Cheat Codes/Commands & Country Tags – Hearts of Iron IV

Overview

Cheats, useful commands and how to use them. Need help? Write a comment below and you’ll either get help from me or from one of the friendly guys in the comment section :)Good luck and have fun!

>> DISCLAIMER <<

– SOME COMMANDS MAY HAVE UNEXPECTED RESULTS.

SAVE BEFORE USING COMMANDS

– SOME COMMANDS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE AI COUNTRIES.

PAUSE BEFORE USING COMMANDS

Console Window

To open the console window, where cheat codes are entered, press:

The button above TAB
The key which has a ½ or § symbol on it
If none of the above work, just slam your head on the keyboard a couple times until it works

Basic/Quick Cheat Codes & Commands

Code

Effect

manpower

Adds 10 million manpower

Instant construction. NOTE: This also affects AI nations, PAUSE BEFORE USE!

fow

Removes the fog of war, revealing all units on the map

focus.autocomplete

Enter this code before you start a new focus. It will complete it immediately

research_on_icon_click

Tech will be researched immediately when clicked on

research all

All tech will be researched directly

Adds 1000 political power

Adds 1000 xp

allowdiplo

Removes diplomacy rules and allow use of all available diplomatic actions

ai_accept

AI nations will accept any and all your diplomatic actions

debug_nuking

Allows nuking of all provinces without having to meet any conditons

winwars

Max war score in all wars for the country

instant_prepare

Will instantly prepare any naval invasions

Toggle AI on or off

State/Party Ideologies

Ideology

code

Non-Aligned

neutrality

Fascist

fascism

Democratic

democratic

Communist

communism

Advanced/Customizable Cheat Codes & Commands

Code: setowner “country tag” “state id”

Description: Will change owner of a specified state.
Examples:
– To change the owner of Maryland to Sweden, write: setowner SWE 361
– To change the owner of Catalonia to Australia, write: setowner AST 165

Code: civilwar “ideology” “country tag”

Description: Will trigger a Civil War started by the selected ideology in the selected country.

Examples:
– Fascists will start a civil war in Poland, write: civilwar fascism POL
– Democrats will start a civil war in Japan, write: civilwar democratic ♥♥♥
– Communists will start a civil war in Australia, write: civilwar communism AST

Code: add_latest_equipment “amount”

Description: Adds a chosen amount of latest equipment in every category.
Examples:
– To add 420 of the latest equipment, write: add_latest_equipment 420
– To add 50000 of the latest equipment, write: add_latest_equipment 50000

Code: ae “amount” “type”

Description: Adds a chosen amount of chosen Equipment
Examples:
– To add 100 Light Tank I, write: ae 100 Light Tank I
– To add 5000 Infantry Equipment II, write: ae 5000 Infantry Equipment II
– To add 10 000 Heavy Fighters, write: ae 10000 Heavy Fighter
– To add 500 Convoy, write: ae 500 Convoy

About equipment type:
Easiest way to find equipment types is by looking in the production or research menu. For example Infantry Equipment. It comes in different iterations (I, II, III). Here are some more examples: Support Equipment, Motorized, Heavy Fighter, Medium Tank, Convoy

Code: manpower “amount”

Description: Adds a chosen amount of Manpower to the player nation
Examples:
– To add 10 000 manpower, write: manpower 10000
– To add 1 000 manpower, write: manpower 1000

Code: nu “amount”

Description: Adds a chosen amount of National Unity to the player nation
Examples:
– To add an additional 15% national unity, write: nu 15
– To add an additional 1% national unity, write: nu 1

Code: whitepeace “nation tag”

Description: Will trigger white peace with the chosen nation.
– A white peace will be triggered with Poland, write: whitepeace POL
– A white peace will be triggered with Hungary, write: whitepeace HUN

Code: nuke “amount”

Description: Adds a chosen amount of Nukes to the player nation
Examples:
– To add 50 nukes, write: nuke 50
– To add 1 nuke, write: nuke 1

Code: tag “nation tag”

Description: Switch player to a different country.
Examples:
– To change to Lithuania, write: tag LIT
– To change to South Africa, write: tag SAF

Code: annex “nation tag”

Description: Annex another nation.
Examples:
– To annex Italy, write: annex ITA
– To annex Turkey, write: annex TUR

Code: add_party_popularity “ideology” “units”

Description: Add popularity for a specific ideology/party.
Examples:
– To add 5% popularity to a fascist party, write: add_party_popularity fascism 5
– To add 35% popularity to a communist party, write: add_party_popularity communism 35
– To add 80% popularity to a democratic party, write: add_party_popularity democratic 80
– To add 1% popularity to a non-aligned party, write: add_party_popularity neutrality 1

Code: set_ruling_party “ideology”

Description: Change ruling party to the desired ideology.
Examples:
– To change to a fascist party, write: set_ruling_party fascism
– To change to a communist party, write: set_ruling_party communism
– To change to a democratic party, write: set_ruling_party democratic
– To change to a non-aligned party, write: set_ruling_party neutrality

Country Tags – MODS & VANILLA

There is no need for a long list of country tags!

How to retrieve a country tag

First open the console window
In the console, type “tdebug” (without the ” “)
Using your mouse, hover over the country which tag you want to know
Once you’re done, type “tdebug” in the console again to turn it off

This works for ALL vanilla and mod nations!

State ID – MODS & VANILLA

How to retrieve a state ID

First open the console window
In the console, type “tdebug” (without the ” “)
Using your mouse, hover over the state which tag you want to know
Once you’re done, type “tdebug” in the console again to turn it off

This works for both vanilla game and modded games!

Changelog

15-01-2018
Just some QOL improvements as well as a big disclaimer

13-01-2018
Guide is back up thanks to a very nice moderator. Now get back to the game!

03-01-2018
Some nice guy reported the guide and it was taken down. F**k yes!

12-07-2017
Two new commands and a new section!
– add_party_popularity will add more % to the desired party. Thanks to @Hans for the tip!
– set_ruling_party will change ruling party to the desired one
– New section named “State/Party Ideologies to clarify the code names for the four ideologies

29-05-2017
– political.XX codes are no longer working. I have no idea why but they are from now on “unknown commands”

06-05-2017
Big update:
– The country tag list was obsolete and is now gone. Instead, use the easier way: tdebug
– Added a state id section, works like the new country tag method
– More examples!
– Rewrote large portions of the guide
– Added the advanced cheat “event political.XX”

30-01-2017
– Added a notice on the IC cheat. AI nations are also affected by this cheat

22-01-2017
– Removed all “Work-in-progress” sections. I do currently not have the motivation to work any further on country tags lists

08-12-2016
– Some people are experiencing issues with the civilwar cheat. Added a notice about ideology tag

05-12-2016
– Various small corrections
– Changed “add_equipment” to “ae” as it will avoid a lot of confusion

31-10-2016
– Added the setowner cheat code to the advanced section by request

27-10-2016
– Added more country tags for mods
– Minor corrections

26-10-2016
– Added a new section: Country/Nation Tags for Mod Nations. These tags work for cheating with mod nations. Download the mod, then cheat using these tags. The list will be extended as I have time to do so

24-10-2016
– Added the annex cheat to the advanced section by request

Hall of Fame – Extra helpful people

@Hans
@Rebels of Oppression
@Regular L0r3nz0

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