modding

[timber zenith]

same file path and file name?

[heavy herald]

what else

[mint oar]

i could doubble check wait

[timber zenith]

Photoshop

[heavy herald]

does photoshop work?

nvm

[clear rover]

ïdk probably any software that can save as tga

[timber zenith]

some don't work

[clear rover]

but paint.net is free

[mint oar]

its in mod>[mod name]>common>ai_strategy and its called "GER.txt"

[timber zenith]

there should be an ai_focus folder as well I think

[mint oar]

aaa thx

[timber zenith]

ahh I was thinking of map modding, where paint.net won't work and youd have to use something like gimp

[mint oar]

wait no it didnt work

[timber zenith]

are you restarting your game

[clear rover]

yeah I just dislike gimp lmao

[mint oar]

yhea

[timber zenith]

my game takes like 3 minutes to boot up do you have a supercomputer or smth lmao

[timber zenith]

that's valid ngl it's ass

I just "legally" "purchase" photoshop

[heavy herald]

guys tf happnd here

I played as turkey

guys how can I change the amount of diplomacy inside files

@clear rover

[true violet]

Hi guys, i want to ask if there maybe is a way to make the map not scroll

for example that when you go from Germany you cannot end up in germany again when you only go right

[wintry geode]

anyone got suggestions for focuses for sardinia-piedmont 1789-1815?

i managed to find 120/140 focus ideas for this focus tree

[pale sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/hoi4-autoban-gif-24084969

[lethal ferry]

i think thats a focus

[wintry geode]

its unfinished fam

im waiting till i have focus effects for all the focuses

[wintry geode]

not very constructive criticism tbh

[plucky glen]

@final pier

[final pier]

Hey guys, how can I take the porsche heavy tank designer bonus of +5% to all armor and just apply it as a difficulty bonus?

I am not sure the command line, and searching modifiers on google didn't help

Where in the text files can I find these modifiers?

[lofty plaza]

It's the Mio trait

[final pier]

Sorry?

oh, military industial organization?

Is there any way to apply this to the difficulty traits or are these unique multupliers that only work in MIO?

Seems really complex

[final pier]

@lofty plaza Any ideas?

[white cove]

Idk let you make something like making pizza or whatever

[ember matrix]

wait

if I use tag JAP for my mod

and delete alredy existing one

would it work?

[thin holly]

anyone know how i need to make the yml file for a focus tree they dident showed it in their tutorial on modding

[desert current]

anyone know how to retrieve mods you made after a factory reset that you subscribed to

[thin holly]

depends did you upload them?

[desert current]

yep

[thin holly]

then they should be on steam workshop or pardox worshop

[desert current]

well im subscribed but i want to edit them more

where do i find them

[thin holly]

in your documents folder under mods

[desert current]

nah i copied it from the subscribed folder to documents

[thin holly]

do you know how to make a yml file for the focus tree

[light fulcrum]

Anyone know any good 40k mods?

[mint oar]

wait like warhammer?

[light fulcrum]

Yorp

[mint oar]

never heard of any

[light fulcrum]

I’ve done 4,000 hours of r56 and vanilla I wanna mix it up

[light fulcrum]

Sadness

I think it would be great for hoi4

[mint oar]

maybe but idk

[light fulcrum]

Well I found one but might be olddd

[lofty plaza]

Difficulty traits?

[light fulcrum]

My good sir you have provided me my hours worth of r56 gaming thank you

[lofty plaza]

You're welcome

[grim onyx]

if the US haven't experienced trench warfare in kaiserreich i'm MAKING them

[mint oar]

?

[grim onyx]

im using infantry spam 🙂

[frail sapphire]

Hey Guys. I have a question.

[grim onyx]

also jeez i just realized, im here for 2 years already yet im still dogshit in hoi4

[frail sapphire]

I‘m making an Empire Mod and for the Ottoman Empire I want to make two leaders like in Kaiserredux. This should be Ottoman exclusive. Have anybody a Idea how I can do this

[grim onyx]

roll a dice, make 1 leader and add the other as a national spirit*

[mint oar]

what you on abt

[grim onyx]

did i respond to you?
read the thing im responding to and it makes more sense

[mint oar]

a ok

sry

[frail sapphire]

Okay. Thanks

Should the Sultan be the national spirit or the Grand Vizir

[grim onyx]

honestly the GV, the sultan usually had more power in the ottoman empire
also this isn't 1-1 kaiserredux style but its the easier way out

[frail sapphire]

Okay. Thanks

[sand summit]

Does anyone have any good software (preferably mobile friendly if possible) to make custom maps for HoI4?

[graceful rune]

how do I change an event effect

I want to change the option to set up a collaborator for Germany for britian from Mosley to Edward VIII

[lofty plaza]

You aren't going to find anything mobile friendly but there are some map tools around

[sand summit]

Yeah I figured

:p

[lofty plaza]

Yeah, that's asking for a lot

This is a PC game

[sand summit]

Yep, but if you don't mind, doyou have a good site to use?

[heavy herald]

so guys I made turkey fascist but the flag didnt change so what should I do?

[sharp scaffold]

Btw is there a mod section here because ran into a little bit of problem on the mods probably road to 56 since im not sure okay because the issue is the only way that you can declare remiltarization of the Rhinelande is to conquer Dutch East Indies

As Germany weird

[brisk flint]

Guys does anyone know why the parliment system doesn't work on END of a new beginning

[left pagoda]

How get modding tools

[neat needle]

question to other mod leads, how to get new, competent devs? my mods been struggling with this for a while now, devs either ghost me out of the blue or are inconsistent with their work

[pale sparrow]

Only get people that have made HOI IV mods before for sure

[neat needle]

yeah but how, i'm not really sure on how to actually get to those people

[pale sparrow]

Just gotta get lucky that they share your interest

[neat needle]

damn, seems like i'm just unlucky, people who are interested usually just stop communicating after a bit and don't fully commit

[weary nebula]

That's not unlucky, it's quite common. Especially for smaller mods
Modding is essentially charity work, as nobody is getting paid. Skilled modders would often rather create their own mods than join someone else's.

You can ask yourself the reverse question: Why haven't you joined someone else's mod and spent your precious time working hard on it?

[neat needle]

i get that, i've worked on a bunch of mods before but literally all of them died before any of them got close to release, it was an online friend group sort of but my mods the only one thats still (kind of) alive

still, i wonder how newer mods actually got their teams together to release a functioning playable mod with content, like TFR or Red Dusk

[weary nebula]

From my experience, a lot of mods tend to mostly be carried by a single developer. If productive and thriving, other people may join in to grant peripheral support and make minor contributions. If lucky, one of them is competent and passionate enough about the project to do bigger stuff and actually stick around for longer

[full swift]

So here’s a simple question: how do you hide a focus?

I want to hide all the focuses beyond one in particular and have them be revealed after a specific focus is completed.

[celest anchor]

are there any "generate a random map" sort of mods? Is that even possible without PDX making changes?

[hot thunder]

Hi ! Can you explain to me one thing ( or Maybe two? )

Good people, can you explain it to me? So I have a question. So Tabirotsky is dead? Tabirtoski found out that Alexei was dead. And? Holly Russian empire simply fell apart? And what's up with this midnight?

[hybrid sapphire]

is there a way to move the continuous focuses positions? its ruining my focuses

[wintry geode]

continuous_focus_position = { x = 7000 y = 0000 } put this in your focus tree

[hybrid sapphire]

it worked thanks

[graceful rune]

question

how do I change an event's outcome

like in the descison for setting up collaborators for German Reichskommasariats

[west jackal]

Does anyone know some good HOI4 reskin mods (I mean vanilla mods that make the game look different, I like the look of mods like magna europa and Black Ice but dont want the mods)

[gentle goblet]

What mods do you need devs for maybe i can help.

[eager hollow]

Are all mods updated for the new DLC?

[timber zenith]

definitely not

[lofty plaza]

Every single mod ever? Absolutely

[neat needle]

it'd be great if you'd help, i'll send you a dm

[jagged tide]

exactly what i had in mind. thank you for confirming funny british man in my phone

[vocal patio]

what means this 3 lines?

[fair pike]

Yeah He died and Russia collapsed because of the amount of genocides He commited

[obtuse condor]

I got a question about modding. I am using a plane model mod, but one model is not working for it's correct equipement. Where do i change it to fit in the correct category?

[ember matrix]

guys, i want to make a small mod, does someone has soem ideas?

[weak hare]

Hello. I am a programmer and ive been into hoi4 modding recently. Is there any tutorial videos or docs that i can check in to improve myself and have a better understanding in hoi4 modding?

[weak hare]

An sub-mod perhaps?

[ember matrix]

hmmm

whats that

[weak hare]

Like you add more content to an already existing mod.

As an example Great war redux mod and you want to add a bigger tech tree with better country focuses, its called an sub-mod

[ember matrix]

hmm

is it good for beginers?

[weak hare]

I mean as far as i see hoi4 modding aint that hard. It just requires so much time and resources. But yea if you use already built in resources it will be easy

[grizzled sandal]

How do you decode .hoi4 files from the savegames ?

It's all weird symbols I cant read it or do anything

Shouldnt it be in a clear json type structure ?

[gentle goblet]

Most time consuming part is to make your own gfx. The coding is very user friendly until you start doing scripted stuff.

[fair pike]

There are some Tutorials From Iron Workshop that are good. Do you Work on a Hoi4 Mod?

[fair pike]

There are some Tools on GitHub that decode the Savegames, but Most of them are outdated

[grizzled sandal]

nah bruh i just had to go to settings.txt and set save to binary: no

lol

[swift lake]

Are there any mods that change your country name to anything like in ck3?

[chilly field]

Is the German Bohemia puppet created using the CZE tag?

[undone canopy]

you can mark the focus tree dirty on completion of a focus, and then make it so a focus is only available with a hidden trigger of having completed another focus, in practice it looks like this

  id = TAG_focus_one
  x = 0
  y = 1
  icon = GFX_whatever

  <...>

  completion_reward = {
    mark_focus_tree_layout_dirty = yes
  }
}

focus = {
  id = TAG_focus_two
  x = 0
  y = 3
  icon = GFX_whatever
  
  available = {
    hidden_trigger = {
      has_completed_focus = TAG_focus_one
    }
  }    
  allow_branch = { has_completed_focus = TAG_focus_one }

  <...>
}

[full swift]

Oh!

Thank you Dubbz

[undone canopy]

yw!

[full swift]

and this will make the focus's visually hidden from sight?

[undone canopy]

yes it should

the focus also wont be able to be taken by ai

[full swift]

At least until its revealed, right?

[undone canopy]

yeah

when it's revealed it'll be able to be taken

[full swift]

Sweet!

[full swift]

That works! Thank you

[rose heath]

love my useless error that tells me NOTHING and exists only to annoy me

why is "controller" bad, and only here specifically

[rose heath]

if i delete this, this just breaks a bunch of focus trees

there is nothing wrong with this line of code, the game just wants to spam me thousands of errors related to it

[fallow arch]

is the last stand of fredom updated to gotterdammerung

[limber imp]

Does anyone know a Mod for Germany to give it more paths, especially in facism?

[umbral matrix]

For anyone else who knows:
Does there exist a mod/models/assets for unit models based on the East German Nationale Volksarmee for HoI4?

Like using the proper M56 Stahlhelm and uniform - I'm okay with it being a little anachronistic, but I am wondering if I can use it for a vanilla Götterdamerung playthrough I want to do

[lofty plaza]

My goodness

[wispy karma]

Yo I really want to get into modding and have a few cool ideas, but every time I try, usually with tutorials, but always fail. Anybody got tips, or a good tutorial or something to get into modding?

[icy fable]

The tutorials on the Hearts Of Iron IV YouTube channel

Does anyone know how to change a state and province name depending on controller?

[ripe perch]

quick question: can you modify a decision category without overwriting the base game file? I have the same decision category name in my mod file, but it is loading the base game values and not the modded values

[lofty plaza]

The iron workshop is a good place to look

[ripe perch]

it was explained in the dev diary https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/developer-diary-performance-modding.1713814/

[icy fable]

Thanks, I see now that I wrote the wrong tag

[fallow arch]

ye but aint it outdated

[lofty plaza]

Not really no

[fallow arch]

oh alr

[sage kernel]

Can someone help me with state editing and creation? I tried adding a new state and then this happened, can also someone help me with the localization because most of the states are just called STATES_(State ID)?

[wild basin]

create a file with this path: (ur mod) -> localisation -> english

create a new file called state_names_l_english.yml

then in the file you do

l_english:
STATE_(stateid):0 "StateName"

smth like this

if thats what you mean

[sage kernel]

The thing is, the localization is there but it doesn´t work when in game

[wild basin]

hm

its all in english?

like the language

[sage kernel]

Yes

[wild basin]

crazy

does it show anything in the errorlog?

[sage kernel]

This is mentioning something with states
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: owner, near line: 2" in file: "history/states/15-Normandy.txt" near line: 2
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: add_core_of, near line: 3" in file: "history/states/15-Normandy.txt" near line: 3
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: buildings, near line: 6" in file: "history/states/15-Normandy.txt" near line: 12
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: victory_points, near line: 19" in file: "history/states/15-Normandy.txt" near line: 21
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: victory_points, near line: 22" in file: "history/states/15-Normandy.txt" near line: 24
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: victory_points, near line: 25" in file: "history/states/15-Normandy.txt" near line: 27
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: owner, near line: 2" in file: "history/states/982-North-East Brittany.txt" near line: 2
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: add_core_of, near line: 3" in file: "history/states/982-North-East Brittany.txt" near line: 3
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: buildings, near line: 6" in file: "history/states/982-North-East Brittany.txt" near line: 12
[19:41:33][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: victory_points, near line: 19" in file: "history/states/982-North-East Brittany.txt" near line: 21

This
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 657 is already added to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971 ), adding it to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 687 is already added to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971 ), adding it to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 3076 is already added to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971 ), adding it to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 9635 is already added to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971 ), adding it to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 657 is already added to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46 ), adding it to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 9635 is already added to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46 ), adding it to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 3076 is already added to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46 ), adding it to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971) and thus overriding first state.
[19:41:41][no_game_date][state.cpp:686]: Error: Province with id: 687 is already added to state "STATE_46" ( with id: 46 ), adding it to state "STATE_971" ( with id: 971) and thus overriding first state.

And this

19:41:18][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1134]: Expected quotation mark (") at line 6 and column 14 in localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml
[19:41:18][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

[wild basin]

you apparently forgot a quotationmark at line 6 in the localisation file

19:41:18][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1134]: Expected quotation mark (") at line 6 and column 14 in localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml

otherwise if youre making a new country with those states, i suggest you also delete them from the old countries files

[sage kernel]

Looks nothing wrong to me, I also didn´t use any Austrian states for my mod

[ripe perch]

i think the index can not be negative, remove the "-" minus

[sage kernel]

The ones under it are also negative and the error doesn´t show up on these

[ripe perch]

its an index for translation software, its starts with 0 to infinit, it cannot be negative

[molten palm]

hey, as an inexperienced modder just trying to make a personal project for now, ive been trying to use an existing map resource from the workshop but ive been unable to find the land input file within the mod folders itself, would someone be able to assist or show me a better resource to edit a map for this?
my current attempt has been with this one: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2466875665

[ripe perch]

this mod is outdated, many things have changed since 2021

[molten palm]

yes, which is why im trying to personally use mapgen 2.2 to redo it, im just trying to figure out if its so old that it doesnt exist or if im blind and its within the files

[wintry geode]

Thoughts on the design of this focus tree so far?

[wild basin]

too far apart for my tate i think but W

[stuck quarry]

WIP

[flint cargo]

How do you make custom game rules?

I'm trying to make a submod which transfers over the "join faction" rule to "event only" from r56 to another mod I play.

I copied the game rule but it only made the button which works just fine but it doesn't effect anything. The 00_game_rules file in "/common/" only allows editing of the text and description of the game rule where do I see where the actual effects of the game rule is?

[umbral matrix]

Sorry for barging in here but would anyone know a guide/be willing to explain in For Dummies terms how to overwrite one of the vanilla infantry model variations with another? I have the NVA soldier model from the Cold War mod, but I would like to figure out how to implement it

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[valid apex]

You what to make it only for Vietnam or Generic

[cosmic trench]

Great start.

[umbral matrix]

NVA as in East Germany
Overwriting one of the German infantry alternate skins, probably the white colonial troop

[valid apex]

Ah ok

[valid apex]

Use this as an example

[royal quartz]

huh, it says there was something wrong with the map

I checked the error file

and it says nothing

there isnt a map error??

is this like a hoi4 or mod error

oh its a hoi4 error

nvm

bruh I broke smth in my mod

[woven breach]

Who now how delete building_slots from region with focus?

[left condor]

how do i make a state overhaul without the game crashing?

[wintry geode]

15 = {
add_extra_state_shared_building_slots = -1
remove_building = {
type = industrial_complex
level = 1

                    }
                }

This how

[left condor]

i tried to do the replace_path with states but it crashed

[woven breach]

thx

[lofty plaza]

Looks good

[proper acorn]

Confederate states of America?

[umbral matrix]

So just rename the model files to be the ones I want to replace?

[stuck quarry]

Ye

[proper acorn]

Is the mod from 1861?

[umbral matrix]

so it seems like I have the skeleton but not the skin working 🤔

how should I get the skin to work?

[queen spruce]

Is there a guide for creating 3D models of tanks?

[stuck quarry]

Gonna start around then yea

[proper acorn]

interesting

[stuck quarry]

ya, gonna be mostly a historical mod but gonna have some alt history stuff too

[fallow arch]

so uh, been trying to change the US communist flag to a different one but whenever i do change it (i follow the format etc like always) it dosent load unlike before where it would always load when i change the flag by just overlapping the OG one with the new one in paint.net

[proper acorn]

Like the End of a new Beginning?

[stuck quarry]

not sure what that is

[proper acorn]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2856963714&searchtext=end+of+a+new+beginning

[ornate pebble]

is there a mod that overhauls America for vanilla?

[lethal ferry]

oh?

seems mighty interesting, ill check it out tmrw

[proper acorn]

[fallow arch]

basically a mod that takes place right before the american civil-war and possibily right before ww1, havent gotten that far into the mod bc of the slow speed of so many countries (in africa, even uniting the tribes dosent help with performence) you need a beefy computer to run it so its basically like victoria 3 but less economic dependent and rather war focused but with slow performence

the fps drops heavily late game

[fallow arch]

i think so but its not updated to gotterdammerung

[fallow arch]

but i need help w/ this

been trying to change several flags to either historical or alt historical flags in vanilla (mainly in alt trees) but they appear blank unlike before

i added the USA_communism names too but still wont work

[fallow arch]

also is there a way to have a ironman compaditable colored puppets mod

[gentle goblet]

I do not think so.

[umbral matrix]

re:this please

[jolly gust]

Just say that it's for black history month

Fr fr

Whoever doesn't like it is racist🗣️

[neat turret]

Where can i construct a special trigger for custom game rule? With one game rule AI cannot declare war or justify wargoals if at war

[left condor]

anyone wanna/create join a team for making a mod where you try to reunify a country?

[left condor]

i dunno wtf did i just do but how do i fix this 😭

wait

wrong thing

lemme just send the mod file cause i have no idea how to fix it

[heavy herald]

guys how can I change the capital of a game mid game with a command

in console

[heavy herald]

guys I want italy to keep baghdad but if I sim a day its gone I only want the province (with op)

[ripe perch]

there is no console command for setting the capital

you can check all console commands here: Hearts of Iron IV/documentation/console_commands_documentation.html

[heavy herald]

ok thx

[wintry geode]

Bro what

[heavy herald]

bro is in wwcivil war

[heavy herald]

and toolpack

[wintry geode]

Bulgaria-Romania instead tbh

[heavy herald]

800 bc pics

[heavy herald]

can u help how to use set controller and oppucation paint

[wintry geode]

Mormonism

[rocky hazel]

Hello monke's

Everyone

Please listen

Every hermit in this group of modding

Every master dev

Just look

Why we dont have a Command and Conquer RA2 mod yet?

Why are only looking to 56,TNO and New Millenium?

@everyone

[timber zenith]

yep because i'm sure literally everyone in this server needs to know about that

[wintry geode]

do you guys rearange the states so they have the same state numbers when theres new states added with a dlc?

so events dont get too messed up

im doing this for ticino and northern schleswig so the events become less messed up

[heavy herald]

guys can someone help me with occupation paint pls

[left condor]

can someone help?

[fallow arch]

everyone ping fail

[hidden widget]

Mod?

[tight birch]

Anyone know any mods that allow you to edit personality traits of generals/admirals?

[wintry geode]

"extended timeline mod 1444-2024" on steam

[hidden widget]

Thanks

[stuck quarry]

If you wana see a specific mod made, then make it

[proper acorn]

[wide wing]

Anyone know if there are any mods that make the USA states releasables for the most recent version?

[wintry geode]

How to remove the Generic advisors?

[grim coral]

what mod is this

im interested in playing if its compatible with the update

or did you make it on your own

[lethal ferry]

god bless the person named everyone

[fallow arch]

lmao

[undone canopy]

someone pls make a good syrian civil war mod

[timber zenith]

It's up to you, and really depends on the mod you're making. You'll have to choose whether you'd rather change the state IDs of your modded states, potentially breaking your modded files, or not including the new vanilla states (through a replace_path folder override) and potentially breaking new vanilla files

[echo steeple]

I'm making a Bolivia focus tree guys

[proper acorn]

History/general

[proper acorn]

Good job

[sly sparrow]

anybody got a mod that limits how many members factions can have

[last sun]

does anyone know were the unit selection voice lines are? it seems like they are no longer in the together for victory dlc folder

[last sun]

I'm trying to find the French, Spanish, and Italian voice lines in particular

[spark river]

Anyone know how to get the modern battleship to get the battleshop icon

[orchid wasp]

theres all these quotes and then theres just

[jovial fern]

yo i have an mod idea but im not an hoi4 modder and i dont wanna make it

but the idea is based of the cold war

and germans take down the wall and unify under the kaiser again and form an anti comunist pack with NATO? if it was formed by 1950 and sweden and finland

and the two scenarios is starting the kaiser and the other is the german invasion of soviet bloc and the third is invasion on soviet union

but you can turn on both for a challenge or just attack democracy

if u wanna get nuked

conecpt map

ik it doesnt really explain all routes and i dont really write with a mouse so soz for bad writing

dont really have a name but if any speaks german and could give it cool name for this idea even

and my real name is will quinn so please credit me for the idea

[undone canopy]

bro gave no information and wants someone to make the entire mod for him 😭

[lofty plaza]

Rt56 moment?

[orchid wasp]

Thats the thing

Its vanilla

Not a single mod

[lofty plaza]

Huh, didn't know that

That's cool

[orchid wasp]

To solidify dominance against the base vanilla game

Add "giraffes are heartful creatures"

[pale sparrow]

LOADING_TIP_6:0 "Paradox Dragons are heartless creatures"

is what we have

[wintry geode]

"extended timeline mod 1444-2024" on steam

[fallow arch]

why is colored puppets not even ironman compaditable

[nimble solar]

Just make supervised states and they turn to your color

[fallow arch]

but thats for democratic countries, not for like fascists etc

[wintry geode]

Does this code work?

[wraith marlin]

Can someone help me

I tried using the nudge tool

but the files arent appearing anywhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU4_5X1JEbM&t=535s

this video says that they should appear

Im confused

Bascially

I removed a province from a state

and clicked save

[amber niche]

I want to get a map template of 1945 or 1944 of the world in hoi4, from here can I get it?

Or can I like edit the countries into their states and borders

Or can someone give me a tutorial on how to make the map

[solid barn]

how do people come up with so many ideas for flags for mods

like wtf do i do for communist nunavut

[icy fable]

There are two Hearts of Iron IV folders. Search for Hearts of Iron in your files, and you should find the files inside one of the folders

[icy fable]

If you want to change what countries borders look like you can change the owner of a state in the states file. Like this:
owner = GER
to
owner = POL

[icy fable]

Make the star yellow as well as the white black, the yellow red, and the red yellow

[solid barn]

that was more an example but thanks for the idea

[amber niche]

Can I do something like that but with an event sequence

[kind urchin]

Hey does anyone know a working Satisfying States mod?

None of them are updated

[stuck quarry]

After saving in the nudger the filesnusually show up in documents/paradoxinteractive/hoi4

[wintry geode]

Does the Complete part of the Russian focus tree look good so far?

[grim coral]

thx

[lethal ferry]

which mod rq

[icy fable]

Yes

Look in the files for Soviet demanding Besserabia

[azure field]

does player led peace conferences mean you can leave the big stupid uk ally war whenever you declare on a british guaranteed country?

[wintry geode]

"extended timeline mod 1444-2024" on steam

1789 scenario is the one with content

[wintry geode]

What do i do for balancing

what do you FolX do for balancing to make a war not too easy?

[lethal ferry]

Thanks my guy

[wintry geode]

Potemkin's Bulgaria Romania

[amber niche]

Ur mod has shit tons of potential

[wintry geode]

Yeah a Napoleonic wars mod would be great

[amber niche]

What r the time periods u think of doing

Like the most effort into

[wintry geode]

1789-1836

french revolution napoleonic wars and slightly after

[amber niche]

Do u have plans for other like smaller scale wars like the opium wars?

Like smaller wars during that time period

Like war of 1812

[wintry geode]

the war of 1812 will be in the mod

[wintry geode]

opium wars are just outside of that scope

started in 1839

[amber niche]

Yea haha

Off by just a bit

Do u think u will do some sort of colonization mechanic too?

[wintry geode]

theres a colonization mechanic

theres a decision to enable it

[amber niche]

Ill try and play the mod today if I have the time

[amber niche]

Seems great

[gleaming flame]

they literally declared on greece a week ago bruh

[mint oar]

anyone know what this GFX is called in game files

[swift tulip]

is there any mod about the modern world in like late 2010s

[spark light]

MD

[obtuse condor]

Aye

[proper acorn]

Across the Dnieper, Millenium dawn, novum vexillum, fire rises

[compact cape]

how do i reset the focus tree of a country using console command? ( i know "reload focus" works but it reset every countries' focus tree)

[sullen badge]

New drama time

Someone is alleging transphobia and selective political bans by the fire rises devs and mods

[stuck quarry]

If you launch the game with the --debug flag you can open the console with ` and type gui then just hover your mouse over any gui and see the gfx name

[icy fable]

Test with adding the country tag after, it might work

[mint oar]

oh damn thx

[compact cape]

doesn't seem to work i tried :/

[icy fable]

Then I don’t think there is one

Sorry

[clever lynx]

can i add cyrillic font to english localisation files, because it shows up as question marks ingame

[bright fog]

Nintendo violently persecutes modders. Paradox encourages modding.

[wintry geode]

Yes

1 Stuart is worth a 1000 Ulster Protestants
Kanye said this btw

[wild basin]

working on an uncensored mod for yall rn

well for the ones that hit the censoring wave at least

[orchid osprey]

How does it even have content for 2024?

[wintry geode]

Its a napoleonic wars mod pretty much

barely any content for 2024

[orchid osprey]

How does the 2024 look like?

Or is it still in work

[wintry geode]

its not being worked on really

theres 0 focuses

[orchid osprey]

btw did you regenerate all provinces???

noticed province borders are a lil bit strange

[wintry geode]

the provinces were reworked

[orchid osprey]

Ah

[orchid osprey]

Honestly the mod looks good so far, do you use a tool to make places for the units?

im trying to edit a big unit file and I need to edit a lot of these, is there a faster way?

[wintry geode]

nah i just do it manually

[orchid osprey]

Oh… how long does it take approximately?

[wintry geode]

not that long

like 30s

to find the province id's

[gloomy rapids]

Mr Bridle are you anywhere?

[clear wren]

Is there a way I can contact a paradox developer that might help with giving the raw hoi4 ui without edits? trying to make changes to the vanilla ui for my mod

[cold totem]

Hello, I have a question about whuchcontent has to be locked behind the dlc.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/774727818595926020/1317001789878304848/image.png?ex=675dc1bf&is=675c703f&hm=a17444d974f28109e38620f960b4884baceaa3787e45019ef918d6abcead1b73&

For the mod I am working on we are planning to rework naval cpmbat to make it closer to the modern day.

For this we are using our own anti ship missile equipment (whuch can only do the kamikaze mission), and we made it so all ships are capable of shooting missiles.

What do we have to lock behind the dlc?

Ik the antiship missile is prob fine as it uses features everyone has acces to.
But should I lock the ability of ships to be able to use em behind the dlc?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/774727818595926020/1317001790742597643/image.png?ex=675dc1bf&is=675c703f&hm=23680a6b6862d0d9b9b23d807d2b63f6a4a0e18cc632cb5b847d222248a1c122&

It works using what they added for missile submarines, but I do not know if it counts as a dlc feature as I am using it in a very different way.

[high orbit]

Which files should be checking if I want to have more facilities per state?

[cold totem]

Peob the buildings file.

[high orbit]

Took me a while, but found out. Thank you

[orchid osprey]

what can i use to create a custom map?

without drawing all of the provinces?

[cold totem]

There is a tool out there.

Hoi4 map eidtor sonethign soemthing.

[languid epoch]

How do I apply a research bonus on planes with BBA DLC? Specifically, the small airframe

[nimble solar]

Wdym, research bonus is when researching the airframe

You get it by assigning the mio if you have arms against tyranny or having a design company if you don't have it

[languid epoch]

Sorry, shouldve clarified
I want an ahead of time research bonus on a light airframe before it's researched, with medium airframes heavy_fighter 1 2 and 3 works, but with small airframes neither fighter 1 2 and 3 nor CAS actually applies the bonus

(I have all dlc via the subscription)

[nimble solar]

Interesting, I'm not sure

[chilly spindle]

does anyone know why this event isn't working

when i try to fire it using console commands the game for some reason thinks it doesn't exist

[chilly spindle]

nvm

found the issue

[bleak ruin]

whats coolest mod to play

[chilly field]

If I form the hre, how would I rename my leader

[wild basin]

I keep getting the error "A local mod with the same remote id already exists", I've looked in the forum etc but the solutions posted there simply don't work for a reason.
Does anyone know how to fix it?

[night salmon]

Is the idea I have here actually a possible thing to do?

another idea is I could have 3 hidden advisors with an empty portrait added to every country, and a debuff like -10% pp gain or something and those hidden advisors are called 'Evacuated Asset'
When an advisor gets evacuated, that advisor is replaced by the stand-in 'Evacuated Asset' advisor which cannot be replaced for a few days, until the original advisor that was in the slot is selectable again(EG: NOT: Evacuated Political Assets ✅ ). Surely that would be doable?

[undone canopy]

yeah probably

[night salmon]

awesome

had some more ambitious ideas but probably too difficult for the simplicity of what i want

i posted in the wrong chnanel lmao

[night salmon]

so I was thinking about it in the r56 discord and just shootballing ideas, and realized a potential oversight in the idea for implementation lol

and now

a non-braindead solution i came up with is this

but im not sure if this is even doable in hoi4 (also when i say 'the slot locks' i really just mean the advisor that was assigned can't be dismissed for 3 months)

like hoi4's scripting language supports conditionals, but does it support loops and sets and what not?

and ye i know that the pseudocode idea there is a performance nightmare waiting to happen probably - it could be condensed into maybe one loop, but this was just written verbose to get the idea out

[gleaming depot]

someone teach me how to play millenium dawn 😭 🙏🏻

[mint oar]

real

[fallow carbon]

Hey there I've been trying to make a mod that changes the map however I've noticed that whenever I edit the province file in GIMP without even making any changes just opening it and then saving it causes the game to crash on startup with debug mode enabled. Could anyone help me in fixing this? I'm just starting with modding and going off the PDX YT tutorials and the wiki.

[fallow carbon]

Never mid I remembered the search function is a thing and found the solution here when someone had the problem before. Thanks people from the past. Couldn't come up with it on my own.

[wild basin]

?

[rustic temple]

is the effect trigger necessary im watching the offical vidoe and i dont wanna make it have the trigger they are showing me

[dire copper]

hey, im planning to try modding but i have 0 idea on how to start, any idea on how to start?

[naive walrus]

You can try to watch the paradox videos they posted on youtube teaching you how to mod

That's how I started yesterday

[sly sparrow]

does anybody known a mod about napoleonic wars starting before the first coolition

[undone canopy]

doesnt exist

[pale sparrow]

Could you elaborate further, Coco

[pale sparrow]

Watch PDX modding guides as mr. Fring said, read the wiki, start by modifying pre-existing mods as a base

[gleaming depot]

Someone know a mod with Half-Life map?

[undone canopy]

why is it doing this

[undone canopy]

nvm 210 had all the same provinces as 214

[quiet escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/okand-lakatos-brendon-brendon-lakatos-brendon-boxoscigany-gif-21746352

[lofty plaza]

Are you here to be productive

[jaunty kestrel]

Hi guys, Help me please😭 . Why the event doesn't work ? It says "no event"

add_namespace = kek

country_event = {
id = kek.1
title = ww_congo.2.t
desc = ww_congo.2.desc
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_construction_site

is_triggered_only = yes

fire_only_once = yes

# ok
option = { 
    name = ww_congo.2.a
    add_dynamic_modifier = { 
        modifier = kyiv
    }
}

}

[proper acorn]

all events have to have an ID in the format
<namespace>.<id>

This also includes title, desc and option name

[fallow forum]

Hello, I want to make the Reichskommissariat Northamerica bigger, I've already seen the code in the decisions, but one line of code is giving me a puzzle.

"GER_is_RUS_state = yes"

What does this line mean and how can it be changed so that other states are also incorporated into the Reichskommissariat Northamerica?

[final tinsel]

see scripted_trigger folder

or scripted_effect folder

[umbral seal]

Is there any mods for Vanilla Germany?

[jaunty kestrel]

Doesn't work anyway

[proper acorn]

add_namespace = kek

country_event = {
id = kek.1
title = kek.1.t
desc = kek.1.desc
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_construction_site

is_triggered_only = yes

fire_only_once = yes

# ok
option = { 
    name = kek.1.a
    add_dynamic_modifier = { 
        modifier = kyiv
    }
}

}

Test this

[jaunty kestrel]

Thank you, bud it doens't work

[ripe perch]

how can I reset a national focus tree?

[fallow forum]

OMG yes, thank you so much

[undone canopy]

focus.reload

[rustic temple]

its a trigger for a event

and the one its showing me sucks

[pale sparrow]

You can pull any triggers from the wiki

or fire it elsewhere and put no trigger block but is_triggered_only = yes

[rustic temple]

i dont even know how to implement thoughs

this is my first mod

and i know nothing about coding either

[nimble oasis]

how do i delete the new hitler portrait so my old one will show instead of this new one

i had a old custom one

it got overriden by gotterdammurung

and now i cant change it back

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Event_modding

[rustic temple]

also one more thing

[pale sparrow]

you can also read pre-existent mods/vanilla for example

[rustic temple]

can i have infinte genarals

[rustic temple]

i can?

[pale sparrow]

yeh HOI no longer supports mod DRM afaik

[rustic temple]

right here is what im talking about

can i only have one or can i add more

[pale sparrow]

is that a 1 instead of an l?

should be l_english

[rustic temple]

at the top

oh

it is

this is how bad i am at this

[pale sparrow]

Just gotta get used to it, aint that tricky once you do

[rustic temple]

makes sense

but can i have more general

or do i need to do smt speacial

[nimble oasis]

can someone tell me the location of the portrait files used in game if acessed by mods

cause i go into gfx

and search up hitler

and i get the blacked out one from 1.14

the new one for gotterdammuring is horrible

i had a custom one

i want to replace with the new one

[rustic temple]

i think u gotta go to country leaders and try to find it

[nimble oasis]

i did

if you go gfx/leaders/GER and search up hitler you just get the cencored one

i cant even find the one from my mod

[rustic temple]

i got nothing then

[nimble oasis]

i got it

its in the dlc folder

[nimble oasis]

nevermind

its still here

dawg waht

how do i remove the DLC portrait from the game

holy shit

[timber cradle]

i wonder if anyone would respond if i typed here

[amber niche]

Can someone help me in making a decision that creates a new countries with peace treaty and war declarations

[strong shard]

Anyone Have A Germany Civil War Save (The Germany Military Junta Wins germany)

[wild basin]

it was supposed to be named hi

but

ok

here

[strong shard]

ty

[warm rivet]

can anyone help me with 3d modelling in blender? im trying to "simply" slightly edit the infantry model to have a different face and im struggling to export my .blend to .mesh using PDX Blender Tools and when i go to create PDX material it says 'material' object has no attribute 'shadow method'

i completely new to blender and 3d modelling btw

[warm rivet]

use on actions

in my mod i use an instant peace for china war so the game isnt paused for ages and there are set peace deals

this triggers an event that japan gets which splits the land between them and manchu in different ways

you could use this to do

State = { add_core = TAG }
State = { add_core = TAG }
State = { add_core = TAG }
release = TAG

if its a new state you are spitting out

@amber niche

[amber niche]

I wanna make one between the western allies and a new Schutzstaffel State with himmler as a leader

[warm rivet]

can vc if you want so its easier to explain

[warm rivet]

so you need to define the new tag in history/states and all that, make an effect that gives the tag its cores and then release it

[amber niche]

How do I do that

[warm rivet]

join vc bro

[amber niche]

Sure I'll see when I can

[warm rivet]

kk

[orchid axle]

wth there is another one file for kosovo?

[wintry geode]

Knights Templar

[marsh quartz]

Hello, I was tired of being a leech so I decided to learn how to mod myself.

I followed the youtube guide I think exactly (with the exception of uploading a picture for my mod) but I cant get the event to fire properly. I just get this:

Is there a problem with my localisation?

Opened it in debug mode and I got this error.log

[20:26:54][no_game_date][localize.cpp:1610]: Localization file 'localisation/english/my_first_mod_l_english.yml' should be in in utf-8-bom encoding
[20:26:54][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1015]: Missing UTF8 BOM in localisation/english/my_first_mod_l_english.yml

[inner marsh]

any modder knows what's the error here

[opal wraith]

I need help modding

Can someone make a mod for me

It’s a simple one

[final tinsel]

i think you saved yml file with wrong encoding type

not just UTF-8 but UTF-8 with BOM

[marsh quartz]

Yes! I got it working
Thank you

[marsh quartz]

Proud to Introduce my first ever Mod: Alt For Norge

Are you sick of losing out on civilian factories? Currently the Norwegian focus 'Invite Foreign Investments' is bugged. The trigger isn't complete in the events text file.

The mod does a single thing. It checks if the countries accepted the event and gives you your rightful civ factories.

[wild basin]

is it ai bound too or just gives them to you?
Btw i would change the focud name to „Invite Foreign Investors“

what i mean by ai bound is, is the ai going to always accept or can it also decline

[marsh quartz]

The AI can and will decline a lot. From my experience (with 100 opinion) sometimes all 3 accept sometimes all 3 decline. But most of the time 1 or 2 accept. All the base game does is puts:

ai_chance = { base = 10}

I actually didnt change the AI at all. The game already solves the first half of the event where the accepting countries get a national spirit of -10% consumer goods buff. It just never continues to the second part of the event where you get your factories. I think it was a developer typo.

All my mod does is look to see if they have that spirit, and if they do then I trigger the event that should have been triggered.

In the base game I don't think its possible to trigger *'country _event id = AAT_norway_allied.2 &.3' *

Which is the event for them accepting or declining

[dire canopy]

Currently making a mod that changes leaders historically from 1936 to 2021
Portraits are done and recoloured by me. I hope you guys look forward to it

first time modding so i hope it works

[wintry geode]

Where is the ideology localisation file?

[wintry geode]

capet:0 "House of Capet"
capet_desc:0 "A Capetian monarchy is a form of government in which a person Who's a Male-line Descendant of Hugh Capet rules"

Hell yeah sub ideologies for different royal families

[marsh quartz]

If AI behavior is coded as just

ai_chance = { base = 10 }

With no other modifiers, does that mean the ai’s opinion of you doesn’t matter? Does it mean there’s literally nothing you can do in game to give yourself better odds?

[cursive pivot]

Okay this is really insignificant and only for my own entertainment, But how can i find the file to edit and add custom defence companies (as shown) for millennium dawn if anyone knows or could tell me where to look in the files i'd very much appreciate that!

[dense crypt]

You need to edit a couple of files, as MD uses generic MIOs for all tags except a specified array.
I will try to clarify it within an hour.

[orchid osprey]

Hey, are you creating a custom map mod? I can’t find a way how to.

[undone canopy]

im working on a mod with a friend and they had made the map before i joined

[orchid osprey]

Ah, how can I create a mod that uses a custom map tho?

[ripe perch]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Map_modding

[orchid osprey]

No I mean.. faster way to create provinces n’ stuff

[ripe perch]

the Nudger tool is currently broken as far as I know

[twin trellis]

hey, so my local mod works but when i try to load up the uploaded version it launches vanilla, all the fils are in the workshop version and it has the correct size in the launcher

[ripe perch]

you cannot have the same mod twice, local and steam. if you have 2 mods with the same name it does not work

[twin trellis]

so if i unsub or delete 1 it works'

[ripe perch]

yes

[twin trellis]

gotcha

[twin trellis]

So can I use my local version to play multi aslong as it has the same stuff as workshop one, so if u update the workshop one and my friends use that and I use the local one

[ripe perch]

that should work, if the local mod is the same as on steam

[naive walrus]

does anyone know why the state just dissapears out of existence?

[icy fable]

There might be no owner set or there is no state file with those provinces

If you have the game in debug mode you can look at the errors

[naive walrus]

I have set the custom nation owner of that province

[icy fable]

Do you have debug mode enabled?

[naive walrus]

yes

but I have no clue where to see what errors to look for

oh found it

[thin holly]

How do i add stuff to an idea with a focus?

[pale sparrow]

If you swap between 2 ideas, itll show a difference tooltip

[cursive pivot]

Okay thank you 🙏🏻

[ripe perch]

with 1.15 they added "contested owner" for states. what is the advantage/disadvantage for a contested owner?

[naive walrus]

It says country tag is not found in tag list but it clearly is in the mod tag list💀

Idk what I did wrong, there were a few things missingbut even then it just refuses to work

I tried changing the state so it won't be the problem of being in the us capital

[thin chasm]

common/country_tags/00_countries.txt
history/countries/[TAG - country name].txt```

You need to make sure your country tag is in all three spots, and that you've properly set up that tag as owning the state

[brave quarry]

Is there a mod based around the time of the Crusades?

1100's (ish)

[winged basalt]

hey guys

how can I do borders like Kaiserreich

And use setcontroller

[icy fable]

@naive walrus ^

[icy fable]

Do you mean change state borders and owners?

[winged basalt]

ye

I want to transfer provinces

not states

to do borders

[mint oar]

watch the iron workshop on yt they have a tutorial on states/ provinces

if thats what you want

[winged basalt]

ye Ik but if I try with set controller it goes away

[mint oar]

change it in the history file

[winged basalt]

Huh?

[mint oar]

it could be bookmarks actually i dont remember

[mint oar]

or do you want it from the start of the game or no?

[winged basalt]

ye#

[thin chasm]

"Watch the Iron Workshop tutorial on youtube"
"Yeah I know but the console command doesn't work"

[mint oar]

so then i think its in the history file maybe, as i said watch a tut on yt

[thin chasm]

My man, do what they said the first time then

[mint oar]

i dont remember

[winged basalt]

kk

[winged basalt]

thx

might there be a province transfer tool

[mint oar]

what why?

[winged basalt]

BRO I dont understand the iron workshop

[mint oar]

thats not how the game works you cant OWN a province only occupy it

[winged basalt]

ye

ok

[mint oar]

there is a command in the cosole ig wich is "occupationpaint" wich allows you to click on a province and occupy it though if you unpause the nation you took it from will take it back even if you are not at war

[winged basalt]

IK But I want to keep the occupied territories after White peace

so How?

[fallow arch]

u can also type OP in the console for it like ic for instantconstruction

[mint oar]

just transfer the state if its a state but you cant keep only a province, you could mod the game so the province is its own state and you could transfer that the new state to yourself

[winged basalt]

IS there a mod that replace provinces with state

[thin chasm]

No

[winged basalt]

f

[naive walrus]

Had that set but I think I had something misspelled or something

[mint oar]

bro why are you in the modding channel if you are not making a mod?? just make the mod yourself thats what i thaugy you weere doing?

[winged basalt]

There isnt a mod for this

sadly

I just wanna learn how to do own borders

[mint oar]

what do you want to do anyways

[icy fable]

Go to the official Hearts of Iron YouTube channel and watch their four beginner episodes

[winged basalt]

I meant like ww1

I am gonna look

[mint oar]

there is a ww1 mod?

great war redux

[winged basalt]

I MEANT as an example

[mint oar]

you mean scripted peace deals or what?

or just state transfer tool?...

[winged basalt]

I mean when I end a war example I conqure berlin as soviet union with op and when do white peace EVERYTING goes away

[mint oar]

wym go away?

[wintry geode]

Are these good ideas for althistory focuses for 1789-1800 Russia?

[thin chasm]

You tell us

[wintry geode]

https://tenor.com/view/the-voices-abatukam-gif-26360022

[winged basalt]

germany gets it

[thin chasm]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3386732714

I enjoy map modding, so you know what, here's what I do in my spare time

It's honestly the fifth time I've done these same changes overall, actually

I keep losing the files

[sleek vapor]

What states and tags does the mod add? It doesnt say in the steam description, which you should probably add

[wintry geode]

What would even a law like this do?

[fading crystal]

If there is any an multiplier for controlling the %/ likelyness which an ai would select an option?

[undone canopy]

why doesnt it work?

[brave quarry]

Is there any easy way to give a country multiple states or do I need to go through and change every file to the country tag

[nocturne umbra]

anyone that knows a decent amount about modding hmu, Im trying to find people to help me make a Alt history mod of germany losing and becoming a puppet to russia, the romanovs not being executed and the french and english forming a frnaco-anglian union.

[obtuse condor]

Is this java?

[naive walrus]

Tried to change the state

still no result

Idk what to do I looked through all the files and everything seems to be in order

[pale sparrow]

HOI IV event code, the syntax is most similar to Java

[pale sparrow]

Just fire the event from the focus and remove the trigger

[vocal geyser]

I was told finally being a mod dev would bring me prestige

it brings me pain

here have an update

[undone canopy]

this worked, thx

[fiery token]

anyone know why this isn't showing the tank designer from NSB, I ended the code name with "_chassis"
help please

[vocal geyser]

boys we have learned how to add spirits to focuses

[pale sparrow]

👏

Proud of you

[pale sparrow]

Show code

[vocal geyser]

I'm going to cry fr you make me so emotional 😭 <3

but now the game crashes if I do

set_politics = {
elections_allowed = yes
}

very fun

I only started learning modded two days ago and I'm so happy oml

this isn't how the politics will change, I want to do that via event through options but this is just proof of concept 😓

[pale sparrow]

🫂

[pale sparrow]

You can do ruling_party = ROOT to keep the current one

[brave quarry]

When i add states to a new country i made they dont change and the colour for the country isnt working either? I followed a tutorial on youtube and it worked on his but not mine?

[undone cairn]

how do you mod game rules, specifically game setup (like americas de-imperialized)

the wiki isnt informative

[undone cairn]

i figured it out

[undone canopy]

share the methods

[mint oar]

how would one do this?

[chilly field]

How do I change the colour of a formable

[wintry geode]

common/countries/cosmetic

[chilly field]

Thanks!

[mint oar]

you know how to help me?

[mint oar]

with this??

[cursive pivot]

Hey does anyone know if i make a focus tree and i add a focus that changes the direction the party moves in (can i make it so upon unlocking the focus the party name changes? example going from Al-qaeda to Socially democratic al qaeda or whatnot) for millennium dawn

[ripe perch]

what does "use_legacy_ai_pp_spend = yes" do in the countries color files?

some countries have it, others not

[dire canopy]

Congrats

[vocal geyser]

ty ily

[vocal geyser]

how can I change the starting population numbers for states?

[cursive pivot]

For the focus you made here how do I get a party name to change mid game through unlocking a focus like what do I have to edit, any help would be sincerely appreciated 🙏🏻

[vocal geyser]

the specific code is the following and it is a completion reward

set_party_name = {
ideology = communism
long_name = NZL_COMMUNIST_DEM_COALITION_LONG
name = NZL_COMMUNIST_DEM_COALITION_SHORT
}

found in the national focus folder under common

localization telling the game what these terms mean

found under "english" in "localization"

[cursive pivot]

Ahhh I see, thank youu! Scrambling through out the hoi4 files can be very confusing sometimes, well for me it's confusing all the time 😭😭

[vocal geyser]

it makes me feel like an Egyptologist trying to decipher code and understand how language works- fitting because I am an archaeologist irl lol

[vocal geyser]

glad I could help! cheers!

[cursive pivot]

Honestly and when I try find tutorials it's almost impossible to find something that directly tells me what i need to do or tweak so honestly you're a life saver 🙏🏻 (Being an archaeologist is so cool!!)

[clear rover]

should be in the history/states file, no?

[wanton rapids]

Is there any mod that gives the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) a focus tree and lets you play as them when creating them as Germany in the event "The fate of Yugoalavia"?

[mint oar]

probably

[ripe perch]

How can I make the country event window bigger? I have 5 options but the window shows only 4.

[grand relic]

There is a Cold War mod

[mint oar]

idk but try making the canvas on the png file bigger maybe ? idk just guesing

[mint oar]

ok

[left condor]

why aren't the icons showing up

[left condor]

nvm i know now

i didn't put the stuff in goals.gfx

[arctic mural]

There is Cold War mod

[midnight sail]

how would i make it so battleships can have aircraft? like a battlecarrier

also when i set

ignore_for_layout = yes
it doesnt do anything

and im having issues with naval localisation, when i try to rename a battle ship something it doesnt change jack shi

[orchid ruin]

What mod is that

[warm anvil]

Hi guys, why this empty space?

How is It possibile?

[midnight sail]

uh....

[stuck cliff]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/842912218391380028/994330262982885526/makesweet-ikkd8k.gif

[indigo stump]

I'm playing the Rise of nations mod and can't continue the focus tree because FDR has two names and both need to be the leader, is this a bug?

[wanton rapids]

I'd assume so, probably meant to be "one of the following"
[i might be spreading misinformation]

[wanton rapids]

I can't believe it! A cold war mod!

[wintry geode]

Is there a way to make so you cant declare war on Puppets?
when you are at war with the puppet master?

is there a way to lock the declare war button?

[pale sparrow]

Afaik you cant unless you do it for every event

[pale sparrow]

check common/scripted_triggers/00_diplomacy_scripted_triggers.txt

[wintry geode]

DIPLOMACY_GENERATE_WARGOAL_ENABLE_TRIGGER = {
if = {
limit = {
has_game_rule = {
rule = allow_wargoals
option = FOCUSES_ONLY
}
}
always = yes
}

this?

i made all the options say focuses_only will this fix it?

[midnight sail]

where do i change the names of naval research?

[pale sparrow]

You make a replacing localization file

[pale sparrow]

thats justify, not declare

[midnight sail]

ive tried editing
equipment_l_english
equip_naval_l_english
research_l_english

[wintry geode]

i cant see anything about declaring wars

[wintry geode]

ahhhhhh i remove the hastags right?

this is it right

[pale sparrow]

ye

[pale sparrow]

If you wanna replace just part of the files, you can make a replace folder in your mods' localization folder, loc in there will automatically replace stuff in vanilla, even if the filename doesnt match

[midnight sail]

im gonna end up renaming everything

ignore for layout doesnt work

and when i do rename the battleships in the yml files it doesnt do anything

how would i make a battleship able to use hangars? for battle carriers

[midnight sail]

i think i might've just figured this out

[wintry geode]

hmmm is this valid?

DIPLOMACY_WAR_ENABLE_TRIGGER = {
limit = {
OR={date < 1789.1.1 date > 1836.1.1}
}
}

this?

thank you so much

it now works

[midnight sail]

this doesnt work

[midnight sail]

why doesnt this work

       mid_1_custom_slot = {
           required = no
           allowed_module_categories = {
               ship_torpedo
               ship_anti_air
               ship_secondaries
               ship_dp_secondaries
               ship_deck_space
           }

[midnight sail]

this fixed the errors i was getting but doesnt fix the fact that i cant change the research name of battleships

[opal rune]

why does the game crash when i add a new state

i load the game but after starting the game the game just crashes

[cursive pivot]

Does anyone know what i've done wrong?

[midnight sail]

i figured out how to make battlecarriers but still dont know how to change the name

[kind urchin]

Hey does anyone know a working Satisfying States mod? None of them are updated

[copper canopy]

does anyone know what font this is?

[languid copper]

times new roman?

[lofty plaza]

Looks like it

[graceful rune]

I am new to hoi4 modding, how do you create new countries?

[ripe perch]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Country_creation

[graceful rune]

Good 'ol wiki

[midnight sail]

Does anyone know how I can have naval techs name vary by country

so it isnt just "battleship" but "yamato" for example

[ripe perch]

should be set in localizations files e.g. JAP_battleship: "yamato"

[midnight sail]

i mean in the research tree like how you have different names for each infantry equipment

[ripe perch]

yes, default localozation key is battleship, use TAG_battleship for country specific names

[midnight sail]

im pretty sure u misunderstand what i mean

[dense crypt]

He is correct.
Just find the technology name you want to make localized name and place new string of code below with "TAG_" at the front.

[rigid steeple]

Uh why when I add a portrait mod it work nornaly with other leader but Hitler doesn't working

[echo nimbus]

Any mod that puts the whole world at war with itself?

Every country at war with eachother

[pale sparrow]

Yeh uh

Batlle royale its called IIRC

[lethal ferry]

No lemme drop the link

nvm cant find it

[lean apex]

Is there a mod that adds CK3 into HOI4? Like how there are mods for EU4 in HOI4, and HOI4 in Vic3.

[lethal ferry]

err why would you want that-

[midnight sail]

can you give an example? this doesnt seem to work for me.

[dense crypt]

Check the correct Technology localized name, not Equipment one, in one of files inside Language folder.
I don't recall vanilla files names and tech names, but search for Technology.yml or Techs.yml files, and search for "1930 Battleship Hull" or how it's called in game.

[twilit pier]

have any of yall used the random_seed console command?

[obtuse condor]

what is that

[twilit pier]

this

[obtuse condor]

never heard of it..

gonna use it rn

[twilit pier]

it says it randomizes the ai or sum

just asking to see if anyone has used it before

[twilit pier]

maybe use it at the start of a game

[obtuse condor]

lets see this

[twilit pier]

probably have to play a full campaign to see results

soo

[obtuse condor]

yup ill be back!

[midnight sail]

whats the recommended size for gfx in research?

[prisma marten]

the small one like artillery upgrade is 64x64, the big ones are more flexible, from what I usually see the height is usually the width divided by 2.5-2.8

hey, anybody here knows how to make my mod load over every single other mods? using the load order in the launcher seems to do nothing

[sharp tendon]

in road to 56, the communist china, is there any way to win against china and japan?

not having mils is VERY hard

[true latch]

I would assume that your first step is to find a short-ass fallback line, ans build a military factory.

[sharp tendon]

i guess i shouldnt be trying to attack anything other than clinqe

[true latch]

Yesh, probably.

Do you have a mil yet?

[sharp tendon]

i cant build shit since i start with only 1 civ

[true latch]

Buy and lend lease slme guna also

[sharp tendon]

which gun

[true latch]

Do industry focuses

[sharp tendon]

bold of u to assume i have guns xD

[true latch]

Infantry Equipment

[sharp tendon]

u start with 2k gun requirement with only 1 mil

[true latch]

Did u lose the mil?

[sharp tendon]

no

im basically saying i have literally no guns to sell

i need them to reinforce

[obtuse condor]

How do i add another row of advisor slots?

I fit max 6 advisors and industrial concerns to my mod.

[ripe perch]

you need to modify the gui file

[gleaming depot]

did road to 56 update?

[inner marsh]

it was a long ago?

[obtuse condor]

I know. But how do i do that. I know it's in the countrypoliticsview.gui file, but i have no idea how to mod the files to add another row.

[lethal ferry]

what??

im trying to play Lady Shion's mod, but i dont have ANY mod active except this one

imma try it without DLCs active too

nope didnt work either

oh wait its for an older version

[neat galleon]

Help please. I tried to make a mod but nothing works.

[gentle goblet]

Why can't i add different convoy equipment types, i tried adding the equipment and everything it showed up and
looked like everything was working but then i check the error log and it said

[19:15:00][1936.01.01.12][equipment.cpp:2462]: Multiple convoy archetypes are not supported.
[19:15:00][1936.01.01.12][equipment.cpp:2470]: Multiple convoy types are not supported.

I am wondering is it a way to bypass this or add modifiers that the vanilla convoy doesn't have?
DM me if you can answer this.

[gentle goblet]

What kind of mod?

[graceful rune]

How do I check if a certain building has been built?

I want to know if the play built the V1 Cannon for a decision

[wintry geode]

How to remove the generic ideology advisors?

[proper acorn]

history/general

[summer comet]

Whats the most broken op path right now?
I wanna 1v1 my friend

[graceful rune]

I think Germany, PEG

[vocal kestrel]

Germany PEG, you can counter with an early war

[simple island]

what is PEG?

[vocal kestrel]

Prioritze Economic Growth

[neat galleon]

I want to make generic focuses but nothing working.

[swift tulip]

is there any up to date map mod of the whole world?

[fallen mesa]

how to check whats the rgb code for the current countries?

[ripe perch]

its in the file Hearts of Iron IV\common\countries\colors.txt"

[fallen mesa]

thanks

[near zinc]

anyone know a good historical mod which ahs europe only?

[languid copper]

magna europa

[midnight sail]

why cant it host aircraft? i tested it and it doesnt work

[near zinc]

nah without the millions of tiles

[mint oar]

what? if you want only europe magna europa is the best one obv its gonna be bigger its only europe

[near zinc]

no, i mean i want europe only historical like how HORST does it, or elwolf before it died

europe only doest not mean loads of tiles i just means uk is balanced as there is no usa

and nor a japan

e.g.

[mint oar]

just make a mod yourslef if you dont find it this is not hard to do

[near zinc]

dont have time brah

i work full time

[mint oar]

it takes like an hour at max

[near zinc]

ok ill have a look

[wild pawn]

looking for a mod that extends the years since my games frequently go to 1950 and beyond. any suggestions?

i'm playing vanilla

[mint oar]

road to 56?

[wild pawn]

i tried that. something went wonky because the allies and axis basially talled - germany didn't even take belgium much less france

[mint oar]

yhea thats not the mod , r56 is one of the best mods made and that is what you are looking for plus there are a bunch of submods

[wild pawn]

oh

wonder what happened then

[mint oar]

idk why that happend is it update to 1.15?

[wild pawn]

idk, i just downloaded it and was a little frustrating that the game basically stalled

[mint oar]

just try again and maks sure its on historical aswell

[wild pawn]

yea it was on historical, veteran

[mint oar]

hm idk mustve glitched

[wild pawn]

basically i'll try again and hope more action happens this time

[mint oar]

yup

[wild pawn]

im curious what happened. did the patch make the axis weaker? last i played was like in june

[mint oar]

idk maybe the mod isnt optimized for the new dlc

you have all dlc btw right?

[wild pawn]

no im vanilla

[mint oar]

oh that might be it

[wild pawn]

Huh? Is 56 not good with vanilla?

So what should i use?

[mint oar]

it works i guess but it may be a bit funky

all mods are made with dlc:s in mind

[wild pawn]

Ah crap

[mint oar]

plus the game isnt really good without them consider buying some

[wild pawn]

So I'm basically out of luck?

[mint oar]

most mods should work fine but some focuses for example may not work and some other funktions

[wild pawn]

I mean, i enjoyed base game. Just the war usually lasts till like 1950+ so i was looking for something to extend focus trees and research past 1945

[mint oar]

yhea r56 is what your looking for but idk if works to well without dlcs so test again and see if it workd

[wild pawn]

Just don't wanna play through 4 years to find out the major powers basically don't do anything lol

[timber zenith]

<@&846894118219022336>

sorry for the ping but

[vocal geyser]

@young solstice please do not post random links that are not official Steam or Paradox links :)

[timber zenith]

it was a html filetype i doubt it wasn't malicious

[oak geode]

i just followed the iron workshop tutorial cuz im new to modding, i wanted to alter the ideology and leader and stuff, when i notuced the "desc = "" " part. Is it the description for the leader when you hover over him or?

[wild pawn]

it definitely breaks the major countries. look at Germany's government by 1939

[vocal kestrel]

Looks like normal AI build

[wild pawn]

Usually they'd have at least filled out the advisors and got some productions. On historical

I think the road to 56 mod can't work with vanilla

[pale sparrow]

I think it broke

[pale sparrow]

❓

[wild pawn]

Hey!

So basically, the game seems wonky once i played with the mod. Either side of the spanish civil war has no resistance - germans and Italians don't sent help in, and the axis are way to weak to make any headway even after wars are declared

Not sure what happened but it looks like it's due to the r56 mod?

[midnight sail]

when i actually build this it doesnt let me use planes

[sly sparrow]

anybody known a mod that ad a limet to amoutn of faction members

[versed patrol]

SOMEBODY PLEASE MAKE A MOD THAT TURNS LEON DEGRELLE INTO CAPTAIN REX 😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[solid frigate]

hello

i have some trouble with gridboxes

i want to add flags horizontally but it just stack in one place

gridboxtype = {
name = "TBE_internationale_member_states_gridbox"
position = { x= 610 y = 58 }
size = { widht = 300 height = 600 }
slotsize = { widht = 50 height = 58 }
add_horizontal = yes
max_slots_horizontal = 3
}

[midnight sail]

fix was really simple posting soon

solution was; common/units/equipment/ship_hull_heavy.txt

        type = carrier

[final tinsel]

change size 300:600 to 600:300

[lethal ferry]

do you have historical focuses on

[final tinsel]

i think you made base slot long in vertical, not horizontal

[paper valley]

so ive tried to make a mod two times now based on the hoi4 tutorial, but a day or so after I make It says "this mod Is not present on disk." The first time I searched up on the HOI4 reddit and It told me to delete things from my files then undownload and redownload HOI4, but that just deleted my mod. (shouldn't have trusted a post from four years ago and archived.) Anyone know what to do?

[final tinsel]

or add

max_slots_vertical = 1```