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HOI4 (Hearts of Iron IV): How to Use the Reseach on Click Cheat

• by Jonathan Ledesma
• July 16, 2023
• Guides , Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV (HOI4), an epic grand strategy game developed by Paradox Interactive, immerses players in the tumultuous era of the Second World War, challenging them to shape the destiny of their chosen nation. Will you steer your country towards becoming a dominant global force or succumb to the might of stronger adversaries? Paradox Interactive’s commitment to player agency allows for experimentation through console commands, freeing players from constraints and enabling diverse paths and events. In this article, we will delve into the mechanics of activating console commands in HOI4, specifically focusing on the research on icon click command and its workings. By harnessing these powerful tools, players can uncover unique and exciting possibilities, altering the course of history with their strategic brilliance.

How to Use Console Commands in HOI4

In HOI4, the player is allowed to use console commands, provided they are not running in Ironman mode. Once the proper command and its optional arguments are inputted, it will run immediately and produce its result right away.

Console commands can be triggered by pressing Shift+2, §, ~, \, `, “, ^ or ALT+2+1, or Shift+3, depending on the layout of the player’s keyboard.

Once triggered, a useful command to try is  Debug  as this will provide more details for the player, such as state ID, country tag, decision number, event number, and others. Having this information on hand will make it easier for the player to input the needed arguments to ensure the command works.

Pressing the up and down arrow keys is the easiest way to navigate through the recent console commands. As always, each console command is dependent on its DLC requirements. Should the player input any cheat that still persists even if inputted once more, a quick restart of the name is all that is needed to ensure its playability.

How to Use the Reseach on Click Cheat in HOI4

To instantly learn new tech in HOI4, you will need to use the research on click cheat. The command for this particular cheat is  research_on_icon_click . This will allow the player to complete any research without meeting any of its prerequisites. Here is how to activate the research on click command in HOI4:

• Press “~” on the keyboard to open the command console.
• Write “research_on_icon_click” and press enter.

Once inputted and activated, the player needs to proceed to the research tab and click on any of the empty research slots. After being directed to the research tree, clicking on any of the icons will instantly complete the research for that technology.

If you try to click on a technology that’s not really part of the category, you’ll be redirected to the correct research tree. Click once more on your intended icon to truly complete the research on said technology.

A good example of this is selecting the motorized rocket artillery icon from the support company tree. Doing so will redirect the player to the infantry research tree, and clicking the motorized rocket artillery icon will finally complete the research on said item.

This cheat only applies to the player and will not affect any AI-controlled nations.

The research on icon click command also works for doctrines (land, air, and naval). This, however, will not work on intelligence agency upgrades, as those require a separate cheat.

• This console command will work for any player-controlled nation. Say the player starts off with Germany, enables the command for researching on icon click, and then switches to Poland. In this case, the command would still work as long as it had not been input twice.
• As mentioned, to get rid of this console command, inputting it once more will do the trick.
• It’s worth noting that when using this cheat, the player is able to select two mutually exclusive research areas and doctrines at once. For example, clicking on concentrated industry or dispersed industry will not lock the other, thereby giving the player both bonuses.

And that is all you need to know about how to use the research on click cheat in HOI4. Check out other interesting HOI4 guides and articles:

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This page lists the codes which may be input into the Console Window, a special debugging window which may be accessed on non-ironman games by hitting ^ , ° or tilde (~) (key varies based on keyboard layout). Press the up or down arrow keys to traverse through previously executed commands. Many codes can be turned off by repeating the command, but sometimes reloading the save or exiting the game is necessary. Please note that many of these commands come in and out with each DLC making some of them not work. Mods may introduce commands and more commonly, tags into the game to enhance their gameplay.

Also of note, commands may not work in ironman games by design.

• 1.1 Internal IDs
• 1.2 Disambiguation
• 1.3 Useful commands
• 1.4 Modding-useful commands
• 1.5 Other in-game commands
• 3 References

List of commands [ edit | edit source ]

Press Shift+2, §, ~, \, `, ", ^ or ALT+2+1, or Shift+3 to access the console (key varies based on keyboard layout)

Internal IDs [ edit | edit source ]

Console commands use internal IDs, which may be obtained in a variety of different ways.

An easy way to tell internal IDs is debug mode. debug as a console command will turn on debug mode which can provide information about certain database entries, such as focuses, national spirits (and other ideas such as laws or designers), or technologies when hovering over them, as well as obtaining information when hovering over a province of IDs of the state and the province, as well as the 3-letter country tag of the country it belongs to. Note that while modding, the console command does not do everything that the launch option does and cannot serve as a substitute.

If that is impossible, using localisation is an alternative. To do that, navigate to the folder where the game is contained, then to the /Hearts of Iron IV/localisation/english/ folder. Each file in there contains localisation keys with values that actually appear in-game assigned to them. Using a non-default text editor can also allow using the 'Search in files' function (Such as in Notepad++, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code) in order to search through every single localisation file at the same time to find a specified value.

Disambiguation [ edit | edit source ]

In this article, there are 3 types of brackets used within commands:

• Regular brackets as in instantconstruction(ic) are used to show aliases, alternate names for the console commands. In this case, using ic or instantconstruction has the same effect in-game.
• Square brackets as in fow [Province ID] signify an optional argument. In this case, both fow and fow 1234 will work, but may have different effects.
• Square brackets in combination with angle brackets as in event [<event ID>] signify a mandatory argument. In this case, event generic.1 will work, but event will not.

Useful commands [ edit | edit source ]

Modding-useful commands [ edit | edit source ]

Several other commands previously mentioned, such as event , are useful in modding too.

Other in-game commands [ edit | edit source ]

See also [ edit | edit source ]

References [ edit | edit source ].

• ↑ A comment of podcat about the command been found https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/6cb8vh/the_secrets_of_hoi4/dhtdr4x/

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Hearts of iron 4 console commands and secret events

Have you ever had the feelings, that things aren’t going your way?

Regarding the Hearts of iron 4 gameplay, of course. Just imagine the following scenario:

A couple of days ago, I was playing as Portugal and everything was going perfectly. I have pupated Japan and China, defeated Britain and was fighting a successful war against the United States of America. I had the historical AI off, because non-historical games are more fun. I was attempting to complete the Macau achievement, which is one of the hardest in the game after the latest DLC release – La Resistance.

In Spain nothing much was happening, except for the Falangists being victorious in the Civil war and later reforming the Spanish Empire. Because of the fact, that I fought various of my wars alongside the Axis countries, Germany attempted to invite me in their faction, but I always ignored the invitations. Suddenly, in the middle of a fierce offensive, attempted by the brave Portuguese infantry in Texas, the Spanish Empire declared war on me. Out of nowhere and without any specific reason! It was just their stupid focus, that gave them a war goal against me and the AI immediately used it. One second later, I found myself fighting the USA and the entire Axis powers. It is safe to say that I lost the game, because my small army in mainland Portugal could not defend against nearly 100 fully equipped Axis divisions.

When you experience moments like this, it pops in your mind the idea of how to “travel” back in time and prevent the events, leading to your ultimate doom, from happening. Well, unfortunately, travelling back in time is to this day unachievable, but a little cheating will do the trick. And if it happens, that your game is not on ironman mode, then you would certainly be satisfied, when with just a couple with keyboard clicks, you could turn the table and ultimately fix this unfortunate turn of events.

Let’s move to the first goal of this article. Below these lines is a list of all the possible commands, that you can use in every Hearts of iron 4 game, that is on non-ironman mode.

HOI 4 Console Commands

The console, where you type the commands, can be opened by pressing the ` key (usually located under ESC). If your keyboard layout doesn’t have that key, other hotkeys to open the console are SHIFT + 2 and SHIFT + 3. 

Table of console commands

HOI 4 Secret events

Now that we are done with all the console commands in the game, I am going to discuss something, that is not that widely discussed among the Hearts of iron 4 community. I am talking about the four secret events.

There are four game events, that are so incredibly rare, that are considered secret and it is almost impossible for you, while playing a random country, to see them take place. The AI almost never creates those scenarios, since a lot of requirements are to be meet, in order for the events to fire.

Secret event 1

The first event is between France and Britain. You see, when in 1940 France is about to capitulate, there is a certain event, that fires, that gives the French AI (or player) three options. To cooperate with the Germans, to set up resistance state in Africa or to merge with Britain. If the AI chooses the third option, then Britain gets the event, that France proposes a union. If the UK accepts, then the Franco-British Union is proclaimed with the capital city being London and all core states of France becoming also UK’s core states. All of the remaining French forces, including the air force and the fleet become controlled by Britain. I, personally, have seen this Union pop up twice in my games, but it is incredibly rare. The other three events are even rarer, though.

Secret event 2

Moving on to the next event, it is also about the UK. There are certain things to be done, in order for the proper events to fire, but eventually if everything is done correctly, you might get the young Queen Elizabeth ll rule the state. Incredible as it sounds, it is possible.

Firstly, there are several ways to do this, but ultimately the best way is to change your ideology from democratic to non-aligned. While doing so, you will need to marry the future king Edward Vlll and Wallis Simpson and right before the start of the wedding preparations, you will get an event to select the type of marriage and you need to select the morganatic one. When you compromise on a morganatic marriage, you still get to marry Edward and Wallis, but without the ability for their children to inherit the throne. That is when things get interesting.

Secondly, you should be at war and I will explain why in a minute. After the coronation of Edward as the new king, being in a war is vital, because you need the Greater London Area to be strategically bombed by the enemy air force. That is very important, because during the bombing period, a bomb will strike the Buckingham Palace and ultimately – kill the royal couple. You will get an exclusive event for that. Next, King George will inherit the throne, but then because of smoking and too much stress – he will also die. After that there is no one left to become the new British monarch, except for the daughter of George VI, who is in fact – Elizabeth II. It is really cool, that you also get the three royal corgis (Dookie, Jane and Crackers) as political figures, that you can hire. Honestly though, they aren’t worth it, but it is a fun detail.

Secret event 3

Moving on to the third special event (we already talked about a lot of special events, but you get the idea ?), it is between Germany and Argentina. For the event to fire, you need a civil war to fire in Germany, between the monarchists and the fascists. When the monarchists take Berlin, they always get the event, that Hitler is found dead. But is it? There is 1/200 chance, that the former leader of Germany will flee to Argentina and then the Argentinian Ai will get an event. If than Argentina overthrows its current government and turns fascist, a curtain Senior Hilter will be in charge.

Secret event 4

Our last event is pretty much the same, but for America. It is more likely to happen, though. What you need to do, as America at least, is to win the Second American Civil war as the Confederate States of America. Shortly after the war is finished, you will get an event to retire MacArthur and appoint a new leader. Normally, you get three options, which are to retire him, to keep him or to ask Charles Lindberg to form a new government. This time, however, If of course, the same thing happened to Germany, that I already explained in the event for Argentina, you have a fourth option to appoint a certain Adam Hilt, former Architect, to lead the government and country. He gives you 1% bonus construction speed, which is pathetic, but who cares. The important thing is that the events are extremely rare and really cool. If you want to find a footage of how to fire the events, than click here, that will lead you to my YouTube channel – “How to HOI 4”, where I regularly post interesting content, regarding our beloved Hearts of iron 4.

I hope you guys enjoyed this article and if so, be sure to check some of my other writings (guides or tutorials) and stay tuned for more amazing content coming soon!

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