ask-for-help-here

[uncut narwhal]

3 man medium turret

no fuel drums

get max breakthrough

[jade jewel]

Is there a way to decrease the world tension?

[wind canyon]

alright anything else?

[uncut narwhal]

id say 4 armor clicks and the other things i said

[wind canyon]

alright hang on

[stone summit]

Iran maybe or another Saadabad pact member (if you have the DLCs for it)

Otherwise I’d say Czechs, Austria or Hungary and remake the Austrian-Hungarian empire so you can remake two of the central powers

[wind canyon]

how about this?

[subtle socket]

which hmg?

no one in our servers has said anything i can go check

[vital plinth]

Is. 1000 sea mines a lot will my fleet take a lot of damage in that zone ?

[serene karma]

Plane hmg

Newest patch just yesterday

Open beta btw

We also took the opportunity to nerf HMG’s in planes a bit, they are still the strongest air attack for IC, but not overly anymore. The 4x LMG/HMG slots now also come with a small reliability penalty.

[serene karma]

How fast are ur other tanks

[wind canyon]

i haven't made a design yet let me put smth together

[jade jewel]

Idk how strong paratroopers are. Do you think I can invade luxemburg with only paratroopers?

[uncut narwhal]

as who?

[jade jewel]

Netherlands

[vital plinth]

Fo you know if I need to clear the mines or if it’s fine ?

[jade jewel]

I would invade belgium first but france just had to guarantee them

[uncut narwhal]

ig

[jade jewel]

So you think it can work?

[lofty tusk]

Dude u can just help me out instead of saying that

[uncut narwhal]

havent done it before so im not sure

[lofty tusk]

😭

[civic hare]

no

[scenic nacelle]

If ur not sure u will most likely lose

[keen hemlock]

They will get rid of it eventually

[jade jewel]

Really? I mean it's only about 100 days until my war justification is done

[keen hemlock]

It’s in their focus tree

Repudiate guarantees with France

[jade jewel]

Oh thank you, you probably just saved my run

[odd canopy]

Thank you again from future me, that was literally the only difference between me not winning, and me encircling quite literally 90% of their army, these tanks + the divisions was literally all that I needed to beat the Soviet Union, and it wasn't even close.

[tired moon]

how do I get my naval superiority up? Im trying to invade the british as the ussr

[jagged cargo]

more and better ships

[tired moon]

and how do I do that

like research them?

[jagged cargo]

or just camp your ship there till the british slips up

[tired moon]

and for the more ships thing, so I just construct a lot of dockyards?

[jagged cargo]

yeah....?

[jagged cargo]

just build air, its much easier

or use your ships, execute naval plans and wait until green

[tired moon]

you mean fighters & stuff?

[jagged cargo]

yeah

[jagged cargo]

.

if ur lazy, just wait till that happens

[tired moon]

is this not enough

[jagged cargo]

what year is it

[tired moon]

btw im supposed to click on "naval strike" right

[tired moon]

1941

[jagged cargo]

your air is surprisingly trash

[slate nimbus]

is it me or does strike force doesnt do anything like at all?

[torn mortar]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1436650581858189426/1500576120452415518/attachment.gif

[jagged cargo]

like icl but British airforce at the start can beat ur air 💔

[tired moon]

i didnt really care about the air

im producing planes though

[jagged cargo]

air is the 2nd most important thing

you need decent designs

[dusty sandal]

adjust speed to need
either go with max breakthrough or cheapest

[jagged cargo]

also, js do Fighters and Close Air Support-ers. Other kinds are mostly useless and you should sell them at the start of your run for production boosts

[tired moon]

thats what im doing already

wdym by sell

[jagged cargo]

you can sell planes

just like how AIs sell guns

[tired moon]

how

[slate nimbus]

well you have dlcs or not

[tired moon]

the answer may or may not surprise you

no

[jagged cargo]

oh

bruh-

[slate nimbus]

i imagined as much, i dont have market either

that means no plane or tank design either

[tired moon]

so I put my planes in english channel after developing them more

[jagged cargo]

can i see your designs

[tired moon]

this?

[jagged cargo]

o-

[jagged cargo]

😭 Sorry, I have never played the game without DLCS. but I think you should increase Weapons, Engines and Reliability

[tired moon]

sure

[jagged cargo]

Have you put your navy on Strike Force on English Channel

[tired moon]

I put some on patrol

some on strike force

[jagged cargo]

all ships do strike force and wait patiently

[tired moon]

k

[jagged cargo]

you have executed your naval invasion plans yet

?

[slate nimbus]

nah i swear strike force does nothing nowadays

[tired moon]

nah

[slate nimbus]

you can still do the invasions

[stable sail]

why my lithuanian focus tree looks like that?

[jagged cargo]

Execute all of them. the plans will immediately start when you have 0,0001s of green which can happen because the ai is stupid

[slate nimbus]

Lithuania probably has no unique focus tree

[tired moon]

isnt this the default one

[jagged cargo]

i think unique focus tree is from a dlc

[stable sail]

it must look like that

[slate nimbus]

execute all of them?

i just leave it like that, assign areas but it never does anything

[tired moon]

you dont have dlc prob

[slate nimbus]

also are submarines just like useless now?

[jagged cargo]

@tired moon

[jagged cargo]

wrong reply

[tired moon]

i saw it dw

[slate nimbus]

submarines get shot everytime

[tired moon]

use a mod or smth like rt56 or just go on steam workshop and try to find one

[jagged cargo]

what are you on

[tired moon]

i mean

what are the chances

[stable sail]

what is rt56?

[jagged cargo]

that message was meant to reply to apo, not u

[jagged cargo]

Road to 56

a md

[slate nimbus]

the wrong replies are kinda funny

[jagged cargo]

even if you have 10 ships, it can happen cuz the ai is stupid

[stable sail]

thx

[tired moon]

is there like a way to fool the ai

[vital plinth]

As democracy is it better to puppet or annex ? I need mills mostly and ressouxes fast

[tired moon]

like sending my navy to somewhere random and putting 1 ship at the right time at the english channel or smth

[jagged cargo]

I assume you cancollect resources and mils via Peace Deal even if the puppet is a Supervised State

[jagged cargo]

just slap all of them on the english channel and wait

(and hope they don't die before the ai makes the mistake)

[tired moon]

oo wait wat dis

[slate nimbus]

ship designer

[jagged cargo]

ship designer

[tired moon]

wasnt that dlc only

[gleaming grove]

If you declare war using "Puppet" as reasoning instead of annexing can you still annex after you win, or are doomed to puppet the state? And can you later make a puppet become annexed?

[jagged cargo]

i dunno, but if you have it, use it or smth

[tired moon]

how

what do I do

[lusty basin]

How do i solve the "No template" warning on my productions?

[slate nimbus]

it was on Man the Guns but it got integrated to base game

[jagged cargo]

the reason is just there, you can do whatever you want with the victim

[lusty basin]

Mainly the support equipment

[jagged cargo]

by constructing stuff on the puppet, their autonomy will lower and you will able to Annex them

[gleaming grove]

tank and plane design is dlc only except for "armor, reliability, gun and engine 0-5"

[gleaming grove]

so like just building roads, railways, factories?

[jagged cargo]

yeeah

[gleaming grove]

oh i didnt know that. Is the "Satelite" graph supposed to be all the way left or to the right?

[jagged cargo]

Right

Satelite is like uh...very high autonomy

[gleaming grove]

hmm

[vital plinth]

Yeha I can

But it’s also end game

Gonna focus Europe next

[gleaming grove]

so low autonomy = good and i reach that by building stuff on their land

[vital plinth]

But it’s weird I don’t get more planes from Japan when I finished them

[fickle crypt]

anyone up to play ?

[slate nimbus]

in the divisions tab you should edit the division template you wanna append that support equipment to, this is usually cus your template has no support companies

[sleek cairn]

Hi this is a really strange question, but I have all the dlcs required and all of them activated but rangers aren’t popping up on my special forces tab… does anyone know what’s up?

[slate nimbus]

the recruit and deployment tab

[primal silo]

what countries get an ahead of time bonus for heavy airframes?

[fickle crypt]

prob germany or smth

[gleaming grove]

hower over it, it will show whats produced but not in a template. Than you can decide to either put it in one of your templates (or plan to add it later) or you can just stop producing it

[lucid torrent]

Is there a way to let AI control my country while still count as player?

[uncut narwhal]

you can open the console and put yourself into spectator mode

[subtle socket]

or u can just click observer in the top left before starting

[lucid torrent]

Yes, but doesn't count that country as player

[odd canopy]

There's a lot of airwings, but not a lot of planes in said airwings.

You have like 500 airwings, with 5 planes in them at the most, most at 0, it's like me telling my grand army (In real life), to go and attack some guys house and turn it into a puppet state. And tehchnically, I did tell my army to go do that, but.. There's an issue... I don't have an army, so on the literal paper, they're attacking his house, but in reality, there's nobody there.

[uncut narwhal]

no the country is ai then

[odd canopy]

You're commanding an airforce that doesn't exist anymore (Sounds like Germany in 1945), and at this point, your only hope is to either A: Stockpile up fighters until you have a few thousand, or B: Just don't worry about the invasion anymore.

[stone summit]

Why do you have a million air wings with a handful of planes each

[plain mason]

boi what the hell boi

[errant chasm]

hello tac

[plain mason]

no

[errant chasm]

not worth the cost I assume

[plain mason]

without dlc you're going to want to max out weapons and engine, unsure if range drops down because of that but if it does balance it out too

also research new airframes

1936 one in 1941 is laughable

also you should really not undermine air next time

it's the most important thing in the game by far

[plain mason]

it is, just that reliability is surprisingly useless for all equipment models lol

at least for tanks it pretends it's impacting something

in planes it doesn't do jackshit

like literally close to nothing at all

[tired moon]

am i cooked

459 PERCENT???

[lucid torrent]

Show the faction map

[astral sorrel]

what do i do? all mods i have deactivated and this still pops up

[sick nacelle]

How do I get rid of the crumbling cabinet in japan?

For context I got a event where due to the war turning against Japan, the population is rioting against the Yamamoto government (I took his premiership instead of tojo)

Which gave a new path that can lead to surrendering peacefully or coup the government to keep the war going I think

[dusky heart]

I plan on paratrooping into england as germany. Is it enough if i, once i took the ports and london, send only 1 army to take their mainland?

or will i get cooked?

[turbid ingot]

I started playing w japan what do i need to do at beginning to ensure that i become fascist

[uncut narwhal]

take the ports and just move your inf in

and all your air

[dusky heart]

I i kinda wanne hold france (the front with it) until i take UK. I wanne try and get france second

[uncut narwhal]

why?

[dusky heart]

I don´t know, i have a slow airplane production and stuff

i am trying to get the european union together and for taht i wanne take teh necessary land and then oppose hitler

and bc of that, my mils aren´t that effectiv and stuff

[uncut narwhal]

why?

just do oppose hitler and then play normally

[dusky heart]

If i do so, i can´t really attack any country unless i switch to communism or fascism (else i have to wait for 50% world tension if i am unalligned wich is the starting party if i win) and that takes ages

[austere roost]

Cuz fascism allows you to justify

[uncut narwhal]

the focus tree gives you wargoal on the nations tho

[dusky heart]

Only if they´re commi

[austere roost]

But they suck

[austere roost]

Why waste 70 days and 70 pp on a war goal when 7pp and 35 days does the job

[uncut narwhal]

oh no dlc

[dusky heart]

yep, forgot to mention, sry

[austere roost]

It's like taking using focuses to annex baltics and Finland as USSR. You're sabotaging yourself

[scenic nacelle]

Ok this is a new take 😭

[austere roost]

How is it?

[turbid ingot]

how do i start a civil war

or change government system

[scenic nacelle]

How are you too lazy to take 2 70 days focuses

If u lose because u didn’t have 2 extra focuses ur just ass

[austere roost]

With nkvd focus after you sign the pact you can justify the war goals with 35 pp and 140 days. With focuses it takes 400 pp and 175 days

Which one is better?

[scenic nacelle]

“Erm let’s min max everything go the maximum”

😂

[austere roost]

Idk man the saved pp is a lot

[scenic nacelle]

Idk man try winning without min maxing everything

[austere roost]

Also you can spend those 140 days on useful focuses like army reform, merge factories, or 3rd 5yp

[scenic nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/dono-wall-gif-24048347

[austere roost]

Also it's very concerning if you think fighting estonia is challenging

[scenic nacelle]

U can also annex them for free

Free as in no deaths

I stated that badly

[uncut narwhal]

erm but you can save 300 pp

[austere roost]

Ah yes losing 1000 men in annexing baltics

[plucky otter]

1000 manpower goes a long way

Especialy as the ussr

[scenic nacelle]

0 deaths is a lot better than 1000 deaths

[austere roost]

You save 300 pp and get much better focus rewards

[plucky otter]

But why min max in singleplayer

[austere roost]

Just because the game gave you a focus doesn't mean you should take it

[plucky otter]

its all going to end the same

With the ai just not standing a chance

[austere roost]

Cuz there are higher difficulty mods

[scenic nacelle]

U don’t fw the “regain Alaska” focus??

[austere roost]

Also we're in help channel so ppl here do not stand a chance against ai

[plucky otter]

Well duh

[plucky otter]

So have them completly min max

[austere roost]

Next thing you're going to tell them take the left and center part of Stalin's focus?

[plucky otter]

Thats just getting people to play exactly like you

Help people get better while still allowing them to play how they would like

Instead of being yelled at because they arent min maxxing

[austere roost]

They played the way they like and then got steamrolled

[scenic nacelle]

Truth

[austere roost]

And again the whole thing started because I was defending someone's way of playing

[scenic nacelle]

Also the reason I don’t like game guides

Unless if it’s that really shitty part in Jedi fallen order

[austere roost]

Then you can wipe out the pins here

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m playing as democracy but when I puppet someone sometimes I get supervised state and other times it’s normal puppet where I later can make intergrated puppet

[uncut narwhal]

annex and release later

[grizzled surge]

Is it better to just let your navy on always engage and do not repair?

[warped heron]

can anyone explain to me why france isnt turning communist in my german empire run (i did the communist exile thingy focus)

[vital plinth]

Oh what about the ressource right etc ?

[uncut narwhal]

yea no

[uncut narwhal]

it takes them time or they just dont do it

[warped heron]

i did the focus like 2 years ago

[uncut narwhal]

how is frances ideology chart looking?

[warped heron]

it was 70 percent before

[stable sail]

guys who have cracked game version how to enable dlcs?

[trail reef]

trynna open hoi4 then this happens and launcher just loads

[vital plinth]

@uncut narwhal I can’t annex either any idea what’s going on here tho ?

[uncut narwhal]

no idea

[glacial steeple]

yes

good

[glacial steeple]

you cannot annex supervised states

[vital plinth]

Im democary what should I do then ?

[glacial steeple]

probably high enough stability to avoid civil war.

[vital plinth]

Unsure what to do should I have annexed Japan ?

[glacial steeple]

only puppet after annexing

from occupied territories

if you wish to puppet

[warped heron]

ok how do i bring it down

[vital plinth]

Oh ok il have to reload save

[glacial steeple]

spies, war

nukes

[warped heron]

right thanks

[ornate raptor]

Are normal Tanks worth it or are spg and anti tanks better?

[uncut narwhal]

do you have no step back?

[ornate raptor]

yes

[uncut narwhal]

only use medium sgps in sp then

[tight coral]

what is romania meta on mp? like what i should focus on

[misty jasper]

im new can some one help me

[warped river]

does anyone know if motorized infantry counts as armor or infantry

for certain modifiers

e.g rommel

[misty jasper]

im new can some one help me

[worn ember]

Sure

In what aspect?

Economy, warfare, politics...?

[fluid verge]

yo should i kill myself for getting encircled by ai

[twin kayak]

wait, 2 things:

[jade jewel]

Oh...

Ig it won't work without dlc

[twin kayak]

I'll post what I want anyway

[glacial steeple]

no

[twin kayak]

Hi Casey

[glacial steeple]

hiya

how have you been

[twin kayak]

I'll probably get muted once again for evading the filter xD

[twin kayak]

Great

and you

[glacial steeple]

im pretty decent

are you a professional hoi4 player yet

[twin kayak]

Exam season coming closer ...

[twin kayak]

nah

part time right now

Did a luxemburg world conquest

:)

[twin kayak]

Can you explain this ?

I bought that game like 6 weeks ago xD

good job paradox, I'm addicted

[glacial steeple]

youre goated

[fluid verge]

its the spanish civil war tho

i have 1k hours in the game already i have no excuse

[slate nimbus]

where you see that?

[formal cove]

is there a method that somehow germany will atack sov union?

[slate nimbus]

btw does getting this screen means i won? (yeah im a weeb)

[formal cove]

kinda

[cold bloom]

No, it always happens lategame

[slate nimbus]

ill take it as a half win

• American Taiwan is funny

i was just wondering cus that tab said that score wouldnt be recorded afterwards

if i continued

[stone summit]

Thank you for clarifying I would have never known

[slate nimbus]

its better to come clean

maybe playing as US isnt that hard

or maybe i got blessed with good ally AI

[glacial steeple]

no

it doesnt mean anything

its just the game is supposed to end in 1949, no content is supposed to be made after that

you get it after your major war after that time ends, or you hit the date

you can keep playing if you want

[slate nimbus]

makes sense

[glacial steeple]

you can even conquer the world and keep playing technically

[slate nimbus]

oh yeah i just got it cus Japan finally surrendered

after like

3 or 4 nukes

was a bit of a weird playthrough because i thought i wasnt going to push back the "second philippine government"

[tacit thistle]

can someone show me a good flammpanzer and medium tank build for 1939

and

sp artillery thingy

[warm lava]

i dont know how to use nukes

i researched and made nukes

[slate nimbus]

you need strategic bombers to deploy them

it will tell you this in the raid option

[visual tide]

Hello, how do you get Georg von Trapp as Austria for the achievement. AFAIK you have to go defending the coast and promote new admirals. I did it as Fascist Austria and it didn't pop. Do I need to be Monarchist or atleast non aligned?

[jagged hull]

i need a lot of help

[visual tide]

Nevermind I just got the event

[warm lava]

i use germany what plane to use

[spiral delta]

is this medium 1938 tank design good for germany single player 1937?

[trail reef]

is 22.2 too much for comabt width for attack infantry

[uncut narwhal]

no

[spiral delta]

what do i improve

[uncut narwhal]

actually not enough

[uncut narwhal]

use the one i send

[trail reef]

ok what should it be

[spiral delta]

the hard attack is low tho

[uncut narwhal]

its for singleplayer tho?

[spiral delta]

wdym

[trail reef]

thats too big for me

[spiral delta]

ai dont make tanks?

[uncut narwhal]

bad tanks

[uncut narwhal]

who are you playing as?

[trail reef]

czechia now austria hungary

[uncut narwhal]

oh then do tanks lwk

inf bricks also work probably

[trail reef]

dont have to industry

[uncut narwhal]

as ah you def have the industry

youve got nsb?

[trail reef]

no dlcs

[uncut narwhal]

yeaa then i have no idea other than 36w special forces

i think

[spiral delta]

cant do this

[slate nimbus]

you have to build strategic bombers
you ofc need to research them first (idk if you have dlcs or not)

[spiral delta]

im in 1937

[uncut narwhal]

ok produce that chassis but with heavy machine gun, once you have howitzer 1 convert the chassis

[trail reef]

which tanks are the best here

[uncut narwhal]

mediums

[spiral delta]

what does chasis mean?

[trail reef]

what abt the tvp

[uncut narwhal]

the different types, you have light/medium/heavy and then interwar/basic etc

[uncut narwhal]

i dont know the templates for no dlc

[spiral delta]

oh alr

[spiral delta]

im also gonna make flame tanks do i make them as light medium or heavy?

[uncut narwhal]

medium

[spiral delta]

alr thx

[uncut narwhal]

get as much breakthrough as you can

[spiral delta]

on which?

[uncut narwhal]

medium flame tank

fun fact

you get the buffs even when your missing them

[spiral delta]

W

[warm lava]

what dlcs and i usually do research all

[spiral delta]

small cannons work better tho

[warm lava]

@slate nimbusidk what plane to use

[spiral delta]

are u saying use heavy for the reliability?

[uncut narwhal]

no i meant for the main gun

cause its the cheapest

[spiral delta]

oh alr

[spiral delta]

btw bottom right

production cost

what does the number mean

[uncut narwhal]

how expensive your tank is to produce

[spiral delta]

alr

[spiral delta]

if i have 17 production cost how many can i make

[uncut narwhal]

no idea

a 36w tank div

uses like 400 tanks each

[spiral delta]

alr

[uncut narwhal]

like 30 mils on

them

will get you a lot

[slate nimbus]

the planes on the far right, they literally say strategic bombers

[warm lava]

far right?

[radiant bison]

I'm pretty new to this game and straight ass, How do I play standard focus tree minor nations and what types of divisions should I get?

[spiral delta]

my flame tank got 0 hardness

will it die instantly?

[uncut narwhal]

no?

[spiral delta]

alr

thx

[slate nimbus]

if you already researched them, just add them to the production, it will usually tell you the type of plane below its name

[vital plinth]

Does mothership need high air detection in the zone to be effective? I’m loosing and not getting High kills

[spiral delta]

hey do u have a infantry template for germany 1938?

[uncut narwhal]

please provide a screenshot

[uncut narwhal]

for what?

[vital plinth]

Is it because of the 1%?

[spiral delta]

a good infantry template

[uncut narwhal]

good for what

[spiral delta]

attack ig

attack and defense

[uncut narwhal]

how is the range/mission efficieny looking, dont crop ss

[uncut narwhal]

youve got tanks for that dont you?

[spiral delta]

yeah but i cant make many tanks so ill add some infantry to help

[uncut narwhal]

as germany you can have like 24x 36w tanks with ease

so

but

even 4x 36w tanks

are enough to dominate

the ai

so the starter inf is fine

[spiral delta]

alr

[uncut narwhal]

just get meta fighters and cas

[spiral delta]

imma use to defend borders

[spiral delta]

meta? cas?

idk meaning of them im new

[uncut narwhal]

do you have bba?

[spiral delta]

what is bba

[uncut narwhal]

by blood alone

[spiral delta]

nah dk whats that

[uncut narwhal]

do you have the air designer?

[spiral delta]

wdym

plane designer?

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[spiral delta]

no

[uncut narwhal]

then just get the newest fighter and close air support tech

[spiral delta]

ok ill do that thx

when i fight france

do i charge for paris?

and will it capitulate them

[uncut narwhal]

if you have the north and take paris then yes

[vital plinth]

Range is fine it’s motherships 110 of them

[uncut narwhal]

send a ss of the range and whats their mission efficiency

[spiral delta]

good?

[uncut narwhal]

horrible

[spiral delta]

damn

what do i do then

[uncut narwhal]

this should be the most basic variant

[magic finch]

how can i know if a template is good or not?

im playing a lot with argentina and idk if template is good or not

[spiral delta]

better?

[uncut narwhal]

remove the recon

and use spgs

[uncut narwhal]

what is your template?

[spiral delta]

spgs?

[magic finch]

i dont have one hha

i usually use this w8

but i need the focus of marines for use

and take much time for use

[spiral delta]

i dont see it

i just made it and i dont see in my support

[uncut narwhal]

remove like 1 battalion and its good

[pastel yarrow]

Can some1 SS

[uncut narwhal]

brother

go to your design

and where it says medium

tank

select artillery

[spiral delta]

i did

[magic finch]

what do u mind with 1 battalion?

one montanier or marine

[uncut narwhal]

ok?

so

whats the problem now

[spiral delta]

yeah but i dont see them

[uncut narwhal]

they are there tho

[spiral delta]

ur goated for using modrinth icl

[uncut narwhal]

whatever keeps you above +50% amphibious buff

[uncut narwhal]

yoooo use them goddamn sgps

[magic finch]

where i see the amphibious buff?

[spiral delta]

aint there

[uncut narwhal]

its not a support company

bro

[uncut narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-tucker-son-giftok-im-crine-slow-walk-gif-10770380443166414376

[spiral delta]

i mean u said remove recon and put spgs

[uncut narwhal]

dear basketball

i said

remove recon

USE spg

not replace

[spiral delta]

ik

[slate nimbus]

theyre tanks

[spiral delta]

i mistook it

[uncut narwhal]

spgs are battalions

[spiral delta]

do i put the spgs with my tanks or in a different template/

[austere roost]

Replace tanks with SPG, keep recon and kick the support art for other supports, and replace cab with inf if you can't build enough mechs

[vital plinth]

@uncut narwhal

[spiral delta]

are u sure?

[austere roost]

Yes I'm sure

[vital plinth]

also i have an issue where the persian empire is at war with axis but is not in allies so when i try to push as india all lands go to the persian empire

i cant become faction leader either

[austere roost]

I mean I typed cav to cab but everything else is correct

[vital plinth]

shold i pull back and let the persian empire caputulate?

[uncut narwhal]

why not motorized to get hp with logistics via individual excellence?

[austere roost]

Then just make mech then

[uncut narwhal]

yea your not detecting

[spiral delta]

good?

[uncut narwhal]

why is it at 46w?

[austere roost]

Now replace cav with inf

[spiral delta]

it will be very slow then

[austere roost]

Also when you get 1939 art tech replace howitzers

[spiral delta]

idk ur the expert brotato

[austere roost]

Better than having low stats

Also speed doesn't matter

6.4kmh will run at 4kmh in most circumstances

[uncut narwhal]

it should say 36 not 46

[small flare]

Does anyone have a step by step guide on how to play turkey?

(Specifically reforming the ottoman empire)

I tried to do it the other day thought I did everything right (made sure to select democrat)

But I never got the "invite ottoman loyalists" so I couldn't progress further.

[austere roost]

Also keep recon but replace it with light tank and replace support art with other supports

[spiral delta]

the infantry makes almost no difference except slower

[austere roost]

Uh no

[spiral delta]

how do i make more cavalry is it by producing mech?

[austere roost]

Unless you refuse to research tech, refuse to use doctrines, and refuse to use generals

Hover over battalion to see what you need to produce

But either use inf or mechs

[spiral delta]

alr

[spiral delta]

btw what do i do about mefo bills?

[austere roost]

Just follow bittersteel's Germany guide

[spiral delta]

where

[vital plinth]

What can I do to detect ? I’m having same issue in Turkey

[austere roost]

Google it

[spiral delta]

alr

[vital plinth]

Hey @austere roost can I ask also is there other way to get control of area ? I can’t ask Iran since they no faction

I want to build airbases but their lands I can’t build

[austere roost]

Can you go to war with them?

[sharp trench]

can someone help me my game is like super zoomed in

[red mesa]

Congrats

[vital plinth]

They are at war with my enemy dont think so ?

[red sundial]

why cant i annex/do the things to annex checkslovakia

[sharp trench]

why is my game so close/zoomed

[uncut narwhal]

pretty sure thats a known bug

[jade jewel]

Why won't my navel invasion move after turning it on

[uncut narwhal]

do you have dominance?

[warped river]

how do i make my specific tank modifications in no step back apply to my tank division

like i make a special heavy tank and want to apply it to a division

[uncut narwhal]

automatically the newest design

[jade jewel]

Nobody has dominance

[warped river]

I see

[vital plinth]

Hey I stumbled upon this guide I’m a bit confused what he mean switch splitting airforce into 1 and each province for war support ?

[warped river]

and to choose past designs?

[jade jewel]

No red water

[uncut narwhal]

you can turn on and off stuff tho in the template

[warped river]

Bet

[uncut narwhal]

you need dominance tho

[jade jewel]

Alright... thanks

[red sundial]

so restart

?

[uncut narwhal]

cheat

[red sundial]

im on ironman

[uncut narwhal]

restart

[red sundial]

ok

[jade jewel]

What happends when I war a country germany guarantees but I am in the axis

[uncut narwhal]

nothing

[spiral delta]

hey

when i attack poland how do i make ussr join]

or i give them the land they took irl

[scenic nacelle]

They don’t

U get a decision after Poland caps to give them the land

[spiral delta]

i get it automatically? no focus for it i gotta do

[scenic nacelle]

U gotta do the Molotov Ribbentrop focus

[spiral delta]

alr thx

[spiral delta]

last question when i deploy units that didnt have enough equipment, will they get it as i produce the equipment?

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

[spiral delta]

alr

[jade jewel]

So germany won't kick me in the face?

[sand ember]

If you’re in the Axis, Germany will not stop you

[jade jewel]

Yay now I only have to hope that the people I war don't kick me in the face

[brisk valley]

Genually this broke my game ahh

[alpine oasis]

how do i build trains?

caue i cant find it on the production or construction menu

[brisk valley]

Go reserch them frst

In support part of reserch scroll down

There are 3 tipes of train normal civilian armored bether aganst bombing and cannon

If you need anything more ask

[alpine oasis]

my civilian train has already been researched

[sand ember]

You’re hovering over it lol

It’s the second one

[alpine oasis]

oh crap

im blind

i spent 20 minutes searching it up

[sand ember]

Lmao

[alpine oasis]

my bad

thanks

[sand ember]

np

[brisk valley]

💀 I dident see it

[alpine oasis]

is there any way to see your stockpile of your production

[sand ember]

the logistics tab

top of your screen

one of the buttons

[vital geode]

[alpine oasis]

thanks

[midnight tapir]

Ok so when I make new boats how do I put them in my navy?

Do they js go there?

[red mesa]

you can select where they show up from the production line. By default they go into a reserve fleet

[midnight tapir]

Thank you

[hollow cave]

how can i paratroop as germany
I have paratroopers in the focus tree if that helps

[sick nacelle]

help meeeeeeeee

[sick nacelle]

current situation btw

(there were no divs in the nepal borders)

[slate nimbus]

based mod

[austere roost]

if you lose any of the islands of taiwan or modern day japanese islands then you get that event

[thin nebula]

What no navy does to a major smh

[austere roost]

dom't tell stalin that

[warped knoll]

why are my troops struggling so much

there are some supply issues but other than that

[sick nacelle]

Probably bc they have way to many men

[warped river]

is there any european country i cna invade as germany that has lots and lots of rubber

or even a slight bit of rubber

[warped knoll]

soviets?

[sick nacelle]

check how many divs they got

[warped knoll]

309-354

[sick nacelle]

how many do you have

[warped knoll]

291

only like 240 on that front

[sick nacelle]

yeah maybe bc they have more troops + entrenched

[warped knoll]

so then what do i do

[sick nacelle]

press n and show ss

or m

[austere roost]

what's the air situation? are your divisions equipped? how bad is supply?

[warped knoll]

i’ve got sup pretty much everywhere

just moved some fighters to ukraine to get total sup

i’m bombing rails and airbases w strat and tac

[austere roost]

no show us screenshots

[sick nacelle]

can we see the air map

[austere roost]

also if you bomb rail expect supply to be shit when you occupy it

[warped knoll]

yeah one second

[sick nacelle]

also you might wanna stop all attacks since only 3 battles are green

[warped knoll]

ok not sure what happened

[austere roost]

so you have red air

and also there's a screenshot button in steam

[sick nacelle]

you gotta put your planes in forward airbases

[warped knoll]

idk

everything is just being shredded

[austere roost]

well first move your planes to the air zones and stop attacking

[warped knoll]

i stopped all the attacks

[austere roost]

are your divisions equipped? supplied? send screenshots

[warped knoll]

how do you want me to show

they were equipped going in and now they aren’t

[sick nacelle]

f12

[warped knoll]

how do i access the ss

[austere roost]

scroll into the battleline

[warped river]

how do i make the flammpanzer support

i researched it but it isnt in support

[warped knoll]

i closed the game

[sick nacelle]

you gotta manually attack sometimes

theres alot of weakpoints with a low amount of divs in there frontline

mass your forces on them to get encirclements

and slowly grind down the enemy

[jagged cargo]

are you using crack version by any chances.

the only time I see this glitch is from hoi4's crack version

DM me if you still face that problem i guess

[austere roost]

you're half equipped. Also use marshal battle lines, right now they keep attaking individually instead of working across armies

[jagged cargo]

your divs are crine

literally

underequipped, no org

can I pwease see your template

[snow venture]

i just capitulated soviets and i didnt get the achievement... any idea why?

[iron veldt]

are you on ironman

[snow venture]

yes

[snow venture]

update: i released russia fully then re-declared and after i killed them a 2nd time i got achievement

[sick nacelle]

Difficulty?

[warped knoll]

its base infantry template w anti air

and 34 width medium tanks w anti air

and no recon

[austere roost]

Show us the stats and ss of template

[subtle socket]

@l… was bulgaria changed

cant core attica and pelo

[tired cedar]

currently invading hte ussr and i got a nasty encirclement

rate this @here

186K german to 1M soviet

this is the essence of the reich

[warped river]

Whats a really good light tank spam template

for gemrany

even if its expensive

[tired cedar]

why use light tanks

i just use mediums

?

[wind canyon]

nice dude looking nice

[tired cedar]

thanks man

[wind canyon]

yeah keep going hope you have a colab gov on them right?

[tired cedar]

im preparing that and resistance contacts rn

[wind canyon]

don't bother with resistance contacts

all they do is raise reistance in a state that they don't core

so its a bit pointless imo

[tired cedar]

its already underway 🥲

in finland tho

[wind canyon]

thats tragic

[tired cedar]

bc idk anything abt naval invasions now that the new update made everything 300x harder

else id just naval invade finland

[wind canyon]

lwk im not sure what changed

since i don't navy like at all

[tired cedar]

me neither dude

thats why i only paradrop britain

never naval invade

[left mica]

Navy is easy

Just build ships

Whats so hard

[neat widget]

you're the ussr?

[wind canyon]

i argue its just most ppl arent as knowledgable about it me included

like your right

its not that hard

[left mica]

My point is it’s not hard to learn at all

So it’s more like some people are choosing to be willfully ignorant

wilfully?

[wind canyon]

that or they just pick whats easier

[left mica]

i mean i cant imagine spending 10 minutes watching a youtube tutorial to be hard?

[wind canyon]

fair it didn't take make long to understand how to navy

after forcing my self to learn

but as your well aware this game is quite overwheling

[left mica]

like if you want to cheap out as much as you want you can just spam light cruisers with a lot of light medium guns

yeah it is

[wind canyon]

the navy def dosen't help

so most ppl just like

[left mica]

Slow down

[wind canyon]

shut it out

[left mica]

Thats true

[wind canyon]

i remeber when i first got it

[left mica]

My friend who has 200 hours in hoi told me he cant understand the game at all

[wind canyon]

the game i opeend the navy tab

and i was like

nope

[left mica]

yeah same tbh

[wind canyon]

and didn't touch it for like another couple hundred hours

[left mica]

i can understand that

shrug

[wind canyon]

till i learned i couldn't praradrop eveywhere

but atleast i have a basic understanding

[left mica]

ive literally never used paratroopers lol

[wind canyon]

like i aint making the meta ship designs or nothing

but its enough to work against the ai

[wind canyon]

yeah i only use them for like

[austere roost]

Wasn't old naval invasion just making 50 different orders?

[wind canyon]

small landings

[left mica]

Yeah

[austere roost]

It was very painful to do

[wind canyon]

yeah

[left mica]

But now i have to wait 30 days

which is like

[wind canyon]

like across the english chanel or sicily

[left mica]

ages

[subtle finch]

Hello, I have a friend in my discord chat whos new to the game and I'm wondering if there is anyone here with experience who could walk him through the game

[austere roost]

Dude just watch the beginner tutorials and then follow bittersteel's Germany guide

[left mica]

I still remember when i was still fresh, and as germany i’d land in hull and completely botch the invasion of england

or this one time when i landed 72 inf divisions as the us into germany, then get encircled and losing all of them

and i ragequitted

[austere roost]

Yeah the time is dumb, you already limited one div naval invasion abuse by limiting the amount of invasions

[left mica]

Yeah

[warped river]

GENUINELY

HOW DO I GET FLAME TANk

SUPPORT COMPANY

i have it researched

[maiden lintel]

special project

the land facility

[warped river]

I already have it researched

[maiden lintel]

do u have no step back

[warped river]

yes

[maiden lintel]

then go in the designer and on the gun

[quaint mist]

have you created a template??

[maiden lintel]

select the flamthrower

[quaint mist]

you need to make sure you designate the tank as a flame tank and have the gun in

[warped river]

if i change it to a flamethrower will the actual flame tank support appear

[warped river]

I see

ty

[quaint mist]

np bro, i had the same issue at one point

[vagrant stratus]

For doing Austria-Hungary as Hungary, would it be best to rush re-integration with the puppets or should I leave them for a while to have them work on the joint focus tree?

Trying to consider the best route atm and gettin a bit stuck: leaving them to work on the focus tree while I work on my own would def help with the bonuses they give, but it's also REALLY hard to argue with the additional core territories, esp when Hungary doesn't start out in the greatest of positions factory/manpower wise

Right, and would the bonuses to cavalry from some of the focuses actually make them worth considering? Or am I better off still focusing on infantry/mountaineers, or even something else?

[worn cobalt]

guys how to change ability effects in hoi4

[left mica]

?

[left mica]

What joint focus tree

Does it give them more factories?

if the joint focus tree doesnt directly or indirectly give you any buffs then just annex them

or alternatively you can push them all the way down to integrated puppets, then save up some pp so you can annex all of them anytime you choose

cant comment more because idk what you’re dealing with

[vagrant stratus]

This one, it's the joint Austra-Hungary focus tree.
The buffs depend on the focus obv, but they seem pretty substantial, esp for something that you don't really have to interact with yourself

Like increasing construction speed, max factories, factory output, a bunch of different military bonuses, stuff like that

Like one focus alone gives all of this lmao

[left mica]

Oh damn i think you have the answer

(Dont annex them yet)

since it frees you up to do other focuses

idk

Assuming you still have access to that after you annex austria

[vagrant stratus]

Gotcha gotcha. Gonna have to try to make do with base Hungary for a while then
though theoretically I could annex the Czech puppet but leave the Austrian one, since the Czech puppet doesn't seem to interact with the tree much

[vagrant stratus]

Just confirmed, all the focuses are still there even after annexing both puppets

OH wait, you'll need at least one puppet to actually progress in the tree it seems

[left mica]

i see

then yeah

maybe annex czechoslovakia and keep austria around? idk

cz industry is much better than austria's

[vivid lotus]

does this strictly only apply to infantry, or does it apply to all ground infantry like mountainers, rangers, etc?

[low olive]

what's the difference between puppet and annex

[celest vale]

Annex mean you colonial them

[low olive]

what's the in game difference? what do you get over the otner

stat wise

[strange badger]

Help. No supply connection from the captial.

I'm playing as Germany. I landed scotland. The port supply hub says "No supply connection from the captial". Why? By the way my inf divs are well supplied but my tank divs all run out of oil and never replenish.

[red mesa]

annexing means you occupy and garrison it, compliance gets you stuff out of those states. If you're democratic or communist you have the best occupation laws that make this way more viable. Puppeting means you get a subject with cores that can use the full potential of those states and give you a fraction of that depending on autonomy.

[low olive]

if you puppet then can you annex afterwards as well?

[red mesa]

yeah

you can push autonomy down through lend leasing and building in their territory

just costs you pp

[left mica]

yeah it also applies to all other ground inf

also dont do mass assault please

[low olive]

can you tell me how to prepare for the late game? Ive played Germany for like 300 hours and still every single time im completely shattered by the endless british divisions that just wont stop anywhere

space marine tactic is the only effective thing ive gotten even close to the mid game

[red mesa]

I mean ideally the british die in 1940 before you invade the soviets

but if they're still around then you need to be competing in the air and using special forces or proper tank divs to attack with

the numbers aren't the issue so much as it is the strength in the air and how powerful your divisions are

[left mica]

air, air and air

thats it

air

build a crap ton of fighters

[low olive]

are fighters better to produce than CAS then?

[red mesa]

what? Fighters are a prerequisite to CAS

[left mica]

have you ever produced a single fighter aircraft?

[low olive]

yeah

[red mesa]

CAS doesn't function without fighters

[left mica]

fighter is a shield and cas is a sword

why do you think people carried shields around in the past

[low olive]

i always have thousands of aircraft in every single fight, yet all air battles against major nations are red

[left mica]

you cant fight without a shield to protect you against arrows and other people's swords

[red mesa]

What plane design are you using and are they in full range of the target region?

[left mica]

bad plane design then

do you have by blood alone

[low olive]

no DLC

[left mica]

aw

i'd say expansion dlcs are worth buying

[low olive]

like what

in order of priority

[red mesa]

Then you need to make sure you're up to date on tech, improve the plane equipment, keep planes in range and don't overstack airbases

oh and have fuel

[left mica]

La Resistance, NSB, BBA, AAT, Gottedammerung, NCNS in that order

i would say la resistance is marginally more imprtant than nsb but that's my opinion

[low olive]

i make my aircraft follow the attacking division so the airbases don't overstack anyway, tech is usually also up to date, which is weird cuz everything is up to date and in great numbers and with fuel but still air battles are lost

typically i build AA on the border of the battle and defend till the enemy nation runs out of aircraft

base game aircraft for some reason just aren't that effective if there are enemy aircraft

[red mesa]

state AA only affects strat bombing in the states under that air zone, so the state doesn't actually matter and it doesn't do jack against fighters

[left mica]

yeah

[low olive]

that's so stupid

[red mesa]

it's because of how air interacts with ground combat

[low olive]

my space marines also have armored AA in templates so i guess they have to do

[red mesa]

army AA mitigates CAS but only during battles within the airzone they're active in, the mitigation has a cap too

[low olive]

only fighters can counter fighters then?

[red mesa]

So there is no substitute for having fighter superiority

[low olive]

that makes so much sense now why air battles are such a bs in my runs

[red mesa]

yeah it's not very intuitive

one of the things about this game that you only grasp if you read about 10 different tooltips

[low olive]

I haven't even managed to beat tutorial yet so good luck to me

[left mica]

i mean how can you expect to hit a very small and agile mustang flying at 7km above your head with an 88mm

thats fine

ties back to what i said earlier

[low olive]

now i have to learn how to properly naval invade then cuz atm i haven't managed to do a single invasion yet

[left mica]

#hoi4-general message

just something i observed really

hoi4 also teaches you skills for adulthood

[jade jewel]

What does it mean if I have enough convoys but don't receive them?

[jade jewel]

And what does doing a lend lease do except give someone something?

[primal silo]

Has the timurid civil war as Raj been changed / made harder?

[drowsy holly]

How do I know what units to make and what to research please help

[fathom thistle]

lower autonomy for puppet

esepcially convoys

[fathom thistle]

general rule: anything 18w usually for defense and holding/36w usually meant to attack and push

[jade jewel]

But what if people from my faction give me stuff

I'm not their puppet

[red mesa]

then they're trying to help you with your equipment deficits

send them a thank you note in the post or something

[jade jewel]

So it doesn't effect war participation or sth?

[fathom thistle]

Then nothing, it's just extra equipment for ya

[red mesa]

it does, but only very slightly

[fathom thistle]

Dear Italy, thank you for sending me the most useless tank that has less armor than a hardened steel bucket. With love Germany 🎀

[red mesa]

Dear Oman, thank you very much for sending me 2000 units of gun 0, I will use them to put down partisans in the balkans. XOXO From your pal, Turkey

[spiral delta]

does anyone know how i can increase ground attack on my support plane?

[fathom thistle]

you maxed out on bomb locks so u good, also what are those 2 bottom modules?

[red mesa]

one on the right is dive brakes

[spiral delta]

dive breaks and bomb sights

[red mesa]

bomb sights are useless on CAS

[spiral delta]

yeah but it says 0 ground attack

[red mesa]

mouse over the mission icon for the stats

adjusters

[spiral delta]

wdym?

[fathom thistle]

unnecessary

you cank keep those empty to save ic

[red mesa]

the stats only apply in the mission type, so mouse over the CAS adjuster and it'll show the ground attack

also drop down to single engine, 2x is a waste of IC

[spiral delta]

ic?

[red mesa]

production cost

[spiral delta]

oh alr

do i put engine 1 to engine ll or engine l

[red mesa]

highest rank single engine

[spiral delta]

alr thx

i changed bomb sights to turret defense

that good/

[fathom thistle]

small airframe = always singular engine

[fathom thistle]

not needed, you want to max out defense on your fighters, you only use cas when there is green air

[red mesa]

more useful, but ideally you have enough fighters that it's not needed

[spiral delta]

like when i got high air superiority?

[spiral delta]

alr

[fathom thistle]

yes, and when the region is green

[spiral delta]

do i remove dive breaks?

[fathom thistle]

yes

[spiral delta]

with what

[fathom thistle]

nothing

[spiral delta]

alr

[fathom thistle]

just keep it empty

[red mesa]

fuel tanks for range

[fathom thistle]

that might be useful ig

you want to max out range too

[spiral delta]

cant get fuel tanks idk why

[red mesa]

research

range improvements

[spiral delta]

yeah

is my fighter good tho/

[red mesa]

you want cannons or HMGs instead of LMGs

and again, range is very good, as is armor

whatever that module is, get rid

[spiral delta]

do i put cannons 2x l?

[red mesa]

as much air attack as you can get for that engine/thrust rating

[spiral delta]

wdym

[red mesa]

engine determines thrust, adding stuff increases weight, if weight is over thrust the design doesn't work/can't be saved

[spiral delta]

oh yeah

[red mesa]

you want to stack as much air attack from weapons as you can without going over max weight

[spiral delta]

ik

[spiral delta]

alr

wow cannons work much better

thx

[red mesa]

get range improvements and survivability studies for the fuel tanks and armor

HMGs are still high air attack but less heavy than cannons

[spiral delta]

i can only put 1 2x cannon before it exceeds weight

[spiral delta]

i gotta research it

[red mesa]

yeah

this stuff is why it's so important to research the 1940 plane techs ahead of time

[spiral delta]

i need more range i gotta research fuel tanks

[spiral delta]

yeah im doing it rn do i research medium or small?

[red mesa]

small airframe covers fighters, CAS and normal naval bombers. The medium and large airframes are mostly for bomber types that you don't need

[spiral delta]

lemme get this right small for fighters medium for ground support and naval bombers and heavy for bombers?

[left mica]

no

so many things wrong with it

use 4x heavy mgs

dont use radio, ever

[red mesa]

no

[spiral delta]

thats the best i can do i dont have much research

[red mesa]

re-read what I said

[left mica]

switch to self sealing and armour plates

use focke wulf mio

[left mica]

just build a bare plane with no components, 1 engine 2 and 2x lmg

[spiral delta]

small for fighters close air support and naval bombers medium and large for bombers?

[spiral delta]

ye i changed the template

[red mesa]

yes, bombers which you don't need

[left mica]

once you got hmg and self sealing/armour plates, design a complete plane using the same basic airframe and convert your existing stockpile

if that makes sense

[spiral delta]

it does but wdym convert my existing srock pile

like change it to my new template?

[left mica]

do you know what equipment conversion is?

change the plane on your production line to the new design

then you should see a small icon on the bottom left of that production line