Mechanics secrets

[Krediax]

It makes me frustrated sometimes that Paradox makes good games, but they are often not very intuitive or well thought out UI-wise. Imagine if a company like Apple or Valve were to put all of the finishing touches and think about the little details on a game like HOI2. Stuff like nobody knowing these shortcuts, or how hard it was to figure out how to regroup air wings in the same province as infantry, or the amount of clicking it takes to deploy a queue of ships or infantry, or to build a lot of factories.

you mean theres a faster way then clicking every unit and then clicking on the map

 

[labalag]

I'm using Armageddon version 1.2 and that works in my game, so it's not a beta-patch thing.

That feature has been in the engine since EUII.

 

[Umpa Lumpa]

Holding CTRL and dragging over a province will select all of the type of unit thats on top (eg all air units). You can then Shift+Click to remove things from the list until your left with just what you want. Good for grouping units together.

 

[Praetonia]

lol @ this thread, I've been playing for 6 months and not noticed some of this stuff. HoI2 really needs a better manual.

 

[unmerged(112834)]

lol, i've been playing and lurking for alot longer than that and and a few things posted here i didn't know(namely the minimap unit locator feature)

 

[Fercius]

These are perhaps not secrets, but I am one of those who never read manuals. Even if you read it, you might very well forget many of the commands...

I don't know how long I played before I found out how to redeploy troops. (Select troop -> Hold down CTRL -> Right click on the province you wish to redeploy it to, must be land connected).

It is possible to group troops just like a RTS game. Select one (or many!) divisions and then press CTRL+1. It's very useful for fleets and finding your favorite troops.
Select your grand fleet, press CTRL+1 to bind it to that key. To quickly find you fleet, double press 1 on the keyboard.

Another thing I know some people get annoyed at is finding the country to do diplomacy with. Instead of finding the country in the list, you can click on a province that belongs to that country, then click on the flag on the top left part of your screen. It will open the diplomacy window.

If you want to use spies, then select an enemy province first, and then click on the intelligence tab.
(I just noticed right clicking on enemy province brings up the menu for intelligence and diplomacy as well)

Press ? to seach for provinces can be useful sometimes.
To press ? on some keyboard, you must hold down shift and click on the +, so it's not that obvious.

I wish someone could tell me a secret how to deploy all troops with only a couple clicks.

 

[unmerged(133924)]

*Pauses his furious calculating on how much more quality time he'll get for playing HoI by making use of the shared "mechanics secrets"*

Thanks for the input, everyone.

*Back to the calculations as HoI loads up...*

 

[unmerged(32138)]

"-If you right click on the global map in the lower left corner, you can display the location of all your armies, navies, and airforces.

To select an assigned leader in the statistics screen, double-click on his name. It will bring you to the leader selection screen for his current unit."

That is so cool, did not you could do that.

 

[Freightshaker]

lol @ this thread, I've been playing for 6 months and not noticed some of this stuff. HoI2 really needs a better manual.

Some of us have been playing since HOI1, if not earlier . The manual is good, it just needs bigger print and a decent index.

 

[noobermenschen]

I wish someone could tell me a secret how to deploy all troops with only a couple clicks.

Or upgrade them:rofl:Wish I'd have taken a screenie when upgrading 240 Inf/Art my last USA game.