GAME MANUAL - Steam

HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOURto your nation are colourcodedin light green if theycontain at least one factory, orin dark green if they belong toyou but do not contribute at allto your nation’s industrialcapacity. Any province thathas some type of naturalresource or manpower valuewill contain the appropriateicon to indicate its presence.You can also find this informationin the Territorial informationsummary in the Statisticsfolder.Supply MapmodeThis mapmodedisplays militaryunits and is thereforesubject to the fog of war. Eachprovince will be colour-codedto indicate whether it iscurrently within allied supply. Ifit is currently within supply, itwill be shaded in green, and ifit lies outside of an alliedsupply chain it will be red. Theshading of each provinceindicates its approximateinfrastructure level. Darkershadings indicate lowerinfrastructure levels and lightershadings indicate excellentinfrastructure. Note thatenemy and neutral provincesthat are adjacent to alliedprovinces will also usually bedisplayed in green, since aunit that moves there wouldremain in supply. Sea zonesthrough which either supplyconvoys or resource convoyswill run are also indicated onthe map as a clear blue colour,rather than the standardgreenish-blue tint. This onlyindicates that the convoy pathhas been created, but doesnot indicate that a sufficientnumber of vessels have beenassigned to actually carry outthat duty. Supply and convoyswill be discussed in detail inthe Production and Combatsections.Partisan MapmodeThis mapmode willgive you a quickindication of the riskof partisan activity in yourprovinces. Green shadingindicates a province which hasno risk of rebellion. Variousshades of red indicateprovinces where partisans areactive, with darker shadingindicating greater levels ofactivity; these should becarefully monitored. A tooltipdetails all current partisanrelatedconditions. Partisansare discussed in detail in theDiplomacy Section.Region and AreaMapmodeThe next two buttonswill display a colourcodedmap of either regions(large province groupings) orareas (somewhat smallersubdivisions of the regions,usually about 3 or 4 provincesin size). Areas and regions areused for many of the ordersthat you will give to your airforce or navy and do notindicate ownership or control,so you may find these modesconvenient when issuing suchorders.DiplomaticMapmodeIt is easy to losetrack of who is at warwith whom and who is alliedwith whom, so this mapmodeallows you to determine this ata glance. The map display iscolour-coded and contextsensitive.Click on a provinceto view the world from itscontrolling nation’s perspective.A dark green provinceis currently controlled by thatnation. A national province willalso have a red dot in it toindicate its importance. Aclaimed province will have ayellow dot in it. A light greenprovince belongs to one ofthat nation’s allies. A redprovince is currently controlledby another nation with whichthe nation is at war. A light redprovince is a core or claimedprovince currently controlledby another nation with whichthe nation is at war. You canremove icons from thisMapmode by toggling therelated option on theDate/Pause button.Victory PointsMapmodeThis mapmode canbe used to quicklylocate provinces that have anassigned victory point value.Green shading indicates that amember of your allianceoccupies the province; orangeshading indicates that aneutral country occupies it;and red shading means that itis currently controlled by anenemy. Provinces with veryhigh victory point values, oftennational capitals, will be darkerin colour than those with lowerpoint values. Key provinces ofparticular strategic importancefor peace negotiations aremarked with a red star in thismapmode.The History LogThe history log is a scrollablesequential list of themessages and events youhave had during the game. Inmultiplayer mode, it will alsorecord any chat messages yousend or receive. You can scrollback up through recentmessages received duringyour current session of play,which is also saved as a logfor future reference. A full logmay be read using the HistoryLog screen in the Statisticsfolder. If you wish, you mayhide the message log byclicking the small button at thetop left corner of the log andlater restore it by clicking onthe button again.42