FocusForge
Changelog

Release notes

What’s changed in each build of Focus Forge.

v0.1.5

pre-alpha current June 7, 2026
  • AI Bridge: connect an AI assistant (Claude) over a local MCP connector and build or edit your tree by asking in plain English — focuses, ideas and events appear live on the canvas.
  • In-app Help tab: searchable, categorized how-tos and gotchas.
  • Robust Steam auto-detection for HOI4 + Millennium Dawn across any drive or custom library.
  • Country editor: real MD leader portraits, categorized traits with bonus tooltips, MD starting popularities and flags.
  • Project & export metadata validation, with the blocking issues listed before export.
  • Stability: fixed a crash when deleting focuses; unsaved-changes prompt on close.

v0.1.0

pre-alpha June 5, 2026
  • First packaged release: one-folder build + Windows installer (per-user, no admin).
  • Visual node-graph editor with drag-to-connect prerequisites and WYSIWYG, in-game-accurate focus nodes.
  • Real in-game .dds focus icons via a built-in pure-Python decoder, plus a searchable icon picker.
  • Byte-identical HOI4 exports from an editable .focusforge.json project.
  • Structured rewards & availability builders, idea creator with ~1000 modifiers, submod scaffolding, and tree import.