hoi4-general

[heavy vigil]

youre old

[paper cloak]

https://tenor.com/view/watermelon-watermelon-cat-watermelon-cat-meme-meme-cat-meme-gif-5861810292592255483

[vapid tusk]

Why do i have like 3k ping every time i play multiplayer

[flint widget]

its 1938 now and mackenson still clings on

[heavy rover]

he dies on 1945

[flint widget]

idk why ai is waiting so long to get an actual government

what if you have junta when he dies

[lusty ruin]

Im following the the latest bitter3steel Germany guide and it takes months for me to take out Poland and my armor divisions don’t seem to cut through enemy forces that good and I can’t break through French lines when I go around the Maginot what should I do

[mild plaza]

What does your front look like?

[flint widget]

do you have air

[terse skiff]

are you fully equipped? are you well supplied? do you have green air?

[heavy rover]

they going democracy

[lusty ruin]

I suck with the navy and Air Force

[mild plaza]

Then thats your issue. Air is very important

[flint widget]

you can even just make planes and assign them to army

[terse skiff]

does bittersteel tell you how to design air?

[flint widget]

and theyll be done automatically

[lusty ruin]

Yeah I would fight under red air

[clever shuttle]

is there an way to make an country remove their guarantee independence on me?

[mild plaza]

Pretty sure his germany guide is meant to be to play along with him. So you just copy what he does and learn that way

[terse skiff]

go check pins in help channel, it will tell you the best airplane design

[mild plaza]

So yea it should include designs

[terse skiff]

air is boring because we have the optimal design quickly figured out

[clever shuttle]

@mild plaza ?

[sudden thistle]

Ur older than me

💔

[mild plaza]

Not rly. I guess capitulating them works?

[lusty ruin]

Where do I find it in pins

[calm delta]

Sup people

How to make hoi4 fun again

[lusty ruin]

Btw the only DLC I have is battle for battle for the bosporus

[calm delta]

I’m really not enjoying it atm

[heavy vigil]

just dont force yourself to play ?

[calm delta]

I’m not I just want to play then After 5 minutes I come off

[safe wing]

By not playing it and playing Rome total war or Medivial 2 total war

[calm delta]

Don’t have money so dunno how that’s gonna work

[heavy rover]

we are not playing old ash games son 😭

[safe wing]

That are better than hoi4*

[calm delta]

How can people enjoy the game still like how

[heavy rover]

play multiplayer

ou mods

[safe wing]

Because they are good and not slop like modern hoi4

[heavy rover]

im also like you too

[calm delta]

Multiplayer is full of dickheads

[heavy rover]

yeah but its more fun

[safe wing]

Old doesn’t mean bad btw

[calm delta]

I’ve played some mods but idk any good ones in 2026

[heavy rover]

its looks so bad son

[safe wing]

Why

The gameplay is fantastic

[heavy rover]

show a screenshot of the game

[calm delta]

Why does your about me say goodbye you going somewhere ?

[calm delta]

What good mods are they I like modern day ones

[heavy rover]

modern day?

its all slop

[calm delta]

Novum vexlium is good

[safe wing]

Because I almost bailed

[calm delta]

Bailed ?

[safe wing]

I almost left discord because of the changes

[heavy rover]

im not buying a game with ts textures

just if it is 5 dollars

[safe wing]

Kid ass excuse

Hoi4 is just staring at a map and building factories and smashing divisions against each other

[heavy rover]

still man

[calm delta]

Idk

[safe wing]

Have you even played it once

[calm delta]

Yh it’s fun tho

[heavy rover]

why you are on this server then

[safe wing]

Because I WAS a big hoi4 fan until it got boring

And why are you being a jerk kid

[calm delta]

Why are you too arguing over which is better like cmon

[safe wing]

It has a 95% review on steam

[plucky turtle]

guys how do i declare war on china as japan

there is no marco polo bridge inciedent anymore

[safe wing]

Compare NCNS to Medieval 2

[plucky turtle]

they removed the focus

[obtuse yew]

Mod need

[calm delta]

Threw focuses

Oh

Idk

[obtuse yew]

Looking for Israel Iran war Type shit

Mode

[calm delta]

Justfiy

[plucky turtle]

they removed it in the last dlc btw

[plucky turtle]

there is better way i guess

[safe wing]

The Kwangtung army event

[soft yacht]

im done playing as china in this game

shits impossible

[calm delta]

I’m not I haven’t played them games your saying

[soft yacht]

army is so ass all my soldiers just drop like fleas whenever i fight japan

[safe wing]

I meant look at the reviews for both

[plucky turtle]

when the countdown finished it said failed idk why

i dont even know what failed

[calm delta]

When are they gonna update nova vexlium

[heavy vigil]

when its a time of peace

[calm delta]

Well it is for most countries

[safe wing]

Worlds never really been completely at peace

[safe wing]

Whenever they feel like it

[calm delta]

Yh it’s just very annoying

[south mountain]

Do you want a mod that makes hoi4 challenging?

[calm delta]

Any good mods will do

[south mountain]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1137372539 I recommend you the BICE mod for HOI4, it has a lot of features and you need to adapt to everything in this mod

[south mountain]

This also requires another mod to run correctly.

It is the GFX part of it.

[plucky turtle]

it is hard btw

[calm delta]

Ahh black ice the most painful mod out there I heard

[plucky turtle]

realy hard

super detailed

and navy is cursed

[south mountain]

It is very different from the base game difficulty wise

But is fun once you learn a little bit of the features

[crude bronze]

whats the perfect post 1945 tank template for a country with huge economy

[calm delta]

Any other good mods?

[calm delta]

Idk what that is

[sudden thistle]

pictures

[calm delta]

I’m saying what other mod do I need to download with it

What other mod do I need to download I’ll get black ice but what else

[sudden thistle]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=842834893

it says not needed

but broke when I used it

[calm delta]

So I don’t get it then?

[prisma saddle]

nice realation

[terse skiff]

by scrolling and reading

[heavy rover]

when bhutan arty only black ice

[ivory hull]

kaiserredux is the best hoi4 mod

[calm delta]

Ah right

[rain loom]

I DID IT

I FINALLY DESTROYED THE UK AIRFORCE

[gloomy hill]

what does this even mean😭

how do i fix this

[calm delta]

Why is life so boring

[spark quartz]

Old world blues

[calm delta]

What’s that about

[spark quartz]

Fallout

[calm delta]

Yh I don’t like fall out but appreciate the opinion

[dusky burrow]

whoops

[dusky burrow]

god had to introduce slovaks to separate them

[calm delta]

So real fr

Nothing I use to find fun is fun anymore

What do I do

[stiff zinc]

is there a mod that adds ship names that is ironman mode compatible?

[jaunty delta]

i genuinely don't understand how can this game be so clunky even in 2026

like how hard is it to make the germany not invade denmark if its fascist/ a puppet of someone else?

[heavy vigil]

isnt that just intended

[atomic grove]

because ur on historical

wdym its clanky

its whats supposed to happen

germany will try to get anything it wants desperately

[gloomy hill]

?

[heavy rover]

red dusk is nice too

[calm delta]

Yh I’m just feeling lonely and down rn

Might give it a go

Thanks for the suggestion

[calm delta]

What’s it about

[heavy rover]

soviet union but it doesnt falls on 1991

[calm delta]

Oh right

[cold ingot]

@vague lichen is armor mixing allowed like med tanks with 1 medium td

[woven gate]

lebron james would've been a phenomenal Artesh general in the Iran-Iraq War

[high vector]

trying to avoid war with historical germany is impossible unless ur in their faction

more or less

[woven gate]

Iran's my hyperfixation country rn

[high vector]

they get goals on all of europe in their focus tree i think

[woven gate]

and it isn't because of the conflict it just is

[high vector]

nah i like that same kinda game, trying to rebuild the washed countries (italy game, greece game, iran game)

[woven gate]

i meant irl but that works

italy is pretty fun

[high vector]

ohhh

i mean iran is one of the ancient civilizations

alot to appreciate i'm sure

i'm watching this video about the jade emperor of China rn

[woven gate]

i meant modern stuff

like the Iran-Iraq war and allat

[high vector]

ah

[high vector]

anything interesting u learned?

i only know the very basics about it

[woven gate]

that it sounds like the average hoi4 game past 1945

(40 units full supply 50% entrenchment per tile)

[high vector]

skull emoji

[icy lion]

WHAT DO I DO

[crude bronze]

how the hell did Germany join greater asia co Prosperity sphere in historical?

now I have to kill japan too

[icy lion]

this only happens in my ahistory games lol

[supple summit]

Stop attacking and just continue defending

Japanese invasion will stall eventually

[icy lion]

i am trying to only defend

[supple summit]

also make better divisions slowly like adding 1 extra inf into your divisions every few months or so imo

[supple summit]

oh alright

then just defend

they will stall

and make sure to micromanage key areas

[supple summit]

yeah then nvm just let it be

put all your factories on guns if their not already

[icy lion]

oh i have half on support equipment for egineer

ig ill do guns

[supple summit]

Yeah your better off getting more guns than that

[icy lion]

ok i still have to wait over a year for ww2

[supple summit]

How I did it my first time was make sure I have a surplus production of guns before I actually start making things like arty

[icy lion]

ok

[supple summit]

they pushed you that far in a year?

damn but dont worry

[icy lion]

i had a surplus of guns

[icy lion]

its been a year

currently may 1938

so yeah

[supple summit]

as china i always focus my efforts on guns entirely for the start

[icy lion]

wait im not in ironman mode lemme capitulate japan rq

[supple summit]

i also disband some of my useless divisions

like horses

[sharp sierra]

ill disband you

[icy lion]

ok it finally stalled

[high vector]

i would only hold your own frontlines not te allied countries

your army is too small to deploy in shanxi

and if you have any equipment shortages, just switch all your military factories to whatever you need

also use your field marshal to deploy all your armies on the same line

like instead of giving orders to the generals just use the field marshal

[nocturne cedar]

see the rivers? retreat to em

also retreat to uh

those

the great wall

[sharp sierra]

just restart and build up better

[high vector]

he can probably just hold the line if he just takes his army out of shanxi

[sharp sierra]

yea

[high vector]

he probably got like 10-15 divisions in shanxi

just let them hold their own and make ur border stronger

[sharp sierra]

hey its xibidi san ma

[clever shuttle]

if yugoslavia have an opinion of fascism over 50 will that mean that they will become fascist in the election?

[crude bronze]

wth?

China joined greater east asia co prosperity sphere

in historical

[sharp sierra]

who are you playing

@crude bronze

[high vector]

😭

okay that might be bugged

if ur on historical

are u sure there's not two chinas, the japanese puppet one and real one?

if the actual china joined japan that seems like it has to be bugged

[sharp sierra]

i want to see whats going on and he wont check back here

[high vector]

he has also joined the Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere

tenno heika banzai my brother

[nocturne cedar]

fellas

i want to make a mod

i dont know how to start tho

[high vector]

first, gain 200 pounds

jk jk

[nocturne cedar]

seriously tho

how

[high vector]

no clue

[sharp sierra]

maybe watch a video on it or some shit

[high vector]

ask in #modding or #ask-for-help-here im sure u can find some help

[sharp sierra]

theres some paradox interactive tool program for it

i think

[high vector]

im sure there's resources yea

there's mfs making Bulgarian language versions of mods, clearly anyone can do it

[sharp sierra]

well i dont know what kind of mod he wants to create

is it a simple edit of certain things or does he want to create focus trees or put in assets

i dont know about any of that so idc

[high vector]

lol

[sharp sierra]

@crude bronze show us ur game bra

[crude bronze]

spain

anarchist spain

[sharp sierra]

what year are yiy in

[crude bronze]

1946

but allies wont naval invade japan

so I am stuck in a war

[high vector]

is germany still alive?

[crude bronze]

capitulated

but no peace conference yet

because they joined co prosperity

[high vector]

the allies should have invaded then

by now

sounds like a cursed game

[crude bronze]

yeah it is

I dont even know how germany left axis

vichy france become leader of axis pretty sure

[high vector]

did italy ally with germany or did they go with rome protocols?

[crude bronze]

yeah italy allied

but italy also joined co prosperity

[high vector]

i have no clue

i was gonna say maybe germany left the axis cuz italy spoiled it

but i'm lost

[crude bronze]

italy actually didn’t do that bad

germany capitulated way before the allies even landed in italy

[high vector]

😭

are the soviets strong?

[crude bronze]

and even controlled a good portion of territory

thats how you know the games cursed

[high vector]

maybe the axis AI got messed up by a strong ussr

idk

[crude bronze]

i guess so since they just decided to annex all of eastern europe

except poland for some reason

[high vector]

that might be why china joined greater co-prosperity

the AI has strategic considerations when doing diplomacy

either way game sounds wild

[crude bronze]

russia did invade china while still being at war with co prosperity

to help soviet china

[high vector]

did the china-japan war ever finish?

[crude bronze]

happens every historical game but never saw china join co prosperity

[crude bronze]

yes china decided to accepts japans surrender

where they withdraw from china and korea

[high vector]

ahhh

so china beat japan and then the civil war continued

and china allied with japan and mao allied with USSR

makes sense kinda i guess

i still don't know how the axis just disappeared but

hoi4 at its finest

[crude bronze]

you should see the peace deals they give me

[high vector]

😭

[crude bronze]

.

[high vector]

yeah i always play with player-led peace

did u get that land back? 😭

[crude bronze]

that was way ago

but i never bothered to get it back

just started a new game

[high vector]

yea thats pretty stupid that the AI will try to annex land as a third party in a civil war...

but wtv

[crude bronze]

i was thinking of getting that mod

since everytime when i win a war the ai messes everything up

and i cant get a formable or whatever

even if the ai doesnt have a claim

[copper sluice]

friendly reminder that the new japan tree is the best thing ever made

[fair horizon]

You've clearly never won an air war without a MIO

[copper sluice]

?

japan has MIOs

[sage anvil]

How can I invade the US islands in the Pacific?

[heavy vigil]

you would have one if you went a different political path smh

[sharp sierra]

anyone know anything about a bug where units are trapped in one tile and keep getting warped back

[heavy vigil]

vendrip whats your thoughts on the corner

[heavy vigil]

warped back?

lime they cant leave the tile?

like*

[sharp sierra]

yea theyre bugged and stuck in it

2 italian banished divisions are trapped there

[heavy vigil]

cuz theyre being attacked through impassable terrain or

[sharp sierra]

and 3 of my good units that i dont want to delete thankfully

[heavy vigil]

manually move another direction/reload

otherwise idk

[sharp sierra]

yea none of that works

smthn even made the game crash but at least my save file isnt broke again

since i just reconquered india after they upgraded their autonomy again and spawned out of my occupied territory

[high vector]

just spam out destroyers with anti air depth charges and torpedos

and make 20 width marine divisions with support artillery, engineers/pioneers, cavalry/motor recon and signal troops

[sage anvil]

The problem isn't naval superiority there are too many divisions on the islands.

[high vector]

use strategic bombers and CAS to attack their logistics aswell as battlefield support

[sharp sierra]

make some shit like this use more marines if you want

[high vector]

u can attack their logistics with bombers

[sage anvil]

Okay i'll try it, thank you.

[high vector]

you can also schedule two naval invasions, launch one and then wait and launch the second one while the first one is still ongoing

it'll make it so they can't recover

[sage anvil]

okay ty

[high vector]

np 👍

[waxen oyster]

As USSR is it best to stay mass assault or is grand battle plan better ?

[vital cove]

always grand battleplan/SFP

[waxen oyster]

Ty

I figured tbh

[jade parcel]

how do you get the megali idea to fail

because it keep’s succeeding so i cant form byzantium

and i chose no for each demand

[heavy rover]

wtf italy is cooking

[cerulean orchid]

the true union of britian

[heavy vigil]

hi jamie

did you know the uk is the only country who can have a same-ideology civil war?

in vanilla

[opal nymph]

Soviets?

Or do they not count

[heavy vigil]

nope

same tag so theyd merge

or do you mean like

the path

ig

im a bit dumb

forgot ussr exists

[opal nymph]

4th international/right opposition vs stalin

Only countries with same ideology civil wars are communist ones

Leftist infighting jokes write themselves

[unique parcel]

i hate my little pony pfps

[sharp sierra]

natural human response

[unique parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-fact-gif-2532909080399976639

[vital cove]

spain

anarchists and carlist

[vital cove]

can Poland have same ideology civil war? hmm can't remember

i think it does?

[opal nymph]

Yes actually

Sanation castle and sanation right

I think sanation right doesn't start fascist in the civil war

[vital cove]

the peasant revolution is also non aligned vs non aligned no

British raj on Mughal path is also both non aligned

[opal nymph]

Peasant revolt is democratic or communist i believe

Think it starts democratic

[heavy vigil]

different tags

not listening

[heavy vigil]

poland is non aligned

peasant revolt isnt yeah

if you count different tags then CSA too

[vital cove]

csa?

fascist usa?

[heavy vigil]

south us

its a tag

USB is also a tag

WGR and DDR are too

[vital cove]

dominions can also have same ideology civil war can't they
with the imperialist civil war

with fascist uk

[heavy vigil]

no

thats a non aligned uprising afaik

[vital cove]

even for fascist uk?

hmm

might be true

can mexico

they have too many civil wars i don't remember all the variations

i think they don't have same ideology one but not sure

wait Portugal can

with anarchist spain

[heavy vigil]

no one plays mexico

[vital cove]

mexico is ahist is so stupid

they have like

[heavy vigil]

you play mexico once, have a civil war, rage, play it 2 more times to figure out how to not have civil wars

[vital cove]

3 different civil wars

[heavy vigil]

and then you stop playing

[vital cove]

why does Mexico tree switch your ideology 5 times

and all of them lead to the same ending

[heavy vigil]

depends on path

i usually swap like once

cadillo path is nice

hes a decent FM

iirc i used him as general

but its probably because mexico would simply be too OP without civil wars

[viscid sleet]

what do you think of this?

[heavy vigil]

its a division

why..?

supports ough

[astral forum]

Why would you have motorized and mechanized at the same time...

[viscid sleet]

any suggestions on a big heavy hitting unit?

[heavy vigil]

last support should be logi

[viscid sleet]

what are the tanks on the left?

[heavy vigil]

self propelled artillery

medium

[viscid sleet]

oh ok, not sure if i have those yet.
i do have light, medium, heavy tanks, trucks and mech
so nothing with those?

[heavy vigil]

medium spgs are based on medium chassis

you either have a button next to it or can change it in the designer

trucks are kind of just a waste, its really expensive when put into combat because it gives like no stats

the supports are bad and your terrain penalties are horrendous

with good supports just about any unit works

[viscid sleet]

thanks for that, itsm my first attempt to do something like this, the industry i have is HUGE so thought why not.

[livid flume]

does anyone know a mod that prevents countries collapsing\

[viscid sleet]

is there a way to auto build railways when you take land?

[livid flume]

idk abt autobuild

[viscid sleet]

damn, would make it easier

[heavy vigil]

no

[misty fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-cat-is-this-bait-cat-is-this-ragebait-gif-10902073105296387701

[viscid sleet]

hahahahah nah

[misty fossil]

how the hell does it have 50 org

[misty fossil]

no, what makes you think having mot, mech, light, med and heavy in the same template is a good idea

[viscid sleet]

is that good?

[misty fossil]

no?

just do 8 mechs and 10 meds

[viscid sleet]

who kows? wanted to see what power speed and orgh i could get with a combined force

wor for the united states currently irl

[misty fossil]

for support comp do assault armoured support, armoured recon, flame tank, hospital and supply

[misty fossil]

or this

@viscid sleet ^

either of those 2

if you are doing casey's template i would recommend dropping 1 SPG and add a heavy TD instead in case you run into an enemy tank div

[sharp sierra]

finally got a bit of steel

[viscid sleet]

thanks for that, i have mostly cleaned the map by 1944 and just china left, so no tanks

[hexed torrent]

I almost capped hungry (as Romania) but right before capitulating they joined the allies, which kinda got me because the axis was already on its way out at that point.

I wanted to join the communist block but when I tried to raise the socialist levels It just got me in a civil war.

Part of it is skill issue in me not being able to cap Hungry in time. A lot of it was spent on my org being too low

Next time I'll try some truck units, my last go around I had none; tanks just take too many resources to make enough as I feel

[sharp sierra]

how many battalions of tanks were you putting in the division

[hexed torrent]

I only had the three you get from the focuses

[sharp sierra]

i have no idea theyre probably booty

[hexed torrent]

Oh wait I misunderstood, it’s 2 tanks and two trucks I think

And I had three of those

[sharp sierra]

yea thats pretty bad

that division is just very small

it suffers extreme losses cause of that

[spring hedge]

how to make grand council quit messing with italy

literally conquered all rome and more and they still trying to oust my boy mussolini

im not losing any cores but its still going down ;-;

[winter olive]

Is it BS to land on france before France surrenders?

[spring hedge]

oh wait i am losing cores

[winter olive]

as America i mean

[spring hedge]

bs?

[winter olive]

like, is it cheesy

or should you wait until japan does pearl harbor?

bullshit*

i mean in single player

[spring hedge]

uhhhh probably not

idek

[winter olive]

i was playing as america and waited until i got all my 1940s tech early from focuses, but i waited to long getting my production lines up. I'm turning out 10 factories at a time with all the civilian factories i have but my production lines didn't have time to warm up.

Also, for some reason, my infrastructure focus switched from the states listed in the focus to a bunch of random ones. i hadn't built in any of the original states.

louisiana is listed at getting +6 infrastucture in the focus and i know that isn't right.

Is it cause Alf Landon changes which states get built? or is it random when you restart?

[tepid ginkgo]

I did it! Finally!!!!

[winter olive]

What did you do?

why doesn't anybody talk here?

[heavy vigil]

quiet hours

[winter olive]

oh right, cause your internationals.

different time zones

[terse skiff]

97 divisions encircled, the frontline is basically empty

[heavy vigil]

no modern politics

[terse skiff]

no i'm talking about this

[heavy vigil]

not as shocking tbh

nice tho

[winter olive]

big encirclements are difficult, little ones are easy. If I get to greedy you can't finish pinching the loaf.

i've lost half a dozen tank / mechanized divisions at a time that way

pretty impressive

[leaden wraith]

russian russia, sounds about right

[winter olive]

you don't want those non russian russians

[leaden wraith]

yeah tbf you can see "mari russia" over there

[glad sun]

Heckin wholesome Sun-Yat sen one of the first mods he playable which is cool

[rustic basalt]

which economy path should i choose as a new player for germany

[hexed stump]

I like my macedonian empires the long way.

[astral forum]

4 year plan is good for fascist Germany if you are finishing wars fairly quickly and often, otherwise economic growth

[rustic basalt]

i think i will go with eco growth if that's the case as i was once defeted by belguim as germany

[misty fossil]

@sudden thistle i found ur reddit account

Prepare to be obliterated

[rain loom]

polska number 1

[fair horizon]

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

[rain loom]

i have to go to school in 20

so im starting a poland game

[fair horizon]

hell yeah

[rain loom]

not sure which path tho

[fair horizon]

monarchist

[rain loom]

which one

like

[fair horizon]

poland lithuania

[rain loom]

ok

without germany war?

[fair horizon]

watching the horses overtake the tanks is great

horses were meant for war

[terse skiff]

peg is strictly better than 4yp, you get 4yp because you want to rp

[fair horizon]

evil creatures with only evil thoughts

[clear dagger]

germany in 1938 watching 500k horses charge into berlin:

https://tenor.com/view/arriba-gif-12324188786972117417

[rain loom]

i did not realise commonwealth king had compliance buff

thats op

[rustic basalt]

good news this is the second time i defeted poland with out dying

[fair horizon]

you died to poland?

[rustic basalt]

unfortunaly i used to die to poland alot

[fair horizon]

poland is a strong country so

[rustic basalt]

this time i used the little pocket from koniggseg and had to get hungry to help me

[fair horizon]

i usually abandon that and roll them over with cas/tanks

just stay pushing and they lose

cause they cant entrench

[rustic basalt]

i put 80 percent of my amour there

[slim nexus]

the hoi4 wiki crashed it seems

[rustic basalt]

ok so itay has control of alsace lorane and they arn't giving it to me how to i get them to give it to me

[viscid swift]

ngl first time im playing as the USA (i have 700 hours in this game 😭) and 6 research slots in 1937 is CRAZY

[rustic basalt]

please help me with my question

[raven lava]

Mengkukuo

[trim pike]

tf is this

The tanks and armored cars

Looks fun

[jaunty delta]

🦅 US of A.

the only country that could take on USA is themselves

[blazing drum]

The moment i launch game on steam there is no pop up no nothing the game just closes it doesnt even open it just closes it says starting or running and then closes
i have already reinstalled and verified files

help

[grave sonnet]

Mengkukuo

[celest dirge]

it is just me or i feel cool war mod for this game can't keep up with the game? TNO or Iron Curtain don't feel lively as they used to be.

[warm otter]

can you elaborate?

[raven lava]

You know it, I know it

Mengkukuo should have been given a focus tree

Bigger than the Turkey focus even

[grave sonnet]

The true Mongolian state 💪

[raven lava]

Lowk the Mongols and Turks need a DLC more than anywhere else

Wheres my Mongolia, Mengkukuo, Tuva and Sinkiang focuses?

Like actually good Sinkiang tree I mean

Not the rn one

[grave sonnet]

Real 🤝

[grave sonnet]

Not the current one yeah

I agree

All Mongol & Turkic nations need focus tress

[raven lava]

Also honestly I think more rump states deserve unique focuses like how Vichy, the RSI and Reorganized Government get them

Croatia and Slovakia should have a unique path

Or idk Ukraine like how it splits off from the USSR in nonhist mode

[grave sonnet]

Croatia should have more content yes

They should have decisions to form the SS Handchar and gain defence bonuses or compliance in Bosnia

[grave sonnet]

Honestly the RK should have decisions to lower Resistance in certain areas if they are 2 high

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

as ESTONIA im gonna build a large army navy and airforce

@craggy dove go to #ask-for-help-here

[topaz pilot]

Can someone help me in #modding ?

[rotund chasm]

still no awake and angry achieve unlock

im so sick of this

[ripe slate]

You must annex those puppets

[hollow silo]

use achievements unlocker

[rotund chasm]

Ok thats next on the list ty

2nd time doing this, 1st time i was at war with the world and they took bits of land back

[ripe slate]

Treaty ports are exempted but you mustve done the decision to peace out Japan, they cant have gone alt-hist to lose Manchuria

[sudden thistle]

Ok

[prisma saddle]

when will come out a little entante dlc I wnat Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Romania 💔

[snow rain]

don't hype yourself up. The dlc that's coming is for checz only by the looks of it (description)

[prisma saddle]

ONLY ONE COUNTRY

😭

cone in paradox

[sudden thistle]

It’s also a dlc that I think the rt56 devs are making

[ember inlet]

Pretty sure the intention is to give Paradox breathing room
The main team made NCNS
The B-team is making TaoG
And then the new modders team is making the Czech dlc
Gives the main team and the B-team more breathing room and it checks off a country that people have asked to be reworked

[inland falcon]

why? why are you like this?

[waxen whale]

eeee

[snow rain]

airbases built in wide states deploy planes in the center of said state. this can lead to funny situations where in some siderian tiles, airports spawn outside of range from its own planes sometimes

[paper cloak]

Hello 👋🏻

[hardy prawn]

Is anyone new to the game? I want someone to learn with 😅

[hardy prawn]

I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing

[languid saffron]

where's adolf

I guessess he failed

[viscid swift]

he ded

or smth

[languid saffron]

no

they did new successor

[ember vine]

Cooked again

[languid saffron]

focus

[ember vine]

Why did Germany do anschluss at medium risk

This doesnt make sense

[paper cloak]

Prob he is dead lmao

[winged field]

Live, laugh, Austria-Hungary

[paper cloak]

Only 90k damn

[rotund chasm]

THANK YOU

[tiny iris]

How do I remove the damn speeches?
They ruin the music.

[winged field]

I don't even have air superiority. The Soviets are just bums xD

[paper cloak]

They just throwing people at this point

[winged field]

Uncheck them in music playlists

[winged field]

Fr

[tiny iris]

Thanks.

[indigo wave]

This game ruined my sleep schedule

I’ve had 4 world wars or so

Germanic-French War, Invasion of Britain, Invasion of the USSR, and invasion of Italy

[tiny iris]

Sleep is temporary, HOI4 is forever.

[indigo wave]

It was so late game I decided to tap out instead of World War 5 with Japan

[grave sonnet]

<@&846894118219022336>

Modern Politics/Modern War

[uncut pollen]

firstly english only and no modern politics/ modern war

[grave sonnet]

I would have done that 2 ngl

[mental mantle]

Tanna Tuva midgame

[modern torrent]

W encirclement

another one

[solid bane]

I had a dream that I was one of the soldiers on the ground in Hoi4 and my idiot commander kept changing my orders and I was running around the map.

[modern torrent]

ofc bro

[snow rain]

please stop training cav, motorized and adress the alerts at the top of the screen before it becomes an issue
also fix your stability and war support, you're supposed to have 100% on both very easily as germany

[warped trail]

From 500+ divisions to below 90

[tulip thorn]

I was about to say that the casualties are a bit low for them to lose that many divs, then I realized its old world blues

over 300k dead is devastating

[warped trail]

Update

[celest dirge]

Is there any Cold War mod still out there for discover? the iron curtain mod steam version isn't even work.

[sudden thistle]

U can downgrade your version

[tardy pivot]

when you research all in a medieval mod

[stark pebble]

bruh what why

[celest dirge]

Yes, i knew but it is annoying.

[upper merlin]

Here’s a clever idea for a plausible alt history timeline.

One where Wilhelm the second didn’t falter and sent the imperial fleet out . It gets destoryed in 1918 but the revolt that ended the monarchy, never happens.

This means in 1933/36, Germany is a constitutional monarchy

[hollow silo]

theres github version

[upper merlin]

But you can change that . Change it back to being a military autocracy or even a absolutist monarchy

[viscid mason]

What is your opinion on having an army corps unit? I think it should only be used as a qol features to group divisions into a subgroup in your army. Making it an easy way to grab a few divisions.

[upper merlin]

Good idea lads?

[indigo wave]

I encircled the entire italian army in Yugoslavia

easiest attempt at invading italy i ever had

[viscid mason]

I think that could be interesting. Maybe it would be more stabilize germany

[indigo wave]

Like 2.25 million italians dead

[upper merlin]

I’m sure some of the imbecilic versallies treaty terms would still happen

As most were planned before the kaiser was overthrown

[viscid mason]

I assume the oh the republicans were the ones who stabbed us in the back is going to be a lot weaker in that timeline.

[upper merlin]

So you basically recreated the violent fall of the western Roman Empire

[indigo wave]

pretty much lmao. So many italians died the country immediately went into civil war

[upper merlin]

Yes. Ironically in this timeline Germany may accept it did in fact lose ww1… because its pride, its navy genuinely was defeated in battle

[indigo wave]

I didn’t even enter the peninsula

[upper merlin]

But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t want revenge

[shadow bolt]

does anybody know what the mod is called where you can also take the navy after capitulating a country or if its a dlc

[viscid mason]

By blood alone

[shadow bolt]

thx

[meager bison]

how do i increase my supply status ?

[upper merlin]

Again what we really need is the ultimate pre war mod. A mod that starts in January 1929. You start out with America still in an economic boom, the uk and France have finally recovered from the Great War financially, Germany is… better but not great and the ussr just placed a funni Georgian man in charge.

But the economy is just about to tank and you have to endure the entire misery, of the depression

[shadow bolt]

is it a dlc

[craggy trail]

Upgrade the railroads to increase the amount of supply on a supply hub, motorize your army's supply, or add logistics companies to your division template to reduce supply consumption

[languid saffron]

Bro got an whole faction on him

[upper merlin]

Like tons of unrest, instability, some days where you randomly lose 2/3 factories

Stuff like that

[craggy trail]

Yes. By Blood Alone gives you extra options in the peace conference including taking the navy

[meager bison]

DO I add logisstic or upgrade railroad here

[craggy trail]

I would add logistics companies if you have enough support equipment and trucks to allocate to

[meager bison]

dont have enoguh support equipment or truck srn

[craggy trail]

You should be fine if you are currently at peace

[meager bison]

alr thx

[craggy trail]

What kind of divisions do you have template wise?

I assume you also don't have any other DLCs besides base game

[runic heath]

hi

[craggy trail]

Welcome!

[runic heath]

thanks

[uncut pollen]

now is the question if i win that war

[craggy trail]

Swiss 🧀

[uncut pollen]

i did not make it

?

[craggy trail]

@tulip thorn

[uncut wraith]

static aa needs to be a province building because why the hell does poland get 90 slots for anti air but texas only has 5 even though texas is 1.8x the size of poland ingame

[tulip thorn]

Peak

[craggy trail]

It's a very enjoyable story line

[icy lion]

almost at my first 100 hours i nthis game

[craggy trail]

https://tenor.com/view/derpy-derpy-hooves-mlp-my-little-pony-clap-gif-15401120

[nocturne cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/master-much-to-learn-you-still-have-gif-10612124

[icy lion]

capitulates as italy in 1 year

[icy egret]

Something something trains

[modern torrent]

italian ai is so dookie

they be doing such stupid stuff

[indigo wave]

1% war participation, annexes most of the world

[modern torrent]

one time i encricled like 90% of their divisions cuz they decided to put all of their divisions on the tiles i had the least divs on

so i snaked around

and killed them all

😭

i have a photo wait

[modern torrent]

look, i was helping the italians during the civil war

[tiny iris]

Where is the tanks?

Use tanks, you're Germany.

Cavalry, seriously?

You're terrible.

I used to be terrible at the game.

[grave sonnet]

Horsey > Weird Metal Vehicle

[tiny iris]

But as of now, I am not terrible at HOI4 so I will put down people who are worse than me.

[modern torrent]

1937 after civil war and i lowk didnt want an angry italian dude on my border

[modern torrent]

😭

[kind reef]

Is playing as Republician Spain easy for a beginner

[lost coral]

Does someone know why they keep being canceled?

[lost coral]

How begginer are you?

[safe wing]

Oh god no

[kind reef]

36 hours

[lost coral]

no

not easy

[kind reef]

What's good for me to play then

[lost coral]

germany?

soviet union?

[kind reef]

Is Germany easy for a beginner?

[lost coral]

yea

kind of

i guess so

it was my first country ever too

[snow rain]

convert that cavalry please
make it regular inf*

[lost coral]

can someone tell me why it keeps canceling my raid

[woeful matrix]

dont you need air ?

[kind reef]

How about British Raj?

[lost coral]

i have

but do i need all along the way or just in the destination

[lost coral]

i guess its ok

not very fun tho

[safe wing]

USA, and Germany are best beginner nations IMO

[sacred pilot]

italy is goated for beginners imo

[kind reef]

Ye but like

[lost coral]

haha

[kind reef]

Having to fight for the Axis is

[lost coral]

nice joke

[kind reef]

y'know

[lost coral]

italy

the one with the sea on all sides

and not very good army

and thin

and in the middle of allied controlled sea

[winged field]

@snow rain

[sacred pilot]

the first time i played, i got the balkans, in a easy way.

[kind reef]

Do you think that India is easy for a beginner too

[sacred pilot]

what you can do with india?

[kind reef]

Send help to UK?

[sacred pilot]

with what army?

[kind reef]

Indian army

[high vector]

india is just a slow game

the best beginner nations are like France and the USSR

[woven gate]

Canada's good for beginners

[high vector]

you basically don't have to worry about your navy with either of them, you can just figure out how to make divisions and airwings

[woven gate]

coming from a Canada main

[safe wing]

I always forget them

[woven gate]

France is pretty fun

the USSR's just micro for however long it takes the allies to land on d day then you wreck the germans

[high vector]

yea they're both pretty easy

[kind reef]

Ye but I've played as it

[inland falcon]

germany is the beginner nation

[high vector]

as long as you can make a good army and keep your equipment stocked you'll basically win

[kind reef]

I need an easy nation that is in the Allies

[inland falcon]

netherlands

[high vector]

netherlands is NOT easy

lmao

[inland falcon]

skill issue

[high vector]

i mean its easy if u dont care about losing the indies

[woven gate]

Canada's probably the easiest

you've gotta use your Navy as most of the Allies

[kind reef]

I've played as Canada

[inland falcon]

thats someone elses problem not mine lol

[woven gate]

with Canada you kinda just convoy escort

[kind reef]

I need something else

[safe wing]

https://tenor.com/view/merica-gif-6672966492979109248

[high vector]

if you want to avoid navy for the entire game, just play the USSR

[woven gate]

uhhhh you're pretty safe as Australia

[kind reef]

Australia?

[kind reef]

But the German invasion?

[woven gate]

if he has some idea of how to play this is a good choice

[inland falcon]

yeah the big island nation in the south pacific

[woven gate]

i used to main the US

[high vector]

the germans are really easy to stop as long as you upgrade your army divisions

[modern torrent]

bye bye

[woven gate]

i mean if he's like brand new he's away from everything and it gives him any chance he could want to try new things

[high vector]

don't just use the basic starter divisions

cuz they suck

[woven gate]

9/1s are good for starter divisions

use some of those and some specialized stuff

that'd be my suggestion as the USSR

[inland falcon]

i was being a jerk cause he was saying it like he didn't know what australia was

[woven gate]

it's my home

spiritually

[inland falcon]

i live near australia

its pretty neat ig

[winged field]

Ireland?

[woven gate]

i wanna live in one of the commonwealth countries

NZ had me interested until i realized that they do NOT like autistic people

[inland falcon]

tfdym we don't like autistic people?

[woven gate]

i'm a Canada main so you know Canada's a good idea

[woven gate]

the government

like it'd be really hard for me to immigrate

[inland falcon]

ohhhh

[kind reef]

I said it because I was confused because it felt so random

[winged field]

Ireland spymaster goes hard

[inland falcon]

i was gonna say, autistic people aren't really discriminated against here but in terms of immigration it makes sense why i wouldn't know

[woven gate]

you've got some factories and you're far away from anything

your focus tree is kinda ass though

[inland falcon]

weird though, i find the social services for autistic people here to be really good

[inland falcon]

prime target for vichy france naval invasions

[woven gate]

i'd imagine but they don't wanna let in more autistic people

[woven gate]

vichy france does the most random shit i swear

[inland falcon]

if you've got money they'd love you

[inland falcon]

genuinely. whenever the axis does a naval invasion its either italy in malta or norway, vichy just wherever or germany in palestine lately

[safe wing]

Me who has a decent amount of money and isn’t in debt:

[kind reef]

I should lowkey do world conquest as Luxemburg

[inland falcon]

i have no idea why the german ai has done that the past like 3 games i've done

[high vector]

this is all i ever use for my infantry divisions, the AI can never beat it (screenshot from a romania game)

[kind reef]

really good strat for a beginner

[winged field]

Other way fr. But yeah the mp is kinda meh for Ireland

[woven gate]

one time i had nazi germany land in israel

https://tenor.com/view/flightreacts-reaction-flight-reacts-flight-reacts-flightreacts-gif-14526489174047821058

[safe wing]

One time I had Japan land in Iran

[grave sonnet]

They usually do that in my games

Invade Palestine and Syria

[inland falcon]

i just said they do that in my games lol

[grave sonnet]

For some odd reason

[woven gate]

150 dollars and i can work on cars

[high vector]

just use this infantry division and the AI will be cooked @kind reef

[inland falcon]

how is it 1940, you have 0 oil and 72 divisions as germany

[safe wing]

I can work on machinery

And 10k I think

[modern torrent]

idk im not very good at this game

[grave sonnet]

The AI has a thing for Invading those regions ig

[kind reef]

Emm how do I make division templates again

[high vector]

hoi4 is a game that can be enjoyed by players of all ages

lmao

[inland falcon]

hoi4 is a game that can be enjoyed by nobody at all

ruined my life

[high vector]

just click the little helmet on top

[woven gate]

14 year old nazis and communists

[high vector]

the top button bar

thats where u can make ur divisions

i recommend just making all of your infantry as one template

[woven gate]

meanwhile i larp as a new deal democrat who will follow in FDR's footsteps

or wheelchair steps

[high vector]

following in his carpet tracks

[woven gate]

all my homies main democracies

[high vector]

[high vector]

i usually do non-aligned/monarchist games ngl

[ember vine]

Didn't think siberian tiger would be this easy to do

[high vector]

just cuz non-aligned is always the hardest path

[kind reef]

I believe I will try US

[inland falcon]

china is the best experience in hoi4 icl

[high vector]

just remember to make a good destroyer and build 900000000 of them

[inland falcon]

even before NCNS

[kind reef]

yessur

[grave sonnet]

China is fun 👍🏼

[grave sonnet]

I like it better now ngl

[high vector]

literally like 3 production lines of the same destroyer class

😭

[woven gate]

pre NCNS china made me feel like a pro

[inland falcon]

i kinda wish they'd release a patch for the PRC's tree but otherwise yeah its amazing. so many little extra things

[high vector]

how to win any naval war

[woven gate]

pre dreadnought only

[inland falcon]

tbf before NSB it was pretty okay

[grave sonnet]

☝🏼💯

[high vector]

i need to get the new dlc

but eh

[woven gate]

i still only have up to NSB because i don't wanna waste my life online

[high vector]

i got the iran dlc but it was BAD

[inland falcon]

valid

[high vector]

GOE is not very good

[grave sonnet]

This reminds me I gotta do all the PRC achievements I haven't done 🫠

[sly venture]

how do you get incircled this badly

[inland falcon]

the worst part of GOE is britains mere existence

[high vector]

oh my blud

[high vector]

yeah the UK just ruins it

[inland falcon]

also fair, none of the later DLCs are really needed

[grave sonnet]

I mean it's AI tbf

They are really dumb

[high vector]

i tried to do the hashemite path for iraq and i couldn't even diplo-annex their lands by joining the allies

[modern torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-scoreboard-gif-14602694437700525215

shouldnt have refused my demands 🤣

[inland falcon]

the weapons market thing might as well not exist

[high vector]

UK given a choice between all of Hashemite Arabia in the allies or just holding Kuwait, and they choose Kuwait 😭

[inland falcon]

also i expect central america to get a similar treatment as the baltics did. copy and paste like 80% of the tree

[grave sonnet]

Although it is quite nice to sell Ur crap light tanks at the start of the game for some profit

[high vector]

i've never used the weapon market

[inland falcon]

i dont think i've ever sold anything

[grave sonnet]

I just sell my light tanks at the highest price

[high vector]

but i bet it's useful if ur playing as like ethiopia or Manchukuo or some horrible cursed nation

[woven gate]

NCNS made me cry when it came out

BBA is the last DLC i would consider getting

[grave sonnet]

What's wrong with Manchu?

[high vector]

they have no industry and no allies

lol

[inland falcon]

swiss content is lwk the worst addition to the game by far

at least NCNS has good stuff in china

[woven gate]

afghanistan having content

for some reason

[high vector]

playing a game as manchu is basically just committing urself to 1 vs everyone

[inland falcon]

is fine tbh. better than the swiss

[grave sonnet]

The qing dragon doesn't need friends

[woven gate]

the 8 afghans with internet cheered when graveyard of empires came out

[high vector]

lol

[kind reef]

Why is every HOI4 guide video over an hour long...

[high vector]

jade emperor, diamond balls

[sly venture]

smartest ai

[grave sonnet]

It doesn't need Japan either

[high vector]

balkan AI are lowk just terrible

[grave sonnet]

The dragon can swallow the sun afterall

[woven gate]

i cannot get behind playing china anymore i like when things are simple

[sharp sierra]

i buy trains off of there

[inland falcon]

afghanistan denier

[woven gate]

probably because i'm trash at this game

[grave sonnet]

Bro don't insult the greatest region to exist cmon

[woven gate]

decent player but i can't do new stuff well

[high vector]

im srs though i feel like the balkan AI will never even edit their divisions

[woven gate]

please god don't rework the US

[high vector]

you'll be in 1945 and Romania and Bulgaria are still using like 10 width infantry with 0 support battalions

[sharp sierra]

i think none of the vanilla ai's edit their division templates

they make new ones

[high vector]

possible

[inland falcon]

i had yugoslavia declare on bulgaria who was in a 1948 NATO. the AI is bad but you can't say it isn't accurate

[woven gate]

the only support company is just a field hospital

[modern torrent]

talk about a polish corridor

[high vector]

literally the worst one

😭

[woven gate]

exactly

[high vector]

dont forget a light tank recon company in ur infantry template

[inland falcon]

hey i've seen this one before

[sharp sierra]

field hospitals are good

[woven gate]

field hospitals are good if you have like no manpower

[high vector]

you know what is unironically cracked tho

if you somehow get 1 million support equipment, just put signal troops in every division

[woven gate]

support helicopter medevac

[high vector]

initiative meme

[sharp sierra]

i really dont care about reinforce rate that much i usually have enough

[woven gate]

i do this with logi companies

[high vector]

usually i only put signals in my motorized/armor

but they're unironically busted

[sharp sierra]

i never use logistic companies anymore cuz id rather just have good stats

[woven gate]

i never go through the work to use signal companies

because canada

[high vector]

yea it has never seemed useful enough to me

[grave sonnet]

The Czechoslovakian Corridor with Burgenland

[sharp sierra]

theres a million other things to research before all the support companies except engineers

[high vector]

field hospitals and logistics just seem like the cowards way out

[woven gate]

recon planes

[sharp sierra]

is that for intel advantage

[woven gate]

probably idk

i've never use it

[high vector]

ngl i feel like you could win the entire game with 1936 fighters/cas and just the 9 inf/1 arty infantry division

[woven gate]

i just use logi companies so i don't die of lack of supplies as fast in africa so i can have some time to build up

[sharp sierra]

that wont stand up against an allies faction horde

[high vector]

yea u might need 1940 fighters and cas

[sharp sierra]

no i mean the infantry

[woven gate]

a BF109 C seeing an F86 going 600 mph past it

[high vector]

nah my infantry divisions are solid

[modern torrent]

the russians genuinely cant create good borders 😭

[grave sonnet]

Field Hospitals are amazing

[sharp sierra]

line arty makes ur division worse at attacking

[high vector]

support artillery, recon and engineering and the AI is never breaking it

[woven gate]

it gets you de-orged but you should be fine if you use it right

[high vector]

it makes the mobility worse but it adds more defense and soft attack

a trade i'm willing to make

[grave sonnet]

Line arty pmo so bad

[sharp sierra]

with good infantry equipment tech youll get less soft attack per width if you put a line arty in

[woven gate]

i'll never get the line arty hate

[high vector]

the line arty is just on its own

i've never had a problem with this division against the AI

[tiny iris]

Bitt3rsteel likes his line artillery.