GAME MANUAL - Steam

HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOURThe Force Pool HotButtonThe sixth hot buttonis used to view anddeploy new units from yourforce pool. I will give youdetails of how to use thisinterface later in the manualso it will suffice to indicatehere that if you click on theForce Pool hot button, you willbe given a list of all of theavailable units in your forcepool. These are the new unitsthat you have built or recruitedusing the production interfacewhich are ready for active dutyand are simply waiting for youto issue them an assignment.If you have given orders forthe strategic redeployment ofa land unit then it will appearin this list as well, along withits intended new location. Youcan only review - not change -a strategic redeploymentorder, and the force is listedhere only for your referenceand convenience. Importantnote: Each item awaitingdeployment in the force poolwill tie up national transportcapacity as well as consuminga daily allotment of supplies.This may hurt your ability toefficiently supply your forcesthat are already on the frontlines. Items in the force poolwill also have very poororganisation when firstdeployed and will not beupgraded with the most recenttechnological advances untilthey have been placed in thefield.MultipleDeploymentAn interesting feature ofDarkest Hour is the multipledeployment of divisions.If you have a long list ofdivisions in your deploymentpool and you don't want towaste your time deployingeach of them separately, youcan now simply press Controland click to select/deselectthem. Moreover, if you pressShift and click over a division itwill automatically select alldivisions of the same model(infantry, motorized, interceptors,CAS etc.). And if youpress Control and Shift and40