After the Barbarossa update my game began running extremely slow, I have deleted and reinstalled multiple times but nothing is working. Best. )I play HOI4 on a Ryzen 5 1600X running Linux and have zero performance issues. This causes a crash to desktop (CTD). Here's how to do that in steps if you're using windows 10 (this is only the steps for a Windows OS) : 1. Me and my friend are trying to play multiplayer, but can't get anywhere because the game keeps lagging behind. Join. On title screen->Options->Video->UI Scaling. Often late-game has a lot of units and battles to calculate. Both CK2 and EU4 run fine with many more factions and charaters then HOI4 so what causes HOI4s speed to tank? There are a number of reasons why the game runs as it does, the main issue comes down to how the games engine handles CPU core managment, of which this game does very poorly. The CPU is the most important hardware component for HoI4. A day starting in 1936 as the soviets takes about 10 to 12 seconds, is that normal or am…Played as slow as possible - still the game sucks /rant. 4: Reduce your graphic game settings. 335 Aug 16, 2019; Add bookmark #7. 48. I just want to know if anyone has any suggestions to make multiplayer run better. Jump to latest Follow Reply. Jump to latest Follow Reply. Top 5 ways to speed up HOI4 GUARANTEED!0:00 Intro0:38 Why HOI4 has a lag problem2:28 Turn off the AI3:00 Delete all units4:01 CPU. Ctrl alt del, find hoi in details, right click change priority to high. #2. Movement is measured in hours. ago. Now if I’m on speed 5 I’ll blink and a month has gone by. I recently discovered how VSync affects my hoi4 experience. 124,404 views. Like, 20 minutes to reach March at speed 5. Step 2: Go to Hearts of Iron IVcommondefines. 2: Use submods (see submods pinned message) which have names like "Optimization" or "Remove Africa". Thankfully this game is small in size so the download takes no time. I cannot get past the French army, I have tons of divisions and every time I make an attack my 24 division command cant beat 3 divisions of French soldiers and absolutely zero progress is made, its been a stalemate for months now. Make sure to click on More details. Dec 30, 2016. 31 had a very bad impact on overall performance. It’s just very slow. I couldn't understand the problem, because Hoi4 is running way better on my old laptop. for example stellaris can go till 2450 before starting to slow down (with max graphics). 10 patch for anyone else? One in game day takes 4-6 seconds on the 1936 start date. ago. A CPU upgrade can get you a better performance on Paradox' Games since they are more CPU dependant. - [Windows] Users<username>DocumentsParadox InteractiveHearts of Iron IVIf you run something like CoreTemp or RealTemp and GPU-Z while playing HOI4 when its slow, we can get a sense of what your temperatures are in-game. In any case you should be able to run it.