modding

[trail yarrow]

@pale sparrow

[tall hare]

What kind of mod?

[lament berry]

idk just a fun one

[tall hare]

Uh

idk

🤷‍♂️

[lofty violet]

whats the aspect ratio for small portraits? like for an advisor

[pale sparrow]

Ill look later

Then you just gotta shift up the state IDs you added

[tall hare]

yeah

I will "Create new states"

for the new ones

thats my plan

[pale sparrow]

Better to shift yours instead of theirs

Unless you added a lot more states

[tall hare]

How many have they added?

[pale sparrow]

Like 20 I think

[tall hare]

20

20

?

what the

[pale sparrow]

Something around that Im guessing

[tall hare]

But how would I make it keep my borders?

[pale sparrow]

Its the usual amount for a DLC

[tall hare]

I see

[pale sparrow]

Just mass replace the state IDs you added upwards so they dont conflict

[tall hare]

wdym

so if they add one which is

1002

I make mine 1003

[trail yarrow]

thanks

only a few lines of code though, not a big file dw

[pale sparrow]

Yup

[tall hare]

I will just add in the new files

feels alot easier

[ancient cedar]

Everything seems fine but the event wont pop up, what could be the Issue?

[upbeat forum]

trust the slow progres

[twilit hatch]

cool map

[mighty cargo]

play Collapsing World: Rise of Radicalism

get NazBol Bavaria, as intended
... for less than an in-game week

Monarchists overthrow the government almost immediately for no reason, with no way to stop it

close the game

[lofty violet]

hello, can someone tell me what aspect ratio i should be using?

[wanton veldt]

I am not sure, but you could try to go to the game files, go to gfx, find the portraits folder and look for an advisor, then check the properties

[fiery spire]

1366 in fulscheen if you are lagging

If not lagging go for 1920

If you are like not using ultrawidth screen or sum

[strong basalt]

how do i change flags in hoi3? do i need to change both the seperate file (for example: USA.tga, FRA.tga, etc) and the flagfiles.tga? nvm i got it working

[trail yarrow]

any update btw

hoping to release it today and then also add it as a special project

[pale sparrow]

active = yes

thats the argument to make it available without tech

[trail yarrow]

thanks testing now

[pale sparrow]

Example in Road to 56 transport 1

[trail yarrow]

i think i made it a submarine module on mistake

[pale sparrow]

That looks about right

Except for the sub module yeh

[trail yarrow]

but i think it needs to be a surface torpedo module

[pale sparrow]

I forgot if its ever used on surface ships tbh

[trail yarrow]

well i mean like cruisers etc can add torpedos to the top slots without the submarine module

[trail yarrow]

got it done, do u know how i can make it to be a special project?

[pale sparrow]

See superheavy battleship special project ig

[trail yarrow]

do u have the folder location by any chance

not too sure with al the file locations etc since GTM

[pale sparrow]

common/special_projects I think

[wanton veldt]

How do I change the appearing order of an infantry model

I wanted to swap the default uniform of the german paratroopers

[trail yarrow]

do i have to disable active then to make it appear on SP

[pale sparrow]

Yup

[trail yarrow]

I set it so my modules appear on the selectable, but it keeps showing up on an iteration

[pale sparrow]

Cant help you with that one

[trail yarrow]

ripp

[trail yarrow]

So I fixed it however to make it available as one of the options in the SP is done but I need to make it where its already on the ship but disabled if they didn't select the iteration

like I need the slot but it is not there if they didn't select it as an iteration

[austere wyvern]

remove the trigger

even with the command to fire an event an event will not fire if the trigger is not fufilled

[rare grove]

FRA={
add_equipment_to_stockpile = {
type = convoy
amount = -100
producer = FRA
}
}

how to remove equipment?

i know great war redux has something but idk how

[lilac canyon]

Just remove producer

[rare grove]

didnt work

[lilac canyon]

    add_equipment_to_stockpile = {
        type = convoy
        amount = -1000
    }
}```

Works for me though

[rare grove]

it didnt remove anything

[lilac canyon]

Huh, then I'm out of ideas

[tall hare]

I cant wait

to convert my mod

it will be so annoying

[rare grove]

1814-1815 france 100% finished (theres like 350 focuses for 1789-1813 france)

[tall hare]

Very nice

how do you get ideas for focus trees

I cant make them

[rare grove]

i look up the leaders at the time

and the years in each country

also videos about the country

search on google

[tall hare]

I guess you have it easier

because your mod is historical

right?

[rare grove]

yeah

[rare grove]

naples will have allot of althistory focuses tho

[tall hare]

I have to make up lore

and focuses from lore

😭

[tall hare]

Cool

[rare grove]

166 historical 84althistorical for naples

[tall hare]

Damn

thats alot

very nice

I will have to fix the like

new dlc states

today

so thats nice

Also this look decent right for my first ever gfx

I would colorm the rest

but uh

really cant

[rare grove]

that looks good

i would personally wait with gfx till later imo

[tall hare]

Yeah I just wanted to try mostly

🙂

[silk hinge]

is it possible to add targeted modifiers to advisors?

I'm having a spot of bother with it

[rare grove]

my mod didnt crash hell yeah

[tall hare]

I havent tried

😭

But

I am adding the new states

[obtuse condor]

mod crashed.....

how should i prevent this in a mod that virtually changes everything

[tall hare]

start converting 😎

[obtuse condor]

converting guide when

being shot into the sky by the amount of HOI changes......

[waxen void]

Hey folks. Anyone got suggestions for a good WW1 mod? Great War Redux sorta sucks.

[rare grove]

15000 errors down to 6300 lets go

[tall hare]

HOW

[rare grove]

removing old files

japan chinese files that were in the mod

[tall hare]

I been here

sitting

and

doing states

not even knowing if it will work

I am at state 1223

[upbeat forum]

I have a mod that changes the boundaries of the map, but a problem is that parts of it is overlapped by the hoi4 bar stuff, is there a way to move it?

[tall hare]

My mod got boomed

[rare grove]

how that happen?

[tall hare]

idk

it broke

for some reason

imma try adding tags

and uh

focuses

[pale sparrow]

@subtle pelican Please dont ask people to send DLC files

[subtle pelican]

im sorry im new to modding

[tall hare]

Marjin

this is annoying

you know why it says

CHM - is not in the tag list

when I added it in colors

[pale sparrow]

because CHM isnt in tag list

🙃

if its a cosmetic tag, it should be in cosmetic.txt

[tall hare]

Right

right

I remember now

Now we will see if it starts

why

does it

duplicate

[19:52:56][no_game_date][character_template_database.cpp:242]: Multiple character have the tag SIK_cheng_fang

characters

@pale sparrow Could this make game crash?

[livid locust]

Use the old Great War mod with submods like generic focus tree, civil war at 0 stability or something similarm

[pale sparrow]

No

[tall hare]

Why wont my mod start

[serene owl]

there was just a massive dlc drop. If you modified any states in east asia it will have broken

[tall hare]

I think I changed them

to make them right

[serene owl]

speaking of which does anyone know exactly which states were changed

I dont wanna have to re-do an entire alt hist map

[tall hare]

I mean

I just kinda changed some of the,

[pale sparrow]

1017-1046

are new

[serene owl]

I mean which of the pre-existing states before the new ones were added as in what changed in 1-1016

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow It says its two files called 1018

but I only got one

[junior tangle]

Somebody should like totally remake the Custom Division Names mod

[pale sparrow]

If you dont use replace_path you also load the vanilla one

[tall hare]

ok imma try

so is it

replace_path

history/states?

[pale sparrow]

and /map/strategicregions

but it only works if all 1016 former states are in your mod

and all map folder files

[tall hare]

I added the new ones

but they say they are duplicated

even though

theres only one state

called

1018

OH

WAIT

I know

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow it appeared like

[21:09:05][no_game_date][id.cpp:104]: Failed to create id 40100068 50. Already exists in game. This might crash the game.
[21:09:05][no_game_date][namespacemanager.h:209]: Reverse id lookup: id 40100068 = WW_hungary.68

this

many of them

I cant fix this mod....

[rare grove]

huh? it becomes completely blank when i click on default?????

[tall hare]

yeah your mod start.....

[rare grove]

it might be a problem with the graphics mod im using

[tall hare]

maybe

[tall hare]

my mod isnt starting at all

[deft inlet]

when is the dev streaming

[ancient vapor]

Guys

I need help

My nudge wont work

Any ideas?

It only saves state names changes

[chilly stirrup]

anyone have a mod recommendations for me?

I like a mod that has new map, but if you have other mod recommendations for me. I'd be happy

[shut dawn]

Old World Blues

[chilly stirrup]

thanks, but i'm looking for a "map" that's like equestria at war

nothing real world related

[shut dawn]

It’s Fallout related

[chilly stirrup]

isn't it based on north america?

[pale sparrow]

Yes

I can only recall Lord of the Rings mod being another big mod presumably not based on irl world

[chilly stirrup]

is there any smaller mod that just add custom map?

i can't find one even after i filter the hoi 4 workshop

[pale sparrow]

Not that I know of

[chilly stirrup]

ah okay

i really like north america divided but mostly it just focused on ground

i want a bit of nay as well

navy

[dreamy spindle]

Hey is anyone else having trouble using the TNO mod? I just got the mod today and it seems to crash every time I start the game after selecting the country I want to play. Is anyone well versed in this mod that could help me out?

[glass acorn]

Why are the sea regions like this even when I'm on default map mode?

Like ong this new DLC broke everything 🥀

[glass acorn]

Nvm fixed this

[pulsar steppe]

Great all the mods are broken and unforeseen consequences is delayed thank you paradox

[lethal abyss]

How did you fix this btw? Currently having it as an issue myself.

[glass acorn]

I'm not sure, I was just adding the new DLC files until it fixed

[tall hare]

Which files?

[lethal abyss]

Ah I see, I felt like I added all the files I could’ve. Must’ve missed one.

[glass acorn]

Idk, I wasn't keeping track

[unkempt fiber]

How do i manually change the mod playlist for hoi4? Like using file Explorer and stuff.

As for why i can't use the launcher to manage my mods. It's because the launcher is broken for me because I removed one drive and all my attempts at making it recognise the new folder location failed.

[tall hare]

Were it many

[glass acorn]

Anyone know why the resource strips aren't aligning right? I'm just using Vanilla's

[twilit sage]

anyone have the list of the new modifiers for the mastery gain factor? i was looking through the files but only finds the major ones, and the factor for the specific paths are only mao's guerilla war and peoples war

[twilit sage]

nvm, found them in the infantry_subdoctrines.txt file

[wise phoenix]

im trying to make a mod for australia where there’s an actual event cycle for the 1937 election, which will include events and decisions to alter the result in the parliament. but i don’t really know when it should begin (the election takes place on october) does anyone know when i should start it?

[chilly stirrup]

anyone know a mod that add custom map?

[junior tangle]

Could like anybody do this I am too stupid to make sense of modding

[proud badge]

Bad testing, time constrains, rushed development of the DLC, I assume.

[tall hare]

Its the states that broke my mod

I am trying to have the new ones exist

[tall hare]

My vanilla map is crashing the game

i tried converting it

am i cooked

[thin rune]

How?

[glass acorn]

🤷‍♂️

I just threw stuff at it till it worked

[thin rune]

😭

Do you remember what file you changed maybe?

[willow juniper]

Any mod that can help me not lose to poland?

[tall hare]

You new to the game?

[willow juniper]

thats the worst part

264h

[tall hare]

Do you use frontlines?

[willow juniper]

yes

[tall hare]

Go to dm

I can help

[shut dawn]

Not really a mod, but you could just use console commands to cheat

[willow juniper]

How do i open it?

[shut dawn]

`

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Console_commands

[livid locust]

How should I repair the states in my mod?

[potent anchor]

is there a command for getting/adding more coal to your state?

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow I tried everything

it wont work....

I fixed all states

still wont start

[pale sparrow]

See error log

[pale sparrow]

Same as old commands for other resources

[tall hare]

want me to send you

I got rid of like

many errors

still many left

[pale sparrow]

Sorry Im busy fixing my own mods

[chilly stirrup]

anyone here know a mod that add custom map?

[analog merlin]

Does anyone know when the KSRE mod (the mod that reworks the states) will be updated?

[glass acorn]

Is it possible to make custom tabs for this menu?

Like for example, a section dedicated to power buildings or a section dedicated to resources, etc

[silent zephyr]

I’m not a modder but I have seen that in other mods so I guess yes

[high silo]

is the mod guide in the wiki fixed for 1.17?

i want to update my mod

[thin rune]

Hey does anyone know which files do I have to edit to make a mod compatible with the new coal and energy mechanics?

for some reason this is how it looks rn...

[void path]

Guys

My millinuim dawn keeps crashing

[mild siren]

i wish we had official modding tools that would make modding easier and more streamlined

[toxic orchid]

While there isnt any OFFICIAL modding tools that really streamlines

If you install visual studio code you can install extensions that allow you to preview focus trees, helps you fill in how to syntax, flags errors (although I wouldnt rely on that) and stuff like that

Its immensely helpful

This is what it looks like

You can preview focus trees, MIOs and easily navigate around stuff

[high hatch]

It is normal when we do start_peace_conference (for white_peace, I think it is normal when I look the documentation) in a decision, on_before_peace_conference_start don't work?

[livid locust]

Does anyone have any suggestions to improve this mod? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3609862449&searchtext=

[honest talon]

the mods in the server suck too

[waxen void]

I heard that. I guess they ban you if you make suggestions they don't like?

[honest talon]

yeah

really annoying honestly

how can one be so sour lol

“there’s plenty of other alt history paths, stop spreading misinformation 🤓”

my guy i don’t care about the schizo OVERPOWERED path of the alliance between russia, germany and the UK lol

[waxen void]

It sucks man. I love HOI4 but I'm a bit more of a WW1 buff than WW2, and I wish there was a good mod for it.

[gloomy fulcrum]

@limber stag

[quiet glen]

How do I get my game screen to go back to this, from this??? It happend when I changed over to the newest update, why is everything so faded???

Is there a mod for it?

[unique zenith]

How do I make it say it's made for all versions?

[toxic orchid]

If you go to upload mod as if you were updating on the version info there should be a little circular arrow, clicking that will update it for the current version of the game

Right there

[unique zenith]

I know that, I meant how do I make it never show the out-dated version?

[toxic orchid]

When you do that is should automatically overwrite?

It doesnt make a second mod

It should automatically overwrite your mod with the new up to date version and only show that

[unique zenith]

Ahh I see.

Thanks, I misunderstood you.

[toxic orchid]

Yeah not a problem, when you upload to the steam workshop provided you dont change the mod ID it should just automatically update and overwrite, if you change the Mod ID it may make a new one so I wouldnt

[pale sparrow]

Set the version to 1.17.*

IIRC the launcher understands 1.*.* even but that throws an error in-game

[pale sparrow]

@wild heraldNo sussy links

[lethal wind]

Hello , I have question , does anybody know a good mod about the 1920s era ? With like full content and all ?

[unique zenith]

Alright.

[ancient vapor]

Guys

Do you think I should make an "only see" version of my mod?

So you can see the map and lore and stuff

So you can get interested and play the mod when it comes out

[unique zenith]

What is the rest of the mod about?

[ancient vapor]

Wdym? What's the gameplay?

[unique zenith]

You said "only see version of my mod" I meant for what mod the only see version will be.

[ancient vapor]

You've seen the Minecraft mod? Like that but with my world

That's the best desc I can give rn

Want the long version?

[woven fossil]

What does this do?

Better question, what does this mean?

[high hatch]

Good evening. I has a problem.
I made a targeted mission (decision), but when the activation it is false, after the mission is fail or complete... this decision come back.
Also, I want this mission can show again if the activation is true again (fire_only_once = no), except if it is succeed (timeout_effect apply). I even try to the remove_targeted_decision and still doesn’t work ><. Any example?

[lavish shuttle]

Am I allowed to use a gif as a mod thumbnail?(I'm creating my first mod ever)

[late hawk]

allows exiled govts to be in your faction

[lavish shuttle]

Does disabling make every member that capitulated leave the faction so they die? Lmao

[late hawk]

i dunno, i havent done much with NCNS factions

[lavish shuttle]

Ok

[slender mason]

this new update annoys me

cause now since they added new states my entire map is messed up

and i gotta redo it completely

[lavish shuttle]

To change a sound in the game, do I need to create a folder "sound" in my mod folder, then create a folder named exactly the same as the folder where that sound is located in the game files and copy that sound and change it to whatever I want it to be?

[lavish shuttle]

Is that everything I need to do?

[round idol]

is there a way to prevent mods from updating themselves? I want to wait for all the mods that I use to get updated until I install the new version

[woven fossil]

Ahhh, too bad literally no country uses that terrible system

[timid zephyr]

wat

How is it appearing in another tile

[lavish shuttle]

What sound file does the game use when the you drop a nuke?

[ruby abyss]

how would I add a nation to a pre-existing formable?

like allow them to see the decision as well

[pale sparrow]

Add them to the allowed block for the decision category

[ruby abyss]

Thanks

[ruby abyss]

whenever i do so this appears

[pale sparrow]

I assume you messed up a bracket

[ruby abyss]

mayhaps

Im loading it without any additional changes

yeah i probably did

[tall hare]

Marjin I got my game to mostly work

Some colors are messed up

But ay

Atleast its starting

[ruby abyss]

i figured the problem out 💀

I didn't use the correct file location for decision categories

i just put it in decisions

[lavish shuttle]

I created a mod but it isn't on the mod list for some reason

[lavish shuttle]

So I've created a mod but after I altered it's files it disappeared from the mod list, do I need to upload the mod to the steam workshop before changing it?

[lavish shuttle]

If I upload it to steam as an empty mod then it doesn't update when I update my files, idk how to make it work

[static flame]

Yo guys i want to make an custom mode for myself like, an unit reskin, there was an german unit skin that i want as generic

Can yall explain me how to do it?

And if possible would it be ironman?

[pliant viper]

Exception in: C:\mnt\gsg\hoi4\hoi4_merged\clausewitz\clausewitzlib\remotefile.cpp

How do i fix this?

[edgy solar]

Has anyone figured out a way to remove the new energy system or atleast make it not apply debuffs?

[edgy solar]

nevermind, was just missing a dot or two lol

[tribal spear]

how to fix this error?
[17:59:07][no_game_date][gui.cpp:931]: Undefined GUI_TYPE: frontendgamesetupview - This will most likely crash the game

[pale sparrow]

Usually you open the game folder, folder search that frontendgamesetupview token and then copy paste it into your mod

frontendgamesetupview is an entire GUI file though, maybe a broken bracket or something?

or perhaps something in the lines around it?

[tribal spear]

Im using the frontendgamesetupview.gui file from Kaiserreich, but it was before 1.17 so maybe there's something wrong with that

[winter star]

I am making a map but when I want to enter the round, this pops up, but the menu works[11:22:24][1936.01.01.12][gamelobby.cpp:1685]: Exception in: C:\mnt\gsg\hoi4\hoi4_merged\clausewitz\clausewitzlib\remotefile.cpp, line: 240. Description: Failed allocate data buffer.

How do i fix this?

[pale sparrow]

Thats the most generic error, check error.log instead

[winter star]

ok, thanks

[sudden grove]

After the release of the 1.17 update, I adapted the map rendering-related parts of my mod. Initially, I encountered brightness issues with various maps (such as the army map, navy map, and terrain map), as well as problems with the oceans across all map modes. I resolved the ocean color issues by adjusting pdxmesh.shader and pdxwater.shader. However, I noticed that while the vanilla constants.fxh remained unchanged, there were visual changes in rendering, and the vanilla version also has minor rendering issues, which are particularly noticeable in the brightness of the Algerian Desert. Currently, my remaining issues are: overall excessive brightness; the color of areas (such as islands) within naval strategic regions is too faint (referring to transparency). Are there any solutions to these problems? Or is there any official plan to adjust these in future updates? Sorry for disturbing you as a new member here.

[indigo dagger]

hoi4 bricked my mod

all the new provinces have broken it and idk how to fix it

[severe night]

I'm making a test mod (before trying to make actual mods) where I just make Alaska an independent country

[severe night]

it won't be a serious mod so it wont be really high quality

YESSSSSSSS

[lavish shuttle]

Does anybody know how to fix the mod disappearing from the mod list after I change the anything in the mod?

It's just not on the list in the launcher

[lavish shuttle]

Cool

Then make it a focus tree to unite the Americas

And also restore the Russian Empire since it was a part of it once

Cuz why not

[severe night]

i made a test event that happens after every 7 days at any time

which i also should make only happen if you're not playing as ussr

but

it's basically "Soviet Union Doesn't Demand Alaska" and it's that soviet union doesn't want to annex alaska

[lavish shuttle]

Lmao

[severe night]

(and wants europe instead)

[lavish shuttle]

True

I mean, Monroe Doctrine probably affects an independent Alaska too XD

[severe night]

help i cant add a leader even tho i do type "recruit_character"

characters={
    ASK_john_weir_troy = {
        name = ASK_john_weir_troy
        portraits = {
            civilian = {
                large=GFX_portrait_ASK_johnweirtroy
            }
        }
        country_leader = {
            ideology = liberalism
            traits = { liberal_politician }
            expire = "1939.12.6.1"
            id = -1
        }
    }
}

my ASK.txt

in common/characters

capital = 463

oob = "ASK_1936"

set_convoys = 20
set_research_slots = 3

set_technology = {
    infantry_weapons = 1
}

set_politics = {
    ruling_party = democratic
    last_election = "1933.4.19.1"
    election_frequency = 365
    elections_allowed = yes
}
set_popularities = {
    democratic = 75
    fascism = 5
    communism = 5
    neutrality = 15
}

recruit_character = ASK_john_weir_troy

my history/countries/ASK - Alaska.txt

Chat is my setup good? Can I invade the USA? 🥙 (ignore the flag)

[severe night]

i just realised, my alaska mod makes it an easy target for the ussr

[lavish shuttle]

Green Canada doesn't exist:

[rough spire]

beuh

i cant type

FYM HOW TF IS THIS BLOCKED

BROOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i give up im going to a different server god damn it

[nimble solar]

Are you saying modern politician names or naughty words

[pale sparrow]

Seems it was an overly long block of code/one with too many empty sentences which usually indicate people trying to fill the screen

[midnight kayak]

Can somebody tell me if it's possible to add a new combat tactic (without phases) without overwriting the vanilla file?

[toxic orchid]

Via a mod you can change the combat tactics text file to add your own

It doesnt fully "Overwrite" the vanilla file incase your worried editing the vanilla file will break the game

If you were to grab the combat tactic file and add your own new one at the bottom the standard tactics dont just vanish it simply adds your new one

[midnight kayak]

This is so sad but thanks for the answer, i don't want to modify them to have my personal mod more compatible with others, so i guess i should leave the combat tactic alone then

[thin rune]

Hey have you found a solution?

I have the same problem

[toxic orchid]

Provided you don't modify the VANILLA tactics, your mod should actually remain compatible

Often hoi mods can work together if adding new tech provided they both dont try to modify the exact same thing, this primarily concerns tech trees since it involves changing the gfx files

If your just seeking to add a new tactic it actually shouldnt conflict provided you dont change the base game

[midnight kayak]

It's because i also use another mod that also overwrite the same tactic to add more tactics to it, i thought it would cause some conflicts and just earse the other mod based on the load order

[toxic orchid]

Right so you want to take another mod and add ADDITIONAL tactics to that right?

It may remain compatible so long as you list the mod as a dependency

I can grab a screenshot of how to do that if you want

[midnight kayak]

I'm interested

[toxic orchid]

Okay to make a mod register as requiring another mod you have to add a "Dependency" in the descriptor file lemme put a screenshot in for you

You can see how in the descriptor I have listed two dependencies as this mods a portrait mod that aims to overwrite some pictures I dont like in the Anime History mod

[midnight kayak]

I actually wanted to be independent from said mod, but now that you mentioned it, i guess i can yoink that mod and combine it with mine.

[toxic orchid]

It can still be independent I think

But that "dependenices" line tells the mod launcher to load their mod before yours

For compatibility

So to add a dependency you do

dependencies = {
"Mod name as it appears on the steam workshop
}

Allies reborn is my own mod with some new custom characters, by adding that in there it means I can overwrite those custom portraits to

[midnight kayak]

Does having it as dependencies mean that if i edit the same file but with different content in it, it won't get overwritten?

[toxic orchid]

Yeah basically if you were to make the tactic mod and completely change the tactics file

What should happen is both tactics get loaded

Dependeny basically tells the mod launcher LOAD THIS MOD FIRST at all times

If I turn off anime history rn my mod still overwrites the portraits its designed to as an example

Including the custom one for the new characters

Imagine it as with the dependency the game will load their mod first and check all of it THEN load yours, if it finds new stuff it will add it, if you have changed stuff it will overwrite it

So if a particular tactic in that mod is bad you can change the stats and the game will load your version without touching the others

Just remember what you put in the double quotes has to be the mod name as it appears on the Steam workshop. So say the mod name is "Better Tactics NCNS" thats EXACTLY what you write

[midnight kayak]

Thanks for the helps!

[toxic orchid]

Not a problem gl

[idle crane]

I'm creating mod and i want to delete all vanilla national spirits and ideas
How to do this
Please help me

[toxic orchid]

What you meaning with that, like you wanna take France for example and make it they start with no national spirits or?

[idle crane]

I want to every country to not have any ideas and spirits on game start

[toxic orchid]

Thats going to be time consuming but

Every country has a "history" file

That dictates what they start with on game start, what characters, ideas etc

Basically you need to copy paradoxes history folder from the HOI 4 directory

And go through every single one removing any "add_ideas" you see

Thats what makes them start with the spirits

If that doesnt work you can also use the "remove_ideas" command straight after them to remove the spirit on game start

[idle crane]

Ok thanks

[midnight kayak]

Would be nice if the doctrine tracks also have triggers in it like the grand doctrine or sub doctrine

[sleek plume]

honestly my take on tno is that it's peak, the concept of it is peak, BUT. It's not executed well and it's hot dogshit for that reason

[molten sphinx]

hi guys I'm creating my first mod and does anyone know how to make a civil war and change the focus tree like from first one (witch will make the civil war )to the second (when the civil war is going on) and third one( witch takes place after the civil war) becouse i heard that you can do it somehow with a flag if it's posible then could you tell how?

[proper chasm]

Hello, I'm currently creating a mod, and I'd really like to make it possible to have 3D skins for armored vehicles if they're in support companies within the division. A bit like how it is with flamethrower tank companies or support tanks.
I looked a bit in the game files (interface, gfx, etc...), but I couldn't find what makes it possible to apply the skin or not.
I apologize for the phrasing; I don't speak English very well, so I preferred to use a translator. Thank you for your understanding. Thank you very much also to those who will help me ❤️

[ruby abyss]

@pale sparrow how would I make a country modifier apply to every country

[wheat swan]

Anyone makin a interwar mod lmao

[ruby abyss]

no response my reputation in sheeps mod discord is in shambles

I did not give them the mod I promised in 30 minutes

nvm im checking smth rn

[pale sparrow]

Wdym

[ruby abyss]

its fine

i figured it out

i think

I'm hoping that changing "country" to "global" makes it apply to every country

If not I'll figure it out

[ruby abyss]

yeah its cooked

im officially bad at modding

not that I ever claimed to have any skill in the first place

and marijn211 went to sleep

[ruby abyss]

I mean this Idk how i would fix the modifier not showing up but uhhh yeah im bad at modding

I'll fix naming later

[wild pawn]

how do i update subscribed mods to latest version? or is it done automatically?

[ruby abyss]

Just unsubscribe and resub

Though they usually update automatically

[wild pawn]

How do I know if it was updated automatically?

[ruby abyss]

Version number

[livid locust]

Paradox has to be kidding me. How am I supposed to solve this?

[past cradle]

Puffin mod someone pls

Make leader of jceland a puffin

[nimble solar]

Why dont you do it

Modding tutorials exist

[past cradle]

Scary

[ruby abyss]

do you know how to do ts i think i might be braindead #modding message

[ruby abyss]

nvm

I'm stupid 🥀

cant use a modifier in a complete effect

tho idk how to do it any other way

therefore this is a skill issue

[ruby abyss]

I have to use an event

I knew this

but I still wished to just use a decision

spaghetti code 20 hours late

[ruby abyss]

how have i not known ab the hoi4 modding den

[safe comet]

Did some cursed things in my save and I'm hoping to send it to my friend as a joke

any map mods to make the map more readable

[ruby abyss]

There is no way to make it so that only a host can see oh well

[ruby abyss]

ts is technically my first mod ever and I can safely say Idk why my decision category is not showing up

It appeared previously

Ill leave this to tmrw me

the reference mod that I chose had 0 of the things I needed except modifier

I have the focus

that works

its either my decision or decision category to give the focus to everyone not showing up

its my decision thats messing up for sure

[pale sparrow]

Read the wiki

[tall hare]

marjin is it normal that some of my rgb dont end up like I want them to?

[autumn coyote]

anyone know what files the new coal calculations are int?

[ruby abyss]

I read the wiki

And it appeared to me like a dream

That was old

[pale sparrow]

Wdym coal calculations

[ruby abyss]

I just added a hidden national spirit to everyone

[pale sparrow]

Energy consumption values are defines you could override

for example you can make it scale less or more strongly with factory count

[toxic orchid]

Your alternative is to make the decision category available to everyone and add the code of:
random_core_state = {
add_resource = {
type = coal
amount = x
}
}

[ruby abyss]

That has the possibility of that core state being taken

Its like stalino for soviet union like that

[ruby abyss]

Or whatever state in the soviet union contributes like 183 coal

[toxic orchid]

Hang on then do something like this

random_core_state = {
limit = {
is_controlled_by = ROOT
has_resources_amount = {
resource = coal
amount > 50
}
}
add_resource = {
type = coal
amount = 50
}
}

The "Is controlled by ROOT" tag checks if the country your playing as owns the core

[ruby abyss]

True

That could have worked

[toxic orchid]

The ROOT tag checks it as the country clicking the decision to so should mean if the AI hits it then it should also work

Ofc you need to code if you want the decision repeatable and stuff

Which you did there

[ruby abyss]

The premise is that Italy is super OP

So the national spirit for coal is given to everyone limit = { NOT {Tag = Ita}}

[toxic orchid]

I cannot believe italy has like what

5 coal?!?!?!

[pale sparrow]

Thats still more than irl

[autumn coyote]

the files that register how much energy each unit of coal produces

[toxic orchid]

Easy way to do that is to add to the decision category "visible = { NOT = { original tag = ITA } }"

Means Italy cant see it

[pale sparrow]

Defines prob

[toxic orchid]

And yeah ik Italy doesnt have much coal but for gameplay purposes thats horrible

[ruby abyss]

Can I post the mod that I made?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3611523188

No thumbnail yet

[pale sparrow]

Smh

[ruby abyss]

Will add that eventually

[toxic orchid]

Your looking for "common/defines/00_defines.lua

RESOURCE_TO_ENERGY_COEFFICIENT = 9.0, -- How much energy per coal produces
BASE_COUNTRY_ENERGY_PRODUCTION = 10.0, -- The base energy production of a country
ENERGY_SCALING_COST_BY_FACTORY_COUNT = 0.0225, -- Scales energy cost based on the total number of factories
BASE_ENERGY_COST = 0.25, -- How much energy per factory consumes

These 4 ones are what you want

Hope that helps Cheese

[west vapor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3611209888&searchtext=energy

[idle crane]

How to delete from germany sour_loser idea because i csnt find thos in the files?

[toxic orchid]

In the history file it should be there as add_ideas = sour_loser

So you should do remove_ideas = sour_loser or whatever its called

Its right there in the history file

By removing that it should disappear, if it doesnt due to vanilla safeguard just do remove_ideas = { sour_loser }

[vapid quarry]

does anyone know why the new japanese advisors have to traits just the file which leads to that error would be enough as well

[toxic orchid]

Sorry what are you meaning here? Like you want to know where the Japanese advisor traits are?

[proven sage]

explanation this happening in debug?

[toxic orchid]

Oh lord what thats the first time I have seen that lol

Im assuming they added a little debug symbol which tells you which country specifically is throwing the error?

[tall hare]

NOOO

I have to place out COAL

NO

[vapid quarry]

okay so when i try launch the game game with a mod the japanese advisors suddenly dont have any traits anymore even though i didnt touch the files which were edited with the dlc

[toxic orchid]

Okay what mod are you launching with? Sounds like a conflict thats happening for a silly reason

[final tinsel]

a silly? question:
i once had CTD crush issue because i used scripted_trigger on modifier(common/modifier)'s trigger

is there more folders that can cause CTD crush issue when i use scripted_trigger on trigger?

[hidden egret]

Does anyone know how to add in faction icons? Like I got the icons and the faction set up, but I don't know how to make it appear.

[primal saffron]

Hey, anyone knows how to by a National Focus, make so that the senat system of the USA is not used anymore ?

[hidden egret]

Ok I think I got it, it's in a different interface file

[idle crane]

I have some issue that when i use replace_path="common/national_focus"
Game is crashing someone knoe why
I created generic tree so it shouldnt crash

[pale sparrow]

because every other folder still references the focuses

[idle crane]

So where i can delete the references?

[pale sparrow]

like, every other folder

[idle crane]

?

[pale sparrow]

theres references to focuses in the characters, the events, the scripted triggers, the strategy plans, the ideas, the MIOs...

[idle crane]

So i must to delete all references in all files

[pale sparrow]

Yes

Or disable the loading of those files too

[small cove]

the 1944 downfall mod just doesn't work me can someone help?

[idle crane]

How to disable files?

[pale sparrow]

More replace_path

[idle crane]

What replace_path?

[small cove]

wow a naval expert pls explain how navy works

[toxic orchid]

Your better asking for that in #ask-for-help-here and tbh its quite an in depth system what specifically do you need?

[wise lagoon]

What is the best app for making different Icons (for focus trees/national spirits, etc..)?

[neon mural]

Guys I wanna play a mod but it needs a diferent version, do I wait till it updates or can I play it earlier

[ruby abyss]

You can either roll back your current version or wait until it updates

[ruby abyss]

The Fraudulent French Union mod is my goat

[neon mural]

How do I roll it back in the launcher

[sudden mirage]

Ello mates

[proven sage]

I am pretty sure its the shining of the flags in the menu, which for some reason does not work in my mod. But its kinda funny

[twilit wave]

how can i make a state who originated from a civil war (italian social republic) to declare war on the two sicilies in an event without a tag (the RSI has not a specific tag)

[pale sparrow]

Use a tag alias or do a every_country/random_country scope with a check thats only true for the nation you wanna target

[twilit wave]

thanks

[calm crane]

i am looking for help with my mod (mostly idea's / senario's)

[brisk apex]

on a technical standpoint, how do the filipino focuses with shortening lengths work? are they hard-coded or is there a mechanic hidden in spaghetti somewhere that can be used for mods and such? is it related to the clock overlay thingy?

[molten tulip]

na thats no didficult you just copying the file onto oyu mod with the focus tree on then it will overwrtie it

[brisk apex]

I'm aware of the tactic called "just copy-paste it", but that's not what I want to know, I'm asking if it's possible to mod that feature and how

[toxic orchid]

Its literally a line of code no script or anything like that heres an example from my mod:
reduce_focus_completion_cost = {
focus = ENG_extra_housing
cost = 35
}

Its legit just that on a completion reward

So you can mod that on any tree you want

[brisk apex]

alright, I must've missed that, thanks for the info

[toxic orchid]

Nah its all good remember that the cost for this though is the exact days

Unlike focus days which go in multiples of 7 so for example days = 10 means 70 days

That cost = 35 is just 35 days

[brisk apex]

paradox and inconsistency, name a more well-known duo

[toxic orchid]

Ikr

[frail rock]

How do I create a focus that instantly adds a nation to a faction as a completion reward?

[pale sparrow]

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

[final tinsel]

i have a question about technology modding:

which file should i check about this error:

[00:09:51][1936.01.01.12][countrytechtreeview.cpp:839]: Found no grid box for tech modern_sonar```
i have added common/technologies and interfaces/countrytechtreeview.gui but i can't guess where to check

[obtuse condor]

Hi guys I'm new to game are there any mods that got aesthetic changes like I wanna make my hoi4 ui and menu look either pinkish or fancy af

[open ferry]

After the last update, microing tanks in the garrison has become debuffed. This mod restores it to its original state without debuffs, up to x0.50. Anyone who wants to use it can use it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3612229435

[limpid mica]

whats you guys' favourite kaiserredux path

[simple raven]

Does anyone know if anyone has counted or made a bot to count every terrain count in the game? Want to know how many of each terrain type there is and in which continents they are in

[pearl vapor]

Any rt56 mod addons that optimise the mod cus its making my pc cry😭

Optimizes

[calm crane]

could anyone help me with my mod (mainly idea's)

[median ember]

So

i am ready to redo a hoi4 modded playthrough

i need a list of total conversion mods currently updated and most played as of the writing

[split pike]

try rt56 rp discardian edition as i’ve noticed the game runs better with it vs base rt56. also there’s a lot of cool features it adds which honestly make rt56 even better

[pearl vapor]

So it will run with base rt56?

[split pike]

yes it’s a submod for rt56

[pearl vapor]

i cant find it on the workshop is it like a mod outside of workshop?

[split pike]

look up “the road to 56 rp discardian edition” and it should be the first workshop link

[pale sparrow]

Run better in MP or SP

In MP its probably just because they presumably tweak how lag works, if SP that seems odd

[split pike]

it does run better on my pc in SP surprisingly

[pale sparrow]

Hmmm does it delete countries?

[split pike]

nope

[serene badger]

when do all the mods update istg

TFR and EAW

the only mods i actually wanna plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

Kaiserreich and RT56 updated which is cool ig

[shut dawn]

Mods take work to update and they’re done by folk in their spare time 🤷

[serene badger]

but this coal thing makes 1.17 completely incompatable with everything before it

[serene badger]

i know which is why im complaining in a vaccum and not to the modders

I understand that they're doing it of their own volition, still want to play them tho

[jaunty bobcat]

Does anybody know a music mod with "in praise of genghis khan" in it ? :p

[ruby abyss]

you can just make a music mod for yourself if you can't find it

https://runite-drill.github.io/music-mod-creation-tool/

[high silo]

is the mod guide in the wiki updated?

[twilit wave]

how can i change a country color in a focus or event without manually doing so

[lyric creek]

uh

you can apply a cosmetic tag?

idk what you mean by not manually

[frail rock]

I just realized I've been changing the code in the game files itself, and not on my mod. Verify integrity of game files should fix anything I changed right?

[pale sparrow]

yup

It also verifies mods so you can stop it halfway if its taking ages because of that

[frail rock]

uh oh

Should I be worried?

[pale sparrow]

Nope, Steam will autofix

[high silo]

Is 1.17 modding any different than 1.16

[pale sparrow]

Not unless youre doing doctrine modding

or uh

navy is also slightly different

[high silo]

because they added man the guns

[pale sparrow]

Nah because they added the naval domination variable

[dry patrol]

can someone suggest me mod that adds economy and tax management to the base game

[pale sparrow]

Millenium Dawn

[solemn pewter]

To the base game

L mod

[molten tulip]

Im chaning the potrait of china i can change portrait on all other countries except for china why is this

[pale sparrow]

DLC countries can be tricky with the load order of files

[molten tulip]

is there a way around other wise im sad an i will start crying you knkow

its tuff for me

[tiny gate]

When TFR mod updated to 1.17 in the Paradox Mod Browser?

[dry patrol]

sooo?

[ruby abyss]

Millennium dawn

Or the millennium dawn eco system mod

[dry patrol]

no no i need the vanila base game

i dont need modern times

[ruby abyss]

Yeah

There is a millennium dawn economy mod for base game

Idk if its updated yet

But that is what you are looking for

[molten tulip]

i created a hoi4 map mod and it doesnt work with other mods after i uploaded it to steam what do i do i realy need help so bad

[livid locust]

How should I create a cosmetic flag without reeplace another one?

[pale sparrow]

A country cant have 2 cosmetic tags at once if thats what you mean

[small cove]

the 1944 downfall mod just doesn't work for not even a crash the game just straight up pretends it doesn't exist can someone help?

[next sky]

I'm not really a modder, but there is a cool mod I want to aid with. Is there any major flaws in this relatively complex advisor idea?
The goal is that it tanks stability and inteligence stats, and once your stability is bad enough, democracy drops rapidly and radical ideologies flood in, idealy giving way for a quick ideologal flip. It costs PP to remove though, so it can be damaging even after you've fipped ideologies.

---

advisor = {
name = "radical_ideologue"
picture = "GFX_advisor_radical_ideologue"
slot = advisor
cost = 150
removal_cost = 100

country_modifier = {
    conditional = {
        always = yes
        stability_weekly = -0.012
        encryption_factor = -0.10
        decryption_factor = -0.10
    }

    conditional = {
        stability < 0.30
        democracy_drift = -0.10
        fascism_drift = 0.01
        communism_drift = 0.01
        authoritarian_drift = 0.01
    }
}

ai_will_do = {
    factor = 0.1
}

}

[pale sparrow]

conditional isnt a thing, did Chatgpt make this?

authoritarian also isnt a thing

country_modifier should just be modifier

advisor isnt a slot, and slots dont even go on ideas, advisor is now also the name/ID of your idea

That code is so bad I dont have enough information to make a fixed version

This is the closest I can get with whats visible there

[rancid musk]

anyone know of a mod that brings back the old navy?

[hasty garden]

For any modder looking for ideas, in the US there is a minor party i found called "The United Monarchist Party of America", could be cool for a TFR or MD submod

[next sky]

I ran it through chatgpt
It did make quite a few changes, I think I'll avoid using it next time 💀
Thanks for the help

[pale sparrow]

Chatgpt very dumb with HOI code

[next sky]

It does seem to be the case yep

[next sky]

avoiding chatgpt this time, I've written the traits that, from my understanding, would work with this code.

leader_traits - {
radical_ideologue_1 - {
random = no
stability_weekly = -0.02
resistance_target = 0.5
}
radical_ideologue_2 - {
random = no
stability_weekly = -0.01
resistance_target = 0.7
democracy_drift = -0.2
communism_drift = 0.01
fascism_drift = 0.01
unaligned_drift = 0.01
autonomy_gain = 0.5
}
}

ideologue_1 being before stability < .30
ideologue_2 being after stability < .30

The main goal was to make it so your country becomes significantly more unstable, but gains benefits which helps in flipping ideologies and getting free from an overlord.
You definitely did the more difficult side of my goal, but I will use your code to learn more in the future. Thank you!

[umbral charm]

I'm trying to make my first mod and I can't access the file descriptor. Can some one possibly help me out?

I have spent an hour working on this and I haven't fixed a thing.

[next sky]

Notepad/Notepad++ should work
*If you are on windows

[frail rock]

Is there a way to change all division templates from the ai affecting all countries, or do I have to manually change each countries ai templates?

[kindred atlas]

Hey there!

Does anyone know the problem here, the nation I made, Siddigland (the code is SDG), doesn't show up when I play

[tough lotus]

You forgot to tell the game it exists in common/county_tags

[atomic acorn]

有人會講中文嗎

[tough lotus]

Vscode can

[frail rock]

I've run many test games and the AI won't pick the fascist demagogue, this is only for the countries with the generic focus tree's

I've increased the value more and more but they just won't pick the advisor

[tough lotus]

copy and paste

[kindred atlas]

thanks

[toxic orchid]

If your trying to increase the chance of the AI picking a character your doing that wrong, you need to find the character in the common/characters/"Yourcountry.txt" and add an "ai_will_do" modifier

You can add factors into it to based on if they have picked a focus

For example find whoever the fascist demagogue is and in their code
ai_will_do {
base = 1
modifier = {
factor = 10
has_completed_focus = "focus that starts turning country fascist or unlocks them"
}
}

[kindred atlas]

hey there, all of my focuses work except the last one, is there something wrong that i wrote or placed or something?

[pale sparrow]

Thatll be a lot easier to see if you fix the indentation

[tough lotus]

and added some pixels

[pale sparrow]

Yeh the brackets are wrong

[pale sparrow]

That too

[kindred atlas]

thanks a lot!

[frail rock]

w

[echo kindle]

Is the "coal techs" in the industry tree already in the game?

[nimble solar]

no

[grizzled herald]

Does anyone happen to know if setting gun cooldowns in define BASE_GUN_COOLDOWN to less than 1 has any effect? MIN_GUN_COOLDOWN seems to suggest values below one are possible, but if someone could confirm that it'd be nice.

[midnight kayak]

Can somebody give me more context on how this trigger work? I honestly have no idea what does "1000" mean in this value, 1000 what?

Is it like 1000 km?

[pale sparrow]

I dont see any indicator that it would be anything other than that, yes

[midnight kayak]

Oh, thanks

[gray maple]

Wish there was an easier way to find folders that GUIs are connected to 😔

[umbral charm]

could someone please help me with creating a new portrait? I'm trying to add my brother in as a birthday present and I would like to avoid using ai.

[umbral charm]

Anyone?

[frail rock]

How do I prevent the ai from using any templates whatsoever from the vanilla game? It's able to design the templates I created, but still uses the vanilla templates

[umbral charm]

my code is not colored in. Does that mean it's not properly working?

[ruby abyss]

methinks it just means your not using a text editor which has the pdx language plugin installed

[regal monolith]

Has anyone gotten this bug? It comes daily for me when i play my mod

AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command

My mod doesn't even do anything to the naval missions im pretty sure.

[tough lotus]

It means that you don't have a plugin for paradox language, here: https://github.com/deliciousmods/1956_beta/wiki/Recommended-Software-for-Modding-Hearts-of-Iron-IV

[umbral charm]

Thanks man

[regal monolith]

My error log looks like this basically:
[09:44:10][1936.06.20.10][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:11][1936.06.21.11][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:13][1936.06.22.12][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:14][1936.06.23.13][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:15][1936.06.24.14][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:19][1936.06.25.15][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:20][1936.06.26.16][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:21][1936.06.27.17][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:22][1936.06.28.18][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:23][1936.06.29.19][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:25][1936.06.30.20][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:27][1936.07.01.21][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command
[09:44:28][1936.07.02.22][gameidler.cpp:1604]: AI tried to post an invalid command: naval_mission_move_command

[pale sparrow]

Same issue in the Road to 56 error log, might just be vanilla

maybe something in the ai_strategy folder

[regal monolith]

I think vanilla game is messing things up. I tried taking out AI strategy and the problem was still there

[toxic orchid]

I would say so the new navy system the AI is having immense trouble trying to use

So high chance is the AI is still trying to do naval invasions like the previous system which doesnt work

[frail rock]

Also, another thing, some nations with no advisors uses random generic advisors, and since the advisors change every game, I can't exactly put the name of 1 advisor, is there no way for me to write a specific advisor in general? Like not the advior itself, but the role (backroom backstabber, fascist demagogue, etc)

[toxic orchid]

I think your best bet there is in "common_country_leader/00_traits.txt" find the generic "fascist demagogue" or whatever generic trait you wish and add an "ai_will_do" like last time to it

Just obviously be careful since so many countries will use a generic one that it could vastly alter your game experience

[ancient bluff]

Hello, I'm new to modding, literally 5 days old, so I might be confused. Please explain in as simple terms as possible. So, what's the problem?

I was inspired by the faction system (in the solutions, example below) like in Bulgaria, and I wanted to create something similar. I realized it was called a GUI. I tried to create one, taking the German example with its Reichskommissariats as an example. I replaced the images there, used a stencil, and then, to avoid breaking the German systems, I changed the ID in the GUI file. Afterwards, I realized I completely don't understand the ID pattern. In other words, in decisions_categories, scripted_gui = ger_rk_ui, but in mod/interface/name.gui, a different name = "ger_rk_ui_window" is specified, and I don't understand how decisions_categories knows which UI to use.

Please clarify this issue and help me.

[livid locust]

How shall I allow Spain to train divisions in my mod without needing to start the civil war?

[trail yarrow]

does anyone know the internal names for the new constructables

[pale sparrow]

Check common/buildings

[trail yarrow]

not there

[pale sparrow]

Check the basegame folder if its not in the mod

[trail yarrow]

i did check the base one in common/buildings

[pale sparrow]

It will be in there if youre on 1.17

[trail yarrow]

im on the new dlc yea

definately not seeing it in 00

[pale sparrow]

I swear we ported it from that file into ours

[trail yarrow]

i also checked this https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Building_modding

its not updated with the new internals either

ill quickly verify though

[pale sparrow]

I can update that in a few hours if I remember to

[trail yarrow]

ill double check my files, if so I can update it myself for you

save you the effort 🙂

u do more then enough

[trail yarrow]

got the defines if u want them?

[leaden pumice]

Hello. I am running the game with expert AI. The game and mod expert AI have both now updated. I was playing on 1.16.10 and can't play that anymore because the mod also updated for 1.17. How can I download an old version of expert ai mod to play with 1.16.10?

[jovial cliff]

awxe's Formable Nations for RT56

[barren badger]

hey, can someone help me with adding a province for a TFR submod? i tried to follow paradox's tutorial but it isn't working for me

[barren badger]

update, game is now crashing upon launch all of a sudden

[livid locust]

Anyone knows?

[vague grail]

What should I modify so that a specific general does not switch sides when a civil war starts?

[paper birch]

I made a small test mod with paradox's tutorial but it isnt working?

[umbral charm]

My code isn't working. Could Someone help me spot the mistake? absolutley nothing happnes when I launch with this mod

[ruby abyss]

Did you watch a tutorial on how to make national spirits(ideas)

[umbral charm]

yes.

[tough lotus]

The event doesn't have an option to click and the localization doesn't match the keys used in your event (I'd use .t and .desc)

[primal seal]

So how do i remove Shadow Of 1922 in Road to '56??

[pale sparrow]

is_USA isnt a valid trigger by default and you havent added an option to the event

[pale sparrow]

What country?

[primal seal]

Greece 🙃

[pale sparrow]

I assume thats the non DLC tree so I dont know because I always play with BftB

[primal seal]

Yes

[pale sparrow]

@fleet fossil should know when he wakes up, he reworked it

[fleet fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/what-norman-osborn-osborn-memes-gif-23884164

I think you mean @lone hearth

[pale sparrow]

Im thinking Turkey

[fleet fossil]

Evet 🇹🇷 😛

[pale sparrow]

[lone hearth]

Yeah the RT56 tree it is

[tough lotus]

I'm way too used to weird scripted triggers, I didn't even question is_USA

[echo kindle]

#alt-history-multiplayer message @urban cypress

So you don't know anything is see...

[urban cypress]

😭 This aint a movie

[echo kindle]

Then stop coping

[urban cypress]

why are you angry isnt chatgpt giving you good texts to use?

[echo kindle]

well.. it would be nice if ChatGPT gave you a brain, but clearly it can't...

[real raptor]

What is the best mod to play mongolia?

[primal seal]

Speaking of turkey

When tf does Atatürk die

Nvm

Took him long enough

[pale sparrow]

In Road or basegame?

In basegame he was sometimes immortal until 1.17

[primal seal]

RT56

He died somewhere on early December

Gonna go reform the ottomans now

[pale sparrow]

^^ makes sense

Personally i like to set the mandate and egypt to decolonize when playing anyone in the middle east

means more stuff to conquer without attacking the allies

[waxen monolith]

can someone make a mod for me?

dm me

[pliant gust]

hello everyone, is there any mod currently working where i can choose other dates as a start?

besides 1936 and 1939..

[next schooner]

Hi everyone,
If someone here is interested for working on a Total-Conversion Mod, feel free to DM me and I'll tell you the plan and stuff like that, but what I can say is that it starts in the 80's, and that we have a plan already, our team is just small, really small...
But anyways hit me up if youre interested, since I didn't figure where to post this otherwise 🙏

[pale sparrow]

Rise of Nations has that as main focus I believe

[pale sparrow]

Can you send here? 🤔

[pliant gust]

thanks!

[high hatch]

Good evening everyone.
They have a new guide for update mod in 1.17... For a unkow reason, the game crash even without replace the vanilla define. It say resources "energy" and "fuel" are unknow... In my knowledge, we don’t have a resources files ><.

[austere inlet]

Ok I have a very good question what is your favorite mods for hoi4 for full gameplay

[shut dawn]

Old World Blues

[tough lotus]

Rise of Nations, but it's very unstable

[pale sparrow]

Road-

Old World Blues is pretty fun but I always get crushed by some overpowered neighbor, mostly the legion

[umbral charm]

House always wins

[umbral charm]

What’s odd is that the national spirit doesn’t appear and I changed it so that all non ai nations get it

[pale sparrow]

Please show your adjusted code

[pliant gust]

yeah the events are nonsensical and it crash often

are there other mods pls?

[tough lotus]

They aren't nonsensical, there is just a severe lack of devs to make the ai be more historical

[pale sparrow]

I think the block is country = { not country_ideas = {

[pliant gust]

nonsensical in the way that it doesn't fit with the date

like when i play in 1945 and events suddenly appear about stuff happening years ago (like nankin massacre)

[tough lotus]

I've seen all sorts of things that would require more devs to start to fix

We're 3 guys with a dream atp

[pliant gust]

The mod itself is good, the event thing and the crashes are my only complains

although crashes happen only when i wanna load a game

[umbral charm]

Thank you

[tough lotus]

Like I said, 3 devs and a guy uploading some canadian mios

[pliant gust]

lmao good luck, overall you people did good work dw

[umbral charm]

Is does say the “country” text in my ideas section is unexpected. Is that wrong or do I need to change something?

[high hatch]

In case, the part of the log.

[tough lotus]

Should be country = {, yeah

[high hatch]

And in case the descriptor of the mod, and the defines folder, and the common folder (to show I don't have resources thing).

[pale sparrow]

thats just a bug with the code plugin

[pale sparrow]

Focus on the define errors first

[high hatch]

I have only that in my defines file.
Edit: I see I forget one "s" in "NDefine". Hope it is that.

[umbral charm]

it also wants me to change the image of the event like this. Should I leave it how it is, or should I change it?

[barren badger]

Can someone help me figure out why my submod to add a new province in TFR isnt working? Game crashes when i try to play with the submod

the color for the province in province.bmp isnt used anywhere else, i added the last bit in definition.csv. game has its dependencies

[tough lotus]

If you're using an existing image you can just use it

A spritetype would be defined differently though

[high hatch]

Okay. Was this problem. And because error here, it doesn't load all defines. Strange, but it was that ^^'

[umbral charm]

@tough lotus @pale sparrow Thank you both!

[tough lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-yes-girl-yes-sir-gif-26404516

[tough lotus]

If that copilot: AI is awful at paradox script, you're better off forgetting about it

[plush beacon]

there should be a hoi4 wwii retake mod where it’s the 1930s and the borders are de facto

[umbral charm]

How would I make a spirit that a country starts with and doesn’t need an event to be created?

[tough lotus]

You add it in history

history/countries/

[umbral charm]

Where would I put that? At the end of the code or

Also how would I give it to a specific country?

Or do I make a new folder?

[tough lotus]

You just add an add_ideas block at some point in the file of the country you want to give the idea to

[umbral charm]

Where do I find nation files? I tried that yesterday and ended with Jack

[tough lotus]

history/countries

It's not in the common folder

[umbral charm]

Gracias

so I could add the idea straight to here?

[tough lotus]

How did you even get there

[umbral charm]

I just took the America file and put it in my mod folder

[tough lotus]

You got the wrong file

NOT the one in common

[tough lotus]

the one in this path

[umbral charm]

I got it now

[tough lotus]

Now you can add it at any point in the file, if you add it in the block for a start date it will only be added in that start date

[spare crest]

which one guys?

as a mod thumbnail

[shut dawn]

The second one

[umbral charm]

second one

@tough lotus my game now crashes with this!

is it the allowed tag = usa part?

[tough lotus]

Inside of the history file you just do this

In your case you only put the name of your idea

not of like 15 of them

[pale sparrow]

is the achievement icon AI upscaled? or does the game have such an asset?

Id say second

[spare crest]

the achievement icon is an AI upscale

[barren badger]

idk if it helps but the provinces was changed with gimp and should be on 24 bit

[obsidian sun]

anyone here play old world blues?

[austere inlet]

I wish I could but I can't because my hoi4 doesn't work

[swift fjord]

Ideas for a Liberia mod (I am unable to code/mod, so I am dropping the ideas here):

For Liberia you could do:

Massaquoi dynasty (or Firestone) - Non-aligned
Marcus Garvey (or Firestone) - Fascist
Edwin J. Barclay to William V.S. Tubman - Democratic
Tribes overthrow the Americo-Liberians and establish an Anarcho-Communist Confederation - Communist
Also a decision to unite/liberate Africa for the Garvey/Tribes paths.
Option to nationalize Firestone.
And focuses for improving rubber production
Liberia was a big supplier of rubber in both world wars
They'd also have to start out with France hating them and Britain being protective of them. Liberia was in debt to both of these powers.

[shut dawn]

I do, good mod.

[worldly adder]

Why do I want to make an OZ mod after watching Wicked?

[swift fjord]

Please don't 😩

[obsidian sun]

Have you tried enclave redux? It's a submod

[shut dawn]

Yeah, it's fun every now and then.

[umbral charm]

Accidentally deletes game file

Pc melts

[slender mason]

how do i make a focus where a new country is made and states get transferred to it?

like the reichskommosariats but in a focus

[pale sparrow]

Either you make new countries that just arent on the map at the start (current Reichskommissariats) or you use create_dynamic_country to create a country (Reichskommissariats before Gotterdammerung/Spanish civil war sides)

[gray maple]

Anyone know which file defines the country-selection portraits and stuff? Frontendgamesetupview seems to only have the uhh grids and stuff, and bookmarks doesnt seem to define it (I also know of the country_leaders or wtv folder having the GFX leader portrait but that's different than what im looking for)

[barren badger]

ok now its doing this, heres also what seems important from the error.log but idk what it means

[umbral charm]

Any tips on how I could slit up America into a few different nations?

[torn pulsar]

anyone have any mod ideas im a bit bored and if its not too big there's a 70% chance ill finish it

[torn pulsar]

map mods dont work completely. anything modifying provinces or terrain etc doesnt work past i think version 1.12 so if you're just trying to make new countries i'd use existing tiles

[barren badger]

im trying to make a new province in florida to make a state out of the one province, out of an existing state already in TFR, then shrink atomwaffen down to the new province / state. also if it doesnt work how do modern mods do it?

[torn pulsar]

i havent played it much and a while ago but im pretty sure the fire rises uses an existing province and just reassigns it to a new state. if you want to do this you can make a custom history\states file

[paper birch]

I made a country but the divisions I assigned to it and research slots/convoys whatever did not work what do I do

[tough lotus]

common/bookmarks, it uses whoever is the country leader on that start date, you can set a different portrait to show manually in that file since ncns but I don't remember how

[tough lotus]

Rise of Nations does indeed work in 1.17, Equestria at War doesn't even use a map of earth, East Showdown has a very detailed map of Ukraine

It is very much possible

[gray maple]

Yah that's kind of the issue I have, separating the portrait and select screen from each other
Suppose I'll have to check what mods like TNO do to circumvent it

[tough lotus]

Vanilla does it with Hirohito

[gray maple]

Hm, maybe a developer diary has info on it? I know Paradox has talked about coding changes before like in AAT

It sucks looking through so many files considering there's over a hundred

[tough lotus]

They had a whole dev diary for modding in Götterdämmerung

[gray maple]

Yah it'd be odd for them not to have anything for NCNS

[tough lotus]

Just look at common/bookmarks/however1936iscalled.txt

Can't be that hard to find the entry for Japan

[gray maple]

Yah I tried looking at those, didn't see anything related to the Country-Seleciton portraits in JAP, unless I overlooked smth

I'll take another look at them rn

Ouh would it be the Override_Leader_Portrait?

[tough lotus]

Sounds like it

[gray maple]

Hm, I'll have to try it out when I get off this game
I thank you in advance if it works, I genuinely don';t know why I thought this did smth else the first time I saw it

[obtuse condor]

Why are mods' default map rendered in the naval way

The intelligence map and airforce map are normal
But the regular map is not
Has Paradox noticed that issue?

[rough ether]

why mods act like they are allat when mods themselves have a lot of nations without own focus tree, despite having years to do that and making focus trees isn't that hard

[rare grove]

does communist china now defeat the kmt after they win against japan?

[pale sparrow]

Making one isnt hard, making a good one is

And regardless, it takes quite a bit of time

[tough lotus]

Make a historical focus tree that's interesting for a country where literally nothing happened

Just the research alone can easily take weeks

[rough ether]

I mean I was surprised when the great hoi4 modding is just "remodeled" vanilla because half the nations still don't have own trees in their mods

[versed star]

Sir i beg to differ, its not because something isnt hard that it doesnt take time

Coding is generally easy

So coding not hard?

[versed star]

The only mods that have come close to be anywhere remotely true to what you are saying is road of 56 and kaiserredux

And they have WHOLE TEAMS OF DEVS basically

[tough lotus]

Equestria at War (yes, My Little Pony), East Showdown, Rise of Nations, Road to 56, Their Finest Bruh, Old World Blues, Kaiserreich, Kaiserredux, The Great War Redux, Thousand Week Reich, Millennium Dawn, The New Order, Red Flood, etc.

All mods that have significantly more content than Vanilla, most of them a different scope from vanilla, developed entirely by volunteers, sometimes the dev teams being smaller than 5 people

[versed star]

Yeah but sometimes some of those mods like kaiserredux/kaiserreich and road to 56 can seem to be pumping out content much faster than other mods

And argueably they are

Because they have alot more devs

It is not because it is easy

[tough lotus]

I know, I'm a dev for some mods (one of them in that list)

[versed star]

Idk about equestria at war

[tough lotus]

Funny pony mod had to make the list

[versed star]

No no what i meant is if it has a decent amount of devs

Probably

Funnily enough

With the amount of content they have

[umbral charm]

I accidentally changed one of the hoi4 game files and now I can't do Iron man. Do I need to delete every hoi4 file and then uninstal and reinstall hoi to fix it?

[tough lotus]

check file integrity, that should fix it

[umbral charm]

I did that before I sent that

[tough lotus]

delete that specific file, then verify

If that doesn't work I can also just send you the unmodified file

[meager mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/cooking-man-cooking-gif-4252139002765706375

hoi4 modders making sure their mod's ui is as unreadable as possible

except kaiserreich/eaw

not a single mod out there benefits from its custom UI, not one