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HoI IV SD

Conserves a metric ton of space and VRAM by resizing to 1x1 all textures which you are unlikely to ever see.

In this iteration, everything .png , .tga and .dds from folders

fonts/chinese
fonts/japanese
fonts/korean
interface/sub
models
particles

as well as 5MB worth of mip_debug.dds undergone this treatment.

While it will NOT help in strictly CPU-bound environments (or with less than 2GB VRAM), this might make stuttering and overheats manageable.

Side effects include:
lack of textures on global map borders
plastic models in build-your-own-flying (or tracked, or swimming)-misery
slightly krangled main menu
signature landmark of 1.17 update - Great Chinese Wall - becoming chinese Lego bootleg
impossibility to play with Korean, Japanese or Chinese localization enabled due to lack of in-game texts
etc, etc

Best used along with other performance improving options (like total disabling of 3D models, effects, etc).

First startup initiated after enabling this mod will take some time. It's OK.