Any way to alter save?(ironman mode)

[The Courier]

i know its cheating but I feel what the game did to me was damn cheating. I had been plotting a coup in a selected state and also justifying a war goal. I had reached the amount to declare was so I decided to cancel the coup and as I go to declare war the game tells me i'm unable to conquer because they are guaranteed safety by another country. i try to relauch the coup but doing so restarts it, wasting more political power and time.

I want to go back so I can uncancel the coup because I find it complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that I didn't know I was unable to invade. Is there any way I could cheat to increase coup time or go back to an older save?

[volbound1700]

I have thought about this but if you have another drive (i.e. jump drive), you could copy and save the file to another disk. It is now on an outside media and there is no way to access it. Kind of defeats the purpose of Ironman to do that. Just play regular. The only reason to play Ironman is for the challenge and for Achievements. Most of the Achievements of this game are as dumb as ♥♥♥♥ though such as Australia invading Austria.

[KriegerKR]

Originally posted by volbound1700:

I have thought about this but if you have another drive (i.e. jump drive), you could copy and save the file to another disk. It is now on an outside media and there is no way to access it. Kind of defeats the purpose of Ironman to do that. Just play regular. The only reason to play Ironman is for the challenge and for Achievements. Most of the Achievements of this game are as dumb as ♥♥♥♥ though such as Australia invading Austria.

You can access your HOI4 savegames here:

This PC > Documents > Paradox Interactive > Hearts of Iron IV > save games

Copy your save file to your desktop or another location to be used later if you mess something up bad. If you do mess something up, delete the save game in your folder, and copy the one on your desktop to then paste in the save game folder.

Your current game can't be fixed though, it already saved after you did that most likely. I generally don't bother save scumming HOI4 though. You can beat the guarantee or just attack other countries to increase your power base before attacking that one.

Also you could install a cheat mod and activate it for your playthrough. Achievements will be void but you could continue your game if it's that big of an issue.

[The Courier]

Originally posted by Krieger:

Originally posted by volbound1700:

I have thought about this but if you have another drive (i.e. jump drive), you could copy and save the file to another disk. It is now on an outside media and there is no way to access it. Kind of defeats the purpose of Ironman to do that. Just play regular. The only reason to play Ironman is for the challenge and for Achievements. Most of the Achievements of this game are as dumb as ♥♥♥♥ though such as Australia invading Austria.

You can access your HOI4 savegames here:

This PC > Documents > Paradox Interactive > Hearts of Iron IV > save games

Copy your save file to your desktop or another location to be used later if you mess something up bad. If you do mess something up, delete the save game in your folder, and copy the one on your desktop to then paste in the save game folder.

Your current game can't be fixed though, it already saved after you did that most likely. I generally don't bother save scumming HOI4 though. You can beat the guarantee or just attack other countries to increase your power base before attacking that one.

Also you could install a cheat mod and activate it for your playthrough. Achievements will be void but you could continue your game if it's that big of an issue.

power base?

[KriegerKR]

Originally posted by The Courier:

Originally posted by Krieger:

You can access your HOI4 savegames here:

This PC > Documents > Paradox Interactive > Hearts of Iron IV > save games

Copy your save file to your desktop or another location to be used later if you mess something up bad. If you do mess something up, delete the save game in your folder, and copy the one on your desktop to then paste in the save game folder.

Your current game can't be fixed though, it already saved after you did that most likely. I generally don't bother save scumming HOI4 though. You can beat the guarantee or just attack other countries to increase your power base before attacking that one.

Also you could install a cheat mod and activate it for your playthrough. Achievements will be void but you could continue your game if it's that big of an issue.

power base?

Just a word to describe your country's strength. If you for example took over a few other countries to get more factories/equipment, you'd have a larger power base.