Hearts of Iron Online Manual?

[KG_ThorsHammer]

Anyone know where I could download this manual, I can't find my original anywhere. I bought the game quite a while ago but never really played it.

[KG_AGCent]

I haven't been able to find one but I play the game all the time and would be happy toanswer any questions you would have.

[KG_ThorsHammer]

Thanks; I of course now have found my manual, but from what I have read online the manual isnt supposed to be all that detailed anyhow, so I'll probably be picking your brain

:nuke:

[KG_Koz]

Tell me more about this game!

I've been looking at several sites and it seems like a game that blends Third Reich and Diplomacy on the pc. I used to love playing those games.

How many people can play in multiplayer mode?

If this game is really cool, maybe we can get a group of people interested in it. JJ may be interested.

[KG_Koz]

Aw shucks....I think it is real time. If real time, i'm guessing it is a more complex, WWII version of Age of Empires. I'd prefer turn based, like CM, so that you do not need to be glued to your pc when playing MP.

Are there any good turn based games that involve strategic planning in WWII?

[KG_Koz]

are you guys playing the original Hearts of Iron, HOI Platinum or HOI 2? I see that HOI 2 was released earlier this year.

Another game that is strategic that is turn based is The Operational Art of War. I see that SZO supports it so there must be a decent following.

Lets find a strategic pc wargame that we all can get into. A good MP mode is a must.

[KG_SSpoom]

I have HOI2 It is a cool game but a major time consumer.If you
want to play even remotely well you have to really spend some time with it. It has awesome online potential for a massive up to 8 I think WW2 multiplayer game. but getting all the players together enought to get very far would be daunting.

[KG_SSpoom]

Age of Empires is not a good comparison this is like a real time nation building game .
Build up youre Infrastucture full political/economic/population/industrial models. Trade make allies sign pacts gear up for war then try to sustain home while waging war. Battles are fought by computer, just move your armies into place and comp decides results(simplified)

[KG_ThorsHammer]

Anyone have a no Cd crack for HOI 1? My CD Rom always has problems reading disks and I cant replace it right now.

[KG_AGCent]

www.gamecopyworld.com has the crack for HOI.

HOI cannot compare to AOE and other like games. It is scalable time, meaning you can slow down and speeed up the passage of time. The combat is from a strategic perspective, ie. actual control of the battlefoeld os out of your hands. Its your job to assemble the forces, create the plan and order its execution, its your subordinate commander;s job to see it through. You can set your political cabinet and your commnders-in-chief, set production and research priorities based on your econmic and manpower resources (as Germany this can be a real bitch because unless you trade heavily during peacetime, you never have enough of anything).

Sspoom and I played a co-op campaign, he as Italy me as Germany and I thought we had a good time. The game can be saved at any given moment, nations can be easily given over the the AI or taken over by a player at the beginning of any session. I have read several successful accounts of large (4 players and more) games being done in 1 or 2 hour sittings at a time maybe once a week. All it takes is a bit of commitment from the players invloved but they had a blast at it.

[KG_ThorsHammer]

unfortunately there is only one for HOI 2

[KG_ThorsHammer]

Heres a couple of questions for you Rob


1) how the heck do convoys work?? I try assigning a route from one friendly port to another, then I select transports and escorts. The convoy heading remains red though, which is supposed to mean there arent enough transports.
I was trying to ship oil to North Africa; the oil in the port province says 0/22; is that making the convoy title red because there is no oil as of yet?

2) Air transports. I cant seem to find anything that would indicate being able to load supplies on but you must be able to. I have ju52 wings ready to go but cant figure out how to load things on to them; the manual is useless.
I havnt got paras yet but I'll assume I will just plot them on the transport and away they'll go, but what about oil, supplies, etc???

[KG_AGCent]

Air supply must first be properly researched in the Air Transport catagory.

Wehere ever your forces are not able to be supplied overland, the game will automatically make a supply depot in an occupoed or allied province for your units in the area to subsist on. If you have the Auto Generate and Auto Maintain convoy buttons checked your Naval minister will handle the details for you.

[KG_ThorsHammer]

hmm, well air transport was already researched and I cant seem to be able to find those shipping commands; this is why I never got into HOI before, it was too time consuming trying to figure it out lol..but I'm trying,,the manual just sucks.

[GDS_Starfury]

for air transport you need the battlefield interdiction researched.
for convoys you need to produce both convoys and escorts in groups not individual ships.
also dont listen to Rob :P

[KG_AGCent]

Oh... HOI 1 or 2?

[GDS_Starfury]

Oh... HOI 1 or 2?

see what I mean......

[KG_ThorsHammer]

HOI 1, I have no money for 2 and I figure its best to do the first one for a while anyhow:headphone

[KG_AGCent]

Ahhh, I have HOI 1 but have not really played it as I got it just before HOI 2 came out as it was in the bargain bin and wanted to see if I should spend the money on the new game. I could boot it up this weekend and putz about with it. Up for a short little co-op?

[KG_ThorsHammer]

Umm, if you mean you and I playing partner countries, sure.

I have it patched up to 1.5 i believe

[KG_AGCent]

Yes, a co-operative campaign. I play the Core mod but can switch to regular and patch up to your level if needed.