modding

[covert sequoia]

i dont completely understand it but if one of you does, i'd appreciate the help

[cinder hedge]

how can I launch modded game without using paradox launcher and only that hoi4.exe file?

almost sure there is a argument I can call the exe with

[covert sequoia]

is that directed at me or the other guy

[cinder hedge]

at anyone who can answer (its fixed now)

another question, where are those loading screen dialogues in the mods?

[dusk ivy]

Does your game happen to be pirated too?

🤨

Pretty suspicious question

[young holly]

How the hell do I add decisions

The tutorial I used needed a mod which don't work no more

[manic flare]

I'd like to make a mode where anti-air state building shoots down enemy fighters as well as bombers that are bombing, is possible?

[cinder hedge]

yes

[burnt vigil]

That's why

You can't

I'd also recommend buying the game

Not only do the paradox workers (barely) make the game amazing

But the modding teams that make these amazing mods are super chill people, and pirating ruins the fun for only you

[coral salmon]

Where would I be able to edit Puppets of Nations being able to declare wars?

I'd like to allow Dominions to Declare wars

[cinder hedge]

I actually did

[cinder hedge]

for some reasons, I cannot

[noble tulip]

In my mod frequent desynchronization when playing multiplayer, how can I fix it?

[inner lava]

is there a mod that has extended over vanilla tech tree with additional units like road to 56 but with at least some models added and not a vanilla but created(or moded) map where everyone starts more less fair & equal

[thick widget]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/701455648503627837/1083307437882343424/Screenshot_2023_0309_055536.png

[obtuse condor]

anyone know how to change the small picture on uploaded mods?

[burnt vigil]

toilet bomb mod?

[exotic dagger]

I want to learn modding just to put this in the game.

[pale sparrow]

Thats gonna be easy

[burnt vigil]

what it for

[past zinc]

probably Puss-olini

[sharp valve]

Unexpected token: ITA, near line: 631" in file: "gfx/train_gfx_database/NSB_generic.txt
when I looked in gfx/train_gfx_database I see only "generic.txt"

[burnt vigil]

anyone know if i can change what the loading bar?

[sharp valve]

[20:05:48][gfx_dx11.cpp:74]: Failed to create 2D texture (height=0, width=984, format=87, mips=1: (0x80070057)
[20:05:48][gfx_dx11.cpp:74]: Failed to create 2D texture (height=0, width=250, format=87, mips=1: (0x80070057)
where does this come from? how could I fix this?

[rugged jewel]

Is there a way to make a state not impassible in national focus?

[slender brook]

No

[rugged jewel]

ok

[cursive coral]

You can make ‘routes’, just like in kaiserreich does in the sahara

[lofty plaza]

You cannot edit map mid game

[pale sparrow]

Except state category, state name, VP name, then all tbe other obvious stuff

[eager hazel]

does anyone know a good prussia era mod

[livid lynx]

Fun fact: If you mod the game so a general's division cap is 0 or lower instead of the standard 24, you can no longer assign them to lead an army. To my knowledge, there is no way to make this happen in vanilla, so I'm surprised this edge case is in the game at all.

[livid lynx]

Apparently you still can, but only by selecting them via clicking on one of their still-clickable GUI elements - the background that's grayed-out is no longer selectable, but their portraits, traits, etc. still are.

[burnt vigil]

Yea, I wouldn't do that, instead just make it so they become unusable entirely

It's a waste of a leader

[jolly lake]

I am currently working on a Finland mod I have ideas of making a Stalin vs Trotsky path but my modding knowledge and resources are far too short does somone want to develop this mod together with me ?

[burnt vigil]

i wanna work on my mod, but at the same time i have absolutely no motivation whatsoever

[jaunty orchid]

MAP_ERROR: The province 555 - has no strategic region assigned.
anyone knows where i can try to fix this?

[sharp valve]

map/strategicregions

[neon ocean]

sure ;)

[orchid lagoon]

bruh

[burnt vigil]

over 13k errors

most of them are because NOBODY exists

but german leaders work

[stuck quarry]

Idk if this is the correct place to ask but how do i find whats causing my mod to crash?

i gave algeria back its territory thats owned by france but doing so causes my game to crash when i try to start a new game and using the -debug or -crash_data_log launch params dont help since it isnt telling me whats crashing it

[jaunty orchid]

[22:24:19][nationalfocus.cpp:1152]: No default tree scripted, will apply first scripted instead.
can this error make hoi4 crash?

[pale sparrow]

try it out

you can try make an empty mod that just overrides the national_focus folder with an empty one

[burnt vigil]

any fixes?

localisation is spelt correctly i think

[jaunty orchid]

anyone knows where i can find working guide for creating a custom map?

i was trying for 6h i feel sick already

[burnt vigil]

wait, i think im an idiot

[orchid lagoon]

Have got the same problem, game just keeps crashing

[torpid orbit]

how do i change where germany's troops start in 1936

[slender brook]

history/units

Specifically, history/units/GER_1936

[torpid orbit]

i changed the province they start in, but they stay in the same place in the game

[slender brook]

Is the file pathing correct

[tepid cave]

If im adding to a vanilla focus tree or adding localization do i have to copy everything from the base game files, or can i just have a file with my stuff in it?

[burnt vigil]

you gotta copy the whole tree

for recruiting, does it need to have the TAG_name? or can I use a different tag?

[tepid cave]

is there a way to get all cores of a country that are owned by another specific country?

[burnt vigil]

wdym by that

[tepid cave]

i want to have a focus to transfer all cores of a country owned by another specific country

[burnt vigil]

oh, it's easy and hard

effects would add the claim to one country for every state, for example all the states in america get a claim from canada

then you remove the origional countries claim

like when AH forms, you take austrian claim away after hungary gives the ultimatium

[tepid cave]

thats not what i mean

ill give an example

lets say germany owns half of belgium

and france owns the other half

i want the focus to give all the german owned belgium cores to belgium

[burnt vigil]

yea, it's the same thing, just a different example

in the effects, remove the german claims on the state(s) germany owns

well, you can actually just say Belgium gets the states

[tepid cave]

yeah

[burnt vigil]

one second, i have the code for it

do you want it to cause an event, or just give the land

[tepid cave]

give the land

[burnt vigil]

rn looking through sudetenland event

bc ik it happens

[tepid cave]

but sudetenland is different, no?

[burnt vigil]

same effect

if i can get the code, you can sue it

[tepid cave]

doesn't that transfer one specific state?

[burnt vigil]

option = {
name = germany.115.a
transfer_state = 85
remove_state_claim = 86
}

this for example

transfer state caries

[tepid cave]

I want to transfer ALL states that are cores of country1 AND owned by country2

[burnt vigil]

and you can do the same for remove_state_claim

[burnt vigil]

so, like brandenburg n such as well? or only belgian land

[tepid cave]

only belgian

states that are both cored by belgium and owned by germany

[burnt vigil]

easy enough

[burnt vigil]

replace the number 85 with the belgian states with the variable of owned_by_GER = Yes i think it is

don't quote me on it

[tepid cave]

???

[tepid cave]

thats what im having trouble with. how do i filter to belgian cores owned by germany?

[burnt vigil]

Is it gonna be like, guaranteed of who owns what provinces?

[tepid cave]

???

[burnt vigil]

like, when you can do the focus

will the german provinces that are originally belgian, be guarenteed to be owned by germany

or will it be possible for france to own them too

[tepid cave]

i did it

QUE = {
          every_core_state = {
              limit = { is_controlled_by = ROOT }
              QUE = { transfer_state = PREV }
          }
      }

my problem was i was using all_core_state insead of every_core_state

[burnt vigil]

Ggs

[tepid cave]

how do i check if a country has done a certain event?

[burnt vigil]

like what?

like your custom event?

[tepid cave]

yeah. i already figured it out

[burnt vigil]

this mans talking about hoi4 modding

[lofty plaza]

You can make it so the event sets a global/country flag, and then use that as the trigger.

[burnt vigil]

omg, it's an RT56 member outside of the basement

[lofty plaza]

[burnt vigil]

fr

hows the fresh, cool breeze?

[lofty plaza]

Man I dunno but this new VR game is sick

Graphics are life-like

So realistic that I can't leave

[burnt vigil]

go back to the basement

actually, can i get an opinion for focus tree design?

[lofty plaza]

Sure.

[burnt vigil]

it's being rather buggy

it's sorta like full DLC hoi4 with SOV tree, but i'm not a paradox worker slaving away

full explenation is up here for a better idea of it

[lofty plaza]

Not enough there to really give an opinion

Better coding it into the game first

[burnt vigil]

Ye, I've got to much work to do for that

[jaunty orchid]

can empty weatherpositions.txt cause crashes?

[thin chasm]

After a bit of modding, I split New England into its constituent states, like a number of other mods do

Unlike a number of those mods, I went the extra step and also split Delaware and Washington D.C. from Maryland,

Thus making me, if my calculations are correct, both bold and daring

[burnt vigil]

Nah

I've done that before

And gave every state a focus tree

And tech tree

[burnt vigil]

do i gotta make portraits use the 'leaders' folder

if i'm defining the path

or can i change it to be "Portraits" instead

and for naming said portraits, can I use dashes at all?

[slender brook]

You probably can but it’s unwise to break convention

[slender brook]

Also no

[burnt vigil]

k, so I'll use it in naming

like, character naming

not .dds

[slender brook]

Yeah that’s fine

[burnt vigil]

U1206 doesn't sound as good as U-1206

[elder yacht]

Quick question and may be odd, but what mod set does Dankus use? I’ve been trying to look for awhile but not luck. Maybe y’all can help me out

[autumn briar]

Does anyone know the restrictions on portraits

Like if it's the size that's restricted, or if it's the aspect ratio

[valid apex]

I think it 156x210

[autumn briar]

So it's pixel count?

It can't be aspect ratio

?

[slender brook]

It's the pixels

[autumn briar]

God dam it

The images are doomer to bad quality

Doomed

[valid apex]

Srry i only know the pixel count

[autumn briar]

I'm sas

Sad

The images will look so bad

[valid apex]

Wdym by that

Like the background ỏ the character

[autumn briar]

196:256 is what iv been told is the pixel count

That's horrible quality

[slender brook]

In terms of screen size that’s more pixels relative to size than can be displayed

[autumn briar]

Explain that in stupid

Please

[slender brook]

Leader image small, which is okay because they never show it big

[autumn briar]

Ok

So

Even tho it looks like Sheet it won't look like sheet since it's small?

[slender brook]

Yeah basically

The size fits the purpose

Also you can say shit on this server

[autumn briar]

Oh

Oka

Ok

Thanks

[obtuse condor]

what are good meme mods

[buoyant mortar]

is there any cool extended time mod

from ww2 to idk maybe 1990s or 2000s

[pale sparrow]

No

They still run terribly

[buoyant mortar]

ok

any half decent ones?

[copper salmon]

can someone help me with making a small mod?

i want to make a mod that gives 0.1% recruitable population per 100 factories meant to be used in combination with a mod i made that adds a lot of industry, or 0.5% per 100 factories without that mod

[burnt vigil]

Doubt it, most people try make things like RT56 or such, but usually they don't know the full abilities of what they can use

Like tree's working off cosmetic tags

[buoyant mortar]

ok thanks

[burnt vigil]

Ye

[mental quarry]

Is there any mod where I can create In-Game with my friends these newspapers which pop up at events it would make the RP experience better for us

[halcyon estuary]

Yo can anyone help me what is the issue of hoi4? im trying to make a sea crossing between france and england but it keeps crashing my game. Anyone know what its issue might be? This is the single line i changed in the adjacencies.csv other than deleting the impassable land

[jade mauve]

how do you make a mission that keeps activating? i have this, but it never reactivates

`Political_dynamic_update = {
icon = mission_icon
trigger = {
has_government = democratic
}
available = {
always = no
}
remove_trigger = {
NOT = {
has_government = democratic
}
}
#fire_only_once = no
days_re_enable = 1
is_good = no
days_mission_timeout = 7
complete_effect = {

    }
    timeout_effect = {
        custom_effect_tooltip = var_update
        add_to_variable = { political_risk = 1 }
        add_to_variable = { political_loyalty = 2 }
    }
}`

[waxen warren]

trying to trigger an event when Germany attacks/is in war with Norway but it simply refuses to trigger. no errors in the error log either. Conditions displays as met when I force trigger through console. Any ideas?

[halcyon estuary]

maybe

if = { limit = { NOT = { has_decision = Political_dynamic_update } } } add_timed_idea = { idea = Political_dynamic_update days = 7 }

[halcyon estuary]

or alternate idea

timeout_effect = {
custom_effect_tooltip = var_update
add_to_variable = { political_risk = 1 }
add_to_variable = { political_loyalty = 2 }
add_timed_idea = {
idea = Political_dynamic_update
days = 7
}
}

[jade mauve]

Alr, let me try it out

[halcyon estuary]

ok so the issue happens because AI probably moves the troops thru the sea crossing. I disabled AI and the game went on as normal, but once reenabled it crashed again

[halcyon estuary]

bruh... i removed the sea part and it works now

@jade mauve did you check yet?

[copper salmon]

can someone help me with making a small mod?
i want to make a mod that gives 0.1% recruitable population per 100 factories meant to be used in combination with a mod i made that adds a lot of industry

[pale sparrow]

ig you could make a dynamic modifier idea on all countries, then monthly update its value

[copper salmon]

thx

[thin chasm]

Is there a way to jump to a specific province while in the nudge tool?

[tepid cave]

is there a way to get something similar to

Any Allied Country:
  Controls any core state of Germany

closest i can get is

Germany: Any core state:
Controller: Is in faction with France

[burnt vigil]

hoi4 kingbob mod

[haughty patio]

good road to 56 duos?

[compact perch]

how do you swith version i use gamepass

[slender brook]

Unfortunately that is only on Steam

[pulsar leaf]

You need to set up a mean_time_to_happen = { days = whatever }. If you want to fire the event the second Germany goes to war I recommend on_war_relation_added

[slender brook]

You mean an on_action?

Or I guess both

[pulsar leaf]

yes

[waxen warren]

I solved it! Mtth didn't work on its' own. But I will absolutely remember that other command!

[charred shore]

It stopped working again after a bit and it clicks on a certain part of my phone randomly

It just erased a bunch of text saying how restarting my phone fixed it and it seems to return after a bit

[slender brook]

any_allied_country = {
any_controlled_state = {
is_core_of = GER
}
}

Although depending on what the event does you might also want to make it so Germany has to be at war with the controller, so weird stuff doesn't happen

[timid zephyr]

This is meant to be a declaration of war on Vichy France, but it doesn't pop up nor does it work

[slender brook]

Vichy uses a dynamic tag

You would probably have to do a mildly more complex system of scoping via has_focus_tree

[timid zephyr]

So the Alias wouldn't work alone as a target?

[slender brook]

It would not

[timid zephyr]

Ah, I see

[slender brook]

I'm trying to think of what would be the most efficient way to do this

[timid zephyr]

Is it possible doing it with the state owner?

Or are there like, easier ways

[slender brook]

My first line of thought is checking the focus tree

every_country = {
limit = {
has_focus_tree = vichy_france
}
every_country = {
limit = {
original_tag = tag
}
declare_war_on = {
target = PREV
type = annex_everything
}
}
}
This was my first line of thought, though it's almost assuredly not the most efficient way to do it

Actually does that even work

[timid zephyr]

CHecking rn

[tepid cave]

I had to change it to

any_country = {
          AND = {
          is_in_faction_with = TAG 
          any_controlled_state = { is_core_of = GER }
     }
}

Because the other one doesn’t work with the country it self: only with faction members.

Also I’m just using Germany as an example. It’s actually checking if any allies control cores of a non-existant nation so it can be freed.

[timid zephyr]

Doesn't appear to

[slender brook]

Misplaced bracket

[timid zephyr]

Where?

[slender brook]

There's an extra bracket after the second every_country

[timid zephyr]

Oh

[slender brook]

And then you'd need another bracket after type =

[distant saddle]

The four land doctrines for my sci fi furry mod:
High-velocity combat: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738494800608624650/1078326237484822618/image.png
-Focused around using armored cars rather than tanks, it increases the mobility of the army in general, as well as the fighting ability of mechanised equipment and rocket artillery.
Industrial warfare: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738494800608624650/1083408628263952465/image.png
-Still close to the 33th century warfare, this doctrine has an emphasis not on raw manpower, but rather on raw production. It focuses on the use of Main Battle Tanks and basic Field Artillery integrated in standard infantry divisions. Most importantly, the first doctrine will allow you to bypass the checks to mobilise your economy, allowing you to enact high level of mobilisation even before being at war and having enough war support.
Remote strike: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738494800608624650/1078814984890503239/image.png
-Focusing mostly on precision artillery, a stronger but costlier version of regular artillery, this doctrine also focus on Unmanned Ground Vehicles, tanks that can be remotely operated at the expanse of weaker stats compared to the regular tanks, it increase the general effectiveness of your infantry, and also boost the attack of long range missiles. Support precision artillery will also protect your troops effectively, giving it some manpower recovery ability.
Asymmetric warfare: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738494800608624650/1084268449720696954/image.png
-Rather than focusing on improving some specific tank or artillery models, this doctrine is mostly focused on nation with low industrial potentials. While not miraculous, this doctrine does counter a lot of penalties related to terrain, enemy air superiority, and supplies.

[slender brook]

That's... quite an idea

[distant saddle]

Since I'm doing a sci-fi mod, cool tech is like, half of the mod's coolness

[slender brook]

I meant the sci-fi furry part but sure

[timid zephyr]

Still no

[slender brook]

Wouldn't that be SIA not FRA

[distant saddle]

I even made a custom map for it
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/775430378156589105/893878020580966470/1.jpg

And I reworked all the tech
And by reworked, I mean, not just changing the icons and the loc, I did rework every single technology, there is no vanilla tech left

This took a seriously long time

[timid zephyr]

Oh

[slender brook]

Where does the furry part come in

That's not a euphemism by the way

[timid zephyr]

Still no

[slender brook]

Damnit, I'm loading up a test mod and working through this now

[distant saddle]

Discord's preview is terrible skull

Let me resend this

Every single leader is a furry specie. There are no humans in the mod

There is even a specie custom map mode

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738494800608624650/1064444167255773234/image.png

[thin chasm]

    id = 883 #Kassala
    name = "STATE_883"
    manpower = 511402
    state_category = rural

    history = {
        owner = ENG
        victory_points = {
            12725 1 
        }
        buildings = {
            infrastructure = 1
            12725 = {
                naval_base = 3
            }
        }
        add_core_of = SUD
        add_claim_by = EGY
        add_claim_by = ITA #Test
    }

    provinces = {
        1977 2003 2088 10902 12725 
    }
    
    buildings_max_level_factor = 1.000
    local_supplies = 0.000
}```

I'm working on a personal Vanilla+ mod, and making Egypt a starting tag is one part of that

I'm trying to give them claims on Sudan for closer historical accuracy, but it's not recognising the claims for some reason

Testing it by giving Italy a claim on the states instead does work though

Anyone know why that is?

[timid zephyr]

So it works with Italy but not Egypt?

[thin chasm]

ITA does work, EGY does not

I'm hoping that by now bringing up the problem publicly, the problem will mysteriously solve itself to spite me

Ah, no, it did not

[slender brook]

every_country = {
limit = {
has_focus_tree = vichy_french_focus
}
ROOT = {
declare_war_on = {
target = PREV
type = annex_everything
}
}
}
Got it working

The instant I said that it stopped working

[timid zephyr]

oof

[thin chasm]

Paradox coding giveth, Paradox coding taketh away

[timid zephyr]

I did it in a test mod and it worked for me

I just did it on Khartoum tho

[slender brook]

Ok I know the reason, for some reason Vichy France went back to the generic focus tree

I probably should use has_cosmetic_tag then

[tepid cave]

how do I make a country unable to be manually released?

[slender brook]

                limit = {
                    has_cosmetic_tag = FRA_VICHY
                }
                ROOT = {
                    declare_war_on = {
                        target = PREV
                        type = annex_everything
                    }
                }
            }```

[timid zephyr]

Yea I was about to ask if I should just change the "has_focus_tree" to "has_cosmetic_tag"

[thin chasm]

Well that is odd

Same state txt file as above?

[timid zephyr]

^

[thin chasm]

Ah, right, missed that bit

[timid zephyr]

But they are still base game states

[thin chasm]

Well, Egypt also doesn't have a claim on that one

[timid zephyr]

Odd

[thin chasm]

Maybe it's something to do with Egypt not being a starter tag by default in the base game's logic

Or maybe my version of the game is secretly a red-blooded Englishman, and vehemently denies Egypt's claim to Sudan

[timid zephyr]

lmao

[thin chasm]

It'll let me add them as a CORE of Egypt though

[slender brook]

You have to do something similar to DIPLOMACY_RELEASE_NATION_ENABLE_TRIGGER in diplomacy_scripted_triggers

[thin chasm]

Hm... I have Egypt start the game as a puppet of England, maybe that has something to do with it?

Worth a try

[timid zephyr]

By the way, should white peace work the same way, just replacing "declare_war_on" with "white_peace"?

[slender brook]

I think so

[timid zephyr]

Because

[thin chasm]

Oh, that worked

[timid zephyr]

Thaat's all I got

[timid zephyr]

Oh

Nice

[thin chasm]

I guess puppets can't have visible claims on their overlord's states?

[timid zephyr]

Probably

[tepid cave]

do you know what the exact thing is, or where i can find it?

[slender brook]

scripted_triggers

[thin chasm]

common/scripted_triggers

[timid zephyr]

I've spent like, until 3 in the morning trying to fix this

[thin chasm]

Hm, but becoming free from England as puppet Egypt doesn't register Egypt's claims on Sudan

problematic

[tepid cave]

i cant find the thing to disable releasing in scripted triggers

[thin chasm]

common\scripted_triggers\diplomacy_scripted_triggers.txt

Open file, search for DIPLOMACY_RELEASE_NATION_ENABLE_TRIGGER

[tepid cave]

ty

[thin chasm]

Alright, found a workaround to the "state claims as puppet" dilemma

Adding a specific add_state_claim call to Egypt's main country file (history\countries\EGY - Egypt.txt) for the given state registered the claims even as a puppet state

[jade mauve]

not yet, but could it also work with flags?

[thin chasm]

I wish the UI of the nudge tool's "supply" view wasn't so terrible

[lofty plaza]

You could just do add_claim_by = whatever in the state file

[thin chasm]

That was the bit that wasn't working, you see

Hence my need to find a workaround

[jade mauve]

welp, it doesnt work

[tepid cave]

is there a way to add a factory to 3 random states without pasting the code 3 times?

[lofty plaza]

Well, it isn't anything to do with them not being a starting tag

[thin chasm]

Thank you for the assistance, but I've already found the solution to my problem

[tepid cave]

do i have to keep my countries localization in the countries_l_english file or can i make my own file for my mod?

[thin chasm]

It can be its own file

[lethal bane]

but it always happens at the start of a new month thats the only pattern i was able to find

[soft bramble]

Where is "Fuel" localisation? Already changed its icon. I want to change its name too.

[solemn bronze]

is there any way to auto units in province without changing the position of the victory point in the nudge tool?

[lofty plaza]

No

It autos everything

[solemn bronze]

ok thanks

[soft bramble]

how can I bypass a focus when country has this particular ideology?

bypass = {
has_government = communism
}

This does not work. What's the right code?

or this?

bypass = {
FROM = {
has_government = communism
}
}

[pale sparrow]

That is the right code

[halcyon estuary]

maybe replace from with root?

[pale sparrow]

in a focus that isnt needed at all

[soft bramble]

Lmao while I was trying this, communsim went back to its original name. I had changed it to "nomad" before but even if I changed nothing at localisation file, it's reversed. Also just communism. None of others have changed

I'm gonna lose my control

[gritty hound]

damm finland

[gritty hound]

wtf

[tepid cave]

hi. what do i put in the icon section of my focus if i want it to use a custom icon?

[compact estuary]

Good afternoon! Can anyone please help with creating a unicameral parliament similar to the American one? And I would like to clarify exactly how to implement several types of this structure, because it will be created by focus, and each branch has its own type: in the monarchy will be a khural, moderates will be a kurultai, although democrats will have an American-style parliament. I would also like to implement a system for appointing the head of parliament (and displaying his portrait and name in the tab, as well as the support seats themselves) and his change if it's possible, of course.

[lofty plaza]

Reverse engineer the US one with the appropriate files and systems

[velvet thistle]

I’m playing RON, Why is Hank And Walt From breaking Bad Leading Austria and Uruguay?

[burnt vigil]

'Ello

[lofty plaza]

Easter egg, perhaps?

[burnt vigil]

Lmao

[upper forge]

Does anyone know any mods that start in 1945 before the end of ww2?

[slate latch]

does anyone know if there is a great war redux mod that is compatible with latest version

a whole bunch of youtubers like bittersteel have recently done a vid with great war redux

so

i haven't been able to find one

[burnt vigil]

i can play it just fine

[slate latch]

which version do you use

like can you link it

[burnt vigil]

just the basic GWR

[slate latch]

on paradox plaza?

[burnt vigil]

Steam mods

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1946557392

[slate latch]

how do i download

[burnt vigil]

this version runs on Operation Pike Patch

[slate latch]

my steam mods doesn't work

[burnt vigil]

ah

no idea

[slate latch]

ok thx

[burnt vigil]

bro can-can really makes me hate myself

it's so upbeat

listening to it while modding, i just feel bleh

[pallid warren]

I think i screwed somethin up

how to fix?

i feel like its some map errors

[cinder hedge]

wait what country are u playing

[compact estuary]

The thing is, I already tried, but it just did not work: the events written for it did not work, no decision buttons, in the tab was a section of parliament, but there were no icons, or any buttons. And whatever I did, whatever I rewrote, everything remained in the same position.

[autumn briar]

The fastest I can make it where it actually functions as a tank

[autumn briar]

These tanks are fast af but are absolute shit lmao

[pallid warren]

Its all coming together

[grim mist]

is there a bb mod?

[lofty plaza]

Waltuh

[paper temple]

Hi ! Can someone please help me? On the rt56 mod, when I launch the game with any country my game crashes

[lofty plaza]

Check for other mods

[paper temple]

ok i will check ^^

Lol it's work thanks 🙂

[burnt vigil]

oof

[tepid cave]

does bypassing a focus count as completing it?

[lofty plaza]

No

[burnt vigil]

no

it's usually something that does stuff

like if you take the Sudetenland before doing the focus for it

you bypass it

[burnt vigil]

is there any way I could put a 2d flag facing front onto a semi-2d flag facing left-front?

i wanna put this flag

on the flag back there

i wanna preferably paste it on

because drawing it pixel by pixel will be painful

[nimble meteor]

you could rotate and mess with it in a 3d environment and take a screenshot at the right angle

(paint 3d is okay and easy)

[burnt vigil]

thx, I'll try it

I'm used to used pdn lol

[nimble meteor]

whats that

[burnt vigil]

paint.net

[nimble meteor]

(this better not be a dn joke)

OH ok fair

[burnt vigil]

dn?

[nimble meteor]

deez nuts

GG

[burnt vigil]

ah

fr gonna need a VR set to do this right XD

[nimble meteor]

it might help lol but u dont need it

[burnt vigil]

XD

yes i do

idk what im doing

[nimble meteor]

one sec lemme try it

[burnt vigil]

lol

[nimble meteor]

is there a bigger image of this

[burnt vigil]

it's the flag of east germany

[slender brook]

GIMP has warping tools. Afterwards I would then manually sever the flag in half and delete the portion I don’t want

[burnt vigil]

ah, thx

so far the flags i've gotten, i gotta delete ADU bc ion need it iirc

[nimble meteor]

i feel likethe flag is too bright but yea

[burnt vigil]

i can work with this

thx lol

[nimble meteor]

np lmao ms paint + google slides peak editing

[burnt vigil]

lol

[slender brook]

You’d probably want the working files to only change contrast etc for the flag

[burnt vigil]

do i gotta use a cosmetic tag to change the flag, name, colour, and leaderships of a country for the same ideology

like making Prussia when monarchy is already for the Empire under the same GER_monarchist tag

[pallid warren]

flag not appearing

pls help

[burnt vigil]

hm

odd

show the files RQ, like the flag location and name, as well as the country tag for the actual land

[slender brook]

Did you disable compression when exporting the files

[pallid warren]

uhhh

how to disable?

i used the convertio site

[slender brook]

I would use GIMP

[burnt vigil]

thoughs on which one i should use

it's Paul von Hindenburg

[pallid warren]

odd

it dont work

[14:14:16][flagtextureatlas.cpp:203]: Error loading country flag overlay: gfx/flags/KDH_democratic.tga : Unsupported format. Expected 32bpp, uncompressed, no color palette
[14:14:16][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country SLR : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/ : File not found
[14:14:16][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country KDH : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/ : File not found
[14:14:16][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country PRL : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/ : File not found
[14:14:19][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country SLR : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/medium/ : File not found
[14:14:19][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country KDH : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/medium/ : File not found
[14:14:19][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country PRL : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/medium/ : File not found
[14:14:20][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country SLR : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/small/ : File not found
[14:14:20][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country KDH : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/small/ : File not found
[14:14:20][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country PRL : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/small/ : File not found

[burnt vigil]

missing democratic flag

[pallid warren]

theres already one

[burnt vigil]

it should be TAG_ideology.tga

like this

[pallid warren]

dont work

[nimble meteor]

how 😭😭

[celest dust]

Multiply
overlay
or soft light (sometimes)

[nimble meteor]

whar app r u using tho

[celest dust]

ms paint

[celest dust]

have the psd

[pale sparrow]

😂

[nimble meteor]

I've been outpainted wrf

that's cracked tho fr it looks so good

[pale sparrow]

It does

[pallid warren]

hey, can ya help me?

flag wont show

[pale sparrow]

See the error log

It wasnt loaded as the format is incorrect

[pallid warren]

i dont know how to

[pale sparrow]

Saving options of the software

[pallid warren]

???

i dont see any options about bpp

[pale sparrow]

What software

[pallid warren]

gimp

[pale sparrow]

Should be there when you save the file I believe

[pallid warren]

lemme check

[celest dust]

its a overlay

also does anything have documentation on how dynamic list work

[pale sparrow]

Wdym by dynamic list

[pallid warren]

didnt appear

[trail oyster]

hey

how to trugger the russian civil war

in the ww1 mod/.?

[pallid warren]

... dont work

[trail oyster]

?

[pallid warren]

do you like just put the flag in the gfx/flags folder?

(tga, 82/52)

wowwww, it didnt work again

[celest dust]

one with gui modding
makes a list with that little slider bar
ill pull an example

dynamic_lists = {
st_state_grid = {
array = ROOT.owned_controlled_states
change_scope = yes
entry_container = "[state_entry_loc]"
}
}

i understand the grid box and what's meant to be within the interface folder
im just to brain dead to understand anything else. im also unable find documentation

[pallid warren]

please tell me whats wrong with this

[celest dust]

if u want to run the event yourself
SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\394360\1946557392\events
i'd imagine it would be in "WW1_Russian_Revolution"

if u wanted to make a save and run
event rusrevolt.5
or event rusrevolt.6
it might force it if u dont want to wait

[pallid warren]

HOLY SHITT

IT WORKED

AHAHAHAHGHAHGHAGAHA

[pale sparrow]

Check my toolpack mod building spawner maybe

[merry lagoon]

What are the best countries in New Ways mod?

[soft bramble]

So this one's very spesific. I've been making this total conversion mod for like a month. Its pretty good and has like really little bugs. But one accured today and it might broke the whole project.

Mod works totally fine at all of my friends' computers. But when I open it, loading tips won't work, just one ideology which is communism converted to "nomad" also won't work. Lastly, idology modifiers like "fascism_drift" localisation also won't work. When I have unfinished things I cannot continue to work and this little bug might cause serious problems in the future so I REALLY need help.

I tried deleting the game then loading the mod. Vice versa. I deleted both then loaded. I loaded the working versions from my firends' pc's. I deleted user cashe at the launcher start. I went back to older versions. NONE works. I mean, I don't know if you can help me but here I am guys

[thin chasm]

That sounds like a very vague description of a very specific problem

Did you check the last few things you edited? You may have put a syntax error in just the wrong area, throwing the entire file into disarray

[burnt vigil]

Is there any error log?

[soft bramble]

If my logic is true, the problem should appear in other computers too right? But its just me and because of that I didn't put that much effort to understand that kind of part. If it was a recent edit error, previous versions shouldn't have it but they appear at older versions too

[thin chasm]

Have you checked your \Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\ folder? Sometimes when editing maps (and maybe other things I don't know) it creates folders and files that the game always tries to read, no matter what mod is active

If any of these temp files are still there, it could be affecting how your game loads

[soft bramble]

Are they redownloaded when I delete and re download the game

then they might be the problem

[thin chasm]

That's a folder that doesn't exist in the steam directory, so no, they wouldn't be affected

[soft bramble]

Oh I see

[thin chasm]

You could try deleting that entire folder except for the mod folder, then restarting the game, see if that does anything

[soft bramble]

nothing unusual to be honest

[soft bramble]

I did deleted documents files and tested but leaving only mod might be helpful. I'm trying right now

Nope didn't worked

This is really annoying

[thin chasm]

Can you send a screenshot of what the game looks like with the error?

[soft bramble]

1. JUST communism's ideology name localisation not working. Others as you can see is normal
2. Modifier localisations also don't properly work as you can see it says fascism while should've said absolute monacry. Communism (Nomad) is also. but non-aligned which is now feudal monarchy is works I don't understand why.
3. Loading tips are generic even so I changed and added like 10 of them

Files work at others' computers

[thin chasm]

When you say they work at other computers, do you mean that you send the contents of the mod folder to another computer, or are those other computers subscribed to the mod through the workshop or wherever?

[soft bramble]

I sent the mod manually and they played it. These localisations worked at their pcs

[thin chasm]

And is it just those localisation files that are showing errors, or are there others?

[soft bramble]

It seems just these for now

But I don't want to ignore and continue you know

[thin chasm]

And the files aren't edited in any way once they reach the other computers, and are installed in the same mod folder at the same directory?

[soft bramble]

Yeah they are identical. I even had them upload the working files(whole mod) and re loading to my computer. Also did not work

[thin chasm]

Well then, without the benefit of actually seeing your personal setup, I can't really say for certain

Shot in the dark - you don't have any other mods active, yeah?

Nah, that'd be silly eh?

[soft bramble]

Yeah its just mine

Its really demoralising to have this kind of bug at this stage

Hmm maybe I should creating a new Windows session and try it there too

[thin chasm]

All I can say right now:
A) Reset your computer. Who knows, maybe it just needs a restart?
B) Copy the Hearts of Iron IV folders (steam folder and documents folder) from those other computers to yours, see if that gets you the right setup.

[soft bramble]

I restarted it several times but maybe a hard reset might do the trick

B might, mostly not but might work, I'll try that too

thanks for your efforts man

[thin chasm]

Yeah, sorry that I can't help more - troubleshooting's hard enough even IF you can actually see the files

[summer juniper]

So, im trying to put together a modding team because I want to make a mod for this small youtuber. And their world takes place in 2300. I'm still very new to modding and I dont have the time to get much done in one day.

so yea...if anyone wants to join me, just dm I guess

pls

I need alot of help

[burnt vigil]

if iwasn't so preoccupied, I'd help

[obtuse condor]

is there a way to give a country a bonus on another countries core territory, for example give germany a 5% attack bonus on italian cores?

[burnt vigil]

I think it's possible through decisions

Like with War plan Black

[fringe forum]

there should be a mod in hoi4 where u can detect stone age tribes on small very remote islands so u can terrorize them with your planes and ships and make a religion out of you

[thin chasm]

Albania's already in the game though?

(Country randomly selected from a preset list for the purposes of this slam)

[torpid orbit]

how do i make a focus to annex another country?

[nimble solar]

Play Stellaris

[burnt vigil]

is there an app i can use to search through files for stuff

like if i wanted to search all base-game files for "owner=GER"

[slender brook]

I use Notepad++ for that

[burnt vigil]

how?

bc i need to check hundreds of files in one

[slender brook]

It has file searching

[burnt vigil]

ah

thx

[real ember]

does road to 56 work in the newest game version?

[burnt vigil]

it does

[real ember]

can you use road to 56 with more then just the single mod itself?

[burnt vigil]

that, idk

[thin chasm]

Visual Studio Code

[lofty plaza]

You can, but it doesn't provide support in the case of conflicts

[slate latch]

in road to 56, if the communists win an election, does the country flip communist

bc rn

in france they have a 68% communist support

[lofty plaza]

No

[slate latch]

and their election is in 2 months

😭

i could have used the ally

rate the eastern bloc

[lofty plaza]

Why do they still own Austria

[slate latch]

oh

idk the lesser german solution was a mistake ig

(ironic)

it was more expensive to puppet austria

also for the balkan submission vs balkan cooperation, does the focus actually do anything?

[slate latch]

is greek civil war a scripted event?

i would prefer no front on the east

[tepid cave]

is there a way to trigger an event at the start of the game?

[burnt vigil]

at_game_start or sum like that

[thin chasm]

Made West Berlin its own state so as to make the post-Yalta Conference peace event more historical

Does anyone know how to hide a victory point?

Oh, never mind, got that one squared away

add_victory_points will work even if the province doesn't actually have any victory points defined in its state.txt file

[pallid warren]

how do i add building slots?

[thin chasm]

From the start of the game, or as a reward for completing a focus/decision?

[stuck quarry]

Anyone know if theres a way i can set a global climate or something, where i can make it constant winter and snowing everywhere?, i think i can set it per state from what ive seen from the wiki and other sources but thats like alot of work

[thin chasm]

You could try messing with the values in common/weather.txt

See what that does

[stuck quarry]

alr ima check that out

[dusty comet]

Is there a mod that automatically changes the ship prefix of ships you take over from other countries (like the USS Prinz Eugen)

Or Atleast allows you to do it easier then renaming every single ship manually

[lofty plaza]

on_actions - on_startup

[buoyant mortar]

Is RT56 good?

I don't really have anything to do in vanilla so i am searching for some mods

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[slender brook]

Ah yes clearly no bias
Anyways I do think it’s good and you should play it, even though I personally don’t like it

[nimble solar]

R56 is good and i have had some really fun games, but the amount of research needed to do makes my brain hurt so i just stick to vanilla.

[burnt vigil]

W

I'm currently sitting between "me wan die" and "lemme work in peace" for my mods

[crimson wedge]

What are some good upcoming mods that haven’t come out yet?

[burnt vigil]

no clue

they don't exist yet

[slate latch]

does civil war cheese exist in rt56

[slate latch]

Spartakus

https://spartakus.fandom.com/wiki/Spartakus_Wiki

[thin chasm]

France's colonial holdings, split off into colonial administrations

[burnt vigil]

kms

i wanna make it so Iris Orthodoxy exists as it's own country

but they don't use a prefix like HMS or SMS, so now i gotta pull one out me arse

[oak dust]

Ok, what's the best mod in hoi4 because I don't want to have to go through all of them. I think it's the Rise of Nations mod but it is really laggy and it crashes.

[thin chasm]

That's a very subjective question and depends heavily on what you're looking for in a mod

[slender brook]

I personally think Equestria at War is the best mod
Most people would despise that mod and think it’s the worst mod in existence

[thin chasm]

It's alright

A bit overwritten, if you ask me

And if you compare the ratio of world population to manpower required to field divisions, it feels very underpopulated

[slender brook]

Well a pony is relatively large to a person

[slate latch]

uhrt56 devs?

for commie germany i did rehabilitated military but still have zero generals

are there like decisions?

[burnt vigil]

make generals

[slate latch]

uh sure but i want like rommel and guderian

that's what the focus said

[burnt vigil]

XD no idea then

[slate latch]

bro i can get no military high command

or anything

[burnt vigil]

ngl

i need someone to make a map for a mod idea

[valid apex]

Ya no the generals hate your goverment so they didnt return, if you read it again you will see it has chances

[slate latch]

how do increase that chance

[burnt vigil]

you can't

it's like Danzig or War

you've got a set change of something working

[slate latch]

💀

[valid apex]

You could modify the focus file

[tepid cave]

is there a way to get a random country including ones that do not exist?

[warm panther]

2nd best mod* /j

The mod I'm deving is best (imo)

[tired wigeon]

Red Flood isn't very fun

[nimble meteor]

you should play kaiserredux :)

[tired wigeon]

My PC isn't strong enough to run it, I've never had problems with other mods but that mod just doesn't work for me

[nimble meteor]

aw

[tired wigeon]

Although kaiserriech works fine

[nimble meteor]

huhh

must be some funky code

[nocturne harbor]

How does one create/modify custom country paths?

[slender brook]

Sorry, what do you mean by that? What is the end result you are trying to achieve?

[tired wigeon]

I think he wants to know how to mod

[grim egret]

Deliberating on how would a Genshin Impact mod for HOI4 work, especially for accommodating the Traveler.

[slender brook]

You could take cues from Old World Blues and like, barely acknowledge they exist

[lofty plaza]

You make a mod

[nocturne harbor]

Like, where in the files do you locate and modify them?

[slender brook]

Modify a country? There are many places you would do that

[nocturne harbor]

Country paths. Like, forcing USA to go communist or whatever.

[slender brook]

That would be focus trees

Unless you mean the actual setting

[nocturne harbor]

Both, I suppose. I would surmise they work hand-in-hand.

Like, there was a whole submod for Kaiserreich that added more granularity to the paths countries could go down. I want to replicate that.

[slender brook]

The setting would be game_rules, although I'm not actually sure how they take effect

Haven't really messed with it, although The Brit might now

[nocturne harbor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2099038278

This. I effectively want to resurrect this, from scratch if need be, to suit current Kaiserreich.

And I'd also like to make a version for vanilla that expands the available options there as well.

Further, I want to adjust the order in which the AI takes the focuses in the already-existing paths so that the resulting events avoid silly situations like various ideologically-aligned countries never joining each other's faction, or going to war with each other. Is there some parameter in the focus tree file which causes certain focuses to be prioritized over others?

[obtuse condor]

hi, are the any limitations to what modifiers you can give your leader?

[pale sparrow]

Anything thats country scope should work

[obtuse condor]

country scope?

What is country scope?

[slender brook]

Modifer that affects a country

[obtuse condor]

Ok thx. Where should i aplly army modifiers? Chief of army?

[slender brook]

Wherever you want those to apply. Chief of Army works, country leader works

[obtuse condor]

Ok thx alot mate!

[pallid warren]

alright

3 more nations to add

and then i can test it out

wooohoo

i meant 4 more nations

correction

5

holy hell

thats a lot of nations

thank goodness i have a nations generator

[obtuse condor]

can i advertise here?

[eager hazel]

anyone know a land trade mod

[warm trout]

Hello I added some portaits to my mod but its normal on file But blue in game how can I fix that

[obtuse condor]

smurf disease

[pale sparrow]

Incorrect saving format must be

[timid zephyr]

I wanted to add more resources into the game, but I assume the interface and gfx are a bit wonky, is there like a guide for this or a way to expand it or add a scroll bar for it to see other resources? (any maybe fix the gfx for the resources)

[pale sparrow]

In the interface file you need to indicate that the number of icons in the file is different

[timid zephyr]

It's the countryproductionlineview.gui file?

[pale sparrow]

texture entries are in .gfx files

[timid zephyr]

oh

[timid zephyr]

Fixed it, kinda, as I don't really know how to expand the tab

[burnt vigil]

does the Loading screen have to be the same size as base game

or can i make it a larger size

because Ion wanna use 1920x1440

would rather 1024x576

[solid lodge]

hello ! I want to try out creating a mod can someone explain me where I can find the modding tool ?

[brave glade]

Of course

[brave glade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2iBYsL6Hxo&list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7 This is how I, and basically every modder here learned how to mod

That playlist

Will assist you in all of your modding needs

[solid lodge]

Thanks a lot mate !

[brave glade]

You can skip the first video if you want but if you have the time i recommend watching it

Also check the comment sections if you have problems, usually there is a fix in the comments

[burnt vigil]

for modding reasons, is this germany in 1936 start?

i can't open hoi4 in debug to check because I've done lots to my mod and wanna make sure i got the files i need first

[slender brook]

No

They're missing Lower Silesia

[burnt vigil]

wheres that?

[slender brook]

There

[burnt vigil]

oh i see it, thx

[slender brook]

Yeah sorry about the other random lines in the image, I can't draw well

[burnt vigil]

sus ngl

it's slowly taking shape

Red - German Reich
Purple - Vichy France
Green - Italy

[brave glade]

also you are missing memel

[burnt vigil]

nope

[brave glade]

(^)

Atleast in that

[burnt vigil]

germany doesn't start with it in 1936

[slender brook]

Memel isn't a 1936 start

[brave glade]

Oh ye

Im dumb

nvm

lololol

[burnt vigil]

you get it with "reassert eastern claims"

[brave glade]

ye i remember now

[burnt vigil]

UK owns Faroe islands, correct?

[slender brook]

Yes

[burnt vigil]

k, just making sure

bc this map is hoi4 borders, and should let me customize everything for how i want

[warm panther]

How'd you make that?

[burnt vigil]

mapchart.net/hearts-of-iron-iv.html

that one is for one mod

i'm working on a 20th century one rn with this site

just idk where i should put all the borders

[warm panther]

Cool

[warm panther]

What's it about?

[burnt vigil]

azur lane

[warm panther]

What that?

[burnt vigil]

ww2 naval gacha game

[slender brook]

https://tenor.com/view/akagi-kaga-azur-lane-kancolle-yuri-gif-15351632

This game

Technically that's the anime but

[burnt vigil]

lol

the anime is good

kek

[warm panther]

Ok

[slender brook]

The anime is very, very, mediocre

[warm panther]

Kek

[slender brook]

Imagine actually living in weinerland

[burnt vigil]

fr

i'm doubting this is accurate

yea i see whats wrong with it

[slender brook]

You gave China like 3 extra states

[burnt vigil]

russian-chinese border fixed

[burnt vigil]

yea

could still be better

this is the same region

could be slightly better

but idrc

it's hoi4, nothing about it is 100%

change my mind, this looks rather decent for it being ww2 map, in a ww1 setting w/o changing anything but state owner

wait, ik how to fix it

gor Schleswig-Holstein it's missing Danish land, i can swap provinces over

[pale sparrow]

What year

[burnt vigil]

~1914

rn doing africa

but UK colonies impossible to work with when idk what they're called

this is my major issue

idfk what to call is

"British Egypt"?

nah bc thats what we call Egypt

[pale sparrow]

So Russia still holds Manchuria

[burnt vigil]

no, china holds it

[pale sparrow]

It was a puppet state of Russia until Japan invaded afaik

[burnt vigil]

no

China owned it until ww1

when Japan took advantage of the european conflicts to expand it's borders inland

Zhang Zuolin became the "Warlord" of Manchuria which grew the eco

that caused them to have incidents caused by japan to weaken them

and on September 18th, 1931, Japan attacked Manchuria almost right after the Mukden Incident

so china owned it

the South Manchurian Railway was Japanese controlled as of the end of the Russo-Japanese war though

[burnt vigil]

found the name

[lofty plaza]

Khedive of Egypt

It was that until the Ottomans joined ww1 and the British formally turned into a protectorate and it become a Sultanate

So it would really be that Egypt owns Sudan but the British has military access

And probably resource rights too

[burnt vigil]

It was the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

[lofty plaza]

I know

There's no easy way to represent that though

If it's 1914 then Egypt would own it

The British just have unconditional access

They would also own the Suez obviously

[burnt vigil]

Ye

UK effective owned Egypt

But Egypt was its own mess of a countru

[lofty plaza]

As I said, they were a de facto protectorate until late 1914 where the British formally made them one

[honest void]

does anyone know how to add new tech folders?

[honest void]

@pale sparrow sorry for the ping pls help

[pale sparrow]

interface files

[honest void]

ok but what do i have to do?

[green lark]

Gfx, interface, tech

[warm lark]

Guys, I play hoi4 from the xbox batlepass. Is there a way for me to play the ''millenium dawn'' mod?

[burnt vigil]

bruh, i'm crying inside thinking about how i might have to draw the full countries maps with provinces, because africa is a mess

[graceful finch]

Don’t think so

[warm lark]

Damn…

[slender brook]

Paradox Mods

[warm lark]

Yes, but i don't think there is a way to change the game version. I can download the mod but can't play it cause it is outdated.

[slender brook]

You can safely ignore that 90% of the time

[warm lark]

The game just doesn't start, when i ignore it.

[slender brook]

Which version does it say you need

[warm lark]

1.12

[slender brook]

No other mods enabled?

[warm lark]

Yep, just the ''millenium dawn''

[slender brook]

I would’ve thought it’d work. Oh well, you’re not losing much anyways. That mod kinda sucks

[warm lark]

Is there a way to play in a modern world map besides the ''millenium dawn'' ?

[slender brook]

I think Novum Exillium or something like that is a modern map? Unsure how updated that is though

[warm lark]

Okay, thanks

[slender brook]

Ah, Novum Vexillum

[warm lark]

thanks

[obtuse condor]

does anyone know how to cap a variable at a certain number ( 100 for example ) ?

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Data_structures#Variables

clamp

[burnt vigil]

Is there a way to make portraits from black and white images into the hoi4 style W/O photoshop?

[pale sparrow]

GIMP/paint.net

[daring current]

So I want to make a super even for a senario when "x country invades x"

What do I have to change. It's top first line right?

And how do I add music?

[lofty plaza]

You ain't making portraits with paint.net

[west kite]

World War Zero, the Space Update, has been released. There's quite a few changes, the biggest of which can be seen on the picture there. It's been quite a job to get it completed, so I'll just let the content speak for itself. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2856781440

[tawny peak]

Its okay If a non-dlc mod contains dlc portraits?

[fluid compass]

just a question is there a mod where like

romania and bulgaria surrender and change sides to the soviets

[mental tide]

hi, can someone help me to make presidents for each party?
Im making my first mod with custom country, and I want, that for each party will be president I dont know, how to make it. I sent some of my attempts

i have flags and portraits

[mental quarry]

Can anyone make a mod where you can create a newspaper with one button during gameplay to encourage RP

Or is there any

[burnt vigil]

Lmao true

Aint nobody gon do that

[silver mango]

does anybody know of an updated ffu ww1 mod? the old one keeps crashing

[storm panther]

help?

[mental tide]

wait few days

try restarting hoi

[storm panther]

Ok thx

[frozen herald]

90170525152157700

[stoic ether]

W

[frosty tartan]

Hey im working on modding some things for TGW redux

And I am having map issues

every time i try and load up a game it says there are problems with the "Map Defition"

not a misspelling, it says defition

i tried to draw something new onto the map, that likely caused the problem, but i cant figure out what im forgetting

I added the color to the map definition file and everything

added the new province to a state

[obtuse condor]

does anyone have a modern world mod?

[slender brook]

Millennium Dawn or Novum Vexillum

[obtuse condor]

ok thanks

[soft bramble]

is there a way to limit releasing nations? I don't want the user to manually release countries

[mental tide]

how to make president for each party?

[pale sparrow]

Theres a gamerule abot releasing

[granite rain]

anyone knows how I can add this Italy/Ethiopia power mechanic and 2 head of states (like king and pm being shown)?

[pale sparrow]

the king/pm/president is usually just an idea

bop is just a folder in common

[burnt vigil]

Lmao

Idea

[burnt vigil]

For this

Could you add another Advisor slot for head of Government?

Like how the PM of canada runs canada

But the head of government is a Governor General to take place of His/Her majesty the King/Queen

[granite rain]

Ok, can you send a link to how to do it?

[burnt vigil]

Idk how to

I'm trying to figure it out

[granite rain]

I know your pain

[burnt vigil]

Lmao

[fluid compass]

does anyone know a mod where romania and bulgaria change sides to the osviets

[sour sorrel]

Hello i have a question can anyone help me with modding because im new to Hoi4 modding and i wanted to give it a go but i have no idea how to do cretin things. anyone wanna help ?

[jade mauve]

does anyone have the spy agent gfx background? i cant find it alone

[cosmic hill]

Hey, i'm a dev of a mod. Anyone got any clue why it crashes on mac, but wirks everywhere else?

[lofty plaza]

That's very vague

[obtuse condor]

what is a good cold war mod you guys recommend?

[brave glade]

ye fs, https://youtu.be/f2iBYsL6Hxo?list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7 watch this playlist, watch the introduction, the second video, uploading mods to steam, then watch the ones you want from there

[river ibex]

So I’m a noob and I was making a simple mod adding events but somehow the mod suddenly stop reflecting the changes I made anyone have any idea on what’s going or common errors that can occur?

[slate latch]

france went communist on historical rt56 run

[cosmic hill]

Right, but are there any known issues why the mod wouldn't work on mac specifically?

[halcyon estuary]

Did you only change localization or the actual common folder contents?

[hexed pelican]

damn bro

just like irl

[burnt vigil]

have you tried running in debug and testing it to see what the error.log says?

[burnt vigil]

Lmao vic3 mod in hoi4

[granite rain]

someone knows how I can change diplomacy?

[lapis flame]

When you have to reinstall BICE to get rid of the doggos

[burnt vigil]

Lmao

mfw doggo says I have 99k+ issues with my mod:

[exotic acorn]

I am making a mod where I just rename countries, I edited that countries_I_english file and pasted it into my mod folder, I made sure the pathing is right but when I load the game all the countries have no names, can anyone help me?

[thin chasm]

What's the exact path to your file and the file name?

[thin chasm]

I edited that countries_I_english file and pasted it into my mod folder

Wait, does that mean you edited the main file?

[exotic acorn]

I didnt

you can see its in my mod folder at the top

[thin chasm]

Alright cool

[exotic acorn]

did the same thing

[thin chasm]

Anyhoo, is the game's language still set to English?

[exotic acorn]

yes

[vernal hawk]

how do you enter debug mode?

[burnt vigil]

make a shortcut on desktop

[thin chasm]

Hm... it's always hard to play debugger without seeing the file

[burnt vigil]

and in properties, you should see "Target"

Put in "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\hoi4.exe" -debug"

the D is interchangeable for the actual drive letter

[vernal hawk]

with the quotations?

[burnt vigil]

no

the stuff inside

you should see this, paste it into the blue part

with the hoi4 drive

[thin chasm]

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\hoi4.exe" -debug

[vernal hawk]

oh ok

[burnt vigil]

yes

[vernal hawk]

it works thanks

[burnt vigil]

np

[vernal hawk]

difference between common and history?

i usually see common as this

and history as this

is there a difference between the two? if so, what are the purposes of the different types?

[obtuse condor]

Theres nowhere the word common in your screenshot

[vernal hawk]

give me like a minute

[obtuse condor]

I did some codding a while back so i might be able to tell you its purpose

[vernal hawk]

alright let's hear it

[obtuse condor]

Ping me whenever you have better screenshot

[vernal hawk]

ok

[thin chasm]

The top assigns a country its UI color and what generic portrait set it generates for that nation
The bottom assigns an individual state its population count, buildings, cores, claims, who controls it at game start, etc.

[quick latch]

I've been looking at the code for the molotov-ribbentrop pact for a while now (events/Germany.txt) but can't seem to find the part where the the USSR annexes east poland. It seems like it has to do something with MR_pact_transfer_state_effect = yes but that's the furthest I've come.
Does anyone know where the code continues and transfers the states?

[thin chasm]

common\scripted_effects\GER_scripted_effects.txt\, line 394

[quick latch]

Thank you kind sir 👍

[stuck quarry]

Where in the vanilla game files is the japan-china war started? im trying to prevent that war from starting for my mod but i cannot find where its even initiated

[thin chasm]

On historical, Japan finishes the Marco Polo Bridge Incident focus (JAP_intervene_in_china in common\national_focus\japan.txt), which sends an event of the same name to China (china.1 in events\China.txt) where National China decides how to respond. If they choose option 1, Japan then gets an event (japan.1 in events\Japan.txt) where they receive their war goal against China

@stuck quarry

[stuck quarry]

alrighty, thanks

[vernal hawk]

i made a bmp file image but how do i get it in the nugget thing or whatever?

[lofty plaza]

Nugget? You mean the nudger?

[vernal hawk]

yeah that thing

[stuck quarry]

how could i prevent it from happening? i added the files to my mod and removed all the create wargoal stuff, then just removed everything except the namespace thing at the top of the file but the war is still ongoing when i start a new game

[thin chasm]

You could alter ai_chance in China's event to force the AI to take the decision that cedes territory to Japan instead of preparing for war

[stuck quarry]

Alr, i just copied the japan history file and removed the focuses for that so no more war which worked

Also funny moment i got a downvote on my unfinished mod although it says on the page its unfinished (theres nothing posted to it het i just accidentally set it to public instead of unlisted and since ppl started seeing it i decided to leave it but gave a disclaimer that its unfinished)

[rigid mason]

so i want to have the best experience playing norway can i have like 2 mods enabled at the same time like Norway expanded mod and Winter wars: A scandinavian expansion ?

[thin chasm]

After a bit more fiddling, another view of Centroamerica, now with slightly more historic borders for the independent state of Los Altos

And also Chiapas is there as well, because why not

[quick latch]

What does manpower_influence and conscription_factor mean in all of the puppet types / autonomous states?

[coarse radish]

Does the millenium dawn mod have unique focus tree for israel?

[humble cedar]

Hello everybody.

so uhh.

im getting this in my error logs.

Any possible way i could fix this.?

[cosmic stag]

How to add World Tension by completing a national focus?

[vernal hawk]

anyone know?

[quick latch]

completion_reward = {
  add_threat = 10
}

Should be something like this

[cosmic stag]

Thank you

[vernal hawk]

i made a bmp file image but how do i get it in the nudge thing

[lofty plaza]

It needs to have a localized name too

So it actually says something in the log

Well, it's not nessesary but recommended

[obtuse condor]

Thanks I hate it.

[cosmic stag]

I created a country that is a Major and Democratic, and depends on the world tension, it does guarantee independence to any country, what can I do to stop that?

Instead of changing the game rules, like a National Spirit or something?

[honest eagle]

Redo the map arrows file soemthing is wrong with it

[humble cedar]

I just deleted the buildings maps and re-did them, but thanks for the help either way

[honest eagle]

Ah ok

[humble cedar]

(srry for the ping) But it appears as if a new error has appeared.

I've been working on my own little special project for a couple of months now, which im slowly making progress toward it, but for some reason it just decided to stop working, Im working on new states for most balkan nations, And when it comes to greece, when i try to add cores to the newly added states for some reason half of the states work just fine but some also don't work at all.

and for some reason it confuses state 818 with state 918.