modding

[meager mortar]

not TNO, not TWR, not TFR, not OWB

[tall hare]

Map updates give feedback 🙏

[tough lotus]

-# my feedback is that my wifi is too slow to load the images

[tall hare]

🙁

[slender mason]

solid

[tall hare]

Its WIP

[nimble solar]

Aren't most of your princely states in the south while the Raj owned more of the Bengal coast

[molten pike]

Anyone have a fix for these, it’s the Fire Rises mod

1. Most of the portraits just ding exist

2. For some reason Australia, New Zealand, and a bunch of pacific island countrys are considered apart of the US? Whenever I try playing as one of em the game crashes

[open ferry]

theme name?

[vague grail]

How can I make female division leaders appear? I already placed the portrait in the South America folder, and in the game’s defines.lua I changed the value to 1.0, but they still aren’t showing up in Latin America.

[slender mason]

just made new states and this popped up, how do i fix??

[torn pulsar]

i've just made a map with atlantis included, yet it still crashes on the initializing game stage of the loading menu. have i missed anything in my map folder?

[pale sparrow]

Almost all countries have preset generals to which this wont apply

I imagine it affects divisional commanders though, if you got whatever DLC that is

[tough lotus]

bba

[olive sinew]

is there a mod that have progress to modern era (2000s thing)

[rare grove]

Did Paradox ruin the faction system?

the coalition is white despite britain being the faction leader

[tall hare]

I guess they made a new one

[frail rock]

Can someone help me, the german ai won't produce mech even when they've researched it, idk whats wrong

I tried changing the id to mechanized_equipment it still won't work

@pale sparrow king 🙏

[pale sparrow]

Theres definitely strategies for this pre-existent in vanilla or Road to 56, check there

I know theres minimum factory assignment strategies, not sure if thats what you want

[frail rock]

I'll check

[frail rock]

Is it equipment_production_min_factories_archetype? Cuz I tried it too but got no results

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[frail rock]

Could it be that in the vanilla code, its preventing germany from building mech?

[peak tinsel]

guys do yall have a mod specifically for austria? like something similar to road to 56 but even better

[vague grail]

Yes, I want to add female portraits and names for the division commanders

[covert axle]

a Portrait for a Austrian general kaisereich style

[tough lotus]

Austria redone but it's for 1.14

[peak tinsel]

how can u downgrade the game version?

[tough lotus]

On steam:

[peak tinsel]

thanks

[hallow mesa]

Anyone know how to make modules? Cuz I am planing on making a mod based of two different anime /anime games (Tales of Xillia) and (Valkyrie Chronicles)

[novel locust]

How do I know if a mod has been converted to most recent update

[karmic basin]

There a 7 years war mod for this game? Or Napoleonic wars?

[icy fable]

@rare grove

[vague grail]

How can I generate female field officers for a country?

[final tinsel]

generate name file on common/names and make files like:

[pale sparrow]

If its been updated is simple, you just check in launcher if it shows an "!"
It could be not updated and still work fine though, gotta launch the game for that

[echo sphinx]

Quick question, does anyone know of a mod that adds something like "stir the proletariat" to the soviets center path?

[rare grove]

Napoleonic wars redux

[rare grove]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3609308151

[sturdy elk]

what are some good total overhaul mods?

i dont care about the complexity

[deft aurora]

How do I change the main menu picture? And also remove the loadingscreens from dlc's and only show mine(the main game ones)

[vague sand]

Hi im making a mod that adds a few inner workings for nation and i want to make a dinamic snap election decision, how do i make that? Like i mean that for each nation it will give you a random made up leader

[high silo]

as in the player decides the leader?

[vague sand]

No as in you get a random leader

[high silo]

so every elections, theres a random leader?

[vague sand]

No when you press the snap election decision, you get a random leader to switch your current leader

[high silo]

so its like a "change leader" button

[vague sand]

yes

[high silo]

then just generate random names like this

you can put a generic portrait

[vague sand]

hmm il try, thanks

[deft aurora]

How do I fix: "Some present mods are not present on-disk"? Note: It is my mod I created. How do I fix the issue?

[vague sand]

do you have a descriptor.mod file?

[deft aurora]

Ye

[vague sand]

hm

then make a new mod under the same/similar name, and copy over the files

[deft aurora]

Dw man, I fixed it, had to reinstall the game, probably accidentaly changed some vanilla files.

Thanks though

[vague sand]

damn bro, that sucks

[deft aurora]

Yeah xd

[deft aurora]

Btw bro, do you maybe know how to change the main menu background picture in my mod or nah?

[vague sand]

Yeah

[deft aurora]

Could you tell me how?

[vague sand]

yeah give me a sec

[deft aurora]

No problem, take your time.

[vague sand]

oh wait i though you meant loading screens. i cant help you with main menu stuff sorry

[deft aurora]

Its fine, thanks.

[vapid dagger]

yo, im trying to add more states to malaya and changed the 336 (Malaya) to only one province but now its saying that it doesnt have provinces

[dull crystal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0fG_WPdxhw

[hollow steppe]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3055442569

Hey guys, do the links to this discord server work for you because they don't work for me?

[novel locust]

o ok

[balmy briar]

Black Ice 🙏

my most memorable campagns are with this mod tbh

each decisions require a gamble and deep thinking

with Microsoft excel open

[tall hare]

Why does it still become vanilla?
this is vanilla RUS_neutrality: "Grand Duchy of North America"

this is mod RUS_neutrality:0 "Russian Empire"

[marsh osprey]

Does anyone know how

"#Space taken in convoy
lend_lease_cost = x"

works? It seems like each country has their own method of figuring out how much space their convoys hold.

[spice knoll]

Make sure your file encoding is correct, otherwise no idea, maybe name

[sour temple]

is there a specific on_action for "when any country joins a faction" ? The "on_join_faction" on the wiki says it's just for the faction leader

alternatively, is there a specific trigger for "is in a specific faction" beyond "is_in_faction" and "is_in_faction_with" ?

[tough lotus]

You can use on_join_faction, FROM is the leader, ROOT is the country that joins

You just have to scope the effects correctly

[deft aurora]

How do I fix:
[12:59:15][no_game_date][gameapplication.cpp:841]: The game has loc key collisions. Check logs/text.log for more details

[pale sparrow]

Go to documents folder of HOI and check that file

[deft aurora]

In text.log it says that in state_names_1_english all state namers are duplicated, but in my mod it isnt. So I tried to add replace_path="state_names_1_english"

[pale sparrow]

You shouldnt add a replace_path for that

[deft aurora]

👆 There you go

[deft aurora]

Yeah but even without it I still get the error.

[pale sparrow]

just have the file be the same name as in vanilla and itll automatically overwrite

you gotta rename that file to match vanilla

[deft aurora]

Ok let me check if I maybe made a typo.

[pale sparrow]

Its l_english not 1_english, I assume thats it

[deft aurora]

I removed the replace_path, and no type on the file name, is it because its localisation/state_names_I_english.yml and not localisation/english/state_names_I_english.yml?

[13:23:17][no_game_date][gameapplication.cpp:841]: The game has loc key collisions. Check logs/text.log for more details

text.log:

[13:22:42][no_game_date][localize.cpp:658]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_498, file: localisation/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Rio Grande do Norte
[13:22:42][no_game_date][localize.cpp:658]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: STATE_498, file: localisation/english/state_names_l_english.yml, value: Rio Grande do Norte

(They do this for all the states)

[tough lotus]

yes. Same name and same path would overwrite it

[deft aurora]

Ok let me try

[deft aurora]

Well it worked, but my game is still crashing

Its not showing the error

Maybe I accidentilly messed with some vanilla files, let me reinstall the game.

[tough lotus]

Rise of Nations has 40000 likes of text.log, duplicate localization will never crash your game

[sturdy elk]

i need total overhaul mods please give me good ones

[tough lotus]

Equestria at War

[sturdy elk]

i tried it before it wasnt good tbh

for me atleast

[tough lotus]

Old World Blues, Kaiserreich, Kaiserredux, Rise of Nations, Thousand Week Reich, The New Order (if you can deal with the UI), Pax Britannica, The Napoleonic Wars Redux, World Ablaze, Millenium Dawn, Novum Vexillium, End of a New Beginning, East Showdown, Ultimate Mod Collection, The Great War Redux, Red Flood

[sturdy elk]

wow that is alot thanks

[tough lotus]

also hoi4 irl

fun to play once

[deft aurora]

Yeah, I think I maybe accidentilly messed with the vanilla files

[tall hare]

WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?

Here is my loc for RUS

 RUS_DEF:1 "Russia"
 RUS_ADJ:1 "Russian"
 RUS_fascism:1 "Russian Empire"
 RUS_fascism_DEF:1 "the Russian Empire"
 RUS_democratic:1 "Russian Federation"
 RUS_democratic_DEF:1 "the Russian Federation"
 RUS_neutrality:1 "Russian Empire"
 RUS_neutrality_DEF:1 "Russia"
 RUS_communism:1 "Soviet Union"
 RUS_communism_DEF:1 "the Soviet Union"
 RUS_fascism_ADJ:1 "Russian"
 RUS_democratic_ADJ:1 "Russian"
 RUS_neutrality_ADJ:1 "Russian"
 RUS_communism_ADJ:1 "Soviet"
 RUS_autonomy_dominion:1 "Russian Dominion"
 RUS_autonomy_dominion_DEF:1 "the Russian Dominion"
 RUS_autonomy_colony:1 "$OVERLORDADJ$ Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_colony_DEF:1 "the $OVERLORDADJ$ Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_integrated_puppet:1 "Russian Protectorate"
 RUS_autonomy_integrated_puppet_DEF:1 "the Russian Protectorate"
 RUS_autonomy_puppet:1 "$OVERLORDADJ$ Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_puppet_DEF:1 "$OVERLORDADJ$ Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_reichskommissariat:1 "Reichskommissariat Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_reichskommissariat_DEF:1 "the Reichskommissariat Russia"
 RUS_GER_fascism_autonomy_reichskommissariat:1 "Reichskommissariat Muscovien"
 RUS_GER_fascism_autonomy_reichskommissariat_DEF:1 "Reichskommissariat Muscovien"
 RUS_autonomy_reichsprotectorate:1 "Protectorate Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_reichsprotectorate_DEF:1 "the Protectorate of Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_wtt_imperial_protectorate:1 "Russian Imperial Protectorate"
 RUS_autonomy_wtt_imperial_protectorate_DEF:1 "the Imperial Protectorate of Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_supervised_state:1 "$OVERLORDADJ$ Mandate of Russia"
 RUS_autonomy_supervised_state_DEF:1 "the $OVERLORDADJ$ Mandate of Russia"```

@pale sparrow You know why this happens?

[ashen radish]

try to remove the number before "Russia" "Russian Empire" etc

its dumb but it worked for me somehow

[tall hare]

Uh ok

Will test when I get home

[ashen radish]

im very very new to the modding, so dont take my word too seriously, but it worked for me

[tall hare]

Yeah I will try

[tough lotus]

LOC_KEY:0 takes priority I guess

[tall hare]

I tried :0 tood

Didn't work

[ashen radish]

removing the digit completely should fix it hopefully

[tough lotus]

forgot to encode it correctly

[tall hare]

Wdym

[tough lotus]

Localization files have to be encoded as UTF-8 with BOM

[tall hare]

What?

[shut dawn]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Localisation#Quick_checklist

[tall hare]

How do I do it?

[tall hare]

whats wierd is that it still call Finland Russian finland

[queen frost]

is there any focus tree for siam mods that still work

[ashen radish]

are you doing it via visual studio?

[tall hare]

Yeah

[ashen radish]

click on countries_l_english

or whatever its named for you

[tall hare]

mhm

I have

[ashen radish]

it should be

it should be this

[tall hare]

it is

[ashen radish]

Try without any digits like i did

[tall hare]

I have

didn't work

[ashen radish]

what about putting 0 instead of 1?

[tall hare]

I have

didn't work

[ashen radish]

what exactly are you trying to achieve

[tall hare]

That it will be called Russian Empire

instead of Grand Duchy of North America

[ashen radish]

i might need more context, screenshot of the file etc

[tough lotus]

Check text.log

Maybe it's just duplicated

[tall hare]

Yeah

it says it is

[tough lotus]

Then go make it not be duplicated (unless the second case is in the base game)

<@&846894118219022336>

[tall hare]

this is what it says

[20:02:29][no_game_date][localize.cpp:658]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: RUS_neutrality, file: localisation/english/countries_l_english.yml, value: Grand Duchy of North America
[20:02:29][no_game_date][localize.cpp:658]: l_english: Duplicate localization found, key: RUS_neutrality, file: localisation/replace/countries_l_english.yml, value: Russian Empire

[tough lotus]

Damn, reacted before I got to ping

[tall hare]

But yeah

second case is base game

[vague lark]

hello, i was trying to make custom map for mod, but i think something is wrong.

[proven sage]

damn, that looks cooked

i mean there is for sure a way, just that it looks funny. sadly cant help in this

[vague lark]

is there someone who can help me?

[tall hare]

Some small changes give feedback 🙂

[ashen radish]

I created french colonies, how can i make vichy france automatically puppet them once germany forms vichy after capping france?

[pale sparrow]

Check base game code for Syria, I assume theyd have adjusted that

[ashen radish]

This is taking much longer than i expected it to

🥲

[ancient vapor]

Yo

Why are my countries colors wrong?

I got colors.txt and their respective country.txt

Both with the same colors

Why do they appear as random colors?

(I think they are random at least)

[swift fjord]

We need a modded focus tree for Taiwan now 😂

Make Austronesian Taiwan great again lol

[vague grail]

I already have the list of names, and I also have the portrait in the folder. What would be the next step?

[final tinsel]

nothing to do

if name does not generated properly, check your country code

[sour temple]

is there a meaningful difference between how on_peace, on_peaceconference_ended, and on_annex function?

[primal seal]

TGW:R question

Does the howitzer spam still give a lot of soft attack?

Im on the road rn so I can't check it myself (and it takes a while to load hoi4 in)

[ornate herald]

im creating a mod for hoi4 and i want to replace the brief history. but i cant seem to find it anywhere. ive looked in the localisation/english file but it cant find it. do any of you know where the brief history text is located?

[tough lotus]

It's in localization/english

[ornate herald]

yeah, but what _i_english file?

[tough lotus]

It's _l_english

Don't have the game files here, can't check

[tough lotus]

bookmarks_l_english.yml (GitHub for a mod that I abandoned years ago to the rescue)

[ornate herald]

THX

found the file

[quaint hound]

I don't know if this is the place to post it, but here's a portrait of Karl I

I aged him up like 20 years so I can use him in my mod

[tall hare]

How do you make clothes?

[viral anvil]

why does italy not give me anything in the great war redux (im the ottomans) in the war for libya when i win? i remember it paying 30% of my debt

[covert mirage]

guys

my mod ive been working on got screwed over by the new update, regarding states, how do fix it

[pale sparrow]

If you add to the end of the states list, you simply increase the IDs of those states by exactly 30

[ancient vapor]

Marijn

I got a question for you

[pale sparrow]

Hello

Sure

[ancient vapor]

in Rt56

You hided the blitzkrieg bookmark right?

[pale sparrow]

yup

[ancient vapor]

How do i do that?

[tall hare]

I belive you just remove it

[pale sparrow]

No you cant do that

[ancient vapor]

tried

[pale sparrow]

it causes a GUI glitch

[tall hare]

Oh

[pale sparrow]

@ancient vapor
Left is Road to 56 with it removed, right its readded

[ancient vapor]

ok

Thank you

[tall hare]

Does RT56 add states?

Map changes give feedback

[pale sparrow]

Yes, around 100 off the top of my head

[tall hare]

damn

where do you guys find names

I cant seem to find any

[pale sparrow]

Wikipedia

[tall hare]

I made like

maybe

8

atm

plan to add some for Poland

[pale sparrow]

The point isnt to add states to have more states, we usually have some gameplay reason

[tall hare]

Yeah

But uh

I add it for realistic looks

[tough lotus]

Having an empty blitzkrieg.txt should just send you straight to the country select screen for 1936

[tough lotus]

-# Did you also remove the pixels?

[pale sparrow]

Yeh, that causes a GUI bug

You wont be able to normally return to the main menu

[deft aurora]

Why is my game crashing when I replaced a state with other ones. So basically I made I state bigger by merging it with others. So those states should not exist anymore, so I deleted their files, gave their id to other states, and renamed them in localisation. But now my game crashing when I launch it.

[deft aurora]

If you need screenshots or context of stuff just ask me, ill give em to you.

[deft aurora]

Marjin, could you help me?

[runic elk]

    enable = { always = yes }
    icon = GFX_idea_ARG_maintain_neutrality

    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_a_state
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_b_country
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_1_state
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_2_country
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_a1_state
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_b2_country
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_aa_state
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_bb_country
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_01_state
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_02_country

    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_o1_state_most_serene_republic_modifier_tt
    # ^ Display their modifiers above the modifiers below.
    custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_o2_country_most_serene_republic_modifier_tt
    # The Modifer would be here but Ill keep it clean for the custom_modifier_tooltip's above.
}```

The in game order is this despite the above being in the order I place within the code.

custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_1_state
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_01_state
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_a1_state
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_aa_state
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_b2_country
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_bb_country
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_o2_country_most_serene_republic_modifier_tt # Country
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_b_country
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_2_country
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_02_country
custom_modifier_tooltip = MRC_o1_state_most_serene_republic_modifier_tt # Cored States```
Does anyone know WHY the order is so scuffed? Or is this a bug I need to report due to the last version allowing you to place the `custom_modifier_tooltip` in what ever order you want last major version?

[golden totem]

Is there any other reason as to why curacao cant see the decision?

[runic elk]

Look at the category

[golden totem]

ah thanks

[fleet ether]

when will they fix the glitch with putting missles on subs

[foggy glacier]

i think i have the wrong version of the fire rises

no borders and unit templates look weird

can someone help me?

[nimble solar]

Wrong graphics setting like the wrong version of DirectX?

Or like you said, maybe the wrong mod

Also those are just nato symbols

[foggy glacier]

i have direct11

[nimble solar]

Did you turn on NATO symbols

[foggy glacier]

idk how to deactivate them

[nimble solar]

Go to settings and turn them off

[foggy glacier]

ohhh

[foggy glacier]

thank you very much

[foggy glacier]

i would like to see the front line

[nimble solar]

This is graphics issue idk how to fix

[foggy glacier]

bruh

[nimble solar]

Like you are using DirectX 11 when the game is set for 9

Or something like that

[foggy glacier]

well thank you for telling me about nato symbols

[foggy glacier]

so i have to change that in the launcher i guess right?

[nimble solar]

Possibly, idk for sure

If you use DirectX11 make sure the game is set for it

[foggy glacier]

i'm stupid, how do i check that?

[nimble solar]

Something in either launcher settings or actual settings in the main menu

Idk for sure

[foggy glacier]

i'm going to check

game and video

[foggy glacier]

i think i got it

game is crashing on load now, not even entering the map

@nimble solar IT WORKS WITH OPENGL

thank you so much

[nimble solar]

Epic and you're welcome

[steep nymph]

Got a problem the paradox launcher doesn't recognise my mod folder but it recognises the eu4 one what's up with it

[trail yarrow]

@pale sparrow sorry for ping but you active?

[pale sparrow]

Yup

[trail yarrow]

Is it possible to add an extra row under the facilities in a new catagory such as "energy construction" similar to how the "experimental facilities" and "province buildings" and "shared buildings" without having to make a GFX for it?

I have to update my construction speed mod and it already includes custom icons but its starting to fill the whole section haha

as u can see

[pale sparrow]

Im not sure, the building UI is for a large part automatically configured instead of every button being a thing you can move in the interface files

[trail yarrow]

Yeah I basically just want another section under facilities and just call it energy grid or something and add those new icons

[pale sparrow]

I assume it checks the countries' techs to deduce which buttons are shown right? I might use that knowledge to fix Road to 56's button if thats okay

[trail yarrow]

the icons just use the 00buildings file and then you can just decide where to put them on the UI but the actual GFX background for the layout where the "state buildings" etc is seperate and I think a GFX hence my previous question about it

[pale sparrow]

I mean the uh construction speed values

[trail yarrow]

Oh the values are done in a scripted GUI, i will show it here

[pale sparrow]

I know how the icons work because I keep updating Road to 56's icon strip

[pale sparrow]

But how do you know where to show the values? Because thats not longer static is it?

Previously itd show unavailable buildings always, so you knew with certainty where to show which speed value

@trail yarrowEmpty lines/overly long message might make the bot auto-delete

Nvm I assume you did it manually

[trail yarrow]

those are done in here

[pale sparrow]

Those are always in the same place but shared value values will shift around when buildings unlock, IIRC

Or is that disabled there?

[trail yarrow]

Basically I just set the values to be exactly 46 from the previous one on the X axis and then that gives it the centre of the building icon

[pale sparrow]

If thats how the mod works its simpler than I thought

[trail yarrow]

the building icon is based on the 00buildings

[pale sparrow]

mhm mhm

[trail yarrow]

and the timer icons just based on those values at 46 per X

[pale sparrow]

If I understand correctly youre also overwritting...

One sec

hide_if_missing_tech = yes

I assume you've disabled that so the icons dont shift when stuff is unlocked?

[trail yarrow]

basically the new buildings I just added into the 00 buildings on my mod, then when I add them and need the timer I just edit them in the ui gui file, but the thing is I couldn't get the timer icons to appear correctly if missing tech was disabled, meaning the values of the timer icon are already static and I couldn't really get them to change their location and show in the unlocked tech icon

[pale sparrow]

ah alr alr

[trail yarrow]

so I just have to keep all tech showing because the timer icons are static and I can't find a way to disable them and make them show manually after unlocking a tech, their might be a way but then im not sure about how it would shift around and show etc

[pale sparrow]

Wait are you the author of the main construction modifier mod or is this a separate version?

[trail yarrow]

also u might wanna update the wiki with the new buildings

[trail yarrow]

It's something thats been around for like 3 years but the old developer stopped working on it, someone made an update for Gotterdamerung and then after abandoned it so I just picked up on it, added and changed things pretty much

theres not much code to it so there wasn't much to change to make it updated

but I redid like 80% of the stuff anyhow

[pale sparrow]

ah ok

[trail yarrow]

most of it I had to redo because a lot of the logic was outdated and crashed/wouldn't show the icons so its as good as redone but nethertheless I gave credit to the original guy that worked on it ages ago

[pale sparrow]

I guess you would have to overwrite the tech/special project files to change the overlay positioning upon completion, when buildings get unlocked

not ideal

But since Road overwrites those things regardless, probably, I might try that

[trail yarrow]

Yeah, not too ideal and I am super busy for a few weeks, I spent a few hours on it looking but as the timer icons showing are static I would need help from someone whom knows more backdoor logic to the HOI4 code rather then generic modders to make it update and show correctly.

also not sure if its me but I can't find the reinforced energy grid in 00buildings?

ohh its named differently

industrial_infrastructure

energy_infrastructure

those are the 00building names for it if you want to update the wiki?

[trail yarrow]

when I update it to the new patch in an hour or so I will send you the link, feel free to look at it and integrate it into RT56 if you like

but if you do figure out the missing tech part so it can be disabled and then updated please do let me know so I can update the logic

[pale sparrow]

Would you like to be overwriting the tech files? It would worsen mod compatibility

Not sure if it works but I can give it a shot at some point

[trail yarrow]

I would like it where I can have the missing tech disabled, but then enabled once researched then that way theres not a lot of icons showing when there doesn't need to be if you get what I mean

[trail yarrow]

Yeah, just couldn't figure out a way to hide the missing tech, then have it show after its researched along with the icon of the timers, because the icon only shows up when either enabled or disabled, which is pretty static

tried to look, checked the wiki but couldn't find any logic for anything related, it would require someone who knows more about coding and HOI4 logic which I don't know anyone, so if you do take a look and figure it out that would be appreciated

a good part is the GFX is definately dynamic, when you add new 00buildings (note for rt56 work) it will automatically slot it under and not overlapp GFX

[pale sparrow]

yup

[trail yarrow]

So now we wait till 1.17.3 when they make these grids half as cheaper and then I will update it again haha

i doubt they'll keep it at 12K IC

[pale sparrow]

You can change GUI element positions based on variables, so you set those variables in the techs/special projects that show a new building

[trail yarrow]

an air facility is the same price

[trail yarrow]

yeah

also I only found out recently facilities had different IC depending on the one you construct

land facilities the most expensive

[pale sparrow]

Most? I thought that was nuclear

[trail yarrow]

worst part is I now have to redo half of the X and Y locations

[trail yarrow]

land is 1700 air is 1200 physics is 1500 navy is 1200

+5000 for any already placed

[pale sparrow]

I think youre using a mod

physics is 15000
land is 12000
In vanilla

[trail yarrow]

might be the expert AI

anyhow I now have to redo half of the icon values because the whole construction locations have changed on the UI

amazing

[quaint hound]

Outline it all, smudge them like they were skin and add lighting and shadows

[trail yarrow]

ill double check the values, one thing though I can't seem to get the land facility buffs to show

[trail yarrow]

yup, it was expert AI, but now im jsut trying to figure out why my land facility buffs don't show

[tall hare]

I cant do gfx but need it for my mod 😭

[undone snow]

Yo, anyone got recommandations for modding tutorials? Except for the official one, that one confuses me

[trail yarrow]

iron workshop

[undone snow]

Watching it rn, it‘s not outdated right?

[trail yarrow]

not the basic modding stuff no

[tall hare]

anyone know why my loc for states aren't showing?
State_1047: "Nothen Abruzzo"
State_1048: "Nancy"
State_1049: "Eupen Maldy"
State_1050: "Canakkale"
State_1051: "West-Edrine"
State_1052: "Thessaloniki"
State_1053: "West-Bialystok"

[tough lotus]

Maybe it's caps sensitive and it should be STATE

[tall hare]

Oh right

Didn't see

[tall hare]

Yup works thanks

[tough lotus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/956618713396822040/1058748519483179059/75E35616-351A-4CEA-8623-0F2690AD417E.gif

[rare grove]

Napoleonic Coldwar imo

[royal kraken]

hello im trying to create a mod where its a buildable, similar to that of refinery where it gives me resources. its similar to this mod:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998608618

but for the base game so far i've done
resource_building = {
show_on_map = 1
base_cost = 1000
icon_frame = 1
#local_resources_oil = 20 # May use local_resources_ + any resource name
local_resources_rubber = 20 # May use local_resources_ + any resource name
local_resources_steel = 20
local_resources_aluminium = 20
local_resources_chromium = 20
local_resources_tungsten = 20
local_resources_rare_materials= 20
local_resources_coal = 20
value = 0
infrastructure_construction_effect = yes

    level_cap = {
        shares_slots = yes
        state_max = 20
    }
}

and im in debug mod and it wont appear. following that, i also put the gfx&gui folder but i have not done any changes since i do not know how to make one in gimp(i have no experience photoediting). do i need to make one for it to appear?

also i wonder if its a mod file name problem since i name it RF_buildings and not 00_buildings

[pale sparrow]

Shouldnt be an issue

[royal kraken]

ok it turned out that i also had my other mod enabled which made this "resources mod" stop working. the other mod was to make more building slots per state and the file name is 00_buildings i wonder if this canceled RF_buildings

[spare crest]

Does someone have a 2d equipment icon for the japanese G5N Shinzan bomber?

[royal kraken]

[03:44:03][1936.01.01.12][mapbuildings.cpp:1657]: Building resource_building doesn't have an entity

this the error log it sent me

all fixed im just blind

[sharp lynx]

Is there any Trench Crusade mod for Hoi4?

[rich wedge]

are there any lag reducing mods updated to ncns yet?

[pale sparrow]

None of them should need updating

[lone juniper]

is millenium dawn gonna get an update for the new version soon?

[wanton pagoda]

nah ONE national focus for manpower ain’t for little france 😭😭

ww1 crazy

[sharp pelican]

PLEASE sm1 make a kingdom (the manga) mod i beg

[tall hare]

Give suggestions and feedback for europe 🙂

[quiet berry]

Does anyone know if PDX added any syntax that allows faction logos to change

[bright scroll]

World war 1 stalemate

[tall hare]

No, If Russia and Germany won ww1

[bright scroll]

Was Austria the one to leave the League of Three Emperors

[tall hare]

Yes

[glass acorn]

What does the "affects_energy = yes" thing in certain buildings actually do?

[swift fjord]

That map is CLEAN.

Britain hates Russia for taking the Bosporus Strait

[frail rock]

Can someone help me with this

I'm trying to get the ai to research railway guns and paratroopers

I literally use the same code for mech and tanks and it works just fine, the ai researches it, but for some reason this won't

[tall hare]

Got any feedback?

[swift fjord]

Only that Britain would hate the Russians for taking the straits.

[tall hare]

Yeah

[trail yarrow]

yeah wonder when they'll change the engine code so it runs better lol

in RT56 what are the countries reworks etc from like july onwards if any? Haven't played rt56 in a while

also if you would like I could make a road to 56 version of the construction speed mod? @pale sparrow

[pale sparrow]

Engine is really expensive to update Id guess so I dont think theyll do that

[trail yarrow]

probably not

but anyways can't decide what mod to make next

[pale sparrow]

China mainly IIRC...

[trail yarrow]

china

hm

"china rework"

lmao

[pale sparrow]

I wouldnt mind taking a shot at doing it without changing the buildings file

[trail yarrow]

I want to make a mod where the map for HOI4 is bigger like this one https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2615659658

problem is theres no map files to the new HOI4 one in NCNS that has a world map, it would have to be hand created ig

[trail yarrow]

Well, I could start work on one and add u in as the co author on it if u want?

as a submod

unless u mean u actually want to work on it to add to RT56 itself

[pale sparrow]

Yeh

We had that feature but it broke when the similar mod broke as well

So Id like to restore it

[trail yarrow]

Yeah, u can download the one I made to see the workflow if u want or just jump straight in but its not too difficult, only issue at the moment in my current one is I cannot make the land facilities speed to show

i can get the timer icons but can't get the buffs to show

[pale sparrow]

Odd, maybe the variable is broken or something

[trail yarrow]

I had a look there wasn't really much logic to it so I couldn't pinpoint the problem

spent all night looking, can't seem to figure it out

[trail yarrow]

How does RT56 change china from the current NCNS btw?

[pale sparrow]

Entirely new tree

its default instead of DLC tree

[trail yarrow]

oh its the old treee

[trail yarrow]

is their any actual AI rework to it

to make AI harder

[pale sparrow]

Probably not

[trail yarrow]

i can't decide what to play

[pale sparrow]

I like ottomans with middle east set to decolonize
And interventionist UK

[trail yarrow]

trying to figure out what trees are updated/new since like july

[pale sparrow]

Yesterday I played monarchist DLC Philippines and I enjoyed it but the achievement to get nuke submarines is so boringly slow for someone that usually plays until 1943

[eternal sparrow]

does anyone know how to disable coups for base game and la resistance

[pale sparrow]

common\scripted_triggers\00_diplo_action_valid_triggers
and
common\operations\00_operations

Modify those files to hide them, if you only want to block them conditionally, do a folder search for

                rule = allow_coups
                option = BLOCKED
            }```

[eternal sparrow]

but what do i do

[pale sparrow]

Set the coup government operation allowed to be always false and the diplo valid trigger the same

[tall hare]

Starting Event for Germany

[kindred atlas]

`division_template = {
name = "siddgian men" # Infantry Division
division_names_group = SPAN_INF_02

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

}
division_template = {
name = "siddigian mountain people" # Mountain Brigade
division_names_group = SPAN_MNT_02
regiments = {
mountaineers = { x = 0 y = 0 }
mountaineers = { x = 0 y = 1 }
mountaineers = { x = 0 y = 2 }
}
}
division_template = {
name = "siddigians riding horses" # Cavalry Division
division_names_group = SPAN_CAV_01

regiments = {
    cavalry = { x = 0 y = 0 }
    cavalry = { x = 0 y = 1 }
    cavalry = { x = 0 y = 2 }
    cavalry = { x = 1 y = 0 }
    cavalry = { x = 1 y = 1 }
    cavalry = { x = 1 y = 2 }
    cavalry = { x = 2 y = 0 }
    cavalry = { x = 2 y = 1 }
    cavalry = { x = 2 y = 2 }
}

}

units = {
##### Siddigian ArmedForces #####
division= { # "1era Division Siddigian"
division_name = {
is_name_ordered = yes
name_order = 1
}
division= {
name = "siddigian mountain people"
location = 1960 # Nyala
division_template = "siddigian mountain people"
start_experience_factor = 0.1
start_equipment_factor = 0.5

}

}

instant_effect = {
add_equipment_production = {
equipment = {
type = infantry_equipment_0
creator = "SDG"
}
requested_factories = 1
progress = 0.19
efficiency = 100
}
}`

can someone please tell me why do the soldiers of this country that i made instantly die whenever they fight someone

[tall hare]

How can I make the substract and add variable just show as a small message saying "Austrian Message Will Be Reduced"

    name = GER_reparations.1.a
    add_political_power = 100
    add_war_support = 0.05
    every_state = {
        limit = {
       is_core_of = AUS
              }

        subtract_from_variable = { Austrian_resistance_resistance_growth = 0.025 }
        add_to_variable = { Austrian_resistance_recruitable_population_factor = 0.025}
        add_to_variable = { Austrian_resistance_local_factories = 0.025 }
        add_to_variable = { Austrian_resistance_state_resources_factor = 0.025}
            }
}
mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 1
}

[fossil inlet]

Is there a dedicated hoi4 modding discord?

[pale sparrow]

Google HOI IV modding den

[pale sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/842912218391380028/994330262982885526/makesweet-ikkd8k.gif

[tall hare]

Yeah but where

[pale sparrow]

Its an effect so below the variables

[tall hare]

Like

Under them

Is it possible to make the variables not show

[pale sparrow]

They dont show by default

[tall hare]

They do 😭

It says which files are affected

States

[tough lotus]

hidden_effect my beloved

[tall hare]

Ok

[tall hare]

Next question, how do I make them hidden?

[river marten]

can I ask questions about technical issues related to mods here?

[tall hare]

.

[tough lotus]

hidden_effect = { effects go here }

[tough lotus]

You can but you'll be significantly better off asking in the mod's discord server

[river marten]

okay, thanks

[eternal sparrow]

how does one disable releasing nations

[river marten]

can you send me an invite link if you have for the TWR DC server (the link on the community page is expired)?

nevermind, I've got it from Reddit

[tall hare]

Does my map look nice?

[rare grove]

found the eror

[kindred atlas]

guys so i found out that the problem here is that my army has 0 strenght

strength*

how do i change that

[tall hare]

They still show 🙁

[sour iron]

what could cause this error

it directly crashes the game

[tough lotus]

You have to put the every_state block inside of hidden_effect, and the custom tooltip outside of it

[tall hare]

is it in the event

or where the effect is

[tough lotus]

Inside the event option you put
hidden_effect = { every_state = { ... } }
custom_effect_tooltip = whatever_you_called_your_tooltip

[worldly adder]

HOI4 mod idea: WW1 somehow results in everyone country being led by a schizo leader.

[tough lotus]

Kaiserredux

[trail yarrow]

whats ts do 💔

[pale sparrow]

What it does? An effect to display any text you like

[trail yarrow]

Aha I know sorry was being sarcastic :3

[pale sparrow]

https://github.com/deliciousmods/1956_beta/pull/3303

Thats my draft for fixing the building speed modifier overlay

[true forge]

Is Mao Cooked?

[ancient vapor]

wrong sub server pal

(nvm fixed my thing)

[ancient vapor]

category = {
id = BLN_support_war_category
icon = generic_political_reform
allowed = { original_tag = BLN }
visible = { has_country_flag = pur_declared_war }
}

BLN_support_war = {
icon = generic_decision
allowed = {
has_country_flag = pur_declared_war
}
visible = { has_country_flag = pur_declared_war }
cost = 5
ai_will_do = { factor = 1 }
complete_effect = {
send_equipment = { target = YEL amount = 5000 type = infantry_equipment }
}
}

Can someone tell me why this desicion won't appear?

[steep nymph]

Idk what else to do at this point nothing works

[tough lotus]

The category has to be in a .txt file in common/decisions/categories. There is no such thing as a category = { block, you just write the category name as the name of the block.
The decision itself has to be in a .txt file in common/decisions. The way you assign decisions to categories is by opening a block with the same name as the decision category and then put the code for the decision inside of it.

Your code for the decision itself seems fine.

[tough lotus]

@pale sparrow I'd assume you'd be the one to know that: can you use variables as the tags for the owners of ships in naval oobs?

[pale sparrow]

Never tried so no clue

[tough lotus]

Should work if I throw it in a tag alias

I think

[noble tulip]

why land map in my mod looks so strange, but espionage map looks normal? how can i fix that?

[olive sinew]

is there a mod for cold war till 2000s?

[noble tulip]

Hello, could u explain were did you fix that?

[trail yarrow]

ill take a look later/tommorow at it

[ancient vapor]

Oh thank you

The category is fine right?

I only have to move it to desicions/categories?

[pale sparrow]

There should be an outer ID for it

Instead of category youd write BLR_support_war = {

}

[ancient vapor]

BLN_support_war = {
id = BLN_support_war_category
icon = generic_political_reform
allowed = { original_tag = BLN }
visible = { has_country_flag = pur_declared_war }
}
Like this?

[pale sparrow]

Only delete the ID line, thats what the outer block is for

Rest seems good

[ancient vapor]

BLN_support_war = {
icon = generic_political_reform
allowed = { original_tag = BLN }
visible = { has_country_flag = pur_declared_war }
}

?

[pale sparrow]

Yup

[ancient vapor]

And in the desicion file

I put

category = {
BLN_support_war
}
?

[tough lotus]

No, just BLN_support_war = {

And inside of there your decisions

[ancient vapor]

BLN_support_war = {
BLN_support_war = {
icon = generic_decision
allowed = {
has_country_flag = pur_declared_war
}
visible = { has_country_flag = pur_declared_war }
cost = 5
ai_will_do = { factor = 1 }
complete_effect = {
send_equipment = { target = YEL amount = 5000 type = infantry_equipment }
}
}
}

Like this?

[tough lotus]

I wouldn't have the decision and the category having the same ID

[ancient vapor]

the category id was BLN_support_war_category

Can i put the category thing?

[tough lotus]

You can rename the category in both files

I like adding _cat at the end of my category ids

[ancient vapor]

ok

Hmm

Still doesn't work

Maybe the problem is the event?

add_namespace = Second_Coast_War

country_event = {
id = Second_Coast_War.1
title = Second_Coast_War.1.t
desc = Second_Coast_War.1.d
picture = GFX_report_event_generic_war

trigger = { tag = PUR }
mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 5
}
fire_only_once = yes

option = {
    name = "To arms!"
    declare_war_on = {
        target = YEL
        type = annex_everything
       
    }
     YEL = { }   # just to guarantee scope safety
BLN = { set_country_flag = pur_declared_war }
}

}

Do you guys see any problem with this?

[deft aurora]

Why is my game crashing when I replaced a state with other ones. So basically I made I state bigger by merging it with others. So those states should not exist anymore, so I deleted their files, gave their id to other states, and renamed them in localisation. But now my game crashing when I launch it. If you need screenshots or context of stuff just ask me, ill give em to you.

[undone snow]

Guys i have a question, what exactly do i have to install to actually start coding my mod?

[deft aurora]

You dont really need to install much, you can install visual studio code, but personally I just use notepad, much simpler. Then you just copy paste some vanilla files into your mod files, thats all.

[undone snow]

Visual studio sucks tbh, paradox recommended it, but it was kinda confusing using it

[deft aurora]

Yeah it does, witch is why I just use notepad.

[undone snow]

Is it possible to use mod tools on notepad?

[tall hare]

its better and not that confusing

[deft aurora]

No not really

[undone snow]

Well that‘s fine, I tried to use the mod tools on Visual studio, but they didn‘t work for some reason

[tall hare]

installed it wrong

they are super usefull

[pale sparrow]

Visual Studio Code I hope you tried because Visual Studio is also something else

[undone snow]

Yh ik its called Visual studio code, it‘s kind of a hassle writing the whole thing multiple times so i shortened it to that my bad

[pale sparrow]

Just verifying ^^

[undone snow]

Should i use Visual studio code or Notepad? I‘m starting new with modding

[pale sparrow]

Visual Studio Code with CWTools and optionally HOI4 Mod Utilities

[deft aurora]

Why is my game crashing when I replaced a state with other ones. So basically I made I state bigger by merging it with others. So those states should not exist anymore, so I deleted their files, gave their id to other states, and renamed them in localisation. But now my game crashing when I launch it. If you need screenshots or context of stuff just ask me, ill give em to you.

[undone snow]

So uh, how do i save my files?

[undone snow]

On Visual Studio code

Does anyone know how to save your files and folders on visual studio code?

[tough lotus]

ctrl + s works in basically any app

[deft aurora]

Can somebody help me with this please?

[undone snow]

Ty alot

[tough lotus]

Anything map related isn't my domain

[deft aurora]

Ok, no problem

[pale sparrow]

You cant delete files unless you overwrite every vanilla state file

Instead you keep it but without content

[deft aurora]

In my descriptor.mod file it says replace_path="history/states"

[deft aurora]

If I keep it without content, I open the game with an error, then I cant play, its an error that says something like: State (State ID) has no provinces assigned to it, or something like that.

[ancient vapor]

Is it vanilla map?

[deft aurora]

Im making my own map for my mod.

[ancient vapor]

Oh ok i have experience in this

[deft aurora]

Could you maybe help me pls?

[ancient vapor]

To be honest no idea

But yes

Whats the error log?

[deft aurora]

The error log does not show any error, just gfx stuff that has always been there.

[ancient vapor]

So it just crashes without context?

[deft aurora]

Yes, I launch the mod, loading screens shows, when error.log pops up, it shows nothing but game crashes.

[ancient vapor]

What tool did you use for the map making?

[deft aurora]

I did it myself manually in the files, so I took a state, British Columbia, I wanted to make it bigger, and basically kinda "merge" it with other states so those states get removed and british columbia becomes bigger. So I added the other state's provinces to Britishing Columbia, then deleted those other states files. Then I gave their ID's to other states so the states id's are continues. Then I change their names to the states that replaced them in state names english localisation file.

[ancient vapor]

Wait so it's on the vanilla map or not?

[deft aurora]

Yeah they are on the vanilla map currently.

[ancient vapor]

Ok so that changes the deal

[deft aurora]

But like I am making like a Modern Day Mod, so Im creating new states

[ancient vapor]

Look

In my experience

Modifying the vanilla map makes the game crash always

I havent been able to play vanilla in 7 months

so

I don't know why that happens

Also

try using the nudge

[deft aurora]

I can't cause its crashing in the loading screen.

[ancient vapor]

Restore the vanilla files

If it still crashes

Forget about playing vanilla for a while like me

or not

Maybe its a very simple issue that im unaware of

[deft aurora]

Alright, I will just restart and try using the nudge tool.

[ancient vapor]

Good luck

See ya

[deft aurora]

Thank you, cheers.

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336>

[ruby abyss]

@pale sparrow

scam

[unreal forge]

Got it. Thank you

[tough lotus]

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

[dense wren]

This is a scam they got hacked same exact scam happened to a friend

<@&846894118219022336>

[unreal forge]

Got it thanks

[ancient vapor]

ideas = {
country = {
fuel_issue = {
picture = generic_pp_unity_bonus

        modifier = {
            fuel_gain = -0.20
        }
    }
}

}

Do you see any problem with this? Why it doesn't appear?

[wispy folio]

anyone know if there's a mod that supports japanese hepburn characters like ō and ū? Base game supports it inconsistently, with a ? appearing in some menu's where the ō or ū gets used (like the name of a ship class)

[echo sphinx]

Would it be possible to recreate the bug of continuous focuses stacking through modding on modern HOI4? im just wondering if the bug was to do with the cfg or just and error

[echo sphinx]

ehhh i guess i could via decisions

[leaden pawn]

Does anyone know how to download mod i want to try the fallout mod but i dont know how?

[high silo]

Did you add it to a country yet?

[limber torrent]

@tough lotus dont hide links

Send them directly

[tough lotus]

k

But I like formating 😭

[pale sparrow]

Click subscribe on its Steam workshop page

[leaden pawn]

Done, thank you so much broo

[ancient vapor]

to be honest no idea

So ill say no

[livid locust]

I have this focus code; how do I make it only available if BRI is a puppet of FRA? focus = {
id = FRA_annex_brittany
icon = GFX_goal_generic_position_armies
relative_position_id = FRA_estabilizate_the_nation
x = 0
y = 2
cost = 4
available_if_capitulated = yes
prerequisite = { focus = FRA_estabilizate_the_nation }
ai_will_do = {
factor = 1
}
available = {
has_war_support > 0.35
}
completion_reward = {
annex_country = { target = BRI transfer_troops = yes }
add_state_core = 14
add_state_core = 960
}
}

[pale sparrow]

has_subject = BRI

[livid locust]

thanks

[ancient vapor]

Question

How do i add or take world tension through an event?

[meager root]

idk

[deft aurora]

How to fix these errors:

[20:45:06][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:238]: State #471 does not have a category defined.
[20:45:06][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:240]: State #471 has no people living in it.
[20:45:06][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:238]: State #739 does not have a category defined.
[20:45:06][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:240]: State #739 has no people living in it.
[20:45:06][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:238]: State #740 does not have a category defined.
[20:45:06][no_game_date][statetemplate.cpp:240]: State #740 has no people living in it.
[20:45:16][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Prince Rupert" with id: 471.
[20:45:16][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Haida Gwaii" with id: 739.
[20:45:16][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Vancouver Island" with id: 740.
[20:45:18][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Prince Rupert" with id: 471.
[20:45:18][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Haida Gwaii" with id: 739.
[20:45:18][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Vancouver Island" with id: 740.
[20:46:30][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Prince Rupert" with id: 471.
[20:46:30][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Haida Gwaii" with id: 739.
[20:46:30][no_game_date][state.cpp:695]: no provinces in state "Vancouver Island" with id: 740.

So basically, these states should not exist anymore, added their provinces to a other state. But last time I deleted them, and gave the removed state's id's to other states so they add up to each other, my game still crashed. So now I kept the file but without content, but my game still crashing.

[pale sparrow]

Can you send your mod?

Thatll make it trivial

[deft aurora]

Sure thing, should I send you the file in your dm's?

[pale sparrow]

Sure

[tough lotus]

add_threat, you add a negative amount to remove

[lofty plaza]

Don't delete the state file or anything in it except for removing the provinces otherwise you'll get errors like that

[high silo]

do add_ideas = idea_name

[errant mist]

With fewer computers are available to have Windows Excel XL-2003 installed in, what other apps i should have to open .csv files to update the adjancencies?

[pale sparrow]

csv has no markup so you can open it in visual studio code too

[deft aurora]

The game still crashes if I leave the state file like that, but with no provinces.

[errant mist]

Hmm, neat

Going guerilla modding on internet cafes aren't reliable in the long run, i admit.....

[round kernel]

Any mod suggestions?

[ancient vapor]

thanks

[ancient vapor]

And i put that in the history file?

[high silo]

yes

[ancient vapor]

ok thanks

[blissful lion]

Ok, this was a fun challenge, I know what you have to do. Here's is an example of me "deleting" the state 13 by integrating it into state 12 (I took all the provinces and moved them to the state). So pictures show content of files of states 12, 13 and 1046. Since state ids are hardcoded, they need to have ascending order, we take the last file in the stack and switch out the id as a fix.

Small warning! You need to reload the buildings for the new provinces in the state ("Radom in state" or "Random in all states") to properly display them. I hope it helped!

[deft aurora]

You're a flippen legend man, thank you.

[trail yarrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3614080182

very good QOL improvement

should be added in base game hopefully soon enough

[round kernel]

woww ty

[tall hare]

Balkan updates, stuff might change give feedback 🤔

[ancient vapor]

context?

[tall hare]

Germany and Russia won ww1

[ancient vapor]

Looks prety cool

Why does Greece still exist tho

[tall hare]

Why wouldn't they?

[ancient vapor]

Well

If i guess correctly

Italy sided with Germany and Russia in this timeline

Thus

They would have

Atleast

Took northen Epirus

[brittle garden]

Boomerang Romania

[hasty wedge]

can someone please tell me what's causing this discoloration? I've tried erasing the city lights in this area, changing the terrain texture in the bmp file. i really don't understand what's causing this stuff to look like dust

[drowsy orchid]

Hello, how do I mod focus tree order for ai? I want to make a mod that makes Germany Do PEG, and rush the focuses industrial so they don’t get much slower or weaker, cus I am sure yall tired of 100 percent economy of conquest

[eternal sparrow]

how does one disble things like non agression pacts and. guaranties?

[blissful lion]

Like in what terms, you could rewrite the game_rules to always have only 1 default option for non-aggression pacts and guarantees, that's one way.

[blissful lion]

In common/ai_strategy_plans you could either tweak the GER_alternate_strategy_plan.txt or create a new file. In condition you could make AI prioritise with the weight of 100000 to do the PEG as the first focus. The rest of the order can be up to you.

[trail yarrow]

morning @pale sparrow if ur on, u think its worth making this mod NCNS updated? Might take a look at the code see if I can do an updated version, creators not bothered as its outdated https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936314314&searchtext=infantry+

[pale sparrow]

Should be really easy

You just need to import vanilla's new techs into the files the mod overrides

[trail yarrow]

not sure what "new" tech would apply to this as the main infantry and artillery screens haven't really changed

[trail yarrow]

So far its working, just had this error though

is their a way I can get the designer to appear under the infantry section rather than tanks?

[pale sparrow]

Those are unrelated

[trail yarrow]

Ok amazing

but regarding this have they finally made it where editables can appear in infantry? I know when GTM released they had to put helicopters under the infantry section but any idea if it can be changed to the infantry section

[pale sparrow]

Not sure

[trail yarrow]

rip

Yeah if I change it to inf it doesn't allow the designer

[glass acorn]

How can I fix these errors? Ever since the new bug fix my mod crashes once you select and start as a nation

[hasty wedge]

. Bumping for visibility

[glass acorn]

Likely something in Map > Terrain > colormap_rgb_cityemissivemask_a, that file is responsible for the colormap of the map (Making areas greener, giving deserts their yellow tint, etc)

You'd have to put some effort to fix it cause it involves doing some Alpha channel thing to even view the colormap so 🤷‍♂️

[hasty wedge]

That’s weird. I’ve erased everything in the area in that file, unless I have to completely redo the file

[glass acorn]

The file's a bit different, you prob erased the layer for city lights, the actual terrain color is on a different alpha channel

It's weird ik

[hasty wedge]

That’s so dumb

[livid locust]

Where do I edit the time progression during the days so it runs at x7 speed or something like that?

[tough lotus]

5x is already the fastest your hardware can handle (as in, there is no set 5x speed)

[trail yarrow]

Any idea how to get the icons to appear?

[livid locust]

To make the days happen faster os something like that

there are no way?

[vivid wraith]

I'm trying to figure out what decides how the AI responds to your invitation to join the EU as Belgium. I'm pretty sure that this code means that the only thing that you can do that influences the AI's decision?
Would anyone be able to confirm?

Ah okay nevermind. Seems like it's preseeded at the start of the game.

[hallow mesa]

How do I get all the portits into anime characters

Even the ones in the divisions and tech and others

Like the options to make the photo anime even when recruiting a new tech and commander

[sleek terrace]

Hello. I noticed that the file "onmap_victorypoints_strip.dss" found on "gfx/interface" does have 5 different types of victory points (the city on the map). The game uses only 3 of them, and the remaining 2 are basically forgotten. We have the red for the enemy countries, green for yourself and grey for neutral/allied countries. What I need help with is: How am I supposed to use the "forgotten" victory point icons on allied countries only? (Think of it as displaying neutral countries with grey victory point icons and allied ones with blue, which does exist in the game files)

[simple raven]

Does anyone know of a mod that changes the production bar to actually fully visible? Hate having to hover over to see the bonus

[glad dove]

Hello all, can somebody tell me, where is defined localization strings for strategic locations?

I mean favorable_approach, defensible_coastline, etc

nvm, find that

[real kindle]

KaiserRedux 2ACW Multiplayer is so much fun. We had a player on everyone, and are now down to the final three after fix years of slugging it out.

[stiff ruin]

any mods like 1984 revolutions, in that there are massive world spanning empire which just collapse?

[tough lotus]

LastRead: start_game_command (1)
That's... probably not good

How bad did we mess it up

[tough lotus]

@pale sparrow any ideas as to what could even cause that?

-# Bouns: chilly winter in northern italy

[nimble solar]

Someone clicked a sussy link

[blissful lion]

It's a daunting task of copying and opening each file in the gfx/leaders folder and editing the files within it, and you have to check content dlc's in dlc/xx_dlc/gfx/leaders and edit one after another.

[sand walrus]

HOW CAN YALL WIN A WAR

[steep willow]

Can anyone help me make superevents?

[blissful lion]

I've tried using the search function of Notepad++ to check the references, and I could only find interface/mapicons.gui, but no luck in trying to find the way. For now, it doesn't seem possible.

[sleek terrace]

I searched using an AI, it seems to be hard coded on the engine

Although I successfully made more victory point levels

[cinder rain]

How can I make an agitprop interface for other countries? I was trying to copy files and variables, change country tag but it still didn't work.

[novel locust]

how do I play mods that are in the previous update (im new to modded hoi4 and I dont know how to get previous launcher updates)

[novel locust]

Thank you Kaiserin

[deft inlet]

making a great war redux: kuwait mod

[tough lotus]

That site is a massive mess, isn't updated to 1.17 (it's still on the Trial of Allegiance update) and doesn't support making submods

[deft inlet]

ah

that's ass

what site should I use when

[tough lotus]

You use Visual Studio Code and program the mod yourself, there really are not a lot of tools available and none that can just make a mod for you

[deft inlet]

no but i only know c++

I mod unity games not whatever this is

[tall hare]

Its easy to learn and you learn as you mod

when I started I didn't know anything

started from 0

[tall hare]

though I must say the tool is good for designing focuses

[tough lotus]

You can also just move empty focuses around in debug mode

[tall hare]

true

[tall hare]

Do you know how I can get a font for my mod

I want times new roman

[buoyant spruce]

guys is there anyone here who have the files of road to 56 mod before 7 of december update?

I had a save which was corrupted by the newer mod version

and i want the older mod version

[tough lotus]

I would assume @pale sparrow would

[pale sparrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304661064

[buoyant spruce]

you are a good man SIR

[trail yarrow]

@pale sparrow For my next mod, similar to those government advisors mods from like 2021-2023 might add one where countries can select a VP, foreign minister etc. I will also add it as a recommendation to the devs, but I also wanted to expand on it by adding some other branches like the judiciary, legislative perhaps but the problem is I need to make like some internal balance of power or something for this but not the current BOP mechanic

[undone snow]

Does anyone know how i could mod with my friend on one mod?

[tough lotus]

Git

GitHub or GitLab (or straight up Git) doesn't really matter

[muted oriole]

So I have Visual Studio Code and I installed HOI4 modding utilities I got the map to work but I can't get the other features to work can someone help me?

[muted oriole]

Nvm

I was being stupid

I figured it out

[lethal stone]

hey i need help
i made a new unit but how do i change the map icon for this division ingame

the actual map icon shows up blank

[peak swallow]

Hi, I want to get into modding but I have no idea how to activate CW tools and Hoi4 mod utilities, how do I do it?

[lethal stone]

install through visual studio @peak swallow

do you have vscode

[peak swallow]

I got this

I just don't understand the steps

[lethal stone]

looks like you have it both installed

what are you trying to do?

[peak swallow]

the instructions don't make much sense to me, are they neccessary?

and also, how do I open my folder into VS?

[lethal stone]

file > open folder

[peak swallow]

I have this here right now but it isn't doing much

[lethal stone]

okay so you have nothing in the folder

for example, if i have a national focus i want to open up

1 second

open with VSCode

[peak swallow]

Now what?

[lethal stone]

so that's your descriptor

[peak swallow]

or is this the wrong file?

[lethal stone]

that tells you what your mod is about

what do you want your mod to do?

[peak swallow]

I just want to test it out and follow the tutorials on the youtube channel first

[lethal stone]

you dont really need any extensions but extensions do help tell you errors

visual studio code tells you automatically if you're doing stuff wrong like formatting etc

usually when i want to make a mod, so lets say a new german focus tree mod

i will grab the vanilla hoi4 files, copy and paste the path that it provides and edit the german focus tree

only after i copy and paste the files to my new mod

[peak swallow]

huh, thanks, I'll try to watch the videos to get an idea on what is going on

i hate it when coding websites add ai for no apparent reason

[lethal stone]

to find the hoi4 files (vanilla)

do command shift g on mac then go to

/Users/[yourusernamehere]/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Hearts of Iron IV/

dont edit any of the files in /common/Hearts of Iron IV

only copy and paste them into your mod

if you edit it you're actually editing the base vanilla game installed on your pc

[trail yarrow]

4000 views on my mod, 1000 downloads

[tall hare]

what's your mod?

[trail yarrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3621358522

[tall hare]

Very nice

[trail yarrow]

and this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3614080182

[tall hare]

I am struggling a lot with making my own font 😭

I am trying to get

times new roman

in my mod'

[trail yarrow]

custom fonts

hmm

if u figure it out lmk

[tall hare]

😎

[tall hare]

is it hard to make custom designers?

[trail yarrow]

You can only use the tank interface

also #hoi4-general btw

[tall hare]

ok

[lethal stone]

custom fonts on map is easy to do

do you need help

[tall hare]

Yes

very much

😎

I am trying to do

times new roman

but

I dont know how to get both the files I need

[lethal stone]

use BMfont or use a bitmap font generator

to generate the image files of the font once you have the times new roman font installed

snowb works perfect if you need a bitmap font generator (no download needed)

just add the font file

[tall hare]

but like

I got BMfont

then I get a file

[lethal stone]

what are you stuck on?

[tall hare]

called font.fnt

or whatever

[lethal stone]

yes

[tall hare]

a .fnt

but

thats all I get

I need a .dds file

[lethal stone]

i usually convert it

snowb gives a png

i convert png to dds using aconvert

[tall hare]

but do I need two files?

[lethal stone]

you need the dds

and the fnt file and thats all

[tall hare]

also

where do I find snowb

[lethal stone]

place it in gfx > fonts

[lethal stone]

search it up

[tall hare]

I dont get anything

[lethal stone]

.org

snowb . org

[tall hare]

Oh that

I see

well

how do I get my font

I cant "add font file"

[lethal stone]

i just search it up

the font i want

[tall hare]

ok

and then

[lethal stone]

download the zip extract the fnt file

and put it in there

if it gives u a ttf convert that to fnt

[tall hare]

I got it

and now

[lethal stone]

im not sure if ttf works actually

try uploading a ttf and see if it'll accept

[tall hare]

I got it to accept

what should I do now?

[tall hare]

I got it to work into SnowB

[lethal stone]

save the file

export it

click on the export button

its on the top

[tall hare]

export as what

[lethal stone]

.fnt

[tall hare]

yeah but like

BMFONT Text

BMFONT XML

[lethal stone]

?!?!?!

the 1st option is already .fnt

[tall hare]

I got it

[tall hare]

so now I have two small files one png and one fnt

[lethal stone]

turn the png into dds

[tall hare]

done

[lethal stone]

export to gfx > fonts i think

[hallow mesa]

Dose anyone know how to get an event to pop up when a country declares war?

[raven hedge]

How do we prevent cosmetic tag flags to be gone upon ideology change

[safe comet]

Never tried modding before, but I had an idea for a joke mod where every monarchist path in the game gets extra focuses or decisions to claim the Mandate of Heaven

If I did it the focus way, would I have to manually edit each focus tree?

[shut dawn]

Can’t think of a way you could do it without editing each tree

Even if you add a shared branch you’d need to edit the trees to make sure they add the shared branch

If you didn’t want to do that, you could instead make a series of decisions that get unlocked when a nation is in a monarchist path. Only thing is you’d probably need a lot of triggers.

[sour iron]

Probably you just imported one flag that defined to one ideology for that cosmetic tag so for example if you put democratic flag but it goes when the country becomes fascist, copy that flag, paste again and change its name to COSMETIC_TAG_fascism

[tough lotus]

On actions

[raven hedge]

Yeah i did that even though to that when i change politics via focus or commands it wont work

[sour iron]

Can you check that if cosmetic tag stays still when you change your ideology by hovering your mouse into the flag of the country on top left on debug mod

[tough lotus]

Ideology specific flags take priority over cosmetic tag flags with no ideology attached

[sour iron]

If it automarically removes, add an on actions that resets the tag when ideology changed

[sour iron]

He says he attached ideology

[raven hedge]

I have same flag attached to all ideologies

I did it through normally by renaming files

Yet that didnt work

[sour iron]

Can you send an ss thst shows how you named the files?

[raven hedge]

I dont have my computer atm but i remember correctly how i renamed them

...._neutrality
...._democratic
...._fascism
.…_communism

[sour iron]

So i can only think that your country resets your cosmetic tag when ideology changes for some reason so like i said before, add an on actions that adds the cosmetic tag again when ideology is changed

[raven hedge]

On actions just doesnt work as well,i tried ir

It

Since you know it fires while engine is setting flag

Which causes flag to become last one

[sour iron]

Are you modifying vanilla files?

[raven hedge]

Uhm no

[sour iron]

Otherwise your flags are corrupted so game cant read them

[raven hedge]

Not on on action

I wrote on action which is not from vanilla file

[sour iron]

I meant does your mod based on vanilla

[raven hedge]

Its an extension for vanilla

I changed country s original hoi4 flags

[sour iron]

Ok, you should check if cosmetic tag appears when you change the ideology first, if it doesnt, search all vanilla files that changes anything about that countries cosmetic tag but if you can still see the cosmetic tag but flag doesnt appear, you did something wrong when you put the flags

[raven hedge]

Im trying to modify

Turkey's

Flags

I gave this so i think that can make your job easier

[sour iron]

Yeah delete the shitty cosmetic tags that paradox put from turkeys history file

Thats the problem

They put cosmetic tags for every ideology on turkey for different uniforms if i remember correctly

[raven hedge]

Uhm weird since all of uniforms are same

[sour iron]

Yeah but they did that weird solution for something on turkeys content

[raven hedge]

Do you know the line

That causes it

Could you check it for me if possible

[sour iron]

Search for set_cosmetic_tag and delete all of them

[raven hedge]

Alright thanks man

@sour iron

Am i being misinformed?

Weird

It is really weird

[tough lotus]

You're deleting cosmetic tags, the worst that can happen is a complaint in error.log

[raven hedge]

Oh

Is it good or bad situation according to what i want to achieve

[raven hedge]

This is probably false

[tough lotus]

Did you ask an AI for that? The cosmetic changes aren't hardcodeded, they're in 06_bftb_on_actions.txt (line 885 onwards)

[raven hedge]

Yeah before i even talk here yes i asked them

[tough lotus]

AI is awful at anything paradox modding related

[raven hedge]

Alright thanks

For mentioning this

Since i was so confused

[raven hedge]

I will take a look at this then

[tough lotus]

-# I hate how Götterdämmerung is called wuw in the files

[raven hedge]

Lol

Anyways i think i will take a look and delete those lines or replace them

[sour iron]

I have a whole mod that rounds around turkey, it doesnt change anything

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Category:Modding probably all you'll ever need

[tough lotus]

No Compromise, No Surrender is called sea

[raven hedge]

Yeah its definetly ai s fault

[raven hedge]

Since its told here

[sour iron]

Ai's answer is true except you dont have to reapply set cosmetic tag when you change the ideology

[raven hedge]

I srr

I see

So i shall change it through deleting Turkeys cosmetics at start

& on_actions

[tough lotus]

You can also just delete the on_actions

Or make them check for your cosmetic tag

[sour iron]

It applies the tag from history

Not on actions

[tough lotus]

Then also delete it from there, not hard

[trail yarrow]

So my mod got 4000 views in 12 hours

isn't that amazing

Any chinese modders active? its in regards to localisation

[tall hare]

Very nice

is it artillery, train, infantry designer?

[trail yarrow]

yeah

just currently adding chinese localisations and then updating japans gfx

because they changed the artillery stuff in NCNS for japan

[tall hare]

what will you add?

what else

[trail yarrow]

currently fixing gfx for japan

[tall hare]

Cool

[trail yarrow]

where on earth are the japanese artillery gfx files, not in technologies

[frail rock]

does anyone know where the Monroe Doctrine ideas file is located?

[south lagoon]

Okay so what’s my like one stop shop so to say for modding

I wanna do like a 1830-1850 mod focusing on the Texas independence war and the Mexican American war

Would need to rename doctrines and stuff

Was thinking like

Superior firepower > Prussian Battle Doctrine
Mobile Warfare > (replace all motorized or tanks with Calvary and “wagon” a new mechanized tech replacement) Polish Style Calvary
Grand Battleplan can stay the same but replace the buffs
And Mass Assault less focus on manpower buffs and more on buffs to infantry breakthrough and infantry in general

[peak swallow]

Hi guys, I need some help, why is this incorrect?

[tough lotus]

Probably because there is no code in the idea

[peak swallow]

apparently this is a false positive

[dim void]

i just got the gameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[tough lotus]

yes it is

[peak swallow]

You'd think they would've fixed this by now

[peak swallow]

It almost works except for the option, what is the problem here?

[peak swallow]

@pale sparrow I got told to ask you for help, what is the problem here?

[unreal sorrel]

In the option block you set the name as mod.event but in localisation as mod_event

[peak swallow]

OOOOOOH

thanks!

[pale sparrow]

^^ Everything else is correct

[peak swallow]

crap it doesn't work if I'm playing as italy

[lethal stone]

anyone have a shaders guide for this new paradox update

[peak swallow]

Hello, I don't understand why the leader isn't appearing in the game, what is the problem here?

@pale sparrow hi again^

[pale sparrow]

History file?