modding

[obtuse condor]

Does anyone know a good hoi4 mod main about asia and the middle east

tell me in my dms please

[digital heart]

There was one that focused wholly on japan and china in like 1930, cannot remember the name though

[earnest gull]

hoi4 folder -> gfx -> flags

[opal crystal]

karabakh belongs to azerbaijan tho it’s a core for azerbaijan

[sly basalt]

I currently do have Karabakh as a core of Azerbaijan.

I'm talking about the hypothetical alt history path where they recognise Artsakh.

[sly basalt]

If they recognise Artsakh as independent, it should remove their cores from Karabakh since it's Azerbaijan saying "we do not own this territory."

Right now they have it as a core. But if they recognise it, they lose the core.

[spiral cloak]

Glad someone here has played and enjoyed the mod

[orchid ruin]

im making a mod, but what do i type to make this a generic asian leader photo?

[orchid ruin]

i made the mod but the coutnry wont apear. i enabled it, come soneone help?

dose this have something to do with it?

[obtuse condor]

It’s a very good mod imo

I also like the Tanya the evil mod

[spiral cloak]

I looked it up as a joke and I wasn't expecting a fully fleshed out mod

Whenever I play the mod, I have a different mod active that plays the soundtrack of bocchi the rock

[obtuse condor]

I had that

The btr music is really good

I now listen to jrock just because of that anime 😂

[spiral cloak]

It's so good. I do wish that Spotify had the ful version of the song sick hack did because I heard it's only available if you bought the bluray in Japan

I found out that there's also a girl's und panzer mod as well which I haven't played yet but it looks pretty interesting

[prisma marten]

There's already a country named PAL

Did you see a tutorial?

[zinc pulsar]

hello guys i want to create a mod for hoi4 is there any good tutorial or doc that i could follow

[pale sparrow]

Theres the wiki, and ironworkshop has decent vids for making your very first mod

[zinc pulsar]

ty

i will check them out

[plush gate]

Guys, sorry, I'm new to hoi4 modding, so a newbie question - can I add feature, that would increase build speed for a specific unit. For instance, I want to boost CAS build speed for Germany instead of research boost for light frame from their focus

It does not work after airframe construction redesign, everybody use it to make interceptors first

[steep pike]

i'm not good at modding but i have an idea for a mod, basically for the soviet path for the baltics where if russia goes non aligned or fascist you can reform the soviet union by yourself

[lofty plaza]

Define it as the generic you want

As you would with any other portrait path

[pale sparrow]

You set them to cosmetic tag SOV_communism when formed

[agile steeple]

hi

can i play theyr

[dusky trout]

Is it possible to change focus trees for when different ideoligies/leaders take over?

just once tho so it wont be changing

[shell folio]

I dont think so

But you can deal with conditions so that a part of the tree can only be used bei a specific leader

[maiden ocean]

I want to ask if I want to make a mod, what are the stuff that is going to take it down very soon after I release it?

Just want to be sure what are topics that shouldn't be put in a mod

[foggy rose]

Is there a possibility to steer AI deployment to different theaters? Like, tell to AI Germany: put 10-widths on Maginot, average divisions around Western Poland border, armor spearhead in East Prussia?

[foggy rose]

It is definitely possible. Some of mods are using it, and Chinese nations in waking the tiger

[dusky trout]

do you know how to?

[dusky trout]

yes you can my friend plays that mod

[foggy rose]

I've just started the game to check it. Focuses like "Proclaim Rival Government" and "Power Struggle" for the country "Guangxi Clique" switch focus tree. Use reverse engineering

[lethal grove]

Probably asked many times. But I've been using Coloured Buttons, even though it's outdated, with no issues. Of course you still get the warning. Anything to worry about or that older mods could corrupt a save?

[hushed totem]

Just my introduction hello !

[snow jasper]

is there a way to spawn divisions trough decision

[weary nebula]

Use the create_unit or load_oob effects

[snow jasper]

so like create_unit and stuff?

[weary nebula]

Ye, in your decision's complete_effect add a create_unit or load_oob effect. If you don't know how to use them, look them up on the wiki (https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect)

[snow jasper]

still dont get it lol

is there an example code of a unit spawnin?

[weary nebula]

random_owned_controlled_state = {
    create_unit = {
        division = "name = \"Infantry Division\" division_template = \"Infantry Division\" start_experience_factor = 0.5" 
        owner = GER
    }
}

will spawn a german infantry division in a randoms state of whichever country you run this in

Alternatively, simply run

load_oob = my_special_divison

And in history/units add amy_special_division.txt file where you define the unit

[snow jasper]

thanks

[fresh skiff]

my friend when he got road to 56 he would not load in hoi4 someone got any help for this?

[dusky trout]

thanks for the help

[steep wadi]

Hello how do I replace gfx from other mod with my gfx. There are some pictures in road to anime that are not anime girls and I wanted to made a mod for my friends that fixes the problem but my gfx does not show up in the game. It works normally when I replaces the files from mod folder but as a mod.

[keen mesa]

Great War Redux portrait:

Paradox New DLC, same guy:

Disgusting.

[obtuse condor]

I did it before but I can't find the file to unpuppet. It's in Country?

nvm founnd it

[orchid ruin]

witch one?

[orchid ruin]

ok i got it to show up, but how do i fix this?

[pale sparrow]

I dont get what your point is

You must be joking

[keen mesa]

My point is: How can modders without investment and for free make way better portraits than those of a company entirely focused on developing a game.

I apologize for the words, but I am dissatisfied, why not keep the NSB style?

[timber zenith]

Add history to the state file

history = {
  owner = CAN
  add_core_of = CAN
  buildings = {
    infrastructure = 1
  }
}```

you can add whatever buildings you want like an industrial_complex

[orchid ruin]

but a replace the tags with the costom country tags right?

[timber zenith]

yeah

[orchid ruin]

k

its alreddy filled in

still wont work

[timber zenith]

remove that 50

[orchid ruin]

k

[orchid ruin]

ah

still wont work

[timber zenith]

Can you upload the whole file?

[orchid ruin]

?

here

[timber zenith]

Yeah

[orchid ruin]

its to big

[timber zenith]

the state file?

it should only be like 50 lines lol

[orchid ruin]

got it

[timber zenith]

which one wasn't working?

[orchid ruin]

both

[timber zenith]

Where did you put those files in your mod?

like the directory?

[orchid ruin]

history, states

[timber zenith]

Can you upload the whole mod? like zip file

[orchid ruin]

to big

[timber zenith]

even if zipped?

[orchid ruin]

got it

its supost to be based off a micronation but since i dont know how to make new provinces i took all of BC.

[timber zenith]

There's a good tutorial on provinces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChtwJzN9cpw

[orchid ruin]

k

il just start by learning he basics for now

[timber zenith]

@orchid ruin

[orchid ruin]

?

oh

wrong tag

[timber zenith]

I'd also recommend using a different file for your tags

Using the same file can cause issues when the game updates

[orchid ruin]

what do you mean?

[timber zenith]

Your file for tags is 00_countries.txt which vanilla uses for all its tags

[orchid ruin]

now its kinda working. how do i fix this?

[timber zenith]

if the game updates, it won't have the new tags because the file in the mod overrides the vanilla file

[orchid ruin]

ah

[orchid ruin]

how do i fix the remaining problems

[steep wadi]

I dont know what happen but I am making a focus tree and icon dont show up at the start of the game.

when i select the focus icon show up and it was fixed after i select the focus

[dawn widget]

how to trigger event through declaration of war?

pls help

[timber zenith]

What's the remaining problems?

[timber zenith]

You need the shine interface file

interface/goals_shine.gfx

[timber zenith]

create an on action

on_declare_war = {
  effect = {
    if = {
      limit = {
        ROOT = { tag = TAG }
      }
      country_event = event.1
    }
  }
}

[orchid ruin]

its not apering right

[timber zenith]

wdym?

[orchid ruin]

1. leader wont show up

2.flag wont show up

3>country is white

4.no text

[timber zenith]

localisation is spelt with an s

and you should use a seperate localisation file

This needs your country tag

[orchid ruin]

ah

k

[timber zenith]

You need to make a character to be your leader

[orchid ruin]

this is what i mean

[timber zenith]

And the flags need the tag name

and the colour needs to be in colors.txt

[steep wadi]

I tried fixing it but icon disappeared

[timber zenith]

Did you make sure to replace all entries?

[orchid ruin]

?

k lemme test

ok flags work. and they look cool

still nother else works

[timber zenith]

did you follow the other steps?

[orchid ruin]

collor is in the thing

it work work

[timber zenith]

in the thing?

[orchid ruin]

ye

[timber zenith]

wdym by that

[orchid ruin]

nether will the name

i put the color in the thing

but it wont work

[timber zenith]

what thing

[timber zenith]

localisation is spelled with an s not z

[timber zenith]

and put colour in color.txt

[orchid ruin]

dose that efect it?

[timber zenith]

yes

[orchid ruin]

wdym by that?

[timber zenith]

the colour

has to be in color.txt

[orchid ruin]

also fixed spelling

[orchid ruin]

whare is that?

[timber zenith]

common/countries

you already have it there

but in the wrong folder

along with the paladonia.txt file

[steep wadi]

I think It might because I edit goal shine file manually

[timber zenith]

You should make your own shine file

[orchid ruin]

do i pout it in localisation?

[steep wadi]

how do I make shine file?

[timber zenith]

copy the existing shine file and delete it all except for one bit

then rename it

[timber zenith]

no

common/countries

[orchid ruin]

no contries folder

[timber zenith]

you need to make one

[orchid ruin]

do you mean tags?

ok

k lemme text

[steep wadi]

I did it but it still the same as the first one

[timber zenith]

it should have shine in the name

separation_from_raj_shine

in the "name" part only

[orchid ruin]

uuuuuum

[timber zenith]

Did you remove everything else from the colors file?

[orchid ruin]

i mean it worked

[orchid ruin]

not yet

[timber zenith]

it should still have every other country

since its name can't be changed iirc

[orchid ruin]

wait so i remove everything else but whare do i put it?

[timber zenith]

No don't remove everything else

[orchid ruin]

?

[timber zenith]

I'm saying the colors.txt file needs every other country in it

[orchid ruin]

no

it dose

[timber zenith]

try restart your game

[orchid ruin]

nope still broken

[timber zenith]

can you upload the mod again?

[orchid ruin]

average first mod experiance tho

[timber zenith]

pretty much

paladonia.txt needs to be in common/countries as well

[steep wadi]

i tried doing it but it is still the same.

[timber zenith]

You're missing a bracket in the colors.txt file

at the beginning

[timber zenith]

can you send the file again?

[orchid ruin]

like this?

[timber zenith]

what no

the bracket

[orchid ruin]

?

[timber zenith]

no

the PLD bracket stays open

it needs to be closed

[orchid ruin]

im confused

?

[timber zenith]

It needs to be closed before GER

like the other entries

in the file

[orchid ruin]

ah i see

like this

[timber zenith]

Yeah

not the full stop tho

It doesn't matter actually

[orchid ruin]

yep fixed

only problems 1. no leader photo (i just want it to generic asia photo)

[timber zenith]

You need to make a character

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Character_modding

[steep wadi]

thank you it fixed

[timber zenith]

no problem

[steep wadi]

what was wrong with my old file

[orchid ruin]

2. i want to set my capital in a customs city in 12578

[timber zenith]

You have to make a victory point in the history file

[orchid ruin]

ah

[timber zenith]

There is already one there which you can copy

[orchid ruin]

?

[timber zenith]

in the state file

[orchid ruin]

you mean vancover

?

[timber zenith]

probably

You can copy that code I mean

[orchid ruin]

k

so how do i tell it whare the city is, and the name?

[timber zenith]

tell it where with the province you put in the state file

and the victory point needs localisation

[orchid ruin]

?

[steep wadi]

oh i get it now I need to add shine in sprite type name

[timber zenith]

Yeah

[steep wadi]

thank you

[timber zenith]

np

[orchid ruin]

like this?

[timber zenith]

It needs to be seperate

two victory_points bits

I think

[timber zenith]

i mean two victory_points as well

[orchid ruin]

ah

how do i set the name, and set it as my capital

[timber zenith]

It will set the one with the highest victory points as your capital

and it's history/countries instead of history/contries

name is defined through localisation

1234 being the province number

[orchid ruin]

k

like this?

[timber zenith]

no

the name goes in localisation

like in the screenshot I sent

[timber zenith]

You'll need to include the " as well

[timber zenith]

Yeah

I'm not sure if a space is needed but it should be fine

[orchid ruin]

it will be a complicated country becuse it has bc and hong kong to defend, but should be fun

oh

uh it made hong kong the capital and vancover no longer exists

may have to go but help wopuld sill be apresiated

[timber zenith]

wdym it doesnt exist?

[brave lily]

guys help

I tried to create my own radio

with a mod

and the localisation doesn't work no matter what I do

the name of station is

TGradio_music

and then I did this in C:\Users***\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod\TG_Radio\localisation\simp_chinese\TGradio_music_l_simp_chinese.yml

doesn't work

send help

[acoustic crypt]

Hello, I have this error Multiple character have the tag <TAG> for several characters, but I recruit them only once . Can you help me fix this? Here's the character file.

[rough knot]

Hey, how to make a TNO style political pie chart? I looked at the game files but nothing makes any sense

[prisma marten]

Did you set up the Localisation?

[lapis mango]

Do anyone know any post-ww2 mods?

[steep wadi]

I set up the idea and for some reason the gfx doesnt attached

[obtuse condor]

Error loading flag for country GRU : Ideology democratic : Path gfx/flags/ : File not found
why doesn't the flag appear?

[oak merlin]

Оппенгеймер?

[unborn egret]

national spirit spritenames should always be prefixed with GFX_idea

see those 2 screenshots for reference, that is how you should declare them. hope this helped :)

[steep wadi]

Thanks, It helped

[unborn egret]

nice 👍

[brave lily]

guys help

I tried to create my own radio
with a mod
and the localisation doesn't work no matter what I do
the name of station is

TGradio_music
and then I did this in C:\Users***\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod\TG_Radio\localisation\simp_chinese\TGradio_music_l_simp_chinese.yml

doesn't work
send help

is there something wrong with non UTS-8 characters?

[earnest gull]

how to make national spirit guys

[orchid ruin]

I zoom in and there’s no city called Vancouver where it’s supposed to be

[teal mantle]

guys hello

how to start modding

i want to create the greatest empire of DNR

with denis pushlin

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[digital heart]

Just look on YouTube the basic modding fundamentals, should be like the first result of a guy that has a whole playlist on it

[obtuse condor]

Austria owning all of western australia

except for perth

[bright depot]

How do I change the names of already existing country leaders and generals?

[tiny mortar]

Hello

Does anybody have a good Cold War mod?

Preferably from the Steam Workshop

[earnest gull]

hello guys

so i watched iron workshop video on creating ideology

and in 7 step bonus

he opened up a file in notepadd++

and he makes usa ruling party monarchism

but i wanna make it through a focus

anyone know how

[wispy plover]

write Iron Curtain and you should find one

[tiny mortar]

Thanks

[earnest gull]

@wispy plover how do i assign someone to rule a party

[wispy plover]

wdym exactly?

in modding or what?

[earnest gull]

modding

[wispy plover]

Then i ain't got no clue sadly mate,sorry i would wish to know how to but i sadly dont.

[earnest gull]

its fine

do you know anyone who knows

[nimble solar]

Cold War Iron Curtain is like the cold war mod for the game

[twilit arch]

is this balanced?

[bright depot]

How do I change the names of already existing country leaders and generals?

[pale sparrow]

cosmetic tags for countries if you mean during the game, for generals/leaders theres commands for characters

[buoyant agate]

is there a mod set in strangereal

[fresh skiff]

my friend when he got road to 56 he would not load in hoi4 someone got any help for this?

[mint chasm]

how much ram does he have?

[fresh skiff]

im pretty sure he has 8 gigs he uses macos so im not sure how to check

[mint chasm]

speaking from my personal experience, i was unable to launch too heavily modded games when I still had 8 gb. this may have included overhaul mods like road to 56 but i'm not sure anymore. anyhow, that is probably the root of the problem.

[fresh skiff]

i had the same issue its loading screen he is stuck on there it barely loads n stuff i have 16 gigs and it happened to me but idk

[mint chasm]

wait, does the game crash?

[fresh skiff]

nope it just takes an extermly long time for him it never said HOI$ not responding or like that for me it did but he said it doesnt crash for him

[mint chasm]

maybe he just needs to wait longer?

like how long has he been loading?

[fresh skiff]

1 houre

[mint chasm]

well thats quite a long time. only thing i could think of would be to clean out his hoi4 by deleting everything in the documents folder, verifying integrity of the game files and clearing his cache.

[fresh skiff]

he has reintalled the game and done some stuff he hasnt told me yet but ill see about it im confiused since i had the same issue but i just randomly logged on and didnt experince it idk any other mods simlar to road to 56

[mint chasm]

well, sometimes issues really do fix themselves by ignoring them

[fresh skiff]

true but i didnt really do anything to fix it i just kept opening hoi4 over and over

[mint chasm]

at the end of the day, if nothing is working ,he will just have to bite the bullet and buy a new 2000€ gaming pc

[fresh skiff]

idk man

[sly basalt]

What is the modifier or completion reward for a focus to give control of a state to someone else?

I'm doing a focus where Israel gives the Golan Heights back to Syria but I don't know how to.

[sly basalt]

This is how I'm going so far. No idea where to put the democracy stuff.

The communist path and fascist path's positions mean I can just shove everything there to the side.

But where am I going to put the democracy stuff?

Should I maybe try and just slot it in between the status-quo and peace process paths?

I'd move the conflict stuff out of the way, but it links up with the ideology path too.

[timber zenith]

transfer_state =

[sly basalt]

So if I wanted to transfer Golan Heights which is state 909 from Israel to Syria, would I go;
transfer_state = 909 SYR
or something like that?

[timber zenith]

You have to use a scope the code doesn't work like that

SYR = { transfer_state = 909 }

Or if you want a state scope

[sly basalt]

        add_political_power = 50
        add_stability = 0.05
        SYR = {
            set_state_owner = 909
        }
        909 = {
            remove_claim_by = ISR
        }
    }```
This is what I have done so far.

[timber zenith]

909 = { transfer_state_to = SYR }

both work

[sly basalt]

Clearly not set_state_owner since when I finish the focus the game crashes

But I'll do that then.

[timber zenith]

set_state_owner_to is a thing i think

but it doesn't transfer control iirc

[sly basalt]

That's useful to know.

Thanks.

Alright I'll try with transfer_state.

[pale sparrow]

set_state_owner would have control flip over at the end of the day if the country isnt at war

Usually looks a bit odd

[primal cedar]

oppenheimer mod when

[grizzled drift]

it's called basegame

[marsh moss]

btw anyone knows how to do the paranoia stuff ?

[vestal gorge]

how would i be able to stop reserch at 1940?

[potent marsh]

How do i add new icons for vehicles? I want to add a new tank icon, but ive checked pins and i cant see a way how.

[primal cedar]

any mod that lets you spawn divisions for your army???

[pale sparrow]

wdym?

a cheat mod with division spawner?

[primal cedar]

uhuh

[pale sparrow]

check my workshop

😄

[primal cedar]

the toolpack??

[timber zenith]

You can use an if scope, like

if = {
  limit = {
    has_completed_focus = focus_name
  }
  effect????
}```

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[primal cedar]

alr thxxx

[obtuse condor]

new arts

[pale bridge]

thank u

[candid badger]

mod

[ancient sonnet]

Hello, what do you think about my new portrait for Klement Gottwald?

[obtuse condor]

nice bro

[ancient sonnet]

thanks

I'm planning to create more

[gilded raven]

can i make a mod that changes the name of a city

[obtuse condor]

me : one line break , is nothin-

[pale sparrow]

Skin needs more coloring, otherwise looks good

[ancient sonnet]

Thanks for your advice, I will improve my work upon that.

[pale sparrow]

Left side looks good, but right side looks off

[obtuse condor]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1019019991242248193/1155233670513315910/image.png?width=730&height=1002

narrative decision thing for my mod i've been working on

[orchid ruin]

can someone help me

im making a mod and everytime i open the game this pops up

this is the file of the province that wont work

[lofty plaza]

Victory points need to be inside the history

So you're putting something in the wrong place thus the game doesn't know what to do with it and breaks everything after it, hence why non of the provinces have been assigned

[orchid ruin]

ah i see

i closed the bracket twice

still wont work

says something about "set ruling party

[winged socket]

why doesn't my event fire immediately as soon as the trigger happens?

for example the bulgarians take istanbul and through an event it gets renamed to tsargrad and it doesnt immediately pop up

[orchid ruin]

what am i doing wrong

[winged socket]

I think you need this if you are trying to change the ideology of a nation
set_politics = {
ruling_party = fascism
elections_allowed = no
last_election = "2020.11.4"
election_frequency = 0
}

[orchid ruin]

oh wait, it was the random set_ruling_party

[winged socket]

put it inside 001 = { } if you are trying to change the ideology of the nation owning the state

[orchid ruin]

for some reson vancover and the costom capitol i made dont apear

[winged socket]

should be in the country's history file

[orchid ruin]

i thougt it would be in states

[winged socket]

take out the set_ruling_party in the state file

[orchid ruin]

i did

also i made politics for it but none of it will apear

[winged socket]

and at the top of the country file put capital = 001

[winged socket]

change 1939 to 1936

[orchid ruin]

?

the first line is 1936

[orchid ruin]

still wont work

i have a feeling you have no idea how moding in this game works

[winged socket]

capital = 473

[orchid ruin]

how do i make the cities apear

i broke something and now vancover is gone

[winged socket]

you could revert with undo

[orchid ruin]

ima just delete the file and start over

[winged socket]

i dont think you need to change the state file other than the owner

[orchid ruin]

and the new capitol

[winged socket]

at the top inside no brackets do capital = 473

[orchid ruin]

i did

[winged socket]

change the 1939.1.1 to 1936.1.1

unless you want it in 1939

[orchid ruin]

i want it in both

[winged socket]

copy and paste it and just change the date

[orchid ruin]

changing it would break 1939

anyways i changed the state folder so lemme test

I DID IT!

il fix the politics thing later

[winged socket]

now use this flag for when the soviets puppet it

[orchid ruin]

not a bad idea

il have to add generals and figure out how to add a starting division

[winged socket]

this is the most qualified general

[orchid ruin]

i have to find out how to add them tho

[winged socket]

did you make the characters folder yet

[orchid ruin]

lemme see

[orchid ruin]

whare?

[winged socket]

make the character folder in the common folder

then make a textfile named PLD.txt inside it

[orchid ruin]

how?

[winged socket]

just make a textfile named PLD

[orchid ruin]

is thare a video totorial for this?

[winged socket]

theres guides but no videos

[orchid ruin]

next

[winged socket]

except for maybe iron workshop

[orchid ruin]

this is a interesting country to play as cuz i got land in BC and hong kong

anyways what do i do after that?

[winged socket]

PLD_general={
name="general"
portraits={
army={
large=file name
small=file name
}
}
corps_commander={
traits={ trait_mountaineer }
skill=4
attack_skill=4
defense_skill=2
planning_skill=4
logistics_skill=3
}
}
copy off of this for generals

[orchid ruin]

k

or well this is for army chefs

[winged socket]

for file name just put the file name in quotations

[orchid ruin]

?

and is that all

[winged socket]

go to the country's history file

and put recruit_character = PLD_nameofgeneral at the very bottom

[orchid ruin]

this file?

[winged socket]

no the history file

[orchid ruin]

i have a folder called history

but no file

what other stuff is in the history folder? i may have a diferent name for it

[winged socket]

this file

wait not that

this file

[orchid ruin]

kk

done?

gotta go soon so i hope i can get this sorted out

[winged socket]

just add the underscore

and yeah thats good

[winged socket]

yes

[orchid ruin]

good?

cool

[winged socket]

it should work

[orchid ruin]

lemme test

il find out how to add an image to him later

i dont thinnk it worked

[winged socket]

not sure how to do chief of army

[orchid ruin]

ah

thares an ironworkshop video on it

[winged socket]

hes automatically given a generic portrait

[orchid ruin]

without cheff of army i cant get xp fast so il add one before i relese the mod

[winged socket]

use edge.hoi4modding for the focus trees

its alot easier

[orchid ruin]

k

[neon totem]

how to use

[verbal light]

hey all! is there a mod that adds realistic production numbers and eq use?

like, as in, 1 gun is literally 1 gun if that makes sense

[digital heart]

Only thing close I could think of is black ice if you want that realism, but idk how accurate it is

[gilded raven]

how do i change the name of a city

[pale sparrow]

loc files or an effect

[summer comet]

Are there any mods that allow 4 players to play as the same country

[inner badger]

Can someone learn me modding ?

to make a hoi4 mod?

[nimble solar]

Simply turn on co op and hot join if needed

[orchid ruin]

how do i make it use a generic photo for the leader (also btw alex jones. bruh)

[wheat gull]

e

[orchid ruin]

also politics wont work

what im a doing wrong

[worthy iron]

Hey guys I’m tryin to get old world blues to work any of y’all know how to get it started?

[frail sapphire]

Can you send me the file?

[versed patrol]

anybody know a good new swabia mod?

[digital heart]

Try checking the event that fires the civil war, should give you a good template for setting up the code

[obtuse condor]

is so beautiful bro

[sage heart]

I'm trying to launch my game with kaiserreich turned on, but when i press play, I load in but kaiserreich isn't enabled. Why is that?

Validating game files didn't work.

[rich sage]

Check your mod file and descriptor file

[sage heart]

How?

[rich sage]

Documents -> Paradox interactive _> Mod

You should see 2 files relating to kaiserreich, make sure the location is correct and it doesn’t need any dependencies

[sage heart]

All I see is a bunch of pdx_ and ugc_ files and... media?

[ionic garden]

Hello, I've been having weird issues with a mod I'm making, and I've barely started doing mods, so I've got no idea what I'm doing. It's a mod for a group of my friends, so I'd rather not share the files if possible (it contains private photos). Anyway, the issue I've been having is some leader portraits seem to be missing. It's mostly leader portraits of major nations, but most minor ones have that problem as well. It's not really a game ending bug, but certainly annoying to look at. Anybody ever had any similar experiences? If so, please ping me

[sullen otter]

@obtuse condor, I really liked your works of national tricks! Can you tell me how you draw them? I can’t find the information I need on the Internet (I only come across a video on how to code national tricks, but not how to draw them). I would be very grateful if you tell me, I also want to become an artist!

[lofty plaza]

Where have I seen this before?

[orchid ruin]

the entire mod?

[frail sapphire]

No. Just the history/countries file

[fathom vault]

i'm making new china mod, should i go through the effort of making a new party. the Kuomintang?

[narrow yew]

I would do it

[fathom fable]

bro what is this

what mod or icon

[elfin lava]

is there a mod that makes everybody in 1 faction? i want to do a 1 vs everybody

[fathom fable]

play attack on titan mod 😂

everybody hates paradis

[elfin lava]

sorry to ruin it, but i am genuinely asking

[fathom fable]

yes

in aot mod

in the world of the anime, everyone hates paradis (madagascar irl)

so mod makes the whole world declare war on you

while youre madagascar

[timber zenith]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=728074257

Maybe this will help you

[fathom fable]

bro send where this is from pls

[obtuse condor]

I make this

[fathom fable]

ok will you use it in a mod

[obtuse condor]

No

[fathom fable]

looks freaking epic bro

in my imagination it could give buffs to cold attrition and stuff as germany

idk

[lofty plaza]

I somehow don't beleive that asset is yours

[left terrace]

nepal focus tree when?

[lofty plaza]

Would you like to make one?

[left terrace]

i tried to mod once i failed the mod was broken

[bitter stump]

Hi my mods are not working is it because there’s a new DLC coming soon

[sage heart]

My mods aren't working either. They were working a couple days ago but now they aren't.

[bitter stump]

The new DLC is coming out soon so it might be that what’s causing it

[astral geyser]

How do I check if there is a certain amount of naval bases in a province?

[gilded raven]

how do i change a picture of a leader

or generals

[orchid ruin]

@frail sapphire did you find anything wrong?

[wheat ermine]

hi

[frail sapphire]

Yes. Try to remove the this:
recruit_character = ALG_ar
recruit_character = ALG_acr
recruit_character = ALG_mt
recruit_character = ALG_stc
recruit_character = ALG_aa2
recruit_character = ALG_acgs
recruit_character = ALG_ncm
recruit_character = ALG_nccr
recruit_character = ALG_coi
recruit_character = ALG_democratic_guy
recruit_character = ALG_acd2
recruit_character = ALG_acas
recruit_character = ALG_communist_guy
recruit_character = ALG_ncs
recruit_character = ALG_awt
recruit_character = ALG_pot
recruit_character = ALG_fascist_guy
recruit_character = ALG_ai2
recruit_character = ALG_nt
recruit_character = ALG_aco2

[orchid ruin]

kk

is that all?

[obtuse condor]

I'm making a mod, and for some reason my game is crashing when I try loading in with no crash popup at the "Loading History" point

if you have any fixes i'd prefer dms (more organised, less people speaking inbetween)

[orchid ruin]

did nothing

[frail sapphire]

try now. First you have to fill in the things I wrote at the character picture. as example "gfx/leaders/GER/portrait_wilhelm_ii.dds"

[orchid ruin]

k

nope

[obtuse condor]

any help please? ^^^

[frail sapphire]

Send me the mod. This afternoon I try to fix it. Is it okay?

[obtuse condor]

i would prefer learning

not just fixing

[ripe python]

please advise some mods for someone who hasn't played with mods

[sly wagon]

Does anybody know a submod for Millenium dawn that has Romania?

[pale sparrow]

No

[pale sparrow]

Could be several things I think

Ofc check all error logs for clues then scrounge through all files that could be problematic

[pale sparrow]

All the most downloaded overhauls on the workshop

You cant use them at the same time obviously

[obtuse condor]

for georgia

[obtuse condor]

i think that good

[quick phoenix]

i'm trying to make 2 lines of research mutually exclusive to eachother for each passing tech

what is the sintax?

because "leads_to_tech =" allows only one tech

if i pick dispersed 1, i want to have both conentrated2 and dispersed2

as options

[hollow crag]

I have seen from looking up in the discord that mod advertisement in this chat is allowed, so I will! 🙂

Has man gone insane? A few will remain, who'll find a way to live one more day through decades of war?
It spreads like disease.... there's no sign of peace, from religion and greed cause millions to bleed...
Three decades of war...

Get introduced to a new project of mine - The Seventh Seal. Arguably the more devastating and destructive war Europe has seen before the World War - more than even the Napoleonic Wars or Seven Years' War - the Thirty Years' War began over a religous conflict in Bohemia and ended as a continental war to contain the Habsburg Empire. Europe was set ablaze in a war that would lead to the death of eight million people across the Holy Roman Empire, and even beyond it. England is stepping closer and closer towards civil war, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is decaying, Russia is recovering from the Times of Trouble, the Ottomans and Persians are fighting over the fate of Mesopotamia, and Catalan and Portuguese rebels challenge to strech the already-exhausting Spanish Empire's resources thin.

By editing the game's clock mechanics we unlock for you full thirty years of gameplay.... With special religous, government and courtly mechanics and an incredibly detailed map of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the grand finale of Europe's century-long religous conflicts now lay in your hands. Will you march like a Lion from the North to liberate the Empire? Will you fight for God and Emperor? or will you choose one of the many minor actors of Europe to forge your own destiny in the apocylipse?

The discord has just been opened, we are currently working on finishing the map and soon towards beginning to implement content. We would very apperciate any of you who are interested to join in any way you can. Coders, writers, GFX artists, and anything else! Thank you, and see you for a Lifetime of War! Idk if posting a link to a discord here is allowed tho, so if anyone wanna join contact me in DMs!

(Clarification: Where it says 2000 on the clock in the image its from testing wether the clock edit actually works, game obvs doesnt start in 2000)

[prisma marten]

Did you set the subideology to the correct one?

Try setting the name to a capital name

Like "Rylen Checkly"

[prisma marten]

Are you just copy pasting

Bruh

[quartz egret]

i made a new country but i cant select it and its empty when i try to

[orchid ruin]

?

The capital has a name

[quartz egret]

who has the latest tutorial that actually works on how to create a country

[plucky cove]

Hi, could someone help me with modding issues, thanks. Waiting in https://discord.com/channels/183787140671471616/727260126481744033

[obtuse condor]

is there any mod that handles trades for you automatically?

[prisma marten]

Maybe your file name is incorrect

[orchid ruin]

?

[orchid ruin]

wdym?

[prisma marten]

send me the files

[orchid ruin]

the entire mod?

this is the one im having problems with

[prisma marten]

Try changing the file name to PLD - Paledonia

[prisma marten]

Send me the entire mod

[orchid ruin]

k

renaming still wont work

[valid apex]

Try remove this

[prisma marten]

What does the charicters folder do?

I'm seeing a lot of wrong things

Fire flags tho

[orchid ruin]

it was to try to add a chef of army

[prisma marten]

Also there's no gfx for leaders

I'll make it for you

[orchid ruin]

kk

[prisma marten]

I'll use a generic leader

Is that okay

[orchid ruin]

ye

generic asian one

[prisma marten]

Alr

[prisma marten]

Any generic Asian leader?

[orchid ruin]

ye

do you need party names?

[prisma marten]

I haven't added the chief of the army uet

Yet*

The capital is in Douyu?

[prisma marten]

Yes

[orchid ruin]

yes

democratic= democratic vikings party

[prisma marten]

Ok

[orchid ruin]

facist=vikings party

comunist= paladonia workers party

nutral can stay the same

[prisma marten]

Alright

[orchid ruin]

then send me the corected mod

wait how to i replace everything without messing it up?

[prisma marten]

Do you mind me testing it first

[orchid ruin]

ye

go for it

[prisma marten]

Idk

Maybe don't change the folders name and watch a tutorial

[orchid ruin]

mabye il get the folder, delete all the files and replace it with the new ones

testing done?

[prisma marten]

Not yet

My hoi4 loading is shit

It's running so slow

[orchid ruin]

ah

[prisma marten]

I don't know how to change the party name

[orchid ruin]

oh

its fine

[prisma marten]

Alright

[timber zenith]

Hearts of Iron IV\localisation\parties_l_english.yml

[prisma marten]

Alr

@orchid ruin

[orchid ruin]

cool

[prisma marten]

Try it

[orchid ruin]

works

thx

[prisma marten]

No problem

[prisma marten]

How do you add multiple country leaders, like one for fascist one for communist one for Non-Aligned

For a nonexistent nation

Basically a new nation

[prisma marten]

I have figured it out

[twilit arch]

how do i show the days since completion of a focus
it currently shows that you need have completed it 70 days ago but it doesnt show how many days have passed

[lyric venture]

how can i update mods for the xbox verison of hoi4?

[timber zenith]

hoi4 aint on xbox

do u mean gamepass?

[quick phoenix]

One focus has 3 focuses behind, how do i set up prerequisites to make 2 out of 3 previous focuses needed for the 4th one to be unlocked?

but so that I can chose witch 2 to do out of these 3.

[obtuse condor]

Is there a mod for air travel

[timber zenith]

Make 1 a prerequisite for 2 and 3, and make 4 have both 2 and 3 as prerequisites for itself

if you put both in the same prerequisite scope it will only need one to be completed

[slender brook]

That doesn’t work with what they asked

You can have multiple prerequisites with multuple foci in each

[slender brook]

If you have two foci in one prerequisite, and then another two foci in another prerequisite, it should work.

Wait what I did also doesn’t work

[timber zenith]

ah yeah I misread what they said, the 2 and 3 confused me lol

[slender brook]

You would need three prerequisites
A or B fulfills P1
B or C fulfills P2
A or C fulfills P3

That could be a little ugly and hard for the player to understand however, so it’s also possible to do the same thing in requirements instead of prerequisites then using a custom trigger tooltip

[orchid ruin]

How do I add a releasable nation to my mod nation

[quick phoenix]

1,2,3 are assumed to be at the same level and independent of each other, one focus of them should not wait after another

[timber zenith]

What anker said would help you more than what I did

[timber zenith]

Wdym by that? Add a nation that doesn't exist but has cores on territory?

[quick phoenix]

i will look onto how to do custom tooltips

btw, I only started modding a few days ago

and I have a funny problem

my mod works fine for me, from the mod files in documents

but when I try to use it from steam workshop it gets ignored by the game

[orchid ruin]

No as in thare a new nation in a mod but also a releasable for one of its provinces

[timber zenith]

Releasable for one of its provinces? I'm not sure what you mean

[timber zenith]

You can't use your own mod from the steam workshop

If you have a local mod, the same mod won't work if it's downloaded from the workshops

[quick phoenix]

ah, ok

[quick phoenix]

btw, what motivates you to help randoms?

I want to know a modder's mindset

[timber zenith]

Honestly? I have no idea

I just know that I've spent my time learning a skill, and it would be wasteful to not share that to help other people

[quick phoenix]

it's also a good way to make new friends

and gain respect from the community

[timber zenith]

I'm pretty sure The "play hoi4" and "make friends" focuses are mutually exclusive

[quick phoenix]

haha

i played a little to much MP in a while, and now modding looks more fun and risk free

from getting embarrased

due to bad micro

[twilit arch]

how do focuses like the great purge focus show days since completing a certain focus?

[quartz egret]

is there a mod that makes peace conferences sooo much better 💀

[timber zenith]

Probably some combination of variables, I'd recommend checking out the focus tree

[timber zenith]

I never got into mp tbh, and while modding is less risky in that sense it can get just as tedious

[twilit arch]

player led peace-confrence?

[quartz egret]

ok

[timber zenith]

Yeah that's probably your best bet for improving peace conferences

[twilit arch]

didnt really understand it i could only understand to make it show that you nedd to have completed a focus X days ago

[timber zenith]

Can you send the vanilla soviet focus tree file? I'm not at my computer right now but I might be able to help you lol

[twilit arch]

ok

https://pastebin.com/3JGsGpVH

[timber zenith]

The focus adds a flag, which then the next focus identifies having been added for a certain number of days

Then after it passes, that next focus is unlocked as the days > 175 has passed

The text seems to be scripted localisation, maybe?

Don't quote me on that though

[dim bronze]

does anyone know why some countries dont rename when i rename them in localisation?

[obtuse condor]

new arts

[quartz egret]

why does road to 56 keep crashing my game when i legit just downloaded it?

[dim bronze]

??

[main haven]

😔

[surreal sun]

actually you want low inflation, not no inflation

thats why the fed aims for 2% inflation, not 0%

[pale sparrow]

Stable economy probably represents 0-2%

[cobalt light]

Why is that?

I’m assuming this is referring to real-life economics

[pale sparrow]

yes

my economics teacher said its too avoid deflation, not necessarily because the little amount is good

[dusty depot]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-moderator-mods-discord-gif-19245121

[lofty plaza]

0% inflation is bad

A stable economy aims to have about 2-3%

[pale sparrow]

2-3% is pretty high

[gloomy jetty]

Afaik 2% is the optimum. At least thats what my government is aiming for.

[rose kernel]

Not really

[lofty plaza]

No it isn't, that's exactly what it should be

The US inflation rate is 3.28%

[pale sparrow]

US 💀

[nimble solar]

I thought 2% is the baseline

[pale sparrow]

It is

I just think 3% is higher than most of the most developed nations strive for

[restive compass]

any up2date modding tutorials?

[pale sparrow]

Iron workshop YT

after making your first mod use the wiki

[obtuse condor]

how do i add more national idea slots

imma explain what i mean soon

[quick phoenix]

where is the problem, why name is not recognised?

[obtuse condor]

this is what i want to achieve

more politics

🤤

except i will replace the lower policies with tax and migration

[mint saddle]

Does anyone know if making provinence names need more than loc file for VP?

[mint saddle]

whats the focus name?

theres a typo

[valid halo]

organizer not oraganizer

[mint saddle]

actually no.

he may have typed it that way in his file, but prob thats the issue

and it's organiser hehe

[valid halo]

yeah

but the file name is organizer

[mint saddle]

tbh i need help with provinence name if you know how to do it?

[valid halo]

wdym provinence

[obtuse condor]

what file is the "laws & government" part of the gui located in

like advisors and policies

i cant find

[mint saddle]

try gfx or interface

or common

ill help

[obtuse condor]

bruh

[mint saddle]

ill help you

2 mins

[obtuse condor]

in the interface folder i couldnt find it

[mint saddle]

what do you want exactly

the ui?

[valid halo]

countrypoliticsview? honestly i never done gui

[mint saddle]

graphical user interface.

prob in gfx

@obtuse condor found it.

[obtuse condor]

ok

where

[mint saddle]

try the gfx folder

[obtuse condor]

ok

where

[obtuse condor]

gfx interface?

[mint saddle]

yes

[obtuse condor]

no no no

i dont want the image

i want the text file

[mint saddle]

ohhhh

thats in loc

[obtuse condor]

??

what

[mint saddle]

localisation

[obtuse condor]

no

not that text file

i want the text file that determines where the buttons are located at

[mint saddle]

its the coding game, you have to be specific

[obtuse condor]

wtf

[obtuse condor]

its not there

i couldnt find it in that file

[mint saddle]

which one you want

the law one?

[obtuse condor]

no like

i want to make the ui look something like this

[mint saddle]

i see

give me some time ill look

[obtuse condor]

basically i will turn the lower policies into tax and migration

[mint saddle]

@obtuse condor gui files are in interface

help me look there

[obtuse condor]

i looked there

i couldnt find it

maybe you can

it wasnt in countrypoliticsview

[timber zenith]

check a mod that exclusively adds extra stuff there, and see what they changed

[obtuse condor]

i did that

i couldnt figure out what the creator of that mod did

[mint saddle]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1643868099

look into the files of this

@obtuse condor search ideas in interface

[obtuse condor]

ok

[obtuse condor]

?

[mint saddle]

dw

just check the mod.

[obtuse condor]

this?

[mint saddle]

you can try

[timber zenith]

it's common/idea_tags

[obtuse condor]

wtf

how

doesnt make any sense but ok

[timber zenith]

it makes perfect sence imo

[obtuse condor]

idk

[mint saddle]

fair enough

xd

@timber zenith can you help me?

[timber zenith]

A decent ammount of gfx stuff is just inbuilt

[timber zenith]

well that depends

[mint saddle]

i did a vp file for naming provinences

and it didnt add the name

[timber zenith]

vp file?

[mint saddle]

victory points

[timber zenith]

yeah, but what kind of file?

[mint saddle]

localisation

ill show

[timber zenith]

You'll also have to add a victory point in history/states

[mint saddle]

whats the file called

[timber zenith]

Well depends on which state the victory point is in

[mint saddle]

i see

[timber zenith]

The file name will match the state number

[mint saddle]

i see

i was so dumb

[obtuse condor]

ok so

[mint saddle]

i made a seperate file for it

[timber zenith]

wdym?

[obtuse condor]

i changed it

and this happened

[mint saddle]

example

as i changed it

[timber zenith]

oh lol

don't worry about it

now you know

[mint saddle]

thank you.

[timber zenith]

No problem

[mint saddle]

the more you know LOL

[obtuse condor]

how do i move that + button to under the current ones

[timber zenith]

rip

[obtuse condor]

yuh

[mint saddle]

yk what it could be

the ui doesnt reach that far

just a guess

[timber zenith]

Yeah I got no idea, every idea expansion mod I can see only uses one row

it's possible that it's impossible

but dont quote me on that

[mint saddle]

me personally, i would add a new row

[obtuse condor]

bruh

but i want to merge them into one

and also wtf

the icons are weird

[mint saddle]

@timber zenith yk that thing i did, it broke another provinence xddd

[timber zenith]

You might've missed a bracket in a file

[timber zenith]

wdym?

[mint saddle]

got a question actually

[obtuse condor]

no

[mint saddle]

actually

[obtuse condor]

HOW DO I MERGE THE TWO ROWS

ok fock this i give up

[mint saddle]

i may have fixed it

[timber zenith]

Ask the modding coop

better service there

[obtuse condor]

?

[mint saddle]

tbh it looks like this channel has 3 of us

[obtuse condor]

fr

[mint saddle]

idk if f8kong knows about it

i dont know

[timber zenith]

WAIT YES I GOT IT

[obtuse condor]

what

[timber zenith]

I FOUND THE ANSWER

[obtuse condor]

WHAT

[mint saddle]

yooooooooooooo

my thing worked

[timber zenith]

ok its in interface/countrypoliticsview.gui

[mint saddle]

oooooooooo

[timber zenith]

Nice

[obtuse condor]

i swear i've looked in that

i couldnt find where shit was

[timber zenith]

go to country_politics_idea_category_entry and under gridboxtype set max_slots to y=2

winmerge is a lifesaver 💯

[mint saddle]

oooooooooo

sounds good

screw dis submod lol

im making my own mod.

[obtuse condor]

ok now i need to move the thing down

[mint saddle]

yea

and ur minted

[obtuse condor]

how do i move it down

[mint saddle]

go to research and put y = 4

im guessing

or y = 2

idk

[timber zenith]

increase slotsize height in the same spot

wait not thats probably not the answer

[obtuse condor]

nope

doesnt work

uhh

[timber zenith]

welp good luck I gotta go to bed its 5 am

[obtuse condor]

bruh

ok

[mint saddle]

Gn

[timber zenith]

goodnight/day/evening/whatever lol

[obtuse condor]

i can make it go down

but thats not the answer

[mint saddle]

send me the code

which your editing

ill look at it.

[obtuse condor]

its the default shit

[mint saddle]

okok

ill look in the file

[obtuse condor]

in the interface folder

rn im at "country_politics_idea_category_entry"

[mint saddle]

hmm, i cant find it

weird

[obtuse condor]

what

[mint saddle]

the file.

[obtuse condor]

countrypoliticsview.gui

thats the file

and im at the part where it says "country_politics_idea_category_entry"

[mint saddle]

found it

[obtuse condor]

ok

[mint saddle]

do i need to keep restarting or does it edit in debug?