I noticed the resource cheats in the Wiki (oil, fuel, energy, etc.). I did not see one for manpower. Is there one? I am USSR and have zero manpower. Thanks.
And don't forget to backup your savegame first!Open save game in notepad or something like that. Search for "human=". Then search for "manpower". Edit to whatever you want. Save. Load save game in game. Enjoy manpower
I would recommend that you not even bother with cheats as two of them assist the AI as well, thus is paradox's way of forcing cheaters to play at somewhat fairly.
My intent was not to "cheat" in the strict sense of the meaning. I read from other posts that USSR manpower in the '36 CG is jacked-up. It has to be. I had the same amount of brigades as Germany in June, 1941 (a total of 723 brigades, with 500+ being infantry)
My intent was for a little more historical capability for the USSR. They cranked out infantry divisions by the bushel. And mine were of the three infantry brigade vanilla variety.
Wikipedia has some of the numbers that this game cannot replicate for USSR, I'm sure other sources are just as accurate:
"When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Red Army's ground forces had 303 divisions and 22 separate brigades (4.8 million soldiers), including 166 divisions and 9 brigades (2.9 million soldiers) garrisoned in the western military districts. Three Fronts, the Northwestern, Western, and Southwestern conducted the defense of the western borders of the USSR. In the first weeks of the Great Patriotic War the Wehrmacht defeated many Red Army units. The Red Army lost millions of men as prisoners and lost much of its pre-war matériel. Stalin increased mobilization, and by 1 August 1941, despite 46 divisions lost in combat, the Red Army’s strength was 401 divisions"
That's about 1200 brigades, regardless of experience, skill level, morale, or organization.
I don't think it's "cheating"...I think it's trying to get some perspective on what nations could really do during 1936-48 given the constraints of the 1.3 version. For instance, and I use the USSR again, their historical IC production skyrockets 1942-44. You can't even come close to duplicating it in this game given what you have in IC initially and the fact you are using all of your current IC on everything but new IC.
I'm sure there are other issues. Can Italy create the fleet she did in real life? Can the US create all those strat bombers AND CVs, BBs and the 500 infantry brigades that hang around Washington, DC?
So, while I think there are people who cheat to win, most want a balance and accuracy of the economic capabilities of the countries in this game. I just want an accurate manpower pool for the USSR, to create new units and to replenish the losses of existing units.