modding

[late wagon]

it isn' illegal

[rose heath]

yeah but it's controversial or something idk

[lost radish]

AI is alright

Just credit the AI and its maker

[novel belfry]

somebody gotta know something about these province crashes

the states are in the same strategic region too

idk why it crashes

[jade mauve]

What's up with your province crashes?

[jade mauve]

The problem comes when people try to claim it as their work or not clarify it's AI.
As long as credits and clarifications are made I don't see a big issue

[rose heath]

alright i will then

[jade mauve]

If you really want to stray away from ai, what I would suggest is making a few ai icons and then coming up with your own design, I rarely use ai, if ever, but it can be helpful for inspiration without having to scroll through hundreds of images

[novel belfry]

the game just won't launch when I move some provinces between states

[jade mauve]

How are you moving them?

[novel belfry]

mechanically not with nudge

[jade mauve]

Hmm

No crashes?

[novel belfry]

wdym

the game won't even launch

[jade mauve]

What happens if you revert it back to how it was?

[novel belfry]

works just fine

[sly kraken]

hey ı am start at this game new can you guys teach me how to play

[brisk turtle]

1st, modding channel isnt really the place, 2nd what is wrong with your i

[toxic bane]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553525689345638410/1183118838871629855/image.png?ex=65872c48&is=6574b748&hm=775a8f8d54728ba2980892295b6f4a793ad8da92f50d4977236a2a040fe0a4e8&

How do I put it in the middle?

[rose heath]

i've got a bunch of generic advisors that i'd like to get rid of

how do i do it

ok found the answer

[upbeat scroll]

CAn you give a little introduction to it? It would be useful for me this generator

[obtuse condor]

me watching russian test (i don't know russian and i hate it) :

[wintry raptor]

please dude, i need serious answers

[tranquil idol]

I'm sorry : (

[steady temple]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4modding/s/zR2qCJ0VkX

[lofty plaza]

Well either you change the gui to default to centre or just add more countries so it does it anyway

[mental anchor]

what happened to this mod

[safe fog]

Hey guys, i had this funny mod idea short ago, and decided to make a concept out of it, i hope you like it (probably not)

[azure path]

all states independent fixed got privated?!

[kind crypt]

How do i got back to the base game if i got mods do i just gotta uninstall the mod

[timber zenith]

Disable the mods in the launcher

[kind crypt]

Oh

[hot jewel]

guys can u make a radio with copyrighted music in it?

[obtuse condor]

make the leader the "Yo mama" guy lmao

This one

[west hearth]

i want to start modding but i dont really have any experience
nor do i know how to start

[rose heath]

i also started recently and the start is the worst

starting with a custom country is probably the best thing you can do

because it'll teach you everything you need to know

you'll have to suffer for a few hours watching tutorials trying to figure out how to do anything

and then once you get used to the structure of the game you'd be able to just reverse engieneer anything you want to make

[west hearth]

oof

[fading lynx]

Hey there. Is there any way to make Carriers be in Capital or Screening line? I managed to put them there by changing their type in carrier.txt in the units folder but that made it impossible to put planes on them.

[summer juniper]

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TF THIS HAPPENS

WHY IS THE UK AND ICELAND LIKE THIS

[tawdry mauve]

Is it kind of a known fact that rt56 messes up the ai real bad?

[summer juniper]

also, does anyone know how to mod military industrial companies?

[jade mauve]

happened to me a few months ago when the dlc came out

just fix the states files

[summer juniper]

k

problem, now the game wont work

[pale sparrow]

whats wrong 🥺

[tawdry mauve]

Playing as germany, no one guaranteed poland except Lithuania (?), then I had to manually declare on France, who was promptly joined by Britain and America(!!!!) In 1940

[pale sparrow]

That Lithuania thing is a bug I fixed a while ago

You sure this is official R56?

Also, AI will trip if you do certain stuff too early/late

[tawdry mauve]

It was yea

[tawdry mauve]

I mean I tried doing everything as naturally as possible following the focus tree

[pale sparrow]

😔 ow

[tawdry mauve]

But since no one guaranteed poland I had to make my way down the focus tree further to get to war with france

Hence it started later

But good to know its not supposed to happen lol

[pale sparrow]

Absolutely not

We aim to be more accurate than vanilla, but with more content its harder to keep everything working as expected

[tawdry mauve]

Ah thats great to know! Yeah I love everything you guys add, ai just gets wonky sometimes

[obtuse condor]

The Bosnian flag looks weird

shouldnt it be white with the bosnian symbol?

[fleet igloo]

How do I make it a certain part of a focus tree show up after a certain amount of time

[obtuse condor]

San Stefano

[sullen ledge]

What mod is that

[obtuse condor]

a state mod im working on

[sullen ledge]

Ohh it looks cool

[obtuse condor]

it has been stagnant for the last 3 months however

unfortunately

[sullen ledge]

Rip

It looks like it could have been so much fun

I thought it was a active mod

[obtuse condor]

i could send the link

[sullen ledge]

Can u?

Does any countries have a focus tree and what version of the game is it for?

[obtuse condor]

its for the newest update

[sullen ledge]

I see

[obtuse condor]

i have added like 10 more hungarian focuses

[sullen ledge]

Ooh

[obtuse condor]

thats it tho

[sullen ledge]

But which countries have a focus tree

[obtuse condor]

its basegame

more or less

[sullen ledge]

It just adds more focuses?

[obtuse condor]

no

just added like 10-20 decisions/events

[sullen ledge]

Ah I see

Well I still wanna try it out

[obtuse condor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3000890513

if you want to check it out

[sullen ledge]

Thx

[sullen ledge]

Damn that’s a lot of states

[obtuse condor]

i wanted to add a lot of countries for the earlier scenarios

but i never got around to do it

[sullen ledge]

I see

[safe fog]

i will

[cerulean panther]

How do I fix my money deficit in TNO. (I also just entered the middle east oil crisis)

[grizzled drift]

My mod keeps crashing at the "Creating Checksum" since the new patch, last information read before the crash is "1702411321.pr"

[dark yew]

does anyone know how to make a music station mod?

[slender brook]

If you send the files to me (either by DM’ing me or sending me the mod link) I can take a look soon

Warning that I’m busy for a while so it’d be maybe like half a day until I can do that

[safe fog]

what program are you using?

[pale sparrow]

Visual Studio Code with plugins

[safe fog]

oh

thank you

[hexed grail]

boutta make a holy state with this flag, probaly the holy rebellion in (REDACTED

[rustic fern]

what mod is this russian guy playing/

[jade mauve]

there is something that allows for a focus to remain hidden until desired, but you have to use something special for the focus to update, i think it was called mark_set_layout_dirty = yes or something? i dont really recall.
but you can combine those 2

[fresh knot]

when i put this in the egypt country file (without the hashtags) it crashes the game. why does this happen and how can i make the states occupied but not owned at the start of the game

[opaque abyss]

How do I increase the odds of getting female commanders when recruiting?

[nimble solar]

New Generals are just from generic portraits.

No woman generic portrait, no women commanders

[obtuse condor]

@obtuse condor pls... help my mod for states

anyway , hello everyone , i work for mod named imeprialism wars
we need a people for make our mod more perfect
mod take place in 1889-1900 years and is alt history
pls join the mod for help

[grizzled drift]

I sent it by DMS

[rose heath]

the game keeps spamming [12:26:15][1936.01.01.12][effectimplementation.cpp:1962]: Character is indexed with idea token hjalmar_schacht but is not associated with country in scope DIO

which is a LIE

i do not have a single character indexed with hjamar_schacht with my custom country

i may have changed the base game code by accident

but if that's not the case then idk what to do

[little shadow]

hey, anyone know a good mod that adds a focus tree for Germany in vanilla?

[potent raptor]

does anyone know kaiser wilhelm iii's portrait name? other than "portrait_ger_wilhelm_iii.dds" and it isnt working at all

nvm ive fixed it

[lofty plaza]

Historically accurate HRE recreation

[keen parrot]

does anyone have a mod

that makes the controlled territory historically accurate ?

for instance, Saranda city (coastal state of albania) which was donated to Nicolae Iorga (a romanian) by king Zog, that donated half of the land to Romania

so basically romania had a port to med sea

[rose heath]

i like how the majority of errors that are shown to me are not even my fault and are a part of the base game

[green sentinel]

It's some submod for KX (Kaiserredux) that brings back the old Goebbels path which was removed by the KX team at the request of Paradox because the original submod they had integrated it from didn't like it and also had some questionable content, like deporting all Jews to the Russian Far East

[rustic fern]

what's it called/

[green sentinel]

KX team replaced Gobbels with a more "sane" totalist leader who isn't just left wing Hitler and most of the unauthorized submods that bring it back get taken off the steam market

[green sentinel]

I forget to be honest

It's probably still available on some russian sites but not on steam

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2801060532

Actually I found out

no guarantee it works on the current KX build or hoi game version

[rustic fern]

the irony of paradox's stance on nazism, you can glorify communism which has killed far more people than fascism ever did but nazism is a big no no

[green sentinel]

Paradox's policy is on how you represent things. Mods that glorify communist atrocities do (or at least should) get taken down from steam. But in general you can have evil regimes in mods, heck, you can play Nazis and USSR in base game, but you can't directly have mechanics that represent genocide as bringing in game benefits with no drawbacks, or anything that glorifies it

[rustic fern]

so the problem with the mod wasn't nazism it was because they added a mechanic that made genocide a positive outcome with no drawbacks

[green sentinel]

There are mods that include openly genocidal regimes and forced deportations and the like. CWIC lets you deport ethnic groups in the USSR if you play as Beria or play plenty of f-d up African warlords, you can engage in mass killings (represented through events) as Germany or Japan in TNO, and Great War Redux represents the historical genocides the Ottoman Empire committed

[green sentinel]

basicaly

[rustic fern]

I see well that's reasonable

[green sentinel]

Also Paradox never actually took down the mod, but they did ask KX to remove it which they did

they also felt the path was giving them a bad reputation in the modding community and attracting actual neo nazis to their server

[rustic fern]

yea that's not a good thing

i remember when TNO was having that problem

[green sentinel]

TNO also has the opposite problem in that most of their original devs were outright tankies

But I think the mod is in a better shape now

[rustic fern]

I know that's why I got banned from their discord because I was againist communism and mocked it

[green sentinel]

Panzer is long gone and most of his "panzerlore" has been steadily purged from the game in favor of a more in-depth and "believable" scenario

[green sentinel]

I got banned like years ago because I shitposted too much

Idrc I'm not in hoi4 modding anymore and I have an alt account on there and a bunch of other places

[rustic fern]

lmao

[rustic fern]

I thought if you got banned from a discord server you couldn't join back even on an alt?

[green sentinel]

discord bans any account joining a server from an IP that an account got banned from

either just join the server on an alt account from somewhere else or use a VPN

[rustic fern]

so just put on a vpn and create a new account

[green sentinel]

yeah basically

[rustic fern]

I can't believe I never thought of that

[green sentinel]

or for example, say you get banned from a server while you are in a cafe

that cafe IP would now be banned from that server by discord, but if you joined on another account from home you'd be fine

what's funny is that discord desktop allows you to have multiple accounts and doesn't even check for one being banned on a server

[rustic fern]

I'm aware of that one

Just didn't try the vpn trick

[topaz badge]

Mod name?

[topaz badge]

Bing chiling comrade boogie

[blazing adder]

How can I make a custom map

With a custom city

Etc

[rose heath]

the game is spamming the Failed conversion of utf8 string: p®Ěłöerror

i just randomly see 90000 errors rising at the rate of like 100 per second

faster than that actually

restarted the game and the thing is gone

i love hoi4 modding

[rose heath]

also why did the focus that specifically adds factories did not add any factories?

i have full control of alexandria i see no reason for it to not work

maybe it's a matter of tags

cuz idk how to do those and i copied the focus from a different country

so maybe i should just make the focus build factories in a specific state chosen by me

the infrastrucute focus that i made this way works

[obtuse condor]

show me code

[rose heath]

if someone is able to tell me why this doesn't work i'll actually give you a bunch of steam cards i have they're worth like 25 cents but please oh my god

this is the state file

code for infrastucture works, but factories just seem to not be able to be built

[timber zenith]

It looks fine to me, what about that isn't working

[rose heath]

even though the game says that the focus adds 3 factories in cairo
when the focus finishes it does not add 3 factories in cairo

this is true for all other focuses that add factories that i made

although i did not check other countries
maybe i broke something deeper

[timber zenith]

Dio froze time so the factories couldn't be built

Is there a closing bracket for the add_tech_bonus? Looks like you might have an unclosed scope

[rose heath]

hmm now that i look at the brackets they're all very unorganized

might be the case

[timber zenith]

The add_tech_bonus bracket should close after it opens

If you look after the tech bonus it doesn't get closed, so the building construction is included in that scope

That might be your issue

You can check if a brackets are structured properly if you click on one of the brackets and the other highlighted bracket is in the right spot

[rose heath]

i tried working on the brackets, didn't work, now i used the code from a completely different focus, and that doesn't work either

and it's so insane that the game clearly says itself that a focus will add 3 building slots and factories somewhere

and then it just doesn't

and it doesn't even say why

[timber zenith]

Can you try unpause the game and see if they are built in the next tick?

[rose heath]

as if i did not check every single time

in fact i do not pause the game until some time passes after the focus completes

also i get error spammed about swedish ai

i have like 1000 errors and i have no idea if they affect my factories

they don't affect factories of any other country

but game rule SWE_ai_behavior does not exist

and that's somehow my problem when i did not even touch sweden

modding for this game is just awful

[timber zenith]

Did you start making your mod before 1.13?

[rose heath]

i started 3 days ago

[timber zenith]

That's odd then, you really shouldn't have that many errors

Can you upload the mod? I might be able to take a look closer

[rose heath]

also i barely had any errors before i started making a focus tree

[timber zenith]

That's strange

[rose heath]

wait i'm gonna remove the focus tree file from the folder and see if that changes something

i thought that maybe i modified the base game by accident but i made steam check the files and it didn't find anything strange

oh wow it does fix stuff

i only get the usual 45 errors now

not the 1000+

so me trying to get factories to work somehow deletes the swedish ai or something like that

[timber zenith]

Remove just that one focus, how many errors then?

[rose heath]

i mean the other focuses are also causing errors but i wanted to restructure them later

i'll delete all focuses except for 1, the one that makes factories

and we'll see

ehhh i get way less errors but it still doesn't work
i get the error saying [16:40:49][no_game_date][nationalfocus.cpp:537]: Error in focus: DIO_industry_development_plan (common/national_focus/Dios World — kopia.txt:23 )

the 23 line is just focus = {

i'll deal with this later i'm really tired of this right now

thank you for your time and help FBKong

wait there was an update very recently

would that somehow affect my mod

my mod was made in 13.5 not 13.6

[pale bridge]

is there any ironman compatible mod that deletes country borders?

[timber zenith]

Possibly a broken bracket somewhere

No worries. I doubt 13.6 would affect you anyway

[red narwhal]

Why do I have errors even without mods and DLC?

GFX referenced in equipment graphic database does not exist: "GFX_ITA_scout_plane2_medium", associated with AST medium_plane_airframe
or
"State 11 has no air base: {, near line: 5" in file: "history/units/LIT_1939_air_legacy.txt" near line: 9

[rose heath]

just creating a mod gives you like 40 errors

the game just does that

[red narwhal]

Is there any way to make a mod without restarting the game for testing?

[red narwhal]

so I don't have to worry about that?

Whether these errors affect anything or just exist.

[rocky badger]

Do anyone have the focus frames?

Only the frames

Please

[rose heath]

In debug mode a lot of things do not require you to restart the game
If you're not adding or removing stuff and you just modify stuff like the code then you do not have to restart

[rose heath]

You do not have to worry about errors that are there at the start

Most of them are either related to visuals or are irrelevant and won't cause you problems

[red narwhal]

Well, thanks for the answer.

[rose heath]

what the

factories are there but they aren't shown

and i had a headache for so many hours because of this

i don't understand why

they are there, but don't seem to contribute to building anything

they're essentialy ghost factories

i can convert them to military factories, and they are shown to be able to speed up the building process

[cyan fern]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/759480963209625688/1184736914067169290/Establish_the_African_Arditi.png?ex=658d0f3b&is=657a9a3b&hm=f93b08835633c738cca57e0dd1a12b79f0ab34e7866f9ec1c3eee97fba6d7ef0& icon for an Italian east Africa mod I’m working on

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/759480963209625688/1184736817346510858/Circle_with_Rope_4.png?ex=658d0f24&is=657a9a24&hm=161fcaa9b8aaa599329734abd5ce23a81ce7cba3f901ea503c5b61e3ca919036&

[obtuse condor]

why my new country color is orange not green???

[obtuse condor]

idk something i made

[rose heath]

you need to modify common -> countries -> colors in order to get the desired color for your country

and if you did that and it's still the wrong color then perhaps you used a wrong hex code

try to change it and see if that does anything

[upbeat scroll]

Guys, someone knows why this advisor isn't showing up? It's not working

[worthy stream]

did you recruit the character in the history file?

[lunar niche]

i was wondering if any one knew what tool to use to make your own custom map im getting in to modding and was wondering what the best tool was to create your own map

[upbeat scroll]

ah fk. Thank for remind me that, i forgot that is how it works now.

[safe fog]

this is an concept of the joemamaland map, ive decided to change the lore a little bit :p

[rose heath]

so like
a joe mama country of every ideology

what if somebody switches the ideology of union of workers to like a democratic state

[pale sparrow]

I think you misspelled remnants 🤓

[rose heath]

i'd like to continue working on my mod but i cannot move forward until i somehow fix this very weird bug that i have

[pale sparrow]

what bug

[rose heath]

my focus adds "ghost factories" which do not count into total factories, cannot be used for building or trading stuff, but are physically there and can be converted into military factories

as you can see cairo has 4 factories, but i only have 2 in total somehow

[pale sparrow]

civilian factories

[rose heath]

well yes

[pale sparrow]

I mean

consumer

[rose heath]

wait

oh my god

they're used for consumer goods?

is that why they don't show up?

well no

it says here that i have 2 factories in total as well

[pale sparrow]

hover over the 2 number at the top?

maybe unpause for a sec also

[rose heath]

unpaused btw

[pale sparrow]

that does look off

[rose heath]

i made steam check the files cuz i might have changed the base game files somehow by accident but steam finds nothing

and i have little to no errors

these are all the debug errors
the only ones related to my country seem to be related to flags which i did not finish yet, but they are irrelevant to factories

i made the mod for 1.13.5 before the 1.13.6 that's why it says invalid version
i do not think this would do something to factory mechanics would it

btw this factory thing only occurs with my country

so it's not like a base game being altered thing

[loud lion]

Russia

[safe fog]

something like that

[safe fog]

https://tenor.com/view/sophie-saturday-gif-25518556

[pale sparrow]

thank you

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1019228144684761148/1092551279882027178/attachment.gif

[sullen ledge]

[rose heath]

i wish somebody would update mapgen to 1.13

dealing with crashes and errors is annoying

[rose heath]

wait there's like the astro tools thing

i forgot

[jade mauve]

I would suggest before making something like that you dip your toes into the basics, focuses, decisions, events, etc.
Once you can do those easily then you should do a new map

[obtuse condor]

yes i am really tired about that

[serene urchin]

any way i can prevent a occupied province (not the full state, e.g berlin in brandenburg) switching back to the original owner at the 24h mark?
without a war obviously

[obtuse condor]

GODDAMNED! I DON'T CARE I SEND HERE ALL MY FILES AND SOMEONE HELP ME FIX ONE GODDAMN ERROR WHICH ONE MAKE GAME CRASHED! dm me for help

[fleet igloo]

Not sure where to put this but Naval UI won't load properly

[lunar niche]

im makeing a new map for hoi4 and fixed most other errors but keep getting these ones any one know how to fix it

[pale sparrow]

apparently you can generate a weatherposition map with nudger

[lunar niche]

whats that?

nvm i found a tutorial about nudger whats the other errors tho are they inportant

[pale sparrow]

no I believe those are because you dont have every DLC

[lunar niche]

oh for some reason tho it won't let me open the game

[fervent cove]

hey

can someone help me with a thing?

there's any way that i could set a new portrait for an general/field marshal after certain date?

so that even after another different bookmark is used, the new portrait remains?

and the same for a promotion, like, from a corps commander to a field marshal

and last thing being, is there a way to change a portrait based on promotion? a character as corps commander have certain portrait, after being promoted, the portrait changes to another one

thx in advance

[finite kayak]

Does anyone know how to add a new tab to the politics tab for a mod or a video on it because I cant find any tutorials on it

[lunar niche]

finaly got my map working for the wheel of time mod im about to make yeaaa

[lost radish]

Is Edge Hoi4 Modding a good software?

[slender brook]

Not really. You can use it to plan out focus trees, sure, but don’t rely on it for programming it

[timber zenith]

It's way more reliable and consistent to make the mod yourself

[rose heath]

[12:57:59][no_game_date][map.cpp:1774]: Province 3246 has TOO LARGE BOX. Perhaps pixels are spread around the world in provinces.bmp
when creating a map i keep getting an error saying Province 32XX has too large box

is there any way i could locate the province

if i ignore it then it might keep crashing the game

[rose heath]

that is all the errors i have which one of them could be causing the crash

[rose heath]

i just realized the ocean on my map did not have any provinces
so i made it so provinces DO cross rivers, and there is no more too large box error

ok i know what i did wrong

i made the ocean blue on the river map

which made the game think that the ocean is a river

[lost radish]

It does provide the code for you, you just have to edit it to include country tags, names, etc.

Do I just use MS Paint for custom maps? Or I have a download a separate software?

[upbeat scroll]

@obtuse condor Hey, you can say what kind of prompts you use to make the portraits with AI?

[upbeat scroll]

Where do i can find the trigger of this event? I want to comment it out

[pale sparrow]

Just use your text editor to search the entire game folder

[upbeat scroll]

I've been searching on france event folder and on_actions folder is no there

[lost radish]

Do I have to download notepad++ to mod or I just start modding in the folder?

[pale sparrow]

Visual Studio Code

[lost radish]

Do I have to download anything to start coding?

Or is it already ready

[pale sparrow]

yes

Only tools are necessary

[lost radish]

Like what

[pale sparrow]

I mean, it is ready

[lost radish]

Like what tools

[pale sparrow]

Visual Studio Code

GIMP if you wanna edit textures

[lost radish]

K

How many megabytes

I guess not that much

[rose heath]

does anyone know how to make rivers without the game telling me that i should find the nearest rope that i've got, wrap it around, ...

or is that correct somehow and not gonna mess with them

[mossy juniper]

you tryna make the fortnite map?

[rose heath]

https://tenor.com/view/lolol-gif-22833944

[mossy juniper]

looks like it

[rose heath]

the joke of all time

[slender brook]

Which is why I say don’t rely on it for programming - It’s more hasslesome and error filled than just writing the code yourself

[rose heath]

ok but in case you're somehow not joking, this is Poland

[mossy juniper]

Oh okay, at first glance it looked like the fortnite map lmao

but yh now that you say it it looks like poland

[mossy juniper]

very similar

[mossy juniper]

imma box you bro

[obtuse condor]

I used hearts of iron iv portrait while using an existing portrait as a control

Then added different things like hair color, age

Whatever

[upbeat scroll]

I see, but what do you mean "as a controñ"? Like you say to the AI that take the image as an example to follow?

[obtuse condor]

Right click on actual portait

Click control trait

[upbeat scroll]

alright. Thanks mate

[lunar niche]

dude i feel you bro

[rose heath]

could anyone tell me where are the rivers

[obtuse condor]

the great war mod keeps saying it need the 1.13.5 version, thing is there is no beta with that number, and when i click no beta it still doesnt work. I tried unsubscribing and subscribing again, but still same issue.

[rose heath]

pretty sure you can just ignore that

it doesn't crash the game right

[obtuse condor]

idk i didnt try

imma try it now

[rose heath]

a 1.13.6 patch released recently, and a lot of mods are not updated to it quite yet

but it shouldn't affect them in any significant way

[obtuse condor]

alr, ty

[high hatch]

Joke: In space.
Serious: I have the same problem when I do my custom without error in log, so if someone have the answer for this question, thank you also.

Question about modding peace conference.
I see on the wiki about peace conference modding they have something like « pc_is_state_claimed_by = TAG ». I would like to know by example, if I am FRA and I puppet GER on a state, it is the condition « pc_is_state_claimed_by = FRA » in « yes », or it is « pc_is_state_claimed_by = GER » in « yes »?
Source: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers

Also if I don’t set up any peace action type (like take_state, puppet,…), it is considered to all or none?

PS: Thanks to ping me if you have the answer (not trolling).

[lofty plaza]

You gotta make sure the file is saved correctly

Rivers have a pretty specific file parameter

You'll have to use something like GIMP to do that

[obtuse condor]

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@obtuse condor

@obtuse condor

[hidden wolf]

why does hoi4 make all the modded colors so depressing 😭

[obtuse condor]

YUDAYAKOKU IS SO BACK!!!!!

[random robin]

How does this look for a sub-ideology icon?

[obtuse condor]

does sub-ideology have icons?

[random robin]

Yes

[obtuse condor]

I don't see it

[lost radish]

Is it hard to make a custom map? What errors should I expect the most?

[timber zenith]

yes and a lot

[red narwhal]

Can I play with -debug mod but without error.log?

[timber zenith]

wdym without error.log?

[red narwhal]

When I play with -debug I have an error.log with about 40-50 errors, I was told this is normal when making mods.
error example: "State 11 has no air base: {, near line: 5" in file: "history/units/LIT_1939_air_legacy.txt" near line: 9

[timber zenith]

the errors don't disappear when you have debug disabled

[timber zenith]

debug doesn't create the errors, they always exist

error.log is an always accessible file debug mode or not

[red narwhal]

Without debug, I don't get a txt file with all the errors written to it.

[timber zenith]

It still exists, just doesn't pop up

You can close the file tho

[wheat token]

can someone explain why the gfx is bugged? it happens in all focuses

[floral viper]

is it possible to make a report event picture without that annoying slant format?

[obtuse condor]

is there like lore for this mod?

[vague relic]

there may be many reasons of why, check the syntax for any mistakes

[vague relic]

I think it was something about an election going wrong?, idk, there may be none

[obtuse condor]

you know the mod right?

[vague relic]

I do

I worked on it actually

I just never asked myself the why

[obtuse condor]

nice

i have a question

[vague relic]

?

[red narwhal]

How to make a news event appear exactly on the specified day?

[obtuse condor]

in the focus tree for texas...why are prodestants in the same line as the k**

[vague relic]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Event_modding#Triggering

[red narwhal]

thx

[vague relic]

K**?

[obtuse condor]

the klan

[vague relic]

the KKK?

[obtuse condor]

yes

💀

[vague relic]

Oh well I dont remember exactly why they did it that way but I think it has to do with the fact that the person in the protestant path was related to the KKK?

I may be very wrong here

[obtuse condor]

leme get the screenshots

[vague relic]

please do

[obtuse condor]

🗿

[obtuse condor]

idk if i can show the klans on this disc

[vague relic]

IDK but sure as hell its funny

[obtuse condor]

as a protestant it doesnt offend me

[vague relic]

Then?

[obtuse condor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lost radish]

Any good custom map making software

[vague relic]

paint.net

[obtuse condor]

how do you make a custom map

[vague relic]

dont recommend

its pain and suffering

[wheat token]

Maybe is the first option, I used the default icons

[hexed grail]

Im thinking of making a U.S.A.F redux, any ideas on it?

[vast meadow]

is kazakhstan banned from having nationalist uprisings?

[cerulean hemlock]

shit mod that isnt worth playing

tbh

[pale sparrow]

@obtuse condorDo not spam
@cerulean hemlockKeep it on topic

A useless GIF at times is fine but keep it out of people actually trying to get help

[pale sparrow]

wdym

If you werent aware, election events are random, so if youre trying to switch ideology that can be different across runs

[vast meadow]

During russian civil war

[pale sparrow]

oh, I havent checked

[hexed grail]

heres a mod i made, im thinking of releasing it

[grave nacelle]

nice

[grave nacelle]

why is mongolia still alive tho

[hexed grail]

i fixed that just now

[grave nacelle]

also how do I make mods

[hexed grail]

it takes some time but i reccomend the iron workshop yt

[grave nacelle]

kk

[obtuse condor]

is there a way i can grab info on who started a war and who's the defender/aggressor, all i see is this? also how much information can i get from each war? i'm trying to build a fully scripted gui to code in something similar to vic 3's diplomatic plays to appear alongside conflicts

[peak hull]

like these?

[random robin]

This is probably my favorite design I've made yet

[obtuse condor]

ty but those checks would be too expensive since the entire system being dynamic would require checking alongside every single tag - instead i just built an array containing the info when its declared

[timber zenith]

there are is_defender and is_attacker scripted triggers

[obtuse condor]

I'm going to post this here with out context

[peak hull]

based

[fresh knot]

here's a sneak peak of the dissolved france in my mod

[timber zenith]

💀

[fresh knot]

tf is that supposed to mean

[timber zenith]

💀

[fresh knot]

alr then

yk how to make a state occupied on game start?

[timber zenith]

owned, or just occupied?

[fresh knot]

occupied

by war

[timber zenith]

you can put set_controller = TAG in the state history file

[fresh knot]

thanks, let me try it

[timber zenith]

they'll have to be at war at start as well or it'll return to the state owner

[fresh knot]

yeah, i set the two countries at war in the country history

[timber zenith]

Perfect

[fresh knot]

didn't work

here's state file:

state={
    id=454
    name="STATE_454" #Palestine
    manpower = 933142
    
    state_category = town

    history={
        owner = TUR
        set_controller = EGY
        buildings = {
            infrastructure = 3 #was: 5
            industrial_complex = 1
            air_base = 2
            4206 = {
                naval_base = 3
            }
        }
        victory_points = {
            1086 1 
        }
        victory_points = {
            4206 1 
        }
        victory_points = {
            1065 1 
        }
        add_core_of = PAL
        add_core_of = ISR
        add_core_of = TUR
        start_resistance = yes
        set_compliance = 20
        set_resistance = 10
        set_garrison_strength = 1.0
    }

    provinces={
        1015 1065 1086 1201 4088 4206 7107 7176 11970 1
    }

    local_supplies=0.0 
}

[timber zenith]

my bad it's set_state_controller_to

[fresh knot]

alr

[fresh knot]

now it just freaking crashes the game 💀

[timber zenith]

can you show the file again?

[fresh knot]

state={
    id=454
    name="STATE_454" #Palestine
    manpower = 933142
    
    state_category = town

    history={
        owner = TUR
        set_state_controller_to = EGY
        buildings = {
            infrastructure = 3 #was: 5
            industrial_complex = 1
            air_base = 2
            4206 = {
                naval_base = 3
            }
        }
        victory_points = {
            1086 1 
        }
        victory_points = {
            4206 1 
        }
        victory_points = {
            1065 1 
        }
        add_core_of = PAL
        add_core_of = ISR
        add_core_of = TUR
        start_resistance = yes
        set_compliance = 20
        set_resistance = 10
        set_garrison_strength = 1.0
    }

    provinces={
        1015 1065 1086 1201 4088 4206 7107 7176 11970 1
    }

    local_supplies=0.0 
}

[timber zenith]

wait I might be munted

it's controller = TAG💀

[fresh knot]

bruh 💀

[timber zenith]

too much shit to remember hahah

I forgot state files do that differently for no reason whatsoever

[fresh knot]

yes it worked

[timber zenith]

Nice

[fresh knot]

it's like calling a function to set a variable vs setting a variable

tks

[timber zenith]

np

[frail sapphire]

Is the controller at war with the owner? If not, remove the owner.

[timber zenith]

the state has to be owned

[wheat token]

okay I restarted the pc but its still bugged, maybe its a broken file or something?

[wheat token]

there is no corrupt files, what can be?'

[prisma marten]

You just need to restart the game

[wheat token]

Already tried and didn't work

[prisma marten]

Hm

It works for me tho

[pallid warren]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2888022784&searchtext=the+new+order forking perfect!

[rose heath]

i've got all the states to look how i want them to, but the rivers are nowhere to be seen
can i simply fix rivers later

wait lmao there's like this one little river

[rose heath]

btw when i click on the link it says i can't access it

[pallid warren]

try now

[rose heath]

works

[pallid warren]

looks absolutely amazing

[pallid warren]

i havent tested the mod in a while lol

[twilit swan]

hi, is there any mod that we can change the Date/Time (Year,Month,Day, Hour) in-game or there's any Console Command for it?

[rose heath]

since i changed rivers i keep getting the error MAP_ERROR: Palette in rivers.bmp is probably not correct

and this makes it so loading the game up takes really long

the game is stuck on creating flags for quite some time

is there a way i can export rivers.bmp in a way that doesn't screw with the game

like actually takes 8 minutes to load the game

[lost radish]

Ok so I downloaded gimp and VSC

Is it really that difficult to make a custom map?

I’ve seen several tutorials and it looks easy, you just paint the pallet certain colors for certain layers

[obtuse condor]

do meta effects have any different scoping rules? idk why this won't work

[timber zenith]

ask on one of the modding servers

[obtuse condor]

i did, just thought i'd put it here too if anyone has an answer

[jagged flint]

Hi

Is there any endsieg 1944 mod that isn't outdated and still works?

[timber zenith]

no

[lost radish]

Is Mapgen HOI4 safe?

[timber zenith]

You're not gonna die if you use it

[lost radish]

Ok

[timber zenith]

But you shouldn't use it

making the map by hand is better

possibly

[lost radish]

Do I use paint.net

Or gimp

[timber zenith]

maybe just use mapgen

cause it's heaaps of work to make a proper custom map

[rancid steppe]

Is there a good mod that can run on a shit pc

[vague relic]

kaiserreich, ww1 mods, mods like the Hungarian expansion, or any other mod that reworks a single nation

[lunar niche]

how do yall do rivers in map gen

[deep mantle]

How do I make so a specific nation uses specific cosmetic names and flags when it gets puppeted by another specific nation ?

[orchid ruin]

i want to make a national spirit that can be disabled with a political decition, how do i do this?

[obtuse condor]

Does anyone want to make an attack on titan mod?

im looking for a team of volunteers

[lunar niche]

map gen making me die

[floral viper]

anyone?

[barren terrace]

Does spot optimization mod help with the single player optimization

[lavish brook]

h

[vague ruin]

Hello!
I have a little doubt, in case I upload a mod and then update it, to update it I have to go to the Launcher and go to create a new one and click on Steam mods, if I see the ID of my uploaded mod and i click to upload, this will overwrite and update the one in my workshop right?

[slender brook]

Yes. But you wouldn't be hitting 'create new mod', you'd be hitting Select mod.

[vague ruin]

yes, I meant that in a horrible way

Thank you

The uploaded one will overwrite with the new codes right? Just to confirm lmao

[slender brook]

Yes

[vague ruin]

Got it, thank you 🛐

[fresh knot]

how do i make the war between two countries be registered as a civil war?
I put

add_civil_war_target = TAG

in country file but it didn't work

[lofty plaza]

It needs to be scoped

So ITA (or ROOT) = {
add_civil_war_target = ETH
}

[fresh knot]

Thanks, let me try it

[fresh knot]

didn't work but thanks anyway

apparently you can simply do this

[timber zenith]

That is if the countries aren't already at war, add_civil_war_target is for two countries already at war

[fresh knot]

previously i set the wargoal to "annex everything" and then i added the "add_civil_war_target" clause

but that didn't work

[timber zenith]

Yeah, the war would have to be ongoing for add_civil_war_target to work

[fresh knot]

also why doesn't the winner of the civil war get cores? do i need to manually implement that

how does it work for the spanish civilwar

[timber zenith]

If you aren't using the start_civil_war command cores will have to be added manually

[timber zenith]

spanish civil war doesn't add cores back after the cw ends

you've gotta use decisions to core states at certain compliance levels

[fresh knot]

i dont have dlc lol

[timber zenith]

I can't remember how non dlc does it

i think it's just the regular civil war command

[crisp jetty]

i just dont get it anymore

why

i moved all the necessary files, ensured there was no overlap on provinces, put them all in the right folders

and this still appears

[fresh knot]

show error.log

[crisp jetty]

one moment

thats all there is

ugc_2404689961 is just fps map

[timber zenith]

Are you launching it in debug mode?

[crisp jetty]

no

[timber zenith]

Do that

[crisp jetty]

this might be the issue

[fresh knot]

it's not

[crisp jetty]

oh yeah thats localization

well im stumped

[fresh knot]

is that really the whole error.log file

[crisp jetty]

yeah

ill send the updated one

[timber zenith]

Launch the game in debug mode and send the error log then

[fresh knot]

well there it is

[crisp jetty]

yeah

there it is

buildings

[fresh knot]

use the nudge tool and press random in state for every state that has an issue

then press validate all

then press save

[timber zenith]

just go to buildings and validate all

[fresh knot]

if you do that the game won't generate the rocket sites, airbases and stuff no?

[timber zenith]

Just validating all fixes issues I think

idrk what it does but it works for me lol

[fresh knot]

checks if the amount of buildings in the state is correct

[lofty plaza]

The war has to of already started for that to work

[fresh knot]

this sounds like something twitter would get mad about

[deep mantle]

How do I make so a specific nation uses specific cosmetic names and flags when it gets puppeted by another specific nation ?

[obtuse condor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9vgURt_3o

this is my HOI4 MULTI MOD STUDIO

[safe fog]

This is a concept of the joemaman conglomerate

[deep mantle]

could someone pls answer me

[obtuse condor]

i NEED a CODER

dm me

i NEED coder that can code in new units templates and tech

[patent star]

what mods do those big streamers like TommyKay or DiscardPixel use when they play RP MP games?

[short vault]

Hello, can anyone help me identify what is wrong with this?:
The error states line 2 error near equal sign, which I am perplexed by. Is it the bracket the game doesn't like? Can array defines not be modded?
LUA Error: [string "common/defines/00_testdefines.lua"]:2: unexpected symbol near '=' - no script source to reload

The symptom is crash during launch, I believe because the game gave up on loading all defines when it detected one was wrong

Also yes there is a comma missing in line 17 but that didn't fix it

Oh never mind all of that, I found the problem. Apparently I'm not supposed to put any commas between entries at all despite the parent defines having them.

[rose heath]

after adding descriptor, my mod just dissapears

[short vault]

Have you checked it for errors and added the corresponding .mod file?

[rose heath]

it went basically like this

add descriptor file
the mod dissapears
remove descriptor file
the mod still isn't there

it's like the game now refuses to acknowledge its existance

[short vault]

Did you create the mod via the Paradox launcher? I believe just creating folders and text files doesn't work anymore.

[rose heath]

i did not add the descriptor through the paradox launcher

my mod was made through the map gen tool

and i had to manually add descriptor

[short vault]

Hmm I see... I think that lies beyond my knowledge, hopefully someone else can chime in on this.

[rose heath]

wait i've got an idea

i'll try to creata mod through the launcer and move the files

[rose heath]

ok it worked

but whenever i try to edit the descriptor everything breaks

[deep mantle]

How do I make so a specific nation uses specific cosmetic names and flags when it gets puppeted by another specific nation ?

[lost radish]

Any tips to make my custom map making experience much easier?

[sinful moat]

any mods that add more states that isnt abandoned since 2019

[rose heath]

come in with no expectation to achieve anything, and celebrate any time you make a step forward

there is so much stuff that you don't take into consideration before making your own map that ends up being really important

[obtuse condor]

I have the wackiest alt history mod idea

What if our world was completely different

example: Al Andalus and Byzantium are alive and well as of 1936 in my mod idea

also Al Andalus colonized South America

which is now independent

and united in one country

Two Sicilies united Italy

Austria united Germany

I'm debating in the Angevian kingdom should exist

side note: the mod is not supposed to be realistic

[vague ruin]

Sounds nice imo tbh

[vague ruin]

music_station = "RAC_test_station"
music = {
song = "awhitedream"
factor = 1
modifier = {
TAG = SOV
factor = 3
modifier = {
not = { has_completed_focus = SOV_beaten_but_not_defeated }
factor = 0
}
modifier = {
not = { has_completed_focus = SOV_reconvene_the_zemsky_sobor }
factor = 1
}
modifier = {
has_civil_war = yes
factor = 1.5
}
modifier = {
has_government = neutrality
has_government = fascism
factor = 3
}
}
}
}

If I delete the last modifier and replace it for a

not = { has_government = democratic

Should this make the song not reproduce if the ruling party is the communist right?

Also, should I always put Factor = 1 in the first line, even if i dont want it to reproduce until the non aligned Sov focus complete right?

[vague ruin]

nvm, i fixed it

I wrote incorrectly a line

[gaunt drum]

I had a dream about a mod wheres germany wins in europe. But sttalls around. Liverpol. And loses africa
So after that macarthur. Coup d etat after roosevelt death with. Patton as his. Vice president

So is like a korea war on britsh isles with macarthur trying. To bomb dover to stop germany to reinforce

House of glass was the name

Sure a strange dream

[vague ruin]

Strange indeed, but also an interesting idea tbh

Im kinda bad on this

Did someone know how to make the music reproduce on specific moments?

Like,

During a war
Ideology group
Nation

I tried using
not = { has_government = ideology }

has_government = ideology

But I don't manage to get it work, even tho the mod is working

[light fulcrum]

is there a way to do a 1v1 withouth any other country?

[lofty plaza]

Make it they can't/don't want to join any factions

[light fulcrum]

ok

[light fulcrum]

cant find it

@lofty plaza

[lofty plaza]

Find what?

[magic stone]

set_rule = {
desc = TAG_my_rule_description
can_join_factions = no
}
set_rule = {
desc = TAG_my_rule_description
can_create_factions = no
}

[surreal stream]

does anyone know where is the mod folder?

(I know this is very stupid but im tryna test my so called "mod" ((its a bunch of random code strung together))

[magic stone]

All events can be shared, just set it to fire for both nations, if you want the first person who click the option to be the only option that matters then you can do if statements and global flags

[surreal stream]

are you messing with me or is this actual infortmation

your pfp conflicts with your preaching

im on mac

then

ah

[pale sparrow]

Either the event or the firing must be incorrectly defined

[blazing adder]

question

can I make my own map in HOI4?

I basically just want to add my DnD map

with custom countries

etc

[obtuse condor]

instant_effect = {
add_equipment_production = {
equipment = {
type = infantry_equipment_1
creator = "TAT"
}
requested_factories = 2
progress = 0.52
efficiency = 100
}
add_equipment_production = {
equipment = {
type = support_equipment_1
creator = "TAT"
}
requested_factories = 1
progress = 0.85
efficiency = 100
}
}
Why is not working?
the divisions are working , but starting production is not

[surreal stream]

bro what the hell is wrong with my mac folders

[deep mantle]

How do I make so a specific nation uses specific cosmetic names and flags when it gets puppeted by another specific nation ?

[pale sparrow]

Putting flags and loc named a specific way makes it automatically apply

[obtuse condor]

can anyone tell me what means set_global_flag?

[high hatch]

Hi.

• It is possible to have the score of war participation?
• They have any tutorials/informations to do scripted peace deal/conference like the Great War Redux? I know they have white_peace and start_peace_conference effect, but it all…

[keen geyser]

mac in a nutshell

[slender brook]

A flag is, I suppose, like a boolean variable. If a flag is true, X will happen. If a flag is false, Y will happen.

But that requires the event/whatever to check for the flag of course in the triggers

[upbeat scroll]

Is a scope boolean yes, like anker said- If i'm not wrong you can set a flag by history file of a country, state and via focuses, events and decisions. A example foe an ai_facotr would be:
If = {
global.flag = germany destroyed french faces
ai_would_do = 10
}
(This code is just an illustration, i know that is extremely wrong typed)

[safe fog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2852178707&searchtext=Better+call+saul

[pallid warren]

fascist path. Yes i know that people hate the focus tree modding tool. But it works.

[median mantle]

How’d you manage to pre-render all your focuses?

[random robin]

Cool website

This is how I've used it

It basically just helps you plan out how you want your focus trees to look

With names and your icons.

[pallid warren]

you can also download it

(the focus tree)

[random robin]

Fr?

[pallid warren]

you dont know?...

[random robin]

Bro no what 😭😭😭

Sooooo over

[pallid warren]

oml

go to your focus tree

[random robin]

I cannot even fathom this

[pallid warren]

go down

press the my mods button

press your mod

then look at your left

press export

how do you live without knowing this my brudda?

[random robin]

Wow

I have NO idea

how I have never noticed this

This is absurd.

This is like finding out that the door was shut and nobody was actually in the bathroom.

This is an absolute revelation

I could never imagine.

[obtuse condor]

Can anyone help me?

[pallid warren]

i have no clue

[obtuse condor]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-emoji-dies-gif-21956120

[potent dove]

Could someone help me make a submod that makes all countries gain +1 military factory per year??

[mild knot]

can someone help me

my mod makes the game crash

it used to work fine b4 now I don't know what's happening

like It does load but then immedietly crashes

[mighty escarp]

hi
is there a mod that increases the max amount of civilian factories you can build smth with?
(so its not 15/15 but 30/30 or idk)

[viscid pebble]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I am looking for recs on Graphics mods that do not mess with Ironman. There are a lot of options in the workshop that haven't been updated in ages, so looking for some icons, models, etc that work with AAT

[timber zenith]

☠️

that does not look good lmao

[rose heath]

But it does look like a hoi4 portrait
Plus cmon it's not the portrait that's bad, himmler was just ugly

[timber zenith]

Nah it's way too smooth and his skin is way too dark

and look at the glasses it looks like they're morphing into his eye

the vanilla himmler portrait is good enough imo

[rose heath]

The vanilla himmler portrait looks like he's taking a shit

[timber zenith]

ahahahah now that you mention it 😂

[toxic bane]

What does this mean?

[mighty owl]

does anybody have an idea what they use in gangir duel mod to speed up the gameplay? when i play it the game speed is different and maybe 5 days go by in a second. is there any way for this to be implemented into bigger mods or is it incompatible?

[timber zenith]

gangir duel mod runs fast because it's only three countries on an empty map

[mighty owl]

fair enough

[pale sparrow]

the prerequisite isnt valid

[lavish brook]

how much price is hoi4

on wonger

winter

[pale sparrow]

15$ starter edition

[lavish brook]

ew

[slender brook]

Are you telling my mod that requires specific states gets messed up when the states are changed? Holy crap I didn't know that thank you

[pale sparrow]

🤓 skill issue, just automatically switch requirements

[slender brook]

Well it's formable nations, I wouldn't be able to ensure that. I mean, maybe I could make it so that on game start it calculates a shit ton of state arrays based on cores?

[severe bluff]

You guys recommend the empire mod?

[pale sparrow]

Not for multiplayer, singleplayer I havent played it in

Your target options are quite limited, so other plays are easily in your way

[lofty plaza]

That's mind-blowing

[toxic thorn]

hi, I am going to be working on a new mod, and I want to get a good lore/concept for the mod, so I would like to post it here for critique, if anybody is up to it

[sullen socket]

Sure

[toxic thorn]

"The Eagle's Ascent" :

a critical divergence in the early 1930s when Ernst Röhm, leader of the SA, rises to power as Germany's Chancellor in 1933, diverging from the historical trajectory of Adolf Hitler's ascent. Röhm, steering away from Hitler's extreme nationalism, embraces a socialist and populist vision for Germany. This shift prompts a strategic alliance between Germany and France against the rising fascist threat in Italy and Spain, while Britain, adopting a cautious stance, covertly supports the burgeoning Franco-German entente. The Spanish Civil War, devoid of direct German and Italian involvement, concludes with a less ideologically charged post-war Spain, while Mussolini's Italy faces isolation and internal dissent due to Röhm's disinterest in expansionist policies. The war, triggered by escalating conflicts in Asia and Africa rather than Europe, becomes a truly global conflict. The Americas, initially neutral, may get drawn into the conflict based on player decisions and diplomatic maneuvers. The player, taking control of Germany in Hearts of Iron IV, has the opportunity to shape the nation's destiny through a variety of focus trees reflecting the key aspects of Röhm's vision.

The player can choose to consolidate power by implementing the Röhm Doctrine, emphasizing the primacy of the SA (Sturmabteilung) as a key instrument of the state's power. This path can lead to a more centralized and militarized government.

The player can also embrace Röhm's commitment to social welfare by implementing reforms that improve workers' rights, social security, and healthcare. This focus tree can enhance national stability and popularity but may come at the cost of military readiness.

Strengthen the alliance with France to create a formidable European bloc against potential aggressors. This path involves collaborative military strategies, shared research projects, and joint economic initiatives.

this is an abbreviated lore btw

The player will also face decisions on how to handle extremist elements within the Nazi Party, such as the SA and SS. The focus tree allows for events and choices that may lead to the gradual dissolution or restructuring of these organizations, reducing their influence on German politics.

[sullen socket]

A socialist Germany huh a lot of people are looking for a mod with that.

But a Franco German alliance and not too much of a focus on Europe? That might be pretty boring.

And you want to focus on the rest of the world?

[toxic thorn]

I mainly want the war to start in asia, drawing america, and then the Franco-German Entente into the war

so im thinking a japanese led asia (in which they win against the chinese and have a better military/technology than historically)

[nimble solar]

Land wars in Asia are always fun

[sullen socket]

All right who's going to be on the good guys side and who's going to be on the bad guy side?

[nimble solar]

Wasn't the SA not great either?

All I know is they got night of the long knifed

[sullen socket]

That part doesn't really matter Jonathan

[toxic thorn]

good guys = america and the franco-german entente and possibly poland if they dont get invaded by the russians
bad guys = japan, italy, the russians (Im working on the russian lore to where they join the japanese front)

[sullen socket]

What about Britain neutral?

[nimble solar]

Soviets go Trotsky and world revolution as a 3rd faction?

[toxic thorn]

britain covertly supports them, so they could or couldn't join

ill make it a 50/50

[sullen socket]

A Franco German alliance alongside the USA and Britain is way too powerful

[toxic thorn]

thats why im making the japanese and russians technologically enhanced

[sullen socket]

Does there have to be a Franco German alliance? This France tips to balance too much on the side of the good guys

Because right now I just think the allies are too powerful

[toxic thorn]

The Fractured Entente is the focustry that can break that alliance

that focustry is the one where a less extreme hitler gains power

and internal conflicts strain the franco-german entente

[nimble solar]

Make Britain side with France

US continues to embrace neutrality

Or make Britain neutral too

[toxic thorn]

then it would just be a WWII

[nimble solar]

Not if Germany sticks with France

Like you said

[sullen socket]

Okay France and Germany are mortal enemies most mods don't have them as allies because from a gameplay standpoint it just doesn't work

Germany needs a continental enemy on Europe and France feels that role perfectly

[nimble solar]

Trotsky going ham on everyone makes a continental threat

[toxic thorn]

im thinking
SIDE 1 (Franco-German Entente):

Germany
France
Britain (potentially, based on player decisions)
Other nations aligned with the Franco-German Entente
SIDE 2 (Axis Powers):

Italy
USSR
Japan
Hungary (potential member, based on player decisions)
Romania (potential member, based on player decisions)
Bulgaria (potential member, based on player decisions)
Other potential members based on player decisions

America can be a tertiary attacker and hates both sides

[nimble solar]

US War profiteers lol

[sullen socket]

From a lore standpoint why would the three bad guys work together other than the common enemy?

[toxic thorn]

In the face of increasing isolation and perceived encirclement by the Franco-German Entente, the pragmatic alignment of the Soviet Union, Italy, and Japan is driven by a shared desire to secure their respective strategic interests and prevent hegemony by a common adversary.

[sullen socket]

Is this a complete overhaul mod?

[toxic thorn]

im adding completely new focustries for germany, france, japan, and possibly russia, and some minor changes to possible countries that join the war yes

im experienced with syntax and the commands for this game, so it shouldnt take too long

[sullen socket]

I don't mean to put you down or anything but I really don't see much potential. From a lore standpoint I find it hard to justify most things. And I don't think the gameplay would be that engaging. might just want to dumb it down to a Germany overhaul

And I mean no offense by that get some other people's opinions

[toxic thorn]

thats why im asking for critique

[toxic thorn]

and I honestly think just a germany overhaul could work

[sullen socket]

Well in that case I hope my input helped you

[cold gull]

Hello, could you advise me the best collections for the game HOI4?

[modern solstice]

hey,
what should I do if I can't play on my own submod when everyone else can (workshop edition)

[tawny socket]

hey guys, why is enclave reborn so popular?

it's actually the 12th most popular mod

I didn't know so many hoi4 players even played fallout let alone be fans of a specific faction

you'd expect it to be lower...?

[night pine]

can someone explain me what it is ? I'm making a mod with map modification, so I used the nudge tool. I fix the others errors that i had but i don't understant this ones

[toxic bane]

What is wrong? I think i have done everything right

[safe fog]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2447844805&searchtext=OWB

[lyric venture]

whats a good mod from the paradox mods for hoi4 on game pass?

[cyan raptor]

    spriteTypes = {
        SpriteType = {
            name = "GFX_idea_SIK_puppet"
            texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/idea_SIK_puppet.dds"
        }
    }
}

National spirit icon broken, tried using png file format or dds nothing changes, used a generic icon and it works? But my icon doesn't.

[sullen socket]

Hey I was wondering if there was a discord server dedicated hoi4 modding? And if so can I get an invite?

[cyan raptor]

🤦‍♂️

wow

That was simple

thx 😭

[obtuse condor]

how to make version name of plane for tag_air_oob_bba?
air_wings = {
938 = {
small_plane_airframe_0 = {
owner = "TAT"
amount = 300
version_name = ""
}
medium_plane_airframe_0 = {
owner = "TAT"
amount = 72
version_name = ""
}
small_plane_cas_airframe_0 = {
owner = "TAT"
amount = 24
version_name = ""
}
}
}

[pale sparrow]

check here ig https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4modding/

[sullen socket]

Thx

[vagrant ore]

Is there any mod that replaces the new Risto Ryti potrait with the old one?

Before

After

[vagrant ore]

Because wtf is this shit?

[rose heath]

ahh my focus says i get a national spirit, i have no errors related to it, and then it just doesn't

it's not only that the icon isn't there, the whole spirit just doesn't get added

[obtuse condor]

Can anyone help with this?

[rose heath]

oh god i see why

it's always something stupid

i put the add idea thing under doctrine cost reduction before the bracket closed

i wish the game told me that via an error or something like that

[sullen socket]

okay so let's say I did something to corrupt my hoi4 files and uninstalling and reinstalling won't work, how would I be able to wipe the Slate clean?

[rose heath]

go to the folder directly and delete everything

and i mean from 2 folders

there's the steam one and the documents -> paradox -> hoi4 one

i have to do this every time i decide to create a mod

and don't worry it doesn't even erase your account because it's a cloud thing

[restive turret]

what if allies sided with nazis temporarily to take down the soviets? I dont thunk anyone has done that before

[rose heath]

i mean sure but why would they do that

[restive turret]

theres more questionable mods out there

kaiserredux has the option to ban interracial marriage in usa

and youll be fighting a more powerful germany with more easteen control

[restive turret]

deport mesicans also & further encourage segregation

[rose heath]

compared to some thing that happened in ww2 this really isn't a big thing

[restive turret]

my point is theres more useless and questionable things

[rose heath]

i mean sure but like

allies have no reason to team up with hitler UNLESS you swap the roles of stalin and hitler

what if stalin was the one demolishing everything in his way

and hitler was fighting a defensive war

straight up almost losing berlin to stalin

then maybe i could see allies helping

[restive turret]

ayyy

see

or stalins more agressive politically

and makes everyone pissed

[pale sparrow]

R56 might be using the old one, I dont recognize that one

[rose heath]

i don't have the arms against tyrrany DLC but i'd like to make a mod in which germany turns the nordic countries fascist

would that make it so my mod doesn't work with DLCs or something like that

[lofty plaza]

Yeah, that's what I've been saying

Some portraits are quite honestly a downgrade

[edgy solar]

so for map modding does a province not having a state crash the game?

or am I just experiencing a different error that I've missed?

[night wigeon]

haus in neu berlin

[pallid warren]

fascist path

[pallid warren]

expanded

i gotta change the pattani bridge incident to a railway incident

since i dont think there were any bridges between malaysia and thailand before ww2

[normal crescent]

Hey I have applied some mods to the game but now I want to remove the mod and play the normal game but I can not figure it out?

[cyan raptor]

How do you set resource rights?

    effect = {
        if = {
            limit = {
                has_dlc = "Man the Guns"
            }
            SIK = {
                give_resource_rights = { receiver = SOV state = 619 }
                give_resource_rights = { receiver = SOV state = 618 }
            }
        }
    }
}

Doesn't do anything in common/on_actions

nvm for got the on_actions = { at the start

[calm yew]

Im having issues with provinces
i have changed the provinces.bmp file and i didnt add any new provinces or states, i just reshaped existing ones but the game crashes if i try to open it with the new mapping
all i did is push a couple of hungarian provinces into austria what am i doing wrong?

before

after

[west shoal]

hey folks and happy xmas eve. how hard is it to rename a hoi4 mod? is it as easy as editng the descriptor.mod file and the folder names?

[pale sparrow]

only the descriptor is necessary

[lofty plaza]

Did you format the file correctly? It'll crash if you don't

[calm yew]

like .bmp?

[lofty plaza]

Yes

[calm yew]

well i did

[lofty plaza]

It needs to be encoded pretty specifically

[calm yew]

oh right....

[lofty plaza]

So things like paint.net and photoshop won't do that so well

[calm yew]

i use gimp, does that work?

[lofty plaza]

Yeah it should

[calm yew]

i will look more into that tomorrow, thanks anyway

[lofty plaza]

Did you export it as a new file, rather than replacing the old one?

[calm yew]

well it is in a mod, so it should just override the original

[lofty plaza]

So did you export it

[calm yew]

yes

[lofty plaza]

That checks out then. Must be a pixel conflict or something, not sure

[calm yew]

i will look into it in more detail tomorrow

[rose heath]

i want to do an alternative path for germany and for technical reasons i'm making an alternative four year plan is that too much

i don't want my germany to allign itself with romania and hungary but there is really no way to lock these 2 specifically when you choose the path

because you need to railway focus, and then i'd have to make it so you require either rhineland or oppose hitler

but you can't make it so a focus requires another focus and then needs one of 2 focuses

i thought the german focus tree will be easier to mod but everything is glued together

why is navy tied to befriending denmark and sweden that should be a story thing

[timber zenith]

You can modify the available scope in the focus to require a certain focus to be completed

[rose heath]

ok but a focus requires four year plan
and then i want it to also require either rhineland or oppose hitler but be unavalible with the 3rd path that i'm making

so it should be like
requires X
and then requires one of the following either Y or Z

idk if i can do that

[timber zenith]

You could do

OR = { 
     has_completed_focus = GER_Y
     has_completed_focus = GER_Z
}
``` and put that in the available scope of the focus

And then have X be the regular prerequisite

This works best if you don't want to align the focus underneath Y and Z, but it's less visually obvious this way

[mild knot]

how to launch like a nuke in millenium dawn

[obtuse condor]

Does anyone know if there's a mod (or is able to make 1) that allows you to put a module on the Churchill to transfer it into a Churchill crocodile. including it's model in game

[willow smelt]

I need help getting out of a mod

I want to just go back to the regular game. Because I just bought a ton of expansion packs but it won't let me

[rose heath]

how the hell do i add a state flag

limit = { has_state_flag = GER_integrate_war_economies_1 }

how do i add a flag like that to a state

[pale sparrow]

read the wiki

[rose heath]

i did but i'm confused on how stuff works that's why i ask

there's this set_state_flag thing

but the focus itself doesn't have that

so i assume the state flag is set beforehand

and i'm not sure where to find it because it's not in history/states

wait

i think i didn't quite understand the code of the focus

ok no i don't get it

lol

[pale sparrow]

must be the case

[pale sparrow]

Use a good text editor to search entire folders

[rose heath]

(i actually didn't)

so the focus does add the flag

it's just that the focus is so goddamn long i didn't even notice the second part lol

it's always something stupid like that

[obtuse condor]

is there a way i can change what array/scope is used

long story short i need to scope into tags to pull other data and display it

[pine lagoon]

I think it sounds quite good

[livid plume]

What's the conflict in the mod?

[obtuse condor]

Are submods easy to make?

[timber zenith]

Depends on what you want to do

[obtuse condor]

Tno submod for some post taboritski people who want the USA and Russia to unify

Would try to include
Path for the civil war
Path for invasion of German occupied Russian lands
Path for the “territory of Russia” and it becoming good enough to become states
Path for USA during all this

Not path idk the word

https://the-new-order-last-days-of-europe.fandom.com/wiki/United_Siberian_Salvation_Committee

Wiki in case you were wondering

I have no experience just thought it might be cool