ask-for-help-here

[keen agate]

ah thanks, yeh thats what i was planning

[autumn mural]

cavalry wrks?

[keen agate]

pump out bunch of aircraft and some shitty infantry

[keen hemlock]

just take an air advisor early

[keen agate]

ye

[keen hemlock]

germ and italy will lend lease you

also with all the oil from romania

actually is prolly better to have romania do it

[keen agate]

ye, i was testing it out in sp and oil was the only big hurdle

[keen hemlock]

yeah

but bascially

just listen to germany

[autumn mural]

Can I use cavalry instead of motorizd?

[keen agate]

nah dont combine calvalry with tanks in a division i think

[keen hemlock]

yeah

but cav are like

the worst option

[keen agate]

will do, thanks for the advice

[autumn mural]

k ill leave just the tanks for now, n try to research motorized when I can

thx

[unkempt prawn]

Who can help me get started on HOI4 lol

[left mica]

motorised is better than motorised

and mechanised/amtracs are better than both

[autumn mural]

YT, AI, God?

[left mica]

motorised is trash

hover over the battalion icon and read the tooltip

mot gets terrible terrain bonuses

[unkempt prawn]

heres the thing, I had this game 3 different times im feeling special to go for a fourth run

YT hasent helped

now AI i havent tried

God

Idk what that means other than the IRL god

[keen agate]

its the best option before mechaized right? or is cav better

[left mica]

cav is better

[keen agate]

ah right

[autumn mural]

I lit mean that, the game is too complicatd. I barely got the hang of it

[unkempt prawn]

So wait whats god?

like

ur invicible?

[autumn mural]

God, like the christian god? the only that knows all and nothin is impossible to him?

[keen agate]

i meant when creating a tank division btw, is cav still better?

[left mica]

yup

[keen agate]

i usually do like 12/8 tank/mech

[left mica]

but you want to get mech as soon as you can

[keen agate]

ah right

ye

[left mica]

do uh

10 tanks 8 mech

[keen agate]

what about armoured cars, ive heard bad things

[left mica]

36cw

they're bad

just use tanks

[keen agate]

yep

cheers!

[smoky harness]

Whats the best starter nation?

[keen hemlock]

id try canada, you have nothing to worry about

[smoky harness]

Isnt canada dlc?

[keen hemlock]

no

[smoky harness]

i thought hoi4 was europe only

i just got the game

[sand ember]

no it's the entire world

boot up the game

well you don't get all the focus trees for free

[iron veldt]

how do you see your plane lost

& enemies

[celest vale]

you can even change some country dont have in newgame tree just only need use some command console

[smoky harness]

these tutorials are very unclear

i dont see frontline option

to show my army where to attack

[celest vale]

open this, you can check how many men lost

[iron veldt]

what

oh no

i meant enemy planes

[celest vale]

you cant the only we know is when your battle area have green zone

that mean all enemy planes is done

[iron veldt]

nvm i found it

[celest vale]

read all of that and you will see frontline

[topaz locust]

hello

[errant chasm]

hello

[topaz locust]

i have a problem where when i connect it says connection timed out

[errant chasm]

Ask tech support. Unfortunately I can't really help you with that

[native gorge]

Guys what the hell are countermeasures

How do I make it disappear

[topaz locust]

okayy thanki youu

[smoky harness]

my armies have 12% attrition and arent doing the offensive order

how to fix

[keen hemlock]

they might be low on org

and supplies

[proper sky]

show ur supply network

[smoky harness]

whats that

srry i just started lol

[proper sky]

oh boy

thats why

[smoky harness]

im in italy and trying to finish off ethiopia

[proper sky]

okay so in build

bruh

[smoky harness]

in build what

[proper sky]

in ethiopia you dont need grand battleplan

or offencive line

just command the divs yourself

[smoky harness]

wdym command them myself

i set offensive line and set it to agressive execution

they arent rlly attacking though because of attrition

[proper sky]

brother

do it yourself

its ethiopia

command your divs instead of offencive lining

[odd canopy]

Does anybody know what I should do in this situation? (I'm the ROC by the way), like, is there any way to exploit this situation? Or do I just have to let the land fall again?

[odd canopy]

There's still a decently powerful allied millitrary on the frontline.

And by decently, I mean like..... My army but twice as good.

[smoky harness]

what do you mean command them

[proper sky]

move the divs yourself?

[proper sky]

first mistake was playing ROC

[deep pagoda]

can a facist country join a faction started by a democratic country in multiplayer?

[proper sky]

yes

if both are player driven

[keen hemlock]

if the faction rules and the player alow it, yes

actually i dont know if faction rules can be bypassed by players

[gloomy vector]

anyone got a day 1 patrol setup for stab as soviets

im struggling with getting max stab boost because of lack of ships combined with lots of sea zones

[hard hollow]

anyone wan play

[odd canopy]

Well, I don't wnat to play the game "Optiomally", I could only choose the strongest nations, use space marines, etc.. But that ruins the game, why limit the amount of nations that you can play? I hear this a lot, like the Republican spain is the "Wrong" Spain for example, even though it's not, it's just not technically optiomal.

[proper sky]

roc aint even fun

[odd canopy]

Why not?

[proper sky]

just a slog with no supply

[odd canopy]

Yeah, but that's what makes it fun every once in a while.

[proper sky]

just do CPC

[odd canopy]

Because it gives you a break from all of the tank encirclements, aircraft production, etc...

Just go back to the bare basics, nothing but infantry, and fight to the death with Japan, simple, and that's fun every once in a while.

[odd canopy]

I do sometimes.

[proper sky]

..untill you realize you have push through shangxi to get to the PRC and then spend a long time trying to beat well entrenched juantuan units

[odd canopy]

Well I.... Already did.

Hints what created the border gore.

[native gorge]

Guys what the hell are countermeasures

[proper sky]

it shouldnt look like that regardless

[odd canopy]

Correct, buuuuuuuuut...

Somehow, some way, my faction went into a war with the allies while fighting Japan, and then when the Chinese Civilwar Happened, they joined the allies.

Leading to that mess.

[proper sky]

what the hell?

[odd canopy]

Historical too.

I saw that Sinkang looked weird, and so I took a deeper look into it, and then I realized that the British Raj was invading them... I then checked their diplomacy status, and yep... They were at war with the allies.

And drug my entire faction into the war as well, as I was still fighting the Japense to the east.

[proper sky]

might be a sinkang or raj focus

[odd canopy]

I don't know their focuses, but either way, that's the situation, and I'm not doing that bad (I mean, I got pushed back all the way up to my capital, but, considering the fact that only 1 out of every 5 of my soldiers has a gun, I'd say that I'm doing pretty well 😭)

But uhh, what should I do here?

Is there a way to capitalize on this situation? Or no?

Because this doesn't happen to me that often.

[proper sky]

i dont think so lol

[odd canopy]

Aw man :c

[grizzled surge]

What to do when you’re losing air war?

[odd canopy]

Stop making planes and go for support anti aircraft in your standard infantry divison / stockpile them instead of using them until you have a good amounto f them again.

Either one works.

[grizzled surge]

Should I build the spaa division

[odd canopy]

No.

Just support anti aircraft companies will be enough.

SPAA divisions will be useful if your opponent has a 100 thousand to 1 plane advantage against you, but support anti aircraft will be more than enough.

But It'll just take a while to see the enemies loss of airplanes due to them.

[odd canopy]

Or..

You could also, instead of using your airforce broadly, you could use your entire airforce in 1 region, giving you "Regional airiel superiority", in which you're still losing the air war, but you have just enough airplanes that you can get air superiority in any region that you want.

A concentrated airforce should be more than enough to give you air superiority when you need it the most.

[austere roost]

No if you want high speed line aa use motor aa since they have higher aa

[austere roost]

First of all what is your air design and doctrines and air spirits. Are you using the air design in pin?

[native gorge]

So like, can you make Modern SP Arty?

[thin nebula]

Yeah but it ends up having the same attack stats as mediums with an added chromium cost

[errant chasm]

you could put a heavy howi on the modern tank but yeah its kind of pointless as you can make mediums.

[native gorge]

So just keep it as an Advanced Medium and just make a normal Modern Tank

?

[errant chasm]

nah just use medium tanks/spgs

[austere roost]

Just don't build moderns they are the worst

[errant chasm]

that is all

[austere roost]

And you don't need tanks if you're doing spgs

[errant chasm]

how should moderns or actually the later chasis be buffed? I think later chassis should be able to have more slots?

[austere roost]

No

The problem is you lose efficiency

Make it so you lose less efficiency

[errant chasm]

that too

[austere roost]

And moderns have 3x chassis cost and zero second turrets and require you land xp to change divisions composition so you might as well redesign it to make it usable

Also since chassis improvements don't improve stats that matter, there's no point in making new designs. 1938 chassis is good enough

[odd canopy]

Light Tanks.

[austere roost]

Light tanks are good wdym

They can be recon tanks and light SPGs are Lifesavers for minors

[odd canopy]

Errrrrrrrm.

As minors and secondary fronts yeah.

[austere roost]

Moderns have been memes since day one of existence

[odd canopy]

But there could defidently be worse options out there for the main frontline at that point besides their use for support companies and SPG's.

[odd canopy]

Hmm..

[austere roost]

Modern chassis belongs to that tier with armor cars

[austere roost]

So light chassis has a lot of usage unlike moderns which have 0 usage

[neat widget]

True

Most people don't quite realize that though

[austere roost]

Most people refuse to read or even just try out what they're typing which is a bigger problem

[errant chasm]

Wait really I remembered back in 1.16 I was told in Sumzer0 discord that light tank recon is unnecessary

[odd canopy]

I mean, most tank upgrades in general aren't really that needed in singleplayer anyways, I bet you that my 2 combat width reserve infantry divsision with a singular gun in it can beat an AI's tank division template with how bad that they are (And their tank designs).

[odd canopy]

Makes sense.

[native gorge]

I got another question

[native gorge]

How tf do I make countermeasures disappear

[errant chasm]

What made light tank recon good in 1.17?

[austere roost]

Also don't forget, since you need to train for tank mastery now you need to get tanks asap

[odd canopy]

But I meant like as an actual divsion on the frontlines in lets say against the Soviets, I mean, in singleplayer, there isn't any bad options, just as long as it can do soft attack.

[austere roost]

Subdoctrines, for example light tank recon gives +10% soft attack to spgs in the SPG subdoctrine

[errant chasm]

Thanks

Anyways there was someone who asked a question about Qing china in the main channel

[austere roost]

With light tank recons you can get 1000+ soft attack with your SPG divisions even with the cheapest SPG design ( lvl1 howitzer with no second weapons)

[austere roost]

Also for training tank mastery if you don't want to use pseudo division glitch

[visual yacht]

is this just a bug

[austere roost]

You get the cheapest possible light tank and train 2w info divisions with these light tank recons and can get 200-300 tank mastery before war

[visual yacht]

negative convoys

[native gorge]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION

THIS IS LIKE THE 4TH TIME I'VE ASKED THIS

[visual yacht]

nvm restarting the save fixed it

[austere roost]

Wdym countermeasures

[errant chasm]

<@&916727971820240976> what is a countermeasure?

Help this guy before he crashes out lmao

[errant chasm]

Anyways it's getting late for me. I have did Barb as germany with all the dlcs trying out the forest rangers. Good night bmh

[austere roost]

Yeah gn

[thin nebula]

Dont make a modern tank at all imo

[keen hemlock]

medium, moderns dont get doctrine buffs

[thin nebula]

Cant put secondary guns on it which make up the difference of soft attack

[errant chasm]

Fair

[thin nebula]

They're also way more expensive

<@&846894118219022336> got another one

[serene karma]

Whats a countermeasure

[left glacier]

They probably mean countermeasures as in the raid system

[native gorge]

That

Yes

[left glacier]

So air superiority, state AA

[errant chasm]

Just spam more fighters for air supremacy

There's answer

[versed rose]

Paradox really needs to go and let Modern tanks have secondary turrets, its the least effort required to fixing them from being objectively worse than an inter-war heavy tank.

[left glacier]

Pretty much air supremacy. If you want to go the extra mile to use strategic bombing, prioritize targetting State AA

[austere roost]

PDX needs to fix at least 5 more things of modern tanks to make it viable

[warped osprey]

lf for sb to guide me through fascist britain game

[serene karma]

What are u struggling with

[warped osprey]

Basically im endgame 1943 fighting against soviets

Maybe ya can help

?

[austere roost]

Ai ussr is a cakewalk as long as you have good supply and cas

[warped osprey]

Ya dont understand

[warped osprey]

Can I share my screen in ur dms

Youll see

What im struggling with

[austere roost]

No just post here

[warped osprey]

Alr

Imma photo rn

Its very bad

[warped osprey]

Here

It looks badly tho

If you can help me with this....

[warped osprey]

Heres my problem

Some info abt the war

@austere roost is THIS winnable?

Or should I delete rhis walkthrough

[austere roost]

How tf 0% ws

Also there is a screenshot button

[warped osprey]

Ye ik

Its easier to photograph with phone

[warped osprey]

I noticed too late that my convoys were raided

😭

[austere roost]

And the photo sucks because you lose information

And honestly you have 10 things to do based on your notifications

[austere roost]

That is a serious problem if uk gets convoy raided by ai Soviet navy

[vapid star]

so the tutorial doesn't rlly help could someone like dm me a vid how to play

[warped osprey]

Idk how to win this

[austere roost]

If you don't fix your basic notifications then idk what else could be done

[warped osprey]

I genuinely dont know

[austere roost]

Bittersteel's Germany guide

[austere roost]

You don't know how to research tech? Get doctrine? Improve mio?

[warped osprey]

Uh I do

But idk what to research

I researched a ton already

Thats why I need someone when im sharing my wlakthrohgh screen so they can advise me

On what to dk

This looks impossible to win

[austere roost]

What have you researched? Also plz use in game screenshot button or else you're losing information

But maybe first of all you should try to follow bittersteel's Germany guide

[warped osprey]

How do I use the game screenshot

[visual yacht]

why did i not get 100% compliance in the UK after the peace deal, theyre still in a war if that matters

[warped osprey]

[austere roost]

Google is your friend. It's a steam function

[warped osprey]

my indeustry

[austere roost]

It's 1944 and your industry is 1937? How long have you not been researching?

[serene karma]

💀

Send me the save

Ill see what happens

But looks very winnable

[warped osprey]

i researchedmilitary

reached modern tank

[austere roost]

Well we just had a lot of discussion about why modern tank is the worst tech in the game so you should read that

But yeah you should first try to follow bittersteel's Germany guide

Before you branch off to do something else

[warped osprey]

tanks

yeh

im definetly cooked

[austere roost]

That's still not a lot of tech

It's not cooked. Ai ussr is very weak. You just need to know what to do in the game.

[warped osprey]

equipment

alr

ill try steels germ guide

even though its long

[austere roost]

It's very short compared to playing the game for 15 hours just to learn something that's in the first 15 mins of a video guide

[serene karma]

Tbh its not bad for how far he got

[serene karma]

Send save tho

[warped osprey]

can ya send me the video link

[warped osprey]

how to do that

[austere roost]

It's on youtube

Just search bittersteel Germany guide

[warped osprey]

i cant find i tho

[austere roost]

Send screenshot of what you see when you search for bittersteel Germany guide in yourube

[warped osprey]

i remember i saw 2026 guide but its not here anymore

heres

i js wanted 2026 guide

but these guides idk if theyre still valid

[austere roost]

That's strange

You can just add 2026 to search queue

But let me send the link

https://youtu.be/UadQ3euApmM?si=8vdM3INukQc1dVYZ

[warped osprey]

what the

f

[austere roost]

💀

Can you refresh

[warped osprey]

same thing

i wonder wth is this

[austere roost]

Uh maybe try any of the guides from 2025

[warped osprey]

Its available only on my phone

What the

....?

[austere roost]

Ok this is so weird

Well congrats you can watch the video still

[brazen panther]

yo, is my basic CAS design good for the USSR? (i didnt research survivability studies)

[austere roost]

Tbh 2 extra fuel tanks would be better, and then once you get 1940 frame and lvl3 engine you can further upgrade design

But it's not bad

[brazen panther]

thanks. also, does air defense matter for non-fighters?

[austere roost]

As long as you can get green air then no

[brazen panther]

kk

ty

[austere roost]

Agility does help against static aa and naval aa

[primal silo]

depends, if you want to put your CAS up immediately yes, if you wait until your enemy has no fighters left no (well, still yes because of AA, but less )

[slate nimbus]

so if im planning to battle on a pretty underdeveloped region that is also not part of my country or owned territories, how much time should i anticipate for building supplies in those areas?

[rustic gale]

why can i not send my submarines on convoy raiding? why is it not accessible??

[white karma]

which agency upgrades should i get first??

[sand ember]

depends on what you're using your agency for

if you're putting spies in other countries get the cyanide pills one

reduces capture chance

[iron veldt]

you don’t need 2 extra range

[brazen panther]

bmh just told me to add those

what do i do then

[iron veldt]

i mean you can do either or

i don’t see why you need 2

[austere roost]

because cas needs range

[brazen panther]

yo how do i even invade the UK in aggressive soviet game?

i dont even have anything to scare them off cuz i well know i cant actually fight the royal navy

[barren egret]

how do i win spanish civil war as carlist spain?

[gilded herald]

Your going to need to beat them in the air if you don’t have navy

Or get a navy

[gilded herald]

Support the national it’s first then rise up. Make sure to do your decisions and such

[barren egret]

which regions should i secure pre civil war?

[dense stone]

Can anyone please reccomend a good guide for MIO's?

[brazen panther]

i have 100 ships but i've been gambling for 1 hour waiting for the british to make a dumb move

[red mesa]

why do you need a guide for MIOs?

[brazen panther]

so????

britain is an island

i gotta naval land

what do i even do

even if i land (which i managed to) the port is fortified

[red mesa]

so you need to stack the odds in your favour to overcome the defences. You should be landing with strong attacking, preferably marine divisions, with air cover and shore bombardment

[brazen panther]

thanks, but from trying to land i sacrificed my entire navy so shore bombardment isnt an opton

[red mesa]

if the navy is gone then you either need to rebuild it anyway or get a good enough airforce to paradrop

you can't do nothing

[brazen panther]

eh

i keep on reloading previous saves

im not on ironman

[red mesa]

then you get to reroll and try different approaches. If you don't have an ariforce that can compete with the RAF then you're going to find it very hard

[brazen panther]

im just sending everything to patrol on the english channel to gain quick dominance (since for some reason the british left this front way less covered)

[dense stone]

I've got Arms against tyranny dlc not too long ago, and I got stuck at how it works

[red mesa]

it's simple. The flat bonuses you got from design companies are gone and are replaced with bonus trees, when you research equipment or design something with an MIO and produce it with an MIO, that MIO gains funds, those funds unlock the bonuses on the tree passively.

So just research and produce stuff with MIOs and it'll upgrade your stuff

you get to pre-select the bonuses you want by shift-clicking

[dense stone]

but also some countries have many MIO's and I get stuck at which ones are better

[red mesa]

most of the time having multiple MIOs per category just allows you to better specialise or generalise the bonuses. So for tanks the infantry tank MIO is usually the best one as it has high design stat boosts and some production buffs, for air the range designer is normally best because range is super useful for gaining superiority and efficiency on missions

that principle tracks across the categories, what do you want the equipment to do and what MIO has the stats that best do that

[dense stone]

thank you, now seems simple enough

[red mesa]

np

[brazen panther]

so should i wait longer for them to somehow just get their navy off there or what do i even do?

in my german playthroughs it was way easier to invade britain ven tho i have almost the same strenght

and they also built forts

[red mesa]

air. force.

fighters and naval bombers will increase dominance and actually damage/destroy ships

[inner mountain]

is medium howitzers worth it on heavy tanks on singleplayer?

[serene karma]

Go to ur computer documents folder

Find paradox interactive

Then hoi4

Save games

[serene karma]

Why would u mount medium on a heavy

[inner mountain]

more soft attack

[daring gorge]

is new dlc worth it?

[serene karma]

Then why not mount a heavy howi?

[serene karma]

Do u want the new focus trees

[inner mountain]

because its 1943 tech

[daring gorge]

its only for czechoslovakia right?

[serene karma]

Oh u dont have it yet?

[inner mountain]

no

im in 1941

[serene karma]

Then js do med howi on a med tank

Or rush ur howi tech

[serene karma]

Spg

[serene karma]

Yes

Its really only if u like that country

[daring gorge]

yeah i dont think ill play the czechs anytime soon

[half helm]

i just got the game pls tell me what to do im lost😭

i learnt the simple mechanics and i acually wanna enjoy the game rn

[fickle bronze]

hey im new to hoi4 and the tutorial in game is really not teaching me anything. whast the best way i can learn the game, Just randomly playing or watching tutorials on youtube?

@here

[golden jay]

@fickle bronze

just play the game

or watch other people play dont watch tutorials

[rare echo]

Best nation to start as new player?

The official HOI4 guide said Italy but not sure what y’all think

[red mesa]

the tutorial has you playing italy, but often it's good to learn as support nations who can switch sides (Romania) or as safe nations that you won't easily die as (Canada)

[cold bloom]

Isnt vanilla Canada really weak?

[red mesa]

probably

but you're not exactly at risk

[daring gorge]

how do i remilitarize? i accidentaly made it all this way

[dusty sandal]

Make it join a war

[daring gorge]

yeah im thinking poland or sum

[hoary glen]

Pick Germany, do your focus tree, train your default infantry template, add AA to it at some point. Look at the pins of this channel for a Tank Template and try to make 4 for the war. Adjust your industry to produce all the things you need and build some fighters as well. (Hint: 30% of your mils on Air, 50% on Tanks, rest whatever else you need).

Send volunteers to the Spanish civil war to get combat experience irl and in game XP points.

Try to always keep industry and gun tech up to date.

Build infra in the Ruhr states and else only Mils (you'll need them)

Just beat Poland and France as a starter and go from there.

[half helm]

thnx

[hoary glen]

@fickle bronze look above, same applies to you too

[hoary glen]

It's the duality of play style. Some are fine with being thrown into the cold water and just learn to swim (pick Germany) and others want to take it slow, then it's good to pick Canada or Australia to just be chill and it doesn't matter if you miss play

[limber crest]

Dumb question but how do mio's work? I thought that you only need to research the wepon/tank etc with the MIO and then it has the stats applied, but I see people do this and then apply the MIO anyway, is this a mistake or do you always need to apply the MIO?

[pastel yarrow]

how do you play this game

im so cooked

[red mesa]

you're going to have to be more specific

loads of people ask this question

[pastel yarrow]

what is the best tank division rn

[limber crest]

Its a trade off for everything

[red mesa]

should be in the pins. SPG and mech

[limber crest]

Always include some mech it cant be just tanks

Org = ability to prolong a fight. Without it, battles will be over quickly

[native gorge]

For some reason whenever I prepare for a raid on two different continents one of them just straight up disappears

[primal silo]

newly researched equipment has the MIO used to research it auto-applied, but that can be changed manually.
Also worth noting that MIO applied to the equipment and MIO used to produce it can be different.

[limber crest]

Okay, but you should't apply the same MIO to something thats already reaserched with that MIO, thats just a waste of PP, right?

[primal silo]

assigning MIO doesn't cost PP (with the MIO system that came with DLC at least)

[limber crest]

oh interesting

Okay thanks o7

[primal silo]

Using MIO to research stuff has a small ongoing PP cost

[limber crest]

ongoing? as in past the point you finish reaserching or no?

[primal silo]

no, while you research

something like -0.1/day

[hoary glen]

When you see that are those people producing licensed stuff before on that line?

[soft topaz]

Hello my friend has that error message when lauching the game and we do not have the same game version when in game how can we solve it ?

[hoary glen]

Update Java?

[manic valve]

Hey hey, was just wondering, what is the best tactic if you play sowjet union in ww2 almost completely historical? I had two runs, okay the first one was trash but in the second i was completely in defense mode (defence doctrines, defence researches, houndreds of fort lines across belarus, ukraine and so on...) and placed my whole army at the front to germany (except some emergency mobile armies right behind the front) but my counter attacks didnt work (even with almost full equipment and in 1944) and somehow the allies didnt land in italy and in france (not even in 1945). What do I have to do that they open new fronts in europe (like they did irl)?

[serene karma]

Cas and small airfram fighter

[supple jungle]

ok thx

i just dont want a repeat of last game

[serene karma]

U won that right

[supple jungle]

hmm

actually

can anyone help with how to japan: navy

[primal silo]

spam torpedo destroyers

[agile pilot]

yo whys it that whenever my country goes communist in road to 56 and im tryina buy soviet aircraft from the comitern the delivery is always getting cancelled

[supple jungle]

yep

[supple jungle]

nope

[lunar notch]

how can i increase compliance in occupied territories?

[pastel yarrow]

how often do people host games?

Ive been waitng for ages

[bold solar]

I js played Italy and finally won against Ethiopia but I don't understand Navy and sea control so I don't know how to do a naval invasion and how to control the seas and I lost to Greece can someone help me

[lunar notch]

so for doing any naval operations, you need to set up fleets. you have some fleets from start, try merging some of them to have a decent strike force. then, you are going to need naval dominance to be able to naval invade

[serene karma]

Decrease harshness of law

Or use collab gov next time

[lunar notch]

i was playing italy

game started with war

[lunar notch]

no garrison or civilian oversight?

[red mesa]

if you're asking about pacifying ethiopia there's a bunch of bonuses and decisions to boost compliance there

just look for them in the focus tree

[lunar notch]

i noticed the focuses just now

but would occupation law help too?

[red mesa]

yeah

iirc there's a unique law you can get

[lunar notch]

brutal oppression is not really suitable the job, unless you know another law...

[red mesa]

civie oversight or local police would get the compliance highest

I'm just trying to remember from the last time I played Italy which was months and months ago

[lunar notch]

thank you so much

[serene karma]

Dont use no garrison

[lunar notch]

im on civilian oversight

[serene karma]

Or use colonial police

[lunar notch]

and there is one special law named colonial police

[serene karma]

Wouldnt really bother with the duce pacify mission tho

[lunar notch]

why not?

its my first serious italian playthrough

[serene karma]

Too much effort for not much reward

[lunar notch]

alright then

[thorn crow]

why wont it let me change any law/spirit at all

when i click the law (for ex partial mobilization)

nothing happens

not even the confirmation menu apperars

appears

[supple jungle]

i need the beginners guide again

anyone got an up to date one for ncns?

(ive become so washed at the game)

[thorn crow]

uhh

play albania

theres ur guide

[supple jungle]

no

like

genuinely

i need a guide

nvm

[scenic nacelle]

Official hoi4 YouTube should have one

[supple jungle]

aight thx

lets see if i can beat china and then i will watch tutorial

[bold solar]

Any beginner countries that u recommend?

[lunar notch]

i chose german reich as my beginner country, it is good for experimenting

but let me warn you, you will lose A LOT

[wide dune]

What’s the middle symbol and bottom middle symbol

Like middle middle

For a medium tank division

Btw for Germany is heavy or medium tanks better Cus I wanna do medium tanks but idk

[keen hemlock]

whats the best design for a fighter and cas with advanced airframe and engine 4 (no jet yet)

but i would also like one for jet

[neat widget]

Amphibious mechanized and normal mechanized

[unique timber]

ehh does anyone know how could fascist finland talk any country into the alliance? to me, no country ever accepts to join as a puppet, at best they accept to change governement, sometimes they straight up refuse.

[neat widget]

Have cannon 2? Also do you have range mio

[final tartan]

how do i add of (forgot what its called) heart of the navy? i figured out once but forgot

[neat widget]

Is this a mod, a naval academy spirit, os something else

[red mesa]

pride of fleet maybe?

[final tartan]

pride yea

mb

[keen hemlock]

not yet

onyl cannon 1

i actually just got the jet lol

[neat widget]

Jet 1 or axial jet?

That said, 3x4 hmg + self sealing + 3 armor plates (2 if no range mio)

[keen hemlock]

jet 1

[neat widget]

Ah I see

[keen hemlock]

so do i still use what you said?

[neat widget]

Might be 4 and 3 armor plates respectively, I am not on my pc right now

[neat widget]

Yeah

Jets are useful on heavy fighters and if you only have engine 3

if you have engine 4 and only jet 1 you are just giving yourself less weight to work with

[keen hemlock]

ah

axial is better?

than engine 4

[neat widget]

Yeah

If you hav the range mio though

[final tartan]

so how do i assign a pride of the fleet?

[keen hemlock]

and if i dont?

[supple jungle]

when playing as japan (once china is defeated) is it better to occupy the land or give it to reformed government?

[errant chasm]

From google ai: click on a capital ship (battleship, carrier, or battlecruiser) to open its details, then click the crown icon in the top left

[hoary glen]

If you did at least two collabs you keep it and use the custom occupation law. If you didn't make a puppet in the peace deal.

[supple jungle]

i did reform gov

big factory

[iron veldt]

do yall wait to build SPGs til you get the second medium tank

[vital geode]

1938 mediums are all you need

[iron veldt]

you don’t upgrade?

[errant chasm]

no since the old chassis can hold the newest gun anyways so what's the point

which is a bit silly since the reason why the panther was made was because the panzer III and IV couldn't hold a bigger gun

[dry apex]

how do i do this i cant find any buttons 😭

[supple jungle]

can anyone help i dont really know how to organise my navy (or at least use it effectively)

[junior light]

is there a strategy to win the US Fascist civil war because I often find myself struggling with it

[left glacier]

Select an airwing

The top left icons have missions that you can assign your aircraft wing

[opaque musk]

can someone help

[left glacier]

Do you have your air assigned to your missions?

[opaque musk]

if this is what that means, idk

[left glacier]

Perfect. You at least have some air superority

I would also also recommend that you motorize your supply lines. You can click on the supply hub and motorize it. This will increase the supply range of the supply hub

[opaque musk]

are they not already motorized with the truck symbol?

[left glacier]

So you see how you did it with this one up in eritrea

[left glacier]

You need to motorize the supply hub closest to the front line

It's what giving your divisions attrition and making them less effective in combat

[opaque musk]

that one is not yet built though

[left glacier]

I would focus your offensive towards the west. Be sure you give them an offensive order so they build up planning bonus. Planning bonus most times defeats entrenched divisions, especially in rough mountainous terrain

[final hearth]

son

he hasnt bult it yet

[vital plinth]

Is this any good or waste ? I tried using it it only reduced a battleship production of about a month

Should I stick with the other one that rescues by 5% without the range debuff ?

[spark cedar]

Anyone able to help me get better at HOI4

Like I'll be America then by 1940 I'll have 250 civ and 250 mil factories but i try to make a good army and it takes sooooo long aswell the army is shit once I get a solid amount

I can't even take mexico

Or Germany then helps Mexico and they take me over

[wild swan]

So i havent played hoi4 for a long while, i heard theres an electricity mechanic, i want to play millenium dawn wich has its own electricity mechanic (last time i played) how is it now? Do i need to change anything to make it work or is it integrated into md now?

[hoary glen]

All surface ships into one stack, patrol on always engage, never repair. Subs into small stacks on surface raiding.

[supple jungle]

ok 👍

[hoary glen]

Do the +25% range in SP to Naval Invade better. The other is only relevant when fighting real navies.

[vital plinth]

Im playing India so I’m building navry from 0

Can’t I just refit later to gain the new buffs ?

[left glacier]

Coal was added to the game as a limitation to industry and production. I'm not too sure how they do their energy mechanics in Millennium Dawn but basically in vanilla, if you are in a coal deficit, construction and production efficiency growth takes longer and you take a hit to factory output

[hoary glen]

Unless you plan to invade the US and only fight in costal tiles it's obviously better bc you get ships quicker. I don't know why you're building BBs then tho.

[left glacier]

Economy laws also take account to coal consumption with higher levels (war economy/total mobilization) requiring more coal to allocate

[hoary glen]

You need to pay the IC you saved then. Also never refit while you're MIO auto assigns traits or you can get stuck endlessly refitting.

[hoary glen]

You want to get giant wakes in 1938 and start building mils from like June - August 1937 onwards. At least if you desire impact before 1943.

[hoary glen]

Raid them to death with your Navy

[hoary glen]

Just play it, it's pretty easy to figure out. You can see the electric menu in MD while being in the construction tab.

[vital plinth]

So what should I do keep the one that gives 5% reduction cost ?

Im planning on fighting Japan in navry battles

[hoary glen]

What year is it?

[vital plinth]

Maybe America later

[vital plinth]

1940

[hoary glen]

I mean I'd swap, but it depends how large your Navy is rn

If you already are at like 60 Destroyers it's fine to stay

[hushed vault]

imma say skill issue

by that time you should have everything about your air arsenal ready to go

and with green air and cas it should be impossible to not take out mexico like wth

[vital plinth]

I have 5 ships atm only

1 BB 4 destroyers

Will do 2 focus that will give me 10 light cruisers ships rest il have to build

You think I should swap ?

[shadow jewel]

i have 70 hours on the game what should i improve

[spark cedar]

I always have air sup aswell as a full front line on Mexico border then I got to attack and my troops are always stalemated

[spark cedar]

But I'm doing land battle not ship battle, are battleships able to shoot into land?

[vital plinth]

Does speed matter on a battleship ? I’m making s super battleship it’s much slower than my other battleships

[hoary glen]

yeah... this might be trial by fire. The AI fleets are bad, but you really have little.

If the 10 cruisers have good armour and guns you might have a chance

But you want to grab some DDs with torpedos

For a next run you really want to get docks sooner and build your fleet up more. Navy really takes some time

[hoary glen]

Why are you losing?

[hoary glen]

Germany can't enter mexico if you raid them

[vital plinth]

Ah ok issue is a lot of the first few years is spent on building industry from scratch and getting out of puppet status but I’m ok with fighting in later stages I’ve set AI on some majors in axis to be buffed so it will last a bit more the war

[hoary glen]

They have to go there by ship

[spark cedar]

How does raiding work never done it

[hoary glen]

Take fleet, assign sea zone, click raiding mission

[vital plinth]

Only 1 cut but I can use them to build spotters saves me the time of building the hull which can take time

[hoary glen]

You don't need spotters, you need guns

[iron veldt]

what tank do you put on infantry for space marines

[gleaming grove]

how do people keep an overview of whats even going on

[cold bloom]

you gotta zoom in

[fathom thistle]

The one with most armor

[iron veldt]

like small tanks or medium

[fathom thistle]

Preferably heavy, medium early on

[vestal pagoda]

SO HARD

can someone teach me i can do live stream

can someone

[gleaming grove]

yeah but there are so many troops with almost identical flags and colors of countrys who arent even important. Wish it was just friendly/enemy color for the land.

[uncut narwhal]

theres an option for that

bottom right of your screen

the flag

[trail lava]

if I want to make a navy from scratch, do I just make some cheap destroyers and a few good light cruisers for damage?

[primal silo]

just destroyers are more than enough

if you want carriers, then you need some heavy cruisers to screen them

[trail lava]

alright, thanks

[primal silo]

for destroyers, just fill them up with torpedos

[trail lava]

wait, do destroyers screen light cruisers?

[primal silo]

AA and one depth charge optional, radar if you have it

[frail holly]

Light cruisers are worth it, they absolutely shred everything

[primal silo]

no

[frail holly]

Light cruiser with maxed out Light batteries, a bit expensive but absolutely annihilated the AI

[primal silo]

so do torpedo destroyer

and they are cheaper

[frail holly]

Destroyers you can make as cheap as possible tbh

[trail lava]

oh ok, I saw someone use destroyers for screening and then another ship to deal a lot of damage and 3 of the bigger ship were able to destroy the british navy, any idea what ship it might've been?

[frail holly]

Destroyers as best as meatshields, not damage

[primal silo]

That is with only destroyers

[frail holly]

Light cruisers deal the damage, and you just spam as many cheap destroyers as you can to take hits

[trail lava]

yeah that's what I thought, I remember seeing someone say they weren't very good at damage

[primal silo]

It was the case a couple patches ago, things changed

[vital plinth]

Should I put any guns on my main fleet screens or should they be cheap to soak damage ?

[primal silo]

light cruisers are still ok, but destroyer are better

[frail holly]

Light cruisers still work great for me

I dont doubt torpedo spam is awful either though, pretty much anything you make agaisnt AI will shred

[primal silo]

nah torpedo spam is meta in mp as well

since they buffed torpedos

[trail lava]

I'm making a navy from scratch for the first time and I kinda want to make a proper one, not just a ton of destroyers

[frail holly]

Who are you playing as?

[trail lava]

phillipines

[primal silo]

then do 50 torpedo destroyers > 10 heavy cruisers > 4 escort carriers

[trail lava]

alright

[frail holly]

Never played as them tbh

[frail holly]

But this seems sensible and more cost effective for a minor like them

[whole jasper]

can I get some help with how to wage war in this game? I have tried several times over the course of dozens of hours and I can't even beat the tutorial war in ethiopia as italy. I feel like I am doing something wrong but I'm not sure what

[keen hemlock]

use your entire army

and air

[whole jasper]

I do. I plan an attack, assign the troops for planning bonus, set my air support to cover areas in ethiopia and still my army struggles. for some reason the defenders also have hundreds of defense at any given point while i have attack in the double digits, and when inspecting why I lose tons of stats due to terrain or other issues.

[keen hemlock]

you just full rush

you are giving your planes missions right

[whole jasper]

yeah close air support and air superiority

[keen hemlock]

then idk

[upbeat wharf]

Does anyone know a video that shows how to do the basics in hoi4?

[fathom thistle]

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

[meager pier]

is there a console command that gives materials

[fathom thistle]

like steel or do you mean stockpile?

like rifles etc.

[meager pier]

steel and stuff

i wanna play around with stuff

oh yeah is there a mod that makes hoi4 like a full on sandbox

[sweet pasture]

i use toolpack for that

[fathom thistle]

not directly but you can tag countries that have those resources

annex [TAG]

[meager pier]

i swear there is

i got pissed because the uk kept having air dominance

so i quit my run

i did get france romania yugo spain portugal poland and most of europe

didint do barb

but i js wanna play around with stuff

[meager pier]

what does toolpack give?

[sweet pasture]

basically lets you work with every aspect of the game

u can spawn resources

[meager pier]

it looks bare complicated though

[sweet pasture]

not that much after u use it some times

u can read all things to understand what they do

[meager pier]

it allows you to do anything?

[sweet pasture]

much things

[meager pier]

i still need to use console commands for some stuff like allow diplo and instant research

?

[warped river]

HOW DO I GET RID OF THE LOBBY SCREEN IN MULTIPLAYER

after we started

[whole jasper]

ended up beating it but I had to move the entire military and planes from mainland italy to help with ethiopia. seems kind of excessive, or maybe thats what you have to do to get the war done on time

[warped river]

How do i get rid of the lobby screen in a multiplayer ps

[keen hemlock]

start

have turkey ready up

[warped river]

we already did

the game already started

The lobby button doesnt work too

[warped river]

HOW DO I FIX MULTIPLAYER
-when we start we get stuck in a lobby screen
-it says eachother is not ready (Shows im not ready for him, shows hes not ready for me)
-sometimes i cant join and it says connection timed out

HELP

[slender ginkgo]

Ok, I've got the game, watched the tutorial (the yt one), now what? I'm still as clueless as before

[celest vale]

omg italy not again

[celest vale]

watch youtube is a best one quit game fast ever because you dont know anything by follow them

[slender ginkgo]

What? Pls, english isn't my first language and I can't really comprehend what you said

[celest vale]

you need to learn how to control your production what tree search you need focus for effective and how to control supply that all

[slender ginkgo]

And I do that by messing around and failing infinite times till I succeed, right?

[odd canopy]

Don't watch full on tutorials, they'll leave you confused. Don't attempt to learn the entire game, just learn slowly, learn the absolute bare basics first, and then mvoe your way up.

And forget about the navy until later on, and prepare to lose Koirningsburg to Poland.

[slender ginkgo]

Konigsburg is kaliningrad right?

[odd canopy]

Yep.

[slender ginkgo]

And what would you consider bare basics? I'm taking like the national focus, how to even move army and how to create them right?

[odd canopy]

The bare basics, would be 1: How to use the menu that you get into when you click on your flag, how to do decisions, how to create a frontline and a battleplan order, what a civilian and millitary factory is, as well as infrastructure (Forget about the other buildings for now), how to manage your millitary factories properly, and how to train new divisions.

Don't even focus on stuff like generals, changing your divison templates, command power, etc..

Literally just learn those, and then learn from there.

And remember, a lot of players quit the game due to it being too difficult, so just get past this brand new phase, and you'll be good to go.

[cloud herald]

I could use some advice on how to finally invade the USA. I took all their pacific holdings within a month and destroyed a good portion of their navy as well as overrunning more than 2 million soldiers stuck on Hawaii. I have a foothold in western Alaska, captured their airfield and ensured naval supply. I can almost match their military industry, my naval industry is vastly superior and I have a navy over twice the size of theirs.

But the problem is it's 1945, everything is bloated as hell and I cannot physically deploy enough aircraft in range of their coast to consistently maintain air superiority. My navy is stretched thin because I have so many regions I need to patrol so they've been destroying us off the Californian coast. It's literally one more naval region and I could put about 60 divs on their coastline almost immediately, but I cannot maintain any dominance despite having hundreds of warships there

I did just realise that part of it is that my fleets are stuck repairing so I never actually have the alleged number of ships in the region, causing the small fleets that actually are active to be decimated

Also we downed like a thousand planes just in this region

[odd canopy]

Oh, and how to declare war, that'll probably also be important to know.

[slender ginkgo]

Yeah, I have already prepared myself for that.

Thanks for all this btw.

[odd canopy]

Good, because I can't count the number of times that I've seen "I pLAyed As GerMAny AndnD GoT CRuSHed BY PolAnd, ShouLd I RefUNd ThE GamE?", but trust me, once you get past this brand new phase, it'll be fine.

[odd canopy]

No problem.

[slender ginkgo]

Yeah, I kind of expect to be demolished by something as small as Czechoslovakia in the beginning.

[odd canopy]

You could straight up just get your starter army, create a fontline order, create an attack order, and press go, and then just wait, because eventually, they'll run out of soldiers, and you will win (Just make sure to guard the border with France), but good thinking to expect that.

[coral mesa]

guys i am trying to learn sum stuff but like i cant understand waht i should research or how much it should normally take for me to get political power and etc

[odd canopy]

I remember my first time playing, I got crushed by Poland as Germany.

[odd canopy]

Research depends entirely on the nation, if your expecting to go to war quickly, such as Japan or maybe certain Soviet playthroughs or something like that, then get improved infantry equipment, radio, planes, etc... But if you thnk that you've got time / will only be in some minor wars, then focus on industry, mechanical computing, etc.... (But mainly industry).

And don't worry about how fast political power is coming in at, just make the best of what you've got, but attempt to improve the amount that you gain whenever possible.

[coral mesa]

like its only 1 or 2 per day is that even normal

[odd canopy]

That's a good amount, yeah.

[coral mesa]

ah

[odd canopy]

Political power is meant to be a currency that builds up over time.

So that you can't just hire 52 people in Feburary of 1936, they want you to use it sparingly and tactically.

That's why it's so valuable.

[coral mesa]

aa

[odd canopy]

A quick tip, don't attempt to micro manage all of the stats in this game, you'll find the game very un-fun very quickly (Unless you don't, then in that case, just apply to become a math teacher), 80% of the results comes from 20% of the knowledge.

[coral mesa]

oka

[odd canopy]

But that reamining 20% of the knowledge that takes 80% of the time to learn, that'll be valuable in the future, I'm talking like 1500 hours in though, so.. Not anytime soon.

[austere roost]

Follow bittersteel's Germany guide

[coral mesa]

i amtrying italy right now bc i heard its good

[odd canopy]

That's good, but learn the basics first.

[coral mesa]

the tut said use italy to learn basics

[odd canopy]

There is no such thing as a "Good" nation, only a good player.

[austere roost]

Its not good cuz you'll have to juggle everything but for Germany you can kind of ignore navy

[odd canopy]

You can conquer the world as Lichtenstein if your good enough at the game.

Or Luxemburg I mean.

[coral mesa]

i used to paly rise of nations these controls are reaally weird and stuff is there a thing where i can like fasten the time or smth bro 😭

[odd canopy]

Honestly, this is how 90% of the Hearts of Iron IV playerbase started playing this game 😭

[coral mesa]

what about decisions what should i mostly do

[austere roost]

So just follow bittersteel's guide

[coral mesa]

wahts this

[austere roost]

Console

[warped river]

Duuude how do i play multiplayer

[coral mesa]

how do i close it

[warped river]

it just doesnt work with my friends

[austere roost]

Tilde

[coral mesa]

tilde?

[austere roost]

Google what it is then

Or do you remember what button you pressed to turn on the console?

[odd canopy]

Both choose a game version, and both switch to it, don't just say "Oh, we're both on the latest version", both find a version, and both switch to it, even if you think that you're already on the same version of teh game.

[warped river]

How do we do that

[odd canopy]

And disable everything, portriats, DLC, etc.. All of it if you really want to play, but if you've got time, then just see what you both have and enable them.

[warped river]

We both keep getting kicked out

[warped river]

How do i disable that

[coral mesa]

how do i see places that has fuel

[warped river]

Pretty sure im the only one with dlcs

[grim marsh]

i have a all dlc hoi4 game 90285271635369993

[odd canopy]

Then disable everything.

[austere roost]

The beginners guide is in pins

[odd canopy]

And both go to the version that I'm on in the footage.

It's the latest one that's the easiest not to mess up, that's how I got it working with my friend.

[warped river]

Thank you

[odd canopy]

No problem.

[vital plinth]

Anyone know why I have 100 width but only 2 divs are actually fighting I can’t understand it it happens a lot in my games

[wise raven]

the ai has 100 u only have 36

[wise raven]

u should prob try to get mountainers

attack from more sides and u get more combat width

[arctic stream]

Yo is this a bug? Im playing austria tryna remake austria hungary and everytime I try do one of the decisions to diplomatically pressure hungary or whatever it says "not: Currently undertaking efforts to reclaim old lands"

[slender magnet]

guys i need help to buy dlcs any tips or guidance i have graveyard of empier and gotterdammerumg

i need this

dlcs

[keen hemlock]

get no step back

[odd canopy]

Agreed.

[keen hemlock]

tank designer is very good

[odd canopy]

And La Resistanca if it's on sale.

But No Step Back is an absolute must.

[slender magnet]

so la resistanca and no step back

[keen hemlock]

yes

[slender magnet]

okay thanks bro

[dusty sandal]

Arms Against tyranny is almost perfzct

No step back is teally good

[wise raven]

arms against tyranny after

[slender magnet]

so okay guys the decision is no step back and la resistanca done let go

[odd canopy]

less go

Honestly though, I've got the same question now.

I have La Resistanca and No Step Back, but I haven't bought a DLC in a while, which one should I get?

[wise raven]

arms against tyranny

or by blood alone

[odd canopy]

Hmm..

[dusty sandal]

Arms Against tyranny

Fun focuses, international market, MIOs, Special forces doctrines. All 3 of which you'll use every playthrough

[odd canopy]

Considered.

[keen hemlock]

im shocked people dont have all the dlcs

[celest vale]

does parachute will working with england

im tired with defend for italy many time

[odd canopy]

Honestly, I usually have 72 reserve divisions defending Italy 😭

I just tell them to guard every single tile and then I just don't look at it.

[dusty sandal]

Not everyone has 210$ to spend

[odd canopy]

Hmm..

[keen hemlock]

i bought most on sale

[odd canopy]

Does that include music packs and unit packs and artwork?

Because ain't nobody buying those without a really good reason.

[dusty sandal]

Main game and every dlc not cosmetoc only iirc

[odd canopy]

What does iirc mean?

[dusty sandal]

That number is prolly outdated though

[odd canopy]

Yeah, it prolly is.

[dusty sandal]

If i recall correctly

[odd canopy]

Right...

[celest vale]

80% my army now is defend for them

50% fighting in iran and india

30% in greece

wtf

[odd canopy]

Wow, you've got 160% of your army fighting across the globe? That's impressive, how did you get that number?

[celest vale]

i change them very soon

so now i have like 6m army can recruit

....

[odd canopy]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..

[celest vale]

anf if you dont declare with ussr you will have more than that

[odd canopy]

Yeah, and if you don't declare, then they will become physically impossible to push by 1944.

[celest vale]

you can still declare them in 1943 when we beat done england and all they ally

just purple them

usa will never anoy us anymore

[odd canopy]

1943 != 1944, but if you can push them in 1944, then sure, go for it.

[iron veldt]

do yall put light recon rank on infantry for space marines ?

[warped river]

Are we doing somethingw rong, we started the game where i hosted and for some reason both of them see theyre ready and im not and i see them both as not ready

We're all in 1.7.5

[iron veldt]

same mods ?

& dlcs

[warped river]

We don't have any

I have some but i made sure they weren't installed

and my friend made sure of that too

and the other guy has none

Both of them hopped on a single match with all of the other guys dlcs and it worked between them

but not when im involved

[celest vale]

does multi working when no mod ?

[warped river]

We have no mods

idk about that

we've been trying for 4 hours

It works when its just the both of them but when i join we can't play

[celest vale]

does your open nat your internet ?

most game like this need open nat for working multiplay

[warped river]

Im not sure about that but i can play other games multiplayer just fine

[celest vale]

hmh strange i never have any trouble when play multiplay

[warped river]

Yeah i guess i can just NOT play multiplayer

[winter mist]

I took over Ethiopia and i need to lower the resistance and raise compliance, but i am unsure how exactly to do this

[thin nebula]

Not even cosmetic mods? No fps map?

[hoary glen]

@warped river clear cache, verify Files, restart PC, disable VPN, rejoin as a hotjoin after they have started, reinstall the game. That's all the things I can help you with

Also always be sure you all don't just have the same game version, always have the same checksum

[vital plinth]

Hey my screens for main fleet should they be cheap empty ones ? Or filled with topedos? I’m making navry from scratch

[marsh knoll]

Can anyone help me? I can't get achievements. I was modding a while back, accidently messed with the game files, and now when I have ironman, no mods, normal difficulty, no game rules, I still cannot get achievments. I've tried uninstalling HOI4 and verifying files and nothing has worked.

[cold bloom]

Verifying files doesnt seem all that reliable, try manually deleting everything inside the game folder then verifying

[marsh knoll]

As in delete all files within documents/hoi4

?

[cold bloom]

If you ever messed with the nudger you should remove any map/history folders from Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV

Other than that, no, where the game is installed, not there

[marsh knoll]

I removed the map one.
It doesn't seem that there's a history one.

[subtle socket]

im a disp enjoyer on usa i personally say disp but many us mains better than me use conc so

very hard to say tbh i am the biggest advocate for disp usa

[iron veldt]

is 45% reliability bad on tanks

[red mesa]

it's not great, not terrible. Only really matters for attrition, so keep them in areas with good supply and it's fine

[iron veldt]

i see, yeah i’m using them in france so it should be good

[marble wagon]

hello, I have a problem including old versions of hoi4 (in specific 1.11.13)

every focus tree in every mod looks vanilla, like it doesn't load

instead of having a normal focus tree, does anyone know how to solve this?

had this in Great War mod aswell

(yes I downloaded the mods for this exact version of the game)

[red mesa]

that's not a vanilla tree

[marble wagon]

alright, this is an example of German focus tree in Great War mod

this is like half vanilla half loaded

[visual dove]

"Manage your arms industry"

I thought this was AAT

[red mesa]

that is not vanilla

[marble wagon]

wait what

I swear all these focus trees were different

[red mesa]

you're playing a 5 year old game version

what did you expect from mods made in 2021?

[marble wagon]

i've always been playing this version of the mods, it might be just my delusions

or these 2 specific mods

that I just didn't remember

okay my bad then, thanks for help lmao

[glacial steeple]

no its just modded

[marble wagon]

I confused this with Great War Redux

🤦‍♂️

[vital geode]

I think there are a few people who prefer the original over the redux

Redux screwed up north africa

And now everything is a strait crossing

[marble wagon]

im playing the old redux from 2022, idk how the new one looks

I just never could be arsed enough to play the newest versions of the game

[marsh knoll]

Hmmm. Still can't get achievements

[iron veldt]

i hate it

[austere roost]

Did things change with air volunteers? I can only send one group to Spain as ussr now and need to conquer some land to be able to send the 2nd one

[cobalt fjord]

Hi how to open focues tree is there a shortcut?

[wind canyon]

either click the top left where your flag is and then open your focus tree there

or if your not doing a focus you will get an alert on the top center of your screen clicking that will open ur focus

[proven cargo]

If you only bought 1 dlc which would be the best one

For all countries

[keen hemlock]

AAT

arms against tyrranny

[cobalt fjord]

focues tree are really confusing

🫰

[proven cargo]

What does it add

[keen hemlock]

mios and market, which you will use almost every game

NSB or no step back is also a good one as it adds the tankd esigner

[proven cargo]

Which has plane designer

[keen hemlock]

by blood alone

[hot beacon]

can some1 help me

[wind canyon]

imo just get the subscription

rn its like 8 bucks for amonth and 17ish for 3 months

[proven cargo]

Alr got the game tho

[wind canyon]

yeah paradox has a subscription for evey single dlc

for 8 bucks

you can turn them on or off and learn each one

[proven cargo]

Doesn't subscription include game

[wind canyon]

no u need the game to buy the scbscription

[proven cargo]

Ic

[neat widget]

btw conversation from earlier today, this is a fighter 3 with engine 4 with and without range mio (replace two hmgs with cannon 2s if you have them)

[keen hemlock]

ty

do you think you could do a jet one too

[serene karma]

With what

[thin nebula]

Why so much air defense?

[warped river]

I see

Ill try that

[bold solar]

vro i somehow lost to poland as germany can someone help

[neat widget]

What else can you really do

[deep pagoda]

How the heck do I get rid of this useless army? It says it can't be disbanded.

[keen hemlock]

dont you get that from spies

[deep pagoda]

yes, I did the operation in a war against mexico and I thought they would vanish after the war is over, but instead I seem to be stuck with them.

[drifting leaf]

hi chat
what kind of ships do i need to ensure a naval invasion goes successfully?

[keen hemlock]

Ig you just don’t get rid of them

Sorry

[keen hemlock]

You need naval supremacy

Bigger ships give more

[drifting leaf]

so carriers and battleships?

[deep pagoda]

I have descovered that they expire on their own over time

[lunar notch]

also increasing the invasion area could help. always target ports and tiles right next to them, so your units stay supplied

[hoary glen]

Else send them into the enemy, they insta die bc they are not real

[cobalt fjord]

Can iget tips how to use Air 🙏

[lunar notch]

what exactly do you wish to know?

[cobalt fjord]

i am having a hard time to gain air superiority

[lunar notch]

then you need:

A: if area is within your country, state anti air might help you achieve higher air superiority with fewer fighters

B: if area is within another country, you have to spam fighters

[celest vale]

Build alot fighter with all 4 gunfire and max speed engine modified

[cobalt fjord]

oh alr ty

[lunar notch]

np

[cobalt fjord]

when i am war my resources go down alot how ot lower it?

and whats the best country to play for a newbie

[celest vale]

You mean resources people can working in army?

[cobalt fjord]

yea that

[celest vale]

Germann ussr usa

Usa is super easy because no one will fight you until end

Just waching japan

[faint nimbus]

german republic in rise of radicalism, ill let yall know how it goes

[celest vale]

Political check law you need change 1st law

[cobalt fjord]

ok

[thin nebula]

Range imo

[celest vale]

I suggest you follow ussr it not hard because you only need burn your army to defend germany if you follow history tree and you can learn how to build supply train for all your army

Germann is not bad choice but you will going crazy with too many enemy after 1940

[uncut narwhal]

the freikorps and bavarians have good larp paths

[faint nimbus]

ive only ever played wehrcommando tbf

[cobalt fjord]

Alright but research got me confuse should i esearch things that are ahead of its time?

[celest vale]

Some research you need some not

[cobalt fjord]

like guns?