modding

[cinder relic]

I think this is the right channel to ask: Does anybody know of a mod where you can convert other nation's equipment to your own? Like say converting their guns in my stockpile to my guns

I'm interested in getting or even making it so I can have clean stockpiles

[full raft]

I don't think that is likely, here's why: Equipment Conversion seems to be from one Variant of an Equipment to another, but notably the producer is not saved as part of the Variant, but rather as a seperate Info about the Equipment.
Technically speaking, it is possible to create a sort of system, maybe, which takes foreign Equipment away and spits out homemade replacements, but that might be quite complex for such a minor result and it would never be able to eliminate foreign Equipment, while it is being gained (would remove foreign equipment every midnight) and could in no way Handle anything with MIO bonuses or subject to designers. Plus I don't know about performance.
Soooo technically maybe possible, but given the caveats prolly doesn't exist.

[cinder relic]

Bet, appreciate the answer tho!

[echo flume]

so heres the code now, it look right?

[full raft]

It is very much worth a shot, yea

[echo flume]

yeah nah

still wont fire

or it does fire, just at the trigger cycle

[lofty plaza]

You have trigger and is_triggered_only, which contradict each other

If you want it to trigger under those conditions then you need a mean time to happen

[full raft]

Not according to the wiki it doesn't.
The automatic firing can be disabled by adding is_triggered_only = yes into the event. This doesn't prevent any other way to fire the event, whether by the effect used to do so, an on action's random_events, a border war, or anything else. This is entirely unrelated to trigger = { ... }: the conditions within must still be fulfilled for either of these to be possible to fire an event. If the effect used to fire an event (e.g. country_event or state_event) is set with a delay, then the trigger must be true when the event is intended to be fired.

trigger only blocks it from happening if not true

[lofty plaza]

That's not how it works

It needs to check whether the trigger conditions are true or not

[full raft]

Right, I'll test ingame. Both you and the wiki are Sources I would trust implicitly so I know need to confirm which way it is.

[echo flume]

i might as well get a fresh look at it, this on_actions code is solid, right? it should fire the event 454 days after the game starts

is there a conflict between the trigger section in the event code and the on_action? ive said it before but maybe its making the event itself trigger on April 1st, but because April 1st 1937 is in between trigger checks it instead fires on April 13th 1937

and one more thing, it looks like the is_triggered_only script breaks the event itself

[full raft]

The Wiki was right.

The event Filecode to test it for any interested Reader:

add_namespace = tester

country_event = {
id = tester.1
title = tester.1.t
desc = tester.1.desc

is_triggered_only = yes

option = {
    name = tester.1.a
    every_country = {
        country_event = {
            id = tester.2
            days = 1
        }
    }
}

}

country_event = {
id = tester.2
title = tester.2.t
desc = tester.2.desc

is_triggered_only = yes

trigger = {
    tag = GER
}

option = {
    name = tester.2.a
    set_country_flag = got_test_event
    set_cosmetic_tag = BEL
}

}

Launch Event tester.1 via the console. Germany and only Germany will get the got_test_event Flag and change their name to rexist Belgium

Oop. Didn't realize how long that message would be... 😬 😅

Which doesn't help us figure out why Joes Event isn't firing, sadly.

[full raft]

what do you mean with this?

[echo flume]

when i add is_triggered_only = yes the event doesnt fire, even after the trigger check

[full raft]

wha...? I know I am a broken record here, but does the error.log have something? It is usually fairly reliable, if sometimes unintuitive. Also while we're at trigger, since you fire at a set time in the effect itself and in a scope as well; you can remove the trigger. As evidenced it shouldn't cause Issues, but maybe more complex Situations have ... arcane interactions.

[echo flume]

the error log is clean

[echo flume]

okay, heres my event code as it stands if you want to look at it yourself,

add_namespace = burma_puppet

country_event = {
id = burma_puppet.1
title = burma_puppet.1.t
desc = burma_puppet.1.d
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_read_write

mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 1
}

fire_only_once = yes
is_triggered_only = yes

option = { # Split Burma from the Raj
    name = burma_puppet.1.a
    ai_chance = {base = 100}
    hidden_effect = {
    transfer_state = 288
    transfer_state = 640
    transfer_state = 993
    transfer_state = 994
    transfer_state = 995
    transfer_state = 996
    transfer_state = 997
    transfer_state = 998
    transfer_state = 999
        
    }
    release_autonomy = {
        target = BRM
        autonomy_state = autonomy_colony
    }
}

}

maybe having it in your own desktop will bring an epiphany

Heres the on_action too if you want it

on_actions = {
on_startup = {
effect = {
ENG = {
country_event = {
id = burma_puppet.1
days = 456
}
}
}
}
}

[stuck quarry]

Does anyone know of a warhammer40k unification wars mod

[full raft]

It does exist, I have seen Videos of it. Don't know if it is still supported, cause that was years ago.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=735936145

[thin chasm]

There is a mod called "Unification Wars" based on Warhammer, yeah

[full raft]

it is multiple, just search on the workshop

[echo flume]

WOAAAAAAAH

the trigger block mightve been it

[full raft]

just about to test it myself

[echo flume]

looks like the only thing now is the mean days to happen thing

[full raft]

alright, the files you sent me work, confirmed.

[echo flume]

Finally!

[full raft]

adding tag = ENG as trigger hasn't broken it. So it must've been the whole date thing. Somehow

[echo flume]

thats so odd cause i swear i removed the date a bit ago

it might just be devil magic

[full raft]

Question not the Machine God. Give humbly what it takes. Accept graciously what it gives.

[echo flume]

real

im gonna make the smallest adjustment and see if it'll fire exactly on the 1st

just removing a single day from the on_action

[full raft]

Testing with days = 454 in the on_actions. I want to see what day it hits.

[echo flume]

IT WORKS

PERFECTLY

[full raft]

It has been achieved

[echo flume]

WAR IS OVER

im gonna shout out yall in the description, youve all been a massive help

[full raft]

n'aw, thanks

😊

And now I also know the Cause, @echo flume .
454 days after start is the 31st of March. The Trigger wanted a date wholly later than the 1st of April. Nothing was ever broken, the numbers were just off.

[echo flume]

ahhhhh, good to know

wait shit, it was literally just me miscounting the days 💀

LMAOOOOO

[full raft]

Sometimes. Sometimes the simplest Problems/Solutions are the hardest ones to find 😅

[echo flume]

lol yeah

well now i gotta make another mod

im gonna make a mod that lets kurdistan ask for its core in syria

its a SINGLE focus

it can NOT be that hard

[full raft]

Or a Decision.
In both cases you will likely do some Event stuff as well.
Oh and you could implement an Idea to resemble a Payment. Challenge yourself 😉

[echo flume]

i could

as long as i can count i should be fine

gonna lose my mind

[full raft]

yeah, thats general for ya

[echo flume]

these hoes istg

actually wait

i still gotta do stuff on the burma mod

i wanted to add an event for india so player would know whats happening

back to the mines💀

nvm that was much easier

[full raft]

Why are there two Ports in Tel Aviv? (I mean yes, one on the Tile directly below, but still weird)

[twilit field]

Idk

[thin chasm]

Well, the upshot of this whole GOE debacle is that it's really getting people into modding

[full raft]

Yeah. Errors will get fixed (either by Pdx or eventually by modders) and disappear, while the new Modders stick around 😁

[rare grove]

i could try doing random building in that state to fix it

[quiet scroll]

how do i get year 2000+?

[echo flume]

Case in point

The modding I'm doing now is all in anticipation of making the EIC interesting in the last game

[full raft]

by changing the bookmark file

[quiet scroll]

how

[full raft]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Bookmark_modding the Wiki entry. You change the Date in the relevant file

[thin chasm]

Alright, after a few more hours of map modding (and general bug fixing), there's where I've ended for Kurdistan's natural borders (within the bounds of HOI4)

Good day for it

[cursive crater]

is there a mod that makes the world declare war on me after a certain amount of time?

[umbral shale]

The ragnarok mod for germany

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=728074257

[cursive crater]

thanks

[umbral shale]

youre welcome bro

[pallid fractal]

Hi, is there a way to debug why an event fired?
In my case, I'm playing a modded game as SOV and the POL_habsburg_events.1 fired for me

[echo flume]

shoutout my sibling for making this icon

also, just wondering, to add a focus, is it necessary to carry over the entire countries (country).txt file?

[turbid ginkgo]

I am working on making a Just Cause 3 Millennium Dawn submod

[echo flume]

heat

[turbid ginkgo]

Hm?

[echo flume]

it looks good lol

[turbid ginkgo]

No, there is something severely wrong. It is 4:17AM I didn't bother doing a proper normal map / heightmap so the entire world is flat 💀💀💀💀

I'll fix it

But still the land isn't aligned and I messed up the lakes

And terrain textures are half-assed

I mean the terrain bitmap

The textures themselves are normal

[turbid ginkgo]

Also my original plan was to make every Just Cause 3 province an ingame state then I realised I cannot even make every individual province a province except some important ones and merging some (and splitting the 2 huge ones)

[echo flume]

alright lads, time for my daily "why is this not working" question

i have the focus_IRQ_purchase_syria.dds file in the mods goals folder, but it just wont recognize it

[spice knoll]

texture>F<ile

red line = you wrote something wrong

[echo flume]

of course

but the red line is telling me it cant find the file

heres the message it gives me

[spice knoll]

nvm both texturefile textureFile is valid

look at the file name carefully xd

wait you renamed to buy?

[echo flume]

yeah i already renamed it

[spice knoll]

did you check error log to see if the game actually not able to find it?

[glass acorn]

Would stacking all these modifiers for 4 focuses be balanced? (20%+ Resource Gain)

[echo flume]

okay, i fixed it somehow

apparently it didnt like that i didnt encode the localization properly

appreciate it

[glass acorn]

You gave me a sudden urge to try and recreate this but as the entire map

[turbid ginkgo]

Like big Just Cause 3 map with all the towns, bases, settlements 😳😳😳

[glass acorn]

Si

[turbid ginkgo]

And if you are really dedicated you cold make a special Rico unit that cannot be trained and you only get 1 locked division of 1 Rico and he's really powerful compared to rebel divisions and can be paradroped with just 1 transport plane

Could probably just rename paratroopers give them the rico model and lock them from being researched at all so the only paratrooper is rico and he has custom stats

[glass acorn]

Is this enough states

[crystal stag]

Is someone working on mod, to make East India Company as Outer Heaven for example(MGS reference). Making the leader or Venom Snake or Big Boss. I think idea is cool)

[paper valley]

pls help if you can the events are invalid
https://pastebin.com/m3iPbLbk

[full raft]

Which ones? Also what are the actual Issues ingame?

[honest terrace]

i want to learn how to mod to make a focus tree for my country but idk becuase probably no one would play it xd

[full raft]

Would you play it? If so, that ain't no one. I personally make most mods just for myself 😅

[cursive atlas]

Bruh how tf did you create new land

Ive been trying to figure that out for so long

[full raft]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Map_modding#Quick_overview This Page might be of help to you then

[cursive atlas]

Alright thank you

[cursive atlas]

What if I want the normal world map and create a new fictional country? Kinda like what the guy I replied to is doing?

[full raft]

That Page should still hold. Simply edit the basegame Map Files to include your new Territory

[cursive atlas]

Alright thanks again

[echo flume]

am i tweaking or is there an entirely unused focus tree in the Iraq files?

[full raft]

Yeah, I always call commented out Focuses "Corpse Foci" and the GOE Trees have a fair few of them

[echo flume]

crazy tho cause it seems like a fun tree too

[full raft]

I mean, comment it back in and try it out. Could be a fun small project

[echo flume]

heck, why not, free official content

[turbid ginkgo]

😳😳😳

[turbid ginkgo]

Followed a tutorial, it's my first time too

[echo flume]

You'd never even be able to tell its a mod

[tidal agate]

Ever

[hushed gate]

no

[cursive atlas]

do you happen to have the link?

[cedar wren]

guys should i use the TNO ui or nah

[full raft]

Isn't that a matter of personal Taste?

[paper valley]

they all are but i just want help with mod_event.4 . In game, the focus says "invalid event with id: mod_event.4"

[cedar wren]

yea true

but i like the vanilla but also tno

[full raft]

Well personally, I would play with vanilla, but TNO UI is the devs intended Experience....
For the sake of a choice: Vanilla

[full raft]

Right, because that has an invalid effect. There is no effect called unit.
Guessing you mean create_unit, which also has to be called in a state scope, not country. Also I don't know if you can do multiple divisions per create_unit effect, so you might put each division block in its own create_unit. Or not, i really don't know.

[nimble solar]

TNO UI is pain

For me

[versed patio]

Please help, half of the countries are not displayed in my mod, what should I do, although the half that is displayed is no different from the other half?

[versed patio]

on the first slide, the country code that is displayed, and on the second, which is not displayed.

[full raft]

Sounds like there is an error somewhere in the File and all following country entries break.
what does the error.log say?

[versed patio]

Excuse me, but where can I see them?..

[full raft]

documents -> paradox Interactive -> hearts of iron IV -> logs -> error.log

[versed patio]

I just recently started making mods in hoyke, consider the first works, and I do not know where to look at the bug logs.

[full raft]

yea. That is the basic file path in the pc

[versed patio]

It's strange, I don't have a logs folder.

uh

ssorry

I didn't look there

this

[full raft]

Its the third error

[versed patio]

Could only one mistake have affected half of the countries?

[full raft]

Yes. Because it can no longer read the following entries.

[versed patio]

BROOOO

THANKS YOUUUU

SOOO MUCH

[full raft]

It worked? Then I am happy to have been of help 😊

[versed patio]

YESS

thx

[full raft]

np~

[turbid ginkgo]

The only real problem I have is

Failed to load texture larger than MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: map/heightmap.bmp

[full raft]

well that seems fairly self explanatory

[turbid ginkgo]

my heightmap is 5632x2048 meanwhile the vanilla hoi4 heightmap is 5632x2048

ohhh

but

the bit depth

hummmmm

[limber badger]

How do decisions for flipping government work? Are they tied to the "Fascist Demagogue" and "Communist revolutionary" Trait?

I am not able to make those decisions visible unless i hire those two, even tho i have several other advisors with communism/fascism drift and even national spirits

[full raft]

They have multiple Advisors that can activate them, but not all of them. For Fascism for example you need fascist_demagogue/syncretic_revanchist/GER_revolutionary_nationalist_advisor

[limber badger]

I see, thanks. One more question, is there some kind of effect for refreshing decisions, like the "mark_focus_tree_layout_dirty" ?

[full raft]

No, the decisions refresh automatically

[limber badger]

I cant see my hidden decisions even with conditions met unless i save and load up the file again.

Anything comes to mind?

[full raft]

well that odd. Maybe check the error.log?

[limber badger]

That is indeed odd, error log never has anything about it

I am stuck on it for like 3 days now

[full raft]

visible is a trigger block that continuously checks every frame if allowed was met, required to make the decision or the entire category be visible in the decision selection screen. In case for targeted decisions, both FROM and ROOT can be checked here, but using target_trigger is recommended when possible for optimisation purposes.

And the Wiki has proven relatively reliable. So this is quite weird indeed....

wait. Are you using allowed for this?

[limber badger]

😭

[full raft]

allowed is a trigger block that checks only at the game's start or when loading a save,

[limber badger]

No way its something that simple again

It really is.. im so embarrassed

Thanks for your help!

[turbid ginkgo]

I genuinely don't know anymore, I fixed the heightmap but now the terrain is below sea level even though I didn't change anything except the small part of the heightmap I was editing so the rest of the heightmap is literally identical but very much broken

[strong iron]

Am I allowed to advertise a mod I made here?

[limber badger]

Pretty sure u aren't, rules say no advertisement

[tidal lynx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2328762932&searchtext=Choose+Your+Leader! Does anyone know of a new version of this mod with the new leaders?

It has not been updated since 2022

I have seen versions that update it to the new versions of the game but don't add the new leaders

[turbid ginkgo]

what makes the heightmap do this

?

[turbid ginkgo]

I'm completely hopeless regarding this

[echo flume]

maybe its late, but i cant find the command to remove buildings from a country

nvm

literally looked 5 seconds more

[spice knoll]

remove_building = {
    type = arms_factory
    level = 5
}

you need likely to wrap it with random state scope

[cinder relic]

Bro that factory is producing arms?,

[echo flume]

yeah already found it lol thanks though

[echo flume]

wait till you see the leg factory

[spice knoll]

wait till you see the manpower factory mod...

[cinder relic]

Building robots let's go

[spice knoll]

lego hoi4 factory...

[echo flume]

the Germans have invaded the Poles in LEGO HOI4

HEY!

[spice knoll]

build the tankette and off to get destroyed

[echo flume]

idk who this random guy is but hes a horrible influence on me

now you mean to tell me I can do MORE on_actions?

for free????

[timber zinc]

how do i prevent two submods from overwritting each others tech tress

[strong iron]

How do I fix a mod I made not loading?

i have it enabled in my playset

[timber zinc]

depends what do you mean by not loading?

[strong iron]

one sec testing a hunch

damn, what i tried didnt work.

Right, so I'm trying to make a compatibility version for my mod that adds logistic strike and a little bit of ground attack to all machine guns and cannons

My code works just fine for vanilla and it loads just fine

but when i made a similar version for EAW and took the 00_plane_modules txt file and changed the stats, the game just loaded EAW's code for the file instead.

How do I force my code for that file name to load instead of the mod's?

@timber zinc

[timber zinc]

lmao that's literally my issue too, I updated a mod someone abandoned mod and am trying to make it compatibles and running into the same issue

[strong iron]

ok i just found a video on youtube for making submods

apparently its a whole different process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nQtBZaqahk

[spice knoll]

you don't, just merge them together and set unmerged mods as dependencies in merged mod's descriptor file (as shown in the video)

I think only victoria 3 allow you to change tech tree without replacing the files

[wheat urchin]

im using the hoi4 modding website to get a rough idea of what i want my focus tree, is there any way to import the current vanilla focus tree in it in order to modify it instead of doing it manually?

[strong iron]

YES!

I figured out what the problem was

My mod file's dependency line kept getting deleted, which prevented the mod from loading.

I put it back in there, set it to read only, and it works.

[timber zinc]

nice nice

[strong iron]

yeah so if any of you guys have trouble with changes to stats and stuff not seeming to take effect for submods, #1 make sure you have inserted your dependency lines to your mod file (not the descriptor the actual mod file for your mod) with the parent mods correct name, and #2 set your mod file to read only.

[spice knoll]

weird that it keeps getting overrided

also cw tools refuse to work if your mod has steamid

[tranquil moss]

whats best width infantry if i cant afford 18w

too many fronts but not enough manpower and divisions

[strong iron]

anyone know how to fix this?

ah shit

it was because the mod file was read only

Yeah and it removes the dependency file.

Shit.

Right, gonna try something else.

Does anybody know exactly /why/ the uploading process saves changes that remove dependencies?

or why running the game causes dependencies to get removed?

wait a second

maybe i should try putting the dependency line in both the descriptor and the mod file.

holy shit it worked

Okay, amendment to what I said earlier

[tiny imp]

Wow you really just solved your own problem huh

[strong iron]

make sure what you do with your mod file you also do with your descriptor file

sweet, it uploaded properly too.

[rose escarp]

is there a mod that makes it possible for generals to die ?

[full raft]

I wasn't able to quickly find one, but it would be rather easy to make so it might still exist and I, well, just didn't find it.

[rose escarp]

I tried searching both on workshop and web but failed to find one

[rose escarp]

is that really that easy so make ?

[glass acorn]

Millennium Dawn has a system like that, not sure where/how tho

[full raft]

The most basic Version would be one event. More Complex Balancing and Systems are of course more complex

[rose escarp]

hmmm, the only event that would make it kinda balanced would be a random (fielded) general/marshal death on capital capture maybe

cuz idk how you could do that for battles and not make it random, you cant really destroy all divisions in an army if you dont destroy the country

[rose escarp]

played it a bit but I didnt know that

im currently playing road to 56

those ww2 machines just have that appeal xD

[rose escarp]

the reason I want this mod is that I plan on using something that will allow generals to gain ALL traits eventually, but that would be a litttle pointless if everyone got them, so enabling death would balance that out a little maybe idk

but that would hardly work for naval idk

is there a console command to delete some of my political power ?

and/or combat power

[full raft]

Console Command? Not that I know of.
Also that Balance should be mostly done via the level System. Even getting a General on "merely" Level 9 can require a fully planned run for some nations.

[rose escarp]

it seems the mod makes it possible to take some traits just for a small combat power cost

I just took those 3 from the bottom

[full raft]

No, thats not the mod, thats always like it. But there is a limit to how many traits you can have based on the level of the Leader

[rose escarp]

oh

sorry, Im not that knowledgeable on the game

[full raft]

Nothing to apologize for 😉 Literally working on a tutorial mod rn

[rose escarp]

it seems the mod took the cap off regardless of the level

[rose escarp]

tutorials are not for me, im literally the person who does not use any plans or frontlines (at least now because there is not too many units yet) since I like to manually micromanage them xddd

(yes I do know they give buffs now)

[full raft]

Well it will have guided and exploration mode, with the second one allowing you to get Info on just what you want

[rose escarp]

(its also not true that they are not for me, I stumble on somethign I dont get every moment lol)

[rose escarp]

sounds great

[full raft]

That is interesting though. I wouldn't know how or where to do that, tbh.

[rose escarp]

will I be able to learn random shit like "what is the cap for laying mines" ?

[rose escarp]

there is even a message with "you have 99 trait slots\ left" so im sure it does that

[full raft]

100%, no? Aren't Mines typically measured in Percent?
Regardless I will want to pool as much knowledge as possible, even try and keep an updated bit for Meta Strats, though for those Things I would need Community Involvement and rn the Basics are much more important than going for that. 😅 Everything at its given time and so on 😉

[full raft]

Huh. Neat

[glass acorn]

Is this a decently sized focus branch (Basically, using forced labor / other methods for industry/resources)

It works the same way as Poland's, where you have to finish one side before starting the other

[rose escarp]

idk it does not look like a %, game sait the cap is 50 something (% maybe) but I have no idea what

[full raft]

While I dislike that Line bisecting the Mutually Exclusive Arrows on the left to an unreasonable Degree, Size wise it should be fine. Really depends on how long any given focus takes.

[glass acorn]

A majority of them are 35 days, some being 50 and 70

[full raft]

Yea, I was thinking about the Effect on Supremacy. Lemme do some looking

[rose escarp]

it makes some sence

[full raft]

They will continue adding mines to each assigned strategic region until 1000 mines have been laid in each region, at which point the regions are considered to be fully saturated with mines. - Wiki

[rose escarp]

and its country cap or "side of conflict cap"

or there can be 1000 in total in region so for example 300 me 700 enemy

[full raft]

Side of conflict, likely, as it is by far the easiest to code and is reasonable enough for gameplay

[rose escarp]

I just realized its not a channel to continiue my questions xD

well, thanks for answering

[full raft]

Was bout to add an addendum, but yeah. No Problem ~

[glass acorn]

Is this a bit.. OP

(Dynamic modifier effects after finishing the Military side of the Industry branch)

This is it without them

[full raft]

It's most certainly Powerful. But OP is always a matter of the Competition. Mike Tyson is OP against a coughing Baby but an Aircraft Carrier is OP against Mike Tyson.
Try letting the AI play a few rounds and see how that shakes out as most of the time it will be AI v AI anyways. Should Players be able to use it much better, then that can be their Power Fantasy or you can balance later should you ever hear complaints.

[glass acorn]

Mmkay

The country's supposed to kinda be the Germany of my mod

[rose escarp]

is this some alternate world ?

[glass acorn]

100% Made-up lore by me and some friends

This is said country in the mod I'm making

[rose escarp]

is the map still earth ?

[rose escarp]

oh

[glass acorn]

Geographically Denmark but not literally

[rose escarp]

and how big is that compared to hoi4 map ?

[glass acorn]

In terms of province sizes it's quite big

But size-wise it's very zoomed in

[rose escarp]

I mean more like, province numbers

[glass acorn]

As seen by Urban center sizes

[rose escarp]

does not seem that huge

[rose escarp]

well, its just me liking big maps

or maybe it is ?

[glass acorn]

I gotchu

[rose escarp]

any idea how long till its done ?

cuz Im afraid I will forget about that

[glass acorn]

Is this enough provinces :>

[rose escarp]

not gonna lie, I have absolutely no idea how much that even is XD

in comparison to hoi4 map even less

[glass acorn]

They're like 4x smaller than the og's

[glass acorn]

It's mainly a personal project so not really any release date planned

[rose escarp]

hmmm, mind pm'ing me when its done or something

[glass acorn]

The main war (World War) of this mod is North v. South

[rose escarp]

sooo, how many is that ?

[glass acorn]

Xayestran and Bottaio are both non-canon but formable factions

[glass acorn]

A l o t

[rose escarp]

more than vanillia ?

probably

[glass acorn]

Very

[rose escarp]

and the og ?

is it less ?

[unreal forge]

Is that just denkmark but enlarged?

[glass acorn]

Yes

[rose escarp]

he kinda said is based on it above

[glass acorn]

And this is the ideology map so far (Black is Fascism/Nationalism)

[lyric ermine]

How do I undo something I have done on the nudge tool. I was just messing about on it without realising it was permanent.

[full raft]

The nudge changes are saved in the nudge folder, which is found in documents/paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/nudge

delete it

[lyric ermine]

Thank you

[limber badger]

Is it possible to make a decision which has multiple possible event outcomes?

[full raft]

yup. Via ifs or random_list, both are possible

[limber badger]

which is more efficient?

[full raft]

nothing about efficency. They do different Things.
random_list picks a random option from list of possibilities (can be weighted)
if checks for conditions and then does an effect based on those

[limber badger]

i see, so random_list then, thanks again

[full raft]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#Random_effects more info

[limber badger]

I was just looking for it

[full raft]

😉

[simple stratus]

is it possible to enable the console in multiplayer with a mod?

[full raft]

If you can't open it in the same way as you do in SP, then prolly not (especially not if you are host). There are however Host-Tool Mods, which allow you to do various utility Things. Simply look around on the Workshop and you may find what you need

[simple stratus]

surely there has to be a way for it to be enabled in private multiplayer games

only for the host though

[limber badger]

RT56 RP has something like that built-in iirc

not sure about vanilla mods

[arctic mural]

Toolpack without the errors works great

U can do most things with it

[full raft]

I've looked around a bit and in none of the moddable Files I checked can you do anything about opening the Console. May be wrong, but my guess is, its not possible.

[arctic mural]

Make divisions

Ships

Factories, etc

[limber badger]

this

[simple stratus]

its not the same though😔

thanks for the help anyway

[limber badger]

or you can create a save in mp, load it in sp and make changes and load back to mp, but thats prob not what u want either

[simple stratus]

nah

im aiming for realtime

[arctic mural]

The amount of times my freind had to do that for me

[simple stratus]

same lol

thats what I want to get rid of

[arctic mural]

God I hated Belgium

[limber badger]

you have friends that play hoi4? i envy you

[arctic mural]

Yes

I have an entire group that does

[limber badger]

🥹

my friends are league addicts unfortunately

[rose escarp]

can anybody help me find a mod that makes everyone start with no research done ?

[full raft]

There is one that does that and gets everyone to just have two slots, but that seems to be unstable and purely reseting starting research I can't see at a glance.
Though it would likely only take like half and hour to an hour to make (filled with basically busy work)

[grim warren]

should i go great war or great war redux? which is better nowadays?

[lofty plaza]

Redux probably

[echo flume]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444212891

new drop

[spare sleet]

anyone else having issues with the nudge tool not opening up state files I have dont a fresh reinstall of the game validated my game files and wiped the DOC files

and nothing has fixed the issue

[full raft]

Could replicate, same here. So it probably came with an Update. Check if there is already a Bug Report on it and if not create one.

[spare sleet]

i

imma suck start a shot gun if i have to map edit with out the nudge tool

[full raft]

honestly, while it is not representative (or even helpful for that matter 😅 ) by any means, in my experience few use the nudge tool, because it is often annoying to bring the Files from the Documents Folders into the actual Mod.

[spare sleet]

you just copy and paste......

the railway file is aids

[full raft]

Wait, copy, not cut? It's annoying because you miss something and suddenly you get some weird errors which you cannot find, because it is in nudge, not the mod. Furthermore it is cpr. tough to quickly switch to Vanilla or a different Modset. Then again, it is preference.

[spare sleet]

check the error logs

[full raft]

Well they don't say whether it is nudge or mod

[spare sleet]

also i have been doing the same thing seince release

i have a bit of a system

[full raft]

thats fair

[spare sleet]

nugde tool turns my day and a half of map editing into a 2 hour affair

massive L

[rose escarp]

is there a mod that makes the map shattered, meaning divides the terrain among a huge amount of small countries ?

[rare grove]

way more advisors for Austria

[echo flume]

should i make the cut iraq tree work?

[obtuse condor]

Yes

[rare grove]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Politicians_assassinated_in_the_1800s

if you need some inspiration

[green sentinel]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3439170764

I recommend this mod to everyone, it fixes many of the bugs in the new update that the devs haven't (or won't) get to yet, along with some other bugs in the game that have been there a while

Unfortunately it is NOT ironman compatible, since it changes focus trees, events, and states

By the way, if you care about the flavor that much, this mod does get rid of Palestine, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Kuwait as starting tags until the mod creators can handle the bugs about them. The Iraqi Kurdish path is also disabled due to the bugs with it and replaced by a different communist path that includes some parts of the Kurdish tree. The devs have said they will find a way to restore fixed Kurdish content.

[echo flume]

I feel like it might actually make the modding process easier if I do the localisation files first

[mellow spoke]

How the heck do I get multiple songs to display on a radio station. I got one to work but everything else I have tried in order to get the other songs to display leads to nothing.

I have no idea why. Am I not tagging it correctly?

[full raft]

First Question, as always: Does the error.log say anything?

[mellow spoke]

How do I find that.

This is my first attempt at a mod lol

[full raft]

go to documents/paradox interactive/hearts of iron IV/logs and there it will be

[mellow spoke]

it says:

[12:26:40][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: music, near line: 11" in file: "music/iw_music.txt" near line: 27

[full raft]

Well that's indicative.
I'd suggest comparing your File to the Vanilla ones and seeing if there are any structural* differences.
Also, I just spotted the Wiki suggests this Tool: https://runite-drill.github.io/music-mod-creation-tool/

[mellow spoke]

okay. i think it was cuz i typed different numbers for the song factor. but it still only shows the one song.

i changed it last time so i will put it back as it must have a different error

[full raft]

And? Does it?

[mellow spoke]

@full raft nope. I used the tool instead and got most of them to work. the one march theme i added wont play at all and honestly i dont know why. I hate coding

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444391878

i put it here as I have zero clue why the radetzky marsch wont play

i also dont know how to uplaode a picture to steam. i have a photo placed but no image on the main logo

[full raft]

If it works, it works. And if it doesn't, welllll hum,,, If it works, it works 😅 Imma be real, I never do Music Modding, just not my wheelhouse.
The picture however I know. You have to name it thumbnail.png (checking and will message if its wrong, but should be correct)

[mellow spoke]

ohhh i see

yeah i could not be bothered to figure it out. that seems like a corrupted file issue or audio thing. I have been at this for 4 hours now and am at the point where if someone had a fix i would do it but I don't care and want to play the stupid game instead of staring at notepad++ for a missing bracket lmao

[knotty crow]

Is there a repesitory where every nation is just blank, like up to date, no focuses no ideas are even created just a blank template for total overhaul mods?

[vestal harness]

hey I've made a custom nation, is there a mod that extends tech trees but doesnt overhaul the game? Or would I have to copy my country file into the mod? Sorry if this is a dumb question

[full raft]

Don't preemptively (or ever) apologize for your Questions. If you don't know sth, you don't know it, simple as.
From a cursory glance, this might be your best shot: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3413890094

[vestal harness]

thank you so much I will check this out

[rare grove]

this trait make sense?

[mossy hamlet]

if anyone ever needs an animated logo or some clean thumbnails, I mess around with that kinda stuff too. Just hmu anytime.

[hazy iron]

Does anyone have some furina with ak 47 mod

[glass acorn]

That's oddly specific

Do y'all know how to make a technology appear? I got a tech made but it's not appearing

It doesn't have any prequisites either, I kinda want it to just be made like the GW_Tank_Chassis

[spice knoll]

you have to edit gui too for first tech in the node.

the file is countrytechtreeview.gui. You add a gridboxtype with name = [techid_tree].
For your case search for gwtank_chassis_tree. Copy over the entire gridbox. Rename it to early_tank_modules_tree. Change the position.

[spice knoll]

Not really https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1550668452
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1698771568

[spice knoll]

that's not how file conversion works, go to any image editing tool (e.g paint) and use save as, then switch which file format to save as

ääääää non latin character as id

[glass acorn]

Thank you

[spice knoll]

np

[olive shell]

How to make a z_ mod?

[rose escarp]

do you guys know if Millennium Dawn: A Modern Day Mod is dlc compatible ? I cant find a mention in description

[hushed marlin]

I'm commissioning a modding project for Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST. The project aims to add new features, including SPI armor, suppressed weapons, and drop pod functionality DM me for more info

[cursive atlas]

Hey i have a problem with my mod. For some reason the game crashes when i try to load it. I thought it was because the version wan´t updated so I uploaded it. But when i open I it just starts the vanilla game version

[rare grove]

i have no idea how Russia annexed Moldavia and Wallachia

i dont think i added anything for this

i will need to playtest i think

or watch what russia is doing

[rare grove]

988 = {
limit={
num_of_civilian_factories > 1
}
add_extra_state_shared_building_slots = -1

                    remove_building = {
                        type = industrial_complex
                        level = 1
                    }
            }

this valid code?

[topaz vault]

Do you know why if I remove belgium from the game it crashes?

check on_actions files

[paper valley]

TNO reference?? (i will fix the name later)

[versed patio]

Hello, I ran into a problem, I was making a mod during which I upgraded the flags, but they do not appear, they are displayed in the main menu when the game continues.
I put size: 82x52 in ordinary flags, size:41x26 in medium flags, and size:10x7 in small flags.

[versed patio]

files with the .tga signature

here's what he writes in the errors

Which means that "Color cards are currently not supported in TGA images"?

[full raft]

I swear, I spotted that Error randomly (and the troubleshooting for it), while looking for sth else and now I cant find it again.

Right, it was in Map Modding, so not the same. Still, it seems like this is an encoding Issue. While saving the TGA file, check if it says anything bout Color Maps there and if you, disable it.
Otherwise if you for example use gimp, you can just start from a copy of a basegame Portrait and the Encoding will be kept

[versed patio]

I made these country flags through paint.net And I honestly don't understand what the color maps are.

like, I took a photo of the flag that I took, changed the size, and saved it just pointing at the end .tga

how can I fix this issue?

[full raft]

Trying my start with a copy, then paste over your Content, save and it should have the correct encoding might be a start
GFX can get annoying

[vast helm]

@versed patio I saw the mistype you did, which triggered my automod filter

just be more careful how you type things in the future

removed your timeout for now

[versed patio]

okay

[echo flume]

I've decided to grow my Burma mod to also encompass giving Aden to the brits too since apparently that happened on the same date irl, only issue is the Aden event somehow fires twice, once when it does in the vanilla game, and once with the on_action command. Any ideas?

I think there might be a trigger in the event that i copied over from the game files that makes it fire in 1936

[echo flume]

Actually, looking at it, there's nothing in the code that makes it fire on February

I had a possible epiphany writing that

It might be the games coded in on actions

[hard lynx]

Is there an easy way to disable non scripted joining/creating/leaving factions for both players and ai?

[full raft]

I mean, you can disallow it in rules. I'd have to check, but it might actually be in the game rules, one momen

[hard lynx]

I checked defines.lua and couldn't find the option to do it

[full raft]

Okay, leave Faction can be blocked. But you can set these as rules via the Ideology. Simply tell all Ideologies they can't

[echo flume]

okay nvm, it doesnt have an on_action

[hard lynx]

Are you saying there's nothing similar you can do for creating and joining factions?

[full raft]

There is. There is an effect set_rule and there are the rules can_create_factions and can_join_factions.
You might be able to add these Rule to all Ideologies, blocking all Ideologies from creating and joining Factions, otherwise do an on_actions that calls that effect for all on gamestart

[rare grove]

does this Polish-Ukrainian border look good?

[full raft]

Bit angular. Though if there is a reason for it inlore, I guess so, yeah.
Also I have to ask, what are those yellow Lines at Kiev?

[rare grove]

River

made it traversable

theres even a port in chernigov irl

that dot right above kiev

[full raft]

Ok, thats cool 👍

[rare grove]

i will probably make a new state here

[full raft]

To follow the River I guess?

[rare grove]

to follow the 2nd partion borders

[full raft]

Oh! Thats neat.
What is the Concept of the Mod?

[rare grove]

Napoleonic wars mod redux

1789-1836

[paper valley]

maybe like this?

option = {
name = mod_event.6.a

    create_unit = {

        division = "name = \"First Legionary Division\" division_template = \"División de Infanteria\" start_experience_factor = 0.75 start_equipment_factor = 1"
        
        owner = ROOT
        
        }
}

[full raft]

put it into a state scope and it should work.
(So like 16= { create_unit = {...} } for Paris)

[paper valley]

oh i see

ill try

[glass acorn]

How do I make designs start with a different module? (Example, tanks starting with no armor instead of riveted)

[pale sparrow]

default_modules argument in hulls file in units/equipment

[limber pond]

The Slave revolt superevent

[glass acorn]

Gracias

[echo flume]

I think the best thing for me to do here is probably just rewrite the events and cut out the dev made ones.

[spring pivot]

Ok i am doing something really stupid here, but why is my event loc not getting in

[celest dust]

Show the event file

[spring pivot]

i shortened desc for the d in both of them

[nimble solar]

Wait, is that the one suit scp thing

[lofty plaza]

Is your loc file the correct format

[spring pivot]

Yup

[lofty plaza]

UTF-8 with BOM?

[spring pivot]

yml

[mild pelican]

anyone know if there's a "magna america" mod like there's a "magna europa" mod?

[versed patio]

Hello, I'm making a flag for a country in xoy 4, and I have a question, do I need to convert to sRGB and do RLE compression?

[rose escarp]

does anyone know of a working no division limit (up to like 100 at least) mod for millenium dawn ?

[rose escarp]

what mod it that :oo

[mint oar]

anyone wanna make a mod with me? its callen "New Era" and its just a bunch of different paths for germany primarly one path is near completetion but i need help with decision modding and adding portraits to leaders. DM me
Its just a collection of cool paths pretty much it dosnt have to be for germany

[spice knoll]

loc need to be utf-8 bom

[acoustic crypt]

No need for RLE compression, I don't know for sRGB format

[turbid ginkgo]

thoughts?

[full raft]

Me thinks, it would be a great Boon for Italy, should they be able to take it. And given its minor Size (and my lacking knowledge of Just Cause) that seems like a fairly easy mid game Objective, inversely giving Medici sth to do. Seems fun 👍

[languid mortar]

The fire rises

[lapis flume]

i think we all collectively agree redux mods sound cool

[lapis flume]

very cool giant malta

[rare grove]

Redux just works tbh

[lapis flume]

same here i couldnt think of an OG name

that goes before redux

so SlavicRedux it was

a whopping 14 MB

so reduxxing

also i need help for events triggering music (like in kaiserredux super events)

the only thing i found online was a incompetent reddit post and a 2008 paradox conversation..

[earnest stirrup]

does seomeone have some mods that are in different years?

[lapis flume]

you mean like 1920 instead of 1936

[earnest stirrup]

yes

[rose escarp]

I expected an scp themed mod xd

[earnest stirrup]

or even before 1900

[lapis flume]

Empire 0.6.4: Into The Orient
End of a New Beginning
The Fire Rises
Rise of Radicalism

[earnest stirrup]

thank you

[lapis flume]

np

[lapis flume]

now plz someone every "easy" modding has no tutorials nor internet knowledge

[earnest stirrup]

what is fire rises about?

[lapis flume]

modern world (along with corona 2020)
USA collapsing
and new powers rising on new continents

[earnest stirrup]

ohhh

i gotta say these mods look cool, i play try them thank you

[languid mortar]

This mod will take over TNO's sub count within a year at this rate

[spring pivot]

How do i make a character to not appear at game start? i want to make him appear after a event takes place

[rare grove]

best advisor ever

[turbid ginkgo]

both Medici, the Rebellion and the Black Hand will have focus trees based on what happens in the game but there will also bee some alt history (2 democratic and 2 communist paths for the rebellion, pro-western Di Ravello Medici, francoist Di Ravello Medici, Di Ravello provoking an Italian invasion so he can take control over all of Italy)

[spring pivot]

Why the game is saying that this event is invalid. I am trying to trigger it with the "event" command but the game sees something wrong with this code

[fossil cradle]

1. The option id should be in name, not localisation

2. HOW MANY EVENTS U HAVE????

[spring pivot]

its a kaiserreich submod so i decided to put some random number high enough that wont conflict with anything (i was using russia as a namespace like in the original mod)

after i stopped the dumb namespace thing i was lazy to not change the number on everything

i have glorious 4 events

Also so for the events to affect kaiserreich added nations do i need to copy some file of theirs to my mod folder? or i just use their tags in my events

[fossil cradle]

Unless it actually affects (Example: a event of yours is triggered by another event in original mod/want to add another option in a event from the original mod), its reccomended to copy the least possible files

[spring pivot]

My event is triggered by two tags being at war, but both tags are kaiserreich ones

[spring pivot]

I also copied the history file from them since my game was broken if i made one for the same tag

[fossil cradle]

They get in war by event or its war since start-up? Or something else?

[fossil cradle]

Fair

[spring pivot]

They get to war by event, but my event is just depandable on them BEING at war after a date

[spring pivot]

Ok so i should do that, i thought i was 2 steps into breaking the game. So basicaly any basic setup files for the tag i want to modify i need to copy. Like if i want to add new templates i should copy their OOB file and put my stuff in it

[fossil cradle]

If its start-up oobs of course

[spring pivot]

Ok

i definitely shouldnt have started moding directly with trying submods

[fossil cradle]

And u can add a trigger where TAG { is_at_war = yes

Let me see if its possible to specify its a war against who

[fossil cradle]

There is: has_war_with

Basically u do

trigger = {

TAG = {

has_war_with = Second_TAG
}

date > yourdate

}

mean_time_to_happen = { days = X }

@spring pivot

[spring pivot]

like that?

[fossil cradle]

Also, remember that localisation for events is in the localisation files. And the option id is out of place

[spring pivot]

i am using copilot to do the major lifting but it sometimes more breaks stuff than fix it

[spring pivot]

Yeah that part i solved

[fossil cradle]

U forgot option's id in name

[fossil cradle]

Also add mean_time_to_happen to be easier

[spring pivot]

Not really, it can work with the text there

[fossil cradle]

Really?

[spring pivot]

Yeah i did like that but the game doesnt seem to give me the war goals

when i use "event" to trigger it

[fossil cradle]

Hmmm

[spring pivot]

Its probably easier for organization to have all in loc but option names and descriptions can go into the file, after some 20 words it breaks though

[fossil cradle]

Thats why its better be in localisation files rather than be restricted to 20 words

[fossil cradle]

When u put the mouse on the option, it showz u gaining war-goals?

[spring pivot]

Its more than 20 but yeah you cant have a giant text

[spring pivot]

Nope

[fossil cradle]

Question: Do you plan to have more than one option in that event?

[spring pivot]

No

[fossil cradle]

Then ai_chance is useless. AI has only one option to choose

[spring pivot]

O yeah, will delete that

[fossil cradle]

Also:

[spring pivot]

It shows some blank spaces thugh, like it doesnt recognize the tags it should give wargoal

o so i can ditch the "="

[fossil cradle]

Yes

[fossil cradle]

Saw the issue. Its not add_wargoal. Its create_wargoal

The wiki page: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect

[spring pivot]

thanks

[fossil cradle]

Y welcome

Got to sleep now. Its late where I live

[desert pollen]

Where I can change place of Continuous Focuses in my focus tree?

[lapis flume]

in the country's focuses file theres a line literally called continuous focuses position

and then just change the x and y of that

[desert pollen]

thanks war crimer

[lapis flume]

I have 2 focuses that improve a national spirit
however you have to complete them in the correct order otherwise you get a second glitched national spirit that doesnt change (in other words u did focus that swaps idea 2 with idea 3 when u still have idea 1)
how do i fix that cuz i know people wont care about the correct order

[celest dust]

You can add an 'if statement' or use a dynamic modifier. (If you're lazy you can create a display idea to use in an effect tooltip instead of localizing everything 4 the dynamic modifier ) I also used a scripted effect on the third image its not required and mine was done a bit poorly anyway.

[lapis flume]

i didnt understand other 2 images but thanks alot!! ill test it soon

i tried any scenarios i still get a 2nd glitched idea

even with the limits

so i need a 4th idea that has all bonuses (also im putting swap ideas not add)

[mild pelican]

anyone know if there's a "magna america" mod like there's a "magna europa" mod?

[lapis flume]

not really
everything i search is magna europa, you have divided north america mod tho

[celest dust]

How is it broken? Does it not appear

[lapis flume]

no thats the problem it DOES appear

here let me show u the code

to quickly fix it i made a 4th idea that removed both the 3rd and the 2nd in the focus completion

[mint oar]

so why wouldnt this work?

[lapis flume]

because picture A

if u dont have a picture delete the line or put # on front

[mint oar]

i tried that and it was the same thats why i thaught it would help with just having a A

[lapis flume]

oooh

[mint oar]

the event above it works btw

[lapis flume]

the only theory i have is that u didnt organize the 3rd picture completion rewards

cuz everything else looks fine

[mint oar]

so like this ?

[lapis flume]

yea test now

[mint oar]

wait a sec then

[lapis flume]

also some of u might help about this
if i delete the line "is triggered only yes" then it works but keeps repeating
if i keep it it doesnt work at all so what the fk

[mint oar]

dosnt work

[lapis flume]

shiiit

[dry patrol]

Can someone recommend me a mod that adds economy to the game

[lofty plaza]

Millennium dawn

[outer birch]

yo guys I deleted my localistation files of cosmetic tags can sb. pls send me

but I have new dlc so new pls

[wanton holly]

"is_triggered_only" and "trigger" block are mutually exclusive. If you have "is_triggered_only" trigger won't work because event will only be able to fire via "country_event".

[wanton holly]

Don't you have file in trash? Or deleted permanently?

[lapis flume]

wow i learn smth new everyday
but if i delete it it keeps repeating
i checked anything else maybe its cuz it keeps checking if im at war with soviet?

it repeats the event popup but doesnt change the idea's length

[full raft]

trigger and is_triggered_only are not mutually exclusive, we had this not long ago

[wanton holly]

"fire_only_once"

[full raft]

is_triggered_only only disables automatic firing

[lapis flume]

ah that i just didnt know how its called

thanks alot bro

[lapis flume]

how could u possibly automate it

u mean through the command prompt or what

[full raft]

If you have is_triggered_only = no (default state), the Game will check every 30 (?, not sure on the exact number) Days if the Trigger is true. Once the trigger was true, it checks the MTTH daily until either the Event fires or the trigger becomes false.
If you have is_triggered_only = yes, then this system is disabled. It will however, if you have a trigger Block, still check to see if that Trigger Block is true, when it attempts to fire the Event. You could make an Event, that fires for everyone on completion of a Focus as an Effect in the completion reward, but limit it to not include Germany via the trigger NOT = { tag = GER } and stuff.
In short: Trigger is sort of like limit in this regard and does not overlap with the triggering reffered to in is_triggered_only.

[lapis flume]

i understand it now

[compact leaf]

when will r56 update

😔

[lofty plaza]

You should ask on the discord

[lapis flume]

holy scheise its the road to 16 dev!!

[dry patrol]

Potato pc need lighter mod

[lapis flume]

the fire rises

but thats also kinda uh

massive

novum vexillum?

[true cargo]

can someone send me the fallout las vegas mod ?

[lapis flume]

it didnt even check if im at war 💔

[vast helm]

@wanton holly you triggered the automod by trying to hid a link, just post the actual link and you will be fine, I've removed the timeout you triggered in the meantime

[wanton holly]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers#has_war_with

[lapis flume]

thanks pink man
sorry if im annoying but i usually dont find anything alone that helps me

[dry patrol]

do it has money? i checked it and it seems its al about focus trees

[lapis flume]

yea it depends on focus trees and your civilian factories i think?

[ivory scaffold]

Hi guys, I have a question. Can you make a building dependent on a state that has a variable?
f.e. The Brandenburg state has variable x and the building can be placed only on the variable x.

Does anyone know if you can do this in hoi4?

[spring pivot]

i am going nuts,yesterday everything was working but now all the events are given as invalid

[gentle goblet]

Please paradox add a breakthrough gain country modifier🙏🏻

[spring pivot]

for some reason the troops i added in the OOB appears in game but my events are ded

[fossil cradle]

What are the main reasons for a scripted gui refuse to appear in decision tab?

[fossil cradle]

its add_ideas, not create_ideas

[fossil cradle]

also u dont need = when using < or > too

[spring pivot]

like that?

[fossil cradle]

yeah

[fossil cradle]

???

[spring pivot]

God hates me

[fossil cradle]

you need to use the namespace as the event id like : [namespacehere].1

from reddit

[spring pivot]

Yeah i am doing that

[fossil cradle]

ah i see the issue now

[fossil cradle]

its not create_namespace

its add_namespace

[spring pivot]

jesus christ copilot probably changed that when i was fixing some other random stuff

[fossil cradle]

dont use copilot if u want to avoid

copy from existing code

[spring pivot]

Copilot is my worst enemy and biggest ally

[fossil cradle]

and use the wiki: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding#Universal_modding_concepts

[spring pivot]

it does generate sound code the first time but when i order it to fix stuff it goes and murder a random part of the code that was right

[strong iron]

Does anybody here know the specific process of making a technology variant that shows up in the tech tree in a little box at the top right of the tech its based on?

Like how rocket motorized is in a box in the top right of the motorized equipment box

[fossil cradle]

help?

[tired ravine]

hello all

i have a question about the mods available on this game.. do they have any mods that make the combat graphics and mechanics more realistic? i finally made it into combat on my game and i realized all the units just kinds jumped all over the place and boom it was done.. never seen any actual combat.. it just happens zero graphics for it at all

[dry patrol]

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2405802760
this is what i found but sadly it isnt updated

tfr is 5gb even larger than milinum

[spring pivot]

Can i make an event dependant on employing a certain advisor?

[keen thorn]

Sometimes i do feel like Lily

i would ask for help here, as im unsure if this is the best way to approach the showing of effects if you don't have the idea.

So struggling with thinking of a better completion tooltip...

The code indent has gone all over the place so just ignore it, brackets should allign.
If anyone has a concept to make this easier on code-eyes lmk ❤️

if anyone has any ideas

[spring pivot]

Why is the game reverting back to the average fallback name in my divisions. The template appears without the name list assigned to it

[sharp knoll]

Wait wrong channel

[lapis flume]

aint it 700 MB

lord have mercy

[lapis flume]

yes
it should probably have something to do with on_actions like "upon hire, effect, country event" and shit but due to my lack of modding skills go find a tutorial
or search and learn from kaiserreich central asia files

[rare grove]

Peninsular war tbh

[surreal dust]

Guys, how do I make the number of units in a province a prerequisite for completing a focus?

[surreal dust]

Also, how do I make the focus create divisions?

[wise phoenix]

i uploaded my mod to the workshop but i cant find it there, does it take some time to appear?

[celest dust]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers#:~:text=num_divisions_in_states %3D {
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#:~:text=Defaults to 1.-,create_unit %3D {,-division %3D "name %3D \"Infantry

[lapis flume]

something about oob
ill help u when i remind myself or if someone does it before me

[lapis flume]

no, you have to make it public

everything u upload first is private, so only u can see it, i was also confused there

[cunning thunder]

hello everyobody, i want to play millenium dawn. so i subscribed and downloaded it from the steam workshop (Millennium Dawn: A Modern Day Mod) and now i dont know what to do. can anybody please help me?

[timber zinc]

u just put it into your playset in the mod manager?

im confused

[lapis flume]

well when u start hoi4 launcher go to playset, put it there and enable it

what dog said

[lapis flume]

now i gotta test all 3
giggity (none worked)

[peak falcon]

guys I get this when I try to run HOI4 with my mod I have no problem with the code I have checked it a few times, there are no characters on the way to my mod other than the Latin alphabet, I also turned off all DLCs, what could be the problem?

and my mod isnt working

[gilded monolith]

Hey could someone tell me what makes the fire rises such a good schizo mod?

don't really know much about it

other than most youtubers suddenly uploading it

[flint sail]

uh

the alt paths

[unkempt kestrel]

anyone down to help me out in finding out why my portraits dont work?

[thin chasm]

Been doing some personal modding, and one change I made is making the Silesian uprising an almost guaranteed occurrence in non-historical Germany runs

So just for a laugh, I decided that if anyone was actually willing to play as Silesia (you can tag over to them when they spawn)

They can not only reform Austria-Hungary, but also reform Poland-Lithuania and reunite Germany

(I'll make a proper cosmetic tag for this someday, as soon as I become good at art)

And to accomplish that - tiered formables

[lapis flume]

unironically all of those make sense

very cool

[valid pike]

Does someone know any good ww1 mods?

[spice knoll]

stupid question but did you try on new save every time you change the game rule file?

also idk if game rule is cap sensitive

[peak falcon]

like how ?

[spice knoll]

just don't use existing save when you're testing your mods, that's all

[peak falcon]

i dont have saves at all i reinstalled hoi4 before modding

i get this crash report only when im trying to load my mod

there is no such a problem with other mods

or with a vanil game

and idk maybe my mod doesn't update in paradox launcher after I change the code

[thin chasm]

Fun geography fact for those not inclined - despite how it appears on a number of maps, Bosnia does actually have around 12 miles of coastline

And all humans instinctually fear the thought of a Bosnian naval force

[stark lintel]

hey guys, just downloaded the game, never played before, any mods recomended for first timers?

[valid pike]

Does someone know any good ww1 mods?

[golden bone]

Can anyone help me how to fix this?

[lofty plaza]

Great war redux

[valid pike]

Ty

[lofty plaza]

No problem

[lapis flume]

the great war redux
the great war legacy

thats literally all

[lapis flume]

road to 56
kaiserreich
kaiserredux
fuhrerredux
the great war redux

very reduxxing

[gritty epoch]

im thinking about buying the game what mods should I use

[gusty swan]

kaiserreich isnt the best for a new person

[lapis flume]

eeeeh true but i mean then get used to vanilla

and then try out mods

[warm gorge]

I am looking to for a way to change the default menu music off of main theme allies and onto another song in the base game's soundtrack; does anyone know how to accomplish this?

[lapis flume]

hell yes

listen

in your mod create a "music" folder and copy over these files from the main game

lovestruck.ogg is the actual song file
it has to be ogg to work, so if u have a mp3 convert it using audacity
now open music.asset and type this

instead of russianwar type "maintheme" and instead of "lovestruck.ogg" type the song file name

set the volume to whatever u want and ur done

(also lovestruck is a random song from youtube not from the main game, u should do the same)

[desert pollen]

is this real or fanmade?

[lapis flume]

"ong fr"

[desert pollen]

oh yea

[pliant gust]

hello everyone, i want to play the new order mod but it says the latest version is 1.15

isn't there an update with 1.16?

[warm gorge]

Would this remove the normal main theme or just change which is played on the main menu? Also, if I were to use another .ogg file from the base game, would that cause issues?

[rose grotto]

ah yes, map modding

[onyx flume]

don't use any

[junior jetty]

anyone know how to lower interest rate ?

[spring pivot]

Why is my event not firing when i own the state?

It literally has the same structure as this event, which fires correctly

[woven jewel]

I have 3 total issues here with my code and I'm not sure why this is. It's based on the YouTube modding guide that was put up and I have no idea why it's not understanding. Any help?

[wise phoenix]

anyone know how to change a countries sub ideology?

[formal shale]

I got a free slot and all my industry infantry and air's caught up essentially

what naval upgrade should I get for defensive purposes (AKA avoiding naval landings)

[olive shell]

How to apply a modifier to all countries?

[strong iron]

I've figured out how to make subtechs of existing techs, but does anyone know how to replace the icon, name, and description it gives you?
left image is how it appears for countries that have a unique weapon, right is how it appears for countries with generic tech (I actually wanna keep the png for the generic and replace the default generic weapons II with a more expensive submachinegun)

[strong iron]

k figured it out

[sullen furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/hoi4-tno-tno-mod-1984-gif-20550308

[celest epoch]

Any good mods you guys would recommend that are for specific times like ww1, napoleonic and so on?

[lapis flume]

if u want to use a .ogg file from the base game then make sure the same song isnt put on 2 different themes
as for removing im not sure, did it work by the way

[lapis flume]

ww1 - the great war redux
empire 0.6.4: into the orient - 1700s
end of a new beggining - 1850s
i have never seen a napoleonic mod so ggs

[celest epoch]

I have seen 2 napoleonic, they seem fine, thanks for those 2 in between

[grim sinew]

are there any mods in victorian era which might feature newly independent bulgaria

[teal skiff]

can anyone recommend me a france mod?

[wanton holly]

Probably you aleady solved it, but you are checking if state is in faction with country, which will always be false, meaning that trigger is false and event won't fire.

[stable vessel]

Can anyone recommend some essential mods?

[pale sparrow]

A peacedeal fixing mod:

Either player lead peace conferences or Toolpack without the Errors based on your preferences

GFX/map mods to taste

Personally I like to add a mod to steal navies (even with DLC to do that in peacedeal, it can waste all your points), recall volunteers and unlimited dockyards

[warm gorge]

Yes, I tried swapping the allied and axis main themes and it did change the music on launch. I'm not sure why but it seems somewhat hardcoded that the track labeled "maintheme" is used as the title music. It isn't much of an issue however because the chance of play factor and localization name can be changed fairly easy.

Many thanks for the directions.

[lapis flume]

np im glad it worked

[weak hare]

So i checked and the event works but for some reason the event does not fire upon completion.
I think it is because Austria Hungary doesnt of the state instead it`s puppet Bosnia owns it, so how can i make it that the code checks the owner of the state and fires the even to them?

[weak hare]

btw in the focus tree it says the focus has no effect on completion i dont know if its related. Please can somebody help me?

[swift venture]

hey guys is there anyone with modding knoledge?
I want to know the problems of an outdated mod which the uathor refuses to give
its the newest yugoslav war mod unfortunately stuck at 1.12 and it has so much potential
my plan is to at least know how to update it and then work by myself on it.

i dont have any money and thats why i only neep help solving the codes

and will do all work by myself

any help is accepted

[digital plinth]

guys im learning modding right now with some prior experience but i dont know where to put the github repository

i put it in mod/[examplemod] folder right?

because i dont want one massive repository for all my mods yk

does me having the git repo mess with the mod or is it all good?

[spice knoll]

learn to read error log at troubleshooting wiki page,
also delete folder one by one until you don't get the problem

[swift venture]

thanks

[lapis flume]

does anyone know how to make a national spirit slider gui like in TGWR

or if theres a small mod for it

[spring pivot]

OOOh okay, yeah i fixed that yesterday but i cant for the love of god make the event trigger if the state owner is in a faction with the RUS tag

[wanton holly]

123 = {
owner = {
is_in_faction_with = TAG
}
}

[spring pivot]

O

thanks

[wanton holly]

You can access owner/controller of state that way.

[spring pivot]

Like that?

[wanton holly]

remove 314 in owner line

[spring pivot]

Like that?

[wanton holly]

yeah

should work

[spring pivot]

Thanks

[devout tapir]

i dont know if you will know or if this is the best channel to ask but could you help please? I want to play RT56 ( for the cool focus trees) but i also want to have the toolbox mod at the same time but theyre are no comaprable versions, can i somehow play both at the same time?

[wanton holly]

idk, sorry

[spring pivot]

It works, thanks man

[outer birch]

tysm

guys I hate the error pop up screen this how do I fix this , here is my custom state

[wanton holly]

Well looking at the brackets tells why 😄

closing bracket for provinces is missing, add_core_of up to industrial_complex need to be inside history block

[outer birch]

like this state = {
id = 1017
name = "STATE_1017"
state_category = city
history = {
owner = GRE
add_core_of = GRE
}
provinces = {
863 3973 6930 11786
}
buildings = {
infrastructure = 2
industrial_complex = 1
}
manpower = 400000
buildings_max_level_factor = 1.0
local_supplies = 0.000
}

[wanton holly]

state = {
id = 1017
name = "STATE_1017"
state_category = city
history = {
owner = GRE
add_core_of = GRE
buildings = {
infrastructure = 2
industrial_complex = 1
}
}
provinces = {
863 3973 6930 11786
}
manpower = 400000
buildings_max_level_factor = 1.0
local_supplies = 0.000
}

[outer birch]

ty

can we chat in priv?

[wanton holly]

yes

[outer birch]

guys help I found the issue why I am getting the maps error its the province.bmp so how can I ix it

*fix

[digital plinth]

so im trying to change a character photo but it keeps clipping outside the frame, i took the res 165x210 as i saw somewhere

(ignore choice of photo, it was by request) why does it look like this

[fair pike]

you need 156x210

[grim sinew]

is modding difficult to learn

[nova heron]

Not really, especially if you follow a tutorial such as Iron Workshop of Hearts of Iron IV Modding Tutorials and learn from the base game code/other mods files

[spring pivot]

Not really, i started modding 5 days ago and already did some new events and national spirits

As well added characters to the game

Your first event/character/national spirit will drive you mad for some days, but after you get it working one time the rest will be way way easier

[grim sinew]

maybe i will try

[spring pivot]

What do you want to add in?

[grim sinew]

i wanna make a bulgarian focus tree for novum vexillum or any modern day mod really

But ive gotta learn how to first

forget focus tree, just modify bg bit again i have to learn to first

[spring pivot]

Yeah submods are a little harder, but hey i started with a Kaiserreich submod and it actually doesnt crash the game. So good luck man

[glass acorn]

Are you 100% sure it's that?

It could also be something else

Such as:

• Provinces without a Strategic Region
• Provinces with missing/invalid buildings

[spice knoll]

focus tree is easy but there are a lot of pitfalls, especially submods.
Try your hand making 2 focuses focus tree work first to sort out these pitfalls first, then extend later.
E.g some other country focus tree depends on shared focus, if you nuke the original file it will crash on game loading due to it cannot find the focus

I recommend use irony mod manager to generate descriptor file, it make making submod easier

[spring pivot]

Why is the text blowing out of the event? Is there a way to fix it

or the text needs to be smaller

[nimble solar]

Probably less text required. I think much of what you say in the buttons can be put in the event itself

[grim sinew]

might be stupid but how exactly do i mod. like where do i make the trees, focuses, decisions and everything and then how do i import it into the game/mod

[spice knoll]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zIU3L2eUs&list=PL6EAZcF5cWbg57Srq6BTVvguMl6YfP9pG
watch first part, 2nd part last section (localization), 4th part focus tree section
together they only like 15 mins long

[grim sinew]

ok thanks

[spice knoll]

also since you're making submod there is an extra thing to look for to make your mod work. Ask here after you watch the first part

[digital plinth]

why does the congo_shared.txt focus file have nordic id for it?

[wanton holly]

It is just template for devs to copy-paste

The fact that they didn't changed it to "CONGO_" is... unknown

[lofty plaza]

The text is way too long bro

Shorten it down

[mint oar]

isnt it weird that it dosnt exist a single interwar mod?

[lofty plaza]

The great war redux covers points of that

I dunno how much content it has but still

[mint oar]

hm

anyways why is my mod crashing after exactly 24 hours (in game ofc)

i have not edited almost anything its a completly fresh mod

i have only touched, national_focus (not added any focuses just deleted germanys an polands old one, the others are the same as in vannila) i changed the color of germany on "countries" folder and i edited stuff in the bookmark

any common mistakes that is easy to do?

[earnest stirrup]

is there a mod for the napoleonic wars? @ me pls if you have a name

[spice knoll]

I guess this also apply to vanilla too somehow @mint oar

[mint oar]

a okay'

[mint oar]

whats "missing state id [number]"

[spice knoll]

some provinces not assigned to a state in history/state folder

[glass acorn]

How do I make a country unable to select a different trade law other than free trade if they have an idea?

Cause I have this yet they can still go to Export Focus, Limited Exports, etc

[fallen laurel]

hi guys can anyone explain to me how to activate the millenium down mod from paradox launcher pls?

i managed to download though it says it was created for a different version

[glass acorn]

Because HOI4 was just recently updated

[fallen laurel]

I have 1.13.3

And i installed for this version

[glass acorn]

What version does it say it's for

If you hover your mouse over the ! it shows

[glass acorn]

Not that one

[fallen laurel]

Oh where

[glass acorn]

In the actual playset

Where you'd enable it

[fallen laurel]

Here?

[glass acorn]

If it says 1.13 and you're on 1.13 then you should be fine

Small patch changes are usually not game-breaking for major mods

[fallen laurel]

yes but if I open the game I do not have the mod

what am I doing wrong?

[glass acorn]

Well judging by the fact that the Description is in French 💀

And the fact it lacks much of the tags

I assume that's not an official backed-up mod?

[fallen laurel]

Ye i dont understand too (im not french)

[glass acorn]

Why don't you just install the proper mod and use the latest version?

[fallen laurel]

I went to a Parado sitex

[glass acorn]

Use your Steam Workshop

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777392649&searchtext=millennium+dawn

[fallen laurel]

Oh thanks

[glass acorn]

It's the latest version tho

So make sure you leave 1.13 and go to the latest game version

[glass acorn]

Also from my rough French (I have no experience) the desc translates to: "Discover the modern world map of HOI4"

[fallen laurel]

yes but even after installing it what should I do

[fallen laurel]

Sorry but i dont find the dowload in this page

I dont find the dowload

[glass acorn]

Just search up Millennium Dawn on the Steam Workshop

And then it's the green subscribe button after opening it

[fallen laurel]

but if I download a smaller version does it work the same?

I have the 1.13.3 and the mod 1.13.1 works?

[fallen laurel]

which version is it??

[lofty plaza]

Steam workshop

[fallen laurel]

Can u help me?

[glass acorn]

You NEED to be on the latest version to use the official MD mod

1.13 is 3 full versions behind than MD (1.16)

[fallen laurel]

i can't update on steam

[glass acorn]

Wdym you can't update

[fallen laurel]

I didnt byed

[glass acorn]

Even pirated HOI4 is on 1.16-

[fallen laurel]

Oh