Functions of the battleplanner

[Modestus]

You can add additional arrows in the edit mode (3rd picture in OP).

I think that is only for adjusting the axis of attack (advance arrow) and the ends of your Front line I could be wrong but as far as I can tell...


From left to right.


1\ Naval invasion.


2\ Airborne invasion\drop.


3\ Missing function.


4\ Border Front line and Defensive Front line both are similar and both do not require an advance arrow. (axis of attack)



5\ Draw Offensive Front line.


6\ Edit Tool for adjusting the axis of attack ( advance arrow) and for connecting to other Front lines (phases ) and toggle to adjust ends of Offensive Front lines. I would guess that as you adjust your Offensive Front Line its axis adjusts accordingly but you can also fine tune the axis yourself.


7\ Tool for adding Troops to Front lines I presume you can toggle to add or subtract troops.


Basically everything we knew and saw already in the vids.

 

[agentgb]

hmm i wonder if you can set it so that your units only attack at day/night, during good weather conditions/certain seasons/dig in during the winter and so forth, so you can squeeze the most out of your manpower/supplies etc for optimial attacks. Curious to see how in depth the battle planner is to hoi3, since in hoi3 you could leave control to the ai aswell, although usually cost you a bunch of manpower which seems to have now been balanced with the planning bonus, probably not making it worth while to micro manage unless i suppose attempting a breakthrough somewhere in a larger line with a smaller army to help in the bigger effort therefore not losing to much of your planning bonus with the bulk of your army perhaps making up the majority of your frontline push.

 

[seattle]

Haven't seen too much of the WWW videos. Do the battle plans work as intended? In HoI3 it was impossible to use the a.i. assistance properly. I seriously hope that HoI4 will provide us with a working version of that.

 

[Jamey]

Interesting info. Thanks for grabbing the screenshots and sacrificing your sanity to "uhhhh, Denmark".

For me, the battle planner is the lynchpin feature of HOI4. If it works well, the game will be spectacular. It looks promising so far, but I suspect we won't know for sure until they release and we can sit down and play it.

 

[mdw1985]

Interesting info. Thanks for grabbing the screenshots and sacrificing your sanity to "uhhhh, Denmark".

For me, the battle planner is the lynchpin feature of HOI4. If it works well, the game will be spectacular. It looks promising so far, but I suspect we won't know for sure until they release and we can sit down and play it.

Haha!!! i am sure they balance this feature nicely, so every playstyle can be satisfied

 

[fastfreddie77]

It be nice if someone in the office would just throw together a 5-10 minute video on features of the battle planner, tech trees, and build/factory system. They probably wouldn't have people calling for 1 Speed for the Wednesday battles if we've seen the systems and know what they are doing.

 

[kviiri]

Haven't seen too much of the WWW videos. Do the battle plans work as intended? In HoI3 it was impossible to use the a.i. assistance properly. I seriously hope that HoI4 will provide us with a working version of that.

They only use very simple plans in WWW because it's constant speed multiplayer and they can't spend more than a few seconds tweaking them without losing valuable time elsewhere. Not much to be seen there.

 

[seattle]

They only use very simple plans in WWW because it's constant speed multiplayer and they can't spend more than a few seconds tweaking them without losing valuable time elsewhere. Not much to be seen there.

They could have paused for the important campaigns (Poland, France, Barbarossa...) and show the power of the battle planer in detail. After all, it's the most anticipated and crucial feature of HoI4.

 

[texashopkins]

Can you set a series of these at the same time to keep your front somewhat coordinated, sorta like super phase lines?

tom

 

[GsusNSV]

If someone is interrested, they have changed the battle planner again.
It includes now a "Fallback line" button and you can, if you choose that 'mapmode' (kind of), see the battle plans of your allies.
The "Area defense" has been reneamed "Garrison area".

 

[fabius]

If someone is interrested, they have changed the battle planner again.
It includes now a "Fallback line" button and you can, if you choose that 'mapmode' (kind of), see the battle plans of your allies.
The "Area defense" has been reneamed "Garrison area".

Yes very interested! So good to see nice work continues on battle planner.

Fall back line looks very useful.

 

[seattle]

If someone is interrested, they have changed the battle planner again.
It includes now a "Fallback line" button and you can, if you choose that 'mapmode' (kind of), see the battle plans of your allies.
The "Area defense" has been reneamed "Garrison area".

A fallback line? Wow!!!! This is extremely cool.
Think of historical 1943, Italy. The Germans were highly effective in defense and delayed their retreat for months. You can start constructing fortresses on a shortened line in the Alps while delaying your retreat. All you have to do for this theatre now is order your troops to defend and set the designated fort line as your fallback line. No more babysitting. If it works as intended, this will be a huge help.
Same for the Soviets: In anticipation of Barbarossa you can start raising a fortified Stalin line and designate it as your fallback line. The longer your troops can delay the retreat the stronger the line will be.