modding

[stuck quarry]

In the allowed = {} block

Should work i think

[patent linden]

was thinking about that too, but i want the national focus to say "unlocks category xy upon completion" or whatever that text was

[bronze rover]

guys i’m actually so happy im starting to understand it

i’m gonna do a post treaty of versailles interwar mod as a beginner project

starting with uk focus tree 😇😇😇

[charred abyss]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

if finished

dm me

with mod

pls

[bronze rover]

not at all

just started

but it’s been something i’ve always wanted

i got a lot of free time rn waiting for some jobs to get back to me

so why not have a go at it

ill release it when its semi playable

[stuck quarry]

Could use a custom effect tooltip i think to give it custom text to say it unlocks it

Are icebreaker boats a thing i hoi, and if not would it be possible to add them

[patent linden]

well, what exactly is the point behind the ice breaker?

[inland wharf]

What language does modding happen in)

?*

[wicked echo]

hi guys could anyone check if this code is okay? im trying to make it so you have to be in volunteer only to take this focus but im finding it hard

or if i can make a requirement where the number of soldiers must be under 200k

something like that

[stuck quarry]

Its not really a language

[stuck quarry]

To break ice

[patent linden]

where? how? why?

[stuck quarry]

In my mod im gonna be freezing some of the icean and i was hoping ice breakers would be possible to teaverse the frozen waters

[patent linden]

is the "frozen ocean" a region category?

[stuck quarry]

I have no idea

I havnt looked into that yet

[patent linden]

well you could create a "Frozen Ocean" strategic region category, and then give it like 50% speed debuff, and then you can add Ice breaker ships that, if they are present in a fleet, reduce the debuff by 40% or something

[stuck quarry]

Hm ill look into that

[indigo jay]

whats the best ww1 mod?

[wicked echo]

yo guys

i wanted to add a focus tree for the uk and to add 1 civ to southern england state

[lofty plaza]

Okay

[jade roost]

would this work to create a war at the start of the game

[jade roost]

great war redux

[grim laurel]

is there any possible way to make hoi4 divs move dinamically without the tiles

[timber zenith]

declare_war_on and create_wargoal

and what file/folder is that in?

[jade roost]

history/countries

[timber zenith]

Yeah that should work

[jade roost]

with this syntax?

[timber zenith]

Yeah

[jade roost]

kk

[timber zenith]

There might be a better way to do it but I can't remember how Italy does it in vanilla atm

you also don't need the wargoal since the war is being immediately declared

[jade roost]

btw does me being full on onedrive matter?

[opal rune]

how do i change the date of the tech, im making a 1933 mod but the tech starts in 1936

[timber zenith]

I'm not sure what that means

[jade roost]

does this matter

because im full on onedrive storage (which is bs cuz they want you to buy more)

it has a x

[timber zenith]

can't say I've ever used OneDrive storage before

[jade roost]

idk how im even using it

i just am i guess

[stuck quarry]

this may not be possible, but does anyone know a way i can make the water here look fully frozen over instead of just the edges

[warm cedar]

Can someone tell me if there is something wrong with my code?

[spring holly]

Anything I could add to this focus tree? (I am gonna add preparation focuses to the "to Leningrad" focus and add an Otto Strandman cabinet focus)

[wintry geode]

how to turn off all ai/player made guarantees?

the usa is guaranteeing all the hre states

is there a rule for that?

or making them cost 239623862pp

[wicked echo]

why does add_ideas remove half my focuses

[wicked echo]

i forgot to finish it but i found out how

[grim laurel]

how do I create provinces and states?

[mortal token]

Has anyone ported over Imperator /vic3 tech trees to HoI4?

[obtuse condor]

I am playing on mods with my friends, but we dont have the same version. How do i switch versions?

[worn gust]

can someone help me with the error?

[cobalt harbor]

is there a custom scenerio maker

not talking about toolpack

one that modifies game files

[cobalt harbor]

idk

[wintry geode]

is there a way to make so countries cant guarantee eachother?

[stuck quarry]

You need to make sure yall have the exact same mods with the exact same versions

[obtuse condor]

yeah, but how do I switch versions

[stuck quarry]

If you have a older version you gotta unsubscribe and resubscribe to the mod

I dont think (tho i could be wrong) theres any way to do it otherwise

[obtuse condor]

the only differences are the numbers in the parentheses. we have the same mods and same version

[stuck quarry]

If everything is exactly the same

There might be something locally on either side changed

Usually in the local paradox folder in documents

Or just your game files for some reason

Basically anything chan change the checksum

[wintry geode]

is there a way to make so france doesnt declare war on austrias puppets?

i make so france declares war on austria in the french history file

[magic bay]

I think you need to find a way to stop Austria from calling them in, because the AI will call their puppets in almost immediately

[jade roost]

what is wrong

this is the portrait file btw

[vague relic]

Hey will be doing a mod where the white movement is alive in 1936 on the Crimean peninsula

If anyone wants to help in the project either gfx coding or writing it would be nice

[vague relic]

still need help?

[vague relic]

what is exactly the problem

[jade roost]

thats what im wondering

[vague relic]

Yes but what happens

the image dosent show?

[jade roost]

it shows a default image

[vague relic]

can you show me a debug file?

[jade roost]

one sec

[jade roost]

like the debug one vscode

[vague relic]

dosent matter

also the character works right?

its just the image that dosent work?

[jade roost]

yeah the character works

it has the name and traits

[jade roost]

its just the pictures that loads as a default one

[vague relic]

yeah get me the debug

[jade roost]

how do iget the debug on vscode

[vague relic]

also make sure that the picture is actually DDS but I doubt you have missed that

[vague relic]

You have to open the game

in -debug

[jade roost]

kk

[jade roost]

it is dds lmao i had a problem with another portrait where it wasen't

wait i think i found something

[jade roost]

i figured it out

thank you for the help tho

[vague relic]

what was it?

[jade roost]

where i put AFZ i put AFG

it is supposed to be AFZ but ealier it was AFG

[vague relic]

damn

happens

[jade roost]

most of my mistakes are stupid syntax stuff

like not having dds/tga file

[vague relic]

Yeah dude it happens

[jade roost]

this is why i hate everything to do with gfx

focus tree's and ideas are so easy

its impossible to mess up

[vague relic]

yeah I am having some shine problems with gfx

mf is always messing shit up

[vague relic]

As the man sayed you have to make Austria not call them in as they are puppets, my recomendation would be to make it so they arent puppets and instead add that they cannot declare war on each other because they have the same ideology

or at least in the case of Prussia

[maiden steeple]

hi im building a hoi4 in ww2 based around russia

any ideas

so far i have 1. russia lost civil war and colapsed into itself, sibera and other states declared independance. 2. russia won lost worse in ww2 and is a dysfunctional state but not in peices

my idea of 1.

perhaps america never joined ww1 but germany still lost?

looking for ideas with russia

[maiden steeple]

ooo i like that

[worn gust]

Not anymore thanks

[sand locust]

how do i remove a national spirit in the history files

i removed it from under here

but when i load up the mod, the national spirit is still there

i also tried changing starting war support, but that didn't work either

lmao i put it in the wrong folder

i'm good now

[lofty plaza]

Yeah you sure did

[patent linden]

If I load an oob file, can i somehow force the troops that that file loads to be volunteer forces, or is there a way to force AI to send a certain amount of volunteer forces to a specific country

[lament osprey]

I'm trying to find out which tasks annoy modders the most and which tasks eat away most of the time, if you would like to help me with this "study" please fill out this form and maybe share it with some friends, if you want to see results, dm me a short message saying so. I'll provide the results once the study has reached at least 100 participants or more. Currently 5 people have filled out the form:
https://forms.gle/FSrUjgkapKjz5imT9
Please and thank you :3

[tall hare]

Yo can you help me?

[tall hare]

I am facing errors

[lament osprey]

Depends, I dont know everything. What errors are you getting?

[tall hare]

So my icons for national spirit isn't working

and now the icons for characters and stuff dissapered

[lament osprey]

Do you have any errors in regards to those files in the error log?

[tall hare]

Many

[lament osprey]

what do they say?

[wintry geode]

how do i peace out puppets with a country in a startdate?

i dont want the austrian and ottoman puppets to be at war with france

diplomatic_relation = { country = TAG relation = war_relation active = no

every_country={
limit={
or={
has_autonomy_state = autonomy_protectorate
has_autonomy_state = autonomy_hre_subject
}
}
diplomatic_relation = { country = PREV relation = war_relation active = no
}
}

This?

[tall hare]

alot

[lament osprey]

I had a similar error a while ago where custom icons for national spirits didnt show up, but for me it didnt break any other pictures. Maybe try undoing what you did when the errors occured and then go from there. If you want you can send me the error log.

[tall hare]

could I have like a template?

[tall hare]

how did you fix the national spirit?

[lament osprey]

I didnt lmao, I just let it use the default image, as the specific spirit was made for a country which was not supposed to be played by a player anyway

You can find templates online though

Also check the HOI4 modding wiki

[tall hare]

oh

you know how to do it though?

[lament osprey]

In theory yes

if everything works except the icon then maybe some file name or file name refference or something is wrong

or maybe the file isnt a supported type?

there are many possible issues

[obtuse condor]

looks sick

[wintry geode]

thanks imo

has_start_date=1800

this vode valid?

or do i have to include < and >?

uhhhhh why didnt the event trigger

huh?

ahhh no .1.1

ah good it works they peaced out with all the ottoman and hre puppets

[tall hare]

@lament osprey Why is this error?

[lament osprey]

what does your idea code look like?

[tall hare]

ideas = {

country = {
    hyper_inflation = {
    picture = GFX_ideas_hyper_inflation
    modifier = {
        consumer_goods_factor = 0.80
        stability_factor = -0.30
        war_support_factor = -0.20
        factory_output_factor = -0.25
        construction_speed_factor = -0.30
        political_power_gain = -0.10
    }

}

}

}

[tall hare]

also it doesen't appear at all now 😭

I fixed the other icons

@lament osprey

[lament osprey]

one sec

[tall hare]

ok

[lament osprey]

ideas = {
    country = {
        hyper_inflation = {
            picture = GFX_ideas_hyper_inflation
            modifier = {
            consumer_goods_factor = 0.80
            stability_factor = -0.30
            war_support_factor = -0.20
            factory_output_factor = -0.25
            construction_speed_factor = -0.30
            political_power_gain = -0.10
        }
    
        }
        
    }
}

This is how I would do it

but technically theres no difference to yours

which indicates, that the issue does not lay in this file

I've tested this code and it works for me

@tall hare

[tall hare]

Ok

Idk were else the issue might be

[lament osprey]

did you properly declare the GFX file in your sprite file?

did you add it to the country properly?

did you link all files? are the names correct?

[tall hare]

I can send you the thing

Dms

[lament osprey]

sure

[wintry geode]

regarding sub ideologies

can you make them do anything in an event?

can you do every_countr={} for a specific sub ideology?

[dark portal]

do the event for all

and then allow it for only the ideology

also what is the idea token for advisor

i dont understand why i texists

[dark portal]

do it in on_actions btw

looking for testers

hmu if your intrested

[pale sparrow]

it allows for easy advisor manipulation, especially if the character has multiple advisor roles

[dark portal]

so i can basically give him the token and he will have different effects for each advisor position

thats cool ig

[pale sparrow]

You can also do things through their character token, but its less intuitive and I think the tooltips are worse

[spare crest]

Japanese Battleships

left to right: Hizen 40 BB, Yamato SHBB, Musashi SHBB, Shikishima 44 BB, Satsuma SHBB

[unreal cliff]

are there any mods that do ace auto assignment

massive pain in my a*s istg

[jagged tide]

Woah awesome models

[wintry geode]

Bourbon Belgium Mogs

[vague relic]

If Russia lost ww2 I see no way for the Nazis to not have taken most of Russia

[vague relic]

I am pretty sure the AI cannot be forced but there are a lot of ways to combat this, for example making the divisions a different template with special names that clearly show they are volunteers and make them disappear once the war has ended for example

maybe also an idea or event that directly tells you this

[vague relic]

I told you a work around for this

make them not be puppets

[wintry geode]

i made an event that peaced them out

[vague relic]

if it works

It will look a bit sloopy

but if it works

also cant Austria call them in again?

[wintry geode]

nah

made so they cant

[vague relic]

Hey if it works

dosent have to be pretty

[patent linden]

yea, i was trying to have these troops be controlled by AI so that the potential player that receives these troops doesnt directly control them

more of a balancing thing than anything else really

[vague relic]

that just sounds like bad design

[patent linden]

volunteer support

[vague relic]

you either give the player more troops or less troops but you dont make it frustrating

it either is more difficult or less difficult

but not frustrating

[patent linden]

how are volunteers frustrating

[vague relic]

They will do whatever the fk they want without taking into account anything you do

[patent linden]

paradox moment

[vague relic]

I cannot say the F word in a game that is supposedly +18

[patent linden]

yea i realized that too

but in my case that frustration is a feature not a bug

[vague relic]

my bad its actually +12

Then its a bad one

To be honest I dont know what you are doing

and I dont know the context

but you dont make players frustrated

you either make them feel miserable

or make them feel good

or make them feel however you want

but not frustrated

or enraged

[patent linden]

its a 3 way civil war and i want to give each country some help in various shapes and forms

volunteer forces in my head buff their numbers without those troops being used so effectively that the power that receives them can steamroll the others

[vague relic]

Well there are a couple options

the first one is to make those troops worse

the second one would be if you really wanted make it so the AI has a reason to send units

I am not the best at codding and there might be a way to force a country to send volunteers but not from what I know

and definitively not start with them

[patent linden]

I know one mod where volunteer forces are always received by a certain country from other countries, always the same country and same number of troops involved which is why i assume theres some way to script this

[vague relic]

there must be

I just dont know how and I dont think it is worth it

but might be wrong

[patent linden]

I would just assume there is some kind of ai desire to send volunteers thingy

[white plover]

peru is op in kaiserreich

[obtuse condor]

Good mods for vanilla+?

[vague relic]

If anyone wants to help in the project either gfx coding or writing it would be nice

[sand locust]

how would i have a different focus tree load depending on if a nation is player-controlled or not

like i assume this is how to make it a player focus

but how do i make the ai one

[vague relic]

theoretically you could have a decision that changes the focus tree or a event at the start of the game

the AI would say they are an AI and the player would say they are a player

and get one or the other focus tree

[sand locust]

interesting

[warped wing]

Peru is op.*

[dark portal]

ic thanks

[stuck quarry]

Probably just is_ai = yes?

[sand locust]

it didn't work, sadly

[dark portal]

how do i make ai chose x decision

i mean option in a event

[vague relic]

using ai_chance = {
base = 10.5

or changing the base to whatever

[dark portal]

and u put it into the option right?

[vague relic]

Yes

[plucky crystal]

i have probelm with uploading my mod

my mod like is empty

when i upload it

[spice cradle]

are there any better states mods

?

[dark portal]

👍🏻

[dark portal]

same wig me

[vague relic]

several

[vague relic]

So you try to open your mod but none of the changes you have made are there?

[vague relic]

same with you?

[dark portal]

ye

it doesnt show for yiu

it shows for others thi

tho

[vague relic]

what?

I dont quite get what you are trying to say

[lament bronze]

are there any toolpack mod that can spawn specific ship that player design rather than the base design?

[vague relic]

not in my knowledge

[spice cradle]

can you give me some of them?

[dark portal]

it doesnt show to the creator smh

other people see it as it shoulf br

[lament bronze]

too bad, build navy fleet take forever

[vague relic]

it probably is because you have the mod loaded in your local file and the steam one

[vague relic]

Oh it does, there might be I just dont know any

[plucky crystal]

the thing is that when my mod works normally, when I share it on the paradox or steam workshop, when I download it from the workshop it doesn't work, the files seem to be there but the country doesn't appear and there are no changes either

[vague relic]

so it works for you in your game file but not if somebody else downloads it?

[unreal forge]

Did you select the mod in the launcher?

[plucky crystal]

It doesn't work like that when I download it from the workshop

[plucky crystal]

yes

[unreal forge]

Like add it to the correct playset?

[vague relic]

are you sure the file you download and the one you use are the same?

[plucky crystal]

yes

[vague relic]

Please show me both files

[plucky crystal]

yes but i made it

[vague relic]

the one you download and the one you have

[plucky crystal]

i play on this and

wait

and this is it

[vague relic]

No no no show me the inside of the file

[plucky crystal]

but if i play on this then dont work

[plucky crystal]

why?

im sure its the same

[vague relic]

Clearly they are not the same

just by seeing the size of both files you can see that they are not

[plucky crystal]

but i uplaoad

this

[vague relic]

are you sure you are uploading the correct file?

[plucky crystal]

athey are the same but it seems that my mod for the workshop is not fully loaded

[plucky crystal]

yes

[vague relic]

please double check

[vague relic]

Check the inside of the file

check if both are the same

[plucky crystal]

I had the same thing before

[plucky crystal]

ok

wtf

steam was changing my files

[vague relic]

Steam dosent change your files usually speaking

You might have uploaded the wrong one

[plucky crystal]

I mean, I don't know how to say it

[plucky crystal]

i upload 4 times

[vague relic]

You mean you uploaded the correct file you are 100% sure but Steam changes it?

[plucky crystal]

yes

[vague relic]

I want you to go to upload the mod again

this time double check if its the same file

and triple check

[plucky crystal]

I need to download it again from the workshop or make it available to the workshop again

[vague relic]

make it available again

[plucky crystal]

ok

[vague relic]

lets try that

[plucky crystal]

ok i made it

and

i try]

[vague relic]

Wont work either

Clearly they are not the same file

I have no idea why

but they are not the same file

[plucky crystal]

Still

[vague relic]

Yeah duh

they are not the same file

I have no idea why

but they are not

[plucky crystal]

I Understand

[keen adder]

(sorry for russian language) I have a new problem, not every state and victory points names are edited.

[vague relic]

check if the files of localization are in the correct place

[vague relic]

do the other ones work?

[keen adder]

yes

[vague relic]

weird

close the game and open it again

[keen adder]

i did it already

that's the same thing

[vague relic]

will check in a couple minutes

[inland sandal]

got event to work
Event pops but doesn't give me the national spirit
Fix it
National spirit works
Event doesn't pop ip
Man.

[vague relic]

Man

I feel you

[inland sandal]

I don't even understand what I did wrong, I just converted it to a text file

😔

[vague relic]

probably somewhere there

[timber zenith]

why are you converting it?

[inland sandal]

only way i could get the event to fire

[patent linden]

How do i make an event where one country sends a specific amount of a certain equipment type to another country?

is it as simple as deleting equipment in stockpile A and adding new equipment to stockpile B or is there a more elegant way

[vague relic]

not that I know off

that is actually quite fine

a lot of mods do it

could also be a decision in the background that fires automatically

[patent linden]

I remember reading something along the lines of "old equipment goes first" in some of those decisions and i am wondering how exactly that can be achieved

[vague relic]

Priority = oldest

[patent linden]

so with an "add_equipment_to_stockpile", a negative amount, and a "priority = oldest" somwhere in the block

[stuck quarry]

Theres a transfer equipment effect

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

Its under the nation scope

[patent linden]

i was trying to search for transfer_equipment

no wonder i didnt find it

I presume i can use the "priority = oldest" here too?

[stuck quarry]

Yea i thought it was transfer too at first

[stuck quarry]

Not sure

Looks like you can supply a generic type or a specific type

[patent linden]

yea ok, priority = "" doesnt do anything, but old ones going first seems to be the default

        {
            send_equipment = 
            {
                equipment = infantry_equipment
                amount = 100
                target = GER
                priority = newest
            }
            #add idea here
        }```

[patent linden]

Another question: regarding the ai_chance thingy, i did the following ```option =
{
france.1.a
send_equipment =
{
equipment = infantry_equipment
amount = 5000
target = BAY
}
ai_chance = { factor = 90 }
}
option =
{
france.1.b

    BAY =
    {
        add_opinion_modifier =
        {
            target = FRA
            modifier = unstable_alliance
        }
    }
    ai_chance = { factor = 10 }
} ``` What I assume this does is make it so there's a 90% chance the AI picks the first option, and a 10% chance it picks the second option. Is this a correct assumption?

[timber zenith]

it's not necessarily a percentage thing, but you can use it as such if it makes it easier

so you can do 9 and 1 for the same effect

you have an interesting bracketing style as well

no hate I just haven't seen the line break before the scope open before

[patent linden]

I'm used to this formatting from other coding projects, so i just use it here too

either way: the "send_equipment" doesnt seem to work with the event i am making for some reason, is that intentional?

[timber zenith]

does france get the event?

[patent linden]

from what i can tell, no, but i fired the event manually, and it still didnt work

[timber zenith]

it may be worth using a FRA scope just to check

and does france have 5k inf equipment spare? send_equipment doesn't go into negatives iirc

[patent linden]

i take everything back it works now for some reason

[timber zenith]

Huh, nice

[patent linden]

Schizophrenia based developement is my specialty it would appear

[stuck quarry]

relatable

[haughty crypt]

Hello guys, how can i make country borders more transparent?

[proper acorn]

How do I change a country's party name through an event?

[vague relic]

Might just be an idiot

pardon me

[magic holly]

Hi, I'm helping out on the mod empire and I told him to create a nation and focus. Could someone help me teach me please?

Could you help me? I'm from Peru and I need help so you can teach me, please.

[vague relic]

Did you join to help a mod before you knew how to mod?

JESUS

[stuck quarry]

lol what

[inland sandal]

uh can someone tell me how this is wrong?

[obtuse condor]

how do I release a nation twice, once as like democratic and once as like communist?

[jagged tide]

Dont think u can.

U release them as your ideology i believe

[obtuse condor]

rip

guess ill make a custom nation

[pale sparrow]

civil war that you forcibly peace out immediately after

or a dynamic country

[obtuse condor]

yeah but that just makes it so the main country (the original one) annexed the other one

[obtuse condor]

a dynamic country?

[pale sparrow]

    original_tag = GER
    transfer_state = 42
    transfer_state = 50
    transfer_state = 52
    transfer_state = 53
    transfer_state = 54
}```

for example

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

[obtuse condor]

ahhh I believe this is perfect

thank you

[pale sparrow]

@patent linden@spring ibex@warm pastureKeep it on topic

[spring ibex]

mb

[vapid gyro]

yall know how to play modern day mod? i only need economy advise pls

[patent linden]

How do I add off-map factories to an idea

[lofty plaza]

You can't

[stuck quarry]

You could in a very round about way using on actions i think, atleast i have an idea if how it would work

[gilded harbor]

is there a good mod that plays of during around 1800 (i want some napoleon gameplay)

but all the mods are super outdated that i can find

[keen adder]

guys, how to make the party names are showing up like in the second screenshot, but it changes after changing country's subideology?

it was supposed to be like a political parties from Millennium Dawn

but I guess it's hard work

[stuck quarry]

Idk how much is done but @wintry geode is developing a mod around that time period

[gilded harbor]

ill already subscribe to it

[patent linden]

well how do off-map factories work then

[lofty plaza]

They are added through an effect, the same way as actual factories are

[wintry geode]

add_offsite_building = { type = arms_factory level = 1 }

[patent linden]

well then

[warped nymph]

is there a way that you can programm the AI to spamm divisions?

[obtuse condor]

The highly anticipated mod "Virtus Unita Fortior: the Andorra focus tree mod" will be releasing very soon! As a teaser, here you can see the 9 different possible monarchs for Andorra, available through the 4 different monarchist paths!

[wintry geode]

Thats allot of Bourbons

[grim laurel]

how duh I create provinces

[patent linden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChtwJzN9cpw&list=PLt_7vUaEvaGSGyCdU6-4Bi36_qq7EBh-k&index=1&pp=iAQB

[grim laurel]

Thank you

[patent linden]

👍

[vague relic]

that man in a red berret seems nice

[jade roost]

whats wrong here

[wintry geode]

Is this event valid?

[wintry geode]

HSE={country_event = { id = fra_1789_event.96 days = 30}}

This valid?

they got the event 1 day after not 30

it didnt work

[grim laurel]

check the punctuations

the . { } = /

[main grove]

where can i find good templates

[light token]

How do I remove mutually focus trees? Here's an example, say I want to both take Strengthen Northern Industry and Modernize the Mezzogiorno at the same time.

[sand locust]

delete this line

also i have a question of my own:

every_country = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
num_subjects > 0
}
end_puppet = {
every_country = {
limit = {
is_subject_of = PREV
}
}
}
}

i tried using this code to have every nation abandon their subjects, but it's not working

every_country = { limit = { is_ai = yes num_subjects > 0 } end_puppet = { every_country = { limit = { is_subject_of = PREV } } } }

here is a better looking code block

[light token]

Should I do that in Notepad++?

[sand locust]

yeah

crlt f for mutually_exclusive =

and then delete the line you want to remove exclusivity

[light token]

Okay, thanks.

[timber zenith]

end_puppet needs to be used in the scope of an overlord, and isn't a scope itself

I'll mock something up for you real quick

    limit = {
        is_subject = yes 
    }
    set_autonomy = {
        target = THIS
        autonomous_state = autonomy_free
    }
}```

if THIS doesn't work, try PREV

[sand locust]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i did it manually, but thank you for explaining it to me

[timber zenith]

No worries

[sonic bay]

what should i make a mod about?

[obtuse condor]

Hmmm....how about a medieval mod? which goes from the early medieval age to the late stage of it

[sonic bay]

good idea

[dusty orchid]

If they decide to migrate westwards all of Europe will be wiped out

[patent linden]

Question: I am trying to set an icon for my focus, however, this specific icon doesnt work and I can't figure out why

    {
        id = BAY_under_the_french_thumb
        icon = GFX_focus_cze_german_puppet
        x = 13
        y = 3
        cost = 5
        search_filters = { FOCUS_FILTER_POLITICAL }
        prerequisite = { focus = BAY_our_new_role }
        mutually_exclusive = { focus = BAY_together_as_equals }
        

        available =
        {
            always = no
        }
        completion_reward =
        {
            custom_effect_tooltip = bavaria_french_thumb
            country_event = { id = bavaria.3 hours = 1}
        }
    }``` this is the code block for my focus, the icon i am trying to use is in the image i attached

for some reason this is the only icon that doesnt work, all others i try to use with this focus work

[dark portal]

why doesnt my mod work when i sub to it

[jagged tide]

enable it from the launcher

[dark portal]

i enabled it

when i sent it to my friend it worked correctly

it is a issue purely with mods that i have uploaded

[pine lagoon]

How do you make it so that en event fires on a specific date

[patent linden]

I haven't figured out a very "intelligent" way yet, but I created an invisible timed mission that counted down specific amount of days from game start resulting in it firing at my specific date

I'm certain there are way more effective ways to do this though

[pine lagoon]

Alright I'll try it

[timber zenith]

check the interface file for accurate entry names, they often deviate from file names

in this case it's GFX_focus_CZE_german_puppet

https://yard1.github.io/HoI4-GFX-Search/ this might help in the future

[stuck quarry]

I may be wrong, i havnt messed with things like that much but could you use a scripted trigger and check the ingame date?

[timber zenith]

an on_action that uses on_startup to fire an event that appears after a certain number of days might be easier

[patent linden]

I havent figured that out yet either

[light token]

How do I remove Stalin's paranoia system in the game while keeping my generals?

[timber zenith]

scripted triggers just save space, they require preexisting triggers to work

instead of making like a 20 line available scope in a focus you put a single line, which is that scripted trigger

and you move those 20 lines into the scripted trigger file

they're pretty damn good but not really useful unless you're using the same set of triggers multiple times

[patent linden]

https://tenor.com/view/social-credit-social-credit-score-meme-john-xina-gif-23649557

[patent linden]

I remember seeing a Github Page with a lot of free to use Portraits, do you happen to have a link to that too or do i have to take my pills

[timber zenith]

this one? https://github.com/Globvs/Ultimate-HOI4-GFX

there is also

https://gitlab.com/association-of-modders/aom-shared-assets

the gitlab one has preexisting icons

[patent linden]

why is the portrait folder empty

who stole them

[timber zenith]

i took them 😈

[patent linden]

https://tenor.com/view/tgwtg-that-guy-with-the-glasses-doug-walker-point-computer-gif-17022655

[timber zenith]

There are plenty of portrait mods on the workshop, i'm sure there are some that have free use for credit

[patent linden]

ill try and find something then, thanks

[sonic obsidian]

how to make an event with a referendum like Hungary in my mod?

[sonic obsidian]

its in focus or event?

[patent linden]

    {
        name = asutria.a
        annex_country = { target = HUN transfer_troops = yes }
    }```

as an example

[patent linden]

should work for both

[sonic obsidian]

okay, thanks

[patent linden]

just make sure you dont do the whole "option" thing when in a focus

[patent linden]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect also this might come in handy for you

theres one for modifiers too

[sonic obsidian]

thanks, that really help

[patent linden]

is anyone willing and able to teach me about how MIO modding works? i cant properly figure this out

[sonic obsidian]

sorry for asking again, but how to fix that?

[stuck quarry]

Ah I misunderstood them then

[fast valve]

Would it be possible to change supply hubs to a tiered system a la forts? It seems they’d share a lot of the same base code but idk how accessible they are

[timber zenith]

can you show the event code?

[sly pier]

what modding tool are you guys using?

i want to use ms visual studio but i m not sure

[stuck quarry]

Visual studio code is the best imo

Theres multiple extensions to help with modding to speed it up

[patent linden]

I use VS code too, many also use Notepad++

I'd say VS code is a bit more versatile, but at the end of the day you can choose between the 2

or regular notepad if you're a masochist

[pale sparrow]

VS code has good plugins

Notepad++ has a much better search function

[sly pier]

and this is the best extension for vs code?

this is the most popular i have found

[pale sparrow]

theres multiple for different things

I got CWtools, mod utilities and Paradox Syntax Highlighting (latter probably unneeded, overlapping with CWtools)

[patent linden]

How can i make it so that one of my decisions requires another decision to have been clicked first

[stuck quarry]

Could use a country flag as a requirement for the second decision which is set by the first one

[patent linden]

I havent fully understood Flags yet, seem like boolean values to me, but i dont know if thats true

[obtuse condor]

Great news! The long awaited mod "Virtus Unita Fortior: the Andorra Focus Tree Mod" is finally here! With over 200 focuses for Andorra, it is waiting for you to play it! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3338276209&searchtext=

[timber zenith]

yep, it's a boolean value. You can do set_country_flag = whatever_you_want_here then has_country_flag = whatever_you_want_here in the second decision trigger

it doesn't have localisation, though

[patent linden]

so a set_country_flag in the complete effect of decision 1 and a has_country_flag in the available block for decision 2

[timber zenith]

the tooltip won't be accurate so you'll have to make a custom one

[timber zenith]

exactly

[patent linden]

seems simple enough

cant wait to fail miserably

[timber zenith]

you can do a global flag as well, it doesn't really matter if it applies to one nation

[patent linden]

so basically a "public/private" boolean

[timber zenith]

pretty much

there is also set_state_flag but that's a different matter

[patent linden]

I tried this available = { always = yes has_country_flag = austrian_aid custom_effect_tooltip = "Has asked for austrian aid" } but i don't get the correct thing i want, i presume i didnt correctly understand the tooltip

[timber zenith]

triggers have their own tooltip scope

    tooltip = my_tooltip_tt        
    has_country_flag = austrian_aid
}```

you can use loc or " in the tooltip part

[patent linden]

i used ", localisation seems a bit overkill, but it works, thanks mate

[timber zenith]

No worries

loc is easier if you're making multiple languages or planing on using scripted loc

but yeah generally qotations are easier

[patent linden]

I am contemplating translations, but i dont think i care enough lol

[timber zenith]

that's valid

[patent linden]

one more thing, I copied the italian events file into my folder and cleared it, from my understanding, if I assing new events with the same name space as in vanilla, my events should override the vanilla events, however, it doesnt. Is using a different name space the better option or can i force the override somehow

[timber zenith]

i would recommend using a new namespace and different file name

[patent linden]

well then, thanks again

[timber zenith]

any time

[wintry geode]

anyone know any niche focus effects one could use?

[timber zenith]

reverse_add_opinion_modifier

very useful

possibly the most useful effect in the game

[sand locust]

i tried your puppet code from last night, and it worked on the first try

you deserve an award for your skill

[timber zenith]

I'm glad to hear it!

helping others is my reward ♥️

[sand locust]

does hoi4 have any variant of an if statement

like "if any nation is not in a faction, then X"

or would it just be something like

any_country ={not_in_Faction = yes}

[timber zenith]

you can use an if scope for that

if = {
 limit = {
  is_in_faction = no
 }
 result_here
}```

if you're asking for every country that isn't in a faction then you can replace the if with every_country

the any scope is only used in triggers, and every is only used in effects

[lethal portal]

Custom focus tree isn't uploading on the steam mod

[royal quartz]

So im designing a german focus tree and want feedback before I finish it, is it any good?

you will need to open it in browser to zoom in

sorry

[junior tangle]

Why Kriegsmarine when kaiser?

[royal quartz]

ope

it should be the Kaiserliche Marine right?

[junior tangle]

Yep

Also what would Kaiser's council do? Like in this context that is the Kaiser's council? Is it the Reichstag?

[royal quartz]

i have no idea what the german "house of lords" or nobles are called

all I know is that its based off the Austrian system

[junior tangle]

Hmmm

[royal quartz]

like the kings advisors idk

[junior tangle]

I believe the army had the biggest hand in advising the government but not too sure haha

Also you could add small separate branches for constitutional monarchy and absolute monarchy

Like elect a chancellor and appoint a chancellor

[royal quartz]

oo i had this in my head

but had no clue how like what focuses

[junior tangle]

Elect a chancellor could lead to a semi democratic constitutional monarchy

Give bonusses to stability and stuff

Whereas appoint a chancellor would mean that the chancellor only fullfills the Kaiser's will

[royal quartz]

what about the rest of it?

I still need to do the communist path

but thats not really priority

[junior tangle]

Well the democratic path could lead to peaceful expansion into a greater german empire purely on the continent, ending in a war with the Soviets

[royal quartz]

well i feel as though "peace" would be quite hard

[junior tangle]

The absolute monarchy path would probably be trying to secure the colonies, and more importantly to further humiliate the French

[junior tangle]

Yeah true

[royal quartz]

in my timeline the great war was a national catastrophe

and led to a horrible humiliation on the germans

[junior tangle]

How does Germany look in border terms?

[royal quartz]

Retained the danzig gap

lost the rhineland

and lost Schleswig-Holstein

[junior tangle]

Hmmmm

Well a "democratic" government would maybe be able to rearm quicker

And could do concessions to the victorious powers to regain some of it's old land

Whereas the absolute monarchy would be slower with rearmament because the victorious powers refuse to negotiate with it

But gets more war goals over time

[royal quartz]

perhaps a secret rearmanent like bulgaria?

[junior tangle]

That could work

[dark portal]

hohenzolern is the name of hus zosue

house

[iron abyss]

Why... Idk why nudge caused this error

[dark portal]

depends

remove all files that say history or map that are in documents/paradox/hoi4

[mighty token]

Greetings to all, my friend created a mod, and after that his checksum changed, the ways to clear the cache and reinstall the game did not help.
I ask knowledgeable people to suggest a solution to this problem.

[patent linden]

well uhh, did he disable the mod in the launcher?

[silver zealot]

i've made a national spirit. It worked completely fine when i added it so i removed it from the country file and decided to make it appear through national focus. But no matter what i do it just dosen't work.

i checked if there was a typo or something but it was good

i tried without the {} so it was just add_ideas = wild_spirit and it didn't work either

[peak ravine]

Are there any good mods for gaining more cores for a country? Not just free ones but if you get compliance high enough you can use pp to gain cores. Essentially replacing compliance government

[patent linden]

completion_reward not complete_effect for a focus

[silver zealot]

thank you so much

[patent linden]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2505154898&searchtext=core+with+compliance

[peak ravine]

Thanks

[silver zealot]

how do i add a character through focuses? For example an advisor appears or smth

[humble trellis]

Hey all. I was curious on how people would think for a Warhammer 40k mod called "Cadia Stands" where you either play the forces of evil or the imperium of man in the fall of cadia. It would be a huge map with stagetic points and overtime the map would start to "break" which would be rivers/lakes so the naval system would become "spaceships" I think this would be a cool idea and im curious what others would thiink

You also may be able to stop abbadon from breaking the world and be able to close the warp

[humble trellis]

you could also possibly play the orcs or tyranids but we will see

[silver zealot]

so a little starwars like mod instead of the unification wars?

it is an idea

[humble trellis]

Kinda. But I want it to have actual replay-ability

[silver zealot]

did i do something wrong (The name won't change to Stanley Bald it just stays as the tag)

[jade roost]

wiykd tge date for the event work

[proper acorn]

The date or hour is missing

[jade roost]

i have the date there

[timber zenith]

date only uses > and < not =

[jade roost]

ok

[timber zenith]

just use on_startup instead and have a day delay of 1 day

[jade roost]

so would this work

[timber zenith]

on_startup instead of on_daily

and you don't need the if scope

[jade roost]

kk

[jade roost]

so like this

[timber zenith]

just on_startup you don't need to mention the tag

and you can do

    id = fpw_afghan.1
    days = 2
}```

if you want it to trigger 2 days after start

wait maybe just 1 day

[jade roost]

one day is fine

[jade roost]

also something is wrong with this

[timber zenith]

the namespace has to match the event title, so it would be fpw_afghan

[jade roost]

kk

alright ill test it and see if it works

[wintry geode]

what kinda debuffs do you all add to a country/alt path if you want to make it hard?

[lofty plaza]

Get creative

[spring holly]

Alt path, since I really love ERX when I make a napoleonic victory althist path, I'll prolly make debuffs like "rebellious citizens" "no particular order" "only Napoleon" etc

Also I am making an estonian independence war tree and I am making a focus which has an event as a completion reward, but when I boot up the game, it shows "invalid event with id: est_allies_event.1"

[wintry geode]

do i add 2 traits to the prime ministers?

so you can only have one?

since i made them have whig tory conservative traits

also does anyone have suggestions what the prime minister trait should do and whig/tory/conservative traits should do?

[wintry geode]

traits = {
britain_prime_minister_conservative
britain_prime_minister
}

this works right?

[tulip prairie]

I'm going insane

please anyone help meh TwT

[tulip prairie]

(I already saved the file, and It won't work)

[gusty patrol]

anyone knows a mod that changes gibraltar to 2 provinces and adds a block from land invading it through spain?

[native tartan]

yall idk how to mod but do u need to know css or any programming languages to make mods?

[tulip prairie]

no

just learn

scripting is piss easy

[native tartan]

so no proggraming language is needed?

[tulip prairie]

syntax

[native tartan]

ok

ty

[tulip prairie]

yw

[tulip prairie]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1175620616196464721/1256720935491338290/a_e86e7053ec22e69be1c9460ee1971406.gif

[wintry geode]

ah okay adding 2 traits is the fix

[plucky crystal]

hello

in every other idea i need new file?

[echo storm]

yo

would anyone be interested in helping me make my mod?

[desert pollen]

does somebody know what is called localisation file for country flag?

[timber zenith]

flags don't have localisation

[native tartan]

yall m new to modding js started and i wanna make a focus that u have to be in a faction i know how to do the opposite. just dont know how to make it that u have to be in a faction to get that focus

[timber zenith]

how are you doing the opposite? like can you show the code?

[native tartan]

available= {
NOT = { is_in_faction_with = SOV }
NOT = { has_country_flag = britain_enforced_our_loyalty }

from a video i saw this is how to do the opposite

idk if its correct

[timber zenith]

you can just do is_in_faction = yes

or no for the opposite

if it's general

[native tartan]

with the available?

[timber zenith]

inside the available scope, yeah

[native tartan]

aight

ty

[timber zenith]

no worries

[desert pollen]

I mean this: set_country_flag = POL_sanation_win

[timber zenith]

yep they don't have localisation

a flag is just a boolean, meaning it's either on or off

so setting the country flag to POL_sanation_win just sets it to 1

[native tartan]

btw how can i make it so the country has to be the faction leader to have that focus?

[timber zenith]

is_faction_leader = yes

[native tartan]

aight

again

[timber zenith]

I would recommend reading this article: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers

[native tartan]

ty

[native tartan]

ok

[timber zenith]

all good

[desert pollen]

is there like custom trigger tooltip?

like effect has

[timber zenith]

Yep! like this:

    tooltip = tooltip_loc_tt        
    is_trigger_here = yes
}```

[desert pollen]

thanks

[timber zenith]

no worries

[honest zodiac]

guys my map section is bugging

help pls

[uneven cobalt]

what mod you have trying and how can I add one??

[timber zenith]

Can you send a screenshot of the state 10-Poland.txt file?

[lament osprey]

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[wintry geode]

huh?

tf are the civs mil modifiers

hoi4 modding being a maze

whats effect for organization and entrechment n crew?

[lethal igloo]

bit of a weird question, but the modding discord has failed me.

does anyone here know how to change the modifiers that are provided by the tank designer roles? SPAA, SPG, AT, flame tank etc.?

(or if they can be changed at all.)

[novel stump]

im tryna create an alt hist map if anyone wanna help

[bronze crystal]

is there anything i can get on visual studio to help mod hoi4

[lethal igloo]

yes. HOI4 Mod Utilities

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Chaofan.hoi4modutilities

[pseudo badger]

anyone have any cool alt history mods besides the basics ive been out of the game for like a year now

[opal rune]

how can i change the shape of provinces (not states)

[timber zenith]

edit the provinces.bmp file

[bronze crystal]

hoi4 modding early on is just spamming blocks

[spice cradle]

is there a good updated states mod

or are those rare now

[stuck quarry]

Gotta love paradox using a “language” thats majority whitespace and brackets

Sometimes wish they just used lua for everything

Atleast then i could use template variables names

To dynamically change a variable name based on the scope

[native tartan]

where is greeces tech tree for artillery section?

i cant seem to find it

does anyone know?

[stuck quarry]

I dont know for certain, assuming greece has custom tech you can try to find the technology itsself using Greeces country tag in the games technology, and follow the breadcrumbs to the tech tree

Usually how i find things that idk the location of, search what i know and discover until i find it

[native tartan]

i tried to find it

but

it just showed the basic

i wanna change the name of it

and some other stuff

and i cant find it

tried finding tutorials also

nothin worked

i found in teh game files it uses this

artillery_equipment_1

dunno where it is tho 😭

[native tartan]

ah

finally

i fixed it

i just had to change it in localisation

[keen adder]

that'd be helpful

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[pine nymph]

Why does Romania still have the state after this?

I need help

[patent linden]

did you restart the game?

I have a decision category where in the allowed block i added the condition that a certain focus has to be completed for it to be available. However, even if I complete that focus, i dont get the category unlocked. What could be causing this?

{
    priority = 10
    icon = GFX_decision_category_generic_foreign_policy
    
    
    allowed =
    {
        #always = yes
        original_tag = BAY
        has_completed_focus = BAY_searching_for_allies
    }

    visible =
    {
        #always = yes
        original_tag = BAY
        has_completed_focus = BAY_searching_for_new_allies
    }
}


focus =
    {
        id = BAY_searching_for_new_allies
        icon = GFX_goal_generic_major_alliance
        x = 24
        y = 1
        cost = 5
        prerequisite = { focus = BAY_on_our_own }
        search_filters = { FOCUS_FILTER_POLITICAL }

        completion_reward =
        {
            unlock_decision_category_tooltip = searching_for_allies
        }
    }``` code for the focus and the category

[patent linden]

nevermind it's available not allowed i am simply dumb

[wintry geode]

uhhhh whats effect for dockyard construction

[stray jungle]

can someone help me with my mod

[patent linden]

yes, if you tell us what your problem is first

[stray jungle]

Just wanna create custom country, but I don't know much about how to do focus trees and how to add more provinces to it

[patent linden]

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

this is a playlist

has everything you need

[stray jungle]

I watched it, But I'm not sure if he talked about how to do civil war on focus tree

I mean

You complete one focus and you have civil war

[patent linden]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect

these 2 give you a lot of information about "stuff" you can put in your focus = {} block

[stray jungle]

Okay, thanks

[patent linden]

ctrl + f to search for keywords

[patent linden]

forgot to add, in the 00_buildings.txt dockyards are called "dockyard"

dockyard = {
        show_on_map = 1
        show_on_map_meshes = 3
        base_cost = 6400
        only_costal = yes
        naval_production = 1
        icon_frame = 4
        only_costal = yes
        max_level = 20
        shares_slots = yes
        value = 5
        infrastructure_construction_effect = yes
    }```

[lofty plaza]

You made sure it's saved and overrites the vanilla file?

[honest zodiac]

can anyone help me create a custom map?

I tried like giga much but i still cant do it\

[honest zodiac]

please guys

help a brother out

[pine nymph]

It was bcz I named it smth other than what it shouldve been

[patent linden]

depends on what exactly you are asking for

[patent linden]

I found the "create_faction = Allies" in the country history file for the UK, i want to create a faction like that for a different country, however, i assume that "Allies" in this case isn't a name but a reference to some kind of faction definition entry in some other file. Is this assumption true, and if yes, where is that file and how can i add a new faction in there?

[keen adder]

my script won't work

[patent linden]

Does this include adding/removing Political Advisors

[native tartan]

yall how do i change the national focus left side size so i can add more focuses

whatever space is left on the right side is used so i cant make it there

[patent linden]

I think all you can really do is move every other focus to the right

i dont think you can use negative coordinates

I was wrong

you can use negative coordinates

[patent linden]

negative coordinates

[native tartan]

how do i do that? im new to modding, i making a greece expansion pack

[patent linden]

Take this example focus here: focus = { id = test x = 0 y = 0 } the x and y are the position of your focus, in this case 0 and 0, the top left corner. If you set x to -1, the left side of your focus tree window expands.

[native tartan]

oh really?

aight

thanks

i should have thought of that ngl

ah

it works

ty

[patent linden]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2iBYsL6Hxo&list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7&index=1

A handful of things that might be useful for you since you said you're new to this

[native tartan]

i watched this some days ago but i got bored and cant watch anymore 😭 i left at the creating a bookmark and new timeline video

i try to watch it but i get bored after like 3 minutes

at the start it was fun but now its just boring

i dont know why ngl

[patent linden]

doing things is fun, learning how to do them often is not

[native tartan]

yeah

btw

why isnt the continuous focus moving

im changing the margin

and it ownt change

lemme send a pic

i changed the margin and position

[rapid ice]

anybody know what "abbreviation" does?

[patent linden]

im unsure myself, if i had to guess, you can use the abbreveation instead of the full name when trying to add it to a ships design

[rapid ice]

alright, I'll test it once i get to that part

i beleave its nothing important, so it might just be that

[keen adder]

i need some help, my script... it doesn't work

[stuck quarry]

Maybe i got the giga tism but learning is the best part for me lol

[native tartan]

yall why aint my continuous focus moving 😭 im lit channging the margin AND the position and it does not move

i changed the position value btw i just took screenshot before change

[patent linden]

i have no experience with this, i cant help you

[patent linden]

me too, but most people wanna eat a cake, not bake it

[keen adder]

😢

[plucky crystal]

How to know what the tag will be during a civil war? maybe I want to do something that after the civil war a given country becomes a subject of another country, please help

[latent finch]

Are you trying to move the window or the focus? I have only ever moved the window myself though not any of the focuses in it

[native tartan]

i wanna move everything from the position it is at to the right

because i need to make a new focus and it blocks the focus

i found a way eventually to move it

but

the focuses that the continuous window had were covered by a gray screen

so

yea

[stuck quarry]

You moved the entire continuous focus container right

Or did you move everything individually

You should just be able to edit the main containers position and everything (including the grey screen) will be moved

[keen adder]

i've finally added a scrollable party chart

[native tartan]

i figured it out but anotha question how do i make the game add a country leader as a reward for completeing a focus?

i made a focus and then the completion reward added free trade + set_country_leader but i got a error and it just didnt work

and i registered the leader in countries since he was custom and not 1 from the game

[tulip fulcrum]

Ahem, does anybody know much about Hoi3 Modding?

[gleaming edge]

About as hard as victoria 2

I.e. not worth it

Playtest and make sure it's fun to play

[tulip fulcrum]

seems so, yeah

I wanted to make a custom map, but it seems like thats hard coded into the game

[warm anvil]

I'm searching for Notepad++ user-defined language and auto-completion of HoI4

[patent linden]

Are there predefined "namelists" for the randomly generated advisors and division officers and if yes, can I assign a specific Tag a specific list

[glad lynx]

Guys, do you know any guide for BlackICE mod?

I've been looking for it as I have recently installed that mod but I haven't found any guide

[high root]

am i doing something wrong? i want to make a Eastern Europe mod, but whatever i do, i cant set the owner of my custom state

please help

and please tell me what could i do to prevent this from happening

[high root]

I guess you and me have the same problem 🫤

I made a new state and transferred it to ukraine, i wanted ukraine to have the city of lwow, in which the OUN had a headquarters in 1935 (year the mod will be in)

The thing for me is, that i followed a tutorial

Yeah

[nimble solar]

There already is a Danzig tag

Idk what it is, but it already exists

[native tartan]

how can i run a mod without needing the paradox launcher?

[nimble solar]

What's wrong with your launcher

You need a launcher to do anything but run base game I believe

Unless... you don't have a launcher because reasons

[native tartan]

and immaking a mod and i want him to try it out

so

ye

[nimble solar]

I think it is a "There's nothing we can do" moment

[native tartan]

lol

alright

thanks anyway

!

[high root]

The same thing as mine, i set the already existing UKR tag, and it did nothing, same as the other new states.

please somebody help

[loud oasis]

is there a good mod that MASSIVELY expands on historical germany? i appreciate the current ones, but theyre easily learned and i want a challenge

[grim laurel]

steamcmd

[burnt elbow]

Hello everyone. Is it possible to create more than one flag for one ideology? Its to change it depending of the story moment.

[high root]

Uhh, alr

[nimble solar]

Check what is done for when Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico becomes states for the US, the flag changes accordingly

[burnt elbow]

ok

[high root]

Like, when making a mod, i have to make a Common, and History folder in the mod folder, and then i make the provinces. Random and validate in state that a i changed and around it. After that, in the script, i copy the things in script into the file that is new? (Change around the id’s and manpower) is that how to do it?

[timber zenith]

you copy the new files you make (in the documents folder) and paste them into the mod

[abstract hawk]

Yk

Someone should make a mod for TNO to add in Fallout content

Like an ability for different countries to go down paths similar to their Fallout counterparts

Maybe have a good explanation for Fallout tech

Etc

If anyone is interested

I can elaborate and explain

[high root]

i messed up the mod so bad, its easier for me to remake the mod from scratch

[abstract hawk]

It'd take inspiration from FPW

Anyways if anyone is interested just ping me

It'd be a commission

[patent linden]

The whole thing when they changed doctrines so that instead of researching them you "buy" them with xp, was that part of a dlc or part of an update?

[abstract hawk]

If anyone is interested ping or DM me

[pine nymph]

#tech-support message

[timber zenith]

You have to assign ownership in the state file

look at the contents of another state file and copy/edit it for your needs

[gleaming atlas]

which one of yall did this? lol

[patent linden]

not me

should've been me though

[oblique silo]

no piracy please

[summer trout]

so i’m playing road to 56, it’s gone totally unhistorical, UK declared on iceland, greece declared on albania, hungary joined the comintern, and finland joined the allies, idk what happened. I think it has something to do with me having historical focuses on?

[magic bay]

If you as the player does something ahistorical, there is a chance of the AI deciding to go ahistorical too

[summer trout]

i’ll need to look up the road to 56 thing

It probably should’ve been the first thing I did (sorry for the bad grammar)

but it’s also funny so I shared it

[high root]

please help