modding

[dim bronze]

"EUA"={
history = "EUA_GATHERING_STORM_DESC"
ideology = neutrality
ideas = {
economy_issues
}
focuses = {
EUAbuildempire
}
}

[obtuse condor]

what issue do you have

idea not being assigned

or

idea not working/registering

[dim bronze]

it isnt appearing or registering

its as if it doesnt exist

[obtuse condor]

Send me the mod and I will take a look at it

[dim bronze]

how do i add a formable through focus

[quick latch]

set country's cosmetic tag and add state cores

and maybe "spawn" news event

[dim bronze]

are formables really just cosmetic tags

[quick latch]

yes

[dim bronze]

can a countries color change with a cosmetic tag

[quick latch]

yes

that's like the whole point of a cosmetic tag

along with name and flag change

[obtuse condor]

what

[21:34:56][persistent.cpp:48]: Error: "Unexpected token: spriteTypes, near line: 1" in file: "interface/leaders_oms.gfx" near line: 26

[faint lichen]

I found your issue I think

its add_ideas

not ideas

[lofty plaza]

Make a cosmetic tag that just doesn't change the name

[quick latch]

make sure it looks like this:

spriteTypes = {
    spriteType = {
        name = GFX_portrait_TAG_firstname_lastname
        texturefile = gfx/... # path to your leader portrait file (should be .dds)
    }
}

alternatively you could send your file into the chat and I'll look over it

[light grail]

does anyone know how the ethiopia government in exile work? specifically with sweden as the host nation

[stark jungle]

If I add on to existing naval bases in nudge does it give me more dockyards or just naval bases? I want like 90 dockyards I need to build a super kreigsmarine

[slender brook]

If it adds naval bases it adds naval bases, if it adds dockyards it adds dockyards. They are two completely separate buildings

[stark jungle]

Thank you

[faint lichen]

anyone know why the name is not appearing in game?

I can not for the life of me figure it out

[slender brook]

All of the names or just one of the names?

[faint lichen]

any

it is just empty in game

[slender brook]

How did you create the yml file

[faint lichen]

by going into my file explorer and clicking create new file

and making it yml

it is UTF-8

[slender brook]

That's supposed to be UTF-8 with BOM

[lofty plaza]

☝️

That's why

[obtuse condor]

It does

I think I fixed it

It switched to a different encoding

UTF with bom

Instead of utf

[quick latch]

Ah

[obtuse condor]

It works now

However it won’t read one of my gfx

Other spirits have the icon

Just not one

[hushed lagoon]

can someone help me

[obtuse condor]

What u having problems with

[hushed lagoon]

i want to make a new country there

[vocal sage]

can i make a what if soviet union and germany have a stalemate

[obtuse condor]

For country creation, I recommend this https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Country_creation

And for assigning the territory to your country, download find and replace tool for windows and replace Turkish tag with your new country tag in history/states

[hushed lagoon]

i want a new area there i tried it with map gen and it didn't work

[obtuse condor]

how can I make an event fire on germany declaring war on russia?

[pale sparrow]

you mean an event for everyone right?

[obtuse condor]

something like the five year plan disrupted event

[pale sparrow]

Check the on_action files

[obtuse condor]

ok, how do I trigger the event with it?

[pale sparrow]

Scope into Germany or the Soviets then do country_event = ...

[obtuse condor]

like on_war = if = { limit = { war_with =ger tag = sov} country_event = smth}}}}

[pale sparrow]

the default scope of on_war is the warring country so you can do

[lofty plaza]

On a ocean tile?

[pale sparrow]

if = {
    limit = {
      original_tag = GER
      has_war_with = SOV
    }
    SOV = {
      country_event = 
    }
 }

something like this, except you might need a way to check that it isnt fired repeatedly if not wanted

[obtuse condor]

will fire_only_once = yes work for that?

[pale sparrow]

If you only want it to fire for one country

[dim bronze]

i have an issue with my mod where when i complete a focus to apply a cosmetic tag it just wont do it and instead will do the country it already is, how do i fix

[quick latch]

"and instead will do the country it already is" what?

[dim bronze]

it says it will just be called the country it already is

like

''germany will be known as germany''

[quick latch]

well, does it work?

apart from that

[dim bronze]

no

it doesnt change the name

[quick latch]

is your cosmetic tag correctly setup?

[dim bronze]

i think so

i have it in localisation

[quick latch]

(Enable dubug mode if you haven't already and) hover over your country flag, it should show cosmetic_tag: ...
Is the correct cosmetic tag shown?

[dim bronze]

when the focus is completed?

[quick latch]

yeah

[dim bronze]

yes it does

[quick latch]

what is your cosmetic tag? and also show me your localization file pls

[dim bronze]

i found the issue

[quick latch]

yeah? what was it?

[dim bronze]

turns out something didnt have an =

i double checked that before

[quick latch]

damn

[dim bronze]

also

do you know how to make it so a focus needs a certain amount of states to be completed?

[quick latch]

define "states"

[dim bronze]

land

like i have to take countries to do the focus

[quick latch]

You mean the country needs to own a certain amount of states?

[dim bronze]

yes

[quick latch]

lemme look through the wiki rq

This what you looking for?

[dim bronze]

yes

where do i put it?

[quick latch]

depends on what you want to do

[dim bronze]

i want it so its required for the focus to happen

[quick latch]

well, that's easy

moment

    num_of_controlled_states > X
}

[woven sparrow]

I'm kind of trying to make a focus 'invisible' and have it appear after an event.

"However, for some reason, it is not working."

[dim island]

place it at x 101001010

then you def wont have problems

[upbeat anchor]

Hi, I wanted to make one historical WW2 mod. But I'm just a begginer and I need team to make one. I just wanted to ask if someone would be interested in making project like this, because I have a lot of ambitions if it would work

[pale sparrow]

add mark_focus_tree_layout_dirty = yes to the event to refresh allow_branch

[oak dust]

How do you make a mod though

[pale sparrow]

Read the wiki, watch a guide

[oak dust]

ok

[woven sparrow]

in allow_branch { } ?

[dry cove]

How do I change the gfx for later equipment? I created an expansion to train technologies and all the localization is correct but the images are just the base train images in the production menu (the image is correct in the tech tree)

[dim bronze]

didnt work

[azure fern]

hi so ive tried to edit terrain.bmp and everytime i do, the urban graphics dont show and all urban graphics just dissapear off of the map
ive put the province i want with them to be urban in definition.csv too

[vagrant herald]

New to modding. Does anyone know if there is an updated guide to portrait modding? Everytime i try to place my new portrait in it still defaults to the natural leader in game. I have tried using an existing leader mod and just pasting my gimp file over it but it still just defaults to the natural leader. At this point I have spent several hours trying different things. what do??

[pale sparrow]

Sounds like it should work

[dim bronze]

does anyone know a way so i need to annex a country before doing a focus?

[vagrant herald]

yay, did it

[pale sparrow]

Check that the country doesnt exist, and that the player either owns all cores of the country or certain preset states

[dim bronze]

what do i type in the focus for it?

[pale sparrow]

  country_exists = TAG
}
all_state = {  #no core of the target country is owned by anyone else than the player (ROOT)
  OR = {
    NOT = {
      is_core_of = TAG
    }
    is_owned_by = ROOT
  }
}

[dim bronze]

where do i put the state

[pale sparrow]

owns_state = number

in the availability if you want that

[sharp laurel]

Is there any code to check the number of synthetic refineries, like num_of_synthetic_refinery?

[dim bronze]

like this?

focus = {
id = EUAdeclarenewempire1
icon = GFX_goal_tfv_strengthen_commonwealth_ties
x = 58
y = 15

    cost = 10
    prerequisite = { focus = EUAbreakthetrucehungary }
    mutually_exclusive = { focus = }

    available = {
NOT = {

country_exists = KOH
}
owns_state = { 155
OR = {
is_owned_by = EUA
}
}
}

[pale sparrow]

no

owns_state = 155

is all

[obtuse condor]

I have a question about modding in hoi4. How to add political advisors to a country?

[pale sparrow]

character file

[prime dagger]

so does anyone know a good ww1 anime mod. I need it for reasons......

[strange tinsel]

how do I delete unused state IDs?

aaand I just forgot to clear the nudge outputs

nevermind

ok, without states I can finally do some good stuff

was tired of deleting stuff all the time

there is a gamerule for that

[strange tinsel]

does manpower in states indicate population?

I suppose so

[dim bronze]

i have an issue where my units dont have my countries flag and instead has random countries flag on it, how do i fix it?

[azure fern]

can someone help with localization? ive put it into an english folder and still my description of events are something like this

[dim bronze]

and theres also an issue where it only limits to 17 units

[azure fern]

• named threat localizations dont work

[dim island]

put description in the event file itself

desc = "text"

[azure fern]

it has a limit as it would cut off

[dim island]

doesnt matter

[azure fern]

im trying to get a longer paragraph into the event description

[dim island]

as long as its not an enter press it counts

notepad auto new lining at 1k characters dont matter

[azure fern]

its not even 1k characters

[dim island]

to my experience atlesat

[azure fern]

not on a new line

it just shows to cut off

[dim island]

then whats the cutoff

[azure fern]

its in the middle of a sentence

[dim island]

odd

[azure fern]

okay it works now

[obtuse condor]

I decided to make a small mod that gives Artillery a positive org. After awhile of scouting through the code and wiki the main source I've been finding is Common/units/artillery_brigade but the max org in the file is set to zero and editing that does not charge the org on the unit. any ideas?

[obtuse condor]

And only in this folder do I need to add something for the advisors to work?

[azure fern]

if there are two decisions on an event, hwo can i make seperate events for both of them? small assistance please , thanks

[quick latch]

make your decision just call a new event? Or what do you mean?

[azure fern]

you know decisions in events

like you’d have option 1 and 2

[quick latch]

something like this?

[azure fern]

mhm

that

how could i make news events for both separate

i’ve looked at triggers and

i can’t find what i want

[quick latch]

I don't really get your issue, just make the first decision call your first news event and the second decision the other news event

[azure fern]

i cant figure out how to the news events after the decisions

the trigger page gives me nothing

and i csnt find out how

[quick latch]

and you really just want news events to fire? only that?

[azure fern]

yep

[quick latch]

...
lemme open vs code rq

[azure fern]

if you’d help me with just one news event that would be great as i could add it but modify for the next ^^

i’m rlly sorry for this i’m just

i’ve started coding on hoi4 like yesterday

and i’ve consulted the wiki alot

[quick latch]

everyone starts somewhere I guess

country_event = {
    id = yourevent.1
    title = yourevent.1.t
    desc = yourevent.1.d
    picture = GFX_XXX

    is_triggered_only = yes

    option = {
        name = yourevent.1.a
        news_event = {
            id = yourNewsEventID.1
        }
    }
    option = {
        name = yourevent.1.b
        news_event = {
            id = yourNewsEventID.2
        }
    }
}

Do you understand this?
The event has two options, the first calling the news event yourNewsEventID.1, the second calling yourNewsEventID.2

[azure fern]

ohhh okay

thank you!

thank you a lot

[quick latch]

If you have any questions you ask, always open to help

[azure fern]

that’s about the last of my concerns

thank you

[obtuse condor]

Hello! I have a little gfx problem, the portrait of my leader doesn't want to appear. Can anyone help me please?

[quick latch]

your image file is a .dds file?

[obtuse condor]

yes

I used a default portrait as a template

and placed my image above and kept the proportions

[quick latch]

and your image has this "encoding"? (or whatever it's called)

[obtuse condor]

lemme check

(thanks for the help btw)

So I just checked

and it is

maybe it's a synthax problem?

[quick latch]

show me your code, I'll look at it

[obtuse condor]

what file

[quick latch]

hmm, what exactly have you done? Have you overriden an already existing portrait?

[obtuse condor]

yes

[quick latch]

ah

[obtuse condor]

but I put the file into my mod's folder

I didn't override the original portrait into the base game folder

[quick latch]

You sure the folder structure is correct?

[obtuse condor]

I think

wanna see it to be sure?

[quick latch]

sure

[obtuse condor]

do I send it here?

[quick latch]

Sending a screenshot of the file path is sufficient

[obtuse condor]

is it good?

[quick latch]

What tag is that? RKN?

[obtuse condor]

yes

[quick latch]

Don't think that's in the base game, you making a sub-mod?

[obtuse condor]

No

why

[quick latch]

what country is RKN supposed to be?

[obtuse condor]

A new one

But i'm not creating a sub mod

for another mod

it's a standalone one

[quick latch]

so a new country?

[obtuse condor]

yes

[quick latch]

How do you create the country leader?

[obtuse condor]

like that?

idk if the synthax is correct

[azure fern]

ah

you have to have the prefix i think

it worked for me with it

[obtuse condor]

oh

[quick latch]

Have you made a file in yourMod\interface?

[obtuse condor]

hum

no

[quick latch]

that's the problem

[obtuse condor]

I only have a gfx/leaders/RKN

[quick latch]

go to yourMod\interface (create the interface folder if it doesn't exist) and create the file yourMod_leaders.gfx
Open it and type this:

spriteTypes = {
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_portrait_Joubert"
        texturefile = "gfx/leaders/RKN/Joubert.dds"
    }
}

This should work

[obtuse condor]

Damn bro

Imma try this out

if this works

you gotta get a raise

[quick latch]

xd

[obtuse condor]

Alr i'm starting my game

Alright so

For some reason, the name's here but not the photo

[quick latch]

lemme think for a moment

[obtuse condor]

okay

[quick latch]

You sure the portrait's resolution is 156x210?

[obtuse condor]

how do I check that

[quick latch]

What image editor do you use?

[obtuse condor]

paint.net

[quick latch]

perfect, open the file and look at the bottom-right

[obtuse condor]

oh I see

yeah it's 156x210

[quick latch]

hmm

Would you send me your mod files so I could look better at what might be the issue?

[obtuse condor]

Alr

[lofty plaza]

@quick latch @obtuse condor I'm pretty sure that texture files for portraits do not work on the old assign country leader code. Also make sure it's saved a DDS, think that wasn't mentioned.

If you want to do that, then might I suggest using the character system instead. Otherwise link to it's portrait path directly instead of using texturefiles, as I do believe it's redundant.

If you haven't already figured it out that is

[quick latch]

Worked it out in dm, issue was rather interesting. Two files had the wrong ending

[proven hatch]

Help, All my Desert/Arid Coastlines are Cities 💀

[quick latch]

What? xd

[iron abyss]

what the

help me

[dim bronze]

How do you rename a city?

[lofty plaza]

Change the victory point name in localisation

Or if it's mid game, then you can use this effect as an example:

set_province_name = { id = 11561 name = "Kryvyi Rih" }

Obviously adjust the province and name to what you want

[lofty plaza]

Am I to take it that you edited the terrain?

[lofty plaza]

So what did you change

[iron abyss]

Caucasus Strait

[lofty plaza]

Your file probably isn't correctly formatted

Or you have used a wrong colour somewhere

I couldn't say for sure though, the error log should have something to say about that

[iron abyss]

I think that's a cause

thx

[lofty plaza]

No problem

[dim bronze]

is there a way to make a country annex another at the start of the game?

[azure fern]

was starting on another focus tree for a different country but the icon in the focus tree didnt load, but it would in the info box
any idea why this is? (it worked for another country)

[obtuse condor]

it's missing the shine effect

[azure fern]

i did that

in the files

it linked the corrected file

[azure fern]

you mean this right?

[obtuse condor]

top line should be "GFX_unlikely_proposal_shine" instead of "GFX_unlikely_proposal"

[azure fern]

ohh okay ill try that out

[azure fern]

still not working...

[obtuse condor]

show me how you've labeled it in goals.gfx

[azure fern]

also, game says that there is a country with my tag already (SOB) but i can't find it in country_tags

[untold wave]

how can i change the thumbnail of my workshop item ?

[strange tinsel]

is it mandatory for me to assign every province to a state?

[spark flax]

Hey all.

Are there any country history files without all this DLC stuff added in?

or is it needed

to have them?

[spark flax]

Hey all!

Started getting this error.

[20:18:07][flagtextureatlas.cpp:203]: Error loading country flag overlay: gfx/flags/ASR_democratic.tga : Unsupported format. Expected 32bpp, uncompressed, no color palette
[20:18:07][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country ASR : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/ : File not found
[20:18:07][flagtextureatlas.cpp:203]: Error loading country flag overlay: gfx/flags/medium/ASR_democratic.tga : Unsupported format. Expected 32bpp, uncompressed, no color palette
[20:18:07][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country ASR : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/medium/ : File not found
[20:18:07][flagtextureatlas.cpp:203]: Error loading country flag overlay: gfx/flags/small/ASR_democratic.tga : Unsupported format. Expected 32bpp, uncompressed, no color palette
[20:18:07][flagtextureatlas.cpp:525]: Error loading flag for country ASR : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/small/ : File not found

Any tips?

[feral valve]

would any1 like to do my german hw please @here

[brave elk]

Why my news event doesn't fires?

[quick latch]

You see the red bracket?

[brave elk]

oh

[quick latch]

That shows that you misplaced a bracket or on is missing

[brave elk]

yep

I will try again

[quick latch]

In this case after date < 2023.5.1 there's a missing bracket

[quick latch]

Place your thumbnail into your mod folder and rename it to thumbnail.png. Make sure it has the resolution 600x600
Now open descriptor.mod and add the line picture="thumbnail.png"

Now upload / reupload the mod to Steam and it should work

[wary kelp]

Whats the pay?

[brave elk]

didnt worked

I changed some codes too but still not firing the news event

[feral valve]

a kiss mwah

[quick latch]

change major = no to yes, maybe that'll work

[brave elk]

didnt worked it too

[quick latch]

what

wait

red bracket

[brave elk]

it finishes at right point

[quick latch]

put a bracket after the trigger = { ... } block

red bracket = not good / something's wrong

[wooden spoke]

yea i hoped you wont say that

[lofty plaza]

I don't think major is valid for events

Try remove it

Oh and also I'm pretty sure 'tag = ROOT' doesn't mean anything, you're going to need to put the actual tag in

You also don't need and if it's not an or statement

[faint lichen]

accidentally made a new state in nudge tool, deleted it and returned it to base game

now map wont load

how do I fix this?

[twin kite]

anyone know some good utility mods?

[slender brook]

Go to Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV and delete any folders called history or map

[faint lichen]

ok thanks

[orchid quest]

Who know working instant war mod?

[pearl stone]

like no justification?

instant_wargoal command no mod needed

[neat turret]

im wondered

why this focus changes icons when it highlighted

[obtuse condor]

man i wish endsieg was updated

[honest eagle]

What

[neat turret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1059172763388100619/1099313896579420200/image.png

not highlighted

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1059172763388100619/1099313896826863618/image.png

highlighted

[honest eagle]

No clue

It’s cool tho lol

[neat turret]

ik, but i have quest to do this

[honest eagle]

Oh

Yea I have no clue how you would do it

[obtuse condor]

what

tsar line

Western defensive line

???

[orchid quest]

i need for multiplayer

[lofty plaza]

What about it

[obtuse condor]

weird localisation

[obtuse condor]

hello

im gonna make a Mod which adds a custom nation designer

[quick latch]

do that

[obtuse condor]

what

@quick latch

[quick latch]

make your mod, nothing holds you back. Have fun while modding

[obtuse condor]

alr

ill make it when ive learned modding and coding

Good luck

thx

@obtuse condor

[strange tinsel]

how do I fix this?

these countries do not exist

so ofc they do not have a history file

like, they do not even have tags assigned techincally

[quick latch]

They exist

They all have history files

[obtuse condor]

I have a question. If I want to add an opinion modification in another country, I have to add an opinion change only in the 00_opinion_modifiers file?

[quick latch]

create a new file in that folder, call it yourmod_opinion_modifiers.txt (all letters need to be small)
Open it and add your opinion modifier there

[lofty plaza]

Make sure you don't replace the file completely

And these countries do exist if they need history files

[pale sparrow]

If not on the map then still by code ^

[lone hearth]

@obtuse condorMany of Soviet focuses/ideas have normal and alternative localization. Normal localization is used when Soviet Union/Russia is communist and alternative is used when you go non-communist path. Here's example from nsb_focus_l_english.yml: SOV_improve_the_stalin_line_name_default:0 "Improve the Stalin Line" (normal)
SOV_improve_the_stalin_line_name_alt:0 "Strengthen the Western Defensive Line" (alternative)

[ocean prairie]

Hey! I made a Map with MapGen and exported it into a mod. I went into debug mode and wanted to start the game. It crashed obviously but whats the real problem is, is that i didnt get a crash (feedback report) and in Documents the Crashes Folder was also empty. So i can't figure out whats the problem. Does someone have an idea why it crashes but theres nothing in the crashes folder? The game basically just closes.

[rancid jewel]

Hello

Can someone help me with making a mod

Or a tutorial

Which would be helpful

Pls and thank you

[slender brook]

Well, what are you trying to make?

[rancid jewel]

I'm trying to make like a different type of map + new leader + new unit stuff.

But I need to work on the basics

[slender brook]

Search for the Iron Workshop on YouTube, he makes a ton of tutorials for this

[rancid jewel]

But it's all outdated

Do I need to revert?

[slender brook]

No, that's a worse choice. Read the HOI4 wiki modding section then

It's less intuitive but it's up to date

[rancid jewel]

Oh I found how to make a mod

Btw when I'm trying to create a new mod now what does it mean by version

[slender brook]

That usually means the version the mod is for

[rancid jewel]

Oh

[slender brook]

E.G. my mods are all for 1.12.12 because they are for that version

[rancid jewel]

So what is the current version rn?

And what does it mean by directory?

(Sorry if I'm asking too much questions)

[slender brook]

Directory is the folder name for the mod, it only matters on your own device so you can name it literally anything

Well, literally anything that works as a folder name

[rancid jewel]

Got it thanks!

So

I finished making the mod

What do I do now?

Since I have the base done

[slender brook]

You're fine. Feel free to ask any more questions if you need. There's quite a few other people who knew modding (much more than I do), so if I'm not here, they might be able to answer

[rancid jewel]

Do I go watch his videos?

[slender brook]

Yeah, I would do so

[rancid jewel]

Alright thanks Anker.

You're really helpful

[slender brook]

Well I don't have the Helper role for nothing

[rancid jewel]

Lol

I guess so

I can't find hoi4 in files'

For some reason

@slender brook

I can't find the hoi4 game in my files

For some reason

[slender brook]

What is the tutorial telling you to do

[rancid jewel]

I need to do the -debug

The game

But idk how to find the game

I've searched it in my hotbar

[slender brook]

If you're trying to use -debug, right click on HOI4 in Steam and click properties, then type -debug into the bottom

[rancid jewel]

Ohhh

Wait

This u mean right?

[pale sparrow]

thats it

[rancid jewel]

Thanks

So I just write -debug

Why the hell does it have to be so hard

Lol

[slender brook]

Things like this come with time

[rancid jewel]

Alright

Oh shit

I messed up something

So badly

I open my folders not with NotePad ++

But with Media Plyer

Player

How do I change that

[slender brook]

Right click on the file, find open with, hover over it, choose another app, choose NotePad++

Although I think most of us use VSC

[rancid jewel]

Thank you so much

Wait

[rancid jewel]

What is VSC

[slender brook]

Visual Studio Code

[rancid jewel]

Is it recommended I use it?

[slender brook]

NotePad++ is fine, although VSC is just a bit more commonplace and has better extensions

And a dark UI by default

[rancid jewel]

Alright

Is there a Visual Studio Code ++?

Oh wait

Nvm

I've used VST before

VSC*

So

@slender brook

I set it at VSC

When I open it right?

[slender brook]

Yeah, keep going

Oh wait that's it, yeah just have it open with VSC and it should be fine

[rancid jewel]

Alright thx

[ocean prairie]

Hey! I made a Map with MapGen and exported it into a mod. I went into debug mode and wanted to start the game. It crashed obviously but whats the real problem is, is that i didnt get a crash (feedback report) and in Documents the Crashes Folder was also empty. So i can't figure out whats the problem. Does someone have an idea why it crashes but theres nothing in the crashes folder? The game basically just closes.

[rancid jewel]

Holy crap

Bro this is so confusing

The nudge thing

When u debug

[slender brook]

Yeah I wouldn't recommend doing map stuff as a first project tbh

I would recommend doing country stuff

[rancid jewel]

Ah

[ocean prairie]

ok so i basicly did everything in hoi4 modding thats possible. From Countries to states to national focuses etc. This map thing is like the last thing i can learn in hoi4 modding and its like the hardest thing. I basically have some mayor knowledge in hoi4 modding. But now being stuck at such a stupid problem must have happend xD

[slender brook]

Yeah for your issue I would have no idea since I've only done fairly rudimentary map editing

[rancid jewel]

Bro why are the videos so confusing

I'm having another aneurysm from this

[ocean prairie]

Hoi4 Modding isnt easy i can tell you. I mean i started with this website (https://edge.hoi4modding.com/) This website does the dirty work for simple things but you have to know that there are also very complicated things in there like country modding etc.

And from there it only got more complicated as i started to add variables, functions etc. Things which aren't possible in this website. Maybe this helps a bit but I can tell you that it won't replace the coding ;D.

[rancid jewel]

Damn...

[dim bronze]

how do you make a country annex another at the start of the game

[pale sparrow]

on_action file

[dim bronze]

is there a way to hide an effect

[pale sparrow]

hidden_effect block

[strange tinsel]

well, considering that I deleted them I think that my game might be crashing because of that

any way to just delete those tags somehow?

[lofty plaza]

No, just keep the history files

Then you wont need to pay any attention to the tags

[dim bronze]

how do you make it so a country has to accept annexation or decline through event?

[strange tinsel]

you would have to edit every annexation event and focus

[strange tinsel]

now my game doesn't even launch

anyone know what in all of this causes the game to crash?

around 10k errors

modding moment

[lofty plaza]

You have a lot of map errors

[strange tinsel]

yup

but in the nudger it works like a charm

[lofty plaza]

Well, it's definitely that

Work through them

[strange tinsel]

I'll try

one error fixed

how do I change a tile to coastal?

nvm figured it out

should have fixed all the map errors

[azure fern]

(probably a really dumb question)
but does anyone know how to make a seperate branch require to have another focus done?
a bit like this?
(using imperial nostalgia as a reference)

is it just normal prerequisite?

[ocean prairie]

probably just make it like you want to connect a focus to another focus. Im not sure if the connection line still appears but you can try it out. In this example i think it goes like this:

In "Premier Lenin" there goes in:

prerequisite = { focus = TAG_the_great_industrialization_drive }

Hopr this helps

[azure fern]

so it's just like normal prerequisites?

[ocean prairie]

yes

it needs The Great.... to do Premier Lenin

[rancid jewel]

Holy shit

I'm getting sick of this ngl

I don't even know basic coding

Lol

I'm so stupid

[ocean prairie]

i can tell you Hoi4 Modding is its own programming language

so no worries

its hard

i can tell you

[rancid jewel]

Why can't they make it easier

[azure fern]

alrighty, those arent my focuses, just wanted to use it as a reference but thank you either way ^^

[azure fern]

tbh its an actual pretty understandable language

if you showed it to someone with no knowledge they might understand it somewhat

[ocean prairie]

it just needs some time to understand it

[rancid jewel]

I don't know what to do to start off

[azure fern]

there is the hoi4 modding wiki and also yt channels with playlists for basic coding

[rancid jewel]

But like where should I start off?

If I want to make a mod

Like what are the first steps?

The map?

The focus tree?

The political??

The researches?????

[ocean prairie]

i would start with something like events

or create a focus

[rancid jewel]

Also btw how do u use the app thing

U sent me

Earlier

[ocean prairie]

yeah

[rancid jewel]

Can u hop in #727260126481744033

And show me

[ocean prairie]

sry but i dont have time rn :I

[rancid jewel]

Oof

Alright\

One of the PDX ppl should make a full tutorial

[ocean prairie]

true

[rancid jewel]

Or make a thing to make it easier for us

Because only people with medium to high skills in coding can do this.

And average player can not

And will spend hours on end just to get no where

[ocean prairie]

i think i will someday make a video which explains everything xD

[rancid jewel]

Thank you

[ocean prairie]

what we could do is if i got time i can explain you focus trees and the connection to the ✨ code world of Paradox✨

[rancid jewel]

Or

We can beg the PDX team to make a actual video

About how to make mods

Or show loopholes of how to

[ocean prairie]

the video be like:

How to make Hoi4Mods:

12:59:59

[rancid jewel]

Idrc

[ocean prairie]

part 1 xD

[rancid jewel]

I just want a video

To help me

Alright

Time to go into -debug mode

And cry

[ocean prairie]

good luck xD

[rancid jewel]

I don't even know what I'm going to do

Prob just give every country 2000000 mils

And if anyone even judges me

I swear to god

Wait

@ocean prairie

Is it possible to give more than 25 factories to someone in NUDGE!

[ocean prairie]

ehhh i dont think you can do that in NUDGE

but you could do it with the cheat console

[rancid jewel]

How

[ocean prairie]

with instantconstruction

[rancid jewel]

Like over 25

OH WAIT

[ocean prairie]

25

hmm

[rancid jewel]

I SHOULD MAKE A MOD THAT GIVES LIKE INFINITE SLOTS

But like only 25 will show up

Wow

[ocean prairie]

oh god chill

[rancid jewel]

It's now Sunday for me

[ocean prairie]

xD

[rancid jewel]

No

I'm never chill

Until I can figure out this stupid HOI4 code

[ocean prairie]

oh i know it

you can like

make a mod

[rancid jewel]

Yes

[ocean prairie]

and then modify a state and add 25 military factories in it within the file

[rancid jewel]

No

I want to make it like infinite slots

[ocean prairie]

oh god i dont know how to do that xD

[rancid jewel]

I'll do it

Or I can find it

[dim bronze]

i added about 5 countries and since i have the game wont open, can someone tell me why? and in error.log it tells me errors that didnt effect the game

[rancid jewel]

Uh

Idk

[azure fern]

anyone know why this is?

ive created both ideas for the idea swap but

it says they're missing

[ocean prairie]

are you sure that the idea is called like that?

[azure fern]

im sure

[dim bronze]

someone help im getting errors

[17:26:01][pdx_entity.cpp:323]: Failed to find entity "ITA_mechanized_vehicle_1_entity" for attachment in vehicle
[17:26:02][effect.cpp:425]: Invalid effect '=' in history/states/735-Savoy.txt line : 11
[17:26:02][persistent.cpp:48]: Error: "Unknown effect-type: =, near line: 11
Unexpected token: =, near line: 13" in file: "history/states/735-Savoy.txt" near line: 13
[17:26:02][parser.cpp:932]: Error: unexpected token in file: "history/states/847-Western Swiss Alps.txt" near line: 3 ( 158 )
[17:26:02][gameitemdatabasehelper.h:150]: Error: "Unexpected token: 158, near line: 3" in file: "history/states/847-Western Swiss Alps.txt" near line: 3
[17:26:02][parser.cpp:932]: Error: unexpected token in file: "history/states/847-Western Swiss Alps.txt" near line: 3 ( = )
[17:26:02][gameitemdatabasehelper.h:150]: Error: "Unexpected token: =, near line: 3" in file: "history/states/847-Western Swiss Alps.txt" near line: 22
[17:26:02][effect.cpp:425]: Invalid effect '=' in history/states/851-Var.txt line : 24
[17:26:02][persistent.cpp:48]: Error: "Unknown effect-type: =, near line: 24
Unexpected token: =, near line: 28" in file: "history/states/851-Var.txt" near line: 28

[azure fern]

maybe you missed a } somewhere?

[hidden raptor]

hey i am trying to change the franco-british union's color but someone know the cosmetic tag of it ?

cuz it didn't work

[stoic ether]

Does someone know how to fix it?

[obtuse condor]

Why is Arizona just a singular state lmao

[stoic ether]

Lol, is the Red World mod

"USSR woned the cold war"

NOW HOW I FIX THIS:(

[pulsar rune]

America good ending

[merry sandal]

which mods should i use and what country should i choose to max out enjoyment

[dim island]

need to change defines file

set the max to 2000 and then make a modifier that gives 2000 slots

[obtuse condor]

How's this look?

[honest eagle]

Pretty damn good

Gg

[honest eagle]

idk it depends on what you like

[tiny coral]

guys im completely new to modding and i just wanna make a mod thats like the east vs west 1v1 multiplayer mod (that TommyKay used) but about a fued thats going on with my friends, any suggestions how to even start?

[tiny coral]

this is the mod im talking abt btw

[pale sparrow]

map modding is like, the hardest thing

Id stick to the vanilla map, possible crop it with a map tool

[real ember]

Is it possible to form the Roman Empire in road to 56?

[quick latch]

If you want a focus require another focus but without the connector line do this:

available = {
    has_completed_focus = focus_ID
}

[quiet umbra]

Can anyone rebuild this abandoned mod? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2259131163

https://archive.ph/Etvcn

I have the files.

[obtuse condor]

Do it yourself hippie

[celest dust]

what on earth is that icon 4

[ancient moat]

How do i change the cw of terrains?

[ancient moat]

Chicky

[tiny coral]

thanka

[brave heron]

does anyone know about a mod that allows you to get the research of a country when you annex it? this is for when two countries unify

there's no reason for their research just disappearing

[quick latch]

Don't know a mod but I should be very easy to make on yourself, all the code required would be inherit_technology = XXX (XXX being the country getting annexed). With the on_actions thing it should be possible.
(inherit_technology may override existing research but don't really know)

it's literally just

on_actions = {
    on_annex = {
        effect = {
            ROOT = { inherit_technology = FROM }
        }
    }
}

[coarse cloud]

Anyone got Millenium Dawn mod discord?

[quick latch]

Go on the mod page and scroll down, it's not that hard

[honest karma]

how to make my own mod

[obtuse condor]

Texas Volksrepublik

[quick latch]

Watch The Iron Workshop's Hoi4 modding tutorials

[rare idol]

So I got bored and decided to try to figure out how to make Karelia a starting nation with some additional cores.

Let's see how long I spend

I could just CTRL+C CTRL+V their country info into the file

[quick latch]

I mean, all you need to do is copy the states you want Karelia to have / want to have cores on and modify them. Should only take a few mins

[rare idol]

Yeah but I'm going to make it a semi-playable nation

[quick latch]

what

[rare idol]

IE giving it a basic focus tree

[quick latch]

ah

[rare idol]

I may try to make it a custom country tag.

[quick latch]

?

[rare idol]

Given it starts as a Kingdom and I'll try to spend like 5 hours making the name on the map say Kingdom of Karelia

[quick latch]

isn't hard either, you just need to change it's name in the localisation files

aka countries_l_english.yml

[rare idol]

Quick question, if I was to use the already existing tag, would I just leave the colors.txt as it is?

[quick latch]

Why would you want to modify it into something it already is?

[hallow mortar]

guys, what do you all think about Ai Behavior Expansion for road to 56

is it a good idea

[quick latch]

AI in general is weird af and does questionable things, so sure have fun making that I guess

[rare idol]

I just realized, in my base HOI4 files, Kosovo gets an entire Country tag file to itself

lmao

[quick latch]

yeah? It always does that?

I don't see what's so special about it

[rare idol]

I just find it funny

[quick latch]

okay?

[rare idol]

but I also wonder why it is seperate

[quick latch]

now that's a good question

[rare idol]

So far I've gotten the capital working

Got them to own all the states at the start

[quick latch]

and also core?

[rare idol]

yup

[quick latch]

kk

That looks weird xd, never actually saw a Karelia this big

[rare idol]

Now I need to figure a way to make it so it starts as Non-Aligned under the party name 'King's Loyalists' until I can make something else

then hurl down some shitty div templates, Frontier Guard, Karelian Rangers, Armored Brigade, Capital Infantry

[quick latch]

also easy, in history file search for set_politics = { ... } there you can set the starting ideology (should be neutrality if I remember correctly).
And for the party name you need to create a localisation file. In it write:

l_english:
 TAG_ideology: "party name"
 TAG_ideology_long: "party name long"

in your case:

l_english:
 KAR_neutrality: "King's Loyalists"

[rare idol]

For some reason I can't get the localization working

[quick latch]

Is your file encoded as UTF-8 with BOM ?

[rare idol]

should be

[quick latch]

is your file name also xxx_l_english.yml ?

[rare idol]

[09:27:46][gameapplication.cpp:766]: The game has loc key collisions. Check logs/text.log for more details

[quick latch]

What exactly did you do?

[rare idol]

I changed the name of the non-aligned nation name to Kingdom of Karelia

[quick latch]

is your file placed in yourmod\localisation\english ?

[rare idol]

yes

[quick latch]

no it isn't

\localisation\english\countries_l_english.yml

there needs to be a folder called english

[rare idol]

ah\

Now to figure out the party

[quick latch]

read the message

[quick latch]

what has that to do with my message

[rare idol]

Would it be in this section?

[quick latch]

I meant this

[rare idol]

what would that file be called?

[quick latch]

Create one yourself, call it whatever, I usually call my own files modname_base_game_file_l_english.yml
Call it yourmod_parties_l_english.yml

Will be gone for the next 3 hours, have fun figuring things ouit on your own

[rare idol]

trying to figure out the OOB now

how the hell

do I get the OOB working

ah

[brave heron]

Does this work with annexing through focuses and decisions?

Also Thanks

[obtuse condor]

That is a pretty color

[quick latch]

Actually should only work that way, tested it and peace deals don't make you copy the tech

[quick latch]

base game color

[sage osprey]

can someone tell me what is best mod for graphic

[quick latch]

mod opinion depends on user but I prefer Kamerad's Overhaul

[civic berry]

guys, what is the program everyone uses for making mods?

and what coding language is it?

[quick latch]

The only programs you need are an image editor (for example: paint.net) and a text editor (for example: VS Code)
Hoi4's programming language is called PDXScript I think but idk

[faint lichen]

so I have deleted almost all my game files, but when I redownloaded them and relaunched the game the map was still broken. Context, I accidentally messed with the nudge tool and made a new state, then deleted it and returned it to base game

[quick latch]

Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV delete map, history and localisation

That should fix

[faint lichen]

"so I have deleted almost all my game files"

[quick latch]

That should fix

Nudger things aren't stored in the Hoi4 files in your Steam Library

[faint lichen]

oh jeez

thanks

[honest karma]

link?

[quick latch]

Go to youtube, search "The Iron Workshop"

[upper badge]

Is there a mod that allows me to form the German Confederation?

and an updated WW1 mod?

[pearl trench]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2026448968&searchtext=rise+of+nations

[sage osprey]

Thanks man

[vocal sage]

how to make a mod where putin time travels

[vapid canopy]

anyone know good mods for the netherlands?

[deep sentinel]

Hey, would someone be interested in making an economy mod in hoi4? i have no experience tho... 😥 But I am learning! Text me if u are interested and i can explain more deeply

[bright fog]

Hello! I have a big boy question for anyone willing to hear me out for a moment.

Unless you're France, Russia, Germany, Britain, Japan, or America you get 0 fun tank models. Is there a way to give countries like South Africa a nicer model?

[balmy lichen]

Im making a chaos mod, can some give me the stupidest leader for Tennessee in your mind

[quick latch]

Put Matt Walsh as leader xd

[balmy lichen]

Ok

[civic notch]

is it possible to create a submod for hoi4 xbox game pass as all the tutorials i have watched all use steam and i dont know how find mod names and stuff

[balmy lichen]

Here is it

[quick latch]

nice

[brave elk]

Is there any modern day mod?

except millennium dawn and rise of nations

[sage osprey]

Novum vexillum

[obtuse condor]

guys how civilian factories are called in modding

??

[lilac pelican]

Is it actually possible to add custom tank roles to the tank designer?

[quick latch]

afaik industrial_complex

[quick latch]

surely it's possible but I've never done division modding, but I could look if I find something

[lilac pelican]

good luck with that, it seems like the roles are not set and depend on different factors, some of the presumably hard-coded(not modifiable)

only thing i was able to do is modify the existing ones, and even that with limited success

[quick latch]

nah, didn't find anything except equipment.gfx (SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\interface) where the role things gfx is assigned.
literally just:

[inner forge]

is this supposed to be japans focus tree in rt56? because it looks like the vanilla one

[pale sparrow]

yes

[inner forge]

oh, i've seen videos where they have another focus tree idk, what mod should i use for japan focus tree then

[dense moon]

someone make this a reality

arizona breaks free then goes on conquests with the pheonix soliders

[quiet escarp]

you can make this a submod for North America Divided

[tidal gorge]

Anyone play novum vexium and if so are u also having issues plsy ing

Meaning lag out like 3-4 years in then never being able to finish

[deep sentinel]

Hey, would someone be interested in making an economy mod in hoi4? i have no experience tho... 😥 But I am learning! Text me if u are interested and i can explain more deeply

[bright fog]

Hello! I have a big boy question for anyone willing to hear me out for a moment.

Unless you're France, Russia, Germany, Britain, Japan, or America you get 0 fun tank models. Is there a way to give countries like South Africa a nicer model?

[edgy night]

Make 3d model for it

[quick latch]

damn

[lofty plaza]

Make one

[gloomy marsh]

rip germany

[gloomy marsh]

this good?

[edgy solar]

i cant believe you balkanised Germany

[gloomy marsh]

its the HRE all over again

[proud bane]

i made an even more balkanized Germany

[dense moon]

maybe

should be good enough

wish i could have all the areas on the map but provinced

[cursive pulsar]

This go to all the tnobros out there

I turned rfk death off but I still got the event

Is this a bug?

[inner forge]

how do i remove this resource rights tool from rt56 rp

[pale sparrow]

Do Console command gui then hover over that bar

Then mass search the interface folder of the mod for any tokens you find

[solemn charm]

Why

[thin chasm]

Because of the way it is

[obtuse condor]

i made my own modded focus 🙂

[bleak cedar]

Hello everyone, I have created a custom world and a color water map for it. But the color water map which is 5120 x 2560 (the custom world is the same size as colormap) wont appear. I know the 2816 x 1024 works I but want change that value and I don't know how. Any ideas?

[full bramble]

Hello folks,

Is it possible to change how the scroll button works while on the focus page - I wanted it to scroll down (like the EU4 mission page and like the tech page or the decisions window in HOI4 itself), rather than zoom out.

I tried editing the ContiainerWindow called "tree" in the "nationalfocusview.gui" file - but had no luck. Can someone please help me out?

[halcyon jungle]

💀

[tight birch]

Does anyone know of any mods that increase casualty numbers?

[acoustic crypt]

Hello, I am currently working on Russia for my mod and I would like to remove the paranoia system for my non communist ruler. How to do it ?

[sharp iris]

hello , I need to ask what folders the state modifiers and their gfx are written to and how to localize them

[gloomy marsh]

how am i supposed to come up with a whole focus tree for 1 state that has never been independant or wanted to be independant

[sharp iris]

depends on the state and circumstances of the nation, historical circumstances

what year , what world ( mode ) , nationality of the state , leading personalities / forerunners of the theoretical state

?

[lofty plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/armstrong-made-it-up-gif-25653819

[gloomy marsh]

just normal 1936 and the country is Oberschlesien

heard of it?

it’s only on Wikipedia in German

[sharp iris]

i Live near cca. 300 km

but in czech republik

it was part of our state for hundreds of years ( 300 years ago the Habsburgs lost it ) it was part of our state

[sharp iris]

after the First World War the Poles who were preparing the Plebiscite became interested in it , there was an uprising of the Poles living here but Entate stopped it but Katowice (until then 200 years part of Prussia / Germany ) left the Poles ( who were a bit more peaceful ) got the Hlučín region ( approx. 9000 inhabitants ) , basically only Czechs lived there , the whole Silesia was very industrial , three states sought it: Poland (ethnic law), Germany (ethnic law and power) and slightly Czechoslovakia

if you want to invent the future, you must know the past, start with the period after the first war, go through the region and talk mainly about the three states

[pliant reef]

how do i not have all the colours get changed when i make a country a different colour

[obtuse condor]

is there a mod where u can swap sides like romania

[gloomy marsh]

wow thanks

[quick latch]

How do you change a country's colour?

[pale sparrow]

cosmetic tag

[quick latch]

I know, I was asking him to see what might be the problem

[verbal swift]

I tacked on a focus to Japan's tree to enable a new piece of equipment and a new subunit, but unfortunately, only the subunit is working properly. I've tried a few different things, but this is what I settled on

        id = JAP_supra #LOCALIZE THIS
        icon = GFX_goal_generic_army_artillery #CHANGE THIS
        prerequisite = { focus = JAP_army_expansion_law }
        x = 3
        y = 1
        relative_position_id = JAP_army_expansion_law

        cost = 10

        ai_will_do = {
            factor = 1
            modifier = {
                factor = 1.5
                has_completed_focus = JAP_support_the_kodoha_faction
            }
        }

        available = {

        }

        bypass = {

        }

        cancel_if_invalid = yes
        continue_if_invalid = no
        available_if_capitulated = no


        completion_reward = {
            set_technology = { supra_motorized = 1 }
            set_technology = { supra_equipment = 1 }
        }
    }```

The technologies file I made has this instead. I tried to cover all bases so when supra_motorized didn't enable the equipment, I made a second technology entry specifically for the equipment, but that hasn't worked either

        allow = {
            always = no
        }

        research_cost = 1
        start_year = 1936

        enable_subunits = {
            supra
        }

        enable equipments {
            supra_equipment
        }
    }

    supra_equipment = {

        allow = {
            always = no
        }

        research_cost = 1
        start_year = 1936

        enable equipments {
            supra_equipment
        }
    }```

the focus unlocks the unit correctly, it just doesn't work with unlocking the equipment

what is funny is that when I set "active" to false in the equipment file, it's like the equipment isn't even in the game. Instead of being inaccessible because of the focus, I just can't access it at all. I try to add equipment to my stockpile through the console and the game says it doesn't recognize the equipment name

if I make it "active" then my equipment shows up, but it's the bigger issue of it being available to everyone

[verbal swift]

I found the issue

enable_equipments

[civic raven]

what on earth 💀

[obtuse condor]

guys what is the code that cancel the demilitarizion of the rheinland?

[dim bronze]

how do you rename ideologies

[quick latch]

XXX = { set_demilitarized_zone = no } XXX -> state id

[lofty plaza]

Check the focus

[deep parrot]

how apply custom icon for focus?

[pale sparrow]

the GFX tokens arent automatic, you need to specify them in the interface folder

[deep parrot]

You can tell how to make it?

[pale sparrow]

check ideas.gfx in the game folder

simply add that sort of file to your mod, remove all the vanilla icons and use a different file name

[deep parrot]

Thanks

[wooden spoke]

anyone have a link for a working mod for mellenium dawn on paradox .com

[surreal peak]

Anyone know if there is a mod that is from the 550BC time period or something like that? Maybe even 1000AD is fine too just ping me to let me know

[real storm]

Imperator Rome

[obtuse condor]

Bro you are the best, thank you.

[quick latch]

What?

[surreal peak]

this isn't even a mod?

[slender brook]

The point is HOI4 cannot represent that era in any sort of realism

HOI can't really even represent anything pre-WW1

[surreal peak]

the oldest i've found is 719ad

[slender brook]

Right, and there's little interest going further back because the division and economic systems make no sense going that far back

[surreal peak]

eh

i can work with 719

thanks anyway chief

[slender brook]

But yeah, if you really want to play anything that far back a different game is the most likely option

[surreal peak]

oh also one more thing, is there any mods that go from like early 1900s or mid to late 1800s up to ww2 where the events actually take place?

[slender brook]

Uh, I think Great War or Great War Redux are as close as it gets

But I wouldn't know of anything that starts further back and is meant to be played until WW2

[modest prairie]

hello, after I added the oob file, the game started to crash.

[sweet mason]

End of a New beginning is a mod practically like the victoria games but they dont lead to ww1 really at the moment

[acoustic bay]

how do i edit a steam mod for personal use? Im on MacOS

[lofty plaza]

Great War Redux goes on to ww2 technically

Absolutely no reason to do so, however

[deep sentinel]

could someone help me, i watched this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYFnYyOzU6U&list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7&index=11 and in 7:42 that he was going to take the building file but there are 8 building files for different countries. Should i take all of them or wth does he mean

[tall breach]

I love how my modds range from modern to alt history to equestria at war

[rose gulch]

Hi, I have an idea for a mod, but I'm not a very good modder, so I want to ask if someone can make a mod where bunkers can be upgraded or modified.

[pale sparrow]

theres already tiers, so what is upgraded and modified

[deep sentinel]

hey if u are interested in making an economy/industrial mod then we can prob fix something. I am also not a very good modder

[severe knoll]

guys im having trouble with mod order. how can i make sure my mod loads after all other mods, in order to overrite all necessary files for my desired fixes?

[pale sparrow]

if youre making a submod you have to specify a requirement, otherwise you need to tweak the launcher settings file to un-hide the load order option

[severe knoll]

its not a submod, its simply a mod that edits something already edited by other mods, and i need to make it overrite those other mods files

[pale sparrow]

``Go to the launcher-settings.json file and open with a text editor: (where launcher is installed X:.....\Steam\SteamApps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\launcher-settings.json) and find this line:
"modLoadOrderDisabled": true,

Change it to
"modLoadOrderDisabled": false,``

[severe knoll]

and then?

[severe knoll]

i did it and it seems that i can now move mods up and down in the playsets. now, to overrite all mods, should i put it in top or last?

[pale sparrow]

Higher number should be later, and so best to override

[severe knoll]

i tried lowest in the list, then highest in the list, and nothing. the mod i wanted to overrite still loaded on top. In case the information is pertinent, the desired targets for replacement are 00_operations and a denies file with like 10 defines, 4 of wich are defined in the mod i want to overrite

[vale condor]

is there any mod that's ESI compatible for more formable nations?

[frigid sluice]

Hey, do u know where to find the India portraits?

I don't see to Savarkar.dds

[pale sparrow]

try the Together for Victory DLC folder

[frigid sluice]

found

thanks u

[tribal osprey]

How do you make an event go off once you complete a focus? I've been trying to figure it out

[tribal osprey]

Nvm i figured it out

[indigo yoke]

I can't for the life of me find where in the game files are* the modifiers that the AI uses to determine a response to an event, can someone point me in the right direction?

[deep sentinel]

when making a new state the tutorial said that i sould move the map, localisation and history folder to my mod folder. do i need to move them everytime i make a change because it always comes newones when i make a change

[pale sparrow]

Theyre inside the event file, check pre-existing ones

[pale sparrow]

If youre using the nudge tool, I guess so

[keen parrot]

can someone help me create a custom mod

i have no clue what im doing

[quick latch]

Sure I guess?

What do you want to do?

[limber torrent]

Theres some good yt tutorials

[keen parrot]

so

[limber torrent]

Let him learn

More fun

• he can create whatever he wants

[quick latch]

Watching the tutorials is the same thing as me telling him, just a different person that talks

[keen parrot]

i want to add a few focuses for an existing country
a decision to form a nation that has a few cores and claims
to rename the country after that decision
keep the existing focus tree
change the name/image of leaders, assigning an existing leader to another existing political party

[quick latch]

"a decision to form a nation that has a few cores and claims" A new country or formable as in the original country gets a different name and cores?

[keen parrot]

a formable country

from an existing one

[quick latch]

I see

[keen parrot]

that gets cores on other countries' territories

should i make a new country

[quick latch]

nah

[keen parrot]

and make it replace the existing one?

[quick latch]

that'd make it just more complicating

[keen parrot]

i should start from the third one

and proceed to the one in the left?

[quick latch]

Just watch what you need to watch

[keen parrot]

im not sure what i should watch exactly tbh

[quick latch]

let's start with the decision first, you want to create the following folder structure: yourmod\common\decisions\categories

[keen parrot]

i dont know what should i make and what i shouldnt

so i should stick to an existing country

[quick latch]

yes

[keen parrot]

ok

should i add that respective country in the mods folder?

with all the files from hoi4 game

[quick latch]

For now you don't need to

[keen parrot]

so i can add only the

decisions

that will be like an "addition"

[quick latch]

You can add everything you want, I only want to start with the formable because it's the easiest

[keen parrot]

sure

can i call you to facilitate the communication?

[quick latch]

vc call?

[keen parrot]

yea

and i can share the screen

if that's ok for you

[quick latch]

Wouldn't really want that, writing is good enough for communication

[keen parrot]

ok sure

i want to add decisions for romania

now i should take this file

copy and modify it

[quick latch]

In categories create a text file. Call it yourmod_formables_category.txt
Write this:

ROM_formable_nation = { # for example: GER_greater_german_reich_formable
    allowed = {
        original_tag = ROM
    }

    visible = {
        
    }
}

[keen parrot]

GER_greater_german_reich_formable
i should replace this with

a name that i want?

[quick latch]

yeah, you could call it ROM_greater_romania_formable for example

[keen parrot]

can i use a different tag?

or should i keep the same tag

[quick latch]

You want the formable be for Romania, right?

[keen parrot]

yes

[quick latch]

Well, what do you mean with "can i use a different tag?" ? Where would you want to use a different tag?

[keen parrot]

idk

i just asked

[quick latch]

If you mean original_tag = ROM then no

[indigo yoke]

I'm looking for either one of the Austrian AI event in response to Demand a Referendum, or the Czechoslovakian AI event in response to Protect Czechoslovakia. I'm looking in the event file and don't see any that would match either of these.

[pale sparrow]

search for ai_will_do blocks

[keen parrot]

is that all?

[quick latch]

for the category file? yes

[keen parrot]

now i have to make decisions_categories?

[quick latch]

What do you mean exactly?

[keen parrot]

uh

is the category file enough?

[quick latch]

if it looks somewhat like this then yes

[keen parrot]

    allowed = {
        original_tag = ROM
    }

    visible = {
        
    }
}```

[quick latch]

ah, replace ROM_formable_nation with ROM_dacia_formable

make it look like this: ROM_dacia_formable = {

text after a # are just comments

[keen parrot]

oh ok

where is the icons default folder location

[quick latch]

You mean SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\gfx\interface\decisions ?

In decisions create a file and call it yourmod_formables_decisions.txt
Write this:

ROM_dacia_formable = { # Or whatever you set the category ID in "yourmod_formables_category.txt" to
    ROM_form_dacia = {
        icon = generic_form_nation
        fire_only_once = yes # fire_only_once makes the decision work only once
        cost = 0 # cost is the political power required, normal you'd use 0 for formables

        visible = {
            original_tag = ROM
        }

        available = {
            controls_state = XXX # Do this for every state that you need to control
        }

        complete_effect = {
            set_cosmetic_tag = ROM_dacia

            add_state_core = XXX # same state IDs as in "available = { ... }"
        }

        ai_will_do = {
            factor = 100
        }
    }
}

[indigo yoke]

That helped a bunch, turns out my problem was expecting the AI response to be governed by something in that nation's event txt file, but the AI response is baked into the event itself, which seems to be in the Hungarian event txt

[keen parrot]

thanks a lot

so for available

i have to enter bunch of states that i need to control in order to be able to make the decisions

for the core states, can i add cores that aren't currently in my possession?

[quick latch]

yeah, every state that you want Romania to habe under control to be able to form dacia

[quick latch]

That is exactly the point

[keen parrot]

okay thanks

also