I went back and fixed my own French failure in the HARDEST MOD!

This mod gave me brain damage, 10/10, would recommend.
If you enjoy disaster save games and want to submit your own, do so here:
forms.gle/ak9v...
Try this yourself: steamcommunity...
Want to buy some DLC or games and support the channel? www.nexus.gg/bitt3rsteel
❤❤ ☑ Viewed? ☐ Liked? ☐ Subscribed?
I upload new video's frequently, so subscribe for more regular content!
Twitter: @Bitt3rSteel
Outro Music: Wild Pogo
I do not own any of the games, all rights are reserved by their respective companies. Paradox games: Copyright © 2016-2023 Paradox Interactive AB. www.paradoxplaza.com

[@SamuraiMorshu]

The mod is so set on the historical WW2 experience it will induce crippling blackouts to itself then let the Allies win prior to 1945. Truly one of the mods of all time.

[@Carl-Gauss]

Tbh Third Reich got lucky multiple times in irl WWII so Allies winning before 1945 makes some sense.

[@FlightLine4240]

@@Carl-Gausscurious what events you had in mind! Maybe the Italians lasting as long as they did lol

[@augustkoningen9970]

​@@FlightLine4240France Falling the way It did was a massive amount of luck

[@balinthehater8205]

@@FlightLine4240 France going the way it did, the fact that the german's own incompetence made them postphone the invasion that they were actually planning, the plans for which were actually captured fully intact by the belgians and given to the allies was a big reason why fall gelb and rot were so successful. Germany was also extremely lucky that the British and the French basically bungled the entire inter war alliance building. Until they condemned Italy for their Ethiopian adventure Mussolini was against the Anschluss of Austria. There was also guaranteeing the polish only against the Germans and giving up Czechoslovakia to the Germans for free. Without the gold gained from both Austria and Czechoslovakia the German economy, which was built on basically a Ponzi scheme, would have collapsed, the officers were ready to mutiny in case of war( as proved by the officer conspiracy which contacted Chamberlains office to implore him to deny the sudetenland demands) and Italy would have been on the allied side.

[@kylezdancewicz7346]

@@FlightLine4240fall of France was basically complete luck combined with French. Germany and Italy not becoming bitter rivals over Austria was extremely lucky as both wanted influence and control over it. Soviets agreeing to let Germany conquer the rest of Europe assuming that after Soviets is the only threat left Germany wouldn’t immediately stab The allies not doing anything in Munich, invasion of Czechoslovakia, or the beginning of WW2 in Poland while Germany was much weaker or at minimum likely unable to resist a Franco British push into the Rhineland. Belgium and the lowlands decided to reinforce their neutral stances even after ww1 showed Germany did not respect their stances. North Africa not immediately collapsing for the axis because the incompetent British generals in charge fell for the same trick over and over again letting North Africa rebound and even threaten Cairo. Germany is lucky that Scandinavia and Bulgaria decided to just placate the Germans to remain sovereign instead of fighting which would have caused significant issues. Oh and they got lucky where the initial blitzkrieg in Poland was enough to convince the Soviets it would be a quick victory and jumped in as else the German advance was stalling fast and casualties were going to start mounting without the Soviet invasion from the east making the Polish position hopeless. They’re lucky that invading Poland and allying the Soviets didn’t strain relations with Japan.

[@andrew_wow6892]

No failed offensive into Saarbrücken at the beginning of the war, try again

[@Parakas15]

Spanish intervention crisis isn't date based. It fires based on the surrender progress of the Spanish republic so if you're very lucky the entire crisis could never fire if the Republic just does very well or it could fire almost instantly if they just get dumpstered in the opening part of the war.

[@aarnopajakkala4320]

Now play luxemburg in black ice...

[@ImJustAKwimpOfficial]

Nah, Tannu Tuva.

[@martinsoelsepp5569]

​​@@ImJustAKwimpOfficial Yeah, atleast Tannu Tuva has USSR and Mongolia to shield them. Luxembourg just gets rekt once the war starts.

[@Titanium2w]

true

[@mildridsegersten6639]

Nah Etiopia

[@bruhgamer-gz5nq]

Like im intended

[@Ilsuperpro]

Now BICE, elite difficulty, expert AI, artillery only Luxembourg

[@myththegoatlover]

bro wants him to lose his mind and sanity 😭

[@mononoob1134]

​@@myththegoatloverits possiple

[@R-BGamingUK]

YES!

[@Normalguy1690]

Does BICE not already use a version of expert AI or should it be run separately?

[@simeonplayz4914]

I did artillery only Luxembourg in Black ice actually

[@LuqmanKhan-n4q]

Blitterseel" refers to a specific kind of German folk art that involves intricate paper cutting. These designs often feature elaborate patterns and motifs, typically cut from a single sheet of paper. It's a traditional craft that showcases skill and creativity”. Now i know the secret behind him😅😅😅

[@Yugoslavian530]

BitterSteel owns this mod at this point

[@AvarageYoututbeUser]

I mean,he's very good at hoi4

[@wedgeantilles3983]

You missed his livestream the other night playing Black Ice Italy and having a baby shitfit and ragequit lmao

[@Yugoslavian530]

@@wedgeantilles3983 aww man I miss the best streams F

[@snowmeows3342]

Him and College

[@AvarageYoututbeUser]

@@wedgeantilles3983 I was asleep

[@glauberglousger956]

And this is why France is probably the easiest nation to play if you know about history/want to start the game The Maginot line worked perfectly, nothing went through, so extend it, so nothing goes through the alps, or the northeast, and park your entire army over there Skills required, knowing how to move your divisions, and knowing how to build forts (A few other things can help, like Anti Air, Supply Hubs, and fuire forts along the swiss and spanish borders, as they can be conquered/called in eventually But for a beginner, 9 times out of 9.5, you can do this, and safely AFK, The British take care of Navy, Air, and Africa You don't need to know about factories or such, all you need to know about, is how to build forts, and move divisions) Then you can feel fre to experiment with strange stuff

[@Rincewindus]

Honestly, it seems like sometimes this mod leans needlessly into being hard in a way that clashes with it trying to be historically accurate. France should not be lacking in it's industry to the point where it has to compromise on it's air force, just like the Soviets should not be lacking on WW1 doctrines.

[@jhrb5136]

Bittersteal with a 30 minutes long video about an impossible HOI4 challenge, what a great afternoon

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@jhrb5136]

@@Bitt3rSteelyou fought your own members, add a meme of Anakin and won the challenge, of course i enjoyed it!!

[@culannthehound94]

When Bitt3rsteel said he was not going to compete in the air I was curious to see how that would work out being at the mercy of AI US and UK. Wasn't expecting the AI to just check out.

[@LukyList]

Historical Czechoslovakia in black ice when?

[@tamasvas1919]

That would be a short game

[@154Kilroy]

21:02 always set the strike fleet to repair priority low or maybe medium if you're worried it might actually have a chance of getting beat up. Repair priority high creates this. Also, dont have them set to split off because subs can sink isolated ships en route to repair. Thats actually a good way to defeat the AI because they leave it on. Just check the fleet periodically for damage and send ships that need it to be repaired manually. Subs have the opposite settings, use split off, and repair priority high. They're ok on their own usually. Destroyer squadrons set to repair high, and no split off for patrols, and split off for convoy escort.

[@154Kilroy]

There is something to be said for destroying encircled units from landings though.

[@lightmarkal273]

"We made this mod with history in mind. That's why we put a bunch of events where divisions just randomly pop in existence!"

[@spookygloberotter05]

I feel like if France held on like that the 20th of July plot would happen earlier, Operation Valkyrie would work out and we'd basically get the same result from WW1 lmao

[@guard6069]

I think this mod mades the AI move troops accordingly to historical scenarios. For example, the British AI doesn't bother to help you that much since it thinks France is gonna fall anyways. Or Germany taking away soldiers from the Benelux is probably because at that point it doesn't expect France to be there anyways and it's probably busy thinkin they are going to invade Italy or something

[@ImJustAKwimpOfficial]

France is already a pain to play historically in vanilla…. Why do you do this to yourself xd

[@aled845]

It's really not hard in vanilla... I've had many games where I destroyed the UK, the low lands and Germany by 1938

[@HPLovecats]

​@@aled845 thats not playing historically....

[@aled845]

@@HPLovecats sure that's the napoleon path I do as a proud french. The fascist one is okay as well, even though you're cucked out of a focus because of historical italy. But even historical France with leftist parasites is winnable. You can easily hold your territory until Barbarossa and then armored push through Belgium

[@ddesmarais7251]

​​@@HPLovecats genuine question, did France have any paratrooper divisions in WW2? I don't care who answers this I just wanna know

[@HPLovecats]

@@ddesmarais7251 they did, but none saw combat during the first battle of france

[@justmapping]

The fact, that Italy is the MVP of the Axis and Germany is pretty much a deadbeat who didn't get a cm of french land and got Axis in a war against the USSR while they haven't even defeated France is deeply concerning

[@maxfioretti8965]

You cannot escape, Luxembourg awaits you.

[@paulthiede]

20:01 Ah yes, Salamanders

[@TheKadanz]

"this has not been enjoyable" yep, black ice in a nutshell.

[@playerone740]

"France is just a Lot of Ass" 😔 true

[@GamelinPK]

From someone who has played France in BICE numerous times I feel you got a little lucky here on the front towards germany. Also I think it would be interesting to watch you microing the battles shuffeling units around. Had they kept persisting with attacks I don't believe the line would have held. What also happened on the air side? Usually Germany and UK has a little air war over BENELUX which Germany wins. After that Germanys air force felt a bit missing? Would have been great to watch an unedited clip of the war from August 1940 to December 1941 as someone who loves war analysis. Do you still have the savefile?

[@jamieoboyle7100]

Definitely enjoying the black ice vids, but would you ever consider going back to that carlist Spain run you lost? That disaster save one?

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

The "realistic" mod where Hungary, unprompted, declares war on the Soviets alone and Germany leaves a contested border...

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

Sometimes the AI does things like abandons borders. It doesn't happen all that often but it does happen. I think it tends to happen more in larger wars rather then the smaller wars that most of the in game time is spent fighting.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

@@JohnSmith-zl1tr you spend most of your time in this WWII based game fighting smaller wars?

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

@@TheOwneroftheIC if you play say Germany historically your first war is a small one against Czechoslovakia. The next is against Poland, with a small holding front against France and some port guards to stop Britain. The third is against Denmark and Norway. Only then would your fourth war or perhaps I should be saying campaign, be against a major power, namely France. After that it depends on how you deal with Britain which if you can make a landing is usually small because most of their army usually isn't home. But you would presumably have another major war against the USSR. After all that you might do world conquest or something but you're basically unstoppable at that point given the resources and industry you'd have. So that's 3 small wars, and 2 big wars and 1 more war that could be considered big or small. So mostly small wars. If you play a smaller nation like Hungary reforming the Austro-Hungarian empire you'd have a series of small wars against Austria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Romania which might escalate into a bigger war at any time depending on how well you navigate the guarantees by Britain and France. After which you might have a big war against the Allies or the USSR depending on what you want to do. But most of your game would be working on those small wars building up to the cool big war.

[@rogueemerald]

Would love to see an autumn begonia mod playthough!

[@shepherd3522]

Spawned-in units can be realistic but with limitations. Militia brigades might be created if the enemy come within a set distance of a city. These brigades should have very limited equipment and only have limited organization at creation (perhaps 20%). If they are hit quickly, they will fold. This would reflect city populations being quickly organized to offer resistance. Spawning-in of a main historical division should require a focus (some sort of commitment), it should test that the creation location is controlled and the unit's start organization should be limited at creation. Spawning of partisan brigades could be included but these should be weak, with little equipment, low organization and low (perhaps no) speed. Given the extreme attention to detail in Black Ice, the unit spawning is odd. There seems to be no effort to make it realistic and it seems to only be there to disrupt the player.

[@1Godslayer1]

Hopefully next time The French won't care about Belgians feelings and protect themselves and finally redeem their reputation.

[@lemonademan987]

Hopefully there won't be a next time 💀

[@helios10261999]

oh man I've been looking forward to bitt3rsteel to have another break down! lmfao.

[@arvojustice]

Pick one kind of artillery, either medium or light, not both.

[@NeichoKijimura]

The title sounds like "drinking water, but it's wet". Mon ami, you are already competent. It's experience that you just didn't have yet

[@ChadTanker]

we need black ice on the map of magna europa

[@krzysztofsowinski3726]

Salamanders referrence at 20:02. i see you are man of culture

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Original Title: Black Ice but this time I revenge my disaster in France

[@Monksy1337]

Other changed title, Black ice france... but I'm competent?

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@Monksy1337 Yeah he changed it again

[@CommanderTavos99]

1:59 no, De Gaulle is a General of yours ;)

[@Patatje_007]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickthenuker7916]

8:56 minimum waise rage

[@this_is_3bdo]

It's funny how no one else noticed literally

[@SadSwedenBoy]

The guard dies but does not surrender!

[@Lawnmower979]

Your first France game was the first time I’ve seen you lose a war

[@declancain2988]

"Into the fires of Battle unto the anvils of war." has Bitter become a Salamander? No complaints if so.

[@angelvaf-g8p]

Suggestion for historical Disaster : Qing Empire Mod : End of a new Beginning 1857 it has at least 4 rebellions ongoing and more would come

[@monkusaugustus4017]

In case you're still wondering on how to avoid using NATO symbols: in the division designer, edit a template, click on the icon on the top left, look for "default symbol" at the top of the pop up and click that

[@malik740]

Even tho on a general basis people dislike watching other humans in distress, suffering is always very good content haha

[@GrantelHerbert]

Belgian World Domination in Black Ice please

[@malik740]

Belgium has as far as I know basicly no content in BICE sadly :(

[@mikedobbelaere2552]

You are starting to develop a love hate relationship with the mod ain't ya? It is growing on you.

[@Celavets]

"That shit-... shifts"

[@ovca410]

I've seen a number of videos of hoi4 black ice and so far in every video, when the player is about to win againt germany, the game crashes, but when he's playing as Germany, the game lets them. Wierd, right??

[@barkthebarker429]

Congrats pal, you really did it 🎉

[@gaspy2458]

I can watch him play black ice all day long tbh

[@scottandcoke1342]

I wash myself with a rag on a stick

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

I dont wash myself

[@randomguy2023]

Based on

[@kito7947]

You should do black ice multiplayer allies vs axis

[@griff2162]

Our losses may have been bitter but we stand strong as steel

[@Nighthunter6666]

You did all this suffering and funnily enough, war participation is only at 53%. xD HOI4 at it's finest.

[@TheErickDH]

would love to see some funky Black Ice action outside of Europe, like perhaps Siam or Afghanistan?

[@Pikanchion]

A metric ton of factories? What, are you just building part of the wall for one of them or something? =P

[@lavenderblack1]

Lmao its actually pretty funny that the mod made ur channel members side with the enemy like they deserted you 19:45

[@Sam-ne9nq]

20:04 You know it is a suffering when it gives you 40k flashback 😊

[@Marin_le_poisson]

Bonjour de France ! Honhonhon baguette ! 🇨🇵🇨🇵🥖🥖🍷🍷

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

The great member betrayal of 19:45 was truly horrific.

[@mcjohnsen8909]

glad to see my guide was useful :D

[@benjamino9449]

That run was ruined for the average player but not for Bittersteel 🗿

[@Vidar1312]

Black ice - BI - be infuriated

[@korhol2065]

I don’t think his first playthrough was that bad, he managed to make a German victory against the soviets unlikely if not impossible

[@bruhgamer-gz5nq]

Luxembourg black ice now

[@bacongud8553]

Everytime he plays France when the USA comes he always calls it the freedom train 😭

[@ComciastJSA]

Am i the only one who loves the black ice mod?!?!😂😂😂

[@KixSlim]

Wanted that satisfyingly peace deal so bad but we will still take it

[@xannie9430]

Democratic Luxemburg world conquest when?

[@sanha181]

Salamanders reference spotted!

[@complexalp]

waiter! waiter! more blackice please!

[@G_man-v6f]

Love your videos

[@ringthatbell9597]

8:19 “some of you may die… but it is a sacrifice I am whiling to make” -Lord Farquaad

[@MuppetLord1]

almost feel like they should program the mod to have germany ally the soviets if the player is on allies side, would make for a more interesting war. :)

[@onewowen]

Event spawn troops are ass in realistic mod like this and i don't understand why modders keep adding them.

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of I went back and fixed my own French failure in the HARDEST MOD! Momentum 100

[@bhoyers3315]

If it keeps crashing I would stop until it becomes more stable again, not sure if it was this mod that crashed during the live stream too, but if it makes it unworkable there isn't much you as the streamer/creator can do

[@HaartieeTRUE]

25:15 that sound + the black screen on full screen scared the shit out of me.

[@simeonplayz4914]

Try doing the Yue clique for a truly difficult challenge!

[@georgigeorgiev4871]

Great! Now please redo Carlist Spain disaster save

[@hoppingshark7676]

Now try china on black ice 💀

[@randomguy2023]

I’ve tried it, it’s not as hard as you might think

[@MorshuArtsInc]

Remember: You may only call yourself a Greedy Civ Boy if you're from the Greedy Civ Boy region in Canada. Otherwise you're just a turbocapitalist.

[@kotletschabowy4169]

Honestly, you may be better off playing some other mods, we still enjoy these (for example, I'd like to see you play unification wars) and you won't suffer as much. That mod is just unfair at times.

[@diamonddom60]

Every time i see black ice I remember just how much better the icons that standard HOI4 uses are. The unit icons would be better in hieroglyphs for a regular person lol

[@Bespoketurtle60]

ah yes the most based move to do while playing France bunker France

[@domschra]

*INTO THE MAGINOT, THE GERMAN ARMIES MARCH*

[@landonatkinson5283]

should I like every video this man has

[@420eheehe3]

Go play Poland on black ice it will be interesting

[@wilsontheknight]

At this point i think BitterSteel enjoys the mod and is using his subscribers as an excuse to play as to not look like a hypocrite

[@NexusGaming857]

This video is a good showcase as to why I'll never install BlackIce.

[@pimentaze2886]

AHAHAHAHA HE IS GOING MAD WITH BLACK ICE

[@YiannissB.]

It feels like the BICE team decided that the moment the player starts to win the game might as well, just to fuck with you. What's fun anyways?

[@PrestigiousWarrior6500]

Historical ussr

[@JohnSmith-zl1tr]

I think he USSR in black ice already. I'm not sure about vanilla though he's definitely done some USSR videos.

[@lithographer]

ah blackice with NATO icons or as i like to call it the great postal service kerfuffle

[@ΓιώργοςΠαπακωνσταντίνου-φ5υ]

He just said screw Italy

[@improbableares7018]

you should play china next

[@nathanbean8763]

I have no idea why your BICE crashes so often, I think I have maybe had one crash ever on BICE, and I have been playing it off and on for years. Probably 300+ hours at least.

[@Benepene]

Well seems like this mod is not in a good state. Crashcity and that implementation of Expert AI where there are "strategic" withdrawals from the frontilne letting you win the game?

[@cultofmrozinski368]

Mengjiang black ice when?

[@aze94]

Now play as Nationalist China in this Mod!

[@stevenborman9110]

Black Ice crashes so often I have given up playing it :(

[@extraordinarytv5451]

Black Ice Ethiopia