tech-support

[thorn zephyr]

@next fjord I am back

[next fjord]

Alright, try go into the launcher, go to game settings, check DX9

[thorn zephyr]

Bro I cant even play now??

[weak prawn]

hello can i have help my hoi4 crashes when it starts initializing

[ruby gull]

Can someone help me get my guns back

[brisk pecan]

how do i fix this bug with no icons? its been like this for months, i reinstalled the game multiple times and i have no mods

[mellow shoal]

Turn off nato symbols in the settings

[next fjord]

Calling NATO symbols a bug 😢

[brisk pecan]

Thank you 🛂

[mellow shoal]

np

[wise fjord]

Game crashes as soon as I hit unpasue

This is happening ever since the new DLC release

[mellow shoal]

Any mods?

[wise fjord]

none

[mellow shoal]

What’s your checksum?

[wise fjord]

What?

[mellow shoal]

The 4 numbers in the parentheses next to the version

[wise fjord]

I'm sorry if I'm dumb but I really don't know how to check it

[brisk pecan]

is there a way to have original flags like the nazi flag

without mods

[mellow shoal]

no

[mellow shoal]

when you launch the game its in the box where you'd click to play single player

[wise fjord]

Oh ok, let me just launch and check

[pine lance]

I dont know if its the right place to ask but i havent bought the by blood alone dlc but have the things it adds without bying it does anyone know something about that?

some of the things

[mellow shoal]

it should add the hist focuses for italy and some of the peace deal mechanics

[wise fjord]

@mellow shoal Is this the one?

[mellow shoal]

yeah

[pine lance]

so i get some of the stuff with out the dlc

Ok thanks

[mellow shoal]

np

[mellow shoal]

ok, try verifying your files

[wise fjord]

I did already and the issue persists

[mellow shoal]

well crap

[wise fjord]

It's unfixable? (unless a fix comes out)

[mellow shoal]

1- Unsubscribe any mod you have
2- Uninstall the game
3- Manually delete the two Hearts of Iron IV folders, you can find one under documents and the other under steamapp. Those are the usual paths to find the folders
under documents
C:\Users\user\OneDrive\Documenti\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV
and under steam
C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV
4- Open Windows Settings and search on the Applications if the Paradox launcher is still in the list, if it is uninstall it.
5- Restart your pc
6- Install the game again
7- Try if it works
try this maybe

its fixable, I'm just not a tech guy

[wise fjord]

oh ok, Thank you! and I use MacOS the steps same for it or different?

[mellow shoal]

uhh maybe

it should be

[wise fjord]

Thank you, I'll let you know as soon as I finish the above steps

@mellow shoal The steamapps folder doesn't exist at all

[next fjord]

Try using Steam to locate it
Right click on HOI4
Properties
Local files
Browse

[wise fjord]

No files according to steam

[next fjord]

What

[wise fjord]

yea

Anyways, I found it using steam library under steam preferences

[sour talon]

i need help, always on the loading screen at the end it crashes

can anyone please help

[next fjord]

Switch to DX9 in the Game Settings in Laucher

[cerulean torrent]

everytime i play hoi4 around 20 mins after i started playing my wifi connection on the pc just stops and i have to restart the pc for it to be back any clue how to fix that and also only happens when i play hoi4

[next fjord]

That is the most anomylous issue I have ever heard, def gonna be one I immediately refer you to tech support for

https://support.paradoxplaza.com/hc/en-us/categories/202732728-Hearts-of-Iron-IV

[cerulean torrent]

ight

some people told me that the issue is prob that my drivers arent updated but all of them are

[sour talon]

i did it still crashes

i even launched it as administrator

[next fjord]

Maybe even try OpenGL?

[sour talon]

whats that i forgor

oh

i just found out

[next fjord]

Actually what type of crash is this

[sour talon]

like

some paradox crash

i can send report

idk how to say it

[next fjord]

Does it crash to crash reporter or map error

[sour talon]

crash reporter

[next fjord]

Ok so crash reporter

[sour talon]

yes

i have no idea what happened

2 days ago

i could play it normally

then it kept crashing

[next fjord]

Yeah no it sounds like mostly a DX11 thing judging by the others I’ve helped but I’m just not sure since DX9 didn’t work for you

[sour talon]

my game worked 2 days ago

what the hell happened

it just started crashing

i didnt even download any mods

i tried reinstalling laos

also

nothing happened

[next fjord]

For vast majority of people it was because DX11 became incredibly unstable on ‘older’ machines

I say older but even just 4 years was enough

[sour talon]

i have a good pc

but the graphics card

bullshit

[next fjord]

What is the graphics card

[sour talon]

Nvidia geforce 9500

old asf

[next fjord]

Ok
Ok
Genuinely might be that HOI4 DX9 is too new for you

[sour talon]

But how

the card can run dx9

it looks like this but it doesnt have the small ventilator

[next fjord]

I dunno, it’s just based on how HOI4 is implementing it

[sour talon]

but i could run hoi 4

it just randomly stopped working

[next fjord]

1000 series supports DX11 but they are still crashing like crazy

Yeah no this last update broke a lot of stuff

[sour talon]

im thinking about restarting windows

like completly

or idk

but i believe that its cuz of the update

i could run hoi 4 normally

even my frien has a gaming pc and it still crashes

[next fjord]

Yeah from what I can tell 1000 series and AMD equivalents and older can’t run HOI4 on DX11

[sour talon]

i have it on dx9

[next fjord]

Did you try on OpenGL

[sour talon]

idk whats that

[next fjord]

A third option

[sour talon]

oh

i can try ig

what if it will still crash

[next fjord]

Then frankly I have given up for the day because it is almost 3am

But uh

You could clear out Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV if you haven’t aleeady

[sour talon]

i did

even before

no shit happened

i was dissapointed

when it started crashing

after this update

[next fjord]

Yeah I would have no clue if OpenGL doesn’t work

[sour talon]

i even updated my graphics card drivers

still dissapointed

this update was a dissapointment for me

is this also possible?

i have every dlc

[next fjord]

What is possible

[sour talon]

if i turn it off

will it maybe work?

[next fjord]

You could try but I’m still betting on the OpenGL thing

[sour talon]

i can try

wait

ill turn off VSync also

[next fjord]

Yeah you could as well

[sour talon]

im begging

it shall work now

[elder apex]

Hey guys so in steam we have version 1.12.2 and on paradox we only have version 1.12.1

[sour talon]

what the fu** is this now

[elder apex]

So how could I fix this if I want to play with my friend?

[next fjord]

Are one of you using the Steam open beta

[next fjord]

I suppose you have to verify integrity again?

[sour talon]

i swear im gonna uninstall this game

this is pointless

[next fjord]

Yeah maybe wait like a month

And hope the issues just get magically fixed by the devs

[sour talon]

that would be IMPRESSIVE

ngl

this was fr the worst update

everything broke

[next fjord]

Yeah like the content and features they added were pretty great but the stability and bugs were horrendous and brings it down to a low-tier update

[sour talon]

i wish i could get the older version hoi

[sour talon]

this happens

when i wanna launch as opengl

[elder apex]

No

My friend uses gamepass and I use steam

[sour talon]

nvm it happens Everytime

[elder apex]

I think normal steam

[next fjord]

Yeah I think it’s best to just walk away from HOI4 temporarily

[elder apex]

a

[next fjord]

As for your issue, not sure what the current version actually is. I think it’s just 1.12.1 though but I’d need to check

[elder apex]

it says its 1.12.2

on steam

[next fjord]

Ok so your friend is on an older version for some reason

[elder apex]

Yeah and he cannot for some reason patch the game

[next fjord]

Maybe the update hasn’t rolled out to gamepass yet?

[elder apex]

Maybe but idk

[visual quest]

even after the patch the game still crash if I try to give specialization to one of my generals

[surreal fiber]

you can report it on the forum

[cerulean torrent]

any clue how to fix?

[gray elk]

Version Barbasrossa

[gray elk]

By Blood alone same

[green pasture]

This patch was planned for day 7, but we were able to get it to you on steam a bit early, and just in time for the weekend. For those of you who are on the Microsoft Store, the update will be coming out next week!

— https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/avalanche-1-12-2-by-blood-alone-checksum-e45c.1545677/

[ancient orbit]

@gray elk
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/experiencing-issues-launching-bba-please-run-through-this-checklist-first.1544955/

[coarse blade]

I keep trying to set my refresh rate too 144hz but it keeps going back down to 60 when I boot the game

[gray elk]

Thanks

[craggy imp]

These borders are broken?

[ancient orbit]

Hello, was wondering if decolonization has been removed from the base game, i can't find it anymore

[civic orchid]

LAG IS GONE

HURRAH

I can play the game finally

[ancient orbit]

well i want a full refund of the game, decolonization made the game alot more enjoyable

[civic orchid]

just get a mod for it if its been removed lol

[ancient orbit]

the mods don't work still

they all need to be updated

[granite chasm]

Hi there! I just bought game on yesterday's sales and it is crashing with no reason while loading.

On the step when I load graphics or flags it does crash.

What can be a solution?

[cerulean torrent]

Everytime i play hoi4 for some reason my wifi connection on the pc just stops in the middle of the game like 20 mins after starting and i have to restart my pc for it to be back. It only happens when i play hoi4 and not with other games so i hope yall know how to fix it.

[dense crypt]

Try changing from DX11 to DX9

In case you do not know how,
Launcher>Game settings> Scroll to Renderer

[granite chasm]

Doesn't work.

I mean nothing changes. Still crashing.

[sour talon]

THATS EXACTLY MY PROBLEM

WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM @granite chasm

[dense crypt]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/experiencing-issues-launching-bba-please-run-through-this-checklist-first.1544955/

[dense crypt]

Tried GL too?

[granite chasm]

No. I'm not sure what it is so I didn't try.

[sour talon]

i tried everything

i think its the update's fault

or idk

[granite chasm]

If it is update's fault then it seems like all paradox games

[sour talon]

fr

[ancient orbit]

uhh, i can't send messages?

[sour talon]

but im sure its the update's fault

my game worked untill the update came

[ancient orbit]

man, this update sure has damaged alot of things lol

[granite chasm]

And so there is a just a option to wait, yup?

[sour talon]

fr

[surreal fiber]

could try rejoining

[ancient orbit]

they removed what i claim to be one of the best options of the base game, and that is to decolonization all the major nations

[granite chasm]

I've been dreaming how I take all the world playing Sweden...

But not today.

[sour talon]

imo this was a horrible update

it completly broke the game

[ancient orbit]

i want decolonization back 😩

[ancient orbit]

can you launch the base game at all?

[surreal fiber]

Still there for me

[sour talon]

well yes but no

at the end of loading it crashes

[ancient orbit]

what version of the game you on!

[surreal fiber]

Newest

[ancient orbit]

any mods running?

[sour talon]

no

[surreal fiber]

It got updated today with some fixes

[sour talon]

even no dlcs

[ancient orbit]

why can't i see it

[ancient orbit]

can you take a SS?

SS = ScreenShot

[surreal fiber]

Sicherheit-

[granite chasm]

Update required for HOI4

[surreal fiber]

oh okay

its at the very bottom

[ancient orbit]

wha.... WHY CAN;T I SEE IT LOL

[surreal fiber]

Could be an outdated mod oorrr...lemme check

[ancient orbit]

see, not there for me

[surreal fiber]

"Man the Guns" DLC is required

[sour talon]

i have that dlc

[ancient orbit]

ARE YOU JOKING ME

[sour talon]

I HAVE THAT DLC

[green pasture]

it was in response to the other person's question

[sour talon]

Lol

[ancient orbit]

hang on

so

when did they make decolonization for the dlc?

i was playing with decolonization on the base game, yesterday

and it worked fine, so you are telling me, they removed a feature, from the BASE game, and monetized it

talk about greediness

[green pasture]

then that would have been in the patchnotes

you never had MtG or the subscription service?

[ancient orbit]

nope

[green pasture]

nor mods?

[ancient orbit]

nope

the base, base game

i'm loading up my last save

SEE, no DLC or mods, the base game

[granite chasm]

I used Open GL and my game works

Yeeah

[ancient orbit]

wait, you can get decolonization on Open GL?

[granite chasm]

Thank you dude@dense crypt

[green pasture]

if you scroll up in that window, what do you see?

[green pasture]

nah dude's game was crashing

[ancient orbit]

ah

wait

do you get man the guns, when you pay for the base game?

[green pasture]

no

[ancient orbit]

for like a month?

huh

[green pasture]

so if you scroll the Custom Game Rules window, what's at the top? bc in your screenshot its scrolled to the absolute bottom

[ancient orbit]

it's not there 😩

i'm not paying £15 for a feature

[green pasture]

do you have a Game Setup section at all?

[ancient orbit]

nope

[green pasture]

what if you close the window and try to reopen with historical AI focuses unchecked?

just a wild guess

[ancient orbit]

hang on, let me try

nope, doesn't turn up

[surreal fiber]

do you have mtg?

man the guns DLC

[ancient orbit]

no

i don't

[surreal fiber]

then it isnt there

[ancient orbit]

hang on

yesterday, and the days before

[wise fjord]

@mellow shoal I reinstalled HOI but now I cannot load my older saves

[surreal fiber]

Previously this was broken, and the gamerules wrongly showed when they should have been DLC-exclusive

[green pasture]

I think the releaseables themselves were added in the free patch

[ancient orbit]

the game setup was there

[green pasture]

ah, oof

[ancient orbit]

well i was a refund

[surreal fiber]

Yes but the gamerules were never intended to be available

[leaden marsh]

is this channel for event problems as well?

[surreal fiber]

As in, bugs with game events?

[green pasture]

hah. weird that it's not in the 1.12 patchnotes

[leaden marsh]

i cant for the life of me get the baltic oppression events to trigger as SU

[green pasture]

or I'm failing at search atm, which is also possible

[leaden marsh]

nor romania or finland events

[surreal fiber]

I know this was a bug, because it was annoying in mods with focus tree selection

[green pasture]

What specific events

Did you do the relevant focuses

[leaden marsh]

the peacefull annex of land from baltics and romania, and the winter war event for finland

i havent done focuses, usually you can do it after signing the ribbentrop np?

has this been changed?

anyone?

[green pasture]

you need to do the relevant focuses

yes, it has been changed last year with NSB

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Soviet_national_focus_tree:_political_branches#The_Comintern_Sub-branch

[ancient orbit]

what the

[green pasture]

you need to go down the Baltic Security subtree

[ancient orbit]

you need TWO DLCS just for the decolonization feature to work!

[leaden marsh]

Just so we agree that baltic focus line has been there forever, but it wasnt needed to annex the baltics for years right?

[green pasture]

I don't remember but I assume if it changed, it changed with NSB because that reworked SOV

[ancient orbit]

Man the guns, and Together for Victory?!

[leaden marsh]

Now i did the focus for baltics and its still not firing

[green pasture]

there are now decisions to send ultimatums

check the tooltip for the focus, it tells you what it does

[leaden marsh]

is there any point in doing the finland focus anymore?

since they always refuse and you decleare war, its faster and cheaper to just justify normally

[green pasture]

correct

I didn't do the Baltic focuses either, front is narrower that way and I had other things to focus on

[split dust]

War not ending after months.

[full delta]

any ideas how id get this game to look good on a laptop? everything is rather zoomed in

[ancient orbit]

anyone know how to fix this? it's never done this before the by blood alone update

[ancient orbit]

Do you have any mods on?

[knotty idol]

Direct 9

on luncher

[misty ore]

hi i have just downloaded hoi4 on mac but it crashes even though I can run it

can anyone help

[proven sandal]

i have other version than my friend, we have the same mods enabled, i tried everythink, reinstall deleting whole hoi4 folder in documents, reinstaling mods. how i can repair it?

[opaque pier]

hello i have a problem, my friend cant join my game it says that my version is diffrent we both don't have any mods on and he cant join

[near arch]

update game itself

[opaque pier]

we have the same update

i mean we have it updated

[ancient orbit]

no

[glacial yew]

Can anyone help me with this, I already tried validating the files and a couple other methods but nothing is working

[visual quest]

Ui scaling in settings

[ancient orbit]

it still does the error

[bright fiber]

why do all my load games red and say i cant play it due to it being from another version?

[blissful epoch]

thats the answer

they're from a older update

and presumably the new update would break them

if you want to play them revert back to the previous version

[bright fiber]

is it possible to play the saves on a newer update?

[blissful epoch]

No

[bright fiber]

ok

[blissful epoch]

only option is reverting

[bright fiber]

how do i play a older update?

[blissful epoch]

Reverting it through Steam

[bright fiber]

ok thanks

[blissful epoch]

@bright fiber The one you probably want to play is 1.11.13 (Barbarossa)

[bright fiber]

ok

[silk hinge]

Hi, not sure if this counts as technical support, but I've been getting a lot of desync in MP games with just 1 or 2 peeps. Game is entirely vanilla. Any clues or tips on what I could do to help resolve the issue?

[blissful epoch]

Could be you're lagging

[silk hinge]

I am the host

[blissful epoch]

You could still be lagging

or maybe someone else is

try playing on 4 speed

or 3 if really bad

[silk hinge]

we're desyncing in 3 speed

[blissful epoch]

One of you must be lagging really bad then

either by FPS or ping

[jolly monolith]

Ello i have the free trial version of the game and it runs until we go to loading the game half way there it crashes they gave me this https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/experiencing-issues-launching-bba-please-run-through-this-checklist-first.1544955/ but these did not work for me, what do i do now?

[severe dirge]

my game keeps crashing

[orchid knoll]

I cant mp with my friend

hes on xbox and im on steam

it says diff version

hes on 1.12.1

im on 1.12.2

[blissful epoch]

Pretty sure there is no crossplay

[orchid knoll]

it said diff version

rip

[severe dirge]

you can play hoi4 on xbox??

[orchid knoll]

xbox game pass

hes on pc tho

[severe dirge]

jelp

help

[blissful epoch]

Try following the steps

[orchid knoll]

<@&916727924093239336>

[severe dirge]

i tried all of them @blissful epoch

still no result

[orchid knoll]

i cant play mp with my friend

sadge

[severe dirge]

skill issue

[wraith idol]

Please elaborate

[orchid knoll]

so he has his game on xbox game pass and i have it on steam

[blissful epoch]

Disabled All mods?

[severe dirge]

Yes

[orchid knoll]

he can find my hosted game

but he cant connect

[severe dirge]

and cleared user data

[orchid knoll]

it says different version

im on the latest 1.12.2

hes on 1.12.1

we are also both on nakama

[blissful epoch]

You could try reinstalling

[orchid knoll]

@wraith idol

[severe dirge]

i mean i just installed it but okay

[orchid knoll]

"skill issue" -osama7a

[severe dirge]

💀

you dare use my own spells on me. poter?

[orchid knoll]

lol

[wraith idol]

Yeah because your not on the same version

[tiny halo]

what can i do when my game files is non integrated?

[wraith idol]

Make sure you are both up-to-date

[severe dirge]

help me

[orchid knoll]

hes not up to date right

or is it me

i have the e45c check sum i think with avalanche 1.12.2

[tiny halo]

my game crahsing too

[wraith idol]

Using any mods?

[orchid knoll]

he just got the game so hes updated i think?

[severe dirge]

nope

no mods

[wraith idol]

Meddled with the nudger at all?

[orchid knoll]

is the new 1.12.2 not on xbox yet or smth

like is it steam exclusisve?

[wraith idol]

It might not be yet

[orchid knoll]

oof

when did the 1.12.2 come out

[blissful epoch]

Today

[orchid knoll]

o

that might be why

[severe dirge]

e

i have no mods and I just installed the game

[tiny halo]

i have 350hours in hoi4 but after update its isn't working

game files isn't integrated

re-install isn't working too

[lapis shell]

does running on the game on dx9 save ram?

[tiny halo]

what is dx9 save ram?

[severe dirge]

directx9

does it save ram

[lapis shell]

yes

[severe dirge]

that's what he meant

[lapis shell]

i just woke up so my brain is running low atm xd

[tiny halo]

but it crash when i click a ,,play" button

[tiny halo]

where are you from when you wake up on 21:30?

[robust night]

Is the update causing problems I can't see flags or country colours

[severe dirge]

help meee

i just reinstalled and nothing

[lapis shell]

its 1pm here

[severe dirge]

is there a way i can delete every single file related to hoi4?

[tiny halo]

i have 9am

[lapis shell]

well i couldnt sleep till 3-4 am

[tiny halo]

in my opinion we have this same problem

but noobody can help us

[severe dirge]

lmk if you find something please

i just installed hoi4 and idk why this is happening

[lapis shell]

yes, delete the hoi4 install folder

[severe dirge]

i did that already

[tiny halo]

me too?

[lapis shell]

then uninstall it

[severe dirge]

it doesn't seem to delete every single thing

[severe dirge]

did that too

[lapis shell]

idk then

[severe dirge]

skill issue

[tiny halo]

look

[severe dirge]

nah not this

i got "Failed to load map"

[tiny halo]

mayby you accidently delete map file?

[severe dirge]

nope

i reinstalled as wel

l

i verified game files

[tiny halo]

i had this problem but i dont remamber how i fix it

yes

[tiny halo]

do you can installed old version of hoi4?

[severe dirge]

nope

[ancient orbit]

Launcher settings and then switch to DX 9

[tiny halo]

ok i try

[tiny halo]

how i can do that?

[ancient orbit]

in launcher settings. on the left side of the your launcher menu screen

then you can find an option to switch to DX9 (legacy)

[tiny halo]

where

[ancient orbit]

what windows are you on?

what windows version

[severe dirge]

help me 😩

[tiny halo]

7 profesional

[ancient orbit]

Did you read what the error says?

[severe dirge]

Yes. and i reinstalled, and did all the steps

no change

[ancient orbit]

Ye I dont have experience with that sorry

[ancient orbit]

Switch to DX 9

[severe dirge]

already did that

[ancient orbit]

press windows + r

[severe dirge]

then

[ancient orbit]

then type msconfig

then go to boot

[severe dirge]

yeah

[ancient orbit]

then click on the box with : "number of processers"

then click on the number and then select the highest one

and then press apply and restart your PC

[severe dirge]

it is already on the highest

[ancient orbit]

oh

cleared user directory?

in launcher settings?

[severe dirge]

Yes

did that too

[ancient orbit]

reinstalled and cleared all your HoI4 files

[tiny halo]

i found it

[severe dirge]

Yep

[tiny halo]

thanks a lot

[severe dirge]

did that too

[ancient orbit]

that advice was ment for osam but it might also work for you

[ancient orbit]

then I am clueless on what to do

sorry

[severe dirge]

no problem

it's weird

[ancient orbit]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/experiencing-issues-launching-bba-please-run-through-this-checklist-first.1544955/

[severe dirge]

this is for me?

[ancient orbit]

Check if you have done everything in the checklist @severe dirge

Ye

[severe dirge]

did em all

no results

:(

[ancient orbit]

When was the last time you restarted your pc

[severe dirge]

like this morning

💀

hold on ill restart

it didn't work

[ancient orbit]

nope I am comepletly clueless

check playsets?

[severe dirge]

me too 💀

[severe dirge]

no mods

all disabled

[ancient orbit]

Nice pictures now what is your question?

[ancient orbit]

no but just check playsets

something may just be causing annoying problems

[severe dirge]

like what

[robust night]

Guys the map and flags are still not working for me idk what to do to fix

[ancient orbit]

some mod that may be causing problems idk just check

[severe dirge]

i don't have any mods

all disabled and removed from playset

[ancient orbit]

well idk know then fr now

[severe dirge]

skill issue ngl

[ancient orbit]

could you send me a ss?

[severe dirge]

💀 💀

[ancient orbit]

no u

[viral cloak]

guys why the ui in the theaters are like that

[viral cloak]

yup

I tried diffrent scales

it's the same

[robust night]

@ancient orbit I dmed u

[ancient orbit]

clear user directory and check file integrity

[robust night]

@ancient orbit how do I do that

[ancient orbit]

you could also do what I told the British empire to do but is your game like unplayable and stuff?

[ancient orbit]

go to your launcher

then launcher settings

and then clear user directory

[viral cloak]

it's playble, but it looks too unconfortable to see that a part of game not showing very well 💀

[ancient orbit]

Have you tried restarting your game rq?

[viral cloak]

I restarted it

it's the same idk why

I tried bordless and full screen

with scale 1.0/1.2/0.8

[ancient orbit]

@viral cloak are you on borderless fullscreen?

[robust night]

Which one should I launch on

[severe dirge]

2nd one if you don't wanna use the launcher

first one if you wanna modify some mods or whatever

last one is MP

[ancient orbit]

first one

just the first one

you need the launcher for the settings

[robust night]

Ok thx

I will try the directory thing when it loads

What exactly will it do

[ancient orbit]

clear corrupt files

[viral cloak]

Currently fullscreen

[ancient orbit]

switch to borderless

[robust night]

When I clear it should I reset luancher

[viral cloak]

oh nvm, it turns out one of the mods is the reason of this problem

[ancient orbit]

oh I see

[ancient orbit]

no

you can do it if you want but eh

[viral cloak]

btw did they changed the austrian painter portrait or it's from one of the mods ?

[ancient orbit]

It must be your mod

[viral cloak]

Thx mate

[robust night]

@ancient orbit I still have the problem

Any other ideas could it be the new update or dlc

[worldly cypress]

yea its bullshit

i have been having a problem wit it too

[polar heart]

how do i get these guys out

[ancient orbit]

Well you need a port

Or just assign a fallback line in your own territory

[polar heart]

they cant go through spain or france

[ancient orbit]

Then you are screwed

[polar heart]

ok

[tired sapphire]

Every time I try to play Italy, the game crashes halfway through loading into gameplay. It's done this every since Avalanche (Italy is also the only country I've tried to load since then). I've already tried reinstalling the game and mods, but that did nothing.

My DLC is NSB, thats the only extra I ever activate, and even then, it crashes after disabling all extra content

[torpid flax]

Whenever I do the Mare Nostrum focus for Italy the decision to form Rome simply doesnt appear

[torpid flax]

Do you have any mods on?

[tired sapphire]

FPS map. Disabling everything else didn’t work either.

The mod is yodatint

Updated*

[torpid flax]

hmm

[fervent egret]

I want to go back to 1.11 but it doesnt show 1.11 in the betas.

Like on steam.

[mellow shoal]

1.11.3 should be fine

[fervent egret]

Doesnt show up in the betas.

[mellow shoal]

1.11.13 mb

[torpid flax]

so uh anyone know abt the Mare Nostrum thing where the decision doesn’t appear to form Rome?

[fervent egret]

Ohhhh

Im dumb

Thx

[merry osprey]

my hoi4 keeps crashing even after i select the barbarossa version

the millennium dawn is enabled as well

is there something i missed?

[mellow shoal]

did you turn off bba?

[merry osprey]

haven't bought that yet

[mellow shoal]

ok, uhhh try verifying your files

[finite anvil]

yo

when I try to play the game it crashes once it gets done loading

and today I tried again and well

I also have no mods on

[next fjord]

Have you tried verifying integrity yet?

[finite anvil]

I'm doing it rn

alr it finished

[finite anvil]

it did nothing

but when I look at the error log there's a lot of "Failed to create 2D Texture" and there's a "'history/countries/YUG - Yugoslavia.txt:368: create_equipment_variant': 'Dalmacija Class' - Invalid module setup. Design lacks one or more required modules: Battery Fire Control System Engine"

[ancient orbit]

try to reinstall ur game?

GG

[finite anvil]

I'll try that again

[finite anvil]

nope

still the same

bro idk what happened lmao

[blazing oasis]

how can I stop this from happening? I've had his happen from time to time since NSB, and it's really bugging me

[finite anvil]

why is my hoi4 client mean to me

[blazing oasis]

what is it doing?

[lone silo]

my game says it is modified and somehow i do not have any mods enabled, what do i do?

[next fjord]

Verify integrity

Right click on HOI4
Properties
Local files
Validate game files

[finite anvil]

@blazing oasis

[lone silo]

you mean verify integrity files?

[next fjord]

Yes

[next fjord]

Have you cleared Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV

[finite anvil]

I've done it before

but this time no

[next fjord]

Try clearing it again. Do you know how to do it without losing important data?

[finite anvil]

no

I've just been

deleting the entire thing

then redownloading the game

[next fjord]

1. Open file explorer
2. Go to Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV
3. Move the mod, save games, Screenshots folders, as well as career profile files to somewhere else on the drive. (If these don’t exist, ignore this step)
4. Delete everything in the Hearts of Iron IV folder.
5. Put all the moved files and folders back in.
6. Launch the game again.

Yeah no this way saves some of your data

[finite anvil]

the game is still the same

it works fine kinda, but the world is grey

[finite anvil]

I fixed it somehow lmao

mb if I started to get annoying-

[next fjord]

I’d like to know how it was fixed. You got any clue as to how you did it?

[arctic oyster]

why does my game look like this?

i stole the picture from someone else but my game also looks like this

[finite anvil]

change the renderer

Direct 11 is was what caused it for me

[arctic oyster]

ok thx, i´ll try

[swift widget]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/hoi-4-avalanche-v1-12-1-a74e-45c2-use-best-match-in-division-designer-for-tank-divisions-does-not-work-correctly-with-nsb.1544954/

wait so what is this a duplicate of?

cuz i saw that it was tagged as a duplicate, but i couldn't find any other post of this bug

[lone silo]

it still says its modified

[next fjord]

Try clearing the user files then

[next fjord]

Instructions here

[versed frigate]

Hey, i need help, my game starts but the screen is just black and doesnt changes

[agile dragon]

I have little problem
I have 5,2K trucks in stockpile
but when I want to set up supply hubs to use trucks, the game says I don't have them at all
||I have newset version on steam with all dlc||

[eager ruin]

Help....maybe who knows what the problem is?

[dense crypt]

Did you recently go from DX9 back to DX11?

I have the same issue, it is bug reported

[eager ruin]

@dense crypt
I haven't been on the PC for 2 weeks and haven't installed anything. Everything worked fine on the last version

[dense crypt]

Try changing to DX9 and see if that works

[midnight dew]

why ?

and

[dense crypt]

@midnight dew

[thorn hinge]

i tried everything

[ancient orbit]

Even what the text says?

[midnight dew]

yea

[dense crypt]

Going from DX9 to DX11 can cause that issue. It is bug reported

[eager ruin]

@dense crypt
Thanks, switching to 9th Diretx helped

[midnight dew]

thx a lot

[thorn hinge]

yes

😦

[ancient orbit]

@thorn hinge tried switching to dx 9?

[thorn hinge]

yes

and opengl

it just crashes right after i press play in paradox launcher

[fast trench]

My game keeps lagging and sometimes crashes whenever i try to save, will deleting my old save files fix this?

[next fjord]

Probs not. But deleting old saves is a good idea anyways because saves take up a lot space

[fast trench]

where are save files located?

[next fjord]

Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/save games

[fast trench]

thx

[violet silo]

does anyone know how to change the font size

please oh my god

[surreal fiber]

Stuff like events and UI would overflow, try scaling the UI

[violet silo]

How do I do that?

I dont know shit about tech

[surreal fiber]

Ill go take a look at the settings file

[violet silo]

Which one

[surreal fiber]

Well theres settings in-game, in the launcher, and theres a file or 2 in Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/ with a couple more options

[violet silo]

Great now I probably ruined my game

I cant even open it

Literally why is working with this game so irritating

Do I need a degree in Computer science to play this gane

[surreal fiber]

🦕 thats optional, you can delete a settings file in documents if it corrupted (dont do that in the game folder of course)

[violet silo]

Ok the game is fine

I didnt delete anything

I just need to find the settings file

Idk where it is and how to change the font

[slow nymph]

ah yes, AI at it again

WE NEED TWO HUNGARIES

[woeful jacinth]

i got a force close when i open italy focus tree

[hidden fractal]

game keeps crashing

especially when i interact with portugal for some reason

[surreal fiber]

The AI should never be allowed to keep the original country in these circumstances urgh

[ember magnet]

My game crash once it calculate naval so near end of loading so what should I do.

[surreal fiber]

UI scale at least can be changed at Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/settings.txt

[next fjord]

Have you switched to DX9 in Game Settings in Launcher

[ember magnet]

yes

[next fjord]

It brings up crash reporter right?

[ember magnet]

then?

[next fjord]

No, just checking it isn't map error

And have you verified integrity yet?

[ember magnet]

what that

[ember magnet]

then?

[next fjord]

Well you do that, wait for it to verify, ideally it will say files failed to validate and then it fixes them and then your game works

[ember magnet]

Oh Ok.

[sage hare]

Anyone know how to fix your cursor speed in game? It slows to like half speed when in game, once I hit the windows key or exit it goes back to normal. Never had this issue before.

[patent crystal]

ever since blood alone came out my map has been glitched out like this ive deleted and re downladed the game i have verified the game files but its still bugged does anyone know why its happening?

[next fjord]

Have you switched to DX9

[patent crystal]

whats that

[next fjord]

Then no
Open the launcher
Go to game settings
Switch to DX9

[patent crystal]

lemme try

oh it worked

thank you very much

and btw i keep that setting on right?

[next fjord]

Yes

[patent crystal]

oke

tysm

[torpid crater]

so i have a bricked peace deal where everytime i confirm and exit the peacedeal the game crashes, i've tried being on directX 9, i've set the gamespeed to 1, everything crashes the game and it doesn't save
is there anything i can do?

[woeful jacinth]

just wait for pdx to patch it i guess?

[blazing oasis]

I’ll tell your what fixed it for me: DX9. Launcher>settings>rendered> DirectX9. Do it even if you think it defaults to it, because chances are it won’t. My own PC always defaulted to DX9, and decided to swap for DX11 when Avalanche released

[ancient orbit]

how can i fix this?

[blazing oasis]

I fell like everyone should be aware that DX11 is the root cause for a few problems with 1.12

[cursive tide]

Steam Cloud won't synchronize, I keep trying to reconnect it, but I've been doing it for 10 minutes now. Any suggestions?

Okay nvm

[surreal fiber]

and DX9 is/was the cause for others 😔

[blazing oasis]

Mods should pin a message about making sure you’re on DX9

[next fjord]

There is a pin on it but it’s behind a link

Eh screw it I’ll just make one now

If you are having crashes or graphical issues after the release of 1.12 Avalanche, it is most likely due to DX11.

To switch to DX9, open the launcher.
Go to game settings.
Click DX9.

If that does not work, try using OpenGL.

Leave a message if issues persist.

[astral berry]

my game crashes more often after the update i have no mods on

[next fjord]

At what point does it crash

Randomly?

[astral berry]

mid game

early game i guess

around 1937

[next fjord]

Ok but if you continue a save you can get past 37?

[astral berry]

what does that mean

[next fjord]

Well if you save in 1937 and then continue the save when you launch the game again can you get to 1938

[astral berry]

no

i just saved it just now and then it crashed after a few seconds

[next fjord]

But does it save correctly

[astral berry]

yes

[next fjord]

Well anyways I doubt it’s specific to ‘37 then. What GPU do you have?

I’ve found that 1000 series and AMD equivalents seem to have issues with DX11

[astral berry]

geforce gtx 1650

[next fjord]

1600 series. Not sure about those

Just try using DX9

Though someone else will have to take over me helping because I gotta go to bed

[astral berry]

ok bye

thanks btw

[ancient orbit]

ok i give up idk what to do with this ive gotten 6 people to help still not working

[next fjord]

Clear user directory

1. Open file explorer
2. Go to Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV
3. Move the mod, save games, Screenshots folders, as well as career profile files to somewhere else on the drive. (If these don’t exist, ignore this step)
4. Delete everything in the Hearts of Iron IV folder.
5. Put all the moved files and folders back in.
6. Launch the game again.

[ancient orbit]

delete all this?

[regal horizon]

how do i fix this?

[next fjord]

You can probably just delete map actually

Yeah I actually got my wrong instruction set mb

[ancient orbit]

ok so just delete map

[next fjord]

Yeah and then put your files back in

[ancient orbit]

ok

if this works i love yoyu

[next fjord]

It should. I have had this issue before and many others as well. The map folder in here was almost always the issue

[ancient orbit]

it worked

[next fjord]

Epico

[ancient orbit]

your a amazing human being thanks

[next fjord]

Nah. Just a guy with basic computer and technical HOI4 knowledge.

[finite anvil]

Same

[lone gazelle]

So yeah I have 2 screens (one from laptop, one monitor) and it automatically appears at small one while mainly I use monitor screen. So I obviously make it swap screens (via Alt + respective arrow) but once it is swapped it is like only on 1/4 or 1/3 of screen, I’ve tried to make it full screen by Alt+Enter ( I think) and it only glitches the game, I’ve tried it on borderless and windowed screen and full screen is not able to be swapped screen, now I don’t know what to do, does anyone know how to deal with that?

[empty kayak]

my game keeps crashing every time i reach a certain date

[ancient orbit]

switch to DX9 in the launcher settings

[keen sinew]

Guys have you see this I do not have the new dlc but I have the new pic of switszerland

Is that same with your game too?

[blissful epoch]

Yes

free rework

of the portrait

[keen sinew]

good

also I think I learned the problem

Of my my earth and leaders are missing

Looks like The default map of Hearts of Iron4 is not working

They changed the default map I guess

And here it goes

I think I solved

This

[grizzled cloak]

Disable D11

[keen sinew]

what?

[keen sinew]

What is D11?

[grizzled cloak]

Directx11

[keen sinew]

ok

So am Where am I should start the game?

[torpid crater]

so regarding my broken peacedeal issue, i have turned on debug mode and it spat this issue at me
[17:09:12][persistent.cpp:48]: Error: "Malformed token: 0, near line: 1057900" in file: "save games/Ironman Italy 2.hoi4" near line: 1057900
anything i can do to it?

[keen sinew]

It didn't worked

[empty kayak]

didnt help

[keen sinew]

wait It worked thanks mate

[torpid crater]

no cigar, i duplicated my save, i'm going to experiment with the peace deal a bit and see if i can figure out what exactly goes wrong.
paradox hire me as QC please thank you :)

[empty kayak]

i had the same thing just play a bit further and make the peace deal later

[torpid crater]

impossible, i've saved up to an hour before the peacedeal, i'd need the USA to somehow take one of it's tiles back in an hour

doing nothing in the peace conference doesn't work either

figured out what works

turning the graphics settings to the absolute minimum

so paradox employee, i hope one of you reads this, there might be a graphical overload causing the graphics card to nope out and say bye bye bye

ok different solution

it's not the graphics so far

i quit mid peacedeal, reloaded the game and then completed it

that's what worked atleast in the duplicate of my save

and now that doesn't work either anymore, i'm confused

[lone gazelle]

So yeah I have 2 screens (one from laptop, one monitor) and it automatically appears at small one while mainly I use monitor screen. So I obviously make it swap screens (via Alt + respective arrow) but once it is swapped it is like only on 1/4 or 1/3 of screen, I’ve tried to make it full screen by Alt+Enter ( I think) and it only glitches the game, I’ve tried it on borderless and windowed screen and full screen is not able to be swapped screen, now I don’t know what to do, does anyone know how to deal with that?

[bright flax]

What does this mean?

[blissful epoch]

Someone is already using your nickname

[bright flax]

how to change it

[blissful epoch]

In the server selection tab i think

[bright flax]

thank you

ill be know as the moonshine general

[fallow vault]

w h a t

I tried everything. From deleting mods to verifying the game files

it seems all good

[torpid crater]

you need to switch back to directX 9

[fallow vault]

?

[fallow vault]

How?

[dense crypt]

Launcher>Game settings> Renderer

[fallow vault]

right thanks.

weird how funni moustache man is now censored

[ancient orbit]

hey short question is there a possibility to play a game which is on the earlier version? Cause' I can't play my singleplayer game anymore because of the new update

[blissful epoch]

revert game version

[hardy sandal]

Are all mods outdated or something? Can't use mods anymore after this new update

[ancient orbit]

how?

[blissful epoch]

go to Steam

select hoi4

[ancient orbit]

the mods have to update first

[blissful epoch]

go to properties

betas

and then select game version from there

[hardy sandal]

Yeah I mean I get that but I feel like it's just I'm a me thing. Like not a single mod works. Unless everyone I've seen playing mods is on an old version

[ancient orbit]

yeah I tried already but the latest version there is one from 2020 and thats too old

[blissful epoch]

the correct one should be barbarossa

[ancient orbit]

I mean they can't update their mod in like 1 day it needs time they have to reprogram many things

[ancient orbit]

Ohh I didn't see that

[lone gazelle]

Can anyone help me with this ?

[ancient orbit]

I thought the Husky was the latest on the list

[blissful epoch]

they numbered it weirdly

[torpid flax]

Mare Nostrum decision to form Rome won’t appear anyone know why or what to do to fix it

[pure night]

i have a question somehow i cant play with a Canadian in mp because of or current version Avalanche v.1.12.2.9ebb (e45c) (5)
Avalanche v.1.12.2.9ebb (7fca) (s) even know we have the same updated date on how can it change or why does it even exist?

[marsh wasp]

The Person of the later Version should verify their Game as it is and incorrect Checksum, the first one is correct

[pure night]

And how can that Version change please?

[marsh wasp]

it can be a corrupted File in the game or a Mod, that is enabled

[pure night]

Okay Thank you we will try to fix it

[empty kayak]

how can i debug in ironman?

[marsh wasp]

you can't use any Commands/debug in Ironman

[orchid crystal]

Anyone else try to do the Snakes on a Plane achievement and not have it work?

[marsh wasp]

is your game Achievement enabled?

[orchid crystal]

It was ironman

I was Brazil

I dropped Paratrooper on Rome

I captured the surrounding area too

[marsh wasp]

Did it tell you Achievements enabled

[orchid crystal]

Yes

[marsh wasp]

on the bottom right

[orchid crystal]

It was Ironman Historical

1936 start

[marsh wasp]

It doesn't need to be historical and it has to look like this, whilst setting up the Game:

[orchid crystal]

I know it doesn't have to be historical

But I think the game just bugged out since
A. I landed paratroopers on Rome and Anzio
B. Captured the area with Paratroopers and some regular infantry too but Paratroopers took the VPs

[frozen fiber]

Whenever I try to play a game of road to 56 it says map cannot download any fixes?

[regal charm]

does anyone know how to fix this

idk what i did

<@&916727924093239336>

[marsh wasp]

have you tried restarting the game?

[regal charm]

yes

im gonna restart my pc

[hard yew]

I'm trying to play Kaiserreich and I've rolled back to 1.11.13 but only getting a black screen, any ideas?

[marsh wasp]

have you tried verifying the files?

[hard yew]

will try now

[granite kettle]

Guys how to make it normal? ( e45c version)

[hard yew]

No dice on file verification, thanks though. Wonder how many others have this issue

[marsh wasp]

have you enabled any Mods?

[granite kettle]

I have only DLC, no enabled mods

[marsh wasp]

verify the GameFiles

[granite kettle]

how?

[marsh wasp]

right here:

[granite kettle]

ok give me a sec

[marsh wasp]

right click it on steam and click on Properties

[granite kettle]

ok

[granite kettle]

It says that everything is okay

[marsh wasp]

have you checked it in Game again?

[granite kettle]

I will do it

[granite kettle]

Yes I did. It didn't help.

[uncut kayak]

Hey, i preordered my game, but i didnt get the music? Do i need to activate it somehow or something?

[brazen ice]

@granite kettle What dlc's u have send screen shot

[granite kettle]

all

[brazen ice]

send me screen shot

[granite kettle]

why

[brazen ice]

i will help you

[brazen ice]

why not?

[granite kettle]

Ummm actually why yes?

[brazen ice]

Ok so u don't wanna help

i just wanna help you

[ebon mountain]

my friend just bought hoi4 and it looks like that:

do you know why

[blazing oasis]

how do i get my troops out? CZE changed the govt of germany, but decided to let the mustache man keep his job in the rhineland. now, I cannot evacuate my troops

which would kinda be required on the soviet front

[wild hatch]

oh shit

maybe try to get military permission??

[low steppe]

none of my dlc works anymore

it worked before by blood alone war released but not anymore

[blazing oasis]

can't because it's still an autonomous country, so they hate me for takin their land east of the oder

[slender storm]

Hello, I need tech-support, I bought the Blood Alone DLC on Friday, downloaded it, and since then, my game's not working; it's stuck on an incomplete screen just like in the image sent alongside this plea. I have not been able to play or do anything since then because it crashes if I click anything, I've tried it all, uninstalled the game, steam, as well, yet nothing. May I get some help?

Oh. Goodness. It just fixed itself after 3 days of not working.

[whole smelt]

are you on directX9, 10 or 11?

[slender storm]

Nevermind, it's fixed now, very good news

[slender storm]

Yes I am, thank you for the help anyways :)

[whole smelt]

Might be a bug or just an issue with the mapmode? Try verifying the game files

[slender storm]

Thanks a lot, I'll keep it in mind if the error occurs once again after I exit HOI4

[ebon mountain]

he did it already didnt work

[slender storm]

I mean, I did it partially, maybe I missed something

But for now, it seems fixed

Hope it stays like that

[whole smelt]

Try the steps that are listed in pins then

[ancient orbit]

hello

i need help with the hoi4 mods

i tryed ever mod and its saying

failed to load map

what should i do about it

without mods its good but

i cant play with mods

heres the files

[slender raven]

HOI4 crashes after loading any fixes?

It crashes and opens a report to paradox window

[green pasture]

there was an update on Friday that fixed some DX11 related issues

[green pasture]

Roll back to 1.11 via Steam betas, most mods don't work yet with the new patch

[ancient orbit]

oh thats why

thanks for the support

[slender raven]

Also I don't have any mods installed

[green pasture]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/how-to-roll-back-your-game-version.1121392/

[ancient orbit]

uhh

which i click to

[green pasture]

1.11 Barbarossa

[ancient orbit]

i dont have that

ae

[green pasture]

scroll down

[surreal fiber]

1.11.13 should be in the list

[green pasture]

should be after 1.10

[ancient orbit]

oh

thanks

i found it

[green pasture]

try the checklist: #ask-for-help-here message

[mint remnant]

I have a small issue

[waxen anvil]

@mint remnant

[mint remnant]

And by small I mean I cannot play with anyone

[waxen anvil]

oop he found it

[mint remnant]

Im on xbox game pass

I have no mods installed

Everyone I am playing with has the same DLC's as me

I have played games with them previously before the launch of the recent DLC

I have cleared all my cache

I have verified game files

[next fjord]

By cache you mean the directory at Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV?

[mint remnant]

I have deleted all my saves games and I clicked the little clear cashe button in the launcher but upon closer inspection these two files are in the files

Should I delete these also?

[next fjord]

I suppose