modding

[modern solstice]

add dependencies

u know what's that?

    "The Road to 56"
    "The Road to 56 RP"
}```

yes

whereever u want

for me it look like this

brb

[dense condor]

also if that doesnt work check path

i mean if the paths are aligning with the replace path code

yes i think so but you can put it up to the name if you want

yeah sure

try it now

i see, wait

the other descriptor file?

there are two

one inside the mod folder is a mod file and there is a descriptor with the file on mod folder

sorry my bad not" descriptor"

but mod file

make sure paths aare correct

on descriptor

[chilly field]

how would i make a decision which builds lvl 10 forts on every coastal tile when selected

[modern solstice]

wait why is your descriptor mp3/4 file

[dense condor]

it shows up as that on some computers

on mine too

but its a mod file

[modern solstice]

If I were u, I'd unsubscribe roadto56, delete files that contain files from road, and subscribe it again

[dense condor]

check the properties of the descriptor to make sure iits a .mod

alright good

[modern solstice]

Hello I have an question, how can I change position of modifiers in ideas?

I want recruitable pop on the top

where did u added this?

to the "road to 56" file?

so delete it, I thought u were doing submod or smth

yea, then delete this

I think u need to wait for other guy to help u

I just dont know

how to fix

[dense condor]

isnt it dependent on with what position you put the modifiers on the file itself?

[modern solstice]

nah

[dense condor]

my descriptor in rt56 is this:

version="1.12.9"
tags={
"Alternative History"
"Balance"
"Events"
"Gameplay"
"Graphics"
"Historical"
"Ideologies"
"National Focuses"
"Technologies"
}
name="The Road to 56"
replace_path="history/states"
replace_path="map/strategicregions"
supported_version="1.12.14"
remote_file_id="820260968"
path="mod/The_Road_to_56/"

no its a different version, i dont really know, maybe some server modders can help you

yes but i have some paths and stuff different so there might be problems, if you want you can backup your existing descriptor and try mine

[dense condor]

that seems like a lot of work to reinstall

1 hour minimum

[dense condor]

i dont know really

if it still doesnt work idk

h

How to do the following things in focuses? - add stability - add war support - add spirit/idea

[modern solstice]

add_stability = number
add_war_support = number
add ideas = idea id

[dense condor]

ty

[orchid swan]

when i bought the game i thought TNO was a DLC

stupid me i guess

[modern solstice]

hey, is it possible to get back replaced files from my mod?

I made a mistake, cause somehow I replaced my good files, with old ones, and I'm wondering is there any way to get them back

and no, ctrl+z doesnt work

[thorny niche]

can someone help? I accidentally broke the game and now every political party is just titled as its ideology

nvm

[modern solstice]

ok disk drill saved some of my files, maybe not all of them, but most important like gfx

I've lost whole day of modding sadge

[obtuse condor]

how do i make a custom map

[modern solstice]

go and watch Iron Workshop B-)

on youtube

[edgy solar]

for a custom map look up King Astro

[thorny niche]

how do i get different event respones for different countries to work

[balmy rapids]

Hey, what's the modifier to edit the amount of local population?

For example

change Berlin local population by -3000

or smthing like that

if that's possible

by a decision for example

[thick knoll]

is it possible to add some feature that lets selected divisions to defend all of the states within the country without clicking on each state 1 by 1?

[late niche]

changing country name in localisation only changes the name of half of the countries

also makes colors you put in the files darker than it actually is

like since when is 54 54 54 fully pitch black

[winged iron]

Are there any mods (that are upto date) that give you more control with puppets and stuff? I get that its meant to be historical and not Stellaris but I'm wanting to just move territory to puppets and stuff.

All the mods I can find are out of date or not what I'm looking for.

And dude I swear, if I was a modder I'd attatch a virus. I hate the Steam workshop users

[timber zenith]

You can use mp state transfer tool

[winged iron]

Thanks!

[timber zenith]

np

[timber zenith]

it's add_manpower

[balmy rapids]

That adds manpower to a country, correct? But can I change the population of a certain province?

like change that value

[timber zenith]

You'd want to put a trigger in your event options, like

option = {
  name = event.1.a
  trigger = {
    tag = GER
  }
}

[timber zenith]

Specify the state as a scope

put the add_manpower inside and it applies to the state

[balmy rapids]

Seems like a plan

can u give an example of how that should look?

sorry, I know i'm dumb

[timber zenith]

100 = { add_manpower = 100000 }

Nah dw

100 is the state id as an example

[balmy rapids]

Thanks a lot!

[timber zenith]

No problem

[edgy solar]

toolpack without the errors is also good for it

also has more tools to use

[winged iron]

I'll check that out as well thanks

I wonder why the other titles have more options and stuff. Hoi4 always felt just a little clunky compared to the others

Anyway thats off topic so never mind just tahnks again

[timber zenith]

Agreed ngl

[winged iron]

Which is weird cause its sold better haha. Like Hoi4 is one of the top in terms of peak and 30 day peak players

[balmy rapids]

Btw, how can you add a resource production to a certain state?

[balmy rapids]

like that but replace add_manpower?

[slender brook]

Compared to Stellaris, Vic 3, and CK3 HOI4 is on a comparatively ancient engine version, especially compared to the last two

[timber zenith]

add_resource = {
    type = oil
    amount = 10
    state = 100
}

Hoi5 releases tomorrow anyway so it doesn't matter

[winged iron]

Wait actually?

[timber zenith]

Yeah

[winged iron]

Lol you rat you got me. there's nothing on the google

Didn't actually believe tomorrow but I thought it was soon

[timber zenith]

I thought U were asking abt the add resource command lol

[winged iron]

Hahaha

I got encircled and you didnt even mean it

[dense condor]

How can i add two country leaders in my mod? like add both king and prime minister and not only have one

[pale sparrow]

you make one an idea

Thats how vanilla does it as well

Usually the most powerful one being the normal leader, since that can be different per country for head of state/head of government

[dense condor]

oh seems good. Just i had seen a mod that had both the german chancellor and president. two pictures at the same time, and i want to kind of do that as well. like deep diver into game modding like millenium dawn does for example

change more basic studd

*stuff

[dense condor]

By the way apart from that, does anyone know how can I remove a spirit/idea through a focus?

Also how do i add a resources to market modifier in a spirit/ idea

[balmy rapids]

In some mods, there is a thing that when you hover over the decision/focus, there will be an additional note like "This may have severe consequences" or something like that. Can I know, how can I do that?

[dense condor]

i dont know i think it has to do with you putting the text with a specific colour though. Like a description on the decision

i think that there is a desc in localisation folder

somewhere

and you can put descriptions of decisions

it says ideas are missing on my focus tree? did i do something wrong with the code?

[balmy rapids]

Btw do you know how to make player able to choose the decision and there be something like: "50% chance of .... happening"

sorry, i'm still learning

[dense condor]

ah im sorry but i dont know much as well, i started modding like 1-2 months ago and dont know much thins

*things

[balmy rapids]

Dont worry

[valid apex]

Try smthing like this
random_list = {
25 = {
add_stability = 0.5
}
25 = {
add_manpower = 10000
}
25 = {
add_war_support = 0.5
}
25 = {
army_experience = 100
}
}

[balmy rapids]

Will try that

thanks a lot

[balmy rapids]

Can it be something like that? :

random_list = {
50 = {

country_event = {
id = esc_escape.2
days = 7
random = 5
random_days = 5

}
}

50 = {

country_event = {
id = esc_escape.3
days = 7
random = 5
random_days = 5

}
}
}

[valid apex]

Sure

[dense condor]

@valid apex do you see something wrong in this?

[valid apex]

You used swap idea rather than add_ideas

So it showed like that

But nothing will get wrong if it only missing

A part

[dense condor]

oh

but

ingame it says ideas not found

should i use add_ideas to remove the idea?

[valid apex]

Add a s in remove_idea and delete swap idea and it {

[dense condor]

it { ?

[valid apex]

You just need the remove_ideas

[dense condor]

oh okay

ty very much 🙂

[thick knoll]

can someone can really give me an advanced modding course? like i ask for real if someone can do it god bless him

[timber zenith]

Watch The Iron Workshop on youtube

[silk tangle]

Can someone help me I tried to create a country I did everything from the yt tutorial but my country isn't showing in game

Like I can send u my mod or something

[timber zenith]

@silk tangle Did you assign a state to it?

I mean modify a state in history/states

[silk tangle]

Yes

It should be here

here is the entire mod

[dense condor]

you havent put a bracket

join vc and i will share screen to you

@silk tangle

[silk tangle]

Which one

[timber zenith]

It works

[dense condor]

oh

[silk tangle]

lmao

[dense condor]

well

still

theres a problem i think

in colors file you put a ) instead of a }

[timber zenith]

Yeah

Below bbg

[silk tangle]

Oh okay I see

[dense condor]

also in modcountries you have wrote BBG = "countries/"Bilgoraj.txt"

i see " 3 times

idk if that plays a role

[timber zenith]

It does function tho for me

You might want to restart your game

[silk tangle]

I did this a few times

[timber zenith]

Are you sure it's enabled and in the right playset?

[silk tangle]

yep

[dense condor]

wait can you send the path

[dense condor]

the path of your paradox document folder

[silk tangle]

In documents

[dense condor]

i had same problem i might know the problem

yes

send the path

like

C:\Users\gioal\OneDrive\Έγγραφα\Paradox Interactive

[silk tangle]

w8

C:\Users\gwegr\Documents

It's not on onedrive

[dense condor]

hmm

yeah thats no problem

maybe

somethings wrong with the launcher

[modern solstice]

guys how to fix it xD

[silk tangle]

It's only this mod here

[modern solstice]

its gfx problem

[dense condor]

have you put the icons in gfx interface file?

[modern solstice]

pytanie

[silk tangle]

no co tam

[modern solstice]

czy ty robiles tego moda

?

[silk tangle]

Tak

[modern solstice]

i masz go na dysku moze?

[silk tangle]

No mam

ziomkowi wyzej dziala

[modern solstice]

to masz odpowiedz

^ ^

[silk tangle]

w sensie?

[dense condor]

is this exactly like how its written? maybe gwegr is written on polish with a tone or anything

[silk tangle]

mam go w dokumentach hoia normalnie

[modern solstice]

nie mozna odpalac swoich modow

z workshopa

musisz go odpalac poprzez dysk

[dense condor]

i dont understand nothing lool

[modern solstice]

heh, its polisjh

[silk tangle]

he is explaining to me how to fix it

[silk tangle]

ze jak co kurwa xDDDD

Czekaj

[modern solstice]

ut in polish,

[modern solstice]

kliknij "dodaj mod"

[silk tangle]

mam moda normalnie

AAAAAAAAAA

[modern solstice]

i znajdz nazwe tego moda, jednak z ikonką dysku

[silk tangle]

Czekaj to robilem tak

dodaj moda nazwe moda

i mi sie stworzyl folderw dokumentach

chyba ze teraz

[modern solstice]

a poczekaj

daj lokalizacje folderu

z twoim modem na dysku

[silk tangle]

C:\Users\gwegr\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod\biłgoraj_mod

[modern solstice]

nastepny powod

nie mozesz mieć polskich znakow

w modzie, jezeli chcesz zeby poprawnie dzialal

[silk tangle]

zmienic poprostu nazwe moda i folderu?

[modern solstice]

nie

wystarczy moda

folder sam sie zmieni

[silk tangle]

dobra

[modern solstice]

w lokalizacji nie mozesz miec znakow poza tablicą ASCI

mialem podobny problem, ja zamiast "gwegr" mialem "Użytkownik"

ż

to był powod

[silk tangle]

wlasnie tak myslalem ze to przez to zmienilem znaki ale tylko w folderze

[modern solstice]

u ciebie ł

[silk tangle]

i teraz zmienie moda i zobacze

[modern solstice]

spk, daj znac czy bedzie dzialac

[silk tangle]

dobra

[modern solstice]

sorry mods for using polish, but it was easier ( for me ) to communicate with him

^-^

[silk tangle]

Okay it's working thanks

🫶

[dense condor]

nie ma problemu towarzyszu

[dense condor]

still have this issue?

[barren ridge]

Im bored, need some alternative history mods

[silk tangle]

Another issue my flag isn't working but I think it's because I'm using gimp

[dense condor]

do you use paint.net?

its the best

[silk tangle]

I'm downloading it rn and I will try to make new flags in paintnet

[quiet umbra]

I suppose its unlikely considering how complicated it would have to be, but are there any mods that attach the political support to the state so say you conquer USSR you would have higher amounts of communists?

[dense condor]

btw

[dense condor]

after you have made the flag theres a specific way that you must save the file

do you know about it

you must save it as Linear A8R8G8B8 without compressing it

it will appear to you as an option after you press save

[silk tangle]

Okay thanks

I didn't knew about this

[dense condor]

if your flag appears black you should recheck this

[silk tangle]

Okayyy

[modern solstice]

guys can somebody help?

[silk tangle]

.

[modern solstice]

ye

the only thing I know about this, that the reason must be gfx

but idk how can I fix it?

[valid apex]

Maybe post the code it will be easier for people to find the solution

[modern solstice]

error log or wha

I mean I dont know where can I fix it

vanilla gfx, road gfx, rt56 rp gfx

idk

[valid apex]

The idea the gfx file all the thing you changef

[modern solstice]

👌

wait then a sec

ok I found the fix

nvm xD

[silk tangle]

It isn't working but idc I think I will now go start the focus tree

[balmy rapids]

Anyone knows where parliment mechanic from USA is stored?

[dense condor]

can you send maybe file code?

[balmy rapids]

trying to implement smthing like that into my mod

[modern solstice]

isnt it dynamic modifier?

[dense condor]

also did you save it this way?

[modern solstice]

common/dynamic modifier

I guess...

[balmy rapids]

no idea

can't find it there

maybe i'm just dumb

[heady gorge]

I have 2 questions.

1 how can I make a focus available if stability is over 40?

2 how can I make it so that the focus by-passes if the nation is in a faction with turkey?

I wrote

Stability < 40

[valid apex]

Use this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2310966974

[heady gorge]

And for 2 I wrote is_in_faction = TUR

Are they any correct at all?

[balmy rapids]

1. has_stability > 0.4
2. is_ally_with = TUR

it depends

[heady gorge]

Ahh. It's ally

[balmy rapids]

is_in_faction_with is okay too

however

is_ally_with

checks if the country is either a ally

or a puppet

[heady gorge]

Ah that's even better!

Thanks a lot man

[thick knoll]

damn thats crazy i will neven understand how some people do that

[balmy rapids]

Can i make an event that would appear for example every 180 days after someone completed a certain decision?

like

it would repeat itself

someone once clicked a decision and from that moment on every 180 days there will be an event

[jolly mural]

In immediate have a hidden_effect that calls itself after 180 days

Immediate={ hidden_effect = { country_event = {id = id_of_event days = 180 }}}

[limber badger]

Hello, could someone help me? I am new to modding and im trying to make an event that fires off 800 days after fascist type of a government is elected. The event should have two options, first one would be "To battle" which gives a war goal against specific country, selects different fascist leader (the event is about assassination), best if generic one and adds some buffs (i need help with the war goal and change of leader part). The second would be "One Traitor less" which changes the government to democratic one and makes the fascists start a civil war.

[polar kestrel]

Can I ask questions about specific mods here

[inland crow]

i think sp

[silk tangle]

what does "no color palette" means

[silk tangle]

If the image is shitty res

[21:19:05][flagtextureatlas.cpp:203]: Error loading country flag overlay: gfx/flags/BBG_democratic.tga : Unsupported format. Expected 32bpp, uncompressed, no color palette

[late niche]

my icon for an ideology is not working and the names are the same

[timber zenith]

You need to add interface files

it needs to be entered in any of the .gfx files

[late niche]

already is

[timber zenith]

did you add a line in countrypoliticsview.gfx?

[late niche]

wdym?

[timber zenith]

There should be a line in there for your file

a seperate sprite type

[late niche]

i only changed this

containerWindowType = {
name = "chart_explanation"
position = { x = 300 y = 305 }
size = { width = 240 height = 60 }
clipping = yes
verticalScrollbar = "right_vertical_slider"
margin = { top = 0 bottom = 0}

        background = {
            name = "Background"  
            spriteType =""
            position = { x = 0 y = 0 }
        }
           
        gridBoxType = {
            name = "parties_grid"
            position = { x = -20 y = -5 }
            size = { width = 230 height = 60 }
            slotsize = { width = 230 height = 14 }
            format = "UPPER_LEFT"
        }
    }

so the politics dont stick out weird

[timber zenith]

The game needs to know where to find the image, that's what this is for

Look at the file in vanilla

[late niche]

its the same

[timber zenith]

what do you mean

[late niche]

all the text is the same

[late niche]

besides this

[timber zenith]

the same as what?

[late niche]

this is vanilla

[timber zenith]

At the top there should be a list of spriteType

You need to add your thingo there

[late niche]

here?

[timber zenith]

that's the .gui file

not .gfx

[late niche]

need this one?

[timber zenith]

You don't need the file you just need to do what it does

[late niche]

or this one

[timber zenith]

new isn't a vanilla file

What's in it?

[late niche]

thats gfx file

[timber zenith]

You can put it there if you want i don't think it matters

[late niche]

put what

[timber zenith]

but you need this

spriteType = {
  name = "GFX_ideology_monarchism_group"
  texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideologies/monarchism_group.dds"
}

[late niche]

thats in there?

thats not in there

[timber zenith]

I won't be

because it's your ideology

but it needs to be

to work

[late niche]

i add it in there?

[timber zenith]

In Which file?

[late niche]

gfx

with all the spritetypes

[timber zenith]

Yeah

[late niche]

^^

this one

[timber zenith]

I don't know if the file name matters or not

but it should be fine

[late niche]

lemme test then

[timber zenith]

put it in the spriteTypes scope tho

[late niche]

wdym

[timber zenith]

You see at the top of the file here

it needs to be in that scope

[late niche]

scope?

[timber zenith]

Yes

[late niche]

i just did this

[timber zenith]

Inside the {}

[late niche]

ooh yer

[timber zenith]

Should be fine

[late niche]

yeh now it works

[timber zenith]

Awesome

[late niche]

luckily the rest turned out working

[obtuse condor]

How do i make it a 14 day focus?

[slender brook]

Change the cost

[obtuse condor]

thanks

[late niche]

instead of weeks you can also do days if im right

standard its in weeks

[obtuse condor]

making a focus seems easy imo

except for the researching bit

[heady gorge]

Hi. I want to build 10 civs and 20 mils through a focus for random states. So create the building slots in random states and then build the factories there. Can smbd help me out a bit?

[obtuse condor]

I'm going to have to look at a few documentaries

[late niche]

making the focus itself is easy

but the backstory isnt

and the buffs/debuffs isnt

and keeping it balanced isnt

and making a nice focus tree isnt

[heady gorge]

Why keep it balanced? Just make it op

[late niche]

and also if the focus tree is ugly most people wont play it lmao

etiket

you cant have 1 focus after 1 focus after 1 focus etc

gotta have a nice shape

with sections

and branches

focus trees easily take most time for mods

[heady gorge]

Well I'm making my first focus tree and that's what I did.......

I f-ed up didn't I?

[late niche]

you can take inspiration from ingame focus trees

kinda

you can reshape it

look at other countries focus trees

and try to make it unique

[heady gorge]

The thing is the whole tree is around 10 focuses. Cuz my first one

[late niche]

doesnt take that long to fix

[heady gorge]

It's about middle roman empire as Albania

Eh

There aren't good ways to shape it cuz it's only 10 focuses

[late niche]

you can reshape 10 focuses in many ways

you can make it into unique shapes

unique paths

[heady gorge]

Ah. That may be better.

Hm

Thnx

[late niche]

or maybe this is your style

[heady gorge]

Oh hell nah

[heady gorge]

I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do first lol

[late niche]

or splitting it up

[heady gorge]

Ok. That's solid

[late niche]

or make it like this

lmao

[heady gorge]

Pls go see a doctor

Lmao jk

[late niche]

for my mod im just changing flags

names

ideologies

borders

[heady gorge]

Tbh I can't figure out how to change a nations name flag and color

I've searched but found nothing

[late niche]

its just changing numbers and letters in a text file

you can always ask chatgpt

lmao

maybe it can write a backstory for you

to your liking

wouldnt be that bad of a decision tbh

[heady gorge]

I just want to know what code lines I add to change the color of the nation, Italy flag and it's name

There is basically no backstory

Albania just wants to get big

And it gets

[late niche]

then you only need 1 focus

annex all

[heady gorge]

... from my limited knowledge, that doesn't change name flag color

Oh well lol

Thnx anyways

[naive mantle]

Hey guys, im making an interwar mod where some parts of the arabian peninsula were not conquered by anyone yet. Does anyone know a way I could represent this in game? I have tried not giving the states an owner, but I want them to be able to be conquered at some point, and trying to transfer them causes the game to crash

I have considered impassable terrain but ideally I want divisions to be able to move through them once they get conquered

If theres no other way then I guess I can settle for that

[late niche]

demilitarize

[naive mantle]

wont work since the nations will be at war

[late niche]

no idea then

not sure what you want

[naive mantle]

If theres a way to remove impassable terrain during the game that would be great

[naive mantle]

So theres some states in Arabia which are not settled by any country yet, but I want Nejd and Hasa (Saudi Arabia) to have a focus which leads to decisions that allows them to settle the land

[late niche]

make it get annexed then?

or transfer ownership

[naive mantle]

annexed by who?

thats the problem

[late niche]

annexed by saudi

[naive mantle]

from who

[late niche]

depends who controls it

[naive mantle]

no one controls it

thats the thing

[late niche]

then make a country with no name that controls it

with a national spirit that makes it basically untouchable

[naive mantle]

I suppose that could work

[late niche]

then you can annex by state

and with the national spirit it wont declare wars and cant get declared on

cant join factions

kinda idle AI that does nothing

[naive mantle]

yeah

alright ill try that, thanks

[stuck quarry]

Yoo better generic tree

[late niche]

true lmao

[late lake]

guys where do i find this to edit and make my own medal icon

[modern solstice]

first, go to interface

then look for folder named "replaced" or smth like that

btw its idea or goal?

[late lake]

huh

wdym idea or goal

[modern solstice]

the thing u want to edit

is idea graphic

or goal graphic

?

okey

I found it

go to your steam hoi4 files

then to gfx folder

then go to interface folder

and find folder named "medals"

when u're in the medals folder

click "ctrl + F" on your keyboard

then paste "usa_medal_strip.dds"

this is the file u're looking for

[late lake]

thanks

also is "frame" like the medals in the picture

in order

[late lake]

so like frame 1 would give me the first medal of that strip

[modern solstice]

I mean, in this folder u can find these files that are connected to each other

u can use them to do such a thing

your choice

[late niche]

i feel like when i start modding in hoi4 i get eye pain

it do be like that

[late lake]

guys why does it have the _ in the name, when i remove it in the code only the first word shows (also ignore the names i just randomly put names as a placeholder test)

[timber zenith]

You need to make localisation for it

make a line in a localisation folder like

fredericks_legion: "Frederick's Legion" or whatever you want to put there

[late lake]

oh ok thanks

[late niche]

my leader portraits are not working?

is there localisation file?

i dont remember

this how it look

also it seems like ENG file wants to work

found the fix

[late niche]

for this

[thorny niche]

yo did anyone ever notice that the morgenthau plan has files in the game

[late niche]

no idea

[thorny niche]

sadly it doesnt work

but its pretty interesting

[late niche]

problem fixed

game doesnt know how to mod itself

nvm some dont work

weird shit

cuz theyre PNG

bruhh

fat L

alr

for some reason this one dont work

[late niche]

anyone know how to fix dis?

[valid apex]

How about replace pictures to protraits

[late niche]

wdym

that wont change anything

cuz for the rest it works

this the only one that dont work

[valid apex]

Could it be that you didnt save it or put it on the wrong location

[late niche]

correct location and its saved as .dds

just like the others

[valid apex]

Did you save as A8R8G888

[obtuse condor]

theres going to be 9 14 day focuses

8 of them will lead to the 9th one

[weak grove]

what mods should i get

[obtuse condor]

toolpack 2023

the great war redux

millennium dawn

[weak grove]

ok thanks

[obtuse condor]

Does the focus tree look ugly or good so far?

[thick knoll]

is there a way to reload provinces or all map file without restarting?

[slender brook]

Goofy, vary up the shape and requirements a little more

[thick knoll]

indeed shape needed to be added

[obtuse condor]

true

hmmm how i could i make the focuses more interconnected

[slender brook]

Make a pyramid

Or multiple pyramids that lead into one thing

[thick knoll]

also revolution in luxembourg? i dont think it can possibly happen weird to think about it. its more likely just to switch government because they are so polite

[obtuse condor]

its only temporarily in luxemburg

im going to move it to france later

[thick knoll]

ah i understand

[obtuse condor]

i want to make a french revolution/napoleonic war scenario

1789

How do i make so that all of them are mandatory?

hmm maybe i could add some mutual exclusive focus to the right

[slender brook]

Separate requirement brackets

[obtuse condor]

thanks

this seems pretty intuitive

861 days

between the french revolution and louis becoming a constitutional monarch

[obtuse condor]

@slender brook @thick knoll this look good?

the structure of it

of course

[slender brook]

Yeah that’s good

[thick knoll]

yes looks better

[obtuse condor]

Our Country is 60 million livres in debt. Do we attempt slightly De-escalating the situation? Or do we turn it into 70 million Livres of debt?

Is this good localization for the top-right debt focused focuses

[slender brook]

Double it and give it to the next country

As long as it isn’t word for word

[obtuse condor]

making it 100 million liveres instead of 70 million livres will give my mod more subs

something i learned from mr beast

[obtuse condor]

modifier = {
construction_speed -33
}

Is this valid?

[slender brook]

No; should be = -0.33

Although I dunno if construction_speed is even the right nomenclature, but I definitely know that second part is wrong

[obtuse condor]

i cant find that modifier

[slender brook]

It’s a modifier not an effect

Modifier is over a period of time effect is instant

[obtuse condor]

production_speed_industrial_complex_factor = -0.3

[glad sigil]

I need help to get started on making a mod, i'm very new to programing though.

[late niche]

still kinda generic

[late niche]

this looks better

[obtuse condor]

Is there a way i could fix the new version of the early focus?

[late niche]

wdym?

[obtuse condor]

adding more focus options

more mutually exclussive focuses

[late niche]

depends

if youre doing political branch rn and are planning to do all ideology then do a branch for all of them

[late niche]

yes

[obtuse condor]

only the last focus is political pretty much

"the french revolution" focus

[late niche]

you could make branches that you fully need to do before you can do the last focus

[obtuse condor]

You need to do every focus in order to do the french revolution

[late niche]

thats possible

[obtuse condor]

i could add a focus here

the 1st of these 3 mutually exclussive focuses increases the debt

[late niche]

could work

make the shape unique

the left side looks boring

[obtuse condor]

maybe i could do a focus about decreasing or increasing louis XVIs power

[late niche]

thats possible

or make a national spirit

[obtuse condor]

Does the focus really need to be that big?

its 14 day focuses

its represnting the days between january-may 1789

i dont think it really needs more than 10 or so focuses

tho that 1933 mod before the storm or what it was called that the rambler played had allot of focuses that were like 7 days

[obtuse condor]

add_party_popularity neutrality 5

[outer cobalt]

So uuuh
I was modding hoi4
everything is fine, Im at a good point

buuut
it keeps me crashing at "executing history"
someone has experience for this kind of crash? Like, I surely know is something on the state files, but in error.log there is nothing about it

[stuck quarry]

Did you at any point move state files from the base game to your mod instead of copying them over?

I accidentally did that once and the game nolonger launched without my mod active because it was missingg those files and needed to reinstall

[outer cobalt]

because Im using a new map, I have all the base game files in my mod empty

with a single file with all the 200 provinces I need

and that was ok

but after organizing the file (like, I was doing ctrl+c ctrl+v to reorganize them in specific groups), the game was crashing for "executing history"

[stuck quarry]

Mighta deleted or misplaced a bracket somewhere

[outer cobalt]

thats weird

because usually hoi4 logs wrong brackets

[late niche]

shape has nothing to do with how many focuses you have

[outer cobalt]

well
there are no misplaced brackets

i dont know what to do now

[pale spear]

<@&846894118219022336> its here too

[obtuse condor]

i am making my own country lol

[obtuse condor]

wow thats good

this is my country + focus tree

[obtuse condor]

are you making 3 different paths?

[honest eagle]

Sweet stuff bro

[obtuse condor]

yes

[obtuse condor]

Are you German?

yes

why?

[obtuse condor]

because of the anschluss_letzebuerg

thats german

no last word "letzebuerg" is luxembourg in luxembougish

anschluss is german, for kinda annexision

but not rlly

[obtuse condor]

which path of the focus should i work on first? republicans Jacobins bonapartists bourbons or orleanists?

idk

iyo

i feel like the jacobins

because they were in power through 1789-1799

you french?

if yes i can see that xD

[obtuse condor]

im swedish/finnish

[obtuse condor]

no way brother

i am swedish/german

never learned swedish sadly

because i was living in germany

[obtuse condor]

its just a dialect of german imo

or multiple dialects

its a germanic lanquage, but not like an dialect

theres german dialects in germany

but germanic lanquages are an family of lanquages (i know i say it wrong), they are coming from now a days northern germany up to skäne

if i know it correctly

lol i speak pfäzlsich

[obtuse condor]

thoughts on the house of wittelsbach?

idk, never heard of it sadly

[obtuse condor]

the bavarian royal family which owned pfalz

ohhh

wittelsbach

lol my girlfriend lives in bayern (bavaria)

i dont sadly

[timber zenith]

dope map

[obtuse condor]

i agree tbh

[timber zenith]

I needed that as well lol

[fringe spoke]

how yall fr modding?

[obtuse condor]

53 focuses

1789-1799

im going to need localisation for 53 focuses

[obtuse condor]

1789 feudalism is abolished 1791 french consitution 1792 annexing of savoy/nice austria prussia war french republic proclaimed 1793 louis xvi is executed marie antionette is executed 1795 prussia peace spain peace 1796 sardinia peace
spain france alliance 1797 armistice
venice partion 1798
1798 second coalition
november 1799 napoleon coup

I have allot of ideas for focuses

from watching emperor tigerstar

[fringe spoke]

what is blud waffling about ?

[obtuse condor]

im researching the french revolution and napoleonc wars

because im making a focus for 1789 france

[fringe spoke]

can i play the mod when its done?

[late niche]

youre making a mod thats in 1789?

[obtuse condor]

how do i access ussr flag common?

guide me pls

[obtuse condor]

yeah

a 1789 scenario

[timber zenith]

gfx/flags

[obtuse condor]

show me on file explorer pls

[ornate epoch]

my game crashed while i was playing extremis ultimus and then when i opened it again it crashed again

[obtuse condor]

is there something similiar to "every state that isnt these states gets taken by this country"

[timber zenith]

Go to hoi4 on steam, right click properties > browse local files > gfx > flags

[obtuse condor]

how do i put a country in common for my new mod on file explorer???

[timber zenith]

what do you mean by "in common"

[late niche]

mine is a complete redo

[obtuse condor]

i want to make this a focus/focuses

putting napoleons relatives on the throne of these countries

NOOOO

i put it as name for vid

[timber zenith]

wtf is that

Oh yeah I see

I don't know what you are trying to do tho

common/countries is just for country colours and leader gfx btw

[timber zenith]

I'm not sure what you're trying to show

[obtuse condor]

😡

how do i put a country into common for my new mod

bc when i click countries

nothing shows

why?

and also how to fix

[timber zenith]

because that's not how it works

[obtuse condor]

show me pls

[timber zenith]

You have to make the country files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XulAELfxPDc&t=338s

[obtuse condor]

give me a summary

on how 2 do it

[timber zenith]

Watch that vid

[obtuse condor]

pls

ok....

[timber zenith]

I can make it briefer if you want

[obtuse condor]

It's in Napoleon Bonaparte's best interest to put his relatives on the thrones of conquered countries.

This good localisation?

i am in hoi4 gamepass folder

i cant find common

😦

or countries

😢

[timber zenith]

Gamepass folder??

what is that

[obtuse condor]

yes

[timber zenith]

What's the directory

[obtuse condor]

i cliked paradox interactive

i have cadet edition

[timber zenith]

No you need to go to install folder not documents

[obtuse condor]

where?

im trash with hoi4 modding is my 1st time

[timber zenith]

Here

[obtuse condor]

i dont use steam

i pirchased it off the xbox games for pc

[timber zenith]

Rip

[obtuse condor]

so.. i cant?

[timber zenith]

I'm pretty sure xbox gamepass encodes their game files

Wait

[obtuse condor]

ik my worst decision ever

[timber zenith]

I'll try to find it

[obtuse condor]

i just want to change the soviet flag to a diff flag

to something more realistic like this

[timber zenith]

Wait

Yes

Go to xbox games

I mean the application

right click game on the sidebar and click files > browse

[obtuse condor]

ok wait

i couldnt find it on sidebar

[timber zenith]

Well find in your library then

do you want to create a new country, or just change the flag?

[obtuse condor]

change the flag is all

[timber zenith]

Wait that's easier then

you don't need common/countries or anything else

[late niche]

thats literally the flag of the USSR wdym

[obtuse condor]

no its not

[late niche]

it is

[obtuse condor]

its the 1950s one

and forward

[late niche]

slight difference

[obtuse condor]

yh

still

i want to change it

[late niche]

if we talkin real realistic neither of those are USSR flags

[obtuse condor]

just pls help me!!

[late niche]

also USSR flag

[obtuse condor]

ikik

just help me change it

[timber zenith]

go to gfx > flags and copy paste the original into ur mod

[late niche]

just change the flag gfx

it has to stay the same size

[obtuse condor]

not there

[timber zenith]

then replace the image in something like paint or photoshop

[obtuse condor]

in my hoi4 gamepass folder

[timber zenith]

Yep I don't think you can from gamepass

I'll upload the file for you tho

[obtuse condor]

thxxx

[obtuse condor]

tysm im serious you helped me so much

[timber zenith]

that's normal

No problem

[obtuse condor]

ok so where do i put it in?

[timber zenith]

create a folder called gfx, then one called flags inside that

[obtuse condor]

just in the folder i showed you in the image abve?

or smwhere diff?

[timber zenith]

In your mod folder

[late niche]

how do you change a country focus tree to default?

i forgot lmao

[timber zenith]

You have to make the other focus trees have 0 priority for that country

if you want to change it mid game use load_focus_tree = generic_focus

I think

[late niche]

0 priority?

you mean the add or factor?

[obtuse condor]

do i open this file from notepad and edit?

[late niche]

notepad++

[timber zenith]

both

it has to add up to 0

[late niche]

factor = 0 and add = 0

?

[timber zenith]

You can just remove the modifier if you want

[obtuse condor]

i cant open it on notepad++

it doesnt show

[late niche]

nah you assign country tag there

iirc

[obtuse condor]

iirc..???

[timber zenith]

It's an image notepad++ is for text

[late niche]

oh image

[obtuse condor]

is this image the one i showed to you?

[late niche]

just paint.net

is best

unless you wanna pay

but most of those kinda suck

[timber zenith]

pirated photoshop 🔛 🔝

[late niche]

PS kinda sucks

i tried it

got a free license from college

[timber zenith]

Takes time to learn

I can't use pdn myself pain in my ass

[obtuse condor]

@timber zenith is this the image on SOV_communism that I showed u?

[late niche]

nah the whole GUI n shit is just annoying imo

im used to pdn

[obtuse condor]

that i wanted you to upload?

[late niche]

got plugins so

[timber zenith]

Nah it was vanilla I can send u the correct one rq

[obtuse condor]

thx

i want the real 1930s soviet flag

this one

[late niche]

wait will you have to redo portrait lmao

most portrait kinda suck

the ones ive made myself ive deleted cuz they kinda suck

if only you could write a script for it

you can always use portraits from other mods but ehh

[obtuse condor]

is this the flag i wanted?

[timber zenith]

Yep

[obtuse condor]

salute to you, soldier!

[timber zenith]

No problem

[obtuse condor]

🫡

[timber zenith]

:salute:

bruh

did this server just un-emoji my emoji

:salute:

smh

[obtuse condor]

ill check if it works

same thing as before

😦

[timber zenith]

Are you enabling your mod?

I have no idea how the gamepass version works

[obtuse condor]

oh wait

lemme try that

oops lol

i just put it in gfx mod

[timber zenith]

lol

[obtuse condor]

same thing

again

[timber zenith]

Idk then

[obtuse condor]

i put gfx in kfed mod

[timber zenith]

what folder?

[obtuse condor]

here

[timber zenith]

you need to make a folder named flags there and put the flag inside

[obtuse condor]

so make a folder named flags inside common and inside flags put gfx and in gfx put the file?

[timber zenith]

flags inside gfx

common isnt needed

[obtuse condor]

and in flags the file?

[timber zenith]

so like kfed/gfx/flags/SOV_communism.tga

[obtuse condor]

ok

ill try it now

it works!!

thank you!!

[timber zenith]

Awesome. No problem!

[obtuse condor]

ill send u firned request just in case i need to ask you smth in the future

once again, thank you!!!!!!!!!

one more question..

how do i change the name of a country in kaiserreich?

bc i play as russian socialist republic and that name sounds cringe and ugly so i want Soviet Union to be the name

[late niche]

incase someone wants to make portraits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0ku2rubjE

[obtuse condor]

dimensions for mod thumbnail @late niche @timber zenith

what is dimensions pls???

[timber zenith]

512x512 I think

[obtuse condor]

no

i mean for

nvm

[late niche]

should be 512x512

it automatically resizes if possible

iirc

[late niche]

ayo

my bookmark no work

USA wont display as minor

you know fix? @timber zenith

[timber zenith]

nope

[late niche]

damn

weird

redid the whole file still not work

weird man

[ornate epoch]

how do you make a mod

[late niche]

HOI4 modding playlist

gl

[ornate epoch]

thx

[heady gorge]

Hi, em can smbd explain to me how localization works? When I asked a friend of mine he just said its easy and left it there. But I've never done it before! And it's my first time making a mod..... So I'm scared lmao. Can ya help me out?

[timber zenith]

it's easy

nah jk i'll help you

[heady gorge]

Jeez man

U scared me lol

[timber zenith]

localisation basically just translating the text in your code into something more readable, it also makes translating into different languages easier, but that isn't a big deal

All the files in localisation need to be named in the specific format, like with _l_english.yml

[heady gorge]

Great so far

[timber zenith]

For example, if I have a decision that I have created, let's say it's called build_district, I can create a line in localisation to make it appear as normal text with build_district: "Build Disctrict"

[heady gorge]

Question

In some code after the ":" there is a 0

Why is that?

[timber zenith]

You can also add colours to the text https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Localisation#Colouring_characters

THat's for paradox internal logic

[heady gorge]

?

[timber zenith]

For their translations I think idk, but it doesn't matter and you don't need it

It's a common misconception that it's required

[heady gorge]

Ah, ok then

Wait that's it?

Smth last

It's the same for ideas right?

Like

Best_army_in_the_world: "best army in the world"

[timber zenith]

Yeah, it's case sensitive, though

[heady gorge]

?

Want do u mean by that?

[timber zenith]

The part before the : needs to have the same case as your code

[heady gorge]

........ Case? Look I don't want to be difficult or anything but I don't get what you mean by case

Tbh idk a lot of code lingo

So that might be the reason

[radiant flicker]

where do i find mods?

[late niche]

steam workshop or paradox site

[timber zenith]

upper case, lower case

capitalisation

dw ur not being difficult haha

[late niche]

i remember it was a pain in the ass to come up with a story for mods

but now its kinda easy