
Let me know if I've gotten something wrong/missed something, ask questions or request topics. 2 (Theory and Doctrines)Ĩ: Opening moves, diplomacy, espionage, politics and tradeįeel free to leave comments here or on YouTube. This is not a min-maxing guide, and I'm not trying to argue about the absolute best/optimal ways to play the game, but I hope this guide will be useful for getting started.ħ: Technology Pt. I start with the most basic concepts and will move on to more challenging mechanics and specific strategies.

This guide is for beginner or intermediate players who might want to revisit some game mechanics. Also check out our big slew of tips about preparing your units and armies, and other Hearts of Iron IV tips.Here is the first episode of my new Hearts of Iron 3 tutorial on my channel, Rob's Red Hot Spot. Pick the Playlist if you want to watch the whole series or the individual links if you're looking for something specific Hearts of Iron III - Their Finest Hour Tutorials. Sometimes starting at the beginning makes sense. Hearts of Iron 3 - Video Tutorials Welcome Here you will find a listing of all my video tutorials for Hearts of Iron 3 on youtube. These are just the basics, but Hearts of Iron IV isn’t always as intuitive as we would like. You can even make battle plans with multiple steps: just draw further front lines and your units will push forward after getting to the first ones. The arrows, representing your forces’ paths toward those positions, will autopopulate based on the front line you draw. You aren’t drawing the armies’ movement path, but the new front they’re going to advance toward. When you're drawing your battle plan, don’t think that’s the path your armies will actually move along. This one’s a little obvious… unless you’re messing it up, in which case you’re probably really frustrated. Try building lots of civilian factories at first, then start splashing in military factories when your production has some flexibility. They’re an investment, but they’re worth it in the long run.

So they accelerate your overall production rate down the line. Here’s the lowdown: they increase the number of structures you can build at once (and, to some degree, the speed in which you build them). The Hearts of Iron IV tutorial loves to tell you to build civilian factories, even before military factories, but it doesn’t do a great job of explaining what civilian factories actually do.
