modding

[high silo]

the date has something maybe

[velvet spear]

Hm, maybe, in base Hoi4 the 1939 starting date has germany annex Chequia and Austria

Check the files for the states in Austria

They should have a section for that starting date.

[high silo]

this

[velvet spear]

Yeah it's probably that

Try getting rid of that.

[high silo]

is there a scope for every european country

so i can add EU countries to a faction

[pale sparrow]

  limit = {
    capital_scope = {
      is_on_continent = europe
    }
  }
  country_event = generic.5
}```

[high silo]

what is generic.5

[pale sparrow]

faction invite

[high silo]

no just instantly joins

on setup thing

[pale sparrow]

then its add_to_faction = ROOT instead of country_event = generic.5

Doesnt work in the history files, so make sure to put it in on_action instead

[high silo]

im gonna sort non-eu members

[pale sparrow]

sort?

[high silo]

            array = non_eu
            value = "ENG"
        }```

[high silo]

is this how to make arrays?

[pale sparrow]

Arrays dont support strings, but you can get the numeric identifier of a country by doing ENG.id

just like the example on the wiki does

I assume you want that array to be global also, so youd prefix the array name with global.

[high silo]

okay what the hell

[pale sparrow]

false positive error afaik

[high silo]

cwtools

cro

[pale sparrow]

Its wrong plenty of times

Why is that code in the ideas file though

[high silo]

do i need to repeat the process for all non-eu countries?

[pale sparrow]

Yeh

Cleanest way would be uh

  limit = {
    OR = {
      original_tag = ENG
      original_tag = TUR
      ...
    }
   }
  add_to_array = {
      array = global.non_eu
      value = THIS.id
  }
}

[high silo]

now before i do this i will break the soviet union and yugoslavia

i guess you can rename the tag SOV to RUS

[pale sparrow]

Probably better to keep it SOV so you have to replace less files

unless youre making a total overhaul and are doing that anyway

[high silo]

yes

and i want to remove those two other scenarios

[pale sparrow]

You gonna have 1 or more in your mod?

If you plan on only one, you should have a second one off-screen to prevent a UI bug

[high silo]

more

2 only

so you make the swap file thing?

[pale sparrow]

replace_path's in the .mod and descriptor files yeh

[high silo]

replace path = "./"

[high silo]

i guess just everything or what

can the base GFX still be used?

[pale sparrow]

No need to overwrite GFX folder

You only want to overwrite some interface files that load the GFX

[high silo]

no like what do i swap

[pale sparrow]

wdym

to replace startdates?

[high silo]

no to delete those other scenarios and to rename russia from SOV to RUS

[pale sparrow]

to replace startdates you add the bookmarks folder to replace, and add new ones to the bookmark folder of your mod

Just to confirm, what sort of mod would this be?

[high silo]

war mod on the 2020's

and is backed up by history

[rough karma]

@velvet crag how is the Romania mod going fella?

[winter void]

I'm looking for a mod that makes it so that the AI sometimes declares random wars

[pale sparrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1293066839

this maybe?

[lapis flame]

I may have gotten a tad too into the horse girls, I now want an uma musume mod where all cavalry sprites are replaced by horse girls in the appropriate fatigues.

[umbral karma]

is this some type of fentish?

[lapis flame]

no, you goof. it's horses as anime girls

look it up, uma musume pretty derby

[deft aurora]

Is it possible to make when you complete a focus, it adds a national spirit?

[deft aurora]

If yes then how

[pale sparrow]

Eh? add_ideas =

You should probably check the pins

[high silo]

GER = {
                random_owned_controlled_state = {
                    add_offsite_building = {
                        type = arms_factory
                        level = 1
                    }
                    add_offsite_building = {
                        type = arms_factory
                        level = 1
                    }
                }    
            }

is this correct?

[pale sparrow]

offsite buildings are not in any state so you dont need the state scope

[high silo]

but i am only adding to germanian states

does add_offsite_building select a random state in germany?

[pale sparrow]

offsite means its not going on the map

you want add_building_construction

[swift dove]

@pale sparrow where can you promote mods or cant you do this in this server?

[pale sparrow]

Cant

[swift dove]

thanks for saying

[swift dove]

@vague sand

[vague sand]

?

oh

okay

[high silo]

i will

what

false positives

[fallow forum]

How does the game know how large a variable is? For example: AUS_habsburg_monarchyrestored_consumer_goods_factor

[pale sparrow]

ams_factory isnt a province building so you dont need that block

its a state-level building

also dont need "

[pale sparrow]

Wdym? A condition would contain check_variable

[high silo]

random state thing I guess

[proud swallow]

is there any mod where it changes the entire map??

[velvet crag]

Hi im not really sure if i want to continue it i have doubts in my ability

[spice heron]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3459589674

V 1.07.1 is out and the update is ready, with three new focus trees and a number of other tweaks

[covert mirage]

guys how do i in localization make it so the name of the country is when its a puppet of ANYONE

?

[covert mirage]

and also how do i set a flag for them

[velvet spear]

Plenty, what are you looking for

[velvet spear]

Just use this format [Country TAG]_[Autonomy Level]

Like this: CAN_autonomy_puppet:0 "Canadian Puppet"

[proud swallow]

anything thats not the world map, like different islands or something

[velvet spear]

What about hearts of minecraft? that could be fun

[proud swallow]

whats that

damn why is there so much popular mods that never even show up

like it says hearts of gambling is 3rd most popular but has 5x less subscribers tf

[velvet spear]

Look it up, it probably has what you are looking for.

[covert mirage]

tysm

[proud swallow]

i did it looks really good

do you know if any other mods work with it??

like fps map

[velvet spear]

I doubt it, it has many graphical changes that may get messed up

But people usually do secondary mods, maybe there is an FPS map for this mod

[proud swallow]

its fine

but the ui

i can barely read it

😭

[velvet spear]

Yup, it uses a very Minecraft like ui

[high silo]

why it doesnt show up the factories type and stuff

[high silo]

also this is effective?

[velvet spear]

Uh, I think the quotation marks on the building type are messing it up

[high silo]

also how do you change the conscription laws

[velvet spear]

Maybe adding a limit like:
limit = { is_core_of = GER }
Would help

Oh, and I think the correct syntax is:
random_owned_state

[velvet spear]

What do you mean? Change the effect the conscription laws have?

Or change the starting conscription law?

[high silo]

yeah, merkel abolished conscription in 2011

so change to volunteer

[velvet spear]

They are set in the country history file

Explore your file, it should be there

Although I think volunteer is the base conscription law, so just removing the extensive_conscription from the add_ideas should work.

[high silo]

what is the id for volunteer

[velvet spear]

Uh, i guess volunteer_conscription

But try to just remove the conscription law, see what happens

[high silo]

okay it worked

trying to make a civil war situation but it says the party leader if not civil war will be the democrats?

[velvet spear]

What do you mean if not civil war?

[high silo]

so theres a 30% chance to do a civil war and the rest will be a peaceful change of power

[velvet spear]

Alright, I see that, what's the problem?

[high silo]

it says that it will change power peacefully to the original germany regardless of civil war or not

[velvet spear]

Ok, have you tried changing the ruling_party to the party you want?

[high silo]

yeah, in the else block

[velvet spear]

Ok, for the start_civil_war thing, the set ideology as far as I remember is the ideology that the rebel faction will use

So you are essentially saying that you have a 30 percent chance of the monarchist starting a civil war

Secondly, it would probably be better if you had the completion reward be an event instead of the change itself

Like, have an event pop up that says "The kaiser returns" if the event was successful, and have it say "The democrats rise in arms" if it doesn't

Lastly, leaving things like civil wars to pure luck may not be a great idea

People usually don't like rng

[high silo]

but i mean there is a chance the democrats accept the change or not
if they accept, then change
if not, then civil war

[velvet spear]

Sure, but uncertainty and not being in control are usually not very liked

But you do you

[high silo]

sure

[high silo]

does civil war thing have the same tag?

original country vs civil war country

[high silo]

im making an event for the ai and user but it just gives me that i cant program the AI

[smoky bluff]

Good morning. Is there any way to duplicate a mod? This might sound weird, but in future updates, a good mod is going to make an update I don't like, because it's making my hand crash with another good mod. Mods can't be reverted to beta versions, as the game does, but I really want to keep this version. Can someone please enlighten me?

[high silo]

just download mod, find the mod folder and copy paste

[smoky bluff]

tysm! Where do I copy paste?

[high silo]

find paradox interactive folder in documents
and there is a mod folder

[smoky bluff]

Yeah I found the folder. I'm trying to locate the mod in question

[smoky bluff]

Okay I just copied the entire folder. Where do I paste now?

[high silo]

yeah just copy the entire mod to where you put it

[smoky bluff]

That's the point, I'm new to this idk where to put it

[high silo]

what's the plan for this? so that it stays on an older version of the mod?

[smoky bluff]

Ja

[high silo]

just rename the duplicated mod folder to anything then add a new mod in the launcher

[smoky bluff]

Alr? There was a higher number file that was the parent of the mod. I went to that file and pasted all the files in the mod in question. I put all the files in a single file. Is that done now?

[high silo]

all the files in the mod in a single folder under a different name

[smoky bluff]

Ja, I used a different name. I also deleted the mod from my mod list in the PDX launcher, when you start the game

[high silo]

okay that's it

play the mod

[smoky bluff]

It isn't working, I think I did something wrong

Still thanks for your time!

[high silo]

alr

[high silo]

@pale sparrow can you help?

[high silo]

also why cant i have a event id like:
GER_events.politics.1

it says malformed id

[pale sparrow]

Remove the trigger and mean_time_to_happen and instead make the focus fire the event, ai_chance is also only to make AI decide which option theyll take

[silk ferry]

hello guys, could you please tell how to add a national spirits to a nation so it starts the game with them

because i couldn't figure it out myself and ai is being weird

it said that i need to add this: set_national_spirit = [spirit id] into the the country's txt file

and it didn't work ahaha

[next mango]

Add add_ideas = {} to the corresponding country file in history/countries

[silk ferry]

thank you wery much, it worked🙏

[ancient vapor]

@high silo what mod are you making?

[high silo]

modern mod with history

[high silo]

do you want a look on what will i do?

[swift field]

i got a No division limit mod for hoi4

[ancient vapor]

Ye sure

[covert mirage]

guys

how do i make it so in an event, a certain effect happens few days after an option was clicked

[velvet spear]

Hey, don't know if someone answered already, but what happens is that the rebel faction will get an automatically generated tag.

Something like D01

[velvet spear]

Uh, I think there is a timer let me check.

There is not a timer per-se, but you do have options to have a delayed effect

You can either have the event generate another event in a few days that will have the effect that you want

Or you can have the event generate a decision that will grant the effect that you want when it expires

[covert mirage]

alright alright

btw

how do i make a national spirit have that "❌Cannot Join Factions" in it

like whats the modifier

[velvet spear]

Uh, I think it's for the political party, but I'm not sure

I'll research it

It should be in the country file, try looking for something like

can_join_factions

[torpid plaza]

hey i need help i don't understand how to make a custom map for my mod can i get help.

[velvet spear]

Sure, what's the problem?

[torpid plaza]

will i follow the YouTube video bc i look it up on YouTube and then i want to play it and it either does not show up or does not appear in game

[lavish ledge]

anyone got any good applications for map making?

the mapgen 2.2 doesnt work anymore

[velvet spear]

I just use gimp

[velvet spear]

What are you trying to do?

[torpid plaza]

i am trying to make a map of the 1400's for me and my friend to play

[velvet spear]

Ok, and you say the map doesn't appear?

[torpid plaza]

yes i use the ingame map make tool idk if i should use it or not bc i am new to it all

[velvet spear]

Map make as in changing states?

Or as in creating a whole new map?

[lavish ledge]

yeah but i mean to import it into hoi4

and to validate states etc

[ancient vapor]

Yes it does

[torpid plaza]

no like bc i need to make a new country for the 1400's like game play for me and my friend

[velvet spear]

I cannot help you there Im afraid

[velvet spear]

Ok then, you want to create a new country for the game.

[torpid plaza]

yes

[velvet spear]

And this new country doesn't show up in-game, is that what you mean?

[lavish ledge]

does it?

how do you make it work for the newest versions

mine crashes when i try validating

[ancient vapor]

Suffering

[torpid plaza]

yes it does not show up ingame

[lavish ledge]

/following astros tutorials

[ancient vapor]

And Kingspacetools

Astros

That dude made an app

[lavish ledge]

astros tutorials dont work for me

[ancient vapor]

To make mapgen eork again

[lavish ledge]

yeah it dont owrk 4 me 😢

i mean

i use normal mapgen and then his program to do the rest

[velvet spear]

Ok, I see. Have you assigned this new country to the states you want it to be?

[ancient vapor]

Then the problem is your map

Check the error log

[lavish ledge]

But it boots up normally

Js when i try validating all states

I click the button

And it crashes

I also cant run normal vanilla

[ancient vapor]

Yeah I know

[ancient vapor]

You too?

[lavish ledge]

So im woried it might be up 2 hoi4 base game aswell

[lavish ledge]

Alr so im not alnoe

All mods that alter states work

[ancient vapor]

Yes exactly

Havent played vanilla since june

Look

[lavish ledge]

I see so its not a 1 person issue

[torpid plaza]

When I make the state it doesn’t work either I don’t know if it’s an outdated tutorial or what, but nothing really works for me.

[lavish ledge]

I wanted to try space marines and i realised vanilla dont work at all for osme reason

[velvet spear]

Have you try verifying the integrity of your files?

Or just reinstalling the game?

[lavish ledge]

Yup

[ancient vapor]

I'm one of the little persons in this server that is making a total conversion mod

[lavish ledge]

Multiple times

[ancient vapor]

Doesn't work

[lavish ledge]

I see

I mean

Ill try again

Last time

[ancient vapor]

@lavish ledge look

[lavish ledge]

And check my error logs

[ancient vapor]

Check the error log

And then come back

[lavish ledge]

cuz the costal thing also messes up

after i do it

and pasting the first line form hoi4 to the mod

[ancient vapor]

Yep

[velvet spear]

Ok, tell me what steps you followed.

[lavish ledge]

Could the issue be also that like

I make the mod

And then export the map into that

is ts what im meant to do or

[ancient vapor]

Maybe

But that wasn't a problem for me

[lavish ledge]

What was ur issue

Cuz i cant get past buildings

So if its something past buildings im listening

[ancient vapor]

Lakes

Made provinces too small

I deleted them

Errors went from 87 to 6

[lavish ledge]

If lakes are the issues im gonna tweak

[ancient vapor]

Yeah I know

It's temporary

Im barely making the alpha

When I get to the full version ill add it again

[torpid plaza]

I load into the game and open the tool. I select the item I want and try to override it, but when I hit Save, it doesn’t work. For some reason, it won’t let me insert multiple states. Even if I completely reset or erase the state, it still doesn't work.
When I go through all the steps, it ends up creating multiple files inside the folder I need, and I’m not sure what’s going on.

[lavish ledge]

I see

[ancient vapor]

Go and check the error log

[lavish ledge]

Im redoing it rn cuz my mod keeps deleting itself or something

terrain input tweaking

Hooly

[ancient vapor]

Can you show me your map?

[lavish ledge]

it might be a bit

odd

but yeah

screenshot since discord wont recognize bmp

province map

[ancient vapor]

Ok

Lets begin with the fact that at least 29 provinces are less than 8 pixels

[lavish ledge]

that isnt hte pixel map

its the size of the recommended size

so 5k pixels

[ancient vapor]

And those are plenty of provinces

[lavish ledge]

let me convert to png so its more visible

[ancient vapor]

In my early stages

I had a lot of provinces

Which made my game crash

So check that too

[lavish ledge]

suprisingly its not the thing that makes my game crash

i could try with smaller provinces to see if thatll help

validation of states

[ancient vapor]

How do you know?

[lavish ledge]

cuz i reckon it would crash due to the buildings

i tried validating 1 by 1 and it crashed ont he first

[ancient vapor]

Ok?

[lavish ledge]

they r bigger now

[ancient vapor]

Seems better

Also take in count sea provinces

I did it with 7 provinces

And 8 in land

And it went fluently

[lavish ledge]

theres a crap ton of countries but i get ur point

and naval shit wont be as complicated

when u have to go

5 million provinces

[ancient vapor]

Ok

Have to go

[lavish ledge]

alr thanks for hte help ill try figuring out by myself via error logs

[ancient vapor]

Check the error log and mention me when you do

[lavish ledge]

ill look thru most of them

cuz last time i looked only for the costal stuff

im putting in the building stuff

into buildings

from hoi4 file

@ancient vapor issue again, it was 150mb before now its 102 and when i go nudge its the base hoi4 map

and not my own

not sure why

it complains ab provinces being too small in error log

ill try remaking

[velvet spear]

Hey, sorry for making you wait I was busy

Sound like the problem is that your states are not loading properly

A state needs to have the following:
A unique state id, a state category, a manpower of at least 1, and provinces

These provinces must be owned only by that state, it can't be sharing them with any other state

And it must have all its provinces be inside the same strategic region

You can then add the owner of the state inside of the history bracket of the state

[torpid plaza]

ok thx

[lavish ledge]

i give up again

ill continue tomorrow

it doesnt work at all

[ancient vapor]

What an opening classic!

This thing right?

[lavish ledge]

Yup

[ancient vapor]

That use to happen to me too, but I don't remember how did I fix it or What was the error

[lavish ledge]

I see

[ancient vapor]

To fix the "too small" problem

I went to mapgen

In the first generator

And pressed "look for small islands"

Do that and it should show you the small provinces

[high silo]

you cant assign a tag like: PRE

[high silo]

also why can't you use an id like:
id.subtopic.number

it says malformed id

[lavish ledge]

i see

[velvet spear]

Is that a question or...?

[high silo]

yes, why can't I just use Prussia to be the Monarchists

[velvet spear]

To do that you need to release the country first

Try smt like this:

create_country = {
tag = PRE
civil_war = yes
ideology = neutrality
capital = state
}

Should work

[covert mirage]

guys question, does anyone have a guide, tutorial or ANYTHING to help me learn in making Vanilla styled assets?

[velvet spear]

Like pictures and such?

[covert mirage]

yeah

[velvet spear]

I've seen videos on editing existing pictures, let me see if I find them

I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwEc_vno1IA&ab_channel=AtomicFalco

And this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zm2EtnnO5A&ab_channel=ModdingThomas

Maybe they'll help

[covert mirage]

alr thanks

[covert mirage]

okay tried it and its VERY outdated😭

[velvet spear]

Unfortunate

[neon ledge]

i saw an epstein mod

enstein*

[vague sand]

am i cooking? (going to sleep so i wont respond)

[topaz abyss]

Hey I've been trying to launch some stuff off the work shop and they aren't loading into the game I've tried unsubscribing to them uninstalling HoI and reinstalling but nothing seems to be working any idea?

[high silo]

did you make this?

the art

[glass acorn]

My mod's always crashing at a specific date, anyone know the most common causes of this?

[high silo]

whats the date

[glass acorn]

Like March 23rd 2015 (2015 = 1936)

Not sure what's the cause though

Error logs aren't much help

[high silo]

when did the game start

[glass acorn]

January 1st 2015

[high silo]

did you add a defines file?

sorry i was eating

[glass acorn]

Of course

Why would I wait nearly a decade 🥀

[high silo]

can you show me the start and end dates there

[glass acorn]

Now it's just crashing at near the same time

It ranges from March 24-26

[high silo]

thats weird, maybe did you program something at those dates?

[glass acorn]

Not that I know of

[high silo]

vanilla doesnt reach 2015, so it isnt a scripting error

maybe turn off all mods except your mod

[glass acorn]

Mmkay

[high silo]

@pale sparrow
why cant i use topic.subtopic.number id

like this

[glass acorn]

Is your namespace GER_events

Namespaces and IDs need to be the same at the start

Otherwise it's invalid

[high silo]

yes

see?

[glass acorn]

I'm pretty sure the politics part can't exist

It can only be the namespace and number

[high silo]

well i use that format for every german event in a subtopic

[glass acorn]

Though you can make multiple namespaces for different event types

[high silo]

not multiple german events for each subtopic

[glass acorn]

Like this

[high silo]

did it work?

[glass acorn]

Nope, still crashes

I'm just curbing errors one by one to see what fixes it

[high silo]

alright so its not a scripting error nor a mod error

maybe check the logs near the dates

[pale sparrow]

I think the namespace would be GER_events.politics

lemme check

no examples in vanilla but I assume thats how it works

[high silo]

alright

also how do i overwrite germany's factories

[pale sparrow]

history/states

[high silo]

they have like 20 of them and i want to reset to a couple of them

[glass acorn]

I've narrowed down the error

Turning off the AI seemed to prevent it from crashing

So it's something the AI Does or Enables

[high silo]

i guess remove the buildings at startup

[pale sparrow]

You can try to annex countries until it no longer crashes

[high silo]

GER = {
                random_owned_state = {
                    limit = { is_core_of = GER }
                    remove_building = {
                        type = arms_factory
                        level = 10
                    }
                }
            }

like this to remove every military factory?

[pale sparrow]

random fires for just one

theres every_owned_state

[high silo]

alright

now i dont want to remove every factory but also leave some

so like maybe in the limit NOT = {state = num}?

[high silo]

okay so when i do a tech that asks the original germany whether or not to change power peacefully or do a civil war
when i do the civil war do i play as the other germany or original germany

or do i need to specify

[swift field]

i wanna add flamethrower infantry units

[high silo]

just use flame tanks then use the infantry model

[pale sparrow]

you become ruling_party ideology and remain the original country

[high silo]

so if i set myself to the monarchist ideology i become them?

[pale sparrow]

See the command on the wiki, it has this info

[high silo]

I guess set the politics

[vague sand]

all of them, is it good?

[high silo]

yeah

[vague sand]

thanks!

[obtuse condor]

What was the mod, commonly shorted with TDM?

That some people mistakenly call it "Axis victory mod" , a black sun is involved.

It's very dark too

[high silo]

TNO?

where Germany wins?

[obtuse condor]

Yes

maybe it is

[crude narwhal]

Does anyone have a good modern day mod?

[crystal sand]

Doesnt exist

[high silo]

im making one

also how do i send the event to the other germany

maybe i need to seperate germany it once the focus has finished

then send it to the other germany

@pale sparrow what do you think

[pale sparrow]

I already explained this before

[silk ferry]

guys hello could you help please, what do i do with this:
create_country_leader: Ideology communist not found

found it in error logs

i have created a leader for my country but it doesn't work

i followed the official paradox guide, but it didn't mention how to put the character in power so i had to improvise ahah

[silk ferry]

i changed communism to leninism and it worked

but the picture doesnt ahah

[jaunty cipher]

guys how create political advisor? i create from video (in ideas) but it didnt work

[high silo]

are you sure the id is correct?

[high silo]

make another character then set him as political advisor

read the wiki for more info

[pale sparrow]

Show code

Oh ideas

Nvm

[lofty plaza]

Millennium dawn classic

If you find the regular too confusing

[nimble solar]

Novus Vexillium or whatever it is I heard is quite good

Basically OG Millennium Dawn

[pastel cradle]

I don't like the focus trees they ain't that good in that mod

Nor in md

[nimble solar]

I dont play modern day mods aside from red dusk

So I'm going by what I've heard

[pastel cradle]

Whats red dusk?

Never heard of that one

[nimble solar]

Red Dusk is Millenium Dawn but the Soviets managed to survive the Cold War

Basically Cold War extends into the 2000s

[pastel cradle]

Oh

How good is it?

[nimble solar]

One of the better mods on the workshop

[pastel cradle]

Bc I've tried playing the iron curtain and some things don't work

[nimble solar]

America and Soviets are pretty good

There are also South Africa, Iraq, Yugoslavia, and British trees

Missing at least one

Iran is getting content soon

Lots of proxy wars to intervene in

[pastel cradle]

Is Germany still split in the mod?

[nimble solar]

No

Eastern Bloc collapsed

Though Soviets still kept all their land aside from most of the Baltics I believe

[pastel cradle]

Ahhh

I'll definitely try it

When i have all dlcs again

[nimble solar]

The mod pretty much plays as if you dont have DLC

[pastel cradle]

Oh okay

[lofty plaza]

Dunno never played it

[naive steppe]

Any good warhammer fantasy or warhammer 40k mods?

[worldly kelp]

are there any good cold war mods in hoi4?

[velvet spear]

Uh, I recall there being one in which a warhammer faction shows ups on earth

Not much more

[velvet spear]

Yeah there is many of them, just look for them in the workshop

[topaz abyss]

hey could someone help me get a mod list together for some reason i cnat get the game to load?

[gloomy crescent]

i think the only total conversion mod for hoi4 in a warhammer setting is the reunification wars one

[topaz abyss]

Warhammer The Great Crusade Reborn and HeartsOfWarhammer

[topaz abyss]

looking for good mods that are compatible with Rise of Nations

[silk ferry]

yeah

i mean

the file type is dds and it is 156 to 210 pixels as required

but for some reason it doesn't work

[covert mirage]

guys how do i make custom nation leader traits

[high silo]

also i guess ill let parliament of germany (the literal AI) to choose the decision

because the goverment still handles all decisions and we will not get a simple presidential decision as the decision will impact the german government.

i guess ill add some trees to buff or debuff the chances

[pale sparrow]

common/country_leader

[covert mirage]

and how do i add them in localization?

[pale sparrow]

anywhere, just like normal loc

[high silo]

remember for every description must be 3+ lines

[lavish ledge]

@ancient vapor ill try it again rn

i did small islands and all

ill send error log here when it crashes

crashed again

couldnt even open it

it always crashes after i do building copy paste

it works in nudge normally before i do it

the only error is no mil factory

[magic jungle]

How to make everyone declare war on me through an event?

Anyone?

[ancient vapor]

So it works at nudge?

[lavish ledge]

before i copy paste the building yeah

loads fine and all

[velvet spear]

Check the ragnarok mod

See what they did

[magic jungle]

figured it out myself using wiki long time ago

[velvet spear]

Good

[magic jungle]

basically making ragnarok for ussr

lowk

[velvet spear]

Oof, that is going to suck

[magic jungle]

cuh, wish to see steam page later?

[velvet spear]

Sure, let me know when you publish it

Remember to auto complete a couple focuses when the game starts

Don't want to be too unfair

[magic jungle]

@velvet spear I also have one question

you see

I need tags of

Russia (Revolution); USSR (Right opp); Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (Left opp)

[magic jungle]

and I need so it checks if its one of these

@velvet spear

also I am having trouble with the date, because for Soviet Union events trigger kind of late??

[velvet spear]

Uh, I think the tags are all SOV after the revolution happens

Like, whoever wins get to be SOV

[magic jungle]

no, it's not

oh

during revolution still

hehe

[velvet spear]

I don't think it would be wise to have a civil war through the soviet tree for this kind of mod

By the time the civil war happens you will get obliterated by everyone

[magic jungle]

I need to know about this more

[magic jungle]

true

oh right

the condition is to be

Soviet Union (SOV)

basically

event will trigger

only after civil war ends

[velvet spear]

You should probably just remove those branches or make a peaceful alternative

[magic jungle]

whatchu mean

[magic jungle]

could you help me with this exactly?

[velvet spear]

That there is NO WAY you will win the civil war before ragnarok and if you do, there is no way you will beat ragnarok

So I don't see much future to the other soviet branches

[magic jungle]

still

it's up to players

they will have

1 year

to prepare

[magic jungle]

I really need help with this one

[velvet spear]

What events trigger late?

[magic jungle]

no idea, I have to set date few days back so it triggers the correct date. All I know is that Germany doesn't have these events late

[velvet spear]

Does an error literally appears that says "Events late"? or is your added event triggering late?

[magic jungle]

They're delayed

I mean like

If I set exact date I need

aka 1st of january 1937

it only triggers on 5th of january

A country that doesn't exist may still get events if fired via an effect, but any other method doesn't work. However, if there's a time delay set in the effect that fires it, the timers in each delayed_event[a] will not decrease. This effectively puts any events with a time delay onto a backlog of the country, put on hold until it gets released. For example, if BHR doesn't exist when BHR = { country_event = { id = event.0 days = 1 } } is executed, then the event will only fire a day after BHR starts existing. This also applies to the original recipient of major events.

found this on wiki

but I quite dont know if this is what I am looking for

[velvet spear]

No, that's just for unexsiting countries

The soviet union is very real in 1937

[magic jungle]

look at the date

and now mod

@velvet spear

[velvet spear]

Yes, I see

Is this delay consistent?

As in, is it always three days more?

[magic jungle]

last time it was 4 more days

now it was 3 days

its somewhat random for some reason

all though it's all good for germany

[velvet spear]

I see, how is the trigger in Germany?

[magic jungle]

it's the exact date I want

[velvet spear]

Ok, I'll see if I find something

Have you checked other events that trigger by time in the Soviets?

I think the paranoia one was through a time check, see how that one is built

[magic jungle]

I'll check soviet events

[velvet spear]

Ok, it could be something with how the game checks time

[magic jungle]

couldn't find anything in the soviet events

[velvet spear]

The game checks the trigger every 7 days or so

So if the event happens on day 4 it will only trigger in day 7

Although it's still inconsistent

I would recommend putting something like:
mean_time_to_happen = {
days = 365
}

And see what happens

[magic jungle]

doesnt work neither

already tried

it triggers on 12 of december

adding more days

makes it work even more weird

there are also years

but

lowk it triggered it one the first day

it works very weirdly

I might take a look at ragnarok date system

[velvet spear]

That's probably the best idea

[magic jungle]

yeah

[velvet spear]

Compare it to how the base game checks time

There will definitely be an answer

[magic jungle]

I bet

@velvet spear

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-spongebob-lonely-alone-coffee-gif-5059287

the fu#$?

[velvet spear]

Odd

Wait, there is a file that defines how time based events are read

[magic jungle]

hm?

[velvet spear]

Is there a common folder or such in the mod?

[magic jungle]

yes there is

[velvet spear]

Go to defines

I think it's there

[magic jungle]

no its not

its just bunch of ai and difficulty

settings

[velvet spear]

Huh, wait let me download the mod, I'll screen it

As in scan it, not share screen

[magic jungle]

as I said

germany

DOESNT

have this delay

its exclusive to USSR and France for sure

[velvet spear]

Is it this one?

[magic jungle]

yes

[magic jungle]

@velvet spear important

[velvet spear]

Yes yes I read that

I just get really stubborn with this stuff

[magic jungle]

well, I can't be stubborn due lacking knowledge about modding

[velvet spear]

Oh I can be stubborn due to lack of knowledge about modding tho

[magic jungle]

LOL

direct opposites

I meant lack of knowledge what resources to use and where to lookup

[velvet spear]

Ok, do you have the on_actions file?

[magic jungle]

no I dont

[velvet spear]

Ok, check it on the actual mod

Maybe you'll find something interesting

[magic jungle]

where

[velvet spear]

The ragnarok mod

Go to common > on_actions

[magic jungle]

its not what we need

it has nothing about time or delay

it's about german triggers

cant find any good use for that

[velvet spear]

Yeah, and don't you want to take the ragnarok mod to the Soviets?

[magic jungle]

Mine is oversimplified

as for Germany it makes survival more possible and more realistic

I am not striving towards that

[velvet spear]

You just want people to suffer?

[magic jungle]

yes

https://tenor.com/view/aang-avatar-lock-tf-in-gif-2047100083775912466

[velvet spear]

Cynical

Still, this file sets the global flag for ragnarok and gives Germany it's first event

[magic jungle]

hmm

flag triggers

are interesting

all though

I have no idea how to use them

and

still

ragnarok starts

from a specific date

the same code as mine

[velvet spear]

Apparently not

Did you also say that this happens for france too?

[magic jungle]

and for germany now

I double checked germany

it's really weird

@velvet spear I guess I'll keep it at ~10th of January

as I see no solution as for now

I will publish it

and

yeah

if I

will figure it all out - I will update the mod

[velvet spear]

We'll find a way, don't worry

[magic jungle]

and I would appreciate your help

[magic jungle]

maybe we should ping one of the actual devs?

[velvet spear]

I'll test your mod

[magic jungle]

@velvet spear https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3552801419

[velvet spear]

Eh, don't think is necessary

Maybe try to contact the maker of the original mod?

[magic jungle]

Don't think it will succeed, neither I don't think he'll be able to help with delays

[velvet spear]

Worth the try

You never know, other people usually go through the same problems we do

[magic jungle]

I'll see how ragnarok works itself

I will try playing it

maybe it also has the delay

@velvet spear

it all works good for the ragnarok...

[velvet spear]

They must be doing something right then

[magic jungle]

no idea

it's literally my script

its the same

[velvet spear]

Maybe the event script is the same, but the mod has more files than yours right?

It must be doing something else

[magic jungle]

couldnt find anything really

[velvet spear]

Ask the mod maker, maybe he'll help, if not, we can go back to it when you feel better

[magic jungle]

@pale sparrow sorry for the ping but I see you often help people. I am having trouble of my event being delayed from 3 days up to 12, all though all other mods with the same script as mine dont have their events delayed. Could you help me?

[velvet spear]

@magic jungle Yo, your puppets dont declare war on you right?

[pale sparrow]

Can you show it

Keep in mind event triggers are only checked monthly by default

[full echo]

for some reason the mod take up negative space and plays base game when run , also resubscribing doesnt work
is there any way to resolve this ?

[magic jungle]

should I record a vid?

@pale sparrow https://youtu.be/CGCYifybXq4

you can see a 13 day delay

[pale sparrow]

ah, mean_time_to_happen is random

[magic jungle]

ерут

then

what could I use instead of it?

[pale sparrow]

You want this to fire the 1st of Feb 1936?

then you could just fire it in the history file of SOV

or, if you also have a 2nd scenario in your mod, fire in in on_actions instead

[magic jungle]

1937 1st of January

it was a test

[pale sparrow]

You can fire the event how I said before with 365 days delay

[magic jungle]

I cant

it does it too early

if I set 365 mean_time_to_happen

it does it 20 days earlier

@pale sparrow so, what's the solution?

and how to work with history files

[pale sparrow]

dont use mean_time_to_happen unless you want it random

you gotta remove it, and the trigger block, and put is_triggered_only = yes in their place

then you put this on game startup

if you have only one scenario, or it is the latest one, you can put it in the history file
Otherwise you have to do it in an on_action

[magic jungle]

deadass I am confused

I need it to trigger on

1937

1st of january

not 1936

a year

should pass

[pale sparrow]

Do you have 1 or more scenarios in the mod?

[magic jungle]

no, only 1 scenario

basically ragnarok for Soviet Union

[pale sparrow]

then you just put in the history file

    id = my_event.1
    days = 365
}```

[magic jungle]

alright

just copy the entire soviet file?

[pale sparrow]

youll need it in your mod if you wanna add this

[magic jungle]

no like

I mean

should I just take soviet

history file?

and just put it there?

[magic jungle]

(this)

[pale sparrow]

yeh

[magic jungle]

@pale sparrow you sure I should remove trigger?

it checks if player is soviet union

or history file for soviet union

makes it exclusive

to soviet union

[pale sparrow]

Yeh you should remove the trigger

[magic jungle]

sorry for dumb question

xd

[pale sparrow]

Because by adding is_triggered_only = yes, it stops firing based off the trigger

and instead only appears by country_event =

[magic jungle]

yess, it works now!! thank you

@velvet spear are you the one who left the comment under my mod?

[velvet spear]

The one and only

[magic jungle]

cuh

[velvet spear]

huh

[magic jungle]

test my mod btw

bcs

[velvet spear]

Did you update it?

[magic jungle]

I have to go and cant tell for sure if its exactly 1st of january

yes

it's updated

now it should be exactly 1st of january

@velvet spear just play as ussr

do basic stalin focuses

and it will take 10-15 minutes

to go thru 1 year

[velvet spear]

I tried it before the update

I'll try it again

[magic jungle]

Alright, thanks. Ping me with result

@velvet spear dms

[covert mirage]

why wont my localization work

and also my description- (it has " at the end btw)

[pale sparrow]

show decision category code

[covert mirage]

whats wrong with it?

[rugged tartan]

Alright, so I’ve had this idea for a while, but I don’t have the time or skills to make it. I just hope someone will read this and use the idea.

What if someone made a mod that adds an endgame crisis, like all communist nations forming one big faction somewhere between 1944 and 1948, and then aggressively expanding? Or maybe South America or Africa uniting into a single power and starting to expand aggressively? Or even some kind of former empire reforming (like the Ottoman Empire or the Roman Empire) and trying to conquer the world?

Basically, just something that creates a late-game challenge and forces players to adapt.

[ancient vapor]

Maybe

But people usually don't go anywhere further 1945

[ancient vapor]

What did you copy of buildings?

[lavish ledge]

the first line

[ancient vapor]

And why?

[vague zealot]

out of the blue, my game began crashing, I at least found out when, but not to what.
It crashes when I launch the game as any nation and then let it roughly run for a second or two, even if I don't do or clock anything.
I'm gona rage quit

[lavish ledge]

vid told me to

[ancient vapor]

That one?

That's for later stages

You need to get the map fully working before that video

[lavish ledge]

it tells me 2 do that before i do validate all states

[silver meteor]

hey guys question I'm struggling with reducing maximum air support modifier but I can't get it to work

NDefines.NAir.AIR_SUPPORT_BASE = 0.15

[silver meteor]

got it to work

NDefines.NMilitary.AIR_SUPPORT_BASE = 0.15

[ancient vapor]

With "map fully working" I mean being able to open single player, for which (up to where I know) you don't need to validate all states (wth is that?)

[high silo]

where the Option Name??

[rugged tartan]

it would make them play on and would make the endgame more fun

[swift field]

im gonna make a BIG mod on hoi4 called: HOI4 MULTI MOD from 1900 till 2025

[quick timber]

Can someone guide me throw creating custom emblems and icons for armies

[high hatch]

In localisation, how I can get the value of the variable THIS.my_variable_to_check_@FROM, [?THIS.my_variable_to_check_@FROM] doesn't work.

[covert mirage]

wdym?

[high silo]

there is some sort of variable there to add the localization

where did it went?

[covert mirage]

wait u mean i need to put the variable somewhere in the decision common file?

[lavish ledge]

Yup

I mean i never tried running it

But when i turned singleplayer on i see the map and all

I dont press play cuz theres no countries ofc

[high hatch]

Okay. For a strange reason, I need to replace FROM by ROOT, because ROOT is the sender of the diplomacy, even in localisation ^^'.

[high silo]

as the name

[covert mirage]

oh wait so i need to do what with it exatcly?

[high silo]

what are you making?

[high silo]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Decision_modding

[covert mirage]

i need the decision category localization to work

but it doesnt for some reason

[high silo]

add name

[covert mirage]

where in here?

SLR_soviet_war_decision:0 "Soviet-Slavic War"

[high silo]

add in the decision block the name of the thing

[ancient vapor]

Make one country, and see how funny your suffering will become from there
Good luck

[ancient vapor]

That's Rise of Nations

[high silo]

ron starts in 2019

[ancient vapor]

Not that one

The hoi4 mod

[high silo]

alright, most people associate it with the roblox game

[ancient vapor]

Yeah it's not the first time I have to clarify

[lavish ledge]

Alright I'll try

Shouldnt buildings come before countries thi

tho

[ancient vapor]

No idea

@lavish ledge what's your mod about?

[lavish ledge]

its ab friend gc

[ancient vapor]

What's that?

[lavish ledge]

i make map my friend makes focuses

[lavish ledge]

its js a mod ab a friend group

[ancient vapor]

Ok

[lavish ledge]

@ancient vapor sometimes it says states are too big

whats the max size if yk?

[pastel cradle]

Tf

[lavish ledge]

its a schizo mod cuz theyre all conspiracy theorists

so

itll get worse for sure

theres robo hitler and shekau in the same mod

[covert mirage]

uhh where exatcly

in it

[high silo]

set the localization to the id name

[covert mirage]

i did and it doesnt work

[high silo]

send the localization screenshot

[pale sparrow]

Usually that means you got a stray pixel somewhere making it huge

IIRC

[high silo]

and the decision id name?

[covert mirage]

this is the category name

[high silo]

maybe delete the 0 thing

[ancient vapor]

Normally a forgotten pixel

[magic jungle]

@pale sparrow ok so, I have two questions for my ragnarok mod:

1. How to make it so Spain doesn't have civil war?
2. How to make it so countries don't declare war on each other?

[pale sparrow]

1. Disable the mission they have that counts down to the civil war
2. diplo_triggers in scripted triggers folder

[magic jungle]

Tell me more about the first one about spanish civil war

[pale sparrow]

you gotta disable this mission

Idk if its fired automatically or by focus

[magic jungle]

where can I disable it then?

[pale sparrow]

Im not gonna do that work for you rn but missions are in decision files

[magic jungle]

alrights thanks

[lavish ledge]

@ancient vapor thanks for helping man but i give up on map making

i tried multiple times

ts time it ried adding a country it deleted itself

im just gonna do it in vanilla idk

[summer ocean]

hello so in my hearts of iron mod when germany goes to war the event that gives economy of conquest doesnt fire even though they have mefos, does anyone know why this could be happenign

[gilded swan]

gg

[weary meadow]

Is there a mod to rename army generals?

[nimble solar]

I think it is from the Spanish election event that starts the event

Even when you dont do a focus, the election will force you to take a decision to start the civil war process

[nova night]

Any updates on the progress of the 1984 mod?

[bronze hinge]

Hello, I need your opinion on something. In the moment, I'm focused in a mod "Wolfenstain" and now I'm writing the mod's tech. With the addition of Gotterdamerung, there are "Special Projects." Do you think it's better to design the mod assuming players have the DLC, or not?

[pale sparrow]

Special projects are actually not a DLC thing

Most special projects are DLC locked, but the system isnt, nukes for example are a special project even without the DLC

[bronze hinge]

Okay

[high silo]

would removing a country's factories at the start of the game would work?

[pale sparrow]

its a thing you can do if thats the question

Im not gonna say how because I keep just reading the wiki to you

[high silo]

but it didnt work somehow

[nova night]

Excuse me?

[ancient vapor]

Well at least you learned

[lavish ledge]

learned ts is impossible 🥀

[ancient vapor]

You say?

And this was an early map

Now it looks way better

[lavish ledge]

might be an issue for my hoi then idk

[nova night]

Hello?

[high hatch]

Hi. It is normal the tooltip text doesn't work, but work when it is normal. And also, it is normal the message doesn't work fine for the peace treaty? Because, it's shame it doesn't work for any reason ><. Or maybe it is a bug?
It is what I put on the treaty message: DIPLOMACY_TRUE_PEACE_PROPOSAL_message:0 "Une capitulation conditionnelle a été signée entre $COUNTRY.GetNameDef|U$ $ROOT|U$ [ROOT.GetNameDef] et $FROM.GetNameDef|U$ [FROM.GetNameDef].\n[GetTruePeaceProposalRootEffect]" How I can made the variable work here? I mean, I want in resume "Korea made a conditional surrender with Popular Republic of Korea." in this example.

[high hatch]

A test with this also DIPLOMACY_TRUE_PEACE_PROPOSAL_message:1 "A §Yconditional surrender§! agreement has been signed between @$ACTOR_TAG$ $ACTOR_COUNTRY|Y$ and @$RECIPIENT_TAG$ $RECIPIENT_COUNTRY|Y$.", and it doesn't work also. Nothing is show between $$. I even copy from peace_l_english.yml.

[vague zealot]

How can I not add a custom name to the name section of creating a unit?, as removing "name =\ causes a crash, I just want the name to follow the namelist file I created, thanks

create_unit = {
division = "name = "<name>" division_template = "Ustroj Ustaške Divizije" start_experience_factor = 0.3 start_equipment_factor = 1"
owner = ROOT
}

[gaunt nebula]

What are some good roleplaying add-on mods? I'm playing a scenario I made with friends, and some added tools for roleplay would be great. I already have the core with compliance mod, and I'm looking for other stuff in that same vein, small additions or system changes. A mod to lower ai division spamming while keeping ai competent would also be great.

[nova night]

Anyone here?

[nova heron]

Yoyo have a question about making a map
Atm all I have access to is an iPad so I was wanting to make the map in Procreate, is it possible to do that and have it be able to be modded into a game (after running it through RandomParadox) or am I forced to use a different program?

[vague zealot]

Yea you can use any digital art software, thought gimp and apps alike are recommended, to correctly export the heightmap and terrainmap, you have to enable "Do not write color space information", otherwise there will be unexpected errors when opening the game.

Just remember to correctly paint provinces, follow all the province making rules

and do it slowly, as it's fairly easy to mess up

[wheat egret]

Can i somehow overwrite one specific on action without taking the whole file?

[pale sparrow]

No

[swift field]

i wanna add a lot of prototype and experimental tech and equipment for ALL HOI4 nations from 1900 till 2025

like for us the xm16e1

as part of my HOI4 MULTI MOD

[viral zodiac]

what are some good performance mods

except fps map everyone has that

[dense vault]

Hey guys! I'm kinda lost and don't know what to do. While modding everything was going smooth, then suddenly the game would start crashing when it was getting booted up. I tried using CMS and do the Missing country files (although I already have them included in the mod files), as well as Fix missing states manpower and No state Category. Upon further inspection on the error log it started writing
[00:43:10][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:675]: State ID conflict: Both "novatorovmetroburg" ( history/states/1-State_1.txt) and "Corsica" ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\history\states\1-France.txthistory/states/1-France.txt). (I don't have anything even written in the Corsica file, I don't even know where it is in the mod file itself)
Here is the full error log

[chrome oasis]

Was wondering if anyone here knows the process of making custom army insignia's like GDWs? And was wondering if it was possible for the rest of the Armies/Winged/Fleets?

[high hatch]

You made a state with id=1 also, so you should change to another number.

[thin rune]

I think it would be better if you asked in the discord dedicated to the 1984 mod

[nova night]

Huh? Where is that?

[covert mirage]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1309146510499254334/1316433699381973073/IMG_0635.gif

[inner marsh]

is it better TGA or DDS for national spirits/ focus trees

i can't seem to put the national spirit with DDS

[inner marsh]

icons btw

[high silo]

TGA for quality
DDS for reliability

[timid crypt]

hey everyone, im new to modding, i have a question: how do you permanently remove political paranoia? by removing in the history countries SOV - Soviet Union.txt file it seems to get removed but i still get political paranoia whenever i switch to a diff ideology

[high silo]

what the hell is political paranoia?

[timid crypt]

as in the mechanic from the soviets

stalin's political paranoia

yk

[warm rock]

mood

[pale sparrow]

Do a file search for NSB_soviet_paranoia_system_events.01?

[true violet]

hi guys does anyone know why the color doesnt work correctly on these countries (Russia Poland Ukraine Belarus etc.) it only startet happening after i made a new country

i already checked in the color.txt and in the countries itself and it looks correct

so idk where the error is

[high silo]

how do you get those fonts

[true violet]

gfx/fonts there are diffrent font files when you look at it there is a .fnt and .dds .dds has the font as an image while .fnt shows how they are sized
A good programm is bmfont for creating this

[high silo]

this is giving too much false errors

i followed the docs

and red error

[pale sparrow]

re-read the docs

[ancient vapor]

You also have to put it in country.txt

Though I don't remember exaxtly

[buoyant aspen]

The red errors you saw (unexpected in set_variable, unexpected in on_monthly) happen because HOI4 is very strict with keyword syntax (which =, value =). Without them, the parser doesn’t know what you mean.

try it

    on_monthly = {
        add_to_variable = { which = covid_months value = 1 }
    }
}