modding

[wintry geode]

i figured it out

[limber badger]

so keep the new descriptor ?

[frank wyvern]

Make a new "mod"

[limber badger]

ye

[frank wyvern]

and just pass the other files but the descriptor

and that's it

[limber badger]

aight, will update you once i try it

didn't work

imma restart pc just in case

nope, still the same stuff

this time hitler isn't even censored

its fully vanilla

[stuck quarry]

Are there any errors

When you launch, in the debug notepad

Id more recommend checking the modding wiki, its generally easier and explains things better, tho base game files are quite useful too

[limber badger]

Kind of ashamed to admit this, but i have no idea where to get those

Okay found it

I don't understand most of the things there, but there are only info and warn

[frank wyvern]

send screen

[limber badger]

Its too long, ill send the whole log is that okay?

[frank wyvern]

oke

[limber badger]

just in case, im also running two other mods "FPS Map" and "Modifier Icons"

[frank wyvern]

seems like it doesn't take the mods from the other folder

Because there are 2 folders for mods

I have one in documents

and the other one for workshop

[limber badger]

I do too

I put the stuff in the automatically created game mod folder

[stuck quarry]

Game mod folder?

[limber badger]

Yeah the paradox one

[stuck quarry]

You mean in documents/paradox interactive/mod/modnamehere

[limber badger]

In documents

Yes yes

Im honestly so lost, i did everything the Iron Workshop guy said

and the only way that worked is through uploading the mod and using the workshop version

[stuck quarry]

this is not the correct log

[limber badger]

Its not?

[stuck quarry]

are you launching the game with the --debug param?

[limber badger]

Yes

wait its --

not - ?

[stuck quarry]

yea --

[limber badger]

ohh

sec

[stuck quarry]

if it works it should open notepad with your games logs

also i dont recommend launching with other mods when developing yours, bc itll log all mod errors

[limber badger]

it did with -debug

[limber badger]

okay will turn them off for now then

It opened the notepad as you said

but i got some error

that it couldnt find a way to access it or something

[stuck quarry]

can you send a screenshot?

[limber badger]

its in my native language so you wouldnt understand

the notepad basically said that the system couldnt find the set path

and it opens an empty notepad

[stuck quarry]

still could you please send it, or the log itsself so i can try to understand the issue

[stuck quarry]

oh

hm

this is the location of the log it should open when you launch in debug mode

[limber badger]

okay now it didn't even open the notepad

but debug is on

[stuck quarry]

thats very confusing

so your mod issue, im guessing nothing loads right, your mod doesnt load or anything

[limber badger]

yep

modifier icons worked normally

[stuck quarry]

are you using vscode to make it?

[limber badger]

Yes

[stuck quarry]

like for your editor

could you please send a screenshot of your file structure, and of your descriptor file contents

[limber badger]

This is the descriptor

[limber badger]

and here you mean the folder structure ?

[stuck quarry]

did you by any chance manually edit the CZESLOReloaded.mod file in the mod folder?

[limber badger]

no, i haven't touched that

[stuck quarry]

yea, which part isnt loading? the entire mod or just part of it

[limber badger]

all of it

the mod as a whole doesnt load

[stuck quarry]

could you send a screenshot of it rq

[stuck quarry]

was there any sorts of errors when you check this file?

[limber badger]

i believe there weren't any

[stuck quarry]

because honestly i have no idea why it wouldnt load, the path doesnt look malformed or anything which is usually why a mod doesnt load at all

[frank wyvern]

try to create another mod

if that other one works

means this one is broken

if not

try to uninstall and download hoi4 again

[limber badger]

it doesn't i already attempted that

[stuck quarry]

maybe a shorter name? tho i dont think name length would effect it

[limber badger]

did this twice

[limber badger]

also tried

[stuck quarry]

crosschecking my mod with his, it should work

[frank wyvern]

😭

[limber badger]

my second mod literally got named "2nd"

so i dont think the length is an issue

Do you think that since the path says "Documents"

and my pc has "Dokumenty"

cuz of my language

[stuck quarry]

maybe?

[limber badger]

it could cause the problem?

[stuck quarry]

you could try to change it

it might fix it, i dont know if windows localization is just a visual thing for the user tho

[limber badger]

Yeh it probably is

when i click into the explorer bar, it says "Documents"

[stuck quarry]

yea probably not that then

[limber badger]

Damn it

I finally found something that actually was fun to make and it has to be this painful 😭

Thanks for trying to help me anyways

[stuck quarry]

sorry we couldnt fix the issue, maybe its just something stupid simple we missed

[limber badger]

no worries, im glad u at least kept with me so long, the mods here didn't even notice me

hopefully ill fix it somehow in the future, until then ill be doing the changes blindly 😄

[stuck quarry]

lol

wait

did you upload it to steam

[limber badger]

ye

[stuck quarry]

do you have the steam version downloaded

[limber badger]

ye, but its turned off

[stuck quarry]

delete it completely

unsubscribe from it

[limber badger]

okay

[stuck quarry]

from my experience, having your own mod downloaded from steam will stop the version youre developing locally from loading

even if its disabled

[limber badger]

nope

no log opened and clean vanilla game turned on

[stuck quarry]

uninstalled the steam version and nothing changed?

[limber badger]

ye

unsubbed and looked in the workshop folder just in case

its not there

[stuck quarry]

and the local one is enabled in the playlist youre launching

[limber badger]

yes

[stuck quarry]

thats a entire different mystery then, i thought that would be the fix

[limber badger]

is it normal for the mod to not load thumbnail?

when its local i mean

[stuck quarry]

yea thats normal

[limber badger]

i see

[obtuse condor]

is there a way to fix the spy portrait bug? at somepoint in my game, new spies i try to recruit have blank portraits, and sometimes blank or american names

[frank wyvern]

that's simply lack of new ones I think

so it gives u generic ones

[wintry geode]

How to make the American ai better?

they arent capitulating pennsylvania

even though its 100% open

except for a 1 infrantry division

[grand cave]

Chat there's any documentation for doing submods???

[strange phoenix]

ia there any good 2000s mods

[north wave]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3321940213
New Dutch Monarchist Focus Tree I made
It has very alternative path of monarchy

Note, It's still on beta so if u have any bugs pls report it

[dreamy tundra]

Will test this for you tmrw, hope you have studied your Dutch well

[north wave]

Ja, meneer

[dreamy tundra]

Uitstekend

[frank wyvern]

Millennium dawn or novum vexillum

[somber cradle]

md is way better then novum vexillum in my opinion, theres also red dusk now btw

[rotund cairn]

I need help again here, I followed the third tutorial on the official hoi4 channel,
this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLKOK7Cnq4
almost everything worked, only the leader, the field marshal and flag did not appear in the game for some reason, anyone maybe know why?
the rest works normally

[stuck quarry]

custom guis take forever to make look good

working on this parliament system for the UK replacement for my mod, and ive been at this for like days at this point tryna make it look half way decent

then after i finish it and its decisions and stuff i gotta turn this into a gui for the "uniting the kingdom" category

well mainland uk, ireland wont be included, but each state will have i think 4 frames of different colors

[kindred ravine]

hello , any one have 5 min to explain me how to find a file in a mod? i try the independant state mod and i want to change a little detail that i find would greatly help but im unable to find where to change it .

[lyric elk]

looks like a promising mod

[desert pollen]

can someone tell me why this effect isn't working?

[wintry geode]

Paradox tos regarding mods allows deportations and slavery right?

but not the other thing?

this is the impression i have gotten

[stuck quarry]

Im hoping people will like it lol

[stuck quarry]

Ive seen a mod with a POW mechanic which sorta works like slavery, i cant rememevr what the mod was tho

[lyric elk]

it seems interesting for me

[wintry geode]

EOANB has slavery right?

the 1857 mod

it kind of has to i believe since it has the american civilwar

[stuck quarry]

No idea what that mod is tbh

[wintry geode]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay2rzCd9L6E&pp=ygUFZW9hbmI%3D

[stuck quarry]

Dixieland in german is the most cursed thing ive ever heard

I love it

[upbeat mist]

you need to put the effect in the state scope that the province 6588 belongs to.

[desert pollen]

ty

[toxic kestrel]

hi
could anyone help me update a mod ive created and add a thumbnail, would be very appreciated 🙏

[stuck quarry]

I have a discord for it if you like to join, mainly post update leaks there

[lyric elk]

No, last time I was on one of those i ended up seeing indescribable things

[stuck quarry]

Huh

Like nsfw stuff?

[frank wyvern]

I think

wait wtf

remove effect?

huh?

[stuck quarry]

Does anyone know a way to make the game only use a single specified loading screen

Or do i just have to replace all the base game and dlc loadingscreens with my custom one

[wintry geode]

do advisors automatically get fired when their requirments arent met?

how do i make a focus fire an advisor?

deactivate_advisor

ah okay

[stuck quarry]

How long have you been working on your mod?

Doesnt it span to modern day? i bet thatll take a really long time to finish and be quite amazing when its done

[wintry geode]

im focusing on 1789-1836 myself

and another guys focusing on 1914-1919

dont expect anything crazy

at leat for the next 3-6 months

[wintry geode]

been working on it consistently for 3 months now

1-5h every day with a couple of breathers so to speak

is this a good unique focus effect?

[wintry geode]

uhhhhh to remove equipment you just do remove equipment?

[opal rune]

ive created a focus but for some reason it hasnt adjusted to the localisation file and still has underscores in it

[gusty gulch]

Hey I have an issue regarding the GUI, I worked on a custom one and it works for me but not for others. Same resolution so that shouldn't be an issue. I ruled out github and DLC issues, so I have no idea what's happening here. Left is how it looks for others, right is how it works for me.

[stuck quarry]

this is gonna take a while

[remote grove]

have you did only Europe

can you the Caucasus if its ready?

[wintry geode]

georgia circassia etc exist

[remote grove]

what about Azerbaijan?

[wintry geode]

they were part of iran in 1789

as were armenia

[remote grove]

which iran, Safavid or Qajar?

[wintry geode]

zand and qajar

[prisma marten]

wait you can do that? the right thing

how do you do that

[wintry geode]

press on this

top right hoi4 thing

[prisma marten]

which one

[wintry geode]

the one where it says hoi4

with the search thing

[prisma marten]

wehre

[prisma marten]

do you need a plugin or smth

[wintry geode]

yes

hoi4 modding utilities

[prisma marten]

oh

i got it

[prisma marten]

i got an error

wait which one of the hoi4 folder

@wintry geode i cant figure it out

which hoi4 should i link it to

hoi4 in documents or the main game files

[wintry geode]

you hoi4 mod

hoi4 in documents

i think

[wintry geode]

Anyone know how to remove equipment?

[fair pike]

If you wanna send the Equipment to France there is a send_equipment effect, just Look into the Wiki

[upbeat sparrow]

Is the great war redux also availible on the paradox site? Can't seem to find it

[stuck quarry]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#add_equipment_to_stockpile

According to the wiki you are doing it right

You should just be able to specify a negative number to remove equipment

[wintry geode]

it doesnt work albeit

[stuck quarry]

Honestly idk why it wouldnt

[dense crypt]

Try changing "USA={" to "USA = {". Same with FRA.
Also, no need to specify the producer of equipment for USA.

[wintry geode]

the event is about stealing equipment from the USA

[stuck quarry]

send_equipment would work too

However if the country youre transfering FROM has less equipment than the specified amount itll send whatever they have

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#send_equipment

[south summit]

is there a mod that lets you choose which provinces u want to give the country u are releasing?

[dense crypt]

Yes, I understood that. I mean, there is no need to specify producer for USA part of code.

[verbal zinc]

We are looking for gfx artists, if you are intrested dm or friend request me:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3325644606

[twin sigil]

QUESTION

how do i make nations with cores/claims but aren't on the map independent

because I try to assign states to them and they just crash my game

[atomic valley]

Is there a mod that takes place ~1250?

[flint knoll]

yo, does anyone know, where in vanilla, it is located if a country can switch ideology by high ideology support or not?

like example, france, if it has even 100% party popularity support and its not the ruling party, it cant switch

however, portugal for example can

[flint knoll]

is that in general a major thing, except for germany or what?

[stuck quarry]

owning a state and having a core is different, you can just put set_core_of = TAG to add it as a core without it being on the map

But if you want jt to show also you add owner = TAG

Im not sure why it would be crashing your game tho

[fossil cradle]

how do i increase Development Levels of states?

any example?

[twin sigil]

guys why is there only one supplyarea txt file in the supplyareas folder

can someone help me

[lofty plaza]

It hasn't been used since NSB

It is obsolete

[twin sigil]

ok

[stuck quarry]

could you check the error file

[twin sigil]

ok hol up

[stuck quarry]

that should show why it crashed

[twin sigil]

I can't find anything in the error file

regarding the change

[stuck quarry]

is there anything in your crashes?

[twin sigil]

where should i look

logs

[stuck quarry]

the reason for the crash should be in exception.txt

but the error.log in there could also say why

[twin sigil]

it could be this but

idk

[stuck quarry]

nah taht shouldnt cause a error, itll just set a randomly owned state as the capital'

[stuck quarry]

did you happen to change anything elser along with doing this?

like replace_path anything

or modify any map files

[twin sigil]

i can't find anything bro

[twin sigil]

nope

all i did was make constantine owned by algeria

[stuck quarry]

im totally stumped

[twin sigil]

ill see if its an issue with some file with algeria by changing it to tunisia instead

or some other nation

okay so it is an issue with algeria

because it completely works for Tunisia

[stuck quarry]

algeria actually exists right

[twin sigil]

wdym

[stuck quarry]

like its registered with that tag

[twin sigil]

yes

[sand locust]

how would i go about modifying the inability of the ussr to send volunteers to china without taking the focus

i looked at the focus, and it only shows the custom_effect_tooltip

but i thought tooltips were just an informative thing;

[stuck quarry]

Wdym modify the inability?

Like you wana make it possible without taking the focus?

[sand locust]

you know how the soviets can only send them to one of the three

i am interested in removing that so the soviets can send volunteers to any/all

so yes without the focus

[stuck quarry]

The code youre looking for is in the CHI tag scope

Its commented with the good relations and bad relations

Im guessing, and i could be wrong here

The thing that makes them unable to send volunteers is that it makes the USSRs relations with the other nationd way worse

But again i might be wrong, i dont know how the volunteers mechanic works

[sand locust]

interesting

i will look into it

[sand locust]

ok so the soviets can't send volunteers to any of the chinese

like by default

but taking the focus allows sending volunteers

and upon improving relations with china to like 100, i still can't do it

this is the thing it seems to be

but i looked under effects and can't find anything

the same thing is also under the other chinese options

i also found like this under effects?

idk

[stuck quarry]

thats just a tooltip

its localisation thing

@sand locust i think i found it

its in this file

its a scripted trigger appariently that uses the focus as one of its conditions

anyways back to working on my mod lol

[vague relic]

what is a tooltip

[warped nymph]

How can i remove the hio4 loadingscreens for my mod so that only my added pictures show up?

hoi4*

[pale sparrow]

If I remember correctly, the game automatically detects them, so you have to put a replace_path of the loading screen folder to your mod descriptor/.mod

[pale sparrow]

An effect/condition thats just text, it doesnt do anything itself

[sand locust]

What program is that; it looks cool. I just use notepad++ for my stuff but yours looks much better

[pale sparrow]

That is Visual Studio Code with CWtools plugin

[sand locust]

oh nice

[frosty kite]

guys the iron workshop tutorials are so long (for me atleast)
and im feeling demotivated 😭 what do i do

[north wave]

yaay

100 subs

at 3rd day

[stuck quarry]

power through mainly

hoi4 modding takes a very long time, most big mods have been in development (to some extent) for multiple years

[stuck quarry]

ayy nice

[frosty kite]

i just

want to turn fr*nce into a sea

and connect english channel to mediterranean

[stuck quarry]

for example ive been working on this god damn scripted gui for like 3 days at this point bc its so tedious i keep putting it off

[frosty kite]

surely this cant be that hard right ?

like i wanna make goofy map changes

a new continent in middle of pacific ocean

[stuck quarry]

honestly i have no idea, i dont mess with map modding, i always screw it up when i try

[frosty kite]

what if UK magically was in middle of mediterranean

[frosty kite]

alr

[stuck quarry]

what if the UK was a island in the USSR

[frosty kite]

what if pangea in hoi4

what if mexico was ruled by an austrian guy

[stuck quarry]

what if every world leader was a clone of hitler lmao thats a mod i tried making once as a joke but got bored

[stuck quarry]

what if north and south america were flipped then turned upside down

[merry sage]

does someone know any mods with helicopters?

[mortal token]

Vic3…

I know one has TVs and airports

[wintry geode]

will this code work?

i want to make all french puppets become austrian puppets

Ahhh i just put fra under and below the event

[pale sparrow]

read the wiki instead

they are indeed quite longwinded

[pale sparrow]

🤝

thats more than any of mine nvm I forgot one

mods that can jump to the front page get a massive load of exposure

[frank wyvern]

or copy the files of the game

[pale sparrow]

mhm

or load a vanilla-like overhaul

[wintry geode]

when you do this

and you retire the first one (with an event)

does the 2nd one automatically get promoted?

or

[pale sparrow]

Normally yes

@echo storm multiplayer forum is not for modding

[north wave]

@pale sparrow
if I use a focus icon that exist in a dlc pack for a non-dlc required mod ( for different focus )
would that be against the rules.

i didnt quiet get that part

[pale sparrow]

It probably is, although what PDX actually enforces is questionable

Unless you copy lots of DLC content into your mod, youre probably fine

[north wave]

nah different focuses

[north wave]

sir sir
did u took a look at my dutch mod

idk if u tried it

[pale sparrow]

Nah Ive been busy with some thingies

[north wave]

ohh

alr

[pale sparrow]

I play so much Road to 56 that Im not really in the mod to try out other mods

[north wave]

lol

mood*

ig

[pale sparrow]

Im testing R56 rn

[north wave]

ohh

hope it goes nice

[fierce siren]

its there any good modern world mods someone could send me?

[sharp juniper]

found this in the 00_technology.txt file

[dull crystal]

made a new wiki for my mod and the first page i made was mexico

[fierce siren]

Yo what’s ur mod abt?

[dull crystal]

not out yet but its about like the zapatistas taking over mexico and the us falling into a civil war in the modern day world, i could send the wiki link to you but its just 2 pages for now

[fierce siren]

Yea I’m down to read the wiki and let me know when the is mod is out

[dull crystal]

ok

https://chidus.fandom.com

[fierce siren]

Looks cool

[dull crystal]

the united mexican states

[uncut roost]

how to add a city to your custom map?

[lofty plaza]

Terrain to make the city physically appear

Definition to make the province an urban tile

[wintry geode]

the last characters got promoted not leopold ii

should i just do promote leopold ii? for alll the austrian countries? there arent even any althistory paths for now so it wouldnt abruptly interupt if some other guy was leading austria

[pale sparrow]

Could rearrange the characters but promoting is probably better

[daring timber]

Anyone know why my popularities didn’t change even though i changed it (no errors at all, file saved)

[lofty plaza]

You need to show your code

[red dagger]

Is Province modding actually hard?

Not planning on removing or adding any provinces just want to change them a little

[ashen vigil]

how do you change the physical units (the troops marhcing) because i thought i changed mine to the indian ones but instead it shows up with the UK ones

[stuck quarry]

Idk if its hard exactly but ive never had luck with it

Ive always completely screwed up the map when i tried it despite seemingly doing everything right

[wintry geode]

can a strategic region be perquisite??
i want to make so a focus is available if you own a state in a specific strategic region

[urban surge]

Can someone tell me how I can make a event whitepeace 2 nations:pray: State transfer and stuff works just no whitepeace

[ashen mural]

i need help, i keep getting a map error, this is error.log (rurebp isnt even in the playset idk where it came from ignore it, it never did anything)

[clear moat]

I've been working on a map here lately
but for some reason the game does not launch the mod
link map: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fVzD5MFg2j82YcO27Q0D3aBRlclUZWsG/view?usp=sharing

[plush tangle]

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A CENTAURA MOD FOR HOI4

AND NOT A COUNTRY RESKIN

WITH THE WHOLE FORMA MAP INCLUDING A CENTAURA STARTING DATE AND A DEAD AHEAD STARTING DATE

(1908 and 1948)

i might make one yknow

but idk how to mod

😦

[magic bay]

Centaura lore: Everyone is chilling then two small countries start fighting over disputed land, then the real big empire to the south joins in and absolutely destroys everyone
Dead Ahead lore: The big empire that destroyed everyone in Centaura? Guess what, they suck now

[wintry geode]

Habsburg-Lorraine Poland fa

fam

[chilly field]

How do I add new vp’s to Germany?

I want to add Aachen

[thin chasm]

1. Find the ID of the province you want to add a VP to
2. Find the state file of the state that contains that province in /history/states/
3. Add victory_points = { XXXX 1 } in the history section of that file, where XXXX is the province ID.
4. Find victory_points_l_english.yml in the /localisation/ folder and add VICTORY_POINTS_XXXX:0 "(NAME)", again where XXXX is the province ID

[spare crest]

Italian early BB Andrea Doria

[shell hawk]

Another Red Dusk Submod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3330546863

[eager holly]

Was there a good mod for Africa?

[lapis flame]

Hear me out: Hearts of Iron 4 but after Churchill takes over and Chamberlain dies; the Ghost of Chamberlain haunts Churchill for the rest of the game for "turning parliament against Chamberlain", giving him occasional debuffs until he does a decision/event chain where he excises the appeaser's spirit?

Would make a funny halloween mod.

T. Neville Chamberlain defender

[gleaming edge]

Chamberlain was the devil

His should went straight to the deepest part of hell

[wintry geode]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Bamberg

are there exact dates for when these states were annexed in 1802?

it always says 1802 but not a specific date

[dusky prawn]

Beautiful

[lapis flame]

Dude was just trying to buy time. It may be that horrible histories segment talking, but Chamberlain was lowkey bullied out of office. Because what, of Norway? Hell, that fiasco was Chruchill's idea, but everyone blames the appeaser that KNEW that most british people didn't want another world war, and even if he had to rearm, he was simply buying time.

[gleaming edge]

He sabotaged both times the french tried to pre-emptively work with the soviets to stop germany

[lapis flame]

I haven't heard of that before

For god's sakes it's like if chamberlain was PM for longer he would've caused an "Axis win in europe" timeline. He died of bowel cancer later that year in 1940 anyways so its not like it would've changed much anyways.

Am I the only one who hates the chamberlain slander? Dude was a dedicated diplomat, it wasn't until Chruchill blew things in norway when people actually turned on him. Coincidence, I think not!

[gleaming edge]

He ordered his delogation to the USSR to deny anything to do with any defensive/alliance pact

[upbeat mist]

Why would, on this earth, the british monarchy want to ally with the guys that killed the entire Russian royal family?

[lapis flame]

This guy's got a point, chamberlain was a dedicated diplomat, he did little to nothing wrong given the circumstances.

[lofty plaza]

This has little to do with the monarchy

[upbeat mist]

This has a lot to do with the monarchy because it was (and still is) a thing. The king held still a lot of power, and nobody liked the commies. But they did like the Nazis, because their ideas were similar. The Allies did consider using Germany to fight against the USSR, because nobody liked them.

[sullen ledge]

Does anyone know how to design a hoi4 map?

For a hoi4 mod?

[gleaming edge]

have you modded before

Its not reccomendable for your first project to change the map

[sullen ledge]

I haven’t modded big games like hoi4 before

[gleaming edge]

dont start with a map mod

do somethign small

[sullen ledge]

We are trying to find someone who can mod maps for our mod team

Or can teach us how to do so

[gleaming edge]

I've done it before but its a pain in the ass and I have a 50% chance of hitting a bug I cant fix

[sullen ledge]

Bc our original map modder has been rlly busy lately and we think we need a second one just in case

[sullen ledge]

Ye I have heard from our team’s map modder that’s it’s a pain in the ass

[sullen ledge]

We plan to like use the KX map

But we do plan to just to split some provinces

Like big cities get their own tile/province and don’t get bunched together for a big province

[gleaming edge]

oh thats not that hard then

use the nudge tool when launching the game in debg mode

adding new provindes is hard

you gotta add new provinces by edditign the province map picture

then uhhh, adding them to the province list and writing what it is

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

i suggest this

[gilded harbor]

anyone know some fun interesting mods that dont fully overhaul the game but just either change the map a bit or add a fun feature?

[sullen ledge]

Thx so much man

[sullen ledge]

RT56

[gilded harbor]

thats somewhat a overhaul mod

[sullen ledge]

That’s the only once I can come up with on the top of my head

Hmm

Otherwise not entirely sure

[gilded harbor]

i mean those small mods that change some things

ill just keep looking

[sullen ledge]

I have taken an extensive break from hoi4 so I’m not exactly sure what else there is

[sullen ledge]

Like what exactly r u look for

[gilded harbor]

idk how to explain it its fine ill just look deeper

[sullen ledge]

Ah alright

[timber zenith]

Magna Europa: Reloaded

not a "small" mod but it does change the map

[marsh arrow]

anyone got any mods that add new focus trees to nations with out one

[wintry geode]

what is the leader requirment again

requiring a certain person is leader

has_country_leader = {
character = SPR_niceto_alcala_zamora
ruling_only = yes
}

[lofty plaza]

Road to 56

[desert pollen]

can someone tell me why is it not showing on this date

[daring timber]

It should be = instead of >

[desert pollen]

still not working

[summer lotus]

it is year.month.day

[desert pollen]

yea

but i changed that

[stuck quarry]

you dont add the 0 before the 1

i dont think

[clear moat]

It's fixed

[keen adder]

Hi! It seems my mod doesn't work. (This mod is a kinda joke content)

maybe the file directory isn't 100% latin?

[keen adder]

But how works for you?

[split plume]

why this happens(millennium dawn 1.10.4)

[grizzled sandal]

Does anyone have a mod that colours the puppets to the overlord's colour shade or something similar???? That is compatible with achievements.

[cinder hemlock]

Is the great war redux fun?

[nimble solar]

Depends

[cinder hemlock]

On what?

[nimble solar]

Are you ready to see stagnant frontlines

And bashing the frontline for months on end

[cinder hemlock]

Sounds annoying

But in general

Is it fun?

[nimble solar]

Somewhat

[cinder hemlock]

Any other rework mod that is fun?

[nimble solar]

I personally find Kaiserreich fun

Alternate ww2

Kaiserredux is considered more fun by others

[cinder hemlock]

And what is it about?

Like what kind of alt is it?

[nimble solar]

Germany won ww1. France and Britain went syndicalist with their original governments fleeing to the colonies while Russia wants revenge on Germany

[cinder hemlock]

Sounds like a banger mod

But it sounds easy aswell

If you are playing as germany

?

[nimble solar]

Germany is a tad harder

[cinder hemlock]

Than regular?

In what way

[nimble solar]

Yeah, you have to stare at the decision screen pre war to fix your country

Because everything goes to crap worldwide in 1936

[cinder hemlock]

ah damn

What about the other countries?

Does austria hungary exist?

Or is it split up

[nimble solar]

Yeah

[cinder hemlock]

And its broken aswell?

[nimble solar]

They can unite fully, but they are somewhat split up

Still under austria

But as puppets

[cinder hemlock]

Ah aight

[nimble solar]

USA is fun in the mod imo

[cinder hemlock]

USA is always fun lol

its so op

[nimble solar]

About that

The US explodes to up to 4 factions

[cinder hemlock]

Ah

so kind of like a civil war?

[nimble solar]

Yeah

The 4 factions are southern populists, steel belt syndicalists, the federal government, and republican west coast

Depending on what you do, you can placate some factions

[cinder hemlock]

Damn aight

Do you play modded or vanilla?

[nimble solar]

A mix of both

[cinder hemlock]

In what way?

[nimble solar]

I play vanilla sometimes

Then modded other times

[keen adder]

I think it's user folder issue

[haughty crypt]

Guys how to change vanilla localisation? I want to change vanilla state name

[dusty wind]

I need help with a thing

Im working on a tree for germany in 1914 in a mod and i’ve added allow_branch thing, BUT only two focuses show up and the rest of the tree doesn’t show

Ahh fk it

[cinder briar]

Anyone tried BlackICE Historical immersion mod?

[timber zenith]

have you also run mark_focus_tree_layout_dirty = yes?

[dusty wind]

Oh

umm

Wjere doi put it

[sullen ledge]

Yes

It’s fun but very time consuming

If u just wanna turn your brain off and enjoy a hoi4 mod this ain’t the one lol

[timber zenith]

an effect of a focus/event that triggers the appearance of the focuses

[dusty wind]

Mhh

Can i just put in the focus tree?

[timber zenith]

yeah

but it's gotta be after the allow_branch is triggered else it won't load

not physically after but chronologically after

[dusty wind]

Alright

Im just gonna put it one line after allow branch

[timber zenith]

has to be in an effect

and not in that focus

[dusty wind]

Wdym

[timber zenith]

what is the trigger for the allow_branch?

[dusty wind]

I just put it in the head of the focus

After x and y i put allow_branhc

Branch

At the head of the focus tre

[timber zenith]

Can you send a screenshot?

[dusty wind]

Umm cant rn

I’ve put allow_branch after x and y in july crisis

I’m in mobile so i ont have my pc rn

[timber zenith]

if it's like allow_branch = {has_completed_focus = xyz} then put it in the completion reward of focus xyz

[dusty wind]

No

Its allow_branch = { has_start_date > x has_start_date < }

[timber zenith]

Hm, i've never seen it used like that so i'm not sure tbh

[dusty wind]

Strange

It works tho

[timber zenith]

which focuses show up?

[dusty wind]

Only the firts two

July crisis and support austia

[forest flame]

hi

[sleek seal]

hey any1 know the mod that makes hoi4 look like this:

[lofty plaza]

I don't remember off the top of my head

Good looking map

[opal rune]

Magna europa

[vestal ivy]

is there an owb mod that is a version previous to the one that already is? my pc isnt that good and it lags quite a lot

i know the owb legacy mod but its 1.9.x and thats a bit too old for my liking

[eternal bough]

So, I have a question: what is the most popular/highest end ww1 mod that is still up to date/being worked on?

[rustic void]

magna europa

[dusty wind]

Magna europa

[dusty wind]

The Great War Redux

[ashen mural]

i need help, i get a map error and the game crashed
this is the log

rurebp is not even in the playset idk where it came from

[dusty wind]

Dayum thqts cool

Im working on a scripted gui for colonization, any tips?

[wintry geode]

cant you have targeted modifers for advisors?

huh

[gentle goblet]

Really spend time on your gfx becuase they are very important!

[stuck quarry]

Very true, you can put a lot of effort into a gui but if the gfx is bad itll look bad regardless if the effort

Tho simple tends to be better gfx wise, the gui im working on for the decisions tab i did simple shading and colors

[dusty wind]

Alright

[timber zenith]

Thank you ♥️

[stuck quarry]

Does anyone know a way to prevent war justifications against a certain country

A majority of the world in my mod is “owned” by the “unclaimed” nation and i want to prevent other nations from being able to justify and declare war on it

[timber zenith]

You can use the enemy_justify_war_goal_time modifier to make the time extremely high

and also the AI strategy

    type = conquer
    id = TAG
    value = -1000
}```

or similar

[pulsar charm]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3332369964a

[main nova]

Interesting

[cinder briar]

What’s the mod

[wintry geode]

1789-1815 mod extended timeline 1444-2024 on steam

good the code work!

[stuck quarry]

What is that gui under the effects and event?

Toolpack?

[wintry geode]

yes

[whole fable]

Does anyone know of a map mod that gets rid of the semi-transparent country colours that overlap the terrain (at least in terrain map mode)? I've always felt the game has no real terrain map mode because the country colours make it hard to distinguish one terrain type from the others

[wintry geode]

uhhhh how do i make so this event gets triggered 30 days after?

[stuck quarry]

Add days = 30 after the event id

I believe

[wintry geode]

i figured something out imo

but thanks

will keep in mind

[wintry geode]

why isnt this requirment met?

rhineland and france control the states around luxemburg

any_country={
or={
is_ally_with = FRA
is_subject_of = FRA
original_tag=FRA
}
controls_state = 979
controls_state = 880
controls_state = 1182
controls_state = 42
controls_state = 51
controls_state = 466
}

how to make so any combination of these are valid?

[stuck quarry]

I could be totally wrong, but dont you have to wrap the multiple requirements in an AND = {} block

Like

any_country={
AND = {
OR = {
is_ally_with = FRA
is_subject_of = FRA
original_tag=FRA
}
controls_state = 979
controls_state = 880
controls_state = 1182
controls_state = 42
controls_state = 51
controls_state = 466
}
}

[wintry geode]

still unvalid

[stuck quarry]

Is original tag still valid if you dont have a cosmetic tag

[wintry geode]

how would i make an or={} for is_ally_with = FRA
is_subject_of = FRA
original_tag=FRA controlling 979

[wintry geode]

yes they are still valid

[stuck quarry]

Final one being france controlling the state?

[wintry geode]

either of the three controlling the state

[stuck quarry]

AND = {
OR = {
is_ally_with = FRA
is_subject_of = FRA
original_tag = FRA
}
controls_state = 979
}

I think that should work

[wintry geode]

invalid

i think it has to be surronded by any_country

[stuck quarry]

Possibly

But it does say there you dont own the state

[wintry geode]

yes because i want either france a puppet or ally of france controlling the state

not only france controlling the state

[stuck quarry]

Ah makes sense

[wintry geode]

any_country={
or={
is_ally_with = FRA
is_subject_of = FRA
original_tag=FRA
}
controls_state = 466
}

do i paste this 6 times?

with each of the states

[stuck quarry]

You could also just make another or block for all the states

[wintry geode]

i want ALL of the states to be needed

[stuck quarry]

You want all if the states to be owned by someone other than the original country

Well controlled

[wintry geode]

yeah now the event works

[stuck quarry]

Alr

I was gonna say you could do a NOT block and check that all the states are not owned by the original nation

[wintry geode]

controlled

since its about a war

[stuck quarry]

NOT = {
TAG = {
controls_state = …
}
}

[stuck quarry]

Yea that’s what i meant

Tho if your method works i see no harm in it

[wintry geode]

i made events that makes france puppet liege and the rhine states so that wouldnt really work

[left condor]

how do i make a completely empty map

[stuck quarry]

Ah yea it wouldnt then

[stuck quarry]

Wdym?

Like no nations?

If you mean no nations you can just delete all owner/controller tags in the state history files

But any state transfer effects will crash the game

[left condor]

yeah but that will take forever

[stuck quarry]

Not really no

If you use vscode you just cooy the base game history files kver to your mod

[left condor]

i use notepad++ unfortunately

[stuck quarry]

Then use vscode search with regex to search “owner = …” and replace it with “ “ just a empty space and click replace all to replace every occurrence in ever file

[stuck quarry]

Np++ might have a similar feature, probably worth googling

[left condor]

am i able to download vscode files in another disk

[stuck quarry]

Id recommend vscode for modding, theres a few really useful extensions for modding

[left condor]

can i choose what disk can i install it in?

[stuck quarry]

Should be able to yea in the installer

[left condor]

alr it's installing

[obtuse condor]

i need help with a mod could somebody help me

[dusty wind]

What is the problem?

[obtuse condor]

could you come in the vc

its easier to show

[dusty wind]

I cant come to vc

Show me pics

[vague relic]

want to help in some mod so I can learn to mod

[obtuse condor]

@sturdy gorge

do you have time for a sec

[sturdy gorge]

pinging the devs will land you in HoI jail 🤣

[obtuse condor]

oh

how can i contact you

[obtuse condor]

its fixed

some mods dont work in another language then englsih and begin to disruped the game

[stuck quarry]

Lol hoi4 dev go brrrrr

This is probably a dumb question, but is it possible for me to add my own train track types and custom trains to run on ONLY my custom track type

I wana add roads and make trucks drive on them to my mod for early game logistics while keeping trains for later game stuff

[obtuse condor]

Some portraits I have made for my Andorra mod!

[hoary quail]

These look like hoi5 portraits icl thats super high quality

[stuck quarry]

Those look insanely good

[barren matrix]

how do you get them in such a good quality when you NEED to resize them 156 x 210 (as far as i know)

also the style is insanely good here

and if it's okay could you please tell me what guide have you used to make them that good, I would really appreciate it

[dusty wind]

Bet

Dm me

[wintry geode]

oh good the code works!

naples is now free

[wintry geode]

any_state={
limit={
is_core_of=EGY
is_owned_by={
or={
original_tag=FRA
is_ally_with=FRA
is_subject_of=FRA
}
}
}
FRA={add_manpower=-10000}
}

Is this code valid?

will fra get -10k manpower if them or any of their allies is owned by france a french puppet or french ally?

code didnt work

[dusty wind]

What did u try to do?

[wintry geode]

i want france to get -10k manpower

if them or their allies controll a core state in egypt

[dusty wind]

Hmm

Did u create a event for it or?

[wintry geode]

yes

[dusty wind]

Very kewl

[wintry geode]

uhhhhhhhhhhh when this event fires it removes all the manpower and not 10k manpower

any_country={
limit={
or={
is_ally_with = FRA
is_subject_of = FRA
original_tag=FRA
}

}
FRA={add_manpower=-10000}
}

uhhh how would i make controlls egyptian core state in this code

[wintry geode]

Whats wrong with code?

i want france to get 10k manpower removed if them their ally or puppet controll an egyptian core state but i cant figure it out

[timber zenith]

you need to include the if scope

the OR needs to be outside the is_controlled_by, as that isn't a scope

actually just use the scope controller = {} instead

the FRA scope isn't really necessary either as that's already the default since it's the french events file (unless another nation gets that event)

[timber zenith]

the any scope is for triggers only, you'll need to use every_country nonetheless

[timber zenith]

    if = {
        limit = {
            any_core_state = {
                controller = {
                    OR = {
                        original_tag = FRA
                        is_ally_with = FRA
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        FRA = { add_manpower = -10000 }
    }
}```

(ally includes puppets)

[wintry geode]

Thanks! the treaty of amiens now works 100%

[timber zenith]

fabulous

the tooltip might be a bit broken, i'm sure there's a more accurate way to show it that i'm not aware of

[wintry geode]

should i hide some of the stuff?

[timber zenith]

you don't need to

[wintry geode]

i hided the white peace stuff

[23:37:42][1800.01.01.12][country.h:1783]: Asking if SPM is a neighbor of ENG before the latter country is initialized (or otherwise has no neighbors).
[23:37:43][1800.01.01.12][country.h:1783]: Asking if OTO is a neighbor of ENG before the latter country is initialized (or otherwise has no neighbors).

you get this error when countries arent in a faction in startdate?

[timber zenith]

i don't think that's the cause

can't say ive seen that error before though

[wintry geode]

only Sardinia Piedmont and Ottomans have it

not any of the countries in the britishh faction naples portugal austria etc

[timber zenith]

other nations whould have it then

[obtuse condor]

I have a question

I want to make a mod with my friend

How do I transfer the files of the mod

[magic bay]

You can try using something like GitHub, but there's probably another way (I've never even tried making a mod before)

[vivid sapphire]

what in tarnation

[stuck quarry]

hitler is canon in MLP

[stuck quarry]

is there any version of your mod i can try out? or is it not released in any state yet

[opal rune]

how do i make different states switch provinces without crashing the game

[quaint beacon]

Is there a battle royale mod for hoi4 compatible with the new dlcs?

[wintry geode]

its on steam imo theres a link

[earnest prawn]

why is this not working

[pale sparrow]

the character file isnt .txt, it has no extension

same with country_tags

and history/units/JBS

@earnest prawn

[dusty wind]

Stalliongrad is crazy

[grim onyx]

mod servers im in and (order = how much i care for them getting an update/releasing 🗣️ 🔥)
why? why not

[earnest prawn]

Thanks

[dusty wind]

Ooh eoanbr

[jade roost]

would this work

[opal rune]

how do i change the date of the technology

[main grove]

chat what’s the best mod in hoi4 for content/focus trees?

[lofty plaza]

Yeah should do

[lofty plaza]

Road to 56

[jade roost]

debatable

[nimble solar]

He seems unbiased

[lofty plaza]

Not particularly

[jade roost]

i mean why would the road to 56 lead be biased

[main grove]

RT56 FOCUS TREES ARE BUNS

[lofty plaza]

Buns?

[jade roost]

you tweakin

[main grove]

how

[manic sapphire]

Nuh uh

[jade roost]

how are they bad

[opaque abyss]

Why would assigning a character to another nation change their picture?

[soft furnace]

How do I change the starting date of the game?

[midnight plinth]

is there a mod where france surrenders the moment they declare war on you 🗿

[main grove]

small asf wym

[silver loom]

Hey, anyone UK/East Coast USA or got good English who’d be interested in a game of KX or maybe OWB tomorrow evening?

[manic sapphire]

I think so

[spring holly]

Any tips for making a focus tree?

[manic sapphire]

Which country are you doing

[spring holly]

Estonia 1920-1935

[manic sapphire]

Hmm

Idk anything about Estonia from 1920-35

[spring holly]

You got any suggestions for making a focus tree in general though?

[manic sapphire]

Make sure there's different paths

Have some focuses that give claims/cores/war goals

[lofty plaza]

Clearly haven't played it but okay

[spring holly]

Aight

[lofty plaza]

You asked and got your answer

[manic sapphire]

And don't make the tree super long unless you have a mix of 35 day focuses in there

Cough cough vanilla turkey

[spring holly]

Yeah, only the important focuses should be like 50-60

[manic sapphire]

I mean 70 is ok

[pale sparrow]

^^

[lofty plaza]

Who's using 60 day focuses lol

That's mad weird

[spring holly]

ERX

[opaque abyss]

Why would swapping a nationality for a character alter their portrait?

[stuck quarry]

Its not that difficult but it is a bit intimidating, imo best way to get into it is by doing something simple like adding a custom nation to learn the basics

Iron workshop on youtube has some pretty good tutorials and the hoi4 modding wiki is a great resource to learn as it explains more indepth how everything works

Hoi modding (for me atleast) is far more time consuming than it is difficult, its mostly just editing a bunch if text files

[rustic void]

this pic goes extremely hard

[grizzled salmon]

estonia

grrr

if u making latvia lmk

id be glad to help

[spring holly]

I am making independence war content aswell so I could use some help

[grizzled salmon]

Ahh

dm me and see me what you got so far

[grizzled salmon]

wikipedia

books

any homepages u can find

[jade roost]

small doesnt mean bad content

there are large focus trees that are bad

also there is some big ones

like mongolia

which isnt even finished

[vague relic]

now the fact is that it depends

the best information I have ever gotten has been from books

it has been tried but you will end up in a mental asylum

even more for a first map

bat shit insane

dont even try

[sand parcel]

how can i fix this?

would be nice if someone DM'ed me the fix, as i might forget to check here

[timber zenith]

Italy in western siberia is cursed

[abstract hawk]

Yo I've got a mod request and I'm willing to give whoever accepts it a $20 steam gift card

[abstract hawk]

Ping me if you're interested

[timber zenith]

what's your idea?

[abstract hawk]

Basically

it'd be adding in T-65,altering the Hardened T-45 to the T-49, altering the Hardened T-51 to the T-60, Adding in X-03 which is Hellfire PA, adding in X-04 which is based off of the FO76 Enclave PA, renaming the APA Mk.I to the X-01, replacing the APA Mk.II with the X-02, adding in Vault Tech Power Armor Mk.II which would be based off of the FO4 Mod that adds in VT PA,adding in Hellcat PA as the ATA Mk.II. Also adding in all sorts of extra infantry tree stuff like Riot Gear and Elite riot gear for Enforcers, Replacing the HERMES Icon with the B-35C armor from the FO4 Mod,but rename it to HERMES Mk.I and adding in a HERMES Mk.II which uses the Enclave Recon Armor from the FO4 Mod as well as adding new models for all of these IF you want. I'd also like if the mod was compatible with ERX

But regarding being compatible with ERX Basically whenever a focus is completed that references APA and APA Mk.II/Black Devil PA and Hellfire replace those with the X-0 variants,along with having those be unlocked and also have the X-04 be unlocked as a researchable tech once Hellfire/X-03 is done

Alongside having a small fix for ERX which allows for the focus that lets you reform the USA turns the color to the lightish blue of the default HOI4 US instead of the blackish/really dark blueish color

Also please have it be compatible with the OWBE+ version of ERX

So like it doesn't alter the changes made to it such as having the focus that lets you form the US turns the nation to the United States of America and not just the United States

@timber zenith that's all

[timber zenith]

is this something to do with owb?

I've never played it so I might not be the best to make a submod for it

[abstract hawk]

Yeah

But all it really does is add in the tech and the other small changes

[abstract hawk]

I'd assume it wouldn't be too hard

You aren't adding in a nation or anything

Just adding new tech and slightly altering a few things

So do you think you can do it?

@timber zenith

[timber zenith]

sorry mate, I wish you all the best

I'm just not familiar with tech modding too much, or with owb

[abstract hawk]

Alright

Well if you know anyone that is willing and able to

Just tell me

[lofty plaza]

Adding more tech is much more difficult than adding a new nation but alright

Adding a new nation is actually relatively simple

[stuck quarry]

nations are way easier than tech modding

[abstract hawk]

Alright well

Would either of you two be willing to do it?

[lofty plaza]

I'm not familiar with OWB

[abstract hawk]

Ok

[vocal kestrel]

Isn't the hardest part of adding a new nation making a focus tree for them?

[stuck quarry]

Basically yea

[lofty plaza]

That's not the same thing

[vocal kestrel]

Or are we talking about adding generic nation 101?

[lofty plaza]

Just adding a new nation

[abstract hawk]

@timber zenith

How would you feel about designing a focus tree for a nation in OWB

A nation based off of the Free States

[abstract hawk]

Anyways

If someone's interested in the tech mod

Please DM or ping me

[cosmic quarry]

i have recently uploaded a hoi4 mod to the workshop and when i tried it myself (from the workshop) nothing that i did applied to the mod

but when i play the mod from the hard drive itself it works

did i do something wrong with uploading it to steam?

[prisma marten]

what is your mods name

[cosmic quarry]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3334967716

[prisma marten]

maybe it was still undergoing the random check

i cant open it yet

[cosmic quarry]

thats cause i reuploaded the mod

[prisma marten]

oh

[cosmic quarry]

it should be good now

[prisma marten]

ima test it

[cosmic quarry]

okay

can you screenshot it if the mod's working

and if not can you screenshot your pov of the mod contents

[prisma marten]

the portraits is working but the focus name isnt

[cosmic quarry]

oh thats cause i havent changed the name of the focus yet

but thank you so much

[prisma marten]

yes

my game crashed 😠

[cosmic quarry]

rip

[prisma marten]

wait that could be a issue

let me test again

[cosmic quarry]

thats impossible

the mod is just a gfx mod

[prisma marten]

hmmm

it could be a coincidence

of me having a trash laptop

let me try again

[cosmic quarry]

yeah

[prisma marten]

trash laptop it is

[cosmic quarry]

oh ok i was getting worried for a sec

rip laptop though i hope your able to get an upgrade soon

[prisma marten]

yes

[patent linden]

Is this the correct channel to ask about modding related questions?

[craggy field]

I got a map error preventing me from launch it without it warning me of a crash, but I can't seem to find what is causing this map error, could someone help out?

[patent linden]

[08:39:24][no_game_date][strategicair.cpp:5141]: MAP_ERROR: (airports.txt) no air base site defined for state 471

maybe this?

[craggy field]

ah okay

I though I dealt with

all of them

[patent linden]

[08:39:14][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1134]: Expected quotation mark (") at line 288 and column 22 in localisation/english/strategic_region_names_l_english.yml potentially this, im unsure

I have the following Problem, in this idea that I created, i have a custom country as the target of an attack and defense bonus, Despite me having edited the country localisation, the name of the country won't show up. When I switch the country tag in the code, the name shows up again, so I would assume its a localisation issue, i just cant find where in the localisation file my issue is. This is the part of the "countries_l_english.yml" file that, as far as i am aware, should regulate the name

 BOF_fascism:0 "Bofrostmann"
 BOF_democratic:0 "Bofrostmann"
 BOF_neutrality:0 "Bofrostmann"
 BOF_communism:0 "Bofrostmann"```

[cobalt harbor]

hey

i want to start making a mod

is there any tools that can help

like editing scenarios

[opal rune]

how do i modify national spirit modifiers

[patent linden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2iBYsL6Hxo&list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7

[patent linden]

Your_mod_file>common>ideas>file_with_your_idea_in_it

the file with the idea could be for example a file called "GER" for the german national spirits(ideas), example idea:

        {
            
            allowed = 
            {
                original_tag = GER
            }

            allowed_civil_war = 
            {
                always = yes
            }

            removal_cost = -1
            
            modifier = 
            {
                army_org_Factor = 0.05
                planning_speed = 0.25
            }
        }``` in the "modifier" block you can change around whatever you need/want, ```https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers#Operatives``` is where you can find some modifiers and how to use them

[opal rune]

no like

what i mean is

if you complete a focus

and you want the national spirit to change

for example a modifier that gives you less stability but when you complete that focus it gives some stability back

[patent linden]

something like this?

[opal rune]

yes

[patent linden]

    {
        id = GER_Feuertaufe
        icon = GFX_focus_ger_oppose_hitler
        x = 50
        y = 2
        cost = 5
        search_filters = { FOCUS_FILTER_ARMY_XP }
        prerequisite = { focus = GER_the_state_of_the_prussian_army }

        available =
        {
            has_completed_focus = GER_emergency_war_industry
        }

        completion_reward =
        {
            
            swap_ideas =
            {
                remove_idea = state_of_the_prussian_army_1
                add_idea = state_of_the_prussian_army_2
            }
        }
    }```` code for the focus that i got the screenshot from, what I did was create 2 different ideas and then, as the completion reward implies, i swap them out

[opal rune]

ok

thx

[patent linden]

        {
            picture = generic_war_preparation

            allowed = 
            {
                always = yes
            }

            visible =
            {
                
            }

            modifier =
            {
                modifier = state_of_the_prussian_army
                army_attack_Factor = -0.10
                army_org_Factor = -0.10
                army_morale_Factor = -0.10
                initiative_factor = -0.10
                conscription_factor = -0.10
            }

        }
        state_of_the_prussian_army_2 =
        {
            picture = generic_war_preparation

            allowed = 
            {
                always = yes
            }

            visible =
            {
                
            }

            modifier =
            {
                modifier = state_of_the_prussian_army
                army_attack_Factor = 0.02
                army_org_Factor = 0.02
            }

        }```code for the 2 ideas

[opal rune]

it worked

thx for the help

[patent linden]

No problem

[patent linden]

How do i go about unlocking a decision category through a focus? I found the unlock_decision_category_tooltip thing in another focus tree file, but i dont know how to properly use that

[stuck quarry]

You could check in the decision category file if the desired focus is completed to show the category