GAME MANUAL - Steam

HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOURcombat icon will appearadjacent to its currentstrength. You may jumpquickly to the province byclicking on the province’sname in the information panel,or you may bring up detailsabout any army by clicking onits name in the listing, alsocausing the main map to jumpdirectly to that province.The Air Forces HotButtonClick this hot buttonto display summaryinformation about your airforces. Each of your provincescontaining an air base will belisted here. To the right of thebase’s name are two values:the overall size of the baseand its current operationalsize. If an air base has beenattacked by enemy bombers,the operational size may beless than the base size. Aslong as you devote IC toreinforcements, the base willgradually be repaired and willbecome fully operational oncemore. There is no restriction tothe number of air wings thatmay be stationed at a base,but if this number exceeds thebase’s current operationalsize, the rate that units regainorganisation, are repaired, orare upgraded will decrease. Itis possible to base your airwings in an ally’s air base,although you are subject tothe same size restrictions, atwhich point the ally’s provincewill also appear in this listing.Your air units will be listedimmediately below theircurrent base assignment. Youwill see a unit’s currentmission and location (whichmay be different than its baseif it is flying at the time thatyou review the information) aswell as its leader, strength andorganisation. This panel canalso be used to quickly issuenew orders to your air forcesby clicking the order box in thelower right corner of the unit’slisting and issuing new orders.Click on a squadron’s name tojump to its location on the mapand to review detailedinformation about itscomposition.The Naval ForcesHot ButtonThe Naval Forces hotbutton is very similarto the Air Forces hot button.Clicking it will bring up acomplete listing of your navalbases and the various unitsthat have been assigned toeach. The base size andcurrent operational status areshown beside the name of theport; note that naval bases aresubject to aerial attack. Navalunits are listed below theirbase, along with a summary oftheir current location, orders,commanding officer, strengthand organisation. Clicking ona unit will center it on the map,and the information panel willdisplay more detailed informationabout its components.Just as with the Air Forces hotbutton, you may quickly issuenew orders to your naval unitsfrom this panel.The Active CombatsHot ButtonWhen you engage inlarge-scaleoperations, it can be easy tolose track of all of the variouscombat activities that arecurrently underway, eventhough you will receive amessage when each onecommences (based on yourmessage settings). The ActiveCombats hot button becomesan invaluable tool for quicklylocating and evaluating thestatus of any battle.When you click this hot button,you will see a completescrollable listing of all activemilitary engagements. Eachwill feature a summary of thesize and nationality of theforces involved, the portraits ofthe two opposing commanders,and a graphicrepresentation that showseach force’s current strengthand organisation. The attackeris always listed on the left andthe defender on the right.Below them is a battle statusbar that gives an approximateidea of who is currently prevailing.If you click on any ofthe active combats listed inthe panel, you will jump to thelocation in the main map andthe Combat Details, a detailedbattle analysis, will bedisplayed in the informationpanel.In very large wars, you mayhave a huge number of battlesin progress, so you can alsofilter which active combats areshown when you click the hotbutton. You may choose tosee a list of only the land, air,naval, or bombing engagementsby clicking on theappropriate icon at the top ofthe listing. Click the “all” iconto return to a complete listingof all active combats.39