hoi4-general

[steep moss]

it capitulated after France 🙏

[clever shuttle]

@eternal palm check dm

[clever shuttle]

they have clearly not tried the democratic iceland path yet

[signal oracle]

Is this an actual tweet 💀

[clever shuttle]

what is the difference between cavalry and infantry, like why dont people use cavalry insteadits the same but faster??

[clever shuttle]

please

[crisp wyvern]

Lore accurate Habsburg ruled Mexico

[crisp wyvern]

Cavalry is just fast land divisions, they are mostly useful as garrison for occupation or only when you are fighting maneuver warfare and your enemy lacks motorized or any really fast divisions, or that's what I know ig

I only use Cavalry whenever I'm in need of a cheap garrison division or when playing as manchukuo and trying to capture the Korean peninsula as fast as possible

[gaunt narwhal]

@ripe slate Hey sorry to ping you can you tell the people in looking for players-#2 to gtfo out of the vc if they're already in a game

It's annoying because I am looking for a game and these buzzkills are just there

[fringe shell]

bro so i fuhed up achievement "not much fun in stalingrad" or sum but i spent few hours on it is there any achievement i can do at this point

[ripe slate]

Please make a ticket, I cant check rn

[gaunt narwhal]

done

[gaunt narwhal]

I did it but it will be over by the time you do soething

[soft tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-ever-happens-would-you-look-at-the-time-chudjak-nothing-always-bet-on-nothing-gif-7519736555744720052

[clever shuttle]

actually you are wrong because after denmark gets freed iceland gets autonomy its amasing

[soft tendon]

There are two things I hate the most:

1. Democracy
2. Navy

[elfin shadow]

add to that paraguay

[finite plume]

So the Italians are just losing to literal air now it seems

[restive sable]

lore accurate italy

[molten mountain]

Hello guys. I can't say I am new at the game but do you guys have any tips on how to get better?

Cuz I rarely play a game of hoi4 till 1944 😅

[soft tendon]

PORTUGAL TOOK GALICIA 🔥

[restive sable]

meh close enough

welcome back to the portuguese empire

https://tenor.com/view/scream-if-you-love-portugal-gif-5837878389390555963

[soft tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/kikanazareth-portugal-seleçãoportugal-vesteabandeira-bandeiraportugal-gif-8194373594272200771

[finite plume]

Most stable Post-Italian rule 😭

[stark pebble]

ummmm

[lament plover]

Call up bittersteal

[terse ether]

did some say call up bitterbit

[terse ether]

east european portugal 🔥

[signal oracle]

naval invasions will be the end of me

[viscid sleet]

Hey question about logistics,

As Germany when I take over Russia and then need to fight Japan, how do you improve logistics and supplies?

So rails,
infrastructure?
Army mobilisation
Hubs and mobilise them

What else?

[signal oracle]

mobilise army groups, not hubs, increase supply hub caps and stick in more of them

[viscid sleet]

Adding extra trucks to bubs doesnt help?

Air supply, is thay worth it?

[tender stump]

how did it get that far?!

[viscid sleet]

And if ive got lots of trains, how to you get them moving more equipment?

[signal oracle]

it does but if you mobilise the group then they mobilise all hubs within range

lowers ur micro

[viscid sleet]

Oh sweet thanks

[signal oracle]

This is what happens when u have to micro 6 fronts.

still winning tho

[viscid sleet]

Are you the one thats being encircled?

[sudden thistle]

horses are goated bro

[signal oracle]

Yep, had too much lines to manage and couldn't check them in time, I can fix ts easy tho

[viscid sleet]

Yeah damn, are you going to lose the 50 divisions?

[signal oracle]

Not at all

I am too good to lose

[viscid sleet]

Hahaahhow does Ireland even have that many people to let die? Haha thats wild

[signal oracle]

I own England, France, some of Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, some of germany, all of Africa except Algeria, all the middle east

19m manpower available

15 million deployed

[viscid sleet]

So you let the non Irish fight the good fight

[signal oracle]

4m Navy, 1m Airforce, 10m army

[signal oracle]

The 50% of the Navy is from Original Ireland

1,800 so so Subs

[viscid sleet]

Damn!!!! Is there a way to get non core population to be used over your starting nation?

[signal oracle]

I believe if you puppet you can ask them for it

If you annex w no cores you only get like 3% of core pop

0.3%*

I have a few modifiers saving though

[viscid sleet]

Im mid aug 1940 about to have half of Europe (minus allies) and all of Russia, and only got a military of 2.5mil

[signal oracle]

You got in before the big build up, what country are you?

[viscid sleet]

Oh got ya, I was hoping to keep the german population alive and not have them fight rather then all the plebs ive taken

Playing Germany, soviets had a civil war

[signal oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-7115459171734406715

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1460019421178495128/1460079690030252103/caption-5-1.gif

[viscid sleet]

Hahahahaha, I dont want my German troops tired , rather use and abuse the others ive conquered

[signal oracle]

Technically you could set it to Disarmed and then only 3/4 of the army would be Nationals

[tired crypt]

I don't know if this was an oversight or just a nerf to the hashemites, but why is lebanon not included in the hashemite focus tree? Syria, palestine, and jordan you can get for free but lebanon? nonono we don't do that here, go fight the french

[signal oracle]

Mandatory Lebanon was until like 43

I think

[tired crypt]

But the focuses are early on, you're meant to do those focuses before the rest of them

[viscid sleet]

Hmmmm i might give that a go. Ill see if it starts only recruiting others

[signal oracle]

Can’t technically do that

[tired crypt]

lebanon in the base game doesnt get integrated into syria either

[viscid sleet]

Dang, Japan will most likely attack me any day, then ill have the mad rush to the east which having shit infrastructure

[signal oracle]

Send some pics of the borders for eastern europe

And navy screen

Need to see the fleet

And convoy count

And japan intel

[glacial hearth]

Dang it I almost had a 67 notification

[signal oracle]

I have 18k+ 💀

[viscid sleet]

Japan controls china

[glacial hearth]

Wow

[simple citrus]

predator party of portugal i'm crine

[viscid sleet]

Just moved the fleet to south east Asia, need to split it up. Any thoughts on how to do that with these ships?
Not the best at navy

Id usually do two patrol groups, two strikes groups then a heap of convoy raids of about 30 mixed with subs and destroyers

[simple citrus]

20 fooken megabytes 😭😭😭😭

[viscid sleet]

?

[simple citrus]

too big for a screenshot imo

[signal oracle]

Can u send a normal screenshot 💀💀

[viscid sleet]

Oh damn one second

[signal oracle]

I’m on my phone rn

Cant see it

[signal oracle]

Navy screen?

[viscid sleet]

What part of the navy screen do yiu want to see?

[signal oracle]

Fleet quantity and maybe where they are

[viscid sleet]

i just moved them to the top of the phillipines

i need to split them up, but not sure of the best way

[signal oracle]

Can we get some more subs going, split into packs of 60 and set them here

Main surface fleet dominates this patch and army moves like this

[viscid sleet]

usually 2 patrol groups, two strike groups anad alot of raiding but whats the best layouts for patrol and strike? i remember something about strike groups about 1 carrier needs 3 cruisers/ battleships and 9 light crusiers for that and so on for subs and destroyers?

[signal oracle]

You need 4 sub groups and a surface fleet to wipe mainland

Full surface fleet

[viscid sleet]

yeah maybe i send all those stolen ships in to japan destroy their navy whilst lsoing mine and rebuild the imperial german navy with true german ship designs

[signal oracle]

Very top heavy Navy actually

Be careful there

[viscid sleet]

how would a full surface fleet look?

[signal oracle]

And maybe more wolfpacks

[signal oracle]

I mean literally every single surface ship you have

Depends how big the Japanese navy is

[viscid sleet]

yeah i took alot of french and american ships that are big and been producing alot of early subs

[wooden agate]

anyone played TNO?

[viscid sleet]

its 1940 so not huge? and ill call great britan and american junta in also

so navy should help control the japs

[signal oracle]

Nah, it’s worth it to produce high end subs

SP subs are mad good

Fleet is a dream

Cruiser is second best

Both have mad range and killing potential

[signal oracle]

I have to go for a few mins man, lmk how it goes

Js remember pincer and supplies

And meatgrind the japanese

[viscid sleet]

thanks for your help, ill send a screenshot on the navy layout for you when you are back. haha yeah ill do multiple landings and distract them to thin them out and ruin them

i have two large strike groups with 2 patrol groups, then the four raiding groups

[signal oracle]

Hey man so these are not the best fleet compositions

[viscid sleet]

yeah thats where i dont know much about this part yet

[signal oracle]

Swap the Submarines in TF2 and 3 for the DD’s in TF 4 and 5

Subs work best by themselves in my experience

They also slow down every other ship a load

Your caps need more screens aswell

[viscid sleet]

will do, is there a rule for how many screens to caps?

[signal oracle]

I tend to just meatball my surface ships, might I recommend trying maybe 1 Cap, 1 Cruiser and 3 Destroyers is a nice ratio

That fits the 1:3 ratio about

[viscid sleet]

Got ya, I split all subs and destroyers , so destroyers are with strike group now

[signal oracle]

That’s the stuff man, subs should be kept alone

Try set them to convoy interdiction aswell some nice trade routes

Packs of 30 for wolfpacks

[viscid sleet]

Fair enough, now I just need to learn good templates for each ship class im about to build

[signal oracle]

60 for combat packs

[signal oracle]

Destroyers need to be cheap ash, try just a single gun and maybe some depth charges and AA, up to you

Capital ships need good AA

[viscid sleet]

Yeah i saw something about less is more with templates, play the mechanics rather then load them out

[woven gate]

i think i just experienced racism for the first time and it was really funny

[signal oracle]

Bro was born yesterday

But Racism isn’t funny

[woven gate]

i'm 18 and white

and was told that my hair and eye color isn't optimal

and it made me laugh

[signal oracle]

Just for DD’s

[viscid sleet]

Got ya, so subs, best engines and Max torps?

[signal oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/arno-breker-gif-9563002777114138520

[woven gate]

alright now get this

a nazi from POLAND

said that

and called me a jew for being patriotic that our guys held back a whole SS brigade while heavily outnumbered at the Battle of the Bulge

[signal oracle]

Personally I love submarines, find they work real well, you want range and least detectability

[signal oracle]

Chads

[woven gate]

ong

[signal oracle]

Unironically from Femboy Nation

[sudden thistle]

horse goated

[woven gate]

most polish people are chill with americans but this guy was NOT having it

[signal oracle]

Declare on everyone at once now

[sudden thistle]

nah

[restive sable]

https://tenor.com/view/interstellar-no-no-no-gif-15094791629266170630

son

[signal oracle]

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

[signal oracle]

Why not

[signal oracle]

MURPH

DONT LET ME LEAVE MURPH

DONT LET ME GO

DONT LET ME LEAVE MURPH

MURPHHHHJ

[woven gate]

that's what i'm saying

my hair and eye color aren't optimal

says guy from poland

[restive sable]

hurts me even more these are the people i share ancestry with 💔💔

[viscid sleet]

Ill build this out for you ahah then after I take on Japan, ill ruin democratic Italy, and with both their fleets ill go against my allies great Britain then American junta and win

[woven gate]

not your fault nor theirs

i think he's just larping

[restive sable]

the larp never stops

[signal oracle]

British is a doss

[viscid sleet]

Doss?

[signal oracle]

Sorry, very easy to take, all you need to do is fill Belgium, Netherland and France with Fighters and Naval Bombers and wipe the english fleet from the air

Hold them out on either side

Naval invasion

Spearhead, cut off wales and Scotland

Push in

Easy

[viscid sleet]

Oh yeah, they have always been pretty easy, havent done a naval invade since the new navy invasion thing has changed though.

Im early researching planes to get well ahead and mass production much better planes to beat England back

[signal oracle]

Maybe starts mass production of some Carrier Fighters

[viscid sleet]

Yeah ive done that with the 1940s plans whilst I research 1944 planes

[proven flame]

Should I do Horthy or Arrow-Cross as Hungary - All DLC - i forgot the meta for hungary other than p l a n e s

[toxic cypress]

anything that restores greater hungary

https://tenor.com/view/slovensko-caputova-fico-robert-historia-gif-27709370

[proven flame]

ah, ok

[proven flame]

seriously though, why was trianon so aggressive lmao

makes for fun gameplay

[toxic cypress]

evil

thats why

EVIL WESTERN POWERS

HUNGARY WILL RISE AGAIN THE MAGYAR GIANT WILL RETURN

[long pendant]

wth is hungary smokin rn

[proven flame]

Dicsőség Nagy-Magyarországnak!

again, in seriousness, really awesome for this kind of game tho

[proven flame]

yeah, thats winnable

[long pendant]

trust lol

im allied with gb rn

and i also got unholy alliance early but its over tho

im waiting for manpower to come back up before i push again

[sudden thistle]

idk why ppl say the game is hard

just make horses

[long pendant]

lmao

[proven flame]

H O R S E

[long pendant]

indeed an island

[proven flame]

lmao, why didnt they add the acute diacritic to the name?? it would make is make so much more sense - someone who speaks norwegian, which is super close to icelandic

[long pendant]

lol

THANK YOU GB

MY NPC ALLIES ARENT USELESS

[bold fulcrum]

when willl this be a formable

[fair horizon]

No aberzajan or w/e the empire in ck3 is for you

We need a formable for australia that lets me core java

and nz for free because nz shouldnt be a real country as its basically just part of australia

[toxic cypress]

it is

horn of africa ethiopia

non for somalia doe

i think ur somali

[trim lotus]

Got to 1945 as the US. Tried invading Italy, and I realized two things:

1. You really want mountaineers before invading Italy.
2. Ten factories on fighters is not enough, and by 1945, majors will be drowning you in literally thousands of aircraft.

[warped flint]

someone give me a achievement to get

[restive sable]

this one sounds like a load of joy

[warped flint]

No.

[restive sable]

😢

[warped flint]

Wait thats even worse, dont like YOU, have to cap them by yourselfs

no help?

even worse

100% no

[restive sable]

i dont even know 💔

[warped flint]

Wait cant you like cap them with allies then just release the soviet union and kill them then

ima try to get this

[fair horizon]

That is the funniest achievement ever

[fair horizon]

Bro didnt get the memo for how america does war, combined arms. Tanks and planes

[trim lotus]

I did some tanks and a pretty decent amount of mechanized, plus some motorized divisions I regret making? I'd just been accustomed to historical games where the UK basically shoots down the Luftwaffe for you before the US gets involved.

[warped flint]

wow

ima have to pass that bro

SHIT I ACCIDENTLY ACCEPTED

NO

wait why is this civil war so much harder then I remembered

okay good got lucky they left budapest open

[opal bluff]

i havnt played in so long

idk if i remember how to

[quasi shoal]

oh yeah 10 is not nearly enough

especially in 1945 as the US

[drowsy bronze]

mortirized or mechanized as japan

[quasi shoal]

always go mechanized if you can

[drowsy bronze]

Ok

[drowsy bronze]

i only had 2 rows of motorized i decided to add another row when i swapped it to mechanized

[quasi shoal]

uhhh

no tanks?

[drowsy bronze]

i have this template

[quasi shoal]

use mecha for tanks

just swap the motorized for mecha

and then add 2 more tanks to get it up to 36

[drowsy bronze]

keep motorized for my motorized template?

[quasi shoal]

you don't really need motorized template

[drowsy bronze]

i already have like 50 divs of them though 💔

[quasi shoal]

😭

[drowsy bronze]

like this?

[drowsy bronze]

😭

[quasi shoal]

yeah that's a pretty good div

some more support companies tho

[worn coral]

average non historical

[quasi shoal]

and also prolly use sp art instead of normal tanks

[drowsy bronze]

lowk havnt researched any besides the ones u start with

[quasi shoal]

if you can afford them

[worn coral]

why not put more mediums?

[quasi shoal]

💔

[quasi shoal]

combat width

[worn coral]

isnt the meta 30?

[quasi shoal]

no

[worn coral]

how much then

[quasi shoal]

36 for tanks

[drowsy bronze]

i dont think i can im already struggling to produce enough tanks

[worn coral]

damn

[quasi shoal]

how many mils do you have

[worn coral]

ive been doing 30 all along

[drowsy bronze]

95

[quasi shoal]

that's plenty

have a 33/32/30 split with tank stuff (mecha and tanks)/inf stuff (everything else)/planes

[quasi shoal]

wtf

dude

I think you got a few problems 😭

[drowsy bronze]

wa

[quasi shoal]

how many divs do you have

[drowsy bronze]

alot

259

but

[quasi shoal]

DAMN

[drowsy bronze]

50 of them are shitty 2x2 garrisons

[quasi shoal]

what year is it

[drowsy bronze]

just for defending my islands

[drowsy bronze]

uh so

[quasi shoal]

either you don't have enough mils for your year

[drowsy bronze]

i gotta admit somethin rn

i may have like

[quasi shoal]

or you have WAYYY too many divs for your year

[drowsy bronze]

used a little console command

that like trains instantly

ykwim

ist 1939

[quasi shoal]

yeah that's fine

[drowsy bronze]

november

[quasi shoal]

uhh delete some of those

and by some I mean most

[quasi shoal]

you're in huge deficits

you have tons of men but a lot of them don't have guns

[drowsy bronze]

delete 24 tanks and 24 motorized?

[quasi shoal]

no

delete like

[drowsy bronze]

im currnetlying ivnaded the soviets

i have a massive front

[quasi shoal]

24 tanks 24 motor and like a ton of infantry

[drowsy bronze]

ok i deleted like

[quasi shoal]

I mean you might just be able to keep pushing

[drowsy bronze]

im at 187 divs

[drowsy bronze]

we already won

[quasi shoal]

that still might be a lot but idk

[drowsy bronze]

its germany, japan, england, and america at war with them

[quasi shoal]

how do you only have 95 mils???

[drowsy bronze]

they're cooked

[drowsy bronze]

im self sufficient

[quasi shoal]

huh

[drowsy bronze]

i dont need to trade anything except steel

i built alot of rubber and aluminum plants n shi

[quasi shoal]

trade doesn't matter for mils

[quasi shoal]

oh are you playing modded

rt56?

[drowsy bronze]

yea but thats why i only have 95 mils

[quasi shoal]

but you've killed china

[drowsy bronze]

most of my build slots are used up by other stuff

[drowsy bronze]

i have like 20 mils being constructed in china

i killed china in like 38

idk how

i naval invaded their entire coast and they js kinda crumbled

[quasi shoal]

btw for rt56 shock troops are really powerful

motorized shock troops

[drowsy bronze]

i have never used those b4 i saw on reddit they sucked

i have 0 dlcs btw

if that matters

[quasi shoal]

huh

[quasi shoal]

oh they're prolly mid then

a lot of their benefits come from the sf doctrines

[drowsy bronze]

ah

[warped flint]

got unlucky i think

[vivid juniper]

Spanish South America is red

Except for Uruguay because they’re guaranteed

I didn’t know Argentina was a fun country to play

[warped flint]

bro light spgs are so op

and cheap asf

this is the second time mexico has declared war on america

they died the first time i assume

[fair horizon]

I honestly didnt know that was a woman because of sigma of iron

[warped flint]

Think this runs over because of bullshit

it kicks me from their faction and gives them a wargoal against me

Yep entire army encircled cause for some damn reason they have western slovakia under thier controll despite not doing shit against them

i hate this ai so much

They didnt do SHIT, against czechoslovakia, no clue how they managed to gain this much

german ai killed themselves

fun

dude literally everything is going wrong

[opaque zinc]

does anyone know why theres no supply there

[quasi shoal]

you have a lot of troops, and one of your supply hubs was captured too soon/not connected to the capital

[opaque zinc]

but theres a railway connection

is it not

oh it probably hasnt finisehd building

im stupid wow

yeah nvm my railway isnt done building i just checked my construction

omg its so nice to see how much better ive gotten at this game

like just a couple days ago i was fighting the same war i am right now

and i finished it like a whole year quicker

[crude schooner]

that’s the Spanish state modifier!

https://tenor.com/view/sigh-homelander-the-boys-exhale-relieved-gif-15406600715060657123

[odd loom]

We’ll be great to join a server about a mod

[coral gorge]

Railway doesn’t give any supply

Only supply nodes do

Railway transfers supply between nodes to form a supply network, but supply itself comes from nodes

[quasi shoal]

he has supply nodes

they just weren't connected to the capital lol

[coral gorge]

That’s construction icon on top of it

[quasi shoal]

[coral gorge]

Ah that one

[opaque zinc]

this is a simple thing but use she please

sorry i feel annoying when i say that

[coral gorge]

That one is just disconnected

I disregarded it because they mentioned railway first

[quasi shoal]

sure

[coral gorge]

[quasi shoal]

I forgot to look at who la sheep was replying to 👀

[quasi shoal]

😭

[opaque zinc]

is the supply node like can you build them or is it just the capital

[coral gorge]

All hubs ports and supply capitals are nodes

Some capital provinces aren’t nodes

Sometimes

but supply capitals are nodes themselves

[opaque zinc]

can i build supply capitals

[coral gorge]

No

[quasi shoal]

ports can connect to other ports or the capital if you have convoys, hubs must be connected to a port (that has convoys) or the capital with railways, the capital automatically has supply

[quasi shoal]

iirc you can move it

[coral gorge]

Supply capital is unique to a country and is whrre supply originates from and forms a network

[opaque zinc]

if i conquer countries do i get their supply nodes

[quasi shoal]

you get their supply nodes but not the capital node

[opaque zinc]

ok

[quasi shoal]

you also just get them while at war

once you capture a supply node or a railway it takes a bit before it can give/transport supply tho

[opaque zinc]

ok

this is seperate but how do i reduce resistance

[quasi shoal]

have enough garrison

get high compliance

use the right laws

[opaque zinc]

like i cant afford most of my garrison stuff without sacrificing training and supporting my units

[coral gorge]

Just change law and wait

Local Police Force is like the best default law but if you have sufficient manpower and equipment it is better to start on Martial Law then gradually reduce

[opaque zinc]

ok

[coral gorge]

Resistance is temporarily disabled if it is reduced 0%, until resistance target is 10%+ again

Half of compliance is reduction value on resistance target

So you have to wait

Spies can help reducing resistance through anti-partisan mission or whatever that is

[quasi shoal]

sounds like your industry is lacking then

or you're taking too much territory

puppeting can be better than annexing in some situations

[opaque zinc]

Yeah I guess

Im doing Austria Hungary again so I get cores on most things

[warped flint]

finnaly

[long pendant]

are we serious america

[zealous prism]

Hearts of Iron IV

[long pendant]

yes

[heavy vigil]

hello gen chat

[sullen wave]

Wsg, just came to ask if there is a way without commands I can trigger a ideology flip to another ideology in another country

ie flipping mexico to commie or facist so I can enforce monroe and invade them

Also is there a way I can release Taiwan as actual Taiwan? I have their territory its just that if I release it it returns the territory to China

[opaque zinc]

what do i do here br

[worn coral]

guys

how do i form byzantine empire

[worn coral]

cry

[glass python]

anyone down to help me and play historical

[worn coral]

what country

[glass python]

i wanna play germany

i suck at germany

sadly

[worn coral]

how

how do you suck at the best country in the game

[glass python]

idk

[worn coral]

just unninstall atp

[glass python]

i just got back into hoi4

sorry

[worn coral]

ok

[glass python]

i played italy and thats hard too

[worn coral]

i get you

italy is absolute trash

[glass python]

its hard bro idk what to do

[worn coral]

im not gonna help you but im gonna give some general tips

[glass python]

ok

as germany right

[worn coral]

build your civilian economy

and never do autarky

never

[glass python]

ok

[quick thistle]

what?

[glass python]

do what then

[worn coral]

go for economic growth or whatever its called

[quick thistle]

autarky is literally

the better path lmao

[glass python]

ok

[worn coral]

he just said hes bad

[quasi shoal]

italy is peak until you're not playing it

[quick thistle]

id be willing to help you

[worn coral]

ok

help him

i dont want him to do autarky because its not really good for an enexperienced player

not that i am one

legit never did autarky

[quick thistle]

are you wanting to play coop or something?

[worn coral]

im gonna go play wt

wish i could afford all dlcs

how do i fix that

[opaque zinc]

I lost in 7 months

I hate this game

[worn coral]

how did you get into war

[opaque zinc]

They tried to take Czechoslovakia

And I said no

[worn coral]

the three states?

[opaque zinc]

Yes I should’ve just said yes

But it’s too late now

[worn coral]

yea

dont u have a save?

[opaque zinc]

Ironma

Ironman

[worn coral]

damn

ok

next time

say yes

wait for ww2 to go off

and justify on them

u win

[opaque zinc]

Ok

[worn coral]

just gotta hold out at the start

[opaque zinc]

Yeah

The reason I capitulated is cause Italy pushed me with Germany

In the south

[quick thistle]

hello?

[glass python]

yes

i just came back

[quick thistle]

are you wanting to coop

[glass python]

pelase

plase

i want

to play with expert

[quick thistle]

ok. i can play in like an hour

[glass python]

bet

[quick thistle]

im not an expert but i have around 400 hours.

mostly on germany

[glass python]

i c

bet

[quick thistle]

do you have dlc's?

[glass python]

only a couple

[craggy trail]

@tulip thorn Currently playing Griffonian Empire. Spending at least half a year finishing some of the Changeling-Griffonian Attache stuff

[tulip thorn]

this reminds me, i've been thinking of doing a long EaW playthrough. What nation would you recommend for that?

[craggy trail]

Communist Hippogriffia: Posada's Warplan Hydrogen path

It's pretty much a world conquest path if you are looking for something like that

[worn coral]

how do i make byzantine empire

[quick thistle]

do you have gotterdammerung

[quasi shoal]

huh???

how do I get my ui to be that

[worn coral]

mods

[quasi shoal]

really

[worn coral]

no

i have a hole in my head

[craggy trail]

You need to go down towards "Ressurecting the Megali Idea" and "Horror and Fear". From there, you would need to defeat turkey and form Byzantium

[glass python]

no

i do not

[quick thistle]

hmm. i dont know germany tree without gotterdamerung tbh

[glass python]

why not play with u then

run it in ur thing

[craggy trail]

I use a separate mod that changes the UI to Age of Imperialism. However, it is a pre-No Step Back version of the mod

[quasi shoal]

aww

[worn coral]

guys

which economic side is better for greece

utilize our strengths or force the farmers into factories

@quick thistle

[quick thistle]

honestly ive never played that country

[worn coral]

sorry for tagging you

[quick thistle]

nah your chilling

what are the focuses

[worn coral]

chat was just ghosted all of a sudden

[quick thistle]

what do the rewards give you

[worn coral]

neither have i

[glass python]

im too broke to buy dlc

sory

[quick thistle]

your chilling lmao

[worn coral]

one give +38% recruitable and 35% output but -15% stability

[quick thistle]

it only gives 38 percent recruitable

pop

can you ss and send them

[worn coral]

ok

ngl the force the farmers is looking better

wait no

[quick thistle]

utilize looks better

imo

[opal nymph]

Backbone of Balkan Financial Stability is a good focus

Both are good

Do you want better factories or more factories I think are the choices

[worn coral]

i wen with utilize

[quick thistle]

what does backbone give you?

[opal nymph]

A crap ton of factories if I remember correctly

[quick thistle]

ah

[opal nymph]

Been a hot minute since I played greece

[quick thistle]

i see

i dont like greece and turkey cause their focuses take forever

[opal nymph]

Also you dont deal with the monopolies in the path

[cold mist]

Bro i thought i joined hoi4 general why is the icon hoi4 expansion pack 2

[opal nymph]

And get rid of them i think

[opal nymph]

Because buy expansion packs 2

Spend 50 dollars

And get mediocre dlc

I got seaplane tenders models from it lol

[worn coral]

perfect

[quasi shoal]

I haven't played greece yet why are you spending so much to improve relations

[worn coral]

focus that gives factories

[warped flint]

you get focuses and you need to have good relations with nations and you get a shit ton of factories if you do

[glass python]

when are u able to get on?

[worn coral]

GOSH DUDE

this is annoying

[glass python]

wah

what happen

[worn coral]

like why cant they refuse megali idea

i cant get the british and the french to say no to megali

so i cant form byzantine

i give up

im including the italians

[sharp sierra]

i think you just do italy

or something

then the really long focus cancels

[quick thistle]

check dm's

[glass python]

guys he sent me sum werid

wierd

jk

jk

[worn coral]

GOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[warped flint]

Thats what your supposed to do

[worn coral]

I DID THAT

AND THEY SAID YES TO EVERYTHING

[craggy trail]

A party seems in order

[dusky burrow]

I think force the farmers is better, 12 civs

[worn coral]

LITERALLY EVERYTHING

[dusky burrow]

the other path gives you 4 civs 4 mils earlier

[worn coral]

DUDE I DONT CARE ABOUT THAT ANYMORE

I JUST WANT THE MAJORS TO REFUSE MEGALI OR MEGALI

[tulip thorn]

Party hard

[worn coral]

WHATEVER THE HELL ITS CALLED

[warped flint]

i do the agarian one

i dont remember why but I just hated the other one for some reason

Use our strengths i mean

uh who do you ping for this

[tulip thorn]

<@&846894118219022336> Target spotted

[warped flint]

okay now i know

how often does that happen

like seems every 5th time I talk in here one of those pop up

[tulip thorn]

Scams are feeling way to common here

[worn coral]

what did i miss

[warped flint]

some scam thingy

[worn coral]

this game is rigged

this game is so rigged

i hate this game

[dusky burrow]

oh then go into coalition with the anatolian fascists

[worn coral]

wait

really?

is that all i had to do?

[dusky burrow]

Yeah

and then you invite italy actually

then you get the only italy attends event, bringing you down that path

[worn coral]

italy went communist

[dusky burrow]

okay then ig no one attends, in which same thing

[worn coral]

so just what i choose?

[dusky burrow]

so yeah form the coalition with the fascists then invite italy and then you should be fine

[worn coral]

wait

i have to support anatolian catastrophe?

@dusky burrow

[frank parcel]

which one is better for a democratic USA?

[worn coral]

neutrality

[worn coral]

it worked thanks

help

what do i do

i want byzantine

i said no

stability might be a problem

[dusky burrow]

Well the anatolian catastrophe happened in 1920

[cold mist]

My fire is rising

[fervent minnow]

depends

i'd say neutrality

[buoyant lodge]

why does the anime history not cover all generals, leaders and ministers?

🙁

[signal oracle]

Some sentences should never be said

[signal oracle]

I’m cryin, got any stability

https://tenor.com/view/beg-begging-emoji-beggar-please-gif-4353172295302334544

[glad lake]

it was nice while it lasted

[warped flint]

You tthe beneluxe?

[glad lake]

yeah

[warped flint]

I am assuming you tried to hold the border

I wouldnt do that

[glad lake]

yep

well what can i do now

[warped flint]

yk if you sent me the save I would try it

tho its probably unsaveable

[glad lake]

how do i send it

if u want to

yeah nah its too late

gone

eh new game

[pseudo raven]

Nex try buildup aa and forts on rivers and forests

Research anti air and anti tank

Should help

[glad lake]

im an idiot

[signal oracle]

No, you’re learning

[glad lake]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-banging-shield-rahhh-thiccatina-gif-2077174781171827192

[signal oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-banging-shield-rahhh-thiccatina-gif-2077174781171827192

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[pseudo raven]

Hi

[pseudo raven]

What happened?

[glad lake]

nah nothin

happend

but now im traumatized

3 min ago something bad happend

i tried a game

that i shouldnt had

[pseudo raven]

30 mins of hell without guides feels same

[glad lake]

no

u dont understand

i tried

a new game

called

five nights at dreams

and DONT

play it

for the sake of god

[pseudo raven]

I haven't played regular fnaf

[glad lake]

the game is free

but dont

after u die something bad happend

[cedar lance]

wassup

i wanna build a GRAND Army navy and airforce as Germany

i really wish there was a dlc/expansion that adds a Custom nation designer

like in eu4

[glad lake]

welp

this is hoi4

not eu4

so

https://tenor.com/view/none-gif-27639232

[cedar lance]

still it would be nice

[pseudo raven]

U can research how to mod

And make yourself a country with generic focus tree

Atleast

Maybe allow some formable decisions

Like Eu or Turk unification

But it's really hard way

[cedar lance]

alr

is there way to make a mod that adds in a custom nation designer or nah?

[pseudo raven]

There's state transfer tool mod

[cedar lance]

alr nice

[tawdry nebula]

Good morning guys.

[pseudo raven]

But from name u can understand that it's not exactly what u want

Atleast u can make some borders wich may be interesting to play with

[pseudo raven]

Morning

[cedar lance]

hello best gamer

[pseudo raven]

Omg steam member from 2014

[ripe slate]

Toolpack is closest

[pseudo raven]

I was a 1st grader at that moment

[pseudo raven]

Forgot about it

[cedar lance]

alr

[pseudo raven]

Is it functional rn

I have seen alot of fix requests

[ripe slate]

Yeh because people are clowns

Its worked nonstop for 3 years now

[pseudo raven]

Kekw

[pseudo raven]

What means breaks[] on right of your nick

You are like developer of those mods or just fan

[ripe slate]

developer

[pseudo raven]

Cool

[cedar lance]

i just subbed to both transfer tool and toolpack

[pseudo raven]

Better use one because toolpack can do same stuff as transfer tool

If i remember correctly

[cedar lance]

alr

[ripe slate]

Everything transfer can do, toolpack can do too

[pseudo raven]

And more

[cedar lance]

alr

gotcha

[pseudo raven]

Omg literally first link in my search

And submods

U are unit of modding

Make tno playable for regular person 🙏

https://tenor.com/view/nub-cat-nub-silly-cat-depression-depressed-gif-5883714320658611738

[signal oracle]

https://tenor.com/view/davy-jones-potc-jack-sparrow-life-is-cruel-why-should-the-afterlife-be-any-different-gif-22538675

[vital cove]

discord light mode

[pseudo raven]

Why not

[vital cove]

because

[quick thistle]

is this game pretty hard to mod?

i want to try

given yall were on the topic

[tulip thorn]

We love toolpack

[ripe slate]

One of the easiest

BUT

some stuff is hardcoded, and thus practically impossible to mod

Stuff like adding a money system I never find well-executed in any mod because some mechanics are quite tricky to link it to because not all their variables are exposed

[tawdry nebula]

Yep.

[ripe slate]

Me too

[tawdry nebula]

Nice.

[quick thistle]

I want to try and I’m marginally familiar with coding.

How hard is it to make mods stable?

[pseudo raven]

Shi coded sometimes too

[tawdry nebula]

I guess spaghetti code?

As I studied Game Design for 3 years.

[quick thistle]

I’m guessing as someone who works with road to 56 and toolpack that stability can be an issue no?

[pseudo raven]

Money system like in millennium?

[ripe slate]

Yeh

[ripe slate]

😛 I think PDX has an opening for one IIRC

[pseudo raven]

I had a guess it's made as hardmoded resources

[quick thistle]

Seems like AI development could be the most difficult aspect

[ripe slate]

The AI is finicky, very annoying to get it to behave

[pseudo raven]

Like there is a steel

[quick thistle]

Yeah I would think so.

[pseudo raven]

And they just made money like some of map resource

[quick thistle]

I would like to one day make a super historical mod in vein of hearts of oak or something but for singeplayer mostly

[pseudo raven]

Which amount moving fluently depending on different factors

I am noob in moding and coding

Can only edit or create my self ui for apps

[ripe slate]

HOI does support variables and math so its probably that

[tawdry nebula]

Also on Level Design? As I'm a bit stronger there.

[ripe slate]

Nah

[tawdry nebula]

Ah, ok.

[pseudo raven]

Like if u made steel increase from X building count and Y amount of something to X building

After some thousands of lines

U will made steel function as some sort of money

[ripe slate]

One of the bigger mods I tried has steel production from ore and it was so janky, presumably because the code support just isnt there

[pseudo raven]

Kekw

[quick thistle]

TFB has that I believe yeah?

That big multiplayer mod?

[ripe slate]

I forgot the mod name

[pseudo raven]

There's no mention about ore

[pseudo raven]

Total war or world ablaze

[ripe slate]

World ablaze it was

[fair horizon]

TWO TILE GIBRALTR?

Might as well give luxembourg 3 tiles smh

[quick thistle]

I’ve watched some gameplay of it

[ripe slate]

looks at Road to 56

its 2 there I think

[quick thistle]

Is modding the map particularly hard? Like adding resources and stuff

To a province

[ripe slate]

Its one of the harder things but that specifically isnt difficult

[tulip thorn]

Give them 4 tiles

It must be done

[ripe slate]

Irl Luxembourgh is just 1 big gas station

[quick thistle]

Is it hard to make mods like road to 56 stable

Seems like the game inevitably gets unstable with bigger mods

[ripe slate]

the code is simple enough that stability is purely fixing small coding mistakes

Like a complex decision being set to check for too many countries and ruining performance

[fair horizon]

You better not, it'll be extremely busted if you do

[pseudo raven]

They made things to complicated for historical realism, but realism end when u understand that someone from developers glazes germany too much

[tawdry nebula]

But yeah honestly saying it's quite hard finding a job as a Junior.

[pseudo raven]

Yes

[fair horizon]

Rt56 makes auatralia playable and for that im very grateful

Bu i also can never forgive them for the time when they took my 5% recruitable from mw on the old doctrines

[pseudo raven]

I can't play tno and millennium only because of numbers it calculates

Freezes every in-game day

[ripe slate]

MD apparently did get optimized

[pseudo raven]

Then my ryzen 53600 is junk

[ripe slate]

Should be plenty good

[charred yew]

Hello guys

[pseudo raven]

I heard a myth that hoi can use only one core

Of cpu

Or smth like that

[pseudo raven]

Hi

[tawdry nebula]

I can play both fine tbh.

[pseudo raven]

Which cpu do u have?

[ripe slate]

Its still mostly true, even if incorrect

HOI IV performance depends almost entirely on one-core performance

[pseudo raven]

That's sad

Because no mods for multicore

My rock can't get performance high enough for huge mods

Atleast EaW works fine

Probably should lore run

Liek actually reading events

[tawdry nebula]

i7-13700H and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050.

[pseudo raven]

Oh my build is around 3050

Makes sense why your's rock is more powerful than mine

Part 1 is killing me

This man is crazy

[tawdry nebula]

Of Millennium Dawn?

[pseudo raven]

?

[tawdry nebula]

I mean that part 1 video.

[pseudo raven]

The iron curtain mod

[tawdry nebula]

Oh, ok.

I played that one also.

[rare sand]

is there anything for democratic germany to do after beating the comintern?

[eternal palm]

Nah

I guess Form EU?

But not in the way of content

[pseudo raven]

Nah

[rare sand]

any fun nations to play with no dlcs?

[pseudo raven]

I consider France fun with no dlc

Maybe some minors who can form Austria Hungary

There were a strat for Czheckoslovakia how to form it in early 1937

But

Huge borders with axis

And 0 industry

[pseudo raven]

And ofc

Glorious Albania

[coral gorge]

oh, hello Zhukov

fun trip you have there

[fair horizon]

Colombia

[coral gorge]

well, here we go

coordinated attack on the Soviet Union

[tawdry nebula]

I can buy No Compromise, No Surrender!

[fair horizon]

Yeah but why

[tawdry nebula]

As I do some little work and get paid?

For my parents.

[eternal palm]

Maybe get literally any other dlc

If you're missing any

NCNS is not worth the money

[tawdry nebula]

I have the other, I miss the new one including of South America, 3D Unit, Radio and the Sabaton song.

[eternal palm]

Then get toa

NCNS is still not worth your money

[tawdry nebula]

Why not worth?

[eternal palm]

NCNS is the only dlc that will actively degrade your gameplay

[eternal palm]

It's ass

[tawdry nebula]

How?

[eternal palm]

Like, goe level shit

[heavy vigil]

idk i like it

but i also play asia a lot

[tawdry nebula]

I see.

[tawdry nebula]

Currently I'm doing a Japan run.

[heavy vigil]

stop bypassing the filter :>

asking for the millionth time i feel

[eternal palm]

Right mb

[tawdry nebula]

And thanks CreepAgeDE.

Also in a bit I will take a screenshot of the dlc I have and Miss.

[heavy vigil]

its like my most played country i think?

[tawdry nebula]

Nice.

The three green it's what I wanted to buy from Christmas 2025 while the rest are dlc I have and not.

[cold mist]

what if we could form ottoman empire as sinkiang

[shy dragon]

“Hey America, we’ve almost won the w-“

[tawdry nebula]

Rip the Emperor.

[glad lake]

YO GUYS

DİD YALL SEE USSR VS WORLD

HOW TF DOES HE WİN

[vital cove]

didn't see but doesn't sound hard?

[glad lake]

dawg

1936

he starts in 1936

has 1 month

ONLY 1 MONTH

and he needs to take the rest of the world

[sudden thistle]

Wha

[glad lake]

everyone at once

[vital cove]

that means the other nations also don't have buildup time

and the ussr starts with the biggest army by far

[trim lotus]

I've seen "USSR vs. the world by 1937", but one month sounds... implausible.

[vital cove]

and the practically biggest eco

[glad lake]

THİS İS THE ALLİANCE

AND HE İS WİNNİNG RN

HE GOT THE WHOLE EUROPE

he liberated İT

[vital cove]

link the video?

[trim lotus]

Means less time spent justifying war.

[craggy dove]

which hoi4 mod or vanila nation provides the best EU larp?

[glad lake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_bT2rdaD2A

[sudden thistle]

Erm actually thats the ideology map

[glad lake]

this is

the link

[glad lake]

bruv

[sudden thistle]

It’s a joke bro damn 🥀

[glad lake]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-banging-shield-rahhh-thiccatina-gif-2077174781171827192

[coral gorge]

im getting to Moscow before the Germans maybe

[odd loom]

Who like twr

[rough oracle]

is tannu turva expansion pack finally coming?

[hallow orchid]

they should add antarctica lwk

[coral gorge]

lmao

[lapis snow]

sup nerds

[eternal palm]

Sup nerd

Glad to see you're still alive

[lapis snow]

ty

been a busy bee

[eternal palm]

Employed? Ah well sucks to suck I guess

[lapis snow]

seasonal work on the other side of the world I'll have you know

was good to get a break from the game right when NCNS dropped

I assume I missed nothing

[lost stirrup]

No

Bye

[eternal palm]

Nope not really

Except the shit show that went down in the MP community shortly after the update

And mp getting more and more cope modded because pdx can't balance for shit

"Russia is not allowed to build planning before barb" was a real rule

[lapis snow]

Having played around with the doctrines a bit and watching segl's stuff... yeah

[eternal palm]

"cas is banned on barb"

[eternal palm]

Yea it's busted

So we basically doubled all base stats

1k hard is a low ball for tds now

Break is now less abundant than attack

So much so that break is more important to stack because attack is so abundant

[lapis snow]

China war got worse too right?

[eternal palm]

For both sides yea

[lapis snow]

First ncns run I did was Jingwei China, after 2 false starts I worked it out

but the balance is so borked

if you don't absorb a couple of the warlords as KMT you're boned

[coral gorge]

[slim nexus]

How do ypu open this thing

[coral gorge]

click on the bubble