The new DLC "By Blood Alone" has significantly lower the production cost of transport planes. A single air wing of transport planes can supply an entire region by itself.
Your guide for hoi4 has finally got me into the game after owning it for years. Attempting a few starts over that time but pretty much abandoned it. So glad i watched your content as its finally got me playing this amazing game. Thank you!!!
Hammo, have watched numerous vids on supply, and not one of them has addressed, or explained, how to get supply up when you go overseas, such as the USA to Europe-China. They insist you build a naval base, and yet when you check supply, many times it is not even being delivered to the naval base you built. Also, when going to an existing supply hub in a foreign territory, it is always controlled by another nation, so you can NOT click on the hub and upgrade railways back, you must manually upgrade the railways back to the naval base, but there in lies the problem--------->if you can NOT choose which naval base for your country to send supply to, you might have to upgrade railways across the continent to where it is being supplied, and there is no promise that base is where supplies will be sent to in the future. This means you have spent loads to build the railway, and now it is not viable for supply from your country as the AI has switched where it is going. Any thoughts?
Great point! Generally supply will be delivered through the highest level route available, which goes for your ports as well. So if there's a specific port you want priority for, build that one up to be higher than the rest. The kicker is though a lot of people forget to also upgrade their port on the mainland, it will need to be the same level or higher than the target port. If this fails, the other thing you can try is to set the naval regions to "do not travel" to force your convoys to go where you want them. Hope this helps!
Quick tip, if u got a good economy like Germany, u can just upgrade small parts manually so u can do a whole railway in faster amount of time instead of putting 15 factories on 30 railways taking 2 months just put 100 factories on the same 30 railways just seperated and let it take 4 days
Nice explanation! Could we say in a nutshell that trains bring the supply to the supply hubs, and trucks take it from the supply hubs to the divisions?
I've seen many gameplays of this game here on youtube and I've never noticed anyone looking after supplies, still less so when they invade a foreign territory or when they attack from their ally's territory. No upgrades of railroad, supply hubs, sea ports, no trucks assigning to particular armies. And still they are more successful in their invasions than I am, even if I consciously look after this infrastracture and supply stuff. I don't know what to do more.
Very helpful information, thank you. Just one suggestion: could you please slow your presentation a bit to reduce the need to go back and listen to parts.
Thank you I appreciate it! Thanks for the feedback, it's a tricky balance between having the pacing be good and fast enough to hold attention, but steady enough to be able to retain the information hahs
I just checked and it's still there for me, were you in the supply view/contruction menu? Do you have No Step Back? Do you already have level 5 railroads to that supply hub? Is it your capital?
@@hammotimee this is the standard answer everybody give but it doesn't solve the problem. This happens even if they are in the same province of the supply hub. It's not about range
@@BigBossXCV If they're on the same province you're probably overstacking that province then, sorry it's hard to diagnose without seeing the actual game, there's so many things it could be
@@hammotimee ok but I don't understand why if the supply hub is not overloaded they don't ask more supply from it. Also the game doesn't tell the province supply max capacity, only how many supply it receives. This system is a bit frustrating and PDX should rework it
Thank you! Got a small question Im doing most of the things you said, also have BBA but on war the front always have low supplies! I focus on taking enemies supplies and cities but in some cases they still suffers. Any tip to prevent this? And also support airplanes are still worth it?
Biggest thing would be to double check your motorisation level, make sure it's max, level up those railways and if all that still doesn't work, take some troops off that frontline. Also don't be afraid of building supply hubs And yeah transport planes can help! You need a lot though haha
@@hammotimee Thank you man! Sorry for late respond but i found the problem, my front line was in mountains and using trucks for supply wasnt working due to the 100% attrition it have..
Yep! Increasing your conscription laws is the best way, you can also change your occupation laws to one which uses less manpower and that will help! "Secret Police" is my favourite
@@hammotimee I started writing this comment before watching the video, so maybe my thoughts will change. I have less than 200 hours in HOI4. States that have high amounts of building slots (urban regions and higher) and a high ratio of military to civilian factories should have the option to build special supply hubs that you can plug in to your supply network to distribute a portion of your total supply generation to that region instead of all your produced equipment just magically appearing in the capital and having to be sent by rail back to the very cities those tanks and guns were built in. California, for example, was a major military producer in World War 2. Collectively, California built 2/3 of the total US military aircraft, and over 200 ships. In game, it would make far more sense for Los Angeles and/or San Diego to produce supplies that can be sent by ship to the Philippines, Hawaii, and all of the other naval bases instead of the default of supplies being sent by train to New Orleans, and then down through the Panama Canal by ship before even entering the Pacific. Having these "distribution hubs" built close to your borders offers a high risk/reward paradigm. Your frontline troops can get supplies faster, but you'll lose significantly more supply if one of the hubs is bombed/captured. Conversely, capturing an enemy distribution hub would allow you immediate access (after repairs, of course) to an entirely separate supply network for your forces in the surrounding area. Instead of waiting to build rail connections to the captured territory, your troops would have a base level of supply independent of air transports that are susceptible to interception. Let me know what you think of this idea. P.S. Engineer support companies could get a passive bonus to infrastructure, railway, and supply hub repair time for provinces they occupy.
The new DLC "By Blood Alone" has significantly lower the production cost of transport planes. A single air wing of transport planes can supply an entire region by itself.
Great change for the game honestly!
Your guide for hoi4 has finally got me into the game after owning it for years. Attempting a few starts over that time but pretty much abandoned it. So glad i watched your content as its finally got me playing this amazing game. Thank you!!!
Thank you so much! Glad I could help!
Hammo, have watched numerous vids on supply, and not one of them has addressed, or explained, how to get supply up when you go overseas, such as the USA to Europe-China. They insist you build a naval base, and yet when you check supply, many times it is not even being delivered to the naval base you built. Also, when going to an existing supply hub in a foreign territory, it is always controlled by another nation, so you can NOT click on the hub and upgrade railways back, you must manually upgrade the railways back to the naval base, but there in lies the problem--------->if you can NOT choose which naval base for your country to send supply to, you might have to upgrade railways across the continent to where it is being supplied, and there is no promise that base is where supplies will be sent to in the future. This means you have spent loads to build the railway, and now it is not viable for supply from your country as the AI has switched where it is going. Any thoughts?
Great point! Generally supply will be delivered through the highest level route available, which goes for your ports as well. So if there's a specific port you want priority for, build that one up to be higher than the rest. The kicker is though a lot of people forget to also upgrade their port on the mainland, it will need to be the same level or higher than the target port. If this fails, the other thing you can try is to set the naval regions to "do not travel" to force your convoys to go where you want them. Hope this helps!
Quick tip, if u got a good economy like Germany, u can just upgrade small parts manually so u can do a whole railway in faster amount of time instead of putting 15 factories on 30 railways taking 2 months just put 100 factories on the same 30 railways just seperated and let it take 4 days
Great tip!
trying to jump back in after a long time away. these will get me back up to speed quicktime. thank you
Welcome back! Glad to help :)
@@hammotimee thanks man! Happy to be back!
@@mikehunt3420 Great name btw haha
I really enjoyed this video thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice explanation! Could we say in a nutshell that trains bring the supply to the supply hubs, and trucks take it from the supply hubs to the divisions?
🔨nailed it!
This helped me a ton. Really enjoying your tutorial videos.
I'm glad it helped! Thank you so much 😄
I've seen many gameplays of this game here on youtube and I've never noticed anyone looking after supplies, still less so when they invade a foreign territory or when they attack from their ally's territory. No upgrades of railroad, supply hubs, sea ports, no trucks assigning to particular armies. And still they are more successful in their invasions than I am, even if I consciously look after this infrastracture and supply stuff. I don't know what to do more.
Very very helpful. thank you, good sir!
Glad it helped!
Very helpful information, thank you. Just one suggestion: could you please slow your presentation a bit to reduce the need to go back and listen to parts.
Thank you I appreciate it! Thanks for the feedback, it's a tricky balance between having the pacing be good and fast enough to hold attention, but steady enough to be able to retain the information hahs
disagree, I just pause sometimes. His guides are straight to the point and that's what I like.
tysm this helped a lot
Happy to help!
thanks. well done
Thank YOU!
What about transport planes set to supply drop? How does that work?
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Thank you?
@@hammotimee amogus
Also thank you for your tutorials, very helpful, keep on keeping on!
@@thegodistestingme I'm glad they help, thank you!
hey man, is there any reason not to increase supply priority to the double trucks?
never mind the videos answered the question🤦♂️
Hahahhah no stress@@taner873 !
I clicked on the supply hub but it didnt show me the upgrade thing. Is it patched?
I just checked and it's still there for me, were you in the supply view/contruction menu? Do you have No Step Back? Do you already have level 5 railroads to that supply hub? Is it your capital?
I don't understand why for istance if the supply hub is 1/15 (so it's not overloaded) the units next to it keep having low supply anyways
The further from the supply hub units are, the less supply they'll recieve. Try increasing their motorisation level
@@hammotimee this is the standard answer everybody give but it doesn't solve the problem. This happens even if they are in the same province of the supply hub. It's not about range
@@BigBossXCV If they're on the same province you're probably overstacking that province then, sorry it's hard to diagnose without seeing the actual game, there's so many things it could be
@@hammotimee ok but I don't understand why if the supply hub is not overloaded they don't ask more supply from it. Also the game doesn't tell the province supply max capacity, only how many supply it receives. This system is a bit frustrating and PDX should rework it
Thank you!
Got a small question
Im doing most of the things you said, also have BBA but on war the front always have low supplies! I focus on taking enemies supplies and cities but in some cases they still suffers. Any tip to prevent this?
And also support airplanes are still worth it?
Biggest thing would be to double check your motorisation level, make sure it's max, level up those railways and if all that still doesn't work, take some troops off that frontline. Also don't be afraid of building supply hubs
And yeah transport planes can help! You need a lot though haha
@@hammotimee Thank you man! Sorry for late respond but i found the problem, my front line was in mountains and using trucks for supply wasnt working due to the 100% attrition it have..
@@mesterb8624 ahhhh good to know!
Can you tell me how to get manpower?
Yep! Increasing your conscription laws is the best way, you can also change your occupation laws to one which uses less manpower and that will help! "Secret Police" is my favourite
im colorblind
Is there a mod that adapts the game colours for colourblind people?
Next time say the controls, u just saying to spread them out didnt really help, i still dont know how to do it.
I cover that in the army guide of how to adjust your frontlines! Check out the playlist called "Beginner's Guides" 😁
Naval base price is per level. There are 10 levels that increase the supply you get from the base. Fyi
@@FederalBlowJunkie exactly! Forgot to mention this apologies
The fact that the supply line always starts in the capital (and can't be distributed to more locations) is so stupid and unrealistic, I can't even....
How would you improve it?
@@hammotimeeI believe every city should be able to produce supplies but it would be op asf
@@hammotimee I started writing this comment before watching the video, so maybe my thoughts will change. I have less than 200 hours in HOI4.
States that have high amounts of building slots (urban regions and higher) and a high ratio of military to civilian factories should have the option to build special supply hubs that you can plug in to your supply network to distribute a portion of your total supply generation to that region instead of all your produced equipment just magically appearing in the capital and having to be sent by rail back to the very cities those tanks and guns were built in.
California, for example, was a major military producer in World War 2. Collectively, California built 2/3 of the total US military aircraft, and over 200 ships.
In game, it would make far more sense for Los Angeles and/or San Diego to produce supplies that can be sent by ship to the Philippines, Hawaii, and all of the other naval bases instead of the default of supplies being sent by train to New Orleans, and then down through the Panama Canal by ship before even entering the Pacific.
Having these "distribution hubs" built close to your borders offers a high risk/reward paradigm. Your frontline troops can get supplies faster, but you'll lose significantly more supply if one of the hubs is bombed/captured. Conversely, capturing an enemy distribution hub would allow you immediate access (after repairs, of course) to an entirely separate supply network for your forces in the surrounding area. Instead of waiting to build rail connections to the captured territory, your troops would have a base level of supply independent of air transports that are susceptible to interception.
Let me know what you think of this idea.
P.S. Engineer support companies could get a passive bonus to infrastructure, railway, and supply hub repair time for provinces they occupy.