GAME MANUAL - Steam

HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOURNavigating TheMain MapThe world is divided into morethan 2700 individual provincesand sea zones. There are fartoo many to be displayed onthe main map while still givingyou any useful graphicalinformation, so the main maparea displays just one smallpart of the globe at a time.Sometimes, you will want toview the main map at a veryhigh level of magnification,where only a handful ofprovinces will be visible, butwhere it’s easy to see andselect your military units. Atother times you may wish toget a less detailed “big picture”of what’s going on, where youcan quickly survey severalhundred provinces or look atthe general location of troopsalong a front or in a theatre.You can zoom in and outbetween DH’s four differentlevels of map resolution byclicking on the small “+” and“-” buttons located on the rightedge of the Mini Map. You canalso use the “+” and “-” keyson your keyboard; both theregular keys and the numberpad keys will work.Moreover,you can also use themouse wheel to change thezoom level. The Main Map canbe scrolled by moving yourmouse pointer to any of theedges of your screen. Doingso will cause the map to beginscrolling in that direction untilyou remove the pointer fromthe map edge. You can alsouse the Mini Map to quicklyjump to a different area of the31