Control of Puppet and Allied Forces

[Torredebelem]

How can I assume the military command of puppet or allied forces?

 

[Wraith11B]

How can I assume the military command of puppet or allied forces?

You can ask them for expeditionary forces, but you're not controlling a puppet's or ally's military like you could in HoI2.

 

[jkk]

What I do is tag switch:

• PAUSE THE GAME AND KEEP IT PAUSED
• Open the console
• Tag switch to the ally's control
• For ease, do some reorganization so that the forces I want are in a sensible corps/army/etc. structure, with the generals I want
• Go to the screen where you can offer an expeditionary force
• Pick the correct formation and offer it
• Tag switch to my own country
• Accept the expeditionary force
• Assign it into the correct hierarchy

 

[Wraith11B]

Or you can do that!

 

[Torredebelem]

What I do is tag switch:

• PAUSE THE GAME AND KEEP IT PAUSED
• Open the console
• Tag switch to the ally's control
• For ease, do some reorganization so that the forces I want are in a sensible corps/army/etc. structure, with the generals I want
• Go to the screen where you can offer an expeditionary force
• Pick the correct formation and offer it
• Tag switch to my own country
• Accept the expeditionary force
• Assign it into the correct hierarchy

Yes, that's the sensible way to deal with the issue.


Many thanks!

 

[Kovax]

Just remember NOT to start the clock while tag-switched, otherwise the AI will rearrange your OOB, cancel most of your trades for essential resources to buy fuel instead, strategically redeploy units across the map, and otherwise make a complete mess of your momentarily leaderless country, all in a matter of seconds. This is not an exaggeration. Best safeguard is to save your game before you tag-switch, so if something does go wrong, you can undo it.

 

[Torredebelem]

Just remember NOT to start the clock while tag-switched, otherwise the AI will rearrange your OOB, cancel most of your trades for essential resources to buy fuel instead, strategically redeploy units across the map, and otherwise make a complete mess of your momentarily leaderless country, all in a matter of seconds. This is not an exaggeration. Best safeguard is to save your game before you tag-switch, so if something does go wrong, you can undo it.

Sure, thanks. I am a veteran Paradox player, seasoned in using the console for about 25 years... and counting!