Hearts of Iron 3 - Complete Tutorial (ish) 

Those lip smacks are fucking horrible, drink some water instead of coke for once in your life.

i refuse to play hoi4 becouse hoi3 has good maps. and you know i like my maps like my woman, 2D and full of details.

Me : This game is lot more complex to manage than HOI4, you normie! Also me : [always set the equipment production on automatic] Ah yes, mAnAwGMeNT.

I play HOI 3 because my pc won't run HOI 4

thank you for this video. i am coming from hoi4 and wanted to try 3, needed a video exacly like yours. greeting

What the f are these boxes and all these numbers... lol. Exactly how I felt when i bought it on sale 2 years ago and largely unplayed. I'm an EU, Victoria and crusader kings veteran, but found this game infuriatingly complex. Thanks for this comprehensive guide.

Hey, I was looking for some HoI III tutorial, since I became a bit disappointed of HoI IV, and I have this game a couple of years on my Steam library, catching dust and all of that, so I said to myself: Now, you're going to learn this game! Googled for some tutorial and found yours. Awesome work, my dude. I always enjoyed Darkest Hour (A HoI II mod) and looking at this game a bit, it's not that different when you compare them. So, let's play! And I hope to someday play a MP game with you. Take care!

This is the one and only hoi3 tutorial you'll ever need,all the rest just ramble and fluff. Just getting back into hoi 3 and taking baby steps.thanks very much!!😀😀😀😀😀

Dude i wish i actually found this video waaay back when i started playing Hoi3 cuz i've been playing Hoi3 for almost a year and I still found this video reaally helpful

HOI4 finally convinced me to stop purchasing Paradox new games. Basically, in a nutshell, they are designed for DLC money grubbing and NEVER bother to support/improve any AI worth a crap in the newer games.

I have 736 hours on hoi4, and I really enjoy it, but hoi3 looks great but also much more complex(part of the reason it looks great tbh)so thanks for this.

I always wanted a really complicated grand strategy game but even EUIV or Men of war assault squad didn't cut it. I really like this game now, it was collecting dust in my brother's old account he lended me and I wanted to pick it up. Thanks for the tutorial.

Oh i've played many a grand strategy game and the UI on this had me sobbing.

Thank you for this video, I'm fairly decent at Ck2, Victoria 2 and Eu4 but this game was confusing to start playing.

You are a good teacher, you really put yourself in the shoes of a new player.

Me: looks like I have done too much Python programming, i need to take a break relax my head a little. Also me: Lets learn to play Hearts of Iron III

I have a head ache trying to remember all that, but thanks it’s a good start to playing this game!

damh broah...i wanted to play this game for so long, but there are so many tutorials out there that are more confusing, and u make it look easy. I did not by the game because of that, but now....shiiiit, gotta hook my self up with some hoI3. Keep up the goof work, and thax! God bless

Thx for the tutorial man! I really love grand strategy games and history so being able to play this is really fun, so once again really appreciate this. ( Luxemburg didn't stand a chance)

Thanks for the tutorial. I come from a StarCraft Brood War background and I knew this was the game for me when I saw people saying the same stuff about HoI3 in relation to HoI4 as BW players have said about SC2. Old is gold.

Hey thanks for the guide man! It was really really informative and helpful.

Thanks..just watching now..played HOI2 for years...bought this on release and it was so unpolished I shelved it...now I want to play

thanks for this tutorial, specially about Counters, atleast i know what to do, to be able to have a better representation of the units, not those boring boxes

Going to watch it today. Glad you have made this movie!

I tried this game years ago but I think I was intimidated by the complexity and just dropped it, gonna try it again today. Good tutorial btw, you really know how to explain stuff

My first Paradox game that got me into history. A fantastic time.

This video literally got me into HOI3 lol

I tried getting into this one, failed, got HOI IV a year later, and got into that one. Now I'm hoping to finally learn this colossal flustercuck once again lol.

Thank you, I bought hoi3 awhile back and it's hard to get into XD I've played hoi4 and vic2 and hoi2 (darkest hour) so it's not like I'm a complete stranger to this type of game

Loved it hehe thank you so much and thank you for your time gentleman.

Every single year, i try this game and i go back to HoI IV. I hope this one will help me.

This is going to be my first Paradox game. Very excited

Thanks man this helped a lot

so what your saying is, it's pretty straight forward

i am pulling some friends into hoi3 and i ll show them your tutorial (ish)

To be fair about HoI3 DLCs, there are only 3 major expansions you need, which is like 20 dollars (and usually are on sale). The other DLCs are cosmetic like sprites or music.

Great tutorial!

Thanks for the vid

Although I did lose to yugoslavia I learnt a lot from this tutorial so thanks!

Pog. Thank you for the tutorial.

ty my man

Best tutorial ever! coming from HOI4. This sums it all up. short and easy, not intimidating

Hi Engari new player ,got the game and all the DLC from stream ,Im enjoying your feature on this game so thanks!! Not been thru MP yet ,already got me excited in the product.I have a friend another experianced board and tabletop gamer and Ive heard you call MP" jangly!!".In your view could we play MP without to much hassle and more importantly would we enjoy? Can we play cooperatively as seperate small countries or just fight a war between our 2 minor countries ??.looking to get a learning experiance before tying larger countries /empires .what are the issues with MP?...cheers Paul

Im actualy gratefull for your video.I assume that your guide is much more better,than russian ones. Go on !!!

this is very helpful it actually more understandable than the little man with a mustache in the tutorial section which is 55%bed time story

I think it might be the way the game is formatted but I hate how small the tabs were in the RU-vid video. It made seeing what you were doing a lot harder

4:37 normal human discover a paradox game

Nice, cheers!

Thank you now i don't have to pay 40 euro but only 10 for better game

good video! It was automatically translated into Korean and it was difficult due to the uneven interpretation, but I could guess it with words.

very useful!

After some experience with HoI4 and if you are on a buget, you can pick up the Black Ice mod. Totally brutal mod, very hard to master. It makes the game 15x harder. The only downside of the mod is that it forces you to play very historical, which can get boring after a while.

Thank you sir

Very helpfull thank you

Watched your tutorial profoundly (thank you for the good illustration) but here are my questions: Why does my user interface look different to yours? I bought HoI III and it was automaticly updated by steam to the newest version but it looks different to your version. Example: In the intelligence window I do not have traffic light symbols to change the behavior of the spys but I do have boxes with tick marks. Other example: I have no lines between HQ and their subordinated units. Same in the HoI III manual the UI looks different than in your video. Do you use a modification?

I love Oversimplified 😍😍

How do I know if my DLC's work? I have them all, but mainly I want to know if: semper fi for the motherland their finest hour works as they should

21:57 Admiral Horthy is crying in the corner 26:29 And again

Thx man I have the game now with all DLC I love it

What kind of version are you playing in this video? I play as Sovjet Union and as you can guess, it is a big big frontline to overlook. But i cant find the theatres

Off topic 15:50 the melody of James Bay's Hold Back The River Melody 5 years before the song came out.

Great tutorial! I am having trouble not going bankrupt/ not going out of materials. Any tips on how to avoid this problem?

It would be good if you explained a bit more about the theaters, but indeed it help me out very much to start, thanks man

This was 2 years ago before like 2/3 of the DLC's including man the guns so I don't blame him

I am having struggles opening the cheats tab to turn of neutrality i am pressing the alt 1 2 numpad and it’s just not opening

This game is good to show a view of my Coming KingDome

I always played age of civilisations 2 I tryed to play Victoria 2 man, what a hard game, now I'll download the hoi3

I finally learn, after many years, how to play at HOI

Quick question, compared to other paradox grand strategy games (excluding HOI4), is this game harder?

I dont know if anyone reads these but how many troops can you have on one province? Is there a weight limit and does infrastructure affect it in some way?

“I am going to conquer their entire country, because I want to” -Adolf Hitler, 1939

I heard so much hype about Hearts of Iron 4 so I evenentually bought it. I liked it, but yeah it wasnt that good. Especially if you don't have any DLC or Mods, its very lackluster. Never played 3, but it looks much better, I plan on getting it soon.

I made a video on the best mods for Hearts of Iron 4, check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7vX01tyR5ck.html I also made a tutorial for Hearts of Iron 4 recently in the same format as this video. Check it out if you're looking to learn HOI4: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ylXMnDRz_8g.html&ab_channel=Engeri Edit: Yes, I'm aware that my pronunciation of the word "espionage" is wrong. I've fixed it. English isn't my first language, so sorry about that 🙂 Mod recomendations for HOI3: Black Ice for Hearts of Iron 3. (Links can be found online)

why dont you take the divisions that are in you hq's for the invasions? 46:12

Do you know how can i change ideology of countries manually ? like turning soviets to fascist or germany to commie ?

Some of the stuff you did does not work on mine what version are you using?

I would like it if they added HQ units in hoi4, as well as being able to modify the military hierarchy structure. It should also be possible to execute Generals and it should also be possible for them to be captured or killed by the enemy. Also the resource food should be added, civilians should be able to die during invasions and bombings (reduction of population in states), and there should be a count of civilians deaths. I would also like that casualties differentiate between killed and captured. Because if you defeat a nation that holds many of your soldiers captured you should get them back in the manpower pool or as civilians. You should be able to decide how to treat POWs too. Another thing. I don't understand when I play as Germany that I never need to trade any steel, except in the end when I make 1000 infantry equipment per day. One big part of the war is that Germany needed Swedish steel and that was one of the reasons why they invaded Norway. But not in hoi4 so I don't bother invading Norway until I research atom bombs. The UK also never invades Scandinavia. I would like to see separate peaces and the possibility to sign a peace with a major nation without unconditional surrender. For example if Germany defeats the USSR and the UK. Now there is only the USA left in the war. In order for Germany or USA to win the war they have to sacrifice many men and it might take years. They should be able to make peace with each other. It should also be possible to peace out the UK during the blitz and with submarines. I have never figured out how to use subs without getting them all sunk withing 2 weeks but it might be possible. But let's say that you successfully sink most British convoys and annihilate their air force, you should be able to peace them out after some time. I don't see any real effects from winter either. And peace deals. I think they are fine in hoi4 but I would like one improvement. Before it starts (it could even be before the war) each nation picks each state that they want, if they want to puppet a country etc. Then during the peace deal you will choose as it currently is with one exception. If you pick a state that another country wants they can protest by spending some of their own participation points. You can either back down (you can not pick the state in this round or the next), or you can spend more participation points and take it anyway. This will worsen the relations between the two nations. Finally once the world war is over the world tension should go down and there should be an event addressing it.

If only I was a starter... this video still helped me with a few things and I have 50+ hours and I’ve only had the game for a week

how does it work to make supply lines? just make infrastructure right?

Thank you For the tutorial! I'm still confused on resupplying units which are further in enemy territory? Any help?

Me buys HOI3 to look OG: Hmmm yes let's make this UsEfUlL!

Haha 😂 exactly what I'm thinking. "What the fuck is this!? "

there should be 2 tutorials 1 for grand strategy noobs who really shouldn't start grand strategy by playing HOI3 1 for people who've played paradox games before and don't need to be spoonfed on how to move their units and change time

2020 and im just moving up from hoi2 to 3

i really need to know one thing about this game, hope anyone will reply, is it possible to send military hardware and or troops to other countries to make wars tru another nation possible? without fighting yourself? can you have a impact on the world like that too? in short are proxy wars possible. can you get other ai countries fight eachother while aiding 1 side? but without sending your own troops under your flag?

I can’t get over how you pronounce espionage

I'd love to play the game; too bad it crashes when I try to use tfh. Has anyone ever made it work, reliably? [It had worked for a small amount of time and now nothing works.]

Great video but how you pronounce espionage pains mr

HOI3 (and Darkest Hour…) forever

do you still recommend hoi3?

Its insane how dumbed down they made HOI4

I want to learn how to play hoi3 because even getting spanked as Germany,just for destroying 3 french divisions in an encirclement already felt like being a badass general and not just like hoi4 that feels like you only clicks a button and waits for a possible victory Btw there's the manpower thing,hoi4 the divisions are automatically reinforced until the country's manpower erase,while this,in hoi3 there's time where the reinforcements train and get ready,and finally start moving to the front,so this kinda difficults it The only thing i didn't like about the game is,the whole world is correct,beatiful (and i know nobody played these countries ever)Canada's HUGE but still,acceptable,now there's South America...which i guess....have been hit by a baseball bat for over four hours

What the no neutrality what’s the exact command I can’t get it correct

1:00:30 so you basically lost the war you started :D

I am playing hoi4 do you think it would be difficult to learn hoi3

Having never played any hearts of iron games and trying to play hoi4 how can you call it simplified? It’s too complex at least for me. I have a job and don’t get days off in a row so I can’t play games that require hundreds of hours just to master.

You play hoi3 because its more complex. I play hoi3 because my device cant run hoi4 we are not the same

Coming from victoria 2, it doesnt seem that hard for me, half of the things are very similar to vicky2.

can you actualy puppet nations in this game

If you already know how to play victoria 2 then this will be easier