modding

[barren oak]

defined under economic

[lofty plaza]

You got no closing bracket on allowed

And one extra on ai will do

[barren oak]

i found out why

i forgot to add

trade_laws = {
law = yes
use_list_view = yes

before

[barren oak]

but i have another problem, GFX doesnt apply

im not using any custom picture, im using base game

[lofty plaza]

remove idea_

[lofty plaza]

Brackets still gonna break it so

[barren oak]

no its closed

the idea still doesnt appear

[lofty plaza]

You still got an extra one on ai will do

[barren oak]

i dont

[floral epoch]

Is there a mod which gives surplus of Great War weapons to all nations which should have them? I mean, Entente members running on equipment deficit makes no sense at all, they should have loads of rifles and artillery pieces collecting dust

[lofty plaza]

That's for balacning reasons I suppose

Also I'm pretty sure that most of those Great War weapons were scrapped by 1936

[barren oak]

i dont know why its not working

[lofty plaza]

Check your error log, but you still got an extra bracket

[floral epoch]

Many were kept for reserves and training though, they could be balanced by giving them terrible stats. But I get why it's not in the game.

[timber zenith]

Youve got an extra bracket in ai_will_do, and you need to move the bracket in allowed

[barren oak]

I added a third } closing the economy laws

so the game ignored anything past that

i didnt realize it

[viscid basin]

Hey guys
I thinking about making a mod for fascist usa
Be cuz I really enjoy playing as confdrate and stuff but I think it's really short

I'm just thinking about a lot of event and new focus tree

(Just facisst part of it )

How hard is it to make

Cuz I don't really have lot of time and I'm literally falilding in the task of trying to live as 10 grade student

But I'm really interested

And aaaaaa........

[barren oak]

<@&846894118219022336>

[viscid basin]

Bro

[barren oak]

he admitted to using cracked version of the game

[topaz forge]

i need urgent help

wh cant i see my mod in the installed mods section

why

[topaz forge]

snitch

[unreal forge]

Thx for the ping

[viscid basin]

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/xP3fAXs_-1PyCklOIE72SwFvkZ1DJuOGCfg8JrkdteM/https/media.tenor.com/S1JtFKvjZagAAAPo/pink-panther-chill.mp4

Sorry for being poor I guess

[topaz forge]

nah dw

most here uses cracked hoi4

(i dont mods dont warn me ffs)

[viscid basin]

Bruh

I live in iran

[barren oak]

i got this gifted to me

so im on the luckier side

[topaz forge]

ok

[viscid basin]

With the price of the game and dlc

[topaz forge]

bruh

[barren oak]

i could never afford a $20 dlc

[topaz forge]

i live in morocco

[viscid basin]

It's like half of my dad salary In month

[topaz forge]

the price of the game is like a sixth of an average persons salary

i need urgent help
why cant i see my mod in the installed mods section
why

[viscid basin]

What mod you wanna play

[topaz forge]

my own personal one

im making it

[viscid basin]

Oh

[viscid basin]

So can you tell me how hard is it ?

[topaz forge]

not that hard

just tiring

you can follow a series

https://www.youtube.com/@TheIronWorkshop

look at his playlists

[viscid basin]

Cool

Thx man

I will check it out

[trim galleon]

does anyone know a mod to make the game look more like victoria 2

victoria 2s map like stype was always really appealing to me

[cold crater]

I was modding my own country and puppeted iceland

Bad choice

Dear God.

[topaz forge]

can someone help me

i cant see the country i made in hoi4

i have everything correct

please

i need help

im gonna credit

[timber zenith]

Could you describe this a little more?

[topaz forge]

im making an alt history mod

[timber zenith]

Wdym when you say you can't see it

[topaz forge]

i made a country

i gave it all of its components

but i cant see it ingame

why is that?

[timber zenith]

wdym you can't see it

Did you give it a state to own?

[topaz forge]

yes

sstate 59

[timber zenith]

What appears in state 59?

[runic cliff]

Hey guys, made a hoi4 mod with it's own custom map, It doesnt work fully but i want to show my friends the progress but the uploaded version on the steam workshop displays the regular map.

[topaz forge]

nothing

[timber zenith]

Can you send a screenshot?

[topaz forge]

it shows the german reich

which contolls it

@timber zenith

like it shows nothing

like if i didnt even add it

[timber zenith]

Can you zip your mod and upload it?

[topaz forge]

cant sorry

[timber zenith]

Any particular reason?

[topaz forge]

shitty internet

ill try

[timber zenith]

how large is your mod?

[topaz forge]

idk

let me zip it

anythig over 800kb is a no can do

[barren oak]

is this correct way to format defines

or not?

[topaz forge]

nice

its so small

[timber zenith]

You have to specify NDefines.NDiplomacy or whatever every time

if you aren't using brackets/scopes that is

[timber zenith]

NDiplomacy, NGame, etc depending on which section the thingo comes from in the original define

[barren oak]

alright

[barren oak]

btw can you check my error.log

to find out why its crashing

[timber zenith]

Possibly

[barren oak]

i know its because of the defines

[barren oak]

here it is

[topaz forge]

@timber zenith found anything yet?

[timber zenith]

Ignore the extreme brightness lmao

[topaz forge]

how???

it worked for you

[barren oak]

can you please check through my log

🙏 please

[topaz forge]

check the leader

and country flag

pls

[topaz forge]

bro is blind 💀

/jk

[timber zenith]

You'll probably have to make a new mod and copy the content into there

I think it's a hdr bug lol

The descriptor file was corrupted but I'm not sure if that's an issue on my end

[topaz forge]

is ernst thalmann the leader of that country?

[timber zenith]

Yeah, the flag isn't working tho

[topaz forge]

scheisse

the leader works?

[barren oak]

can you please check my error.log

[timber zenith]

i'm looking dw

[barren oak]

thank you

[topaz forge]

faking bullcrap

why isnt it working

oh

descriptor is corrupt

thx

[barren oak]

up your brightness

[timber zenith]

Your states all have "malformed token" whihc I haven't seen before personally

[topaz forge]

what did you put in my descriptor @timber zenith

for it to work for you

[barren oak]

well this is what i have

i tried to narrow it down

[timber zenith]

Is it working now?

[barren oak]

didnt help

[timber zenith]

I just made a new mod through the pdx launcher and put the stuff in there

[topaz forge]

ty

[timber zenith]

no problem

[topaz forge]

any ideas why the portrait and flag aint working?

[barren oak]

A malformed token is a string of characters that is not a valid word for the programming language.

[barren oak]

but i dont know why

everything here is correctr

[timber zenith]

Copy a vanilla flag, and put your image over the top in gimp or photoshop

[topaz forge]

thats what i did lol

[timber zenith]

Can you upload state ID 1?

[topaz forge]

check the folders

[timber zenith]

What program?

[topaz forge]

paint.net

[barren oak]

what do you mean?

like directly ripped from the game

[timber zenith]

From your mod

[barren oak]

theres no states

i didnt create new ones

[timber zenith]

huh

Try validate your game files

[timber zenith]

Save it as 32 bit

[barren oak]

in the time you were talking with that other guy i reinstalled the game

also if i remove all defines

the game works as normal

[timber zenith]

The values might be too extreme for the game to support

[topaz forge]

ah alright

holy shit

why are the colors that bright

lmfao

[timber zenith]

ahahha

You missed a bracket in colors.txt

[topaz forge]

thx my dude

[timber zenith]

no worries

[topaz forge]

now i gotta fix the flags

hope it works

[barren oak]

i reduced it to normal numbers

still crashes

[topaz forge]

also any idea why hoi4 takes so long to close?

[timber zenith]

wdym?

[topaz forge]

it stays on the stopping phase in steam

the gray button

when you click stop

it stays on stopping

[timber zenith]

That's a steam bug, i've seen it before

I usually exit with task manager now

[topaz forge]

theres no hoi4 instance

in the task manager

[timber zenith]

What's the file name for your defines?

[topaz forge]

nvm i closed steam in task manager it works

[timber zenith]

You'll have to restart steam then

lol

[topaz forge]

thanks

[barren oak]

00_defines.lua

[timber zenith]

You'll have to change the name

since it's overriding vanilla defines file

[barren oak]

oh it does that?

why would they make it override vanillas files

[timber zenith]

If they didn't no mod would work

[barren oak]

what do you mean?

[timber zenith]

You have to use vanilla state names for example

If you didn't they'd load both modded and vanilla and crash

[cold crater]

Ey do y'all know how to fix a flat not showing up in the game

Flag*

[obtuse condor]

wron channel oops

[obtuse condor]

youtube tutorials maybe

[cold crater]

Already tried

[obtuse condor]

then idk im bad at coding

[cold crater]

Its not exactly coding but yeah

[timber zenith]

Copy a vanilla flag file and put your image over the top in photoshop or gimo pr similar

[cold crater]

Would gimp work

[barren oak]

ah ok

i understand

[timber zenith]

Yeah that's what I mean

[cold crater]

Alright

[topaz forge]

@timber zenith

sry for ping

i saved them as 32 bits

it doesnt work

any idea why?

[cold crater]

I've tried that, I used ADA and renamed it to my country's tag is that correct?

And It won't show up in the game but it will show up in the save menu so

[barren oak]

this doesnt work

how do i make it work

[pale sparrow]

your brackets are quite obviously wrong

[obtuse condor]

How can I add custom buffs to my custom leader?

[hexed grail]

how do i make a country a intresting country?

or a country on the main gui

[near grail]

Just had an amazing idea: 55 days in Peking as one of those close-up battles, like the Stalingrad mod, just zoomed out a bit to encompass the region of fighting! Would 110% play. Hope someone agrees one day.

[barren oak]

what do you mean?

and what document

the first one or the second one

[quaint swan]

Does someone know the mod "Twilight of the antropocene"?

[frail sapphire]

I have a question. I want to make a Mod and I wanted to put the economy, UN, WMD and GDP GUI form Cold War Iron Curtain into the vanilla game. But I don't understand the structure, because it doesn't work for me, despite two years of Hoi4 modding knowledge. So I wanted to enquire whether a dev could help me with this or create a mod file for me. I am also willing to offer something in return.

[grizzled sandal]

Is there a mod that makes the map bigger

There is no antarctic nor half of canada and greenland

Is there any mod that adds those

[topaz forge]

why isnt my leader showing?

[stiff zodiac]

my fav guy

[runic cliff]

Hey guys I was wondering if there is a way to mod the in game calendar, example have more months a year, change the amount of days of a month and change hours in a day. Or is the only real change you can do switching the start date and that's about it.

[vestal gorge]

how can you make a mod that only applies to player?

[timber zenith]

wdym by this

[vestal gorge]

if i wanted a mod for faster building ect. how would i get it so it only applies to me?

[timber zenith]

Make a national spirit/idea and give it to your nation

[barren oak]

How do I prevent a country from leaving a faction

[timber zenith]

Why are they leaving

You can increase their desire to be in a faction with the ai_get_ally_desire_factor modifier

[plain bane]

is there any good overhaul mod that would keep the player engaged through the whole war? (events,decisions,operations,etc.) ?

i tried black ice and it was fun for 2 runs

is there anything else?

[timber zenith]

TNO

[barren oak]

cause I managed to get the UK and Reich into a faction

and i wanted to do a timelapse of what would happen if the reich and the UK were allies with historical mode off

but the UK kept leaving

[rose heath]

i have no idea but if i wanted to do something like this i would look up how the difficulty settings work because they only apply to the player

but i have no idea if that will be able to give you what you want

[plain bane]

AW HELL NAH THAT THING MAKES MY PC CRY

i wish i can play tno properly but it's just too much for my potato

[rose heath]

my pc ain't even a potato i still can't run it

TNO has a very accurate start day because it runs as smoothly as regular hoi4 in 1962

[summer lotus]

ENG = {
add_ai_strategy = {
type = alliance
id = "GER"
value = 2000
}
}

Actually, it could be tag instead of id and GER instead of "GER"

Forgot

Just try

[barren oak]

how do i show all diplomatic options

not allowing all diplomatic options but showing of all them

like showing the kick faction button even though we are not in the same faction

[wheat egret]

Yo guys what are your thoughts in the Better Mechanics Frontline Ai and Divisions mod? Does it actually makes the ai better?

[rose orbit]

Yes

[wheat egret]

Only in vanilla tho or can i safely play other overhaul mods with it like KR or OWB?

[rose orbit]

Its compatible with all kr and other mods as I know

[wheat egret]

Can you tell the things YOU personally noticed with these mods on?

[pale bridge]

how do i make it so only players can guarantee countries and create alliances

[summer lotus]

a little

[wheat egret]

Elaborate

[summer lotus]

it tries to cover some of the major flaws in AI battle consideration by tampering with defines value

such as it tries to stay more aggressive when it can

and stop attacking if it knows it is at slight disadvantage

but it doesn't really make the AI up to human standard

of course

this comes down to system design instead

as only players train their troops properly before combat

unless you are German Reich AI,

so the situation is that in combat AI will always mismanage their troops and end up with lower combat ability in actuality

regardless of what you do, AI can barely reach half of what players can achieve in terms of combat stats

but because the mod forces the AI to cancel attack on red bubble, it also cancels out advantage that SOV AI has over GER AI, which is a long frontline where they have more manpower and is a Mass Assault nation

Mass Assault can literally tank red bubble and eventually push anyway by pinning down the enemies as the main push punch through German defense

if AI cancels the fight as red bubble appears they basically abandoned every strategical advantage that a pinning attack can achieve

The Eastern Front has a vastly different dynamic that AI should follow, especially for SOV

if they stop attacking only because they think players are stronger they will always end up losing the trade eventually because players can just do whatever they want with tank divisions and kill the AI, encircling them gradually

AI needs to tank red bubbles sometimes

[wheat egret]

I had i thing where ai would infinitely start the attack and cancel it immediately then start attacking again and repeat, is this the fault of the mod?

[summer lotus]

could be,

do you run the Division mod as well?

that one is dumb

in terms of balance that Mod is legit dumb

the Frontline does have its perk in some case, but Divisions is bad

Frontline AI mod works well between AI battleplan vs human battleplan at least

it just always puts itself at a L against human micro

[wheat egret]

Why is it dumb? Should i not use the division mod?

[summer lotus]

oh wait I might have gotten it confused with another mod in the collect

[summer lotus]

but yeah, yes

where exactly tho?

which area on the map?

some area it just happens, even in vanilla

[wheat egret]

I don't remember which area exactly

[summer lotus]

also, to be fair

the AI shouldn't actually update its template that often

cuz they don't train them unless they are Germany

depending on template change they lose so much xp

this is something I still cannot fix either

losing xp is the real reason AI sucks at combhat

but well

this is just the common design error from PDX

in most case you won't really notice the AI being better with Frontline AI though it does make them a little smarter against weaker opponents

it also helps your own battleplan

[wheat egret]

I never understood why does the ai make a new template for divisions and not just update one template like the player does, is there a reason paradox hasn't changed this?

[summer lotus]

cuz if they change template directly every existing divisions change as well and that really hurts them sometimes as they can lose a lot of divisional xp

and suddenly strains their logistics

so they just gradually update the fielded troops to the desired template

[wheat egret]

Also don't understand when the ai creates a thousand armies to the point where some of them don't have a general

Like why

[summer lotus]

it is just front/theatre micromanagement issue

some codes tho

work very differently front what players imagine

for example in vanilla,

main enemy front importance is only 4.0

Frontline AI is 15.0

that can actually kill the AI

it was noticed during battle royale mod that if AI has too high main enemy front importantance they can legit just ignore any defense against some opponents

so in some cases Frontline AI tries to be more like humans

cuz humans also ignore other potential fronts in most case

if we get suddenly attacked by China as Soviet Union while being at war with Germany?

well, let's restart the game

[wheat egret]

You should feedback all of this to the frontline mod dev

[summer lotus]

nah, pretty sure they know

just can't fix it

within the scope of defines.lua it is probably impossible to make any fix

since we don't have enough supporting codes for it

[wheat egret]

Also yeah the thing about the main front you said seems to be a major problem, i think this is why i saw ai abandon Frontlines

[summer lotus]

oh you are running the mod yeah?

yeah

that's what happens when they place too much emphasis on the main front

this is extremely dangerous especially for the Soviet Union

another really concerning issue is that the AI can't actually run multiple division templates and under its meaning effectively

so it cannot field a lot of 6/0 that does nothing but sit at Finnish-Soviet border just in case Finland acts funny

it might in fact send the main offensive template to do garrison

[wheat egret]

Yep this, this exactly

Also hate how ai in vanilla LITERALLY doesn't know how to use tanks, like it just uses them as infantry

No breakthroughs or anything

[summer lotus]

fixing AI just a complex issue after all

even CA GER cannot keep up the tank production against my SOV AI

CA GER has like 540 factories in late 1939 btw

it dumps so much ic on tanks that most players struggle against it just because the tanks are so strong

but in the end they wouldn't amount to much

this looks funny tho

this is Frontline AI

they are considering FIN the main target

so they dump the entire army there

[wheat egret]

Okay so to conclude, do i use the Frontline mod and the Division mod?

[summer lotus]

just use it, is ok

is generally an improvement

Division is alright

I think it sucks though

vanilla is actually more balanced for the AI

Frontline mod tries to change the overall balance

but some front needs to be well tailored

such as Greek border with the Balkan nations

if Axis focuses their entire army on that they will just lose

no supply lol

and easy to be caught off guard by sudden attack

[twilit hatch]

Flag of iberian africa

rate plz

[summer lotus]

lol

nah, I changed my mind

Frontline AI sucks

[twilit hatch]

bro

not here

[summer lotus]

nah this is the correct place

we were talking about whether the mod should be run

[twilit hatch]

oh

i seeeeeee

[summer lotus]

@wheat egret some part of frontline AI is actually good

such as the AI consideration towards pushing empty tiles

or focus on the main arrow of push

but the rest is bad

[wheat egret]

So wait it seems to me that it's worse overall?

[summer lotus]

yes

it is worse overall

but this is pretty nice, actually

vanilla SOV AI can't do this

[calm yew]

what is the localisation file for ideologies and such?

nvm found it

[wheat egret]

How do you have so much information about that mod, are you a tester for it or smt?

[summer lotus]

nah I make mod as well

that does with AI

so I am aware of nearly every issues with the current AIs

stuffs we simply cannot fix

[wheat egret]

what mod

[summer lotus]

and you only really need to look at the code to know the result

Sheep's Mod (Beta)

I used to help with some smaller stuffs in KX and EaW too

but that's something else

[wheat egret]

Okay I'm not gonna use the Frontline mod but should i use the division mod?

[summer lotus]

I think that one is actually decent overall

most template change for AI is generally an improvement lmao

[wheat egret]

Just to clarify we are talking about Better Mechanics: Divisional AI right?

[summer lotus]

ye

but lemme download the mod and do one run with it for a review

but I trust it should be decent

most template changes always positive for the AI

except for SOV

well

even for SOV

just not as much as you think because their meta for AI is different from the general meta

[wheat egret]

Should not have pirated it

Then don't cry

[summer lotus]

ah fk this is sad

I can't run Divisional AI with my own mod

It does generic template for all AI lmao

crashing cuz conflict with my SOV AI

fk

I can't launch them in tandem

@wheat egret I think the mod is good overall

just checked through the template

infantry is a little pepega by current meta but not bad

by AI standard it is an improvement

[wheat egret]

Wait, is 24 width infantry not the meta?????

[summer lotus]

no

well, for AI it might be, hard to say, but from actual field experiment AI does better with a combination of 21 and 30 or just 30

heavier templates aren't healthy for them

and in-between is kinda bad as well

some AI requires very tailored templates

such as Finland

who might live on 8w-10w on historical instead

SOV AI also does far better with 16/1, 17/1, 19/1, 20/1, 21/1 than any arty heavy divisions but that is due to mass assault HP optimization, more so

If we truly had the code to support it then AI should probably do 9/0 inf and never attack with them except to fill width

So they can dump most ic on tanks

CA GER AI can push players at Barb cuz it follows roughly the same principle by going not too expensive with inf just so it can do as many tank divs and sustain them as much as they can

Even if they misuse the tanks, AI can still be a menace for some time at the start of a war, if they do good tanks and a lot of them

[summer lotus]

@wheat egret I think the templates from Divisional AI mod aren't bad for AI,

it might confuse some of them though, like GER AI, for some unknown reasons,

they feel a little unprepared for Barb

[wheat egret]

Yeah thanks i will try playing without Frontline Ai but with the division mod

[obtuse condor]

hmm

[fleet wind]

I think this channel can be useful

[topaz forge]

guys

i need help

please

[haughty hatch]

?

[topaz forge]

my leader portraits arent showing

smh

should images be dds?

[brazen jolt]

how do you get an older version of a mod off the steam workshop? Im trying to download an older version of the mod "Peace Deals" For 1.12.14.

[calm yew]

yes
make sure that in the leader text file you specify the image as "XXX.dds"

[topaz forge]

yea

[calm yew]

so something like this

[upbeat scroll]

Guys. How can i set generic advisors and generic military staff to my created country? (The military slots are totally empty btw)

[pale sparrow]

theres a list somewhere in the game folder that you have to add your country tag to IIRC

[pale sparrow]

You cant

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[timber zenith]

There is a semi sketchy site on the internet where you can download hoi4 mods outside the workshop, the version of peace deals it has is compatible with 1.12

I'm not going to tell you the title of the website so i don't get banned or smth

but if you google hoi4 peace deals mod

It appears close to the top

[faint lichen]

What file would the diplo actions be under? trying to edit embargo values

[wheat egret]

How do i make a game rule disable awards?

[silk tide]

Is it just me

or does the new black monday system for Germany

in Kaiserreich, suck

[manic wolf]

is there a mod that adds a spy operation to assassinate your own leader?

[summer lotus]

Is good

It really tells you how fked up the Empire could be

[grizzled sandal]

😟

Why would you wanna murder your own leader

[pale sparrow]

You also cant build network etc on your own country

[dry ermine]

i need help whenever i use nudge tool the game just crashes when i press something.

nudge is very unstable and i keep getting my game freaking crashed

[rose heath]

i mean sometimes you may want to quickly change ideologies

but i think a mod like that would really screw with game mechanics

especially that some countries have giant trees dedicated to coups

soviets have a whole tree dedicated to quietly assasinating Stalin so you shouldn't do that with a spy mission

or like the german civil war where you oppose hitler

also how would that work with your tree like could you still make stalin the father of nations if he was dead

[grizzled sandal]

Referendums

[rose heath]

yeah but that's like generic country stuff

if you play the soviet union you can't just remove stalin with a referendum

[arctic harbor]

Horthy 😔

[calm yew]

ok where in the f in this does it tell me the province the buildings are on in buildings.txt

it tells me the state but not the province, and its the province that the debug dog is screaming about

I just figured out how to fix it but still, where does it tell me?
does it tell map coordinates instead of province?

[errant dust]

I'm unable to change Hitler's portrait

Portrait_Germany_Adolf_Hitler.dds

It doesn't change in game

[calm yew]

did you make any typos in the folder files?

[errant dust]

No

[calm yew]

is the image name the exact same as the original?

[errant dust]

Yep

[obtuse condor]

are there any modding tools? for a quick google search everything seems to be last updated in 2022 and "coming out soon" (i dont want to use even older builds as they are most likely completely outdated)

[calm yew]

the tools that do exist are as finicky as doing it manually, would recommend just trying to understand how the game works, you would need to in those tools anyway

[obtuse condor]

ahh too bad, but thanks to youtube its not thaaatt bad

[calm yew]

i was literally just a moment ago trying to make a focus tree on one of those and then decided it was easier to edit a text file

[obtuse condor]

lmao

what do you use?

i like visual studio code

[calm yew]

as for focus trees, i recommend putting big blocks to identify what is what

so put in between focuses like
################
######INDUSTRY
################

so you can easily find it in the text file

[obtuse condor]

ahhh that seems smart

thank you

[calm yew]

if you put # behind anything, the game will ignore it

you can even see vanilla files using that to make notes

[errant dust]

How do we change the date ? I tried editing it in 00 defines but it remains the same in game

[timber zenith]

edit in defines as well as common/bookmarks/

Edit one of the existing files to your start date, or make a new file

[obtuse condor]

Are there any mods that allow you to add non-xp traits to commanders?

[errant dust]

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-skull-ok-cool-thanks-nice-one-gif-1707208543940884356

[upbeat scroll]

Hmm. What is IIRC? maybe with that i can find that list

[pale sparrow]

if i remember correctly

I think the folder is called generation or generic

[obtuse condor]

How would I go about making a mod that allows you to add backround traits to generals?

The allowtraits command doesn't do this anymore, and nobody seems to care enough to do this

[upbeat scroll]

alright

[upbeat scroll]

Is this one?

[pale sparrow]

nop

[zenith vortex]

Hi everybody, I got a problem. I create country and leader, the leader was created but I see vanilla portrait and vanilla flags, why are they overwriting

[obtuse condor]

how do i edit for example the panama focus tree, since there is no file for it? sorry if stupid question

because my friend is saying im stupid

lol

nvm i am indeed dumb

😂

i got it now

[vestal gorge]

where can one find ones reserch speed?

[kind crypt]

Confederate texas W

[forest lichen]

Go to the research tab. It should be there

[hidden ruin]

this is the first time i will use mods

what mods you recommend

[zenith vortex]

so can somebody help me?

[frail sapphire]

Hey guys. The Error says that the provinces does not exist in the province.bmp file, but they exist in province.bmp. Can anyone help me how to fix this?

[frail sapphire]

Are you sure that there is no mistake in the country file?

[uneven dawn]

Can i make a province into a state? and if yes how

[obtuse condor]

Is it possible to increase the cost of making puppets in peace deals so they don't make them?

Getting pretty tired of the ai making multiple versions of Russia Hungary Romania etc

Seen the ai create like 5-10 Russias in millennium dawn

[grizzled sandal]

Is there a ww1 mod

[calm yew]

like, 2 and a half of them

[grizzled sandal]

Which is the best

[calm yew]

great war redux

easy

[grizzled sandal]

by wolferos or j12

[calm yew]

are there more of them?

[grizzled sandal]

im filtering by most subscribed and those are the 2 main great war mods

but idk which one

[calm yew]

R E D U X

please

there is a reason the "redux" is there

[grizzled sandal]

redux doesn't have mexican focus tree

smh

Might as well just get into modding myself

[calm yew]

yes, mexico, the most inportant player of ww1

[grizzled sandal]

Been seeing a lack of México love around here

[grizzled sandal]

Ofc, best country in the world

[calm yew]

mostly because they sat there doing nothing in all of their history
other then getting colonized by the french one time and having a civil war every 5 seconds

[grizzled sandal]

Well I mean, we had our problems ok

Plus, then it wasn't really a "world" war, it was more like "europeans murdering eachother for the 295,549th time part 2"

😂

[calm yew]

i was pretty sure mexico had a focus tree at some point

but considering liberia does, i wouldnt be surprised if one was added soon enough

[grizzled sandal]

the wolferos one has, idk why they took it in the redux one then

[short vault]

It seems some defines just no longer work? 😕 Or I am doing something wrong.

NDefines.NAir.ACCIDENT_CHANCE_BASE doesn't work either, but various other ones formatted the same way in the same file do work. Confusion.

[short vault]

Huh, it does work if I directly change the value in the base game file (for testing), so it is supposed to be formatted differently from the others. Weird...

Update: I copied those defines to another lua within the same mod and it suddenly starts working for no apparent reason 😒 What is this

[short vault]

Solved it! Turns out I needed to change the load order by renaming the file so it is not the same (0) as the base game define, which would cause some but for odd reasons not all of the defines to be loaded before the base game ones and get superseded. I had assumed the load order was for within the mod but no it's universal. Changing 00_mydefines.lua to 01_mydefines.lua does the job.

[gleaming dragon]

Hi im an experienced player at hoi4 but im really new to modding. Like really really new. Anyone here knows if its hard to create a mod just like the british isles mod (where the world map is only the british isles).
I had the idea of creating a similar mod but just with denmark instead of the british isles. I just wanted to know the difficulty of such mod thx

[obtuse condor]

4 peace deal options for fascist Germany winning against soviets?

Dniper

Volga

Urals

What would a 4th option be?

Volga+ south caucasus?

A German empire esque peace deal?

Maybe randomesque peace deals

Maybe Gomel becomes German or Russian

Depending on hoi4 randomness

Hmmm maybe it's a secret option if Germany has at least 10% house of Hohenzollern support

How do you make an option visible if a certain requirement is met?

[grizzled sandal]

I need the best mods to improve historical accuracy and vanilla experience

[obtuse condor]

Me too, if anyone knows any let me know

Is it possible to increase the length of a white peace?

[latent finch]

Modding takes a fair bit of time, and map changes drastically expand that, map changes are also one of the more complex parts of modding hoi, and can be prone to breaking if not done correctly, it is best to start with a small area and work our, and preplan everything before starting work

As changing plans mid implementation can be disastrous and delay your work significantly

[obtuse condor]

I'm just going to make so that the wesserbung focus makes Denmark a dominion of Germany

Don't know why the base game just didn't do this

Mmmmm tasty tasty scripted peace deals

Also finna fix so that the demand Danzig focus only demand the free city of Danzig

[obtuse condor]

@paper smelt

:)

[paper smelt]

Hi

Ima just repeat my question here

So hoi4 discord doesnt get confused

[obtuse condor]

Yuh

[paper smelt]

Is it possible to insert my own flag (made it myself) into HOI4?

:W09Banner:

Rip

Cant show it here ig

[obtuse condor]

@pale sparrow (based dutchie maybe to help out the based Belgian) ((when you get online))

[obtuse condor]

No external emoji’s here ye

[paper smelt]

Ill be offline most of the morning

[obtuse condor]

Except in #team-off-topic

Which should show as no acces

[paper smelt]

No access

[obtuse condor]

Yup

[paper smelt]

Mod-chat i assume?

[obtuse condor]

Cool people chat

[paper smelt]

What

[obtuse condor]

It’s time for me to go now. Just wait for Marijn to spawn

[paper smelt]

alr

[trim shard]

Yes absolutely

It needs to be the right dimension
You need large, medium and small
You also have to assign it to a nation

[paper smelt]

alr

was just wondering if its possible

since i don't own hoi4 yet

[trim shard]

Yeah it is

[paper smelt]

i have been dying to get it though

[trim shard]

You can add it to an existing nation and ideology or make new

Nation

[obtuse condor]

November coming in clutch

[pale sparrow]

Theres ironworkshop flag creator which converts it all for you

[trim shard]

I'm a modder myself

[obtuse condor]

Im not

[trim shard]

I do have basic knowledge

[obtuse condor]

I dont

[trim shard]

Then get it lol

[obtuse condor]

I no no wanna

[paper smelt]

Thx

[obtuse condor]

hello everyone i need developers and gfx ppl for my mod
for : technology , divisions , technology gfx , game visual gfx , mod icon , focus coder , better icon maker , decision , events , leaders , second portrait maker and more...

[obtuse condor]

I moved the Reichskommisariat focus behind first Vienna award focus

And the German ai doesn't want to do it

How do i fix this

It picks Danzig or war instead of form the Reichskommisariat first Vienna award and fate of Czechoslovakia

I added 10 ai will do factor

Is there a scripted line for the German focuses?

[keen wolf]

i think you have historical/fascist path on

i would start a game as germany and complete first vienna award (console/legit doesnt matter iirc) and then tag to another country and spectate what germany does

[obtuse condor]

I went into ai_focus/ger

And put form the Reichskommisariats before the 1st Vienna award

[keen wolf]

might work

idek

[obtuse condor]

I want to add focuses for the occupation of Libya and Ethiopia

I will be altering the british ai focus too

So there's no border gore

[keen wolf]

ight

[keen wolf]

make mussolini get the sword of islam

[summer juniper]

When you let the polish poland player play your modded country and manage the peace deal:

[vestal gorge]

someone take me under thier wing and teach me modding

[swift fjord]

As a "Cascadian" why are we in France and why are we blue?

[obtuse condor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2988546232

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1296367154&searchtext=2x+nationas

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1294113843&searchtext=2x+nationas

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1301676190&searchtext=2x+nationas

[rocky drift]

heres my first fantasy map that i made for a funny little mario mod that im making, any thoughts or changes i should make?

[quartz reef]

I like it

[obtuse condor]

does anyone know what to do when a mod has a swatsika

i really had looking at it

hate*

and no, im not downloading swatsika mods

[rocky drift]

dude, you cant hide history, i dont support the nazis, but they just put it there for maybe historical accuracy

[obtuse condor]

yeah i still dont like the massive eye sore

[quaint pecan]

how to nationalize all the provinces of a country without writing all the provinces

[timber zenith]

What mod are you playing?

[timber zenith]

wdym by "nationalise all provinces"?

[summer juniper]

its a seperate cascadia, its named cascadia because I liked the name, and I dislike the french

I made an entire timeline of the country if you want it

also, I like blue

[swift fjord]

I mean tbf, Cascadia basically just as to do with how many fricking waterfalls our mountains have iirc

[visual meteor]

Is there a way to have "anti soviet military thinking banned" to be removed if you do peaceful coup in the save file?

[pale sparrow]

why not console commands/mods

[visual meteor]

Do you know a mod that would fix it?

[patent mountain]

BRO I NEED HELP SO BAD HOW TO USE MY MOD

[toxic bane]

Hey i were jusdt wondering if anyone knew how to make a custom country selection screen like here

[obtuse condor]

me too

[patent mountain]

im waiting like a donkey for someone to help

[obtuse condor]

what you mean how to use my mod?

[patent mountain]

idk how to add my mod

idk how to play my mod

idk how to

let me just stream

[obtuse condor]

...

@patent mountain WATCH THE MODDING VIDEOS

[patent mountain]

send link

[obtuse condor]

The Iron Workshop search this in youtube and find in playlists basic hoi4 modding lessons

[patent mountain]

.

[obtuse condor]

?

[night karma]

its there for historical significance not for anything else

if you dont like it since i assume its there as germany's flag

just go in the mod files and enter the GER_FLAG folder and import a new one

if you dont know how to do it cope w it :P

[obtuse condor]

I really need to work on the balancing

The regno del sud appeared 1 year early and Germany hasn't pushed into Ukraine and Estonia in January 1st 1943

I need to buff them

[obtuse marsh]

Playing any African or South American nation in millennium dawn makes me sad anytime I have to fight my neighbors xD

[obtuse condor]

Germany is underpowered and and the soviets too

I need to do something to balance this

So Germany capitulates 1945 january-june

But they still manage to push into at least Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus and Ukraine so they can create ostland and Ukraine

[summer lotus]

just change focus sequence for SOV so they have a slightly larger army and make them do mass assault R

this will improve SOV defensive capabilities a little so they are pushed just deep enough

[obtuse condor]

I should make a 1943 focus that gives the soviets extra attack

So they can get something In the peace deal

But ideally I want to add completely scripted peace deals some day

What the hell?

Ohhh they got the kresy because it's a core

-226000 manpower

If Japan is still at war in 1st september they will automatically surrender

Forever wars suck

[raw lodge]

lol

[toxic bane]

Why are you laughing?

[raw lodge]

anything

[toxic bane]

Anything?

[raw lodge]

yes

[raw lodge]

sorry, I don't speak much English

[quaint pecan]

yes

[ancient pebble]

omg best moldovian president fr fr

[swift flax]

how do u add multiple completion rewards?

wanna remove both sanitation oppositions

[timber zenith]

What do you mean by that, like I don't understand

[timber zenith]

Add multiple things to the same completion reward

[timid zephyr]

completion_reward = {
POL_april_constitution_up = yes
remove_ideas = POL_sanation_left_opposition
remove_ideas = POL_sanation_right_opposition
}

[lofty plaza]

You don't put it like that. completion reward is just everything

[timid zephyr]

Anyway... I wrote the English history file for an entire different country, and added their ministers, chief of staff, etc., but it doesn't appear to work. Generals and the Leaders work just not the advisors.

[grizzled sandal]

They should add an option to do a peace treaty

Like in real life

Makes no sense to keep at war if we’re in a stalemate

[obtuse condor]

Making a scripted peace deal doesn't sound so hard to implement

"usa is är war with jap" if sov is at war with jap give menguko manchuko to prc

If sov not at war prc doesn't exist give Manchukuo and menguko to China

If prc exist chi exists random if each menguko and Manchuria state goes go either

[ocean prairie]

So I created a custom map and wanted to make the buildings. So i clicked "Random All" and stated Valdidating the States. Then on one state the game just loaded forever so I looked how i coud fix it and I found a video where someone would fix this error. He added a single building and saved and then put it in the buildings.txt file. I did that but the game still crashed when I did that. Now I dont know what to do and how to fix this error.

[obtuse condor]

Random all doesn't work

You have to do it manually

To all the states you have changed

[ocean prairie]

i did that and all work but when i try to do anything in that specific state it freezes

problem is i cant validate the state

[quaint bear]

If I am banned from Paradox Interactive Forums where would I go to request mods to be made and/or remade updated?

[quaint bear]

I would that to be done with this particular old Hearts of Iron IV mod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS9P8OBwKYg

[obtuse condor]

Do you have vsc?

And the vac hoi4 mod utilities

[ocean prairie]

yes i have vcs whats vac hoi4 mod utilities?

[obtuse condor]

A mod

För vsc

[ocean prairie]

ah ok

[obtuse condor]

That shows map errors

State errors and such

[ocean prairie]

problem is i dont get an error when i validate the state it doesnt crash it just freezes

[obtuse condor]

You can't see all the errors in hoi4 like victory points being in the wrong state

[ocean prairie]

yeah the state is like completly fresh it doesnt have anything in it exept like the important things like category and manpower

[tranquil token]

why do you have "tnd" in your profile💀💀

[soft furnace]

How big do you reckon a loading screen size should be?

[edgy solar]

the size the game uses is 1920x1440 so aim for that

[soft furnace]

Thanks!

Any tips for drawing a loading screen?

[manic wolf]

are locialisation files client side?

[rocky drift]

does anyone know how to make a blank map?

i just delete all of the country tags, but it crashes

[lyric ether]

Have you guys heard of the HOI4 mod The Fire Rises which is currently in development? When it comes out it will guaranteed be the most in-depth and popular mod. Rivaling Kaiserreich

[obtuse condor]

is there any mod that saves every autosave? like you can go back and reload the autosave no matter how old/ it doesn't get replaced

[warm pasture]

you should ask in servers like the tno server, people have more knowledge there

[soft furnace]

bro shut up

[warm pasture]

i meant

[soft furnace]

i didnt ask for your opinion

i couldve got it in dms

[warm pasture]

😭

[soft furnace]

A I have no interest in tno. B I am asking on a server related to kaiserreich, c you can potentially get answers from devs on here.

[warm pasture]

ok

ill prolly do that tomarrow

well see

[loud oasis]

what does "player led peace conferences" do?

[undone needle]

It’s stops the ai from making demands during a peace conference

[loud oasis]

im not entirely sure what this means lmao, what demands does the ai usually do?

[rose heath]

why do they take all of the terrain instead of just the terrain i ordered them to take

[loud oasis]

i have another question

HOW DO U GET REQUEST LEND LEASE

[rose heath]

i think that's a DLC thing

[loud oasis]

sigh

[swift fjord]

Any mod out there that allows you to regenerate generic leader portraits if you don't like the one you got? Like they have in Millennium Dawn?

[obtuse condor]

what error is that?
[18:23:28][no_game_date][statehistory.cpp:147]: Unknown countrytag for SKYROV owner-change in TODO

[swift flax]

im wishing people a nice day

wdym

why focus not showing up

[tranquil token]

Tnd does not mean totally nice day

[swift flax]

what does it mean then

[tranquil token]

You have it on your profile

So why.dont you say it lol

[latent finch]

boy the modding chat is interesting since i got into here last

[latent finch]

if i had to guess you're missing a bracket

[swift flax]

i found the issue

i copied the focus tree and was editing the wrong file

[latent finch]

ah

[bitter horizon]

guys

how do you make mods?

[rose heath]

it usually does that when you close the thingies the wrong way

also why is AI so insanely stupid

i make them a new division template

and then they delete it, and start removing soldiers from their army

after that they make units with some shitty template instead

[proper acorn]

the two Focus are in the same place, one is overlapping the other

[swift flax]

fixed it already i was editing the wrong file

[sharp fern]

I started to make my first mod and I have a problem with Errors 92, 128, 140... Can someone help me?

[obtuse condor]

chechk the bracket

[obtuse condor]

you forget type bracket under focus = {

and also what the hell happen for bypass

and ai_will_do are in different place you need to put that above the bracket

[sharp fern]

Thank so much.

[obtuse condor]

line = bracket
arrow = move on here

[sharp fern]

Thx

[obtuse condor]

Np

[sharp fern]

Soo { bracket } ?? all way down

[obtuse condor]

yes but above to last bracket

i mean this bracket in last bracket

this bracket is for focus tree = {

[sharp fern]

ohh okay

[obtuse condor]

axis occupation or smthn

[quaint pecan]

what to do if the mod does not start (reinstalled hoi4 and the mod is in the list)

[eternal jewel]

uhm, why doesnt the event work, like when i click on the first option, nothing happens (they both france puppet, but even after making both indipendent nothing changed)

[proper acorn]

shows the event schedule

[eternal jewel]

?

the code?

[proper acorn]

yes

[proper acorn]

the code to annex the country must be in option

wait

[eternal jewel]

i think it is

[proper acorn]

remove the effect_tooltip

[eternal jewel]

k

[proper acorn]

Put it this way

TAG = {
annex_country = {
target = ALA
transfer_troops = yes
}
}

[eternal jewel]

k

[proper acorn]

in tag you put the Syrian tag

[eternal jewel]

nvm it worked just without the tooltip

thanks i didnt had much hope lol

[proper acorn]

np

effect tooltip just shows what will happen but does not execute

to execute it you have to remove effect tooltip

[quaint pecan]

.

[proper acorn]

I already had this problem and to solve it I deleted the game folder in steamapps and in documents/paradox and backed up important things

[swift flax]

anyone knows how to add a background for the focus tree?

[quick citrus]

Is there a way to release a releasable nation? Like, say you want an event to release maybe Algeria

[swift flax]

like the background for this

[swift flax]

yea

uhh

there is a command

lemme look

[quick citrus]

Thanks!

[swift flax]

np

[pale sparrow]

https://github.com/deliciousmods/1956_beta/pull/1929/files
This is an advanced example

[barren oak]

whats the "normals" command do

its a developer only command

[pale sparrow]

Then I dont have it access to either

[barren oak]

am I allowed to dm the devs asking what the command does or no?

[pale sparrow]

no

never contact devs directly, leave a forum post

[barren oak]

wheres the forums?

[lean agate]

How to get mods on Minecraft 👽

[heavy copper]

hello modding

how do i upload a hoi4 mod to steam

[burnt talon]

One hoi4 please

[heavy copper]

@oblique silo hello i need help

[proper acorn]

open the hoi4 Launcher, go to Installed mods and then create mods in the top right

[heavy copper]

how do i get the mod in the mod

[edgy scaffold]

huh

[golden oyster]

how do i modify a save file to give myself more research slots

[summer lotus]

you use console command

or well

there is sth called base_research_slot

and research_slot

as long as you can find your country in the save file

[golden oyster]

whats the console command cus i cant find the country lmao

[summer lotus]

eval_effect add_research_slot = 1

or well

any value

[golden oyster]

aight thx

[summer lotus]

never tried 999 but probably works

[golden oyster]

i only need 3 more anyways lol

[river crown]

if multiple countries annex a country (but its still fully annexed), does on_annex fire for all of them

[sharp fern]

Does anyone have any idea what the problem is?

[brave furnace]

Perhaps you're missing a closing bracket at the end?

[sharp fern]

I have.

[swift flax]

where do i exactly put that code

[brave furnace]

You're not creating a new country, this is for an existing country (cze) right?

At the very top, the country id for czechoslovakia in the vanilla files is id = czech_focus whereas you call it id = czechoslovakia_focus

When in doubt, use WinMerge to compare your modded file with the original to make sure you didn't accidentally change something you shouldn't have.

[sharp fern]

ohh okay

[brave furnace]

I'm not that familiar with githug, but the files are already organized in the currect folder locations. All you have to do is download them and add mod properties them it.

[swift flax]

alr

[uneven dawn]

Can i make a province into a state? and if yes how

[brave furnace]

That's actually a sad thing. I normally mod for Gates of Hell and the devs at Barbedwire Studios [BWS] are very active in their discord. Offering advice for modders and overall interacting with their community. It's refreshing to see and perhaps the modding community at HOI4 would be more active here if they were more involved.

[pale sparrow]

But HOI IV modding is well documented and fairly easy

[brave furnace]

That maybe true, but for those still learning how to navigate the files, it can be a daunting challenge. There's one project i've been trying to tackle for several years but haven't found a way to pull the right data for it and asking technical questions in the forums or here generally go unanswered.

It's not to say HOI4 devs are wrong. Each company has their own approach to their community.

[brave furnace]

I'll try again on this. A ship ledger is a project i've tried to pull off for a long time. It overlays a ledger on the air wings section of the history tab (air wings are displayed on all tabs, so it's redundant). The line items are modular, so modded ships can easily added in with a scrolling bar.
The issue is pulling the data to feed the ledger. The ships sunk data is pulled from the ship details on the left.

However, pride of the fleet, convoys sunk and aircraft kills have to be pulled from the naval battle summery screen and I haven't found an answer for accessing that. Nor am I sure it can be attributed to a specific ship. If anyone has expereince here, you input would be appreciated.

[swift flax]

how to add a recrutiable population modifier

[obtuse condor]

hello people how to make Global flag?

[obtuse condor]

idk but maybe just remove modifier

or put
modifier = {
conscription = 0.3
}

[summer lotus]

doubt you can

modifier is, after all, NOT an effect

you have to tie modifier to an idea or a modifier

[obtuse condor]

@summer lotus HEY pls tell me how to create Global Flag PLS

[summer lotus]

:Sswe

what is global flag

oh

you meant the

global_flag

[obtuse condor]

YES

[summer lotus]

the set_global_flag

clr_global_flag

well

shrugs, it is as it says

[obtuse condor]

only with that?

[summer lotus]

yeah

unless you need value of global flag

[obtuse condor]

you mean in focus tree i just can type Global_flag = war_in_alliance

?

[summer lotus]

set_global_flag = war_in_alliance

or has_global_flag if you need a trigger

set_global_flag or clr_global_flag for effect

you can do

set_global_flag = { flag = war_in_alliance value = NUM }

if you don't want to create too many different flags and there is something that is identified using flag value

[obtuse condor]

but still have question how to create the global flag
becuase i don't think you can just type global flag in focus tree

you can create it in somewhere right?

[summer lotus]

you just do set_global_flag in completion_rewards

or has_global_flag if you want it in avaialable

[obtuse condor]

i want something like that : the focus like invesment Prussia is only avaliable if Prussia is our alliance and not declared war what should i type?

[summer lotus]

not declared war?

on whom

[obtuse condor]

not declared war againts alliance

[summer lotus]

against whose alliance yours?

well, the basic way is:

[obtuse condor]

middle of europe defensive alliance (germany , prussia , poland , polands puppets , denmark , swietzland and belgium)

[summer lotus]

available = {

OR = {
PRU = { is_in_faction_with = ROOT }
NOT = {
PRU = {
any_enemy_country = { is_in_faction_with = ROOT }
}
}

pardon the stuffs

how do I type code as code is in discord?

[obtuse condor]

oh god that big issues

[summer lotus]

available = {
OR = {
PRU = { is_in_faction_with = ROOT }
NOT = {
PRU = {
any_enemy_country = {
is_in_faction_with = ROOT
}
}
}
}
}

[obtuse condor]

but ok then how im gonna type : this focus only avaiable if otto von bismark NOT die

[summer lotus]

or you can do scripted trigger

available = {
PRU = { scripted_trigger_not_has_war_with_our_alliance = yes }

then go to scripted trigger

create a trigger that works for any similar occasions

just so you don't have to type out the same thing again

for example this is a scripted trigger that is shortened to:

eligible_for_last_stand = yes/no

just so I don't have to type them out again every time

[obtuse condor]

oh GOD I DON'T THINK IF CODING NEED THAT SUCH THINGS!

[summer lotus]

you will find it coming in handy

scripted effect/trigger is really good

it helps you streamline a lot of effect

such as if you need state category to go up by one regardless of current state cat type