modding

[worldly cape]

Any modern day mod? Besides millennium dawn

[brittle goblet]

Does anyone know of any mods that make the AI justify/declare war on the player without using focuses?

[soft bramble]

"Why game crashes when I try to transfer my units across sea? It happens at every sea region. I built them like this screen shot. Am I missing something?"

Still not fixed.

Tried ways:
changing naval terrain type
{ } control

Please help because sea regions are super important for my total conversion mode.

[opaque smelt]

Rate the menu

[pale sparrow]

7,5/10

I like the colors, but the font in the center isnt optimally readable in the middle and bottom left banners, version number should be in the corner

[obtuse condor]

Also the images are stretched, try fixing that

[slender brook]

I don't really like buttons with background images

They're kinda icky

[obtuse condor]

Why does your launcher look like that

[slate latch]

it's the website

the paradox plaza website

[lofty plaza]

5/10

[vast briar]

anyone know some really fun mods?

[loud gust]

Can you add a mod mid playtrough

Also is there a mod that adds more postwar tech? I want more stuff to do after 1946

[fringe surge]

Can anyone send me a basics to make a map bcz MapGen v2.2 is not working

[humble cedar]

have you still not found a way to fix it?

when i made my naval region it worked just fine, perhaps you might have put a normal province in the sea region?

Also, where is the national focuses folder located at?

[hexed veldt]

can anyone make mod replace all models with shober pls

[humble cedar]

So i edited some german states, And im trying to make a more-realistic rhineland, but even though it should be working, it's still the normal focus tree when i get in the game.

how can i solve this.?

[twilit flint]

What did you change?

[soft bramble]

I think I fixed it. While building the custom map, I wasn't able to take a look at buildings.txt so the crashes was becuse of that file. Right now, it looks like mode is running smooth but in future, we'll see

[twilit flint]

Did anyone accounter this problem before where Custom Game Rules arent clickable?

I have absolutly no clue how to fix it

[wheat topaz]

probably there are no custom rules

like its removed

[twilit flint]

I have a whole file and no errors are given so that is not the case

[humble cedar]

i added a couple of states near the Rhineland to make them more realistic.

[twilit flint]

But do those states start demilitarized?

Also, are those state of province codes?

[lofty plaza]

So what exactly did you change?

[humble cedar]

i tried to make it so when "GER_Rhineland" is finished, those 3 additional states would get remillitirized.

but for some reason they aren't.

I created 3 additional new states, and wanted them to get demillitirized with the Rhineland focus

[lofty plaza]

And those states start as demilitarised, correct?

[humble cedar]

yep.

[lofty plaza]

Try changing it to every_owned_state

[humble cedar]

Alrighty will try that in a bit.

[humble cedar]

it didn't work.

the national_focus folder should be located inside of the common folder right?

[lofty plaza]

Yes

common/national_focus

[humble cedar]

do i need any other folders other than national_focus to make them work?

as of now i have only these 4 folders

[lofty plaza]

No. Does your error log say anything?

[humble cedar]

it only says stuff about italian national focuses

wait hold on.

[pale sparrow]

German focus tree referring to changed Italy tree

[humble cedar]

yeah that.

[humble cedar]

Anyway.

where is the reform byzantium decision located at?

im trying to find it so i can revert a couple of things

[inland lodge]

Any one know a way to give multiple resource rights of a tile?, for example one nation has rubber rights to the tile another has iron rights

[scenic star]

idk if thats possible

[chilly field]

hi im really new to modding and i wanna create a formable nation called "united holylands" that requires a bunch of states and one of the popes to be the country leader, it can only be formed by fascist Malta and any party in Italy. however the event isnt showning up in the decision tab? can someone review my code to fix the issue? thanks

[humble cedar]

it appears as if i have done an oopsie.

[chilly field]

Can you post your code? I wanna use the formable nation code

[humble cedar]

i just copied it from the folders.

of vanilla hoi4

and im doing my own little changes.

[humble cedar]

anybody know how i can fix greece.3 and greece.4 events?

[warm panther]

If you ever manage to fix it, lmk, cause I'm having that problem too and have given up on it atm

[flat quarry]

i made a custom country mod and everytime i try to use it it crashes a few in game hours in and the only error log is "[pdx_entity.cpp:323]: Failed to find entity "ITA_mechanized_vehicle_1_entity" for attachment in vehicle"

[obtuse condor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791104354

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1301676190

[fiery egret]

How does one have a custom puppet color when modding, for example, the color changes when Switzerland is puppeted by Italy.

[twilit flint]

I will, however, I have pretty much given up aswell. No clue at all what good be the cause. And sadly, no one else I have asked about knows it either

[warm panther]

[warm panther]

Might be worth joining a mod discord that has done so for help

[twilit flint]

Not everyone seems to have encounter this problem

But if you find out how to fix it let me know haha

[fathom flame]

hey hey hey

anyone knows any loyal family

that used to rule austria

with a adult member

still alive

on 1936?

[slender brook]

Well, the Habsburgs of course

[fathom flame]

others

please

[slender brook]

I don't think there are many royal families that ruled over Austria besides them

They basically ruled over Austria for almost all of Austria's history

[fathom flame]

oh

[slender brook]

The Habsburg came about in the 1200s iirc, so quite awhile back

[humble cedar]

Hmm.

Can i make it so when "Triumph For The balkans" is pressed, Vojvodina and West Banat. will be split between Romania and Hungary?

[cinder hedge]

so where to start modding

I'm already familiar with programming and game modding (minecraft mostly)

[valid apex]

Wiki and other mod should do the trick

But you should have idea first

[cinder hedge]

warcraft in HOI

someone did it but really poorly

[valid apex]

Not so quick you should start small

[cinder hedge]

well it can actually be done. I have a team of 5, and we are all familiar with modding games

[valid apex]

Still i really think you like modify country to fully understand what code do

[cinder hedge]

well we will start actually modifying the game before re-creating the game for sure

[valid apex]

That would be great

[sharp iris]

#battle of grahovac
country_event = {
id = montenegro.47
title = montenegro.47.t
desc = montenegro.47.d
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_read_write

is_triggered_only = yes
fire_only_once = yes
trigger = {
has_border_war = yes
}

option = {
    name = montenegro.47.a
    ai_chance = { factor = 101 }
    add_war_support = 0.03
    OTO = {
    country_event = montenegro.48
    }
    add_equipment_to_stockpile = {
            type = cannon_equipment
            amount = 20
            producer = OTO
            }
    add_equipment_to_stockpile = {
            type = infantry_equipment
            amount = 250
            producer = OTO
            }
            
    damage_units = {
    province = 13779
    province = 11858
    state = 1204
    region = 24
    damage = 0.3
    org_damage = 0.4
    str_damage = 0.2
    ratio = no
    army = yes
    navy = no
    }
}

}

effect demage units doesn't work , interesting that the game doesn't read it as broken at the same time

[lofty plaza]

Might be because there's two provinces

Try defining them individually

[manic flare]

Hi, everyone here.

Recently, I wanted to add something new while enjoying heart of iron 4, and I visited here to get information about it. Please take good care of me!

I have a question, is it possible to add an Air Force mission?

I'd like to add a mission similar to the Air Force's CAS mission (a mission to attack non-combatant enemy forces), and I wonder if it's possible.

[sharp iris]

each province needs its own command

[stoic ether]

could someone tell me how to fix the road to 56 kill hitler crash?

[flat quarry]

I made a mod with a custom country and state and I can load into a game but once it gets to hour 15 or 16 it crashes and the only error that comes up is

[slender brook]

Send over the mod files to me, I’ll check it out in a few hours and try to diagnose it

[flat quarry]

thank you, i sent the mod

[feral valve]

@thick pumice his fault

[slender brook]

What

[feral valve]

its literally @thick pumice modding

[slender brook]

Got it working. I had to revalidate the building, airport, and rocket files. Also, changed 00_countries to a new file to avoid incompatibility

[flat quarry]

Really, thank you

[timber sorrel]

im new to modding and am currently trying to make some ui changes but i cant seem to find the image for this (the background piece) anyone know what the file name of it is? or can i not change it

[opaque jackal]

who should i play on endsieg

[low nexus]

I want to get into modding but I dont know how to start

[valid apex]

Come up with a good idea and stick to it

Use wiki and other mod for example

[sonic jasper]

How to change main menu page background?

[sonic jasper]

Germany

[sharp laurel]

How can I make this annoying popup from puppet not appear by modding?

[pale sparrow]

hidden idea that reduces AI desire to join wars ig

Itll make them say no if their autonomy is high though, so only do it for low autonomy puppets

[agile storm]

Does anyone know of a mod that has north american states but also includes the rest of the world?

[copper salmon]

how do I multiply the number of resources in a state by a specific value?

i want to multiply the amount of resources in all states by 10

[burnt vigil]

will this work for the name? or do i gotta remove the space

[burnt vigil]

god damn, hoi4

naming them

in localisation

make a file named "focus_l_languagehere" and put the focus id in, then put :0 infrong

space, then the name without _ or TAG in it

example: army_effort:0 "Army Effort"

then you can also put the _desc for it, so it says something in the description like this

army_effort_desc:0 "Despite the increasing possibilities of aerial and naval warfare, ground combat is still key in tomorrow's wars. With preparation, we can avoid reliving the hell of the trenches."

[burnt vigil]

np

now to figure out why leader not working

or flags

this is what i've got for the leader

this is the modded code for Brandenburg

the tag works for the land

but making a leader, or allocating flags doesn't work

give them the Austrian provinces

you need debug mode for it to work

then find the austrian state ID

in your mod, put those files in, and make the owner GER, then add a core of GER but keep austrian core

np

[burnt vigil]

<@&916727924093239336>

[pale sparrow]

Use characters

[burnt vigil]

wdym by that

[pale sparrow]

create_country_leader is mostly retired in history files for recruiting characters

it makes it easier to know whether you made a mistake or if the game is being glitchy with old systems

[burnt vigil]

me who just copied it from algeria

without coutnries, hoi4 is killing me

the name works, ideology works, leader doesn't

nor does flag

normally flags with .tga format work in paint.net

but i can't open my flags

odd..

is that base game or modded files, just to be safe

good

uhm, no idea tbh

ruh roh raggy

[copper salmon]

if I want to add a building to every state can I just use a text file in the root folder?

[burnt vigil]

yep, sounds like hoi4

average day remaking flags to work

ggs

all of them

i gotta turn them into .tga

.dds doesn't work

not history?

flags done for now

i need bigger monitors so badly

means i can see things better at a higher refresh rate

@pale sparrow how would i go about making a leader in your way then?

bc im struggling

should be it's own sub folder for the mod itself

[pale sparrow]

copy a character file with few entries from the basegame, adapt that, then recruit the character in the history file

[copper salmon]

if I want to add a building to every state can I just use a text file in the root folder?

[burnt vigil]

np

[burnt vigil]

A

ig i gotta do that for leaders

flag works :D

i flat out copied the algeria leader over, nothing

so ima have to do mari way

[copper salmon]

if I want to add a building to every state can I just use a text file in the root folder?

[burnt vigil]

you should just add it to the actual state?

[copper salmon]

every single state file

[burnt vigil]

this way needs NSB, or no?

[burnt vigil]

pretty sure, ion tamper with states much so im not fully aware

[copper salmon]

._.

[burnt vigil]

it would be the easiest way, cause it edits the state itself

[copper salmon]

my plan is to add a civ to every state and increase the amount of building slots by a large amount for huge industries

[burnt vigil]

oh

thats easy

how big is the country itself

[copper salmon]

worldwide

[burnt vigil]

the whole world?

[copper salmon]

yes

[burnt vigil]

holy shit-

buildings = {
infrastructure = 4
arms_factory = 5
industrial_complex = 4
anti_air_building = 2
air_base = 6
just add the stuff you want to this for example, this is brandenburg

then max infrastructure is a different file for the whole thing

[copper salmon]

another idea to pair with that is industrial mobilization so like 1500 factories = 3% recruitable for huge armies as well

but of course i would need to add lots of resources as well

[burnt vigil]

so close to its true size

molotov-ribbentrop

and take lithuania

then take the maginot line

then germany is how it should be

one more austrian state, part of italy

no

forgot the name

this area

it's an austrian core

ye

alto

whats your plans for the mod?

[lofty plaza]

Wrong ping

[burnt vigil]

mb

so far, i've fixed flags

thats about it

mari told me a way, but idk how to preform it

[copper salmon]

can i post my mod here for debugging?

[burnt vigil]

i can rq take a look at it

[burnt vigil]

it's gonna take a bit, bc i've got a few things going on irl

[copper salmon]

okay, i can explain the things i did when your ready

[burnt vigil]

k

i'll ping when that is

missing a province

[burnt vigil]

ready

[copper salmon]

okay

in the common folder and then buildings i have increased the max levels to 100

of civs mils and dockyards

and in the addcivs.txt i added 2 civs to every state and 100 buildings slots

but it doesnt add them

[copper salmon]

did you look at it

[burnt vigil]

Not yet, I'm rn looking at base files to find a fix

[burnt vigil]

how can i get the mod files from mods off the steam workshop

cause rn, i have the .mod files

but i can't access actual mods folders

[soft bramble]

What should I do to add cores of a none existent country to a state? I want to add a scripted "rebellion" via event and create this new country

[burnt vigil]

make the country

then an event will cause it to get cores

like the african countries

[soft bramble]

Oh thats a great example. I'll take a look and copy some from them

[burnt vigil]

It should just be an event, that adds the core of that country to the provinces

[copper salmon]

did you find anything?

[burnt vigil]

Yep

I'm testing it rn

It takes my pc a second to load things

If this works, then you have 100 building slots maximum

I also edited the base values for each type of province to have more for the start

[copper salmon]

what was wrong with my mod?

[slender brook]

The African countries? They're definitely instantiated in the history files

The actual example would be Slovakia.

[slender brook]

Here. Changes depending on what drive your HOI4 is on though

[burnt vigil]

Ye, I found it

[burnt vigil]

Just a few things missing

[burnt vigil]

Fair

9 per row

[copper salmon]

like what

[burnt vigil]

and 4 sets unlocked

9*4 is 36

[burnt vigil]

a defines.lua to tell the game the new rules

and i added this GFX to give the better view of all the stuff

[copper salmon]

nice!

i'm very new to modding so any help is welcome

[burnt vigil]

this shows i think 99 slots

yea

11 sets of 9

[copper salmon]

that's fine

[burnt vigil]

the mod i took this from, is 76 max

ima work on fixing the current error log

but every country had the 100 slots now

[copper salmon]

does it also add civs to every state?

or was that code correct

[burnt vigil]

not yet, working on that next

your file should work

[copper salmon]

should

but it doesn't

[burnt vigil]

i have an idea

i have 2 actually

one of them is an event at game start

[copper salmon]

which gives an option to add expand building slots and civs or not?

or what did you want to do with it

[burnt vigil]

nah

it'll give every state the civs only

[copper salmon]

k

[burnt vigil]

thats if this doesn't work

[copper salmon]

this?

[burnt vigil]

the other idea

ima use your current civ file

first i gotta fix this

[copper salmon]

hmm

seems like a lot of errors

[burnt vigil]

nah

it's mostly Poland

[copper salmon]

probably has 1 simple unkwown fix

can you send me a zip of the current mod i want to see the additions you made

for learning purposes

[burnt vigil]

oh, sure

the current folder

[copper salmon]

from 5 kb to 600 kb

[burnt vigil]

yea

i added tons of stuff

[copper salmon]

what did you do in common/state_category?

oh increased local building slots

was that necessary?

[burnt vigil]

it's for the starter

i broke sum lmao

[copper salmon]

lol

[burnt vigil]

actually, perfect

[burnt vigil]

see how that doesn't have the same amount as this state does?

brandenburg v hessen

this is a plains biome

[copper salmon]

does the biome break it or do something with building slots?

[burnt vigil]

nah

i broke the GFX

[copper salmon]

how

[burnt vigil]

changed an image

also why does the hitler from your mod get sensored

[copper salmon]

idk

[burnt vigil]

any time i mod, ion got it

[copper salmon]

when i run the game hitler is normal

[burnt vigil]

same, but with the mod he isn't

normally, i get the actual image

[copper salmon]

i ran with mod, still normal

weird stuff

[burnt vigil]

goofy

[empty sail]

what is the size of the loading backgrounds

[empty sail]

thank you

[burnt vigil]

thats the size of

and should be for all the rest

[copper salmon]

um

[burnt vigil]

odd

you have the defines file there?

[empty sail]

how do I replace a loading screen

i have the file of the actual loading screen

but I want to replace the Battle for the Bosporus loading screen

[copper salmon]

yes

[soft bramble]

One last question for today: When I create a dynamic country, can I copy a none existent country's localization, portraits etc every information

[slender brook]

💀 what the hell are you doing

[simple crater]

is this a good tank template? I will upgrade howitser to medium canon 2 when i get that

[burnt vigil]

so pretty much, everything would theoretically be german

[burnt vigil]

Lmao fair

[copper salmon]

shall we continue working tomorrow?

[burnt vigil]

Yuh

[bitter wedge]

Countries don't use their assigned colors instead they just use a randomly selected one. Which file should I send for help?

[lofty plaza]

annex_country = CZE

Assuming you don't want that at the start

[lofty plaza]

Sir this is the modding channel

[alpine creek]

o sorry

my bad

[azure path]

Is there a mod that lets you do a 3 way civil war?

Like start a communist civil war and then a fascist one while the first one is still going on

[timber sorrel]

Is there a written tutorial somewhere on how to mod the research trees? and focuses

im trying to change some icons but i cant seem to find anything about how to do it

[slender brook]

Too many closing brackets

The one right after competion_reward = {

Technically any at the end of it work, but that one would make it cleaner to read

Which yeah this is pretty awful to read

[soft bramble]

I created a dynamic country but I don't understand the tag system of it. Example:

create_dynamic_country = {
original_tag = IMP
copy_tag = IKB
set_cosmetic_tag = IKB

Broke away country's tag should be IKB and its origin country is IMP but it just sets cosmetic tag and I cannot refer to the new country because of cosmetic tag. I'm so confused

[pale sparrow]

copy_tag merely transfers stuff, it cant actually set a tag

[burnt vigil]

bwuh i got so many mods it takes my hoi4\mod file so long to load

and i still need the leaders

for my mod

[pale sparrow]

[burnt vigil]

mari can you help me get started?

because iirc, i can also use it for starter generals n such?

would it just be using this?

[brave aspen]

I made unit file EOB_1936.txt
same as country tag
but no units show up

division_template = {
    name = "Badajoz Brigade"

    division_names_group = EOB_ARM_01

    regiments = {
        infantry = { x = 0 y = 0 }
        infantry = { x = 0 y = 1 }
        infantry = { x = 0 y = 2 }
        infantry = { x = 0 y = 3 }
        cavalry = { x = 1 y = 0 }
        cavalry = { x = 1 y = 1 }
        light_armor = { x = 3 y = 0}
        light_armor = { x = 3 y = 1}
        light_armor = { x = 3 y = 2}
    }
    priority = 1
}


### Starting Equipment ###
instant_effect = {
    add_equipment_production = {
        equipment = {
            type = infantry_equipment_0
            creator = "EOB"
        }
        requested_factories = 1
        progress = 0.28
        efficiency = 100
    }
}

[pale sparrow]

remove_ideas = GER_hjalmar_schacht

If you want it to permanent removal you retire the character

If you just wanna fire the advisor, remove_ideas, then the idea token
If they need to be unavailable/hidden just change their availability/visibility checks, also auto-fires them (idk for visibility, availability would fire)

Just add NOT = { has_completed_focus = ... }

To the visibility

[burnt vigil]

i figured it out :D

[burnt vigil]

this should all work?

yep

time to put the bismarck one

[burnt vigil]

Doesn't work 🤔

BTW, thx @pale sparrow for the help

[burnt vigil]

is there a command i can run in console to change who's the leader of a country as a person?

whats it supposed to do?

[serene drift]

hello

I need help, I am trying to download eoanb from github but when i do it doesnt show up in the HOI4 launcher

[burnt vigil]

so it should remove the advisor?

or what?

you have the game open in debug?

or just the ` + debug?

then no clue 🤷‍♂️

i haven't even done that in either mod im making

ggs

[serene drift]

can anyone help me with a github download?

[brave aspen]

why austrian painter is censored

💀

[burnt vigil]

idk

some people have that for theirs

this seem alright for a Young Kaisar Wilhelm II?

[bitter wedge]

Countries don't use their assigned colors instead they just use a randomly selected one. Which file should I send for help?

[burnt vigil]

common\countries\colors.txt

make sure it's all working correctly

and that your custom countries are inside it

[honest eagle]

Holy crap that’s really good bro

[burnt vigil]

i didn't make it, this is from a mod just for this portrait

[honest eagle]

Oh

Still good

[burnt vigil]

agreed, props to the maker

[honest eagle]

You should have colors.txt in your countries file in common with your custom nations if you don’t that happens

Easy fix

[burnt vigil]

expire="1965.1.1.1"

what does this do

[honest eagle]

It’s either the German version or the free dlc that doesn’t have it censored is disabled

[honest eagle]

It makes the thing expire in 1965

So it will go away

[burnt vigil]

so effectively, die?

[honest eagle]

Yes

Go bye bye

[burnt vigil]

alright, thanks

because Wilhelm II can't live forever

he died in 1941, so he will die 1941 naturally

but there will be random events for assassination attempts against him if stability is low

[honest eagle]

Ah nice

[burnt vigil]

ye

if that happens, Wilhelm III takes the throne as crowned Hier, and a civil war will take place due to the outrage of II's death

[honest eagle]

Rip

[burnt vigil]

W ai

if hitler didn't start ww2, he'd have still died rather early

where Wilhelm II lived until 1941 when he died in his early 80's, Hitler was a meth addict, vegitarian, and had several issues mentally and physically, all that would add up to him dying in the 40's, 50's or maybe the 1960's

so ima take a wild guess, and say he would have died in 1958 naturally

[copper salmon]

have you fixed the errors from yesterday or not?

[burnt vigil]

nah

haven't touched anything but the mod i've been workign on for a while

[copper salmon]

wanna work on it now?

[burnt vigil]

can't

[copper salmon]

okay is fine

[burnt vigil]

sorry

i broke hoi4-

[tulip quest]

guys is there a mod to continue advancing my loadout,outfits design,planes...Because iam playing as the great war mod and iam in 1942 and using ww1 planes and loadouts

[agile storm]

does anyone know what this is

in the mod section of hoi4

[burnt vigil]

you use paradox for mods?

[agile storm]

wdym

[burnt vigil]

i have this in my mods folder

with steam

[agile storm]

weird

idk

[burnt vigil]

no idea

but i just had a stupid mod idea

Undertale

like, the full undertale map

human world, and the underground

[bitter wedge]

I do have that folder, and the countries tags and colors are in it. I’m not sure what I should do

[honest eagle]

Send pics of if?

It*

[serene drift]

can someone help me with a github download that isnt working?

im trying to download eoanb from github but it doesnt show up in the launcher

[honest eagle]

Does it have every country or just your customs

[bitter wedge]

All countries

Should I remove the other countries?

[cinder hedge]

any modding tool?

[thin chasm]

I had odd colours appearing on my custom countries once - removing "color_ui" from the individual countries' .txt files fixed it somehow

[burnt vigil]

You shouldn't need it for the countries.txt files

Only the colors.txt

The color_ui is for the color your units will have in that unit view mod

[bitter wedge]

Removing it didn't work...

[burnt vigil]

You need to keep them in this

But only use your country colours

The game will source to the main game files for anything missing

[bitter wedge]

I tried that and it didn't work.. I feel as though hoi4 just wants to troll me.

[burnt vigil]

seems as such

hoi4 is a shitshow to recode for mods, especially bigger ones

the newer updates help though

[bitter wedge]

Do you have any other ideas? I'm guessing I've tried most of them now but, hey I could be wrong

[burnt vigil]

no clue tbh

[pale sparrow]

anyone ever used text boxes for players?

[burnt vigil]

wdym

[pale sparrow]

Ive found how to make a text box, but idk yet how to access the text

[ionic ocean]

yo im playing millenium dawn
how do i make my economy go boom

[burnt vigil]

No comment

[jaunty orchid]

anyone knows command to remove mission?

[ionic ocean]

please comment

[burnt vigil]

Alt+F4

then unsub from MD

thats the easiest way known to man

[ionic ocean]

oh no

[twilit totem]

WHAT

https://tenor.com/view/chris-tucker-friday-hell-no-hell-naw-gif-9179385

[ionic ocean]

america elected al gore then immediately declared war on cuba

[honest eagle]

@bitter wedge is it formatte right?

[bitter wedge]

formatte? I'm not sure what that is?

[honest eagle]

formatted*

like proper indentation, spelling,etc

[burnt vigil]

how can i make it so my leaders and FMs can be separated

ik theres a way in NPP to do it

[pale sparrow]

FM?

[burnt vigil]

Field Marshal

so each thing has it's own dropdown

[bitter wedge]

Its spelled the same way as the base game ones

[honest eagle]

Hm weird

Yeah I have no clue sorry man

[lofty plaza]

Colours are supposed to be defined in the country.txt file

I'm not sure why you would do it with the colors.txt file, that's usually reserved for cosmetic tags.

I believe your issue may stem from you doing more work than you possibly need to

[bitter wedge]

I'm not sure, because the color is also in the countries .txt file.

[burnt vigil]

That's the map colour

In the colors.txt file, it defines the colour for the UI and I forgot the other one

[bitter wedge]

I'm having trouble with the map color, not the Ui color

[burnt vigil]

Odd

You only have your modded colours in, correct?

[bitter wedge]

?

As in the colors.txt file?

[burnt vigil]

Yea

It could be trying to read all the colours and it is getting confused

[bitter wedge]

The new nation are in Italy and they have bizarre colors. Not the best screenshot. I'm not done with the borders either.

[bitter wedge]

I tried doing it with only my modded colors but that didn't work

[burnt vigil]

Thats the modded colours then, germany is still black, Poland still pink

Hm, odd

Do you have rgb before the quotations?

[bitter wedge]

yes

Here is one for example

ITC = {
color = rgb { 255 85 0 }
color_ui = rgb { 255 84 0 }
}

[honest eagle]

Bro

That’s just the coloring

Change your RGB values if you don’t like it

[bitter wedge]

I did, thats the color I want?

[honest eagle]

Ah ok

[lofty plaza]

So what's the issue

[warm panther]

Look at the colour of #modding message vs the rgb code on a rgb code picker or smth

[grim onyx]

what is this suppose to mean? (Great war redux) the white thing just appeared in russia and no im not clicking on the province

[burnt vigil]

are you hovering over anything else, like a decision?

or is it just passive

[lofty plaza]

It could either be a decision or a legacy border war

[burnt vigil]

should be fixable with a save, relaunch and test

[grim onyx]

yep, border war, ended 3 months after it appeared

[burnt vigil]

Ggs

[short vault]

Has the 'Mod tools' button been removed?
My launcher is missing the button and seem unable to create a new mod, and I believe the new mod structure of Paradox games make it not possible to do so by simple file creation

Never mind, I remembered from Stellaris. Obviously it is behind the ‘upload mod’ button because that makes such sense.

[burnt vigil]

Yep

Modding these games is a nightmare

[short vault]

I hope the person who moved that button have some lukewarm tea today 😆

[burnt vigil]

You're bloody cruel

Like, seriously

You're asking for them to die ain't ye

[obtuse condor]

Everytime i play a mod i always have issues

Millennium Dawn for example

Always crashes when i load a saved game

Other mods always crash when starting a game

Takes the fun away tbh

If anyone has a fix lmk

[burnt vigil]

Ah, that's why

MD

[obtuse condor]

Other mods aswell

[burnt vigil]

Ah

[obtuse condor]

I mean you know a fix?

[bitter wedge]

The color that I assigned them Isn't showing up, it just choosing a random color.

[pale sparrow]

same

[marsh wasp]

any mods making peace conferences give you the ability to take the small provinces for more accurate borders instead of whole states

also is there a way to make md less laggy at the end of the day? it lags like shit when the day ends

[obtuse condor]

you can only take full states

you cant just take some of the provinces

[marsh wasp]

is there a mod to change that or make states just a tad bit smaller

cuz i was making long chile and california is just way to big and blocky

any states outside europe are big as shit

[burnt vigil]

is there a way through national focuses to change a leader but not the party?

because i wanna change my leader to give different bonuses to the country, like stability or training speed

ik it's possible with the Hungary DLC

[marsh wasp]

i know theres a way to retire leaders in md but not sure if its possible in other mods

[crude parcel]

im making a focus tree for the first time and when i click on the nation only the first focus shows up and none of the other focus, i can send screenshots if it would help

[burnt vigil]

not so much retire, moreso give new a new leader

let me check the Hungarian tree

[burnt vigil]

found the line i need

promote_character =

now does it promote them to the next role up, or is it straight to leader

[marsh wasp]

it gives a new leader lol

[burnt vigil]

Ah

Ion play MD, I don't like to think of myself as utter rubbish to spend time playing such

[burnt vigil]

Make them work off the position of the first one

[inland lodge]

got a custom focus with custom gfx

it won't show here, anything im missing

(the gfx)

said gfx

[burnt vigil]

which one

Close The Island?

[inland lodge]

yes

[burnt vigil]

odd....

[ionic ocean]

ai-led peace conferences 🤤

[bitter wedge]

So guys, about the colors not working. I found out why and fixed it. I'm so mad at myself for it. In each countries .txt file, there was an extra space and the rgb code...

[inland lodge]

All good just shine interface

[burnt vigil]

Finally,I can stop modding with a reason

[green lark]

newsest icons :3

[obtuse condor]

Nice

[celest dust]

i like the helmet one it looks really nice. but the rest are just a gradient on a cut out of a map that could be done with a template. its not bad it looks good but ive seen them before a fair amount of times.

[lofty plaza]

Is this rt56?

[lime thicket]

@green lark the italy one looks mutilated

[burnt vigil]

It's an older itsly

[inland lodge]

It’s scuffed 56

[pale sparrow]

💀

[inland lodge]

Lol

[green lark]

I did custom lighting for the kmt symbol and the Chinese map one, and messed around a lol with effects for the rest of the icons

[queen mesa]

guys is there a axis victory other than thousand week reich and last of days of europe

[valid apex]

Well there is the Sun Shinning on the world but mostly focus on Asia

[queen mesa]

oh

[queen mesa]

should i play as germany or japan on that mod

[valid apex]

Both work well

[feral siren]

anyone knows some good mods?

[inland lodge]

You put it in localization file?

Seems like no dead

Desc

[burnt vigil]

missing the _desc on it?

[burnt vigil]

this should work right?

[burnt vigil]

just fixed it, i saw an issue

[dawn yoke]

Hey im looking for a mod team of like a few people to help me make a alt history mod

Dm me if your interested and ill give you the run down

[burnt vigil]

anyone know how to setup hoi4 mod utilities for VSCode? idk if i need to put it into hte hoi4 file from steam, or in the mod file

nvm, figured it out

[burnt vigil]

is the expire date YYYY.MM.DD?

[burnt vigil]

for an ideology to work, every country tag needs an entry in parties_l_english.yml right?

[lofty plaza]

No, that has basically no purpose

[lofty plaza]

Nope, only if you want specific names for countries

[burnt vigil]

gotcha

time to hate myself

gotta make this, but for communist germany

[burnt vigil]

when making flags, for a puppet what would i put for it?

like SOV_GER_commusm.tga for a communist puppet of germany that soviet owns?

[valid apex]

Nah you have to set cosmic tag

[burnt vigil]

how would i do that?

[burnt vigil]

for the cosmetics, what do i put for the mod so it doesn't need TFV

"TAG_GER_fascism_autonomy_puppet" is it this

[rugged jewel]

is there anyway to upgrade a state category in the focus tree

i want to upgrade some states only if the player goes down a certain path

[valid apex]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Cosmetic_tag_modding this should explain them all

[valid apex]

You can use this code
set_state_category = rural

[rugged jewel]

thanks

[rancid sigil]

someone please tell me why the colors do not change in-game

cosmetic.txt

OTT_UNIFIED = { #WTT
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70}
}

OTT_UNIFIED_communism = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED_democratic = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED_fascism = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED_neutrality = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

This is a dark red, similar to kaiserreich

but it never changes

same with the Qing

cosmetic.txt

MAN_restored = {
    color = rgb { 64 104 149 }
    color_ui = rgb { 64 104 149 }
}

This is a blue color

[burnt vigil]

Uhm

That's orange

[burnt vigil]

And this is green

Like, Italy green

[inland lodge]

Thinks that why he’s asking

[brave aspen]

Could I pay someone 6$ to make mod for NATO Counters to simply make me able to set any NATO Symbol I want in the division designer, most mods don't work at all and half of them are broken, I just want to set the symbols in the division designer. hopefully I am not in the wrong place

I don't care if he take it from a workshop mod and edit it or somethin I just want the symbols lol

[sharp valve]

Are these attached to the base color or a cosmetic tag

[pale sparrow]

I might do that at some point

[brave aspen]

I'm willing to pay lmao just pls get it done if you want

[pale sparrow]

Its a good idea so Ill probably make it regardless, its just low priority

[brave aspen]

because now no workshop mod Works and the thing is simple u just need some days/motivation to edit and add

[burnt vigil]

Odd

[pale sparrow]

Yeh I used to use a NATO icon mod but it wasnt great

[brave aspen]

Including MPU Counter, abandoned and new updates aren't suitable, would rather make one from scratch

[burnt vigil]

Yea, it shouldn't be to painfully hard

It's just icons for divs?

[brave aspen]

Yes

I don't know why paradox don't' have it already

like NATO Counters in divs are automatically set based on the template brigades, but there should be option to manually set it yourself

[rancid sigil]

The colors of the map or what I said I put in the file

[rancid sigil]

Cosmetic tag?

Idk what you mean by attached to the base color

[indigo canyon]

Can someone help me? My Focus isnt appearing

[lofty plaza]

It has a relative position of a focus that isn't in that tree

Perquisite also

[indigo canyon]

It was x 2 y 5 before

Or just a default from the australian focus tree

i just changed it to something else now to see if it appears

[halcyon estuary]

can anyone tell me why my map mod keeps crashing my game? i have an agglomeration of mods rn and the map part of the mod just keeps crashing my game and without it it works fine. Here's the adjacencies.csv that was added (also the impassable terrain was removed but i dont think that could be causing any issues)

like if i remove the map folder in my mod it doesnt crash

but if i have my map mod on and start the game it keeps crashing at 1936.1.1 14:00

[young holly]

The best I can say is to redo the focus code

[indigo canyon]

@young holly

[young holly]

I know, it happened to me too

All I can say is to fiddle around with it

I can send you some code

[indigo canyon]

k

[young holly]

I think I figured it out

Are you missing the } in the end?

Check your code and try again

[indigo canyon]

I'll check

[indigo canyon]

where exactly?

[young holly]

One needs to be bellow the ai I think

I don't have it on, at the moment

Like, at the end

[indigo canyon]

somewhere here?

[young holly]

Yes, erase everything except the ai_will_do

And make sure there is a } above and bellow the ai

[indigo canyon]

like everything?

[young holly]

Bellow the ai_will_do

Everything

[indigo canyon]

This?

[young holly]

Hold on

Have you finished the tutorial?

On the iron forge?

Sorry I'm not used to this arrangement

[indigo canyon]

Iron forge?

[young holly]

But you CAN erase from factor = 1
To factor = 0

[indigo canyon]

im not used to any of this

[indigo canyon]

ok

[young holly]

Check the pin

Hold on lemme send you the link

[indigo canyon]

Im following a tut on yt

[young holly]

https://youtu.be/svFVLXzU2MQ

This one

Please arrange the syntax

[burnt vigil]

pretty much

is it set to a Tag in the colours, or is it cosmetic, where they tag isn't limited to 3 characters

[rancid sigil]

cosmetic

[nimble meteor]

you need a closing bracket for each opening bracket

[burnt vigil]

then put your cosmetic tag for it

[rancid sigil]

for what? i do not understand

[burnt vigil]

thats how you make it work

it's rather stupid how it works

[indigo canyon]

YES i WAS WATCHING THIS

[rancid sigil]

how cosmetic tags work?

[indigo canyon]

Sorry capslock

[rancid sigil]

if so, then i know how they work

[burnt vigil]

no idea

[young holly]

Alright, hold on lemme send you my code

See if you can cross-examine it with yours

[rancid sigil]

just for the sake of sanity, ill reset the question.

I have the Ottoman Empire and Qing Empire set to different colors. I set the Ottomans as red and the Qing as blue. I changed the rgb values in cosmetic.txt

MAN_restored = {
    color = rgb { 64 104 149 }
    color_ui = rgb { 64 104 149 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED = { #WTT
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70}
}

OTT_UNIFIED_communism = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED_democratic = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED_fascism = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

OTT_UNIFIED_neutrality = { #BftB
    color = rgb { 114 61 70 }
    color_ui = rgb { 114 61 70 }
}

Yet despite this change, when I play the game, the Ottomans are still green and the Qing is still yellow.

I changed the colors of other tags and they seemed to work fine [for some]

HRE also has this problem

I created new tags too, such as VIN_unified which doesn't change color upon its application to a country

Also with Napoleonic France; I set Napoleonic France to be red when it's communist yet it remains blue

[hardy geode]

https://youtu.be/m3QMnxy2Grk

[indigo canyon]

ok

[burnt vigil]

ah yes

i love the portrait for GER_Adolf_Aitler

[indigo canyon]

@young holly is this correct?

[young holly]

Does it work

[indigo canyon]

let me test

[brisk fog]

if it works it means that it's correct

[indigo canyon]

nope

[burnt vigil]

whats the error.log saying

[burnt vigil]

thats it?

[indigo canyon]

yes

Nothing else

[burnt vigil]

odd

[indigo canyon]

ik

[burnt vigil]

my nazi germany not working (censored for swastika on flag)

it should have this image of hitler for the portrait

[young holly]

The artist

[indigo canyon]

om#g

I forgot to save it

Its working!!!

thanks @young holly

[young holly]

np

also

If you wanna copy past

e

Paste them bellow the line

Make sure that the } is bellow the focus

[indigo canyon]

What does x and y stand for?

Like which one is which direction

[young holly]

postition of the focus

y is up and down

And x is right left

[indigo canyon]

So going down is like -10?

[young holly]

yes

But

Keep in mind

if you have a focus that is connected via another one

If you move the one on top it will move ALL of them

[indigo canyon]

ok

Which Y is the highest?

[burnt vigil]

ye

[indigo canyon]

Like the first focus

[young holly]

Make it centered

Frst

[indigo canyon]

ok

how?

[young holly]

Play with the y and x

[burnt vigil]

which one of these should i use

create_country_leader = {
name = "Adolf Hitler"
desc = "POLITICS_ADOLF_HITLER_DESC"
portrait = "<directory>"
expire = "<date>"
trait = {}
}

or just

create_character =

[young holly]

Here is how mine looks, you can take this as a ref picture

(ignore the non centered one)

[burnt vigil]

because as it sits, hitler isn't working

[young holly]

google

[burnt vigil]

looks rather nice

[burnt vigil]

nah, google varies, like fanom is 1.4.2 and hoi4 wiki is 1.12, but neither work

[indigo canyon]

How can I see the X and Y in the focus tree? Like is there something like Nodge for the States but with focus Tree Coordinates?

[burnt vigil]

if you want, there are websites you can use to organize it with a click and drag action

[rose jolt]

Yo guys

I was making like a normal focus tree

It was going alright

Idk how but

I messed it up

[burnt vigil]

whats the issue

[rose jolt]

So like

I code the focus in

But it doesn’t appear

[burnt vigil]

send an ss of the code?

[rose jolt]

Uh

I’ll send it tomorrow

Gotta sleep now

[burnt vigil]

mk

anyone know where the GFX for the start dates are?

like, the images they have

[indigo canyon]

I did it

[indigo canyon]

But like -50y makes it go up and y50 go down

how do I make it so when completing the focus germany gets a higher opinion of me?

[young holly]

uhhh alright

[young holly]

I wouldn't worry about that now

[indigo canyon]

I want to have my first focus done tho

[young holly]

my work ethic is to first of all make the tree, THEN i work on names/effects

Its easier

[indigo canyon]

ok

[young holly]

I don't know where either

Visit the formus

Or somewhere

[indigo canyon]

ok

why isn't this working?

[young holly]

I think you need to put the _

Not sure

[inland lodge]

specify what part

[young holly]

Also =

[inland lodge]

add_popularity = { ideology = communism popularity = 0.3 }

do it like that

[indigo canyon]

ok thanks

[inland lodge]

also if your doing a specific party

[young holly]

Can you link the page to find all the effects?

I could use them later

[inland lodge]

you mean the wiki?

[young holly]

mhm

[inland lodge]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect

[young holly]

I can't find it

perfect, many thanks

[indigo canyon]

wait u dont have to restart the game when doing changes?

[inland lodge]

if you set an ideology make sure you make that ideology beforehand

no

[indigo canyon]

omg

[inland lodge]

ctrl s

most changes besides localization will take effect

and or it crashes your game

lol

[indigo canyon]

cool

[inland lodge]

just make a new comestic tag, then your good

[indigo canyon]

do u know how to make that another country gets a higher opinion of you?

[inland lodge]

prob make an opinion modifer

then set targeted modifer

you can specify if its a trade modifer

for example make a modifer(there is plenty of generic ones to choose from)

[indigo canyon]

how?

[inland lodge]

you doing it via focus?

[indigo canyon]

yes

[rancid sigil]

i made new ones for different countries

the colors do not work

[inland lodge]

did you set the cosmetic tag of that country via those decisions or focuses

[rancid sigil]

its vanilla

so its through focus

for ottomans and qing

[rancid sigil]

the new ones i made are neither

but they shouldnt require that

[inland lodge]

GER = {
add_opinion_modifier = {
target = ROOT
modifier = hostile_status
}
}

kinda like that

[indigo canyon]

ok

thanks

[inland lodge]

that would set them to hate you though

hence the target

[indigo canyon]

how do I make it to like me?

[inland lodge]

reverse to set vice versa

replace root with ger and root with get

then find a modifier of your liking under opinion modifier

[indigo canyon]

ok

[inland lodge]

when you do the focus, under completion reward of the focus add set_cosmetic_tag = (name of cosmetic tag)

it may already have one so just delete it

[rancid sigil]

yeah

but you can just set it through console

and it applies as if you did that

[inland lodge]

i didn't know that console did that

set_country_flag = TUR_ott_sultanate_flag
TUR_set_appropriate_cosmetic_tag = yes

current event does this

turned me red

[indigo canyon]

its working!!!

thanks alot

[rancid sigil]

That's the Ottoman Sultanate

not the Ottoman Empire

Reclaim the Empire brings back the Ottomans

[inland lodge]

yeah that has its own tag assocaited

[indigo canyon]

Uh its making me like them, how do I make them like me?

[inland lodge]

switch it

[indigo canyon]

wym?

[inland lodge]

so set the scope as their country

so ger = {

oh

yeah set it to ger = { then target you

[indigo canyon]

like "ger = { add_opinion_modifier = { target = BAY modifier = huge_increase } }"?

[inland lodge]

yes

exactly

[indigo canyon]

ok thanks

uh

[inland lodge]

is germany in your mod?

May have to specify GER

[indigo canyon]

No

I just made Bavaria

Nothing else

[inland lodge]

so germany does exists?

[indigo canyon]

Except independent bavaria everything is vanilla

[indigo canyon]

yes

[inland lodge]

just captialize

see how that does

[indigo canyon]

yes

works

thanks

[burnt vigil]

making a USSR size tree for this

[bitter wedge]

After I added a nation the game just crashes upon launching, here is a picture of the error.log file, let me know if you need any other files for help.

[burnt vigil]

missing quotations

[bitter wedge]

?

[bitter wedge]

The game says it crashes to a map error though

[pale sparrow]

mistake at the bottom in the Tyrol file probably

[dusk ivy]

How do people make mods/maps like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsFUS5jcbAY

[pale sparrow]

Just override certain folders and only add back some, then edited state files

[burnt vigil]

'ello mari

wanna see my progress for my german tree so far?

[burnt vigil]

this is a more compressed prussia

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[burnt vigil]

it's W I D E

the 2 major branches are the Monarchist, and Non-Monarchist

that lonely one on the left is the start for airforce

idk what to do with it yet

monarchial path

alternate

working on one full branch at a time

[burnt vigil]

left: historical path of working with AH
centre: Uniting the 3 cousins of monarchial europe - pacifist
right: independance of all alliances - either neutral in warfare or WC

[burnt vigil]

Left: Democratic path, choice of making a socialist democracy, Weimar or a Liberal democracy, Republic of Germany (modern)
Left-Centre: Communist Germany - WIP
Right-Centre: Development of Fascism before Mussolini invents it - Hitlerish route
Right: Neutrality - decide later on an ideology or make a choice to go an anarchist state

[burnt vigil]

thoughts @pale sparrow

[pale sparrow]

Ive never heard the term cousins in Germanic country relations

[burnt vigil]

lmao

it's UK, Germany and Russia

[pale sparrow]

Because theyre family

[burnt vigil]

yep

George V and Nicholas II are 1st cousins, while William II and Nicholas II are 3rd cousins

all related to William III of prussia

i hate how much work i gotta do for the hoi4 GFX

i need to make a peace icon for Denmark, because there's only a war one

this

but in this format

[languid mortar]

[cinder hedge]

so how to change game mechanics

like simplifying air and naval combat

[cinder hedge]

and is there a documentation for things?

[slender brook]

That's not possible, you can't just change core game mechanics

[orchid lagoon]

Can someone help with map modding?

[cinder hedge]

What about a little less core one?

I need to know what I can change and what I cannot

[slender brook]

There’s no hard line for that. You’d have to ask anout very specific features.

Although a general rule of thumb is that if you’ve never seen a mod do it before, it probably isn’t a thing

[cinder hedge]

I don't know much mods

I'm not a real HOI player, I'm just here for modding it

[brisk fog]

focus tree for germany for my axis victory mod (still WIP)

feel free to get inspiration from

[nimble meteor]

add Albert Speer as an industrial path

[brisk fog]

nah i'll make 50 thousand economical reforms paths albert speer reforms go brrrrrrrr

second four year reforms of göring

[cinder hedge]

add mengele (if I remember his name correctly)

[brisk fog]

why!!!!

he's just a captain

[nimble meteor]

I'm just surprised there's no kaiser path considering that Germany won ww1 unless something funky happened with their leadership

or is it WW2 they win in the mod

[brisk fog]

central powers weren't named axis?

[nimble meteor]

tno style I see

[cinder hedge]

cuz I like that guy

nothing special

[covert sequoia]

am i able to ask for a modded play through help in here?

[cinder hedge]

you are able to ask, what happens after matters

[covert sequoia]

playing a late game save and on a certain date im randomly crashing and this is the last thing the log says before it goes down.

[04:28:33][triggerbase.cpp:536]: common/decisions/POL.txt:2918: owner: invalid event target: owner
[04:28:49][triggerimplementation.cpp:2731]: common/national_focus/r56_soviet_civil_war.txt:384: has_idea: boris_smyslovsky is not A valid Idea
[04:28:49][triggerimplementation.cpp:2731]: common/national_focus/r56_soviet_civil_war.txt:609: has_idea: konstantin_rodzaevsky is not A valid Idea
[04:28:49][triggerimplementation.cpp:2731]: common/national_focus/r56_soviet_civil_war.txt:917: has_idea: alexander_kerensky is not A valid Idea```