modding

[uneven jasper]

I know My mod states conflicted with the games new states but how the hell do I even start

[spice knoll]

go to descriptor file (both inside your mod folder and the one outside it) and add replace_path="history/states"
assuming you want to overwrite/replace all vanilla states

[wise phoenix]

anyone know how to make an ai nation not take a decision?

[obsidian dust]

why is crimea ukrainian here

[lofty plaza]

Give it zero ai chance

Or if you really don't want it then hide it for AI

[true violet]

Originaly I thought the mod would be around 2014 or smth

[obsidian dust]

yea thats exactly when the annexation of crimea happened

[true violet]

Crimea got annexed in march, the mod would’ve start in January there still is 2 months, not everything happening in one year happens simultaneously

[obsidian dust]

also how are civil wars gonna be depicted in the mod?

[twilit wave]

Can exist from the start (perhaps mods) a no man land?

[sharp beacon]

Wdym? Like whats on your meaning is no man land

[lofty plaza]

Do you mean impassable provinces/states?

[glass acorn]

I think he means a state that isn't owned by anyone?

[twilit wave]

Owned by no one

[rare grove]

Bosnia in Rebellion

[lofty plaza]

Yes, states can be owned by nobody

[autumn coyote]

how do i create a dynamic idea that changes a idea for a nation when an other nation takes a state?

[dapper gazelle]

What is this mod man ?

[rare grove]

Napoleonic wars mod

1789-1836 redux

[dapper gazelle]

But the map is not looking like that ?
Is that a mod also ?

[rare grove]

Yeah that's a mod too

The mod uses a separate mods map

[dapper gazelle]

OK thx for answering

[solid crescent]

Is Millennium Dawn any good? I’ve been looking to try out some mods and I’ve been scouring the workshop for good ones

[nimble solar]

No

Feature bloated, slow, and boring

Red Dusk is more fun, though I think it still has some crashing issues

I always like Kaiserreich, but others prefer Kaiserredux

[solid crescent]

Hmmm, mkay mkay

I’ll give it a look

Same for Kaiserreich and maybe Kaiserredux

I’m prolly also gonna try out Road to 56 and what not aswell

[wild leaf]

Try RT56

But invade soviets fast

they can accumulate power

I tried the Kaiser path

was stuck invading

Made gains in Baku

due to turks

Now need to give expeds to the remaining allies of reichspakt

That time Chiang Kai Shek also pitched in

and pushed through the weaker soviet lines

soviets stuck in 2 front war

[nimble solar]

R56 Germany was the easiest game I've ever played

You start with so much CAS day 1 you roll over everything

[wild leaf]

Yes

real

steamrolled Austria, Italy and Thailand

Thailand was a lil more difficult

needed floating harbours

Steamrolled the Benelux except Luxembourg

as Belgium wanted to fight me

Netherlands first

[orchid ruin]

need help

[echo flume]

Just brainstorming: A mod that expands the East India Company tree and allows you to partition the world with Germany

You orchestrate coups in England and end the War in Germany's favor

Bring back the Hudson bay company, United Fruit Company and other historically powerful companies

While you decide who partitions what in places like Asia and the Americas

It should be easy to code

[wild leaf]

good idea

but I am developing a mod now

[echo flume]

But I just dont know how to make the allies white peace while Germany gets the mainland Europe holdings

[echo flume]

Rad

What's da mod?

[wild leaf]

bos4

an EaW submod

[echo flume]

Cool

[wild leaf]

Its key features will be:

1. New country
2. New line of special projects and tech
3. Immersive foci
4. New lore

If you want to join join the hoi4 modding den

here has no room for teasers

[ancient vapor]

Yoo

Guys

Im new over here

Im making a total conversion mod

I almost have the map

Any advice?

[wild leaf]

remove small lakes and islands

There are many great total convs there

Like EaW and Brink

Brink is WIP

Not mine

[shell locust]

why is this wrong I'm getting into modding and following paradox's tutorial and it already hates what I have written for the past half hour

[rare grove]

regiments = {
infantry = { x = 0 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 1 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 2 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 3 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 0 y = 1 }
infantry = { x = 1 y = 1 }
artillery = { x = 2 y = 1 }
}

whats wrong with this code?

it doesnt work

artillery doesnt appear in the divisions

[autumn coyote]

how do i create a dynamic idea that changes a idea for a nation when an other nation takes a state?

[light eagle]

u cant have alltlery in infantry line

[rare grove]

so this? regiments = {
infantry = { x = 0 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 1 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 2 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 3 y = 0 }
artillery = { x = 0 y = 1 }
infantry = { x = 1 y = 1 }
infantry = { x = 2 y = 1 }
}

[light eagle]

no no

[rare grove]

this? support = {
artillery = { x = 0 y = 0 }
}

[light eagle]

regiments = {
infantry = { x = 0 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 1 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 2 y = 0 }
infantry = { x = 0 y = 1 }
infantry = { x = 1 y = 1 }
infantry = { x = 2 y = 1 }
artillery = { x = 3 y = 0 }
}

[light eagle]

this adds and line artillery

[rare grove]

that code didnt work

[light eagle]

tell me if u want to add it as support

[light eagle]

i rewrote it

it shall work now

[light eagle]

btw why every change is locked?

[rare grove]

theres a division limit system

[light eagle]

in your mod

?

[rare grove]

yes

[light eagle]

oh ok

its an total conversion

?

bec of the year

[rare grove]

the research hasnt been reworked

[light eagle]

you are planing to do that?

or no

[rare grove]

not really

[light eagle]

i mean the year is 1800

and its not logical

yk'

[rare grove]

creating focus trees is more fruitful

the code didnt work

[light eagle]

wait

maybe the artlery spelling is wrong or smth

lemme check the wiki

i knew it

    artillery_brigade = { x = 3 y = 0 }

its this

[mortal pilot]

hmmm

[rare grove]

thanks that worked

[light eagle]

btw why the division soft attack is 18

💀

[rare grove]

idk

[light eagle]

did u made all of the germany yourself?

or you have a team or smth

[rare grove]

yes

to the first thing

[light eagle]

W

You Made Alot Of Hardwork

The Germany Is Awsome

[rare grove]

thanks imo

most of the countries have leaders except for the free cities

[light eagle]

if u wanted any help tell me :)

bec i have alot of free time yk'

[obtuse condor]

road to 56 poland peasants started there own nation

[obsidian dust]

happens in vanilla

[autumn coyote]

how do i create a dynamic idea that changes a idea for a nation when an other nation takes a state? please someone help me

[obsidian dust]

hidden event when the state is taken?

if that's even a thing in hoi4, don't listen to me

[ancient vapor]

Guys how do I change the 3d soldiers? I'm doing a total conversion mod

[ancient vapor]

Damm

That's a beautiful map

[cursive heron]

Is there a mod to get the ai to make more strategic bombers? most of my games im never bombed

[wise cradle]

can some help me with these error: [14:44:03][no_game_date][dlc.cpp:222]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2404689961.mod line: 8
[14:44:04][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1134]: Expected quotation mark (") at line 6 and column 14 in localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml
[14:44:20][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: namespace, near line: 1
Malformed token: mod_event.1, near line: 4" in file: "events/my_event_file.txt" near line: 4

[obsidian dust]

perfection.

[thin chasm]

Does anyone know how to edit the shallow water texture of the ocean background?

I've already rotated all the BMPs in the map folder, but those remain unrotated

[lone hearth]

world_normal.bmp it is

But be very careful with modifying that file

The file is vulnerable to formatting glitches

[thin chasm]

Hm... I did already did rotate that one, yeah

All the land heights and textures rotated well enough, but not the ocean textures

Odd

Maybe I just need to regenerate it altogether and see what that does

Yeesh, forgot how much I hate working with normal maps - screw it, I can live with the shallows not looking right

[lofty plaza]

Hoi4 in Australia

[limber notch]

I tried to play OWB what did i do wrong?

[obsidian dust]

owb?

[astral kettle]

Hi

my focus is not showing and i couldnt find something wrong every other focus i codet was right can someone help me?

focus = {
id = Navy_Operation
icon = GFX_focus_generic_naval_invasion
available = {
date > 1940.0.0
}
x = 91
y = 8

[dire vale]

I don't know what's wrong with my mod

Nevermind it's back to normal

How to fix this issue?

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[astral kettle]

it usually happens if you made a new data only with your code

you need to put the original finland code also in

[dapper jolt]

i've been making a map mod and i have a few countries right now
i've been trying for a bit but i can't quite figure out how to make them start with units and division templates
i did look a bit up online to try see how i could do it but i kind of hit a dead end because the unit files for the countries require production companies which i don't know how to add (for context, i cloned a germany thingymajig from the history/units folder and there was a bit about mauser and other like manafacturers)

if you have any ideas on how to do it please ping or reply me so i notice it

don't rlly check this server much so

[pale sparrow]

they dont require production companies

try get an example file of someone without DLC

[dapper jolt]

oh alr i misread the file then

[dapper jolt]

its from my game files which are vanilla

[pale sparrow]

Maybe try someone like Peru as example

[dapper jolt]

oh alr

[pale sparrow]

probably doesnt have MIO configured

[dapper jolt]

yeah i'll probably just clone something like algeria for my unit files

thanks

[wise cradle]

can some help me hoi4 says i have a malformed token on line four, can some help me peace; add_namespace = shadow_empire

country_event = {
id = "shadow.1"
title = "shadow.1.t"
desc = "shadow.1.d"

is_triggered_only = yes

option = {
    name = "shadow.1.a"
    ai_chance = {
        factor = 1
    }
    add_political_power = 150
}

}

[ancient vapor]

Guys

The map I made for my Total conversion mod may be crashing the game

I don't have any other functions right now, only the map

[woven fossil]

I am in NEED of a GFX artist for Blue Terror, I am willing to pay a reasonable price for your work.

Blue Terror is a submod for Equestria at War, it gives Posada, a Communist in Hippogriffia a new schizophrenic path where she goes insane with power. This means that you need to be able to copy this style of icons. From the glowing bits to the metallic frames.

IF you think you are a good fit, dm me

[fossil cradle]

Here's her guard

[pale sparrow]

The namespace you define doesnt match the event namespace

[ancient vapor]

GUYS

IVE DONE IT

The map has an absurd amount of errors that the pros can probably see from here BUT IT GODDAM WORKED

[woven fossil]

I love that narrow piece of line. I like the rest of the map

ALSO, ITS COMPLETED

NOTHING IS CUT OFF, YAYYY

What mod are you making?

[ancient vapor]

Tales of Eeria: very summed up, something like the Minecraft mod but with stickmans

Right now the map needs some fixing and I need to add rivers; the rest I can do it in the Nudge, and only in 3 days!

[woven fossil]

DOPE

[shell locust]

what is wrong here with the idea I made (Im new to modding)

[ancient vapor]

I don't know; I'm new myself, but maybe because you put everything inside the "idea" lock

[split orbit]

quick question, how do you use the nudge tool database options on new provinces that have been added without it crashing to desktop? the game wont let me launch into a game to do the regular bypass and i'd rather not manually modify every province, unless thats the only way

[wise cradle]

Thank you

So change to namespace = shadow

[wise cradle]

Commusit have great music is now my new favourite focus name

[spice knoll]

I just cross post the question from the coop
basically, I have a mod that make mech designable.
I saved a valid design but I cannot use the design back in the preset menu. And tooltip tells nothing lmao. How to fix it?

[ripe perch]

is it generally possible that one Character is corps_commander and navy_leader together? I tried it and the person is shown either as general or admiral in game, but never in both categories.

[wise cradle]

Is there a way to make a country event trigger the second you chooses a country

[pastel sleet]

I made a new mod and I added original mod (Not subscribed one) to my play set, but it won’t work. Other mods from the steam workshop works, so I have no idea why my original mod won’t work. My files are all correct, because I made my mod looking at mod in steam workshop. How do I this problem. I uploaded my mod into the workshop, but I didn’t subscribed it

[ripe perch]

yes, you can do an on_action script to start the event, see https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/On_actions#File_example

[wise cradle]

Thx

[elfin oasis]

is there a way to force ai using more factories to produce tanks?

[glass acorn]

You need to start a singleplayer game first, then return to menu, then go to database

Kinda finnicky but sadly PDX broke the Nudger since Gotterdammerung

[split orbit]

coo so its manual modification for me then

[glass acorn]

If the game is crashing on start I'm pretty sure you have a bigger problem than the database ngl

[pastel sleet]

What should I do to solve this problem?

[split orbit]

no it crashes with the nudger

[pastel sleet]

I think that because when you used nudge, nudged added file which causes an error in your local file. I recommend you to change copy the file which is added to the local folder into your mod file and delete original file in the local folder.

[split orbit]

i appreciate the assistance but im just gonna do it manually

if i have to troubleshoot any more im actually gonna scream

[pastel sleet]

This is much easier than you expect. First, right click the hoi4 app in the steam library and select management/control(I don’t know correct translation) and chose view local file. Then, you will open history file in that local file and open states file. Then you will copy and paste the file inside this folder.
You can just select all of the files inside it and press copy at top right of your window and paste it to your mod file and delete original file

Sorry for my poor level of English

If you need it, maybe I will send a picture which tells you how to solve this problem on tomorrow, but, please don't expect too much.

[split orbit]

i did more troubleshooting. it was an issue with gimp saving colors in 0-100 rather than 0-255 so a bunch of duplicate provinces existed. i fixed it and i can load into singleplayer and use the nudge tool

ig if anyone is using gimp check the color format you're using cause a total psychopath designed gimp

[elfin oasis]

does it work?

EAI_general = {
    allowed = {  }
    enable = {
        root = {
            num_of_military_factories > 50
        }
    }
    ai_strategy = { type = equipment_production_factor id = armor value = 100 }
}

[ripe perch]

this should work, so that AI build more tanks, but you also need to tell the AI to train tank divisions

[elfin oasis]

no, it doesn't work

[elfin oasis]

it just ignores me

how could i debug it?

[lone hearth]

Not the case

[lone hearth]

You forgot allowed bracket and put there always = no

[dapper jolt]

same issue as prior with my units spawning, oob is set in history file, based off the afghani unit thingy, all naming stuff is set but i get a weird error dump

[12:02:45][1936.01.01.12][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: division_templates, near line: 1" in file: "history/units/PNK_1936.txt" near line: 15
[12:02:45][1936.01.01.12][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Malformed token: Infanterie-Division, near line: 21" in file: "history/units/PNK_1936.txt" near line: 21
[12:02:45][1936.01.01.12][country.cpp:1254]: Invalid division at line 18 in history/units/PNK_1936.txt
[12:02:45][1936.01.01.12][unit.cpp:3584]: Infanterie-Division ( PNK ) unit in 6282 has no division template set.
[12:02:45][1936.01.01.12][country.cpp:1273]: No division template set.
[12:02:45][1936.01.01.12][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Malformed token: Infanterie-Division, near line: 31" in file: "history/units/PNK_1936.txt" near line: 31

and this error continues on for every division i have specified

don't see any issue in this file so idk

[solemn portal]

What mods are there that can let me tell the AI to get the hell out of my airports since they like to hog them with planes they aren't even using?

[woven fossil]

Its great, I love Posada's tree so much

ALso it is 'The Communists Have The Music' not "Communists Have Great Music"

[wise cradle]

My bad

[pale sparrow]

None I think

[wise cradle]

can some help me is says i have a unexpected token in my file. this is the crash log "[19:20:03][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: spriteType, near line: 1" in file: "interface/_GRN_leader_portraits.gfx" near line: 6
" spriteType = {
spriteType = {
name= "GFX_portrait_Eske_Brun"
textureFile = "gfx/leaders/GRN/portrait_GRN_Eske_Brun.dds"
}
}

[dapper jolt]

nvm i'm a dumbass idk why i wrote "division_templates", was causing it to error out lmfao

[ripe perch]

the first "spriteType " need to be "spriteTypes" you missed a "s" at the end

[rancid grove]

hey, there was a website dedicated to modding

i forgot its name, but it created a file for you and allowed you to edit variables

while it generally did the syntax

[true violet]

i think you talk about hoi4modding.com but idk if its still up to date (also i dont find it thaat good tbh)

[wise cradle]

i figure out basically I didn't have the name in the localisation file

[astral kettle]

what is the issue?

i cant open this because of that

[umbral karma]

unclosed search filter

close your brackets dude

[undone slate]

I’m making my first mod and Im just now realizing how tedious it is

[astral kettle]

lol XD

[umbral karma]

Oh it is "fun" 😭

[elfin oasis]

how can i make ai prioritize producing medium tanks of flame over infantry?

[ancient vapor]

I guess it works? How do i give it a color?

[stone bay]

https://tenor.com/view/tno-taboritsky-funny-clock-man-gif-15681697872229711599

[obsidian dust]

isnt this guy a war criminal

[stone bay]

Rl no in game yeah

[stone bay]

Nvm. He's a criminal but not a war criminal

[dapper jolt]

you must change the owner of 500 states.. ooh...

https://tenor.com/view/mr-peabody-hypnotize-gif-18017563854157472082

[elfin oasis]

😄 guy plays hoi is war criminal D:

[mint sage]

Can we talk in DM they said I can give you their name

[shell locust]

nothing

[pale sparrow]

that always = no shouldnt be there

[shell locust]

I was told to do that xD

[pale sparrow]

lemme just confirm that I dont misremember

[shell locust]

otherwise then it this

[pale sparrow]

Maybe they meant this

[lone hearth]

Yes I meant that Marijn

[shell locust]

Nothing RIP

[lone hearth]

Hover over the red underline and tell what the tooltip says.

[shell locust]

This error

country is unexpected in ideasCW263(CW263)

So yeah no clue about this :l

[pale sparrow]

I think its a false positive

Maybe its in the wrong folder?

[ripe perch]

mabye close and reopen visual studio, the false error should disappear

[elfin oasis]

how can i script a cost reduction for a certain equipment category?

[pale sparrow]

You need to give an idea IIRC

[swift field]

hello

[elfin oasis]

such as reduce cost of tanks

[pale sparrow]

Mhm

I think ideas have the most options to modify equipment, while techs have the most to modify units

[elfin oasis]

i remember sweden has the event of similar effects

invest someting

equipment_bonus?

[swift field]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_organization#Army
im gonna add These REAL LIFE units and templates to my HOI4 MULTI MOD

[elfin oasis]

if i halve the cost of a tank, does that mean i can produce twice as many tanks in the same amount of time?

[ripe perch]

yes

[elfin oasis]

why it doesn't work

i am modding this

[ripe perch]

Non-modifier idea attributes such as equipment_bonus or research_bonus are impossible to use inside of dynamic modifiers.

[elfin oasis]

but there's no modifier to reduce specfic equipment category.

[elfin oasis]

how can i bypass it?

[ripe perch]

you could use industrial_capacity_factory = 0.3 which gives 30% more factory output

[elfin oasis]

but i only want ai to produce more tanks rather than a bunch of infantries.

[elfin oasis]

is there a way to know if the "any_country" is controlled by ai?

[ripe perch]

create a hidden idea with your modifiers, than write a on_startup script and assign the hidden idea to all country you want

[ripe perch]

is_ai = yes

[autumn coyote]

I was adding more states to africa, then this random state spawned in when booting up the game. how do I fix this?

[ripe perch]

any_country will not work (its used within triggers, but you are within an effect), you need to use every_country instead

[fair pike]

The province isnt assigned to a state, Put the province id in a state File to the state where you want the province ro go

[autumn coyote]

well i mean, the I didnt add that state, it just spawned in when launchin the game

error log says: ''invalid x crossing''

[elfin oasis]

is it good?

[autumn coyote]

forget that I fixed it

Bruh i got rid of that stupid province, now the units dont correctly line up with the states, how to fix?

[slender dew]

Looks like you didn't use the fill tool correctly so the RGB values in that spot don't match the rest of the province

as for the units, you'll have to regen the unit markers in nudge

and buildings etc.

[wise cradle]

date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "Unexpected token: focus, near line: 14" in file: "common/national_focus/greenland.txt" near line: 40 what does this mean

[slender dew]

means your syntax is wrong. Could be brackets on the preceding lines

[dapper jolt]

hi i'm trying to make a national focus tree and after i added "liberty_path" it started crashing after opening the tree, anyone sure on whats causing it? if you have a response please reply or ping me, ty in advance

[autumn coyote]

how do I od that

[slender dew]

bruh look up a guide on nudge tool, it's not changed in years. You open the tool, generate the markers, save, then find the file and overwrite

[wise cradle]

Thx

[dapper jolt]

also if its brung up the idea used on the liberty_path is a copy of the german free_elections one that increases democracy support

[slender dew]

I don't think you can use set_politics to only allow/disallow elections, that effect is for ideology changes. If you open the crash/error log it will probably cite that line.

[dapper jolt]

nope

i've checked the error log

nothing related to that

[slender dew]

change the line, then try it

just comment it out or smt

Nothing else in that code could cause a crash

[dapper jolt]

yeah that was the issue, gonna have to find a way to toggle the free elections somewhere else

ty

[wise cradle]

[19:01:02][no_game_date][dlc.cpp:222]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2404689961.mod line: 8
[19:01:03][no_game_date][pdx_localize.cpp:1134]: Expected quotation mark (") at line 6 and column 13 in localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml
this happens when i boot up the main game

no mods

also this happens now

[slender dew]

yeah because your state names file is busted from a mod

[ancient vapor]

Yo

How do I fix this?

Its supposed to be blue

[dapper jolt]

did you set it to a proper RGB colour value in colors.txt and its nation file in common

[wise cradle]

this aint a mod it the base game

[slender dew]

right, but the error you posted indicates that a modded file is messing with it

Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2404689961.mod line: 8

[wise cradle]

uninstall all my mod then ?

[slender dew]

no, just make sure you aren't trying to load that mod in particular

or just delete and validate that particular localisation file

might work

[ancient vapor]

up to where I know, I dont have a colors.txt, but the RGB color is on the nation file

[dapper jolt]

you need a colors.txt

you need to add your nation tag in it with the same rgb values

[ancient vapor]

Just that or more?

[dapper jolt]

here's my one for example

you just add the rgb value for both UI and the default colour thing

[wise cradle]

i need help with the state_name

[dapper jolt]

but its needed

[ancient vapor]

Ok, thanks. Ill do it when I get to the computer

[dapper jolt]

you can just clone it from

common/countries

[ancient vapor]

For what is color_ui?

[slender dew]

If there is truly no mod involved, just find and delete that localisation file, then validate it through steam

not hard

[dapper jolt]

deadass not sure, you need it in the thing though

i think its for some gfx thing?

i never see why its needed in game though

so idk

oh wait

its for div colours

thats why

[slender dew]

it's only used for division icon colours if you use that setting

[ancient vapor]

Ooh ok

Thanks guys

[wise cradle]

how are you people making custom maps ?

[ancient vapor]

Tutorials

Lots of them

[lofty plaza]

Jeez you're not modding with notepad are you

[dapper jolt]

was too lazy to open it in notepad++

i do most modding in notepad++ and if i need to quickly edit smth i use regular

[ancient vapor]

Where do I put the file?

[shell locust]

hey I think the nudge tool broke my version of hoi4 what should I do?
cause I tried reinstalling it but the files still remained on my computer fsr

[ancient vapor]

The thing worked.
How do I use the Nudge building thing?

[shell locust]

hey how good are you at modding (really dumb question)

[ancient vapor]

Generally bad, started this Monday

[shell locust]

Im curious did you get national spirits working?

[ancient vapor]

Haven't made them, still fixing the map
The Hoi4 channel in YouTube has tutorials for that tho, check that out

[ancient vapor]

How do I fix this?

[shell locust]

I have been stuck on the mod country problem the whole week can anyone here help?
could anyone here hop in help lounge to take a look at what i have?

[ancient vapor]

What do you need exactly?

[shell locust]

If you want to loook for a sec with no mic if you want hop in help lounge 1

[ancient vapor]

I can't rn

[zealous kernel]

How exactly do submods work? Do you have to modify a mod's code, or is there some way to override a mod's code?

[ancient vapor]

No idea

[ripe perch]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding#Descriptor_contents look for "dependencies" to understand how sub-mods work

[zealous kernel]

Thanks so much dude

[clear moat]

is this how the icons should be highlighted?

[woven fossil]

I know you

[clear moat]

My Directx is broken.

[light eagle]

verify game files from steam

[obsidian dust]

update it then

your search engine of choice could be of use

[delicate tangle]

That happened to me. I don't have a mod active. If you find a solution could you please tell me?

[brisk flume]

What is the flag ratio for flags in hoi4?

[pale sparrow]

~ 1:0.634 L:H or ~ 1:1.577 H:L

[ancient vapor]

Do I fix this in the provinces.bmp or in definitions?

Seriously help I can't continue without fixing this

[autumn coyote]

can you load into the game?

[ancient vapor]

Wdym? I can only access the nudge

[marble quail]

Where can I find the exact conditions for an achievement? Like, when the achievement says "Controls all states of the German Empire", where is the code that says which states they are exactly?

[warped wing]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/16x24fj/where_do_i_find_achievements/#:~:text=In the game files you,in the trophy icon menu.

Bottom comment

[marble quail]

Yes, thank you!!

[torn lodge]

can someone make a music mod with the forsaken sound track

i would greatly appreciate it

[warped wing]

Why don’t you make it?

[ancient vapor]

Yo

What do you guys think about my quotes for my mod?

1. "Smeared in oil like a David boy,
    Smeared in soil like a soldier boy."
    — Ancient texts found in Redinford

"That's the secret to the land's fertility: blood."
 — Bulish general in Yellfith

"Admire how the serfs work the ground!"
 — Yellish General in a secret letter to Purish

"Tell my son I'm proud of him."
 — Last words of the King of Redinford

5. "Every war is fought thinking it will be the last."
    — Nerolian Proverb

6. "A war for an island?"
    — Purl upon hearing of the Purshish invasion of Yellfith

7. "I do not have any wish to create a separate state from Bulen."
    — Verthy Konigsrach, 4 years before the Mandate of Separation

8. "If we are forgotten, let the peace we've created be remembered."
    — Walter Wildfire

9. "Peace is not signed; it is carved from the silence of war."
    — Bulenian court scholar

10. "The Yerrikan don't bury their dead. They return them to the sand."
     — Journal of a Bulish medic

11. "They burned our cities. So we learned to live underground."
     — Yellish resistance member, 2016

12. "The sea does not care who claims it—it drowns all flags."
     — Veronian admiral before the Battle of the Relantic

13. "Our allies are 5 days late and 5 years early."
     — Anonymous Redinford officer, Siege of Lartica

14. "Eeria was meant to remain asleep."
     — Temple Inscription, unknown date

15. "Let Verthy speak—so we know where not to stand."
     — Bulenian parliamentarian, 2006

16. "No one leaves Purish. You either win or become part of the soil."
     — Defector report, SPC archives

17. "We offered them peace. They gave us prophecy."
     — Yellish officer after the fall of Sidan Kalemir

18. "He wore the suit like it was his skin. But it was never his."
     — Scientist Yell, classified Bulish notes

19. "Do you like how it's a little bit of magic to end the world?"
     — Haren Lepan, Bulish general upon hearing of the bombings in Hotalia

20. "This is a land where even ghosts march in formation."
     — Veteran’s inscription, Yerrikan wall

[marble quail]

Wouldn't has_government = communism/democratic already ensure NOT = {has_government = fascism}?

[warped wing]

I think it is odd that nonaligned isn’t checked for but is checks for everything else

[pale sparrow]

Yup

[naive steppe]

Silly question, but is there a medieval HOI4 mod?

I know of the LOTR mod

and the 1700 mod

but like, what about like core middle ages

[surreal haven]

dikk society : old europe

or just old europe

dikk works for me

its 1300

but its not accurate

@naive steppe

[naive steppe]

hasn't been updated since 2021

I did find another

[surreal haven]

which is it

[twin crag]

Crazy name

[surreal haven]

i was searching today

[naive steppe]

the end of the middle ages

runs on 1.16.0

[surreal haven]

ty

[naive steppe]

imo if you learn the LOTR mod it is really awesome for medieval gameplay, I just don't feel like learning it LOL

tons of unique features

[surreal haven]

i didnt try play it yet

i saw ts guy on tiktok playing it live

[naive steppe]

The mod is shit nvm. Doesn't add any actual medieval content just sets the map and focus trees

I don't want to buy CK3 🙏

[surreal haven]

im waiting for eu5

[eternal leaf]

Anyone know a mod that adds more foreign influence decisions like more options to increase your ideologies in non-puppet countries?

[surreal haven]

maybe play rise of nations at 1700

[naive steppe]

naw RON kinda sucks, and there is already a solid 1700 mod.

[surreal haven]

imago play the new poland mod

[torn lodge]

i have no modding skills

[surreal haven]

it takes 30 minutes max

[twin crag]

Normal error people do btw is thinking modding is coding, no it is not, it is just changing files

maybe a little bit but still not as hard as real code languages

[thick thunder]

Hey! Which WW1 mod do most people reccomend, the Great War or Great War Redux?

[warped wing]

Any songs i. Particular, or just the entire soundtrack forsaken soundtrack

[distant island]

great war redux

[surreal haven]

hey, can someone teach me how to make dynamic ideas?

[distant island]

so im making a mod of smth that just popped up on my mind.its like the zombie mod but its what if brainrot existed in 1936 but it actually rot people's brains and humans slowly into zombies.Here's the progress

[twin crag]

Brainrot? Like sigma and mango phonk?

Those who know:

[distant island]

bruh

well ill feature some

[twin crag]

https://tenor.com/view/those-who-know-trollge-those-who-know-gif-16176966405947683739

[distant island]

like in unit voice lines

[twin crag]

Is really ur mod that?

Hahah crazy

I support that

[distant island]

well im thinking of making brainrottism like a cult but idk

and you have to conquer the world

and ill probably add smth like a reichkommsariatt system but with a different name

idk smth like rotkommsarriat or smth

the idea sparked yesterday and i was gonna make it for another game at first

[woven fossil]

Its insane how the two GFX artists I met here sent me work from DIFFERENT GAMES while the other one sent me pictures of the default Soviet tree as their work

Like come on

[twin crag]

🔥

[woven fossil]

YEah, it pisses me off

[twin crag]

Gang

Did u pay them?

[woven fossil]

No

We were just talking about business

but yeah, im not doing business with them

[twin crag]

Nah man

The good Gfx artists do it for money

🥀

[woven fossil]

What?

[shell locust]

hey jc can you modify a national spirit without swapping them

[ripe perch]

yes, for example German MEFO Bills

[marble quail]

Is it within the realm of practicality to create a mod that overhauls the puppet system?

[surreal haven]

its normal

i think

[obsidian dust]

everything is possible with enough brain damage

[marble quail]

[pale sparrow]

Depends how extensive you mean

[obtuse condor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3485686442&searchtext= rate my work

[sturdy zephyr]

@obtuse condor so cool

[steady viper]

Looked at the pictures. It's peak my man🙏

[light eagle]

Guys Can Some One Teach Me TFb

[rapid tinsel]

how do i update my mod on steam workshop and not publish a new one (if uploading through hoi4 launcher)

[ivory scaffold]

should be in vanilla ngl

looks very ncie

[ivory scaffold]

you upload it again

it needs the same name

like the original

thats how you update it

[obtuse condor]

thanks everyone

🤌

[twin crag]

How do you do that 👀

[ancient vapor]

Good job man

[rapid tinsel]

it shows that i dont have permission to update my mod

[ripe perch]

check the remote_file_id in the descriptor.mod file

[rare grove]

LOADING_TIP_9: "I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; i offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death./n-Giuseppe Garibaldi"

why doesnt this quote work?

cant you use those symbols?

[hexed bridge]

what hit mod do i play

[ancient vapor]

Can someone help me with this?

[acoustic mountain]

where are the descriptions for the land doctrines

[distant island]

so i made generic generals for my country and the portraits do not work.

they appear like this

[ripe perch]

maybe direct file links will not work, try spriteType (Wiki mentions: "It is necessary to specify the files in /Hearts of Iron IV/interface/_random_portraits.gfx, otherwise the game will not display the images.")

[distant island]

i did it in the place all the portraits are

idk if i need to do a different one

[ripe perch]

but in your portrait file are direct links not spriteTypes

[distant island]

i did sprite types too and it didnt work either

nothing says in the error log too

also in the portraits file i did the link because in another generic portraits mod it had that and it worked

[ripe perch]

check folder and file names, it is case sensitive

[distant island]

when you say files you mean the dds ones?

well folders are fine

and these are the files for the generic

i put them in my country's gfx/leaders folder

[ripe perch]

is your portraits file in the right folder

[distant island]

yes

[autumn coyote]

somebody please help me with a modifier/idea that changes when someone takes a state?

[ripe perch]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/On_actions#States

[high hatch]

Question: In the console, we can do "reload focus" to made all the focus restart from the beginning. It is possible to do that like a effect (in modding)? I know they have load_focus_tree, but we need to precise witch focus tree.

[frail sapphire]

Does anyone know how I move the advisor slot in there? The CWIC Mod has seperated it but I don’t know how and how I add it where I want it to be

[obtuse condor]

experience

[marble quail]

Does is_core_of = HUN in the achievements code mean only the starting cores of Hungary or does it change dynamically as Hungary cores new territory?

[patent linden]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/On_actions
The "on_state_control_changed" gives you the scope for when to change the modifier/idea, see Picture 1

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect
The "swap_ideas" gives you the ability to dynamically change the values of your idea althought its fairly limited, see pictures 2 and 3

Alternatively you can use variables: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Data_structures#Variables
I dont know what you are trying to do specifically, but if you're doing something like a civil war system, then with every state that is captured by the rebels, a certain variable gets a value added to it (or subtracted, or multiplied by, bla bla bla)

[patent linden]

what do you mean exactly?

[marble quail]

So Australia-Hungary achievement has the code:

australia_hungary = {
    id = 70
    
    possible = {
        tag = AST
        is_ironman = yes
        difficulty > 1
        has_start_date < 1936.01.02
        has_any_custom_difficulty_setting = no
        game_rules_allow_achievements = yes
    }
    
    happened = {
        custom_trigger_tooltip = {
            tooltip = australia_hungary_tt
            all_state = {
                OR = {
                    is_owned_by = ROOT
                    NOT = { is_core_of = HUN }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

So let's say Hungary core Southern Slovakia in the midgame. Does that mean for the achievement to fire, I also have to own Southern Slovakia for the achievement to fire, or only the starting core states of Hungary?

Basically is is_core_of dynamic? Is it checked periodically or does it just define the starting cores of a country?

[patent linden]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers

This is what I can find on the wiki for it, not really that helpful. I would presume in your case it depends on the scope that this is set in, so which states are part of the "all_state" scope

I would presume the "all_state" contains all states that hungary has at game start

[marble quail]

So does that mean in the pure, unmodded base game, it just includes the starting cores of Hungary?

[patent linden]

i would assume so, yes

you would need to find where the "all_state" is defined to know for sure, though i neither know where that is nor how to find it effectively

[marble quail]

Ah okay, thank you! 🤝

[patent linden]

you're welcome

[frail sapphire]

Can you help me

[swift field]

i wanna add REAL LIFE units and templates to my hoi4 multi mod

[autumn coyote]

This already explains a lot thanks!. I was going for a modifier when japan takes states, the allies get a debuff against germany. I have a question tho, how do you implement the swap idea into the code, because I dont see any trigger or compeltion award thing to type spaw_ideas under

[patent linden]

I'm afraid no, I'm sorry, I don't have any experience with UI modding

[patent linden]

  {
      on_state_control_changed =
      {
          effect =
                {
                    #add if statements here and the swap 
                    #idea in the appropriate if statement
                }
      }
  }```

inside a file that is in the common>on_actions folder

[patent linden]

Real life as in historically accurate?

[swift field]

yes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_organization#Army

basically these

[autumn coyote]

what do you mean with statements?

[patent linden]

Templates are a bit iffy because the Hoi4 division structure is a heavily simplified version of real military structures, what you can of course do is try to emulate them as much as anyhow possible:

"Hoi4 Folder>common>units>names_divisions" contains the namelists used in divisions when generating them, edit the names as you see fit there

"Hoi4 Folder>history>units" contains the oob files which contain the division templates, the names those templates use, what unit with what template spawns where, and the production of a country at the point in thime that the file is loaded (game start most commonly of course)

[swift field]

alr

[patent linden]

What you are trying to do requires mostly research into historical documents though, as finding out where specific units where stationed at on January First 1936 is very time consuming

[swift field]

alr

i wanna add em for RP purposes in SP

[patent linden]

if statements in a sense that you would probably need to filter out for what countries this is supposed to fire and for what states etc.

[patent linden]

well, depending on how accurate you want this, you would have to search for military documents in various archives

[swift field]

alr

ill just use the wiki page to see em

[patent linden]

        division_name = {
                is_name_ordered = yes
                name_order = 3
        }
        location = 9598  # Trient
        division_template = "K.u.K Alpenjäger-Division"
        start_experience_factor = 0.5
        start_equipment_factor = 1.0
    }```

This is a sample code for something i am working on, if i remember correctly, in the "division_name" scope you can also write 
```division_name = { "Division name here" }```
To avoid having to use namelists

just a little heads up

[swift field]

alr

[autumn coyote]

Something like this?

[patent linden]

I think i have the country and state check reversed but i used something similar before so yeah, should work

[winged owl]

help?

[ripe perch]

try a longer event name, I think 3 digit names are reserved for country tags

[winged owl]

it worked just fine

until now

[pine nymph]

How tf do yall know gui modding

Also one question how do I only set one scenario and not 2?

[frail sapphire]

look at road to 56. they did this in the bookmark

[frail sapphire]

I don´t know gui modding well. thats why i asked

[pine nymph]

Yeah Ik the bookmarks, but I deleted the 1939 scenario and the game is buggy

[dull crystal]

how do i fix the font?

[balmy crown]

Anyone have the color code for fascism?

(as in on the politics wheel)

[frail sapphire]

yes one moment

RGB 150 75 0

[lofty plaza]

What did you do?

[random minnow]

why is it a mix of Hylian, Chinese and Enchanting table?

[dull crystal]

I tried to set the Montserrat font using BMFont for my HOI4 mod and it glitched out

[twin crag]

🥀

[distant island]

so i made a custom autonomy level but freedom points are 0/0.how do i change it?

nevermind i fixed it

[dull crystal]

Also this is what I tried to do

[distant island]

mod is what if brainrot existed in 1936 and rot people's brains and turned them into zombies

so thats why i put brainrot unit voices lol

[balmy crown]

What's the modifier add popularity to an ideology weekly?

[distant island]

you mean daily?

i dont think there's weekly

[balmy crown]

daily weekly monthly whatever it is

yeah

[distant island]

ignore anarchism

its for a mod im making

[balmy crown]

drift? alr thanks

[distant island]

np

[twin crag]

🔥

[distant island]

the best national spirit

also this

[dull crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/limbani-monkey-monkey-typing-gif-19301197

[marsh pumice]

are there any better capitulation mods

i want more realistic soviet capitulation than germany taking north sahkalin

[dull crystal]

thousand week reich? idk

[upper schooner]

Did tfr ever get a new discord

[hexed bridge]

what hit mod do i play

[marble quail]

Where are the country flags (like POL_vojtek_commander) found?

[crystal sand]

Some content is located in dlc files

[pale sparrow]

Not those

Country flags arent saved anywhere, they can be set anywhere

[obsidian dust]

anarchism?

[distant island]

yeah its for a mod im making

i made that ideology

[obsidian dust]

what... mod

what it do

[distant island]

its what if brainrot existed in 1936 and actually rot people's brains and then turned them into zombies

[obsidian dust]

uh huh...

[distant island]

you play as new york which the virus is spread and then zombies overthrow your government

i havent done much

[autumn coyote]

how to a make an event give a few other countries extra off map factories?

do i have to specify it with thier tag?

[autumn coyote]

will this work?

[rare grove]

need to include or={}

for when theres different requirments

[autumn coyote]

like this?

and does the add factories option work?

[rare grove]

do or={} around the different things that can be different

[autumn coyote]

were in the code?

because its under trigger

[rare grove]

ITA = { controls_state = 907 }
ITA = { controls_state = 447 }
or = {
GER = { controls_state = 907 }
GER = { controls_state = 447 }
}
or = {
BUL = { controls_state = 907 }
BUL = { controls_state = 447 }
}
or = {
ROM = { controls_state = 907 }
ROM = { controls_state = 447 }

at the ends

do and={} around 2 things if you want both of them to be a requirment

[autumn coyote]

thats litteraly in there

[rare grove]

the code requires all countries to controll those states

thats impossible the event wont fire

you need to do or={} around the 4 different state controllers for the 2 different states to make it trigger

[autumn coyote]

have you looked in the code i sent?
or = {
GER= {controls_state = 907}
GER = {controls_state = 447}
or = {

this is litteraly whats in the code now

[dull crystal]

I asked this yesterday now and yet I haven’t gotten a solution

[frigid badger]

your files might be corrupted don’t take my word on this I’m just guessing

[dull crystal]

The text is only glitched everything else is fine for all I know

Anyways here’s a flag for the “Yugoslav People’s Republic” established in 1993 by the Warsaw Pact in this scenario

[humble bolt]

who knows good fps boosting mods?

and wich version to play then

[marsh pumice]

No during barbarossa

[dull crystal]

oh

[rare grove]

how to make so countries have less encircling speed?

is it entrenchment speed?

encirclements are generally too fast imo

too easy

[surreal dune]

Literally just the flag of FR Yugoslavia in 1999

But edited a bit

[dull crystal]

Ik it’s just a beta version of the flag might be changed in the near future

[surreal dune]

Alr

[frigid badger]

Ok will idk I am not to good with all that but did you add that flag in already because if you did and then you take it out does it fix it?

[ripe perch]

need help with some graphics for the inner circle. I added 3 people to the inner circle and need graphics in the same style as the other people

[celest heath]

what mod has the most in depth economic system

i remember playing one with a really fun econ system, i think it was a modern day one or TFR

[distant island]

rate the colors i added

[dull crystal]

No I haven’t even added it in yet and I dont think that’s the issue, the real issue is only the glitched text, I probably messed up the settings for it in BMFont

[sour cliff]

does anyone know how I can change the size of buttonTypes?

guiTypes = {
    
     containerWindowType = {
         name = "contazia_screen_gui"
         orientation = center
         position = {x=0 y=0}
         size = { width=500 height=435 }
        clipping = yes
        
         buttonType  = {
            name = "region_budapest" 
             position = {x=214 y=125}
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_Budapest_Region"
         }

         buttonType  = {
             name = "region_transylvania" 
             position = {x=285 y=120}
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_Transylvania_Region"
         }
        
        buttonType  = {
             name = "region_bucuresti" 
             position = {x=350 y=115}
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_Bucuresti_Region"
         }
        
        buttonType  = {
             name = "region_zagreb" 
             position = {x=235 y=200}
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_Zagreb_Region"
         }
        
        buttonType  = {
             name = "region_konstanin" 
             position = {x=280 y=200}
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_Konstanin_Region"
         }
        
        buttonType  = {
             name = "region_sofia" 
             position = {x=350 y=200}
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_Sofia_Region"
         }

        buttonType = {
            name = "cnt_cancel_button" 
             position = {x=12 y=390}
            maxWidth = 100
             maxHeight = 50
             quadTextureSprite = "GFX_sat_target_button"
         }

        instantTextboxType = {
            name = "cnt_cancel_text"
            position = {x=35 y=400}
             font = "hoi_18"
             text = "cnt_cancel"
             maxWidth = 224
             maxHeight = 30
             format = left
         }

         instantTextboxType = {
            name = "cnt_state_selected"
            position = { x = 215 y = 55 }
             font = "hoi_16mbs"
             text = "[Getcontazia_state]"
             maxWidth = 224
             maxHeight = 30
             format = left
         }
     }
}```

I need to change the size of each button type but when I try size = { x y } the game just crashes

[dull crystal]

Planned 2015 map of the Yugoslav nations in Extended Cold War

[woven fossil]

I am once again here to offer a position for a GFX artist in The Blue Terror Development Team. Blue Terror is a submod for the My Little Pony inspired Hearts of Iron 4 mod; Equestria at War.

It gives General Secretary Posada, a nuclear obsessed Communist leader in Hippogriffia now dubbed Revolutionary North Zebrica a new path where power slowly (Not really) corrupt her mind and judgement and drive her crazy.

Of course, the artist must be able to copy the style of Posada's default focus tree (Image 4)

IF you think that this mod sounds interesting, dm me. I am willing to pay. (Of course volunteers are preferred, I am not made out of money and I DONT need another expense)

Image 1 to 3 are focuses from Blue Terror while image 4 is of Posada's default focus tree.

[woven fossil]

Hello, what is this???? I love the flag!!!

[sour cliff]

Thank you! It’s an alternative history country called Contazia

[sour cliff]

Nvm fixed the issue

[woven fossil]

I just saw your tag

☠️

Anyways, excited for your mod

[sour cliff]

😐

[sour cliff]

Thanks! I'll keep things updated here

[woven fossil]

Im not anti-Semitic

[woven fossil]

I wont cuz I have my own server

Though, I will keep asking for GFX artists here cuz I reallyneed one for my submod

[marsh pumice]

@harsh badge https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3256983022&searchtext=Collapse

This yours?

p l e a s e u p d a t e l o l

nvm rk+ does this….apparently?

[rare grove]

Very good

the governor of serbia

[silent trail]

Hi guys, can somebody help me? I am trying to localize Raids Feature into czech language, but because I don't have last 2 DLCs (because reasons 😄 ), I am actually struggling to realize, what is the context of this strings in game. Especially I have no idea why there are "lower case" - is it just fragment of sentence? All what I need is just one screenshot where is it used in game (if it's tooltip or so), it will help a lot. Btw. HoI Wiki about Raids is really non-existent. 😉

[rare grove]

[22:56:15][no_game_date][nationalfocusstyle.cpp:73]: No styles scripted, will create one in code and use that as default.

what does this error mean?

how do i fix it?

[warped wing]

Have you checked the dev diary for raids or the forums

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/developer-diary-raids.1711485/

Let me know if that helps

[silent trail]

I did... sadly that's only official source and it doesn't show the "modifier tooltip", which I am looking for - proper translation need proper context. 😉

For example according those files there are 4-5 types of raids, not only air raids. Outside of that (and game ofc) is almost never mentioned...

[solid steppe]

anyone knows what ratio in front_control means? id be grateful

@summer lotus yk a lot bout ai modding if you would answer this it be greatly appreciated

[warped wing]

There are paratrooper raids, air raids, and nuclear raids. There are several kinds of air raids including research facility strikes, oil field strikes, and dam strikes. You can also get special air raids on landmarks but only from focuses

[warped wing]

Most of these are seen in this image from the dev diary. It says WIP but this is how it looks currently

[woven fossil]

I love the map!! Holy shit

[silent trail]

Perfection! Thank you sir, I have no idea how could I missed that. Now I see that it's really combined from 3 parts: VALUE, from, success_modifier...

[rare grove]

Thanks imo

[twin crag]

Aye how do I make my own graphics

For my gane

I don't wanna use an used one

[summer lotus]

It means how much % of the frontline must satisfy the condition for the ai strategy to be activated

[solid steppe]

danke ya!

[balmy crown]

Is there an easy way to generate state files

[pale sparrow]

The template is pretty simple so I wouldnt expect one to exist

[somber orbit]

looking around for an answer to a question I've been trying to figure out.
Once in a while, you'll run across an event, be it vanilla or mod, that will autocomplete an opposing mutual focus even after you've done the other, effectively giving you the benefits of both.

I'm currently testing something with a focus tree I've been working on, and I'm curious to know if there's a command or way to manually replecate this effect. I know theres 'ignoreprerequisites' which lets you pick anything at any time, but still nullifies mutuals. Since the game can occasionally fire a mutual focus despite being nullified, I'm wondering if there's a command or tool to do this manually in game.

Please and thanks.

[spring pivot]

Why are those events appearing as invalid event id in game?

[ripe perch]

did you create the namespace for your events?

[spring pivot]

Yup

all other events fire alright

those 3 dont

[woven fossil]

I will never find a GFX artist

😦

[twin crag]

Try looking on reddit

Or the modding hoi4 server

I think there is one for artists too

Also anyone who can tell me to do my own graphic design for my mod?

[woven fossil]

Cant, I am banned there

[woven fossil]

Cant.....I am also banned there

[twin crag]

Hahah why

[woven fossil]

😅

[twin crag]

What could u possibly done

[woven fossil]

I told a Nazi to commit die

[twin crag]

Fair enough

[woven fossil]

YEa

I was too based for Reddit

[twin crag]

Nationalist redditors

[woven fossil]

Me and my homes all hate nationalists

[twin crag]

I mean who doesn't

[woven fossil]

Nationalists and their bootlickers

[twin crag]

I mean I can help u sesrch in reddit

If u want

I will js attach ur discord on the post

[woven fossil]

Also we should stop talking about politics before we get murderized

[woven fossil]

If you think this help then sure! Dm me

[pallid edge]

am I being dumb, i'm pretty sure this is how you start a war with events or focuses, but it won't start the war. I am sure that the event triggers.

[high hatch]

Little question. It is possible to store the ideology (not the ideology group) of the current country leader in a variable ?

[undone snow]

Chat

Idk about which country to mod on

Any recommomandations?

[celest heath]

what mod is this

[rare grove]

Napoleonic Wars 1789-1836 Redux

[pastel iron]

does anyone know how to fix this? (sorry if the code looks janky or just bad, i just started learning how to mod) this was working just fine yesterday, now its just a blank event.

[ripe perch]

the second line of code "ger = country_event" cannot work, remove "ger ="

[last crypt]

thinking of making a mod for the Battle of Super Earth from helldivers, anyone down to help if it comes to fruition?

do be warned i'll be away for a week so it'll have to start mostly after that

[twin crag]

How do I make my own graphics for my mod gangy

👀

[mint oar]

i need help with this, i basicly guessed how i would logicly do this and it didnt work lol

[pastel iron]

ty bro

[pastel iron]

bro i have no idea

i havent done focuses yet

[woven fossil]

Then why you replied to them?

[pastel iron]

didnt wanna leave bro hanging

[woven fossil]

SO, you decided to waste their time

Good job

[pulsar iris]

Anyone got a good modern day mod they would recommend?

[woven fossil]

The Fires Rises or Millennium Dawn

[pastel iron]

the fire rises if u dont wanna waste time learning eco

[woven fossil]

Can a event be triggered if country A borders country B?

So, there is a tag I want to create called Eastern Zebrican Authority [or maybe Posadic Technate of Zebrica] I have not thought that far yet. But I want one of the country that will border either EZA or PTZ to have a 50 percent chance to get a event. IS that possible?

[pastel iron]

im pretty sure u can make a border dispute which leads into an event

[woven fossil]

Not a border dispute

A event about people escaping EZA into the bordering country

[wispy wolf]

Whats the ww1 mod called by chance

[pastel iron]

i think you can make an event which leads into root country losing manpower and another event which gives manpower to the countries they escaped to. You can make multiple events that can happen randomly

[woven fossil]

The Great War

that or The Great War Redux

[pastel iron]

or kaiserreich

[wispy wolf]

Ah much obliged

[pastel iron]

if ur talking about other ww1 scenarios

[woven fossil]

Kaiserreich is not ww1

[pastel iron]

yes but germany won ww1

[woven fossil]

its Alt-History Post WW1

[pastel iron]

ah my bad

[woven fossil]

Its okay

[woven fossil]

I played it, its pretty fun. I think you could also form the USSR!

[pastel iron]

its not fun to play as austria hungary...

[woven fossil]

Let me guess, you need to be hungry to play Austria Hungary?

[pastel iron]

austria.

but

your army gets huge debuffs

and also your eco is shit

[woven fossil]

You did not get the joke

☠️

[pastel iron]

ohhh

now i get it

[woven fossil]

Lol

[pastel iron]

bru how did i not notice 😭

also can u help me with somethin? i think my localisation file is having a seizure, cuz it literally does not work

[woven fossil]

Dont ask me, I am not the coder of my submod

[pastel iron]

well fu

[woven fossil]

Bruh

@fossil cradle He can help you, hes the coder for my submod

[pastel iron]

alr

[woven fossil]

Im just the lead and writer. coding is hard. I tried. I actually got one of my party's leader to work properly and I tried to do the same with the other ones.....it did not work, lol

This is a different mod

[pastel iron]

idk how bro...

im literally following every single step

[woven fossil]

YEah, it sometimes like that

:/

[pastel iron]

and the game is like "nah screw you"

[woven fossil]

I spent like 2 hours trying to fix the party's leader's name

☠️

[pastel iron]

ive spent DAYS trying to get ONE event to work

[woven fossil]

Coding is fun......

[pastel iron]

good part, if you make one work

just copy and paste

[woven fossil]

I tried that

It did not work, lol

[pastel iron]

this is just a test place pls ignore the names

i mean the effects work

so the only thing thats wrong is the localisation file

[pastel iron]

also btw

ur making an eaw submod?

[woven fossil]

Yes one main one

and another as a side project

Besides the party's leaders, the other country setup was pretty easy

This is the side project

[pastel iron]

w

[woven fossil]

I also need to change the Harmonist party's leader

[pastel iron]

why u not in their disc server

[woven fossil]

Its very inaccurate

I was banned

[pastel iron]

huh,

okay

pretty cool

thats a

escalation 84 mod typa thing huh?

[woven fossil]

Anyways, it should be "Coalition of Moderates from The New Democratic Party, The Progressive Conservative Party of New Canada, The Social Credit Party and The Liberal Party of New Canada"

[woven fossil]

Yea

[pastel iron]

alright

[woven fossil]

AKA

CMTNDPTPCPNCTSCPTLPNC

but yeah, I want to mod this mod all by myself

I do have some ideas for two civil estd

[pastel iron]

thats cool man

btw

how do you actually submod eaw?

im still wondering

[woven fossil]

One when Posada takes power
The other when Posada blockade and embargo New Canada for homophobia

[pastel iron]

cuz i tried putting the tags and it doesnt work

[woven fossil]

Well, first you will need to figure out if your tag is not taken already by a pre-existing EAW country. Thats actually was the first problem I found as the tag I am using; CAN is being used by The Cantorlotian Communes

[pastel iron]

huh, alright

i wanna submod an existing country in eaw

[woven fossil]

You also need this

[pastel iron]

okay i alr got that

[woven fossil]

I am not sure with this but I think it should be the same thing, pretty sure your mod will overwrite EAW but, ask someone else

[pastel iron]

i wanna try submodding crystal empire

oh

alr ty

[woven fossil]

Sorry, mate

[pastel iron]

nah its fine

atleast i got a clue

[woven fossil]

Also, wanna join my mod's server?

The name is Blue Terror and it is giving Posada a schizo evil path

[pastel iron]

sure

[mint oar]

do you know?

[pastel iron]

calm down bro we settled

[pallid edge]

any help on this would be greatly apreciated

[royal quartz]

My mod wont start and I get a 2600 line crash log

https://tenor.com/view/call-of-the-night-yofukashi-no-uta-gif-26697786

Seems like its time to restart again

I think the one crashing my game is
invalid database object for effect/trigger: decimetric_radar. use var:var_name to explicitly use variables in effects/triggers

OR its this, I honestly have no clue

[high hatch]

@royal quartz
I think it from the map modding of the game crash during in opening (ie in loading screen before the main menu).

And in case you “erase” all vanilla countries (ie replace_folder = "history/countries"), check you put all the history files of the vanilla country even if in the file, it is only “capital = 1”.

[high hatch]

@pastel iron
Did you save the localisation file with the good encoding? Should be UTF-8 BOM by memories (check the vanilla to confirm).

Oh, and indentation. You forget to do that after l_english:

[frank snow]

Howdy! Complete newbie to modding (and almost complete newbie to HOI4) here! I've decided to work on a total conversion mod as my first to just dive right into the deep end of the bloodbath that is all this and learn how to do it. Any tips or things y'all wish somebody told you when you started?

[royal quartz]

Yes yes thats exactly when its crashing

[royal quartz]

Idrk what this means

I didnt delete any vanilla countries, I just reused them

[royal quartz]

Ong just copy base code and wiki code and tweak it a bit

[pale sparrow]

^^^

Though total conversion as first project usually doesn't go well

[ripe perch]

how get mountaineers their skins? I created a new special force mountaineers unit, but its showing the normal infantry skin, not the mountaineers skin

[lone hearth]

Don't do total conversion...

A single man usually can't even upkeep one

[pastel iron]

how do i check that?

[pastel iron]

that i should test smaller things first instead of trying to make something big at the start

[royal quartz]

I am currently learning thst the hard way

These stupid trigger effects give me 10000 errors and I cant delete them

-# Also my game crashes before main menu for some reason, no clue how theres no map errors

[pale sparrow]

Good text editor like Visual Studio Code shows it in the bottom right

[pastel iron]

yu

ty

yeah its utf 8

[pale sparrow]

Gotta be with BOM

[grim bough]

Uhhh... ?

[grim bough]

What this guy said

[twin crag]

What is a total conversion mod? Like redoing the whole map?

[pale sparrow]

typically even more than that

[twin crag]

wow... then what more?

[pale sparrow]

Well if you do map then you are already looking at revising all content like focus trees, decisions, etc.

On top of that ones with changes scenarios like Cold War or Ponies change stuff like balance, unit types, technology tree, etc.

[twin crag]

crazy so total conversion is like doing ALL from scratch

[lone hearth]

Kinda yes... Imagine Millennium Dawn, Rise of Nations, Cold War Iron Curtain, Equestria at War or any other large mod except like idk... RT56.

Just imagine that

[twin crag]

crazy

[lone hearth]

That is the scale of total conversion

[twin crag]

I mean total conversion is like changing almost all

like borders tech etc

that sounds hard ngl

[lone hearth]

Those sort of mods usually have dev amount in the dozens

[twin crag]

crazy

I didn't knew that was the term for that but I mean I kinda doin the same but with sum people, doing it alone should take months or hard work

[lone hearth]

Most total conversion mods are at least 4 years old

From the major ones

[twin crag]

wow

Well thanks for the explanation

[lone hearth]

You have OG mods like The Great War which is 9 yo or new comers like TNO or Rise of Nations which are 4 or 5 yo

[twin crag]

I guess they took a lot

And rise of nations phew, lots of years

[neat fox]

Could I have some help? I tried downloading a ww1 mod on the steam workshop and when I started the game nothing changed

[pale sparrow]

Check the launcher

[mild siren]

i sometimes really hate linux

i found the location

thanks to ai..

[cunning parrot]

I am a developer with the Millennium Dawn Modern Day Mod. anybody want to help me with testing statistics? air dogfights, naval bomber tests, strat bombers tests? it would be alot faster if i had a partner. Microphone required
would be in a mp lobby w me. if successful you can say you helped make a doctrine for the mod

[mild siren]

is this not correct? (the dds file is in ~/gfx/interface)

[pale sparrow]

GFX_ tokens have to be defined in a .gfx file

[mild siren]

ohhh (how do i do that :p)

tbh i dont even know what that means 😭

[pale sparrow]

do a folder search of the GFX_ vanilla uses

itll show you how they do it

[mild siren]

uhh okay i did that with the select_date_1936.dds and that is the same as mine

well the name number is different obvs

let me check the thing you said

hold

[mild siren]

i mean-

thats something i guess XD

let me try around some more

i suppose that means something is off about my image file right?

eehh you know what ill fix this later ill do fun modding stuffs for now

[twin crag]

what is ur mod bout vro

[mild siren]

🤷‍♀️

not sure yet tbh

rn just doing random stuff see what sticks

black ice competitor trust 🙏

[twin crag]

White Fire

[mild siren]

hell yeah

[mild siren]

this is much more fun

[twin crag]

Anyone who knows to do Graphics for my mod

💔 🥀

[royal quartz]

I am trying to convert my mod to 1.16 and I am getting this little error
invalid database object for effect/trigger: decimetric_radar. use var:var_name to explicitly use variables in effects/triggers
How to fix :(

I know decimetric_radar was renamed this patch to something else, but I have no clue where else decimetric radar is mentioned

[faint marlin]

question

which one is better?

[sleek terrace]

I managed to create another tier of victory point
The image has the tipical square vp
the new pentagon vp
a new vp icon I created to be between 15 and 25
and the usuall ball (20+, in this case, 25+)

Based on what I've managed to accomplish here, it is possible to add multiple vps, no limitation.

example list:
Capital: Wien
Minor VP: Graz
Medium VP: Raab
New intermediary medium-major vp: Budapest and Brünn
Major VP: Prag

You may think that what I've made is not a major thing, but I've spent 4 hours searching local files to accomplish that. Also, I did not see that thing in any major mod, which means that either people don't really bother to do all the work, or couldn't do it.

Well, if you are interested in learning how I've made it, contact me on my DM. (I may not be here in the next 16 hours, but in 24 hours maximum I'm back)

[royal quartz]

Soo

I am getting

[20:22:35][no_game_date][gameitemdatabase.h:747]: 2 errors.
[20:22:35][no_game_date][gameitemdatabase.h:759]: =============================

What actually, is this error? And how do I fix it

[surreal haven]

hi guys can someone help me? im making a germany alt history mod and there is a stealing gold mechanic within decisions is there a variable to use to specife that GER has to control all of this country states? asking so i will not waste time to write the states id to each decision

[karmic berry]

I want to play the millennium dawn modern day mod but it keeps crashing what do i do?

[rare grove]

[14:10:04][no_game_date][effectimplementation.cpp:14483]: Invalid Decision ID for unlock_decision_tooltip form_nordic_league
[14:10:05][no_game_date][effectimplementation.cpp:14483]: Invalid Decision ID for unlock_decision_tooltip form_european_union
[14:10:05][no_game_date][effectimplementation.cpp:14483]: Invalid Decision ID for unlock_decision_tooltip form_hre
[14:10:05][no_game_date][effectimplementation.cpp:14647]: Invalid Decision ID for activate decision effect form_commonwealth i removed these formables in the formable decision file and i now get these errors

what more files do i need to remove?

[crystal sand]

What are your specs

Because MD is one of the hardest to run mods

[karmic berry]

I have played it many times before

[crystal sand]

Then verify game files, and clear cache

[patent linden]

You want to check if Germany controls all states of a specified country, right?

[rare grove]

how do i remove all the basegame focus trees without getting any errors?

[patent linden]

I dont know if its the most elegant way of doing it, but I created a file for every country on the map in the common/national_focus folder, and put the following in for every focus tree i wanted gone:

focus_tree =
{
    id = <country adjective>_focus
    country = 
    {
        factor = 0
        
        modifier = 
        {
            add = 10
            tag = <country tag>
        }
    }
}

[rare grove]

? <country tag>

does that work

[patent linden]

well you need to add the country tag there

so

tag = AUS

for example

[rare grove]

i want them to have generic focus trees

but blank focus trees is fine