ask-for-help-here

[gilded shuttle]

exploits?

[uncut narwhal]

train a lot of small units and then delete them once you converted the wished units to special forces

no idea what mod this is but in sp you mainly want soft attack and a little bit of armor

[gilded shuttle]

oh

[vocal breach]

im trying to make a division that will melt anything

Mainly tanks and armored vehicles

[uncut narwhal]

just get a lot of soft attack and just more armor than whatever that mod ai puts up

[vocal breach]

the MLRS has all the soft attack

[subtle socket]

train 200 2 width units

convert all to 50 width or biggest unit u gor them after making ur special force

[hoary glen]

I recommend this if you want to have big numbers. (I made my stuff on relative early stats, definitely can go higher)

I noticed in MD you're mainly breakthrough starved tho

[gleaming grove]

are these useful ingame, or just collectables on steam?

[hallow zealot]

does anyone know why i cant choose country when im on friends game

[viscid sundial]

Guys can u help me, I have this prblem on millenium dawn director’s cut, when I play for like too long in one game 10h+ it start to freezing everytime any country, at the end it freeze too much like I can even show u how much it freeze

[dusty sandal]

You may want to ask on their own discord tbf

[viscid sundial]

U mean the discord of the mod?

[subtle socket]

yea

[viscid sundial]

The thing is that it’s not the mod, it’s the game I have it all the time when I play too much the game it starts freezing in about 10 years of game

I just showed u on the mod but even without the mod idk if u have any tips if I can fix it

[hoary glen]

No in game use

[proven rain]

best army ofr italy

[hoary glen]

If you play in one session there might be some memory leak and you need to restart the game from time to time to fix it. Else the game is made to run about 10 Years, so you're just reaching the maximum the devs optimized the game for. For more performance you likely need much better hardware.

[hoary glen]

Check pins. In general Infantry+ Air

[proven rain]

where is it

[hoary glen]

Are you hot joining? Or is it a fresh host?

[hoary glen]

https://tenor.com/view/check-pin-discord-check-pin-gif-1835998338632614419

[proven rain]

bruh

ut where

i dont see italy best fant

[fathom thistle]

as in you are looking for templates?

[proven rain]

idk

i just want to know what should i do

like tank

or

[proven rain]

it good to

[fathom thistle]

you can do the same as germany

[proven rain]

bruh i dont know in germany

[fathom thistle]

which do you know?

or is italy your first playthrough

[proven rain]

.

this

?

[fathom thistle]

for defense sure

[proven rain]

for attack

bruh i use attack no def

[proven rain]

o

[fathom thistle]

you dont need armtracs mechanized is enough

[proven rain]

dlc?

[vocal copper]

FPS map doesnt work, help

[fathom thistle]

armtracs I think yes so just go for mechanized, if you dont have any projects except like the engneering vechicles do same support companies just the basic ones

[fathom thistle]

do console command debuf_smooth in no achievemnt game and then you can switch to your iron mode game and it still applies

[proven rain]

what tank is this

light?

[fathom thistle]

I also run memory reduc before starting hoi 4 + you can go to task manageer and chance priority to high

[fathom thistle]

spg

[vocal copper]

thx

[vocal copper]

thx

[proven rain]

spg?

for fantr

what the best

[cobalt shadow]

Why tf i can’t see Otto Strasser even with all priorities done? got all DLCs, please I beg

[fathom thistle]

self proppeled artillery, it should be in base game, you just need to change tank to artillery

[proven rain]

what are u talklnig about

bruh

how

[cobalt shadow]

you have DLC for tanks?

[proven rain]

nah

[cobalt shadow]

buy it

[proven rain]

or what the name

im not gona

n

[cobalt shadow]

« No Step Back »

[proven rain]

ion

[fathom thistle]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/394360/discussions/0/358415738198127545/?l=russian

[proven rain]

ranger better then fantr

[delicate latch]

PLS NEED HELP - I control Greece + Turkey as Italy here but I cant put my navy in the black sea?

Pls help I joined Helping Lounge 2 ❤️ <£

[neat widget]

You may want to add 1 AA under severely red circumstancew

[errant pecan]

if i declare war MEFO goes away right?

and how does the cg percentage go down afterwards?

[neat widget]

Yes

[neat widget]

Plundering occupied territories

[errant pecan]

and what if all the gold has been seized?

[neat widget]

Also if you manage to complete the autarky focus

[hoary glen]

Check the straight if you have access. The Turkish one can be quite buggy bc of the events for it. Worst case open console, type "TP" and then right click somewhere in the back sea. Type the same again to disable teleporting.

[neat widget]

If you do it hits 0 and you don't have to worry about it for the whole gamr

[obsidian badger]

“Likely to accept” “-1000”

[errant pecan]

so i js bum rush ts

[neat widget]

Do you have the resources listed?

[errant pecan]

not yet

[neat widget]

But yeah better to do it sooner than later

[errant pecan]

alr

also is neurath or the wehrmacht better

never known which to pick

[obsidian badger]

Dont create reichkommisariats before autarky

The rk resources dont count

You have to own it yourself

[errant pecan]

alrighty

[glacial steeple]

they do technically

but rks really suck regardless

also any puppet has to individually meet one or more of the requirements to succeed the autarky focus goal

but it does count if they do that

[obsidian badger]

unless you create rk moskowien with all of russia rks arent gonna have the necessary resources

[glacial steeple]

doesnt mean they dont count :p

but theyre terrible

they dont even core their own land, active downgrade from occupying yourself

theres 0 positive benefits

[obsidian badger]

@glacial steeple also is this a glitch

likely but -1000

[glacial steeple]

dont think so

but idk

[gleaming grove]

Rank 1-10 for beginner starting nation:
Argentina
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
South Africa

[obsidian badger]

would rather play luxemborg against sheeps mod germany than saudi arabia ong

[glacial steeple]

argentina and brasil are great

south africa ehhhh

its okay on hist

saudi arabia is hard

[obsidian badger]

Saudi is generic tree

[glacial steeple]

generic tree isnt bad

[obsidian badger]

Brazil does have a focus

[glacial steeple]

your borders are large, cant really do wars without going to war with uk/france

and saudi core pop is atrocious

[obsidian badger]

Where you can just ask other nations to join u

[glacial steeple]

brasil is amazing late game because it scales like crazy

[obsidian badger]

Legit the reason im trying to fiddle with brazil

[glacial steeple]

argentina is the opposite where its really really good early on but its scaling is kinda bad

[gleaming grove]

even without SA dlc?

[obsidian badger]

Im demo usa in my game and tryna see

[glacial steeple]

then its like any other generic country but with decent core pop

so not awful

[obsidian badger]

If i can make brazil core all of sa whilst being my puppet

[glacial steeple]

prob fine for learning

[marble temple]

With new update, has the Sunrise Invasion become impossible?

[bold canopy]

if i send trop into a revolution like spain, i set supplu with truck, Does it work ? or not?

[fathom thistle]

no

[sonic wraith]

Bruhh I love my luck

How to increase the chances of Portugal and England giving Macau and Hong Kong?

Then what are the chances of Sinkiang entering the Comintern?

[keen hemlock]

good relations

same ideology

spies

[cerulean sand]

Is there a way to stop UK from guaranteeing Poland?

This guarantee creates some troubles

[glacial steeple]

wdym

[fathom thistle]

attacking poland in early 37

[uncut narwhal]

the achievement?

[glacial steeple]

tension

[uncut narwhal]

go for poland early

[cerulean sand]

How to attack myself?

[glacial steeple]

there is a dumb way for it

[cerulean sand]

I am playing as Poland...

[blissful nova]

sinkaing doesnt call in comiterm i think so ur fine

[glacial steeple]

civil war

[fathom thistle]

thought u were germany xD

[cerulean sand]

I will hope UK won't try to attack my opponent

[blissful nova]

Nobody declares war on poland but germany and soviets

wdym

[cerulean sand]

I want to have no troubles conquering USSR, in case of naval invasions... Though, it is highly unlikely?

[blissful nova]

Join a faction or make one

u cant gaurentee ppl in factions

for example join allies and then dont call them in

[cerulean sand]

Btw, I love Poland being the most balanced country

[blissful nova]

also i think u have to call them in with gaurentee it doesnt auto declare

[cerulean sand]

The most balanced industry and army, the most balanced opponents

[uncut narwhal]

balanced opponents?

[cerulean sand]

I am exploring project system since i am playing first time after 2 years

[blissful nova]

exactly lol

[cerulean sand]

Yes

[fathom thistle]

guarnteerers get called in auto

[uncut narwhal]

germany, ussr, lithuania?

balanced?

[cerulean sand]

Germany and USSR are equal/weaker than Poland

[uncut narwhal]

ok bud

so they arent

thats just false

at all

at game start

[glacial steeple]

uk is weak

[uncut narwhal]

and also

at any later point

in game

poland, germany and the soviets arent equal

[cerulean sand]

What is political interference output in project?

[uncut narwhal]

bad luck ig

[glacial steeple]

theres never anyone equal in hoi4

[uncut narwhal]

truly equal no but definitely on similar levels

[cerulean sand]

Historical focus on non-historical Poland is equal to USSR by 1940

[glacial steeple]

closest you get is like rwanda and burundi for that but theres still a pop and resource difference

and leader ig

[uncut narwhal]

if its player poland against ai soviets

then somehow maybe ig

[cerulean sand]

Yeah

[uncut narwhal]

the player is better than the ai in like 99% of cases

[blissful nova]

austria hungary 💀

[cerulean sand]

Unfortunately, I am not able to play multiplayer, but I'd like to try playing Poland there

[blissful nova]

both equal

[uncut narwhal]

poland in mp against a good germany player will get absolutely crushed

[glacial steeple]

not at all

[blissful nova]

how?

[glacial steeple]

how are they even equal

[ember path]

whats better sup fir 9/1's 9/2's, 9/3's or 36 width mass mob

[sonic wraith]

In my run it does

[glacial steeple]

different generals, army, terrain, economy

[blissful nova]

Starting, by later they are different

but starting

[glacial steeple]

no

[uncut narwhal]

nah hungary is stronger

[blissful nova]

if u wanna make that case then it would be austria bro

hungary is not stronger at all they just dont get antischlussed

[hoary glen]

9/0 for defense and 18/0 for offense

[uncut narwhal]

i think austria has the worse debuffs

id say

maybe im wrong

[ember path]

why is artillery not good?

[uncut narwhal]

i dont know their stuff that good

[blissful nova]

austria can annex hungary + czech by like 37/38

[marble temple]

Yes sry. iirc that japan used to be able to go fascist and dow mexico in 36? Now it's 39 and crazy.

[blissful nova]

plus on historical path

like +50 percent militia stats

monarchist/danube vassal swarm

hungary gets like 4 uncored states yay

[uncut narwhal]

oh yea the militia thing tops hungary

[blissful nova]

greater austria: all of central europe + germany
greater hungary: 4 extra states and slovakia

[hoary glen]

3width means you need to compare 2 of them with 3 Inf. And then the damage is not that high, especially compared to gun2 and especially gun 3. Also no breakthrough, no defense, less org and HP.

[sonic wraith]

I try couples times, Soviet always get cap by Germany, and when its not sinkiang enter the comintern

[hoary glen]

Support artillery is goated. But line is kinda meh

[ember path]

so im guessing its a lot better to make inf bricks and use the extra economy for air

https://tenor.com/view/now-i-get-it-ah-i-see-who-let-him-cook-at-the-computer-gif-1267317427818386189

[ember path]

yeah I always use support arty and eng companies as well as aa

what other support companies would good for offensive inf?

[blissful nova]

Add line arty

[uncut narwhal]

do NOT add line arty

[blissful nova]

this is hoi4 number crunching, yeah its worse i guess

but

[uncut narwhal]

the other guy literally explained why not

[blissful nova]

9/1 with support company spam is all u need to win

[blissful nova]

HP! HP! He said, losing to luxemborg

[uncut narwhal]

bro its just not good

[blissful nova]

all you need is 9/1 inf realizing that is realizing the paradox

[uncut narwhal]

it works against the ai

ight

but

[blissful nova]

yea ai

[uncut narwhal]

everything works against the ai

dont mean its good

[glacial steeple]

its good before the 39 gun

[ember path]

I think as long as you arent in like a meta hist game both is fine

[uncut narwhal]

most games dont stop in 39

[glacial steeple]

well no its just bad as soon as you have a gun that works

[uncut narwhal]

so you have to get something for the future

[glacial steeple]

but with the bad trash gun you can use it ig

[uncut narwhal]

ig

[ember path]

and is mass mob not the best for infantry?

[glacial steeple]

no its bad

i mean it was good but then they changed doctrines

and now the grand doctrine is bad

[ember path]

oh

whats the new meta for inf

[austere roost]

Gbp is best for offense and sfp is best for defense now

Although the diff is negligible

[ember path]

ahh

[austere roost]

Like gbp is 100 for offense and sfp is 98

And likewise for defense

[cerulean sand]

I got 99% project completed, instead of 100%...

[hoary glen]

Medium Flame Tanks If you can get them, Field Hospitals, Logistics if you have a lot of divs per tile or low supply areas, Scout Tanks or Rangers, Super Howitzer instead of Artillery later.

[cerulean sand]

I'll have to wait extra time for that radar technology

Also, why researching radar became tens times more difficult?..

[austere roost]

Because pdx decided that you can at most realistically get 1 air breakthrough before WW2 begins

When it takes like 40 breakthroughs to research through all air special projects

[cerulean sand]

Not a long time ago only selecting radar to research in, like, start of the game was enough...

[austere roost]

Not a long time ago you could get +2 years and 300% industry research buffs from Bhutan

[cerulean sand]

Ahh

A lot changed

[glacial steeple]

can you not?

[austere roost]

Not anymore

[glacial steeple]

what happened

[austere roost]

They "fixed" it so now you need to be 2 techs down in a category to get that buff

Otherwise you get 10% research buff

[glacial steeple]

ohh so you get it from ussr player

or like idk who else techs fast

france or something

[austere roost]

Idk maybe in mp you can coordinate it

I mean stealing tech is still ok, it gives you coal and excavation and oil efficiency tech which I really need because otherwise I run out of fuel in 15 days lmao

[cerulean sand]

Uhh

I can't make 8 PC tank now...

[austere roost]

You still can, as long as you have mios

Like mystichy or Porsche or detroit

[glacial steeple]

what does this mean

[austere roost]

I think it's 8 production cost tank

[glacial steeple]

its cheaper now

[cerulean sand]

I can't make ultra cheap meta tank, it costs 10 PC for me

[glacial steeple]

its cheaper in the actual unit

[austere roost]

Use mios, use rivet, use easy maintenance if you need it

[cerulean sand]

Ahh

[glacial steeple]

because self propelled artillery!/td are both set at 40 per unit

[cerulean sand]

I forgot about easy maintenance...

[glacial steeple]

its 40% cost save for lights

[cerulean sand]

Thanks!

[glacial steeple]

0% for heavies but yk

they made amphib tanks worse :(

[upbeat silo]

Can someone give me division templates? I believe me using the default templates of the country I pick is what makes it so hard for me to win wars

[fathom thistle]

check pins in this channel, for sum of them u need to scroll down a bit

[upbeat silo]

thank you

[jovial elk]

i really need help,i try using the mod ksre and idk why but my launcher doesnt recognize it and so it doesnt show up like loaded when i launch the game

it happened since i had to uninstall steam and reinstall it

if someone knows how to fix it plz dm me,i have dms open

[fathom thistle]

launch first from steam then u can launch from launcher

[jovial elk]

the paradox launcher doesnt recognize hoi4,only when i launch it from steam

[fathom thistle]

did you log in?

in launcher

try to reistall launcher then

[jovial elk]

and also i cant update the launcher,like it shows its downloading or loading but never shows me a pop up to update it

[jovial elk]

ok

so uninstall hoi4 from steam?

[fathom thistle]

you can manually delete the launcher and then go back to steam verify file intergrity, do you know the path to launcher?

imma look for it if not

[jovial elk]

i dont know

[coarse finch]

You can also just delete it in windows settings

[fathom thistle]

or that

[jovial elk]

i used to be able to play whatever mod with only subscribing on the workshop and it loaded normally

[coarse finch]

Also verifying file integrity won't restore the launcher

Its a seperate app

[fathom thistle]

wont it install another version from steam?

[coarse finch]

But if you delete it and relaunch hoi4 it'll auto launch the installer for the launcher

[coarse finch]

Steam launches the installer for the launcher if its not installed yet

[cerulean sand]

Are there any boosts to compliance in occupied states that are possible to gain?

[fathom thistle]

yeah after he would delete the old version

[coarse finch]

But if you download hoi you don't install the launcher. Just the game and the installed for the launcher

[glacial steeple]

hiii kat

[jovial elk]

so what do i do? i uninstalled the launcher

[coarse finch]

Lowering your occupation law and there's also country specific bonusses

[coarse finch]

Hey Casey

[coarse finch]

Yep

[glacial steeple]

hru ?

[coarse finch]

Go to windows settings > apps and then look for the paradox launcher

[fathom thistle]

focus tree honestly, for example greater hungary path, bulgarian third empire path

[coarse finch]

Doing fine wbu?

[jovial elk]

yeah i already uninstalled it

[glacial steeple]

listening music

[coarse finch]

Then just launch hoi again

[jovial elk]

ok

[coarse finch]

And it'll reinstall

[cerulean sand]

I don't have that thing in focus tree

I am playing as Poland

[fathom thistle]

do you have spies?

[cerulean sand]

IK about rooting out resistance

[fathom thistle]

whats your current garrison law?

[cerulean sand]

Civilian

[fathom thistle]

if you can lower resistance with spies u can go with lwoer law

[fathom thistle]

thats like max probab;y u can gain as for compilance bonus so yeah

[gleaming grove]

how can i stop this trade of steel?

[obsidian badger]

Yeah

[obsidian badger]

Go to economic laws

And go to limited exports

[cerulean sand]

Ahh, so I won't be able to core some poor states faster...

[obsidian badger]

however for 18 steel

Its not worth 150 pp

Just buy it

[fathom thistle]

you cant core them anyway with compilance

[gleaming grove]

shouldnt it automatically balance out? cause i only got 13 Steel available for export and not 18 anymore

[fathom thistle]

either you have core or not

[cerulean sand]

I have decision to core some land after getting 80% compliance

[fathom thistle]

except like formables countries ofcourse

[obsidian badger]

If somebody buys it, yes

However, i believe even if nobody buys the steel, it just goes to the ether

[fathom thistle]

oh nice, yeah + some countires with pp decisions

love that

[gleaming grove]

i used to buy 8 steel, but cancelled because i increased my own production of steel. But the export didnt adjust

[jovial elk]

So

I had to change my gmail to a backup one

Vinculated my steam account again to the launcher

And now it shows the game on the launcher

Ill see if the mod is now loaded

It doesnt

[glacial steeple]

hope youre like basically a helper

does this image help relate stats to what it affects

[upbeat silo]

Do other mods load?

[jovial elk]

Most of them

The player led peace conferences doesnt load and the ksre mod also doesnt load

[fathom thistle]

Pretty much, only thing I would say people could confuse is that the white square affects the exp loss without hospitals

[jovial elk]

And i have them loaded on the launcher

[glacial steeple]

theyre just related stats

[fathom thistle]

yeah

[fathom thistle]

it could be pin worthy for sure

[glacial steeple]

i like the philippine scout div for an example image lowkey kinda related

it doesnt have big numbers or cost range etc

[fathom thistle]

makes sense

[jovial elk]

Bro wtf

This launcher is so shit i cant even go back to the menu without the game crashing

[neat widget]

You can't stop resource trades out of your country unless you change trade laws

which you probably don't want to do

[jovial elk]

Even the mods i have installed load properly

"jarvis,pull the trigger"

[wild rune]

what do the boxes mean

[glacial steeple]

so imagine a box

[wild rune]

crazy

[wild rune]

maybe an explanation on the colors

[neat widget]

basically they are categorized by mechanics

red is how damage is calculated

[wild rune]

ohhh

[neat widget]

blue is the interplay between armor and piercing

green is cost related

[wild rune]

I would not have recognized that icl

[neat widget]

white is related to loss mitigation

yellow is related to reinforce meming

and lavendar is terrain bonuses

[wild rune]

then hp should be white, no?

[neat widget]

honestly sort of inbetween feature tbh

the other green boxes are what 100% of HP is

[dusty sandal]

technically, HP is coming from manpower but strenght is affected by equipment and manpower

[glacial steeple]

go edit the image add some flashy text

its like at school when you have a group project smh

[wild rune]

flashy text? who do you think I am

but yeah I can do that

[glacial steeple]

i just wanted to make a somewhat helpful image

[wild rune]

you did good i am making the text for it now

[glacial steeple]

mildawn sucks

[wild rune]

nah

millennium dawn is fire

[glacial steeple]

it crashed instantly

its over

trying road

[wild rune]

lmao

rt56 is peak

[neat widget]

IRL be like

If mils cost 7000 Washington DC would be occupied by the EU right now

[keen hemlock]

random question

what does intitive do

[boreal ferry]

uh planning speed reinforce rate and i think coordination i could be wrong with the last one

[glacial steeple]

planning speed and reinforce rate afaik

reinforce rate good

[boreal ferry]

very good

[glacial steeple]

im giving up

[wild rune]

lol

[wild rune]

@glacial steeple rate the image

[wild rune]

there might be a submod for rt56 to give a translation

[keen hemlock]

it buffs them?

[wild rune]

shouldn't defense and breakthrough be white?

[wild rune]

Initiative also buffs coordination

Coordination is the stat that makes units attack one unit and make it more likely to crit

[glacial steeple]

what am i looking at

thats like stale text thats not flashy

are you expecting people to be able to read

[wild rune]

yes lol

[wild rune]

gimme a font

[glacial steeple]

its pretty good tho

[glacial steeple]

idk if i knew graphic design id have done it

i was just using mspaint

why does it have a watermark

[wild rune]

mb

[wild rune]

but should defense and break be white?

[glacial steeple]

well originally

i was just gonna do attacks and def/break

and then i remembered the bar

but theyre all directly related so it works out

[wild rune]

ill remove watermark

[glacial steeple]

im thinking

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1271659028501758012/1421115586624098487/G1uoKENW8AAyw0_.gif

[cerulean sand]

Are 100 factories as peaceful Poland by 1940 good?

[wild rune]

no

more mils

all mils

build no civs

[cerulean sand]

75 civ and 25 mil factories

[wild rune]

bad

[cerulean sand]

I am going to build nukes

As Poland

[wild rune]

yeah

but you need mils to build the strats and fighters and missiles

[wild rune]

also peaceful poland is not real btw

[cerulean sand]

Completing nuke research is much slower

[cerulean sand]

Ik, but i wasn't at war with major power at least

[wild rune]

you will be

[cerulean sand]

UK wants me to join Allies

Lol

[glacial steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/866823601080369172/1359017573928275968/stiopahasdementia.gif

[wet crater]

This

Your mil production is so low, in a wargame

You need mils

Factory conversion is likely the most productive option at that point

[wild rune]

do you want watermark or no watermark

[wet crater]

Civs to mils

[glacial steeple]

working on presentation

[wild rune]

lmao

[hoary glen]

The blue is super hard to read imo

[wild rune]

what background would you rather have

[glacial steeple]

i cant read

[wild rune]

the blue needs to correspond to the box

[glacial steeple]

optional

you can always lie

[wild rune]

no

You said "make the text flashy" and if its not going to be the font it has to be the color coding

[glacial steeple]

background does wonders

[wild rune]

no

[wild rune]

what kind of background

[glacial steeple]

ok let me think

going to mod sites for inspiration

[wild rune]

lol

[glacial steeple]

hmm

[glacial steeple]

can you send your explanation texts here so i can experiment

copy paste easier

[wild rune]

Lavender - What gives Terrain Bonuses.
Red - How damage is calculated.
Blue - Piercing and Armor(More Pierce than Armor means no penalties to your atk).
White - Loss Mitigation.
Yellow - What matters for your unit to reinforce into a battle.
Green - The cost of making this division and its strain.

[light salmon]

Can I have an in depth tutorial on the Army and how to win battles in general

[wild rune]

watch the pinned beginners and advanced guide

this channel is moreso for specialized help not learning the entire game

[feral salmon]

original larp

[glacial steeple]

@hoary glen is this better

[glacial steeple]

edited

[candid mist]

whats a good division design for attacking china as japan

[neat widget]

just use your 24-width with support artillery

China's too weak for you to need to do anything else

[candid mist]

i havent played the game in like 1 year how should i prepare myself to go to war with them?

[real warren]

Don’t over extend ur frontline

[glacial steeple]

make units to hold line

the 12 widths

make enough guns

remove the plane lines the train line

possibly tanks and trucks too but thats preference

you need gun

you want like 3 factories on arty day 1 (day 1 factories have full production efficiency when reassigned)

not if you make a new line tho

so as any nation dont make new production lines day 1

[candid mist]

when ever i played japan i used to build some suply hubs do you think I should still do that or should I be fine?

also thanks for the help

[neat widget]

yeah that would work

no need for supply hubs, china is smaller now

the one bottleneck is the yangtze between wuhan and nanjing, but you should be able to weaken the enemy sufficiently to beat them back from there

then china is over

[candid mist]

okay thanks

[lethal sandal]

My friend's mods all say that they don't have a descriptor file. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[candid mist]

are there any good navy guides or planes? I have the dlc that lets you custumazie them but i dont rlly understand how it works 100%

[wild rune]

yeah

[wild rune]

#tech-support is the place to ask

[digital peak]

question, how can you go to the commies path has uk? (playing the RoN mod)

[candid mist]

where could I find them?

[wild rune]

pins

[wild rune]

air and navy haven't changed much so guides being outdated doesn't matter

[candid mist]

alrr

also should i keep medium tanks and light tanks as japan?

[wild rune]

casey would know better than i

[candid mist]

allright thank you

[blazing jackal]

how do i fix this

game will continue and for me i can't even do anything

[wild rune]

get ethernet

don't use a vpn

[blazing jackal]

am not using a vpn and am on ethernet

we did it for like 5 games and same issue

[wild rune]

tell your friend to do the same

[blazing jackal]

ye

but it still has the same issue

[candid mist]

how should i interpret the stats for the division menue? like lets say i want a defensive division what should I look for

given my circumstance

like defending a huge border or a small border

or defending against tanks

[wet crater]

Is Sumitomo or mitsubishi the better industrial concern

Both are quite good but I cant tell if production efficency cap beats 5% factory and dock output

Mitsubishi also gives 5% faster mil construction, while sumitomo gives excavation and production research buffs

Sumitomo also gives 10% extraction gain, but also reduces political power gain

Mitsubishi also does nevermind

[slender imp]

I suck at this game how do i play son

[rustic marlin]

i just got a news thing that switzerland has joined the

like

wht

they didnt join anything

[keen hemlock]

defense, org, armor (not really needed in sp) and reinforce rate

[brazen glade]

how do u adjust the army line on a field marshals front line?

like i have 1 army spread across lots and 4 small lines

found it nevermind

[wild rune]

shift click to remove that and evenly distribute armies

[obsidian badger]

i have like

600 hrs

i still have no clue why frontlines are as ass as they are

[brazen glade]

edit mode fixed it

[obsidian badger]

i am a grand battleplan hater because i always redraw and move around frontlines and my troops never build planning bonus

lol

[brazen glade]

like i had 1 army spread across a fat line and the other 3 doing tiny it was annoying

another question

[wild rune]

shift clicking evenly distributes your armies

[brazen glade]

is it better to make the front line with just the field marshal or make each one for the army

for example

[obsidian badger]

armies definitely

[brazen glade]

the army at the danzig line draw the line to danzig so they focus on that

[obsidian badger]

you can select where each army focuses

and drawing one big group fronline

[brazen glade]

yeah okay perfect this is what i was thinking

[wild rune]

?

[obsidian badger]

can accidentally lead to yyour tank army being in attritional nowheberia and die

instead of better positions

[wild rune]

if you want to hold with inf then use one big frontline

[brazen glade]

i want to push not hold

[wild rune]

and add your pushing divs to a different field marshal

[brazen glade]

i am germany pushing poland

[wild rune]

yeah your inf still have to fill in the gaps for your tanks

[brazen glade]

i feel like its better for the army on the line of danzig to focus on danzig and not wait for the other armies

[obsidian badger]

i feel stupid that 600 hours still has desensitized me to division overspam

like i cannot deal with hundreds of hundreds of divisions

i can max deal with 3 army groups, and thats pushing it very very far

lol

[wild rune]

on your side?

[brazen glade]

can u do army front lines and a field marshal line? like i put the armies lines on the key points and the field marshal like at the other side of the country

[wild rune]

yes

moment

[summer nymph]

is it me, or is it wayyyyyy easier to defend against Germany as Poland than it is as Austria (Habsburg path)?

[brazen glade]

perfect

[summer nymph]

i can hold OK as Austria, but once Germany annexes Czech, it's over

[wild rune]

its not just you

[wild rune]

demonstrates a field marshal frontline with a general frontline appended to it @brazen glade

Where the divisions will cover the rest but that general's divisions in specific will focus on that area

[brazen glade]

perfect

i wanna take danzig first so they have no access to the water

[obsidian badger]

yes

if i play a major id rather play isolated majors like usa britain or japan so i can have clear theaters

3 army groups in one theater and my brain is frying

[bronze geyser]

hey chat, genuine question: how the f you win as germany vs netherlands? i just can't pierce through the netherlands and my border with france don't last long so they start pushing me back

[obsidian badger]

and im always haveing random subtheaters of defensive/garrison armies cause more divisions yayyyyyyyyyy

[obsidian badger]

uh

tanks....

and because youre like 50x netherlands

[bronze geyser]

so i make a only tank division let them do the first push and then let my infantry follow up?

[soft maple]

hello I am new here, this is a very loaded question but I am attempting to get the Bad Romeance achivement, I have over 600 hours in game but for some reason I cannot get this achievement. one thing or another gets me killed, like countries randomly joining the axis or allies, or on my last run I had romania, bulgaria, hungary and yugoslavia in my faction. Italy and germany declared war on me and I was pushing the frontline but then croatia formed and encircled all my divisons. any tips would be helpful, or some copium if its impossible

[obsidian badger]

thats actually pretty advanced tech so yeah you can do that, but make more than 1 tank division usually

if you want significant pushes youre gonna need like 8 tank divisions minimum per area

like western front youre gonna need around 8 at least

soviets........yeah you need more

[bronze geyser]

well yeah soviets have a huge border

and is this template good?
i've been spamming it all my runs without knowing if it's good or not

[obsidian badger]

uuuhhhh

it shouldnt crash and burn

its not optimal, but it can do infantry stuff ig

[wild rune]

don't mix motorized and inf

[obsidian badger]

make dedicated infantry and dedicated motorized

if youre germany i dont recommend maintenance companies

get support aa

[wild rune]

the whole point of motorized is to be a worse inf that is fast

[obsidian badger]

sppppeeeeeedddd

juicy overruns

who needs encirclements

[austere roost]

In 99% of the cases maintenance companies are bad

[austere roost]

Speed doesn't matter in hoi4 because there's this thing called supply that will slow down your fastest units

[obsidian badger]

1. dont push supplyless areas.
2. logistics companies
3. i always get logistics wizard trait to get supply out of my divisions ass

[austere roost]

None of it changes the fact that it takes 7 days to fix rail tracks

[obsidian badger]

eh

with enough doctrines i manage

soviets melt eitherway

and i play with ai buff mods like better ai

[bronze geyser]

ok ok
so instead of motirzed i just go tanks then?

[austere roost]

Yes

Use mechs and if you don't have mechs use inf

[bronze geyser]

ok i see
and in my support slots what do i take?

[austere roost]

Engineer and flame tanks are mandatory

[obsidian badger]

engineer/armored engineer
logistics company
support art/aa/anti tank if you dont have a respetive spg for them

or line art/aa/at

[bronze geyser]

spg?

[obsidian badger]

self propelled gun

[bronze geyser]

special program?

oh nvm xdd

[obsidian badger]

basically tank but it pretends to be artillery

and does artillery stuff but also gives armor and hardness buffs

same thing with spaa and sptd

self propelled anti air and tank destroyer

though debatibly anti tank is not needed

in most singleplayer

[bronze geyser]

ok, and for the artillery and antis, what's the difference by taking them as support and as combat?

[obsidian badger]

support is cheaper and causes less debuffs, but also gives less buffs.

people will fight ferociously over support over line arty

overall

get support arty whenever

but if you can replace with line arty to free up a support slot

if you can afford it

you can get both

at an org loss

[bronze geyser]

biiig
ty ty

i think with all this i'll manage it

[visual yacht]

Isnt it soft attack loss too at a certain gun tech?

Line arty uses 50% more width but doesnt come with 50% more stats right?

[obsidian badger]

geh

artilery is king

idc

i will use artillery religously

[visual yacht]

You do you king

[obsidian badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRGgl9KT9rE

[balmy dawn]

Do Repair Ships need to be Trained? Does that affect them, at all?

[candid mist]

is it possible to create a front line here

[late lodge]

Where

You can usually create a frontline anywhere

[candid mist]

like 1 big frontline between mengijang and china

or do i have to make 2

[late lodge]

You mean one for Shanxi and one for Nationalist China versus one for each

[candid mist]

yeah im japan rn and i want to prepare my frontline for the war

[late lodge]

Ok so it is sometimes possible to create one frontline for multiple countries but for that to work they have to be in a faction together and I believe you might have to be at war with them. If I were you, I’d make 2 front lines and merge them once the war starts.

Or keep them separate since little fighting usually happens in the north during the War of Resistance

[candid mist]

alr thx

[late lodge]

Np

[mint fjord]

Yall i am new , I finished the war how do i do the terms i dont understand it can someone help me?

[obsidian badger]

i am usa minmaxxing if i puppet brazil it will turn democratic and be able to do united states of brazil

however

how likely is it going to do integrate faction member decisions

i want one huge puppet to draw stuff from

instead of 50

[light sail]

hello guys

im a newbie and i use command console

anybody knows how to recruit division within instant?

[grand iris]

i dont think there is a way to that. There should be commands to add equipment and manpower tho

[light sail]

what is command power

[versed rose]

the red telephone resource

[cosmic vine]

how does one land troops onto a place they are waging war at ?

[lucid torrent]

Where is the rest of my manpower?

[sinful sierra]

I turn on the mod, and the game reverts to the original version, how can I solve it?

[glacial steeple]

there is

it/instant_training

[glacial steeple]

hii hornet

[hoary glen]

You could make it a lighter blue. Cyan for example. Just something that is a higher brightness contrast to black

[glacial steeple]

i fixed it for you,,,,

[royal juniper]

whats better for garrisons Cavalryor infantry troops?

[dusty sandal]

For occupied territories (no divs fielded) cav

[river narwhal]

fwioqbgioaVOGBLWG

so after like 700-1000 hours in hoi4 and never playing germany, what the heck are the mefo bills?

[scenic nacelle]

It’s German’s method of paying for everything

They take over other countrie’s gold to pay their debt

By well, invading/capitulating them

And it goes up monthly I believe

By 1-2%?

[river narwhal]

so when i play germany, do i try to get rid of the mefo bills or go for more?

or when do i stop

[scenic nacelle]

MEFO overall is way better for players

But most people don’t know how to do the autarky focus

[inner sparrow]

if you don’t know how mefo works just go recovering path

[scenic nacelle]

So this is ok for new people 😭

Casey just gives me really kind words if I say to do it

[inner sparrow]

peg is in theory better than mefo if you arent taking over the entire world

if u play a competitive mp game as example with vanilla or vanilla like mods, peg would be better

[river narwhal]

i play with no mods, 99% on non-historical

singleplayer

[inner sparrow]

both paths are fine, just go what is more fun for u

it’s singleplayer and against ai, it won’t matter what path u choose

[hoary glen]

You just need colors of a high contrast to the background. Now green is becoming more difficult to read. Try to lower the brightness of your monitor and you'll see. You could also make normal text and put a same color box or background around it.

But this is just me and I'm using a phone rn. It can be better readable for others.

[thorny atlas]

Hi, Iam looking for tipps for SP on how to quickly capitulate China as Japan, I know about naval invasions and cutting of supply but I always end up getting stuck for years when reaching that last patch of china in the mountains, also encircling them at the beginning isn’t that easy somehow.

I normally make an army of my puppets troops and have them hold the northern warlords border whilst focusing all my main army at chinas border.

[hoary glen]

Get around 60 Divs of just 6 Inf +support artillery or 5 Inf /1 line Arty. And get like 9 Divs of 6 Marines or whatever the invasion limit is and 10 Divs with just one Inf in. Then you put the 10 small ones in the north of Manchuria, take around 20 normal Divs around Bejing to attack.

Then you invade Quingdao with the Marines and try to push to Jinan. Send in 20 Divs there and then remove the Marines. Then go for Shanghai do the same. Then lastly you invade Guangzhou and Nannning and try to snake your Marines north as the rest of the Chinese army should be busy.

But you can also just do a Battleplan southwards. It's important to get enough material out and send troops to scw to get XP. Try to attack early around beginning of 37 and do three Collabs.

Also never attack into Shanxi Mountains. Just first go south and then cross the river at Hainan to move west.

In the end you can out produce China and just grind them down

You can also work with just invading every port north to south one by one and just always push as far inland as possible.

[thorny atlas]

That sounds reasonable, I figured that I need to pin them and overwhelm them with new fronts since they have basically no industry an an super ass army, I also need to stay on the initiative

[thorny atlas]

Yes, also thought of that but I need to reinforce fast enough so they don’t get cut of

[hoary glen]

It's also that the AI puts 80% of their troops on the Frontline, so if you open up a new one it takes the AI a lot of time to reposition and you can grab a lot of land

[thorny atlas]

Also something Iam struggling with is allocating material to train new troops or prioritize reinforcement

[hoary glen]

Almost all your starting mils should be on guns and artillery, just 3 on support, one truck and one train is enough else.

Also if you struggle with China a lot build mils day 1

[thorny atlas]

Importing oil and iron biting me

[hoary glen]

Also don't give any troops exempt your Marines engineers.

[thorny atlas]

I need to constant throw more civs into America

[hoary glen]

You shouldn't be importing anything

Also don't trade USA 😆

[thorny atlas]

Alright, I’ll focus on mills than

[hoary glen]

You want to fight them, no?

[thorny atlas]

Yeah, I know Iam giving them free industry by that

[hoary glen]

For what do you import?

[thorny atlas]

Iron and oil

[hoary glen]

But why do you need it?

[thorny atlas]

Because having empty fuel gives massive penalty’s and no Iron penalizes production of basically everything

Maybe I should scrap the ships I’m building

[dusty sandal]

do you have La Resistance DLC ?

[thorny atlas]

Yes

[dusty sandal]

then work on a collab governement on china asap

you should have 2 and maybe a third coming by mid 1937

[thorny atlas]

Doesn’t the focus tree give one?

[dusty sandal]

don't forget to swap ideologies before you cap china though, or the compliance will reset

[dusty sandal]

dunno

[thorny atlas]

I always heard about it but I never used that mechanic

[dusty sandal]

but having 2 means you can cap them with the coast and chongking
3 means you cap them with only the coast and wuhan

[hoary glen]

Why is your fuel empty? Don't train your Air and only train your DDs. You should have enough fuel for a year or smth like that.

[dusty sandal]

in the peace conference, remember to annex the warlords first, then pass a turn before annexing china to get compliance from collab everywhere

[hoary glen]

Also just ignore the penalty for your ships. It is what it is, but ships don't win the China war

[thorny atlas]

I’ll remember to do that

[thorny atlas]

Damn!! So I don’t even need all their territory to reach their cap limit?

[hoary glen]

15% less

[thorny atlas]

I’ll try setting an collab government when I get on

[light knoll]

i don't think the small divisions are useful in vanilla sp
you just hold the north with the puppet troops, better

[glacial steeple]

i dont think its very readable but now theres more images and arrows

[proper crescent]

Is there any way that I can max out the production of tanks?

[glacial steeple]

wdym

[proper crescent]

Is there an way that I can get much more tanks?

[glacial steeple]

make them cheaper

[bitter mulch]

if i leave my game running after 1959 does the ai still go to war? i haven’t seen any changes since 1959 and it’s 1964

[fossil thorn]

Ww2 is over? Who won?

[bitter mulch]

axis and fascist germany

britain*

[fossil thorn]

Then probably no more wars. (Unless historical AI is closed)

[bitter mulch]

damn

idk what you mean by closed but i’m on non historicL

[fossil thorn]

Then everything can happen. This is AI after all.

I would switch to another game at that point tho

[bitter mulch]

i see

thank you

i’ll probably leave it until like 1975 then if nothing changes i’ll leave

[glacial steeple]

unlikely

most vanilla wars are only through focuses

theres an old, ancient mod that still works that makes ai justify manually though

which you can use

its called chaos ai and its like 500kb or something

last updated 1.5.4

in like 2017 or 2018

[fossil thorn]

I saw japan justifying on chinese war lords manually many times

Also Italy justifying on Switzerland and etc

[languid trout]

normal

they are programmed to do that

[fossil thorn]

It's a bit weird to see japan justify on 10 warlord states one by one isn't it?

[tiny dawn]

i defeated poland now i have a question

here, how should i set up my divisions typically?

would it be guderain or whoever im using for armor at netherlands, then the rest sort of holding the original line?

i upgraded rommel to a field marshal by mistake 😢

[fossil thorn]

You may wanna invade france and Benelux countries so there

[tiny dawn]

yes but like

the front line cannot span all of them, if that makes sense

[languid trout]

they are programmed to fully kill china

no matter what u do

[fossil thorn]

Yeah that's plausible

[fossil thorn]

Yes, you gotta declare war on all of them for the frontlines to cover them all

[tiny dawn]

yeah then they get 40 million manpower

so i gotta micro manage that kinda

since for example bvelgium and luxemborg only have 4 provinces

[fossil thorn]

For now, you can just create a fallback line in the borders and declare war

[analog sparrow]

how to win a war succesfully

[wintry crest]

umm you cap them

there is a surrender limit

if you complete that and the game hour hits 00 00

you cap them

[analog sparrow]

i wanted to play kaiserreich (not mod)

[wintry crest]

i can show you that rq if ur free

[analog sparrow]

ifree

but i no voice chat

[tiny dawn]

dude like look

Its always some shit like this

[wintry crest]

i am at helping louge

[tiny dawn]

how tf do they have so many troops

i got stuck at their forts

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/midnightgif300-gif-8301499228231208748

@glacial steeple this u

[analog sparrow]

i need fast answer

i can lose

[wintry crest]

i dont understand what u mean

can you use deepl translation

[analog sparrow]

idk

my play time is limited

[glacial steeple]

hi clown

[wintry crest]

i understand that

[inner sparrow]

hey

[glacial steeple]

i worked on a helpful image for new players yesterday, thoughts?

[tiny dawn]

why would u do it in ur language

for help

[fossil thorn]

What's wrong?

[tiny dawn]

everything

i cant get through

[glacial steeple]

not everyone speaks english

[tiny dawn]

yes exactly

more people speak english than spanish

or do they...

[glacial steeple]

its portuguese

[tiny dawn]

tomato tomato

[inner sparrow]

custo estimado de produção sounds like aura

[tiny dawn]

cao like in italian?

[inner sparrow]

newbies still wont get it

and ppl with 1k hours wont get it aswell

[glacial steeple]

ill give you freedom to edit it further if you want

[inner sparrow]

me when I open hoi4 reddit and see ppl talk about breakthrough

[fossil thorn]

Why did Netherlands even build forts man? They dont usually do that

[inner sparrow]

https://klipy.com/gifs/cats-urik3852-2

[tiny dawn]

they do im pretty sure

my question is why there are like 40 divisions

i have never seen them fortify so much

i mean the east indies maybe but regardless

[glacial steeple]

i will work on educational resources when i have time and motivation

primarily the latter

[wintry crest]

caseyy can u check tech support

[glacial steeple]

its gonna be like school classes on hoj4

no

[wintry crest]

-_-

[inner sparrow]

evil

[fossil thorn]

What mods you use?

[tiny dawn]

i dont use mods

[fossil thorn]

Then it's not normal

Oh

Wait

What year is it?

[tiny dawn]

1940

[inner sparrow]

its fine dw ik u don’t know it yourself yet aswell, me the holy and all knowing hoi4 player will gladly bless u with my knowledge aswell little chudling

[tiny dawn]

id eclared war a little late, like 2 months than normal

[inner sparrow]

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

[tiny dawn]

in may i think

[glacial steeple]

thank you number #3 hoi4 player

[fossil thorn]

Netherlands never get that strong in 1940

[glacial steeple]

1- nono
2- jondonbongonton
3- clown
4- everyone else

[fossil thorn]

Or build forts

[inner sparrow]

only number 3 is cruel

[glacial steeple]

official rankings btw

[tiny dawn]

WHAT IS THIS

HOW DO THEY HAVE SO MANY TROOPS

[inner sparrow]

list of doom and despair

[tiny dawn]

80 divisions!!

What netherlands am i facing

[fossil thorn]

It's weird

[tiny dawn]

Im gonna pull back to my cores

and encircle them

Bc aint shit i can do

[glacial steeple]

is there someone youd rate higher :P

[fossil thorn]

Yeah you can do that

[inner sparrow]

that sounds more like the list of biggest 3 hoi terrorists

[wintry crest]

is there a way i can apply to moderation i want to reply theese question all day long

[inner sparrow]

Me number 1 of course, 2nd place is petruu.7, closely followed by frisk or shinzou

trust

totally real list, approved by clown

[fossil thorn]

Btw when you're invading the Benelux countries, you should do micro, be really fast so that the french or British soldiers can't arrive

[tiny dawn]

yeah i know that i think

like i understand the micro is =important

my idea was to make sure they dont reinforce or entrench

and invade when i have supply and is not winter

but somehow they had 8 divisions and forts

[glacial steeple]

uhh when applications open, you can always apply for helper, but youre also just free to help anyone anytime

[glacial steeple]

its a tool

its not important but its a tool

[tiny dawn]

an incredibly important one

[wintry crest]

i will be here then

[tiny dawn]

it is very important

[glacial steeple]

it can elevate a bad build to work

[tiny dawn]

i genuinely think it can make you go from 0 success to 100 success

[glacial steeple]

no you can just battleplan build

32w inf constantly researching gun

but micro can help

[fossil thorn]

32w inf?

[glacial steeple]

like

with shovels and stuff

[tiny dawn]

Bro theres 100s of them

[fossil thorn]

Shovels

[inner sparrow]

36 > 32 any day

[fossil thorn]

Guess you meant engineers?

[glacial steeple]

expensive support company

[inner sparrow]

embrace 36

[glacial steeple]

you dont battleplan mountains like me

or jungle

or marshes

[inner sparrow]

I do, my stockpile is big enough

ill win

its ai anyways so like

just battleplan

[glacial steeple]

1v1 colombia vs brasil when

no taking other nations

[inner sparrow]

nah unfair, id destroy you

200 apm on my 3 divisions

[swift fiber]

How was I able to capture French shirts in 1943 and what does it mean by them being inter war planes?

[glacial steeple]

90% of my playtime is fighting in jungles

(slight exaggeration)

[inner sparrow]

japan aaaa gameplay

[swift fiber]

Why does France have jets in 1943 and why are they under inter war medium air frame?

[fossil thorn]

You capped France?

[inner sparrow]

thoughts on the best raj player

[glacial steeple]

powerful

didnt have enough intel divs

[inner sparrow]

real

[glacial steeple]

clown

idk if rb bans this

but intel divs are allowed yes

[inner sparrow]

yes

[glacial steeple]

they can paradrop like paratroopers

is that allowed

[hoary glen]

Welcome to Brazil a a moment

[inner sparrow]

para dropping in general is banned

pretty sure

[glacial steeple]

WHAT

id rulebreak

[inner sparrow]

based

[hoary glen]

I was there. It was funny to watch. About 20 sec before that I told him he didn't garrison some ports

[inner sparrow]

lmao yeah

[swift fiber]

Yeah, and it says I can spawn some of their aircraft, but they have jet planes in 1943

[proven rain]

why i lossing

[inner sparrow]

we won anyways I think

[analog sparrow]

i decided to play france

[inner sparrow]

pretty sure I was france that game

[glacial steeple]

your france < ai germany btw

[inner sparrow]

truth nuke

[hoary glen]

Attacking while defending, over stacking and probably bad templates with no Air support

[proven rain]

i dont defending

[hoary glen]

Red 16

Also click into a battle. Show that screen pls

Like click on the bubble

[proven rain]

how to do to attack

bruh

why they defend

[fossil thorn]

Can i check your division template?

[hoary glen]

Hover your mouse over the attack value of one of your Divs please