modding

[torn lodge]

also w rambley profile

what do you think is the most cursed part of the map

[crystal sand]

That vic 3 map is about normal for vic 3 tbh

[twin crag]

How do I make a country change of color based on its ideology?

[maiden dove]

hi

[tacit gull]

Someone said it might be private? And I'm not finding anything when I'm searching around

[twin crag]

.

[paper valley]

idk how you would trigger the event but you could make one that gives a cosmetic tag

[smoky crater]

Im tweaking i Dont understand how this submod can not work at all when i use it from the steam workshop but it works completely fine when i run the exact same files but direclty on my computer

top one works, bottom one doesnt for the life of me

[twin crag]

My country will go in a civilwar and I wanna change its color

Apart from the color thing, how would a civilwar work? I mean do I need to make a new tag like, d07 or sum?

[paper valley]

this is from my mod
start_civil_war = {
ruling_party = neutrality
ideology = ROOT
capital = 4598
states = {
1017
}
}

a completion reward from focus

or event decision

[twin crag]

ok ok

so

That will make it the og tag from where it came from and the other one will be assigned arandom number?

[olive shell]

How do you change the max turns in peace conference that you get points [victory points] in each turn? [Base game is 5].

[lament flint]

Are there any mods that expand focus trees?

[pale sparrow]

Road to 56 🥺

[lament flint]

what does it add?

or better which trees does it change?

[pale sparrow]

@tacit gull

1. I removed that video because political figure thumbnail
2. That "mod" he used to set up construction is external I believe, it's software like cheat engine hooking into the game

Because of how it works IIRC that utility isn't public

[tacit gull]

Oh ok sorry

[tacit gull]

Ohhh, that’s unfortunate

[pale sparrow]

All of them

[lament flint]

oh ok, thx

[twin helm]

hey,is there a good modepack for mp?

[swift field]

1 idea i have for my hoi4 multi mod is:
more concsription draft recruitment and mobilization laws to get more MP
and you can use em all in any ideology

[full valve]

I see a bunch of MD sub mods on the steam workshop, but is the actual Millenium Dawn mod on there too, or is that downloaded elsewhere?

[twin crag]

Yo how do I change the color of a country based on ideology?

[strange yoke]

I made a state and it still asigns provinces from the state a changed

can someone help?

[lapis flume]

can someone say where to find these "groups" of game rules
i dont know where it could be outside the folder

[solar sedge]

Could anyone please tell me where the "different_party_types" modifier is set for each nation? I've searched in the game files and I couldn't find it anywhere

[twin crag]

Yo how do I change the color of a country based on ideology?

[balmy crown]

Something to do with cosmetic tags I think but I’m not too well versed in those

[pale sparrow]

Theyre automatically created

they arent a thing defined in a specific folder

[pale sparrow]

Cosmetic tag, then link a color to it in common/countries/cosmetic.txt

[shy yarrow]

are there any good mods that drastically change borders and countries but dont change gameplay things like stats and research

[twin crag]

how

do I do a cosmetic tag

[fallow parcel]

this is a mod i use https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3449902244

[fallow parcel]

try this mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1776579094

[shy yarrow]

i meant something that changed the starting borders of countries

[fallow parcel]

oh so like hyper realistic borders

[shy yarrow]

no

something that isn't historical

but i dont want something that forces me to relearn the entire game like millenium dawn

[twin crag]

Vro

Are we fr

[fallow parcel]

yes we are fr 🔥

lmao

[twin crag]

I am talking about coding

💔

Ts vros

[fallow parcel]

dawg just use a mod

dont needa get into that fancy coding shit

[shy yarrow]

some people want to create a mod

[twin crag]

Yes, that

I am talking bout my mod I am creating

Why should I create an alr made thing 💔

But well

I repeat

Does someone know how to make a cosmetic tag for changing my countries color when changing ideology?

[fallow parcel]

is there a hoi4 for dummies mod because im braindead

[vernal meadow]

are there any mods that allow you to create your own country?

[lapis flume]

aight i figured by now
but im trying to add a game rule "player primacy in peace conferences"
everything in ui and text itself works but idk what limits to set to disable/enable the code for the player primacy mod to work
(i got an idea for if, limit - update: didnt work)

[lapis flume]

the only thing i know is "formables" but thats probably not what u want

[rapid tinsel]

how do i fix my mod not appearing in all installed mods after i published it?

[lapis flume]

did u subscribe to ur own mod

[rapid tinsel]

yeah but then unsubscribed

[lapis flume]

thats why it isnt showing the game gets confused when there are two with the same name
i think u should change the name of ur own mod on the computer, not steam workshop, so then it re appears in all installed mods

if not then idk

[twin crag]

Does someone know how to make a cosmetic tag for changing my countries color when changing ideology?

like how do I make these cosmetic tags

[lapis flume]

i hate this so much if i remove the "if" it works but it will always work it doesnt depend on what option u picked in game rules
if i keep the if it doesnt work no matter what option u pick

[pale sparrow]

:p Ive made the same thing already

[pale sparrow]

That limit should just be inside the enable

[lapis flume]

oh

2 hours wasted

thank you alot

[pale sparrow]

❤️

[wise cradle]

i load up a

unmoded game of hoi4 in debug and it said this : [11:24:25][no_game_date][dlc.cpp:222]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2404689961.mod line: 8

[open crane]

is there a fps map that works on paradox mods

[wise cradle]

Wdym?

[open crane]

fps map mod on the site that actually works

cause sometimes lategame my game lags a bit

[wise cradle]

It will always get laggy late game because of how many divisions the ai spams out. You can try and go into your setting and turn off things like weather

[open crane]

yeah thats why i want fps map cause it helps i used it long time ago but now it doesnt work

[wise cradle]

How late are we talking?

[open crane]

idk it always end game when i fight big wars

[wise cradle]

There are different versions in the fps mod on the workshop can you send me a link to the mod ?

[open crane]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2404689961

this but it doesnt work now

[wise cradle]

this is the one i use I not sure why its crashing

[wise cradle]

Are you using any other mods with it

[open crane]

road to 56

[wise cradle]

I not sure if it capable with r56 I don't play r56

[wise cradle]

But you may want to maybe want to try turn of smoothing with can help with lag

[wise cradle]

That debug_smoothing to turn that off

[open crane]

how to turn it off

[wise cradle]

by going into consle with is button above tab and typing " debug_smoothing "

it imoprtant to note you can't be in ironman mod

[wise cradle]

that how

[open crane]

it says unkown command

[wise cradle]

Maybe debug_smooth

[wise cradle]

Yeah debug_smooth

[lapis flume]

i think that always happens, it happens to me too without mods in debug

[barren apex]

so there was a thing i could do to increase resources in each district you chose

4% consumer good

i also had a PP unlocker

(EAW)

[wise cradle]

that is a discusting amount of % of consumer goods

also can someone help me becuase wentever I launch the base game in debug mode i get this:

[14:52:47][no_game_date][dlc.cpp:222]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2404689961.mod line: 8
[14:52:48][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1134]: Expected quotlation mark (") at line 6 and column 14 in localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml

[barren apex]

its only for 80 days,its fineeeeeeeeee

[wise cradle]

yeah but still how did this happen also what nation were you playing, equestria ?

[barren apex]

bronzehill

i took over nearly all of griffonia (mainly just the river republic and stuff on that side left) and used their drilling tech to get more resources on all tiles

[twin crag]

Does someone know how to make a cosmetic tag for changing my countries color when changing ideology?

[regal pasture]

Sure check your DM

[paper valley]

should i add more provinces to dominican republic?

[silent fox]

hello im having question does anyone could help me out with that [16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 1629 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 4241 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 4282 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 7113 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 8073 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 13876 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 14221 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 14602 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 17213 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 18079 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[16:30:59][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1623]: Province 20834 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.

im trying restore map with province (earth map same states just extra provinces and im having that problem any solution would be nice)

[lean summit]

is there a mod tha allows you to peace countries or just get peace conferences easier

[lofty plaza]

Fire

[barren apex]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1128861437

[pale sparrow]

Is this somewhat balanced?

These mods have existed for a long time but usually theyre practically cheats

[barren apex]

"When entering the negotiation process, the AI will take into consideration several factors before agreeing to a white peace with your country. The following conditions are currently in place that the AI will use to make their decision:

• How much they're losing/winning the war
• The relative power of the nations at war
• The amount of manpower they have available
• The amount of infantry equipment they have available
• Their national unity
• Whether they're in a defensive or offensive war"

[twin crag]

and still with allat they won't ever choose that option

[true violet]

Working on a mod rn and uhh Poland is not feeling so good (i know its because i didnt set up parties for poland yet but i thought i share it)

[paper valley]

progress

[true violet]

I mean yeah i actually made some progress (german pie chart looks acutally good) but i still have to make some changes to the map and some other stuff, i think in some days i can actually start a game that doesnt instantly crash

Also i dont really have any leaders or focus yet but that isnt really a huge concern rn

[paper valley]

whats the mod about

[true violet]

So basically im making 2 mods, the first one is just A modern day europe mod but just focused on europe (just look at the image and you get what i mean) and the second one is like that the whole europe is burning, cities and states around europe are independent and looking to get their intrest through

basically The fire rises + Rise of radicalism but only europe

as map i use the Magna Europa map

i only begun today with the mod so there isnt much progress yet but its also already late where im at so i think im going to sleep

also 11 ideologies seem enough in my opinion

people can be as creative as they want and create their own modern europe then

but im too tired rn going to sleep

[paper valley]

oh nice idea

[native glacier]

Work in progress on the possible leaders of the Icelandic fascist party

[swift field]

ill add a lot of units sub units templates and sub templates to my hoi4 multi mod

[wanton gate]

will be nice, but please don't add something like a card game like in kaiserreich or like in world ablaze (I mean mechanics that complicate gameplay very much with unnecessary things).

[true violet]

nah i dont even know how to do that tbh

it will be pretty casual

i also dont plan to add a money system unlike TFR or Millenum dawn cause i dont really like it

[primal timber]

Hi, is there any way to see which portrait file will be used for a certain leader? Im trying to replace the facist leader of the netherlands, but there are only 2 portrait files within the folder, which of neither are his.

[native glacier]

Might be in the dlc folder

[primal timber]

I completely forget the netherlands had a DLC. (I live there but I never play it lmao). Thnx for the tip.

Okay, so I found the portraits I needed, im looking in the localisation files, but there isnt a variable for every leader. Am I missing something?

[ruby frost]

alright, so, i need some help to create my own mod

[primal timber]

https://dontasktoask.com/
How do I do [problem] with [thing] and [other relevant info]?"

[primal timber]

These are the leaders in the localisation file, where can I find Arthur Seyss-Inquart & Wilhemina?

[ruby frost]

can i dm you for help rq?

[pale sparrow]

Ideas/mtg_ideas

[primal timber]

Cheers,

[pale sparrow]

🫡

[primal timber]

I found Wilhelmina in there, Arthur Seyss-Inquart is still missing tho.\

[pale sparrow]

Get Visual Studio Code/Notepad++ if you dont have it and do a folder search

[primal timber]

I have VSC, how do I do a folder search?

Ah wait found em, hes under Austria.

I guess ill just not change him, since then my little goofy netherlands mod messes with Austria,

[primal timber]

But how would I do a folder search to find a name in a localisation file?

[pale sparrow]

ctrl shift f IIRC

I do it by muscle memory

Yeh ctrl shift f after selecting a folder

[primal timber]

Thnx!

[pale sparrow]

Are you aware of the replace folder when modding loc

[primal timber]

I have no idea what that means so im guessing no.

[pale sparrow]

If you only replace a few strings from vanilla, you can put strings in that folder to override vanilla regardless of filename

Like this for example

[primal timber]

I mean all im doing so far is replacing vanilla localisation names of leaders to their current counterparts,

I guess ill try that out,

[primal timber]

can the .yml in the folder be any name?

[pale sparrow]

yes

as long as its UTF8 with BOM

I forgot if _l_english in the name is necessary too

[primal timber]

think it is

Added it to the name but it still looks the same, just shows the placeholder now.

What might be causing this?

[placid fern]

can someone help me find the issue that is causing my game to crash? am only using on mod

[sour reef]

Hello! I have a mod file that's no longer on steam and I'm trying to make it work, but I can't really find a way to do so. I'd love to talk with someone who knows how to help!!

[bitter rover]

Something strange happens with my focus gfx

it shows if you look in on the tree from outside (IE click the tree as another nation)

but as soon as you tag to the nat

missing icon

and it shows in the click popup as well

note the top left

looking in from outside it works fine

edit: resolved

[runic maple]

does anyone know any mods that add those ottoman provinces in syria/iraq ? idk where else to ask but i would really like to know this would help a lot

[true violet]

does anyone know why Russia is communistic even tho i gave it a diffrent ideology? also why does the pie chart get 100% communism? the whole pie chart works on germany though so idk whats the problem with russia

also musolini is in there cause i gone on italy first and then on russia and russia doesnt have a leader set up yet

[amber cypress]

I want to create a generic tag specifically for puppet countries, without needing special focus trees or unique leaders. Which basic files are required for this?

[ripe condor]

are there any mods that extend focus trees as far as early cold war?

(not rt56 please 🙏)

[twin crag]

why not

Guys how do I make my own graphics for my mods? Like changing font of the words and vidsual graphics

[crystal sand]

Check to make sure all of those numbers add up to exactly 100

[ripe condor]

not compatible

[crystal sand]

Not compatible with what?

[primal timber]

I used the replace folder in localisation to change some names in the netherlands, for some reason all the names of the other leaders are now gone, while they were not touched in the replace folder.

nvm just stoopid, accidentally deleted the main nsb localisation file LMAO

[echo sphinx]

Time to try my hand at making a modified soviet focus tech tree wish me luck

[rugged obsidian]

Could anyone help me find a cheating mod that could work with most other mods like "great war redux" or "millenium dawn", i use Easybuff they just show empty slots when i click on my flag and below military staff

[crystal sand]

😐

[pale sparrow]

Toolpack without the Errors

It needs a submod for Millenium Dawn

[crystal sand]

Is this a plug....

Hmmmmmm

[pale sparrow]

Not my fault that I made the best cheating mod /s

🙃

[vernal meadow]

What is the best way to play as Staliongrad in EaW?

[glass acorn]

I was checking my mods and I did not realize how much mods of yours I used lmao

[pale sparrow]

[true violet]

okii now there isnt any ideology in the pie chart

[twin crag]

Yo

How do I

Change the graphics of my mod

[lofty plaza]

Does it add up to 100?

[true violet]

yeah

thats why i dont know why it doesnt show correctly

[lofty plaza]

Not sure then. There must be something wrong with one of the ideologies

See what the error log says

[true violet]

Error log says nothing about ideology on the soviet union (aka russia i still use the SOV tag for russia), the weird thing is that it works on germany so idk why its diffrent on russia

[covert mirage]

Guys help my event I'd doesn't work:
add_namespace = calfem_events
"# Declare Independence
country_event = {
id = calfem.events.1
title = "The State of our Homeland"
desc = desc = "shits and giggles homie"
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_read_write

fire_only_once = yes
is_triggered_only = yes

option = {
    name = "Za naszą ojczyznę! I naszą wiarę!"
    ai_chance = { factor = 100 }
    add_political_power = 20
}

}

Error log:
[17:26:25][1936.01.05.17][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Malformed token: calfem.events.1, near line: 5" in file: "events/calfem_events.txt" near line: 5

[true violet]

Probably the " next to the # try removing that i guess

because it takes everything that you wrote after that untill the " before the The state of our homeland as its own text

and so the formating is off

[true violet]

Ok so basically turns out i cannot spell

"consveratism " doesnt seem like a real ideology compared to "conservatism"

Yeahhh!!!!

i dont know how to write!!!

my scroll wheal of my mouse is now broken (idk why) so i will stop it for the time beeing

but yay its working

[hard lynx]

In the naval oob, what should I set for the "definition" prop to create a super heavy battleship?

[glass acorn]

SH_battleship_1 (I assume regular)
SH_battleship_2 (I assume modern)

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Division_modding#List_of_Units This can prob help

[lofty plaza]

Yeah I thought it would end up being something like that

Always just a typo somewhere

[covert mirage]

I just put that in discord message so the text doesn't get bolded, but in reality its not there in the code

[proven sage]

why do you have doubled desc?

[covert mirage]

Wdym?

[proven sage]

desc = desc = ...? not sure whether thats the main issue, since i aint moddin events particulary, but seems weird enough for me to notice

[ivory hearth]

How do I change the portraits of leaders in road to 56?-

[pale sparrow]

Put portraits in your mod at the same location where the portrait is stored in Rt56

[ivory hearth]

okay ty

[covert mirage]

Fixed it but still doesn't work

[proven sage]

try to replace title, description and anythin else with localisation entry and do it there. last thing that comes to my mind, since unsure if it works now. otherwise you have to wait for someone else to answer

[spice cradle]

how do I change the date of my save file?

[pale sparrow]

Disable binary savegames in settings file, in the documents folder, then you can use a text editor to do that

[spice cradle]

thanks

Now big problem

how do I solve the problem that the game runs so slowly

its 1960

[timber cradle]

delete the entire thing

[pale sparrow]

you aint fixing that

[spice cradle]

shi

[proven sage]

there is one way, get a better computer 😉. but yeah, otherwise no savings there

[brisk flume]

I'll ask ts because Im pretty sure it isn't possible
Could I add a rebellion that starts in one tile instead of a full state?

[true violet]

When i try to start a game of my mod it shows this error message for every State. What does it mean and how do i fix it?

[proven sage]

it is possible, ik that rt56 has that in ethiopia at the start of the war. my guess there are more ways. but on_actions would make sence to me, but it sure isnt the best way how to do it

[pale sparrow]

They have to own 1 state, but you could give away most their tiles

[pale sparrow]

IIRC easy to fix with nudger

[quick timber]

How can I add new icon images for equipments like (tanks, planes, …)
For a specific country?! I couldn’t find any help in the web

[pale sparrow]

Even NASA PC will lag in 1960

IIRC if you name their GFX token correctly theyll auto-apply

[proven sage]

would it? the game is not "that" complicated or is it?

[pale sparrow]

I dont know what it is, I think hypothesis is it being a combination of:

1. Unit count
2. Having 2 billion equipment types across the world (and other kinds of savegame bloat)
3. Spy missions are more prevalent late-game and poorly optimized

[proven sage]

still, how much does NASA PC count though? at some point i would get it, but 1960 seems a bit too early for NASA computer to lag

[pale sparrow]

Wdym

HOI doesnt run on many cores so its also doesnt scale well with newer parts

[true violet]

okayyy im in the nudger... now what

[pale sparrow]

If I remember correctly you do one of the validate options under the building sub-menu

Validate in all states or smth

[true violet]

yeah i just pressed validate all states

lets see if it fixed it

it crashed even quicker this time

[pale sparrow]

🦕 hmm well Im pretty sure I fixed it with one of those buttons

[true violet]

Ok idk why it does this it removes basically everything. Readds some stuff and then gives me the same error

im just gonna try around with the nudger

something will probably work

[proven sage]

nevermind, thought that NASA computer had a bit different stats

[limber badger]

Hello, how do i make a trigger for event that should go off after a certain war ends? I tried looking up the code from Spanish civil war but that got me nowhere

[true violet]

Nothing worked and game crashed in nudger but i now have gotten this

[true violet]

ok i tried everything and nothing got fixed

yay

[true violet]

nicely said i dont know what causes the problem i did the randomise everything button and the verify and still it shows me the gun emplacement map error

[lofty plaza]

Did you remove the gun emplacement from the buildings folder?

[true violet]

nope

didnt do anything to the buildings folder

Ok i think i did something smart (probably not) and hope it will work

LADIES AND GENTELMEN I MIGHT NOT HAVE A BRAIN BUT I HAD AN IDEA

AND IT WORKED

yayyy i can actually play the game!!!

[lofty plaza]

Jeez

[true violet]

i know it seems like a mess

and it kinda is

but trust the results not the progress

or something

[delicate tangle]

Anyone know how I can make vichy France exist in a 1942 start date?

[proven sage]

how do you disable binary savegames?

[pale sparrow]

C:\Users\marij\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\settings.txt

Plug that into your explorer but with your username

[static canyon]

I might try make a mod

[pale sparrow]

save_as_binary=no is the setting

while you're at it, it might be cool to know that you can enable having multiple savegames in there

Im on 37 autosaves because I test AI for Road to 56

[pale sparrow]

State history files

[true violet]

ok guys im heading to sleep, basically most of the map is working and you can even play the game a little bit, so im changing the focus tree rn. But somehow whenever i hover over any of these two focuses the game crashes. Anyone knows why? the ideologies are given and this time there isnt a spelling mistake

[glass acorn]

Alot of typos and invalid triggers

avialable should be available

set politics should be {ruling_party = nazism}

typo in the first set politics, should be fascism instead of facism

[ocean pulsar]

this happened when i tried to start game as saudi in millenium dawn

any idea how to fix

[barren apex]

I can hear the pc fans from here

[true violet]

Tbh it isn’t even that laggy it only takes longer to load but it is pretty stable

[true violet]

Teehee 🤭

Maybe I really have to work on my English my god

[true violet]

thanks man

now its working

[glass acorn]

Np

[glass acorn]

If you only have MD Enabled, then there's something wrong with your MD mod

If you have any other mods enabled too, check if they alter stuff such as provinces, states, regions, etc

Two mods with different maps NEVER work

[gentle viper]

can u guys make mods

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[true violet]

Ok apperantly the mod works and only crashed once! It hat around 200k errors but overall it is working correctly for now. Still have to add more to the focus trees but it seems alright for now

also i have to change some states too because during my playtrough i saw some mistakes with what states some countries have

[true violet]

does anyone know how to make a focus that spawns divisions

[gentle viper]

can you make an mod for me? 👨‍🦼‍➡️ 🍭

[pale sparrow]

Depends what it is

[pale sparrow]

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

[true violet]

Thanks

[timber zenith]

Are you making a modern day with magna europa?

[true violet]

Hmmm maybe 🤭

I still have to add some stuff and it will be done ig?

But my real dream is Magna Europa meets The fire rises

If that makes sense

Fractionalism and civil war all over Europe

But for now

Modern day Magna Europa

[crystal sand]

What kind of mod u looking for?

[gentle viper]

for an modern day mod

not that glitchy like milenium dawn

[crystal sand]

Md isnt glitchy

Just requires a beefy computer to run properly

And not trying to be mean, but asking mod devs if they can make a complete total rework of hoi4 to be modernday, Is quite alot to ask. Since something like what would almost 100% require a team to make.

[glass acorn]

You might wanna try Novus Vexillum then

It runs decently for the modern era and has enough content to not be too boring

[ornate osprey]

good ironman compatible mods?

[pallid edge]

for some reason the country leader icon doesn't show up in game

[pale sparrow]

TGA is only used by flags not portraits in the base game

I assume thats the issue, even though Ive seen mods use PNGs

[pallid edge]

ive tried both

dds and tga

[quick timber]

Can I disable or remove dynamic version numbering script in the game files for specific country?

[pale sparrow]

Annoyingly, I dont think so

[pale sparrow]

Maybe you've used the wrong setting when saving, try grabbing a vanilla portrait, and pasting yours on top of it before saving the result in your mod folder

[quick timber]

Which file defines this, because it’s different for every country

[pale sparrow]

Dynamic numbering is entirely hardcoded as far as Im awarre

[quick timber]

Are you sure?

[pale sparrow]

nvm

there is one option in https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#create_equipment_variant
show_position = no

[quick timber]

I’ll try it thanks

[quick timber]

It worked thanks mate

[spring zinc]

What mod is this again?

[obtuse condor]

i make

[spice cradle]

how do I remove focuses?

[pale sparrow]

You override the file then simply delete them

or, hide them with allow_branch if you need to avoid errors

[spice cradle]

no like

in game

how do I reset the focus tree to have 0 focuses

[pale sparrow]

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

[spice cradle]

do I need to have debug mode?

[pale sparrow]

I think you cant do it by console command, only by mod

unless you are fine with resetting all focus tries, then I do it by simply editing the file a little then saving

[spice cradle]

i just want to reset germanys

[pale sparrow]

I think theres no console command for that

[spice cradle]

how do I unlock the democratic tree

[empty iris]

does anyone have a tfr save file when the 1st eu war starts?

[flat fox]

so im trying to mod hoi4 and change the map via text files

and changing antwerp's owner seems to always crash the game

is there a way to fix this?

[true violet]

maybe checking the error log could help you

be for the lookout for MAP:ERROR

or something like that

[somber plover]

Guys u need help

I

How can i change country into another continent

[pale sparrow]

IIRC definition.csv has a continent field for every province

[quick timber]

Can I use this syntax:

if = {
Limit = {
has_technology = …
}
}

Is this correct?!

[pale sparrow]

no, its has_tech =

[quick timber]

Thanks,

[mortal pilot]

how can i make a focus appear only after doing 3 other focuses?

i tried copying from italy

but didn't work

[rare grove]

How do I make so research speed becomes slower?

[pale sparrow]

This is an example

[pale sparrow]

allow_branch in the focus that should appear
mark_focus_layout_dirty in the focus that unlocks it

[rare grove]

Thanks

[quick timber]

Is this correct!?

if = {
limit = {
has_tech = transport_helicopter2
}

Its for millennium mod

The exact script I want to use is this

if = {
limit = {
has_tech = transport_helicopter2
}
create_equipment_variant = {
name = "CH-47C Chinook"
type = transport_helicopter1
upgrades = {
}
show_position = no
obsolete = Yes
icon = "gfx/interface/technologies/PER/Helicopter/Uh1_alt8.png"
}
}

[pale sparrow]

Why tech 2 for equipment 1

also typically tech and equipment names are different, at least in vanilla

[quick timber]

That not my issue yet, is the transport_helicopter is correct to use !?

[pale sparrow]

is thats a tech, looks correct

[quick timber]

Ow ok which file should I be looking for ?!

[pale sparrow]

units/equipment

[quick timber]

Alright thanks

[pale sparrow]

thats where you find the tokens for type

[mortal pilot]

yeah doen't work

[olive shell]

Is there a define which controls how much war scored is transfered to the overlord in a war/peace conference?

[pale sparrow]

Can you screenshot?

[pale sparrow]

I think thats hardcoded

[mortal pilot]

allow_branch = {
has_completed_focus = Persian_identity
has_completed_focus = Reestablish_The_Immortals
has_completed_focus = Reestablish_Satrapies
}

[pale sparrow]

you forgot the OR?

[mortal pilot]

the what

oh

it still doesn't work

even with only 1 focus

[mortal pilot]

yeah i need it to be all 3

it just won't make sense with only 1 of them

it has to be all

[mortal pilot]

alr what's the code to change the country leader?

oh nvmm

if it works it works

[mortal pilot]

actually there is something else i need to know

how the hell can i change the type of a province?

and the victory points of it

in the completion reward for a focus

not the history

[pale sparrow]

Type is locked IIRC

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#add_victory_points
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#set_victory_points

[mortal pilot]

oh btw what about this

[mortal pilot]

thanks

[olive shell]

Is there a define which controls how much war scored is transferred to the overlord in a war/peace conference?

[sick torrent]

There already a game rule to change it iirc

[languid skiff]

Is there an "Mod Creator" tool or something like that

[naive stratus]

Whenever i try to make custom icons for my Manchu mod (its a rework for manchuria) it doesnt show and it shows missing icon and my icon is supposed to be this

[lone hearth]

You have to add a shine

        name = GFX_focus_icon_shine # Change the name, note to keep _shine in the end
        texturefile = gfx/interface/goals/filename.dds # Change to the focus icon
        effectFile = gfx/FX/buttonstate.lua
        animation = {
            animationmaskfile = gfx/interface/goals/filename.dds # Change to the focus icon
            animationtexturefile = gfx/interface/goals/shine_overlay.dds
            animationrotation = -90.0
            animationlooping = no
            animationtime = 0.75
            animationdelay = 0
            animationblendmode = "add"
            animationtype = "scrolling"
            animationrotationoffset = { x = 0.0 y = 0.0 }
            animationtexturescale = { x = 1.0 y = 1.0 }
        }
        animation = {
            animationmaskfile = gfx/interface/goals/filename.dds # Change to the focus icon
            animationtexturefile = gfx/interface/goals/shine_overlay.dds
            animationrotation = 90.0
            animationlooping = no
            animationtime = 0.75
            animationdelay = 0
            animationblendmode = "add"
            animationtype = "scrolling"
            animationrotationoffset = { x = 0.0 y = 0.0 }
            animationtexturescale = { x = 1.0 y = 1.0 }
        }
        legacy_lazy_load = no
    }```

Like this

[pale sparrow]

Under the upload option in there launcher you can create empty mods

[pale sparrow]

@smoky craterKeep it in the appropriate channels

[true violet]

Is there a way to change the effects of an idea via focus tree?

[gloomy crescent]

is anyone able to figure out why my mod crashes when i load into the game as a country

[true violet]

maybe you have multiple map mods activated

for example having both Kaiserreich and Kaiserredux active at the same time

[twin crag]

Maybe because of the version

If it is from 14 and under it happens, if it is 15 or 16 should be good

[gloomy crescent]

its my own mod

[twin crag]

Oh

Sorry

Mistook u

[hasty forge]

Guys suggest me a fun mods

[nimble solar]

Red Dusk

Go save the USSR in the year 2000 or keep winning the Cold War as the United States

Or restore Yugoslavia or win as Saddahm

[hasty forge]

Ye im playing it and im having so much fun but

whenever i take goddamn moscow

It crashes

[nimble solar]

Yeah, it has been having crashing issues recently

[hasty forge]

Do yk old world blues?

What is it exactly

[nimble solar]

Fallout

But hoi4

Go do things in the wasteland or something

Well made from what I can tell

[hasty forge]

Wdym

[nimble solar]

You know the fallout games

It is based in that setting

[hasty forge]

oh yeah

damn that exactly the oppi of what i want lol

i prefer modren era things

[nimble solar]

Well Millennium Dawn sucks

The Fire Rises is currently on fire

[hasty forge]

tho i think i setteld on road to 56

[nimble solar]

Novus Vexillem or whatever it is called seems okay

[hasty forge]

fire rises? never heard of it

[nimble solar]

For a modern day mod

[hasty forge]

oh i see type them down i will try all:)

[nimble solar]

Basically 2020 and everyone goes insane

[hasty forge]

yum

[nimble solar]

Mod team currently exploded

[hasty forge]

im ngl i LOVED red dusk and millinum dawn but the crashes

i loved the concept of the election in red dusk and the econmy in millinum

[nimble solar]

I enjoy kaiserreich, but I know not everyone likes it

[hasty forge]

i heard of it\

can u give me brief bout it

[nimble solar]

Kaiserredux is a more wacky version of it

[nimble solar]

Germany wins WW1
Russia doesn't fall to the reds but becomes a dictatorship usually
France and Britain become syndicalist (communist but different)
USA fragmenting politically and will civil war
China is in a million pieces and Japanese democracy is on the verge of collapsing

Italy is in 4 pieces, India is in 3

[hasty forge]

what a chaos

[nimble solar]

Basically you get Cold War proxy wars before a 2nd Weltkrieg

[hasty forge]

seems so fun ngl

[nimble solar]

Germany is decision menu spam

Russia rework unironically nice

[hasty forge]

ill play it next after road to 56

[hasty forge]

wdym menu spam

[nimble solar]

USA is one of my personal favorites

[hasty forge]

i used to hate playing the us and used to spam germnay

[nimble solar]

Entire game before the 2nd world war is staring at the decision screen fixing things

[hasty forge]

but now its my top 1

[nimble solar]

And intervening in proxy wars at the same time

[hasty forge]

my type

[nimble solar]

You play with cards to fix the economy

(Get a high enough score to partially fix economy)

[hasty forge]

thiss one?

[nimble solar]

No

Just go to most popular

It should be up there

Most popular all time

[hasty forge]

what i searched for road 56 i found so many

damn

[nimble solar]

Let me try and find the link

[nimble solar]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1521695605

[hasty forge]

Nicee

[nimble solar]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=820260968

[hasty forge]

Amazing!

[nimble solar]

There are the two mods you want

[hasty forge]

Ty ill give you my feedbacks when im done with both👌

Road to 56 is way longer than the other one right?

[nimble solar]

R56 is vanilla but laggier

Has some decent focus trees

Basically everything has content

[hasty forge]

do i need all these dlcs?

[nimble solar]

No

[civic cradle]

Ok i need some help with the game files
its a tricky one but i want to know if i can disabled Dynamic Version Numbering (the little tickbox on the designer) so that is off by default
Currently its enabled everytime i open the equipment designer i want to change that

[paper valley]

success

army branch next

[light eagle]

how to make this work for everyone

[pale sparrow]

When you upload it auto adjusts

[light eagle]

ik but i want to send it only to my freinds

not via steam

i saw some mods use "mod/modname/

[pale sparrow]

Then your friends gotta adjust it

Or just upload to Steam and set visibility to friends-only

[light eagle]

i have rt56 and the path is like this

[pale sparrow]

Hmm ic

You can try that format

[jade flame]

hey , if anyone is interested in modding. We have setup a new mod similar to popular 2022,2023,2024 mods such as scuffed, last stand and force attack . instead this one is vanilla. We hope to grow big and for that we need a knew team if anyone wants to help just reply 🙂

Mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3480458992

[naive stratus]

which one do I edit?

[pale sparrow]

Bottom has shines

[thorny dagger]

how do i remove the lines

cuz if i change the Id it breaks for some reason

if i change it from "ROM_actul_politic" to "Actul politic" it breaks

[balmy crown]

Have you defined it in a localization file?

[outer narwhal]

guys why is it that hoi4 always crashes when i try to start kaiserredux and millennium dawn

[fair pike]

They arent compatible

[outer narwhal]

no not together

whenever i try to start any of them they always crash

[crystal sand]

They both have higher spec requirements

[silk shoal]

ADD MAN THE GUNS INTO MAIN GAME

[nimble solar]

Now everyone will learn the same naval system

[silk shoal]

oh

[sleek seal]

whats a good mod to play?

I enjoy a mod with a lot of minor nations because I like the build up in nations

[oak phoenix]

What mods have you tried so far?

[light eagle]

Modding HOI4 IS The MOST PAINFUL THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

GOD HELP MEEEE

[crystal sand]

Its not that bad

[light eagle]

like for 1 country i have to debug 69 times

[light eagle]

wtf is this mod problem?

its supposed to add a country which it do but the template and the leader is wrong

[acoustic sundial]

Hi everyone, I made 2 radio mods but only one of the song list loaded in game, what do I need to check?👀
I tried just enable only one of it but still not load.

I posted 5 radio mods on workshop already but this is the very first time I encounter this

[rapid tinsel]

how do i add my mod back in "all installed mods" after i subscribed and unsubscribed to it in steam workshop?

[light eagle]

u dont have to unsubscribe ig

[rapid tinsel]

i wont be able to update it then

cuz it thinks that the mod isnt mine

[ashen mural]

uhh

ill do it later

[light eagle]

?

nvm

[languid copper]

how do i remove a trait on my leader with a command?

[crystal sand]

You cant

[languid copper]

on reddit i saw a post and a complicated command about it

[crystal sand]

Dosent exist

[languid copper]

i saw it

[crystal sand]

Then get the command from the reddit post

Because from what I know and checking the wiki and such. That command does not exist

[lofty plaza]

There isn't one. They mostly likely made a custom one

[dull scroll]

What are some good ”steiner counterattack” or germany fall ww2 mods?

Where you try to survive as germany?

[true violet]

Endsieg:Ultimate Victory i think

you can chose multiple start dates

but i think thats the most populare one

idk tho!

[rancid flume]

does anyone know any good formable nations mods (not the 3rewster one or the copies of it)

[orchid terrace]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3340708065

This one is kinds good

[nimble solar]

Battle of Seelow Heights

[glass acorn]

removable with the effect "remove_country_leader_trait", which you can prob make a decision for

Otherwise, there's no way to do so via console

[ionic rune]

After applying the original mapmod I am unable to start due to an error with no crash log. I did some research and found out that there is a problem with the strategicregions folder. I checked the .txt file inside to make sure the configuration is correct, and after checking the wiki for reference, it still won't start. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Please help.
(I used a translate app, so I'm sorry if I said something rude.)

[light eagle]

DOWNFALL

[nimble jasper]

does road to 56 change the outcome of the spanish Civil war? It 1939 and and the republic somehow retake Madrid although my volunteers capture it in 1937?

[olive shell]

When I put this into my mod the game crashes, Any ideas why?
NDefines_Graphics.NGraphics.VICTORY_POINT_MAP_ICON_MAX_VICTORY_POINTS_FOR_PERCENT = 1

[rough beacon]

any idea what what the pixel ratio for leader portraits is?

[crystal sand]

Pixel ratio?

The portrait size is 156x210

[rough beacon]

ty

[delicate tangle]

Does anyone know where I can reach the file for leaders like Philip Petain?

[rough beacon]

like the portrait?

if you are seeking the portrait its always gfx/leaders/[tag]/

[rough beacon]

question: When making an event that has a custom nation annex an already existing nation how do I tag switch the player to the former?

[drowsy birch]

there is any ancient mod?

[sonic spire]

are there any guides for mods?

also, what should I learn?

[pale sparrow]

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

[rich harbor]

What to do if I crate an event like in official modding begginers guide, but when I launch the game with it, event doesnt appear and also it even seems what mod isnt launched (check sum didnt changed and achivements are awailable)

[crystal sand]

Did you enable your mod

You need to add it to your playlist and enable it

[rich harbor]

yes

[rich harbor]

I did it

[crystal sand]

Ah dang your back to Marjin211

[pale sparrow]

Im doing Toolpack's anniversary update so I wanted it to fit into my name

[rich harbor]

even asked chat gpt, but his advice doesnt work

[crystal sand]

Understandable

[crystal sand]

From my experience chatgpt sucks at hoi4 code

[rich harbor]

what do I do then

[crystal sand]

Show your code and ask for help

[rich harbor]

in #ask-for-help-here ?

[crystal sand]

No here in modding

[pale sparrow]

yeh chatgpt is horrible unless you need very specific inspiration

[crystal sand]

Yep

I have tried being as specific as possible with chatgpt regarding hoi4 code, and it still makes it worse lol

That only thing that chatgpt can almost do 100% correct is fixing brackets

From my experience

[rich harbor]

So my event adds idea (to you if ur not at war, and to enemy if ur at war)

idea code:

ideas = {
country = {
test_idea_1 = {
picture = generic_pp_unity_bonus

        modifier = {
            political_power_gain = 0.3
        }
    }
}

event code:

add_namespace = test_events

#just some test events

#add test idea, if ur at war, add to enemy, if ur not at war, add to you
country_event = {
id = test_events.1
title = test_events.1.t
desc = test_events.1.desc
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_read_write

trigger = {
    is_ai = no
}

mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 1
}

is_triggered_only = yes

#gives idea

option = {
    name = test_events.1.a
    if = {
        limit = {
            has_war = yes
        }
        every_other_country = {
            limit = {
                has_war_with = ROOT
            }
            add_ideas = test_idea_1
        }
    }
    else = {
        add_ideas = test_idea_1
    }
}

}

descriptor code:

version="INDEV 1.0"
tags={
"Alternative History"
"Events"
"Gameplay"
"Historical"
"Map"
"Technologies"
"National Focuses"
}
name="The Inter War: From One War to another"
picture="Thumbnail.png"
supported_version="1.16.*"
remote_file_id="3488680959"

[pale sparrow]

is_triggered_only = yes in your event is wrong

[rich harbor]

ohh

so what should i change it to

(i wanted to make this thing to fire only once)

[pale sparrow]

Remove the is_triggered_only = yes but add fire_only_once = yes in its place

[rich harbor]

okay

btw i had fire_only_once before and it still didnt worked but at least it will fix a bit

[pale sparrow]

maybe because you had is_triggered_only still when you did?

[rich harbor]

no i had fire_only_once instead of it

so, what sohuld i do with problem what it doesnt launch (sorry for possible impatience)

[pale sparrow]

the rest seems to look correct

Maybe check your error log

[rich harbor]

it says:

[21:37:57][no_game_date][dlc.cpp:222]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2775213144.mod line: 7
[21:37:57][no_game_date][dlc.cpp:222]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_3368690477.mod line: 7
[21:38:35][no_game_date][equipment_graphic_database.cpp:36]: GFX referenced in equipment graphic database does not exist: "GFX_USA_prototype_plane_0_medium", associated with USA jet_tac_bomber_equipment
[21:38:35][no_game_date][equipment_graphic_database.cpp:36]: GFX referenced in equipment graphic database does not exist: "GFX_USA_prototype_plane_0_medium", associated with USA jet_strat_bomber_equipment
[21:39:13][1936.01.01.12][parser.cpp:949]: Error: unexpected token in file: "save games/WRS_1970_10_19_01_temp.hoi4" near line: 1 (
)
[21:39:13][1936.01.01.12][parser.cpp:949]: Error: unexpected token in file: "save games/WRS_1971_03_08_01_temp.hoi4" near line: 1 (
)
[21:39:33][1936.01.01.12][parser.cpp:949]: Error: unexpected token in file: "save games/WRS_1970_10_19_01_temp.hoi4" near line: 1 (
)
[21:39:33][1936.01.01.12][parser.cpp:949]: Error: unexpected token in file: "save games/WRS_1971_03_08_01_temp.hoi4" near line: 1 (
)
[21:39:33][1936.01.01.12][parser.cpp:949]: Error: unexpected token in file: "save games/WRS_1970_10_19_01_temp.hoi4" near line: 1 (
)
[21:39:33][1936.01.01.12][parser.cpp:949]: Error: unexpected token in file: "save games/WRS_1971_03_08_01_temp.hoi4" near line: 1 (
)

(my timezone is utc+3)

[rich harbor]

btw i also tried to create a music mod but it had the same problem, could it be some my technical issues?

[jade flame]

anyone know a fix for veterency levels not showing up , i dont have a file that directly dictates levels at all

[lofty plaza]

Error log say anything?

[jolly zenith]

Where are AI decisions stored? I'm trying to see the RNG of an event in the imperial german chain, (specifically the UK accepting mutual guarantees). What file would that be found in?

[jolly zenith]

Or if anyone knows where country_events are. I found the trigger in the german focus file, but I don't know where the UK side of it is.

[orchid ruin]

trying to make camboida mod

why wont it show the new data a put?

[safe steppe]

Could someone recommend a working and updated diplomacy mod? I like playing ahistorical campaigns, vanilla diplomacy is mostly useless for that.

[robust lotus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5tMOeVqq0&t=276s guys i need help a list of the mods of this that will make my game work since i used the mods in the description tho they dosen't work and they have different game versions

like some mods that are the same but not outdated?

or a version of hoi4 that will make those mods work?

or a way to make them work in general

[halcyon onyx]

what size do i need for a general or an advisor image?

[sonic spire]

is learning to mod hard?

[crystal sand]

Its easy to learn hard to master

[sonic spire]

what app do I need for modding?

[pale sparrow]

Notepad++/Visual Studio Code if code

GIMP/Paint.Net/Photoshop if art

[crystal sand]

For beginners I would recommend Visual Studio, and paint.net. They are easy to use and 100% free.

And visual studio can help you with brackets

And for tutorials I would recommend the official hoi4 modding tutorial, and the iron workshop

[sonic spire]

ty

also, is hoi4 wiki good?

section for modding?

[crystal sand]

I believe so

I would hope that the official wiki would be good for hoi4 related stuff

[sonic spire]

what are the best projects for beginners?

[crystal sand]

Replacing country leaders with custom ones, Simple focus trees for nations that dont have one.

[sonic spire]

ty

[jade flame]

all fixed was define issue

[delicate tangle]

I still need an art platform. I've used gimp and found it confusing. What of those are best?

[pale sparrow]

Id say GIMP

[orchid ruin]

Love how everyone is asking but no one is answering

[pale sparrow]

Working on a big mod because you got lots of examples

[robust lotus]

Nobody gonna answer ig

[pale sparrow]

You probably cant play with that modlist if it got stuff from different versions now

[sonic spire]

is notepad++ free?

[crystal sand]

Yes

[sonic spire]

what is the difference between notepad++ and visual studios?

[crystal sand]

So is visual studio

[crystal sand]

Notepad++ I suppose has an easier to digest layout and ui, but visual studio has more tools to help with things like proper brackets.

[sonic spire]

should I use both?

[crystal sand]

Id say use one of the other

[sonic spire]

how can I make notepad++ into dark mode??

[crystal sand]

Its in settings

[sonic spire]

I found

it

[robust lotus]

but if its a recent version how did he manage to make it work?

like the map looks 🔥 the gameplay is 🔥 and everything out of it its 🔥

[lapis flume]

i asked this before but i met several errors and stopped being annoying
but how do i make a focus tree branch like in kaiserreich for black monday recovery, like depends on which focus u pick the national spirit will be modified differently and stuff
i tried to do some if and limit with mine but i ended up getting a double national spirit so can someone help in simple terms

[obtuse condor]

Winkel tripel map

[robust lotus]

i really need that map ong

[obtuse condor]

You can look btw

Write workshop

But 2 version have normal , realistic choose

@robust lotus

[next schooner]

Can I also ask for people helping me and a few friends of mine with a project here or do I do that somewhere else ?

🙏🏻

[spice heron]

That looks extremely uncanny

Ngl

[mortal pilot]

i have 2 questions

how do i set the game start date as an option

and how do i add countries to the choosing menu

[spice heron]

You do into the common folder, then bookmark, you add the information like every other nation in it

[mortal pilot]

thanks

what about the date

[spice heron]

I'm currently working with it rn on hearts of Haven

[spice heron]

That's is a harder thing to tweak, the start date requires you to make your own bookmark/scenario, and to go into several folders, I've done it once and it did work but idk

[mortal pilot]

yeah there is only a bookmarks folder

and there is nothing related in it

no wait

ehhh

[spice heron]

I can't remember the other handful of files you need to edit off of the top of my head, sry

[mortal pilot]

oh right

and the worst part is there is no proper guide for it

at least i couldn't find one

i'm working on something massive

and god i'm in trouble

[spice heron]

https://youtu.be/Vd_B8BeT2j8?si=m1wqQA3u6q149Kqr

This is what i followed and it works for 1.16.8

[mortal pilot]

oh thanks

how can i remove the others tho?

gathering storm and blitz krieg

do i have to put them in my mod but just make them unavailable?

[mortal pilot]

no one?

damm

[vernal meadow]

any good mods?

[mortal pilot]

can anyone tell me how to remove the default bookmarks?

[lofty plaza]

You just remove them

Delete the code

[mortal pilot]

yeah and they just get replaced by the default

[mortal pilot]

when i empty the other 2 it won't show the screen where you choose the date

it'll straight up go to the country selection

and the "back" button doesn't work

[lofty plaza]

Yeah so did you add your own?

[mortal pilot]

yeah

[spice heron]

Oh yeah I have no clue how to fix that, it just does that, you can go back to the main menu by entering the map then pressing escape

[mortal pilot]

yeah

i suppose it is what it is for now

[lofty plaza]

I don't know how to fix that either

[mortal pilot]

if it works it works

it's kinda my fault for going for something so big 💀

but i might as well try my best to finish it

[lofty plaza]

Stay humble

[mortal pilot]

i tried doing something way out of my skillset

and i'm getting abseloutly destroyed

[spice heron]

I have been there, pace yourself, look online

[opaque cloud]

Does anyone else think the rise of nations mod if given more events, immersion, more fleshed out alt history paths has the potential to be one of those mods that slowly, becomes among the best ever made for hoi4?

The idea of literally starting in 1900 is.. insane as it is amazing. Literally the Victorian age about to end, women in corseted dresses, men in suits and top hats (or slacks, trousers and overalls with a cap for the average bloke ), imperialism at its peak etc..

Know what I mean? Also moved this here because it’s more suiting

I still wish we had a more specialized interest mod that included years like 1918, 1920, 1925, 1930 etc, bridge the gap between ww1 and 1933

[crystal sand]

Rise of nations is a ambitious mod with tons of issues

[opaque cloud]

I feel the 1919 scenerio has a LOT of potential since lots of crazy stuff happened right after ww1

But even the mission tree for the white army if they win in Russia is.. just default

[crystal sand]

I hate to say it.... Rise of nations might be to ambitious

The mod is to big for the engine its made on

This decade old engine by paradox is not made for a mod like rise of nations

[opaque cloud]

I wanna have a slow buildup to ww2, industrialize Russia more than Stalin could ever dream of through the power of both the tsar.. and capitalism, and then when the Germans attack, strategically pull back like they did in 1812, make the Germans over extend and kick their shit I’m by 45’

[crystal sand]

Especially if its based around hoi4

[opaque cloud]

Except I’m not the literal embodiment of evil

Unlike the user

Granted in some ways Germany was too but.. yeah

[opaque cloud]

But the mission tree for such a dream doesn’t exist in that mod yet

Off topic but a monarchist V democracy Cold War would be a VERY interesting gameplay experience I feel

[opaque cloud]

You may be right sadly. It can handle like.. 1900 to 1964 kind of well but modern day stuff is.. probably too much

[crystal sand]

Id say 1900-1948 is the most reasonable

[umbral matrix]

does anyone have a template for advisor portraits
like military high command ones
please and thank you I'm struggling to find it online

Found it

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4modding/comments/18b3mmu/official_gfx_assets_advisor_and_idea_portraits/

[robust lotus]

thx

[sonic spire]

how much time it takes to watch all tutorials?

made by Paradox about modding?

[mint oar]

if i want to strip the map (like the provinces, states, terrain and ontrollers and allat) what folders do i need to copy over to my mod from the other one? (great war redux)

becasue i tried to just take the history>countries folder and the all of the mapp folder but it just crashed and gave me a million errors so idk

[wild leaf]

Why the focus is a qn mark

[wild leaf]

And the idea can't load

[mint oar]

have u restarted the game?

[graceful moss]

Why is millennium dawn not working

[dry patrol]

any interesting mod?

[high hatch]

Hi.
They have a alternate code to do the same thing like below, for the actual country leader of the country?

any_character = {
    NOT = {
        has_character_flag = DDIC_character
    }
    is_country_leader = yes
}

Because the code seems to work only with true character, not generated (create_country_leader).

And yes, I was thinking to do that:

has_country_leader = {
    NOT = {
        has_character_flag = DDIC_character
    }
    ruling_only = yes
}

But isn't possible.
And:

country_leader = {
    NOT = {
        has_character_flag = DDIC_character
    }
}

The game say country_leader isn't a valid trigger.

[delicate tangle]

It's possible for states to start as controlled but not owned right? The country just has to be at war with the owner I'm guessing.

[high hatch]

Yes.

[robust lotus]

how did you get it to work as a nromal map tho?

[fierce hornet]

( if your in the GWR space you should get this joke ) at this rate were going to get GTA VI before Bulgaria rework

[orchid ruin]

still need help with camboida mod

wont show info and says "no comender"

[timber zenith]

the file for state 471 is broken

check your brackets

remove one of the two brackets below the final add_ resources

move the state_category out of the history section, and it should be something like "rural" instead of medium, there's a list on the wiki

that'll work

just add your buildings back in like i showed there, it's easier

[orchid ruin]

K thx

[orchid ruin]

Also when I loaded it up, it did the no commander thing and showed none of the changes I made, can you take a look at that?

[timber zenith]

can you send a screenshot? im not sure what you mean by no commander

[orchid ruin]

this bug

[orchid ruin]

i also changed the name and it did not show

[orchid ruin]

so the political ideolagys show up (not correct but still) and the flag wont change

[autumn coyote]

Hello, I am making a mod were tank/plane/ship modules cost 0 xp. so I went into the defines file to change the numbers, but it didn't work, then I went into the module files, changed everthing to 0 but it still doesnt work, can somebody please explain if i am doing something wrong. I did the same for templates, but that works just fine

[rapid tinsel]

how do i add my own mod back in "all installed mods" after i subscribed and unsubscribed to it in steam workshop?

[wise phoenix]

what does the “factor = “ line do in a focus tree?

[autumn coyote]

you should have 2 versions of your mod, 1 wich is in documents/paradox/hoi4/mods, and 1 thats from steam

the one in documents/paradox should be the non uploaded mod

[high hatch]

It is normal if in bookmark, with a effect in history\general folder, when a country doesn't exist withannex_country by example, the game crash?

[umbral matrix]

I've been trying to make a flag mod for one of the cosmetic tags of RAJ in GoE but it's not showing and instead defaults to that ideology's base RAJ slot - is modding those flags possible, or is there something else I need to keep in mind?

[mortal pilot]

alright a lil question

how do i make someone start as someone's puppet?

in the history file?

i really can't find an example of it

[rare grove]

¨look at the ENG history file

search for dominion or puppet

[mortal pilot]

Istg it wasn't there last time I checked 😭

Oh wait...

I checked japan

last time

Oh the names are different for puppets for Japan

Shi

[twin crag]

Yo, how do I add a UI for my mod, and how can I create my own, too

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Interface_modding
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Scripted_GUI_modding

[twin crag]

thanks man 🙏

[pale sparrow]

those flags are automatically assigned based on filename

If vanilla has flags for the cosmetic tag, take those names, otherwise you can look at other cosmetic tags

[umbral matrix]

I tried to overwrite the tga files with the new design but with the mod active it just defaults to the tag's base flag for that ideology

Specifically, I wanted to change the fascist ideology flag for East India Company RAJ

It's reading that there's a file there, but doesn't want to display it, instead displaying RAJ's default fascism flag (the Azad Hind one)

I'm wondering if I need to use a certain color coding?

this is what I mean

it's meant to display this

[opaque cloud]

If mods like “rise of nations “ are over ambitious for simply having too large a scope and the modern day really not working in hoi4, why not a slightly more directed take and have a epic world war/mid Cold War kinda mod, sorta ironically like the scope of the og darkest hour

A tech tree from 1870 to 1970

[pale sparrow]

The engine is not built for playthroughs longer than 10-15 years

Otherwise I wouldve tried to turn Road to 56 into Road to 57

[opaque cloud]

Well that’s depressing. Now I see why the only sucessful mods with a similar idea came from older games

Like HoI darkest hour

And why even today, it’s still being modded.

Because you can say, delete armies and stuff to simulate demobilization after ww1 much easier

[pale sparrow]

I think to have a good demobilization system, you ideally need a more in-depth economy system

[opaque cloud]

@pale sparrow or do you mean less “the code is hellishly complicated to implent that it doesn’t exist “ and more “all the codes and commands exist, but the engine itself turns into a lag fest no matter what”

?

[pale sparrow]

Its not necessarily about complexity, it's just that a large part of the game is hardcoded and unmoddable

The 2nd is true to a good extent I think, fighting the lag is probably a losing battle

[opaque cloud]

Meanwhile HoI DH while.. pretty damn old now, runs on a simpler engine and actually can run very well.. ngl

It seems they botched up the engine with hoi4

[pale sparrow]

Idk much about darkest hour but I assume hoi4 got a bit more complexity

[opaque cloud]

It has. I’d imagine things like focus trees and designable units probably helped in that XD

@pale sparrow granted hoi4 is better than hoi3

Which was a hellishly over complicated mess

[solid steppe]

how to make the ai stop battleplanning their equipment stacks into oblivion

tryna make a historical mod and the soviet ai always lose because they smash their shitty inf against the german ai at winter for 6 months straight

tried ai_focus_defense_factor and it doesnt stop that from happening

[keen plaza]

Hey guys i wondered is there a mod that would simulate warsaw uprising? I once saw a detailed map of germany ensieg where the whole map is just berlin so i wondered is there a map that is basically the same but with polish uprising in warsaw? Do any of you know about something like that?

[opaque cloud]

@pale sparrow maybe, just maybe, hoi5 whenever it comes out.. will actually finally fix this, and be a lot more stable for longer campaigns

[pale sparrow]

CK3 is more modern and is certainly not promising

They got an engine that uses more PC resources, and it still runs garbage late-game, worse than HOI even

[opaque cloud]

I mean, I’d call it a good game

Even if not damn amazing

@pale sparrow I mean eu5 actually looks promising

Makes me think paradox players now would prefer a new game or installment to actually have minimal new features in terms of gameplay, maybe updated graphics and UI but for 80 percent of the focus to be placed on the engine and modability

Paradox keeps pumping out beautifully indepth and detailed new games but it’s basically placing more and more stress on a engine that wasn’t ever great to begin with

[pale sparrow]

CK3 is carried by good features so its nice that the DLC dont feel as necessary

[umbral karma]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3470203348
to anyone interested i created the mod "Player VS World" and not that long ago i posted another mod named "Greater Ambitions" a mod about Albania, if you have some free time to check it out, feel free to do so, i would like some feedback from community

[paper valley]

one step closer to finishing the dominican focus tree

im gonna take a break and play kaiserredux

[solid steppe]

how do i make the ai in my mod stop battleplanning all the time

vanilla ai really sucks

[solid steppe]

ai_focus_defense_factor isnt working

[stable vessel]

Can i run road to 56 and world ablaze?

[timber zenith]

The general rule is that overhauls aren't compatible with overhauls

as it says in the description of the mod

[orchid ruin]

@stray thunder can you take a look and the file for this one ?

[nimble solar]

Those two mods would heavily conflict with each other

[outer trench]

how can i modify the delivery time in the international market

[wild leaf]

I made a shine for my mod

dunno where to put it

Do we put it in the focus txt?

and what is shineoverlay.dds?

[graceful moss]

so smart

[autumn coyote]

how does the adjacencies file work, i want to create a impassable border on gibraltar (wich is 2 states in my mod), how do i do that?

[twin crag]

Looking for gfx artists volunteering to help me with portraits for my mod, dm for info, ngl it is hard to find someone

[solid steppe]

you see paradox with different eyes

when you realise the vannila game's british AI strategy file mocks britain

[crystal sand]

lol

I see paradox is different eyes for sure, I see them in a better light :)

[solid steppe]

anyone knows why is this modifier not applying?

[rich swan]

im making a mod yet it works whenever götterdämmerung isnt active and when i active götterdämmerung it will always crash at checksum without fail and will never tell me whats causing it to crash in the error.log. does anyone know what is causing this?

[runic maple]

would anyone know where to find a mod that adds these provinces next to China to create a historical Qing?

i know its a screenshot from vicky but i want to play qing in hoi with those big fat states

kaiserreich has them but i want to play vanilla with the same states

[autumn coyote]

how does the adjacencies file work, i want to create a impassable border on gibraltar (wich is 2 states in my mod), how do i do that?

[glass acorn]

As in... make the entire state impassable or just make it impassable to other provinces

[autumn coyote]

Make a impassiable border between spain and gibraltar, so that when spain joins the axis they cant walk straight into gibraltar

[glass acorn]

Add something like this in adjacencies

The numbers are the provinces that you will make impassable between

The last piece of text is optional, just for notes

PROVINCEID;PROVINCEID;impassable;-1;-1;-1;-1;-1;;NOTE

[autumn coyote]

thank you so much!

[glass acorn]

Np

[autumn coyote]

Also, why doesnt this work?

[glass acorn]

🤷‍♂️ Idk much about tech sorry

[pale sparrow]

Did you perhaps accidentally flip nsb and non nsb tech names

[autumn coyote]

I have no idea

[pale sparrow]

Normal armor tech is in common/technology/armor.txt and DLC one in NSB_armor.txt

Idk the tech names by heart by those sound like non DLC ones

[autumn coyote]

fixed it thx

[obsidian dust]

hey, simple mod request here: could someone make a mod that changes the EU non-aligned cosmetic tag's name to "European Confederation" as per the German Götterdammerung focus tree and uses the democratic flag instead of the ugly nonaligned one?

[shell locust]

getting into modding for a first time and I am stuck why is country not working for this

[autumn coyote]

add
Allowed = {
}

[shell locust]

can I ask where in the brackets?

not working

[autumn coyote]

ideas = {
country = {

       allowed = {
        tag = (your country tag)
        }
    FirstIda = {
        picture = general_pp_unity_bonuc
        
        modifier = {
        political_power_gain = 0.4
        }
    
   }    
}
 }

[shell locust]

cool

[autumn coyote]

it should work

[shell locust]

same issue

[autumn coyote]

Have you added the idea into history/countries ?

[lone hearth]

don't put allowed in country bracket

Put it into the FristIda bracket

[pale sparrow]

I think that error is a false positive

That plugin isnt fool-proof

[distant umbra]

looking for people who actually know how to use this website https://edge.hoi4modding.com/focus-tree/edit/92908 to make a hoi4 mod

you can dm me if you feel like working on the mod, its pretty much what if france won the napoleonic wars

[pale sparrow]

Best to not use that site

Most modders recommend just using a text editor instead

[distant umbra]

oh

why so?

[normal crystal]

Hi guys

Which nation do you recommend to try in MD mod

I recently tried Venezuela and Iran

[twin crag]

Anyone know sum place I can get sum gfx artists to help me out do portraits for my mod 🥀

[lofty plaza]

The hoi4 artists discord would probably be a good place to start

The reddit too

[twin crag]

Do you think they will ask for payment?

I kinda not have any money to spare I js want sum art

And I don't want to do it with AI, I feel it looks, odd, yk?

It is a crazy question but ye

[raw nebula]

is there a mod that can make the players battleplan ai smarter?

[rare grove]

ah the gfx has been updated

[lofty plaza]

Unless they do it from the kindness of their hearts

[obsidian dust]

what the hell-

[rare grove]

?

[obsidian dust]

are you playing hoi4 or victoria 2

[rare grove]

HOI4

1789-1836 mod

[obsidian dust]

hell, this is total war napoleon

[rocky turtle]

Which software does hoi4 use

[swift smelt]

Hello :3
I have a problem with HOI4 modding: I am trying to add new states and I can access the game in Nudge and I dont have any error logs related to anything I added, but when I start a Singleplayer game, the game crashes without any related error logs. Can anybody please help me with that?

[true violet]

try to search for key words "MAP:ERROR" or something there should be something at least,
Also do you get a error message that something is wrong with your map when you start the game maybe? cause that sometimes happens telling you that you should check it in the nudge, errors maybe that the states dont have a designated startegic region, or something is wrong with the buildings

anyways

my mod is beginning to look somewhat alright

[swift smelt]

Strategic regions are all assigned and there are no error logs at all it just crashes

[true violet]

do you start in debug?

because if you start in debug hoi4 automatically gives you an error log on boot

[swift smelt]

yes I do, but theres nothing related to the crash

[dire vale]

I still don't know how modding works

Could anyone help me make understand how do make mods that work?

[pale sparrow]

Probably easiest to upload your mod somewhere so people can take a look

[pale sparrow]

the pins have the best info

[dire vale]

Thanks dude

[torn lodge]

is there a mod or can someone make them that shows the world superpowers or something like that

like tno or milenium dawn style

[lapis flame]

If i were to make a pokemon mod, what would be the biggest hurdle? Implementing official/unofficial pokemon regions into the world of hoi4? Or preventing a lawsuit by nintendo?

or implementing the pokemon mechanics

[twin crag]

I don't think Nintendo will sue you, maybe redoing the map

[lofty plaza]

You never know with Nintendo

[uneven jasper]

How do I even start fixing this