modding

[humble cedar]

Much obliged.

[shut dawn]

Yeah that should work. One other thing

[humble cedar]

yes?

[shut dawn]

You will want that effect to also have this for whoever the country getting the new path is:

mark_focus_tree_layout_dirty = yes

Otherwise the new branch won't be visible until they reload the game

[humble cedar]

do I place it in with the allow_branch part?

[shut dawn]

No, that'll be in whatever is causing the effect that leads to it

So if you're using flags, you'd put it in the event option that applies the flag, after the flag is applied

[humble cedar]

my brain got fried a bit but I think i've got it.

Again, Much Obliged.

[shut dawn]

For example it'd be like this:

    hidden_effect = {
        promote_character = NYC_don_benanti
        set_politics = {
            ruling_party = elites
            elections_allowed = no
        }
        set_power_balance = {
            id = NYC_manhattan_conflict
        }
        mark_focus_tree_layout_dirty = yes
        set_country_flag = NYC_benanti_leader_flag
    }

no problem

In that example the character benanti being the country leader is what led to the path being unlocked

[humble cedar]

Mhm. I see.

this is my first time making hidden paths so this will be fun

[shut dawn]

They are pretty fun. Good luck

[humble cedar]

Here's a little sneak peak of what i've done so far.

There's mostly a lot of reused ideas and stuff but I will be adding my own as well.

Alright, I'll continue my work, thanks once again.

[simple vault]

why dosent it work?

[simple vault]

ur making germany?

[humble cedar]

No.

Making my own lil' custom nation

[simple vault]

Dam

[simple vault]

Where is it gonna be located?

[humble cedar]

It replaces Greece in a coup

[simple vault]

Damn

Nice

Oh i have an idea for a mod

Damn

[worthy dove]

Do I get help here or in help

I am making a country mod and the country won't show up in the game

[simple vault]

Both

[worthy dove]

ok

I'm being a bit ignored in help

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Country_creation should give a rough outline

[worthy dove]

I already did that

I watched a tutorial

[tough lotus]

Iron workshop is outdated if you used that one

[worthy dove]

I don't think I did

let me find it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6EF3D01VEk

it's 4 years old :/

I can send file screenshots

[tough lotus]

Look at the wiki article, there is a quick checklist at the top

[worthy dove]

I don't have units in history

\

[simple vault]

Just use vsc code

[worthy dove]

?

[simple vault]

And the oficial tutorial

From like a yeqr ago

[simple vault]

Visual studio code

[worthy dove]

what is the vsc code

oh

[simple vault]

And add like 3extensions

Its like so easy

[worthy dove]

do you want to check the screenshots though

[simple vault]

Look at mod help on my screnshots

[worthy dove]

where

[simple vault]

Idk i just started modding aswell

Lol

Oh

Here

Wait

[worthy dove]

lol

[simple vault]

For example u can look at the focus tree in the program

No need to reload hoi4

Its really gut

[thin chasm]

Wanted to do a little map modding today

Decided to split Srpska off from Bosnia

Reference used

[acoustic berry]

Nice

[acoustic berry]

Decisions for Gold Standard complete (USA Rework)

[stuck quarry]

that looks pretty cool, how do you come up with ideas for new features, and the design for ui? im struggling thinking of things to add which would be fun and not totally miserable to use

[glacial star]

Honestly, screw paradox for screwing over modders
I'm trying to mod and anythign related to navy just destroys any progress

[mighty cargo]

Any mods for Hearts of Iron 4 about cheese?

Like Swiss cheese, for instance.

Or, dare I say, American cheese.

Or Provolone (Italy).

If not, it’s okay. I just wanted to know.

Maybe we could make a Wallace and Gromit mod. Wallace likes cheese.

When they went to the moon, and it had air, and was made of cheese, that was good.

If the moon was an endless, regenerating, source of cheese, that would be great. I know it’s not. But if it had been, that would have been great.

[formal jewel]

bro's playing solitaire in hoi4

[acoustic berry]

Well I kinda got inspired by the Kaiserreich Germany card game and it's called the New Deal so yeah idk
I also wanted to make an election system that was better

Overall it is to improve the player experience before you enter the war as it makes it more interesting

[stuck quarry]

Fair enough, im making a mod set in a frozen wasteland version of the US, trying to think up some mechanics to make the game a bit more hardcore and “survivaly” but everything ive come up with would suck to actually play with

[buoyant spruce]

guys does anyone know hod do i Use mods on hoi3

I want black ice mod for hoi3

[stable halo]

how do u make a hoi4 type portrait?

[pale sparrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni98e-nWS1Q
https://youtu.be/qQoHOKQxxKQ?t=253
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FBD7RHEW68

[pearl path]

mod everyone should own

https://youtu.be/rqdmdtaKQQs?si=r4SCLW9TvXbFpXcB

[molten star]

is this going to also have some economy tree reworks? I personally thought the endless civs for focuses at the bottom is dull, and I never get to doing them as I go down political tree first anyhow

[tall hare]

Where can I find team members for my mod 🙂

[round oracle]

99% of the time unless you already know people who are willing to work with you, you're going to have to start on your own and build up solid and showcaseable content that future modders might be interested in joining

But you're going to have something to show for first

The reality is most likely you're going to be on your own

[tall hare]

I basically finished a map

just have to do

china......

[acoustic berry]

Yes, since there is now a dynamic modifier for the economy I will add new focuses that can grant bonuses

[molten star]

nice

[molten star]

Are the political trees going to be touched at all?

[tall hare]

The system look cool

how you even make custom systems in hoi4

😭

[molten star]

I mean I have zero modding experience but if you want to teach me I would be absolutely willing to help

[tall hare]

It isn't like too complicated tbh

just watch some tutorials

[molten star]

Alright

Ill get back to you once I figure it out

[tall hare]

👍

[molten star]

Should I watch the official HOI4 tutorials or are there others you recommend

[tall hare]

yeah offical are good

[molten star]

k

[zealous tiger]

Is there a good Mod for Turkey that has a good Ottoman path?

[pale sparrow]

Road does improves vanilla's a lot

[pulsar steppe]

I got a quick question is TNO worth trying?

[round oracle]

It really depends

If you're a sandbox guy, definitely not

If you're interested in numbers go up and reading, sure

[magic shoal]

Absolutely

[round oracle]

@magic shoal why are you here

[pulsar steppe]

I am a huge fan of MD

so do i try Tno or Tno Requiem?

[round oracle]

Wait @magic shoal do you even remember me lmao its been a while since we talked

[molten star]

would I need all the dlcs to properly mod? I'm still missing most of the country packs and the two newest overhaul dlcs

[tall hare]

When will you add road to 57?

[tall hare]

I mean

guess it helps

but you dont need

[round oracle]

-# Until you look at the performance

[magic shoal]

Who are you

[round oracle]

Nevermind

[molten star]

hmm that makes sense, if I'm not changing any gameplay aspects that come from the DLCs it wouldn't matter right

[round oracle]

From EaW

[tall hare]

Who even like to mod Asia

I have to remake CHINA

HOLY

LIKE

20 countries

😠

CUSTOM STATES

[tough lotus]

Why are you here
-# Aren't you confined to the den?

[molten star]

we love china

[round oracle]

I see like 3 different people every where I go

[vagrant void]

Is anyone here have three way cold war mod?

[pulsar steppe]

@round oracle Which do i choose?

[round oracle]

Barely matters

Just do base TNO and play Requiem if you want to play the extra content

[pulsar steppe]

Got it

[acoustic berry]

The focuses that lower the depression will definitely be modified, however I'm unsure if I will be changing anything else in this update

[acoustic berry]

thx

[tall hare]

I have to make an alt history German focus tree 👍

[acoustic berry]

Custom GUIs. Look up the Iron Workshop on YT his tutorials may be slightly outdated, but they are still very helpful. The HOI4 official account has also made some modding tutorials that are great but idk if they made one for custom guis yet

[molten star]

what's your mod all about?

[tall hare]

if Germany and Russia won ww1

[tall hare]

Yeah thanks

[pale sparrow]

Im working on it

[molten star]

and ... Russia?

[tall hare]

Good good

release it

[molten star]

interesting combo

[tall hare]

by

April

😎

[round oracle]

@tough lotus
-# I think some of the stuff I made would send this place into a coma

[tough lotus]

Not me cause the 3 places I go are way too disconnected

[tall hare]

Thats tuff

is road to 56 their own gfx style?

[pale sparrow]

no, we do vanilla-like

[tough lotus]

Definitely

[tall hare]

I had to have it so I just learned it 😎

[round oracle]

So guys are you interested in books

[half onyx]

what mod is this

[molten star]

yeah

[pale sparrow]

Road to 56 sideproject

[tough lotus]

Road to 57 duh

[half onyx]

why are greece nd czechzoslovakia in golden frames?

[round oracle]

Book

[tough lotus]

I have that one Döntiz wrote

[tough lotus]

Cold war?

[molten star]

is that a book in hoi4

[pale sparrow]

Sort of

[round oracle]

That is a book in hoi4

[tough lotus]

-# Just when I started to make one...

[tall hare]

Vicky you got any place I can get mental health from

after modding Asia?

[pale sparrow]

Lets merge mods

[native glacier]

Adding stuff for allowing Iceland to offer the Danish royal family refuge while Denmark is occupied

[tough lotus]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3318977347

[tall hare]

Sweet

[tough lotus]

There isn't much merging to be done I don't even have a completed map

[tall hare]

Aren't you busy with RON?

[tough lotus]

You know you can work on more than one mod at a time

[tall hare]

Fair point

[mossy coral]

what are some good mods to use in multiplayer? i play with some friends of mine and just looking for some good mods (not stuff like kaiser redux etc that rehaul the whole game) just some stuff that makes it more fun idk

[zealous tiger]

Do you know If there is a good submod?

[pale sparrow]

that idk

I quite like the reworked tree that also requires DLC

[zealous tiger]

Okay but anyways thanks for your help

[acoustic berry]

me with 2 mods in active development and two others that are still updated for new DLCs:

[stuck quarry]

Me with 2 mods neither of which will ever be completed because i decided to make overhaul mods as a solo developer:

[cedar badger]

anyone got a mod that make's countries start with only their capital / capital region?

[acoustic berry]

yes, but its outdated
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777718835

[dusty linden]

if you look in the comments someone did update it

march 16th

Not a full update for it, but will run on newest versions

[acoustic berry]

Ah ok

[viral anvil]

https://theijf.org/article/fire-rises-extremism-video-games?utm_source=auth&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=login

son im crine

[cedar badger]

sad

[worthy dove]

I think this is the issue

idk

[rapid lodge]

no waaay!?

lmaoo

[acoustic berry]

wait till they find out about tno lol

[burnt hornet]

or collapisng world

this low key reminds me of this article from 2019

https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/14/18224986/hearts-of-iron-4-dlc-man-the-guns-confederacy/

[viral anvil]

they did 😭

it was a while ago tho

but this time

it was a site PRAISING it

ive always wondered why the big adolf and goring had house zombies in the zombie horde mod

[cedar badger]

simple answer, zombie girls

[eager sleet]

Is there any way to remove or downgrade an existing railway?

[swift field]

for my hoi4 multi mod ill add different sub units
like tanks mbts afvs ifvs apcs etc

and Spgs Sphs assault guns etc

ill add stuff like techs equipments units templates and special projects from 1900 till 2065

[swift field]

each and ALL nations in my hoi4 multi mod will have their own tech and equipment trees and sub units

[broken mantle]

can anyonee help me with this in Collapsing World: Rise of Radicalism mod my map looks like this its so annoying are there any fixies for this

in evry mod map looks like this

[rough bison]

Download a mod to change the map?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3611717043

[broken mantle]

thanks

[kindred axle]

At the start date?

[viscid osprey]

is their a way to change the country your playing via events, all the ways I tryed arent working

[rough bison]

Yes, if you are playing a country that has a releasable country by event you will be able to. example doing oppose hitler as germany

[tough lotus]

Just that the military junta keeps the GER tag

[tough lotus]

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

[rough bison]

Yes? But I interpreted the question as to whether or not one can release from a country by way of decision, tags aside

[native glacier]

Added a way for the player to conduct an Icelander's worst nightmare, turn Iceland more Danish
It also gives Iceland that terrible flag proposal from 1885

[north wave]

What happens when Denmark revolts against the German rule?

Through their focus tree

What can you do

[native glacier]

While Denmark is occupied, Iceland will be able to do focuses that help Denmark with their occupation
And then once Denmark revolts, you help them out
And eventually, once Denmark is back to Normal, Iceland will have the option to rejoin the union

[golden totem]

Look at the event for sinkiang for the 2nd kumul rebellion as you can switch tags to the kumul khanate, Chile has a similar event to change to rapa nui

[acoustic berry]

that flag is giving US city flags a run for their money

[golden totem]

you should look up the flag for woodrow wilson's birthtown

[acoustic berry]

Virginian Reich

[golden totem]

germans copied it fr

[acoustic berry]

https://klipy.com/gifs/true-false-false-true

[true jay]

Anyone knows how to make a music mod?

[eager sleet]

yeah but i dont wanna touch the map folder, trying to find an ingame solution

looks like state-scope effects set_building_level and remove_building don't work on railways, and build_railway only upgrades them

[tough lotus]

Tried building a negative level?

[eager sleet]

yeah, but negative values don't work at all

[round oracle]

That's not a thing yeah

You can't downgrade a railway level

[eager sleet]

oh okay, thansk

[kindred axle]

The onlt down grade u can have Is Just taking off the railway lol, but, if u are trying to modify It at the start date i suggest u to use nudge, Its really Easy and u Just gotta copy the new railway file u Will get in doc/hoi4/map to yourmod/map

[bronze elbow]

hey is tno like busted or something with the navy? whenever i send out any missions my game just instantly crashes

[astral hill]

why My Millennium Dawn doesn't show up in game? I tried 1.14.5, 1.17s etc nothing

i try with steam workshop, paradox and ironymodmanger

[eager sleet]

this will work but is quite overkill since I only wanna change one country, thanks anyway

i wish paradox can do something to make nudge output more modular

[round oracle]

Yep, ocean regions are borked

[final tinsel]

i need help:

normally, when i add new support company in the division which already has other support company, then it appears normally like this

but if i add new support company in division which has no other support company before, thsn it appears like:

is there any reason why this happens?

[muted shore]

67

[true jay]

Anyone knows how to make a music mod

[tough lotus]

One of the few things there is a functional tool for https://runite-drill.github.io/music-mod-creation-tool/

You'll still have to edit localisation

[true jay]

Well actually i already have done this. But still dont know how to make it work

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding#Mod_structure

[tall hare]

Vicky I finished Asia

now I just have to do colors 🙂

[viscid osprey]

can someone help, the divisons wont spawn, I have been trying to get things right for 2 days

[tough lotus]

You need to spawn them on provinces, not states

[viscid osprey]

ahh ok

[viscid osprey]

it keeps coming up in the error files
[18:30:35][1936.01.03.17][effectimplementation.cpp:12467]: events/Britain.txt:1297: create_unit -- invalid scope state

[spiral flame]

Can someone suggest me a good Crusades mod

[pale sparrow]

Show code

the create_unit goes in state, province inside the create_unit is optional

[tough lotus]

Crusader kings 3

Don't think there are working hoi mods that go that far back in time

[acoustic berry]

Check the HOI4 wiki guide

[viscid osprey]

the wiki isnt that helpful, I cant really makes sense of it, but I just want to know why this isnt working

pls, Ive tryed so many times to get it to work

[viscid osprey]

it made the template, but no divisions are spawning

[true jay]

Didnt work

[tough lotus]

Send the descriptor and a screenshot of your mod's file structure

[true jay]

Well i don't have any.

[tough lotus]

Then you didn't do anything

Cause the link shows you

[true jay]

Didnt got it

[true jay]

Nvm it works now

[tepid notch]

MLL_the_four_year_plan_category = {

MLL_expand_weapon_depot = {
    icon = GFX_decision_generic_construction
    allowed = {
        original_tag = MLL
    }
    available = {
        original_tag = MLL
    has_completed_focus = MLL_national_weapon_depot
    }
    
    visible = {
        original_tag = MLL
    has_completed_focus = MLL_industrial_core
    NOT = { has_country_flag = MLL_fouryear_desc1_flag }
    }

    ai_will_do = {
        base = 100
    }
    cost = 50
    fire_only_once = yes
    days_remove = 70
    
    complete_effect = {
    }
    modifier = {
        consumer_goods_factor = 0.10
    }        
    
    remove_effect = {
        hidden_effect = {
        set_country_flag = MLL_fouryear_desc1_flag    
        }
        
        random_owned_controlled_state = {
            limit = {
                is_core_of = ROOT
                free_building_slots = {
                    building = arms_factory
                    size > 1
                    include_locked = yes
                }
            }
            add_extra_state_shared_building_slots = 1
            add_building_construction = {
                type = arms_factory
                level = 1
                instant_build = yes
            }    
        }    
        
        add_tech_bonus = {
            bonus = 0.5
            uses = 1
            category = artillery
        }
    }
}

}

why doesnt this descision show up

I think its the flag

[pale sparrow]

did you configure the category?

[tepid notch]

MLL_the_four_year_plan_category = {
icon = GFX_decision_cat_generic_austria_hungary_icon
priority = 1
picture = GFX_decision_cat_generic_austria_hungary

visible_when_empty = yes
allowed = {
    original_tag = MLL
}

visible = {
    original_tag = MLL
    1050 = {
            is_controlled_by =  ROOT
        }        
    has_completed_focus = MLL_industrial_core
}

}

this is the category

like the category shows up when I complete the focus, but the descisions themselves only show up after I reload the text file

[pale sparrow]

Looks correct at a glance

[tepid notch]

yes idk whats wrong

every_other_country = {
limit = {
capital_scope = europe
}
country_event = {
id = rknews.5
days = 3
}
}

btw you happen to know why

when I put like this in a focus

it triggers the event like 10 times

[pale sparrow]

Im guessing you put major = yes in the event

which copies it automatically

[tepid notch]

ow let me see

ah yes :/

thx lol

so like just remove the major = yes in all events?

or does it have some purpose?

[pale sparrow]

not if you already manually fire the event for who you want it to have

[tepid notch]

k

[tepid notch]

I just discovered the nation I made doesnt have a capital scope set on any continent, how does that work

nvm I think I found how

[pale sparrow]

Yeh capital scope block and then is on continent check inside

[marsh pumice]

where are the submarine launched airframe data stored

specifically

carrier_capable=yes but like

submarine_capable

[glass acorn]

Marijn I beg of you to add a feature for the toolpack mod in the country rules

Make it so you can disable/enable collaboration governments for countries 🙏

The notifications genuinely fry my mental health 🥀

[echo shell]

is there a mod where you can assign some parts of your country to be managed by ai? like giving the ai control of your navy or airforce?

[tough lotus]

IDA: don't turn off resistance

[pale sparrow]

Those would be impossible to automate by modders

Research is probably possible to a degree but I dont think anyone has done it

[rigid sparrow]

are there any good mods i should play

ive played a LOOOT of kaiserreich

[glass acorn]

Isn't there a command for that?

[echo shell]

seems like the ai would also try to change plans i'm trying to make but it's worth a try. Thanks!

[upbeat bane]

does anyone have the isreal mod?

[glass acorn]

Anyone familiar with map modding know why it shows what seems to be the ocean texture for this part?

The terrain is plains so it shouldn't appear like that

[stuck quarry]

I dont think the terrain file dictates whether or not it displays as land or ocean thats in one of the other files, pretty sure it just sets the terrain of the land or ocean, i could be completely wrong tho its been a while since ive done map modding

[glass acorn]

It is, the actual graphics on the map aren't affected by what province type/terrain it is

Also I think I may have found it, forgot to change the river BMP

[stuck quarry]

Guess i was wrong then, fair enough

[acoustic berry]

MacArthur's Great Depression Decisions in the USA Rework

[shut dawn]

<@&846894118219022336> Scammer

[glass acorn]

Yeah this didn't fix it, the terrain still looks like an ocean 🙏

[echo kindle]

I mean. Dankus had a script that builded buildings for him

[echo kindle]

Holy shit

[pale sparrow]

But thats basically using cheat software so its not public

[echo kindle]

Wasn't that a mod?

[pale sparrow]

Dont think so

IIRC it was using memory injection, just like cheat engine might

hence its not public

[echo kindle]

Did you start your revisiting your germany rework? Because i have worked a lot on top of yours in my mod

[echo kindle]

I guess... sadge

[mild pilot]

i dont like the Rise of Nations mod, it has glitches and bugs

[golden totem]

I mean that's bound to happen vanilla has a bunch of glitches and bugs aswell

[tough lotus]

Tell me something I didn't know

[kindred wolf]

Hey all, anyone able to help with making a small mod for me? i basicaly want no techs other then like the basic stuff you start with, like just the oldest infantry tech, first gen planes and ships and no idustry or anything like that. i wanna make a single player game a slogfest of older tech... is this possible and is anyone able to help? i have no modding xp or idea and i watched a youtube video on how to edit techs but cant figure out how to do basic stuff without my game crashing with any changes i do... sorry and tia

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, but the USA Rework is a main focus rn. The Germany Rework is more in the backseat

[acoustic berry]

The eagle does not concern himself with the opinions of oil-producing nations

[lethal stone]

I'm going to go play Rise of Nations now...

... on roblox

[acoustic berry]

Might be in the wrong server rn then

[lethal stone]

which one came first

the roblox version or hoi4

[acoustic berry]

Which one borrows assets and music from hoi4 despite being a roblox game

imo, it is actually a good game, but not better than hoi4

[stuck quarry]

is there any real significance to sub-ideologies? from the wiki doesnt seem like you can do really anything with it other than assigning it to leaders, unless im just missing the important part

[acoustic berry]

Not really. They're only a cosmetic change, at least in the base game

I'm sure PDX originally wanted to have a more complicated system, especially because HOI3 did

[stuck quarry]

fair enough thats kinda what i figured

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, as far as I can tell from the wiki, you can't add any modifiers to subideologies but you can make them change color in the political pie chart

[stuck quarry]

yea ig any depth would have to be added by a mod, assuming you can actually tell what subideology a character has and all that, or find some work around idk

[acoustic berry]

e.g. USA Rework (my mod)

[acoustic berry]

Some people have made mods that have the subideology shown in the country interaction screen. I think Kaiserredux and Rt56 have it as well

[stuck quarry]

alot of subs

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, I made this mod over a year ago, definitely wouldn't have done that if I made it more recently (I still update it tho, working on it rn)

[stuck quarry]

the ideologies in my mod are gonna be whacky asf, making a alt history mod, got one of my friends doing alot of the worldbuilding for it

[stuck quarry]

this is like my 3rd or 4th time restarting development on this mod, had something neat the first time

but feature creep set in and we made the scope much too large, along with terrible world building and lack of any real plot

so now its focused on north america

[acoustic berry]

Is it a total overhaul?

[stuck quarry]

which, doesnt change much but eh

eventually

kinda yoloing it tbh

[acoustic berry]

If so, I would suggest having far more developers. I'm no expert, especially because I only work alone, but I can say that working on a lot of content for one country can be difficult, let alone several

[stuck quarry]

it absolutely is lol

first iteration of this mod was made in 2024

[acoustic berry]

Then again I also have little free time relative to how much I used to and I procrastinate a lot. Oh well

[stuck quarry]

made the whole world blank, created a custom state integration mechanic through decisions, started working on a focus tree, and eventually got burnt out

old sc from the workshop page

[acoustic berry]

impressive

[stuck quarry]

that gui took way too long to make

total AI background but its an alright main menu

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, ones that have maps like that look like a total headache. That's why I've limited mine to simpler ones such as these

[stuck quarry]

yea i spent like 2 days positioning all the frames correctly

took forever

[stuck quarry]

ive always struggled with coming up with actually cool mechanics

im pretty alright at implementing ideas but i suck at coming up with them

the map, got it from a map resource mod i found on the workshop

[acoustic berry]

For me, the Electoral College I've always wanted to add onto my mod and it wasn't too hard to come up with and code conceptually but tweaking it properly was a nightmare

As for the New Deal, I got inspired by the fact that Kaiserreich had a card game for Germany and well... the jokes write themselves for the name

[stuck quarry]

also got some original music which was made for the mod, my friend whos helping with the worldbuilding is a music major so helps alot with that

[stuck quarry]

real

[acoustic berry]

The main issue for me was that HOI4's number system is only like 4 decimal places which messes up the calculations especially

[stuck quarry]

Ngl im not a fan of how modding hoi works

Like sure you can change literally every detail of the game

But the syntax is actual cancer sometimes

[acoustic berry]

It's better than most games from what I heard. But then again HOI4 is the first game I have ever modded and my first and only coding experience besides javascript and a slight bit of python

[stuck quarry]

I havnt modded many games, ive made some mc mods and plugins but thats it

But id honestly prefer to write a hoi mod in java at times for the logic

[acoustic berry]

From what I heard java is awful to learn but it probably makes more sense when put into context with more commonly used languages

[stuck quarry]

Java isnt bad

Javascript is loosely based off it, syntax wise

java is just pretty strict on typing and file structure, everything is a class/object but you can write js prettysimilarly if you use typescript and make everything a class

Not that youd want too, but you could

[acoustic berry]

I know I'll likely end up learning java and probably c (or C+, C#, etc) as well eventually but I have not yet

lua looks interesting too, and I know thats used for the defines of HOI4

[stuck quarry]

Fair, i know JS, TS, very little c/cpp, small bit of ruby, some php, and a bunch of other random languages

And some lua

Would be neat to mod hoi with lua, for more than just the defines actually write mod logic with it, might be able to do more idk you can define apis for lua to interact with

Ive looked into how embedding lua into a application works but that was quite a while ago

[acoustic berry]

Interesting

[acoustic berry]

Updating economy tree now in USA Rework, as you can see it has changed shape a bit. Existing focuses have been updated so far, and I am now in the process of adding additional focuses which can help add even more modifiers and build up resources, etc.

Any ideas would be welcome as they could assist with developing new focuses for this tree

[teal stump]

Your mods are peak btw

[native glacier]

The different available monarchs for Iceland

[swift field]

i wanna add a LOT of new custom modded div icons

[glass acorn]

Fixed this, you have to modify the actual color map of the terrain in colormap_rgb_cityemissivemask_a

[sturdy galleon]

hey folks, kind of beginner question...i'm going to start learning how to mod, should I learn it all first or start creating a working mod (for something major like a country rework etc.) as i learn?

[harsh yarrow]

does anyone have ideas how i can change the terrain through an event or something? i want to make something like a meteor hit event

[tough lotus]

The map is static, not really possible

[glass acorn]

Not physically/graphically, but you can use scripted effects to change the terrain photo or dynamic modifiers to add state modifiers

[pale sparrow]

Some people accomplish map modification with shader tricks but I have no clue how that works

[pale sparrow]

Would start creating something small so you dont learn to everything before seeing results

[nimble solar]

Does the TVA add a dam for Tennessee?

[shut owl]

Yo is usa rework compatible with road to 56

[stuck quarry]

TVA, Tennessee valley authority?

I’ve done work for those guys

[wise cradle]

That description is perfect

[tough lotus]

Highly likely that no

[twin zenith]

does anyone know if there is a mod that lets you take the navy of another country in peace deal? i dont want to get the DLC for that

and i cant find a mod of that sort in the workshop

[wise cradle]

I believe that if you have player peace deal you can just puppet the country and then when you Annex them you should get there navy

[proud shard]

The Vic3 to HoI4 converter has now activated its stories system. This allows for dynamic generation of focus trees using traditional modding skills to prepare the 'stories'. We need help from the community for creating stories to allow for a dynamic world. If you'd like to help, please reply here or on the forums and I'll invite you to our developers discord.

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> the scam link is in his bio

[naive stump]

They get smarter day for day

[tough lotus]

He's in every channel as far as I can tell

[twin zenith]

player led peace conferences you mean?

[wise cradle]

Yes

[twin zenith]

ok thanks for the advice

[wise cradle]

You can also use toolbox to make demilitarised zone

I can't get rid of the generic advisor despite the fact I put my tag in the not every possible country

[harsh yarrow]

if i make a custom map i have to use 5,632 × 2,048 pixels right?

[golden totem]

If you want more for the non contiguous development well the new deal created the PRRA for puerto rico that built dams and other hydroelectricfication projects, schools, hurricane proof housing, farms, etc

Also technically the hoover dam wasn't completed until March of 1936

[distant flame]

https://tenor.com/view/shockwave-dotm-unicrons-giant-space-ugsb-gif-17850931189301309423

[acoustic berry]

thx

[acoustic berry]

Yep, it even does for the current release version.

[acoustic berry]

Nah, but I think someone made a patch but idk. Also if there isn't, I will pre-emptively say that I will not be making a patch as I want to focus my time on making new content

[acoustic berry]

Cool!

[acoustic berry]

thx

[acoustic berry]

correct

[stuck quarry]

ye, did some work on the block and cylinder heads for a backup gen from one of their nuclear plants, crazy large thing, the block alone weighs more than my jeep

[acoustic berry]

Interesting, I'll try to remember to include that

[acoustic berry]

Nice

[golden totem]

Are you ever going to add California or Vermont as releasables?

[acoustic berry]

I would include that, but since the focuses are only available after the Depression is removed (I haven't tested when that would be with the new system, but if I had to guess like 1939 or 1940 idk) it would be far too late for that. I'll look to see for any other public works projects of significance that were made during the late 30's and early 40's though

[golden totem]

Maybe an event where it details about the completion of the hoover dam and adds it to the map?

[acoustic berry]

Iirc it may already be there in the base game, but in case it isn't, I'll try to remember to include that

[golden totem]

It is

[acoustic berry]

Probably not, I don't really see a point for releaseables in my mods unless for gameplay purposes (such as an uprising or your country breaking apart) but I plan on making a CW rework that I may or may not include this update (dependent on how long it takes to update the economic and military branches)

[acoustic berry]

Ah ok, well since it is true that it completed later in the year, I'll make it nonexistent at the start, but make an event for it that fires on the historical opening date

[acoustic berry]

yea I would say start with simpler things like maybe adding a few focuses to a focus tree, or new decisions, new events, etc. Certain things I wouldn't suggest until you have significant experience (e.g. custom GUIs)

Custom graphics aren't too hard if you find the right tutorials and are using Photoshop (best option, but paid) or paint.net (still decent, and free). It might take a few tries but you'll eventually get the hang of it

[keen ice]

are there any modern mods that are not very demanding for low-end?

[echo kindle]

Can i work with you on the germany rework? Since i did many changes to your version

P.S. please unblock me?

[vestal sapphire]

does anyhone have a suggestion for a mod that actually makes nukes useful

launching nukes feels so underwhelming for how much investment they take

[sharp sky]

any mods that improve peace conferences and stop AI making border gore?

[rare grove]

great war redux

[tough lotus]

Player Led peace conferences

[sharp sky]

is this mod good?

[wise cradle]

Yes

[acoustic berry]

I'm sorry but I prefer to work alone

Also I didn't block you, I simply don't accept friend requests from people I don't know personally

[acoustic berry]

There's another one that adds Kaiserreich style postwar land management (releasing) which I think is pretty good but I haven't tried it yet

[acoustic berry]

Novum Vexillum and Millenium Dawn Classic run far better cuz they don't have all the new systems. There's also Red World, but that's alternate history (its an awesome mod tho)

[tall hare]

Êarly development on French commune's focus tree

[icy fable]

Without making any changes to my mod it has suddenly started to get stuck on Initializing map logic while launching. Does anyone know what I could try to get it to work?

[echo kindle]

What do you think of the stuff i added? It's already online in the mod.

[echo kindle]

Modern day mods tent to be quite heavy...
If you want WW2 scenario mods there are some good optimised ones

[echo kindle]

Sadge. I actually wanted yo share what i added to your rework...

[wise cradle]

What are you using to make this diagram ?

[icy fable]

If I wait half an hour the game starts with the mod

[unkempt spire]

is that a mod? like how the focus tree looks

[plain basin]

Are there any good cold war mods other than RT56?

Ideally with an option for a Cold War start

[acoustic berry]

I haven't played it much myself but Cold War Iron Curtain (idk if it's up to date with the latest version tho)

[acoustic berry]

Looks interesting, and the work done is commendable. However, I do think it's a little too much and I'm sure given the many new military and economic focuses it would result in significant power creep. I mean, 700+ focuses is wild

But again, the work is commendable

[plain basin]

Are you a mod creator yourself?

[tough lotus]

Pretty railroaded (or so I hear)

[acoustic berry]

And of course, there's Thousand Week Reich, The New Order, and Kalterkrieg

TWR
In my opinion, the best of the three. Fun to play, and the UI is still comprehensible compared to its twisted brother

TNO
Great if you like RP and story. But as far as I know, not so much for war in comparison. Also pretty wild but I'm aware it's been... shifting... recently

KK
Haven't played at all, but I heard it's kinda boring and usually nothing much happens. But it's still in development, so perhaps in some time it will be good

[acoustic berry]

Yes

[plain basin]

What kind of mods do you do?

[acoustic berry]

Country reworks

[plain basin]

So like expanded focus trees and stuff?

[pale sparrow]

No

🙃

[tough lotus]

[pale sparrow]

Im working on a 1945 start!

[plain basin]

You legend

[pale sparrow]

(as a side project)

[plain basin]

Does RT56 have a dedicated discord server like MD?

[pale sparrow]

Yes

we used to have a server tag but we lost our boosts

[tough lotus]

Most big mods do

[plain basin]

Can I get the link?

[pale sparrow]

https://discord.gg/Fu7wH7ZbD

[plain basin]

Cheers

Am I going insane?

I swear I just got a message from germany

[pale sparrow]

He removed it ig

[pale sparrow]

Are you actually working on a cold war project?

🤔

[acoustic berry]

I've made:

• Better German Alt-History (March 2024 - November 2024, discontinued)
• USA Rework (January 2025 - Present, still receiving new content)
• Democratic Russia (March 2025, only compatibility updates)
• UK Rework (July 2025 - September 2025, only compatibility updates)
• Germany Rework (December 2025 - Present, still receiving new content)

[acoustic berry]

No sry, I accidentally pressed enter on a message I was still writing

[plain basin]

I’ll download some of them

USA focus is so stale compared to the others

[plain basin]

Nws

[acoustic berry]

Thx for the support!

[tough lotus]

Yes

It's about 0.0001% done

[pale sparrow]

Same, what do you plan as start date?

[tough lotus]

Somewhere around 1950. Kinda when the actual cold war started, not during that "ww2 ended, now what" situation

[acoustic berry]

Yeah that was my idea too, and I still update it despite being my second oldest mod because it's still my most popular. Turns out the USA is a really popular nation to play (wait, really?). And also, I find it the most fun to develop since I know the most of my country's history 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[plain basin]

I just find it weird that one of the largest, most game changing nations has such an outdated focus

With like two mediocre alt histories

[naive stump]

Smh

Rule 6

[pale sparrow]

It was requested

[naive stump]

[tough lotus]

Ban him

[plain basin]

Whereas the Soviets UK and Germany have alt history’s nearly as big as their main

[acoustic berry]

I wouldn't be surprised if next DLC after TaoG includes a USA rework

[plain basin]

I think Paradox are gonna make a post war start date at some point

[naive stump]

But still self Promotion

[plain basin]

Some of the tech they adding is just redundant unless they do

Like realistically nuclear missile submarines are pointless

[pale sparrow]

tbf it doesnt go that far post-war

[tough lotus]

Khans of the Steppe, HOI4 edition: Mongolia, Tannu Tuva and Mengukuo

[acoustic berry]

Well PDX has only made updates for countries that have no DLC content yet, or have had their DLC integrated. MTG (which included the new USA focus tree) was integrated after NCNS was released which was quite recent

[tough lotus]

Areho bette be taking notes, would be a best seller

[plain basin]

Yeah tbf

[acoustic berry]

Also it's a pretty good sign because the last time a major nation had their DLC integrated, they got a new DLC (Götterdammerung and NCNS were the next two large DLCs released after WTT was integrated)

[plain basin]

Still don’t know how I feel about MTG being added to the base game

I think they are soft launching adding the vehicle designer for land and air too, which is gonna be interesting

Especially if they then expand in vehicle designers for things like armoured cars

Or they added customisable artillery and stuff

[acoustic berry]

I see it as a good thing for the most part (and I am saying this who has paid for all the DLCs prior to integration) because pretty much all integral features, save the spy system, come with the base game now

That was a major issue in the past

[plain basin]

I agree

But I do think the DLCs need to have new content added to account for the loss

I also wouldn’t mind the cheats being updated a little

But there are just some QoL changes that would be super cool of them to add

[tough lotus]

-# No one makes a fuss when a dlc goes on sale at 90% off,but when it's free everyone complains

[plain basin]

I don’t have an issue with the DLCs being free, I think it’s good, and the DLCs are very cheap overall, but I think adding some DLC content if the DLCs main selling point is added to the base game would be nice

Otherwise the DLC is just an early access

[acoustic berry]

A good point, however I think the highest discount a main DLC has has was like 50%

[plain basin]

• the DLC subscription is very well priced and lets you test every single DLC

[acoustic berry]

IDK I was never against the integrations, weighing the positives and negatives I'm neutral to supportive of it

[plain basin]

Overall I like the DLC system, and I think if they added some DLC stuff to base game, I wouldn’t overly mind I just want some QoL changes

[tall hare]

Its a site

[somber granite]

I want to start getting into modding Is there any documentation that will aid for a first time modder in hoi4

[pale sparrow]

See pins

Getting a pre-existent mod as example helps a lot too imo

[echo kindle]

The economic focuses are not that many. There are mainly research stuff and like 4/5 rco focuses.

[echo kindle]

Thanks

[echo kindle]

There are a few on the workshop

[echo kindle]

Look at the Videos that HOI4 made on their Youtube Channel

[echo kindle]

i also did stuff on the UK Rework, and i plan on doing more.

[sturdy galleon]

Also for some reason a modded event i created is not firing for italy?

[sturdy galleon]

Is it because of a paradox bug? Or that i dont have BBA

[pale sparrow]

Show code

[sturdy galleon]

(literally just following their video rn)

[spiral flame]

Is it a good idea to download game-changing mods even when I can't even fight properly in vanilla HOI4

[acoustic berry]

I would try learning how to play the game first

[spiral flame]

I'd say that I know enough of the game
The only thing is that I probably don't understand combat

[acoustic berry]

Some of them layer a ton of more mechanics which would cause most beginners to go insane (Looking at you, Millennium Dawn)

[acoustic berry]

I would look up videos honestly

Or really even casual gameplay. That's how I learned. I don't think I watched very many tutorials

Even I still have room for improvement. I still don't use very meta templates, for example. However I think my division design is good enough, and I can micro really well

[acoustic berry]

Iron Workshop is still goated in 2026 despite the videos being a little outdated. But for the ones that the HOI4 official has, I would suggest watching those because they are newer

[urban tinsel]

im trying to start a mod (i have next to no coding experience, so im just using online materials for some help) and for practice i tried to add the free city of danzig to the game, and its not showing up as a tag or existing at all. can i get some help?

am i missing something here?

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Country_creation

[frosty gulch]

how do i change country color

[shut dawn]

Cosmetic tags

[frosty gulch]

where

[shut dawn]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Cosmetic_tag_modding

[frosty gulch]

thank you

[shut dawn]

No problem

[wise cradle]

Quick question, who do I know if my thing is mod is balanced?

[pale sparrow]

you play it

or guesstimate

[wise cradle]

It has been a dlcs since I played hoi4 i probably not that good at in anymore

But yeah

[pale sparrow]

Only modding no playing? xD

[tough lotus]

Kinda what I do too but I play or sit in on mp games quite often

Just have more fun modding than actually playing

[trim rose]

I totally understand

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> another scammer

[naive stump]

https://tenor.com/view/festthefestivefest-john-dorie-fear-the-walking-dead-ftwd-garret-dillahunt-gif-14891830818688578473

[tough lotus]

You missed him in #tech-support

And every other channel it seems

[naive stump]

Thank you

[naive stump]

Huh?

[tough lotus]

Was also in #ask-for-help-here

Didn't check the other ones

[naive stump]

...

[sick torrent]

you have to clear every chattable channel, including the multiplayer ones sometimes

and if you dont do it in 30 seconds you get pinged 27 times

which is fine btw you guys have all the right to ping for it

[naive stump]

Thank god it was only 1 time

[tough lotus]

Maybe a moderation bot would help there

[naive stump]

True

[tough lotus]

One with /purge or smth

[sick torrent]

no, its fine

well, it would help, but theres no real "spam" so we do what we can

[naive stump]

/purge me

[sick torrent]

(for bot detection purposes anyway)

[naive stump]

Didnt work

[tough lotus]

Maybe if the links are always the same you could automod them

At least for the common ones

[sick torrent]

theyre not, and its the same image name as when you copy an image from microsoft paint or whatever

it has been looked into

[tough lotus]

shame

[sick torrent]

its annoying

[vestal sapphire]

what about a trap channel for bots that spam every channel

like where any account that senda message in it is banned but you have a warning posted in there so no human would be banmned

the only people who would be affected are the bots that try to senda message in every single channel they can talk in

[tough lotus]

People are dumb. Or just curious

[wise cradle]

Both ?, both

[vestal sapphire]

their fault if they get banned then if theres a huge warning plastered on that channel lol

[arctic mural]

There is also a bot that u can code to instantly delete discord invites

[tough lotus]

Automod can also do that

No need for a bot

[idle fjord]

Why does this file look like this??

was hoping to start all railways at level 5

[pale sparrow]

level, railway length, province list

[idle fjord]

oh

[storm frigate]

Party Error

Hi

I'm working on a submod that would add back the 2017 scenario. I tried to adjust the percentage of votes of different parties. But when I wrote something in the code, it appeared completely different in the game:

    `set_variable = { party_pop_array^0 = 0.0518 } # STAN (5,18 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^1 = 0.1132 } # ODS (11,32 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^2 = 0.0531 } # TOP 09 (5,31 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^3 = 0.0727 } # ČSSD (7,27 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^4 = 0.0776 } # KSČM (7,76 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^5 = 0 }      # Left-Wing Radicals
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^6 = 0.1064 } # SPD
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^7 = 0 }      # Konzervativní a sociální hnutí
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^8 = 0 }      # Moderate Shiite
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^9 = 0 }      # Hardline Shiite
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^10 = 0 }     # Pro-Establishment Salafism
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^11 = 0 }     # Salafi Jihadism
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^12 = 0 }      # Ústředí muslimských obcí
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^13 = 0.2964 } # ANO (29,64 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^14 = 0.0580 } # KDU-ČSL
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^15 = 0 }      # Oligarchs
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^16 = 0.1079 } # Piráti
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^17 = 0.0146 } # Zelení
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^18 = 0.0036 } # ČSNS (Národně sociální - 0,36 %)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^19 = 0 }      
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^20 = 0.0429 } # SPR-RSČ + DSSS atd. (Zbytek do 100%)
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^21 = 0 }      # Dělnická strana
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^22 = 0 }      # Armáda
    set_variable = { party_pop_array^23 = 0.0018 } # Koruna Česká`

Thanks for the help

[idle fjord]

would one need to manually put rails on every single map tile by hand?

[pulsar musk]

hi guys me and my friend are making a mod about the second american civil war and we need others to help us with coding. Is anyone willing to help?

[undone pollen]

Does anybody know what is going on with the events here? Why does it say the ID and _ ? Am i using a version of the game thats not compatible? I had this with a different mod too.

[fiery spire]

scuffed mod, probably the version of mod is different from game ver or its in a conflict with another mod

or some loose mod files

[undone pollen]

In the launcher it doesnt say that the mod is incompatible, when it does for others

Could it still be a thing with the versions?

[shut dawn]

<@&846894118219022336> Another scammer

[acoustic berry]

Changes to States in the next USA Rework update
The great state of Florida now has Orlando and Key West properly represented
The Virgin Islands are now a state, and Tortola has (properly) joined the British Leeward Islands
The Dutch now have control over Sint Maarten, which is part of the new "ABC and Sint Maarten" state (formerly Curacao), ABC meaning Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao

[golden totem]

<@&846894118219022336>

[acoustic berry]

https://klipy.com/gifs/ban-button-1

<@&846894118219022336>

[golden totem]

wait i thought the east island was st john and the british part was missing

would you add vieques and culebra island in between puerto rico and the virgin islands?

[acoustic berry]

That could very well be true, but since its so far east in comparison and to represent British control over the region

[acoustic berry]

I would but adding new land with the Florida Keys was already a pain in the rear so I could unfortunately not include them, at least for now

[golden totem]

ah well at least the cayman islands are already there, they would just have to be seperated from jamaica

[acoustic berry]

I find it interesting that Key West was never included since it has always been militarily important

[golden totem]

i dont think that part has been touched since release tbh

always find it interesting that the middle lake in florida is part of the ocean and not a lake province

[acoustic berry]

Yeah I didn't change that or the Turks and Caicos despite consideration, since they were ultimately still under British rule at the time and still were for several decades after. The only non-American state that I changed in the Caribbean was Sint Maarten, since that would actually change the ownership of some territory

[acoustic berry]

yeah

[acoustic berry]

More than just that, its literally part of another ocean province. I've found that to be quite odd myself

Maybe at some point I'll come back and add St. John's river as well, since it is quite significant and FL has only one other river in-game

Anyway back to our regularly-scheduled economy tree maxxing...

<@&846894118219022336>

It's too bad too, looks like a normal account got hacked : (

[stuck quarry]

Sadly thats what happens alot of times, alot of scammers use hacked accs to make their scam look more legit

[limber torrent]

Yep

Just dont say that next time

[stuck quarry]

Didnt think that of all things would get blocked

Little harsh to have a 1 hour mute for a first offense tho imo i didnt even know there was a censor in place

Thats mb tho

[mighty skiff]

is there a way to see what part of the game makes it use lots of rescouces? for example if i would lobotomise the game engine to run faster what part is the most rescource intensife, is there a way to tell or must i debug?

[round oracle]

population

easily one of the most taxing thing for the game to keep calculating continuously

[icy fable]

Currently my mod gets stuck on initializing map logic for 25-35 minutes each time I try to start it. What can I do about it?

[nocturne seal]

state update mods crash my game

[tough lotus]

Really depends on the mod, you should report that on their dedicated server since that's a bug with the mod

[nocturne seal]

hm alright ty

i was just wondering cuz it happens with nearly every state rework mod i try and use

[tough lotus]

Generally that's why version control (like git) is great even as a solo dev. You could go back until the problem stops occurring, then tweak whatever change you made that caused it to happen

[tough lotus]

Verify file integrity, if it happens that often it could be your install

[icy fable]

The only change I did was to purchase Trial of Allegiance

[tough lotus]

Also check that documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/ doesn't have /localisation, /map and /history folders or that they are empty

[tough lotus]

Disable it in the launcher, would be a very weird issue but still

[icy fable]

Still does not work, but thanks anyway for trying to help me

[tender wave]

Im new to hoi4 and i wanna know what the mods primarily focus on and what they would change if installed

i can only it imagining going into the tech tree and national focuses

and if i would get mods is that with an external downloader app or over steam and such

[tough lotus]

Steam Workshop, although there are external sites available most mods (and especially every mod you'll ever wan to play) is on Steam. Steam and the launcher make installing and managing your mods really simple

[fiery spire]

the amother bad thing about downloading mods outside of steam (for example the paradox website) is that they are mostly outdated

or they are just weird reuploads

[tough lotus]

Anything content related. Focus trees, events, balances of power... We have enough access to add our own mechanics (to some extent).
We can change the map completely too.
There are also optimisation mods out there but their main use case is multiplayer so you'll see them bundled with other multiplayer related mods or utilities

[eternal holly]

hey all
is kaisserreich doing a aprils fools thing right now?

I literally just got the Home By Christmas thing as Germany after like 5 explicit attempts
and that's after playing germany multiple times for fun

[mighty skiff]

so we stellarismaxx the population away and problem mostly fixed?

is there a stellris button or modifier to eu5-black-death the global population?

[paper valley]

how do i add the picture

[kindred axle]

in the descriptor add
picture="thumbnail.png" and in the mod folder add teh picture with the name mentioned in the "picture="

[acoustic berry]

Postwar alt history in the USA Rework? (in development)

[dusty linden]

Really like the icon for a new age of american imperialism

[iron flume]

I think millenium dawn has absolutely cooked itself lmao

[stone fractal]

so much shit bro

its unplayable

i tried to play it once and its just like... how do people even play this at all

[iron flume]

so the new dutch focus tree is broken

the new support HQs in division designer are broken

historic mode is broken

and that is just the shit I know about

[placid gazelle]

What all do I need for millenium?

Because I keep playing World War II with the mod, but the more modern ones, like the year 2000, don't work.

[iron flume]

millenium Dawn has 1 hard requirement. NO OTHER MODS

[stone fractal]

is ur rework mods updated to the new patch?

[iron flume]

every other mod messes with it.

[stone fractal]

Nothing

dont pla yit

[placid gazelle]

Ok

[wise phoenix]

anyone know any good mods that rework france (like as in a new french tree and nothing else)

[acoustic berry]

Thx, I basically js used this one Douglas MacArthur wojak

[acoustic berry]

Yes, but I'm creating an update that's adding more content

[acoustic berry]

Lowk whenever I play that mod I really focus on politics and diplomacy, there's no way I'm gonna be able to build a new division template, the system is too complicated

[iron flume]

same but with extra focus on navy

and airforce

I iz naval superpower yuz!

xD

[nimble solar]

Compass Club vs Friends at Gunpoint Path

[acoustic berry]

Pretty much

The idea is to represent a new form of the former isolationists, and that is a new path of basically toppling every other global power so they can stop dragging America into wars

[tall hare]

USA remake?

[acoustic berry]

It's part of my USA Rework, yes

[tall hare]

Hmmm

is it better to quit my current project and make a rework or to continue 🤔

[acoustic berry]

I'm making an update for it right now (the current version still works with the current version of the game)

[tall hare]

I see

[acoustic berry]

What's your current project

[tall hare]

its a big one

If Germany and Russia won ww1

[acoustic berry]

All I will say is large projects like that are difficult at best, impossible at worst, to develop and maintain as a solo developer (unless you have a team)

[tall hare]

Yeah

goal was to I guess

start and just see if people get interested

I have done map for example

[acoustic berry]

https://klipy.com/gifs/may-i-2

[tall hare]

Yeah sure 🙂

let me take a picture rn so its up to date

Here @acoustic berry

[acoustic berry]

Wow that looks great!

How long you been working on the project

[tall hare]

I mean its a bit like working then stopping and so

but like

[acoustic berry]

Considering how much you have done, I can only say I support its continuation

[tall hare]

some month

if we count everything together

I love how Europe turned out

[acoustic berry]

I'm excited to see how this develops

[tall hare]

Question is if it will 😎

I started prototyping or my friend did on French communes focus tree

[acoustic berry]

I had the USA Rework's original development from July 2024 - February 2025 and the second (current) stage from November 2025 - Today (although I have also been working on the Germany Rework in this time as well)

[tall hare]

I see

I will probably work on this for a long time

so yeah

Need people to help 😎

[acoustic berry]

I would help but unfortunately I have limited free time as is and I would like to spend said free time on working on my mods, sorry

That's why development takes longer on my mods. There will be some days (usually on weekends) where I can work for several hours and some group of week days where I hardly work on it at all

It's like that one quote that goes "There are weeks where decades happen, and decades where nothing happens"

[tall hare]

Yeah all good

Just you telling me to continue helps ♥️

[acoustic berry]

Well I mean with that amount of work put in I don't think you should give up

[tall hare]

it's not too much compared to focus trees 😎

[acoustic berry]

True

[tall hare]

Which I also have to make up 👍

My first time ever modding too btw

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, making focus trees from scratch is quite difficult

Wow

[tall hare]

And I also tried some GFX

Wilhelm was my first

and The other guy my second

so yeah

haven't done any more

[kindred axle]

https://tenor.com/view/gem-finding-gem-gem-alert-jasswa-looking-for-gem-gif-4573895384736430461

Best looking germany

[tall hare]

You think=

?

[kindred axle]

Ye, germany enjoyer wild dream

[tall hare]

😎

I think it looks good

[sturdy zephyr]

Is there really no tank or air designer overhaul mod thats compatible with eaw

[tall hare]

well what would it do

[sturdy zephyr]

?

changes the way you design tanks and planes?

[tall hare]

yeah

but what changes

[sturdy zephyr]

I mean im in bed so maybe look that up in the workshop

[nimble solar]

Okay, that is funny.

To be isolationist, we must be the sole country on Earth so we don't have to deal with foreign policy anymore

[elder dock]

is there a mod that lets me rename nations with keyboard???

I can NOT find one at all

[pale sparrow]

no

[elder dock]

damn :(

[acoustic wraith]

theres no way you can do that

[last gyro]

Do I need any DLC for Millennium dawn mod?

[wraith juniper]

?

why did my message got eliminated

[pale sparrow]

Im answering it in the other channel

[pale sparrow]

Dont believe so

[wraith juniper]

ok

wrong file

wait

[somber swan]

Is there a mod for selling ships to other nations?

[dark wigeon]

Any tfr mod moderator I would like to make polite appeal to get unbanned

[pale sparrow]

not any good one if it exists

[nimble solar]

I need to know the story

If you cant post it here, then I have no interest

[dark wigeon]

Can we go to dms

@nimble solar

[dark wigeon]

Oh ok

[magic shoal]

just use appeal form I sent you.

[grizzled bramble]

<@&846894118219022336>

[acoustic berry]

Victoria 3 reference in the USA Rework???

[golden totem]

love the focus icon

[acoustic berry]

thx

I just made it the flags of CA, AZ, CO, WY

[golden totem]

anything for getting resources in alaska btw?

[acoustic berry]

Ah, good idea for a focus

[golden totem]

yeah since its pretty underdeveloped at that point

[acoustic berry]

Current plan for the rest of internal development (peak temporary graphics btw)

[golden totem]

why not call the mountain north west the rockies?

[acoustic berry]

Names are derived from the US Census
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States

[golden totem]

ah

[acoustic berry]

The only 2 that were changed were South Atlantic, as I broke off the central atlantic as its own thing, and Pacific West as Hawaii and Alaska weren't states yet (and as such, are in Non-Contiguous Development)

[golden totem]

yeah but btw the prra (Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration) was only in puerto rico idk about the alaska or hawaii new deal developments

[acoustic berry]

That only develops PR

I might add the Alaskan resources in that branch as well but I also may add that in the area with the Gulf Coast and Arkansas resources as well, I'll have to see.

[acoustic berry]

Done for the night

[golden totem]

oh btw any plans to add events surrounding the gulf strike during 1936-1937?

[wraith juniper]

how to install a mod manually?

[stuck quarry]

Are you gonna implement custom achievements aswell?

[inland lodge]

Anyone help me, im currently converting my mod from the version before the japan update, and i don't think i have all the files or im overwriting something. Anyways, im trying to get the game not to crash when i utilize or hover over certain parts the faction mode

[weak nebula]

how to know if these mods are gonna work or no..?

[stuck quarry]

you just gotta launch and see

version compatibility is determined by a single line in the mods descriptor file, so its possible for a mod to work just fine but the compatible version is different in the file so it shows that warning

[weak nebula]

ohh

okay this works since he used to be censored

now trying out other mod

[terse elm]

how to national teritories by focus?

[ruby birch]

does anybody know a mod that introduces a mechanic such as in some overhaul mods where you can swap between a prime minister and king

[pale sparrow]

in English please

[tough lotus]

-# The urge to answer in anglo-saxon

[pale sparrow]

-# you will be warned

[tough lotus]

🥺

[kindred axle]

meaning? like geroge VI takes charge over churchill ?

[tough lotus]

I'd assume like Keiserredux

where you have 2 leaders

[kindred axle]

i think world ablaze has it too

like germany has president and chancellor

[clever hound]

When I try to start Cold War Iron Curtain, it now crashes my PC is this just a me issue or is it broken right now

[echo sphinx]

Hmmm I somehow ended up causing the game to fail to load vanilla sprites, time to look for what iv done in my mod

[toxic jacinth]

Any non-mainstream mod suggestions guys?

[stuck quarry]

Mine (its not released)

[tough lotus]

Mine (it's also not released)

-# (not RoN, the other one)

[merry egret]

no idea but what i normally do is turn on debug mode through steam

[clever hound]

I’ll try it then

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336>

[pure heart]

Anyone have any tips how to get into modding? Id really want to learn but i couldnt find a good tutorial on the basics.

[terse elm]

who know how to code why?

[16:31:10][no_game_date][persistent.cpp:66]: Error: "Unexpected token: focus, near line: 61" in file: "common/national_focus/TDR.txt" near line: 71

focus = {
id = focus4
prerequisite = { focus = focus3 }
icon = GFX_goal_generic_attack_allies
x= 3
y= 3
cost = 10
completion_reward = {
add_manpower 2000000
}
}

[tough lotus]

Broken syntax earlier in the file

[tough lotus]

There are good tutorials pinned, so is the wiki

[terse elm]

what? 61 is "focus = {" and 71 is the last "{"
everithink in the past code match with this. im dont coder, and i can dont know somethink

[tough lotus]

Something before line 71 is either opened or closed incorrectly, or otherwise broken

[terse elm]

okay thanks!

ye! it was the real mistake

[ancient vapor]

I think so

[ancient vapor]

Yo a humankind player

[terse elm]

no im dont play humankind its old tag

[ancient vapor]

Lol ok

[terse elm]

so what do you want?

[tough lotus]

@faint lintel you only have to rename your file so it doesn't have the same name as the vanilla one

[faint lintel]

wow! now it works without any problems
thanks
would have never thought about it

[acoustic berry]

Some new focus icons in the USA Rework

[wise cradle]

What the TVA ?

[acoustic berry]

Tennessee Valley Authority. It's a government administration introduced by the New Deal that focused on-energy related infrastructure projects in the South

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority

[wise cradle]

Interesting

Honestly didn't know government could own companies

We're you learning this stuff anyways

[grim terrace]

Any good mods to make the world map bigger?

[tough lotus]

The amount of pixels that the map files can have is limited

So there is Magna Europa https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3586596093

But it limits the map to Europe*
-# *Americabox™ included for convenience

[nimble solar]

Amtrak and the USPS I believe are corporations owned by the government

[languid copper]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2946366249&searchtext=states

[tough lotus]

There are a handful of files that need a specific name but most of them just need to be in the correct directory

When dealing with 2 files with the same name, whichever gets loaded last is the only one that will be loaded

[golden totem]

You will not believe what the United States Postal Service is

[burnt vigil]

does anybody know how to make a feature that counts your dominance power combined to compare with another countries? i wanna try design a naval arms race decision minigame

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers#naval_strength_ratio or https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers#naval_strength_comparison for a bit more complex work

[burnt vigil]

thank you

i plan to try get it to work for potential content of Rise of nations, maybe to go with the naval arms race modifier of UK, France, and Germany

[tough lotus]

[acoustic berry]

Lot of history YouTube. Also one time I went to Chattanooga, TN and there was a plaque by the main river there describing it or something

[mild siren]

i hate when upstream mod is behind updates and there is nothing i can do but wait S:b

[burnt vigil]

true that, but also the mod maker/team should focus on implementing the updates before making it available on the new update

since a lot of the time the new content is thrown in there until they can catch up to it

[mild siren]

ya ya

and especially the upstream mod i need updated is one person 😭 i think atleast

magna europa alpha build

all i rlly need it for is for the map, i stole the map cuz my mod is very eurocentric haha

[faint lintel]

oh? is there a wiki page about those files so i know what i should be careful around?

[faint lintel]

im having issues with color.txt file
when i put my country color in it and keep it named colors.txt it loads my country color but not any other
but when i rename it it to smth else it loads other country colors but not mine

[tough lotus]

Yeah that's one of them, copy the vanilla file

[faint lintel]

[faint lintel]

is the comsetic txt file also that one?

[faint lintel]

yep...

[green fjord]

Hi! Anyone pls help. What I need to do if own country that I made is not showing in map hoi4

But it shows in map of VS code

https://tenor.com/view/walterwhite-walter-ballin-walterisballin-heisenberg-gif-26404773

[wise cradle]

Did you give it a state ?

[green fjord]

yep

[wise cradle]

Did you try tagging to it in consle command ?

[green fjord]

like how? 🙂

[wise cradle]

Open the consle using the tilde key in not ironman and put in thr consle tag and the the tag name

[green fjord]

Thx i will try this option

[green fjord]

Sorry what is thr consle tag? Im not a native speaker and idk what it is(

Can you please sent an example how it looks like

[green fjord]

If you can

[wise cradle]

Like for Germany its GER

[green fjord]

I send it it says to me- error

[wise cradle]

Can I see the error log ?

[young sphinx]

hey guys,i need some help
why is my leader picture not working?

[dapper sluice]

Im trying to make a 1976-1992 mod but why is west and east berlin at the same province even tho they should be at the different ones

[icy fable]

@tough lotus I am a bit confused, but I copied all the files and created a new mod and added them to it and now it takes twenty seconds to start and not 25-35 minutes

Thanks for the previous help

[pale sparrow]

I assume east berlin is incredibly tiny

[mint cloak]

does anyone have a good resource painting mod

[dapper sluice]

east berlin is the one at the right and the original "berlin" in hoi4

i divided berlin into 2 states

[pale sparrow]

If you want to add resources, Toolpack without the Errors

[mint cloak]

ty

[dapper sluice]

east berlin should be here

[tough lotus]

Your east berlin is the wrong shape

[tough lotus]

...

Well on then

[dapper sluice]

the berlin province is a bit unnacurate to acutal berlin

oh wait its perspective

its rotated

anyways, i still need to fix the city/wp problem

[dapper sluice]

weird.

[storm frigate]

Hi
I'm trying to make a submod that adds a scenario to Millennium Dawn 2017. But when I do politics, something happens. For example, for the Czech Republic, I created a new country leader, Milos Zeman (I simply changed Vaclav Havel to Milos Zeman in create_country_leader and changed the portrait) but when I went to the country in the game, it said that the country had no leader, but it worked a week ago (create_country_leader = {
name = "Miloš Zeman"
picture = "milos_zeman.dds"
ideology = Neutral_Autocracy
}
)
And I also wanted to set popularities, but even though it is clearly visible that, for example, democratic has 40, in the game it shows that it is 100 (I also send all custom parties:
set_popularities = {
democratic = 40.2
communism = 20.9
fascism = 0.0
neutrality = 37.9
nationalist = 1.1
}
set_politics = {
ruling_party = democratic
last_election = "2013.10.25"
election_frequency = 48
elections_allowed = yes
}
start_politics_input = yes
(here it is always set_variable) = { party_pop_array^0 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^1 = 0.077 }
= { party_pop_array^2 = 0.120 }
= { party_pop_array^3 = 0.205 }
= { party_pop_array^4 = 0.149 }
= { party_pop_array^5 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^6 = 0.060 }
= { party_pop_array^7 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^8 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^9 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^10 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^11 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^12 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^13 = 0.187 }
= { party_pop_array^14 = 0.068 }
= { party_pop_array^15 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^16 = 0.048 }
= { party_pop_array^17 = 0.032 }
= { party_pop_array^18 = 0.044 }
= { party_pop_array^19 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^20 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^21 = 0.009 }
= { party_pop_array^22 = 0 }
= { party_pop_array^23 = 0.002 }
add_to_array = { ruling_party = 3 }
startup_politics = yes
Thanks for any help

[dapper sluice]

hell yeah i fixed it!

[wise cradle]

My bad I did see that, I do know how else to help you im sorry

[real warren]

Guys i am playing some mods, and the text on the focus tree and decisions looks horrible, like ROM_something_something, i played on ww1 mods and road to 56

[pale sparrow]

Some mods only support English

[real warren]

yeah,i downloaded a traductor,thanks

[vestal crag]

what is this mod name?

[acoustic berry]

USA Rework

[green fjord]

It's ok my friend

[golden totem]

btw the csa inherits the usa focus tree when it annexes the usa via peace conference

[balmy umbra]

About your mod can you tell me the name, sounds interesting(1976-1992

[vestal crag]

thanks mate

[kindred axle]

anybody on how to fix this ?

[viscid osprey]

can someone help, when I try creating a state using the nudge tool, it keeps going back to one province after I press save after giving it new ones

[mint cloak]

Does this work with millenium dawn?

[pale sparrow]

Has a submod to add MD support