modding

[late niche]

prob cuz im older rn compared to years ago when i used to mod lmao

[ornate epoch]

are there any notable mods about if russia lost stalingrad? cuz thats kinda what i wanna make

[late niche]

kinda

cuz then germany most likely wouldve won

meaning youre looking for mods where germany won ww2

which theres a ton of

[ornate epoch]

no i just wanna do if germany won stalingrad like a domino effect

[lofty plaza]

No, I mean that's rather specific

So just 1943 but Germany still occupies Stalingrad?

[ornate epoch]

its complicated to explain but i have an idea in my mind

also @lofty plaza if ur a lead for one of THE BIGGEST MODS road to 56, can u give me some advice? this is going to be the first time i make a mod.

what does this mean and what should i choose

and can i change the option later

[late niche]

wdym

[late niche]

steam

[late niche]

yeh but isnt that kinda just endsieg but with a small change in occupied states?

if only endsieg was updated

[ornate epoch]

just trust

[late niche]

im doing a complete change

it looks kinda kaiserreich ish but thats cuz im not really doing a lot with it lmao

[ornate epoch]

what im doing is the two major nations are the ussr and germany

[late niche]

even map change?

[ornate epoch]

wdym

[late niche]

the map is just the whole eastern front?

[ornate epoch]

no no no its just like supply lines focus trees for ussr and like Wehrmacht decisions and shi

like in depth stuff

[late niche]

pretty sure theres already a mod about stalingrad itself

[ornate epoch]

link?

[ornate epoch]

ohhh shiii

[late niche]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2190145713&searchtext=stalingrad

this is one i found

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2680412886&searchtext=stalingrad

this is a huge one

[ornate epoch]

fuuuuuuuucck

[ornate epoch]

does this one have a custom focus tree or descisions or shit

[late niche]

yes

[ornate epoch]

does it include stuff after stalingrad thats in depth

[late niche]

not sure

play the mod

[ornate epoch]

would anyone be willing to collaborate on a "if germany won stalingrad" mod?

[nimble solar]

So, the Russians have less access to the Caucuses. Aaaaand, the Soviets get lend lease from the Americans still and the germans lose the war still

[ornate epoch]

not exactly

the two majors will be germany and the soviets

[nimble solar]

Never underestimate the power of American lend lease

[ornate epoch]

its not as powerful as you think boyo

so you wanna collab or no

[nimble solar]

I have no modding experience, and this sounds like a 1v1 mod with the Soviets already losing

[late niche]

to be honest america gets way more credit than they deserve for WW2 while the USSR almost did everything

[proper night]

Quick question:
Do y’all have any mod recommendations? I’ve done basically everything in Vanilla and I don’t want to get back to my achievement grind just yet

[thorny niche]

Kind of, only in europe though

[wary vale]

I have a modding question. I'm losing my mind over this one.

I'm playing Kaiserredux, and have made a custom event. This is the code:

country_event = { #somalia switches sides
    id = gerforeign.70
    immediate = { log = "[GetDateText]: [Root.GetName]: event gerforeign.70" }
    title = gerforeign.70.title
    desc = gerforeign.70.desc
    picture = GFX_report_event_SOM_Barre_Profile

    trigger = {
        is_ai = no
        has_war_with = ETH
        has_socialist_government = yes
        ETH = {
            has_socialist_government = no
        }
        SOM = {
            has_socialist_government = yes
            overlord = { ETH }
        }
    }
    
    fire_only_once = yes
    
    mean_time_to_happen = {
        days = 2
    }

#    is_triggered_only = yes

    option = {
        ai_chance = {
            factor = 0
        }
        name = gerforeign.70.a
        
        every_country = {
            limit = {
                has_war_with = SOM
            }
            white_peace = SOM
        }
        ETH = { end_puppet = SOM }
        SOM = { leave_faction = yes}
        add_to_faction = SOM
        SOM = {
            drop_cosmetic_tag = yes
            add_to_war = {
                targeted_alliance = PREV
                enemy = ETH
                hostility_reason = asked_to_join
            }
            uncomplete_national_focus = {
                focus = SOM_Embrace_Tribal_Structure
                uncomplete_children = yes
            }
            complete_national_focus = SOM_Anti_Tribalism
            if = {
                limit = {
                    ROOT = {
                        has_government = totalist
                    }
                }
                set_politics = {
                    ruling_party = totalist
                }
            }
        }
            
        hidden_effect = {
            SOM = {
                remove_ideas = {
                    SOM_Socialist_Pan_Somali_1
                    SOM_Socialist_Pan_Somali_1
                    SOM_Cleanse_Socialism
                    SOM_Clan_Cooperation
                    SOM_Faith_Tribes
                    SOM_great_again
                }
            }
        }
    }
    option = {
        ai_chance = {
            factor = 100
        }
        name = gerforeign.70.b
    }
}

Hopefully the code is relatively self-explanatory, but what I'm trying to do is make it so that if Somalia is a puppet of Ethiopia, and only the former has a socialist government (this is a custom trigger already defined and used elsewhere), it shall defect to Ethiopia's war enemies.

The event triggers just fine, however the options do not. As you can see, the event has two options, but in-game, this is what shows up, see the attached picture. Not only does only one option show up in-game (which does nothing), but it somehow has some different localisation than what it is supposed to (just a generic "OK").

If I remove the triggers, making it triggered only, and trigger it with the console or with another event, it works fine. The intended options show up. So it must presumably be something with the trigger scope. But as I said, it does trigger, the console (if executed that way) shows all the conditions as being met. But the options don't work then. Does anyone have an idea as to why this is happening?

I have also attached the .txt file that contains this event, in case looking at that helps. All the other events there seem to be working just fine.

[chilly field]

why is most of the focus tree gone, i just changed it so the focuses like claim galicia or translynannia give cores instead of claims.

[obtuse condor]

pls rate my focus icons

0-10

[obtuse condor]

actually p good ngl

[chilly field]

10

[obtuse condor]

is is it possible to have focuses be viewable if its a certain year?
to do that
if i want a certain section of a focus to be viewable after a certain year

or if you started in a certain scenario

year

[obtuse condor]

work from standard templates for more realism but overall i LOVE IT!

Adygea

        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = form_country_norway_required_states_tt
            controls_state = 567
        }
        # Karachey
        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = form_country_sweden_required_states_tt
            controls_state = 575
        }
        # Kabardino
        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = form_scandinavia_denmark_required_states_tt
            controls_state = 827
        }

What is this "form_scandinavia_denmark_required_states_tt"

[late niche]

majority of it was in europe

[late niche]

imo the austria one looks a bit too dark and i dont know what the 3rd is supposed to mean

[modern solstice]

hey, can somebody help me? the first idea icon is working fine, but the rest seems not.

what's the matter?

this works:

these dont:

the broken ideas look like this:

[late niche]

have you made the localisation for that idea?

[modern solstice]

wdym

[late niche]

hold on

[modern solstice]

I did

[late niche]

alr

[modern solstice]

I've already fixed the name issue

and desc

but icon is still missing

[late niche]

is the icon a .dds file?

.png and .jpg are kinda weird and dont really work

[modern solstice]

thats right

[late niche]

is it correct size?

[modern solstice]

idk

what's the correct size for ideas?

then

[late niche]

and is it in B8G8R8A8 (linear, A8R8G8B8) ?

[modern solstice]

what

[late niche]

when you save it as .dds

what do you use for icons?

[modern solstice]

I mean when I make custom ideas, I open already made one, remake, then save as:

[modern solstice]

paint.net

[late niche]

alr

the setting

is correct?

[modern solstice]

wait I'll check

WAIT

I think it might be that

u see ( its polish for sure ) but its not same code as u

[late niche]

also icon size gotta be 60x68

[modern solstice]

look

that's correct?

"liniowy" means linear

[late niche]

should be

formatting can be kinda stupid with paradox

you also gotta collapse all layers but when you save as .dds it should automatically do that for you

[modern solstice]

I did it

[late niche]

does it work now?

[modern solstice]

wait I will change every file format

then lanuch and check

[late niche]

if you launch in debug you dont have to keep starting and closing the game

easier for making national focus icons and national spirit icons

[modern solstice]

ik

but idk why, I need to relaunch game, if I edit gfx

might be bugged

[late niche]

icon work?

[modern solstice]

wait I just lanuched the game

10 sec

wait

nahh

same results

im totally clueless

[late niche]

oh i think i see

[modern solstice]

what

[late niche]

what picture did you clarify with the idea?

[modern solstice]

this

[late niche]

no

[modern solstice]

?

oh

[late niche]

this

[modern solstice]

so this:

[obtuse condor]

Adygea

        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = form_circassia_adygea_required_states_tt
            controls_state = 567
        }
        # Karachay
        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = form_circassia_karachey_required_states_tt
            controls_state = 575
        }
        # Kabardino
        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = form_circassia_kabardino_required_states_tt
            controls_state = 827
        }
    }

    visible = {
        OR = {
            original_tag = ADY
            original_tag = KRC
            original_tag = KBK
        }
        NOT = { has_global_flag = form_circassia_flag }
    }

[late niche]

try without GFX_

[obtuse condor]

Wtf is a tooltip and global_flag?

[modern solstice]

but why?

it doesnt matter

I mean it must match

idea code line with interface definier

[late niche]

a tooltip is often used to specify extra information about something when the user moves the mouse pointer over an element and global_flag is kinda like sorting and grouping

[modern solstice]

look, this one works

and rest dont

[late niche]

oh got it

[modern solstice]

I mean, the working one is NOT idea

[late niche]

wrong

you copied name

[modern solstice]

its dynamic modifier

[late niche]

not texturefile

try that

without .dds

[modern solstice]

what?

they look the same...

[obtuse condor]

where is the tooltip located

[late niche]

whats the one of your icon

[late niche]

its when you hover over something and it shows information

[obtuse condor]

okay

[modern solstice]

I dont understand u

like whaat

    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_imperial_army_idea"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_GER_imperial_army.dds"
    }
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_reorganize_the_dutch_idea"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_FRA_reorganize_the_dutch_icon.dds"
    }
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_carlist_reform1"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_SPA_carlist_reform1.dds"
    }
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_carlist_reform2"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_SPA_carlist_reform2.dds"
    }
}

[late niche]

this of the icon that doesnt work

yeh

so for picture

where you clarify what the icon does

put r56_idea_FRA_reorganize_the_dutch_icon

and see if that works

[modern solstice]

why??????

look

the first code

[late niche]

no wait

[modern solstice]

all of them have .dds

one works, rest dont

why would the rest works, if I delete .dds from their code

[late niche]

no i meant something else

[modern solstice]

it doesnt make any sense

[late niche]

formatting so stupid

[modern solstice]

ikr...

[late niche]

what does the german one look like

[modern solstice]

in game?

it works...

[late niche]

the files

[modern solstice]

its dynamic modifier

[late niche]

wdym

[modern solstice]

.

[late niche]

no i mean the spritetype and localisation

and the file where you put the idea in

[modern solstice]

top one

[obtuse condor]

hello

you guys have problem?

[late niche]

i mean this of german one

[obtuse condor]

[16:54:54][persistent.cpp:48]: Error: "Unknown category: form_circassia_category: {, near line: 1" in file: "common/decisions/formable_nation_decisions.txt" near line: 5
[16:54:54][gameitemdatabasehelper.h:150]: Error: "Unknown category for : form_circassia It will be ignored: }, near line: 75" in file: "common/decisions/formable_nation_decisions.txt" near line: 76

ahhh

i need a category

[near tide]

Not you

[obtuse condor]

How do i add localisation?

where is the formables localisation file

[thorny niche]

Blatantly untrue

WW2 started in Asia

[late niche]

false

it started when germany declared war on poland

and the biggest part of WW2 was in europe

they clapped japan when europe was finished

[thorny niche]

This proves that you know nothing about history

WW2 started with the Japanese invasion of china

They didn’t “clap the Japanese” they fought just as hard as they Germans with the added problems of mass suicides

[late niche]

youre reading history wrong

look it up

and they threw 2 nukes on japan so they did get clapped in the end with all focus going to japan instead of europe

i wouldnt say the encyclopedia is saying fake stuff

lol

this proves you know nothing about history buddy

[digital stag]

japanese invasion of china was on one continent only so couldnt even be world war btw

[thorny niche]

So you're gonna ignore Okinawa, iwo jima and the island hopping campaigns?

A large number of historians do argue that WW2 started in 1937

Wether it did or not is up to debate but calling the entire pacific theater 'Japan getting clapped" is a gross misunderstanding of WW2

[late niche]

you know everyones forces were split up between europe and asia right?

meaning that when europe was finished they were able to send and focus more troops on japan

also most losses happened in europe and specifically between germany and the USSR

so yes a major part of WW2 was in europe

and WW2 began when germany declared war on poland because thats when britain and france declared war on germany

they didnt declare way on japan when they declared on china

instead japan declared on them when WW2 already began

[thorny niche]

Untrue

WW2 started with the invasion of china

[thorny niche]

You aren’t saying that

Your saying you that America did nearly none of the work and that the pacific theater was easy

You should probably go read a textbook before trying to claim such outlandish things

[late niche]

youre literally wrong

[late niche]

compared to other countries not really and since they did most of the work in asia and asia wasnt as big of a part of WW2 as europe was

[late niche]

you shouldnt be so americanized and believe and stick to these things

and originally i said that america gets way too much credit for WW2

while USSR and other countries did way more work

[thorny niche]

I literally believe the USSR did more work in WW2 than America

[thorny niche]

Asia was equally as big a part of ww2

Dunno why your such an anti American

[thorny niche]

This is a doctrine that is increasingly being supported by more and more historians

[late niche]

germany and italy were in europe fighting and taking things over easily compared to japan who began slowly taking over more and more of china and started invading the allies territory

[thorny niche]

“Taking over things easily”

[late niche]

britain and france declared war on germany after they declared war on poland so thats why WW2 started in 1939 also they did not declare war on japan for invading china when it started

[late niche]

the benelux and france just rolled over

[thorny niche]

Ever heard of the invasion of the Philippines

Of the spice islands

Of burma

[thorny niche]

Britain and France declaring war is the deciding factor in WW2

[late niche]

it made the war global because if they didnt then it wouldve been just europe and asia as seperate wars

[thorny niche]

You’re just a Europhile who thinks Europe is the only part of the war that mattered

Germany and Japan were both big threats

Europe was prioritized because the Allie’s had more interests in liberating their own territories

[late niche]

germany really was a bigger threat than japan

[thorny niche]

No

Germany didn’t have any chance at winning

[late niche]

and the infrastructure and key locations in europe are way more valued than the ones in asia

[thorny niche]

Neither did Japan

[thorny niche]

Because the allies were a European coalition

That’s just an opinion

Most of the resources needed for war came from foreign territories

[late niche]

no thats factually proven

[thorny niche]

Where

Europe was only prioritized because they wanted their home lands back

[late niche]

this shows more why europe was first

[thorny niche]

That doesn’t prove anything

You said Europe had more important infrastructure and resources

[late niche]

it proves taking over europe was more important than asia

[thorny niche]

I’ve said that

Because of the desire to liberate their European allies

[late niche]

you said because they wanted to reconquer their lost territories which is not fully true

[thorny niche]

Yes it is

That is the reason

Joseph Stalin constantly hounded them to open another front

The French wanted their land back

[late niche]

do you see the allies and comintern as seperate or as one ?

[thorny niche]

In comparison china had little influence in the allies

[thorny niche]

It’s objectively true the Soviets were in the allies

If you’re basing your idea of ww2 off hoi4 you’ve got some problems

[late niche]

i meant the groups

cuz im talking allies from the west

[thorny niche]

Then you’re wrong

The allies included the Soviet Union

And china

This is all well known

[late niche]

im not talking about the USSR

[thorny niche]

Then you are wrong

You need to rethink your eurocentrism

Britain and France were very small parts of the allied powers and only Britain had any real power

[late niche]

most people died in europe between germany and the USSR

meaning it was a bigger part op WW2

[thorny niche]

Incorrect

More people died in china

[late niche]

how many

[thorny niche]

By that logic asia is the bigger sphere

[thorny niche]

Around 24 million

Including civilians

[late niche]

USSR 27 mil

including civilians

[thorny niche]

That’s the high estimate

Realistically it’s around 22

[late niche]

no thats 34 mil

[thorny niche]

The highest estimates put china around 30

[late niche]

here are lists

you have to count casualties total

so total casualties in europe compared to total casualties in asia

[thorny niche]

That’s the highest estimate like I said

What you need to learn from this is to not be a eurocentrist

[late niche]

its still more than china

[thorny niche]

No it’s not

[late niche]

china 20 ussr 24

[thorny niche]

Chinese casualties vary wildly because of terrible counting

I do want to know why you hate America so much

[late niche]

this is for asia

[thorny niche]

“Conservative counting”

[late niche]

meaning?

[thorny niche]

The lowest estimate

You do know what that means right?

[thorny niche]

@late niche would appreciate you answering this

[late niche]

the amount of bullshit and stuff that comes from there

and i didnt grow up to suck off america

[thorny niche]

Where are you from?

[ornate epoch]

do you think a mod about the russian revolution is a good idea?

[thorny niche]

Doesn’t give you a reason to belittle our involvement in WW2

[late niche]

what about this graph?

[late niche]

could be but thats already kinda in the great war mod which consists WW1 fully including civil war

[thorny niche]

Black png text so I can’t read it

[late niche]

hold on

[thorny niche]

What you are doing right now is what some of the dumb ignorant Americans do

[ornate epoch]

what if i made a mod about that but more in depth?

[thorny niche]

Belittling involvement in a war

People claim the Soviets didn’t do much work

[thorny niche]

This is wrong

[late niche]

you can try

[ornate epoch]

would you play it

[thorny niche]

Doesn’t have any proof attached though

[ornate epoch]

like is it a good idea?

[late niche]

nah yall americans are real real dumb compared to other countries because the amount of basic knowledge most of yall dont know from what ive seen is crazy to me

[late niche]

not sure

[thorny niche]

Where are you from?

[late niche]

hol

[thorny niche]

Still isn’t a justification to belittle our importantance

[late niche]

im belitteling it compared to what the USSR did

to which you agreed they did more than the USA

[thorny niche]

You guys must have an awful school system

If you think Indonesia wasn’t important

[late niche]

the USSR is way more important because if they fell then it wouldve been a whole different story

[thorny niche]

That is my position

Your position is that we didn’t do much at all

[late niche]

a lot of resources came from there and was in control by a european country

[thorny niche]

It was in your control

[late niche]

compared to what the USSR did

[thorny niche]

Then say that in your original statement

I never denied the Soviets and Chinese sacrificed far more than anyone else

But American production won the pacific theater

And helped out the Soviets (not as much as people think)

[late niche]

i kinda said that in my original

statement

[thorny niche]

I’m starting to think we agree and poor wording has been deceiving us this whole time

[late niche]

thats what i was beginning to think halfway

[thorny niche]

Ye

[ornate epoch]

what should i call a mod about the russian revolution

[late niche]

the Russian Revolution ?

shit

hm

oh

[ornate epoch]

what should i call it

[late niche]

^^

[ornate epoch]

too simple

[late niche]

how do these look?

[ornate epoch]

like kaiserreich wasnt called "what if germany won ww1"

[ornate epoch]

for what

[late niche]

national spirits

for monarchs

[ornate epoch]

for what mod

[late niche]

oh just one im making rn

kinda

[ornate epoch]

ok

[late niche]

its just experimental

not sure if even the idea itself is cool

[ornate epoch]

what is it

[late niche]

i got backstory n stuff so

it sounds goofy but can be interesting

[ornate epoch]

what is it

[late niche]

it feels a bit like kaiserreich but also not at all

its more communist like and russia wasnt part of ww1

and china as a whole is qing

just a bit of changes in geography

[ornate epoch]

ok...

[late niche]

initially i wanted something where communism was a bit more succesful and stuff

and then it kinda came to this

like i said its experimental

and not taking it that serious

just playin around

these are some more

simplistic but effective

also want to make it harder than regular hoi4 and other mods where you kinda at a point just kill everyone

[uneven vessel]

Red February?

[late niche]

it happened in oktober

[uneven vessel]

.

There were 3.

February Revolution.

[late niche]

yeh and oktober revolution was the one that toppled the government

[north plover]

hey guys

yeah

[uneven vessel]

Yeah

It ended in November though ._.

[late niche]

he wants the civil war

[uneven vessel]

Why not just the Fall Revolution then

[uneven vessel]

?

[north plover]

hey

[late niche]

he wants to go in dept of the civil war

[north plover]

what we talkking about

[late niche]

not just the revolution itself

he wants the interity of it

1917-1922

[uneven vessel]

Oh

[late niche]

would be a short game if it were only oktober and november lmao

[uneven vessel]

Red Uprising?

[north plover]

have you guys played sex with hitler

asking for a friend

[uneven vessel]

Fall of the Czar

[uneven vessel]

N o ?

[late niche]

Tsar

[north plover]

oh

why not

https://tenor.com/view/fuhrer-cat-gas-gif-25955244

do you like my cat

he id called adam

[uneven vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/armstrong-max0r-afford-maxor-senator-bs-gif-26161746

[north plover]

have you guys ever been to mongolia???

it's a great place

[modern solstice]

what's the code for national focuses thath gives u something, after an timed idea ends

?

and how can I find this?

[late niche]

i think you use the WHEN

wait that doesnt exist

[modern solstice]

I remember its somethinmg like "when_removed" ?

[late niche]

i forgot

@timber zenith prob knows

[timber zenith]

It's on_remove, it's for the idea not a national focus

[modern solstice]

ty

[modern solstice]

how about this

[late niche]

he wants to know why his icons not workin

[modern solstice]

and how to add this ?

[late niche]

i think its like

[modern solstice]

        id = FRA_reorganize_the_dutch
        icon = GFX_focus_CZE_german_puppet
        x = 4
        y = 1
        prerequisite = {
            focus = FRA_our_natural_borders
        }
        relative_position_id = FRA_our_natural_borders
        cost = 10

        ai_will_do = {
            factor = 3
        }

        allow_branch = {
            #has_dlc = "La Resistance"
        }

        available = {
            is_subject = no
            OR = {
                HOL = {
                    is_subject_of = ROOT
                }
                any_state = {
                    is_core_of = HOL
                    is_controlled_by = ROOT
                }
            }
        }

        search_filters = { FOCUS_FILTER_POLITICAL }
        completion_reward = {
            add_timed_idea = {
                idea = FRA_reorganize_the_dutch_idea
                days = 185 }
            add_relation_modifier = {
                target = HOL
                modifier = FRA_reorganized_departments
            }
            add_relation_modifier = {
                target = BEL
                modifier = FRA_reorganized_departments
            }
            add_relation_modifier = {
                target = LUX
                modifier = FRA_reorganized_departments
            }
        }
    }

how to add it here

[late niche]

.

[obtuse condor]

prerequisite = { 1789.1.1 }

is this a valid focus prerequisite?

is there a way to do this

[late niche]

dont think so

[slender brook]

The concept is okay

But yeah that’s not how the date requirement works

It’s probably just something like date < or > this

[obtuse condor]

doesnt the "victoria" mod have date prerequisites?

the 1800s mod

[slender brook]

Yeah because those are a real thing it’s just not that nomenclature

[obtuse condor]

im going to look at the german focus in that mod then

[modern solstice]

@slender brook, sorry for pinging u, but I'm just confused with my error, and I was thinking u can maybe help me

so my idea icons look like this

( that I created )

[modern solstice]

here is everything about it

[slender brook]

Yeah the icon issues I saw earlier, how did you make or get the icons

[modern solstice]

localisation, gfx, ingame look

etc.

[modern solstice]

I've copy idea icon from road to 56,

recreated it, changed name

and saved in a new folder

file is .dds, its 64x64px

its correctly formated like Schipper told me to do

so I dont know what am I doing wrong

[late niche]

gotta be 60x68 remember

[modern solstice]

but why?

It was 60x68 before

didnt work,

[late niche]

its just formatting

[modern solstice]

then I look into the roadto56 files

[late niche]

iirc it gotta be 60x68

[modern solstice]

and saw every france idea is 64x64

[late niche]

or it was something else that specifically needed an exact size

[slender brook]

I’m pretty sure ideas don’t have a hard and fast resolution requirement

[modern solstice]

I think u're right

[late niche]

nah i confused it with portraits

and focuses

[modern solstice]

portraits and focuses

but not ideas

[slender brook]

Try changing the gfx in the ones that don’t work to gfx_idea in the sprite asset file, then in the idea file remove the gfx

[modern solstice]

heh I've changed it earlier

didnt work

can someone else help me or smth, please?

[slender brook]

Yeah I don’t got anything, I guess just try using a vanilla icon or something

[late niche]

the file is also called _l_english ?

[modern solstice]

no its not

I meant

wait

it is

[late niche]

is the germany one from vanilla?

[modern solstice]

u mean this

?

[modern solstice]

nah, r56, just like fra and spa focuses

[late niche]

oh

you do it for each country?

gotta do it in 1 file

[modern solstice]

I cant

man

its submod

I'm chaing thing

[late niche]

i called mine new_ideas

[modern solstice]

eh I mean yea

me2

but as a GFX file

[late niche]

mine are named like this

but i mean that all my "ideas" localisation folders all got new_ideas in them

can you show me the whole localisation again

for the icons

spritetypes

cuz there has to be an error between the german one and the french one

[modern solstice]

sure

ctrl + f = dutch

u will find it faster

rt56submod\localisation

[late niche]

so the icon is not working

right?

[modern solstice]

ye

[late niche]

this is not the spritetypes

[modern solstice]

oh srr, I missunderstood u

    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_imperial_army_idea"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_GER_imperial_army.dds"
    }
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_idea_FRA_reorganize_the_dutch"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_FRA_reorganize_the_dutch_icon.dds"
    }
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_idea_SPA_carlist_reform1"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_SPA_carlist_reform1.dds"
    }
    spriteType = {
        name = "GFX_idea_SPA_carlist_reform2"
        texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/r56_idea_SPA_carlist_reform2.dds"
    }
#    spriteType = {
#        name = ""
#        texturefile = ""
#    }
}

[late niche]

is the last one new?

[modern solstice]

last 3

dont work

[late niche]

whats the idea name and GFX file name?

[late niche]

and idea name?

[modern solstice]

for example fra idea:

        FRA_reorganize_the_dutch_idea = {

            picture = GFX_idea_FRA_reorganize_the_dutch
            
            allowed = {
                original_tag = FRA
                always = no
            }
            
            allowed_civil_war = {
                has_government = neutrality
            }

            modifier = {
                consumer_goods_factor = 0.1
                industrial_capacity_factory = -0.05
                stability_weekly = 0.0025
            }
        }

[late niche]

you know

that

for the name

you dont need _idea at the end

[modern solstice]

I've added it, cause the german had it

and It worked

[late niche]

alr

i have no idea

theres no typos

no missing { }

i can send one of mine that works for reference

[modern solstice]

sure

[late niche]

i do it like this and it works

these are my file names

and folder structure

ay @timber zenith monarchism_drift should work the same as communism_drift right?

yes it do

cool

[timber zenith]

Ye

[late niche]

ah shi

since its a new thing i have to give it an gfx

smh

downt he rabbithole we go

[heady gorge]

For my mod I want to make some slight changes to the Greek focus tree. Not add focuses, just add some requirements. If I do that will the rest of the tree and events work fine? Or will I have to get the lm all in my mod file?

[late niche]

there we go

i like the mini icons

does this look balanced?

i think so

[late niche]

im getting George VI as national spirit while he isnt even in history file

what

also

[23:28:49][triggerbase.cpp:536]: common/decisions/categories/CHI_decision_categories.txt:220: : invalid event target: event_target:WTT_current_china_leader
[23:28:49][eventtarget.cpp:580]: Undefined saved event target: WTT_current_china_leader

whats this error?

[timber zenith]

You need to modify the existing focus tree file

[late niche]

@timber zenith how do i remove all decisions?

i only want my events to fire when i make them

for now i want no events

[timber zenith]

Create a decisions folder, and then in your descriptors put replace_path = "common/decisions"

[late niche]

how do i replace the unique decisions?

like some countries got unique decisions

is that in history?

[timber zenith]

unique decisions?

what do you mean?

[late niche]

hold up

alr so

you know political actions

[timber zenith]

Yeah

[late niche]

these ones

where you boost n stuff

[ornate epoch]

what is the closest thing to monarchism in the ideologys?

[timber zenith]

neutrality probably

[late niche]

non-aligned if you take vanilla

i made an extra ideology

[ornate epoch]

ok

[timber zenith]

yeah I'm aware of them

[late niche]

alr

so

here

[ornate epoch]

im making a mod about the russian revolution

[late niche]

i want to add a Monarchism variant

[timber zenith]

Still the same

[ornate epoch]

also whats the closest thing to nationalism?

facism probably

[timber zenith]

It's in the decisions file for the country, they just specified the category as political_actions

[timber zenith]

Yeah

but not rlly

[late niche]

these type of unique ones

i want to remove

i just want the generic

and for political advisor i also want a monarchism variant

[timber zenith]

You can probably just copy the _generic_decisions file into your mod and empty it

[ornate epoch]

is it possible for a country to have a monarch but still be a democracy?

[late niche]

you just have a monarch leader then

[ornate epoch]

kinda like britan

i guess

[late niche]

eh

kinda

only the russian empire was never democratic

[timber zenith]

You can enable elections

[late niche]

@timber zenith so common/decisions/_generic_decisions and then copy that over and fully empty the file?

thats all?

[timber zenith]

Yep

[late niche]

no replacement folder?

just copy it over?

[timber zenith]

Yup

[late niche]

alr

and with formable nations do the same?

just clear it

fully

[timber zenith]

Yup

[late niche]

what about the unique ones

?

[timber zenith]

they're in the files for each countries' decisions

not generic

[late niche]

how i remove those then?

all copy over and clear fully?

[late niche]

do i do all files including the categories folder? @timber zenith

[timber zenith]

You don't need categories

Are you trying to remove all decisions, or just all that might go under political actions

[late niche]

all decisions besides generic

so all countries will have generic only

unless theres a more simple way to do it

[timber zenith]

You can override the folder with replace_path

replace_path="common/decisions" in both of the mod's descriptor files

[lofty plaza]

Usually not nessesary

[timber zenith]

how so?

[grim tendon]

bruh

[thick knoll]

i do have all of the continent numbers in the definition.csv file but its still appears why is that?

[lofty plaza]

Why is it so straight?

[winged iron]

I've tried to search this in the workshop but to no avail. Its a known but. Using 'best match' results in the icon for a plane/tank design makes it pick the top one. Which is always a biplane.

Anyone know of any mods that fix it off the top of their head?

[tall trail]

What would you tell a person with no modding experience if they told you they wanted to make a new starting scenario for their own endsieg mod?

(I have no idea what the hell im doing)

[timber zenith]

Start simple

don't go crazy with your scope

Watch a couple tutorials, there aren't any mods to "simplify" the game without basically cheating

[tall trail]

Thanks

[timber zenith]

An overhaul to start off with probably isn't the best idea

What's the scenario for your mod tho?

[tall trail]

what i just randomly came up with was just any Endsieg with Allied and Soviet Armies invading germany

I feel like i was going to add more on the way since i probably think better when its not 5 in the morning

[timber zenith]

Interesting, good luck

[tall trail]

Thanks :3

[rough zinc]

Does anyone know a mod which removes / lowers the opinion modifiers caused by peace deals?

it's so annoying to win a war, do a peacedeal and then get kicked out of my faction because all my members hate me from the world tension

[thorny niche]

You can use the threat command to lower it

[slender brook]

Ok I’ll use the threat command
“I will kill you”

[rough zinc]

That only can lower it by 99.9% and then world tension will never raise

and i can use toolpack to lower it it's just annoying to have to do that and rejoin the faction every single time

[thorny niche]

My pronouns are 20/feet/from/your/window

[thorny niche]

Idk what you want then

Maybe don’t play democratic countries

[stuck quarry]

What’s considered as a overhaul 🤔

[timber zenith]

Anything that aims to replace vanilla, rather than add on to it

[stuck quarry]

So like whole ass new scenario

[timber zenith]

Yeah probably

[stuck quarry]

Damn ig my mod is considered that, wasnt aware

[timber zenith]

If you think it would take a long period of time, it's something you should save till you're more experienced

[stuck quarry]

Well ive already been working on it alot

[timber zenith]

And maybe with a team

[stuck quarry]

Its me and a friend

[timber zenith]

What's your scenario?

[stuck quarry]

Pretty much new iceage and some corporate corruption thrown in

Its a bit to explain but thats the gist of it

[timber zenith]

Sounds interesting, good luck

[stuck quarry]

Weve replaced almost every country, got flags for half them

The thing thats being a pain is designing focus trees bc i suck ass at it

[timber zenith]

I get that lol

[stuck quarry]

Ya fr lol, its harder than i thought itd be making a cohesive story told through one and making it actually good instead of just a straight line

[timber zenith]

Paradox makes it look so easy lol

[stuck quarry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/750435113472360489/1115678618291535962/image.png drew a sketch of the foundation for the tree for what i consider to be the main nation of the mod, Syldavia which is essentially owned by the corporations within it through their monopolies of state industries and buying politicians

the defy path aint done, clearly

[timber zenith]

Nah that's the best path, very in depth

[timber zenith]

Interesting concept

[stuck quarry]

Yeaa, just gotta do the defy path, get all the effects done, then make a economic, military, Air Force, and navy trees

Christ

[timber zenith]

Yeah, pain

[stuck quarry]

Hella pain

Ig it helps having a large team of people to develop lol

And history to work off of

[tall trail]

I found a tutorial to make a custom country, but i did end up screwing up the worlds colors somehow

Atleast my game didnt crash trying to run something of a mod this time

But damn these colors are screwed and idk what happened

[dense oracle]

Is there anyone that encountered a glitch in millenium dawn where the sound effect of a rocket launching just plays loudly over and over and just will not stop until the game is reloaded.

[thorny niche]

Happened for me once too

Just had to redo it

[obtuse condor]

available = { date > 1860.1.1 }

great

[obtuse condor]

yeah waddup

[slender brook]

Excuse me? A 400 year timeline?

[lofty plaza]

Yeah there's a mod that does that (can't remember what) and it simply does not work and has bassicly no content at all.

This isn't eu4

[slender brook]

I assume you mean Empires, and when I checked their Discord I literally saw them say ‘Why would we make content for the other starting dates?’
Why do you have them then

[lofty plaza]

I think so

It runs extremely poorly

[slender brook]

I actually do really like that mod, I just think they're making a giant mistake by having the other dates

[chilly field]

why is most of the focus tree gone, i just changed it so the focuses like claim galicia or translynannia give cores instead of claims.

[lofty plaza]

Check your brackets

[chilly field]

Wdym

[lofty plaza]

You probably have an extra or missing bracket on what you changed that breaks the rest of the tree

The error log will usually say this

[obtuse condor]

Hm, it looks like that file might've been a virus. Instead of cooking up trouble, try cooking up a Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork Sliders: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/slow-cooker-pulled-pork-sandwiches-recipe.html

[slender brook]

What

[valid apex]

Like through a focus or just replace it from the start

[valid apex]

You can replace it in gfx/leaders or characters /country_tag/picture_name.dds

[pale sparrow]

GIMP

Dont post nazi symbology please, even if its modded assets

👍 I figured

[pale sparrow]

mark your mod as a submod if it needs to replace the portrait, then have the file at the same location relative to the root folder

[valid apex]

Save it as dds

It fine or paint.net

You can use crtl+shift+s

https://youtu.be/7iTmGr9YDVw watch this

[balmy rapids]

Okay so

I want to make a decision category or something like that, I want there to be a text "Defects remaining: (Some number, for example 10000)"
And clicking ceirtain decisions would make that number go down, is that possible?

[nimble solar]

I don't know anything about modding, but you could look at the Greek debt code as that requires you to push buttons to make debt lower

[balmy rapids]

Anyone knows where files of this are located? cant find it in decisions

[nimble solar]

Probably under battle for the bosphorous but, idk

[valid apex]

Yep

Just do the same but in the mod location

Yep

Oh sorry that for local mod this is for steam mod Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/workshop/content/

[dreamy veldt]

Hi! I'm searching for a mod that I played once earlier. It was very similar to gp national ideas, but it had more options, for example plane stuff if I remember correctly. Maybe it was part of a modpack.

[late niche]

ew gimp

[spare crest]

unused generic mechanized texture

[heady gorge]

I am in need of portraits for Gerorgios Tsodos and Kostantinos Foumis. Are there any?

[late niche]

dont think so

gotta make your own

painful process

[heady gorge]

Cant I just ask ai?

[timber zenith]

Possibly

[heady gorge]

But when I tried dalle 2 it said I needed credits

And I have none

[late niche]

it will not work

AI is so bad

[heady gorge]

Can I literally just put these in the files?

[late niche]

wdym

[heady gorge]

Instead of having to do portraits

[timber zenith]

Yeah if you want to

[heady gorge]

I just put these in the files

[late niche]

youcan

[heady gorge]

BCS I don't think I'll be finding someone to them lmao

[late niche]

im gonna ask dall-e to make a portrait and youll see how bad it is

nvm gotta wait 8 days

[timber zenith]

stable diffusion has a hoi4 plugin

someone made

[heady gorge]

Wut

[late niche]

you get 15 free credits monthly

i used all mine last month on EDP

[timber zenith]

Napoleon portrait using stable diffusion

[heady gorge]

Eh ok

It ain't bad

[timber zenith]

and that's the best one its given me lol

[heady gorge]

Oh shut

[late niche]

yeh but portraits usually look at you

[heady gorge]

Then it's bad lmao

[late niche]

instead of away from you

[timber zenith]

Not rlly

[late niche]

kinda

[timber zenith]

usually they look behind you

[late niche]

99% of the time

[heady gorge]

That sounds terrifying

[late niche]

yeh i mean you see the full face

not a police mugshot side profile

[timber zenith]

Wilhelm III looks to the side

and hitler does too

[late niche]

thats why i use one that doesnt lol

kinda

it wouldve been better if you can import an image and it just fills it with the colors

the ones i get are kinda terribly from stable diffusion

i wouldnt call this reliable

also pretty sure these arent portraits lmao

[timber zenith]

Yeah you gotta use the hoi4 plugin

[late niche]

its a website tho

[timber zenith]

You gotta download it and use it through that

there's a tutorial somewhere on youtube

[late niche]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/yfzn7h/training_neural_net_to_draw_portraits_day_2/

this looks more reliable

[late niche]

cant find

[timber zenith]

I got no idea then

[thick knoll]

how can i move the location of a city? Bratislava is inside the hungary while its attached to slovakia, how can i move it back to Slovakia?

[timber zenith]

Go to the file for the state, and copy/cut the text corresponding to that province victory points and put it into the state file you want it to be in, and change the province number

It'll look something like

victory_points = {
  19373 5
}

[thick knoll]

its already attached to the Slovak State but in game map it appears the star in Hungary

[timber zenith]

Then it's not actually owned by hungary it's just a visual glitch from automatically adjusting unit positions in all provinces, you have to go into the nudge tool and move that victory point manually unter the units tab

[thick knoll]

ok ill try it thanks

[timber zenith]

No problem

[thick knoll]

what do i need to click in order to move it? it wont move only by left clicking and dragging

[timber zenith]

I can't remember it's been a while

I'll check rq

In the menu that pops up when you press "units" scroll to the bottom and select victory point, then you can hold right click to move it

[thick knoll]

thank you very much 🙂 it worked.

[timber zenith]

Glad to hear it

[timber zenith]

Nice

All your victory points being slightly to the right of center is probably something you'll never be able to unsee haha

Same with basically every mod out there

[thick knoll]

yes ill try to find some free time to fix those things

i like perfection

[twilit hatch]

bruh

6666 errors at my mod

[obtuse condor]

Bruh i have 12576

Error

[pale sparrow]

Rookie numbers

[lofty plaza]

What are you possibly doing to get 12576 errors

[slender brook]

Probs some daily or even hourly recurring ones

I've had two million errors before

[obtuse condor]

guys

it doesnt show "army_rebuild" focus in the focus tree

even tho its right

[slender brook]

Fix your formatting 💀

[obtuse condor]

wdym

[slender brook]

The tabs are wrong

[obtuse condor]

which tabs wth

i am so confused lmao

[slender brook]

The massive thing before focus = {

Tabs being the large spaces

[obtuse condor]

oh

thats the problem?

[slender brook]

It’s not the root problem, but it helps code clean which helps finding provlems

[obtuse condor]

okay

thx

[slender brook]

Anyways, do the effects in the previous focus work?

[obtuse condor]

wait

lemme check

[slender brook]

If they don’t it’s a sign there are issues in the previous focus

[slender brook]

Oh, missing closing bracket

After completion_reward there’s only two brackets there, should be three

[obtuse condor]

oh my god

gonna fix where it is

tysm!

now im gonna make events

for it

[obtuse condor]

hi

[light geyser]

Mod request: I would love to see a Red Alert mod.

[obtuse condor]

i have a problem

i am doing a mod for my friends but its not working ı just do a map

how can i fix it

please

^?

whats the problem

my focus tree rn

[slender brook]

I don’t see any big problems

Weird focus naming convention though

[obtuse condor]

guys

anybody

know

how to change focus name color

[inner vapor]

I'm really lost here... How can I rewrite lines 1856-1858 so that the game recognizes 'OWNER' as a scope, not a trigger?

[median dagger]

Guys, i have quick question, after a change in the map with the nudge tool in the game, after when I test the game, the game crashes, and crashes is about countries trigger, but when I exit the game and enter the game, the error is fixed automatically and game run well, will it cause a problem for player if I make it a mod in the future?

[obtuse condor]

i dont know

[obtuse condor]

how would i do this?
15th century -90% construction 16th -80% 17th -70% 18th -60 19th -50 20th -40 21st -30

make an idea that last for 100 years and then replaces itself when its done

when its a new century

[wind moth]

guys recommend me some mods to play

[median dagger]

Guys, there's bugs before i fix, i fixed them, its my 5th open the game after fix, there's not a error in error log, there are nothing wrong, game goes well but game keep shown this, is someone know about it?

[median dagger]

I changed the states as I always do, I started getting this error when I exited and entered the game again, I can't find where I made a mistake, I would appreciate it if you could help.

[timber zenith]

wdym by that

what have you modified

[timber zenith]

Make an idea, give it a 100 year expiry, then use on_remove to add the next one

[balmy rapids]

Okay so basically i want to make something like greece debt pay off, however with people

Number of people left: [INSERT NUMBER HERE]

and by choosing certain decisions you could make that number go up or down, which would have its own effects, thought of stealing the code from greece but can't find the debt mechanic, any help?

[pulsar pivot]

Whats the ww1 mod most people use?

Also does it have a launcher?

[nimble solar]

Great War Redux

[pulsar pivot]

Where do you suggest I get the mod?

[nimble solar]

You just put the mod in a playset and start playing

Steam Workshop

I don't know how to do mods if you got it from paradox itself

[dusty sparrow]

Could someone help me figure out how to mod some Leader traits

[timber zenith]

common/country_leader/00_traits.txt has the information you'll need

Create a new file, and you can use that one as a base

[balmy rapids]

anyone knows?

[valid apex]

I think they use var to show this,maybe check in Localization

[median dagger]

I remember mods which use economic staffs and guis and you can cheat them with var codes, so yes its about var, im sure.

[lofty plaza]

You gotta fix those errors

Looks like you have an extra bracket on line 31 of state 443

[median dagger]

Yeah, you're right,game couldn't read state because of extra brackets. I fix it.

[balmy rapids]

So basically

I'm trying to make a variable

and I want it to be to set to 6700000

like when the game starts

I wanted it to be set to that number

however, I think variables can be changed only by effects

so any idea how I could make that be set?

to that number?

[lofty plaza]

Do it in on_startup or in a history file

[balmy rapids]

May I know where the on_startup file is?

sorry, pretty new to modding

^already done

ty for help

[balmy rapids]

However... it seems like my variable is for some reason completly diffrent than what it is supposed to be

it was supposed to be 6.5 million

its -1mln

Is there a way for me to check what impacts this number?

[lofty plaza]

Show your code

[balmy rapids]

Okay i got it

the number that i was trying to type

6.5 million

was exceeding the maximum

value

that's why it was flipping to minus

[lofty plaza]

I guess you'll need to make a new interface

[nimble solar]

Now this is a grand campaign.

I'm scared of the AI overspamming units though

[obtuse condor]

i have only made 1 focus tree thats 10% completed

a french revolution/napoleonic wars focus

theres pretty much no content in the focus events and decisions departmends so far

[obtuse condor]

how would i make a new interface?

and where is the scenarios interface file

...

i need to add allot of tags central america texas livonian order teutonic order novgorod

1 man job

[late niche]

waht the hell

also im pretty sure those werent the border of 1444

[obtuse condor]

yeah im pretty sure about that too

[late niche]

russia didnt exist in 1444 lmao

and qing also didnt

actually all countries that you see didnt

kinda

the problem with mods that take many years is that it always lacks content

like the great war mod

[obtuse condor]

muscovy was a puppet of the golden horde n sheit

[late niche]

its from WW1 to WW2 but in between it lacks a lot

muscovy wasnt a puppet of the golden gore

horde

looking at this youre gonna have to make a lot of new mechanics lol

[obtuse condor]

decrease the contruction speed for the earlier scenarios

imo

[late niche]

huh

[obtuse condor]

there was no industrical revolution

things were less efficient imo

[late niche]

no i mean actual mechanics

HRE mechanics

russian mechanics

china mechanics

[obtuse condor]

a colonization mechanic

[late niche]

colonization mechanics

yep

if you make a mod that takes this long it really has to be content rich otherwise its not gonna attract a lot of people

also because the game itself will take very long

like EU4 time goes faster than HOI4

[obtuse condor]

colonization could just be done with focuses hypothetically

prerequisite "828 state owner = ZZZ" set owner root"

something like that

i think i should pause with the state making

and fry other fishes

focuses events decisions formables ideas modifers etc