modding

[vague sand]

making a Uzbekistan mod

every country in central Asia apart from the USSR will be Uzbekistani puppets, its a mod about if the Khwarazmiani Empire never fell

[brisk orbit]

Nice.

[vague sand]

tnx

[burnt vigil]

i'd test it, but also learn the "proper" way because most 3rd party FT makers tend to be crap

[brisk orbit]

It is worth downloading.?

[burnt vigil]

go for it ngl

[brisk orbit]

Where I can install for safe?

[vague sand]

I have no flag but i put one under
UZB_neutrality
and the country is neutral. How am i supposed to save it when using Paint.NET, or do i need to use something else?

[vague sand]

?

nvm got it working. Just needed to uncheck RLE compression in Paint.NET

[tender wave]

where do i get mods

[vague sand]

steam workshop

[tender wave]

what if i didnt get it over steam

[vague sand]

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/games/hoi4?orderBy=desc&sortBy=best&time=quarter

[tender wave]

and probably just download them and put them into a mods folder right?

bro...

[vague sand]

i havent used it in a while but im pretty sure if you are logged in it automatically installs them onto your game

[vague sand]

yeah..

[tough lotus]

Where does one even get it from if not from Steam

[kindred axle]

that shit aint millenium dawn 💔 wtf is in even in the photo, schizo world

[tender wave]

?

dont you see the anime

🥀

are there only cursed mods?

[kindred axle]

thats more than normal ?

[tender wave]

youre prob a goner

[kindred axle]

wha 💔

[tender wave]

i cant text it its blocked

[kindred axle]

lol

oh

mine too

lol

[kindred axle]

umamusume takeover of germany? eishin flash actually becoming fuhrer

[tender wave]

?

[arctic mural]

Why not 😭

[tender wave]

i got it from evil steam

[pale sparrow]

Idk how I didnt see that base = 0, as Zwirbaum said it shouldnt be there

[trail yarrow]

Yeah I removed it but had to change the value to 20 for the other thing for it to work

[hidden mural]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3711359350 does anybody have a clue on how this mod works?

[tender wave]

i put all these things in a mod folder i made

but it doesnt work

any help please

[rigid crest]

thats not where mods go

[brisk orbit]

On that imagine, where I can put my next focus?

[fair steppe]

hello, its a focus tree editor/slash designer

it was just a designer but now it can edit and add a lot

[brisk orbit]

You have installed?

[fair steppe]

its like you are the architect and the program does the coding

[fair steppe]

yes

im actually uploading video

of it

still uploading

ill send link to what it can do

[brisk orbit]

Can I see how works? Like a video...

[fair steppe]

the one in github is outdated

[fair steppe]

yeah its uploading

90%

[brisk orbit]

Ok.

[fair steppe]

on youtube cuz file big

[brisk orbit]

I want to see how is works.

[fair steppe]

easy to be fair

https://youtu.be/V0dO6_BM0VQ

[brisk orbit]

Very powerfull.

[fair steppe]

thanks it took 3 days, 3 days cuz its fully made by ai but i designed it so, still not a coder but i will upgrade it even more

more commands

also somethings i did not show

[brisk orbit]

You can Say to the app what focus you want like add two military factories and he will add?

[fair steppe]

u can add ur own picture for ur own focus which is annoying in normal moding

[fair steppe]

yes

u can also add off map military factories

u can also specify the amount and what type

to what state

[brisk orbit]

You can show me how?

[fair steppe]

i guess but i made video short but yeah

if u wanna share screen

if we can

[brisk orbit]

In privat?

[fair steppe]

yeah

[jade ingot]

does anyone have Experience in Adding Political Advisors?

[pale sparrow]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[jade ingot]

wow

how friendly

[tender wave]

bruh

[jade ingot]

Anyone there who could help figuring out the Problem why my Newly Added Political Advisor isnt showing ingame?

better now?

[pale sparrow]

A lot

Have you checked the error log?

It catches most issues

[jade ingot]

well ill look it up

[tender wave]

why is stalin so bad

i didnt even start the war with him and im destroying him

[jade ingot]

you are in the Modding Chat yk that right?

[tender wave]

germany asked me

oh

didnt know

[jade ingot]

well it showed some interesting stuff, thats why im making steps forward rn thanks for reminding me of the Error Log

[fair steppe]

did u manage to use it?

[hidden mural]

opend it up i guess

[fair steppe]

ok

good

and bad

good cuz...nvm

i can help u

i have my own program that does the same thing

i did not know someone else was making one tbh

mine works better im guessing but its not fully ready but mostly ready

[fair steppe]

see here @hidden mural

i need testers or users for it tbh thats why i want people to use it

[hidden mural]

mine dont work like that

[fair steppe]

what do u mean mine?

steam one?

[hidden mural]

yeah

or better said i have no clue how ot use it, as I've never coded

[fair steppe]

me neither, if u watched the video

the program does everything with no need to code

thats my objective

[hidden mural]

nice

[forest knoll]

guys

[fair steppe]

somethings for advanced will need coding but taht will be for really advanced modders

[forest knoll]

my game is kinda bugged i think

[hidden mural]

but is there a focus tree editor, were i can import existing focus tress and improve them?

[hidden mural]

wdym

[forest knoll]

portugal and other countrys are like "old"

[fair steppe]

yes

and make a new one if u want

[forest knoll]

the "new" version its like a old one

[fair steppe]

thats the point of the program

[fair steppe]

update through steam

or verify

[forest knoll]

spain and portugal are like "npc" countries yk

[fair steppe]

game files

[forest knoll]

ow

[fair steppe]

game did not update a long time ago

like 2 days ago

[forest knoll]

yeah

it says gree something

[hidden mural]

i really want to improve the lackluster germany and Czechoslavak focus trees

[fair steppe]

you can with mine but the commands are a bit limited

im planning addding new ones

for now u can add things in the long run will feel repetitive

unless you are fine with adding warsupport and stability and poltical power

and some other things

maybe change the country flag

[hidden mural]

research bonuses and stuff you mean

[fair steppe]

yeah

i also haveb them

its not too limited

but there are more to add

also xp and cp

some almost all core commands i have

and works

[hidden mural]

and wargoals

[fair steppe]

not yet

however u can add those on ur own by copy pasting

or using ai

[hidden mural]

👍

[forest knoll]

it aint working tho

[tender wave]

where do they go

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow Did you make the new dlc? 🤔

[pale sparrow]

With 2 other devs from Road to 56 and a lot of assistance from Paradox

[tall hare]

Also sorry for pinging

Its super tuff

Very good job on mod

and cool that you made it 😎 👍

My mod have been going slow 🙁

[outer mirage]

does anyone know any good mods to play with friends

[tall hare]

Marjins tuff mod

[outer mirage]

what is it abt

[tall hare]

Road to 56

[jade ingot]

Is there a Fix to the Problem that the own Set Focus Icon is sometime Seen and sometime not seen?

[outer mirage]

alr

[pale sparrow]

Did you make a shine?

[jade ingot]

shine?

no i guess not

[pale sparrow]

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

[tough lotus]

-# The game accepts pngs

[fair steppe]

its not optimal to do so

but what i meant was u had to code it
using a program u wont have to

[trim spire]

I wanna start modding, are the Paradox modding guides the best place to start

or is there better tutorials

[tough lotus]

EaW does it so it'll be fine

[tough lotus]

"oh no, I can't add 2 lines of code and copy paste"

[pale sparrow]

Id watch at least the first two episodes, after that you can either continue or try to figure it out yourself by manually downloading and then tweaking a large mod or making small mods for vanilla

[trim spire]

oki doki, thankies

[fair steppe]

the point of making a program to remove a lot of coding u wont need to do, plus after u can code, not just pictures, a lot of people dont know how to do basic stuff, so why not just make an easier program, idk whats ur problem

[pale sparrow]

Doing basic stuff might end up being easier in a text editor than your tool

[tough lotus]

That and anything not basic won't really be possible (or at least not without making the tool way too complicated). And the people using it will never learn the basics, so the moment they want to do something more complex they're starting from scratch again

[fair steppe]

k👍

[tough lotus]

There is a reason no one experienced ever recommended hoi4modding.com, even while it was somewhat functional

[fair steppe]

idk who shat in ur cereal, yeah the tool is not gonna teach u but at least it gives you something that you want, obviously your not gonna make a whole mod from scratch but you can tweak things the way u want, if u really wanna code my dude u can learn that, they can, a tool is not gonna kill that hunger, unless ur not hungry enough, i think it could actually give u some hope for learning or something idk whats up with u, doing basic stuff in a tool is 100% faster also no clue where u got it from, unless ur program is broken thats something else

[high silo]

anyone know how to implement satelites in game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

[fair steppe]

Millennial dawn mod has satellites implemented

ask on their discord but tbh its complicated and not simple

[high silo]

no DLC?

maybe just a special project and

weeeeeeeeee

[fair steppe]

I dont think dlc needed no

[fair steppe]

copy their code for the satellite and implement it tbh
why not

Just know their code requires researching them by year

kudos to them for building a whole system that dont even nearly exist in main game

[high silo]

what

[fair steppe]

their mod is deep
satellites are not ideas but like vehicles that need to be researched

once u do
u have to produce them
and than u can launch them

[high silo]

ill just make it a special project

since my game is set in 1950

[celest dust]

If your newish to modding i'd advise against it

[high silo]

im not new

[minor sierra]

Hey guys I'm trying to help my girl install some mods but for some reason her mods say
"There is a problem with the downloaded mod files.

This mod is missing a descriptor file"

We tried everything we looked inside the files there is a descriptor file. We deleted her entire mods inside the file and reinstalled it. Unsubscribed from the mods and subscribed again. Still nothing, we even tried clearing the cache still nothing.

If anyone has any idea on what to do I would like some help please

[acoustic berry]

USA Civil War through Garner's dictatorship in USA Rework

[pseudo horizon]

Personally, I started by file diving

[burnt vigil]

Now all you need is partisans rising up across the whole continous states and it will be perfect

[pseudo horizon]

My literal first attempt at modding is opening the files to a portrait mod and reading the code to add my own portraits

[burnt vigil]

My first attempt at modding, I went straight for focus tree's and custom nations, I can say it was very overwhelming and will be if you dont know what to expect

[pseudo horizon]

Agreed

I went into focus trees relatively late

[vague sand]

Guys how to do that thing where you have multiple requirements but only 1 is needed?

that "One of the folowing must be true:" thing

nvm found it!

[trim spire]

Thank youuuu all

[trim spire]

oki doki

yea I have literally 0 experience

[burnt vigil]

I'd say start with making a custom leader with a custom trait, and go from there into national spirits and events, then do focus tree's

As the stuff you learn first will shape how easy it becomes to make a focus tree that has content and gives you events and changes things as you play

One thing you 100% would wanna learn is dynamic focus naming, still like the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Werk from whatever the default fascist name for the focus is

[trim spire]

oh yea when you go monarchist as germany?

[burnt vigil]

yea, that change, because it gives you an idea of how to make a more dynamic focus tree for generic things that are shared between the different paths you'd end up making

but for sure start with custom leaders and move you way deeper towards focus trees

[vague sand]

Any thoughts on the current focus? I know its shape is basic but there are 7 nations to annex

also dont worry almost all of the focuses are 35 days

[burnt vigil]

honestly, i like it, can't wait to see it with focus icons

[brisk orbit]

Is this app good for make focus?

[burnt vigil]

don't use AI for coding

unless you train it yourself, AI will almost always make mistakes you'll never find

and training yourself takes longer than coding yourself, bc you need to feed it correct answers as a key, then have it output and compare to the key

[pseudo horizon]

I concur. This is a good way to start.

[pseudo horizon]

What's that and how?

[swift field]

i wanna add marine raiders unit a MFR unit and LVT AAV EFV amtrac and amtank units

aswell as other different marine units and templates

[burnt vigil]

Its a dynamic focus name, iirc its part of the shared economy branch KDF-Wagen focus

[pseudo horizon]

Where can I find a guide to make such a thing? I assume the same principles apply for descriptions?

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_focus_modding#Dynamic_appearance It's really not hard

[tough lotus]

I don't think it applies to descriptions, or you coulkd already use scripted loc there

[compact surge]

i am bartek

[pseudo horizon]

Thanks

[vague sand]

update

[vague sand]

here you go

[gentle verge]

is there any General visual mod for thailand? how can i find one?

[trail yarrow]

guys how do I mod state modifiers

[burnt vigil]

Ngl its beautiful

[vague sand]

Thanksss

[vague sand]

thoughts?

[trail yarrow]

my dynamic modifier wont apply to the state, when I release as slovakia after 24 hours it dissapears

[rigid crest]

ur leaking ur name if that matters to you by the way

stwanger danger!!11!

[trail yarrow]

ryan pc?

[rigid crest]

i mean some people have their username as their real name i used to have it too

if it isnt then mb lol

[brisk orbit]

How to add a new focus to a focus tree that already exist from vanila version?

[blazing kettle]

wdym

[brisk orbit]

I will send a photo.

To show that.

There.

[acoustic berry]

I would do that, however I think they just become a bother for both sides and aren't very useful. Take the Russian Civil War, for example. The partisans in their civil war often immediately get surrounded and destroyed by the enemy as they have no supply and can't travel far

[hybrid tangle]

whats a fun mod to play

thats pretty easy

[shut dawn]

Old World Blues. Got some nations that are easy, some that are hard

[burnt vigil]

The partisans usually win the Civil war within a month, because stalins forces are on your border

And if you delay the event you can get more to pile at you, so you can snake the VP's

[acoustic berry]

I'm sorry but if you're proving that you can cheese with the partisans to win the civil war I feel that shows why they shouldn't be implemented. Also the civil war in the USA Rework only takes a few months and is not very difficult so it seems a little pointless

[carmine willow]

is everybody else on this version too?

my friend says his is the same but says 859d with different numbers in the "()"

is there anyway to change his or mine so we can play together?

im on the latest build

[stark plume]

Is it possible to create buildings which allow less than 15 civs to be employed on them (similar to ships and some equipment)?

[burnt vigil]

Both verify files and make sure no mods, after an update mods take a few days to a week or two to update

[carmine willow]

he had a mod on

lmao

thanks bro

[lost needle]

Is there any mods that expand the south Africa focus tree?

[burnt vigil]

No prob

[night wedge]

Is there any crash assistance mod? Like something that tell you what crashed.

[blazing kettle]

RT56

[night wedge]

Yeah but it adds a lot of more stuff I don't want. Isn't there a independent mod just like a crash assistant?

Getting hacked in 2026 😭🙏🏽

[pseudo horizon]

Road to 56

[acoustic berry]

Dropping a Hans Landa portrait I made for the now discontinued Germany Rework

[sturdy zephyr]

i cant join the TFR server so ill just ask here
is there a technology revamp mod for TFR?

[tough lotus]

Little known fact: the launcher has the correct vanilla checksum

[burnt vigil]

Ngl, thar would be beautiful for a spy

Idgaf that it aint historically accurate, that would be the perfect spy/spy government buff (like how most countries have the guy who adds another spy slot and spy agency upgrade time reduction)

[formal jewel]

rethinking the soviet focus tree
early mockup of the army tree

https://tenor.com/view/are-you-ok-what-weird-realy-gif-2134337080950763703

no icons?

[wise cradle]

how do i fix this

[17:42:47][no_game_date][parser.cpp:746]: Error: "Expected 'default', a continent name or a country tag: GER, near line: 346

[pale sparrow]

Look at the lines around it

[wise cradle]

i have trouble finding the file

[pale sparrow]

What file

[wise cradle]

where this error is located

[pale sparrow]

parser.cpp is in the source code which you cant see, I think usually there is error log near this that says where the issue is in the game code

[wise cradle]

ok

then why does it say around a certiant line ?

[brisk orbit]

I like it.

[formal jewel]

i don't really like symmetric focus trees so i'm gonna try to change it a bit
thanks btw 🙂 👍

[brisk orbit]

Is a state with victory points that have a name, and how I can to change that name when another country take that state?

[brisk orbit]

Pls help me.

[pale sparrow]

If you format it like this with the country tag before the name itll adopt automatically

[blazing kettle]

is their any good texas mods

[brisk orbit]

Not work to me.

[tough lotus]

@brisk orbit go through this

[tough lotus]

Old World Blues maybe. Don't think any mod has Texas content ouside of that

[brisk orbit]

What is loc_key:0?

[formal jewel]

localization key 🙂

this thing defines what is being localized
you use it outside of the localization files

[kindred axle]

i do it like this and it works

[brisk orbit]

Nvm I did it.

I was need to add this:

[brisk orbit]

Also this is your in your mod?

[kindred axle]

yep

[brisk orbit]

Can I see it?

[kindred axle]

the what ?

[brisk orbit]

Your mod.

[kindred axle]

ye but what of it? u need the victory points or see the map ?

[brisk orbit]

No but I see on your photo that You added a new Victory points to Romania.

I was thought that You do a new content to Romania.

[kindred axle]

i added new content for everyone because itss a alternative history mod

the vp in question is the one on the left

[brisk orbit]

I want to try. this mod.

[kindred axle]

still gotta work on the map, not yet finished

[brisk orbit]

Ok.👍🏻

[wise cradle]

does anyone know how to rename the contients ?

[rugged flame]

is it possible to enlarge the hoi4 map to be like this and add more tiles? I'm planning to make a mod, but the lore doesn't vastly stretch since humanity and the world was pretty much almost destroyed from the apocalypse.

[nova heron]

So long as it keeps the correct aspect ration yeah

[rugged flame]

is their a tool that can make map making for hoi4 easy?

[nova heron]

RandomParadox is great, manual map overhauks isn't ever really suggested because you will go insane and explode

[rugged flame]

in RandomParadox, can you modify existing maps?

I want to still be on earth, but expanded more with extra tiles

like in OWB

[nova heron]

You can import the files you need for generation, do all the stuff, export them to GIMP for edits, and then move them back in as needed

[rugged flame]

is it possible you are able to tell me how I can import it?

[nova heron]

Drag and drop (,bmp file smight be buggy sometimes) into the correct tabs once you launch the .exe

[rugged flame]

I still have a black screen. nor I see a load option

[nova heron]

Use the other tabs and then drag and drop. Its worth reading the documentation file, it can explain a lot of this stuf better than I can

[rugged flame]

That worked, I didn't expect that it would be that simple, I may just generate a random map and put everything in it's respective file and try to modify the map from there 🙂

[gentle verge]

Guys what are these visual thailand general portrait mod called? i'm watching a youtuber playing thailand most likely vanilla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0OsohqV-8&t=1540s

Is it from kaiserreich?

or is it dlc

[pseudo horizon]

Those are from the base game

[tough lotus]

Those are asian generic portraits I think

[gentle verge]

is it a mod?

[tough lotus]

vanilla

[gentle verge]

Oh i found it

Some guy posted on reddit

its a dlc damn

[tough lotus]

Every DLC that adds generic portraits except for LAR is integrated

[gentle verge]

Ooooh i see now thanks

[tough lotus]

You have it already

[gentle verge]

How do i use it

or am i dumb because when i get new generals theres just 2 guys the same

[tough lotus]

it's rng

[gentle verge]

i mean like how do i activate the dlc that came with the game

because im bored seeing 2 same guys going on every army

[tough lotus]

You don't, it's enabled by default and can't be disabled

[gentle verge]

ok i see thanks

[swift field]

ill add this t14 armata as a NEW MBT tank for Russia

and as its own sub unit

[pale sparrow]

IC: 70
Reliability: 1%

[swift field]

what does IC mean?

[pale sparrow]

Industrial cost/capacity

[swift field]

alr

[runic hazel]

trying to make a portrait replacement mod and the Middle eastern colony countries aren't being replaced

theyre on the right directory, is there something wrong with the country file that uses a different directory or smth?

[pale sparrow]

Can you screenshot how your files are structured

[runic hazel]

uhhh

i have my lebanese portraits like this, but ingame theyre not being replaced

like for example I have the portrait for the Jordan leader in the JOR folder but ingame it wont be replaced

[tough lotus]

You're being optimistic

How much IC to produce 2/year?

[sullen moon]

What's people's favourite historical portrait mod?

[pale sparrow]

I guess that depends on the style you want

personally I like vanilla's style

[sullen moon]

Me too, but I'm unsure about the one I have. What are you using?

[pale sparrow]

I only use Road to 56 😅

[rigid crest]

how do i add a thumbnail for my mod

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding

In my experience, sticking to the recommended filename, thumbnail.png, and making the file 512x512~ max makes things easier

[rigid crest]

i made mine 499x499, does that matter? or go 512x512

[pale sparrow]

Smaller should be fine

[rigid crest]

and when i go to upload the mod it says unknown error from steam?

oh i needed to add a tag

[fathom chasm]

i need help why is TNO's advertised file size 5.9gb but steam workshop only downloads 900mb of it

[arctic mural]

Taxes

[kindred axle]

They dont exist If you dont have a job

[vale linden]

anyone got a modern day mod that works on paradox mods?

[sour jay]

I can't install any mod it's always this error

[brisk orbit]

Is exist a effect that give: speed troops on your core teritories?

Effects like to add to national spirit.

[night wedge]

Spain 😭 ?

[pale sparrow]

No

[brisk orbit]

Why my focus dont work?

[somber orbit]

is there a way to get an event to DIRECTLY send volunteers?

I'm asking if there's a way to bypass the diplomacy menu and getting confirmation - I'm wondering if selecting an option in an event can bypass this (and spawn the exact units you'll use to boot.)

[vague sand]

hey guys so im in the middle of making a mod and i have like 80 focuses to make effects for, does anyone want me to send them whenever there's a focus i dont have an idea for? (on private)

[strange cargo]

Hello, im making a mod with a friend about a minecraft server, the lore is very interesting, dm to join

Looking for primarily
Coders
GFX
GUI

[kindred axle]

i think

just thinkl

[tough lotus]

Therefore I am

[kindred axle]

you closed the focus_tree barrack

[kindred axle]

is socrate really dead?

[kindred axle]

try to delete the barrack that clsoes before the focus

[brisk orbit]

Ok.

[kindred axle]

by the way try it in debug

when u play in debug the focus tree gets updates as soon as u save it

[brisk orbit]

I have it activate.

[kindred axle]

alr

[brisk orbit]

I can do it with the game on?

[kindred axle]

thats what i said lol

[brisk orbit]

Ohh yeah sry my mistake.😁

[brisk orbit]

Worked👍🏻

Also You know how to delete claim with a focus?

[kindred axle]

noice

[brisk orbit]

And to add a core?

[kindred axle]

hollon

[brisk orbit]

What does mean?

[kindred axle]

its a slang for hold on, wait a minute

[brisk orbit]

Ok.

[vague sand]

Effect modding is lwk goated

[paper valley]

what did i do wrong

[lavish monolith]

where would i find statistics for what the ai does when you send them a decison, specifcally the hispanic empire decisons?

[woven fossil]

Hey guys, I dont remember but where do you give parties their percentages?

Also which file does a PNG need to be to work with HOi4?

[rugged flame]

So I made the map now for my hoi4 mod, but for some reason it's crashing my game as I try to launch hoi4 now, is it possible I can get some assistance on what I'm missing, I just mainly want to quickly test if it really works, Thanks!

[brazen lake]

history/countries/

set_popularities block

[quick canyon]

is there a mod to change ship models

why are they all so ugly

can i get like wooden ships

[tough lotus]

You're missing definitions.csv, adjacencies.csv, strategic regions and probably have to redo the states

[runic hazel]

im trying to make a portrait replacement mod and THESE generic portraits aren't getting replaced, what am I missing?

I thought it was the anniversary pack that had these but it's not

are these from man the gun?

[paper valley]

the decision and category dont appear

[runic hazel]

ok nvm, all of THESE won't get replaced and idk why

[rugged flame]

how Do I exactly create those two files? this is for a custom map im making

[kindred axle]

History/countries/country.txt

[kindred axle]

Just Copy and paste the vanilla ones and then modify them, ig

[brisk orbit]

Is somebody that can learn me making focus?

[mild musk]

@vast helm Is this approved lol

[trail yarrow]

Hey guys working on a tree for slovakia, if anyone wants any idea's or advisors etc they feel should be added feel free to lmk! I don't know too much on slovakias history

[unreal sorrel]

it's just a tooltip

[brisk orbit]

@steep socket

How I can fix these? Also production_efficiency_gain?

These are not working...

[woven fossil]

Thanks

[brazen lake]

Glad I could help 🙂

[brisk orbit]

Why my National spirit is not appear?

[pliant veldt]

Hello guys, i recently got a magic error with my mod. i created a mod so every single state is independet (abaout 1000 countrys tho) and after the no compromise no surrendor dlc, the core-system dose not work anylonger. when i start the game, not a single country has it's state as a core state and i cant even add it manuelly using the console ore decisions. Can anyone help me pls

[steep socket]

I can help

[brisk orbit]

Is somebody know how to fix this?

[strange cargo]

Hello, im making a mod with a friend about a minecraft server, the lore is very interesting, dm to join

Looking for primarily
Coders
GFX
GUI

[brisk orbit]

Thats is HOI4 server.

[trail yarrow]

hey btw did u check this yet? https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/this-needs-adding-air-force-generals-dynamic-defence.1919158/#post-31255908

Hey guys I am trying to get my dynamic modifier to show up on the state view as a decision but not sure whats going wrong with my code

[vague sand]

How do i fix this?

[tough lotus]

regenerate buildings through the nudger

[vague sand]

ah alright

[vague sand]

so just randomize buildings -> verify?

Oh yeahhhhh it works thanks!!!

[olive locust]

anyone know how to get my mods to load? im trying to play millenium dawn but when i press play it boots into vanilla hoi4 and yes i have deleted hoi4 and installed again, i have deleted the hoi4 folder in paradox, ive re installed the mod, i dont have any other mods active, version is correct and i have tried TFR and that launches normally into the mod.

[shut dawn]

Sounds like you have two versions of millennium Dawn installed. Double check your subscriptions on Steam and your mod folder

[olive locust]

the version on steam workshop is 1.12.3 while in the launcher it says i have 1.12.2 ive re installed it on steam but its still 1.12.2 is that a problem?

[shut dawn]

That’s not a big deal

[olive locust]

ah it worked

tysm

[shut dawn]

No problem. Yeah the game gets weird when you have two versions of the same mod installed even if only one is enabled

[brisk orbit]

Where I can learn about focus and national spirit? No a tutorial on yt because these tutorials are a s##t for Focus and national spirit. So If You want to learn me I will really appreciate it!

[shut dawn]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers - This should help with national spirits

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_focus_modding - This should help with national focus

That wiki also has plenty on all other things you'll need to know. usually if you put "X Modding" in the search bar, it'll pull up something close to what you're looking for

[paper valley]

what do i put if i want to make the category and decision available

[shut dawn]

has_completed_focus = FOCUS_ID

I'd also recommend having

allowed = {
original_tag = COUNTRY_TAG
}

If you're making it specific to one nation. It helps with performance.

[paper valley]

alright thanks

[brisk orbit]

Ok, I will try.

[shut dawn]

No problem

[rugged flame]

I tried that and it just crashed my hoi4

Do i need to temove anything in particular within it?

[acoustic berry]

Upton Sinclair is now a possible leader for the Progressives in the USA Rework

[chrome echo]

Removed most irrelevant nations to me in novum vexillum using powershell

And they're truly a massive amount of tags
106 tags removed
imagine the amount of lag they will cause to my potato pc
I run a script that checks every file in history/states (of novum vexillum) for a specified tag that owns that state then it takes that file to my submod
Then I run another script in my submod that removes the line that specifies which tag owns that state and removes any cores

I will only share this version if the original mod author allows me to share it

[tough lotus]

Doesn't that instantly crash the game once you unpause

[chrome echo]

it did crash oh my dear lord

I've been figuring this out for hours

[chrome echo]

Do you know why it crashes though?

Maybe I can fix it

[tough lotus]

Because there are states without owners

[chrome echo]

There are mods on steam that do that

[tough lotus]

Easiest fix is to hand them all to one tag that you then tell to do nothing

[chrome echo]

And they're fine I guess

Yeah that would work

[tough lotus]

It's a custom tag with a black color and no name

[ripe forge]

this happens to me too

unpaused works for 1 second and crashes

[chrome echo]

The way I did it for my submod I built it the same way this mod is built
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1342308931&searchtext=no+south+america

you remove the onwer of the state

and I thought it would work

[ripe forge]

what mods can be making my game crash

[chrome echo]

But yeah

I guess that way doesn't work

Also that mod is 7 years old

I'll probably just do what you said and give it all to one tag that does nothing

[chrome echo]

Are those mods from paradox plaza?

[ripe forge]

nah steam workshop

only got them because they improve qol

[tough lotus]

That mod is for 1.6, we're on 1.18

[chrome echo]

Yeah'

[tough lotus]

The crash happens because of the AI calculating airwings, which didn't work the way they do now back then

[ripe forge]

the game crashes 1 day and 12 hours after i press play

what do i do

[tough lotus]

So I assume it was fine back then

[ripe forge]

ik its bc of a mod

[tough lotus]

Disable half of them and see if it crashes. re-enable half of the disabled ones if it doesn't. Repeat until the cause of the crash can be determined

[chrome echo]

How do I make it do nothing?

should I do that in a savegame or with modding

since it's a custom tag I'll have to mod it anyway

But I don't know how AI works so Idk how should I make that tag do absolutely nothing

and I'm afraid others might declare war on it and basically take land for free

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers#enemy_declare_war_tension

Just make that an absurdly high number in an idea

and no one will be able to justify on that tag

[chrome echo]

perfect

[chrome echo]

I have no idea how should I paralyze the AI of this tag

I have little knowledge with paradox modding and it's gonna take alot of time to go through everything in the modding wiki

Maybe I can use the console command that disables AI somehow?

Can you use the console command to disable a specific country's AI instead of disabling AI globally?

I took this from another mod

I hope it's fine

This is our nation's idea

[paper valley]

should my mod be like the german releasables or the historical ones

[paper valley]

looks something like this historical

[inland tendon]

is the alpha channel on PDXMeshAdvanced shader disabled or not working? I cannot seem to get that to work.

[shut dawn]

<@&846894118219022336> Think this is a bot compromised account trying to get around auto mod ‘cause the guy spammed it in nearly every channel.

[arctic mural]

my good sir where tf did u get this historical map from

[acoustic berry]

I believe it's the states of the Weimar Republic. You can find it here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_the_Weimar_Republic

[opaque cloud]

hey guys, is anyone familiar with map modding here? trying to add a few new states but a few are coastal.. but nudge crashes the game (despite the fact im using visual studoio code's hoi4 utility extension,. NOT nudge).. 23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 377 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 407 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 3274 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 6363 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 9364 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 11293 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.
[23:27:12][1936.01.01.12][map.cpp:1628]: Province 11361 is setup as coastal but has no port building in the nudger. This will likely crash the game.

any help?

[golden totem]

try validating the buildings in for the states with those provinces in the nudge tool

[opaque cloud]

NOPE... and the new provinces work fine if not near the coast..

which is annoying

[swift field]

i wanna add different assault ships and new landing crafts techs and equipments to my hoi4 multi mod

and a LOT of different tanks mbts afvs ifvs and apcs

and new aircraft carrier types

and new aircrafts planes and helis

[golden totem]

did you put the buildings.txt file to your mod right after validating it?

[pseudo horizon]

What's your mod about?

[opaque cloud]

I’m not sure what you mean. Are you asking if I modified the buildings.txt file right after validating?

[golden totem]

no when you validate the buildings and save it, it creates a buildings.txt file in the documents/paradox/hoi4/map folder, and then you can transfer that file to your mod/map folder

[opaque cloud]

…………. Really? So it doesn’t save the validated file to the actual mod… it instead defaults to the standard hoi4 file in documents

You have to find it there , and then copy it.. then paste it into your mod?

[swift field]

i also wanna add new Landing vehicles

like aavs lcv lvt amtrac amtank and acv

[golden totem]

yeah

[fluid thunder]

so im working on something

[fluid thunder]

want to know

allow me to introcduce

this hideous thing

hope ya hate it

[opaque cloud]

I need to sleep

[opaque cloud]

Well it didn’t work but damn this. It’s 1 am

[fluid thunder]

also about this thing i posted

i hate it, its like i find it so cheesy for a HOI-4 Mod compared to something like TNO

[opaque cloud]

Might have to start all over again…

[fluid thunder]

anyways Volly,

[opaque cloud]

All I wanted to do was to ad more states so little Ireland could actually have some space to build things

[fluid thunder]

thoughts on this abomination im gonna put down

[opaque cloud]

What the hell is this? XD

[fluid thunder]

a abomination im gonna put down

[opaque cloud]

I see

[fluid thunder]

basically my idea was
what if japan won
germany got split in 3 ways
communist nordic states are a thing
and a us civil war
sorry kaiserriech

its called "OF eastern suns"

more like OF EASTERN DISAPOINTMENTS!!!

[opaque cloud]

Well my idea is as simple as it is wild

A detailed, immersive and deep mechanic mod starting in 1929, January 1929

[fluid thunder]

dont tell me its Iron Harvest

[opaque cloud]

The year the stock market went boom and the world after ww1 began to destabilize

Imagine a actually fun version of black ice keeping good ideas like having resources also include automotive, firearm, heavy firearm and other such parts

With a detailed tech tree going back to 1910/1900… so the world doesn’t feel like it just started in 1929

It also means most will just have mostly ww1 era leftovers in 1929.. some like France kept those too long and it cost them @fluid thunder

Ya know?

[fluid thunder]

uh

k

[opaque cloud]

Basically, I also want to show how bad the depression really was

Like your economy is gonna croak and die

[fluid thunder]

for me i wanted to see what happened if only Japan won the second world war

and the possibility of a japanese world order

[opaque cloud]

No matter who you are unless you’re just not capitalist, and even in the ussr your trade will be ruined for 4 years

[opaque cloud]

Fair enough

I feel like victors of ww1 should have painfully slow military doctrine research speeds compared to those who lost that war… just to keep that interest vibe of the Germans always being 3 steps ahead of British and France

Their economies and academia were geared towards consumer stuff and industry far more so than military stuff for most of the 30s, they had to tend to their own problems.

Germany and to an extent Japan, however did focus a lot on their armies earlier on.

Making sense?

[opaque cloud]

But ye. That would be pretty wild

[opaque cloud]

I kinda wanna add potential alt history stuff to my own mod, like in the rules bit. You can make Russia monarchist in 1929 and pretend the white army won the Russian civil war, and Russia is actually based ruled by a tsar not some commie chud @fluid thunder

[opaque cloud]

Also, you’re a derg! I’m a wuff but…. Some groups I’m in don’t like furry profile pics… so I don’t have one anymore

[swift field]

i will also add frigates corvettes and missile destroyers

and lha lhd lpd etc

[tough lotus]

Drag it over, nudger files should not stay in documents since they'll get loaded even when loading vanilla if they do remain there

[chrome echo]

It's a submod for novum vexillum that removes the irrelevant nations by giving all of them to one custom tag or nation that does nothing or basically disable it's AI for performance

[pseudo horizon]

Oh okay

[arctic mural]

Holy moly

Why does Germany exist

Everywhere

But also nowhere

[fluid thunder]

germany won

then it collapsed under its own size

[thin compass]

do anyone have a list of all reload command

cuz i wanna reload modifiers and cant find one

[tough lotus]

Just use debug mode

✨ Hot reload ✨

[plain oriole]

i like how russia is like "no bad fleelings" when i totally didnt abuse their civilwar and stole vladivostok

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336>

[limber escarp]

How do you add the generic portraits

Like can you add more generic portraits to an already existing nation

[paper valley]

yes this is where its from

[opaque cloud]

What would you guys want to see in the ultimate pre ww2/depression era mod?

Mechanics wise?

Stuff that really and truly makes you feel like the global economy that started the game as stable, has utterly shat the bed?

A mod I’m planning starts in 1929 and wants to be a sane version of blackice with a simplified resource system but a still advanced tech tree

[tender wave]

where do the mods go this is where im keeping them right now

i made the mod folder

it doesnt work

[tough lotus]

you need a descriptor outside of the mod's specific folder with a path

Why not use the steam workshop though?

[limber escarp]

Hey

Quick question

Plz

[lunar summit]

Hey guys
which mods do ppl use in historical axis vs allies Multiplayer Games

[limber escarp]

Yk what I'll wait

[arctic mural]

Varies a lot

[trail yarrow]

lowkey starring at my screen deciding what to do since sheeps isn't working rn

might load an older version and play that for now

[tough lotus]

Quick answer

[limber escarp]

Acm

Okay

[limber escarp]

The message failed but basically

Is the generic portraits just adding the portraits and that's it

No need to make the character file for them??

[arctic mural]

Wdym sheep’s isn’t working

[trail yarrow]

on the new version

[arctic mural]

Why would Czechoslovakia destroy it

[trail yarrow]

dont work

[arctic mural]

How broken is it

[trail yarrow]

new oobs and unit stacks duh?

[limber escarp]

@tough lotus

[arctic mural]

Oobs? 😭

[trail yarrow]

the new dlc has some backend stuff updated too basically

[arctic mural]

I’m confused

[trail yarrow]

aka unit files etc

[limber escarp]

😭

[arctic mural]

Oh that’s wonderful

[trail yarrow]

yeahhhh

and since sheeps is based on custom temps etc

[arctic mural]

It will most likely never be fixed then

The great sheep refuses to fix future paradox updates

[trail yarrow]

its technically minor changes.

"technically"

but it would require some time

[tough lotus]

The portraits folder has a file where you tell the game the portrait exists, which region it should appear in, the gender and the use

[limber escarp]

Oh you got to be kidding me..

I don't have that file...

[trail yarrow]

wanna talk about unlucky I had 64GB worth of ram, fitting all slots and then it breaks so I get sent a replacement, turns out THOSE REPLACEMENTS are also broken and corsairs like uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[tough lotus]

It's not in common, the portrait folder is directly in the root folder, be that steamapps/common/Heats of Iron IV or your mod's folder

[limber escarp]

Ack...

[arctic mural]

Did u try dividing it by 0

[trail yarrow]

nu uh

btw i got the ram for like $120 back in like 2024

now its worth $400

guh

[arctic mural]

That’s the problem then

[trail yarrow]

yeah

chances are they sent me back sticks that are faulty

anyways im gonna try a game of sheeps ill let u know if it breaks

[limber escarp]

So how do you make it..

Sorry for asking that....

I am new to portraits..

😭

[tough lotus]

So this is the folder where you make it a generic portrait.

[limber escarp]

Ah okay.

[tough lotus]

You should place the portrait itself into gfx/leaders/ and then the corrsponding folder

[limber escarp]

oh yeah they're all in there

[tough lotus]

The portraits files accept file paths, but you can also put them into a gfx file for easier use

[limber escarp]

Yeah..

Still

About the coding thing

How do you make it work..

Can you show an exampleee

Or anything like that

[limber escarp]

Oh.

Hmm

How about like making it so it only works to one nation

Bleh...

[acoustic berry]

All of the event pictures in the USA Rework as of current:

[grizzled bramble]

<@&846894118219022336>

[limber escarp]

alrighttt

thank youuu

[plain quest]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1460018508065800444/1464467163556348136/giphy-1.gif

[lethal rock]

hey can someone help me with something? I want to add more ideologies and parties to the game so its not just 4 of them

[plain quest]

ideology names?

well for starters you can add the different forms of communism as seperate parties

like "marxism" "stalinism" "maoism"

etc

[lethal rock]

I was able to figure it out

[limber escarp]

this has to be against the rules...

[lunar summit]

Any recommendations ?

[limber escarp]

what about for the small variants

the small ones..

for the advisor and theorists

[leaden fog]

I can't tell if naval_mine_hit_chance is meant to increase the chance your ships hit enemy mines, or enemy ships hit your mines. The Soviet tree has a focus that decreases the modifier, while the Japanese focus tree increases the modifier, both in focuses that supposedly increase the effectiveness of mine warfare

I'm just gonna operate on the assumption that the modifier increases the chance to hit enemy ships with naval mines

[limber escarp]

yeah

I think it does...

ackk

how to make it so the generic advisors can be used to once they became an advisor/theorist

I have a generic line already set up
and I was wondering how am i supposed to add the small generic ones the moment they become an advisor

[pale sparrow]

I think theres an English issue here

[limber escarp]

ack

uh

[pale sparrow]

can be used to once

[limber escarp]

how do you add the small ones

[pale sparrow]

the generic advisors use preconfigured ones afaik

[limber escarp]

oh?

[limber escarp]

ah f-

[tough lotus]

history/general is where generic advisors are

[limber escarp]

okay so

to add their small generic land variants say generic land 1

i have to edit something within that section?

[arctic mural]

I haven’t played any games personally because of time problems

So idk

[night mirage]

@next jacinth

[halcyon sparrow]

hi guys im wondering if anyone can help me with this problem i have. for some reason when i use the “swap_ideas” block and i remove and add another idea to modify it for some reason it says error ideas can not be found or something. The idea id is correct and for some reason still jot working.

If anyone can help me out that would be great!

[tough lotus]

Can you send the code for the ideas and the code for what is supposed to swap them?

[brisk orbit]

Why my National spirit apear in ariplane designe?

[tough lotus]

send the entire file

[brisk orbit]

What file?

[tough lotus]

The one where the idea is in

[tough lotus]

There is an aircraft_manufacturer block that get's opened on line 1183. You should find a country one on or around line 2. These blocks decide where the ideas go.

[brisk orbit]

Ok.

Also where I can find all pictures for National spirit?

[kindred axle]

In the gfx folder

[tough lotus]

https://yard1.github.io/HoI4-GFX-Search/ if you want to easily fiter them

[brisk orbit]

Thx

[keen yarrow]

Hi

[limber escarp]

uh what's this supposed to mean??

[tough lotus]

Somewhere is your loc there is § followed by a character that's not in this table or you haven't added to core.gfx

[limber escarp]

WHA

THERES different types?

damn..

[tough lotus]

ID 10 seems to be a line break

[limber escarp]

uh

[tough lotus]

Considering you've probably never seen it then: §! is mandatory even if it's at the end of the loc entry

[limber escarp]

is there a way to fix that..

[tough lotus]

either delete § or put a valid character (probably !) behind it

[limber escarp]

alright..

[tepid notch]

Just a quick question: how do I change a country its units 3D models?
I have added a new country in game, and since it still uses the "base" 3D models, I would like to add some new models.
I will probably just use models from other nations, and possibly later make new ones.
So can someone explain how to do this?
I didnt really find a good tutorial online...

I just need to know where this is defined in game (gfx folder, interface?)

[strange cargo]

Hello, im making a mod with a friend about a minecraft server, the lore is very interesting, dm to join

Looking for primarily
Coders
GFX
GUI

[pseudo horizon]

Considering neither the motorized nor radio are in the support folder, how do I lower their icons and the glowing boxes?

[opaque cloud]

just testing my province creation skills working on the great war redux mod as a map base..

adding period correct, thicc fez hellscape... i mean morroco

as the mod im trying to build the base for, "rise of eagles" starts in 1897

so early into this i haven't changed the bookmark date but.. yeah

basically meant to be like world in flames but a more detailed tech tree, more resources, more chances for economic collaspe and a "slow build" vibe up to the outbreak of ww1

ya know?

[limber escarp]

Interesting

Also!

Any advise in making a naval tech tree

?

Any tips on how to make a good naval tech tree

[restive kelp]

explain more

ive stopped playing gwrdx ever since their devs turned into AH

[halcyon sparrow]

someone already helped me out

[limber escarp]

Any advise on how to make a naval focus treee

Plzzz

[stark plume]

depends if you want a cookie cutter one or to go fancy.
The standard idea that a lot of nations use is a couple dockyards, navy XP, and naval bases at the beginning, then choices between navy style (likely with a doctrine discount) that give research bonuses for certain ships types and/or spirits useful for it.

[pseudo horizon]

Anyone know?

[pseudo horizon]

Any country in particular?

[broken salmon]

Does anyone know if there is a mod that features realistic resource gathering and military equipment or does the game kind of already do that.

[limber escarp]

Philippines

[pseudo horizon]

I suggest looking into their shipbuilding history as a basis. You'll think of the alt history things as you go. For starters I believe buying ships from majors could be a thing

[opaque cloud]

It’s based a good bit off a old mod from darkest hour. The “1914” mod which starts in the same year, 1897. That being when both Germany started its naval building program, and Russia took port Arthur from China , which infuriated Japan leading to the Russo Japanese war a few years later

[pseudo horizon]

Also considering their history it would make sense to start with the creation of the coast guard, followed by the reopening of their naval school and go from there

[arctic mural]

Russo Japanese war gaming?

We are so back

[tepid notch]

how do I remove the standard 3 advisors, standard MIOs and industrial concerns from a new country?

[opaque cloud]

Many underestimate how important that war was

[opaque cloud]

Had Russia won that won…. Maybe the 20th century wouldn’t have gone so wrong for them

[tough lotus]

-# Hi

[arctic mural]

Ik ur mod has that war but i lose attention span before getting there 💔

[arctic mural]

Big white Russia good

Small/no soviets good

I wish I could have some machine that tells me what would happen for history what if’s

[opaque cloud]

Yes. Very much so yes

[opaque cloud]

Agreed

[opaque cloud]

My planned mod starts in 1897 right before Spain has a small… disagreement with America

[pale sparrow]

Modify
history/general/generic_advisors.txt
common/military_industrial_organization/organization/00_generic_organization.txt
common/ideas/zzz_generic.txt

[opaque cloud]

Lel

[arctic mural]

ADHD maxxing

[limber escarp]

Alright noted

[thin chasm]

Got bored again, wanted to do some map modding

Decided to adjust the borders to better match modern Chinese provinces, and also make them releasable tags

I still think Paradox should have done "fragmented China" as a gamerule for the DLC

[pseudo horizon]

Do you know how to change a single province into part of a different state? When I tried, the game keeps crashing

[rough sapphire]

Guys can you suggest me tank model mods? or like interchangable mods?

[vague sand]

Hi, does anyone want to test my focus tree? I’m busy right now so I can’t do it myself. It’s mostly finished, most focuses already have effects that I don’t plan on changing, some just have basic placeholder effects because I want to make them more complex later when I have time, and a few don’t have effects yet but are set to 0 or 7 days for now. Also, I’m planning to add fascist, communist, and democratic paths later, and the industry and army branches that will be separate from the main political paths.

[thin chasm]

Quick reference to how this same setup looks in vanilla currently, and also reference image used

[grave sandal]

are there any QoL mods yall could recommend, or some overhauls, i enjoyed The Great War and RT56

[shut dawn]

Id suggest Old World Blues.

[grave sandal]

oh my friend was talking about this but didnt know the name of the mod, thanks

i do prefer to keep it in the past, so WWI-WWII-Early cold war is my usual spot for mods, can you recommend anything here, im aware The Great War and RT56 pretty much cover this already but if you know an interesting mod

[kindred axle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnOlBy_AOA0

[covert mirage]

question, if my mod has a completely new map with no countries at all, can it still work

[nova heron]

Like, launch or be playable?

[covert mirage]

launch because im trying to fix errors

on a map mod

it crashes so

[nova heron]

You can launch hoi4, but you can't load into a game because you aren't actually playing as anyone

[spice niche]

Hello, I have a question about custom focus icons. I tried to make one, but it only kinda works. First off, the previewer doesn't display it. Second, the two attached error codes get thrown at me, and interestingly enough, in-game, the icon is displayed, but the background is black. However, when I select the focus, the background becomes transparent, like it's supposed to be.

[fresh estuary]

hello I have a question. I have heard that downloading millenium dawn takes a long time to start a war. Is there any way to fix this via modding?

[tough lotus]

And now in English?

[opaque cloud]

I’ve already thought of a mechanic for uncivilized nations becoming westernized/industrialized which unlocks the first basic normal techs, by each folder and category

Maybe utilizing a scale system similar to the Stalin paranoia system XD

The more right, the more willing your people and government are willing to use a reform point to pick a reform to make, which unlocks something or negates some debuff tied to having no industry whatsoever

Until it’s all undone and you’re fully civilized.. yeah you have to start from the very beginning (in 1870) but maybe with research boosts (temporary )

However, the left is “traditionalist-anti western influence “ which effectively represents the old ruling elite, land owners, peasants etc and you may get random chances like events to push the scale to one end , ideally towards westernization or not… although going full traditionalism does increase stability it is ruinous in all other contexts

[opaque cloud]

God it’s going to be fun trying to model the “vibe “ in the qing empire by 1897

Being a utterly broken, backward and hopelessly corrupt nation XD

How would you describe such “vibes”?

[pseudo horizon]

I don't aim to add, just move provinces

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, you could just give yourself a national spirit that gives like -99% war justification time, but the small problem is that you are playing Millenium Dawn

Honestly I would play Novum Vexillum or Millennium Dawn Classic

They play more like the base game so you don't have to tear your hair out over 1000 new systems the mod adds or the fact that it often runs at a snails pace

Or Red World, which although an alternate history where the Soviets won the Cold War, plays even more like Vanilla and is in my opinion the best modern day scenario (American Republic is my favorite country to play but some others like Canada and Germany can be great too if you play Alien Nation)

[acoustic berry]

Looks cool!

[kindred axle]

Wdym by "moving provinces" ?

Do u mean changing state for them or enlarge them?

[pseudo horizon]

The former

[limber escarp]

For a second I thought this is the official country balls at war dev

[acoustic berry]

No, I am the creator of the USA and UK Reworks for HOI4.

[limber escarp]

SO you're that guy

😭

Sorry the PFP alone made me think that you're apart of the countryballs at war dev team

[acoustic berry]

Nah, I used to be a fan of countryballs but not really anymore. The picture is more like a legacy than anything. Maybe I'll change it someday come to think of it

[limber escarp]

I really liked countryballs yk

Smol fellas really cute

Very adorable to cuddle

[rugged flame]

can someone Approve this to FDA?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3716626471

[tame flint]

Hi I’m trying to give my general a portrait but I’ve already tried a lot of things. I followed tutorials from YouTube, ChatGPT, and Reddit, but nothing seems to work :/

I tried using .dds files and also without them, with GFX entries and without, and many other things, but it just doesn’t work :/

I also think the image I’m using is already in .dds format. I converted it using a website. (https://imagetostl.com/de/konvertieren/datei/jpg/in/dds)

I want to add something to Austria, just two generals. Both of them work in the game but the portraits don’t show up.

There are actually two characters I want to add, but right now I’m focusing on just one because I want to get it working first.

I really hope someone can help me

[spice niche]

Hi, I have a question. Is there a way to change focus icons based on a gamerule?

[tough lotus]

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

[spice niche]

Thank you!

[vale terrace]

I juist started to mod and learn how to mod I like added a national spirit but I cant like a add a picture

its just a questionmartk

[pale sparrow]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Idea_modding

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

this may help also

[stark plume]

Is there a way to check for availale building slot taking into account the buildings in construction queue?

[pale sparrow]

no

[stark plume]

🙁

[burnt vigil]

Not voluntarily, no, or stuff like factory counts would be too easy

The count you want only applies to building, so the game can prevent yoy outting 25 mils in Berlin in 1936

[inland carbon]

The images from gfx aren't loading. I'm pretty sure I followed all of The Iron Workshop's tutorials, and I've been checking here for over an hour. Anyone who knows the cause, please help. Thank you.

[north wave]

@pale sparrow Is "expelling the population" according with the hoi4 tos

or against it

[tame flint]

Can anyone help me on this

[pale sparrow]

Your GFX token in the gfx and character files dont match in one of those screenshots

Also dont use that website, GIMP supports DDS, you can make it easier on yourself by copying an existing portrait file and swapping out the content, then itll keep your formatting when you save

[stark plume]

WDYM with "not voluntarily"?

[burnt vigil]

The game does that calculation itself

[pale sparrow]

Probably not against but going any further might enter that territory

[burnt vigil]

Part of the engine

[pale sparrow]

Make the sprite entries start with GFX_idea, then in the ideas you only need to name them everything that comes after

[stark plume]

It doesn't as far as I am aware, I can queue 5 civs in a state with an effect even if I have 6 building slots free but 5 factories already queued there.

[pale sparrow]

Example from vanilla

[quasi briar]

So this is where you make your own mods

How do you make mods here?

[pale sparrow]

See pins

[limber escarp]

do you need a small portrait for the operatives?

or just the regular

[pale sparrow]

no

[limber escarp]

so just the leaders?

thats it?

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[limber escarp]

okay

[tame flint]

Hey sorry Im new to modding. Could you please tell me exactly what you mean and which name because I’m confused

[tough lotus]

Ideas are weird. The game will always add GFX_idea in front of the picture argument in ideas

[limber escarp]

what happened here

???

[tough lotus]

so picture = my_icon gets turned into GFX_idea_my_icon

[limber escarp]

so no one is going to explain this

[tame flint]

Huh srynow Im even more confused. Could you maybe help me using my example?
The name is AUS_andre_von_hause_pichler. What exactly do I need to do now, and how do I add it properly?

[tough lotus]

Here is an example straight from the wiki #modding message

[tough lotus]

If you want to use an icon for an idea it's definition (in the .gfx file) will have to start with GFX_idea_, which you then don't include in the picture argument of the idea itself

[tame flint]

It's not working

[fossil fern]

never expected to join up a fascist and democratic branch but yeah... i'm gonna add some late game shenanigans under it. is this peak??

romania btw

[blissful lion]

Looks neat, but is the "Fund the Press" even necessary as the prerequisite to those mutually exclusive focuses? Seems a bit redundant.

[acoustic berry]

Looks cool! Also Paradox has done this before with Italy and Turkey so it's not too out of place

[fossil fern]

i just wanna stop people from blitzing through focus trees

[fossil fern]

oh yeah i totally forgot about these

[acoustic berry]

And Czechoslovakia with the new DLC

[fossil fern]

i was considering doing a similiar thing but with a change of allegience thing if ur close to capitulation

[acoustic berry]

Would make sense for them

Technically also with Switzerland... though I don't even know where to begin when discussing their tree

Turns out that's more common than I thought

[inland carbon]

Cheers!

[tame flint]

can pls anyone help me (sry)

[fluid thunder]

so

anyone want to talk

[topaz lintel]

omfg finally

i can talk

[fluid thunder]

so i was wondering what peoples thoughts were on two mod ideas i had

[golden totem]

And austria

[icy olive]

I had an idea to make a Hoi4 mod, but I didn't have Hoi4. 😔🥀

[limber escarp]

well hoi4 is on sale

so you got a chance to buy ittt

[karmic osprey]

is that precipice or twilight struggle?

[limber escarp]

Your file

Check the name of the gfx file maybe you named it wrong

[fluid thunder]

uhm hi

can i share something

so i know youre gonna hate me for this but im planning on making a mod about 1984's superstates but in the modern day...., its a stupid idea of mine given the millions of 1984 stuff attempted in Hearts of Iron but... i want to know your views, if you want me to quit or change it i will, im sorry

im so sorry

so

insult this

please

anyone

[karmic osprey]

best way to get a solid comment is to build the bare minimum for a mod

try creating an ui

[hidden maple]

why does this crash my game? (just testing stuff soo i dont even realy want it to work in the sense of gameplay and be balanced)

[pale sparrow]

Check the relative position and prequisite values, if those have impossible values I think the game can crash

[karmic osprey]

is there an earlier start date mod?

like 1934 or smthn

i dont need any other focuses or mechanics, just 2 more years

[pale sparrow]

Yes uh Rise of Nations I think

[tough lotus]

[karmic osprey]

thank youu

[pale sparrow]

[north wave]

hoi4 darkest hour

but that starts at 1933

[karmic osprey]

even better

[mossy coral]

ive been watching so yt hoi4. and saw this. does anyone know the name of this mod? i'd like to try it with my friends

[kindred axle]

I think its r56 roleplay?

[eternal holly]

discussion time:

the internationale needs to be buffed in kaiserriech

I think just a boost in italy would help be best

like, it's to the point where as democratic russia, I actually feel the need to actively support the inernationale in Spain and Italy just so france doesn't die in a year

which, feels off

[glacial lotus]

I want a mod that is set in like 2000 for v1.18.0.0.858d (3bae)

[tough lotus]

1.18 changed almost nothing, Millenium Dawn and Novum Vexillum should still work just fine

[glacial lotus]

but i cant it shows an !

[tough lotus]

You can play just fine

It warns you about outdated mods, it doesn't prevent you from playing with them

[acoustic berry]

True

And Mexico

The more I think about it, the more I can find

Oh yeah and so can USA. War Powers is available to both Fascist and alt-democratic (ALF LANDON) paths

[golden totem]

And brazil

Well except communist

[mint fossil]

Hello, i need help. So basically im trying to make a mod where its like my class irl but thats whatever. Im following the tutorial right now and how do i make it so when the event pops up. germany gets a war goal on poland. And where can i find how to do that. Thanks!

[grizzled bramble]

Looking at the division name list comments, was the unordered feature/ 2nd and 3rd arguments ever used/ moddable or would it break the game?

unordered - It's a list of historical division names that did not have a number. Regardless if such names happened in history or not

this option is available here mainly for a mods.

ordered - Is a list of all historical names.

Numbers must start from 1 and up.

Numbers can't repeat in one scope.

If you script the name for this group, at the same number (for example in a mod in another file), the name will be override.

All arguments between the brackets must be separated by spaces. Each argument is wrapped in "quotas".

1st argument = The name. It must contain either:

%d (for decimal number placement)

%s (for string number placement - ROMAN numbers like XIV).

2nd argument is optional = A localizable text describing this historical division. The text will be visible in the tooltip

where you choose the historical division name.

3rd argument is optional = An URL preferably pointing to the WIKI. It's a future feature that is not currently working in

the current game version.

[tough lotus]

Is_german_reich isn't a thing
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Triggers for checking things
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect for making things happen
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modifiers for modifiers (duh)

[glacial lotus]

any mods that make the game easier

[tough lotus]

<@&846894118219022336> You forgot this one

[naive stump]

True

[fossil fern]

mate if your struggling just watch a tutorial

[fossil fern]

bottom half of fascist/democratic tree. is this peak? what yall think

[acoustic berry]

https://yard1.github.io/HoI4-GFX-Search/
btw wanted to share this resource I use for finding gfx files in the base game, very helpful

So then you don't have to search through the game files which can often be sluggish

[fossil fern]

thankfully ive already found that

its an absolute life saver

[acoustic berry]

Indeed

What's even better is that it just got updated to 1.18 just short of a week ago

[fossil fern]

yeah i saw that