modding

[tough lotus]

[undone snow]

Kk

Its still not showing up

I feel like a chicken with its head cut off

Breh

And its also saying in the game launcher that my mod isnt up to date although the version in descriptor.mod is 1.17.3.0

Is ts torture

[tough lotus]

Just write 1.17.*

It would include all of the subversions

[undone snow]

K

[tough lotus]

Are you running the game in debug mode?

[undone snow]

Just now

[tough lotus]

Error.log (and the debug dog) are your friends

[undone snow]

Debug dog sad 2 errors

It still says this mod 1.17.2

😭

Aight ima start the game

[tough lotus]

You have to restart the launcher for those things to update

[undone snow]

I did

I think its cause i downloaded my mod from steam, after that it said it was outdated

[undone snow]

Also my mod that i installed from steam was way smaller than the one when i had created it

[pseudo smelt]

Can anyone tell me what I have done, I did NOT change the colors on the countries except my own, the one in Paris

The colors arent random too

[near glacier]

is there a mod for eralier peace deals or white peacing for the current version?

[pseudo smelt]

I fixed it

[tough lotus]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2412445347 should work

C'mon it's 1 search in the workshop

[near glacier]

last uptated 2023

cant find any for the current version

[tough lotus]

Last updated doesn't mean anything uf you haven't checked if it works (it did in 1.16)

[undone snow]

So since my code aint working what should i do

[vague sand]

Hey guys so im making a NATO template for the USA and everything works but 2 things dont:

1. The logo, the blank spot is where the logo should be
2. Description, i wrote it in the localisation files under the main name of the template but it doesnt show up

[vague sand]

??

[devout wing]

Hello can anyone help why my mod crashes after 2 days in the game, since the new dlc came out my mod has been crashing. I think I have removed most old Japanese and Chinese content that I had in my mod.

these are the files that are modified in my common folder

[devout wing]

Like I would like to know what things usually cause the mods to crash after a new dlc comes out

like is the Faction rework breaking it or what

[tough lotus]

-crash_data_log

[spare crest]

Lion
ENG 1940 BB

[tall hare]

You made it?

Look very cool

[spare crest]

yes

[spare crest]

i have 250+ ship models in hoi4

[tall hare]

Holy

I was gonna do models for my mod

now I am more for it tbh

they look awesome

[spare crest]

thx

[tall hare]

got any tips

show me some more

🙏

[north wave]

Does it include pre-dreadnoughts?

[devout wing]

where can I look at that?

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Troubleshooting#Crash_data_log

[devout wing]

thank you

[spare crest]

no

i made this mod for vanilla

only the germans have the deutschland class pre dreadnought model

[spare crest]

all uk ships (and im not finished with them xd)

[north wave]

This really looks super

[spare crest]

thx

if you are interested
"Additional ship models"
its up on the workshop

[north wave]

Can I dm you?

[undone snow]

Yo

Guys i need some help

Why isnt the code working

Nothing should show up when i open up the romania focus tree

Yet there‘s still something there

Why?

Help, PLEASE

Can someone, anyone Help me PLEASE im gonna go insane gng

[raven hedge]

How to change a national spirit's icon in a certain condition and It's effects?

[devout wing]

what can I do in this situation, I have tried removing the States files but it still crashes.

[raven hedge]

How to change a national spirit's icon in a certain condition and It's effects?

[pure hazel]

are there any good ways to check if a mod is iron man compatible or not without just loading into the game with the mod on?

im having the time of my life trying to find the 1 mod that is iron man incompatible

[tough lotus]

@devout wing

[compact mesa]

I see colorful names in MP rooms, short and clear. Can someone explain how to do this?

[tough lotus]

They stop being so clean when you look at the player map mode, a bunch of localization tricks work on player names https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Localisation#Special_characters

[bleak quarry]

anyway i can mass download songs for a music mod? this bullshit with youtube it annoying cus "copyright!"

[tough lotus]

Those in this block, specifically text icons and text colors

[tough lotus]

-# Hey, another Hohenzollern
You can download entire playlists at a time with some downloaders, same for Spotify downloaders too

[tough lotus]

If it adds any form of content it's probably incompatible

[pure hazel]

i figured out that it was my optimization mod making it incompatible 😔

[tough lotus]

Yep, that 100% touches something that isn't in the localization or is a .gui file the interface folder

If it's some version of SpotMod it changes defines, and if it's multiplayer oriented it usually also changes the ai

Also music is fine obviously

[pure hazel]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2270893555&searchtext=optimization i was using this one

yeah stuff like portrait model and ui changes are good

[tough lotus]

Touches a lot of vanilla files, if I'm going of of their numbers spot is faster

Then also hardware does play a role in that

[pure hazel]

yeah i have a really up to date laptop so its not like the game is unplayable without an optimization mod lol

might try spot mod anyway tho

[bleak quarry]

I know but they're all shit, I downloaded JDownloader and it auto installed AVG Antivirus (which i selected for it to NOT download)

And it's going through my files

I'm trying to delete it

But it's taking forever

"Uninstalling... This may take a few moments."

8% in 5 minutes

[tough lotus]

Since it's the main mp one there are a lot of copies that do significantly more than advertised

[pure hazel]

wdym

[tough lotus]

Groups that make their own version and then add other random stuff into it

[pure hazel]

Ah i see

[tough lotus]

(I might be guilty of that but I only added a host tool)

[pure hazel]

an MP optimization mod might be overkill for me anyway since i only play singleplayer

[tough lotus]

The overkill is the mod that has basically every other optimization mod in it and then also optimizes the game even harder by removing countries and whatnot

Basically make hoi run on a potato

[tough lotus]

You can also just use an online one

[bleak quarry]

Like?

[tough lotus]

Let me introduce you to the revolutionary idea of googling stuff

[bleak quarry]

Like I said, they're all shit. I just can't find a good one that isn't dodgy asf

Used one called YTDown, I clicked download MP3 on the link an it's taken me to a site called Lust Goddess

[ember sapphire]

Corscia: I want to be independent
Europe:

[tough lotus]

Adblocker

[bleak quarry]

Doing it on brave, built in ad-blocker

[tough lotus]

IDK, ublock blocks those pretty well

[pure hazel]

YTdown is actually peak i use it all the time, thats just a pop up when you click download. for me it only does it like once a day and then i dont get anymore pop ups

has great quality and works pretty fast

[bleak quarry]

yeah it does, only annoying bit is the 60s wait after every download

[pure hazel]

yeah thats the only annoying part but im like 90% sure its so that it doesnt get botted and crash the site with too many requests so its a neccesary evil

[tall hare]

Anyone got ideas for focuses I can add WIlhelm II path btw

[devout wing]

I finally found the problem, it was the defines file

[bleak quarry]

What does this mean + how would I fix it?

[clear ore]

Add some focuses like demand polish corridor

Some for military organization or stability

National unity

[umbral charm]

How do I make it so that a focus causes a weekly negative stability change I’ve done stuff like Weekly_stability = -0.005 and it doesn’t work

[high silo]

put them in the completion_reward block

[raven hedge]

How to change a national spirit's icon in a certain condition and It's effects?

[tall hare]

Its if Russia and Germany wln ww1

[green sun]

yo is there mod where i can get news pop ups while being in observer mode?

[clear ore]

Huh... How does that work?

[tall hare]

Its alt historu

[midnight kayak]

Does anybody know where's the mini pop up when you reached a mastery level or when another country declare war located in the file?

I also want to ask about the location of the pop up that you get whenever you finished a focus, research or grand doctrine milestone

[tough lotus]

probably hardcoded

gui in the console might be able to help if it isn't though

[midnight kayak]

Aw that's sad, thanks for the info

[patent elk]

From wish mod is The Empire of the free ?

[bleak quarry]

Any help would be nice.

[frosty goblet]

👋

[small ledge]

👋

[sour badge]

here is my mod idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4modding/comments/1pu3r7u/drones_of_war_dawn_of_copper_9_a_murder_drones/

[shut dawn]

Good luck making it. I’m sure it’ll be a fun project

[sour badge]

any questions?

[shut dawn]

Questions on what?

Oh are you just posting this idea wanting someone to make it for you? I thought you were just showing off something you were working on

[sour badge]

about the setting and if i have other ideas.

[sour badge]

No i am not. Just looking for someone to help with it since i dont have coding experience

[shut dawn]

Oh ok. I’d suggest getting some experience by trying something a little smaller. Maybe try making a mod where the murder drones burrow out of a county in the base game, creating a new nation on the map with a focus tree.

That’d help you get experience without getting overwhelmed by a large project

[sour badge]

Nah i worked on other mods and there are enough of those.

plus i am ideas and writing guy than coder

[undone snow]

Yo does the Iron Workshop tutorial still work to learn modding?

More specifically their focuses video

[shut dawn]

It is a good start

[undone snow]

And it would work?

[shut dawn]

I’d also suggest checking out the wiki and just reading the page on national focus modding

[undone snow]

What do i write in my browser

Hoi4 wiki modding just shows smth else

[shut dawn]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding

This is the wiki

[undone snow]

yes modding but like not the code and stuff

[undone snow]

Thx

[shut dawn]

No problem

[karmic sandal]

Hello Im Filip and if someone wanna create mod with me i will be happy. I do graphics stuff so flags etc so i understand if not bc i dont code if yes feel free to dm me ig

[tough lotus]

Mods, especially big ones or total overhauls, not led by coders tend to never really get off the ground

After all you have to convince random people on the internet that your idea is worth investing their time into it

When there are so many total overhauls with already big followings that will have an easier time with that

[sour badge]

I know it will be a challenge. Still I hope to create it or at least a map as proof of concept to gather more intrest§

[karmic sandal]

Maybe smt modern day ww2/1 smt realistic

[tough lotus]

Your best bet might be applying as a gfx artist to a bigger mod

[undone snow]

Most useful „idea“ ppl are the ones that make for example an focus tree concept with pictures and allat, shows you what the focuses will do and their modifiers.

[undone snow]

They may not be too particularly helpful but as a coder, you can get straight into coding instead of just mapping out an focus tree, thinking of national spirits, the modifiers etc. etc.

[sour badge]

I just need a coder and i can do the rest

[green sun]

yo is there mod where i can get news pop ups while being in observer mode?

[pale sparrow]

No

[sharp knoll]

What affects the visibility of other countries' focuses? I tried changing the minimum intel level in defines but nothing changed

[north wave]

thought it needed it

But well yeah it does help with organisation

[north wave]

Or like

Creating a mod by himself

Could have actually helped if he also knew coding too

[covert mirage]

guys what do these errors mean, how do i fix them (for some context: my 1.16 mod, i tried it in the newest version)

[blissful lion]

This shows up when code contains the old references to the new doctrines.

[covert mirage]

how do i fix it because i want to make my mod work for 1.17

[blissful lion]

You could take inspiration from country's history file or peep into the focus trees that give the doctrine advancements.

As a temporary fix, I just used notepad++ to remove all doctrine instances.

[covert mirage]

all the effects in the focus trees that i gave in mine i js delete?

[blissful lion]

I'm slightly confused about how the errors showed up for equipment as well. Where do you reference those?

For the doctrines, you can just relocate those out of the technology and do as given (taken from UK's 1939 start date country file):

set_grand_doctrine = grand_battleplan
set_grand_doctrine = new_strategic_destruction
set_sub_doctrine = defensive_postures
add_mastery = {
    amount = 100
    sub_doctrine = defensive_postures
}

Yeah, I guess you can delete the effects in the focus trees, those could be updated later to fit the new doctrines.

[covert mirage]

wait give me a sec

i have quite a lot of these

idk if they are correct

also what are these

[blissful lion]

For the building.txt, I go into the nudge and press "random in every state", "validate", then move the "buildings.txt" from documents/../HoI4 into the mod. That usually does the trick.

[covert mirage]

wait let me try

okay so

firstly i press this

then this?

[blissful lion]

Yeah, exactly that.

[covert mirage]

alr doesnt seem

to appear anymore

thank u

lemme js check if thats everything

js one last thing

idk how to fix this, i did put in history files the new doctrine thing and made sure these arent anywhere in history or national focus files

[blissful lion]

Maybe those are nested in some other files? Try using the search function throughout the entire mod.

[pale sparrow]

Never press that

[undone snow]

Can anyone tell me why my focus isnt showing up?

I did it just like in Iron Workshop tutorial

The romanian vanilla tree got removed

Which is good

[pale sparrow]

Your prerequisite seems invalid

if the prerequisite isnt there, the focus wont show

[undone snow]

so uh what do i do

this is supposed to be the first focus

Of the tree

[covert mirage]

why

[pale sparrow]

It will discard your victory point/unit positions, which most mods tweak to have more accurate VP placing&not have coastal VPs and units fall into the sea

Its only useful if you just made a map and need placeholder coordinates, otherwise you should only be using validate

[undone snow]

Do i put prerequisite = { focus =
}

like nothing

[undone snow]

Aight that worked

Thanks

[tough lotus]

That will throw an error

In most cases if you don't need a parameter you can just omit it entirely

This is a completely valid focus

As you can see, since it has no prerequisite it's just omited entirely

Same for mutual exclusivity

Or bypass requirements

[north wave]

@tough lotus @pale sparrow
Merry Christmas to most dedicated mod devs of hoi4

Thanks a lot for helping us here

[undone snow]

Fr

They helpin alot out here

[undone snow]

What does available and OR (which is right under available) do?

Are those like the requirements?

[tough lotus]

OR is "one OR the other"

The things inside of OR are just requirements specific to that focus

[undone snow]

Ahhhh

That makes alot of sense

[tough lotus]

Big list of them here https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Scopes#Flow_control_tools, you don't need to understand all of them since 1: you'll never use like half of them, and 2: you can always look them up if necessary

[tough lotus]

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

[north wave]

Btw I forgot to ask buttt on which nations do you actually work at RON

So I could play them

[tough lotus]

Currently none that are in the steam version (I fix bugs my backlog is like 2 months long) but there is a branch on GitHub aptly named viktorias-workshop where there is dnc Spain content that is in a somewhat playable state

[north wave]

Wait

Are u the lead dev?

[tough lotus]

no

[north wave]

Ah I see

I was wondering when the new version was going to arrive

[tough lotus]

The most active dev rn but that can change

[tough lotus]

No idea there, we have a bit of work done for stability (mainly fixing a crash in 1946), era changes should be fixed in that update too and the coal distribution is no longer "give every state 30 of it"

[north wave]

So you have to look up for historical coal reserves at every state now?

[tough lotus]

We're on a mandated Christmas break rn so we'll take the mod back up in early january

[tough lotus]

Somewhat historical, I based it on a database of coal mines (which does include some really old ones)

[north wave]

Ohh do you work at other mods beside that

Or only ron

[north wave]

Including mini-projects that are done by urself

[tough lotus]

I maintain a copy of spot mod, also a version of random country placement that I haven't updated to ncns yet

[north wave]

Ohh

Epic career bro

[tough lotus]

there is also the eu5 soundtrack as a music mod

[north wave]

Yoo that must be greatv

Mine is bit short but got raised quickly
First made a mod which had dutch monarchy content then joined to the Austria Redone team

Course it took like 2 years but yeh

[umbral charm]

Quick question

For some reason

The spiritI made disappears after the first day

Anyone know the reason or an easy fix?

[sharp knoll]

Anyone knows?

[vague sand]

Hi im making a mod and i changed a few states, but the game crashes. Anyone wants to take a look? (ive made a few new states ad changed provinces to 1)

[vague sand]

i think its intelligence

[tough lotus]

Try running the game in debug mode, map related errors won't crash the game on startup so you'd be able to open the nudger and see if something is really wrong

[vague sand]

no im on debug mode, nothing seems wrong but when i try to start a game it crashes

[tough lotus]

Check the error log

[vague sand]

alr

[vague sand]

doesnt say anything

[kindred maple]

can anyone help me figure out whats wrong with my code

[tough lotus]

-# The indentation

That's a false positive, we get someone asking about that one about every other day

[kindred maple]

lmao, thank you

how do i uh

remove the error

is this one also a false positive?

[tough lotus]

Ignore it or disable the extension I guess, if you run the game in debug mode (by adding the -debug launch option in steam) the game will conveniently open the error log

[tough lotus]

Probably

Or at least what the extension suggests is more wrong

[kindred maple]

i see

still learning how to mod yet im trying to make a submod for tfr

having to wait for the gam to load for like 8 minuits is inded quite miserable

[tough lotus]

The total conversion experience

Happens in every really big mod

[kindred maple]

i think i got it

praing

I FOUND THE PROBLEM

I PUT AN EXTRA E ON THE NAMSPACE

il try and get it to work

[umbral charm]

https://tenor.com/view/dune-stilgar-lisanalgaib-fremen-lisan-al-gaib-gif-13633185611076219756

[plain oriole]

YOU TOO FRANCE-

HOLY

https://tenor.com/view/jesse-pinkman-hell-yeah-jesse-pinkman-hey-come-high-baby-gif-1058193894511976418

[kindred maple]

@tough lotus im having troubl getting my event to trigger when i want it to

it doesnt happen 5 day after start datee

also the localization thing oent work it just gives me safricamod_event.1.t as the title

instead of what i put in the localization

[tough lotus]

Check the bottom right corner when looking at the localization file.

There should be a box saying UTF-8. Click it, select save with encoding and then select UTF-8 with BOM

That is assuming you simply forgot to save it with the correct encoding

[kindred maple]

ok!

[kindred maple]

i dont know

i just used the default

its utf-8 with bom now

[tough lotus]

Default is utf-8, the game wants localization to have the byte overmark

[kindred maple]

ahhh ok

do you know whats up with the event trigger

might just be a tfr thing

i know the event works because i can fire it on console

[tough lotus]

Wait a little longer, sometimes the game is finicky

[kindred maple]

ah ok

[tough lotus]

The most reliable way to get an event to fire on a specific date it to trigger it on startup and making it wait a certain amount of days

That would be https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/On_actions#on_startup

[undone snow]

Wtf is _noun 😭😭

i just wanted to decrease the popularity of democracy

[pseudo python]

is it possible to change a mod variable in the console? if so what is the command

[pale sparrow]

Yes

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Console_commands#set_var

[pale sparrow]

Its democratic not democracy

[livid locust]

Do you know how to add clickable images to a Steam Workshop description?

[pale sparrow]

idk, I assume thats easy to google

[undone snow]

Oh mb

[bold scroll]

Are there any evergreen mods that are compatible on any version of the game, or is it all needing to be updated to the current version?

[blissful lion]

I can't think of anything else but the music mods, because those aren't affected. Partially counting mod that replaces all ".dds" portraits. The newest versions could work with older versions of the game without any issues, but I guess that needs some maintenance.

[sharp knoll]

I tried, didn't change anything

[sleek plume]

any good cold war mods?

beyond tno

even then tno isn't hoi4

it's

[umbral charm]

The iron curtain but it’s kinda cancerous

Also, Anyone know how to make it so that an event releases nations?

[sleek plume]

?

Can you elaborate

[tough lotus]

Smaller mods, particularly those that don't add content tend to still work. Most ironman compatible mods tend to also work without an update.

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> do your thing

[undone snow]

How do i change the completion time for a focus?

[tough lotus]

Change the cost

A cost of 1 is 7 days by default

It accepts decimals

[undone snow]

Kk thx

[quiet berry]

Im sorry i just came to see, but apparently china has just arrested modders from CWIC, TFR and KX

[undone snow]

Why does it say requires one of the following instead of requiring both focuses?
I don‘t want it to do that

[kindred maple]

is there like an error log so i can find out whats wrong with my code

[undone snow]

Yeah, turn debug mode on and it should pop up when you start up the game, if it doesn‘t just click on the dog on the bottom right corner of your screen and the error log will show up

[kindred maple]

Where do I turn debug mode on

[undone snow]

Go to steam
Go to library
Right click on hoi4
Go to properties
Go to general
Write -debug

Boom you have debug mode turned on

[undone snow]

Nvm i found out

[kindred maple]

thankfully ended up finding what was wrong, but thank you so much

1 thing though

@undone snow im trying to make it sso that upon focus completion it'll give 150 pp and another research slot but in game it gives nothing

[undone snow]

for the pp just do:
add_political_power = 150

[kindred maple]

dont need to do the country?

[undone snow]

all that stuff you added is unnecessqry

[undone snow]

Nope

[kindred maple]

fuc the hoi4 wiki then

[undone snow]

For the research slot

It looks fine

Dunno why it aint workin then

[kindred maple]

might have been because i messed up th pol power

[undone snow]

Maybe

[kindred maple]

also do i have to relaunch the game every time i edit the focuses

[undone snow]

My hoi4 tutorial vid said it might not be always accurate but that shi is never accurate 😭

[undone snow]

Nah, atleast not in debug mode

[kindred maple]

alr

[undone snow]

Without debug i think you do

debug mode is def very useful

[kindred maple]

alr il defo enable it then

[undone snow]

Dubs

[kindred maple]

like this?

[undone snow]

Exactly like that

[kindred maple]

excellent

[tough lotus]

If you want it to require multiple focuses put each one in a separate prerequisite = { }

[tough lotus]

debug mode has hot reload for most files, in absence of it you can use the reload console command https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Console_commands#reload

[tough lotus]

You have to scope it correctly, focuses are already scoped to the country so it is unnecessary

[kindred maple]

ah i see

jut working on focus icon now

[vague sand]

Hey guys so im working on a mod and i added a few new states, and manually moved a single province from a state to another state. The game somehow crashes, does anyone care to take a look?

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Troubleshooting#Crash_data_log

[vague sand]

Alr

[undone snow]

Me and two of my friends want to work on a mod, i created the mod and started working on it early before they could start workin on it,
when they were ready i made a GitHub repo and after that my changes dont register no more.
I literally removed the political power that one of my focuses give and replaced it with add_ideas but in the game it shows that the focus still gives 150pp although i removed it

Can someone tell me what i did wrong?

[tough lotus]

-# Did you perhaps forget to save the file?
How exactly did you go about making the github repo?

If it is in a folder different from hearts of iron iv/mods, are you maybe editing the code in the repo's folder instead of in the mod's folder?

[undone snow]

I made the repo in my browser,
uploaded my mod by dragging the mod from my explorer,
added my friends as collaborators and i worked on the mod by opening VS code in GitHub Desktop version

[tough lotus]

You probably have 2 copies of your mod then, check documents/github

[undone snow]

My mod isn‘t there wtf

[undone snow]

Ok so i copied everything from my old mod and copied it into a new mod, i havent made a repo for this new mod yet.
How should i now go forth?

Also uh

The idea called political_instability isn‘t showing up when i try to add it through a focus, is anything wrong with it?

[glass acorn]

Your formatting is wrong and broken

The first idea is missing a name

It's also bracketing the entire idea which means rampant corruption is ignored

Also you only need one ideas = { }

country = { } should enclose both ideas

[kindred maple]

17000 errors and my mod works as intended

[obtuse condor]

Thats good?

Not over

[umbral charm]

Can anyone help me? I created an event the releases a nation if the main nation goes below 30% stability. The event works but it still doesn't fire manually. Heres the event: add_namespace = lsa

country_event = {
id = lsa.1 
title = lsa.1.t 
desc = lsa.1.d 
# picture = GFX_report_event_generic 
 is_triggered_only = yes 

immediate = {
    remove_ideas = fragile_union
}
option = {
    name = lsa.1.a 
    release = GFL
}
    }

and here's the on actions: on_weekly_pulse = {
effect = {
every_country = {
limit = {
tag = LSA
stability < 0.30
NOT = { has_country_flag = lsa_stability_event_fired }
}
set_country_flag = lsa_stability_event_fired
country_event = { id = lsa.1 }
}
}
}

[hot chasm]

👋

[tough lotus]

it's on_weekly, you could also use on_weekly_TAG (in your case on_weekly_LSA) for a little performance optimization. on_weekly_TAG only runs for the specified tag, not every existing tag

[north wave]

Bro

Don't bet on it

Especially if you plan to release it

It might randomly crash

[tough lotus]

You can create a local repository directly from GitHub desktop, where you can then select the path in documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/mod

Your friends could follow one of the many available guides (here is RoN's https://github.com/stuffi3000/Rise-of-Nations/wiki/How-to-Create-a-Local-Copy-of-a-Git-Repository) to clone the repository directly into the mod folder, where they can then start working on it. The -debug launch option enables hot reload for most files so it is also really useful to enable if they haven't already. Make sure the name and folder of the mod is the same for all of you since it does simplify stuff quite a bit.

[tough lotus]

It will randomly crash

[north wave]

Yes

[tough lotus]

I thought this was bad

(yes, you can replace the debug dog)

[kindred maple]

probably becaue im submodding tfr

[tough lotus]

Are those all your fault though? Or it the main mod so terribly debugged?

[kindred maple]

i did all this today (cba to go over what thy do but they do things)

[kindred maple]

i havent the foggiest idea

[undone snow]

That is alot of steps 😵

[tough lotus]

Mostly redundant ones

There is a better guide in the ron server

But I don't think I'll forward that, since it has nice pictures in the middle it's like 10 messages

Maybe tomorrow once I turn my pc back on

[umbral charm]

Thanks you. Marry Christmas

[tough lotus]

Give your files very distinctive names, that should prevent you from accidentally using the same filename as one of the mod's files

[undone snow]

Why isn‘t my focus adding the idea?
I followed every step in the iron workshops tutorial vro 😭😭

Man i‘ve been asking for alot of help

[swift lake]

Are there any mods that give you extra war score at the start of peace conferences ?

i use player led peace conferences for roleplay stuff but sometimes i will be in a peace conference against a country that i haven't fought

[magic charm]

I'm running an East India Company world domination run. Are there any mods for strengthened india, factory build speed or buffs to the player? I'm new to the game and just want an easy fun game

[swift lake]

You can add buffs to countries in the settings before you start a game

[magic charm]

Yeah but only major countries

If you wanna play any minor country you can't get buffs

[glass acorn]

There's a mod I believe that lets you buff every nation

Not sure if its updated though

You can try this one to see
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2964861521&searchtext=buff

[tough lotus]

Cheat mods combined I guess

[pale sparrow]

You can only multiply, so if you have 0, PLPC should disable itself

Its a bug in the mod that it doesnt

[pale sparrow]

Looks correct, maybe check your error log

[undone snow]

It says invalid idea, if you wanted to reference a variable add var. Or tempvar.

[raven hedge]

Why does my model blend with the original models of the country?

Anyone have an Idea

[tough lotus]

It's rather an oversight, it never checks for war score anywhere

[tough lotus]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3631708960 there you go, should work just fine
https://github.com/MeAcuerdo/Player-Led_Peace_Conferences_Fix if github is preferred for some reason

[undone snow]

My focus just says add .
Instead of adding the idea and error log says invalid idea, if you wanted to reference a variable add var. Or tempvar.

[tough lotus]

-# windows+shift+s for a screenshot

[undone snow]

Mb 😭

[tough lotus]

Tried restarting the game?

[undone snow]

Ima try that now

[tough lotus]

I'd assume the idea file is new or you're not in debug mode

[pale sparrow]

@peak igloo Wrong channel, yes, Road works with the newest version

[undone snow]

YES I FIXED IT

i forgot to put brackets after add_ideas =

[tough lotus]

oh yeah that too

[tough lotus]

I kinda fixed that, can't contact the dev so a separate mod will have to do for now

[north wave]

Btw Is setting up AI Strategy easy?

Or does it take some time

Never done it yet but well I will have too

[raven hedge]

Again does anyone have an Idea

[raven hedge]

I'm having such struggle here,I think I can 't just override Turkey's bosphorus DLC unit pack

[pearl swan]

Hello, I assume this is the correct channel to ask a modding question. If I define additional, unique cosmetic tags in cosmetic.txt in my mod, and someone else defines additional, different cosmetic tags in cosmetic.txt in their mod, is one mod going to overwrite the other or both would be loaded ?

[ocean knot]

maybe you need to delete the main models of the country to add fix it

[tough lotus]

One would overwrites the other

[pearl swan]

sad

[tough lotus]

The good thing about most cases like that is that, as long as the file is in the correct location, it can have any name you want

Check the wiki because there are exceptions

[pearl swan]

I did try to rename it and it just didn't load

[tough lotus]

cosmetic tags do not require any definition to work

Never have I ever edited colors.txt or cosmetic.txt

[pearl swan]

so you just change the color of a country manually, whenever a change is needed ?

[tough lotus]

That's what's necessary for compatibility

colors.txt is almost unnecessary to edit in most cases anyway

any countries/.txt file works if you point the game to it correctly

[pearl swan]

ah, so I just need to figure out how to point the game at it, thanks 🙂

[tough lotus]

This just works

[tough lotus]

cosmetic.txt might be necessary

[raven hedge]

Well this worked

this worked for infantry

models

However I can't say the same

for planes

objectTypes = {
pdxmesh = {
name = "TUR_plane_light_mesh"
file = "gfx/models/units/planes/TUR_plane_light.mesh"
animation = { id = "idle" type = "fighter_default_idle_animation" }
}

pdxmesh = {
name = "TUR_plane_medium_mesh"
file = "gfx/models/units/planes/TUR_plane_medium.mesh"
animation = { id = "idle" type = "bomber_default_idle_animation" }
}
}

entity = {
name = "TUR_light_plane_entity"
pdxmesh = "TUR_plane_light_mesh"

state = { name = "fire" animation = "idle" }
state = { name = "bomb" animation = "idle" }
state = { name = "idle" animation = "idle" }
state = { name = "crash" animation = "idle" }

scale = 0.144
}

entity = {
name = "TUR_medium_plane_entity"
pdxmesh = "TUR_plane_medium_mesh"

state = { name = "fire" animation = "idle" }
state = { name = "bomb" animation = "idle" }
state = { name = "idle" animation = "idle" }
state = { name = "crash" animation = "idle" }

scale = 0.144
}

[north wave]

Wait

Do you know how to make 3D infantry models?

[raven hedge]

no I'm using few

other mods

models

[north wave]

Ohh I see

[raven hedge]

which are broken

[undone snow]

Does anyone know how i can make a requirement that says you need 80%+ support for non-aligned for a focus?

[shut dawn]

This page has all the triggers you can use. I think the party popularity one would fit your needs pretty well. https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers

[undone snow]

Thx i did it now

[shut dawn]

Cool. That wiki has a lot of good stuff. I keep about 8 different pages bookmarked, and it helps me a ton.

[tough lotus]

Don't need to even bookmark it, I write the first letter of what I need and more often than not it's already suggested

[sand nacelle]

does anyone know why my mates game wont run this mod? granted his computer isnt very good but he has run much more demanding mods in the past, could it be the number of mods he has?

i tried to delete his temp files and clear storage on his pc and stuff but nothing seemed to work, game keeps crashing on launch

[spark stag]

anyone know the file name of chiang yu fen? and where is it

as in

portrait_SIK_thename

(general in sinkiang)

i cant find him in the files

or perhaps he doesn't have a picture and it's just the generic one

honestly cant tell

ignore what i said before

is there a mod that allows you to see the name of generals in debug?

[pale sparrow]

No

Though switching to an unsupported language or breaking the English one would do that

[spark stag]

hmm

well i'll just search for the names manually

[pale sparrow]

Probably easier

If you search last/first name in the char files its usually really easy to find characters

[tough lotus]

You could just rename the localization/english folder if searching for it manually doesn't work

[spark stag]

well for some reason the character i was looking for didn't have any portrait (probably had the default one) so i had to look at the txt file where characters are defined

[pale sparrow]

DLC folders have portraits too in case you cant find it

including the integrated_dlc folder for WTT/TFV/MTG/DOD

[spark stag]

i did look there first tbh

cuz i thought it'd be in the ncns dlc

[pale sparrow]

Could be in WTTs

Which is in the integrated_dlc folder

[spark stag]

i'll go take a look

he isn't sadly

it's fine

it was to change his picture so i'll just change his txt

[undone snow]

How do i add an civilian factory to a state or to a random state through a focus?

[pale sparrow]

See pinned wiki pages

Only notable thing to add is that basically every source of building that uses a building slot will also add a free building slot

[undone snow]

I checked em but i think i mightve glossed over em idk i cant find it

[pale sparrow]

Use ctrl f on the page to search the right thing

[undone snow]

Thanks man, i found it thanks to you

[raven hedge]

Anyone have an Idea?

[raven hedge]

Those files are from BfB_planes.gfx and asset files

[wet timber]

hey is there any mods that removethe pencil sound when you assign nererals and stuff??

[jade hazel]

Is Russia okay 😭

[dusty linden]

its for an old version of the game

[lofty plaza]

It's 2 years old

Outdated

[placid stream]

Is there a way to check if an operative leader exists by name? Example.

            limit = {
                    any_operative_leader = {
                        name = "William G Sebold"
                    }
            }```

[high gorge]

Maybe because it hasnt been updated since 2023

[near berry]

Hey, I’m ayooluwatomiwa.
I’m a student who’s into gaming and character modeling. I enjoy games with strong character design and creative worlds, and I like being around people who share that interest.
When I’m not studying, I’m usually gaming, checking out different character styles, or working on small creative things on the side.
I joined to connect with others who enjoy gaming and character modeling and to share ideas, interests, and good conversations. If that’s you, feel free to say hi.

[vague sand]

@tough lotus hey i got LastRead: start_game_command (1) on the meta.yml, what does this mean?

[tough lotus]

Something map related

[vague sand]

then my states are crashing the game bro i knew thisssss

[tough lotus]

Try rebuilding buildings.txt and the csv files

Doesn't always work

[vague sand]

okay, and i didnt make new provinces. Does that mean that the generic building.txt file will work?

[tough lotus]

No because state buildings

If you have new states they need state buildings

[vague sand]

oh okay thanks

[tough lotus]

And the old ones might have theirs defined inside of your new states

[vague sand]

wait whats what in here?

1;arms_factory;2946.00;11.63;1364.00;0.45;0

[tough lotus]

Use the nudger

It may be a buggy mess but it'll be good enough

[vague sand]

alr

[tough lotus]

Most of the time

[high silo]

could this work

[obtuse condor]

Let's say we have a new map; how do we make it compatible with the original game (for the world map)?

İ have this

[raven hedge]

Does anyone have an idea on how to insert plane models?My attempt didnt work

[olive sinew]

i woder if there's mod for updated usa focus

[pseudo smelt]

What did I even do here

[sand nacelle]

i get that but mine still works?

his doesnt

[dusty linden]

How is yours working

Mods that edit states and tiles typically dont work in newer versions

[raven hedge]

Does anyone have an idea on how to insert plane models?My attempt didnt work

[inland falcon]

Yo does anyone know how i can replace leader Portraits and also change the Division names (if yk what i mean) it's just for a small mod

[raven hedge]

Does anyone have an Idea

[glass acorn]

Are you sure this works?

That looks like it'd be too much provinces for the game to handle

[obtuse condor]

Yeah

[raven hedge]

Does anyone have an Idea

[tough lotus]

Try asking in the modding den

I don't know if I can send discord invites so I'll leave that up to @pale sparrow

[raven hedge]

what's the Invite link

dms

[inland falcon]

how does one get into modding? I have a few ideas and stuff i want to do but i literally don't know how to properly mod in hoi4. Does anyone have any tips?

[rocky isle]

anyone know best fps mods

[tough lotus]

Fps map, non reflective water

[tough lotus]

The wiki (which is pinned in this channel), tutorials

[inland falcon]

Fair enough

[tough lotus]

You can ask questions in this channel, there are a few experienced mod devs that check it sometimes

[inland falcon]

Ty I'll do

[charred goblet]

.

.TFB doesnt work for me it crashes my game talking abt map defition error

[undone snow]

Watch the Iron Workshop

I do NOT recommend watching official hoi4 tutorial

Use the official hoi4 modding wiki tho, it‘s very useful

[undone snow]

You can skip like the first bunch of vids if u rlly want to dive into modding immediatley, watch the vids u need to do what you want to do and uh you should be able to start without much problem

[tough lotus]

Iron Workshop is outdated, most of the more simple stuff might still work though

[undone snow]

Idk Iron Workshop worked out pretty well for me, like the national focus vid and national spirit one too

The other stuff im not too sure about cuz i don‘t need them yet

It‘s a pretty good start for a beginner modder

[tough lotus]

Yeah, that falls into the "more simple stuff" category

[undone snow]

yh mb

I misread it

[alpine hare]

Guys is there a single normal tfr player?

All of them are either patriot front glazers

Or every second word that cimes out of their mouths is ZOV

Deadass some of the most unemployed people i have ever seen

[tough lotus]

Their hoi4 tutorials are up to 9 years old, anything that isn't a core feature will have changed by then. It won't have any of the designers, the "new" character system (from NSB), potentially won't have the changes to carriers (from MTG), shared focus trees, post NSB doctrines, post NCNS doctrines, factions, special projects, collections, the map has changed quite a bit since then, MIOs, a lot of triggers, a lot of effects, a lot of modifiers, the entirety of dynamic modifiers, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of stuff here

[tough lotus]

Same answer as for TNO players:

No

[tough lotus]

Getting some of these things wrong will crash the game btw

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> yet another scam bot

[cursive badge]

having this issue

i cant even localise

asd my whole sidebar is red

[warped jewel]

when im tryna code this, why am i seein' this in hoi4 instead.

plus it doesnt even decrease stability at all

[tough lotus]

Because modifiers can't be put in an effect block, use modifier = { } instead

[warped jewel]

thanks imma test it

[warped jewel]

nope it still doesnt work

and fire_only_once also isnt working

it appears right back whenever i click it

[undone snow]

In your available block, remove the = sign

I mean at has_stability

[ancient vapor]

Yo

Anyone know why my event isn't firing?

It's fired by a focus

focus = {
id = REN_redinford_kingdom
x = 3
y = 0
cost = 1
available = {
is_subject = no
has_government = neutrality
}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 10
}
completion_reward = {
set_country_flag = kingdom_of_redinford
add_political_power = 75
}

but it isn't firing

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

trigger = {
    REN = { has_country_flag = kingdom_of_redinford }
}
fire_only_once = yes
mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 2
}
option = {
    name = "By blood and will"
}

}

Anyone know why?

[undone snow]

Im not rlly to acquainted with events but

[undone snow]

get the add_political_power = 75 out of the set_country_flag block you made

Like outside of the brackets of set_country_flag but inside the brackets of completion_reward block

Maybe that will fix it

[tough lotus]

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

tldr: you're trying to make a workaround for something that already exists

[warped jewel]

ill test it later.

[undone snow]

K

[ancient vapor]

Ok

Thanks

[tough lotus]

Nothing of what he said makes any sense

[ancient vapor]

yeah ok i just answered any

Also

Question

[tough lotus]

Answer

[ancient vapor]

How to prevent this from happening?

[tough lotus]

You can move the continous focuses box

[ancient vapor]

How do i do that?

[tough lotus]

continuous_focus_position = { x = ... y = ... } somewhere in the focus tree, I'd recommend before the first focus since that's where vanilla and most big mods put it. The steps are really small, so don't shy away from using big numbers

[warped jewel]

btw is it possible to make 69 million files for every single decision

like seperate files for every decision

[tough lotus]

Technically but why would you want that

[warped jewel]

to make it easier for me to find whats causing something to glitch

[tough lotus]

Error.log exists

[undone snow]

Did you say 69 MILLION files 😭

[warped jewel]

still

i aint going to line 204194, colomn 591928583

[warped jewel]

yes i did

[undone snow]

Uhhh

I guess you CAN do that?

[tough lotus]

You can separate files by countries, decision categories, focus branches...

And going to any line number is not an issue with most code editors

[warped jewel]

hm ok

[tough lotus]

Doing separate files for each decision will be a lot bigger of a pain to work with than you think

[long crescent]

DOES ANYONE KNOW A MOD THAT HAS A TRAVERSABLE SAHARA

i need it

[nimble solar]

Kaiserreich

[long crescent]

i forgot to mention it has to be compatible with Road to 56 or vanilla

[nimble solar]

Then idk, there was a reason they made it impassible

The wall of troops in the Sahara was hated

So they added inpassible terrain

[tough lotus]

It really isn't fun to play btw

But you could downgrade to before NSB

[long crescent]

i want it for my africa only battle royale

[warped jewel]

THANKS MAN

[undone snow]

Np brotato

Im new to this stuff myself

[smoky stone]

yo is there a mod with the seljuk empire or rise of ottomans (early)

[warped jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/shrug-what-huh-will-smith-i-mean-gif-3535627793955785136

[warped jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/لييوو-gif-16809754927858649993

[undone snow]

What mod are you tryna make?

[smoky stone]

is it obvious 😭

[warped jewel]

a better subhas chandra bose mod

[undone snow]

Whats a subhas chandra bose 😭

[warped jewel]

in simple words: indian george washington

[undone snow]

LMAO

[warped jewel]

i meant the freedom fighter way

[undone snow]

The fact that he‘s also fighting the british

Like george washington

[warped jewel]

and with the japanese

an enemy of the brits

[undone snow]

With the japanese?

[warped jewel]

side by side

[undone snow]

Dayum

[warped jewel]

like george washington fighting the brits with the french

[undone snow]

Ohhhh

Yh i see it

But the japs lowkey were savage in ww2

[warped jewel]

this small block isnt enough to explain subhas chandra bose

[warped jewel]

true

[undone snow]

Unit-731

But uh

Like you makin new focus tree for it?

[warped jewel]

this is a real photo of subhas chandra bose

with the german man

[warped jewel]

yes

[undone snow]

Dubs brotato

[undone snow]

Thats crazy 😭

[warped jewel]

i mean shattered land exists but it isnt enough

[undone snow]

Yee India tree is so broken

[warped jewel]

iran too

sumka party doesnt even have a name

its just called PER_sumka_party

[undone snow]

My first playthrough as india i went commie and pakistan got a state in GERMANY

and another country

[warped jewel]

my first india run was fascist

i had no dlcs at that time

[undone snow]

oof

im making a mod for romania with a new tree and everythin

Hol on gtg

[warped jewel]

add a transnistria path

[undone snow]

with 2 other guys

They‘re workin on czechoslovakia and yugo

[undone snow]

Hmmmm

[warped jewel]

tell the guy who is making the yugoslavia path to add tito as an earlier leader

[undone snow]

Yessir

Kk gtg

Cya latuh

[warped jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/hoi4-hearts-of-iron-4-looksmax-sigma-sigma-face-gif-232308269668432623

[undone snow]

Im back

[warped jewel]

how do i make that this will only be visible after i do a focus

[undone snow]

Back

[undone snow]

Im on phone rn, check the hoi4 modding wiki, go notes and then either under documentation or scripting click effects and go to decisions, there might be somethin there

[undone snow]

Go to hoi4 wiki modding, under documentation go to effects, click on country scope, go to decisions

i think its activate_decision or sum

[tough lotus]

Europa Universalis V

[tough lotus]

visible = { has_completed_focus = focusname }

[warped jewel]

thanks

[ionic thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/fazenda-chernobyl-xbox-gears5-gears-of-war-xbox-mil-grau-gif-14953920

Hello everyone, is anyone interested in making a Gears of War mod for this game? I've tried but haven't succeeded despite following the tutorials. If any modders are up for it, DM me !

[warped jewel]

how do i make it so that when a decision is over i gain 2 millitary factories in state 440

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect, ctrl+f isn't that hard to do

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#add_building_construction is the one you're looking for

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> scam bot again

[limber torrent]

Got it

[scarlet apex]

Can't someone make a mod about PoW's where you can set the surrender rate of each army when encircled, like you can set it to low medium and high. Low = 5 procent of the soldiers surrenders (the country from which that army was receives 30 procent of their equipment,other country receives the rest) and whit high = 60procent of the soldiers surrenders (the country from which that army was receives 5 procent of their equipment, other country receives the rest). The country that takes those PoW's can build military factories (cheaper ones then normal) where the PoW's can produce equipment (you can also trade these PoW's between your faction.

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding

Most people here have their own mods to take care of

[scarlet apex]

Sory, didn't know that

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> again ._.

At this point have someone looking at this channel 24/7

[shut dawn]

That'd be a crummy job

[tough lotus]

we're getting a bot per hour rn

[shut dawn]

Don't think that is the staff's fault or responsibility to constantly monitor. Just kinda comes with a huge server don't it?

[warped jewel]

this is pretty good for today

[sick torrent]

i would but minecraft

[tough lotus]

I would apply but it'd cut into my minecraft

[undone snow]

Not bad brotato 👍

Like 10-9 focuses in a day

Dubs

[warped jewel]

im adding more right now

[undone snow]

Im also working on my focus tree for romania rn

In total got like 32 focuses for the political tree rn

[undone snow]

Not today

Thats the sum total of my progress until today

[warped jewel]

oh cool cool

im tryna figure out a way to start a civil war like the one in GOE lol

[undone snow]

It‘s so annoying thinking of how your focus tree should continue from that one point 😭

[tough lotus]

I'm making a focus tree for 1900 Spain, the issue is that nothing ever happens

To even make a focus tree under those conditions you have to make a big deal out of everything

[undone snow]

Oh hail no 😭

at that point add like a cool looking generic tree and call it a day, cuz spain literally did absolutely nothing except for having internal problems

they had an morocco crisis like a decade later i think

a lil over a decade

but its 1900 😔

[tough lotus]

If you made a cool looking generic tree there would be no carlists

There is no Spain tree without carlism

Also there is interesting stuff (thanks Alfonso XIII for being so involved in politics and so dumb while doing it)

And there is nothing saying that focus trees can't handle internal politics as well

[mortal pilot]

i'm dying inside making a 551BC mod

[worldly patrol]

Do you know of any music mods that are compatible with Ironman mode?

[lilac canyon]

Just created a history description for my submod and for future projects.

[tough lotus]

Most of them

[ashen radish]

how can i prohibit a certain country from making new division templates? if its even possible
for example i want Colony of Aden to only use colonial garrison template i gave them in the code

[tough lotus]

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

Together with https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect#set_division_force_allow_recruiting

[ashen radish]

will it still allow them to recruit colonial garrison

[tough lotus]

That second effect will

The first one locks all templates

[ashen radish]

still cant train it for some reason

[tough lotus]

The template name is Aden Colonial Garrison

[ashen radish]

screenshot is before i fixed the name

[ancient vapor]

Yo

Anyone know why my event isn't firing?

focus = {
id = REN_redinford_kingdom
x = 15
y = 0
cost = 1
available = {
is_subject = no
has_government = neutrality
}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 10
}
completion_reward = {
country_event = {
id = Redinford.1
days = 10
random_hours = 12
random_days = 10
}
add_political_power = 75
}
}

Am i Lacking something?

[tough lotus]

Code for the event?

[ancient vapor]

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

fire_only_once = yes
mean_time_to_happen = {
    days = 2
}
option = {
    name = "By blood and will"
}

[glacial pine]

One day when i learn how to make mods, this is what i want

[warped jewel]

why is everything on core without dlcs in british raj man

how do i fix this

i dont want it cored

itll get cored through my focus tree

[warped jewel]

i actually changed the entire thing again.

[oak glacier]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3635283949

[warped jewel]

what is this

[wary cypress]

HL2 HOI4 mod

[pulsar steppe]

Uc demo is so peak

[light crane]

whats the best cold war mod?

[tough lotus]

HL3 mod when

[pale sparrow]

I dont think there is one with a lot of content

CWIC probably has the most, though I cant say if its best

[swift field]

hello

i wanna add assault guns/stugs to my hoi4 multi mod

like light medium heavy super heavy and modern

[warped jewel]

how do i make it so that my national spirit gains resistance activity through my focus

because i tried copying from the base game and it doesnt work

[pale sparrow]

Can you show what you did

[pale sparrow]

Assault gun overlaps quite strongly with SPG

[warped jewel]

focus = {
id = RAJ_mass_disloyalty_against_gandhi
icon = GFX_focus_rom_parties_end
relative_position_id = RAJ_work_with_germany
x = -1
y = 1
prerequisite = {
focus = RAJ_work_with_germany
focus = RAJ_work_with_japan
}
mutually_exclusive = {
focus = RAJ_work_with_gandhi
}
cost = 5
completion_reward = {
add_political_power = 15
add_popularity = {
ideology = democratic
popularity = -0.09
}
add_popularity = {
ideology = fascism
popularity = 0.09
}
add_popularity = {
ideology = neutrality
popularity = -0.08
}
add_popularity = {
ideology = communism
popularity = 0.08
}
add_stability = -0.2
custom_effect_tooltip = idea_RAJ_independence_movement_tt
add_to_variable = { RAJ_resistance_activity_independence_movement = 0.15 tooltip = resistance_activity_tt }
add_to_variable = { RAJ_resistance_target_independence_movement = 0.15 tooltip = resistance_target_tt }
}
}

[swift field]

alr

[warped jewel]

everything except the resistance works

[pale sparrow]

That looks correct

Must be something in your dynamic modifier definition

[warped jewel]

how would you do this

i wanna know if i did it correctly

i even added this

[pale sparrow]

Ah, thats wrong

[warped jewel]

how do i correctly do it

[pale sparrow]

Actually thats not entirely useless, do keep it

[warped jewel]

👍

[pale sparrow]

You can show it on the country selection screen if its a starting idea

[warped jewel]

no i get it from my focus tree

the first focus i do gives it to me

[pale sparrow]

If you upgrade the idea always in a fixed order, just make it into multiple ideas sharing the same name

if you can upgrade it in different orders, make a dynamic modifier, unless its only upgraded like 3 times

[warped jewel]

like 1st idea goes away then 2nd idea comes in?

[pale sparrow]

Yeh

[warped jewel]

alright thanks

[pale sparrow]

If they share the same name, itll automatically show that the idea is upgraded when you do swap_idea

[warped jewel]

alright

[pale sparrow]

The variable thing is only for dynamic modifiers

[warped jewel]

thats new to me

[pale sparrow]

Example of the dynamic modifier is in PHI tree for example

[warped jewel]

ill check it

thanks for helping

[swift field]

hey mari

[warped jewel]

do i use resistance_activity or resistance_activity_tt

im confused

[swift field]

im still gonna add assault guns/stugs @pale sparrow

[pale sparrow]

the _tt renders the text, resistance_activity is presumably the actual modifier

[warped jewel]

ohh ok

[pale sparrow]

You only need the tt when modifying variables

[warped jewel]

@pale sparrow

oh wait i think i know why it didnt work

oops

[pale sparrow]

Missing idea_ prefix yeh

[golden island]

heya im gonna ask you guys' opinion on something

im trying to make a mod about the turkish war of independence so the map will be focused only on that region. im currently making the map and im unsure if i should make major rivers rivers like in normal hoi4 or seas like in owb

[ashen radish]

a bit of a weird question, does anyone know how can i make a flag for a country, but without the coat of arms become elipse like

this is how i want it to be

[warped jewel]

like nepal?

[obsidian dune]

hello, does anyone know where i've gone wrong here? im trying to use set_portraits but there's no change in game

the name change does work tho

[warped jewel]

if like nepal then put this on a white background

[ashen radish]

oh no no, hold up lemme send a pic

[warped jewel]

sorry i dont know

[obsidian dune]

ah alr

that's fine

[ashen radish]

This is the shape of badge i want to keep

this is the outcome

you can see it became like an elipse, lost its shape, but mandate of palestine that is in vanilla game still has perfect circle shape so i wanna achieve that

[warped jewel]

oh i got it

wait ill give you an image you can use

[obsidian dune]

im guessing there's a wrong aspect ratio somewhere

you prob have to modify the flag to the template ratios

[ashen radish]

i tried using mandate of palestine as a template but just pasting the coat of arms of aden over it in paint.net, but i get black flag

[obsidian dune]

you defined it in the interface folder right

and you used the correct file type

?

[ashen radish]

in gfx?

[obsidian dune]

yea

[ashen radish]

and .tga

[obsidian dune]

not sure why it would be black then

[warped jewel]

use this instead

[ashen radish]

hold up lemme try

[warped jewel]

@ashen radish

use this one

[ashen radish]

that one i should resize to 82x52?

[warped jewel]

yeah

[mortal pilot]

how do i undo what i did with the nudge tool

i remember i needed to delete some file

[pale sparrow]

Delete the folders it makes in Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV

That includes /map /history and /localization

[mortal pilot]

can someone also tell me how to just make a state myself without using that shit of a tool?

[warped jewel]

same here

the game always crashes whenever i apply to make a new state

[mortal pilot]

i much rather do it manually myself

[pale sparrow]

You shouldnt use nudge for anything but fixing building/unit positions unless youre doing huge map changes

[ashen radish]

it sorta works but badge is too low down the flag

[mortal pilot]

i want to cut a state in 2

[pale sparrow]

Lemme get an example

[ashen radish]

we are getting somewhere at least

[mortal pilot]

make a new one in it

[warped jewel]

wait

[pale sparrow]

• Copy the old state into your mod if it isnt already
• Duplicate that file as basis for the new state
• Change the filename, ID and loc line to the next available ID. Do not rename the old file if youre overriding only part of the vanilla map
• Clear the province list from the new file and cut and paste provinces from the old state into the new one that you want to split off
• Correct buildings/population in the state files
• Launch the game with nudger, select units/buildings and validate the new and old states, check for errors by comparing the new and old file before applying the /map folder from Documents into your mod

[ashen radish]

worked wonders, thanks, mind telling me what you did with the flag?

just changed aspect ratio?

[warped jewel]

i used british raj svg, changed the red to blue, removed the coat of arms and added this one

[mortal pilot]

state={
id=676
name="STATE_676"
manpower = 0

state_category = rural

resources={
}

history={
    owner = IRQ
    add_core_of = IRQ
    buildings = {
        infrastructure = 0 
        industrial_complex = 0
        dockyard = 0
        air_base = 0
    }
}

local_supplies = 0.0 

provinces={
    3916 5014 6826 8123 10793 10811  1600 1938 12372 10106 10804
}

}

i want to remove 1600 1938 12372 10106 10804

and do this:

state={
id=1047
name="STATE_1047"
manpower = 0

state_category = rural

resources={
}

history={
    owner = IRQ
    add_core_of = IRQ
    buildings = {
        infrastructure = 0 
        industrial_complex = 0
        dockyard = 0
        air_base = 0
    }
}

local_supplies = 0.0 

provinces={
    1600 1938 12372 10106 10804
}

}

and ofc remove 1600 1938 12372 10106 10804 from the old one

why is this not enough

wait it worked

ehhh

is it gonna crash if i start the time?

probably

it's working fine

just forst don't show

[warped jewel]

how do i make a state occupied instead of owning it

[mortal pilot]

controller

[warped jewel]

it will allow resistance right

[mortal pilot]

yeah

if it's not core

[mighty oxide]

is there like a mod that is abt the korean war or in generall spreading comunism?

[waxen void]

Are there any good WW1 mods other than Great War Redux? GWR kinda sucks.

[golden island]

theres great war 🦐

the non redux

[golden island]

theres a cold war mod if thats what youre looking for, im pretty sure it has all the proxy wars, not very detailed ofc

[waxen void]

I tried to look for that, I couldn't find it.

I'll look again.

[golden island]

huh yeah

i was sure it was there but i cant find it

there are some old mods that may work if you switch to an older version

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2129869322&searchtext=great+war this mod has the magna europa map

does a strategic region need to define weather?

can i make one without a weather thingy

[warped jewel]

OKAY IT WORKS

thanks

[warped jewel]

i think its required

idk

[golden island]

hi guys apparently there is an invalid x crossing here, i cant see it help pls

[obsidian dune]

yeah actually

not sure if it has been updated though

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992651889

you'll def need to revert

1.14.5

[undone snow]

Dubs brotato

Nice work

[mighty oxide]

what is the name of this cold war mod

[warped jewel]

time to make focus tree ideas

[sour hamlet]

bro is 8 years old

[undone snow]

I lowkey took a break so i can stock up on my creativity frfr

And uh

Like 14 focuses of 32 or 34 are functional

Like done,

With icons modifiers and stuf

[warped jewel]

pretty good for an eight yr old

[timid moss]

what are some mods that are based on other franchises? for example old world blue and equestria at war

[sour hamlet]

idk man, he died at ten

[warped jewel]

too young for politics

btw what mod is this

it doesnt look like rise of nations

[sour hamlet]

its ass tho

holy unfinished and i don't think its even being worked on anymore

this one is better but its not great

[rare grove]

Its being worked on

It's very early in development

France is the best country to play

[sour hamlet]

yeah i played it once, it was okay

[rare grove]

Gonna try & fix balancing

& add more alfhistory and content to france

[tough lotus]

-# The base game is based on a high school history book

[buoyant robin]

tiberium war

[tough lotus]

There is a GTA San Andreas mod, also Hearts of Minecraft

[outer slate]

Does anyone have a good mod for bavaria? I wanna play as an independent one