Hearts of Iron IV: Tutorial for Complete Beginners! - 1/7
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Over the course of seven episodes, we'll cover all aspects of Hearts of Iron IV in this purely vanilla (no expansions/DLCs) setup. TOPICS: How your economy and how factories work, including trading goods with other nations. Producing equipment and how to design and train divisions. How to command your troops, both manually and by drawing up war plans (including naval invasions). We'll look into the different ways to justify wars and also declare a war (R.I.P. Finland). We will utilise strategic bombers, close air support, air superiority fighters, and naval bombers -- and look at the different types of missions air wings can be assigned to. We'll learn all about the Supply system and how infrastructure affects how it reaches our front lines. We will look at how to deploy our navy, particularly since this is now completely different as of Patch 1.6. Finally, we'll look at our internal politics, command structure, and decisions.
Thanks Quill!
Aw man, I remember that your original series of TH-cam videos on HOI IV were what got me into the game in the first place. 1.2k hours later I just have to say: Thanks for all the fun times you've brought or inspired! HOI IV and Civ V videos of yours really defined my tastes in games to this day. I wish you many chocolates and wines.
First time playing the Germans, and Austria declines the anschluss. I had better luck playing Romania...
Once this tutorial series is done could you consider making tutorial videos for each dlcs?
quill please do this for civ6 too
" we are gonna go in fast "
32 minutes episode
part 1 of 7
frick
@@filipecosta189 but still
It *is* fast for a Paradox game lmao
for such a complex game it's not much
@@filipecosta189 thanks for that
Increase video speed.
I'm so bad at this game I lost to Poland as Germany.
I kept accidentally starting a two front war .-.
lol all I wanted to do was play as Rhodesia. But it wasn’t an option so I decided to be the UK
your not the only one man i just got it literally an hour ago
The steam summer sale was clutch because I wanted this game
RedTheRed your doing it right
I've had calculus courses with shorter explanations than this game
this game is really not that complicated,
Admiral Mudkip if it takes 7 videos that are half an hour long each it’s complicated. It wouldn’t need that much otherwise.
Take a look to hoi3
maths is 9 + 10 = 21
this game... Donald Trump: "billions and billions and billions" of options
My friend who has 600h on the game explained me in 5 mins and i can play the game now lmao those 7 episodes with 30mins each re kinda useless
When you have nearly 1000 hours of HOI4 and yet you still watch.
I'm hoping to learn how to use the navy (couldn't figure out how to remove a mission from an area i didn't want patrolled anymore), and how not run out of fuel in 1 month while using said navy. 👌
their is always more to learn
@@ibtoogood4u LOL I have the same issue... what I do is find the navy I want to redirect (and that in itself is a hairy topic) then cancel all its current orders with the "hold" button, then give brand new orders.
@ stamasd I am finishing a run as Britaint and that problem is just too real... Took me a few tries to figure it out, but what I do is that I have a big fleet in port on a Strike force mission and a much smaller one doing the patrol stuff. That way, the big fleet does not consume fuel except when moving to engage the enemy.
When I need to convoy troops on the continents, I wait till a handful of them are build, bunch them up in a port, then move my fleet to escort convoys, just long enough to get all my troops across the channel... Still pretty harsh, but I didn't invade Iran or Iraq...
Yep, thats me
In soviet Russia you don't choose the country you play as. the country chooses you
lol
Thobrach ж lol
Literally
That's like some harry potter wand shit
Harry Potter communist?
Me, as Italy in the tutorial: spends most of an in game year justifying a war against France
Germany: takes Paris
Me to Japan: *you know what to do*
@@parakeetiscool7647 in WW1 Austria tried to invade Serbia and the same happened.
(Pp
underrated comment
@@Cole-lg2lw hello o
@SirMatthew: Japan to you: "Okay" said Japan.
you basicaly need to have a degree in this game to play it
"So, sir, what are your qualifications for this job?"
"I have a PHD in hearts of iron."
"Hired."
@@TheodoresTomfooleries LOL
Exactly
@@TheodoresTomfooleries LMAO💀
@@TheodoresTomfooleries your not wrong.
@@space4166*you’re
I learned to play HOI4 about 9 months ago, messing around with Italy and playing for a couple months. I'm retired & spoiled so I have several games which I play, so I gave this one a break, waiting for Man the Guns to release. Because I was born back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth (I'm 61), I've forgotten a whole bunch of stuff & needed a refresher. I like your style. Very informative, and most importantly, you don't babble incessantly like a crack ho and constantly lose track of what you were talking about, like some of the kids I've tried to watch & given up on. Thanks. Subscribed, and I'll be watching.
j Madden u are the coolest 61 year old i have ever seen.
You're chill af man. If you stream let me know and i will definitely stop bye and give you a watch
j Madden damn son where’d ya find this
@@simondesanta5774 The game? I play a bunch of Paradox games. The vid? TH-cam's search engine. My love of PC games? United States Navy, being stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, '90 - '92. In addition to drinking massive amounts of duty-free booze, one either took up PCs or scuba diving, 'cause there wasn't much else to do.
@Bas Baas Thanks, errrr, kid?
So have you realized that the HOI4 tutorial in game is absolute garbage and teaches nothing?
Yup
Yep
Didn't know there was an in game tutorial... I couldn't figure out wtf I was supposed to do at first so I just looked for an online tutorial and found this
Yep thats why im watching this
It just gives you a bunch of shit to do and doesn't actually tell you how to do it. It's basicly just the school system if the school system was a video game, and this guy is like the Indian TH-camr.
He’s only at the civilian factories part and I’m already overwhelmed
"I'm gonna play as germany"
ghost of stalin: *NJET*
нет
Haha, true. But it's "Nyet." "Njet.", would be finnish. But good one!
Нет.
@@alaskancommunistparty1649 Njet works too, just so you know.
@@alaskancommunistparty1649 Njet isnt finnish
Historical isn’t always 100% historical, sometimes the AI will chose non-historic options in event choices, it’s just a very low chance
Not so low chance I think after the updates. I had 4 straight games with communist america when I tried to play historically as one of the axis or allies. Bulgaria kept joining japan, Romania become communist. Sometimes america becomes fascist without anything that I do that's too different. Not sure if my game is broken or the updates broke it. Edit: I don't use any mods or dlcs.
@@Urza26 You don't use any DLCs? Than the USA can't become communist or fascist, those parts of the trees are only enabled when you own the MtG DLC.
@@Tuskin38 I didn't get any of the DLCs or mods. Not a single one. And every game is communist US. The latest one with historical focus on, they became communist via civil war, joined comintern, and later had a *second* civil war with a fascist "Free America* that joined Allies.
Wish I had screenshot it or recorded it on video or something. Before the most recent updates, my pc would sometimes ctd. The updates fixed that but made my game strange.
Edit: I also often see Romania have both fascist and communist influence special event at the same time so it often becomes communist and the Germany AI kicks him out or he leaves the axis faction.
It's not a low chance anymore. I went into the country modifier before a game and put all nations as historical and turned on Historical AI before the game, to make sure it was as historical as possible. I was playing as Finland.
Soviet Union turned Fascist and never launched the winter war against me.
Britain became Communist
France became Communist
Germany lost to Poland after Poland formed an alliance with Italy and Poland immediately killed itself by having a fascist civil war RIGHT after losing. I can tell you that's not what happened in real life, and I fell asleep in math class.
@NoYou
Without particular dlc, most majors have both fascist domagogue and commies revolutionary unlocked at the start of the game. So it is possible for the AI to accidently pick that ministers.
I should be studying but instead I'm here watching a 30 min long tutorial on how to play HOI4
At least this game is history related and may help you learn geography lol
Not as bad as when I stayed up until 3:30am watching hoi4 videos on an exam night
4yo boy just comment on youtube
This game is complicated enough that this counts as studying.
simon l-o me too and I don’t even own the game
7:30 u didnt accidentally choose Soviet Union
-*SOVIET UNION CHOOSE YOU*
xDn't
@@whosayink9026 yes comrade
It chose U S
Let’s go kill some civilians
Thank you, this helped me so much. The in game tutorial sucks.
cooldude 123 yeah I lost to Ethiopia lmao
A year later and it’s still dog shit
Hold up your youtube prof pic is my PS4 prof pic
@@faro8784 not possible
@john true
me: plays as Netherlands
current objective: *survive*
when i heard that from the video i immediately thought of this meme
I mean netherlands are pretty hard/easy like I just had a netherlands game i build some forts and hold after germany declared war on me and then in 1943 pushed into germany and some how I did it
I don’t have game I want to have it but I am fine with blitzkreig fire. Shouldn’t Netherlands be strong? Indonesia?
quill18: "I'm going to show you how to play"
Soviet Union: "𝑾𝒆 are going to show you how to play"
😏
Eyyyy.😏
I’ve only played to games my first as Italy my second as Poland
In my second game I though I was doing good and then I forgot to upgrade my factories that produce synthetic materials. I let Germany take Danzig. I rushed to make as many defensive alliances. Then I declared war in Germany and they attacked first and took Warsaw in a month. I’m just happy I made it to 1940.
you should be playing as Austria
@@jetmon5606 haha anschluss go brr
Never have I had to go straight to youtube after purchasing a new game. Thank you for providing me with exacctly what I needed. The first thing the in game tutorial does is refer you to the wiki, thanks again for doing a great job!
And for a game this deep and complicated, the wiki is pretty much empty.
I come back to this video sometimes for nostalgia. This man taught me how to play the game and now i have 400 + hours on it. It has not only made me have a fun time but it even helped my grades out! My history grades really got better becuase of grinding this game. Words cant describe how much fun ive had playing this game and it was an honor learning this game from you! Thank you!!
OMG! These guides are terrific. quill18 clearly has English as his primary language which buffs my ability to understand what is being said. (No offense to anyone that has English as a second language.) 100 thumbs up is what is deserved! Thanks much.
The fact that it took 7 videos to explain this game and they're all 30 minutes long makes me wish I never bought this game in the first place.
Plus the developers should pay you for this video because this is what the in game tutorial should have been.
The in game tutorial is absolutely shocking. I remember first playing this game i felt like i was drowning in information, its overwhelming for a complete beginner
This remains EASILY the best tutorial series for HOI4: I've been going through the videos carefully and shaking my head every few minutes thinking "how come I never figured that out before?"
Quill: we are going to go kinda quick in this tutorial
Me: Sees video length
Also me: notices 1/7
Also also me: realizes I have nothing better to do
EU4 laughs.
@@SirSquier XD
and this game supposed to be among the simplest title of Paradox
@mynamejeb8743 actually? I've been playing EU4 and CK3 a lot, with CK3 being the easiest for me and basically can play as any nation and get strong, EU4 a bit more challenging for me, but still do well most of the times, yet, I've always struggle with HOI4. Mainly because just by looking at vids and having played (very little), I get overwhelmed by so many mechanics.
It has to be me then, because I find EU4 and CK3 simple now after hundreds of hours played, so I don't know why HOI4 gives me the perception of being so much more complex.
I finally broke down and bought HoI 4 almost a year ago, when my divorce started. I've tried a few times to try to play. But couldn't even figure out how to het past the first hour in the tutorial. Now...I really wamt to play it, but still couldn't figure anything out. Thank you. Ill be watching all 7 videos. This seems.like a very grand scale game, and very in depth. I'm going to need all the help I can get, just to play. I won't ever play online against other players, but thos will pass dome time in a fun way. You're very good at this teaching thing, very clear and concise. Thank you. I may actually figure out how to play, with your help. I hope.
my anxiety goes crazy when I play a Paradox game its to overwhelming ;)
Maybe it's a joke, but paradox games are usually very hard at first sight, then it gets from hard to very easy
@@grubob4439 is this game like ck2? Where learning how to play it is the most difficult thing and the actual game against the ai has 0 difficulty.
"ur main objective as the netherlands is to survive"
Ik: V E R O V E R B E L G I E
7:36
*Hitler has left the chat*
What Quill did miss is that the first group of buildings (Infrastructure, Anti-air, and whatever else is there) don't use the same building slots. Those can always be built up to the max in a state, the building slots are for the next group (shared buildings). In fact, upgrading infrastructure is the main way to create building slots (though I prefer conquest myself ;) )
My friend bought this game for me and basically forced me to watch this entire playlist. Thanks for making the game easy for me to learn!
Keep that friend
throw back to the angry tutorial lol
I keep hearing about this angry tutorial and I feel like I've missed out. Can't seem to find the right video. Could you share the link?
@@Highonwater3X The video is "How To Hearts of Iron 4 - A Tutorial for People Who Keep Asking for a Tutorial
". If you just search for "quill18 angry tutorial" it's the first result.
@@paradoxicaloutcome1007 I just watched it and omg that's amazing.
Italy is probably the best starting country as you basically get a decent feel for air, land and sea and also have a decent production, gets to annex things; all while not being a major player, you can focus on a pretty small area around the Mediterranean.
The problem is you have to fight Ethiopia at the start
the game has changed a lot since release that a 2019 tutorial is much appreciated!
me before tutorial: I don't know what i'm doing
me after tutorial: my big brain pulses with all the knowledge I have
3 and a half hours
Beautifully done. I am completely new to this game, and i appreciate so much how well spoken you are in this tutorial. It is so refreshing not to feel as if i'm being spoken to as a child, but at the same time thoroughly going through the game knowing that i can't know what i don't know before i know it. If that makes sense at all. Anyhow, thank you so much for this great work and i'll be using your playlist A LOT.
Thank you so much for this! I just bought the game this past weekend and I have no idea how to play it. This is incredibly helpful!
Best tutorial for beginners in HoI IV!
I watched several of them and all were very confusing and not clear - except yours. To me - you are a amazing teacher, you really can explain evberything step by step.
This game is pretty scary at the beginning - lots of options, many things going on at the same time. Thank you for helping me with that, can't be more greatfull for your videos.
Now when I know the basic's I can finaly enjoy this wonderfull game, this masterpice.
Without you, I would probably just give up after few hours and lost oportunity to have houndrets of hours of fun.
One more time - HUGE THANKS!
Just bought the game and I spent 4 hours in the tutorial just pushing buttons and reading the wiki page.. I've learned more in this 30 minute video!! Thank you! Definitely watching the rest of the episodes.
4 years later here i am just got the game learning how to play it
Thanks I've been debating to get hoi4 for a while now but held off because I was worried I wouldn't understand the game. This really helped
This is, BY FAR, the best tutorial i've seen on this game yet. Smart to keep each video short.
The first of 7 segments is 32 minutes long... I've taken technical certification exams that had shorter study/prep times.
I might as well as got a degree in learning paradox games at this point
Imagine having to learn Paradox games without Quill18 tutorials. We are grateful for you quill and we love you!
Thank you for this! Love CK2 and Vicky but struggle with this game for some reason.
Excellent intro, as a newbie this has been so helpful. Thanks!
Great series Quill! I have been banging around learning this game for a month, and these vids got me over the learning curve. I shall now be able to make use of my investment in this game! Cheers.
Good to see you here Quill! I'm finally getting around to HOI4, and I loved your other Paradox playthroughs!
So I've watched like 3 or 4 other creators explain how to play and I deliberately didn't click on yours because I didn't want to watch a series of 7 episodes. The other guys left me confused and from just this video alone I am finally beginning to understand what the hell I'm meant to be doing! Thank you, have another like, and I'll make sure to watch the other 6. You rock \m/
Bless you, Quill. Always making the tutorials we need.
Thank you so much for making these. I've always wanted to get into HOI4 and tutorials like yours make Paradox games that much less daunting.
This should be a college course
My first game I lost to Ethiopia as Italy
Just found your tutorial and I'm so glad you're energic and entertaining because I feel like this could be a long and steep learning curve. I tried to learn that game like 4 times so far and couldn't by myself so I found your channel. I want to like so, so much since Im such a history fan and it seemed like this wouldn't happen without a bit of help!
Great starting video. I bought Hearts of Iron yesterday following a friend recommending it millions of times, loaded it up and legit had no idea what to do haha. This has helped.
This will be quick! Video 1 of 7 30 minutes. Love this game.
Me:Iv'e played about 500 hours of Ck2
This Game: laughs in national focus
this game looks so fun but i feel like no matter how many tutorials i watch im still so fucking lost
Quill, you really set the standard for youtube gaming channels. I'm a long time subscriber and thank you so much for all your great work!
Thank you, this tutorial helps me alot i've played 7hours as Soviet Union, and sometimes i don't know what to do. So this is definately a huuuge help! Keep up the good job 👍
Marvellous, as a newbie this has been so helpful. Thanks ever so much!!
Holy crap I need this series
These videos are so helpful. Highly recommend for anyone trying to figure out this game.
I'm so grateful for this series of video's. I just got the game and the in game tutorial actually made me more confused. These video's are so much better. Thank you sir.
Still that Angry Tutorial has achieved Lengendary Status on TH-cam and should always be viewed first... lol
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I have to mention this, @quill18. Factory conversion back in USSR was quite amazing. For example, there's a whole line of tobacco factories, making cigarettes that just happen to be 7.62mm in diameter. Guess how long it takes for those production lines to change to making ammo? ))
But aren't cigarettes basic infantry equipment anyway?
I didn't realize that the process of making cigarettes was so similar to the process of making bullets that they could use the same equipment. Or did they just shoot cigarettes at the enemy and give them all lung cancer? :)
@@Bill_Garthright Fun Fact: In soviet russia cigarettes are made out of steel!
I just got HoI 4 to take a tiny break from game development, and needless to say I couldn't believe it was your video, as I was using *your* Unity tutorials to improve my current project. Thanks once again!
@quill18 I really loved this video brother , just bought this game alongwith bunch of dlcs , I want to dive into the world of HOI now after having played CK3
That's me! I just bought this game yesterday. I've got 10 minutes in. Clearly a beast of a game. Let's see if I stay with it.
sorry to say mate, but i downloaded it for free
Did you stay with it?? Just curious
@@anvithrai4133 Sadly, no. Too difficult and complicated for my old bones.
I finally understand the use of civ factories 👍
I didnt even build any before
dude you are the best as a TA i love perfect explanations for anything
Great job on this tutorial! Wasn't sure if I wanted to purchase this game as it seemed very complex and rather confusing to me, but after watching this video and knowing you have more to offer, I was finally able to take the plunge and buy this game! So new sub for you and a new game for me! :) Many thanks and please keep the HOI IV content coming!
Nice refresher course here. I put about 100 hours in when the game came out but waited for some DLC to do any more, well that was years ago and this is a paradox game. = me rusty. =) So thanks again.
Looking for a strategic tactical war game and seeing a ‘Tutorial for beginners’ series of 7 hours of tutorials xD
As any Paradox's game, this one is complex but thanks to you quill18, I'm learning to make the most of the game.
Not new, but love these refreshers. Keep them coming
Shit man I love this game, and shit man I have no clue about what I’m doing
I'm watching this because the tutorial wasn't clear on how to give order's to divisions
You got me started on EU4 last year now its time for HOI4. Thanks again for these videos!
Hey man, VERY WELL DONE VIDEO. Like seriously, so well done. I am looking forward to finishing this tutorial series and getting some gameplay in! Cheers!
Dear Quill I just bought the game so your tutorial series is just what I need. Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to make these videos - much appreciated! :-)
Nice timing, i just started playing HOI :)
I just got the game in the winter sale, these tutorials are of massive help, tank you
Really nice tutorial video.
I was playing Hearts of Iron IV before.
But I'm returning from a long time off and with the new update.
A video like this is very nice to watch to get up to date.
Will watch rest of the serie to, great.
hoi 4 is my first paradox game. its confusing as hell so thanks for these vids
stellaris was my first
i dont think stellaris was as complex as this though
Skylines was my first
"did i pick the soviet union accidentaly?" THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS
This is the best "how to play" I've ever seen, particularly on HOI4.
Excellent tutorial ... haven't played in a while and needed a refresher.
I always find it funny that the international version blacks out Hitlers face
ohh thats who that was
So what does the national version do to it?
Sarken USA version has his face
Im in finland and normally it blacks it out and then you need dlc To get it
Even though I'm somewhat familer with the game, I feel the need to watch
I love how in depth and how straight forward this series is, i feel every other tutorial is too fast paced
Amazing tutorial, well explained and concise. Thanks mate.
"My fellow people, you don't need 15 toasters in your house."
Edit: People actually like this comment?
"No i need 15 toadter to throw at other people bathtub"
The real reason France riots is because of the lack of toasters
The real reason I eat is beacuse I do
Dude wdym I like to make 15 pieces if toast at once. It's more efficient.
i love my old account sometimes
This is where my life starts going downhill.
Im thinking the same... Goddamn this is complex game but Im interested so byebye sexlife and social life 😂😂
Most games you can attempt to figure out as you go, this game you most certainly cannot so Thankyou so much for this!!
how this guy talks makes is so easy to understand thank you so much bro you helped me so much in 1 episode
Hi! Does anyone know how he got the ui to be like that, mine seems a lot more zoomed in. Thanks!!
Took me a while to really understand the game. Considering this tutorial is a bit obselete due to NSB, it is still a fantastic way to introduce people. I'm more of a Stellaris player, but I found HOI4 to be more complex. UK is my go-to faction (for obvious reasons) and I tried Germany but I found it to be a struggle.
totally new to the game here .the video very helpful . Thankyou for sharing
This is pretty much the best guiede of HoI IV out there. Thanks for the effort quill, realy apreciate. Now i can finally play this damn game :D