Take Care and Have Fun!Vary the appearance of icons in HoI4 in order to depict unit strength Describe what words or phrases introduce confusion or ambiguity in HoI4. angry-mustache • 7 yr. Archived post. Your cpu can likely go much faster with turbo. A L I S S A. If that is what's causing your bottleneck, and it's the only thing, yes. ago. It can speed up games or speed down games. Pick CPU if you want to improve your Hoi4 and other Paradox' titles fps. No. GPU does not matter much for HOI4, but CPU matters a lot. I measured HoI4 performance recently and my new computer (fairly high spec Gaming) ran through all of 1936 in 4 minutes 11s when I turned up the speed to max ( which tells the computer to run the game as fast as it can ). Start Now. Only ways you can speed up your HOI4 Game (at least the ways that i found) Update your drivers = Updating your drivers is important, as it helped me to speed up my game a bit. Change the template to only one brigade of either infantry or cavalry. Maybe reducing gfx down if you can. Balkanize Ethiopia with many small puppets. The changes and benefits are instantaneous. Check if the mod is up to date with the most recent patch for HOI4 (Currently 1. Use this link to download alternative 3:2 resolutions. Because computers are by default on the setting where they only use ONE of the cores. I have noticed from the comments that this only seems to work with medium to high spec PCs, so use the launch option with caution and I. The Tutorial game may be continued as if it was a standard playthrough after finishing it. It's important that you don't record the first few yearly figures you get after starting a new game. Subscribe for Banat mega campaign at 1k!-----. Make sure you're not running ANY applications besides HOI. Open settings. Faster PC less freezing and crashing. Small submod that makes early game more enjoyable. I already change the graphic texture to the lowest. civfanatic. g. ago. r/hoi4. 3. nyoom Aug 2,. Then I benchmark seven years in a row and take an average of those figures. I don't have any issues running vanilla HOI4 faster than I can possibly micro. 18. Items 1 through 7 are as follows: 1) game version and checksum 2) video display button 3) clear user directory button 4) game play button 5). Title says it all, pretty much. You have to change the PC to use ALL of your cores. 1. Gameplay | 100% Faster Game | Are you tired of HOI4 being a waiting simulator? Then this mod is for you. Likewise, the Ryzen 7 7700 is a good midrange gaming CPU; however, HOI4 isn't optimized for multicore, so a lot of what makes it a good overall gaming CPU doesn't necessarily improve HOI4 performance. Each one takes 7 days prep time but they all run together so it’s 7 days total. . Skeeky • 5 yr. It makes the games run at a higher tickspeed, although doing much of anything will cause increased lag. In my last run i was really trying for before september 39 to get it done before the start of ww2. You get events to release 4 puppets and can raise colloboration or release for the others. Overrun happens when your troops start a retreat into friendly territory, but before their move finishes, the territory changes hands to the enemy, giving them nowhere valid to retreat to. 2) They build military stuff faster when they have enough resources and get faster still with tech upgrades, relaxed trade laws ( which unfortunately reduces resources) and also gain efficency over time. Go a few lines below to max_traits=0. ago. Note, you may notice a speed thottle if you run a lot of other programs in the background with HOI4. The Launcher for Hoi4. Smooth speed 5 gameplay. . Last edited by augman ; Apr 17, 2018 @ 7:43pm. [deleted] • 2 yr. Join. The trans-siberian railway (of over 5700 miles) was built in just 14 years. Use mods which limit the number of divisions and make plane production more expensive. No mod will be able to change that especially in late game. The best way to improve performance are the mods that remove the irrelevant countries (which I don’t use except for multiplayer, because I like achievements). Business, Economics, and Finance. Codes:apR. Remove microstates. Welcome to Hoi4, eventually every good CPU slows down from this game. • 4 yr. It’s tedious but you pick one division, assign its start and stop points and confirm. i mean i run it on a laptop and it runs fine and starts to slow down at around the 1943~ mark due to all the divisions and whatnot. ago Ok, it’s just that when I look at the paradox New. Use debug_smooth. It doesn’t matter if it’s modded or not,that only dictates how fast it will slow down. A high speed CPU is more important than lots of cores as (if I understand it correctly) Paradox games have a main thread that is often the limiting factor in performance, so making this one thread go a little faster can have a big impact. to combat this there are mods that partially eliminate lag by stopping neutral and useless nations such as all of. r/hoi4. Before the optimizations that were made throughout patches, I can imagine that the game did not run much faster than 10 game hours per second even when unlocked. 2: Use submods (see submods pinned message) which have names like "Optimization" or "Remove Africa". ago. ago • Edited 5 yr. The real answer is that no currently available upgrades will "fix" the late game slowdown. To enable AI, pick one of the options and change the part that says " ai_will_do factor 0 to 1. Also, feel free to tell me how to speed up the game. Time to upgrade. A helpful wiki page. Higher FPS and faster late game performance! Simplified the map by removing irrelevant nations and annexation of subjects. 6 Badges. SESSION 3: 6 x 8- to 10-sec hills + 2 x 200m fast on the flat with 2-min rest. Avatar Federal Sergeant. 2. 34. For non Ironman, there’s a couple mods that turn all of South America into one country that does nothing, to save a little computing power. it will list your component for you. Nov 4, 2015. That helped also. ago. Not much else you can do other than overclock the CPU. However, this method is also not practical as the game becomes unplayable without units. 76. The number to multiply the speed of animations by. For FPS lag, you can download an FPS map mod. debug_smooth supposedly helps. Cavalry units are awesome! Try them. Most mods decrease the game's performance so if you have them enabled try it without them. Select one of the available Conscription Laws that appear on the right. This mod makes any MP game run in 5 speed easily! Tested and tried this will allow you to play on multiplayer without the constant guy going "can we get 4 speed" cause with this you can get 5 speed constantly. Then pick the second division etc. . The first opening of the game will be extreme slow either way, hpc must set the cookies and fast path to reach files, like with everything else. Speeding up games is a bit more complicated than simply "getting more of this". Also, feel free to tell me how to speed. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Development Studio. Open settings. It’s not the absolute end of the world if you waste your bonus on Fighter 1, Italy could still theoretically rush fighter 2, but try explaining that to a HOI4 player. ⚠️ According to these system requirements, a Mac with integrated graphics should not be able to run it. 5. I am absolutely, so utterly done with this ruining entire runs. • 2 yr. You can probably get that FPS map mod. At war with the Allies and slowly but steadily pushing them back almost everywhere. No, and there's nothing you can do to fix it besides spending a lot of money that I assume you don't have. 18. debug_crash: debug_crash: This command is a debug tool, when executed it will debug client crashes. The Tutorial game may be continued as if it was a standard playthrough after finishing it. If your internet is weak, it is better not to use this mode in multiplayerThis HOI4 console command allows you to ignore all decision requirements. Disable sound and sprites. Reduce graphics to lowest. It takes nearly 2 seconds for an hour to go bye for me. Hearts of Iron IV > Guides > Katejsej's Guides. type debug_smooth in console (press ~) it makes game run weird tho the performance enchance is worth it. 2. ago. Multiplayer enables Hearts of Iron IV players to play online with other people. Like many people, I have a slow computer, and EU4 seems to run particularly slow on it (even at 5 speed). 4 GB of RAM is required. Not entirely sure what would cause this tbh, other than just my OS, im on Linux Mint 20. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. If it doesn’t even handle hoi4 at 1936, I am willing to buy you a new cpu. HoI4 will ordinarily not run very well late-game even on a great system because the AI division-spam lags out the game. - Decreases time to finish National Focus from 7 to 3. The TNO mod works fine, but when booting up and even in-game (altho I'm more concerned about the boot-up), the loading takes an incredible amount of time. I can run it on a computer made in 2010 and it plays at 5 speed like it would at 3 speed up until 1943 if the allies start unit spamming. This was at the turn of the century by a Russian empire lacking behind the west in industrialization. But most people's games slow down because there is so much to calculate, which is done by the CPU. Late-game lag is common and can’t be fixed, it’s a limitation of the game engine. 6K subscribers. Homeyeah. Resolution: 1369x912 (Literally 1/2 Native res so it scales very nicely) Multisample: 0 (A huge performance hog and the game is surprisingly jaggy free) Texture Quality: High. Gabeslicor • 2 yr. Another way to look at it is:I am stuck for a year with a laptop very much not optimal for Hoi4, but I crave the new DLC that I preordered right before leaving. 5. Wait until the minimum training time is complete, and push them all out. What this mod does/features (for both player and AI): Half the days to stage a coup Double the daily base command power gain Twice as fast construction Better production efficiency (higher base values and double the daily gain) Twice as fast research Half the year (s) ahead penalty Double the daily base political. I'm going to be honest about this game, there's something deeply wrong with how it runs things because throwing more power at it doesn't actually make the game run better 9 times out of 10. Open the game and open the console (either the ; key below ESC or the § key next to Enter) and type tdebug. The silhouette is the vanilla version of the game. For me it just suddenly got better. You can also increase VRAM allocation by optimizing graphics card settings and manually allocating VRAM. Personally, I focus on Researching and Producing Motorized Infantry and Mechanized Infantry, just so that I can move fast and capture things faster. SmithyGamerYTV • 1 yr. How to make Hoi4 run faster? I don't have the specs of my PC on me at the moment, but what is the best computer part to upgrade when it comes to running HOI4 faster? I can. You can do this by checking your system requirements, changing graphical settings, and using optimization software. No step back. 4: Reduce your graphic game settings. If your computer is an old potato, it can't be helped. . However, Ministers can improve your unit's speed, the weather of course can also, the terrain, your unit's supply, etc. I know it's very impractical but based on my experiances hoi4 runs much faster on linux operating systems. 1) Military factories build military stuff. It generally isn't very graphics intensive but of course if your current one isn't up to the task it's of course something to look into. Especially if you run other things while gaming. It happens with the increasing amount of divisions. You want fewer, faster cores for HoI4. However if you use a poor computer, it will minimally boost speed. Closing all programs running (also check background processes). Business, Economics, and Finance. Business, Economics, and Finance. ago. If the frame rate is the only issue, then turn down the detail level and try to stay at 1 type of zoom level, also day night cycle and the Radar Overlay seem to impact visual performance and UI latency. Help, this appear for some reason after I accidentally clicked on some stuff. If this the case for you, you may be able to improve the performance by disabling various graphical options. How can I make the game run faster? My pc is kinda old, but I looked up hoi4 on system requirements lab, and the website says I have the recommended specs for the game. That includes combat, giving them mission or orders, or simply moving them. Countries succeeding in their war goals get an advantage in. Keep low all in game settings, disable river, city, 3D buildings, reflections. I think the main issue with HOI4 performance was the AI calculations relating to focuses, researches and troop movements. The US, UK, Germany, Italy, Russia, China, and Japan all have national focus trees that allow for some alternate history playthroughs (4th Reich, New Soviet Union, Fascist America) or for. A multiplier of 2 would double the speed, a multiplier of 0. • 4 days ago. This fact alone isn't a problem for the first few years of the game, HOI4 can run fine using only one core for the first few years(as you found out). ago. It's true that it runs on multiple CPUs, but they ain't exactly well-balanced: most CPUs run at 10% or less when I play full-speed, but one CPU (CPU 6) is at 100%. Join. Yeah 5 speed in vanilla is literally impossible to. 84 GHz, in one of your screenshots), but it doesn't refresh the display faster. I found it to be fascinating watching how the Artificial Intelligence was programmed to exercise only a few fleets of submarines at first, and then destroyers, and then a mix of cruisers, and then back to submarines and destroyers for another round of training, and then eventually a mix of the. Presenting the latest startdate ever: April 27, 1945, available now. My Patreon: the game here (my Paradox affiliate link, Steam keys): pla. Make sure you're not running ANY applications besides HOI (no music, no latent updaters, and especially no browser windows). This mod may boost your speed by an absurd amount if you click on the red speed. esculapio Jul 5, 2016 @ 7:02am. This is not a real time game you can play practically with anything. It runs slowly though, I was shocked when I played on my desktop after using my laptop because I didn't know it was meant to be this fast. You could remove like 40 countries to make a Russia game run faster. You needed several years of production before real assembly lines had scaled up. However, after approx 1939/40 on every play through, even on the fastest speed setting, the hours are taking approx 2 seconds to pass, sometimes more. It gives nations that very rarely participate in the war a debuff national spirit which makes it very hard for them to produce divisions (South America, Middle East). I don't think there is any such mechanic in HoI4. (necessary to making it look and run nice) Under settings in the Video tab: Fullscreen: On. Run steam. 5 (35 days instead 70) Millennium Dawn: Modern Day Mod. 0. Then jog for a minute to recover and run for 30 seconds again, trying to increase the count. It's extremely fast for me, in fact. The mod is as small as i can make it and simple to make the process of re. Then this mod is for you. You would need a big long frontline, the more dense/saturated with military the less likely this would work. This is the case with HOI4. The AI update made the CPU calculate more and I believe there is the problem. The WPA focus tree branch gives you access to the extra research slot, and the laws which allow you to get rid of the Great Depression effects. FPS map, it makes the map look kinda ugly but it speeds up the game, also if you use the command debug_smooth it will turn off smoothing, making the game run faster. ago. The specs of that computer are:. Step 1: Mods. I timed it just now, and it takes me 1 minute to load the game and get me to the main menu. If using a torrent download, you will first need to download uTorrent. Clear your game cache, you'll need to reselect the mods, but it reduces some lag. As Adrized said of course I can not. 30 minutes !!! That is insane. I have similar specs to OP (use intel cpu instead of amd) and while it makes the game run super fast on 5 speed, you crash a lot if the game lags a bit for peace deals or large map transfers like if the soviets capitulate. 368K subscribers in the hoi4 community. 2. 1 comment. Subscribe. Can relate to the thing about upgrading computers and the speed being 10x faster though. Enable the extra division limiter. Time to upgrade. ago. GPU has barely any effect on FPS in PDX games(in HoI4 at best it will allow you to run day-night cycle without signifficant framedrops). Yeah, it is quite fast!They seem to give the most points. At that price point, looks like what you want is something like: Lenovo U31 or Inspiron 15 5000 series. Two of my favourites were holding off the Germans as the Netherlands for over a year, and seriously helping defeat communism as Romania. by Galbo1337. I don't have any issues running vanilla HOI4 faster than I can possibly micro. It’s just from how the engine runs RMJG11INDI • 3 yr. In a way that you loose org up to an certain amount when moving. PC System Analysis For Hearts of Iron IV Requirements. Top 5 ways to speed up HOI4 GUARANTEED!0:00 Intro0:38 Why HOI4 has a lag problem2:28 Turn off the AI3:00 Delete all units4:01 CPU misconception5:51 Annex Sou. 1K. ago. 16 GB is more than enough if you *only* run the game. Ram is not storage. And it is a real time game. This subscription will update to include future Hearts of Iron add-ons. With HOI4 I wholeheartedly reccomend Portugal as a starter campaign. 1. Idk, learning curve is kinda high. So the amount of ram you have may be causing it, especially if you have an operating system that uses 1gb or more in the. I want to play more with Millennium Dawn mod but it's unfortunately painfully slow. "In this video I will explain to the viewer how to speed run as Germany in Hearts of Iron IV. I like that you have to prepare, plan ahead, and think about what you will need in. Now if you get into mods, that's a whole different story (Looking at you Millennium Dawn). 23K views 1 year ago #hoi4 #performance. Well- RAM is storage. talk about this one), and make any changes in settings I absolutely do not care about graphics, I just want the game to run the absolute fastest possible. They will be much slower. your CPU, GPU and RAM is far below minimum requirements. I run it for about 3. Avoid running additional mods. So don't get a ryzen as they are all core count focused. I'm working on a longer video rn, so this is just a qu. This page includes help on how to use the command, argument explanation and examples. You don't need frames. This helps a lot. This allows you to gradually ease your body in and out of intense activity. Under Laws & Government, press the first button with the soldiers. I get 34-35 seconds a year after the game has run for a few years. Start game, load savegame and save as new file, exit game. If you look on YouTube for a World Conquest by ‘38 guide and follow it. If you're looking for a more targeted command then try ' research_on_icon_click ', which again is fairly self explanatory (it researches whatever you click instantly) and gives you a little more flexibility if you're just looking to try out a few late game techs to check them out. There's quite a few optimization mods out there if you search the Steam workshop. r/hoi4. I can play a game literally lasting decades and have fun even though it takes forever. I play it on toaster, so I can't say so much. - Decreases time to finish National Focus from 7 to 3. Today_Legitimate • 3 yr. my computer from 3 years ago could run hoi4 at 60FPS speed 6 30-50 FPS. And still don't expect miracles, there are a lot calculations needed to be made per hourly tick and the number is growing with amount of divisions in the game. Resolution: 1369x912 (Literally 1/2 Native res so it scales very nicely) Multisample: 0 (A huge performance hog and the game is surprisingly jaggy free) Texture Quality: High. 6. . Skeeky • 5 yr. There are mods that Just delete most of South America so their divisions and stuff don't slow the Game. It depends on whether or not you have Ironman mode is turned on or off. If I good remember, Adolf's face is censured only on German version of HoI IV, 'cuz on Germany is realy big censorship. -steamsalty- General of the Army • 3 yr. It's CPU you should focus on. It runs slowly though, I was shocked when I played on my desktop after using my laptop because I didn't know it was meant to be this fast. There's a lot of background calculations that go on in MD so it is slower than other mods in general. savecheck: Checks that saving the game is functioning correctly. because my potato can't run hoi4 fast, toolpack has to be the best mod Reply ISadSomtimes. 5 seconds. For Brains and Brute Force I had to decrypt around 40 countries between two different save files to get gold. Now, I don't know how and to what extent HoI4/MTG represents this: that's just technically how it'd work in real life, assuming good recon and weather. making the game run faster. I'm genuinely curious of how HOI4's performance scales with more CPU cores. Most mods decrease the game's performance so if you have them enabled try it without them. This is more for Roleplaying rather than "How to git 43km/hr meta game breaking tanks!". txt in your documents folder (see this article for where to find it) and change lines. Imperator Rome: 1 minute to get to art another seconds to get the quote to appear and 5 minutes to get custom cursor and main menu to appear. intel i9 processor. There is several things to do to get the game to run quicker. it will list your component for you. And it is a real time game. But I don't think so. All of the Mods that don't alter the exact same stat are compatible with each other. The SSD doesn't do much except maybe speed up loading/saving a bit, but I don't think it does much to the tick rate in game. Simply put,the later you are in a game,the more divisions you will see and the game. Jump to latest Follow Reply. But we can confirm it’s definitely possible. Most likely you want to change the production cost of a factory. Hoi4 Germany Strategy Provincial Elections Focuses on gaining independence and modifies the debilitating national spirits of the British Raj. 0 and on base hoi4. Create your website today. Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 1GB VRAM. 99 / month. You could obliterate unnecessary tags, but only if you have played the mod a few times already. It only really becomes a problem when you run the game in 1936 like it's 1945. A better CPU helps (more clock speed, not just more cores), and a new Motherboard with faster RAM clock speed helps as well. 18 votes, 30 comments. r/hoi4. I think disabling your internet makes hoi4 run faster, at least for me I play hoi4 on a laptop so I can take it with me, so when I went on a…RAM, you can live with 8 but more is better for most games. CPU and Ram are the most important. Set Disable the EU to Yes. 6. However, I have discovered that if I zoom out completely in the game, so that I can only see countries and not any province names,. File Size: 493 KB; Version: 2. Reply. Reply HaroldSax • Additional comment actions. Subscribe for Banat mega campaign at 1k!-----. 3K upvotes · 194 comments. We first need to do some things before we start the game, so lets look at performance enhancing mods. I have 16GB Ram, GTX 1060 6GB and I5-7600K and on the 5-th speed the game is kinda laggy. The community-run subreddit for NVIDIA's cloud gaming service, GeForceNOW Members Online New user, this seems great but the games I want to play are out of date and the forums are littered with people begging for their game to be updated. Increasing your generals' xp levels comes from destroying equipment, so getting encirclements and destroying divisions or getting enemy divisions to attack into you will get XP faster than just grinding against the enemy. The best way to invade UK mainland (in my experience) is to do a paratroop invasion on ports while their planes and troops are still in France before fall of France. ago. Starting at $4. It is 1945 and it now takes 6 min for 1 month to go by on 5 speed constantly-Someone with a Potato PC#hoi4 #heartsofiron4 #hoi4guide By Blood Alone, BBA, HOI. On settings make all the objects 2d and lower the textures you should be able to run it fine on a bad computer. Originally posted by runifoc: You may be able to improve performance by disabling various graphical options. Early game it's fine because there isn't a lot of activity in the game, but late game with all of the countries at war, and moving around units the game slows down A LOT. Just the auto-save speed and the loading rate. So in the AHOI-Mod, you can loose contact with your slower moving infantry when blitzing behind enemy lines with your faster armor. Nov 25, 2017. I have an i7-6700k, 16GB. Thats how dumbed down hoi4 is. The name of the file containing the commands you wish to run. Millennium Dawn No Lags [2021-2023] By Katejsej. Small submod that makes early game more enjoyable. So ive done a few annex all speed runs as germany before and ive managed december 2nd 1939 now. Processor needs to be at least Intel Core i5 @ 2. Go to hoi4 r/hoi4. local/share/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV. Currently Supports: 1. My old computer runs hoi4 okay but its really slow and it takes 4-6 seconds for a day to pass on 5 speed. That doesn't really sound like a change based in reality. With a collab government, you get 75% of total French military and civillian factories indefinitely, and you also get 100% access to French manpower. Before 1940: Virtually a second a day, maybe 2. Also, you can opt-out of doing national focuses in order to make more pp. backwardsforwards • 6 yr. json", usually located in "C:Usersyour_usernameDocumentsParadox InteractiveHearts of Iron IV" (Windows), "~/. r5: Conquered France in 1937, the UK in 1938, the US in 1939 and the USSR in 1940. Repeat five to eight times, trying to increase your rate each time. (necessary to making it look and run nice) Under settings in the Video tab: Fullscreen: On. use debug_smooth to make the game run faster ReplyHoI4 computer requirements. . This will make your fps literally explode. I am fairly new to HOI4, but most games are highly dependent. Bittersteel made a video about this. exe as the windows admin user; Run the game from the PLAY button on steam; How to Use the Tool Pack Mod in Hearts of Iron 4 How to Use the Tool Pack Mod in Hearts of Iron 4. Don’t worry, I am currently playing HOI4 on a fossilized 2015 MacBook, all you have to do is remember a few tricks : Open the commands section (on the very top left of your computer, °) and enter debug_smooth. Think of it like an operating system, fast when you first install it but gradually slowing down as you install more and more stuff. thats 90. If you have any mods or DLC that you’re not using, disable them in the launcher. Use debug_smooth when you are not doing anything. I recently upgrades to a laptop with an i7 core and time literally flies by until the late game. #14. Jump to latest Follow Reply.