What do the 3 numbers at the top mean? HOI2

[scape9819]

It is something like 0/213/319
I know it is for industrial capacity, but i dont understand why there are 3 numbers.

[Nyxos]

It is something like 0/213/319
I know it is for industrial capacity, but i dont understand why there are 3 numbers.

wasted IC / Base IC / Total IC

at least in HOI3

[empr guy]

wasted IC / Base IC / Total IC

at least in HOI3

i think the only difference is that HOI2 its waste/total/base. To be honest its just important to watch it an make sure the first number isn't more then like 5, The lower the better and 0 is obviously the best but it can get annoying trying to get it to stay at 0, at least for me.

[Tankfriend]

I guess you mean this one?


This counter simply tells you (from right to left) how many points of physical industrial capacity you have available (i.e. factories), how many you actually have available after all effects have been applied, and how many points you are currently wasting (using more points on something than needed).
If the counter is coloured green, your IC is used at maximum efficiency. If it is red, you are wasting IC.
If you hover your mouse over the counter, the tooltip will give you the exact details of what currently has an effect on your IC.

There are several ways to influence your IC:
- Build factories: Each factory uses up 5 IC for one year until constructed and will then provide 1 additional point of base IC.
- Appoint the right ministers. Some ministers have a negative, others a positive effect on your actual IC output.
- Adjust your national policies. A maximized planned economy receives a bonus of 25% to IC.
- Go to war with someone. As long as you are at peace, you will suffer from a negative peacetime modifier to your IC (and you have to produce more consumer goods than if at war, but that does not actively change your IC).
- Capture new provinces. Foreign provinces will only add 1 IC to your pool, however, regardless of the number of factories present. Some ministers can have an effect on this value.
- Change the difficulty of the game. The lower the difficulty, the higher your bonus to IC. If you raise the difficulty, you will get a penalty to IC.
- Research technologies that increase your IC output. You can get an overall bonus of 15% if you research the three machine tool techs in the industry section.
- Improve the infrastructure in factory-rich provinces, make sure that there are no partisans around and keep your national dissent as low as possible. All these factors can have a negative impact on the IC output of the respective province.
- Make sure that you have all the ressources in store that are needed. One point of IC uses up 2 units of energy, 1 unit of metal and 1/2 a unit of rare materials each day, as the tooltip tells you.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=369562

Thought I just get out my old post about this topic. The screenshot is from HoI 2, but the principle should be the same in 3.

[Nyxos]

Oh, so they inverted the last two in HOI3, interesting.

btw, keeping the unused IC at 0 is pretty easy, I make sure I produce more than I can afford to, makes a waiting list but the units that only have 1 or 2 Ic supplied still get advanced slowly

[scape9819]

Thought I just get out my old post about this topic. The screenshot is from HoI 2, but the principle should be the same in 3.

Thanks so much. It was extremely helpful
I have one more question. What do the two numbers (has a truck icon beside it) that are at the left side of the IC numbers represent?

Thanks

[Tankfriend]

I will just link to my post in the thread you made about that topic.