Usually, country tags are quite "obvious": Germany's is GER, Frances is FRA, Poland's is POL, etc - but sometimes tags can be less straight-forward, for example, Iran's is PER (for Persia). It is used in commands to specify a specific country. What is a country tag?Ī country tag is a 3 letter tag (or code) assigned to a country that is unique. On, you can find detailed explanation for each and every argument a command has on its own command page (e.g. In the command tag ENG, 'ENG' is an argument, and in the command ae light_tank_artillery_equipment_1 100 both 'light_tank_artillery_equipment_1' and '100' are arguments. If your keyboard doesn't have that key (due to keyboard layout), or that hotkey isn't working, here is a list of other hotkeys to open the cheat console:Īn argument is a "parameter", or piece of data you pass to a command. The most commonly available hotkey is `, simply press this key and the console should open up - it is usually positioned in the top left of your keyboard, under the ESC key. Opening the console in HOI4 is as simple as pressing a hotkey. To jump to a particular part of this article, use the following links:
This guide explains how to open it, and the definitions of some HOI4-specific terms like country tags and equipment codes. It is a very useful tool for almost every player, regardless of their favored playstyle.
Ideally, in either case, you should now be able to launch the mod normally.The console in Hearts of Iron IV can spice up gameplay, speed things up, and fix commonly-encountered problems. At this point you should be good to proceed - make sure you play with no other mods active (other than the official submods), as they can cause conflicts with Kaiserreich's files.
If you are having issues with Kaiserreich that you can't pin down, it may be worth doing a clean reinstall of both Hearts of Iron IV and Kaiserreich.