hoi4-general

[terse skiff]

occupied berlin

[ember inlet]

Graveyard of Empires
Includes focus trees for India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq

[gleaming iron]

goe doesnt have that communist tree

since when

[ember inlet]

Well I'm looking at the wiki and that shows this focus tree

[fair horizon]

Chat my australia world conquest is almost done

I can see the other side

[gleaming iron]

this focus tree doesnt show up in my game

[ember inlet]

What shows up instead?

[gleaming iron]

its very cut up

i dont see anything big in the communist tree

i dont even see the mughal third major tree

[ember inlet]

Are you sure you have the dlc turned on?

[quasi osprey]

I intend to conquer as much of china as possible so I am thinking of producing just a single div with 3 medium tanks,3 trucks and some artillery will that cut thoroughly the AI chinese divs that usually have about 20 soft attack.

[jade ore]

i mean yea i guess but they will build up towards a better division

[quasi osprey]

I just have to be faster I guess and my goal now is sinking and I have triple its industry

I just have to wait a bit to build up my army

I am playing as communist china

[fair horizon]

:)

[tropic spruce]

being sold to many countries, as an serbia formerly yugoslavia

first tu 95 bomber!! Hell yeah

[cedar lance]

ive put a lot of ships onto my production lines

i have 18 CVs

as Germany

and a couple few other ships

[fair horizon]

nice

[cedar lance]

i will conquer and annex a lot of Europe

so i get more mils dockyards and ports

i always do poland first

then hold off france in the west

then attack france

then naval invade uk

then focus on ussr

then take on others

alr

[cedar lance]

i do plan to have a lot of ships

as Germany

so i can take on uk navy and us navy

[fair horizon]

"communist"

[clear dagger]

brown sugar color.

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-the-boys-yummers-gif-730693117818784194

[cedar lance]

btw i do have a mod that removes building slots
i can literally have so many factories like mils and dockyards

i will become a SUPERPOWER

with more factories than ussr or usa

or anyone else

[fair horizon]

i just need to eat all my puppets to win this world conquest run

[slow nova]

Only puppets runs are the best

Literally infinite materials and infinite special project research

[fair horizon]

so apparently i got cheated on my acheivements :/

probably my map mod\

[slow nova]

Lol

[supple mango]

whats the best armor type for medium tanks

like cast, welded riveted

[heavy vigil]

riveted saves most cost per tank deployed

[ripe slate]

industry branch should gradually make welded more appealing if you wanted some flavor

[heavy vigil]

they decided older is cheaper

[patent thistle]

i never go for achievements due to most of my games being modded

i always have some sort of mod (like my mosquito fleet mod)

[sharp sierra]

i just balanced the church thing properly idk it never happened

i didnt rush the focuses

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[fair horizon]

Yeah usually i use fps map but ive been using vintage map so

[vast sky]

i HATE the clausewitz engine.. WHY IS IT ONLY USING 1 CORE WERE IN 2026 NOT 2005?!?!?!? cant they release like a enhanced version of hoi4 with a better new engine

and it literally eats ram.. i love hoi but im starting to hate it cuz it just starts to lag after like 2 years of gameplay why havent they fixed it still

clausewitz was made in 2007 and they released eu5 in 2025 WITH THE CLAUSEWITZ ENGINE???????? im fuming what the hell is paradox doing

[atomic grove]

because clausewitz engine is made specifically for grand strategy games

it works the best

for grand strategy games

which is basically every paradox game

and paradox made it too so it isnt a surprise they use it all the time

[vast sky]

yeah but were in 2026 they could make a much better engine 19 years later

[vast sky]

yeah

[atomic grove]

money

its expensive

and from what it seems

very expensive

to make something better than clausewitz

[vast sky]

it cant be that hard to make a similiar engine to clausewitz that just supports multiple cores

[thorn condor]

Japan sure has the damn audacity to surrender every time while winning😭

[atomic grove]

also it should not be a surprise to lag late game in hoi4

it is completely normal

the game is calculating more stuff than earlier

[vast sky]

yeah and thats cuz its using only 1 core and its so annoying

[atomic grove]

so of course itll run slower

[vast sky]

it would run smooth even late game if they just add multicore support

it cant be that hard

[atomic grove]

it is that hard

[vast sky]

yeah but it has been 19 years

[atomic grove]

its really difficult to make 2 cores run at the same time at perfect speed and make perfect simulations/calculations at the same time

its like running 2 hoi4's at the same time and trying to make everything happen at the same time and line them both up exactly

kind of

dont expect me to be an expert at this kind of topic though

[vast sky]

yeah im not either im just confused cuz like roblox the lego game has a hoi copy i havent really played it but it runs on like shitty android phones smoothly

[sudden thistle]

That’s because it’s Roblox

[vast sky]

fair

[sudden thistle]

And the engine HOI4 is on is unoptimized

Clausewitz I think

[sharp sierra]

lets go

the world is now mine

lfg

[ripe slate]

Its significantly upgraded

CK3 Clausewitz =/= HOI IV Clausewitzz

[keen gazelle]

Does anyone know a simple way to end the Japanese civil war involving communists?

[south mountain]

Not really

The game itself is pretty bad and basic

Hoi4 has more complex formulas and calculations

So of course it needs more resources

And that game on roblox has some pretty easy mechanics btw

[sharp sierra]

Postpone it and take more land with the decisions

I was able to win without too much fighting that way but I didn't have enough peace score to take all of the fascists half of the navy

[real flame]

how do I solve the fact that I suck

[toxic cypress]

stop sucking

[bronze hull]

Hey guys! Just a question, Is HOI4 worth it at full price rn or do I wait for a sale? I'm not a stranger to strategy, and have had my eye on it for quite some time, and getting too eager xD

[real flame]

:(

[toxic cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/think-about-it-use-your-brain-use-the-brain-think-brain-gif-7914082

[real flame]

I am going to peruse the help section

[ripe slate]

Might as well wait for sale, constantly goes on sale

[bronze hull]

aww okay!!

[ripe slate]

Big ones as well, except for the newest DLC

[bronze hull]

hehe won't dent my wallet then

and speaking of DLCs, I read some stuff about how some were more important than others, is that true?

[ripe slate]

Yes, but all non-cosmetic ones help, for the most part

[bronze hull]

ahhh I see, thanks!

[ripe slate]

Id get the general edition when sale starts

LaR and BftB arent the best DLC but they still improve the game

[bronze hull]

Sounds good ngl, Not too much difference from base game price so I think I can do that :p

[real flame]

I'm going to try a germany game

[trim lotus]

Something I find completely realistic: building a railroad east-west across the entire width of Africa in time for some divisions setting out from the UK to use it and avoid either the Med or going around the Cape.

[celest dirge]

Damm, Millennium Dawn is almost a total different game, it is the only thing that make HOI4 crash just by existing.

[heavy rover]

iceland colonial empire 😭

[lyric anchor]

just found a pretty big bug for italy

if you reload you lose access to the market even if you had it before

[green lodge]

Why's that good ?

[timber laurel]

cuh

its 1942 btw

what has stlain been doing these paast 6 yrs

[halcyon leaf]

Nah, that’s nothing bro, they had like 2000 divisons in 1944 one time i played

[timber laurel]

i have 300 divisions

hlf of those are 9/2 infantry

i cant win this

[halcyon leaf]

Half? Wb the rest

[timber laurel]

tanks and motorized

[halcyon leaf]

So you have 150 tank and motorized divisons

Like what

[timber laurel]

no

then theres speciaal forces

and alaso the weird units u get after doing anchluss

nd dsuddenteland

its more like 70 tank/ motorized

[halcyon leaf]

Like those are normal divs you can change into your inf

[timber laurel]

i forgot to ddo that so i just use em as a bullet sponge

[halcyon leaf]

Lmao

Btw, when new british and american focus tree? They actually suck ass

[terse skiff]

You can win, just try it yourself. People can wc as Tannu Tuva so you can definitely defeat USSR as 1942 germany

[cursive oxide]

can i get some help pls im doing poland no dlc

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[finite nacelle]

yall think i got a chance?

[halcyon leaf]

Yeah, not that bad, especially if you got germany

[frank parcel]

Is there a way to stop my puppets from giving military access to my enemy nations?

Like my puppets are allowing them to just walk through and bomb me from their territories

[heavy vigil]

call them in?

[winter badge]

How they allow to bomb

[heavy vigil]

airbase access idk

[frank parcel]

i cant otherwise the allies will just steamroll with a million troops

[heavy vigil]

this isnt a numbers game, its a maths game

a million ai troops are not scary imo

[frank parcel]

like they put 36 troops in 1 space and 1 single breakthrough when i aint looking and they have snaked to moscow

[heavy vigil]

quality > quantity

this was conventional fighting only

[winter badge]

Average non historical gameplay

[frank parcel]

I fought them once and 90% of the manpower they and i lost are from attacking through my puppets territories

[heavy vigil]

this actually tells me nothing

[frank parcel]

They have lost 90% of that through attacking through puppets. Like this

[winter badge]

How from puppets

How its possible

[frank parcel]

Idk

Its stupid gameplay design

[winter badge]

What are your puppets

[frank parcel]

Everyone

[winter badge]

What

[dire trellis]

Hi whats the meta against the ai navy how do i beat the us navy?

[frank parcel]

Carrier spam

[frank parcel]

Put out what gives the most naval dominance and naval bombers

[dire trellis]

U have a template?

[frank parcel]

Just the best you can find

[dire trellis]

And carriers give the most?

[frank parcel]

This carrier gives 915 naval dominane

as seen in the top right

[winter badge]

It szould be impossible to attack from your puppets

[frank parcel]

Nothing is impossible for Kim possible.

[spring quest]

howdy yall

[patent thistle]

because i want to suffer i will do free france (1939 france start date) a very successful offensive, time to now do nothing for the rest of the war real

[frank parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/john-marston-rdr2-lasso-lasso-throw-rdr-gif-18321077262089505297

[honest night]

Just death stack with navs If you need to build up a navy just do light cruiser spam with max light attack Camel

[spring quest]

how yuns all b 2 day learning the game and would like to try multi player if any yall wanna join lmk

[frank parcel]

Naval domninance per ship matters now, before you could just spam subs because they counted the same as a carrier

[honest night]

You spam light crusers to kill a fleet now same as before naval combat isn’t changed

Light crusers also provide dominance

[frank parcel]

The best thing to destroy a navy is basically just naval bombers

[honest night]

Yes but with dockyards you still build light cruser spam

[frank parcel]

Naval dominance = ships. Destroying navy = planes

[frank parcel]

Also capture your enemies navies in peace confrencce

[tranquil lion]

Why can't I move my ships into these zones even though my puppet has a naval supply hub right near them?

[snow rain]

change home base

[tranquil lion]

How?

[snow rain]

use the automatic tool
click on the gear in fleet tab

[frank parcel]

Ctrl left click

right lick

[snow rain]

or manually : CTRL+Lclick on port

[frank parcel]

click

[snow rain]

oh yeah, right

[heavy vigil]

ok yeah that doesnt look scary

[sly venture]

I just got by blood alone is the design good for 1938

[safe wing]

Yeah

[frank parcel]

It aint but its annoying and good at the same time

[patent thistle]

and yes, i hate myself

[frank parcel]

They lose all their manpower but they bomb me

[tulip thorn]

Yes

[snow rain]

best you can get

[frank parcel]

you dont need this, use another fuel tank

[snow rain]

both are valid, especially with fiat

[heavy vigil]

you do need it

[snow rain]

you get range from MIO

[frank parcel]

Literally never used it

[sly venture]

Also do I save to get man the guns for the ship designer or la resistance

[frank parcel]

and my planes never fail

me

[snow rain]

because AI's dogshit, not because it's best

[frank parcel]

Yeah and why waste space when the AI is bad?

[snow rain]

you use 2 fuel tanks with countries that don't have range MIO

[frank parcel]

Range, agility and air attack are top

[snow rain]

it's not a waste ? hello?

[sly venture]

?

[snow rain]

more air defence means less planes lost
less planes lost means you need less factories on it

[frank parcel]

Its literally +4 defense

[snow rain]

MTG is free since a year now

[snow rain]

that's huge

[frank parcel]

both are free i think

[frank parcel]

I got 27 without it

[heavy vigil]

no you use 1

[snow rain]

for reference, a single defence stat can make a plane trade go from 10 to 1 to 1 to 1

[snow rain]

if you don't have range MIO, you use 2

UK needs 2 for example

[sly venture]

alright so now I just need la resistance and am done

[heavy vigil]

no you use 1 and with range you can do double armor

[snow rain]

Some countries, like UK cannot do 2 armor

[heavy vigil]

ik

[frank parcel]

Range is very important in all parts but Europe

[snow rain]

then why contradict what I say

[heavy vigil]

cuz you said you do 2

as in fuel

no ?

[snow rain]

because you do for countries with no range MIO
or you don't have enough range to have full effi in all regions you deploy in

UK has no range MIO

[heavy vigil]

yeah and they do 1 armor plate what

unless its ai

[snow rain]

yes

[heavy vigil]

1 armor plate 1 range

[snow rain]

oh wait, I'm talking about 1944 frame now that i realize it

[heavy vigil]

anjd self sealing

[snow rain]

bruh

mb

[manic iris]

how do i air supply

[frank parcel]

transport

plane

[quasi osprey]

[thorn condor]

What the hell is going on around china 😭

[tulip thorn]

War

Because war never changes

[frank parcel]

1 frame per day

[tulip thorn]

1 in game hour every 2 real days

[thorn condor]

Maybe its just time for china to surrender

so the Soviet-Allies war can start and end my laptop

[quasi osprey]

1939

germany cooked

maybe

[winter badge]

Why is Albania in axis ?

[quasi osprey]

ummmmm

[tulip thorn]

I hate it when I play non hist and they do the stressa front ngl

[quasi osprey]

how is germany holding while fighting on 3 fronts. I am not complaining but still

[real tulip]

Absolute Manchukuo

[manic iris]

i hate supply

[green lodge]

Sure bro

[quiet vessel]

fallout reference‼️🙏

[tulip thorn]

Ad victorium

[snow rain]

you're not even trying

[quiet vessel]

from where you're kneeling it must seem like a 24 carat run of bad luck

[charred spoke]

any clues what this file is used for?

Im GUI modding and found it and im so confused why its there

What is paradox communicating 🤔

[pliant haven]

Guys

[quiet vessel]

why did all of my mods just stop working? like i turn them on fine in the launcher but they have no effect. even outdated ones dont have the lil warning sign next to the play button in the launcher

[safe wing]

Did you mistype code or forget a file you were supposed to edit?

This happened to me when I made my mod for Medivial 2

[quiet vessel]

i havent even changed my mod at all. all the mods just randomly stopped😭 i literally just got on hoi4

it was working fine ystday

[safe wing]

I see

[austere pier]

am i bad or do you have to cheese divisions to get anchluss early? all austria has to do is build 1 division and i have to make 10-20 more

[tulip thorn]

Just spam tiny units

[glossy drum]

Yo i have virtual school who want sto join

https://meet.google.com/jtw-fpaz-gty

[austere pier]

yeah thats kinda cheese tho thats the problem

it just seems unintuitive

[tranquil lion]

These are good numbers, right?

[manic iris]

guya i just cheated on my game a bit and i feel stupid sigh

[tulip thorn]

They are decent

[tranquil lion]

Perfect

It's my first time seeing success using tanks

[heavy vigil]

its cuz tanks sucik

they rely on bloat battle modifiers

which imo is fun to learn and use

[tranquil lion]

I very much disagree

Try pushing out 80 divisions of the Allied horde on one tile without em.

[strong umbra]

@ripe slate did yoi finish the Netherlands France tunnel project mod yet?

[jagged bone]

the duality of men..some say tanks destroy the whole meta (which is the point in ww2), some say they suck

[heavy vigil]

done that before with special forces

i like using tanks

but they suck

[tranquil lion]

Sure, but tanks are just better for that

Case in point

[ripe slate]

No

[tranquil lion]

Melted through their lines

[strong umbra]

noooooooooooooo

https://tenor.com/view/vader-noooo-gif-4825231

https://tenor.com/view/cat-no-nonono-noooo-cat-no-gif-16356106285349646826

[heavy vigil]

when are you making the flowiverse mod

[ripe slate]

not enough community appeal

[tranquil lion]

Biblical K/D ratio so far

[heavy vigil]

add chak to it for +1 person interest and give quebec a formable

[tranquil lion]

17k - 1.13m

[south mountain]

Can you make a HOI4 mod with C++ and other resources necessary to make it happen? 🤔

[jaunty sinew]

i think hoi4 modding is entirely based on the games own coding language

[south mountain]

Ik

[jaunty sinew]

so u probably cant use other language

[south mountain]

but can you do a mod with C++?

[tulip thorn]

Idk just look at the games code and modding tools

Making mods is pretty easy

Easy to learn hard to master

Just like hoi4 itself

[jaunty sinew]

well the game runs on its own coding language s i doubt u can use c++

[south mountain]

It would be funny if someone made a HOI4 mod in assembly language.

[faint fiber]

the man himself

[ripe slate]

Quebec has a tree in Road

[heavy vigil]

no one plays roadf

[ripe slate]

[uncut pollen]

add me to it

[pine mountain]

guys is achievement "Don't die for you country" even possible?

[uncut pollen]

yes

[pine mountain]

how

[uncut pollen]

idk

im bad at hoi 4

[ripe slate]

Search YT for guides

[uncut pollen]

my best achievement is the coast is clear

[ripe slate]

For some achievements, downgrading game version might make it much easier

[pine mountain]

ty

[terse skiff]

total axis casaulties of 8M by stalin

[uncut pollen]

lets please not

[steel zephyr]

clauswitz engine uses c++, so yeah I assume so

[ember sparrow]

what mod is this?

[steel zephyr]

@south mountain this may be relevant https://ititus.github.io/PDXTools/script

[jade ore]

still waiting for them to add HQ Divisions like in hoi3

[ripe slate]

No*

[faint fiber]

end of a new beginning

[sly venture]

thanks france

[south mountain]

Sweden has one

[jade ore]

what

[south mountain]

Sweden has hq divisions

[jade ore]

well i meant like

the saem functionality as hoi3

except better

which is what a sequel should be

[ember sparrow]

Is there any mod that lets me play the islamic republic of iran?

[vital cove]

its very easy

you just win the war

then you have 0 casualties

doesn't matter how many died during the war

you cap the uk before you cap france

[vast nimbus]

Guys how holy roman empire

[pine mountain]

but i need to cap france to get peace conference

[vital cove]

yea you can france after the uk

[pine mountain]

ok i will try that

[supple mango]

whats the point of ss divisions\

the basic ones

[vital cove]

no point

they're useless

[supple mango]

wel

[vital cove]

the RKs are useless too

[supple mango]

btw

befriend chine or japan

[vital cove]

whatever

neither of them is useful

[supple mango]

i want to take over the world

[vital cove]

yea you just do it

ypu don't need those focuses

[supple mango]

bet

[eternal plover]

how cooked am i?

[winter badge]

Mid

But focus and you can win

[eternal plover]

ik i can win but i hate micro managing 7 fronts

[south mountain]

Use battle plans, the hoi4 feature bro

[eternal plover]

netherlands is easy

[eternal plover]

ik ik

[south mountain]

I mean the micro managing ones

They make it 3 times easier

[tulip pollen]

how did you get em all to attack you?

[safe wing]

@winter badge Play Medivial II with the JLMP’s vanilla kingdoms mod

I’m doing a Byzantium campaign rn

[eternal plover]

idk non historical AI love to make a european communist front

[tulip pollen]

oh it's non historical?

makes sense

[eternal plover]

much funnier than historical

[winter badge]

Ill try

[tulip pollen]

yeah

[austere pier]

how did you ueven get into this situation lmao

[quiet vessel]

guys have we got any ideas for a romanian fascist path? any things that would be cool (not like how they historically turned fascist like a whole fascist from start thing)

[safe wing]

It’s fun though Poland is hard because Teutons and Mongols

[winter badge]

What is start date

[safe wing]

1236

Hungary will ally with you

[winter badge]

4 years before great mongol attack on poland and 6 years after teutonics came

[tulip pollen]

Imma lowkey do some german civil war

[lethal ether]

is it fine to use no support companies at all if you have like 3 millitary factories

[safe wing]

You need support arty

Also who are you playing as

[lethal ether]

mod

[tranquil lion]

How are you supposed to invade the US with the new naval range changes?

[lethal ether]

playinc cw

[surreal hornet]

guys I really gotta stop playing with historical AI turned off I think

[safe wing]

As who and where

[tranquil lion]

How do I get naval suppremacy across the needed zones?

[lethal ether]

freikorps

[tulip thorn]

The same way as before

[safe wing]

UK really wanted the 13 colonies back

[surreal hornet]

divide your task forces so the ships with range can reach

[tulip thorn]

Going through greenland

Just change your home port to a closer place aswell lmao

[tranquil lion]

I'm going to try Azores -> Bermuda -> US mainland

[lethal ether]

alr ill use arty

[tulip thorn]

Getting to the us is the exact same as before

[tulip thorn]

Dont think that will work

[tranquil lion]

Why?

[tulip thorn]

Since I dont think ships that give good naval dominance can reach that far

[tranquil lion]

Which ships have the most range?

[tulip thorn]

Even with home base being the Azores

Look at the stats of each ship

[tulip pollen]

very good im winning very tuff

[surreal hornet]

dude I love it when Germany declares war on my puppet for no reason and cancels the focus I was literally 1 day away from completing

I love playing ahistorical isn't it just the best

oh even better they didn't declare on my puppet. my puppet actually became free

and then they declared on it

still broke my entire campaign lol

[south mountain]

Average game on non historical mode:

[surreal hornet]

I'm actually so mad right now

PDX plz

I had South Africa as an integrated puppet and was literally 2 days away from Imperial Federation

then they just became free with no warning

and it's iron man so I can't tag switch and figure out what happened

[tulip pollen]

stalin would hate seeing

this

he hated soverign states

that ARe communist

[eternal plover]

that game was cooked asf

1300 units on my borders

[supple mango]

any tips to beat ussr

[supple mango]

um guys

HOW DO I HOLD THIS LINE

[mental mantle]

Why Can’t I Conditional Surrender I Am War Leader

[mental mantle]

Mass Produce Inf

[supple mango]

wait 1 month

[mental mantle]

O k .

[edgy jetty]

i have been trying to search for province id 1 because i got nothing else to do

[stoic cargo]

What if?! Naval facilities were used to start building 1940 ships in 1936, IMAGINE having specilized facility to make ships instead of having dockyards that are made to produce small ships build 200 tonnes of steel instead instead of wasting 200 days on research you build it and actually get it in 1940, on the way, you are asked what to add to the ship and how to specilize it, even super destroyer doesn't have to be a Capital 200 tonns ship, as you research you are making breakthroughs and get new tech that way instead of researching for ages then buildiong for 2 more. Just saying if i research it it means i made it, hul lform 1936 is same as hull in 2025, makes no sense.

[edgy jetty]

i think its near alaska

[tulip pollen]

luck trust

[mental mantle]

Rate this endgame

[tulip pollen]

mussolinis dream

[jade ore]

havent even conquered romania? 0/10

[azure palm]

Guys, the mod might not work...

[modern torrent]

cas

[mental mantle]

dont stretch supply too much

[azure palm]

build supply lines, maybe hubs, be sure that its the only front you have, avoid encirclement

[uncut pollen]

2 massive enciclements

[mental mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/ninja-any-haircut-recommendations-low-taper-fade-you-know-what-else-is-massive-gif-3708438262570242561

[soft yacht]

is tfr good for playing minors

want to play austria in a modern day mod

or hungary

md sucks because the money feature so

[mental mantle]

Theres no focus tree

So

You can download the mod that gives generic focus tree tho

I forget the name

[waxen oyster]

Dumb question but how do I get Rommel and the other generals? Is it a focus? I don’t see them lol

[mental mantle]

I don’t know

[craggy trail]

Rommel should be available at game start

[ivory hull]

mobile warfare focus

on germany

[ivory hull]

i think only manstein is available at start right?

[safe wing]

Yeah

Rommel doesn’t become general if you do the mobile warfare focus

Same with Guderian

[ivory hull]

*Guderian

[safe wing]

I suck at spelling names

[ivory hull]

its also a german name

[supple mango]

the soviets

have infinite inf

[ivory hull]

dont push them first

encircle

first

[supple mango]

i cant

im trying

they have 10 billion inf near every city

[ivory hull]

use your tanks

[supple mango]

ya

[ivory hull]

only use them if you have supply tho

[supple mango]

they lose

[ivory hull]

motorize supply if you havent

[ivory hull]

could you send a ss of the situation

like of the cities

you cant take

[ivory hull]

bro

how do i tell you

stop attacking

just stop the offensive

horrible way to push

your just losing equipment

that way

and barely seizing anything

also

never attack across a river

i see you doing that

spread your tanks out a lil bit more

and go to somewhere

that isnt a river crossing

and your inf barely has equipment

so just recover and stop attacking

[supple mango]

also this

[ivory hull]

could you send a picture of your stockpile?

[ivory hull]

you do see that big red number?

[supple mango]

inf eq i think its bcz i switched it recently

[ivory hull]

brother

your missing 117k

and artillery

and trucks

holy

12.4k support equipment

actually

stop attacking

for a year

and only go on the offense once those are green numbers

[rose narwhal]

Is the naval rework being reversed?

Its honestly painful watching japan struggle to capture indonesia on historical mode

but really who can blame them, when every naval invasion takes 50 days, while also limiting so they only can launch 2 at the time

Really needs to be fixed

[steel zephyr]

hispanic

[waxen oyster]

How do I get Rommel?

The week for the help btw

[supple mango]

im loading a save

and tell me how to fix

[ivory hull]

dont battleplan

only use your tanks

to push

[ivory hull]

mobile warfare focus

hover over it

[supple mango]

ill use only the front line

i need so many tanks and trucks

[soft yacht]

fun mod to play as austria?

[ripe slate]

Road to 56

[soft yacht]

yea

i figured

also is there any other mods that are like a whole new game (red dusk, gwr, r56) etc

[ripe slate]

No bias here whatsoever

[soft yacht]

nah road to 56 is goated

best mod

i can understand it

[ripe slate]

OWB, EaW

[soft yacht]

eaw??

[ripe slate]

the pony one

[soft yacht]

Ohh

equestria at war

yeah ive been meaning to try that

[ripe slate]

I never had a great playthrough but people apparently like it

[soft yacht]

ive been meaning to give it a go

[ripe slate]

I keep trying House in OWB and losing

to either OP NCR or OP Legion

[soft yacht]

ive never played owb properly tbh

only played it with a friend when my wifi sucked

so it would go up an hour every like 30 seconds

[supple mango]

is it that bad?

[vast delta]

larm map i made

[soft yacht]

why does the uk control donegal

also i just made it out of the uk in that world litch on the border

[supple mango]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAH

KILL ME NOW USSR

[ivory hull]

erm

bro

if you use those planes

they wont do anything

cause the airport is overstacked

[supple mango]

what to do with them then

they have nowhere to go

[ivory hull]

distribute them

across airports

so they arent overstacked

[scarlet badger]

make some more airports

[quiet vessel]

yall have any idea why my custom focus icon is not coming up here? in the focus tree it comes up fine but out here it doesnt (sorry for crap image btw cus disc is updating on my pc)

[quiet vessel]

distribute them over airports + train them

[twin finch]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N1OsGK7Tj5lJ01BJDOeRMZG-0PwETEcmFxIb8MWS0ms/edit?usp=sharing

any tips

[mighty bone]

does this mean peacedeal needed or js cap?

[ivory hull]

i think peace deal

otherwise it would be occupies

[supple mango]

help me with soviets

attack with tanks

but where

[sharp sierra]

not in the swamps

like in the south somewhere

i hate using full tank divisions they cant attack effectively anywhere

[soft yacht]

average road to 56 playthrough

was going to ally france and try survive as austria but its road to 56

guess im bringing back ze habsburgs

[winged field]

plains - good
hills and mountains - bad

[tulip thorn]

Equestria at war mention 🔥

[vocal bolt]

goobsmooch

is that what that guy was called

[uncut wraith]

are the chances of public opposes rearmament increased when playing on harder difficulties?

[cloud shuttle]

finnaly managed full world conquest in ironman

[vocal bolt]

I have a question

if I capitulate a country

do they lose all supply

or do I have to go ahead and take out all the remaining forces

[tulip thorn]

yes

[tulip thorn]

fire

[steel zephyr]

how long you'd bet I'll reach moscow in

+85% movement in snowy forests too

[tulip thorn]

2 seconds

[steel zephyr]

🤑

[vocal bolt]

my first big encirclement

[tulip thorn]

[steel zephyr]

In Moscow by Christmas..

[tulip thorn]

Pure inf better

Infantry doesnt win with soft attack

It wins with hp and org

[steel zephyr]

terrain boosts makes it very nice

[steel zephyr]

yeye org hp ratio something like that

😭

[vocal bolt]

the french took all the land

:(

[steel zephyr]

an actual free front

[vocal bolt]

3 million casualites from one pocket tho

lmfao

[tulip thorn]

Tuff

[vocal bolt]

LMAO

sucks that the french is taking all the land

then they have the audacity to ask for garrison manpower

[modern torrent]

guys what do i do

[steel zephyr]

W trade 🤑

[crude bronze]

how does britain end up in a civil war between two communist britains in non historical?

like how can u have a civil war between the same ideology

[wary sparrow]

If you dont decolonize two years after being communist in the focus tree the hardcore communists rise up and try to change their government

[unique cliff]

when playing a minor nation with low manpower, are light or heavy fighters a better choice?

[azure palm]

Surrender? Whats that?

[wary sparrow]

User checks out

[sly venture]

raigbait finale boss

[frank parcel]

How do i remove missiles from missile launchers?

[crude bronze]

and what does move to secure the dominions do?

[azure palm]

The German troops are pushing us to vienna!

[jade parcel]

whats the best naval doctrine for minor nations

[vocal bolt]

whats the play here

[twin finch]

probably sub doctrine with captial hunters

[azure palm]

The third siege of Vienna!

We are gone now.

[sharp sierra]

so far so good

[void harbor]

I must say

Great War redux is an awesome mod

[steel zephyr]

🌹 soviet AI

[azure palm]

I must say, RT56 is better

[void harbor]

Lol

Bugged

[heavy vigil]

light still

but just dont do air if you cant replace it/cant outproduce losses/cant outproduce enemy production

air is the thing you go for to punch down

a small airforce is more often than not useless

[south mountain]

Are tanks for small countries in hoi4 worth it?

[sharp sierra]

if ur in an area where their airfields are small

yea definitely

[heavy vigil]

if you have good generals, a good MIO

[south mountain]

I heard that tanks are useless without air superiority

[steel zephyr]

uh oh

[heavy vigil]

and the right resources and terrain

[south mountain]

I do not have the finland dlc or whatever it is called

[heavy vigil]

so usually not, but you can for fun

its not like air where its actively mega detrimental

it just might be a bit detrimental

[south mountain]

Also, how to compensate for the lack of air and tanks as a small country?

[heavy vigil]

you dont

you use special forces

great offensive units

very cheap

[south mountain]

Alright, I struggle with managing the production lines , research and focus trees.

[south mountain]

I wonder if I should gradually complete the focus trees

[steel zephyr]

gonna bail the germans in the west because man is the soviet bear dead

[heavy vigil]

if unsure, make gun

[south mountain]

Like balancing all of them.

[south mountain]

Between air, navy, industry and research sub focus trees in the focus tree tab.

[steel zephyr]

🤤 could pop a few out as finland

very worth it

[heavy vigil]

spain

or finland sorry

am dumb

[south mountain]

So my question is if I should complete them in a balanced matter.

[heavy vigil]

didnt readd

[steel zephyr]

gonna pop out a few tank divisions later though but im just encircling and destroying the rest of the few soviet divisions

[heavy vigil]

no

you research ahead of time on the things you use for your build

for minors its usually just inf stuff and industry

sometimes its tanks (arty techs)

other times its air

[vapid tusk]

Peak dlc idea: passing through the amazonas
Focus tree for: peru, ecuador, colombia, venezuela and maybe JUST maybe panama

[south mountain]

So I need to complete the focus trees depending on what I want to achieve.

[heavy vigil]

that also yes

[south mountain]

Should I plan the order of my focuses before starting to play the game?

[sharp sierra]

you shouldnt have to

unless youre doing some nutty strat

[heavy vigil]

youll get a feel for it after playing a nation a few times

youll prob get it wrong first run

[sharp sierra]

play switzerland

[south mountain]

Also, should I complete the air force focuses?

Like the ones about the planes in hoi4.

[sharp sierra]

theres just more valuable ones to be done in the start

[south mountain]

Should I prioritize planes over tanks when playing Germany, France and other countries?

[sharp sierra]

unless ur soviets they arent that important

i dont know

[vivid juniper]

Why is fighting Soviet China so hard?

I can’t seem to kill them as Japan or China in a reasonable amount of time

[sharp sierra]

forts and mountains over a river in the snow

and they get combat buffs in their tree and advisors etc

[zenith charm]

failed to get sudentenland and declared on half of europe award

[fiery blaze]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[tulip thorn]

Look in the focus tree

All of the Turkish negative debuffs are dealt with in the focus tree

[fiery blaze]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[lethal ether]

how do you fight against a signifficantly superior opponent in terms of numbers?

[halcyon pasture]

"what's your music taste?"
"is it in hoi4 in any way shape or form, including mods?"
what

[sharp sierra]

have a few good units and encircle a few of their units at a time

[azure palm]

WERE BACK!

[sharp sierra]

till they arent numerically superior to you anymore

[lethal ether]

what if they just push back

[tulip thorn]

Sabaton is peak

[lethal ether]

lets say 30 divisions vs 200 or something

is it theoretically winnable

[tulip thorn]

We need more sabaton songs in hoi4 fr fr

[sharp sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/spartans-gif-27159998

[lethal ether]

manpower blobs like russia, especially in mods, can poop out divisions faster than you can encircle and kill them

[halcyon pasture]

its funny how many versions of Drum Bun and Wacht am Rhein there are

[vocal bolt]

Yo I got a really important question

I got 10% war partipation for some reason

if I make the enemy surrender

do I get some more ?

I can send 2 nukes to japan now

[lethal ether]

you get points from capturing i guess? i dont think you get points for being the one to capitulate the enemy

[azure palm]

VICTORY IS NEAR!

[lunar oak]

my Hoi4 doesn't have no sound no nothing someone can help?

[south mountain]

What OS are you using?

[vital cove]

against the ai? easily

[vital cove]

manpower is irrelevant when they run out of guns

[lunar oak]

what is OS ngl

[south mountain]

Operating system

Are you using Windows, Linux or Mac?

[vital cove]

if they're asking that question its not linux

[sharp sierra]

hes probably on mac but then his headphones just arent plugged in

[south mountain]

If it is windows just check that:
-the audio is on in your settings
-check for corrupted audio files

[south mountain]

Steam has an option to scan your game for corrupted files which helps a lot

[steel zephyr]

soon...

[south mountain]

I believe it is just a setting problem

[terse skiff]

rate my encirclement

[snow rain]

I like your frontline style

[terse skiff]

you can breakthrough everywhere if you have spg divisions everywhere

[south mountain]

It is not meta

And I like it.

[terse skiff]

how is it not meta? spg divisions everywhere, that's the meta for sp

[snow rain]

wdym
tank only is meta enough is singleplayer, even though it's not SPGs but oh well

[snow rain]

if spg why not spg-shaped ?

[terse skiff]

i forgot to change it

[south mountain]

I meant the frontlines for his hoi4 army.

[snow rain]

oh yeah

remember to maintain SHIFT when assigning field marshal frontline

[south mountain]

You don't have to if you want for it to be somewhat realistic

Or non meta

[terse skiff]

yeah but i want to just micro the northern most army to go into france to cap france before i cap germany, shift frontline would be too much micro

[snow rain]

Shift frontline means less micro

and no more annoying gaps that appears because lines get stretched

[steel zephyr]

yet again im so close to getting uralic brotrhers united but a german hungary just got to mess that up

[azure palm]

VICTORY FOR THE FATHERLAND

[terse skiff]

i just want one army to move once I push to hamburg so I occupy france before i cap germany, it's harder to micro that when you have shift command

[snow rain]

no?

how is it harder to micro that ?

[south mountain]

I think you have to do more micromanaging

[snow rain]

HOW

it's the same thing, but simplified and foolproof

[south mountain]

Because you can just use a spearhead order and make it simpler

[snow rain]

you can still assign other frontlines, you can still assign field marshal orders on a front and assign only part of the army to it etc

[south mountain]

I rarely micromanage because I use spearhead orders. 💔

[snow rain]

it doesn't take more micro, it prevents issues

[steel zephyr]

who does kazakhstan think he is

what a bellend

[vocal bolt]

nuke raid failed with 75% chance

I am not building another in time

[snow rain]

25% is a lot of risk

[vital cove]

some say it will fail once every 4 times

crazy i know

[steel zephyr]

is this true adam sloptank

[terse skiff]

how does that work? if it's a shift frontline isn't every unit just on the frontline and you can't pick which subgroup to command?

[snow rain]

if you want to battleplan, you can just use a single one
if you want multiple plans, you can assign 2 fronts and coordinate them separately OR you can create two orders which you modify the start point and only assign part of the armies to it

[snow rain]

WHAT IS THAT

why so much armor and 1 man turret wth

[tulip thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/mlp-my-little-pony-twilight-twilight-sparkle-concerned-gif-7493578752120429000

[snow rain]

ts cost so much for so little

[steel zephyr]

this is what netanyahu would've wanted

[tulip thorn]

Bad template and tank design 💔

[steel zephyr]

oh wait

three man wonder

[soft yacht]

what in the universe even is this world

[snow rain]

there isn't even a cheap medium flame tank in the template

[soft yacht]

world so cooked germany joined japans faction 💀

[steel zephyr]

🤤

[tulip thorn]

Its not even fast

[snow rain]

the cost on that thing

[tulip thorn]

The cost for nothing

[snow rain]

cost as much as this banger

[tulip thorn]

Absolute cinema

[heavy vigil]

3 man turret is so good and youre just not doing it

not using inf tank MIO either

[steel zephyr]

already changed it

[heavy vigil]

if you want cheap tanks youd go higher relia

you lose less to attrition

theyll be slower tho

[fallen garnet]

is there a way to play mongolia without dlc´s?

i just cant get the industry to build troops

[vocal bolt]

worked frice in a row

I managed to squeze out one last nuke

I got 87% cahnce this time

this has to land or the war will last till 2000

why cant we send planes on scout mission

[vital cove]

paradrop france

[snow rain]

that's not how statistics work

25% means 25% no matter if it worked before

[vocal bolt]

What

I dropped it

it went off with 13 days left in the thigamajig

still says failed

[steel zephyr]

after a few battles i came to the conclusion that

my tank division is ass 😢

attack comparable to my far cheaper infantry

but the infantry is also gets better terrain buffs

i need to lock in

[terse skiff]

get to 36 width

[tulip thorn]

Uses bad template

Complains that its bad

I wonder

[fair horizon]

BIGGER

[steel zephyr]

🫃

[hollow charm]

ive been playing for a little over 1 month is ts good

[tulip thorn]

I cant tell

Because I cant see the date

[toxic badge]

Hearts of iron is shit game

[toxic badge]

Change my mind

[snow rain]

https://tenor.com/view/ragebait-i-will-not-interact-gif-9380134741995340701

[tulip thorn]

This is true

[frosty grove]

Yo

[toxic badge]

🫶

[tulip thorn]

Hoi4 is a terrible game

Not because its bad

[hollow charm]

it was 1956

[tulip thorn]

But because im bad

[toxic badge]

No no

[tulip thorn]

Since im terrible at the game

[toxic badge]

Hoi4 is bad game

[tulip thorn]

The game is bad

[toxic badge]

None of new gamer helpler

[frosty grove]

I LOVE hoi4 even though I’m not very good at it

It’s too much fun

[tulip thorn]

Hoi4 would be good if Equestria at war was base game

[toxic badge]

I have 2k hours and ım just say hoi4 its very bad game

[frosty grove]

We just need a TANNA TUVA DLC

RAAAAAH

[toxic badge]

HELL YEA

[tulip thorn]

I have 2k hours

and I think hoi4 is a good game with issues

[toxic badge]

Im same opinion with u just hoi4 needs very rare improvements

[tulip thorn]

What do you think should be improved

It better not have anything to do with old focus trees

[stark elbow]

hoi 4 best game i ever seen

[toxic badge]

JBNADJOBNJAODBNOADB

[stark elbow]

https://klipy.com/gifs/stantwt-chained-up

[toxic badge]

Very simple

Optimization bro

[steel zephyr]

https://giphy.com/gifs/explosion-truth-true-kvQ30VUgYD7ByM9DEx

[tulip thorn]

Not really that possible

Its built on a really old engine

[steel zephyr]

then rework the engine 🤤

[frosty grove]

Tanna tuva needs its proper dlc

[brisk moth]

Is Mongolia ever geting a focus tree

[frosty grove]

Fr

[tulip thorn]

Just make hoi5 at that point

Because it would just be hoi5

[frosty grove]

I wanna make the mongol empire

[steel zephyr]

nahoi bro

[frosty grove]

As Mongolia

[brisk moth]

Me too

[frosty grove]

So bad

[safe wing]

Medieval 2 total war and Rome total war are more fun than hoi4

[frosty grove]

But these frickin devs bro

[safe wing]

And I will die on this hill

[tulip thorn]

Victoria 2 is better than hoi4

Victoria 2 is the best paradox game

Change my mind

[safe wing]

Well yes

It would be for me if I could get it to run

[frosty grove]

@cyan crane what do you think

Lmao

[tulip thorn]

You cant get vic 2 running?

[safe wing]

On my last laptop yeah

Haven’t tried on my new one

As I’m addicted to medival 2

[tulip thorn]

If you can run hoi4

You can run vic 2

[brisk moth]

Who are the nexst country geting a focus tree

[sharp sierra]

i removed the faction rule that only communist nations can join british commie alternative

[tulip thorn]

A literal potato can run vic 2

[sharp sierra]

now the game is hell

[tulip thorn]

Australia, Dutch east indies and thailand

[sharp sierra]

every nation fighting just joined

[brisk moth]

Ok

Do we now the name or

[tulip thorn]

Yes

Look on the store page

Thunder at our gates

[brisk moth]

I can,t

[proud tapir]

AUSTRALIAAAAAA 🔥 🔥

Meet a strange lady, she made me nervious

she took me in

[tulip thorn]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796290/Theater_Pack__Hearts_of_Iron_IV_Thunder_at_our_Gates/

Steam

Theater Pack - Hearts of Iron IV: Thunder at our Gates

Step into the heart of command in Thunder at Our Gates, a Theater Pack for Hearts of Iron IV. Expand on the art of organizing a campaign with new features such as military headquarters and navy captains, as well as unique new content for nations caught between rival empires; Australia, Siam and Indonesia.

Hearts of Iron IV: Thunder at Our Gat…

Price

$48.77

Release Date

Q2 2026

That price is just the price of expansion pack 2 btw

Thunder at our gates will not be $48

[brisk moth]

Yes i know

[proud tapir]

oh good i got legit worried

[proud tapir]

i was hoping these were Australian dollars or something

[tulip thorn]

Im guessing 20 bucks for it

Knowing paradox

[proud tapir]

seems about right yeah

[steel zephyr]

holy camp

[tulip thorn]

$15 seems more reasonable personally

[proud tapir]

30€ for NCNS

[brisk moth]

You can pree order the dlc

[tulip thorn]

NCNS is such a good dlc (in my opinion) with a really shitty price

[tulip thorn]

Yes

Buying expansion pass 2 pre orders all the dlcs that will be apart of it

[proud tapir]

i got the dlc btw, i like it but man

[vocal bolt]

do nukes no longer give surrender progress ?

[proud tapir]

30 bucks

[tulip thorn]

Paradox loves having terrible pricing

[vocal bolt]

I nuked their capital surely that must atleast put their morale down

[tulip thorn]

Doesnt stop me from loving paradox games though

Best of the best when it comes to grand strategy games