modding

[final oriole]

You are spending more time here, if you spend time for coding you would created that mod which iam talking about

[tough lotus]

That would be true... If I was even close to home

No modding on my phone I'm afraid

[noble cape]

Yo i wanna implement an event with 2 choices that completes like a focus depends on what choice u make yall know how to implement it?

[tough lotus]

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

Assuming you know how events work

[umbral charm]

what's the code to modify an idea?

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Idea_modding

[flat turtle]

Fairly new to modding. I want to edit this focus's description, but I don't know which folder in my mod it should go to. ID is shown in the image

[rugged flame]

I'm trying to mod my own custom nation, but I am having trouble figuring out why the name for it not appearing, any idea on how I could set a name just like the nation above?

[swift field]

im gonna add LSTs

basically this LST ship

and LSMs lcms aavs efvs acvs and lcus

and ALL other landing craft ships and vessels

and lhds lhas and lpds

and new assault ships

[high hatch]

Localisation issue? If it is in english, the end of your file name should be _l_english.yml.
Also, check if it is right save in "UTF-8 with BOM".

[swift field]

ill also add a lcac

[pale sparrow]

localisation/replace if you want to edit only a small part of a file without replacing it entirely

[echo sphinx]

Do i have to add every single autonomous state or only the ones im adding?

[primal seal]

Any mods out there with Philippine focus trees? (save for KR and '56)

[echo sphinx]

Which format for country names do i use? i assume the top one?

also with the top one why do some countries have a 1 and some a zero

[tough lotus]

unless you have a replace_path on that folder, just the one you're adding

[echo sphinx]

Ah okay sweet thanks

[high hatch]

Fix that. Was with ai_template

[gilded orchid]

Would a land border check prevent the Southern Mac Seáins (peninsular Connaught) from launching a naval invasion on the Uí Mhurchadhas (central Ulster coast) from the drop, if I include ships? After all, the Mac Seáins would be going through Uí Buadhacháin (Donegal area) waters to arrive there.

[pale sparrow]

Ignore the number after the :, thats a legacy way for PDX to track localization version

you can leave it out

[pale sparrow]

These are cosmetic names, those are only manually applied

These are automatic names

[gilded orchid]

TW Shogun 2 or Paradox's own Sengoku would be a near-perfect base for me to build a mod about unifying Kleevuthiia's Japan in before porting it into HoI 4. Which game would be easier to mod?

[trail yarrow]

is it possible to mod the doctorines or is it hard coded? if you have any idea about it

[pale sparrow]

common/doctrines

[trail yarrow]

thx

[trail yarrow]

gonna see if its possible to integrate the doctorines system onto special forces

[trail yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/jgmm-cat-meme-ragebait-cat-think-cat-ponder-gif-7034802297606826390

[trail yarrow]

hey quick question, when editing the doctorines I can't seem to edit my custom ones otherwise it edits the original doctorines, even if I got my own folder "special_doctorine"

if I put a custom name then it doesn't work at all

[icy fable]

How does a replace_path work, where do I put, what folders needs one, and what do I type?

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding

[trail yarrow]

any idea with my issue? Do I need to like create a custom track name rather than using "infantry" but if so I am not sure where to create those? Or do I need to make a custom ledger

[tough lotus]

A bit related: reminds me to write the wiki page on doctrines since no one has yet

[icy fable]

So if I have added states I should write replace_path = ”history/states” in both .mod files?

[pale sparrow]

Only if you wish to override the entire map

[icy fable]

If I have copied all states, and added more, and do not want it to break when they add new states?

[pale sparrow]

Basically if you override only a couple states, its less maintenance to only have the files of the states you changed

If you add a lot of states, it might be less maintenance to override the entire map with replace_path

also you should override map/strategic_regions as well if you decide to override history/states

[icy fable]

And I add this to the .mod file on a new row?

[trail yarrow]

Any idea about my issue? stuck at a stone here, really unsure how to proceed

[icy fable]

Thank you very much

[trail yarrow]

marjin has forget I existed 🥀 💔

[pale sparrow]

Sorry for ignoring I just dont know by heart and I dont wanna figure it all out again, at least not right now, 5 minutes to dinner

[trail yarrow]

Ah okay sorry just REALLY unsure, the documentations are pretty helpful but if I use infantry = for the tracks it will change the infantry tab on my custom folder but also the original land doctorine infantry one, but then when I use a custom name it doesn't appear at all

[tough lotus]

Custom ones go in a txt file in common/doctrines/tracks

[trail yarrow]

and I did

but same result

[fast plover]

just curious, has the "COUNTRY_COLOR_BRIGHTNESS_MODIFIER" define been shelved

[trail yarrow]

any idea then?

[snow saddle]

Maybe stupidid suggestion but what happens if you do without gfx

[tough lotus]

do what without GFX?

[sullen tundra]

Does anyone know where I can find some template GFX? I want to create some focus icons, but not from scratch.

[pale sparrow]

I assume the modding Discord's and reddits have more/better resources

[tough lotus]

https://github.com/Globvs/Ultimate-HOI4-GFX

[trail yarrow]

I appeared to have fixed it after all day, turns out the tracks have to be related to the grand doctorine hence the custom names not showing, is their a way like paradox can be alerted with things like this so they can change it in their documentations for modders with the in game files they provide

[tough lotus]

You mean, like they already tell you?

[trail yarrow]

Yeah I noticed earlier, also for this if I want it to effect solely paratroopers how can I do that? im not sure if I need to do like unit_paratroopers or paratroopers = etc

[tough lotus]

Revolutionary idea: look at how paradox does it with the existing special forces doctrines, they're in common/technologies

[trail yarrow]

Yeah

[trail yarrow]

Anyhow I set the tracks in the grand doctorine but still see others?

[tough lotus]

new_mobile_warfare is already a grand doctrine so the game gets confused

rename it and you should be fine

[trail yarrow]

ahhh okay, the milestones however seem confusing

theres no track = infantry for them, they seem to already have that data retained in the milestone_var

[tough lotus]

They get asigned from left to right

If you mean the ones in the grand doctrine

[trail yarrow]

so top to bottom?

time to add a bunch of subdoctorines I guess

[tough lotus]

-# Just for one of them to be unbelievably broken so no one will ever use the other ones

[trail yarrow]

real

also is their a way to change it so theres more than 5 rewards? Or is it maxxed out to 5?

[tough lotus]

Remember that if you add the special support companies from the old special forces doctrines you have to make aat a requirement

[trail yarrow]

gotcha, so when putting it on steam make sure AAT is being used if I do

[tough lotus]

No idea, best way to find out is to add 6 empty ones to a subdoctine

[trail yarrow]

I believe thats in the mastery code itself, doesn't appear in the subdoctorine

[tough lotus]

rewards and effets

In the subdoctine

[trail yarrow]

so the effect is the instant reward right

and rewards are based on each mastery milestone 1 to 5?

[trail yarrow]

Also I will only add 2 subdoctorines which are based on the current selectable doctorines for special branches in game, so I won't add anything "broken"

[tough lotus]

Effect is only necessary when you're adding a tech bonus for example (or any county scope effect)

Any modifiers outside of rewards will enable once the subdoctine is selected, rewards will be enabled one by one as you gain mastery levels

[trail yarrow]

It appears that the "effect" is what happens instantly and then rewards are what appear through the milestones

[tough lotus]

The localization key for rewards (or mastery levels if you prefer to call them that) is subdoctrine_id_reward_name

[trail yarrow]

ohhhh

so basically that just outlines the rewards AFTER all together, u then split them shorter through the milestones? I.e level 1 mastery breakthrough 20%

[tough lotus]

I have worked with doctrines before, anything outside of rewards will be given immediately upon selection.

[trail yarrow]

okay gotcha

which file has this data btw? That way I can setup the rewards in line with the original tree

[tough lotus]

an effect block is necessary if you want to add effects

[tough lotus]

common/technologies/special_forces_doctrines.txt

[trail yarrow]

So what is the tech database ID?

[tough lotus]

No idea, @pale sparrow that does absolutely nothing right?

[pale sparrow]

wdym

[trail yarrow]

tech database ID

[trail yarrow]

here

[pale sparrow]

Forgot, not gonna check, half-asleep

[tough lotus]

same

[tough lotus]

-# but this map won't make itself

[trail yarrow]

can I just delete this or is their anything I need to do?

[tough lotus]

You should be fine deleting it iirc

[trail yarrow]

for this am I required to add the mountaineers_1 into the effect?

SUBDOCTORINE_MOUNTAINEERS_1

can't seem to get it to work

it doesn't seem to like enable subunits

"Unexpected token: enable_subunits, near line: 29" in file: "common/doctrines/subdoctrines/special/special_subdoctrines.txt" near line: 31

[pale sparrow]

Shoukdnt those commands be in the effect block?

[trail yarrow]

same result [23:38:10][no_game_date][effect.cpp:356]: Error: "Unknown effect-type: enable_subunits, near line: 31

but it would have to be outside the effects for it to apply instantly

[trail yarrow]

it seems to be related to the variable name game has no idea about the effect type

it came directly from the technologies folder that has it enabled

here for reference

[tough lotus]

outside of rewards = { ... }

[trail yarrow]

Yeah, but the subunit isn't activating any idea?

[trail yarrow]

looked on the wiki, same result but it should work.

[tough lotus]

What wiki

[trail yarrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Technology_modding

Sub-units are done with enable_subunits = { ... }, and modules - with enable_equipment_modules = { ... }, with the same formatting as for equipment types: whitespace-separated entries within to set them to be unlocked.

[tough lotus]

Yeah that talks about the old doctrines

[trail yarrow]

same result [23:38:10][no_game_date][effect.cpp:356]: Error: "Unknown effect-type: enable_subunits, near line: 31

[trail yarrow]

oh

its on technology modding but yeah any idea?

[tough lotus]

This is the page for the new ones

[trail yarrow]

no ones done the wiki for it?

[tough lotus]

no, same with factions as well

[trail yarrow]

maybe I will later this month, anyhow "enable_subunits" just doesn't seem to be recognised

[trail yarrow]

so any idea or should I just go making forum posts hoping someone might know

[misty gust]

this chat looks techy, is this a good spot to ask for recommendations or is somewhere else best?

[tough lotus]

It's for anything mod related, usually used for helping people mod but also to find mods that do specific stuff, asking for recommendations...

[misty gust]

looking for mods that add more tank/air models, or variation/reskins of the current. Not sure if that exists, I've seen stuff for full conversion mods, but I dont want to convert the game mechanics

anything recommended, or does it just not exist?

[timid moss]

so lowky noticed something intersting while i was modding, and at first i could't figure out what was happening, but it has to do with how hoi4 handles calculations, and since it's in 32 bit "Dropped command: order_execute_command, tick: 65535" is the reason a yellow ! shows up, and claims the unit dosen't have enough org to move, so it's not a question of org it's the engine not being able to give out the commands because it's capped

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1404628584437649489/1431323713223131197/darthmaul_bestplayerinhoi4.gif

[echo sphinx]

Oh god I just made a full list for Europe

Ah well I could just have the name manually trigger when they are set to an autonomy level

[frail rock]

I'm not that good with the nudge I did what you said but the validate doesn't do anything or create any files

This is what happens after I validate the states, some stuffs appear on the provinces but other than that nothing changed in any folders

I've been doing everything manual since now

[rugged flame]

Someone should make a mod based off the movie Fascisti su marte

[frail rock]

wait nvm I figured it out, thank you ur the goat ✌️ 😭

[kindred axle]

Did you save them?

[frail rock]

It's all good now

[kindred axle]

Oh oki

[gleaming moon]

Hi! I'm looking for someone who could make a simple portrait mod for me. I want all UK leaders (every ideology) to have their portrait changed to a specific UK countryball image that I have ready, and I want their name changed to "UK Ball" instead of Churchill/Baldwin/etc. I have the exact PNG image I want used and can send it to whoever is willing to help. I'm on version 1.17 and I have zero modding experience so I can't do it myself. Thanks!

Also I don't mind if you publish it to the Steam Workshop for everyone to use, I'd actually like that! Just please send me the link when it's done so I can find it and subscribe. And do that in DMS please. Thanks again!

[echo sphinx]

Does anyone know why when my cosmetic tags don't work? I have SSR's as its own autonomy rank and they are communist and italy is an SSR

Ah i only set the tag as SSR in the autonomy file not Autonomy_SSR

[tough lotus]

Fairly certain that could be made ironman compatible and I'm all for it

-# but currently being held hostage by a cat who really wants pets

[gleaming moon]

Thanks take your time lol it is 4:31 AM we’re I live and I’m going to sleep I will dm you when I wake up.

[trail yarrow]

any idea with my issue with the subunits not working?

[swift field]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_organization#Army
im gonna add a LOT of variants of these units and templates

[tough lotus]

You're saying a lot of stuff

Funny considering probably none of it is in game yet

[swift field]

alr

[tough lotus]

[timid moss]

is this an idea, decisions, script effect?

[tough lotus]

That's localisation

If done correctly it applies automatically

[void ferry]

im trying to make my first hoi mod im a complete beginner anyone have any tips to make it easier?

[gleaming moon]

Hi is the mod I asked for ready @tough lotus I just woke up lol!

[tawdry venture]

How do I get into making mods? I have a bunch of ideas but I want to know what I need to make mods like what coding languages and etc

[shut dawn]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding - I would suggest starting here, and starting small

[tawdry venture]

Like what? Events or popups or something bigger ?

[shut dawn]

A lot of people try to make a global overhaul OWB/EAW/TFR type mod as their first mod. They never get far and then get discouraged when they realize just how much work it is.

A small focus tree for a nation you think could use one is generally a good place to start

[tawdry venture]

Yeah

I have some coding knowledge but all is in website building so I have no idea what to do

I'll check it out tomorrow once I Come back I'd have nothing then

[shut dawn]

That wiki I linked has a LOT of documentation. And you really don't need much coding knowledge. You just need to read.

[tawdry venture]

Thanks

[shut dawn]

I had 0 coding experience when I started, and now I work on one of the larger HOI4 mods. Paradox does a good job making it easy to mod their games.

[tawdry venture]

Weird question but this wiki a part of offline hoi4 wiki

[shut dawn]

I don't know.

[tawdry venture]

Alright thanks anyways

[shut dawn]

No problem

[trail yarrow]

Hey guys doing some doctrine modding I can't seem to enable subunits I get this error same result [23:38:10][no_game_date][effect.cpp:356]: Error: "Unknown effect-type: enable_subunits, near line: 31

[wraith marlin]

Are paradox maps licenced?

Does anyone know?

not really modding, more just kinda wanna use a paradox map

[trail yarrow]

yes

[wraith marlin]

Thats kinda annoying

but aight

their maps ig

[trail yarrow]

Also uhh any idea why the tracks looking broken?

[noble cape]

Can someone tell me whats wrong with the code

add_namespace = saudi_protests_events

country_event = {
    id = saudi_protests_events.1
    title = saudi_protests_events.1.t
 desc = saudi_protests_events.1.d
 picture = GFX_report_event_generic_diplomatic

    option = {
        name = saudi_protests_events.1.a  #agree for reforms
        unlock_national_focus = (FOCUS_A)
    }
    option = {
        name = saudi_protests_events.1.b  #shoot
        unlock_national_focus = (FOCUS_B)
    }
}

[gleaming moon]

Hi! I'm looking for someone who could make a simple portrait mod for me. I want all UK leaders (every ideology) to have their portrait changed to a specific UK countryball image that I have ready, and I want their name changed to "UK Ball" instead of Churchill/Baldwin/etc. I have the exact PNG image I want used and can send it to whoever is willing to help. I'm on version 1.17 and I have zero modding experience so I can't do it myself. Thanks! Also I don't mind if you publish it to the Steam Workshop for everyone to use, I'd actually like that! Just please send me the link when it's done so I can find it and subscribe. And do that in DMS please. Thanks again!

[echo flume]

So im making a mod that allows Japan to peace out the allies after taking Hawaii and india and I need some advice. Should I make it so the player can peace out both the US and allies at the same time, its be easier to make but harder in game. Or should I make it 2 separate decisions that peace out the us and the rest of the allies separately. This would be harder to make cause id need to make the us leave the allies and not be able to rejoin the allies instantly, but it could make an interesting gameplay loop where you need to force the other sides surrender before the US rejoin the allies and makes it even harder, what do yall think?

[gleaming moon]

I'm not a modding expert. Heck, that's why I'm looking for help making the mod which I just posted, which I want. But I would think that allowing a player to piece out the US. After taking Hawaii and India at the same time as the other allies would be a pretty smart decision. Especially because some people might use custom game roles where it prevents a country from leaving a faction once they've joined the faction. So keeping the US in the faction but pacing them out would be a lot easier.

[echo flume]

Mhm, ill take that into account

[gleaming moon]

I'm glad I could help you.

[gleaming moon]

Now I'm back to searching for somebody who can help make the country ball mod for me. Good luck in your mod mate.

[echo flume]

but Im trying to figure out how to make it so the UK also has a say in whether they surrender or not, mostly so if say someone is playing the UK and getting their ass beat, they arent forced into a peace out

[gleaming moon]

The UK is pretty easy to cap. The Royal Navy is really annoying, but if you have a good Navy invading the UK isn't as hard because it's only one C the English Channel.

[echo flume]

Thx but lowk the mod youre asking for is mad easy

I think you could do it yourself, no offense

[gleaming moon]

Compared to like the 50 million. Sees that you'd need to cross to get to America. Only problem is that if you're Japan and not playing and not have an ally in Europe, it can be a pain in the ass. But if for example if you're playing Germany, capping the UK isn't that hard from what I've heard if you know what you're doing with the Navy.

I have absolutely zero modding experience. LOL. If I knew how to do it then I would do it myself, but I have no coding experience. Heck, I tried to briefly make a mod myself that would get rid of the naval invasion requirements because of the fact that I don't know how to enable Invade. And I wanted to be able to freely invade all countries, but I messd up on making that one completely, which is why I'm asking for help. Because I know when I can do something and when I need to ask for help.

[echo flume]

We were all noobs at one point or another

[gleaming moon]

Only difference is that you guys probably had coding experience. I have zero coding experience.

[echo flume]

Nope

Its not really coding

Its more like Lego then actual coding

https://youtu.be/dKLkI1AGArc?si=N3abF_Vksyl3m030

This video explains it well

[gleaming moon]

ok

[echo flume]

Trust me, I know you got this

I made a solid mod with a day of experience and like e youtube vids max

[gleaming moon]

Damn, that's insane.

Fine, I'll try and then I'll probably tell everybody if I fail or succeed.

Mate, that video is an hour long. That's a full an hour and 8 minutes.

[echo flume]

Hes a slow talker

[noble cape]

It shows the unlock_national_spirit code as wrong

Why?

[gleaming moon]

Then what point should I skip to because of the fact that I don't want to be sitting here for an hour and 8 minutes.

[gleaming moon]

So I'm just gonna wait for somebody to help me because I have zero coding, modding experience and for the love of Athena, that video is as long as a middle school lecture in the US.

[tall hare]

You have to take the time to learn to learn at all

[echo flume]

Id suggest the folder and file structure section, and in your case, since youre not actually changing any character, just their name and picture, the creating portraits and creating localisations sections

[gleaming moon]

As I said, I have zero coding experience and I already tried to make my own. I messed up pretty badly, which is why I'm asking for help. I know when I can do something myself and when I need help.

[tall hare]

https://youtu.be/zuLKOK7Cnq4?si=7Bbj1ocWAQ0x1BNG

[gleaming moon]

ok

[gleaming moon]

Well, I tried, so I'm just gonna go back to. I'm hoping somebody will help me. For anyone who wants to help me, the message that I'm replying to is the message I sent earlier, that it lists and explains everything that needs to be done.

[noble cape]

Anyone know bout hoi4 coding?

add_namespace = saudi_protests_events

country_event = {
    id = saudi_protests_events.1
    title = saudi_protests_events.1.t
 desc = saudi_protests_events.1.d
 picture = GFX_report_event_generic_diplomatic

    option = {
        name = saudi_protests_events.1.a  #agree for reforms
        unlock_national_focus = (FOCUS_A)
    }
    option = {
        name = saudi_protests_events.1.b  #shoot
        unlock_national_focus = (FOCUS_B)
    }
}

Smth wrong with this?

[gleaming moon]

Yeah, sorry friend, I can't help you. I don't know the first about quoting LOL.

[timid moss]

localization

[gleaming moon]

Hi

[noble cape]

Wym

[umbral charm]

I have 2 custom advisors rn and for some reason, when I hire 1, the other disappears.

[pale sparrow]

you've misconfigured their idea tokens

[gleaming moon]

Will anybody please help me out with this?

[umbral charm]

A whosamcwhats it?

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Character_modding

[gleaming moon]

Never mind no longer need any assistance. Victoria helped me. Thank Athena.

[sour temple]

Can combat tactics be set to have multiple Counter-tactics, and if so do they need to be in a separate countered_by = tactic countered_by = tactic fields or can they be put in countered_by = { tactic tactic tactic } ?

[timid moss]

yes

[timid moss]

well you can have 3 different breakthrough tactics, and 3 different defensive tactic that counter each one of them

tactic_rp_smoke_screen_crossing = {
is_attacker = yes
trigger = { is_attacker = yes is_river_crossing = yes }
active = yes
base = { factor = 9 }
picture = tactic_guerrilla_tactics

attacker = 0.10
defender = -0.70 # Can't see to shoot
attacker_str_damage_taken_mult = -0.40 # Safe passage

}

you can make them have certain conditions too

hf

[sour temple]

that's adjacent to what I'm asking though, I'm more asking if this: ```

tactic_basic_attack = {

is_attacker = yes
trigger = { # combined scope for both country and combatant
    is_attacker = yes
    phase = no
}

active = yes

base =  { factor = 4 }
picture = attack

countered_by = {
    tactic_counterattack_1
    tactic_counterattack_2
}

attacker = 0.05

}``` is valid

[timid moss]

yes, and no

[sour temple]

or, alternatively, ```tactic_basic_attack = {

is_attacker = yes
trigger = { # combined scope for both country and combatant
    is_attacker = yes
    phase = no
}

active = yes

base =  { factor = 4 }
picture = attack

countered_by = tactic_counterattack_1
countered_by = tactic_counterattack_2

attacker = 0.05

}```

[timid moss]

there might be a way to have 1 counter 3 different ones, but I've never seen it before, and i don't think the engine understand anything more then 1, because during the phases the tactics are 1 for each side

counter_surge
tactic_assault = {
is_attacker = yes
trigger = { is_attacker = yes phase = no }
active = yes
base = {
factor = 2
modifier = { add = 6 is_fighting_in_terrain = urban }
}
picture = assault
countered_by = tactic_counterattack
phase = close_combat

attacker = 0.45             
combat_width = 0.30         

# "Attacker movement speed" replaced with org damage reduction (Momentum)
attacker_org_damage_taken_mult = -0.20 
attacker_str_damage_taken_mult = 0.10 # Higher casualties due to aggression

}

you can set conditions, and stuff

[sour temple]

it's for allowing different doctrines to have different offensive tactics to counter other doctrines' defenses

like if country A picks Doctrine 1, and Country B picks Doctrine 2, then Doctrine 1 has a counter to Doctrine 2 that it can pick from if it has good recon

but I also want Country C to be able to pick Doctrine 3 and have a counter to Country B's Doctrine 2 Defense

but if it picks the wrong tactic then it doesn't counter correctly

[timid moss]

yeppers, but what's the point of having good generals if all the tactics counter each other. Also introcducing to many counters like your saying will cause alot of memeing as in a lvl 1 general can countera lvl 17 general, so maybe add a prequiste like 4 attack or stm

[sour temple]

it's not "All the tactics counter each other" if Country A picks the anti-Doctrine 3 tactic against Country B with Doctrine 2, then it won't counter correctly and Country B's defensive tactic will go through

if Doctrine 1 has anti Doctrines 1-5 tactics then it has to pick the right number'd tactic to counter the enemy's defensive tactic

[timid moss]

when you say counter it voids the tactic, and the defneder/attacker gets crits during that phase, but instead of tying the tactics to doctrine just tie it to the generals level, or give a prest to the grand doctrine

[sour temple]

General skill is still important, as Doctrine 1 fighting Doctrine 2 can still pick an anti-Doctrine 3 offensive which doesn't counter Doctrine 2's defensive tactic, and Country B with Doctrine 2 can then choose to just not pick the special defensive tactic

The side losing this comparison has to pick their tactic first. This allows the side with Initiative, if a countering tactic is available, to pick it in response with increased probability. Its weight gets a bonus of +35%[3] for every point of advantage in the skill comparison.

this would be on top of the normal offensive and defensive tactics, as the Doctrinal Defensive tactic is just a "better" defense as a reward for making it through a doctrine

but all of that's a tangent to the root question of "does the code allow it or not"

[umbral charm]

How do I do idea tokens?

[golden totem]

wait why do you have an idea for the advisor?

[golden totem]

like this

[sour temple]

also, it's one d in modifier

[echo sphinx]

Does anyone know what file the event to form a collaboration government is in?

[swift field]

im gonna add pre dreadnoughts dreadnoughts and SUPER dreadnoughts to my hoi4 multi mod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_World_War_II#List_of_ships
and these CVs aswell

ill also add a LOT of light fleet and escort carriers for ALL

and nuclear and modern carriers and super

and large class carriers

from 1900 till 2026

ill add more stuff that comes out IRL RL

[tough lotus]

Oh so stuff we've had for the past 5 years

[swift field]

alr

well my stuff is better

in my hoi4 mod

@tough lotus

[tough lotus]

Have you done anything yet?

[swift field]

nah

[tough lotus]

Ok

[swift field]

still havent found a good media modding and gaming course

in finland

@tough lotus

[noble cape]

add_namespace = saudi_protests_events

country_event = {
    id = saudi_protests_events.1
    title = saudi_protests_events.1.t
 desc = saudi_protests_events.1.d
 picture = GFX_report_event_generic_diplomatic

    option = {
        name = saudi_protests_events.1.a  #agree for reforms
    }
    option = {
        name = saudi_protests_events.1.b  #shoot into the crowd
    }
}

Smth wront wuth this event and idk why

[noble cape]

@tough lotus maybe yk

[pale sparrow]

Youre missing the trigger arguments

[noble cape]

What are they?

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Event_modding

[noble cape]

I have no idea what to look for

[pale sparrow]

read the triggering subsection

[noble cape]

Oohhhh

Im an dumbass

Thanks

[swift field]

im gonna add a lots loads of new combat units

and combat templates and sub units

[swift field]

ALL nations will have historical real life tech and equipment trees and its own units and templates

[tough lotus]

You can start by asking paradox for early access to hoi5, maybe you'll finish it in that game's lifespan

[swift field]

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/
ill use these tanks to make different tank units sub units templates and sub templates

[nimble solar]

I got some templates you can use for the prototype tank DLC. I won't be able to send it now though

It uses the vanilla tank designer, so there are some inaccuracies

[coarse hull]

Guys

Give me some good mods

Like i want some new content and also some expansion to focus trees bc vanilla ones are trash

For example france tree is trash and others a boring and bland

[pastel cradle]

r56

[coarse hull]

I have it

Eehhh it's okay

But tbh

It doesn't rlly add much

Most focus trees end before like 40's

[pastel cradle]

twr?

[coarse hull]

Idk haven't played it

Is it good?

[pastel cradle]

no clue

[coarse hull]

Lol

[pastel cradle]

seen some vids tho looks enjoyable

you play tno?

[coarse hull]

No

[pastel cradle]

play it

[coarse hull]

Oh ok

[nimble solar]

TWR is alright

It has turned more into a political simulator, but it does have its conflicts

Red Dusk is a good mod, but it requires you to turn off NCNS

[golden totem]

East indies reworked for indonesia, en union y libertad for South and central America, ultimate Greece rework for well Greece

[gleaming moon]

Hey people I need help so I’m making a mod. This is my first ever one at least I’m trying to make it. I basically been making it with Claude AI giving me the code because I have no idea what I’m doing and I’ve gotten everything correct only problem is that it’s telling me that my pass of my descriptive file is not correct. Can somebody please assist me before I lose my actual mind.

[vestal sapphire]

Does anyone have suggestions for general QOL mods that dont change the base game much?

[gleaming moon]

No, but I need help before I actually lose my mind.

[warm dock]

where did the devs go

i actually enjoyed this mod

(not as axis since youre not really meant to play as the axis as they are really easy to win as)

[swift field]

im gonna add new Resource material factories for ALL nations

so you dont have to trade for em anymore

since it makes sense

to add em

in

[gleaming moon]

Hi

[swift field]

hello

[gleaming moon]

How are you doing?

[gleaming moon]

I've been losing my mind over this for the past hours. LOL.

[swift field]

good hbu spidey

im gonna add a manpower factory and oil factory and synthetic oil factory

and other resource material factories

i will add other Real life factories aswell

like ammo munitions etc

and manpower buildings

@gleaming moon

ill also add other buildings for different purposes

basically synthetic rubber factory

[gleaming moon]

Cool

[tough lotus]

Do NOT use AI (like ChatGPT) to generate HOI4 code. It often looks correct, especially to someone not experienced with HOI4 code, but it usually creates incorrect code.

[old crystal]

Idk

[swift field]

ill also add new conscription draft and mobilization laws

and other laws like for age

and etc

and new trade and economy laws

and other laws aswell

ill also add training laws to train Divs faster

[west dew]

in collaboration with a friend

[clear moat]

Does anyone know where the city is located on the map, as I can't see the 3D model?

mapgen fixed

[glass acorn]

Why does Nudger's auto placement of VP's always tilt to the right of provinces

Also is there a way to nudge a bunch of provinces easily WITHOUT making it ruin any hand-made VP locations or no?

[pulsar mica]

Planning on creating a mod that allows a nation that puppets the UK to install a puppet king. Candidates include:

-Edward VIII
-Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha
-Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
-Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

Was interested in hearing some leader trait suggestions for all or each of them.

[kindred axle]

i think the son of rupprecht is more suitable for the von bayern place

because Albert von Bayern actually had the title of pretender of the british throne

and its a younger contestant

you could add a stuart pretender too

[golden totem]

I'd probably say the nazi or fascist sympathizer for Edward the 8th, you could also just make your own custom traits aswell

[kindred axle]

teh landgrave of hessen?

[golden totem]

Never mentioned hessen

[kindred axle]

nah it was just for the nazi sympathyzer

as he was irl

[pulsar mica]

But wasn’t Rupprecht the most senior member of the Jacobite succession? Also, if he’s not ruling Bavaria, why wouldn’t he claim the British throne for himself?

[kindred axle]

jsut saying that albert would be more appropriate

[pulsar mica]

I know I can make my own customs traits as well. I’m just having a hard time coming up with ones that are reasonable and balanced.

[pulsar mica]

I plan to have the mod to allow a Catholic nation to install Rupprecht as puppet UK king only if he’s not the leader of Bavaria. If he is, Albert will be the one installed instead.

[kindred axle]

ye thats what i would do

[golden totem]

That's kinda how germany can put local collaborators for the rks if those countries aren't fascist

[glass acorn]

Anyone know why it does this btw

Here's another example

Rather than being in the center or any other practical area, it always sticks to the far right

[pulsar mica]

I plant to use the rks decisions as a basis for scripting my mod. I’m just looking for suggestions for good leader traits.

[torn cobalt]

can anyone suggest any good modding tutorials to make this into an actually downloadable mod?

[shut dawn]

Look up The Iron Workshop on YouTube

[torn cobalt]

thanks 👍

[kindred axle]

hoi4 dev team have videos on map modding and nations creations

check it out on yt

[echo flume]

So im trying to make a mod that requires that the player control large swaths of land in order to complete a focus, is there any shortcut that doesnt require me to individually list out every state required?

Its the entirety of India, Burma, and some pacific islands, im fine with listing the pacific islands, but India and Burma are annoyingly split up due to GoE

i would also need to make it so that all the controlled land goes to the country as well.

[swift field]

https://tank-afv.com/coldwar/US/M60_Patton.php
ill add this m60 patton mbt tank to hoi4 multi mod and it will be its own unit just like all other tanks mbts afvs ifvs and apcs

becus i like variety btw

you can overrun enemies like ussr germany etc

[swift field]

hello is it possible to mod in new historical real life units and templates

@ruby abyss im gonna add a lot of historical and real life units and templates to my hoi4 multi mod

like infantry rifle marines etc

[strange cargo]

collapsing world rise of radicalism is driving me crazy with manpower

i didnt sleep brp

[tough lotus]

Yes it is

[swift field]

alr thx Vicky

[swift field]

alr thx

[nimble solar]

Ah yes, a cold war era tank. I assume your tech tree extends to the 80s?

To be fair, if someone is able to extend each major's focus tree into the 80s or just includes multiple cold war start dates, id be impressed

[swift field]

my hoi4 multi mod will include stuff from the year 1900 till 2026

[nimble solar]

Holy smokes, that is a range alright

Is this your first mod?

[swift field]

not really no

[nimble solar]

I think what could work is if you pull an Endsieg and just have multiple start dates

[swift field]

i will add multiple start dates dw

[nimble solar]

Because having to account for every possible alt hist scenario is terrible

[swift field]

alr

[nimble solar]

Just have start dates as scenarios more than where you can start a mega campaign

[swift field]

ALL nations will have tech and equipment trees from 1900 till 2026 and will include their historical/real life techs and equipments

[nimble solar]

Because going beyond 12 years in hoi4 becomes a mess

[nimble solar]

Remember with the designer dlcs, hulls exist. Just retexture for some nations

[swift field]

alr

[nimble solar]

Then give them a thing to design the vehicle as accurate as possible

[swift field]

alr

[nimble solar]

Otherwise without dlc, everything will basically be the same, but you can make it to where they will use the button designers to adjust stats

[swift field]

alr

i will add more years into my hoi4 multi mod

[nimble solar]

Or you go full blown larp and make multiple unique equipments with unique stats resulting in the US unable to make a light tank that doesn't nuke itself

[swift field]

alr

i will add new stuff that comes out IRL

every year

ill also add a LOT LOADS of new units and templates for ALL nations

[nimble solar]

Make sure the T-14 Armata has 0% reliability and no stats

[swift field]

alr

[nimble solar]

Russia designs new MBT

• Only makes like 12 of them (being generous)
• Never sees combat
• continues using T-72s

[swift field]

i will include for each nation their own sub units and templates

like for usa the m60 patton tank

as a example

@nimble solar

a LOT of the techs and equipments yalls research will gib yalls new units sub units templates and sub templates

btw idc what yalls will do with my hoi4 mod in SP

but dont use it in MP

[nimble solar]

So are you going to pull a black ice and you can research designs with XP?

[swift field]

yes

i will also add new special projects

like a fleet carrier and mbts

[nimble solar]

Fleet carriers are already in game

[swift field]

oh alr

where can i find and research em

@nimble solar

[nimble solar]

Research 1943 carriers and it will show up as a special project

[swift field]

alr

thx

got any pics?

@nimble solar

[nimble solar]

No

Hovering over 1943 carriers should show that it unlocks it

[swift field]

alr

[near glacier]

anybody know some qol mods or mods that just generaly improve the game? for exaple i have player led peace conferences and ceasefire

[pale sparrow]

Recall Volunteers
Road to 56
Unlimited dockyards "PER_LINE"

I also prefer toolpack over plpc because at least you get to see the AI's priority

[near glacier]

is there a conditional surrender mod that lets you click on the tiles to demand them instead of having to check the name of them?

[pale sparrow]

No

Most conditional surrender mods are balanced so poorly its basically a cheat mod

[tough lotus]

He's trying to make Rise of Nations solo

-# Which needless to say isn't going to happen

[tough lotus]

Unless you don't have Götterdämmerung enabled

[tough lotus]

Hey, wasn't there a T-90 captured in Kursk?
10% reliability, -10 morale

[nimble solar]

I'm pretty sure they are using everything that isn't the T-14

[stuck barn]

What are some small basic mods i should use i havent installed any yet

[nova heron]

Had an odd question, what happens when a unit is spawned in on a tile currently occupied and owned by an enemy unit/nation? Does this cause the game to crash or something else?

Considering ideas for things and this is possibly part of it

[tough lotus]

Player led peace conferences

[tough lotus]

The unit spawns there and calculations get made normally (if there is no enemy unit the province gets occupied, if there is one a battle starts)

You will also get an entry in error.log

[nova heron]

Ah okay, so it just does a normal battle, but the two combatants are on the same tile instead of separate tiles?

[tough lotus]

Yep

Allows you to retreat in any direction iirc

[nova heron]

Awesome, that makes my ideas a heck of a lot easier than I was originally thinking they would be, thanks!

[stuck barn]

Isnt that like kinda cheating

[tough lotus]

Not if you don't use it for that

Mainly bordergore prevention

[pale sparrow]

I like to use Toolpack because I can see how much the AI roughly gets without plpc, then make bordergore corrections

[broken oak]

anyone wanna help me make a vietnam war mod

[swift field]

im gonna add super heavy howitzers and super heavy self propelled artillery

as new combat units

and super heavy artillery

[swift field]

and mortars

like light medium heavy and super heavy mortars

and different assault guns

and different anti tank guns

like pak40s and pak44s

etc

and lots of other artillery and howitzers

and different At aa spgs and sphs etc

and self propelled mortars

and new combat flamethrower tanks

ill also add sturmzug and assault units and templates

and shocktroops

and a combat Military police unit

ill also add assault guns battalions

like tanks

and a lot of other stuff

and pack artillery

and different ranger units and templates

like fireteam squad section platoon company regiment to battalion

[swift field]

ill use this icon to add a sturmtruppe combat battalion

[near glacier]

is there a mod that lets you name countries?

like change their names

[gleaming moon]

Hey I have a question. How do you write code for Hoi 4 because of the fact that I'm trying to create a mod for hearts iron 4 that replaces all of spains portraits for all ideologies and put transform the portraits into Spain ball and renames the country leaders into Spain ball. Only problem is that I don't know how to code. I'm trying to just while watching the official tutorial videos from Paradox Interactive. But I have no idea how to write code like how to actually write code. I have zero coding or modding experience. LOL.

[pale sparrow]

No

[gleaming moon]

If you like giving tech support then can I have tech support LOL?

[pale sparrow]

cant atm

[gleaming moon]

Lovely. When will you be available? If you don't mind me asking.

[gleaming moon]

Well, whenever you're available, feel free to contact me. I live in Florida, so it's pretty late for me either way.

[pale sparrow]

You dont need any script for that idea, just have your folders set up the same as vanilla and your portrait files named the same as there and theyll override

[gleaming moon]

ok

[gleaming moon]

That's right, I've been trying forever and failing miserably, but I guess I'll try again. LOL.

[tough lotus]

That's exactly how the england ball mod works

[pale sparrow]

||top tip: if you install sagethumbs you will get previews of the GFX files||

[tough lotus]

||I just trust the artists to make good files||

Thanks

[keen cloak]

@pale sparrow I don't see Chak on and you're the road to 56 guy so you probably know the answer:

What's the general consensus regarding the distribution of DLC portraits in the workshop if they were already done by Paradox but the character is used for a player-made branch?

for example: Chen Dihua is a PRC general in vanilla with the portrait done by Paradox but IRL he also served as the governor of Shanxi post-CW so if I make a communist Shanxi branch can I just reuse his portrait?

[pale sparrow]

Road generally just instances so if you own the DLC itd use his DLC portrait and otherwise it uses some generic/big mod portrait that allows using their assets

I cant imagine PDX downing your mod for using a DLC portrait though

[acoustic berry]

In case anyone cares, working on an update for the USA Rework, let my know if any of you all have suggestions

[keen cloak]

alrighty, thanks

[tough lotus]

GFX is generally fine, don't know if portraits are an exception though since they do take significantly more effort and, since pdx outsources them, cost them quite a bit of money

[nimble solar]

I remember seeing a video on it, but I have one big question.

Did you separate Delaware from Maryland lol

Everyone forgets hoi4 merged the 2

[tender vortex]

Is there any mod that makes the navy like it was before the dlc?

[tough lotus]

downgrading to 1.16

[warm rivet]

I made a simple mod to revert the cas buffs from defines

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3658209058

[kindred axle]

anarcho capitalism

[acoustic berry]

Yep

[simple fox]

Yo guys i wanted to play milenium dawn so i downloaded it from the steam workshop did the right version but it loaded as vanilla hoi4, i did novum vexilum too but it loaded as vanilla as well, the mods i had downlaoded before work but new ones js load as vanilla, why does it happen and what can i do about it?

[livid locust]

Does anyone know why when I run my version of my mod everything works fine, but when someone else uses it, it shows this and nothing appears?

[tough lotus]

Are you loading the correct playset? Ate they in a playset to begin with?

[gleaming moon]

@tough lotus I appreciate you trying to help me and I would do it myself. Only problem is that I don't know how to code. Like my idea of coding is asking Claude to give me code and then copy pasting it like I don't know what I'm doing. My idea LOL is basically just asking an AI to tell me what to do. Well I use Visual Code studio to try to code. So I appreciate that, but I doubt I'm gonna be able to make it myself. I I'm willing to learn how to code, I just need somebody to teach me.

[gleaming moon]

@acoustic berry Hey dude, you you made my favorite UK rework mod. You made the UK rework mod. I love that mod. Keep up the great work. You do great things. If you could make a Spanish rework 0, that would be fantastic. III Love Spain i'm a Spanish artist myself. If somebody could make a Spanish rework, I think I'd be in heaven.

[simple fox]

Yes im not that dumb

[tough lotus]

Happens even in tryhard communities where everyone has tens of thousands of hours

[simple fox]

Lol, btw someone said its because i was playing the 1.16.10 beta since md was for 1.16* so do you think its cuz of the beta or am i js fried?

[gleaming moon]

Hello

[simple fox]

hi

[gleaming moon]

You struggling with mods just like me. Farewell. What are you struggling with? I'm struggling to make one lol.

[simple fox]

Im struggling to boot up millenium dawn and novum vexilum😭

It sounds so dumb compared to your problems

Btw what mod are you struggling to make?

[gleaming moon]

I'm struggling to make a mod that um, would replace all of the portraits and later names for the Spanish leaders with Spain ball. The profile picture I have the girl you're the guy you're talking to. My good buddy Victoria made me one for the UK, so I thought I would pay her back since it's not fair that I every time I want a mod make I bother him. So I tried learning to make one myself. I failed miserably.

[gleaming moon]

Also for Millennium Don, it's updated to the most latest version of the game. That's maybe why it's not working for you, because of the fact that it works for me and it's loaded and Millennium Gone was updated like December 2025. It's for the latest version of the game. That's potentially why it's not working, especially if you're on a lower version of the game.

[simple fox]

So it does run on 1.17?

[gleaming moon]

It used to, but now it's being updated for the most latest version that would be 1.17.3.0 You have to remember that all of these mods, these big over conversion mods, usually always get updated to the latest versions of the game. It happens with Melanie and Dawn, Rise of Nations, Great War, Redux Road to 56. Especially if newer versions break stuff, then they have to fix it and update it. So try the latest version of the game.

For example, road to 56 actually gets updated once a month.

[simple fox]

Could you send me the link on steam workshop for the newest milenium dawn version? The one i downloaded was made for 1.16*

[gleaming moon]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777392649

[simple fox]

Thx i really appreciate it!

[gleaming moon]

You're welcome. Just as a curiosity, how good are you at coding? I'm just curious because I'm a shit coder.

But I'm glad I could help you find the correct version of Millennium Dawn.

[void ferry]

United Nations path

as in the UN becomes a breakaway nation and you have to attempt to convince states to join

[restive moat]

hey guys does anyone have a mod or know how to change the keybind of enter to C

[livid locust]

Does anyone knows how to solve this bug? This happens to with all my mods

[acoustic berry]

Thanks, but I know little of Spanish history and I currently have other plans

[acoustic berry]

It would be interesting, but UN Headquarters wasn't built until 1952 so I don't know how that would work

Current America First Party path lead by Charles Lindbergh in USA Rework (WIP)

Also gave the presidents unique traits

[acoustic berry]

Oh yeah expanding on that, I have every US state in, including breaking up on New England into their respective states and making the District of Columbia a state (even though its not irl)

[nimble solar]

Peak, got the US virgin islands as their own thing or nah

The 2 islands off the coast of Puerto rico

[acoustic berry]

@j0nathan800 Nah, only cuz they're a territory to this day and I feel I would have little to add to them

[nimble solar]

True

They are their own tiles so that is good enough lol

[humble whale]

Hmm

[void ferry]

Could start it as the League of Nations then put it to a specific date a you can do it early

[golden totem]

There's way more than 2 islands of the coast of Puerto rico

[nimble solar]

With my limited knowledge of Lindbergh, it would be interesting (though probably a boring game) if his entire tree is dedicated to neutrality and domestic policy. Maybe there can be a war tree that unlock if US was in a defensive war.

If I remember correctly, he did support the US war effort after Pearl Harbor, but tried everything to keep us out of the war, borderline German sympathetic levels.

[nimble solar]

In game it is 2 islands

[golden totem]

Those are the virgin islands

[nimble solar]

I know

[golden totem]

Also there are 3 in game

[nimble solar]

Really?

Though there was 2

[golden totem]

The birtish virgin islands are missing

Also saint marteen, or at least Dutch saint marteen

[nimble solar]

PDX can't make maps

Tsk tsk tsk

[golden totem]

Also add at least the capitals of each state as vps

The us lacks vps

like

[nimble solar]

Well

Ive been proven wrong

[marsh pumice]

which ai mods make ai build supply hubs

im guessing sheeps mod does

but i kinda have skill issue

with sheeps mod

[coarse hull]

Guys is there a mos that makes ai better and is compatible with road to 56?

I tried sheep mode but it doesn't work

[tough lotus]

Bullying @pale sparrow until he makes the ai better

[coarse hull]

Bruh

[pale sparrow]

Road to 56 already makes the AI a little better, hence it doesnt support any other similar mods

better templates, production, tweaked focus and unit placement priorities

[marsh pumice]

better ai maybe?

or better mechanics frontline/designs/divisions

anyways

HOW IS EXPERT AI WORKING WITH MY 20 MODS

[coarse hull]

Then make it even better

[pale sparrow]

Very useful feedback

[tough lotus]

Make the AI git gud

[warped jewel]

new focus

i def didnt take some ideas from rt56

especially the first icon

[gleaming moon]

I have a question. Is there any mod that turns all the Spanish flags into the cross of Burgundy 'cause I have an obsession with the cross of Burgundy, I think it's the coolest flag that we Spaniards have ever had. And I can say that because I'm Spanish, I love the cross of Burgundy.

[simple fox]

Ive downloaded the official millennium dawn but it still says it made for 1.16* and not on 1.17 how can i run it if the betas doesnt work?

[tough lotus]

The version it's for is really just a number we can tell the game, Millennium Dawn is for 1.17 they just forgot to change that

[livid locust]

@pale sparrow Sorry to bother you, but do you know why this happens?

[pale sparrow]

I took a look at that but I dont see anything off

[gleaming moon]

https://tenor.com/view/españa-spain-carlismo-carlistas-guerra-civil-gif-14133716

@tough lotus Hi!🫡

[tough lotus]

Hi

[gleaming moon]

If you don’t mind me asking what you were doing cause I’m still struggling to figure out how to make a mod. Lol.

you’re truly an expert for learning how to do that lol

Also, since it says that you work on rise of nations as well, fun fact that’s one of my favorite mods

[loud oasis]

what are some great mods made for expanding on one single country? ive played krigssåren for sweden and it was aight, any more recommendations? any good hungary ones? maybe yugoslavia?

[tribal stone]

Do you guys have any tips for beginners modders, I am kinda lost. I got the files and stuff set up but idk really how to code any video suggestions/tips?

[shut dawn]

I'd suggest reading over this wiki and starting small. https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_Focus_modding

[tough lotus]

Check pinned messages

[tribal stone]

Thanks

[acoustic berry]

That's Rt56 (I think) not my mod

[acoustic berry]

I added a lot of VPs already, I think I added several state capitals

[inner moth]

what is the best working in this version mod for realism?

[tough lotus]

Black Ice
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1851181613

[inner moth]

what a mood aaah

[inner moth]

thankyou bro✌️

[tough lotus]

Launcher bug, has no effect on gameplay

[rapid lodge]

ask i ask for mod finding reccommendations here

[thin plover]

Hi all.

Trying to re-activate some selected vanilla 3d models for BICE as it seems to suppress them. I managed to get the special forces models again by deleting the gfx/entities files relating.

For some reason I can’t get the amphibious LVT tank 3d model to return to the division template editor or the map. They are in the “integrated_dlc” folder in vanilla but that folder isn’t touched or overwritten by BICE devs.

Any help appreciated

[bitter iron]

ok so i want to find a good mod to play as israel does that exist?

[tough lotus]

RT56

[pastel jay]

I need help how can I modify existing idea with focus

[echo sphinx]

What files would i go into to modify the decision to form a collaboration government? so i can form a custom one?

[lofty plaza]

Shoot

[tough lotus]

-# Dynamic modifiers
swap_ideas on 2 ideas with the same name in localisation

[pastel jay]

thanks

[wet sequoia]

What's the hardest part about making a focus tree

[pale sparrow]

Good ideas

[tough lotus]

The last 4 words of your message

[wet sequoia]

god Save me

I have never modded in my life

and I really want to make a focus tree for Lebanon

how like

possible

is that

[tough lotus]

Making a focus tree? Easy. Making a good focus tree? Very hard

[wet sequoia]

how do I add descriptions

to each focus

[wet sequoia]

what is your example of s good focus tree

[tough lotus]

Germany

[wet sequoia]

can't I just take a focus tree in game paste it and then change it to match Lebanon

[wet sequoia]

that's a really good focus tree

I really like Bulgaria's as well

[tough lotus]

An example of a bad focus tree if anything from Graveyard of Empires

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_focus_modding#Name_and_description

[minor veldt]

turkey focus tree is right here

[wet sequoia]

I think Bulgaria's tree is a nice one

to base a Lebanon tree on

it's got a nice fascist path that sucks

a Communist path

that's good

a democratic path that's really good

a broken monarchist one

amazing industry and army bonuses

it's just a great tree

[wet sequoia]

ight

[wet sequoia]

is making custom decisions hard

and is it possible to make a 1 state country 2 state

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Decision_modding

[wet sequoia]

ight

[wet sequoia]

but is this possible

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/State_modding

[wet sequoia]

and thank you very much

[wet sequoia]

but is this also possible

sorry for asking too much

[tough lotus]

Technically yes, might be more work than making a new one from scratch though

[wet sequoia]

ight

also wouldn't it be less quality

[keen cloak]

@vast helm okay I think now is your working hours (forgor to ping yesterday) so gonna ask the same question to ya

oop pinged just at the time of the announcement lol

[wet sequoia]

is my code correct?

[median ember]

guys, question

can anyone reocmend me some hoi4 mods?

[wet sequoia]

Always color puppets

[vast helm]

I believe its fine so long as the corresponding DLC is required to be owned for it to work, because if not then you are breaching EULA

[pastel jay]

I have a problem — suddenly the focus icons stopped appearing in the game.
To be precise, only the icons that I created myself are not showing up.
I tried adding around 15 different ones and none of them work.
Previously, everything worked fine, but now none of the new icons appear.
Here are my goals_shine.gfx and goals.gfx files.

SpriteType = {
name = "GFX_construction4_shine"
texturefile = "gfx/interface/goals/construction4.dds"
effectFile = "gfx/FX/buttonstate.lua"
animation = {
animationmaskfile = "gfx/interface/goals/new/focus_GFX_construction4.dds"
animationtexturefile = "gfx/interface/goals/shine_overlay.dds" # <- the animated file
animationrotation = -90.0 # -90 clockwise 90 counterclockwise(by default)
animationlooping = no # yes or no 😉
animationtime = 0.75 # in seconds
animationdelay = 0 # in seconds
animationblendmode = "add" #add, multiply, overlay
animationtype = "scrolling" #scrolling, rotating, pulsing
animationrotationoffset = { x = 0.0 y = 0.0 }
animationtexturescale = { x = 1.0 y = 1.0 }
}

    animation = {
        animationmaskfile = "gfx/interface/goals/construction4.dds"            
        animationtexturefile = "gfx/interface/goals/shine_overlay.dds"     # <- the animated file
        animationrotation = 90.0        # -90 clockwise 90 counterclockwise(by default)
        animationlooping = no            # yes or no 😉
        animationtime = 0.75                # in seconds
        animationdelay = 0            # in seconds
        animationblendmode = "add"       #add, multiply, overlay
        animationtype = "scrolling"      #scrolling, rotating, pulsing
        animationrotationoffset = { x = 0.0 y = 0.0 }
        animationtexturescale = { x = 1.0 y = 1.0 } 
    }
    legacy_lazy_load = no
}

and goals.gfx

spriteType = {
name = "GFX_construction4"
texturefile = "gfx/interface/goals/construction4.dds"
}

[tender cargo]

nah bro no ones helping with ts

[coarse hull]

Guys what mod that makes ai better can i use with road to 56 and roat to 56 expanded?

I tried expert ai but it has an weird bug that when i reload the game it shows me no division,no airforce no nothibf,when i play the game it crashes immediatly

[tough lotus]

The mod is called bullying Marjin so he makes it better

-# I'm not pinging him for the same joke twice this week

[coarse hull]

@pale sparrow pls for the love of god make the ai better it's not that hard man like make it a setting or something

[tough lotus]

-# ||Sorry||

[coarse hull]

Do you know any mod tho?

So

[pale sparrow]

If you dont think it is that hard, it is that hard

[coarse hull]

but i'm sure that a lot of people want it

it's a couple of kcb of memory that makes ai use good divisions,focus a lot more on air and tanks

[pale sparrow]

It already focuses a lot on air actually

Historical UK builds like 6k planes or smth

idk by heart, but a fair amount

[coarse hull]

Idk if the bug is from better ai or road to 56 expanded

When i try to reload a game file it shows me no divisions and crashes when i try to unpause

[pale sparrow]

[jade hazel]

yall think Germany is okay? (Playing as France)😭

[tough lotus]

what did you do in spain?

[proud swallow]

is there any mod where you can build in allied territory?

[kindred axle]

i think u can already do it? do you mean factoires or so ?

[hollow path]

Germany was cooked

[jade hazel]

lobotomy

[jade hazel]

why did Poland join Germany 😔

[warped jewel]

"whats a germany"

[safe bison]

is this channel the right place to get help with modding?

currently doing a map mod and running into issues

[tough lotus]

That's it's whole purpose

[kindred axle]

like?

[safe bison]

thanks for the replies, I want to essentially create a map mod based on an existing one

I updated the .bmp files with GIMP and generated the world_normal.bmp with the nvidia tool, but the game always crashes when I try to boot it up

the error log doesn't say much, only 'MAP_ERROR: Palette in rivers.bmp is probably not correct', but according to the wiki this shouldn't matter that much

[kindred axle]

so, you didnt modify it manually ?

u used a map generator ?

[safe bison]

no no, I modified them manually using GIMP

[kindred axle]

what did u change in general, provinces? natural objects ?

[safe bison]

one thing I suspect leads to problems is that I haven't updated the definition.csv and buildings.txt files yet of the mod I'm basing my sub mod on

[kindred axle]

u need to update the definition if u made changes lke adding new provinces

[safe bison]

this is the mod I'm altering: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872339481&searchtext=standard+world+map

[kindred axle]

buildings doesnt make it crash unless u run the game i think

[safe bison]

hmm ok I suspected that this might be an issue

[kindred axle]

be aware that

when u change the definiotion

or map

u will get a document in documents/pdx/hoi4/map

that if u dont fix like its said in that defition file the game will continue to crash

so i suggest u to copy that, paste it into your map folder

if u added the rgb technically it should already give u the province id, if not just check the province rgb and add it

[safe bison]

ok deleted the definitons.csv, started the game, crashed, and copied the new definiotns_fixed.csv file

but it unfortunatley still crashes before reaching the menu

another suspion I have, the wiki says the different .bmp files need to be saved in a very specific way, but I didn't see a way in GIMP to save them like that

[kindred axle]

was the province map updated for the definition?

[kindred axle]

i cant tell you that because i use paint.net lol

[safe bison]

oh is paint maybe the better programm to use for bmp editing?

[kindred axle]

it always worked for me with no problems so ig?

[safe bison]

hmm ok will test that out then

not now thou, need to do some irl stuff first

but thanks for the help 🙂

[kindred axle]

👍

[noble tulip]

[01:54:54][1936.01.01.12][train_gfx_database.cpp:102]: couldnt find wagon list for Гражданский поезд
[01:54:54][1936.01.01.12][train_gfx_database.cpp:102]: couldnt find wagon list for Гражданский поезд
[01:54:54][1936.01.01.12][train_gfx_database.cpp:102]: couldnt find wagon list for Гражданский поезд

what can i do with this thing in error.log? 300k same lines
Гражданский поезд is Civil train in russian

[echo flume]

so, is there any way to mod the spheres of influence feature?

ive found in the files GER_setup_GER_sphere_of_influence_array but idk how it works

[native glacier]

Putting it simply, an array is a "list" of variables, in this context, countries I would assume
You have to define what countries are inside that array somewhere
Don't ask me where, I haven't used arrays while modding and I don't know where Paradox defines them, and I'm just going off what I can assume, but from the top of my head it might be defined in Germany's country file or something

[echo flume]

Okay that explains what it is, thanks. in your opinion do you think that variable list would be in germany's focus file?

Oh im jumping in on the deep end, arent i

[native glacier]

Again
Not entirely sure
I would assume it's defined somewhere else

[native glacier]

Yes

[echo flume]

This guide vid is practically yelling at me that this is too hard lol

The guy making the vid doesnt even fully understand it 💀

[pale sparrow]

Do a folder search for every instance of GER_setup_GER_sphere_of_influence_array

Ill do one to test

ok so, GER_setup_GER_sphere_of_influence_array is a scripted effect that sets up array GER_sphere_of_influence_array

which is basically just a list of European states, consisting all cores of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Hungary; parts of Poland and the Czech part of Czechoslovakia

[echo flume]

That's a massive help, thanks alot man

now i just gotta figure out how the game actually calculates spheres of influence

so if im not tweaking, this whole "sphere of influence" thing is just for show

and there is no tangible difference in game if you take the focus?

or am i just missing something here

id guess it'd have to effect the countries AI

right?

[echo flume]

okay, just to put a bow on this, it looks like the "sphere of influence" mechanic isnt an actual thing, and is just a rebranded version of what the molotov ribbentrop pact does

egg on me lol

which makes sense, since the events were basically empty

But that just raises the question: how tf was the Rosenberg office area's of influence supposed to work?

[jade hazel]

no the question is "Which Germany?"

[gleaming moon]

Will someone teach me how to make that country ball mod I wanted to make? I had a friend make the UK ball one, but now I want to make one for Spain ball for Spain my country. And I also want to make a mod that replaces the flag from the regular disgusting Spanish flag to the cross of Burgundy and make it compatible with overhaul mods like Great War Redux. Will somebody will be willing to teach me how to make that mod?

[burnt vigil]

did 1.17 change anything from 1.16 for modding that should be known before i try launch my mod for making borders?

man it's js as cancerous as i remembered it to be

[swift field]

im gonna add different jets and supersonic jets bombers cas etc

[marsh pumice]

is it vanilla that turkey joins axis after soviet capitulation

or is it one of my mods

im trying to find the event in the mod files but i cant find it

[burnt vigil]

Thats probably ai going althist

Who are you playing as and what path you go?

[hazy vault]

Anyone has a good equipment_designs they can share? I am tired of having to guess the "good" designs, so if anything exists, that's cool.

[tall hare]

Haven't seen you in a while

looks like its going good son

[burnt vigil]

been locvked in on life

plus js had no motivation to mod

[tall hare]

Tuff

[strange cargo]

yo can someone give me tips on how to get a lot of manpower
mods i use :tfr and rise of radicalism
tfr: soviet russia

[simple fox]

My millenium dawn is missing the descriptor file, how do i fix it?

[tough lotus]

Reinstall it

[simple fox]

I did it but i still says that the descriptor file is missing

[wanton axle]

could anyone tell me why my created country is like umm yea

[coarse hull]

There's no way to get coal in Road to 56

[tough lotus]

You are probably running incompatible mods, I find it very hard to imagine that the team behind RT56 forgot about a basic game mechanic

[pale sparrow]

We have all the decisions from vanilla for sure

[kindred axle]

Does It appear on the map? What seems tò be the issue? I see only the missing country leader

[golden totem]

Does your country have characters?

[burnt vigil]

their discord would be better use

it's rather quiet in here 99% of the time

[simple fox]

Ive tried their discord they didnt answer so i tried here, you guys answered sooner but they answered as well but they really took their time so, sorry about writing here

[coarse hull]

It doesn't show the coal researches

I use road to 56 and road to 56 expanded

[swift field]

i wanna add NEW landing crafts

like Lcus etc

and NEW landing assault ships

and other different ships etc

[tough lotus]

Work done in game: 0

[wet sequoia]

what's the modifier for base factory output

and for daily ideology support

[wet sequoia]

and does the game recognize negatives

like if I put on the pol power modifier -0.15 will the game understand I mean -0.15 daily pol power every day

before you send me the Wiki

I checked it

I can't find it

and I've made a few National spirits following the tutorial from the hoi4 channel but how do I assign it to a country

[tough lotus]

Well you did something wrong because it's in there

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers#ideology_drift and https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers#industrial_capacity_factory

[wet sequoia]

Ic capacity factor is construction speed right

[tough lotus]

It's factory output, modifies the output from mills

[wet sequoia]

ight

and which is construction speed

[wet sequoia]

^

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers#production_speed_buildings_factor and the one right below it for specific buildings

[wet sequoia]

this is correcct right

[tough lotus]

history/counties, common/on_actions, common/decisions, events, common/national_focus... You have options

[wet sequoia]

so where in the code do put those

so the country starts with the spirits i made

sorry it's my first time doing this

[tough lotus]

Just about anywhere in the history/countries file for the country you want to have the idea

Copy the vanilla one and edit it

[wet sequoia]

so i copy the original one from the game files

paste it in the mod folder

and just add the spirit file

to it

?

[tough lotus]

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

[wet sequoia]

ight

[coarse hull]

Where are they what

[coarse hull]

I can't find it

[pale sparrow]

Decision tab, they arent on all countries

tech-wise, the coal effects are on pre-existent industry techs instead of being separated

[coarse hull]

I also have expanded versiom and there's no coal gain

I saw that on normal version it is on the excavation

[pale sparrow]

....

People see the name and get hyped but Ive only heard crash and bugs reports from it

[tough lotus]

Yeah, claims to be compatible with NCNS but it wouldn't surprise me if the only thing that has changed is the version number in the descriptor

[coarse hull]

Yeah but it has formables

[tough lotus]

And clearly breaks the game

Your call

[wet sequoia]

where do I put it

in my code

at the top

[tough lotus]

Somewhere in the history file
Copy it, don't rename it or delete anything! The game looks for a file with that exact name, only make changes you want to make. Once you have copied it into the correct place the basegame one will be overwritten

[wet sequoia]

god I am so bad this

lemme show you my code

[wet sequoia]

ideas = {
country = {
the_1933_crisis = {
picture = ""

        modifier = {
            political_power_gain = -0.15
            stability_factor = -10
            democracy_drift = -0.05
            autonomy_gain = 0.05
        }
    }
}
    divided_goverment = {
        picture = ""

        modifier = {
             political_power_gain = -0.1
             stability_factor = -10
             production_speed_buildings_factor = -10
             industrial_capacity_factory = -10
        }
    }
    emile_edde = {
        picture = ""
        
        modifier = {
            autonomy_gain = -0.03
        }
    }
    sectarian_conflicts = {
        picture = ""

        modifier = {
            political_power_gain = -0.1
            stability_weekly = -1
            war_support_weekly = -3
        }
    }

}

im not sure of what to do

[jolly kelp]

Anybody that has the petoria mod for hoi4

[limpid comet]

How do I open the game through the launcher? Instead of it just openind directly. Idk, steam isn't cooperating

How do I install the launcher more like

[echo sphinx]

other than just removing countries are there any good ways i can reduce late game lag when it comes to puppets? or is the only real way to just reduce the amount of AI calculations through reducing countries and units?

[swift field]

i wanna add MBTs to my hoi4 mod

[swift field]

im also gonna add jet planes and aircraft for ALL nations

like me262 for germany

[tough lotus]

-# That's in the basegame btw

[swift field]

alr

[swift field]

im gonna also add a lot of old and new div icons aswell to my hoi4 multi mod

[tough lotus]

Have you even started yet?

[swift field]

still Nah

[tall hare]

remade mittel afrika

[swift field]

how do i add more old and new div icons to my hoi4 mod

[lone carbon]

can i somehow send a playset link to my friend?

[tough lotus]

You can add mods to a collection on steam

[swift field]

answer this

or can i use other peoples div icon mods

@tough lotus

[brisk zodiac]

Hello Guys!
In road to 56 and road to 56 RP mods, I can puppet someone via decesion?

[pale sparrow]

Not with Road, not sure about RP

[brisk zodiac]

ohh alr, ty

[tough lotus]

If you ask for permission first

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Unit_modding

[wet sequoia]

hey so I've only done the ideas

what should I do after

localization then the rest of the common

or what

[safe bison]

does someone have an idea where the "night cycle mask" is located? because as you can see on this image of the nile, it's a bit to low.

[wet sequoia]

i did exactly as the video tutorial did (i didnt make events) and the national spirits didnt load

is it because i havent assigned a Picture

[pale sparrow]

no

cant see whats wrong from that picture, except that image for thumbnail wont work

[wet sequoia]

what do you need to see

according to the Hoi4 video it would work for any country

even though I need it for one only but I'll do that later

I just need to make sure it works first

[wet sequoia]

this is the code I wrote

[pale sparrow]

Closing bracket too many after the first idea

[wet sequoia]

wdym

[pale sparrow]

youre closing the country block after 1 idea, it should envelop all of them

[wet sequoia]

oh

[pale sparrow]

https://marijn211.github.io/HoI4-GFX-Search/

you can use this to very easily find idea images

[wet sequoia]

ight

[wet sequoia]

but when I click the bracket after idea

it goes to the last bracket

[pale sparrow]

Indeed

but the country block is the issue

[wet sequoia]

should the country bracket be at the end

[wet sequoia]

oh

[pale sparrow]

yes

All ideas except companies and invisible ones go in the country block

[wet sequoia]

alright

I'm gonna test it now

it send me an error log

didn't work

[pale sparrow]

did you post your event code too?

[wet sequoia]

I didn't make any events yet

I plan to make events last

[pale sparrow]

How do you add the ideas then? Console?

[wet sequoia]

hmmm I seem to be lost

how do I make it so a country starts with a spirit

[pale sparrow]

add them in a history/countries file

[wet sequoia]

Ive made a countries folder

with colors and the one for Lebanon

[pale sparrow]

different countries folder

theres 2

[wet sequoia]

alright

[tough lotus]

Wrong channel

[velvet sequoia]

what channel would it go in then?

Oh, i see

my b

[wet sequoia]

alright I've made the channel and put in the info

where do I put the national spirits

is there a reason why my text is all white while others are colored

mine had color but then I realized I forgot to add .txt and when I did it seemed to have lost the color

[wet sequoia]

@pale sparrow Sorry for the ping, but when I made the file for my country and saved it and loaded it into the game with the mod, it didn't work, and nothing showed up. Also, if you could answer the above questions, I'd be really happy. If you need to see my code, I can send it

[pale sparrow]

I didnt really understand what you meant, please send a screenshot of your editor

[wet sequoia]

wdym

[safe bison]

does someone know how the thing with the alpha and color channels work in colormap_rgb_cityemissivemask_a.dds ?

[lyric estuary]

Hello, can someone help with some coding
Im struggling a bit
It’s nothing difficult I just don’t know how
Please DM me

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Map_modding#RGB_and_city_lights

Should be explained here

[tough lotus]

What do you need help with?

And why couldn't you post it here?

[wet sequoia]

can anyone help

[wet sequoia]

^

[tough lotus]

Well, you're not giving the country the idea anywhere there

[tough lotus]

.

[wet sequoia]

yeah but like

regardless

I gave the country many other things

and it didn't work

I added technologies and changed the party popularities

[tough lotus]

History doesn't get reloaded unless you reopen the game

[wet sequoia]

lemme try

[wet sequoia]

Hey

could you send me the link for the page in the Wiki

where I can set the leader of a country

the future leaders

change the name of the political parties

And the leaders of the party

[wet sequoia]

Why is my leader Hitler and how can I change the name of the leader and change the names/leaders of the political parties

along with future leaders

[lyric estuary]

how do I change the main theme music for a mod?