Hearts of Iron III AAR - Israel; rise of the zionist superpower - Games

[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;17109036]From how this AAR sounds, it seems the AI nations are easy to defeat. Without any cheats (this means not using manpower cheats or the noneutrality command), how good is the AI? Is it intelligent, good, poor, or stupid? Is it better than Empire: Total War AI? I bought it today, and I'm hoping I didn't waste my money.[/QUOTE] Oh, it's good. It adapts to everything you do very well, but the reason AI nations might seem easy to defeat in AARs is that it's best to target extremely weak nations first so your armies know what they're doing, and now that Crisis is fighting major nations, it seems easy because he has the might of the soviet union on his side. He's also targeting key locations while the enemy troops are on the frontlines, if you look at when he actually ran into the Japanese army he lost a few battles and was driven out of Tokyo.

[QUOTE=Killoch0;17109620]Thanks go to crisis for letting me know this. First write down your Manpower somewhere, the save the game and open the save file with notepad. Search ( Ctrl+F ) for "manpower=whatyouwrotedown" and start scrolling down. The nations have their data grouped, so almost all nations are near the bottom. The only correct manpower you should edit is one line above "nuke=0.000" ( unless you have nukes in which case substitute for 0.whatever ) When you find your manpower, start to scroll up, all nations are referred to by 3 letter codes, Ireland is IRE and so forth, it's not too hard to guess them all. The first of these above the manpower is what nation is is talking about. This ensures you're editing the correct nation is all. After you get into your game a bit, the whole area will be clogged up with data on units, provinces etc. so i advise you do this on a clean game[/QUOTE] Thanks very much.

Well, after playing the game, I must say I'm pleasantly surprised. The game is as difficult as you make it; playing as the UK, you might find it easier as you have your air force, your navy, and the English Channel to prevent enemies from navally or aerially invading, but play as a nation like Nationalist China, where you have to fight superior enemies without much air and naval support, and you get your ass kicked every time by the actually intelligent AI, especially Japan, even if you outnumber them. The unprecedented amounts of historical detail, the excellent AI (seriously, it acts intelligent while controlling a massive array of features while in real-time; AI doesn't get much better than this), and the massive, living world all make this an incredible game. My only complaints, however, are its minor lags at times and the steep learning curve. My score: 8.5 or 9.0 It's an incredibly good game, but this isn't an instant-action, pick-up-and-win-in-5-minutes game, this is a game where one months' game time can take over half an hour, and where a year, if you play it normally, can last days.

Are you now a reviewer?

[QUOTE=Vinh255;17110014]Can you do the same thing with IC?[/QUOTE] I couldn't find a variable for IC to edit. It doesn't seem to exist.

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;17129941]I couldn't find a variable for IC to edit. It doesn't seem to exist.[/QUOTE] You have to edit your provinces so they have more factories. Unless you have a tiny nation it's extremely long to do. Update soon I guess, probably the last one. Quite a lot has happened since the last atleast.

[QUOTE=Crisis;17130423]You have to edit your provinces so they have more factories. Unless you have a tiny nation it's extremely long to do.[/QUOTE] Ah that's how it works. Sounds like a pain in the ass.

[QUOTE=Crisis;17130423]You have to edit your provinces so they have more factories. Unless you have a tiny nation it's extremely long to do. Update soon I guess, probably the last one. Quite a lot has happened since the last atleast.[/QUOTE] Finally! Took over North and south America waiting for a update. [url]http://i28.tinypic.com/20ue9uc.png[/url]

This got me trying the HoI 2 Demo again, I can't help but wonder if the game could be streamlined yet would doing so lose what interests people. And damnit Crisis, why must you inflict such squick upon me with that avatar?! Such things as those have been portrayed are inhuman. D:

[QUOTE=Baldr;17130486]Finally! Took over North and south America waiting for a update. [url]http://i28.tinypic.com/20ue9uc.png[/url][/QUOTE] Aw you're hardcore cheating. Oh well.

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;17130538]Aw you're hardcore cheating. Oh well.[/QUOTE] Good sir, I haven't used a single cheat.

Oh well that explains the 999999 everything in 1938.

[QUOTE=cheesedelux;17130705]Oh well that explains the 999999 everything in 1938.[/QUOTE] I don't think you realize just how easy it is to get 99999 in everything. my slav game, that is currently at the start of 1942, has 99999 in everything but fuel, which is 99412. or my Romanian game, which already has damn near 80k supplies and it isn't even 1937 yet.

[QUOTE=cheesedelux;17130705]Oh well that explains the 999999 everything in 1938.[/QUOTE] Maybe that I owned half of America at August 1936 (Canada and Mexico and that cluster fuck nearby) and only bought some infantry? And didn't bought a thing since then. [url]http://i25.tinypic.com/2mh8nqu.png[/url] [url]http://i27.tinypic.com/15f6l95.png[/url] [url]http://i28.tinypic.com/awaow9.png[/url] [url]http://i25.tinypic.com/zjj9zo.png[/url] [url]http://i26.tinypic.com/14lf2o.png[/url]

[QUOTE=Baldr;17130600]Good sir, I haven't used a single cheat.[/QUOTE] How'd you get all the stuff then?

I recommend playing the game as USA before bitching.

[QUOTE=Baldr;17130811]I recommend playing the game as USA before bitching.[/QUOTE] I'm not bitching. I'm just asking. :(

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;17130821]I'm not bitching. I'm just asking. :([/QUOTE] Start as America, all victory points are at the border get those annex Canada and go down. Don't give a fuck about how many land you lose just make sure you take there victory points until you can annex them. (Sorry for being not so nice btw It's 4:10 AM :\)

America starts with like +400 of everything anyway.

Ok, can some one tell me what's wrong here? I have 6 divisions of paratroops but I can't get the on the transport planes. The button is grayed out but everything is the way it should be for it to work, as far as I can tell.

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;17135121]Ok, can some one tell me what's wrong here? I have 6 divisions of paratroops but I can't get the on the transport planes. The button is grayed out but everything is the way it should be for it to work, as far as I can tell.[/QUOTE] Are there enough planes? I think only one division can be in each plane squadron.

Got enough planes?:cop: [editline]12:03PM[/editline] Damn ninja >.<

[QUOTE=FlowXobDans;17135143]Are there enough planes? I think only one division can be in each plane squadron.[/QUOTE] Even if I select only 1 division it still doesn't work. I have 4 planes. [editline]03:04AM[/editline] I'm making more though. It should work like amphibious transport right? [editline]03:06AM[/editline] Seriously, my stranded troops in France depend on me getting this figured out! [editline]03:30AM[/editline] I figured it out.

Damn HOI3 Is annoying when it comes to hunting down territories, Mainly Britain though (Why is it so OP B'aaaaaw) Update?

Why can't I keep my damn units supplied! :commissar: I fail.

[b]Chapter Eight: War with Eurasia[/b] With the most powerful nation in Asia now occupied by our troops, Peruvian forces move onto the next most powerful nation before they have time to realize what's been happening in the Pacific. China! Nationalist China to be exact. Though it's buddies with all the other Chinese nations apparently so we'll probably be fighting them as well. A shadow-force of garrison troops and military police are transported from the motherland to Japan to keep them in order while our brave sky soldiers reboard the SM.73 transport planes we bought from Italy before the war and the 2nd Peruvian Army relocates to Korea. The 2nd PAC advance to the nearest airbase in Dalian, [img]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2156/42916202.jpg[/img] While 1st PAC moves for Shanghai [img]http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1355/85081942.jpg[/img] 1st PAC have secured Dalian and march full speed for Beijing, wiping out Chinese forces and Japanese stranded in the country. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0015/3_9.jpg[/img] 2nd PAC meanwhile have Shanghai under control and begin moving for vital provinces nearby. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0590/4_6.jpg[/img] Beijing is ours and China is greatly weakened, also Communist China has revealed it's been hiding a giant army this whole time and begins marauding around Nationalist China [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0695/5_16.jpg[/img] [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0470/6_5.jpg[/img] 2nd PAC have advanced far into the country and are close to capturing some of the last important provinces to the Chinese. Meanwhile in the north however they've set up a new provisional capital, we'll need to capture it to force them to surrender. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0373/7_3.jpg[/img] [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0274/8_19.jpg[/img] 2nd PAC moves for the final provinces while a division from 1st PAC separates from the other divisions and boards a plane for the north [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0114/9_18.jpg[/img] With all these provinces under Peruvian control, China is forced to surrender. Annexing them would be foolish, they are far too large for our forces to keep down rebellions, and all of China's buddies are still surrounding them, the moment they saw Peruvian flags flying in China they'd storm in to liberate their friend. So instead we make them a puppet state, the rather large Chinese army is still operational, and they have now turned on their once allies, China fights for the Soviets now. Glorious! Who's next?! [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0631/10_2.jpg[/img] FRANCE. The Allies have laid back idly while the unstoppable Soviet Union storms across the globe, they didn't even help when Germany wanted to conquer them all. And now their time has come. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0099/11.jpg[/img] Our top military advisor's predict upon declaring war, our Spanish friends to the south we move north and the Russians all storm west with their tanks, our troops will meander onto the battlefield at some point, shoot a few Frenchies, claim victory and stride out again with some baguettes and croissants under their arms. It can't fail! The Russians, having been forced to glare across the Maginot Line at the French for the past year finally go berserk at the declaration of war and rush every tank into France while screaming their national anthem. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0861/12_9.jpg[/img] 1st PAC paradrops into Clermont and rushes for Paris. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0395/13_2.jpg[/img] Meanwhile 2nd PAC lands in Dunkirk. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0141/14_3.jpg[/img] Our 50,000 paratroopers march into the streets of Paris and claim the city for Peru. Cause we're Peru, conqueror of nations, no one can stop us! [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0193/15_4.jpg[/img] 2nd PAC, having captured Dunkirk and are quickly transported down to Paris, where they prepare for the counter-attack and quite possibly the largest battle witnessed in the war with around 160,000 soldiers on our side and over 200,000 for the French [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0500/16_9.jpg[/img] Our advisor's warn such a spectacle could cause the world to end, or something about our men getting slaughtered, I wasn't listening too well. 2nd PAC stay in Paris while 1st PAC splits up into divisions and paradrop into important French provinces before the French can retake their capital. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0740/17.jpg[/img] Luckily all the French forces were at the borders, keeping back Soviets and around Paris, preparing for battle, so everything in-between was unprotected. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0032/18_2.jpg[/img] And we claim victory over one of the most powerful nations, in one of the shortest wars. Another nation Peru'd. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0202/19_4.jpg[/img] Only one Allie remains. Britain stands alone against the might of the Soviet Union. On an unrelated note Peru is now officially greatest country on planet! [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0748/20_10.jpg[/img] Time for gloating is later, British forces are already storming the beaches of Normandy, quickly men, make haste for London! [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0206/21_5.jpg[/img] [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0842/22_3.jpg[/img] Only fools think they can stop the might of 100,000 Peruvian Sky Soldiers [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0397/23.jpg[/img] [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0160/24_10.jpg[/img] With London and the south east ours, our troops quickly split up and head for cities and airbases across the country. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0760/25.jpg[/img] Meanwhile the British forces abroad have snuck into my colonies (I've had to turn off the messages saying I've lost provinces, because it was constantly bombarded with "OMIGOD CRISIS! REBELS! THEY'VE TAKEN OUR LAND!" so it took a while to realise I was losing land to the British) [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0631/26_5.jpg[/img] Back in England and - oh god, we're getting slaughtered, I've spread my forces too thin, and there's too many British. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0274/27_9.jpg[/img] We need to build more of everything, now! Production to the max. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0406/28_2.jpg[/img] Russia, help u- What are you doing in Yugoslavia?! We're dying over in Britain. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0860/29_10.jpg[/img] Our troops either have to hold out for half a year until our [b]half a million marines[/b] are complete and they can storm the British beaches to aid the paras. Or we can wait for Russia to turn their head slightly to the right and see their biggest ally is being torn limb from limb. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0428/30.jpg[/img] Our grand air force which has been sitting idle in Spain is called in to bomb everything not waving a Peru flag. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0168/31_8.jpg[/img] Somehow our soldiers not only hold out against the British, but actually manage to turn the tide of the war and begin gaining ground. Of course I expected this from the beginning, my panic was just a rouse to let the Brit's guard down. It couldn't fail. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0744/32_5.jpg[/img] Our valiant soldiers begin advancing into British provinces, braving bullets, shells and bombs. The first part of our marine force arrives and they land in Liverpool [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0365/34.jpg[/img] It seems the Russians have finally sent help, only we no longer need it. And they sent a single tank division. Thanks Russia |:|. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0110/35.jpg[/img] Regardless, we continue to fight the Brits and begin cutting up their supply lines. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0721/36_9.jpg[/img] Meanwhile, quite possibly [b]millions[/b] of Soviet soldiers sit at a German dock, twiddling their thumbs wondering whether they should help. Don't bother Russia |:|. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0331/37.jpg[/img] [b]For Peru cannot be stopped[/b], the largest empire on the planet is falling to our might while you sit idly by, we do not need help from you. We do not need help from anybody! For are surely we are the greatest nation on the planet. The moment Europe and America falls, you're next Russia. It's on. First we have more British to take care of however. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0369/38_1.jpg[/img] Our scientists move ever close to the final stages of our secret weapon, bombs capable of destroying entire cities in an instant. They'll come in handy when fighting... everyone. [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0103/39.jpg[/img] Our forces begin blocking in the last British troops in their homeland and the country is as good as ours. [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0390/40.jpg[/img] [img]http://h.imagehost.org/0846/41.jpg[/img] However, their colonies still remain across the world. Unlucky for them an army has been preparing in Peru, one that grows ever stronger, they are ready to march across this world, the [i]Bandera de Guerra[/i] in one hand, rifle in the other. They will storm the capitals of every worthless nation who dares stand in our path and will tear this planet asunder in the name of our empire. Peru shall not be stopped. [b]Peru cannot be stopped![/b] Current situation: [img]http://a.imagehost.org/0181/PAAR2_8.jpg[/img]

Oh. My. God.

Muhahahahaha! You shall rule the world. What then? The moon? And the best place to attack the Soviets is... FINLAND! :black101:

Ok here's the deal. Germany and Poland gave me a whole bunch of troops but I can barely move them anywhere because they aren't getting supplied by Germany or Poland. Is there any way I can change where they get supplies from? Or am I just going to have to send supplies to the places they are being supplied from?

[QUOTE=imadaman;17223793] And the best place to attack the Soviets is... FINLAND! :black101:[/QUOTE] Unfortunately Finland and the rest of the rest of Scandinavia is under constant siege from Lithuanian Nationalists. Because of course the best way to liberate your country is to completely ignore it when there's no one in the country to stop you retaking it and to attack every other nation, especially ones with occupying Soviet forces. And I've already played on another year into the game, capturing almost all of Britain's colonies, having all the ones needed for them to surrender at least and they still haven't. And about a war with America, I've had 100,000s of marines that were originally set for England before I somehow turned the war around and their now sitting in Cuba. I tried a test invasion and managed to take over Florida and the majority of the southern states before America woke up and realised it was under attack. Any repeated attempts have had the US navy sinking me before I reach the shores. (During one of the test invasions Britain surrendered the instant I declared war on America as well. I can't seem to get it to happen again) No idea how I'm going to take on Russia, I've tried with America before using almost the entire US Army and invading from the Black Sea but I got stuck in Sevastopol for a year fighting wave after wave of Red soldiers. [QUOTE=chunkymonkey;17223914] Or am I just going to have to send supplies to the places they are being supplied from?[/QUOTE] This. Or use transport planes to drop supplies.