ask-for-help-here

[inner sparrow]

engine is fine u dont need engine click ur tank is fast enough

[kind pewter]

ok

[inner sparrow]

for your template get mech asap

[unique steeple]

Yeah its okay. No need for support arty tho

35/36 width is better for vanilla though

Or 24/25

[vernal knoll]

some people say yes others no i dont understand😭

[kind pewter]

i mean aslong as you have good spg buffs that should work

[vernal knoll]

well

i changed it

i guess in better

[kind pewter]

yeah thats good

[unique steeple]

Great against infantry. Will get shredded by tanks

[vernal knoll]

🥹

[unique steeple]

But this is AI so its not like there gonna play meta

[kind pewter]

true

should he replace some mech with motor or no?

[unique steeple]

Nah

[kind pewter]

cause my divs are pretty similar

k

[unique steeple]

If you can afford it go for it

Still no need for support arty. Just lowers the org

Signal would be better

[kind pewter]

keeping support arty cause im in a support eq deficit

[inner sparrow]

not in sp

no ai tank shreds you

[inner sparrow]

support companies are a bit goofy but it doesnt matter too hard also make the div 36w

u can fill it with mechs instead of spgs

[kind pewter]

can i just steal radar from the british?

peak spg

[vernal knoll]

i only know artiller support, anit air and enigeneer = always good

teh otehrs are like a mystery

[glacial steeple]

not even true

[kind pewter]

wtf even happened

communist france joined the allies??

literally ruined my entire strat

actually no it doesnt

it only kind of ruins it

thanks hoi4

[tough oak]

Un historical?

[kind pewter]

yes

[tough oak]

What were you expecting

playing Un-Historical

Its so random

[hexed verge]

bro WHY ARENT THEY CAPPING ALREADY WTF IS CONGO LEOPOLDVILLE AND WHY ARE THEY THE LEADER OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN FACTION 😭

[kind pewter]

oh wait mb

i emant historical

meant

i thought you mispelled on

[sleek remnant]

Is there any way to go to previous saves in ironman mode? Not save scumming the latest save but previous ones

Probably not but asking just in case

Did something stupid and don't want to play all the way through again

[tough oak]

How did they

even

go communist??

If it was historical

[kind pewter]

im guessing they abandoned soviet union for allies even though theyre communist

weird

[tough oak]

no like

its impossible

for them to go

Communist

without intervention or help

[kind pewter]

ik imm playing germany empire

[tough oak]

In historical

Yeah but still that doesn't make them go communist

[kind pewter]

anyways im in ww2 withj soviets and japan as my allies

[livid egret]

I’m playing the tutorial, and I cannot figure out how to send my army from Italy to Ethiopia by sea. Whenever I click on a port with my army, it says that I don’t have enough convoys. Is there any way to check how many I have?

[tough oak]

the most ideologically agaisnt each other faction

Japan: Fascist Soviets: Communist You: Monarchist(German Empire you said?)

[kind pewter]

yes

[tough oak]

Click on a port or set a frontline to make them automatically go

works for me

[kind pewter]

i forgot netherlands joined the allies

[livid egret]

I’ve clicked on a port, but I think I just lack the necessary amount of convoys. I’ve set it to max production, but is there a way to see how many convoys I already have?

[tough oak]

the ship icon above

[livid egret]

Got it, so I just wait until that number is large enough and it should be otherwise simple to transport my army

[tough oak]

Idk bro I could just send them with starting convoys as italy

[livid egret]

In the normal campaign or the tutorial? I might be doing something wrong, if that’s so

[tough oak]

Normal singleplayer

if tutorial you need to follow instructions

[livid egret]

Probably because it’s the tutorial, I don’t think I got starting convoys

[kind pewter]

if your troops are on a port you can move them

[tough oak]

Not sure you should have the same things as normal sp

[kind pewter]

holy encirclement

[livid egret]

It’s a little odd, I feel like I’ve learned everything necessary from it so I might as well start a normal campaign

[tough oak]

hmm

seems not that good

how many divs?

[kind pewter]

was like 6

anyways im kinda fed cause i lost all rubber access

[tough oak]

Could be bigger

[tough oak]

Just invade Netherlands early game puppet Indonesia and get resource rights

[kind pewter]

im guessing its a little to late

[tough oak]

Yeah

[kind pewter]

hoping ill be able to trade with japan then

[tough oak]

Build Synthetic Refineries

and trade

[kind pewter]

those are terrible from my experience but alright

[tough oak]

You need to research them too

They get like +3 after 2 researches

[gleaming lodge]

can someone explain to me how i get the gridlock in the 1936 Elections in the USA?

[tough oak]

No idea

[pliant condor]

not a thing in vanilla

[gleaming lodge]

no its a thing in the USA Rework Mod by GermanyLuxembourg Deluxe

and i just wanted to know how to achieve the gridlock

nvm

[tough oak]

ask the modder

[gleaming lodge]

i got it

thx anyway

[viscid abyss]

Is it true that once you do the institute price controls focus you can just cancel mefo bills, so all the decisions and then there are no negative effects?

[wild stone]

can anyone help me? im new

[pliant condor]

read the code

search for the 1936 event

election

[pliant condor]

yes, but there's no point

cancel mefo bill is a huge negative effect

[viscid abyss]

I see

[pliant condor]

just do normal mefo

if you make collabs when you conquer stuff you should get autarky achieved for free anyway

not like that focus is even worth doing

[viscid abyss]

Ok

And one more thing, I tried out the USA but for some reason Britain declared war on me

Does it have something to do with the naval treaty?

Because I think I left that

[pliant condor]

if you violate the naval treaty yes

don't leave it

wait for the escalator clause

[viscid abyss]

Alr thanks

[wild stone]

can anyone help me?

[maiden yoke]

Hey guys can anyone clarify this to me?

Im playing communist Brazil and since I did the revolution, US embargoed me and now I cant move my navy out of this little zone east of the continent..

Is there any way to go around this? I cant naval invade anything in this situation

obs: the ships are able to move and dock out of tht zone but they cant operate and do naval missions, idk what im doing wrong here

[fathom thistle]

With what

[wild stone]

im new

i need help w understanding it

[pliant condor]

this has nothing to do with us embargoing you

just click this button

[fathom thistle]

If you want schreenshare the game and I can give you basics while u play,

[wild stone]

yeah

[maiden yoke]

It worked, thanks my friend! Now the whole world gets to be communist Brazil thanks to you

[kind pewter]

so soviet and japan are fighting now

game cant just give me stable allies

[hardy kayak]

this okay?

[kind pewter]

why did you spare france

[hardy kayak]

me?

[kind pewter]

ye

[solid lion]

how do i get a spy agency?

[vernal knoll]

do you have the dlc "la resistence"?

[solid lion]

i have the subscription

[vernal knoll]

oh well

do you see this button?

in the bar

[solid lion]

its not open rn

i closed it

the game

[vernal knoll]

ohh okay

btw still that button makes you make the agency

[solid lion]

okay thanks

[vernal knoll]

no problem

[latent forum]

Why does it say not accessible?

[hollow linden]

Home base is set in Taranto

[sterile hearth]

the sea region your navy would need to pass through is marked as a no go. if you click the region and hit the yellow or green button instead of the red it should work

[hollow linden]

Change home base to brest or smth

[grand iris]

if im in deficit of coal does it affect my mil efficiency?

[hollow linden]

Nope

just nukes your construction speed

[grand iris]

ok

thanks

[weary anvil]

Should I make stand-alone mechanized infantry divisions?

they have exceptional defense and pretty much every stat

[wet relic]

Generals!

[weary anvil]

so I figured having a mix of infantry, tank divisions, motorized divisions, and mechanized divisions would be good

[fickle girder]

what should i pick

[weary anvil]

also the main reason im doing this is because im playing austria

meaning I have to research every phase of medium tank

[glacial steeple]

hello chat

[weary anvil]

and thats gonna take forever

so since I already have mechanized, thought I should use it for defense

[weary anvil]

hello casey

[fickle girder]

hey

[mint kite]

Hey Casey!

[weary anvil]

This REALLY depends on your nation

No manpower? Desperate Defense

[glacial steeple]

individual excellence - super heavy railway gun doctrine/idk from memory - the one that buffs recon tanks - grand assault

[weary anvil]

No mechanized/tanks

Stuff like Defensive Postures

[fickle girder]

alrighty

[glacial steeple]

nah he doesnt have a core pop pool

its better to get stat

5% of nothing is still nothing

[fickle girder]

nevertried that

[weary anvil]

I didnt look at much else besides the basic screenshot tbh

[weary anvil]

it was more IF you dont have it

[glacial steeple]

saudi arabia does NOT have core pop

[weary anvil]

I was speaking generally

I didnt realize

wait he is playing saudi arabia

who plays saudi arabia?

[glacial steeple]

for tanks the SPG one is also pretty good

[weary anvil]

I dont even have tanks

[glacial steeple]

he plays saudi arabia

[weary anvil]

Austria moment

🔥

I only researched light tanks

and Im not wasting MORE slots on mediums

[glacial steeple]

well then just get recon doctrine

more break? good

[patent cloak]

hey could someone help me with my manpower problem?

[glacial steeple]

probably not

increase conscription law by 1

hiya

[patent cloak]

i did.

for as much as i can

[fickle girder]

hey

[glacial steeple]

is it going up?

[patent cloak]

im playing austria hungary and i have no manpower

[glacial steeple]

hover over manpower

it isnt instant

[patent cloak]

used manpower: 714k

[weary anvil]

cant relate

[patent cloak]

im playing vanilla

[weary anvil]

I have only visual mods on

[patent cloak]

ohh

[weary anvil]

You've got extensive conscription?

[patent cloak]

well i only have like 80 hours am noob

[weary anvil]

For me im on limited, but im using desperate defense

[patent cloak]

im non alighed but turning facists

[weary anvil]

if you need it

5% is alot

[patent cloak]

i have extesive

[weary anvil]

use desperate defense then

[patent cloak]

which one is thi

this

[weary anvil]

it should give you like a million

Doctrines, "Operations"

[patent cloak]

ok

lemme try

[weary anvil]

for context

[fickle girder]

uhh.. individual what now

[glacial steeple]

oh its dlc locked

assault inf is a good second pick

[patent cloak]

alrightttt

im trying it

ill be back if it doesnt work

cya

[rain iris]

how can you increase the amount of manpower you get from an annexed country

[fathom thistle]

Compilance + military governor

[glacial steeple]

mil governor sucks lmao

it gives less than just getting a law that decreases garrison usage

you can also use a tank garrison template to half the manpower requirement of garrisons

realistically the best way to extract manpower from such territories is puppeting

and using puppet manpower

[nocturne cloak]

@fickle girder Goodboy

[glacial steeple]

please behave appropriately, ive asked you this before.

[nocturne cloak]

that is my best friend of 4 years...

[fickle girder]

disturbing

[patent cloak]

hey i seem to be getting manpower but it disappears instantly

[kind pewter]

your div needs extra mp?

[glacial steeple]

yeah probably to your garrisons or divisions

[digital chasm]

Does anybody know why my frontlines are not working?

If i set it up they just send my divisons back to the borders before the war

[glacial steeple]

youre desynced

reload the save

[summer flume]

why cant i trade with my spanish puppet?, i have enough civs and they have enough tungsten

[fathom thistle]

like full template or just 1 tank?

[glacial steeple]

full template

[neat widget]

50w tanks with motorized police

[opaque garden]

is 75 motorized anti air blob good garrison?

7t width

75

I meant anti tank

not aa

[tawny hinge]

i DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE NAVAL INVASION AND HOW TO SUPORT IT?

[kind pewter]

why on gods green earth can i not ask my PUPPET for control of land

[pliant condor]

why you don't make puppets

[winter drift]

whats a counter to this div even bigger taanks?

[royal vapor]

what happens if as switzerland i run out of advisors to appoint? you cant rehire them so eventually you'll run out and have to suffer the consequences of no advisors and no president

[opaque garden]

uh you can't remove advisors

only change them

so if ur down to 3

then u can't remove them

[royal vapor]

so the last 3 advisors stay forever?

[kind pewter]

out manouever it

[opaque garden]

idk Switzerland tho

never played it

[opaque garden]

ig

[royal vapor]

bruh, thats why i was asking

[winter drift]

i mean its pretty fast and i dont rllt have smt faster

[kind pewter]

then ur cooked

thats damn near a god div

[winter drift]

ik i face this every game

[fickle girder]

bro how..

[royal vapor]

switzerland has a council mechanic where if you have an empty advisor slot you get a lot of debuffs, if you have no advisors at all and a presidential vote happens you suffer more debuffs

[fickle girder]

Any tips on how to capture the city

[kind pewter]

it has a crazy high production cost

no idea how ur facing that every game

[winter drift]

ye but wen he gets to me hes has like over 100 civs on it or even more so ye\

[kind pewter]

civs?

[chilly sluice]

Walk in there if it's empty using micro and if it has troops then retreat, encircle and kill the divisions until there's no more or if you want to save manpower you can try to sneak past em

[kind pewter]

are you on modded or vanilla

[winter drift]

from germ 1 very lovely persone uses it evary game

[winter drift]

oh i mean mils

[rain iris]

is there any fast way to increase manpower, i have cored almost all south america but manpower still seems to be low.

[opaque garden]

just be finland

otherwise Lower garrison law

or increase conscription

[winter drift]

and its the same person every game

[opaque garden]

or see if there's any focus

[rain iris]

you cant increase conscription with monarchy, which i find a very weird mechanic

[opaque garden]

be at war

then

[kind pewter]

it has bad hp because its tank destroyers not tanks but thats about the only weakness i can see there

[winter drift]

ik i was thinking i didnt see smt mby i had a chance to escape but no

[fickle girder]

full of troops and i keep losing

[winter drift]

build supply

[fickle girder]

uh how do i do that

[kind pewter]

20 factories in 1945

why even bother at that point

[winter drift]

hes trying his best let him have it

[kind pewter]

are you producing trucks?

[fickle girder]

nope

should i

[kind pewter]

no

[chilly sluice]

you keep losing because you have no supply, draw a fallback line and let them push into your country where you have supply, then encircle them and kill

[kind pewter]

42 people is insane

[chilly sluice]

force attack is also an option

[fickle girder]

hmm

[kind pewter]

doesnt that increase losses

[winter drift]

it does

[kind pewter]

ive never touched force attack or last stand

[winter drift]

cap

[kind pewter]

honest

they just seem kinda useless

[chilly sluice]

Force attack and last stand are good with infantry but usually not with tanks

[winter drift]

agree

and i only use last stand

[sleek remnant]

That is a mountain tile right?
Others already mentioned supply but mountaineers could win even with low supply (probably)

[chilly sluice]

Sometimes you have to use it during naval invasions in mp

[winter drift]

theres the prob he doesn't even have low supply he has 0 supply

[fickle girder]

capped at two divisions

[sleek remnant]

Also idk who you are fighting (is it only one country or allies got involved for example?) if you think you can manage it I’d retreat to a good supply sone and try to encircle them and destroy their army

[sleek remnant]

Mountaineer doctrine?
Or no dlc?

[jagged hull]

Can anyone help me on hoi4 kaiserReich

[fickle girder]

i own the starter pack

[sleek remnant]

There’s also a “bug” to increase your cap (idk if they fixed jt) I think it was spamming 1 width divisions, convert them to 50 width, train/convert to mountaineers while the cap is high and then get rid of/convert the 50 widths

[fickle girder]

that seems desperate

but yk we did it

[chilly sluice]

What'd you do?

[fickle girder]

i waited for supplies and organization to go up

[chilly sluice]

good job bro

[kind pewter]

now where will you expand?

[fickle girder]

Iraq!!!!!!

[restive galleon]

ahh how to defeat check with thier forts

[chilly sluice]

What nation?

[restive galleon]

usa or sov or german

german for example

[chilly sluice]

Which one are you playing?

[stuck garnet]

Flame tanks

Engineer assault companirs

Spgs maybe

[restive galleon]

usa

[stuck garnet]

Also cas cas cas

Pls

[kind pewter]

what are your divs?

[chilly sluice]

Also try getting the fort buster on a general

[restive galleon]

alr

[fickle girder]

my divisions are 2 mount and like 20 infantry both have engineer and artillary support

[kind pewter]

czech?

[kind pewter]

do you not have pic perms?

[fickle girder]

mount is also 3x3

ik that this is not going to work with iraq

prob need the whole army for that tanks,planes and more

[kind pewter]

actually would be good if it wasnt 1945

mb 46

[fickle girder]

XD

so what should i go with

[kind pewter]

idk not much you can do with 20 factories

kinda forced to stay with that div

[fickle girder]

but what stops me from buildingmore

[analog maple]

guys anyone know how do i get that fascist demalugue thing?

[kind pewter]

would take like another 5 years to get to an acceptable amount

id just do a new run

does saudi have a customefocus tree?

[fickle girder]

nope basic as could be

[kind pewter]

pretty sure afghan has elephants or something

[glacial steeple]

fascist support guy

150 pp

[fickle girder]

i'll grind another 5 years for my factory's np

[glacial steeple]

this is pretty decent defensively

the cheapest offensive unit you can make is mountaineers

only thing you probably wont get is flame tanks

or maybe rangers too because dlc locked

[inner sparrow]

mc server starting in a few mins and lil bro is writing in hoi4 ask for help

[analog maple]

what about him?

[restive galleon]

yeah czech i didnt noticed my bad

[neat widget]

Just how many troops are there

[neat widget]

One of the marines don't have flame tanks, is that okay or should the template change a bit in favor of marines

[fickle girder]

0 but Yemen had ~100k troops while i had around 200k

[neat widget]

I see

Well then why is there a battle still going on

[fickle girder]

Thanks i'll see what i can do with this division

[royal vapor]

how do i cause a revolution? i have 100% resistance in warsaw (its capped from 150%), why don't they revolt?

[patent cloak]

could someone help me i keep being out of fuel despite having positive oil and stuff?

[royal vapor]

oil is always positive or 0, but fuel gain is calculated by multiplying your oil with the factors like oil refinery research, synthetic refineries etc etc, so either research those, build refineries, lower your fuel usage or just get more oil

[opaque garden]

cmd:annex usa+cmd:annex sov

[patent cloak]

oh ok thanks

[patent cloak]

im on ironman...

[opaque garden]

https://share.google/qKzZiQrYLnICIDYQD

use this mod

[patent cloak]

i wanna play some vanilla

so no thanks

[opaque garden]

get mechanized Karl marx portrait then

[scenic nacelle]

show screenshot of fuel tab

[opaque garden]

solves all your problems

[opaque garden]

also send a ss of resources

thats f8

for no reason at all

[scenic nacelle]

do u play this game

[opaque garden]

possibly

[opaque garden]

why?

[patent cloak]

cant screenshot but i think i got this

[opaque garden]

snipping tool

use it

[viscid abyss]

Playing as Latvia, will Estonia or Lithuania join the allies if I attack them

[scenic nacelle]

yeah

[wind canyon]

does anyone know how to delay France from joining the allies on historical ai?

[scarlet heron]

Use spies to flip them communist

[wind canyon]

i don't have the dlc to do that

[scarlet heron]

Create the little entente and invite them

[scarlet heron]

Oh lol

Then no, I have no idea

[wind canyon]

ah shit well thanks anyways man

[rain iris]

I vichy france after the peace deal, and out of nowhere it is somehow part of France now. Anybody know how tf this happens?

[wintry matrix]

I "what" Vichy France?

[neat widget]

Yeah apparently Free France just annexes Vichy post-war

they puppeted I assume

[rain iris]

puppeted*

wtf is that for mechanic

[wintry matrix]

Yeah, if France owns the area around Vichy, France get a decision to send a request to Vichy's annexation.

[rain iris]

that was a wasted war

[wintry matrix]

Usually it happens during the war.
And it appears that there are no puppet checks on that one.

[kind pewter]

pretty sure ive gotten myself in an eternal gridlock

[rain iris]

they should really give a warning for that

[kind pewter]

i had allies in my war btw but then they started fighting eachother for no god damn reason

actualy bullshit

[neat widget]

naval bombers

the terrain of calabria is a bit trucky

[vernal knoll]

naval bombers are super strong

[kind pewter]

how many exactly?

[neat widget]

there's mountains, and then there's a strait crossing (which is amphibious terrain) with mountains on the other side

[neat widget]

enough to reliably kill ships

[vernal knoll]

like 1k?

[neat widget]

That would be a good start

[kind pewter]

im trying to kill uk so i dont have to deal with their annoying ass invasions

[kind pewter]

so in like a year ill have enough synthetics for that

more waiting i guess

[neat widget]

alternatively use paratroopers

what do your marines look like

[vernal knoll]

paratroopers my beloved

[kind pewter]

i actually got a landing but then my troops whiffed it

[neat widget]

i mean could be convoy raiding

[kind pewter]

basically half my navy died after

[neat widget]

Oof

[kind pewter]

paratroopers

hmm

would a paratrooper be dropped around a dockyard or on a dockyard

[neat widget]

I like to drop them on top of the enemy and on all the tiles surrounding the enemy

This basically maximizes how much force I can get into battle

and also forces them to have encirclement penalty

and if the paratroopers de-org they can shuffle back into the other tiles and thus not die

[kind pewter]

k

what divs are we thinking

[unique ingot]

i always struggle getting manpower as a small non aligned nation since i can only get limited conscription, can anyone help?

[kind pewter]

also whoever works on the dev team has to expose themselves cause how is this not avenging the versailles??

[kind pewter]

im assuming thats a version of the engineering company

[neat widget]

yeah actually regular engineers might be better here

but pioneers are still useful

if you have them available with dlcs

[kind pewter]

well this is the closest i can get

wait helis cant be parachuted

smh

[neat widget]

You can't paradrop with heli logistics

which doctrine are you using btw just want to know

also what support companies do you have

[kind pewter]

havent chosen yet

all of them

[neat widget]

airdrop with AA and signals maybe

also i don't think the paratrooper doctrine will be useful

because that's mainly for if you're stuck on the front lines

You can delete the enemy's org with paradrops... but if you're just using them to drop Britain this is a niche case

[kind pewter]

i have to paradrop them because my navy got decked

2 paratroopers..

[neat widget]

ah it's time for the trick

[kind pewter]

?

[neat widget]

if you mass spam out 1/0s and then convert them into 25/0s you can rapidly increase your special forces cap

[kind pewter]

can you just send a video...

[neat widget]

here

Also don't forget to convert some to your desired template and delete the others since they will eat equipment

[kind pewter]

oh and i just delete em after

alright

wait a sec would this work better than naval bombers

nvm it does nothing

a bit dissapointed

[pliant condor]

use your cas to naval strike

[spiral crag]

why are thes stats so diffrent??? the tank division should be 55% hrdnes but its 20%???

and they can bearly kill andthing

[kind pewter]

would be nice if i could seperate cas from fighters

[pliant condor]

because your tank division doesn't actually have tank in them

or ok you do

it's a different model though

[spiral crag]

?

[pliant condor]

the template use the latest design

so it could appear different

also is the division in the field out of fuel

when you are low on fuel the equipment that uses fuel lose their stat

hence the hardness

[spiral crag]

wydm in the template it uses the best guns and other stuff that i have but the division uses wors ones?

[pliant condor]

?you could

[kind pewter]

what button?

[pliant condor]

check if it's out of fuel first

[pliant condor]

they appear separate on the map?

[kind pewter]

i already naturally seperated them without realizing

nvm

[spiral crag]

now it has full fuel

and hardnes?

[pliant condor]

your division in the field use whatever equipment you produced

[pliant condor]

yes now it's normal

see

[spiral crag]

i see that its normal now

probably the fuel

[native bane]

What is a Mc iPhone id and stuff

[kind pewter]

yea they just dissapeared

[glacial steeple]

it has a 2.6% penalty

[neat widget]

Huh

From my calculations it ought to have like a 6.20% penalty

[neat widget]

huh

[kind pewter]

why is the ai div stacking???

basically lost mainland italy because of this

[neat widget]

Rome versus Carthage moment

[kind pewter]

except with 10x the people

[pliant condor]

the3y are trying to help

[neat widget]

true

[kind pewter]

why cant just one ai send troops

literally like 60 divs are prolly gonna get encircled by the allies

[pliant condor]

trying their best

[reef solar]

im trying to find a good space marine division

everyone is contradicting themselves online

im hearing spaa medium tank is meta

then that super heavy tank is

I just want a tank for a minor nation thats not expensive and does its job

[coral stirrup]

How do i fix this

[hearty island]

guys, do you maybe know some tricks or tips on how i can defeat china as historical japan, i am able to push them back at the beginning and naval invasions worked too but once i got the chinese capital i just cant push them back anymore and they slowly push me back after

[kind pewter]

got 4 achievements from this run before i rage quit

[reef solar]

use spies and cavalry

[hasty belfry]

Should I use heavy guns or high velocity guns on medium tank destroyers meant for space marines?

[hearty island]

cavarly?

[mental marten]

can you not make custom names for your faction anymore?

[dark jetty]

Im new to HOI4 whats this mean on battles?

nvm

just figured out

[neat widget]

Probably HV3 imo

less resources

[hasty belfry]

What about before that? Just the other HV’s?

[neat widget]

plus you will never need to worry about not piercing

[neat widget]

Same reasons

[hasty belfry]

Should I still use fixed superstructure?

[neat widget]

Oh right

The answer to that is no

Because for your space marines you get the most by stacking breakthrough or armor

And fixed superstructure kills breakthrough

[hasty belfry]

Ok. Thanks.

[sharp abyss]

how come I'm not ticking up any planning bonus?

my guys have been assigned to this front line for 160 days

do I need to have an offensive line drawn?

yep, that was it. d'oh

another question- what does this mean in the war screen?

"take sofia and plovdiv from bulgaria"

is that what the axis faction wants me to do?

answering my own questions again, that's what I did to achieev that war score. got it

[neat widget]

You need an arrow

[neat widget]

It comes from your war goal

Did you select Sofia and Plovdiv when you did your war goal, or is the war goal something you got from the focus tree

[sharp abyss]

I selected it, just forgot like a dummy

I have a new question, this one I couldn't answer. I researched Heavy Tank Destroyers, but no where in any of my division template designer do I see an option to add heavy tank destroyer. just heavy tank. but when I do that, it says I'm producing something I have no template for (HTD)

[sterile void]

how to make a decent navy potentially with a carrier as a minor nation?

[timber shell]

if I want to play navy at all should I just wait for the next patch

[sterile void]

whats the next patch

[timber shell]

some time after new year?

[sterile void]

na i mean

[timber shell]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/as-usa-japan-battleships-and-carriers-what-are-they-doing.1887678 apparently ai navy just sits in port doing nothing

[sterile void]

what does it add?

i mean

if thats the case

then whats the point of trying to do navy?

just get like 2 battleships to get supremacy

and bam

[timber shell]

yeah, wondering if the next patch will fix it

[sterile void]

oh

you mean thats what they do right now?

[timber shell]

that is my understanding of the linked thread, yes

[sterile void]

that is so cap

i sunk a couple of ships of the royal fleet in the game i was just playing

[raven maple]

Hey I’m play Italy and I’m trying to do the focus Supesercito and I am a major in the Italy Romanian war with Great Britain and I have the golden rectangle when I go into the war menu can someone explain this to me

[kind pewter]

ur a major

good thing really

[raven maple]

Yea

Can you explain to me why I can’t do the focus?

[raven maple]

Hello?

[kind pewter]

oh that

youd have to show the focus

mb

[raven maple]

Ok give me a sec I’m eating

[raven maple]

Wait I figured it out it doesn’t need me to be a major it needs my enemy to be a major

[kind pewter]

uk is a major tho

[raven maple]

I’m in a alliance with the British

The Great Britain coalition
Is what it is called

[kind pewter]

oh

[raven maple]

Yep

[iron veldt]

do space marines still work

like the mechanic part

[timber rune]

Hey I had a question regarding the kingdom of siam. I have a national spirit called "army of siam" and I was wondering if I lose it if I flip ideologies?

[noble pivot]

im in the comitern as a minor nation but when i justify on japan is just says is completed but i have no war goal and its greyed out and says is a major country? confused as to why i cant war against japan

sorry i gh=have war goal but wont let me use it

[noble pivot]

no that spirit stays regardless

[neat widget]

Yes

[summer nymph]

OK I've managed to hold against Germany as Poland-Lithuania, but how will I ever break the German line? xD

also... Soviets are going to come at me at some point aren't they... I've never really played Poland before

[neat widget]

Yeah Soviets are coming

But sometime in late 1940

You should concentrate your units to encircle enemies though

[summer nymph]

OK cool I have time to prep the eastern front then. Yeah I just reinforced the line with my offensive divisions after clearing out the Germans in Konigsberg, going to use them to try and pincer the German bulge and encircle, but they are tough

[graceful dragon]

can anybody explain what these buttons do, are they actually going to act differently in combat or is it just a way for me to know which ships are which?

[neat widget]

The second

[graceful dragon]

alright ty

[summer nymph]

they're just identifying icons; if you create custom task force templates you can use these icons to assign certain type of ships to each task force for auto-reinforcement

[neat widget]

Like you can have a fighting cruiser and a spotting cruiser, you'd be well advised to differentiate them in this way

Also you may have like 6 different variants of each so it is a good idea to keep these tags

[summer nymph]

so satisfying to see so many Nazis charging to their death

[uneven hinge]

What do naval headquarters do again

[spice garnet]

i can't access man the guns on the 1.16.10 version

[spice garnet]

they give a buff to nearby sea states

[hardy kayak]

how do you use a nuke?

[main shale]

im playing usa in kaiserredux as usa (no civil war), i want mechanized/motorized, what kind of infanatry template should I use, send a pic or smth

[livid egret]

How does tank designing work? Do I just take a medium one, then throw on whatever modules I need to get good stats?

[raven maple]

Hey can anyone tell me me if you have a claim of a piece of land in the peace conference will the ai just give it to you or do you have to fight for it?

[raven maple]

By nuke raids there in the bottom right corner above the supply sight thing

[rustic acorn]

Hey, keep a 50/50 balance between tanks and motInf/mechs, dont mix lights, med or heavies, keep em separate

then add breakthrough

[rustic acorn]

depending if ai has a claim itself.

[livid egret]

On the subject of designing vehicles, why does this submarine design claim to be outdated when it’s the most advanced one I have? Does the outdated tag actually mean anything?

[rustic acorn]

yes, show pic please

is it also greyed out?

[livid egret]

Nope, it just has the skull symbol when I put it in the queue for production

[rustic acorn]

the skull symbol? like the shield etc? that doesnt mean outdated

you can choose several symbols for your marina, like mines, torpedos, skull

well not torpedo

[livid egret]

It claims it’s outdated though I’m pretty sure this is my best submarine

Hold on, it’s claiming that all my vehicles and ships are outdated, which seems quite odd

[rustic acorn]

yapp

do you use any mod?

[glacial steeple]

it does that

[livid egret]

No mods whatsoever

[rustic acorn]

ok

if it is greyed out, then it is outdated

[livid egret]

Can I just ignore the little “outdated” note as long as isn’t grayed out in the selection?

[rustic acorn]

yesd

[glacial steeple]

yeah

and in general you can

build what you believe to be the best

[rustic acorn]

hehe, yes

[livid egret]

Ok, that makes more sense

[rustic acorn]

better to keep divs a bit smaller, in order to have enough mats for reinforcements in future

not fully equiped units dont work well

resulting in blood but sweat

[livid egret]

For training up a bunch of divisions, is it fine to just train the default infantry division? Or is it better to make a specialized division?

[rustic acorn]

just train them

just fine

you will recognize that tanks will consume a LOT of fuel

so prepare 😉

[main shale]

im playing usa in kaiserredux as usa (no civil war), i want mechanized/motorized, what kind of infanatry template should I use, send a pic or smth

[glacial steeple]

thats not how it works

percantage is calculated by 10% of hp lost, and reinforcements are also % based

larger divisions will reinforce their manpower faster and take less losses as they will usually fall in higher % brackets of losses

[glacial steeple]

its always better to specialize your build

[stoic seal]

yo I need help

how do I invade britain

the royal navy is make me cry

🙁

[neat widget]

naval bomb whatever they have in the channel, then gain naval supremacy there with your fleet

[stoic seal]

how many naval bombers do u think, I should be having

[neat widget]

say 1000

[stoic seal]

oh shi-

[neat widget]

will only set you back like 40000 ic

which is marginal

[grand iris]

is it normal for ai to invade from far distances?

Mussolini is invading pakistan from italian mainland😭

[neat widget]

can happen

but how did he get the naval dominance in all those regions

[grand iris]

idk

[neat widget]

in any case the attack has failed i assume

[elfin crystal]

is the best naval strat as germany still to just spam subs

[grand iris]

pakistan made a coalition and yugo joined and well now this is the case

[neat widget]

oh my

[grand iris]

and im also in the coalition but not in the war

but ig i should leave it

[cedar sky]

guys how do I check faction rankings?

[grand iris]

and pakistan is also in war with united chinese front

because of mao

[latent forum]

I have not denied it access

[spiral crag]

should i use rocket artillery over normal artillery

[restive galleon]

and upgrade Opel with rockets i think it gives nice bonus

[plucky otter]

no

[spiral crag]

ok

[fluid wharf]

No

Rocket arti kinda bad now

Because doctrine barely affects rocket arti

[restive galleon]

how to get best historical accuracy gameplay?

[spiral crag]

oh and btw is this template good?

i will make it 40 width

and probably mechanized

[inner sparrow]

keep it 36width

use mech

[spiral crag]

what should i use

[spiral crag]

ok

[inner sparrow]

recommend doing spgs over mediumd howys, better stats

and use flame tank over either support arty or hosp

[spiral crag]

why spgs ove medium ???

[inner sparrow]

mobile recon

[spiral crag]

what even is spgs

[inner sparrow]

they got buffed and are 2 width now

[inner sparrow]

artillery tank

[spiral crag]

i dont have them

[inner sparrow]

change the role of your medium tank to artillery

[spiral crag]

i cant

i dont have NSB

[inner sparrow]

rip

[spiral crag]

this?

[inner sparrow]

idk about no nsb

[spiral crag]

oh ok

[hushed vault]

this is so dumb

with 200 xp i can get 5% recruitable pop

[karmic terrace]

What templates should I use?

[grand iris]

are destroyers counted as capital ships?

or screens?

[pliant condor]

still

make spg

replace like half of your tank to spg

in the div

[pliant condor]

destroyer and light cruiser are screens

[grand iris]

ok

[spiral crag]

so like 4 sgp 6 or 8 tanks and 8 motorized

[wind canyon]

wait why 36w i ususaly use 40w

[inner sparrow]

because of terrain

[wind canyon]

ah alr fair enough

[coarse tree]

me and 2 friends are playing together and wanna make 3 country faction im italiy one friend is germany and another is france, so the france guy needed to turn france facist to get in a faction but halfway through a war between germany and france started so even though hes now facist we cant be in a faction ( im already in a faction with germany ) can they cancel the war or somethinmg? is there any way to stop the war

[nocturne ember]

conditional surrender

should be one of the diplomacy options

[hasty belfry]

What would be the best armored sub doctrine to use for armored divisions that use cavalry as their infantry?

[bleak plinth]

how tf do i win this war

[coarse tree]

cant

noone is on the loosing side

[nocturne ember]

one of you take some victory points.

[elfin crystal]

anyone know why i cant drop nuke?

necer done it before tbf

[feral forge]

can someone help my ships dont engage eventhough the enemy fleet got spotted

[rustic acorn]

did you change risk to none?

do they just flee?

[feral forge]

they are just at an naval base and dont do anything it says that they are too far away to engage but they are stationed right next to the sea

[rustic acorn]

ah

right click on new port to set new home basde

sry

right click and strg

[feral forge]

yea it works now thanks

now it says that they are close enough but they still dont engage

[rustic acorn]

hmm, need to recharge some org, I guess, wait 3-4 days

[feral forge]

some ships are repairing could that be a problem?

[rustic acorn]

yes of course

if they are not splitted up, you are not ready

[feral forge]

they do something now👍

[rustic acorn]

great 😉

[feral forge]

thank you

[rustic acorn]

welcome

[mystic otter]

guys why isnt the game allowing to change my setting? even after it tell me to restart and when i restart the changes didnt happen

[clear echo]

How can i form HRE with these borders? (my freind sent me this ss)

gotterdammerung DLC

[scenic nacelle]

Decisions?

Focus?

[clear echo]

alr

[willow moss]

guys whats the best mod for optimal performance?

[clear echo]

fps map

i use it

[red mural]

what state am i missing to proclaim greater Italy?

[willow moss]

thanks

[vernal knoll]

uh

ticino? (switzerland)

maybe malta

[red mural]

i have malta

[vernal knoll]

invade switzerland

[mystic otter]

answer pls?

[red mural]

yay now i have to wait a year because its switserland

guess ill cap the allies while waiting on that

[vernal knoll]

i dont really know

[vernal knoll]

swiss power

[supple quiver]

i think stege map does better

And non reflective water

[pliant condor]

i would have even more spg

but yeah

that's the idea

[rain iris]

can you create a national spirit to create factions?

[normal axle]

I'm brand new, working on my first match as Germany - Half the time I give orders and troops just ignore them. Like I told some dudes to make a front line up in france and they just stayed down by Romania. What am I missing?

[rain iris]

probably because they are still assigned to an old order

try to delete all old front lines before creating a new one

[restive schooner]

What ideology should Japan be when playing for the USA so it doesn’t declare war on the Philippines? Is it possible to do that in the settings of the game in the beginning?

[olive tapir]

can anyone send mee good heavy tank for soviets templates aand e.t.c

[olive tapir]

they might have another order alreaddy assigned check the romanian border see iff theres a line

[rustic acorn]

yes, being brandnew and those line orders can be irritating

not so easy to keep an overview

[olive tapir]

?

[normal axle]

Ahhh I see, thanks!

And what’s the best way to keep troops supplied on the active battlefield? I had a supply hub with trains going to it pretty close by but my troops were still under supplied

[sterile laurel]

This has prolly been asked already but what’s with the bright map with 1.17? Is this something permanent or is it being worked on? Any mods to help with not having it?

[elfin crystal]

anyone know best naval strats for germany/

?*

[mystic otter]

guys everytime i want to check hotjoin and cooperative and press apply it say this and after restart it doesnt change the setting i litterly tried everything even asked my friend if he have the same problem but he doesnt it

should i ask in tch support?

[fast flame]

Question on supply:playing as USA I keep getting low supply for California and all the Pacific Islands. I have a ton of trains and convoys. What should I do to fix,I keep upgrading infastructure to the max and still nothing helps

[scenic nacelle]

my hoi4 looks off

did i mess an update

[scenic nacelle]

verify game files?

maybe uninstall/reinstall?

[mystic otter]

tried both

nothing

[fast flame]

that looks more like crusader kings

[scenic nacelle]

nah wait im dumb

u have to enable it in a mp game

as the host

u cant do it there

thats my best guess

[mystic otter]

ok will try that

[mystic otter]

when i tried doing it as the host they changed in the setting but once i left they got disabled again

[red mural]

any reason my navy wont sail out? i have militairy access in germany

[pastel tiger]

You have Forbidden your ships from entering the region. (You can see by the red stripes)

[pastel tiger]

☝️

[red mural]

pretty sure thats the range indicator but ok where do i change that

[scenic nacelle]

its only 2 buttons

just renable every game

[scenic nacelle]

there should be the name of a port in an orange box

for the fleet tab

change it to smth in france or the low lands

[red mural]

found it

is it new that friendly ports dont boost the range never had to do that before

[neon gulch]

Hello I have a question buying Hearts of Iron IV: Ultimate Bundle includes all current DLCs?

[scenic nacelle]

Is new

[pure void]

yes it does

[neon gulch]

should I buy now or there might be even bigger discount for Xmas?

[fast flame]

paradox sale is going on now

[twilit swan]

me and my friend are trying to play but it claims were on different versions even though we have the same mods and the same order of mods

[rustic acorn]

hi, also same DLCs?

[lethal jasper]

Host (me) has every dlc except Trial of Alliegance and Graveyard of Empires, while my friend has No Step Back and La Resistance

[twilit swan]

ye

its never been a issue till now

[lethal jasper]

^

[rustic acorn]

checksum without mods is the same?

if so ok

[lethal jasper]

can u elaborate pls (idk what checksum is 😭)

nvm i found out what it is dw 🙏

[rustic acorn]

what was it?

did you find checksum?

[twilit swan]

were checking rn

[rustic acorn]

it says that you play the same game version in general

I think it is in the left botton corner if you start

[lethal jasper]

our checksum is different when loading the modded playset but our vanilla one

is

[rustic acorn]

checksum must be the same

[twilit swan]

ok

[rustic acorn]

deinstall mods

[lethal jasper]

unsubscribe?

[rustic acorn]

and install one after the other if checksum stays same with your friend

deactivate

but first of all, without any mods your checksums must be same

otherwise there is another prob

[lethal jasper]

they are ✅

probably a mod just acting weird

will check, thanks for helping us!

[rustic acorn]

mods do weired things

welcome

[twilit swan]

thanks

[fading valve]

Guys, when will France’s focus tree be fixed? At least half of the focuses need to be reduced to 35 days

France literally has only one 35 day focus in its entire tree and that’s Intervention in Spain

[neat widget]

Or they just can't reach them

[pastel tiger]

Also possible.

[devout flint]

I have 1100 hours but I’m still terrible at mp. I don’t get the meta air or tank design. I can make mega good economy’s but that about where it ends

[ruby urchin]

Im trying to play multiplayer with my friend. we have the same version but when either of us try to host it says connection timed out

[ornate gazelle]

Some players play MP and are terrible. you will be fine

[dense haven]

yo

does anyone know what version is the cold war mod for?

it keeps saying that the mod is for another version and i cant know for sure which verison it is

it was last updated december 2024

[mighty gate]

Can someone help me to start playing?

[brave vector]

can you recreate the spanish empire in rt56?

[neat widget]

Most of the time, you have co-ops for these big nations so they should tell you what to make

Just beware you may have to do quite a bit of research, so make sure you fit things like AT3 in

[spiral crag]

is this a good mountenier divison

first time making one so idk how it should look

[normal axle]

For Germans as a beginner, should I focus more on light medium or heavy tanks?

[light knoll]

no. replace the artillery for more mountaineers

just 36 width pure mountaineers

or 25 width if you're gonna ve fighting only in mountains

[spiral crag]

are they good all around or just mountains

[light knoll]

they can make pretty decent offensive unit

[spiral crag]

and should i pair them with tanks divisions?

[light knoll]

do you have the economy to sustain tanks

[spiral crag]

yeah?

i have 100 on tanks and mechanized

[light knoll]

good then, you don't need to use them together with the mountaineers, just separate force

[spiral crag]

ok

[digital gyro]

Is this a good division against Germany?

I'm playing as austria hungary

[spiral crag]

to hold the line its good

to push idk maybe if you micromanage

[digital gyro]

What would u change

[spiral crag]

they are good but i just use them to hold the line

[wild rune]

Recon

[spiral crag]

if you can make tanks or something that can push hard

[digital gyro]

I'm playing as austria so not yet

[wild rune]

Either have no recon, ranger recon, or armored recon.

[spiral crag]

well just hold the line and slowly make tanks while they lose men

[neat widget]

You should have AA somewhere

And the engineers aren't worth the cost unless you really need defense

[patent reef]

i have a tkl keyboard is there a keybind to increase/decrease time speed?
cause normally it wouldve been the + and - buttons but i cant

[rare bough]

need some help to adjust better templates.

I play as Bulgarian and my goal is conquer the balkans and make greater bulgaria
now im stuck in 1943 where allies (only democratic countries) and axis crush me and i need better templates that are more likely short offensive than long defensive

[raven maple]

Hey if I have claims on land in a peace conference will the AI give it to me or do I have to fight for it

[stuck garnet]

Hey we dont mess with line arty

If youre running line arty uhh

Can you like make sure you have 1939 arty?

[rare bough]

thats the thing the artilery are the most op thing for bulgaria

[stuck garnet]

You probs do

[hollow linden]

uh no

[raven maple]

Can someone answer my question please

[raven maple]

Can you

[stuck garnet]

Why arty

[hollow linden]

Dont ping me, but to answer your question, you will have to fight for it

Thats how the conference works

[raven maple]

Ok thanks and sry

[stuck garnet]

?

??

???

Why fight for it

[hollow linden]

Uh why? Does bulgaria get any special bonuses that make it better for it specifically?

Like, arty by itself is pretty garbage

and I'm not exactly aware of any like 200% break increases for arty on bulgaria

[stuck garnet]

Why not spgs at that point

To specify: in the inf division

[hollow linden]

fking

yes

SPGs are literally cheaper and better than arty

[stuck garnet]

"Oh i cant handle tanks rn" you can handle light tanks

Is line arty any good for holding

[inner sparrow]

they arent

even the best countries with most arty buffs shouldn’t go like arty ( and bulgaria doesn’t have good buffs for it)

its bad at pushing, waste of ic

u can produce a light spg that has more soft and costs less

[stuck garnet]

Do you not have enough ic for anything else?

[inner sparrow]

you do, theres better things to do for bulgaria or any other country

no matter what country, line arty is bad and waste of ic

just do spgs at that point, same costs

[rare bough]

then what is it?

[stuck garnet]

Why line arty anywhos

[inner sparrow]

inf

[inner sparrow]

bc ppl see soft attack and think its good

[stuck garnet]

Do you have enough ic for like

[inner sparrow]

inf or spg

in mp u do mech

[stuck garnet]

Cas?

[rare bough]

you get good buffs for artilery with commanders and the war planning focus thing

[inner sparrow]

u first have to do fighters and get green

[stuck garnet]

If you dont have ic for like

[rare bough]

but because of that your troops are turning offensive

[inner sparrow]

the buffs dont do shit

[rare bough]

defensive *