modding

[chilly loom]

how do I fix it

(ideally without deleting the original local copy)

[echo sphinx]

I wonder if there is a mod to re-add the continuous focus naval production glitch

[pale sparrow]

Thats something on the hardcoded side Im pretty sure

I fixed it for Road to 56 back then but vanilla fixed the same thing another way in the source code we cant access

[half tapir]

How can I find the historical templates for the equipment designer (I have all the DLC), for example if I wanted to edit the Catalina small naval bomber for the USA, where would I look? I know that Catalina in the localization files has the ID USA_nav_bomber_equipment_1, but I can't seem to find that anywhere.

[high silo]

why does my game keep crashing while testing my mod and no crash making errors appear in the logs

It happens when starting a new game

[fiery spire]

Is there any mod for the Czechoslovakian Exile focus tree?

[mint oar]

i think there is a mod being developed right now called (for now atleast) vanilla redone, which will include it

[mint oar]

and also next time use #hoi4-general i think thats more appropiate

[fiery spire]

Alr thx

[glass acorn]

Does HOI4 use Year/Month/Day or Year/Day/Month ?

[pale sparrow]

YYYY/MM/DD

[junior gazelle]

you might need to put "06"

[next sky]

hello friends
I'm trying to make my own unique ottoman empire focus tree as an addon for Apres Moi Le Deluge - Revival (all credit to them, not posting it on workshop or anything) and the mod shows up in my paradox launcher well and dandy.
I boot up the game and it works as fine, but my dummy file (which should remove old focus tree and put in a dummy one with 1 focus) just doesn't work. instead, the old one is still there.

[ancient vapor]

I'm not sure

You have the correct ID?

[next sky]

Yep I'm using the OG mod's ID for turkey/ottomans

their modifier is 10 so this should overwrite it but it doesn't

[ancient vapor]

Maybe is the deluge_turkey focus

But no idea

I would say

replace_path = common/[focuses]

But that erases all focuses

Not just a single country

[next sky]

here is the apres moi le deluge turkey tree

[ancient vapor]

Your modifier says 20

Not 10

[next sky]

yep

so it overwrites it

[ancient vapor]

Yes?

No idea

Haven't gotten to the focuses part of my mod

[next sky]

fair enough
This is literally my first time modding and it isn't very motivating when i've spent 2 hours trying to make it just do something
at the same time, it's quickly increasing my respect for other modders

[ancient vapor]

Are you doing this alone or with some kind of tutorial?

[next sky]

I'm using basic modding tutorial by the hoi4 YT channel, and now I'm using AI to try and help me fix problem even though I hate using AI
I seriously am stumped

[ancient vapor]

The official hoi4 tutorials?

Aren't those for like

Completely new countries?

[next sky]

yea
but they don't help much because thats for making a non dependant mod

[next sky]

video 4 talks about making focus trees

[ancient vapor]

Ye I know

I've seen them

But it was a focus tree for a new nation

You are modifying an already existing one

[next sky]

that is essentially what i'm doing
I'm clearing the entire old one and redoing it as an end goal

[ancient vapor]

Hmm

Check the wiki

Maybe there's something in there

Other than that no idea

Keep asking the Ai

[next sky]

sounds good
its a lot of stuff but its the only way foreward

[next sky]

I've been trying 😭
Thanks for the help though

[pale sparrow]

Can try loading it by on_action/seeing if they use an on_action

Although if you wish to replace their tree, just have the same filename and itll automatically replace

[stuck island]

can you help me bro?

rq

[pale sparrow]

Sure

[stuck island]

hop on dm can we?

[pale sparrow]

Is it moderation related?

[stuck island]

about modding bro

no need to author

[pale sparrow]

Ah I see

Uh sure

[stuck island]

i sent message

[next sky]

Is there a wiki page on that?
I'm new sorry
*Update: Found it

[next sky]

Wait so if I name it just "turkey.txt" instead of "turkey_override.txt"?

[nova heron]

Hey, can I get someones help with RandomParadox? It keeps taking the landmap I insert into it and splitting it, and then moving the split section over to the other side of the map. Anyway I can fix this?

[olive mural]

Anyone know what the current best and most funs mods are? I haven't played in a year and want to get back into it.

[next sky]

lord of the rings mod is what im doing rn

[olive mural]

thanks, I'll look into it

[inner marsh]

the fire rises

this is the top tier mod of the moment btw

also kaiserredux is peak

[slender mason]

can someone help me? i wanna figure out how to change a leader for a specific party (such as communist) without changing the leader of the current party

[pale sparrow]

Yup

@stark wolf #server-rules

[crystal sand]

Im confused why is this in modding and so loud

[humble basin]

might make a mod based on stickmen lol

[high silo]

okay

just assign your country leader to a sub-ideology of communism.

If it's at game start.

[swift field]

hey yalls

im gonna add new CCs

to my hoi4 multi mod

like Instant production

and instant build

ill make the 2 main MP CCs
like: 100k and 100 mil

[pale sparrow]

Multiplayer console command?

Oh manpower

[swift field]

yes manpower

[swift field]

i do wanna modify the ale command
like a number and then a letter like k or m
it will be nice to use

[past marsh]

Does anybodyu know a mod that takes away all factions?

[glass acorn]

1. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2913150560&searchtext=Toolpack (Helps dismantle/remove factions)
2. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2918042388&searchtext=Faction (Prevents countries not in factions from joining ones without a focus or event)

[past marsh]

ty

[lime ginkgo]

Does anyone have any good mods that start the game earlier? I found one for 1933 but all research was just impossible and it crashed around 1934

[pale sparrow]

❤️

[nimble solar]

Darkest Hour

I personally dislike it because Soviets died before Japan declared war on me as the US, but you might like it

[viscid osprey]

can anyone help with my irish mod, Im trying to do an election focus, here's the code that I did for it

[harsh dagger]

Can anyone help me with a localization error?

I have a country named but it isn't showing up in game

here's the localization code

TSA_fascism:0 "Russian Imperiya"
TSA_fascism_DEF:0 "the Russian Imperiya"
TSA_democratic:0 "Russian Republic"
TSA_democratic_DEF:0 "the Russian Republic"
TSA_neutrality:1 "Russian Empire"
TSA_neutrality_DEF:1 "the Russian Empire"
TSA_communism:0 "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"
TSA_communism_DEF:0 "the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"
TSA_fascism_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA_democratic_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA_neutrality_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA_communism_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA:0 "Russia"
TSA_DEF:0 "Russia"
TSA_ADJ:0 "Russian"

I'm using notepad++ btw

[slender mason]

is that it

are you just showing the string of text or is that all

[patent linden]

what file did you put this in

[patent linden]

what exactly is the issue

[patent linden]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2026448968

[narrow oyster]

Alliance

[patent linden]

?

[patent linden]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2856963714

or this

depending on what you mean by "early"

[harsh dagger]

It's the localization

[harsh dagger]

it's my localization

here's the image of the error

[patent linden]

whats the name of the file

does the file start with "l_english:"

I personally experienced localisation to be a lot more volatile than what the wiki describes

[next sky]

By the way the issue was not resolved by renaming file.
If anyone else has a solution, I would love to hear your input

[harsh dagger]

it's called countries_l_english

[harsh dagger]

I made another country and have the same problem, so it's probably a file problem

[fleet fossil]

Is this okay? 🥺

[thin rune]

Type error in the console and show the error log

[harsh dagger]

It's an error with the country name not showing

[thin rune]

Its probably because of wrong file encoding

[harsh dagger]

How should they be encoded?

[thin rune]

UTF-8 bom

[harsh dagger]

which files should be encoded that way?

[thin rune]

Localisation

[harsh dagger]

it is already

if you want I can dm you the file

[thin rune]

Does the first line of code start with "l_english:"?

[harsh dagger]

yes

[thin rune]

Damn

[harsh dagger]

Yeah

[thin rune]

Do this

[harsh dagger]

Ok

[thin rune]

Scroll to the bottom and tell us what’s there

[harsh dagger]

the reason it's talking about the algerian advisors is because I used the algerian file as a base for both countries that I currently have

I'll fix that soon though

[thin rune]

What’s the tag of Nicholas’ country

[harsh dagger]

TSA

[thin rune]

Yeah I assumed that but there are a lot of RUS errors

[harsh dagger]

hmm

ohhhh

i replaced all the GER with RUS for some reason

im pretty sure RUS was an early tag idea for Nicholas' country

[thin rune]

Yeah but other than that there is nothing about the localisation

[harsh dagger]

I'll reload the game and see if anything changes

[harsh dagger]

here's another error log, after fixing the RUS stuff

[thin rune]

Idk whats the issue at this point

[harsh dagger]

Yeah me neither

[thin rune]

Try removing the 0s

[harsh dagger]

where?

[thin rune]

In the loc file

0s and 1s after ":"

[harsh dagger]

sorry, which is where?

im still pretty new to modding so I dont quite know where everything is yet

[thin rune]

This

TSA_fascism:0 "Russian Imperiya"
TSA_fascism_DEF:0 "the Russian Imperiya"
TSA_democratic:0 "Russian Republic"
TSA_democratic_DEF:0 "the Russian Republic"
TSA_neutrality:1 "Russian Empire"
TSA_neutrality_DEF:1 "the Russian Empire"
TSA_communism:0 "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"
TSA_communism_DEF:0 "the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"
TSA_fascism_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA_democratic_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA_neutrality_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA_communism_ADJ:0 "Russian"
TSA:0 "Russia"
TSA_DEF:0 "Russia"
TSA_ADJ:0 "Russian"

[harsh dagger]

ok thanks

[harsh dagger]

still doesn't work

idk what the problem is at this point

[slender mason]

check your countries history files and see if the name is the same as the localisation

you can also just copy and paste the file from like HOI4 vanilla or a dif mod, and format it to your nation

[ivory glade]

what toolpack mod do you recommend me for MP games??

[swift field]

im gonna add new MP buildings and buildables to Get MORE MP in hoi4 SP

[swift field]

ill also add Resource factories

to produce anything and Everything

[lime ginkgo]

My game now crashes whenever I try to start a game, no matter what combination of mods. Says that there is a map definition error

[proven sage]

So, if you know where you have save games in files, then go 1 File backwards, And most likely over there you can find the folder "map" i think its called. Delete that. And it's fixed

[patent linden]

is your file a .yml file?

[lime ginkgo]

should I verify files after that?

[soft dirge]

d

cx

cx

cx

c

[modest prairie]

Hello everyone, I have a question. How can I reference a country that's in a civil war with another country? (I need to conclude peace between them and transfer some of the original country's territory to the rebels.)

[patent linden]

https://productionwiki-hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Effect&section=29#War

look at the "war" section

3.9

and then the state cope number 4

i dont fully understand what you're trying to do, but the things you need should be in there

if you have specific question for the effects, feel free to ask

[modest prairie]

To put it simply how to end a civil war without one side capitulating?

[harsh dagger]

I was copy pasting the file already

[harsh dagger]

it is

[patent linden]

and you could then handle the rest with an event

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/On_actions#Diplomacy/War

you could trigger it with this

the white peace effect would then go into the effect block

[patent linden]

try copying the entire countries yml localisation file into your mod folder and then just adding your localisation at the beginning

[harsh dagger]

thats exacctly what i did though

so it's weird that it's doing that

[patent linden]

i believe you

try doing it again

that sometimes works

[harsh dagger]

ok

[patent linden]

even if it feels completely stupid

[harsh dagger]

it didn't work, anything else?

[patent linden]

is the file in the correct folder?

[harsh dagger]

it's in the english folder, which is in the localization folder

which is in my mod's folder

[patent linden]

all other things related to the Tag work?

[harsh dagger]

yeah, the colors and flag work, same with the leader portrait and name

[modest prairie]

Okay, so which country tag should I use? When a civil war starts, one country keeps its original tag, and the second one gets something like D01, D02, D03...

[patent linden]

as long as you can guarantee that you know the Tag of the dynamic country, i dont think it matters which way you do it

use the scope of the Tag that has the original tag maybe

[modest prairie]

okay thank you

[patent linden]

i think the problem is something incredibly minor and i dont think i can find it like this

[harsh dagger]

yeah, thanks for the help though

[autumn coyote]

Does anyone know how tfb's island hoppin mecanic (allies get debufs if japan takes islands) works? because i really couldnt find anything in the mod files

[modest prairie]

Try to check on_actions in common

[west vapor]

yo lads

im making a ancient times mod

if anyone wants to hop in on development or is simply interested hit me up for discord link

[weak gazelle]

guys how do you make map mods like the tno map mod etc

[open ferry]

I couldn't find a mod that increased aircraft torpedoes, so I decided to make one. Anyone who wants it can use it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3572448629

[proven sage]

Unnecessary, unless you modded in the vanilla files directly (the map thing is not)

[lime ginkgo]

thank you

[ancient vapor]

Through suffering

[harsh dagger]

How do I rename cities?

[pale sparrow]

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

[harsh dagger]

what file does it go in?

[pale sparrow]

Oh if you dont want the old name ever used, you instead copy the lines you wanna change from victory_points_l_english.yml

[harsh dagger]

Yeah because I'm trying to change Leningrad to Saint Petersburg, so I don't think it would be needed

[pale sparrow]

Then make a small file with only your edit, and place that in the /replace folder like this so the game knows to load it after everything else

[harsh dagger]

Do I also edit the victory points file or no?

[pale sparrow]

Only take the files you want to edit into a new file in /replace

no need to include thousands of lines you arent changing in your mod

[harsh dagger]

l_english:
VICTORY_POINTS_3151:0 "Saint Petersburg"

this is the contents of my file so far @pale sparrow

am I doing it correctly or no

the file name is zarodinu_replace_l_english.yml

[pale sparrow]

Yes sounds good

Just make sure the pathing is good and the file is saved is saved as UTF8+BOM

[harsh dagger]

ohh

it isnt utf8 bom

that why it didnt work

[pale sparrow]

[harsh dagger]

still not working

it's like everything is failing with this haha

my country names arent showing and now this

[pale sparrow]

🫂

Show file pathing

[harsh dagger]

"C:\Users(myname)\OneDrive\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod\zarodinu\localization\english\replace\zarodinu_replace_l_english.yml"

[pale sparrow]

You did a z in localization

🙃

its an s

[harsh dagger]

oh my god that explains everything

thank you so much

[gloomy crescent]

does anyone know what the file for the buttons on the main menu are called

i cant find them and its making me crash out

[weak gazelle]

not helpful

[glass acorn]

Anyone know why the game says there's no file despite there being one?

[pale sparrow]

I think the latter file needs to include .txt

[glass acorn]

It worked, thank you

[pale sparrow]

frontendmainview.gui

[gloomy crescent]

i found it

i was looking for main_lobby_button.dds

[knotty schooner]

Hello i am trying to do my own first mod and i discovered the tutorials on the hoi4 discord and when i tried the first one with the events it instantly didnt work even though i copied exactly the text does anybody know if they should still work?

[pale sparrow]

Can you show code and path in file explorer

[knotty schooner]

you mean this right?

[pale sparrow]

events folder doesn't go in commons

[knotty schooner]

omg...... thx

[pale sparrow]

that add_ideas block could be simplified by removing both limit's and doing a every_enemy_country block instead

[knotty schooner]

okay thats good to know thanks

[pale sparrow]

actually nvm I didnt see the else statement

so only the inner limit

[knotty schooner]

Thank you very much it works now

[knotty schooner]

Hello again i have a two new problems. This time my flags are randomly turned upside down and i have an error with my custom character. Hope someone sees what i dont.

[ancient vapor]

More seriously:

In my case

I used mapgen and astro tools

Pretty helpful but you still have to do some stuff

Make sure you don't have points less than 8 pixels tho

For that reason it took me a month or so making the mod

[ancient vapor]

I think it's a problem with the format

About the flag

I'm not sure

But I remember there was a flag inserter for Hoi4

[knotty schooner]

But isnt it dds with 156x210 pixels?

[ancient vapor]

Don't remember

https://github.com/atthematyo/hoi4_flag_maker

Try out this

It worked for me

About the character

No idea tbh

It says unknown character

You know if they have some kind of id or something?

Hold on I checked the wiki

You have the character on common/characters?

[ancient vapor]

Cuz in the error log it's just in history/countries

[ancient vapor]

And in recruit_character?

[knotty schooner]

jup under history/countries/GOG - Land.txt

[ancient vapor]

Is that the whole error log?

I mean the problem could be with your country

[knotty schooner]

jup thats all thats why and i have no clue why it is because i dont find anything

[knotty schooner]

maybe but the whole country functions as it should

[ancient vapor]

Well I'm as clueless as you then

Wait For the big ones to help ya

See ya

[knotty schooner]

Thank you for you help

[sour grail]

is there a mod where the map looks like this?

[dusty plaza]

otl

[obtuse condor]

Millennium dawn but it's garbage mod and slow on average laptops

[high silo]

does tfr have a custom loading screen

[thin rune]

Yeah

[knotty schooner]

If anyone has an idea i would still need help

[molten lily]

the fire rises but its garbage too becuse there is only 5 or 6 country has focus tree

[inner marsh]

tfr and garbage on the same sentence 🥀

[molten lily]

[fresh osprey]

What’s that

[dusty plaza]

most popular mod

[thin rune]

okay but that 6 countries that have focus trees are really high quality

[arctic pilot]

hi

[gloomy crescent]

TFR is more of railroaded mod it doesnt need 50 countries to have focuses

its not like kx where anything can happen

[sudden nexus]

does anyone have any suggestions?
the only mod I have is player led peace conferences

[lofty plaza]

Road to 56

[woven fossil]

I am in an argument with someone about whether the text circled in red is a tooltip or not

Is it a tooltip?

[pale sparrow]

The box is a tooltip, the info inside it is largely available elsewhere too so I'd not call it all tooltip text

[high silo]

insert generic focus tree here

[woven fossil]

You are wrong

[pale sparrow]

[slow kestrel]

can anyone help with advice on localization? Im making a mod and the localization refuses to work for some reason despite everything being correct, however when I transfer the files into a random workshop mod everything is working as intended so its something to do with my local files im guessing but I cant figure out what.

[subtle pendant]

GUYS ! how can i fix it

[subtle pendant]

the icon dont load until i took it AND it dont shows in flag window

[subtle pendant]

mod file

[molten lily]

Is that for the fire rises?

[forest sierra]

The box is a tooltip

[subtle pendant]

yea

[molten lily]

that is great becuse im iranian too 🙂

[subtle pendant]

عالی

[molten lily]

اره فقط یه سوال دیگه

به همه ورژن های ماد و بازی می خوره؟

من هر دو نوسخه که دارم 16.4 هستن

که باید بخوره

it is?

[subtle pendant]

مود اصلی رو بریز بعد بریزش تو فایل اگه کار کرد که کرد نکرد باید نسخه جدید بریزی من خودم نسخه بالا ترینم

[molten lily]

پس احتمالا می خوره

چون اخرین ورژنه اگ خدا بخواد

so okay

thank you for share that

[subtle pendant]

بخدا من خودمم ایرانیم

[molten lily]

میدونم

[subtle pendant]

ok

[molten lily]

👍

[pale sparrow]

@molten lily@subtle pendantThis server is English only, please go to PMs next time

[subtle pendant]

ok sorry

[lime ginkgo]

Does any one know a mod that lets you have more time before the war? I tried the more scenarios mod but it doesnt actually change the date

it just changes the displayed number

so you have less effective time

you get research penalties but the war still happens 3 years after start date

[swift field]

can i make a mod that integrates ALL DLCs/Expansions to main base game?

[lime ginkgo]

I dont think you would be able to

[swift field]

why?

[swift field]

why not?

[lime ginkgo]

Would it require ownership of the DLCs?

[swift field]

what

[lime ginkgo]

Mods on workshop have the option to require certain dlc ownership in order to download

would your mod require ownership of the DLCs that are integrated

[swift field]

yes they will need ownership of The DLCs

[lime ginkgo]

Then I guess you could but I see 0 reason as to why you would do it

[swift field]

becus we need em in base game for hoi4

[lime ginkgo]

if you own the DLCs then they may as well be base game

there is no functional difference

[swift field]

alr

im tired of buying DLCs

[lone hearth]

Those mods will be instantly taken down by PDX

As you essentially set sail on the seas if you get what I mean 😉😉

[swift field]

alr

[rough karma]

Make a mod that just adds content that the dlcs add and make it a tiny bit different

[swift field]

alr

[rough karma]

For legal purposes I was joking

[swift field]

oh alr

then why dont PDX just integrate em ALL themselves?

[rough karma]

They want our money

[lime ginkgo]

There is 0 benefit to them doing that, they probably wouldnt even increase normal sales marginally

[covert mirage]

how do i write in my effect so ALL divisions owned by a country dissapear?

[pale sparrow]

Loop through units and do destroy_unit

[woven fossil]

Wrong

[atomic holly]

Hello, I am trying to make a mod that allows players (and only players) to freely pick any idea (without meeting the requirments)

[hasty ledge]

The fire rises is peak

[harsh dagger]

How can I change provinces between states?

[harsh dagger]

Just want to check so I dont screw up my files

[vale torrent]

how do i create custom focus trees

im planning on modifying the finnish tree

[swift field]

i wanna add Sturmzug stormtrooper and assault units and templates

[pale sparrow]

Put both the state youre taking them from and the state its going to in your mod, then cut and paste the province IDs to move them

Then open the game in debug mode, go into nudge tool and verify all in the buildings tool

Then cut and paste the buildings.txt from your hoi iv documents folder into your mod after saving your nudge changes

Note: Copy paste would give issues, do make sure to actually move the stuff

[tardy prairie]

Looking for GFX artists and Coders, for Original fantasy mod with AI anime portraits
If you are intersted in, send DM for me

[unreal sorrel]

What if you keep the mod to yourself and don’t publish it?🤔

[atomic holly]

@pale sparrow Do you know how to find the name of a country in a file?

its a cosmetic tag, but the tag has a bugged name when democratic and I want to fix it

[atomic holly]

<@&916727924093239336> How do i change the traits / name of a leader?#

what folder is it located in

[lofty plaza]

Character

[atomic holly]

thanks, and does the "ideology" matter?

he is a communist but the ideology is just a sub thing

does it have to be referrenced elsewhere?

[lofty plaza]

Yes sub ideologies need to be defined to have the correct broad ideology

Like socialism is democratic for example

[atomic holly]

Damn. Where do I go and reference that then?

and changing the name just gives me a localisation issue

FRA_la_cagoule

[lofty plaza]

You need to localize it

Or you can just do name="whatever"

[atomic holly]

yeah thats the problem

I changed the name to FRA_MILITARY_OFFICE but it also includes the FRA and underscores

[lofty plaza]

What do you mean?

[atomic holly]

Oh I see. so i need to go to the localisation and change the " FRA_la_cagoule:0 "La Cagoule"
" to FRA_la_cagoule:0 "Military Office"

[lofty plaza]

Yes

But it sounds like a whole other character. Why not just make a new one?

[atomic holly]

no idea how

i just want to replace the fascist character with a custom one

ive hacked it by just changing the filenames

I also changed the flag but, the large flag doesnt render

the small and medium flags do though

Any idea how to fix?

[lone hearth]

Then Fredrik Paradox will haunt you...

Which you don't want

[kindred axle]

Cursed

[kindred axle]

Was banging my head on the desk...Just becasue i forgot to change the country_tags from spr to spa...

[lofty plaza]

Bro got the flash on

[leaden fog]

Is there a way of modding a nation with specific tech icons, models, and names, to share those icons, models, and names with another tag?

Say for example if I was to give the Korea tech tree access to Japanese tech

[harsh dagger]

Can anyone help with something?

When i go to load up my game in the mod that I've created, this pops up

Nevermind, I've fixed the errors

[kindred axle]

https://tenor.com/view/f12-brightness-press-gif-17405602

[tulip prairie]

Uber flexing my mod

[kindred axle]

The HMG Is the heavy machine gun?

[tulip prairie]

Indeed

[kindred axle]

Nice

[pearl karma]

Is there an Interactive Map that shows State IDs? I hate having the game open while modding just to get the state IDs

[kindred axle]

If you have a good Memory on the regions name you can Just check the states file ig? Search the state and look at the number

https://www.mapchart.net/hearts-of-iron-iv.html

Check this

If you move your cursor on the state It gives the name

If you have some problems

[pearl karma]

Is the State name the same as in the Game Files? Because i need the Name or ID, because if i mod new countries with idk 5-10 states its so annoying to note all necressary states before doing any changes

[kindred axle]

Ye? In the history/states you get the names as they are in game

With the ID near them

The same goes for the mapchart

[pearl karma]

oh thank god

you are my hero and saving much time

[kindred axle]

Aye

[serene valve]

How exactly does modding work

Is it just notepad and pngs

[kindred axle]

Ig

[midnight kayak]

Is there any doc about special project modding?

I wanna mess with SP but right now i only have the source files to work it, it would be nice if there's some sort of doc out there

[rose heath]

why do modded maps always look like this
I quickly drew what I mean

When people make their imaginary worlds, they never make a bunch of small countries be clumped up together

[rose heath]

I know the map is not of the modder's design but it looks exactly like this

And hearts of minecrtaft also has no structure of actual countries
just a whole lot of random villages which are roughly the same size

so in the late game, you just have an Agar.io thing where all these smaller villages just join their bigger neighbors

resulting in the second image

i'd gladly design my own map, but honestly hoi4 modding is far too time consuming for me

making a whole new map with actual content would take months

and then i'd have to update it so it doesn't crash with new versions, which would be a whole another thing

[wise phoenix]

first ever tree kinda nervous

[distant saddle]

Because it is easier to create 20 big countries than to create 200 small countries?

[daring root]

........

[serene owl]

What do i do if the steam version of a mod dosent load anything? The local files load the mod fine, but they dont load on the steam version of it.

[tulip prairie]

No

[tulip prairie]

lol no but good guess ig

[feral mulch]

Are there any good Cold War mods?

[exotic thicket]

Whats the best way to get a better economy in millennium dawn

So i dont make - all the time

[nimble solar]

Go on their discord.

Also some debt is fine, just dont go overboard

[exotic thicket]

did but can you tell me anyways what im doing wrong

[tawny sigil]

No

[bitter cargo]

does anyone know if 1.5x NF has been updated for the 1.16.10 update

[harsh dagger]

Can I have some help with my music station?

Only one song is showing, even though I have 2 in the station

[nimble solar]

Import oil

I don't play millenium dawn, but I do know that if running out of oil, import it

[safe moon]

mod name?

[nova heron]

lmao what was bro searching to find the post from 2016

[tulip prairie]

The Forman chronicles

It’s not released

If you want the server inv dm me

[raw hamlet]

centaura

is wild

isnt there already a centaura mod

[vocal patio]

Hey! I'm searching for master mapping
I have custom map and he need terrain

[earnest stirrup]

can someone please help me, i wanna play with mods, mods worked for me but now they dont anymore, i have a ssd idk if the data is mixed up or idk

it says missing decryption data

[gritty rivet]

Iron Curtain is a good one

[tulip prairie]

There is but it’s so slop

I started developing my mod like a year now

It’s much better and plus it includes an extended tech and content till the Forman wars

[sand hearth]

It means you deleated something from the file called descriptor

If you did then you Need tò put It back

If i am not wrong tough others May Say the right thing

[earnest stirrup]

so how do i do that?

how do i know what to put back?

[bright scroll]

I mean that mod was inspired by a roblox fps game

They're just using the map

[swift field]

im gonna add Ranger units and templates

[patent linden]

Versuchs mal neu zu installieren

[earnest stirrup]

das spiel oder die mods

[patent linden]

also die Mod, im Workshop Abo beenden und dann neu abonnieren

müsste die Dateien neu herunterladen, inklusive der Deskriptordatei

[earnest stirrup]

danke

[patent linden]

Kein Thema

[open ferry]

I saw a gfx file on the MP lobby screen. Where can I find it?

[lyric mist]

i lowk recommend red dusk and red world fanfork

[kindred axle]

Is there a way to ignore all game files and make the game Just read only mines?

( besides the normal game files to run )

[vestal sorrel]

any good mods for normal historical/nonhistorical MP games with host tool?

[lament ether]

Does anyone know how to fix the province is set up as coastal but has no port in the nudger error
Ive been told to use the find error button in the nudger but I cant because it gets stuck on a stupid Bad ammount of none error and its unfixable

For context I have been trying to edit the provinces of a map mod for my own mod

[unreal sorrel]

Replace path or something like that I am not sure but I think you should check the wiki

[kindred axle]

Oki thx

[unreal sorrel]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding#Descriptor_contents

[kindred axle]

Thx

Is It a problem if the potrait for the leader Is 151 x 210 and not 156 x 210?

[unreal sorrel]

I think there’s going to be a bit of empty space but it should work

[unreal sorrel]

you have to use the building nudger

[acoustic sky]

boef

[kindred axle]

Why on the debug mod map, 89 Is stanislawow while on the states hoi4 files its krakow

[safe moon]

thanks

[pale sparrow]

maybe the state was split at some point and the name wasnt changed

not unthinkable

easiest way is to have the game/state loc file/states wiki page/map analyzer excel sheet open when you mod history/states

[kindred axle]

Ye, i kept the game open to check for the IDs

So thats the why in some "states" the provinces didnt match the ones with their name

I Just tried to match state names - provinces id and not the state id with the provinces one

[harsh dagger]

hmm it still doesn't work

i copy pasted over the buildings file

[pale sparrow]

...

Please check the message again

[olive sedge]

Another Centarua mod? 3 now is insane but still none for blood debt 😔

[azure elk]

i got some gfx related problems

can someone explain me why it is shwoing something like the first image?

as you can see others are working

its only that 2

[cloud bobcat]

ok

[lament ether]

That’s what I said but I can’t just click find error because whatever it does to find the error gets stuck on a state, usually for floating harbors, and it doesn’t say “bad amount of x building” it says “bad amount of none”, and no matter what I do to fix the error it keeps saying that. I have tried removing the building and fixing the number, I have tried randomizing the buildings. Nothing works and it will not tell me any more errors in the buildings.txt file if it isn’t fixed

[sleek plume]

is there a good mod for like 1v1s

[lament ether]

There’s an official one for tournaments but I forgot the name

[runic maple]

is there literally any mod that adds the western states that Qing lost in like 1790 or something

[unreal sorrel]

Click validate all states and then move the buildings file from paradox interactive/hearts if iron 4/map to your mods map folder

Click save before moving the file

[harsh dagger]

Won't cutting and pasting the file create problems if I play a different mod from the one that I am creating?

Or if I play the base game with no mods

[pale sparrow]

You cut and paste the nudgers output from the documents folder, not anything from the game folder

[patent linden]

Restart the game, should fix it

[kindred axle]

So, i made a state in game, which appears on the map owned by poland, but, the other state ehich i Just modified to take off some provinces tò make that states wont appear owned and Just keeps crashing

When i try to start a game

I added the loc name for It still dont know what problem causes it

I wrote the replace_path="history/states"

In case It created some conflict with the hoi4 game files

Yet still crashes

[12:34:45][no_game_date][gamestate.cpp:2908]: MAP_ERROR: The land province 388 - has no state.
[12:34:45][no_game_date][gamestate.cpp:2908]: MAP_ERROR: The land province 3532 - has no state.
[12:34:45][no_game_date][gamestate.cpp:2908]: MAP_ERROR: The land province 6558 - has no state.
[12:34:45][no_game_date][gamestate.cpp:2908]: MAP_ERROR: The land province 11232 - has no state.

This are the provinces of the file which i modified, but they show stateless

Any suggestions?

[pale sparrow]

Actually nvm its probably a good idea to replace the entire map since adding even 1 state gets annoying with map updates

[kindred axle]

https://tenor.com/view/something-omori-omori-something-something-omori-stranger-gif-26299605

[kindred axle]

tho i dont get why the game doesnt read my modified region

like

i took it from game files, took away some provinces and wont read it

but the created state yes

[12:34:03][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:68]: Error: "set victory points takes 2 parameters: victory_points, near line: 15" in file: "history/states/1017 - Kalisz.txt" near line: 15
[12:34:18][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:675]: State ID conflict: Both "Poznan" ( history/states/86-Poznan.txt) and "Poznan" ( C:\Users\Lenovo\OneDrive\Documenti\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod\jungewelt\history\states\1017 - Kalisz.txthistory/states/1017 - Kalisz.txt).

i got this ones too

[pale sparrow]

this is how it should look

[kindred axle]

Wb this?

[kindred axle]

Ye i forgot to take the whole thing off 💀

Welp

Ok

Maybe i found the prob...

I didnt change the file ID.

So It was Reading two poznan.

Welp

( dont bully me for the ss 💔 )

[pale sparrow]

👌

[kindred axle]

Thx for the time

[tribal spear]

does dropping a cosmetic drop the color

[smoky bluff]

Hello. When you are creating parties, how do you create the actual name and then the acronym?

my English is bad and I don't know if you understand me

it's like I create a democratic party name for example kebab workshipers association how do I script so it shows in the UI KWA, and when you put the mouse on the party name it shows the actual name?

@pale sparrow you know about this can you please help me?

[pale sparrow]

Its two seperate loc strings

[smoky bluff]

loc means localitation?

[pale sparrow]

yes

If you name it like this, it'll apply automatically

if you name it differently, you have to fire an effect to load it

[smoky bluff]

I am portuguese and my language have those characters like ã, I need a program to put those characters?

[smoky bluff]

okay thank you so much

[pale sparrow]

[smoky bluff]

ya because in other games that are not paradox games when you are typing special characters you need an application

[pale sparrow]

To mod these files you just use standard text editors, they'll support that

Visual Studio Code + some plugins is best according to most people

[smoky bluff]

I have VSCode ya

thank you marjin

[harsh dagger]

Oh ok, that makes sense now

Do I need to cut and paste it every time I want to change provinces between states?

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[obtuse condor]

Quick question, can I / should I use "conscription_factor" when adding a modifier to a state or should it be "local_manpower"?

[harsh dagger]

And would I delete the old buildings file every time I cut and paste a new one over?

[north wave]

local manpower

[pale sparrow]

Yeh

[harsh dagger]

Ok, thanks

[obtuse condor]

Thanks

[agile raven]

can sm help me w modding my countries gfx and characters wont work

[harsh dagger]

I might be able to, can you describe the problem?

[agile raven]

ive got a few problems

im modding using vscode and literally everything is erorred im so confused

and i was making a custom nation, land claims and army etc worked but the gfx and character didnt

i could sharescreen if u want

[harsh dagger]

does your leaders file path look liike this?

"C:\Users(username)\OneDrive\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod(modname)\gfx\leaders(countrytag)\Portrait_(countrytag)(firstname)(lastname).dds"

[agile raven]

n

o

looks like that

[harsh dagger]

oh one thing, not to be rude, but I can see your name

[agile raven]

yeah it was a poor attempt at hiding it

anyway

is the way ive laid it out wrong?

the portrait and leader name isnt working

aswell as the countries flag

[harsh dagger]

no

does your country file (in the history folder) have this

create_country_leader = {
name = "Vladimir Lenin"
desc = ""
picture = "gfx/leaders/RSR/Portrait_RSR_Vladimir_Lenin.dds"
ideology = leninism
traits = {
#
}
}

not word for word, just replace the names with whatever you have

[agile raven]

no it doesnt

[harsh dagger]

that's your problem then

it will be at the very bottom

[agile raven]

does the recruit character thing not work?

[agile raven]

didnt work

[harsh dagger]

Huh that's weird

I would recommend you watch this

https://youtu.be/XulAELfxPDc?si=xveBGHSznU_TMbio

[agile raven]

ic ty

ill report back

[harsh dagger]

I'm pretty new to modding so I don't know much yet

But this guy's videos have helped me out

[agile raven]

that video didnt help man im so lost

[ember ridge]

Hey, this may be stupid request but is there a way to make a client side only modification that after lets say 30 days of game start, makes like a sound play or some gui element pop up, just something i may use as an notification? ty in advance

i can go from there its just if its possible

[primal seal]

Is there an updated version of the No Divisions Limit mod?

[sand mantle]

is there a mod where we can send ships with lend lease

like i want to send battleships to allies

[vale torrent]

what language are the focuses written in, im trying to modify a focus tree

[vale torrent]

is there a way to automatically change the x and y axis of the focuses

[tribal spear]

how do I trigger an event with commands? Typing 'event ___' doesn't seem to work

[haughty crypt]

hello, how to change the date to 2008 without bookmarks? Just display the year as year + 72

[sour temple]

is there a way of giving a unit buffs only when they're used as volunteers? Like having +10% attack "When deployed as a volunteer"

[tribal spear]

GXC = {
drop_cosmetic_tag = yes
set_cosmetic_tag = GXC_base}

is there anything wrong with this code? I am coding in the common > events file

[patent linden]

The Hoi4 modding syntax is kind of its own thing

the game itself is written in C++ I believe, though as i said, the modding syntax doesnt really reflect that

[pale sparrow]

Should still work

Ignore if it sais

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/982623739818696714.webp?size=160

[kindred axle]

• this
  https://youtu.be/zuLKOK7Cnq4?si=0RFwOmaRNZyfhTgp

[quiet sleet]

Hello everyone, i'm in need of help with a mod, would anyone like to join in? It would a great surprise for the upcoming update!

[blazing timber]

whats the mod about

[proven sage]

You could create a hidden idea, which could be removed anytime when the country is at war - leading voluteers will have the buff.

[autumn coyote]

how do I remove these countries from the country selection menu

[serene owl]

Go to Bookmarks (Make one if u don't have it already) and cut the countries u don't want

[kindred axle]

Did you use blender?

[tulip prairie]

The model was made by my friend, I coded it in but yes he used blender

[kindred axle]

Noice

[sour temple]

Ooooh, now that is smart, thank you!

[umbral fern]

I just had an idea for a new ideology.

[hasty trout]

im playing the rise of the lion czechoslovakia rework, why cant i edit my divs?

nvm

[reef sundial]

Is there an up-to-date peace mod, by chance? That would let you make a peace deal without fully capitulating an enemy?

[inner marsh]

the hell is that division editor

[kindred axle]

how do i fix this?
[23:49:39][no_game_date][localize.cpp:647]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key

i get this in both vicotry points and state names loc

[obtuse condor]

How do I make generals
Admirals, field marshals and advisors?

[kindred axle]

https://youtu.be/dKLkI1AGArc?si=LVYVy4pRY-kIABzM

[obtuse condor]

Yeah I just found it myself

Thanks either way

[hasty trout]

heart of slots

[kindred axle]

i still have a prob with the loc, eveytime i load into a game the game jsut crashes, i check in the logs/text.log and it just gives me the loc of my created states + modified states name and say its a duplicate

[00:24:53][no_game_date][localize.cpp:647]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_51, file: localisation/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Western Rhineland
[00:24:53][no_game_date][localize.cpp:647]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_51, file: localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Rhineland
[00:24:53][no_game_date][localize.cpp:647]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_65, file: localisation/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Western Sachsen
[00:24:53][no_game_date][localize.cpp:647]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_65, file: localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Sachsen

[brazen robin]

You have two states with the same state id

Twice

[kindred axle]

But there are none

[brazen robin]

You need to get rid of the stare you don’t want to use or change it’s state id

[kindred axle]

Its Just one

[brazen robin]

You have Western_Rhineland and Rhineland both under stateid 51

Same with western sachsen and sachsen

[kindred axle]

In the history/states the state id 51 Is "rhineland" but in the loc One i putted Eastern Rhineland

Do i have to change the name of the state id name in the states file too?

Because there are no doubles

[brazen robin]

STATE_51 → "Western Rhineland"   (from localisation/state_names_l_english.yml)
STATE_51 → "Rhineland"           (from localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml)

STATE_65 → "Western Sachsen"
STATE_65 → "Sachsen"

I assume you have split both sachsen and rhineland into east and west, to do so you need to get rid of the original states for both of them

[kindred axle]

So...i have to create a whole new state for It?

[brazen robin]

wdym

[kindred axle]

Like, now the western rhineland Is state_1020, which Is a new state made by me, do i Need to do the same thing with the other part?

[brazen robin]

If you’re creating a new state that’s in the place of base rheinland, you need to get rid of the base rhineland in your code, and possibly create a new state for the area your new state doesn’t take up?

Idk if I’m understanding you correctly, I apologize

[kindred axle]

Nah its more me not knowing the problem lol

[brazen robin]

The problem right now is that your mod has State_51 & State_56 registered twice with different data

[kindred axle]

Like, i took the base rhineland state file from the history/states of the base game, copy and pasted it in my mod states file, i created state_1020 which Is the western rhineland, and i Just modified the provinces of the states, and tried changing the name of the rhineland state_51 to eastern, but It still counts It as a duplicate

Before doing that, i made western and eastern sachsen, i loaded in game and It runned well, no crash

Dunno what happened with that one

[kindred axle]

Hmm

[kindred axle]

Tho i have the " replace_path="history/states"

[brazen robin]

STATE_51:0 "Eastern Rhineland"
STATE_1020:0 "Western Rhineland"

write your stateids like this

And it should work

[kindred axle]

Imma try hollon

[brazen robin]

Sorry wait no

In localisation/state_names_l_english.yml
make sure you have

l_english:
 STATE_51:0 "Eastern Rhineland"
 STATE_1020:0 "Western Rhineland"

[kindred axle]

[01:14:17][no_game_date][localize.cpp:647]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_51, file: localisation/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Western Rhineland

nope

[brazen robin]

hmm

[kindred axle]

i dont get why this shows up just now tho, it went all good till this

[brazen robin]

Are you able to share your .yml file in some form?

[kindred axle]

hollon

ye the eastern and west are switched because i confused them

i tried anyways

still same error

it just gives me duplicate file in the text.log

[brazen robin]

hmm

It’s really weird that it all of a sudden started happe

[kindred axle]

i tested before doing the rhine, all the states, posen, kalisz, frankurt, appeared

and with their gfiven loc names

[brazen robin]

Make sure you don’t have the entire vanilla state_names_l_english.yml copied into your mod

only thing I can think of really

If that isn’t the issue someone with more knowledge will have to help you

Sorry ❤️‍🩹

[kindred axle]

lemme give it a last try

in antoehr case

i will jsut restart the mod

[kindred axle]

Welp, we tried...thx for the help anyways, Imma Just try again tmrw

Sry for the waste of time 🙏 Imma look into some videos to get whats wrong with it

[brazen robin]

Mws

Nws

[harsh dagger]

Can anyone help me with my music station, only one song is showing up, even though I have 2 in the radio

[primal seal]

Odd, it says that but it still works

[rain hare]

So is anyone ever going to recreate the Colonial Expansion mod? (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777718835)
This mod was literally my favorite and made so many fun scenarios. Its not compatable with the current update but I dont see why anyone hasnt updated it. The project seems abandoned and its a real shame, I would play the hell out of it for days straight.

[rose kraken]

Why does top bar resources not work with iron man?

[serene owl]

If i can get perms from the owner of it I can update it to 1.16.10 (I also played the mod)

[vague grail]

Do you know a mod to remove the reflection on the sea? The ones on Steam don’t work for me.

[crimson raven]

I'm a new, playing Brazil, how to land, the readiness is 100%, but the landing doesn't start, the divisions are standing in the port

[kindred axle]

Naval supremacy? Convoys?

[crimson raven]

yes i think

[glass acorn]

Anyone know how to hide the tooltip from on_add/on_remove?

Or better yet, make modifiers in an idea hidden? I tried hidden_modifier but it didn't work

[lone hearth]

hidden_effect

on_add and on_remove are effects, not modifiers

[glass acorn]

Tried that already, didn't work

[lone hearth]

u did prob smth wrong as it worked for me in the past...

[sour grail]

is there a mod for hoi4 that works like the timelapse mechanic in eu4 where i can see my own gameplay timelapsed?

[plucky idol]

modding

[harsh dagger]

can someone help me with switching provinces between states?

I get a pop-up that says "Failed to load the map" when I open the game

[plucky idol]

did you validate

[pale sparrow]

put the hidden effect inside the on_add and on_remove

[glass acorn]

Mmkay

Worked thx

[harsh dagger]

yeah, in all states

What do i do next?

[plucky idol]

go into debug mode

[harsh dagger]

I am in debug

[plucky idol]

can you show the full error

[harsh dagger]

How would I fix this?

I gave Edirne and Istanbul to Greece, and changed province 11829 from Istanbul state to Izmir state

[kindred axle]

How cna i crash but have no prob with checksum and nothing Is written in the text.log 💔

[glass acorn]

1. Check the buildings, ensure that they're randomized and validated to avoid state buildings in provinces they don't own
2. Check strategic regions, they don't update based on state changes most of the time

[harsh dagger]

Can someone help me, no state names are appearing

[pale sparrow]

The nudger has a tendency of breaking the loc file, remove the one generated in the Documents folder

[harsh dagger]

Ok

[slender mason]

when making new states for my mod, how do i make the error go away in the main screen? (it lets me start a game after about 10 second but it’d be embarrassing to have that in my mod.

[pale sparrow]

Buildings/units file you can let the nudger construct, its really good at that

The rest you gotta do manually based on error log

[glass acorn]

Additionally, if you do use the nudger's generated loc file, remove any negative IDs after the states, as they're the cause for it breaking

Example:

STATE_17:-1 "TEST" (Won't work)
STATE_17:0 "TEST" (Will work)

Also the numbers are optional, you can delete em if you want

[glass acorn]

Usually happens when you got a potentially game-breaking map error, such as a province without a state, state/provinces without strategic regions, etc

[rain hare]

I mean at what point is it of no use? from what ive heard he hasnt even been online in the last year. I mean as long as you credit the original creator and link the original mod i dont see the issue with it. But ofc im not familiar with modding ethics

[radiant kraken]

Hey fellow Map starers,

So I’ve been thinking – there are a ton of alt-history mods for HoI4 out there, but they’re kinda scattered around different discords, subreddits, random Steam pages, etc. What if we just… made one big list?

I put together a simple form where you can drop in whatever alt-history mods you know (big projects, WIPs, even those that play in the future). Once there are enough submissions, I’ll compile everything into a nice, easy-to-browse sheet and share it back here. That way if you’re ever hunting for a “what if X happened instead” mod, you don’t have to spend hours searching.

👉 https://forms.gle/a7Rw5BRXe99D9JJN8

If you’ve got any personal favorites, toss them in! The more niche the better. Also, if you’re a dev working on something and want to plug your own project, go for it – I’ll include it in the list too.

Thanks ahead!

[cyan axle]

[graphics.cpp:1365]: Failed to create gui object. Could not find sprite type [GFX_mapicon_mega_gun_emplacement]
[graphics.cpp:1365]: Failed to create gui object. Could not find sprite type [GFX_mapicon_mega_gun_emplacement_large]

i'm going crazy trying to track down where these errors are coming from. i understand what i think to be happening, and have identified a handful of mods that were missing the relevant sprite type definition in mapicons.gfx, but I made my own mod (actually just modifying a merged mod i made with irony mod manager) and literally added back the vanilla mapicons.gfx back with it last in the load order and it's STILL happening. so, what could I be missing here?

[swift field]

im gonna add a LOT/LOADS of new combat battalion units to my hoi4 multi mod

for like infantry marines tanks etc

aswell as LOTS/LOADS of new concsription draft and mobilization laws

[civic atlas]

I can make you this but will you be willing to pay?

[covert mirage]

guys question, how do i make it so a certain text in localization is shown when a variable is a specific value?

[wintry nymph]

Moderators, my HoI4 won't run, it doesn't have a browser, how can I install it?

[severe rapids]

okay I just started EAW back up, anyone care to explain what the hell this is?

[main umbra]

is there any like medieval style mods

[severe rapids]

yeah, it's called Crusader Kings

[cerulean trellis]

Can someone help me make a flag mod pack.

[warped jewel]

ummmmm

[warped jewel]

can i have that mod

[severe rapids]

it's Equestria at War, you can get it in the steam workshop

[warped jewel]

oh ok

i thought you made it yourself

[kindred axle]

There Is nothing we can do, easy

[kindred axle]

Europe 1300

[severe rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-mighty-omega-gif-22253898

[warped jewel]

how do i mod it so that in 1936 mode, british raj government is democratic and the leader is narendra modi

[kindred axle]

You gotta change It in the "common" countries files i think

You change starting ideolgoy

[warped jewel]

huh

[kindred axle]

And set a new character for the ideology

[warped jewel]

ok thanks

[kindred axle]

Check game files

[warped jewel]

for the info

yeah im gonna do that

copy paste

[kindred axle]

👍

[warped jewel]

where does it define starting ideology?

[kindred axle]

set_ideology

I think

[warped jewel]

theres no set_ideology

ill search on google

[kindred axle]

https://youtu.be/zuLKOK7Cnq4?si=ZIr1fyso2kMeCJmc

Skip to the characters part

Or so

It Will explain it

Check desc fir Better starting clips of the video

[warped jewel]

i was actually looking at that

[warped jewel]

oh my god it worked

[sand notch]

mobile 💔 i feel your pain

[harsh dagger]

How can I change the leader of a country

Specifically their portrait

[sand notch]

go to hoi4 game properties on steam, then files and browse, gfx (or dlc folder first if you want to change a dlc portrait) portraits, look for the country tag of your leader (FRA for france for example) open portrait with gimp program (it's free) then edit the image to your liking, then SAVE AS COPY

if you just want to make a small adjustment in your base game then make a copy of the original and replace it with your picture

if you want it to be a toggeable mod, create your own from the pdx launcher and simply copy the route for the portrait and paste your new portrait

[warped jewel]

im not on mobile

im on my old laptop

that.... runs

also why is this happening?

is it because i made my own RAJ file that doesnt have these things in it?

[warped jewel]

i havent even done anything to this

[warped jewel]

this happened when i fixed this one

[warped jewel]

i fixed that one but now i get this??!?!

now i really need help with this

[merry ocean]

What did U do?

[covert mirage]

Guys help

[warped jewel]

states

states owner

[merry ocean]

ahh so u freed india in 1936?

[pale sparrow]

You gotta be more detailed about what you want

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Localisation

pretty much everything is explained on this page though

[covert mirage]

Okay in short, i want a certain text to appear in category description if lets say a value is 8

[pale sparrow]

scripted localization then

See the wiki, its well explained

Can see a lot of examples in vanilla if needed

[warped jewel]

no im tryna make a mod that has 2019/2022 india "time travelled" back into 1936

just india

pakistan's area will be called British Punjab, bangladesh as British Bengal

they wont be free as only india time travelled

[merry ocean]

wait so does india get modern equipment and technology?

bruh india will be super op in this scenario

ull need to balance it somehow

[warped jewel]

nope

only the people travelled

not the items

[merry ocean]

i still feel like india would be too powerful

with engineers that understand modern tech

like once u build up a modern army ud be able to conquer the whole world in less than a year

[molten pike]

Is there a space mod for modern day or Cold War

[vague grail]

Is there any mod to make the border color gradient just a single line in the color of the country?

[torn crystal]

any idea why my game crashes ?

i literally see no reason for it to crash, i had those errors before and it worked just fine

[torn crystal]

this only happens if i make belgium not have a single starting state

[hushed apex]

Is there a mod that can make princess hibana a general in hoi4

[bleak anchor]

yo who wants to help me and a few others in making a Minecraft styled mod outside of Hearts of Minecraft?

we need Coders mostly but any help is appreciated

if you want to join DM me privately and i can send the link

[reef cypress]

hi guys, what are some good performance mods for multiplayer? client side im fine with just fps map but my friends lag a bit, most of the multiplayer performance mods i find haven't been updated in years so what works now?

[kindred axle]

Optimization++

SOO opt

[kindred axle]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2270893555

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2287434524

[bleak anchor]

Hello all so im making this mod with a few others that is based on the popular game Minecraft, this is a mod that is not related towards hearts of Minecraft. we aim to be a Minecraft mod also but right now we are at a crossroads as its became apparent that the main struggle of the mod is that we lack a true developer team so it would be greatly appreciated if any CODERS or WRITERS can join to become a dev for this mod. and hopefully this mod can become good!

MESSAGE ME IN DMS FOR THE INVITE

[bleak anchor]

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[north wave]

single starting state or date?

[vague grail]

Is it possible to remove or reduce the gradient and have only the border line?

[torn crystal]

state

like, i removed them from the map

[reef cypress]

thank uuu <3

[torn crystal]

any ideas on actually making a good focus tree? like, i have this country thats supposed to go to civil war on basically game start (only about a year to prepare) and i wanna have two paths where you either support the totalitarian government or oppose them (with branching paths and different malices) and im not really sure how to make it actually fun

its set in the deus ex universe

[kindred axle]

[north wave]

wait

and what have you replaced it with

[torn crystal]

France and Netherlands

[north wave]

have you splitted off flanders and wallonia

between them

[torn crystal]

yeah

i might give luxembourg to germany

it's a mod set in the distant future

2050 that is

[north wave]

dang

[latent mountain]

How can I auto trigger a event I can't seem to do that so easily I want to trigger it when game starts

[pale sparrow]

who should get it, players or a specific country?

[latent mountain]

Country

I set it to the country tag and used mean_time_to_happen and put the value to days = 1 but doesn't work

[pale sparrow]

Fire it in the history file with a slight delay

[latent mountain]

I have to trigger manually

[latent mountain]

What's that? Im new as hell to modding

[pale sparrow]

It defines the starting politics/units etc. for countries

but you can fire any effects there for game startup

[latent mountain]

Ok how and where is the file?

[pale sparrow]

/history/countries folder

[latent mountain]

Ok how can I trigger?

And will it still trigger if I make a new file?

[pale sparrow]

you need to override the vanilla file for the country

[pale sparrow]

Simply fire it

[latent mountain]

Ok so will it append my code or I have to copy and paste all the vanilla file stuff to my modded file?

[pale sparrow]

Copy

HOI IV doesnt support overriding only parts of files except for localization

[latent mountain]

Does this trigger the event? it looks like Im just giving it a id and just a bunch of days and hours stuff

[pale sparrow]

If you defined the event correctly, yes

[latent mountain]

And it will insta work? cause it says days = 10 and idk what's that random hours and days

[pale sparrow]

Random hours/days is optional

Or if you want to limit it to a startdate

[latent mountain]

Alright Im gonna give it a shot now

@pale sparrow Didn't work

And localisation also doesn't work when I trigger manually through console

Oh wait it worked!!

But localisation didn't @pale sparrow

And It also the national spirit doesn't have full name and if I want to add underlines _ it will just get a little ugly and also national spirit doesn't have buffs now last time it had buffs

[latent mountain]

Are you here?

[north wave]

on_action files

it's not at the history file

it's at the on_action files

so you will create your event originally at events files

after that

in the on_actions file

[pale sparrow]

Both work but I think history file is the nicer place

[north wave]

on_actions = {
on_startup = {
effect = {
TAG = {
# 1937 Election
country_event = {
id = random_events.22
days = 512
}

}

[pale sparrow]

that works the exact same as in history file, except now its not organized with the rest of TAG's setup

[north wave]

u can just create a different file

named as

the nation he wants to code

[latent mountain]

I tried it before didn't work Idk why probobly I messed up

[north wave]

therefore it would be still organized

[north wave]

did u created ur event at the events file

[pale sparrow]

Arda's example should work too

[latent mountain]

Yes

[north wave]

ok

and are the ids same

[latent mountain]

Yes

[north wave]

can u redo it

and then check the error log

[pale sparrow]

You put name with _ in the idea file, then localize that token in the localization files with spaces

[latent mountain]

Localisation is not working

Perhaps later I want to fix this now

[pale sparrow]

That looks to be working except the loc

[latent mountain]

How can I exactly localize?

[pale sparrow]

The wiki has a dedicated page on this you should read first

[latent mountain]

My texts are diffrent in localisation file

[pale sparrow]

the YT guides probably have one too

[latent mountain]

Yeah I saw one I did exactly same as the video but didn't work now Im here

Even the picture in event pop up is wrong

[pale sparrow]

You might wanna check error log for faults with the loc file

[latent mountain]

I checked nothing

l_english:
 Rush_to_Glory:0 "testing dsadasdad"
 mod_event.1.t:0 "testttt"
 mod_event.1.d:0 "testing"
 mod_event.1.a:0 "test"

IIsn't this correct?

[pale sparrow]

That looks correct

make sure the file is named correctly, in the right folder, and saved in UTF8+BOM

[latent mountain]

How can I save it like that?

Does visual studio code support something like this?

[pale sparrow]

Yes