ask-for-help-here

[inner sparrow]

polish japan main

[glacial steeple]

you sound like you have a boyfriend

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-rabbit-jumpscare-boop-yassinora-gif-10416955202653838545

[opaque garden]

https://tenor.com/view/scream-love-poland-gif-10918710646251769391

[clever yoke]

Can I safely delete the paradox interactive file?

I uninstalled hoi4 and reinstalling it

[glacial steeple]

what even is this question

youre deleting files nothing is safe smh

[opaque garden]

#tech-support

[opaque garden]

you need marijns expertise

[clever yoke]

bet

[glacial steeple]

hes also a modder

[opaque garden]

when in doubt ping marijn

[clever yoke]

why are you everywhere bro

[glacial steeple]

famous for the chudhopper mp mod

[clever yoke]

stfu

[glacial steeple]

this is like one of the two servers im active in

[clever yoke]

😭

[opaque garden]

wow there

[opaque garden]

what is the other one

[glacial steeple]

sheeps discord

[clever yoke]

sheeps mod

[opaque garden]

defend your base from 67 discord server?

[clever yoke]

and averaging 1000 messages per day sure bud ✌️

[clever yoke]

its an ai mod

[opaque garden]

what is a good super heavy spaa template?

uh anyone?

please

[inner sparrow]

one sec

[opaque garden]

gimme template

[inner sparrow]

I have on in a save

[opaque garden]

why tf do u have super heavy spaa template

in ur save

[inner sparrow]

because I tested out things

but I first have to see if save is corrupted or not lol

[clever yoke]

what do u need a super heavy spaa tank for 🙏

ai doesn't even make anti tank

[glacial steeple]

its 2026

not 2025

[clever yoke]

not even denying it btw

[opaque garden]

wdym

[inner sparrow]

nvm dont have it anymore

[opaque garden]

aa=anti air

[glacial steeple]

i probably get it in total but not on this server specifically

[opaque garden]

or am I tripping

[inner sparrow]

u do spaa for armor memes

and aa yeah

but the aa from it is not needed in sp

ur better off putting line motorized aa in ur tanks

or line aa in ur division

[clever yoke]

mr yap

[opaque garden]

rate my template

ik its bad

i have no tank research

no flame

tanks

[inner sparrow]

and line arty

[clever yoke]

will work against ai

[opaque garden]

not a lot of other support options

[inner sparrow]

its whatever

[glacial steeple]

it will work

[opaque garden]

i do have 8k fighters tho

[glacial steeple]

if it works it works

[opaque garden]

paras

[clever yoke]

if it works, don't touch it

[glacial steeple]

too large really

[clever yoke]

make it 36

[opaque garden]

made it cuz uk didnt leave ports undefended

so i had to fight my way in

[clever yoke]

marjin221?

[clever yoke]

will decimate ai planes and not even close

[opaque garden]

my pane designs

[austere roost]

that's why they tell you to do 36w because 50w is not for combat

[clever yoke]

@opaque garden you were talking about marjin221?

[clever yoke]

I can ping him to help me with the files right

[clever yoke]

what is ts

[opaque garden]

pacific cas and fighter

i need more range there

cuxz japan declared on me

[clever yoke]

lil bit of this and that ahh

[opaque garden]

and i need the rubber from there

[clever yoke]

who r u even playing as

I thought u were germany

[opaque garden]

ger

i am

ger

its 43

[clever yoke]

tf

unhistorical?

or did u invade netherlands in 36 and puppeted the dutch

[opaque garden]

maybe this helps

[clever yoke]

fair

[glacial steeple]

the vision is there

the execution isnt

[vale cypress]

my fronts are getting bad. After a longggg stalemate, i pushed south. I took a good amount of their stuff, BUT, my frontlines are too stretched while they fill every tile thgey can

[glacial steeple]

but the vision is there

[clever yoke]

I don't see the vision

[glacial steeple]

you do not need any modules besides maybe range, defense is for fighting

[opaque garden]

then tell me how to excecute

[glacial steeple]

biggest cas/strat damage

[glacial steeple]

you should only be using these in like, full green air

[clever yoke]

it's japan bro

[glacial steeple]

theyre too expensive to even consider in like yellow

[clever yoke]

they not getting air

[glacial steeple]

get the engine down

make it 2x engine ideally

[clever yoke]

I don't even think tacs are worth it

[glacial steeple]

3x is acceptable? but not really

[clever yoke]

aren't strats better

[glacial steeple]

4x is unacceptable

[glacial steeple]

no

[opaque garden]

thats doable

[glacial steeple]

more expensive per strat bomb

[clever yoke]

really?

vanilla wise

[glacial steeple]

yes

more range tho

[clever yoke]

also can I ping marjin

[vale cypress]

why are you doing tatical bombers

[opaque garden]

i want cas

but i need range

[opaque garden]

long range cas

[glacial steeple]

been therr

[clever yoke]

bro add the range modules on the cas then

[opaque garden]

no

[clever yoke]

yes

[opaque garden]

no

[clever yoke]

yes

[opaque garden]

no

[clever yoke]

ok fine

[glacial steeple]

i made this a long time ago for lategame because i was bored and had no alu

[clever yoke]

@glacial steeple Can I ping marjin to help me with #tech-support

[glacial steeple]

can you?

[clever yoke]

idk

I barely chat here

not familair with the rules

[glacial steeple]

theyre in #server-rules

[clever yoke]

well it didn't get mentioned

soo I'll take that as I can

[opaque garden]

rate my tank

[clever yoke]

right

[clever yoke]

um

[opaque garden]

oh 6 steel

should be fine

i will kindly trade their steel

at the high high cost of 1 civ for 80 steel

[clever yoke]

all u gotta think about

is that any tank with a reliability less than 10 is good

[glacial steeple]

you are possibly capable of it

[clever yoke]

already did it

[opaque garden]

the stats are beefy tho

[glacial steeple]

riveted armor, spg role and its not the worst

[opaque garden]

NO

i have enough ic

[glacial steeple]

-60% cost

[opaque garden]

to build these

[opaque garden]

ok

[glacial steeple]

more stat

[clever yoke]

could also use a better gun

[opaque garden]

good for spgs

[glacial steeple]

gun is fine

[opaque garden]

i can afford the,

m

[clever yoke]

I just prefer the cannon muscle memory

[opaque garden]

maxed out mills btw

autarky achieved

[glacial steeple]

no

if you have more factory, better to use more factory on air

[opaque garden]

i am suffering from my success

i cant get total mob

[opaque garden]

im having problmes finding airfields

and i have enough planes

[glacial steeple]

missiles

nuclear missiles

or like uh

motherships

[opaque garden]

ig

[glacial steeple]

you can always invest more into air

not for tanks they are very limited

[opaque garden]

ok

[formal latch]

hi, quick question

i changed 1936 fighter and 1936 CAS template to a little better one. This screenshot shows that my fighter (there is my cursor) will convert also CAS after fighters are converted.

Can i somehow disable converting CAS to fighter?

sorry for polish, but i dont want to bother with changing language

[keen hemlock]

i actually had the same question as you

lol

[opaque garden]

dont produce 36 fighters

get 40 fighters

rush them

if you must

[formal latch]

ik ik, but im making civilian factories now

its the beggining of game

[opaque garden]

can see that

[formal latch]

and the same goes for CAS. It will convert fighters to a better model of CAS

xd

[opaque garden]

no

rush anschluss

pit everything on guns

u can get in October 36

[keen hemlock]

pretty sure if you train 10 inf you can just immidiatley deploy and you will be able to anschluss

[opaque garden]

I suppose so

[echo breach]

is this a decent attacking infantry template? Also, are winter logistic companies good? I am playing as norway

[opaque garden]

no

straight up no

[lofty tusk]

How do i defeat the allies as italian league after germany collapsed + berlin peace? They have like million planes, i cant fight against them and my equipment is low

[opaque garden]

its ai planes

[echo breach]

no to the first or second question? or both?

[keen hemlock]

the first i assume

[opaque garden]

yes

I will go now

[keen hemlock]

if im you im just doing space marines

and mountianeers

[echo breach]

alr ty

[dusty sandal]

breakthrough is inferior to 150
HP is inferior to 200
Combat width is not 32, 35,36 or 38

= This division isn't fit for attack

[echo breach]

ohhh i see, ty

[echo breach]

btw what about the second question?

[dusty sandal]

the long range patrol is good, but support medium flame tank and support light tank are good way to get breakthrough in your divs
don't forget to rush gun techs (1940 gun is 50% better in terms of stats than its 1936 counterpart)

[echo breach]

no no i misspelled it, i was asking about the winter logistic companies, aka the company you unlock through the "expand haeren" focus

[dusty sandal]

no idea then

never saw it

[keen hemlock]

i assume they are just logistics companies that give better cold attrition or something

id just compare the stats of a div with a normal logi company vs the winter one

[toxic plaza]

Do I udnerstand correctly??: When I have low "stabilizacja" then "współczynnik dóbr konsumpcyjnych" is high, but for me good is when it is as low as possible, right?

@echo sky

[echo sky]

Well the better the lower for współczynnik dóbr konsumpcyjnych and for stabilisation the higher so ye

[scenic salmon]

Does that tank conversion trick still work?

making a cheap tank and then converting over to premium tank to save on resources

[opaque garden]

you can always do that

also with planes

for example self seeling tanks cost 1 rubber

u make a model without

then one without

u produce the one without w lile 95 mills

[scenic salmon]

oh really? okay I was thinking it upgraded by using the difference

[opaque garden]

then u convert with 5 mills

[opaque garden]

no u get less planes

if u don't that

but it saves resources

[scenic salmon]

ah okay

[opaque garden]

300 rubber becomes> 100 rubber

[scenic salmon]

so its really only better for nations struggling with resources

[toxic plaza]

why i have this on -?

i mean steel

[scenic salmon]

you are using more steel than u currently own

probably a military factory bump or new design that uses more steel

[lofty tusk]

Wdym

Im all out of planes

And theyre bombing our mils

Theres nothing i can do

[toxic plaza]

but it says i produce over 300

[scenic salmon]

yes u produce around 300 but ur production costs and such are over that ammount

set a civ factory to trade steel

itll fix it

[scenic salmon]

make a template with anti air

you need either air or anti air when enemy has air superiority

[lofty tusk]

Well im all out of AA too

Like -300 or smth

They will have already gained control over the whole italy when i get AA restocked

Like airspace

[scenic salmon]

id say delete all air units and air production and swap to more anti air

[toxic plaza]

why it uses 243 when i export only 8?

[scenic salmon]

air units only work if you can keep them in green/ yellowish, otherwise theyll cost manpower

anti air support better if u cant maintain air superiority

think its like a -75% enemy air buff when max

[lofty tusk]

Alr

Ill try that

[scenic salmon]

yeah, if you have nothing but red skys, when u have air and they arent in a large number or are outdated, theyll cost manpower

anti air at leasts lets you build more troops for frontline and gives them defense

id say your best bet would be to make mountaineers since ur italy and have anti air support

since most of italy northern part is mountains

u can use those for offensive

and then a defensive line of infantry with anti air, engineer and art

[dense stone]

Should I do ballistic missile or flying bomb special projects when i have opportunity? Because ballistic missile has better plain state, but flying bomb is cheaper and unlocks 3 new researchs which are good I think
(No Götterdämmerung)

[scenic salmon]

ballistic missiles leads to nukes cant remember flying bomb stuff, i dont really go air special projects

personally I do sometimes go for motherships which kinda act like CAS and Fighters

but theyre expensive, time consuming to get

[fossil dove]

HI! How do I send my fighters on escort missions?

[dense stone]

yeah but I don't have the dlc, I'm stuck with basic ones

[scenic salmon]

ah okay, sorry missed that part

someone else might help more than me on that part

[near lake]

Hello I need help. For some reason when I’m trying to produce a basic light tank, it says “Design lacks one or more required modules: Main Armament”. What does that mean and how do I fix it? I have researched it if that helps.

[pastel orbit]

does any1 have or know any good tank division ddesigns used for big offensives

[fathom thistle]

check pins

[fathom thistle]

send schreenshot

[near lake]

Here

[fathom thistle]

click this

[near lake]

Wait

[fathom thistle]

then add turret

yes u can design your tank

:>

[near lake]

OH

SHI

MB

sorry I downloaded the game yesterday

[fathom thistle]

alg

design is also in pins

if you scroll down a bit

[near lake]

I’m testing it out ty

[toxic plaza]

ok guys, i udnerstand how works civilivan factories, tree and decisions, what i should learn now?

[fathom thistle]

Well, what do you need help with?

[toxic plaza]

idk what to do next

just playing around 8 hours

[fathom thistle]

Army?

[toxic plaza]

yesterday 5, today 3

[fathom thistle]

Templates?

[toxic plaza]

yeah, think so

but i cant create tempalte as i do not have "expeirience of army"

[fathom thistle]

Hire an advisor

Asap

So you can farm as soon as u can

If you are like a bigger country with many divs just train them constantly

[toxic plaza]

ok, hired

[keen flax]

Hey, can someone send me the best divison template for attack and defense?

[toxic plaza]

how to make this stop?

[neat widget]

this is mefo bills i'm assuming

and i assume you went 4 year plan

the only way to get out of this, in that case, is to conquer enough enemy countries, temporarily lowering consumer goods

until you get the resources to do autarky

[toxic plaza]

i refused mefo bills at beggining and i didint choose 4year plan

[opaque garden]

ok then ur fine

if u go 4y plan then dont cancel

Just get turkey and Portugal

do u can easily achieve autarky

[opaque garden]

no

thats the other eco path

look at the symbol

[toxic plaza]

ok, can some1 tell me how to start with templates?

generally i would like to have all units i had from beggining to make on my own

mix of tanks, infantry etc

[sharp idol]

i need help does anyone have a contact with roadto56rp admins

[toxic plaza]

@echo sky

[fathom thistle]

pins

[opaque garden]

@cold bloom

[toxic plaza]

why i cant create new ones?

[cold bloom]

Road to 56 RP is a different team than Road to 56

[lyric ibex]

hello im new to the game and would love if someone could maybe explain a little bit how the game works

[toxic plaza]

@fathom thistlewhat?

[opaque garden]

arent u also an admin in that server?

[fathom thistle]

I mean fr. Check pins in this channel. You have most of the templates u need there

[opaque garden]

or atleast u must know someone from there right?

[cold bloom]

No, the servers arent too closely connected

[wanton quarry]

we could learn together im fairly new too

[austere roost]

first step: check pins. There are complete beginner guides there

[toxic plaza]

can some1 tell me why game stopped production of tanks/ artilery anti air?

[echo sky]

?

[fathom thistle]

It didn't you just don't have enough

You need to wait to get them produced or increase their production

[runic tide]

has anyone written a guide for 1.17 japan? i'd rather not watch hours of youtube videos

[toxic plaza]

how can i know which one is too old?

[echo sky]

Patrz na tło każdej linii produkcyjnej

Karabiny są brązowe

I o ło boże

Czołgi ktore produkujesz są słabsze od piechoty w 1939

[toxic plaza]

czołi to wpsarcie

dobra, 10h gry i już 1% gry czaję

no z 3% może

[cold bloom]

@echo sky@toxic plazaThis is an English-only server, please DM if you wish to speak Polish

[tired prawn]

I'm new and this game is genuinely confusing - the in game tutorial doesn't help. Can someone point me towards resources for complete noobs

[toxic plaza]

what does mean 6/61?

[fathom thistle]

Special forces cap

Mountaineers, rangers etc.

[patent forge]

how to fix ''No accessable region''?

[echo sky]

Special forces cap

[pliant condor]

click this

[austere roost]

It is also battalion based so ten 1 mountaineer divisions and one 10 mountaineer division takes the same cap

[toxic plaza]

ok guys, I am ready for first war, who can help me?

i udnerstand tempalets a bit, economy quite well

[stuck garnet]

What build are you doing

[dense stone]

what war though?

[toxic plaza]

with czechslovaika

i wont fight Poland due to known reason

[dense stone]

you're germany, you don't have to go to war with them

in national focuses you can do fate of czechoslovakia, which on historical should always work without resistance

[toxic plaza]

too late

i made "war reason" and it edned soem time ago

now i ask how to make war plans etc

[dense stone]

also are you on historical mode?

[dense stone]

do you know how generals work? Or how far you know

[austere roost]

Don't do that. The Czech focuses give you cores on sudetenland and 50% compliance in Bohemia. That's why it's worth wasting 140 days of focuses instead of justifying

Same with Poland war, you get cores in the Danzig corridor if you do the focus

[toxic plaza]

yeah

nothing

i have already 11 hours in game and udnerstand little basics

[dense stone]

also why does Italy own austria? You have a focus that annexes them and gives you cores on it all

[toxic plaza]

i only learn to play

ok enough for today

[spare cradle]

hi

[toxic plaza]

what u want the blue star?

[clever patio]

how am i not getting any naval superiority
i have air superiority, scout planes, a radar station saying 100% in central mediterranean sea, a task force with light cruisers built specifically for patrolling and none of those yellow disclaimers on the patrol button, and it's not giving me ANYTHING

[dusty sandal]

ensure the fleets aren't on never engage order
if it doesn't work make sure the fleets are really present in the zone
if it still doesn't work reload save

[fathom thistle]

Does the field engineering only buff stats for engineers or whole division. Cuz I was looking at that 25% bonus to HP and it doesn't seem right

[dusty sandal]

always play with historical AI on until you learn how to play the game correctly and know how to handle things

[dusty sandal]

only engineers, that's why it's ass

[fathom thistle]

Ah

Pity

[dusty sandal]

there's only 2 good doctrines in the arty tree rn and that's the SPG/TD one and the howitzer one

[fathom thistle]

Is mobile defense any good? I'm mainly looking for that assault engineer company org bonus or is it just really bad compared to armored spearhead?

[keen flax]

can someone give me good division template for defense and attack?

[tardy mesa]

why are most of the countries in my faction not in the list of integratable countries in the decisions tab its the first time that i play this path

[clever patio]

i have done all of these...

might be genuinely a bug might read through the changelogs to see if they fixed it in a newer version

[thick storm]

Do you guys have any tips for playing as Ethiopia? I just got By Blood Alone (it was on sale) and I'm doing a few runs as Ethiopia. I keep getting folded by Italy, do you guys have any tips?

[keen hemlock]

what exactly does extaction do

does it give more resources?

[serene karma]

When u click on the seazone is the supremacy bar just grey?

[serene karma]

yes

[oblique raft]

I can't cross the Bosphorus Strait for some reason. What exactly is bosporus_strait_blocked_tt_NOT supposed to mean?

[stuck garnet]

is ending the german civil war in august 1936 good or no

i think i ended it a bit too fast

because i had too many of my own factories to go war economy after civillian economic growth

also do i build civs

or do i just millspam

[hushed python]

are u new too?

[stuck garnet]

ehh no

i just suck at the game

[hushed python]

ah

I'm

somewhat

new

idk

I've been watching for years

[stuck garnet]

under 1000 hours? you're new

[hushed python]

oh

okay

I'm new then

though, I'm beginning to learn how navy works

I've heard thats hard to understand

seems quite easy

How to Navy -

Screens/Screening ships are destroyers and light cruisers. Their job is protecting your capital ships from torpedos, they're also used to fire your own torpedos to hurt the enemy. You should have roughly 4 screens for 1 capital.
Destroyers are also a great counter to submarines. Light cruisers often act as anti-screen killers, not just protectors.

Your larger vessels are for the heavy battles that sink the other ships. Your capital ships have the guns needed to sink the enemy.
Submarines are not for naval battles, they're for hunting convoys. They can be in normal battles, especially if the enemy's detection is weak, but destroyers usually shred them so it's best to keep them away from battles where destroyers can be.
Air power is extremely valuable, naval bombers can destroy ships faster than enemy ships can, this is why ACC and AA on ur ships are good.

"Positioning" is a hidden variable that gets better if you don't overcrowd your task forces and if your ships are fast. The better the positioning, the more frequently your ships can fire and deal damage.

In essence, you need your fleet to have screen protection, good positioning, and air superiority. The enemy must lose the air and destroyed screens. Then you win easy.

This is correct, right?

[indigo kraken]

idk

i just send my navy to attack and thats all

i know that submarines are good for searching and that

[oblique raft]

I would like to send my navy to attack, but the game doesn't want me to. I built a navy as Romania and now I can't send them out of the black sea. I like the game.

[serene karma]

Where is this from

[hushed python]

I wrote it after I did some research

[hushed python]

why are you building a navy as Romania

[indigo kraken]

why not

[oblique raft]

BECAUSE I WANT TO

[indigo kraken]

what is a good desing for infantry?

in 1939

with german

[hushed python]

9 inf, 1 arty, support art, engineers

[indigo kraken]

y

[hushed python]

they're good for holding

they're cheap

[indigo kraken]

no

oh yea

u meant that

sorry

i understand another thing

[hushed python]

if u wanna push, just get like

4 light tank divs

made of 3 Light tank, 3 motorised inf, support art

and something else I forgot

[indigo kraken]

so this division is meh?

[hushed python]

thats good

[indigo kraken]

the game give me this division thats why i am asking

are the space marines still worth?

[stuck garnet]

industry or political tree (stability included for political)

[hushed python]

I have no idea what those are

[light knoll]

line artillery is bad. don't use it

[hushed python]

what do you use then?

[indigo kraken]

inf and arty

[light knoll]

8-9 infantry battalions

[indigo kraken]

nothing else?

[light knoll]

yes

[hushed python]

what makes that better?

[indigo kraken]

idk

[hushed python]

@light knoll why does removing arty make it better?

[light knoll]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYmklEwTh6k

[indigo kraken]

i saw that vid but i cant make tanks desings and all that stuff

i dont have the dlc's

[night jay]

Can someone explain why I can't do my tasks in this sea region?

[hushed python]

sad

[indigo kraken]

maybe u dont have supperiority idk

[hushed python]

I have all of them through the subscriptions

[indigo kraken]

yea but they cost like 20 usd each

[indigo kraken]

how much is it?

[night jay]

How am I supposed to get superiority if I can't do tasks in the region

[hushed python]

7 Pounds for me

should be like

5-6 dollars

[indigo kraken]

oh sorry

misunderstanding

[indigo kraken]

ohh

[hushed python]

no idea

[indigo kraken]

yea 5 dollars for me

[night jay]

Cheers bro

[light knoll]

just make infantry

[hushed python]

no problem

[indigo kraken]

the dlc of la resistance is for spy's right?

[hushed python]

thats bad, innit? Cus then u cant push

[indigo kraken]

and which one is for tanks?

[hushed python]

yeah

[indigo kraken]

and tanks for attacking?

[hushed python]

🤷

[indigo kraken]

https://klipy.com/gifs/ishowspeed-picks-up-water

[light knoll]

no, infantry can push, especially if you have air as well

but even if you don't

[hushed python]

I'll stick to 4 light tank divs

[light knoll]

no, just infantry and air

[light knoll]

💀 that's much worse than inf

[hushed python]

how?

thats their purpose

[indigo kraken]

not even light tanks?

light tanks with apc

[light knoll]

the game default divisions are the historical ones which suck. badly.

you want tank divisions to be 36 width

[indigo kraken]

yea

[light knoll]

you want to use medium spgs

they are available without the dlc still

but not nearly as good

[indigo kraken]

haafr with dlc gives u the option to desing ur own tank?

[light knoll]

so i really would just recommend air and infantry

[light knoll]

yes

oh

which u mean?

uhh

arms against tyranny i think

[indigo kraken]

oh yea i put with

sorry

ok

and for what is this one?

i dont remember

[light knoll]

Germany focus tree, special projects

don't remember what else

[indigo kraken]

ok

im gonna buy arms against tyranny and la resistance so

[oblique raft]

I edited my save so I can finally move my navy out of the Black Sea. No one can stop the grand Romanian navy now.

[indigo kraken]

damnn

[light knoll]

this does not seem normal how did you get the ai to have so many ships in one place? is this vanilla?

[indigo kraken]

it doesnt seem vanilla, u even got anime girls on the portraits

[oblique raft]

Idk, the AI always puts so much ships in the Mediterranean for some reason.

[light knoll]

i mean yea aside from cosmetic mods are there others

[oblique raft]

No, it's mostly cosmetic mods or mods that do minor changes.

[indigo kraken]

ye of course

should i do the four year program as germany? or prioritize economic growth?

[serene karma]

No

[light knoll]

either is fine
left side if safer if you're not confident

[serene karma]

Fyp

[indigo kraken]

ok ty haafr and chemist

[light knoll]

not really its not universally better it just depends

[indigo kraken]

@light knoll so this division like this, is good?

[light knoll]

add AA
engineers are like. optional. if you have the industry and no better use for it. they're not that great

if you want more offensive infantry tho, make it 36 width

and add stuff like flame tanks, logistics, field hospital when you can

[indigo kraken]

to do that i have to add more inf?

just that?

[indigo kraken]

support aa or a line of aa?

[inner sparrow]

with new patch both unless u have aa3 and enough stockpile for all divs (which u wont)

[indigo kraken]

ok, no i just start this run so i dont have any

[narrow ether]

@red sundial @distant glen @civic hare @near tartan possible to join a other lobby so i can join too? i am a beginner

[light knoll]

yup

[hushed python]

This game is so annoying

[arctic aspen]

The secure china focus in the communist usa tree how do you get them to join? Any one know?

[glacial steeple]

morning

[glacial steeple]

afaik its just luck

[indigo kraken]

i couldnt help the nationalist spain to win the civil war

should i restart my game?

or nah?

[unreal pulsar]

Guys if I only have base game it still gets patch updates for free right like 1.17.3 or above etc

[indigo kraken]

ehm yea why not

the dlc's are just dlc's that add more things to the game

[unreal pulsar]

yeah sorry was just confused

[indigo kraken]

np

[unreal pulsar]

thanks

[indigo kraken]

u are welcome

ehm

[stuck garnet]

Lowkey i try sparty germany

[indigo kraken]

is this normal?

[stuck garnet]

Build up for 4 years

Always be some bullshit happening

Oh no

I forget to put troops on one border

Oh no

Its althist and theres a mega faction

[indigo kraken]

sparty germany

[stuck garnet]

Oh no

[indigo kraken]

what is that

[stuck garnet]

Spartacus league germany

Gurantees

Naval invasiojs

Lack of pacing

On my part

[indigo kraken]

oh lol

[stuck garnet]

I join ww2 mid 1940s

I look away

Tryna split yugo and germany in half

Denmark

Denmark

Joins the mega faction

I dont even think i got a notif for it

If i did i didnt notice

Takes half of my country

How do i do anything as that country

1 year for civil

Rest of and another for industry

Finish everything relevant in my industry tree

And then i have 3 choices

Make a good military and go to war in the 1940s when everything has already happened

And by "good" i mean just like. The tanks that ive been making all game but forgot to make

Do expansionalism in 1939

Either get stuck because gurantees on austria

Or like idk

Major skill issue on my part how do i play hoi4😭

Do i just play historical althist have some bullshit

[glacial steeple]

in the field

not in stockpile

you can check in the army tab on the top right below the speed bar

[glacial steeple]

yes

[stuck garnet]

Casey help meee

[glacial steeple]

idk what youre asking

[stuck garnet]

How do i do pacing

[glacial steeple]

make mils

research gun

figure everything else out after

[stuck garnet]

It feels like everyone i watch play hoi4 knows what to do in hoi4 and i dont

[red sundial]

yo

[chilly haven]

So I got a question for someone, how do yall break a stalemate?

[left walrus]

guys what is a good template to use for attacking

(no tanks please)

[chilly haven]

What do you want in it and what is it fighting?

[carmine pier]

im also wondering the same

i plan to do fourth reich path on a multiplayer with my friends since i know one is taking the kaiser path but im not sure what a good attacking multipurpose template for mountains/marsh/jungle would be

[gilded jackal]

How do I spread out my army across the border

(of tibet)

Frontline doesnt seem to work

[plucky otter]

Frontline will work

[spiral delta]

does anyone have a good cold war mod for version 1.16.9 or one that works with my version?

[plucky otter]

but only on those parts

[gilded jackal]

Yeah

[plucky otter]

there is a impassible thing between both sides

Just split your army

[gilded jackal]

I see

Ok

[plucky otter]

Set up to front lines

Press s and control click on the empty one

[left walrus]

singleplayer or like coop against ai uhh any enemy really

[left walrus]

prolly mountaineers unless u do a template for every single enviorment (who tf would do that)

[carmine pier]

i would need to have other divs for special forces cap though

[wild rune]

HP and org good! Soft and Hard good! Break and Defense Good! Stats go brrrr.

[glossy wagon]

my navy is afk and when i wanna do a naval invade i cant it says that i have i 0 ship in the sea

any solution pls im new to the game

[left walrus]

you have to do patrol not naval strike

it‘s the first button not the second one in the menu

see how there is a Ship with a + above the icon

that makes that u get more naval dominance in that region

[left walrus]

wym

[wild rune]

make normal 18w inf divisions then have specialized mountaineers for that

[glossy wagon]

i did what u said the submarines went to the sea and the batteleships and destroyers sstayed afk

[errant aurora]

GUYS how to encrease manpower?

[carmine pier]

if my army was just inf and mountaineers though wouldnt that be bad

[errant aurora]

why it says zero transports?

[glacial steeple]

i dont believe in org in sp at least

[left glacier]

Increase conscription law, use stricter occupation laws

[toxic plaza]

ok, i am ready for war, anyone can help me to start?

[left glacier]

Regarding your naval invasions, you may have met the naval invasion cap if have other active naval invasions being planned. Make sure you research your naval transport tech if you've already met the cap. Each level of transport ship tech gives +10, +20, and +100 division cap respectively for naval invasions

[left glacier]

Who are you currently playing as and what are your current division templates?

[left glacier]

Organize your divisions first. Give them generals as well as a field marshal.

You want to keep motorized infantry and armored divisions separate from your infantry generals

[toxic plaza]

i chose so many, how to remove 5 divions?

[left glacier]

You can click those divisions individually and assign them to a different general

You are going to need a lot more divisions for 1940. At least 3-4 generals with 24 infantry divisions

[toxic plaza]

thx

how to schedule war now?

i made "war reason" with czechslovakia

[left glacier]

You have a war goal with czechslovakia. Right click on czechslovakia and declare war from there. Keep in mind that some wars will bring in the allies, so you want to make sure you have divisions guarding the border with France

[toxic plaza]

i know how to decalre war

i ask for this

[left glacier]

You would need to create a frontline order first

Then an offensive order for where you want your divisions to go

We have a bunch of other beginner resources you can find in the pins 📌 of this channel, including the official guide for the game on the Hearts of Iron 4 Youtube channel#ask-for-help-here message

[gilded jackal]

How do I stop the game from lagging to hell in the late game?

[fathom thistle]

Either lower your graphic settings or try to conquer countries like the UK ussr asap. The end game lag is usually affected by numbers of divisions in war.

The more you kill less u will lag

[gilded jackal]

Alr bet

[fathom thistle]

xD

[gilded jackal]

But I am slowly losing speeds lmao.

[fathom thistle]

Ik it's pain.

[gilded jackal]

I cant play on 5 speed anymore or my game drops to 10fps

[glacial steeple]

not true

most line scaling is from equipment types

[fathom thistle]

In combat or in stockpile?

[glacial steeple]

both

let me get a screenshot

[fathom thistle]

Cuz after I usually clear most of allies the game runs smoother

[glacial steeple]

cabt remember their username nvm

[glacial steeple]

yes

[fathom thistle]

Like pre war speeds

[glacial steeple]

deletw equipment types

helps tons

[fathom thistle]

Gotcha

[toxic plaza]

how to make war lines etc/

??

@fathom thistle

[fathom thistle]

Frontlines?

Depends. With smaller conflicts u can make frontlines with a singular army. If it's like a big invasion for the USSR you can make a frontline and offensive line with your whole army group

[toxic plaza]

with czeshoslovakia

[glossy wagon]

how to lower resistance?

[toxic plaza]

guys,, are there any short tutorials how to make frontliens?

[glacial steeple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY

[errant aurora]

Alright thank you pretty much

[carmine lichen]

if i have a non agresion pact with a country but they guiarantee a country i go to war with will they still be dragged in

[prisma mica]

Click on an army

Press the line looking button

Click on a border

Right click and drag to make a frontline of custom width

One frontline is for one border with one country

[toxic plaza]

are there any online tutorials on voice channels in polish language?

this is really diffcult to make frontlines

[wild rune]

no

just build cas

[carmine pier]

shouldnt i still get tanks

[wild rune]

if you want the current state of the game still allows inf only builds to thrive

[carmine pier]

what if i space marined them

wouldnt that be better

[carmine lichen]

does anyone know why the achievement its all coming together wont trigger i hold all core states to my understanding

ive taken hong kong and macau

and taiwan

is it because i created a russian puppet?

[glacial steeple]

this is occupied by your enemies

otherwise idk

[neat widget]

Yeah that might contain Kashgar

[glacial steeple]

it does

[neat widget]

Yeah then that would do something

[carmine lichen]

Alr

[clear tide]

How to do iran achievements

[foggy junco]

whats a good adv fighter and cas build
germany

[violet maple]

guys why doesnt my cas work?

it doesnt want to move

[stuck garnet]

Out of range smh my head

Templates?

You need range on it

What

Why is the cas range so small😭

You get range tech in 1936

Put some on there buckaroo🙏

[vestal brook]

do u guys end the game after ww2 if ur playing allies

wish this game went on to modern times :(

[dusty sandal]

Airport overstacking increase mission penalities exponentially

When an airport is used above 50% over capacity, no planes take off at all

[vestal brook]

what do i do early game to actually start winning? lets say im playing ussr, whats the best strategy to get enough army points to build a really good army early game and fight off germany

[dusty sandal]

Send volunteers and attaché to spain

As sov you don't spend any pp until attaché to spain to change eco law to war economy

[vestal brook]

ok so ill wait till then, anything else?

like focuses i need to do or

[lusty charm]

why cant i do this focus? im playing as hungary

[cold bloom]

I assume Austria started going down their Austria-Hungary path after you and override the originator

[lusty charm]

they did bring back otto von habsburg

so it wont work anymore because of that?

[cold bloom]

Ig

[lusty charm]

alr, thanks

[lavish saddle]

Is there any guide for Habsburg Hungary?

[sullen epoch]

Hey guys I have tried verifying game files, deleting mods and I keep getting the same checksum

[formal python]

how do i increase the maximum potential of a fort (say from level 3 to level 10)?

[cerulean heart]

Hello everyone.

I bought the game yesterday, and it’s very interesting, but I’m a bit lost hahaha. (I spent 4 hours playing and somehow ended up losing my territories to Ethiopia… how? I have no idea.)

So I discovered that there is an official Discord, and I decided to come here to ask for some help. If it’s not too much trouble, could you please give me some tips about what I should do and what I should avoid doing?

Thank you very much, and may God bless you all.

Sorry for any mistakes in my English.

[lavish saddle]

You have to do some research

[formal python]

got it, fort research is under which tab?

[lavish saddle]

Next to the rocket/nuclear

[violet maple]

do units progresivvelly lose XP if they dont fight?

[hushed python]

no

[misty wagon]

guys please someone help me take down UK

[lavish saddle]

Spam Jets

And paradrop

[misty wagon]

ok

[misty wagon]

BTW how do i fix my game going 1fps when i unpause

[lavish saddle]

Good question

[thin zealot]

Probably by not playing until 1975

[misty wagon]

im so close to world conquest tho 😭

[thin zealot]

Someone get that 1937 world conquest in here

[spiral delta]

is it better to make medium flame tanks or light flame tanks

[thin zealot]

Medium, better terrain bonuses

[spiral delta]

thx

[thin zealot]

Safe to assume I'm in charge?

-# When I'm called Vicky it's probably not that obvious

[sullen epoch]

how can i gain cav leader btw

[dusty sandal]

Motorized, mech, camel or cav div only

[sullen epoch]

so no tanks allowed?

[dusty sandal]

If the base icon of the div isn't cav/mot/mech it's not a cav/mot/mech div

[dusty sandal]

Only use light flame tanks for paratroopers (these can be dropped)

[opaque garden]

how do i beat usa

its more like is the usa gonna be capable or leave it undefended

thats my question

[keen hemlock]

you have 2k factories

just put up as much cas as you can

[opaque garden]

is that it?

what if i dont have air?

[obsidian badger]

Is massed carrier fleet good

[keen hemlock]

as long as you have attacking divs you should be good imo

[opaque garden]

what the hellie

[obsidian badger]

What country r u

[clear tide]

They never dec u be fine

[scenic nacelle]

U are literally in Canada

And u own all of the Old World

[opaque garden]

i need manpower

i declared war on the goddamn usa and i still cant up my conscription law

anyone help

i need manpower

[errant chasm]

Check your navy you could disband some ships if you have a surplus

[deft basin]

And check your garisons

[errant chasm]

I think you could ask your puppets to give you manpower and even recruit divisions from your puppets.

[deft basin]

That could work too

[light knoll]

you could delete some of your army

you don't need 600 divisions anyways

deleting your army will both give you instant manpower and allow you to up the law

[inner sparrow]

press the decision woman in the workforce if u haven’t yet

[opaque garden]

I am too strong

my enemy dont have my 50 percent strength

I cant even get total krieg

or total mob

[deft basin]

well then you can easily delete your troops

[jade tulip]

I was able to get to brits by paradropping and when I do army group order for all of my army to go there and take london I eventually lose, what Im doing wrong?

[zenith nest]

was there a update? all the menus feel wierd.

[scenic nacelle]

When was the last time u played

Maybe ur using a mod?

[zenith nest]

I think it might just be one of the dlc I had was dissabled and now its on. Idk the electronics tree looks kinda empty

[toxic plaza]

byłby ktos tak miły i na głosowym pokazał mi podstawy planowania bitew? nie mam siły ani czasu tutoriali oglądać, ledwo zipię

[scenic nacelle]

It was changed a bit

Nuclear tech

And another branch I can’t remember

[south breach]

Anyone want to help me get better by cooping me preferably someone based in America for better connection

[toxic plaza]

@opaque garden

[zenith nest]

ohhhhhhh, i just realised im on a way older version of the game cause i was playing a mod a while ago that needed it and i forgot to put it back lol

the old doctrine system looks so much easier to progress :o

[hazy wyvern]

Does anyone know how to fix the mods? None of the mods from the workshop work.

[solid vale]

Can you tell me how to fix My Profile

[opaque garden]

i got a problem

i wanna control 100 percent of the world

but

i cant kick my faction members

nor can i leave the faction

so what do i do?

please help

i need this

please

anyone

@cold bloom please marijn i need this

use your wiseness

[cold bloom]

why cant you

[opaque garden]

faction manifesto shi

I tried changing the laws

no

I cant

i have 4 options

they have all caused 0 world tension

they are not wahing independent wars

and they're not democratic nor communist

i also cant leave the faction either

please marijn

help me

https://tenor.com/view/leia-youre-my-only-hope-star-wars-gif-14502241

@dusty sandal please help me

[cold bloom]

if you click the threatening one you should be able to just remove it

[opaque garden]

im on that one

i cant

on a sidenote

what the hellie

kurt tank is an airplane specialist

same with spain and finland

[civic hare]

whats the better german communist path

its hard to pick

[opaque garden]

spartacus leafue aint even a question

[civic hare]

so go for that

?

alr

[spiral delta]

does anyone know how i can improve this template or its good as it is

[loud sail]

hi there this is my current situation britain has taken france and i am germany, but i have no idea how to win this... when fighting 70 vs 2 divisions my (70) divisions still lose

[spiral delta]

no supplies plus thats not how it works 70 divisions on one tile doesnt mean all of them are fighting

[loud sail]

oh okok

supplies should be ok tho

a bit low but still there

what would you suggest i do here?

[spiral delta]

play as england and delete all their troops

[loud sail]

well thats no fun is it

[civic hare]

who is the best leader to go for?

cuz all these options are interesting

[cold bloom]

Try pausing if you havent, maybe some country is adding it back

[civic hare]

?

[opaque garden]

no I actually cant

[toxic plaza]

hello, any1 would be so nice and shows me how to prepare war plans on voice channel?

[pliant condor]

basically there are two types of units

[keen hemlock]

Add motorized or mech over some of those tanks

[pliant condor]

there are the "meat", including infantry, mot, mech, calvary...

[keen hemlock]

36 is a good combat width tho

[pliant condor]

only those units have HP

so you always need at least half of those units in your division

[keen hemlock]

He designed the fw 190

And the ta 152

[pliant condor]

with only tank you only get 40 HP meaning you would lose half of your division after one combat

[cold bloom]

Sounds like something is bugged? 😕

Checked the code and it seems right

[dusty sandal]

can't you see the bazillonn red icons everywhere ?

[rocky fable]

https://tenor.com/view/gold-scar-fortnite-og-meme-gif-16336600376003879735

[opaque garden]

rate my strat bomber design

holy shi thats expensive

[indigo kraken]

it seems like a b-2

[indigo kraken]

looking at this

[indigo kraken]

damn

[opaque garden]

luckily i have enough resources

and i could always go on closed economy

[jolly musk]

can someone teack me how to develop and effectively use planes for invasions

i wanna do a german run and i wnna make some powerful jets

[jolly musk]

0 cortisol

[opaque garden]

just dont

[jolly musk]

how about navy then

[indigo kraken]

how much divisions u have?

[jolly musk]

every time i play i get destroyed by the uk

[opaque garden]

yes "much"

[indigo kraken]

dont attack him?

kidding hehe

[indigo kraken]

idk i havent destroyed the uk never in my runs

[jolly musk]

i was already coming up with devious shit to say

[opaque garden]

just paras

[indigo kraken]

loll

[jolly musk]

idk how to para

[indigo kraken]

haha ik

[indigo kraken]

as germany u have the transporter plane for free

so make some of them

[jolly musk]

i still dont know how to do it

[indigo kraken]

then u have to make paratroopers

[jolly musk]

like bro

i have mastered the infantry side of the game

but navy and air still haunt me

[indigo kraken]

air is easy

navy ehm not that easy

[jolly musk]

teach me then

[indigo kraken]

i mean i make some fighter planes

a lot

and i send them to the region

and thats all

[jolly musk]

how do i make good templates

[indigo kraken]

of planes?

or inf?

[jolly musk]

both

[indigo kraken]

planes: i dont have the dlc

[jolly musk]

for infantry i keep the default and just add field hospital

[indigo kraken]

inf: the only thing that i know is that arty line doesnt works anymore

[indigo kraken]

yea that is good

[indigo kraken]

and u have to add some AA

support AA and AA line, at least one

[jolly musk]

mhm

[indigo kraken]

some ppl said me that

idk if that is a good template but

is good

[neat widget]

Honestly probably something like this would be best

[opaque garden]

but what about jet engines?

no jet engines?

[tiny dawn]

hi

how can i raise world tension if i am non aligned? am having trouble justifying since its only at 24

[opaque garden]

how do i use my navy?

[neat widget]

actually yeah i think so

[opaque garden]

this is the biggest dissappointment

no designer

just this before bba clicking thingy

[errant chasm]

I think BBA is on sale rn if you are interested in picking it up

Wait does the mothership not have a plane designer

[glacial steeple]

no

[jade tulip]

well how do I attack the main island now?

[errant chasm]

damn that's a bit silly imo

[dusty sandal]

first you remove the subs from the surface fleet

[errant chasm]

I would recommend disbanding the Light Cruisers for more manpower

now since I think about it the heavy crusiers and battlecrusiers also

[toxic plaza]

i am learning, +/-15 horus in game. Is it worth to play italy with non historical focuses?

[neat widget]

I don't think they've implemented MIOs for any of the special project items

(except for those in designers + armored support vehicle)

[opaque garden]

i have bba mothership doesnmt have designer

[neat widget]

big oversight

lmao i confused designer for MIO again

mothership has MIO

but no designer

super-heavy artillery has no MIO (unless you're playing GWR)

[indigo kraken]

is mobile warfare good?

[errant chasm]

I think they intended to make a armored support designer judging by the various models and the variants germany auto gets after you research them. but I assume that was scrapped

[indigo kraken]

GRWM?

oh gwr

hehe

[errant chasm]

no

[indigo kraken]

ok