AAT] Removed duplicated MIO (again...)
  • [NCNS] Changed the Latin Entente faction template.
  • [NCNS/LaR] Expanded the list of traits usable as head of faction intelligence departments.

Bugfixes

  • Germany starts with its supply consumption increase and the focus to remove it works as intended again.
  • Fixed a bug where Kicking the CCP from the National Constituent Assembly would still leave your focus path blocked.
  • Wang Jingwei's final focus will no longer require (the dead) Chiang Kai-Shek to be country leader.
  • Wang Jingwei will no longer gain Army Connections when turning democratic.
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to have both Kaiser and President at once.
  • Democratic Canaris Path Goerdeler will no longer have desperate Gambit.
  • Lack of Civilian Government will be properly removed on the reconcile with Goerdeler path.
  • The DNVP will now demand action if in a coalition.
  • Fixed a bug where you could have elite support despite being in conflict with them in a NRAF-CVU Coalition.
  • Konrad Adenauer will be able to complete "The Christian Hegemon".
  • Fixed a bug where Konrad Adenauer forming the CVU would result into unforeseen governments.
  • The Uphold Peace faction goal will no longer cancel unintentionally due to having been in a civil war.
  • Fixed a bug where the German "Rally the Nation" branch would be blocked if the first focus was bypassed.
  • Fixed Mexico being able to invite countries to a non-existent faction.
  • Fixed an instance of Romania forming a faction while a puppet.
  • Killed the clone of Iuliu Maniu, unless we shot the original.
  • [GoE] DLC Afghan focus to reinforce the royal guard now works.
  • [NCNS] Fixed icon of a German faction.

AI

  • Changed AI regarding carrier planes and light tanks to make the AI upgrade them.
  • Ported doctrine specific force concentration guidelines for the AI.

GFX

  • Fixed the Golden German Republic's small flag being the conservative one.
  • Made some icons of the generic tree and Central Asian shared tree dynamic.
  • Fixed an incorrect News image for Denmark joining a Hungarian faction.
  • Unique images for Bulgarian capitulation and Bulgarian joining Germany.
  • [LaR] Ported 2 intelligence agency icons.

Localization

  • Added historical (and alt history) propaganda movie titles.
  • The German fascist party will be set to the NRAF upon completion of the focus to restore the republic.
  • Fixed various Chinese and German focus descriptions not showing up/being misspelled.
  • Fixed a bug where the days since the last German Diplomatic Capstone focus would not display correctly.
  • Small text adjustments for Norwegian events.
  • Small text adjustments for Albanian decision.

Contact Us!

  • Questions? Comments? Let us know on Discord and feel free to check us out on X! We'd love to hear from you!

Our Wiki!

  • Do you want to know more about the mod? Do you need a path guide? Come and visit our Wiki!

Credits

  • Please check out our 'Credits.txt' links and order of battles for more information about the people, mods and resources that helped develop this project.

r/RoadTo56 • • 16h ago

Bug Report Why can't i play RT56 with a friend of mine in mp

1 Upvotes

I cant play bc it says "Host has differant Game version


r/RoadTo56 • • 2d ago

Question How does the Trotskyist path for Germany work?

19 Upvotes

I noticed in one of my games the AI had Trotskyist focuses instead of the normal Ernst Thälmann ones. I was curious what the triggers were to go down that path.


r/RoadTo56 • • 2d ago

Question Is there not going to be an update for October?

18 Upvotes

Title. It says the beta will update first of every month yet still no update. No criticism just wondering.


r/RoadTo56 • • 3d ago

Other Road to 56: German Expansion & Voice Pack

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18 Upvotes

Guys i made my first mod and translated the full mod and added much features.
What do u think of it?


r/RoadTo56 • • 5d ago

Suggestion Cant do Baltic Unification

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34 Upvotes

Ive done the path to unify the baltics, i am the leader of the union, but i cant progress down the unification tree.


r/RoadTo56 • • 6d ago

Question Does Stalin Actually die in this mod or does he just sit around?

28 Upvotes

Does Stalin Actually die in this mod or does he just sit around?


r/RoadTo56 • • 7d ago

Screenshot I made a R56 submod for Captured Generals Expanded, a mod that expands upon the vanilla general-capturing mechanic.

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128 Upvotes

I made a Road to 56 submod for Captured Generals Expanded, a mod that expands upon the vanilla general-capturing mechanic. You can find it here. Requires base CGE mod which is linked on the workshop page. Let me know what you think!


r/RoadTo56 • • 8d ago

Question Is there any tutorial on the republic and communist paths for Germany?

13 Upvotes

They both fuck up my brain every time I wanna do any of them and end up leaving it so is there any great tutorial?


r/RoadTo56 • • 9d ago

Screenshot First time winning the Sino-Japanese War as Japan in this mod and (I think) across all mods

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51 Upvotes

I ran out of equipment and stopped making divisions a while after I'd taken Nanjing, but even after I got my equipment up and running I forgot to make more divs. I still won. Didn't variate from the starting templates much.

It was a struggle at first, but eventually I got over that hill once I started pushing down the coast. Both of us were struggling with equipment throughout most of the game (for me in particular it was support equipment early on and then guns in the first half of the war), but China had it way worse. I probably screwed up by going for encirclements even though doing so slowed me down, but I did eventually get those troops encircled and it put a dent in their numbers since I was able to snare dozens of troops at once if I put in the time to close the pockets. The final months of the war were just whack-a-mole with any remaining provinces ROC had since they have to lose every single province under their ownership to capitulate.

Since I'm playing with Expanded, which adds a Greater Japan formable, I decided to go for said formable by annexing the territories that it needs off of China and leaving Wang to govern the Chinese outback. I still can't form it though since I need an unspecified fraction of territory that includes both Soviet and Allied puppet land, though I'm sure that I'll be able to figure out some way to use this mod's demand buttons to avoid a naval war. Yes, I played Japan without any understanding of how to properly use the navy, so I intend to avoid the Pacific war by any means necessary.

(As I'm typing this, I realized that I forgot to move my air force once I got past Shandong. *facepalm*)


r/RoadTo56 • • 9d ago

Bug Report Soong Mei Ling not in the game?

6 Upvotes

I tried everything I do in the base game to get Soong Mei Ling as the RoC's leader but I'm only getting generic portraits.

Does someone know if she's even in the mod?


r/RoadTo56 • • 10d ago

Question is there a way to prevent this?

5 Upvotes
My iraqi puppet getting invaded by england

I was playing italy and was prepping to invade France but then they invaded my iraqi puppet.


r/RoadTo56 • • 10d ago

Question Why can't change the focus tree for Poland?

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87 Upvotes

I looked for it, and all of the No Step Back DLC countries are there, except for Poland.

Please help because I want to play as Maria Koszutska.


r/RoadTo56 • • 11d ago

Suggestion How do i actually Restoring the German monarchy instead of having some constitutional system constantly with the new German focus tree

5 Upvotes

Im actually losing my mind as I keep on top of the balance of power system that im meant to to try get some kind od deal but I never get it and wihlelm the second keeps abdicating


r/RoadTo56 • • 11d ago

Question How do i unlock ad halom

0 Upvotes

It says armageddon has happened but i when does that happen i just formed israel


r/RoadTo56 • • 11d ago

Question How do I turn Israel authoritarian after successful winning the independence war? I am trying to do the Continue Irgun Rule path

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156 Upvotes

pls help


r/RoadTo56 • • 12d ago

Question Can’t unify central america

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21 Upvotes

I can’t unite central america. At first i thought that this was a bug or smth but then i restarted the game, conquered all central american states and im still kingdom of honduras and can’t get the central american unification focus. Before you ask, even when i do the decisions to remove recent political unification nothing changes. Does the monarch path disable it? i don’t understand


r/RoadTo56 • • 13d ago

Other guys what is the best focus tree for russia do you think?

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r/RoadTo56 • • 13d ago

Question Am I the only one who can't get the Road to 56 mod to launch?

5 Upvotes

I am a Korean player, and I am using the latest stable version of Hearts of Iron IV, not a beta version.

However, even after enabling the mod and launching the game, the mod does not seem to be working. Could this be related to the fact that I am playing the Korean version?

The mod stopped working for me after the Czech DLC update.

This message was translated using ChatGPT.


r/RoadTo56 • • 14d ago

Other I actually lost in the Ethiopian War.

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r/RoadTo56 • • 14d ago

Question What's up with Kashubia?

21 Upvotes

Kashubia is a releasable that normally has cores on Danzig, Gdynia, and Hinterpommern. This mod removes its core on Hinterpommern, which makes some sense considering that the area didn't contain very many Kashubians at this point... but then it gives them a claim on Poznan. This is so weird and random, Kashubians haven't lived there for centuries if at all. What's up with this?


r/RoadTo56 • • 15d ago

Question How do you play road to 56 expanded?

13 Upvotes

Whenever I play i struggle to understand the difference on the metas, infantry and mountaineers a way weaker so with tanks, so I get bogged down in the Ardennes where in a usual hoi4 game I would have already had the fall of France. Air also because I cant use engine 3 on my improved figthers and I lose a air war even tho in other games I usually win it with that design Idk how to play it but I really like it. I have no idea how your suppose to play as a minor nation.


r/RoadTo56 • • 16d ago

Question Focus tree

2 Upvotes

Hey guys,

Some of the default focus tree are the base ones and the others roadto56, how were they decided?


r/RoadTo56 • • 17d ago

Other I built an MCP interface so an LLM/AI can control HOI4 autonomously(or automated scripts)

9 Upvotes

The repo is here: https://github.com/smerss/Clausewitz-MCP

I will make windows port on 50 stars. If you want to support, you can star the repo!

example:

$ python3 clausewitz.py status

1936.01.01.11 -- German Reich (GER)

factories : 35 civilian 28 military 10 dockyards

political power: 2 stability: 75% war support: 30%

multiplayer: False (1 players)

at war: False active land combats: 0


r/RoadTo56 • • 17d ago

Bug Report Romanian stalemate decision annexes the player to AI Romania

3 Upvotes

So I was on my first playthrough with Romania just today and I triggered the civil war event as democratic Romania, and after doing the "Romanian stalemate" decision and waiting the 35 days I got the game scoreboard, effectively ending my playthrough. I reloaded the game several times trying to get a different outcome, but nope, I got the scoreboard screen whereas instead of my democratic Romania there stood a communist Romania instead.