modding

[shut dawn]

I’m not sure what you’re asking there.

[quasi hollow]

I doing mod about failed resigimento (not united italy) I have fascist way but i cant make neutral, monarchic, democratic and communised ways and focuses

[shut dawn]

I don’t get what you mean. Why can’t you make them? You don’t have ideas?

[quasi hollow]

Yes i dont have ideas how to do it

[shut dawn]

I’d suggest looking into the organizations of the time. There must’ve been some labor, monarchist, and other movements in the country during the period leading up to Mussolini. Read up on them on Wikipedia to start and dig into the reference sources if you want more details

[quasi hollow]

What about countries that didnt exist in real history but they do in the mod?

I have Two Sicilies, Venetia Reoublic and Libya

[shut dawn]

You’d probably want to look up the history of those regions you’re covering and see what you can find

Then think “ok how would this govt act in this time”

[quasi hollow]

Thx

[shut dawn]

No problem

[pseudo crescent]

woow

[pale sparrow]

@wild pawn https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/866278724763385866/1437542354126110761/image.png?ex=69139f25&is=69124da5&hm=ef1eeb3b7482425fdcbf797d6370d04b03d3224a07463a04182630658fda9d34&

I see what you mean

that doesnt look good

[ruby abyss]

Polska moment

[frail sapphire]

Does anyone know, how to Highlight a state, like a dmz, for a Holy Roman Empire Effect?

Try to write 193_revolution. Don‘t leave a space there

[lapis axle]

ty

[wild pawn]

Yes. And I can't get rid of it fast enough because I fall below 80% due to the balance of power change

[pale sparrow]

Ive fixed it internally, no more drift and extended mission

[wild pawn]

So.. how do I update?

[pale sparrow]

Wait for DLC release or manually edit the idea to not have drift

[wild pawn]

DLC release? the mod is becoming DLC?

[pale sparrow]

Nah I mean we'll do an update when NCNS releases

[swift field]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3290596666&searchtext=modern
if yalls want more ship icons use this mod

not mine btw

i wanna add a LOT of NEW SHIP TYPES

like LHAs lhds etc

[silent zephyr]

Guys I have no dlcs what mods are nice to play with even though I have no dlc?

[shut dawn]

Old World Blues doesn't require any DLCS and you won't be locked out of any content by not having them.

[silent zephyr]

What is it

Like vanilla+ or?

[stoic garnet]

guys help the equipment part of my script is not working

[shut dawn]

It's a total conversion mod that puts the game into the world of Fallout, centered on North America.

[burnt vigil]

Fallout based mod

[pale sparrow]

Your brackets

[tall hare]

How do I send a event to another country through a focus tree my friend

so if germany complete a focus

they send it to France

is this right?

completion_reward = {
CFA ={ country_event = { id = french_reperations.1 days = 1 }
}

[pale sparrow]

FRA = {
country_event = germany.1
}

That works too yeh

[tall hare]

okay nice

[tall hare]

also

option = {
name = french_reperations.a
add_political_power = 50

    option = {
    name = french_reperations.d
    add_political_power = 50

}

is this right if I want to add two options

and

how would I do if I want germany to get pp

[pale sparrow]

Brackers are wrong otherwise yes

just put a GER scope and put the political power inside there

OR

[tall hare]

so like

GER { add_political power = 50 }

[pale sparrow]

Yes, If Germany sent the event you can also do
FROM = {
add_political_power = 50
}

[tall hare]

ok

[tall hare]

    focus = {
        id = French_Reperations
        icon = GFX_surrender_tiny_flag
        cost = 5
        x = 33
        y = 0
        completion_reward = { 
            CFA ={ country_event = { id = french_reperations.1 days = 1 }
        }
    }
        ai_will_do = {
            factor = 10
        }
    
    
    }
    
        


add_namespace = Commune

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

        option = {
        name = french_reperations.1.a
    FROM = {
    add_political_power = 50
    }
}
        
        option = {
        name = french_reperations.1.d
        add_political_power = 50
}
    is_triggered_only = yes

}

do you know why this wont work?

[pale sparrow]

Namespace should be french_reperations

Also your 2nd event option should be b and not d

Otherwise itll overlap with your description

[tall hare]

ok

Also

what does name space even mean 😭

[shut dawn]

Just a definition thing to help the engine identify the events. The wiki goes a bit more in-depth https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Event_modding

[tall hare]

do I need it for every event?

[tall hare]

Now

how can I make one of the events trigger a event for germany?

do I use

from { }

[shut dawn]

You don’t need a namespace for every event. You should just have namespaces that a bunch of events use and then just have a number.

For example:

add_namespace = ZZZ_events

ZZZ_events.1
ZZZ_events.2
ZZZ_events.3

[tall hare]

ok

nice

[shut dawn]

You could just use
GER = {
country_event = {
Id = EVENT ID
}

[tall hare]

ok

from work too?

[shut dawn]

I’d really suggest checking out that wiki I linked. It has whole pages dedicated to effects, triggers, modifiers, and even extensive documentation on how different things work and what you need to do. I reference it all the time and I’ve been modding for years

[shut dawn]

Really depends. FROM is contextual

[tall hare]

ok

[tall hare]

Thanks 🙂

I am making like a event chain

its kinda annoying

[shut dawn]

If you want it to be a specific nation every time, better to use the country’s tag

[shut dawn]

Yeah, once you get the hang of things it gets easier.

My advice is to treat the code like a Genie. You need to be very careful about how you want it to do what you want it to do, or it’ll possibly mess everything up

[tall hare]

what would namespace for this be?

    id = GER_french_reperations.1
    title = GER_french_reperations.1.t
    desc = GER_french_reperations.1.d
    picture = GFX_report_event_world_news


fire_only_once = yes



trigger = {
    tag = GER
}

option = {
    name = GER_french_reperations.1.a
    add_political_power = 5
}
mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 1
}

GER_french_reperations

?

[shut dawn]

Yeah. But just to clarify, the namespace for the events can be whatever you want. The only thing is you generally want it to be something easy to identify and not overlap with anything else

[tall hare]

ok

[shut dawn]

So when I’m making events for a focus tree I usually do TAG_nf_events as the namespace. But I work with new nations. If you’re working with existing ones, it might be better to have something else like GUS_TAG_something_events

Just so that you don’t conflict with another mod or anything in the base game

[tall hare]

Okay nice

also

-20% stability, -100pp and -10%

is it

add_stability = -20

and add_political_power = -100

[shut dawn]

No, it’s a little different. Here’s a list of every command https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect

if you ctrl+f on the page you can usually find what you’re looking for real quick

[tall hare]

but if I want to remove

do I do

-20

or

[shut dawn]

You wouldn’t do 20 because stability is in percent

[tall hare]

yes

[shut dawn]

You’d do -0.2

[tall hare]

I thought about it

but it is -

right

[shut dawn]

Yeah, you’d do add_stability = -0.2

[tall hare]

ok

[tall hare]

how can I make the ai pick one

[shut dawn]

ai_chance. I’d suggest reading the wiki’s page on event modding. It should be very helpful.

[tall hare]

ok thanks

[shut dawn]

No problem

[tall hare]

If I dont have anything is it 50/50

[shut dawn]

Pretty much

[meager mortar]

does fire rises have content for turkey

[tidal gazelle]

No

[slender mason]

how do i make a nation declare war with a focus tree without a war goal?

[shut dawn]

declare_war_on = {
target = TAG
type = annex_everything
}

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect

[stoic garnet]

i fixed it didnt work help

[fossil inlet]

Hi, I'm interested in making a mod for multiplayer sessions with some friends that remove some tank modules, some technology and remove countries. Does anyone have any guides or tutorials they know off that I can use? I am quite new

[robust gulch]

Does anyone have recommendations for fun immersion nods similar to black ice,total war?

[rare grove]

russia has 9600+ guns but it says they dont?

how to fix

has_equipment = { infantry_equipment > 9599}

this code doesnt work for some reason

for russia

it works for every other country but not russia

[proven sage]

i mean i am suprised that you can even get that kind of stock, maybe delete most?

[rare grove]

omg that is the problem

i deleted 1.5m guns and now it works

thx

ill make russia have terrible arms factory debuffs

[unique zenith]

Does anyone know if there is a way I can get the total graphic redux mod combined with another custom portrait mod?

[unreal sorrel]

The official hoi4 youtube channel has tutorials

[tall hare]

Event 🙂

I need a good image for this

[vital ice]

question if i want to have 2 focuse trees for 1 contry can i somehow make a decision to swich them around or smt

[burnt vigil]

Check the Belgian shared focuses

[lapis axle]

how do i make a country totally annex the other one after winning a war

[burnt vigil]

Ngl, it's weird, its an AI thing but personally idk what the fix is

[hot vine]

Is there a way to find out what folder the image being used is contained in?

I am trying to track down where an equipment image is but I have no idea how to other than looking through everything manually

Would also be great if to find something that would tell what folder a technology or other things like that are stored in...

[burnt vigil]

Like the icon for techs and variants?

[woven fossil]

Is it possible to give an country provinces without needing to spawn troops in said provinces during a war/civil war?

How?

[burnt vigil]

Techs themselves are in root/common/technologies

[burnt vigil]

With the event/trigger, you grant X tag the states

[woven fossil]

provinces not states

[burnt vigil]

No, provinces cant be shifted

You grant X the state, but you'd need to spawn units on the specific provinces to give them specific ones

[woven fossil]

Hmmm

[burnt vigil]

Idk if you can modify thr occupation of specific provinces, I haven't gotten there just yet

[woven fossil]

I swear that I saw some starts at game start with some provinces without the full states without troops on them

Ahhh, you are pretty new to the modder

[burnt vigil]

Nope, just never had to deal with that

Most civil war stuff i deal with is on such a large scale that I can do full states without issues

[woven fossil]

Civil wars are so hot

At release, my submod will have three civil wars

[burnt vigil]

On release.. i'd have to count for mine

I might keep it simple like no LaR spain

But I might also go right ahead with adding all 20 smth civil war member

@hot vine you can find technology GFX that you'd see in the tech tree under root\gfx\interface\technologies, and technologies themselves in root\common\technologies

[woven fossil]

Which mod?

[woven fossil]

Thats so much

I love it

[burnt vigil]

Idk what ima call it

[burnt vigil]

Yea last I counted it was 26 civil war members, 27 used tags

[woven fossil]

PRetty

The largest civil war is between 8 members

9*

This is a outdated picture but the borders did not last

[burnt vigil]

Ngl im gonna enjoy playing that

[woven fossil]

At release, it will not have much content, really only national spirits and other shit

SAme with the other two civil wars

The only coutry that will have content is Posada's Posadic Utopist Revolutionary North Zebrica

Am I doing a 1984? Yes, I am doing a 1984

[woven fossil]

It seems like the dark blue faction is overpowered cuz most of the time, they win

even fighting the communists, the fascists (Kingdom of Wingbardy) and the Militarists alone

[burnt vigil]

Before the Civil war, would you say they held the majority of power?

[woven fossil]

AI

not player controlled

[burnt vigil]

Bc that'd be like, the perfect way to make that seem it

"Hey, these guys are the strongest of the people in the country, so have fun fighting the majority of power in the Civil war"

[woven fossil]

The dark blue faction was the army group that was supervising Revolutionary South Griffonia

SO yea

They held all the power of the superstate before it collapses after Revolutionary North Zebrica also collapses into a civil war

[burnt vigil]

That makes sense then

[woven fossil]

but the differences are the opposition in the Zebrican Civil war are united in The Harmonic Front while the Griffonian Civil War is just a mess

[burnt vigil]

Its like the nationalists held majority of power, but not majority of the people

[woven fossil]

True

DId not have popular support

The lore and stuff around Revolutionary South Griffonia is non-existent cuz in base EAW, it has no content

and I have not thought up the inners of the civil and shit

I was like "I want big civil war in GRiffonia and I want it now!"

I do have a idea for another civil war and actually talked to myself about it in the submod's server about if it should be a threesome but I decided that it was too unrealistic for rebels to pose a big enough threat in the urban north of a surveillance state

[burnt vigil]

Reading 3sum gave me shell shock

[woven fossil]

A super secret state that not even the countries in the west of Zebrica or in Griffonia or Equus know the existence of it

Shadow state with a shadow cruel government

[woven fossil]

:3c

[burnt vigil]

Yea life is fun

[woven fossil]

You know what is also fun?

[burnt vigil]

Hoi4?

[woven fossil]

civil wars

[hot vine]

Yes but Im trying to make a compatibility mod so it would be nice to know which mod directory is connected to the tech in question

[hot vine]

yes, the icon for the tech someone else helped me find what I needed though. The icon was in fact a default game icon and not added in by the mods

[woven fossil]

Question

In which situation should I create a new tag over using a pre-existing tag?

[ruby abyss]

imo when multiple nations spawn from the same nation

[woven fossil]

Like a civil war?

[burnt vigil]

Sometimes

Depends on if they will have their own focus tree or not

[woven fossil]

True but what if it is both going to have maybe their own focus tree and a successor?

I always struggled with this stupid question

Thats why there is a blue army group with the tag of The Hindian Confederation

WHen someone complain about Blue Terror not having alot of content for being in 2 whole years of development

my answer would be

civil war

[fossil inlet]

Instead of overwriting vanilla files and straight up deleting technologies, is there a way to "disable" them instead of just deleting the code?

[proven sage]

You could put a date on it, that you cant research It lets say until 1950. UK Vanguard focus has date limit.

[fossil inlet]

Yeah that works, thanks!

[vital ice]

question if i want to have 2 focuse trees for 1 contry can i somehow make a decision to swich them around or smt

[proven sage]

France has one example, free french and normal french. You can load by the last free french focus the main focus tree again. Or you could work with hiding and unhiding part of the trees

[pale sparrow]

Doesnt France switching back have all their focuses incomplete?

Thats the advantage of hide/unhide, you can store the progress

[vital ice]

k ty

[clear moat]

What does this error mean?

LastRead: career_profile_6E36DF3501001001_v3.pr (1)

[pale sparrow]

Im guessing thats not what caused your crash

[clear moat]

Then I don't know what the reason is

The problem turned out to be that the game crashes because of one country

Okay, I found the reason

[teal belfry]

how hard would it be to make a cyberpunk mod?

like, it takes place in cyberpunk 2077

[burnt vigil]

P hard

[burnt vigil]

That is the last thing to load completely, so wtvr loads after it is the issue

[stoic garnet]

is there anybody that do art commisions here

i have a rather unusual request

[proven sage]

I mean I mentioned that also. But can't deny that I didn't forget About this

[mild siren]

okay im so lost, shouldnt this make an empty focus tree??

`focus_tree = {
id = israel_focus

country = {
    base = 0
    modifier = {
        add = 10
        tag = PAL#92
    }
}

}`

the palestine tag is PAL#92

im js gonna look in the ROOT folder cuz im too stupid for this 😭

wait doesnt the #92 just comment out the 92

why are there even numbers in it in the first place

[pine nymph]

Guys is there any way I could remove all content from the game?>

[mild siren]

and just doing PAL doesnt work either 🥹

[pine nymph]

You need to have completion_reward = {}

[mild siren]

i just want an empty focus tree for now

this worked before

even on the official tutorial it works but for me it just doesnt for whatever reason

[pine nymph]

Focuses crash if there is no completion_reward={}. This will just create the completion_reward part without giving out anything.

[mild siren]

i dont even have any focus to add this on to tho

[pine nymph]

Just copy this

[mild siren]

copy what

[pine nymph]

lemme write

[mild siren]

oh oh alr alr

[pine nymph]

How did you create the blue part?

[mild siren]

`xxxxx`

you need those thingies before and after

[pine nymph]

focus_tree = { id = german_focus continuous_focus_position = { x = 100 y = 100 } country = { factor = 1 modifier = { add = 10 tag = GER } } dafault = no }

I think your tag was what was wrong

[mild siren]

but

eh whatever i gtg now 😭 ill try again later thank for help

[pine nymph]

just write PAL in, don't write PAL#92

[mild siren]

i did that

stil didnt work

[pine nymph]

hmm

So let me get this straight, you want an empty focus tree

[mild siren]

yeah

[pine nymph]

If you right click on PAL are there any focuses?

[mild siren]

just replace the default with ab empty one

[mild siren]

yes

the default one

[pine nymph]

just copy this and replace germany with palestine

And if you don't want any continuous focuses don't write that in

[mild siren]

okee will do later

tyy

[pine nymph]

np

btw

[mild siren]

ya

[pine nymph]

We modders have a community on discord where we help together so if you have any questions just ask that in the server, not here. Barely anyone mods here

I can't send the link I will just dm you

[mild siren]

ooo

[mild siren]

please!!

ive modded a bit before but havent done so in months and it feels like they changed a lot of syntax i cant remember shit 😭

[spark wedge]

hey

can anyone help

i made my own mod but i have no idea how to add it

like there no drag and drop

or anything

and the file path says it contains characters not compatible with windows WTF

[distant island]

remove that slash at the end

[spark wedge]

it says a directory already exists

because ive obviously added to the folder already through files

but nothing comes up

in the launcher

[distant island]

so its uploaded but you cant see it?

[spark wedge]

ig

its in my mod folder

[distant island]

ok go to playsets

[spark wedge]

i only just started playing hoi4

[distant island]

then press add more mods at top right

[spark wedge]

oh ye ik

its not there

thats what i mean

[distant island]

strange

[distant island]

and the mod files are in hoi4?

[spark wedge]

ye

[distant island]

i would just make a new mod and copy paste everything on the new mod

[spark wedge]

should it all be in 1 folder

the mod

or

[distant island]

make a new mod as you did before and copy paste everything your previous mod folder had inside

[distant island]

except the descriptor

[spark wedge]

what do i do with the descriptor

im new to hoi4 modding so mb

[distant island]

you mean what it does?

[spark wedge]

where do i put it

[distant island]

just delete the descriptor from the old mod after copy pasting everything else to your new mod folder

[spark wedge]

wdym

should i have the descripter in the mod folder and the folder

or the folder with the descriptor inside

[distant island]

ill just tell you step by step what to do

[spark wedge]

what does some active mods are not present on disc mean

rq

[distant island]

you have some mods in the launcher but they are not in the files

basically deleted mods

[pale sparrow]

Or the launching is glitching

[distant island]

1.make the new mod
2.go to the files of the previous mod which wouldnt show up
3.copy everything inside of that folder except the descriptor file
4.paste everything inside the folder of your new mod

then just delete the old mod if it works

[spark wedge]

so then what do i do with the descriptor

[distant island]

from the old mod?

[spark wedge]

yes

[distant island]

just leave it on the old mod's folder

also the descriptor file contains these so its not compatible with other mods

dont ever put a descriptor from another mod to another mod

[spark wedge]

wtf is going on

[distant island]

what did you do

pls dont tell me you did something to that folder

[spark wedge]

nah

ill show u

my folder

inside is this below

@distant island

[distant island]

i meant copy paste everything inside "hoi4_100_construction_speed" not the folder itself

[spark wedge]

this doesnt work still

[distant island]

is hoi4 high or what

[spark wedge]

wdym

[spark wedge]

copy and paste is where bro

[warm cape]

ah

click on the descriptor file

open it in a text editor

also what did you do

don't cover those into the mod folder

it doesn't matter where your mod folder is

you need to have a .mod file that links to the mod folder

put your mod files back into the folder

[spark wedge]

so this is wrong right

version="1.0"
tags={
"Balance"
"Gameplay"
"Quality of Life"
}
name="Construction Speed 100 - 10 Queue"
supported_version="1.14.*"
path="mod/HOI4_100_Construction_Speed"

thats what ive done

so far

[warm cape]

make sure the path points to the folder containing your mod

[spark wedge]

my discriptor is in the mod folder too

is that right

[warm cape]

yes

[spark wedge]

yo

why do these keep spawning in

a new one every time i launch

[warm cape]

ah

paradox launcher doing stuff

don't bother with it

does your mod load

[spark wedge]

no

ive done this

version="1.0"
tags={
"Balance"
"Gameplay"
"Quality of Life"
}
name="Construction Speed 100 - 10 Queue"
supported_version="1.14.*"
path="C:\Users\dreid\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\mod\myfirstmod"

[warm cape]

do "/"

[spark wedge]

wdym

[warm cape]

don't use back slash

use /

[spark wedge]

done

still isnt showing

version="1.0"
tags={
"Balance"
"Gameplay"
"Quality of Life"
}
name="Construction Speed 100 - 10 Queue"
supported_version="1.14.*"
path="C:/Users/dreid/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/mod/myfirstmod"

[warm cape]

ah

this file

needs to be in the mod folder

in the "hoi4/mod" folder

[spark wedge]

what one

[warm cape]

not "hoi4/mod/myfirstmod" folder

[warm cape]

this

[spark wedge]

thats everything in the mod

in that folder

are u talking about the descriptor

[warm cape]

yes

because how the game catches your mod is that it goes through the /mod folder and read all the text files in there

[spark wedge]

so like this lemme show you

[warm cape]

then go through the path to grab your mod files

[warm cape]

yes

[spark wedge]

thats what happens

i cant enable it and it has no size

[warm cape]

ok one more thing you need to do

name the file .mod

[spark wedge]

the descriptor yes

[warm cape]

then it should show up

[spark wedge]

or the folder

[warm cape]

the file

descriptor

[spark wedge]

ok

its still the same

[warm cape]

ok idk what this is

[warm cape]

delete this

go to launcher

create a playlist

add mods

then you see your mod in there

[spark wedge]

ik

i cant even enable it

wait can u make mods

maybe i did smth wrong

[warm cape]

?

no

if you followed the steps exactly, you enable the mod

?

what's on your screen

[spark wedge]

i cant enable it

[warm cape]

ok did you do everything as I said

[spark wedge]

it physically has a circle crossed out

yes

[warm cape]

send a screenshot

[spark wedge]

it has no size

and no version

[warm cape]

show your whole screen

or the whole window

[spark wedge]

its got a red triangle too

ill show u what it says

[warm cape]

ok check the path then

[warm cape]

if you copy and paste this path

do you get to the correct folder?

[spark wedge]

what do i make the version

1 sec trying smth

[warm cape]

it's irrelevant

[spark wedge]

it works

i think

it just says its for an older game version

will it still work#

on latest

[warm cape]

yes

version is cosmetic

[warm cape]

this disappears?

then it should work

[spark wedge]

the mod just doesnt actually do anything

thats the problem

its still broken

but i have it loaded

[warm cape]

well yeah then it's the issue with your mod file

at least it loads

[spark wedge]

is it supposed to be 800 bytes

[warm cape]

that's normal

[spark wedge]

the mod is this for descisions

decisions = {
construction_speed_100 = {
name = construction_speed_100
desc = construction_speed_100_desc
picture = generic_production_bonus

    available = {
        always = yes
    }
    
    visible = {
        always = yes
    }
    
    fire_only_once = yes
    
    cost = 0
    days_remove = -1
    
    complete_effect = {
        add_ideas = construction_speed_boost
    }
}

}

ideas = {
country = {
construction_speed_boost = {

        picture = generic_production_bonus
        
        allowed = {
            always = yes
        }
        
        removal_cost = -1
        
        traits = { }
        
        modifier = {
            production_speed_buildings_factor = 1.0
            max_building_queue = 9
        }
    }
}

}

idk wtf is wrong

thats the whole mod

[warm cape]

which part is wrong

does the decision show up?

[spark wedge]

no

[warm cape]

can you add the idea with console?

[warm cape]

maybe read this first

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Decision_modding

[warm cape]

like this would imply that you have created a category called "decisions"

[spark wedge]

yeah i have

[vital ice]

guys i knwo this a dum question but how do i make a code to add nuclear research facility in lux

[warm cape]

in the game? or in a mod?

[warm cape]

did you?

I copied your code and the decision does show up

did you add a decision category to common/decisions/categories folder?

[vital ice]

In code

[warm cape]

go to history/states/state 8

add a nuclear_facility in the buildings

[vital ice]

im making so a focus does it

[warm cape]

oh ok

hidden_effect = {
IF = {
limit = {
8 = {
is_fully_controlled_by = ROOT
air_facility < 1
land_facility < 1
naval_facility < 1
nuclear_facility < 1
}
}

                8 = {
                    add_building_construction = {
                        type = air_facility
                        level = 1
                        instant_build = yes
                        province = 6583
                    }
                }
            }
        }

ok i just copied from the italian focus

[vital ice]

k ty

[warm cape]

you just need the IF block in the completion_reward of your focus

[vital ice]

ty man

[tall hare]

How can I make focus tree backgrounds for my mod

[unique zenith]

Does anyone know if there is a way I can get the total graphic redux mod combined with another custom portrait mod?

[pale sparrow]

Try searching the Road to 56 Github pull requests, someone did it once but we ended up deleting it

[hot vine]

Where are ship name lists stored?

[pale sparrow]

common/units

[tall hare]

Can I use it?

[pale sparrow]

Not a direct copy but its good to know which files to modify

[tall hare]

Ok

Imma look at it

[modern granite]

Running into the classic problem of me not understanding event modding (it's been 2 years since I've last modded)
The first two flag changes fire, the rest of them just don't work

[tall hare]

Wait marjin to reduce a dynamic modifier do i have to fully remove it?

[pale sparrow]

Wdym reduce

[tall hare]

like if we say

its -0.4 recruitable population

and I want a focus to make it -0.3

is there a way to simply reduce it

[pale sparrow]

You set the value to a variable in the dynamic modifier and add 0.1 to that variable in the focus

Check Soviet/German army tree

[tall hare]

I want to use it for a state modifier

[pale sparrow]

I think those work the same though not sure

[tall hare]

so

this is my dynamic modifier

austrian_resistance = {
    enable = { always = yes }

    icon = GFX_modifiers_conscription_exemptions_granted

    resistance_growth = 0.2
    recruitable_population_factor = -0.4
    local_factories = -0.4
    state_resources_factor    = -0.3
    
}  

so if you complete an event I want it to reduce it

how would I do that?

[pale sparrow]

Replace number with variable

See vanillas dynamic modifiers

[austere wyvern]

if you use a variable for the modifier

[rare grove]

Peninsular war being added to the Napoleonic Wars Redux mod

[hot dragon]

niceee

[rare grove]

Imo going to be an update for the 20th

[hot dragon]

what does redux mean

[rare grove]

Reworked/new I think imo

[hot dragon]

just saying prolly work on ottomans or smth

making like a re expansionist alt path would be really interesting

[rare grove]

France Russia Prussia Naples Portugal Poland being worked on rn

[hot dragon]

like it would happen after napoleon invades egypt or smth

[hot dragon]

mabye after?

[rare grove]

Perhaps

[hot dragon]

i would love to see like a mod which is basically eu5 but in hoi4

in that time perioud

that would be so cool

[rare grove]

Anyone know how to remove any of these errors?

[pale sparrow]

Many of those are pretty self explanatory instances of references to non-existent content

• has_game_rule errors aren't actually problematic if there's a DLC check on that gamerule and you dont have that DLC
• Invalid radar trigger/effect is probably because of outdated references to the techs that vanilla renamed a few updates ago
• Template error is because of missing division naming schemes
• I presume the last errors are because of a missing names list

[tall hare]

where are they stored?

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Variables

Ive only used dynamic modifiers in country scope, keep in mind you will have to store the starting value on every state scope you wanna use it on

[tall hare]

wait

so I have to do stuff in states to?

[pale sparrow]

If youre making a state modifier, thats where the variable should be saved

That way you can use the same variable name for every state, and change the values you want by scoping into the state

[tall hare]

Not saved in dynamic modifiers?

[pale sparrow]

I think we're having a bit of miscommunication, I suggest trying out a country one first

[tall hare]

ok

🙂

[tall hare]

but which file is it I store variables in?

[pale sparrow]

None

[tall hare]

oh

[pale sparrow]

Variables you simply set somewhere and the game stores them in memory afterr

For country dynamic modifiers, vanilla typically sets the starting values in history/countries files

[tall hare]

ok

I see how it is

[tall hare]

hmmm I dont get it to work

I created new ones in history

and now

I put them in dynamic modifiers

I put it like this

resistance_growth = Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth
recruitable_population_factor = Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor
local_factories = Austrian_resistance_local_factories
state_resources_factor = Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor

set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth = 0.2 }
set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor = -0.4 }
set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_local_factories = -0.4 }
set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor = -0.3}```

This is my variables

[glad dove]

Hello there, I want to make mod for joint focus tree for allies and axis, maybe anyone have any ideas for focuses? for now I think make short (14 or 35 day long) focuses with rewards in army\air or industrial research bonuses + army\air XP or bonuses for doctrines.

[thorny shoal]

Yo, my mod crashes when I add railways

Do you guys have an idea of what might be causing this?

[stoic garnet]

guys help code is not working im scratching my head hard

my leader both name arent appearing and the game says the election arent allowed

[burnt vigil]

Atp im so bored I'm down to do modding commissions for anyone

I js don't wanna work on mine rn bc its a buggier mess than TNO

[thorny shoal]

Cool, so have you ever encountered an error that causes the game to crash when building railways

[burnt vigil]

No, shockingly

[thorny shoal]

I'm trying to upgrade magna europa, but that bug is preventing it from being playable @burnt vigil

[burnt vigil]

Oh, might be best to ask in there

Sweden prolly knows

[thorny shoal]

In where?

[burnt vigil]

The Magna Europa discord

Mb im hungry and tired

[thorny shoal]

alll good, thanks

[thorny shoal]

Do you have a link?

[burnt vigil]

Idk if I can send here

[tall hare]

You know why my variables aren't working 😭

resistance_growth = Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth
    recruitable_population_factor = Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor
    local_factories = Austrian_resistance_local_factories
    state_resources_factor = Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor

set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth = 0.2 }
set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor = -0.4 }
set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_local_factories = -0.4 }
set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor = -0.3}

[burnt vigil]

If i knew about variables, i'd be employed with a highschool diploma sorry man

[tall hare]

😭

This doesen't even make sense

[pale sparrow]

looks correct, assuming you put them in the right scope

[tall hare]

I mean

By right scope

is that in the dynamic modifier?

inside of it only

and dynamic modifier is just added into the austrian states

[pale sparrow]

you gotta set those variables in every state it will be applied to

[tall hare]

how do I do that

state = {
    id = 4
    name = "STATE_4"
    manpower = 2297983 # was 2595983

    resources = {
        oil = 2 
    }
    
    state_category = large_city
    
    history = {
     add_dynamic_modifier = { modifier = austrian_resistance }
        owner = GER
        add_core_of = AUS

        victory_points = {
            11666 30 
        }

        victory_points = {
            732 10
        }

        buildings = {
            infrastructure = 4
            arms_factory = 3
            industrial_complex = 4
            air_base = 6
            11666 = {
                landmark_hofburg_palace = {
                    level = 1
                    allowed = {
                        has_dlc = "Gotterdammerung"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        
        1938.3.12 = {
            owner = GER
            controller = GER
            add_core_of = GER
        }

        1939.1.1 = {
            buildings = {
                anti_air_building = 5
            }
        }

    }

    provinces = {
        704 732 3718 6552 6690 6723 6739 9527 11651 11666 
    }

    local_supplies = 0.0 
}

here is one state for example

[tall hare]

could you demonstrate?

[pale sparrow]

  every_owned_state = {
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth = 0.2 }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor = -0.4 }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_local_factories = -0.4 }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor = -0.3}
  }
}```

[tall hare]

and if I want it to show under the modifier

also where should I put this?

[pale sparrow]

itll automatically show the variable values

but not if theyre 0

[tall hare]

ok

so

where should this code be?

[pale sparrow]

(And unset variables are presumed to be 0)

[tall hare]

Okay nice

[pale sparrow]

on_startup on_action I guess

[tall hare]

ok

Wait I found another way

an lets say

uglier way

[mellow quail]

map gen question
i am trying to use map gen to make a hoi4 map, but when i make a mod i also get a lot of these .mod files that are not in the folder and they seem to couse issues
where should they go?

i feel like they souldnt be here, and also the tutorial im wathing doesnt have tham, but when i jsut shove em in the mod folder they dont work

[tall hare]

on_actions = {
    on_startup = {
        effect = {
            every_state = {
                limit = {
                    is_core_of = AUS
                }
     add_dynamic_modifier = { modifier = austrian_resistance }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth = 0.2 }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor = -0.4 }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_local_factories = -0.4 }
    set_variable = { Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor = -0.3}
              }
        }
    }
}

[pale sparrow]

I think more performance intensive, but I dont image thats gonna matter, 0.00001 seconds might be 0.00002

[tall hare]

I think I solved it

wait

actually

maybe

[tall hare]

and now

how can I lower the debuff through a event

[pale sparrow]

Just modify the variable for the states you wanna modify it for

[tall hare]

how 😭

I want to do it for all states

[pale sparrow]

Do the same as the on startup effect but instead of set_variable, you reduce/increase the values

[grim bough]

every_state = {

[tall hare]

I did it

[fast plover]

does anyone know what map mod this is

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2873363246

heres the mod where i found the pics too

[tall hare]

My mod 🙂

[lone hearth]

FPS Map Probably

[worldly adder]

Came with an idea for an insane schizo path where there is a guy who believes he’s a robot and he starts what is essentially a cult where its members also believe they are robots and it gains enough traction that they’re able to win an election or they start a civil war in their country. The goal of the people who believe they are robots is create a robot empire/republic.

[tall hare]

@burnt vigil how's spain going?

[burnt vigil]

Uhh, idk i haven't checked it in a hot minute

Been having a shyte week, and I won't have my pc with me from monday the 17th until 1 calender week on the 24th

[slender mason]

how do i make a sound play after an event/focus like in TFR or TGW

[pale sparrow]

play_song I assume

[twilit wave]

I'm new to the modding. I created a test focus for an event in rt56. I put the txt in events but still the focus says invalid event.

Is there something that i forgot

[pale sparrow]

probably namespace

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Event_modding

[slender mason]

how do i make a super event like in TFR or TGW??

[twilit wave]

this is in italy_civil_war.txt

[pale sparrow]

Theres no namespace and no options in that top event

[twilit wave]

so what should i add?

[pale sparrow]

read the event modding page I linked

[twilit wave]

this?

[burnt vigil]

finally gonna finish working on my map hopefully

that way my week away from my pc can be just coding in focus tree's and countries

but im gonna do it while under the influence, so who knows if ima do okay at making things look neat

Alsace-Lorraine mentioned?!

@tall hare

[burnt vigil]

making strat regions, how the hell do i get them to not explode the game? like i wanna have mine and not "LAND" and "SOUTHERN ENGLAND"

[rapid lark]

I am new to modding and the country I formed isn't showing up anywhere not even the cores it has states it's recieved or anything! if anyone could help me out here I'd appreciate it

[rapid lark]

I altered 2 states and every country on earth tried to own a new capital...

[foggy aspen]

Dear god..

[opaque axle]

Is there any way I can check if one mod is causing an issue? Like how can I check a savegame in which something is wrong which was caused by a mod in order to fix it?

[tall hare]

Very nice

[pale sparrow]

No

Savegame is far too convoluted to find a mod-caused issue

[opaque axle]

okayokya thank you very much

[opaque axle]

and how can you check if one country is lagging the whole game behind? Im facing this problem in a road to 56 game rn

[pale sparrow]

annex countries by console until it speeds up

but that seems like an unlikely scenario

[opaque axle]

okay thank you

[swift field]

how do i mod in more Special projects

[acoustic dawn]

does anyone have a guide on how to make custom Army/Army Group icons?

[amber notch]

I wanna try and make a mod lowkey

[shut dawn]

That's a good idea. Modding is fun. I suggest checking out the wiki. There's a lot of good documentaiton there and reading things to understand how they work should save you a lot of headaches. https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_Focus_modding

[amber notch]

maybe something with more Africa base?

[amber notch]

Alright

Am I able to do it on Mac?

[tall hare]

I think so

[slender mason]

how do i make a superevent in hoi4?

[shut dawn]

The main thing you need for modding is just a program for editing the text documents. That should be possible on Mac. I suggest Notepad++ since you're just getting started, but Visual Studio Code is another good one. It can just be a little overwhelming at first to people who haven't used it before.

[slender mason]

i only know how to do the sound

[tall hare]

I got no idea

probabl

y

scripted gui

[amber notch]

Anyone wanna try and make a mod with me

[tall hare]

I am making a mod

[amber notch]

Oh nice

What’s it bout

[tall hare]

If Germany and Russia won ww1

[amber notch]

Nice

[tall hare]

What would your mod be about

Map so far

[amber notch]

Maybe Africa based?

Idk

Or smthin in Europe

Like what if the communist took over instead of the facist

[amber notch]

How long have you been working on yours?

[tall hare]

Like a month

[amber notch]

Nice

Is it easy to mod?

[tall hare]

I mean

kinda?

depends

on what you want to mod

[amber notch]

Aight

I may try something easy to start

Anyone down to collab for a mod

[median carbon]

What's the best mod for Portugal?

[supple junco]

Yo can sm1 help me make a mod or just tell me how

[shut dawn]

Check out this wiki. It’s got a lot of good documentation that should allow you to figure out how to do anything you want to do with a mod https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_Focus_modding

[signal gorge]

HELP I CAN'T FIND LOCALIZATION FILE FOR AGUSTIN PEDRO JUSTO

[burnt vigil]

Wdym

Root/localisation ????

[rapid lark]

I would, I am still learning how to mod though

[amber notch]

Aight

[rapid lark]

what kind of mod were you thinking about making?

[amber notch]

Maybe a more Africa based/Europe collapse mod

[rapid lark]

Alr, africa definitely could be fun

[amber notch]

Independent colonies during ww2

Would be fun

[rapid lark]

are we gonna make it historically accurate on different tribes or keep the colonization borders

[amber notch]

Probs both maybe

[rapid lark]

yea the arabic tribe specifically could be fun to mess with because they are cut off from africa by the sahara

[amber notch]

Yeah

You could have Egypt and Sudan thingy

Where this dude who claims to be a prophet of Ra takes over the Nile delta and fights his way thru Egypt and wins

Then proclaim the Sun kingdom of ra

That could be fun

[rapid lark]

ye

when do you wanna start?

[wintry yacht]

is there a modern hoi4 mod that basically only changes the date the countries, focuses and the research? millenium dawn runs bad on my pc

[burnt vigil]

I would say century of war or whatever its called, but that doesnt work afaik plus its laggy

[worldly cape]

Is there a mod where the american civil war ended with stalemate

[hot dragon]

fire rises

[burnt vigil]

The 1acw? No, you would need to make one, but that could be a cool alt-hist mod

The CSA "wins" what they wanted, but the Union isnt like, annexed ir whatever

Could probably do the GCSA (new Mexico, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kentucky added to the confederate states) to represent the mix states siding with the confederates after the humiliation of Lincoln, presidents would be very difficult to do though

[signal gorge]

I need to change his name in game

I searched in many codes but didn't find him

[swift field]

i wanna add NEW special projects

[crude galleon]

novem vexillum

[burnt vigil]

Check characters for the language

[signal gorge]

I searched in characters_l_english

I didn't find him

Even with cltr+shift+f

[burnt vigil]

Odd, idk personally then ive yet to get in that far for my own modding experience

Idek if ima get work on my mod whatsoever this week, hopefully I do bc ion wanna leave it to sit for a week and slow myself down due to needing a break from iso

[abstract pier]

When you use the nudge tool and edit states how do you save it? When I hit save it just goes back to how it was before, i saw somewhere else that it saves a file that you can put in your mods folder and use as the new map but I cant find it.

[pale sparrow]

Welcome, in
documents/paradox interactive/hearts of iron iv/

It makes /map, /localization and /history folders depending on what you did

[abstract pier]

and idea where ide find that on linux 😅 I got no idea what steam does with those folders.
and I have like 40 documents folders when i search my whole pc

omg i think i found it!

[pale sparrow]

IIRC dont use the loc folder, the nudger tends to mess it up

[abstract pier]

oh, so what do i do?

[pale sparrow]

Cut and paste the map and/or history folders into your mod

[abstract pier]

oh ok so i am doing it right :) ty

[high hatch]

They have a way to create_equipment_variant a infantry_equipement, and to add directly bonus inside this? I think not, but in case someone found ^^'.

[tall hare]

@burnt vigil

NEVER

and I mean

never try gfx

I tried it

and its so

so

so

annoying

[burnt vigil]

I have done GFX

[tall hare]

Well

[burnt vigil]

It isnt that hard

[tall hare]

I tried to paint some eyes

and lets say

it went bad

bad bad

[burnt vigil]

OH, yea i 100% am not using my own work for portraits

[tall hare]

I did this

btw

[burnt vigil]

They look great?

[tall hare]

I cant paint eyes

He got blue eyes

😭

[burnt vigil]

Isn't hard to fix

You've basically got all the hard work done

Getting the skin colour right is the hard part

[tall hare]

How is it

when I paint eyes

it look

super painted

like super duper painted

[tall hare]

got any tips

also

show your sweet gfx

[burnt vigil]

I aint got none for my mod, plus I am almost 400 miles from my rig

Sadly

[tall hare]

This looks decent 🙂

Its ´my first

and its fine

[burnt vigil]

Its great

Im prolly js gonna do a Darkest Hour and use black and white / yellowtone

[pale sparrow]

Doesnt exist, bonuses are always given to all designs

[tall hare]

Straight of google 😎

[burnt vigil]

Yuh

[tall hare]

I might have to do that

😭

my skills in gfx is too bad

[final tinsel]

is there any good tool to snap focus tree?
currently i'm using this one: https://github.com/malashin/hoi4treesnap
BUT this has not updated since 2022, so im looking better one

[tall hare]

snap?

[burnt vigil]

🤷‍♂️

[shut dawn]

That’s the best one I know of

[ancient vapor]

Ok is there any reason i cant play vanilla since i made my mod?

[pale sparrow]

Syntax of focus tree hasnt changed at all since

The only annoying thing is that symbols that confuse the tool are becoming more common, but if you backup your tree you can just temporarily delete all problematic ones

[acoustic dawn]

is there a good guide that shows how to mod custom army group icons?

[tall hare]

@burnt vigil I need some stuff inbetween colonial upkeep
and french reperations
or remove colonial upkeep from branch fully
I need focus ideas

Pls

I need this

anyone

[winged dune]

If it's for the germany you may take a look of what France did in the real life and not exactly do the same thing that they did but take inspiration of that, like France is humiliate by the germans (it's just an exemple it's certainly a bad idea because i give no effect of continuation)

[tall hare]

Yeah ty

[woven fossil]

Based

[woven fossil]

Canada is not a Republic

[obtuse condor]

w dean guys

[burnt vigil]

Yea were still yrvhnicslly the dominion iirc

But Canada is also legally a federation in the sense of the fact we are a confederation of the 13 provinces and territories

[woven fossil]

Techincally no

We dropped the Domination due to it no longer being accurate

in 1950

[burnt vigil]

We're both last i checked, we're the Canadian Federation, but since we are part of the british commonwealth (formerly known as the British Empire), we could call ourselves a dominion still, however that implies that we serve the british crown, not that we work alongside them

[woven fossil]

Not me due to me being a SOcialist

but yeah

[burnt vigil]

Yea, we're still a dominion under a different name lol, but we're also cooler than thay

[woven fossil]

No

We aint a dominion

Anyways, calling Canada "The Canadian Federation" would be better then "Republic of Canada"

Republic of Canada feels weird

[burnt vigil]

Yh

Commonwealth of Canada sounds better

But mot as cool as australia

[woven fossil]

That too

Way beter

and accurate

as...much I hate to admit it

[burnt vigil]

Why does Canada have to suck so muxh

I am actively a 10 hour drive from my house, and that is bc Ontario is so bloody massive you could fit the state of Texas in here almost twice over

You can fit the state of Texas inside northern Ontario, the scrappy part of our state

I feel like North America should be updated in one dlc, maybe the Caribbean too

[marsh pumice]

how good is better ai mod, and do the ai have any quirks

expert ai isnt compatible with other mods and sheeps ai is cracked

[viral anvil]

why does my game just crash out when im doing the defense of berlin mod (berlin: initial release)

it just freezes

and crashes

when i start

[winged dune]

Of what i can read it seems that it crashs because it can't load the map so maybe the map files is corrupted try (if you hasn't did) to delete and reinstall the mod

And also try to verify your game files 'cause it can corrupt your vanilla files too, i already have this issue

[woeful skiff]

What mod is a good starter mod?

[high hatch]

It is normal in a target mission (ie with target_trigger, days_mission_timeout and timeout_effect), activation doesn't work well?

[ripe condor]

hmmm

focus to affect french politics?

i assume they're going to flip facist or communist, so add something to lower/reduce that

either that, or add a mutually exclusive focus to french reperations to prevent them from flipping communist or facist

either that, or something to increase compliance in captured colonies and french lands in europe

[karmic harbor]

Do French economic influence

Since France is poor you can abuse that to make them economically dependant on you

[tall hare]

This is their politics tree

German

Branch

[karmic harbor]

Oh

Do industrial building focuses

That will hurt stability and such short run but help industry in the long run

[tall hare]

This is map

1936

[karmic harbor]

Why did UK loss so much and France so little

It should be kinda the opposite

Also Italy should recieve losses since they joined the allies in 1915

[pale sparrow]

Road to 56 is quite vanilla-like, Equestria at War too, but its less easy to see what countries are harder/easier

[karmic harbor]

Not gains

Replace mittelafrika stuff with westafrika stuff

Like Germany takes French African colonies n shit

But Germany loses Papua because the British

[tall hare]

In the mod Italy didn't join allies

And Germany wasnt interested in Algeria

[tepid canyon]

is there a mod for the roman empire?

[distant thunder]

anyone know what mod adds the icons here

[autumn coyote]

Does anyone know how the files are called that store these rules?

[winged dune]

I think it's at Hearts of Iron IV common, units and tank_destroyer_brigade.txt i hope it's that file you need

[final tinsel]

anyone knows the reason why national focus appears only six?

NOT idea problem, NOT modifier problem, but i dont know why this happened

[kindred remnant]

What's your guys's favorite mods? I'm looking for something fun to play

[void ferry]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3596847511 one of my favourites at the moment

[pulsar steppe]

Is there a hoi4 mod that set in the Napoleonic wars?

[icy fable]

@rare grove

[rare grove]

napoleonic wars redux

[rare grove]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3460941165 this mod is getting an update on the 20th

[upbeat forum]

bah its you

[lilac canyon]

Does anyone know how I can access the documentation for modding guide of the update tomorrow?

[pale sparrow]

Itll probably be shared once the update goes public Im guessing

[lilac canyon]

No Pre-modding?

[pulsar steppe]

Ty how do you know its getting a update soon?

[rare grove]

working on it ngl

[pulsar steppe]

make sense you legit got there discord in ya bio

ima join it

[cinder hedge]

ayo people, how can I loop through every ship owned by a country? is this even possible?

[pale sparrow]

Nope afaik

[tall hare]

Excited for new dlc?

[pale sparrow]

Road to 56 is gonna explode so only mildly

But generally, yes

[tall hare]

I am afriad my mod will

get destroyed

cuz I never fixed one really

but I like the new features

will be fun to add to the mod

[high hatch]

Good evening.

It is possible to see the ai_strategy with "reverse"? Because 2 options:

• My strategy don't work (even if I was inspirate from the one with ZAI where I has a answer here)
• Isn't possible to display

In case, I even try with put "always = yes", same result. And Ethiopia has him flag.

If you ask, I want Ethiopia justify on nation that owns specific state. The array was create on the begin of the game and work because claims successful add in game.

Second question, isn't possible to made a reverse with FROM. I mean, I has a random country get a certain flag, and this one should conquer all Africa. Without surprise, doesn't work, I get a error in the error.log. And in wiki, it seems isn't possible. Maybe for that, I need a hidding even simultate that, but I need to find how to "remove" this strategy when all the countries doesn't own Africa anymore (on a weekly?).

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow Is it like hard to convert?

from this version

to new dlc

[trail yarrow]

im considering making a mod called "PT Boats" and just adding a cheaper destroyer with 1 slot haha, tbh it would work a lot better then just a doctorine buff what yall think?

[pale sparrow]

Depends how much you overwrite, simple mods will probably be fine

[tall hare]

I have just done some states

🙂

and some new countries

and a small focus tree

[pale sparrow]

If youre adding onto the statelist you either have to override the entire vanilla map so you dont need to port their new ones right away (its what Road to 56 does), or you gotta shift all your states when vanilla brings out new ones

[trail yarrow]

is it possible to add new "ships"

[tall hare]

so you just make a replace file

and then add the states later

cuz I do have some custom states

[pale sparrow]

Yes

Though your idea of making PT boat a version of destroyer sounds solid

It greatly simplifies things over adding a whole new ship class

[trail yarrow]

Honestly I spoke to gareth about it last week and he said the team talked about it but said because of performance it would be bad

so I was just like meh fine ill do it myself haha

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-gif-25117042

u mind telling me which files store them so I can copy them to the mods Folder? :3

[pale sparrow]

common/units/equipment/ship_hull_light.txt

Basically copy and rename ship_hull_light_2, then make it cheaper and remove some slots

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow Is this how?

[pale sparrow]

Sorry what

[pale sparrow]

Idk what you mean by this

if you wanna work on DLC release you gotta set /map and /history/states in your replace_path for descriptor/mod and include all those current vanilla equivalents in your mod

[tall hare]

How?

[trail yarrow]

thanks will do 🙂

[tall hare]

Will my custpm states break

[pale sparrow]

If you dont override the entire vanilla map, yes

[trail yarrow]

so this is what I did

[pale sparrow]

I imagine youd also want to override the module slots and limit how many guns the hull can fit

[trail yarrow]

isn't that what I did?

[pale sparrow]

No you only changed the default equipment in the slots

[trail yarrow]

ohhh how do I set the slots?

[pale sparrow]

If I see correctly

Check planes/submarines, they got a lot more slot unlocking based on hull tier going on

[trail yarrow]

i believe thats fine?

[cinder hedge]

so how exactly do you make ship designer modules free? this mod already sets EQUIPMENT_MODULE_ADD_XP_COST alongside replace, convert and remove costs to zero. same for naval equipment base and ramp cost, but they still need xp to change

[pale sparrow]

I think thats the intention

[trail yarrow]

yeah i loaded the game researched all couldn't find it

[pale sparrow]

Link it to destroyer 1 tech

Or set it as...

default = yes

[trail yarrow]

how

[trail yarrow]

gotcha

[pale sparrow]

IIRC default = yes makes it available without tech but not sure

[tall hare]

Ay so Marjin to make things work

I need to replace

the map

and states

and then add my custom states agian

[pale sparrow]

That doesnt sound right

Just add in all the files you havent changed, shouldnt have to redo anything

[tall hare]

I never converted a mod 😭

to a new dlc

you think I'll be fine?

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[tall hare]

But if I want like the new states too

not only the old ones

what would I do?

[trail yarrow]

still can't get it to show

[lament berry]

can yall give me some good mods