modding

[fossil fern]

its literally amazing

i cant believe im almost half way done with my political branch

[acoustic berry]

Yeah looks awesome

[fossil fern]

i cant wait to release this thing

this is still my first mod though so i fear people will dislike it but idk

[acoustic berry]

Don't worry too much plus as long as you put in a lot of effort I think people will like it

[fossil fern]

thank you 🙏

its a great feeling having a modmaker who made my favourite mods telling me it aint bad😭

[acoustic berry]

Also if people want it to be reworked it often gets more popular. I see people always wanting a Romania rework in my mod comment sections

[fossil fern]

phew

i fear theyll hate it due to no deport hungarians focus

im trying to not make this controversial

[acoustic berry]

Thx

[fossil fern]

i've aimed to try make it feel like a paradox focus tree

idk about you but i hate complicated ass mod focus trees with like 28472829 things to keep track of

[acoustic berry]

Yeah that has been the goal for me as well. I used to be not so great, but I think I've become better

[fossil fern]

i did not expect making a focus tree to be such a lengthy and painstaking process though

[acoustic berry]

Though I feel I've been very much influenced by mods like Kaiserreich with how many of my focuses are completed by events

[fossil fern]

i feel like events is what im lacking😭

[acoustic berry]

Yeah, its easily the longest process, but events and decisions take a while too

[acoustic berry]

For me there are not too many in the historical branch but there is an event chain for the CW

[fossil fern]

i had a dumb little idea for a monarchist path

im thinking an event where you pick a monarch

[acoustic berry]

You could have a Germany-Romania easter egg because they are both House of Hohenzollern

[fossil fern]

then if you hate them all you can pick a roman empire larper, but then you make a roman empire around the bosporus instead of the meditteranean

[acoustic berry]

Kinda like Sweden-Hungary in the base game

[fossil fern]

yes i considered that

[acoustic berry]

So kinda like the Romanov for Poland?

[fossil fern]

i'm dreading doing historical path

[fossil fern]

yeah

[acoustic berry]

nice

[fossil fern]

just a fun lil path

i cant wait to do monarchist paths because they're always the most fun to play

[acoustic berry]

Yeah some paths in my mod are pretty normal but I have gone completely off the deep end with some of them

[acoustic berry]

Yeah

[fossil fern]

i think a few of those kinda paths are necessary

[acoustic berry]

The one I created for the USA Rework is easily one of the oldest paths I've ever made so I am definitely gonna revamp it

[acoustic berry]

True

[fossil fern]

i thought it was peak🥹

but macarthur path is always the best for me

ive also been thinking of ways to incorporate those focuses that take time off other focuses

[acoustic berry]

Well the monarch choices will stay the same but the focuses were not very good. I was also scared of making decisions for some reason back then so I will probably make most of the integrations (especially for the America monarch path) decisions

[fossil fern]

and i also considered a system similiar to the skoda works prioritisation in the new dlc, but with a govt prioritisation (internal, military, economy etc)

[acoustic berry]

That would be cool

[fossil fern]

it just sucks i have no idea how to do it

and if i do i'll do it in an update

[acoustic berry]

Ignoring the controversy behind the new DLC, I think the industry focuses were cool and honestly some of the most developed in the entire game

[fossil fern]

i can't believe people dislike the new dlc

i thinks its great

[acoustic berry]

I think it has to do with focus inlay windows and maybe also scripted guis too

[fossil fern]

5 pounds well spent in my opinion

[fossil fern]

it just sucks there isnt any proper documentation on it since its new

its just diving into the files

[acoustic berry]

I think the main controversy was the lack of very much Slovak content which was advertised early on but later removed. I'm not too mad about it myself since I never probably would've played them since you either:
a. Would wait three years to play them only to be Germany's puppet
b. Play the 1939 start date (which next to nobody does) and be Germany's puppet

[acoustic berry]

Does the wiki not even have anything?

[fossil fern]

i havent properly looked, but i doubt theyll have much

same with the inner circle mechanic of germany

its cool but i'm an idiot

[acoustic berry]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_focus_modding#Inlay_window
There's some stuff here

I also imagine some of it is a custom gui

[fossil fern]

oh that's great

oh yeah ill have to design something

im not the greatest at digital design

judging by my few custom icons i have in the tree

[acoustic berry]

I'm interested to see what they will do with Australia's election mechanic inlay window they teased for the next DLC

[fossil fern]

they teased this?

god im really out of it

when was this

[acoustic berry]

A couple months ago I believe

[acoustic berry]

https://github.com/DuoDex/hoi4GFX
Here's the gfx thing I use

[fossil fern]

thank you

[acoustic berry]

yw

It has a lot of templates and pieces for icons, and also tutorials for making some

A few that I have made, for example

[vague sable]

any1 wanna play road to 56

[pale sparrow]

See the multiplayer category

[wet needle]

What are the best Modern age mods?

[hazy estuary]

Millennium dawn

Besides that there’s Novum, I haven’t played that one

[acoustic berry]

If you include alternate history, Red World (Alien Nation) and its not even close
If not, Novum Vexillum because it has the most vanilla style gameplay and doesn't have specs that would defeat the newest of gaming computers (looking at you, Millennium Dawn)

USA Rework Progressive/Socialist/Communist new political focuses

In comparison to the previous

[fossil fern]

i very much like the custom focus icons

the only problem i have with mine is that they always just look slightly blurrier than the paradox ones

is it cus im using paint.net or sum

[timber stream]

pls anyone have naval invasion mods

[twilit echo]

Anyone have any clue where i can get started making a building cost resources (similar to a production line)?

nothing on the wiki gives any sort of hint towards it

[acoustic berry]

Probably. I would check your compression before saving files

[fossil fern]

what do you mean

sorry i dont use graphics software much

i have this bit that comes up

nevermind i fixed it

[north wave]

Oh damn have you done this one?

[fossil fern]

no i didnt make it its from a pack of focuses 😭

[north wave]

Oh lol

[fossil fern]

just converting it into the right format really

[tough lotus]

The game can read pngs btw

[fossil fern]

thought it had to be in dds?

[tough lotus]

png, tga or dds.

Loading dds is slightly faster

Not by a lot though

Also flags have to be tga

-# Hi @round oracle

[round oracle]

Die

Yeah see

an entire GUI made on PNG

[fossil fern]

would y'all say this is large enough for a democratic + fascist path (assuming each focus is ~35 days)

[acoustic berry]

For a political branch, absolutely

Looks approximately the length of Austria's political focuses so I would say its great!

[fossil fern]

thank you brother 🙏

im now doing the monarchy/historical path

which is a pain to figure out wtf to do historically

to make it kind of realistic

[meager flame]

for what country is it for?

[fossil fern]

romania

[meager flame]

very nice

im doing one too

[meager flame]

but this is happening

[fossil fern]

uhhhhhh

[meager flame]

like the pointed line on left and the other next to iron gurard

and the T up

[fossil fern]

idk whats going on there 😭

sorry

[meager flame]

🫡 no problem

[meager flame]

wanna show me yours more?

[fossil fern]

i cant get any more screenshots of my focus tree rn sorry

[meager flame]

ok

[fossil fern]

actually here

this image is an old one so the political branch isnt up to date

but ithas all of the economic stuff

wait

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/191407123249233921/1485314986506064013/romaniaredone.png?ex=69fa1b60&is=69f8c9e0&hm=cff119db2af7cd03eaf026d004e2b62c9d6caf6fe3f9d80ba65b4ecd30338ba2&

on the left is the economic/army branch

you have to click on the image and zoom in to see well

[meager flame]

yours is very good but i kind dont understand how to make it only exclusive like that

[fossil fern]

mutually exclusive?

[meager flame]

yeah

and then one focus to chouse

[fossil fern]

mutually exclusive = {
focus = (ID of focus u wanna be mutually exclusive)
}

put that in the focus

the wiki has information on this

and u gotta put that mutually exclusive thing in both focuses

[meager flame]

mh trying to lern

[tough lotus]

The prerequisites for a focus are messed up, send the focus tree file and I'll have a look at it

[meager flame]

i send in dms

[vague sable]

any1 wanna play road to 56ß

?

[tough lotus]

Go to the multiplayer channels for that

Also @pale sparrow pls capitalise it

[pale sparrow]

Idk what happened there xD

I dont have permissions for that though

[tough lotus]

But you probably have some sort of contact with people who do

[pale sparrow]

Ill leave it in the mod channel

[heavy talon]

is there a halo mod

[nova heron]

Probably one for Stellaris for sure, idk if there would be one for hoi, though that would be cool if it worked

[grave sandal]

is there any way to create custom news events, id like to try and mess around with those

[neon flame]

Is there a good mod for making AI better at navy?

[pale sparrow]

🫡

[arctic mural]

Fixing the server one letter at a time

[swift field]

im gonna add 2 new SPs: 1. Assault rifles and 2. MBT tanks

[tough lotus]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Event_modding

[pale sparrow]

Dont think thats fixable with mods

[neon flame]

Thanks for the reply, it was worth a shot at least.

[noble tulip]

Hi! Does anyone have any information about the specific changelog for version 1.18? My mod worked great on 1.17, but it doesn't work on 1.18.
I would be grateful for your help

[pale sparrow]

What about it doesnt work?

[noble tulip]

It just crashes, nothing special in the log.
As a base i used "blank mod for global modding 1.16", I've modified it myself to make it work on version 1.17, but on 1.18 the entire mod doesn't work.

Maybe the old ones "replace path" breaking the game?

[limber escarp]

is there a way for the game to use your custom ace portraits? (the 42 x 46)

[pale sparrow]

aces.gfx

[limber escarp]

is there a way to make it so it generates your custom ace portraits for the specific country?

[pale sparrow]

If you mean for generics, idk

I only know that for named ones you simply put it like this and when you enter their name it applies it automatically

[limber escarp]

ah I see

[noble tulip]

after many hours i found out that crashes was caused by common/raids

so dumb

[runic hazel]

I've spent atleast 2 weeks on this project

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3720858964

[cold plume]

https://tenor.com/view/aplausos-clapped-leonardo-dicaprio-clap-slow-clap-gif-12389001

Sounds like at least 2 weeks well spent

[silent geode]

Anyone able to make Namelist modding a little clearer? I want to replace division names for whatever country I'm playing with a different set of names, ideally randomly chosen from a list. I know there's this page: https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Namelist_modding But it doesn't really make it clear on the syntax, or what I should be replacing. Nor how I would go about making sure it is random, and available to all countries.

[pale sparrow]

dont think there is any random function within the list

Just watched your Czechoslovakia vid

You could have different versions of the list and randomly select a country flag that enables one of the lists I guess if that works for your issue

Default namelist is attached to the unit template though, so I dont think you can easily overwrite the ones at game start

[silent geode]

Yeah it would have to only be newly recruited units...

This is gonna be a stupid question

Do the divisions need to be written exactly as is?

As in, does it need to be 1 = { "%d nameIwanttouse" }

Or can I just put the name straight in it?

What I'm asking is, do I have to meticulously, ONE BY ONE, replace each individual Infanterie-Division with the name I want to use?

[silent geode]

and thanks 😄

[pale sparrow]

only if you have an irregular pattern, otherwise you can use fallback_name

[silent geode]

I have dozens of names I want to use

[pale sparrow]

You can combine the two, have certain numbers have special names and have the rest be the default

[silent geode]

I'm not sure I understand

I'm looking to just have each individual division have a distinct name (it's the name of members 😛 )

So is the easiest way to achieve this just replacing the Infanterie Division with the names I want

for each and every one

and every tank?

[pale sparrow]

You could make one namelist and mass replace the namelist entries in the OOBs to use it, but itd take away all randomness

After game start when you are picking manually you could have randomness by running an on_action on game start that sets one of several country flags, which just sets a variant of your namelist with your names, just ordered differently

[silent geode]

I suppose I could randomize the list of names in the mod itself whenever I want to update it

How do I make just one namelist to overwide all name lists, specifically only for countries I'm playing?

I don't want to have to make a new file every time I play Germany, or France, or Cze, or whatever, and then disable the others when I'm not playing that country 😛

Can I just do one that applies to whatever coutnry I'm currently playing?

[pale sparrow]

Not to the starting units

[silent geode]

don't mind so much

though I changed the first infantry division name in the list, and it showed up in game on the units already on the map!

So yeah, how do I make a namelist to override the names of whatever country I'm playing?

[pale sparrow]

Not possible on the starting units without affecting all countries or doing a file edit beforehand, as far as I know, if you mean that

If simply as an extra list on only your country, by setting a country flag on game start for only your is_ai = no country, you could randomize which namelist by doing a random_list of different country flags

[silent geode]

So there's no way to make a new namelist in the folder, "All countries" that overrides whatever name list they start with, if it's a player?

[pale sparrow]

Dont think we have a command for that yeh

[silent geode]

Okay, additional question - say I was just doing the file edit route, just editing the country specific file for whatever I play.

Is there a way to make a namelist that's for EVERYTHING - so the names I put it on will apply to infantry AND tanks. Or do I have to just add the names here for everything one at a time?

Like, override everything that's in the file, and just one single name list for all divisions?

[pale sparrow]

You could make one namelist and mass replace the default namelist for the units of the country youre playing

if you were playing Albania you could override each division_names_group entry with your new namelist

[silent geode]

wait, division names group?

This is not editing the GER_names_divisions folder in common/units/names_divisions ?

I was thinking I could just add "Tanks" "mortoirzied" etcetc to the division_types list here, and then delete all the rest in the folder, leaving only one single name list that should hopefully replace everything else?

[pale sparrow]

their units will still point to the old ones

Though it might automatically switch to the ones that still exist, not sure

Seems more convenient to just do one new namelist of your own and apply that to their units instead of messing with their existing namelists

you could make the can_use can_use = { is_ai = no } to have it be player only, if youre not doing randomization

[silent geode]

Damn, you're right, it only works with the infantry divisions...

It works for the infantry divisions though!

I deleted everything but this in the file, but no dice

I can at least just change their name list manually in game but that seems super clunky

I like the idea of the divisions already starting out with the proper names, you know?

[silent geode]

so what you're suggesting is, to make a new name list, have it apply to everything, and then in game, manually, set the divisions to use that name list?

[pale sparrow]

Thats a possibility

Probably easier than editing the files every time tbf

[silent geode]

how would I go about doing that?

Like, what do I call it?

[pale sparrow]

Anything works as long as you match the folder structure I believe

all files end in names_divisions so probably a good bet to match that as well

[silent geode]

so I just call it "ALL_names_divisions" and then delete the for_countries = { Ger } bit so that it applies to everyone?

And change can_use to be not AI, like you said?

[pale sparrow]

Yes to all those yeh

[silent geode]

But it will never work with the original units already on the map?

Just newly recruited ones?

[pale sparrow]

Mhm

the ones on the map have preconfigured namelists so they cant automatically swap as far as Im aware

[silent geode]

It worked when I was changing the base country file

Ger_names_divisions

applied to the ones on th emap

[pale sparrow]

but only for Germany, no?

[silent geode]

yeah

so I'd have to change the file every single time xD

definitely a bother

alright, lemme test it

see if this will work

Does this matter?

Like, do I need to change this?

[pale sparrow]

Probably wanna change the name code yeh

Uhm

The top line I mean

[silent geode]

I changed GER to ALL

[pale sparrow]

Works

name is what you'll see in the name list selection list

[silent geode]

IT WOOOOOORKS

Hasn't applied to cavalry or Motorized though

oh wait, I just haven't changed it xD

Adn the fallback name hasn't changed?

It's still using Infantry-Division?

NO WAIT

hang on, I'm stupid, it's because I haven't removedf the remaining Infanteries divisions from the list

Follow up questin @pale sparrow I realize that I'd want to randomize the selection of these for every different game I play. Is there any easy way to randomize the names whatsoever?

Or do I need to create like.... two name lists, ALL_names_divisions1 and ALL_names_divisions2 and have two different orders of the names, and just switch between them?

[pale sparrow]

Yes multiple lists

Either you manually select a version or you set a random flag at game start that only unlocks one variant

[silent geode]

Ooo how do I set a random flag at game start?

[pale sparrow]

set a country_flag in a random_list in an on_startup on_action

[cedar ledge]

what do yall think of this ireland focus tree and gfx? Its part of my cats mod that some people know of

im still not done as there is a mutual focus tree where they bow down to the cats but thats not even begun

im looking forward to release the mod this summer maybe?

but if im working fast enough maybe before summer

[silent geode]

Being stupid, how do I make it so the divisino names are JUST the division names, no 1. or 213rd or whatever?

[pale sparrow]

Remove the %d from the name

[silent geode]

... goddamn it

[silent geode]

Also, sorry, I'm not sure how to do this

[cedar ledge]

yo saw your Land cruisers only vid few days ago was pretty peak

[silent geode]

ay thanks! That was my first big X only video!! Was considering doing a remake, but seems super difficult xD

[pale sparrow]

Note: missing first and last line for it to work as on_actions file

        effect = {
            random_country = {
                limit = {
                    is_ai = no
                }
                random_list = {
                    25 = {
                        set_country_flag = use_name_list_1
                    }
                    25 = {
                        set_country_flag = use_name_list_2
                    }
                    25 = {
                        set_country_flag = use_name_list_3
                    }
                    25 = {
                        set_country_flag = use_name_list_4
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }```

[cedar ledge]

ye I myself have no idea how the cruisers work even after watching the video

[silent geode]

very dumb here. What folder does this go in? on_actions
And I just call it whatever? "namelist_on_startup"

And just copy that over?

OH WAIT there's already an on_actions, should I just copy it from "effect" and put it at the top of that file?

Could this cause mod incompatibilities? I want this to be usable while playing a mod?

[pale sparrow]

namelist_on_actions.txt should work

cleaner to make a new file

and should work with more mods

[silent geode]

So make a new file, within common/on_actions, call it namelist_on_actions, and just copy what you put in?

[pale sparrow]

yes, and add a first line simply on_actions = { and last line }

[silent geode]

and I'm guessing I should change use_name_list_1 etc to be the two names of the name list?

Which name should I put there? Should it pth to ALL_Inf_01 or "Members & Patrons 1" ?

Or wait, should it use_name_list_ALL_Inf_01

hmm none of what I try seems to work

[pale sparrow]

that works

[pale sparrow]

Wdym

[silent geode]

like this?

doesn't seem to work

Still have both of them to use from in-game

[pale sparrow]

you also need to check for the flag in the can_use section of the lists

with has_country_flag

[silent geode]

how do I syntax for that? As in, seperate it from the is_ai ?

[pale sparrow]

Yup, just add a space and paste

has_country_flag = FLAGNAMEHERE behind the is_ai = no

[silent geode]

Like this?

And should the country flag name be ALL1_names_divisions or ALL_Inf_01? The former is the name of the .txt file itself, and the latter is what it's called inside the file

[pale sparrow]

Yup

[pale sparrow]

name the flag whatever you want, as long as it matches whatever you called it inside the on_actions

[silent geode]

sorry I'm confused

I'm asking what I call the flag inside the on_actions

Should the use_name_list be called the file name of the new namelist in the files, or should it be called what is INSIDE the namesdivisions file

file name

inside the file

what should be after set_country_flag ?

[mild siren]

sorry to bother you but im working on an open source project that helps with modding and i want to know if its allowed to send a link here to sort of "advertise" it?

i recently made it (hopefully) windows compatible and i need testers 😭

[pale sparrow]

Please ask the community team through @timid bronze first

[pale sparrow]

Anything at all, as long as it matches the name you check for in the unit names file

[pale sparrow]

Your code there is good

[silent geode]

Which of the two names? The name “members and patrons” or the bit before it, ALL_Inf_01 ?

Sorry, just finding it confusing

[pale sparrow]

oh the ALL_Inf_01 goes unused, its only if you assign starting units to use it, which would be a lot of hassle

the "members & patrons" name will be what you see in-game

[silent geode]

So it should be use_name_list_members_&_patrons ? For the flag

[mild siren]

whoops sorry

will do

[pliant veldt]

what can i do about this when it crashes my game (i don't want the original countries in my game)

[kindred axle]

Did u do the replace path

[pliant veldt]

yes in the .mod data

i removed the history files an the country tags

[kindred axle]

In the descriptor?

[pliant veldt]

thier are only this errors not something like "unknown tag"

[pliant veldt]

yes

[kindred axle]

Did u do the same with the history/countries

[pliant veldt]

yes

history/countries states

common/countries country_tags country_tag_aliasses

nearly removed the basegame

[kindred axle]

Dunno if this Is It, Just a theory, but did u take them off the colors.txt

Or Is It in the country tags folder

[pliant veldt]

i also replaced the colors.txt

[kindred axle]

But diid u modify it

[pliant veldt]

yes, i got new colors.txt

[kindred axle]

What about the states? Did h remove the tags inside

[pliant veldt]

yes

i got my own state files

they are the same provinces and names but diffrent owners and buildings

[kindred axle]

https://tenor.com/view/omniman-gif-26206182

Finding a new way for space travel would be easier fr

[pliant veldt]

additionally to this i got a coring problem

not a single of my new contrys has starting cores

they are scripted in the state files and givin through a starting event

but they are there and not there at the same time xD

[pliant veldt]

yes man i can feel it

if anyone would like to look over my mod, write me a DM and i will send it

thx for the help

[acoustic berry]

@pliant veldt Does it look something like this?

[umbral charm]

For some reason, all my custom events don't take up the whole image box no matter how much I change the dementions

[paper valley]

should he be replaced with wilhelm II?

[grizzled bramble]

<@&846894118219022336>

[frail galleon]

Does anyone know of any mods that make the game run smoother?

[kindred axle]

Most probably

Or with wilh III

Eitel Is the second son of Will II btw

[golden totem]

they should have made friderick franz the fascist leader for mecklenburg imo

[plain quest]

i dont think so cause he was exiled

eitel was his kid so

[grizzled bramble]

What if I mod an advanced medium cannon and howitzer to the game? Btw what files/folders would I look into if I am adding new tank modules.

[tough lotus]

Should be replaced with Viktoria (no bias)

[arctic mural]

No bias, Yeah!

[tough lotus]

[fluid thunder]

uh hi

[pale sparrow]

[fluid thunder]

kinda want to ask

if i can work with multiple people from here on two mod ideas i have

[pale sparrow]

modding discord/reddits might have dedicated recruitment chats

[fluid thunder]

uh

i was wondering if i can do that

and find friends

[nova heron]

If you have some visual content made and a little blurb written up, the hoi4moddingden is a good place to drop an advertisement for recruiting

[fluid thunder]

unfortunately i can show art of it

if u want

[pseudo horizon]

What do you do?

[formal jewel]

is there a way to reduce country-wide chance of specific buildings being sabotaged❓

not just in a certain state

[pliant veldt]

yes it does

[civic shoal]

wanna play together

[rotund perch]

what is best mod

that makes so countries have no more generic trees

without dlc

[arctic mural]

black ice or smth

[tough lotus]

Road to 56

[grizzled bramble]

hey guys I made a mod where I added new modules with a new icon but the game doesn't recognize it. I asked the hoi4 modding discord server, but I got a dead end.

[rotund perch]

but it needs dlcs to have it no

[dusty linden]

no

road to 56 has alot of its own focus trees and content for most nations

[grizzled bramble]

hello tank

[dusty linden]

hello

[dusty linden]

Idk if this has been updated

Probably not

Still accurate enough

[grizzled bramble]

are you skilled at modding? I wanted to ask for help about gfx/interface files

[dusty linden]

Im not skilled, but i've done a tiny bit of modding. Mostly just adding my own leaders and changing a few country tags etc

[grizzled bramble]

i tried to add a new tank module and a new icon but it didn't work as shown in the picture above

[dusty linden]

Yeah idk about those image files

Never tried to edit them

[grizzled bramble]

fair guess I will have to publish the mod without the icon.

not too game breaking

[dusty linden]

Make sure they are the same resolution as the base images

and the correct image type

I think hoi4 uses .dds for most

[grizzled bramble]

Do you think it is my code that is breaking it? As I talked with another guy and concluded it was the interface file that was broken?

spriteTypes = {

    spriteType = {
    name = "GFX_EMI_tank_medium_howitzer_3"
    textureFile = "gfx/interface/equipmentdesigner/tanks/modules/tank_module_heavy_howitzer.dds"
    legacy_lazy_load = no
}

spriteType = {
    name = "GFX_EMI_tank_medium_cannon_3"
    textureFile = "gfx/interface/equipmentdesigner/tanks/modules/tank_module_high_velocity_cannon_3.dds"
    legacy_lazy_load = no
}

}

Edit: I fixed it realized i had to put my interface file in the interface folder and not gfx/interface

[dusty linden]

Game can be real finicky with incorrect resolutions

[grizzled bramble]

oh okay

[tough lotus]

No. Any DLC you do have is a plus but RT56 is perfectly playable without any DLC, all you wouldn't be getting is their work that's based upon DLC content

[grizzled bramble]

Alright I finally finished the mod I spent all afternoon and evening on, adding an advanced cannon and howitzer: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3721350050

[quartz shore]

why my game always crash on the loading screen whenever I installed the Cold war iron curtain mod

[mighty skiff]

is there a way to see what mods affect what? like i have no tech mods installed yet the tech tree is broken

[magic shoal]

Best I can do is recommend you cut your modlist in half, reload the game, and with each reload cut the modlist in half until you eventually find the culprit.

However you can also open a mods file folder within the Hoi4 launcher, but you won’t know what you’re looking at a lot of the time.

[mighty skiff]

do logs show that?

[mighty skiff]

fuuu i need to reload the game 33 times then

nooooo, my favorite mod is doing that 😭

[magic shoal]

Which one?

Curious in case I also have it

[mighty skiff]

weird, deleted the issue, it overwrites the tech file yet doesnt really add anything, only renames stuff that itself afaik is disabled

[swift field]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3712853365&searchtext=

this is a new mod for hoi4

[astral finch]

Where i can get some icons for mod?

[pale sparrow]

Of what sort

[loud narwhal]

Check mod folders for technology folders

Could also do search with grep or np++ for debug ids

[astral finch]

I mean , every?

[pale sparrow]

For vanilla ones you can search here
https://yard1.github.io/HoI4-GFX-Search/

[astral finch]

Thanks!

[warm sun]

im trying to change the portraits of leader nothing else, i at the moment have managed to make gfx folder, with leaders folder, with folders for example FRA, ENG, GER and so on
within those i have the .dds file of the leader with the changed image (for example portrait_GER_adolf_hitler. dds) but when i do start the game with the mod enabled, it doesnt work, the portraits arent changed
im wondering why that is

[tough lotus]

Could be a typo in a folder name, the gfx definition is also case sensitive, so check that your files and folders have the same spelling and capitalization as the basegame ones

[warm sun]

yeah i managed to fix it, problem on my part lol

[astral finch]

How it's possible to create ur own icons?

[grizzled bramble]

Hey Marijn, is it okay to promote my new mod I made yesterday in general. I want some feedback on the advanced medium cannon/howi I added to the mod

[pale sparrow]

Didnt you post in the modding Discord? they should know best there

[pale sparrow]

Yes

[astral finch]

Is it hard to do?

[grizzled bramble]

yeah I was struggling to figure out on how to add an icon before I realized it was in the wrong folder. What channel do you suggest?

[pale sparrow]

Implementation no, making the art, probably a bit tricky

[astral finch]

Is there any website where i can do it?

[lethal crow]

How do I mod, I want to make focus tree for vanilla america to make atomwaffen division tfr

[meager gale]

is the end of a new beginning mod good?

[loud narwhal]

You just want to add a focus for atomwaffen division? Or copy focus, division and brigades from TFR mod?

[lethal crow]

Focus

[loud narwhal]

You have to copy it from TFR and put it in your own mod where you copy original focus tree for US and add another focus as a parent or keep it separate

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_focus_modding

[tough lotus]

paint.net probably.

[astral finch]

oh it must be very hard

[tough lotus]

There are libraries of premade icons and building pieces

[astral finch]

yeah , thats too but if smth i need to do my own ones too

[formal jewel]

i got 5 focuses, each one gives -1% political power gain

but only 1 of them actually works

[mint mist]

yeowch

[lone hearth]

Don't use set_variable. That sets the variable to the desired value. Use add_to_variable instead which adds on top of the pre-existing value.

[paper valley]

what do you type to unlock a decision category in a focus

i dont know if my decisions work

[wise phoenix]

anyone know a good russia mod?

[strange cargo]

what are some mods to make the game more realistic without making it complex or an absolute overhaul. This includes map mods.

[sour lotus]

im tryna host a multiplayer game with my friends who are all new players and want to find a simplified hoi4 mp mod to play on. I dont want to use TFB because it can overcomplicated production and stuff but i still want a streamlined MP historical experience to make sure someone doesnt pick alt history by accident. In this game I was also hoping to turn off a good amount of the DLC to simplify the tank, ship, plane, and simplify the game furthur.

[glass bronze]

hi

I had an idea for a mod.

The game starts normally in 1936, with no major changes to history.

In 1937, the Hindenburg disaster occurs as it did in real history, shaking global confidence in airships and putting the future of the technology into question.

After the incident, the player receives an important choice:

abandon the airship program (historical path)
continue investing in the technology (alternate timeline)

If the player decides to continue, a new national focus branch focused on airship development will be unlocked, along with an exclusive technology tree.

[formal jewel]

i'm dumbass 😂

thank you so much

[unreal sorrel]

In the decision category add a trigger if the focus is complete

[normal storm]

Is there any good mod for medival times?

[tough lotus]

-# Crusader Kings 2 or 3, pick your poison
HOI mechanics don't translate well to most other time periods

[jagged token]

I'm trying to make a national spirit about Greater Italy that I called "Stretched Bureaucracy" after taking the decision, and I was wandering if the following effects are ok or too much or too little.

-0,50 pp or -5%
-10 % stability
15 % consumer goods

Thanks in advance for all the help and suggestions, and I hope you're having a good day

[formal jewel]

is it buffs or debuffs 🙂

[jagged token]

Debuffs

The circles should be minus

[normal storm]

I've seen one on tiktok though but idk and ck costs money

[pale sparrow]

All the ones Ive seen are mostly just a map with very little content

[tough lotus]

ck2 is free

[paper valley]

ok the category appears now but the decisions dont

[deft aurora]

When creating your mod, where should you start? Creating the new countires first? Or creating the new states or something else?

[nova heron]

Get the fundamentals down, any new states, country files, that kinda stuff. The way I've done it is Map -> Place countries -> Create major features (ideologies for example) -> Start filling in the relevant country files with details (leaders, etc.) -> Start adding in fun stuff (focus trees, nat spirits, etc.)

It's definitely not the best way to do it but it's how I've done it

[torpid heron]

When I add my music to an existing radio, the music does not appear but when I click next it appears in the title but no music comes out

how to fix

[lone siren]

Are there any mods that start in the modern day an expand into the future? MD only goes until '25 and I would like something a little further out there.

[languid copper]

the fire rises ig

[paper valley]

does someone know whats wrong

[acoustic berry]

The changed 'war' focuses of the USA Rework. I felt the war operations would be better suited for a sub branch under War Department (which has received a new icon) and it will be available to all of the democratic paths excluding the Libertarian one (because it works so differently). War Plans Division has now also become a sub-branch of War Department

[green steeple]

the rework we've been drooling for

[acoustic berry]

The update I'm working on right now is like the USA Rework Rework
USA (Rework)²
It's has been and will take a lot of time. But hopefully I should have more free time over the summer

[green steeple]

oh boy

[kindred axle]

Old 1300 Is meh

But Its good enough

Tho be aware to have the correct mod which Is the moat recent updated

[true moon]

i downloaded millenium dawn i put it the files and in the playset but when i try to play the game it crashes it

it goes in the loading screen i see that the mod is active because the pictures changed but it crashes my game

[golden totem]

did war plan yellow get updated with the new warlords? the base games doesn't right now.

[deft aurora]

Thanks

[cedar ledge]

https://klipy.com/gifs/yes-pokemon--k01KR8M3E9BJH5GDZF4BRDK1CA4

the rework we all been drooling for

[scenic ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/tonyabbott-auspol-onion-gif-14143970

I just finished my Australia submod for Millennium Dawn. Covers 10 years of content. Would love some feedback!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3723338399

[wanton magnet]

can someone tell me if theres an extra } in airframe 7?

I cant get the other graphics

besides 6 and 7

[vital coyote]

guys I made my own mod but it wont worked I changed somethings in the defines.lua file copyed it into my mod and renamed it to 09_defines.lua it makes paratroops only need 1 plane for 1 transport but it wont work

[pale sparrow]

Can you show the content of your defines file?

[vital coyote]

BASE_UNIT_WEIGHT_IN_TRANSPORT_PLANES = 1.0,
MIN_PLANE_COUNT_PARADROP = 1,

[pale sparrow]

Screenshot of the whole file please

[pale sparrow]

Alright now I see the issue

[pale sparrow]

The formatting is slightly different if you want to override only certain lines

No commas, and also gotta indicate before the categories the line is part of

[vital coyote]

ok thy i tryna fix it

[vital coyote]

ok which categorie is it from?

[pale sparrow]

Open the vanilla file and see

[vital coyote]

ok

[pale sparrow]

all of them except the graphics defines start with NDefines

The 2nd category you can see in the file

[vital coyote]

ok

still not working

[wanton magnet]

herasyo

[vital coyote]

its my first time coding lol watched 4 tutorials and then made my own thing. I guess Ill watch more tutorials

[pale sparrow]

Hmmm looks correct

🤔

[nova heron]

Is it because the Defines folder isn't in the common folder? Or does that not matter?

[pale sparrow]

Probably it

@vital coyote

[balmy gate]

h

[nova heron]

My mods world map 😁
I'ma add some stuff to it and put it into RandomParadox, really happy because this means that I'm finally making progress on my mod after like
A year! Now I just have to figure out how climate works...

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1472661514241708075/1503058243637870732/Dolaris_map_base.png?ex=6a01f792&is=6a00a612&hm=79ae019b66f6da598d4863174fba918241fc4d6167795808a2d467b3882fd23b&

[frosty sigil]

Hi, im doing a "Novum Vexilium" submod and for my formable i need ukraine (UKR) but when i annexed it with a command the focus requirements arent met. Can somebody help me?

[lunar summit]

are there any mods like commander but with less fast paced gameplay

[pliant veldt]

does anyone know how to get rid of this desturbing notifications on the right corner like "TAG declares war on TAG"

[nova heron]

I think the interface folder has the stuff for it

Just put a blank copy of the file with the same name into your mod

[nova heron]

Try to do this maybe

   UKR = {
      is_owned_by = ROOT
   }
}```

If there's a way you can make it check if all core states instead of the entire country is owned by Poland then that would also prevent it from breaking if there's one little Ukraine on some Pacific Island cause of hoi4 shenanigans

[frosty sigil]

i tried to do that but i always get the code wrong and nothing appears in focus, just "all states"

i guess i will have to write down every state ID

[pale sparrow]

You can also check states for strategic region (like in navy/air map mode), makes selecting large areas like Ukraine easier

[acoustic berry]

Oh I didn't know that! I'll try to fix that if I can remember. I guess I've never noticed since I usually forget to do the war plans

[acoustic berry]

I'd try this within available:
all_state = {
OR = {
NOT = {
is_core_of = UKR
}
is_controlled_by = ROOT
}
}

UKR = {
all_core_state = {
is_controlled_by = ROOT
}
}

Should work too

The important thing is to never have a requirement for controlling/owning a country tag. It should always be a state or an array of states, I believe

[vital coyote]

it keeps Crashing

anyone have a fix

[nova heron]

idk it looks good from wht I’m seeing, maybe its an issue unrelated to the defines file, mainly the descriptor? I’d also check your error and crash logs, they might have something

[vital coyote]

where are the logs?

[nova heron]

Usually they are in C:\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\logs\

[vital coyote]

ok

[tough lotus]

You can't own a country, you can only own states

[vague sable]

any1 balkan?

[signal talon]

FINNALY BRO IVE FLUND ONE

LESS GO

I’m downloading tomorrow

[sour temple]

I'm trying to get a country to focus all of its troops on a single front so it stops reassigning generals willy-nilly, but it keeps assigning a division to the border of a different country because, according to aiview, it's an "Easy Target".

Can someone please explain what tells the AI that a country is an "Easy Target", and if there is a way to make the AI disregard this?

I've tried consider_weak with a -1000 weight and that didn't work

[grizzled bramble]

<@&846894118219022336> check all other channels

[narrow yarrow]

dis tuff

[harsh prism]

any mod that supports 1.18 thats like millenium dawn?

because millenium dawn doesnt seem to work with 1.18

[nova heron]

It should work, the 1.18 update didn't change any mechanics or anything, it just added superficial content

I just popped it open like four days ago so

[narrow harbor]

guys

[floral bay]

Yeah for me it crashes the whole game immediately

[harsh prism]

^ same

[harsh prism]

it causes it to insta crash

[terse hound]

Hey to those who are reading this, me and small team of people currently are doing a hd2 mod for this game. We are in need of coders, if you wish to help out feel free to contact me

[vital coyote]

guys I have a mod and the local mod works fine, but when I start the Steam Workshop one it suddenly wont work

[torpid heron]

Hello, I have tried creating a custom music station, but the music never plays
It does not appear in the music station

[tall hare]

I just made my mods server 😎

[raven merlin]

i'm trying to create a state but each time i click save it just reverts back to the state the tiles used to be part of could anyone help me

[arctic mural]

Good luck with that

[terse hound]

well thanks ig, but im unsure if thats genuine or not, based on prior experience

[tall hare]

do you mod buddy?

[arctic mural]

I had the thought of making one

But an entire galaxy would be difficult

Especially the military part too

[arctic mural]

Just a little

[tall hare]

I see

you made any mod?

[arctic mural]

The only mod I made progress on was a alt hist mod

[tall hare]

about

[arctic mural]

And it was a bit ambitious for my first

[terse hound]

it will not, if its to be finished, be with naval invasions, instead straits as planetary supply lines

[tall hare]

Sounds like what I am doing 👍

[arctic mural]

Lemme find the google doc

[arctic mural]

The stratagems seem very difficult as well

[terse hound]

i suppose its worth asking since this place is active: do you happen to know how to code? just asking since why not, if ud like to join or not

[tall hare]

I would but I am too busy with my own mod, if Germany and Russia won ww1

[terse hound]

it might be, but we'll prob have to do it like with the eaw mod, each faction having their own per chance, or maybe just se

[arctic mural]

The hundreds of billions of citizens would seem difficult too

[terse hound]

okay understood, tho if you ever become free youre more than welcome to dm and i can inform on the rest

[tall hare]

👍

[arctic mural]

What’s stopping someone from fielding 100 billion people

[terse hound]

text editing or just doing it anyway

[tall hare]

I see

[arctic mural]

And idk if each battalion would be 4 helldivers

[terse hound]

we're at the process of the map still needing to be fixed, ie strategic regions, but we'll figure it out

[tall hare]

Why not make it in stelarris

[terse hound]

cuz why not be the first to do it in hoi4

[tall hare]

🤷‍♂️

[terse hound]

eh at any rate, ill relax and continue some gfx work, nice chit chattin rn

[tall hare]

Yeah good luck boss

I believe in you

[arctic mural]

What that guy said ^

[tough lotus]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2477222513 Someone has already done it

[terse hound]

are you trolling?

[tough lotus]

I mean the having multiple planets

[terse hound]

yeah, but our will have a different feel to it

[tall hare]

VICKY, Got any tips on growing my own mod server 😎

[elder dock]

where do I find a mod that allows you to recolour nations

[kindred axle]

It would be easier to do It yourself lol, It takes literally seconda

Seconds

[elder dock]

wdym

i couldnt do that

[tall hare]

if you want to change just a countries color

[elder dock]

(btw i dont mean recolour specific country)

[tall hare]

it is very simple

[tall hare]

Then that's hardder

[kindred axle]

I meant what i said

[kindred axle]

U mean the map texture?

[elder dock]

yeah i guess

like the colour of the nation on the map

like the colourise your country mod but compatible with latest version

[tall hare]

@pale sparrow My mod wont start, can it be the new dlc

if so what have they changed?

It's like

when I enter a game

I can start

and right when I start after i selected my country

it crash

[shut dawn]

You check the crash logs to see what it was? Also does your mod add OOBs?

[tall hare]

yeah

[shut dawn]

Or does it mess with the map at all?

[tall hare]

it does a bit I believe

[shut dawn]

Check those OOBs to make sure they aren't trying to load units without a template, and that the provinces defined are correct. I'd definitely check the error and crash logs. It could just be as simple as some province doesn't have a port set up right

<@&846894118219022336>

[tall hare]

the port thing I checked

[shut dawn]

That’s a good one to eliminate. Then yeah I’d check the OOBs and make sure they’re all set up right, also the province references. Could he one of them is trying to load a division in an invalid province due to a transposition typo

[tall hare]

Not the oob

it's wierd because it crash when i enter the game as

lets say Germany

[shut dawn]

That's good. Maybe check the state history files or any other map stuff you edited. It could be a port or bunker is placed ina weird spot.

[tall hare]

it takes a while before it crashes

[shut dawn]

So it doesn’t always crash when you select a country? That could eliminate a few issues. Honestly I’d check the error log a bit more and see what pops up. ‘Cause it’s reached the extent of what I’ve experienced causing crashes on startup/country select

[tall hare]

are you working on any mod atm?

[shut dawn]

I work on Old World Blues, East Coast Rebirth, and Monarchs & Margaritas

[tall hare]

Damn

I am trying to do this little project 👍

this appears

21:12:30][1936.01.01.12][effectbase.cpp:750]: *Tried to trigger non-existant event: SEA_border_incidents_events.1
[21:12:30][1936.01.01.12][state_effect_implementation.cpp:1355]: common/on_actions/14_sea_on_actions.txt:312: add_province_modifierIndicated province 12062 Isnt part of scope state: 614 its actually in: 607

[shut dawn]

Oh yeah on actions can cause crashes on startup

[tall hare]

This could probably happen

yeah

[shut dawn]

And it’s referencing state and province scopes? It could be that. The game does like to bug out when you reference the wrong states or provinces

[tall hare]

I made a server for my mod 👍

imma try to fix it

[shut dawn]

Cool. Good luck with your mod

[tall hare]

got any good ways to grow a server?

[shut dawn]

The best way I’ve found has been to just focus on the mod itself. People will then come to the server as they get interested in the mod.

[tall hare]

fair

I have learned some gfx 😎

[shut dawn]

Nice, that’s a good skill to have if you’re working in a mod by yourself or with a small team. I’ve recently gotten into making focus icons myself ‘cause I make a lot of trees and don’t want to flood the artists who work on ECR.

[tall hare]

where would this be located?

[21:25:06][1936.01.01.12][state_effect_implementation.cpp:1355]: common/on_actions/14_sea_on_actions.txt:312: add_province_modifierIndicated province 12062 Isnt part of scope state: 614 its actually in: 607

[tall hare]

Icons is too hard for me

[shut dawn]

common/on_actions

then you could just ctrl+f to loon for 614 or 12062

[tall hare]

but imma have to learn it

[shut dawn]

Paint.net is your friend, and so is the dropshadow function 😂

[tall hare]

this is my second ever portrait 😎

[shut dawn]

Nice

[tall hare]

Cheers

[tall hare]

I fixed that error

still not working

[shut dawn]

At least you're one error down.

[tall hare]

Fair

could I dm you my entire error.log 😎

it includes lots of things from me removing Soviet

[shut dawn]

I'd probably not be the best guy to help with all that stuff. I work on Old World Blues and submods. So I'm not gonna know much about errors tied to base game content overwrites

[tall hare]

maybe this

[21:36:17][1936.01.01.12][divisiontemplate.cpp:406]: Scripting error in historical division names. GER -> Group name: Panzer Divisions is scripted on a division template: Panzer-Division but is unavailable for this country.
[21:36:17][1936.01.01.12][divisiontemplate.cpp:406]: Scripting error in historical division names. GER -> Group name: Motorized Divisions is scripted on a division template: Infanterie-Division (mot.) but is unavailable for this country.

[tough lotus]

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

[tall hare]

thanks

@shut dawn SOLVED IT!

[shut dawn]

Nice

[tall hare]

My mod is looking for devs if you're interested 🤔

[shut dawn]

I got a lot on my plate atm, but I appreciate the offer.

[tall hare]

Alright, cheers and good luck to you 👍

if you're interested in the future just lmk

[shut dawn]

Same to you

[paper valley]

our portrait

[burnt vigil]

what focus is this from? i'm sculting this absolute beauty of a mod using hoi4modding to visualize the layout and better plan my focus tree (mainly so i can view changes in real time without having to do a console command every 5 seconds and freezing my game), is this inheriter of Lenins Mantle? cause path of marxist-leninism has Marx, Engels, and Lenin, but Stalin is in this one

[limber knot]

I believe it is Stalin’s Cult of Personality, I may be wrong though

[shut spindle]

Photopea.com >>>> all others except for “legally acquired” photoshop

[burnt vigil]

I'll check down the stalinist path because i'm currious now, i didn't earlier bc i went to the store with mum

[limber knot]

Right Opposition is the strongest late game however.

[burnt vigil]

yea you right

[burnt vigil]

i'm working on a rework for the USSR bc i'm pressed it doesn't actually utilize many of the new features of the DLC's since NSB

[limber knot]

You should probably buff the ussr because I have been watching them get steamrolled

[burnt vigil]

yea, im gonna start with the focus tree, but 100% will be adding a great patriotic war secret tree for when russia is in a defensive war against a major, giving them buffs to rush their military development and the migration of factories, plus i am for sure changing the order 227 and those focuses, because they're basically useless until you get pushed to moscow

[orchid ruin]

any issues with this?

trying to make it so Cambodia (witch starts as a colony in my mod) has the option to stay with free France, recognize Vichy France, or become independant

however cambodia will not get the event when france falls

and Cambodia when released (i forced the event) it keeps the cosmetic flag and name

[burnt vigil]

what is VIC in this contect?

oh vichy

[junior sierra]

Hey folks! I was wondering if anyone knows of a mod that makes it so the the AI makes more random decisions (as opposed to turning off historical focuses, which just seems to be communist civil war simulator) with their focuses, and makes nations declare war a bit more often/randomly? I did find a mod called Chaos AI which partially does that, but I'm not sure if I just don't know how to install workshop mods or if it's out of date lmao

[burnt vigil]

if you set the AI to random in gamerules, they will be legitimately random, alt-hist plays off what the rest of the world (specifically the player) does, but random will cause france to go red, germany to stay fasc, then russia and britain goes monarchist

but mods wise, i don't think there is other than chaos randomizer mods that give random events

like Poland bets entire country to morocco and loses type chaos

[junior sierra]

Oh shit, I forgot about gamerules :O
and I c, I c

[orchid ruin]

yup

historicly cambodia sided with vichy

[burnt vigil]

you might need to check how vanilla does stuff like that? idk ngl

i never had to give a puppet an event based on if something happens

ik how to make it trigger, just modify the event for germany, but not the actual work of the event/decision

[kindred axle]

If my mod crashes, with Just map changes, there Is no map errors in the log, what Is the reason of the crash?

[burnt vigil]

what map changes did you make

[orchid ruin]

wait how do you make it trigger?

im trying to make it trigger when france falls, and make shure it also dose not fall in a future france war a second time

[burnt vigil]

modify the event reward for germany forming vichy france, where it also sends an event to your new tags, the framework should be there, or in a vichy or french event, because i know Syria and Lebanon have an event for it, maybe check for events for the framework

rn i'm doing stuff like this for my 5 year plan focuses

[golden totem]

Yeah I think they forgot to add the new tags, I even made a report on the forums about it

[umbral oasis]

Hello!
I was making a mod a while ago, and I left the development because I didnt know how to do a bunch of things, like custom images or how to adapt a mod for a new DLC, eg. When gotterdammerung came out, I didnt know how to act so the new content would be adapted into the mod.
I would like to learn to over come this difficulty and continue with my work, and if anyone Is willing to' help I would be very Happy to hear.

[fast valve]

How much can you edit the combat math equations?

[pale sparrow]

You can edit some inputs but you cant edit any equations

[burnt vigil]

So like, I can change how soft or armour is to a battalion/div but not how important that is to a battle?

[pale tulip]

any1 got mod recs?

[shut dawn]

Old World Blues is a fun one

[pale tulip]

i alr played it tho

any1 know mods like tfr but not millenium dawn cus that is legit a 9-5

[burnt vigil]

MD isnt that bad as of Gotterdammerung

But if you want a fun modernish mod, try Red Dawn/Red Dusk, those are pretty good

gah damn those look nice

i'm assuming it's easier to make portraits when the og image is in colour?

[dire canopy]

honestly, i grayscale all of them before recolouring them

to make it all consistent since some images have different lightening

[burnt vigil]

Fair, I might need help doing stuff like that when I get to that part of my mod

[dire canopy]

what mod are you making?

[burnt vigil]

USSR rework

[dire canopy]

nice

[burnt vigil]

My friend and I just got done sketching out the rough skeleton for our plan for how we wanna put the mod together

[dire canopy]

nice

im been updating my mod that changes leaders of some countries from 1945 to 2020

[burnt vigil]

Mfw sleepy Joe is actually the president of Guatemala in 1945 lol, that would be smth idk, im also running off no sleep :/

2016 president T? Valid

His 2024 portrait makes bro look like he just got told he wasnt allowed to get a chocolate bar

[dire canopy]

fr

[burnt vigil]

why does she look like maggie T?

[dire canopy]

maybe she is Margaret Thatcher

[burnt vigil]

zamn, that Stalin portrait looks sexy as hell

[dire canopy]

i think is alright since it was one of the first Portraits i did for the mod

[burnt vigil]

hell, if it's alright with you I may need to utilize your portraits for stalin and Nikita, because they look amazing ngl

Dai Nam/Vietnam? or somewhere in the indochina peninsula?

[tall hare]

Astram I finnaly made a server for my mod 😎

[burnt vigil]

W

[dire canopy]

Singapore

[tall hare]

how's your mod going

[dire canopy]

yeah sure, just credit i guess? idk

[burnt vigil]

credit for all portraits used from your design

[dire canopy]

yeah sure, if its alright.

[burnt vigil]

that's fine, idrm giving credit where due

[tall hare]

which mod?

[tall hare]

Astram how's your stuff going

[dire canopy]

Leaders of the future

[burnt vigil]

well, so far I've got... something? i think

[tall hare]

which is

[dire canopy]

just changing leaders historically since i like playing 1936 to 2000s

[dire canopy]

The mod name is Leaders of the future?...

[burnt vigil]

so far i've got a skeleton, leader portraits for historical, and a great plan for the GPW

[tall hare]

yeah

[dire canopy]

is my first time modding so its quite amateurish

[tall hare]

I just thought what it was about

interesting

[tall hare]

I done a bit

my map have improved

alot

if you haven't seen it in a while

[burnt vigil]

no i haven't, what's it like now?

[dire canopy]

oh nice

[burnt vigil]

is Pakistan a russian ally?

[tall hare]

no

they just had oddly smilar colors

I noticed rn¨'

[burnt vigil]

yea

hence asking, but you could 100% play into that

[tall hare]

you think?

[burnt vigil]

yea, the Great Game

it was a race for dominance between the UK and Russia over influence in persia, afghan, and pakistan

[tall hare]

I see

[dire canopy]

old code stuff but i have been cleaning up old event titles

[burnt vigil]

real question is, what's their pie chart look like?

[tall hare]

Astram you seem like a spain expert

Join me 😉

[naive stump]

No modern politics

[dire canopy]

?

[naive stump]

Read the #server-rules

[dire canopy]

no, i dont understand where i talked about modern politics

but i can delete the screenshot if you want

[naive stump]

Yeah

[dire canopy]

okay

[naive stump]

Everything after ww2 is concidered modern

[dire canopy]

genuine question but...even sharing portraits?

[tall hare]

@burnt vigil Show your progress 😎

I also learned a bit of gfx 👍

[naive stump]

Even Portraits

[dire canopy]

alright

sorry about that

[naive stump]

its alright

just make sure it dosent happen again

[tall hare]

Flowi do you mod?

[burnt vigil]

all i gots rn

[tall hare]

I see

well

I am working on french commune

I suck at ideas

[burnt vigil]

iirc, 1400-1850 is early modern, 1851 to right now, is considered modern modern

[naive stump]

nope

[burnt vigil]

but yea, everything from 1920 to 2026 (and onwards) is considered modern in terms of politics, as 1920 shaped 1930, and so on, but 1910 doesn't matter as much as it's a fixed point in our timeline that would have happened anyways

[naive stump]

if you want to argue talk to chak

[burnt vigil]

Oh I dont wanna argue, that's a lot of work when I could spend that time cooking and/or making my mod

[tall hare]

holy tuff

You can make spain for my mod 👍 😎 👍

[burnt vigil]

Yh, i gotta design a whole new map for my spain mod, because it became impossible to keep working on

I started it in 1.16, its now 1.18, almost 1.19, and the changes have made it so insanely unstable it's more work to make them work than it would be to make it from scratch, hence why im gonna do a sov rework first, less effort and kf it doesnt pop-off ever i can find out what went wrong and where I can fix it

[tall hare]

Just do my mod brocacho

less stress

nah kidding

good luck boss

[burnt vigil]

Fr, I'll def have to help ya with that when I finish shaping out my soviet tree

Mostly bc its boring having the same 4 paths with no verity in gameplay, you either go historical or have a civil war

[tall hare]

I see

well I could give you a link to my server 👍

[burnt vigil]

Is it gonna spam the link to all servers and friends I have? Lmao

[tall hare]

Yes 👍

[burnt vigil]

Zamn, alr

[tall hare]

Want a link in dm?

[burnt vigil]

I am alright with that

[tall hare]

alright

good luck to you on the soviet stuff

[tall hare]

this is a rough design of the tree

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1254445429739753629/1489308483273621574/image.png?ex=6a04ae1c&is=6a035c9c&hm=ea246fe4c3e4956bb5e6dbdd0ec2c47ffe34d3fb79201ec45f5092979c54279f&

things might be changed

[dire canopy]

i need to learn how to design focus tree but idk how to. maybe one day

[tall hare]

I suck at it

my friend made it 💀

[dire canopy]

ahh

[wise cradle]

What did they do it on ?

[burnt vigil]

making focus trees are hard ngl

99% of the work goes into just what they do

this is just for making the soviet FT i'm making

[burnt vigil]

W

i could grab my other monitor, but i see no point when i go back to my place this weekend, then i come back bc i'm moving out

[tall hare]

I got one monitor

[vague sable]

any1 balkan

[kindred axle]

having 2 monitors in this would be hella helpful lol

[paper valley]

help day 1

[burnt vigil]

ikr, js ion see use in bringing it home if i am gonna be moving out in a week or 2

[patent narwhal]

Im planning to begin modding after my finals, what programs should i use (i modded in the past, but i only did states) also is there a program for making hoi4 focus trees

[kindred axle]

VSC seems good to make modding and focus trees, tho i dont know how to help u in adding the extension inside it

notepad++ user ✌️

[patent narwhal]

The only thing is, i cant do anything unless i see it somewhere visually

[shut dawn]

I'd suggest using something like draw.io to plot out your focus trees before making them.

Using a rule of thumb that each focus must have 1 X variable of space between it and ones next to it helps for transitioning that charted spacing to in-code

[patent narwhal]

Wait are the focus tree lengths based on numbers divisible by7

[shut dawn]

Yes, this wiki has a lot of good documentation that should help you. https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/National_focus_modding

[patent narwhal]

So if i want a 35 day focus, i will put 5?

[shut dawn]

Yes

[patent narwhal]

Got it

[shut dawn]

Good luck

[kindred axle]

U can make the focus tree in debug, It uodates as soon as you save the changing

[empty flower]

How do I win the first european war in the fire rises as germany?

[onyx edge]

best paths come to those who lose

[swift field]

im gonna add new unit icons for hoi4 multi mod

[swift field]

ill add new ship types aswell

like escort fleet and super modern carriers

and nuclear carriers

and heavy carriers

and more normal carriers and heli carriers

and new LHDs lhas lpds etc

[tough lotus]

Work done is still 0

[swift field]

and 150 new units
ill also add a LOT of new infantry naval air tank etc tech and equipment trees

[tough lotus]

Hoi4 mod utils for vscode allows you to preview what you're doing without having to open the game

[swift field]

yeah ik

im still gathering ideas

im also gonna add NEW special projects

[crisp cave]

im trying to do a mod for hoi4 rn based on an alt history thing im writing

[drowsy talon]

Any mod to skip or stop the Spanish civil war?

[pale sparrow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2979816918

Try this

[crisp cave]

how would i make countries that i add be added to the top part replacing the current ones

[pale sparrow]

common/bookmarks

[crisp cave]

ah okay

i think the modded color is better than the base game one tbh

[pale sparrow]

Those borders looks kinda cursed though imo

[crisp cave]

its the mod lenes map, she combined a few mods to make it i belive

its the only good map mod that fixes the issues with the normal map

[drowsy talon]

Already did, it works on the mainland, though not on Africa

[echo path]

first time modding and im trying to make a sub-ideology map mode mod inspired by the great war redux but i cant figure out the localisations, can someone help out?

[plain quest]

this mod would go so hard

[empty flower]

Yoo I finally managed to defeat them in first european war, failed in second tho

[fossil fern]

first bit of my romania monarchist path. started with historical since that'll be the most unfun. its not done yet still gotta do middle bit.. thoughts?

[acoustic berry]

Looks great!

[fossil fern]

thank you🙏

i literally hate doing historical paths though since it has to be realistic

[acoustic berry]

Yeah same

[fossil fern]

and i know its lacking so much content in this path rn

but like

romania didnt do a whole lot of cool stuff

[acoustic berry]

The bigger struggle is that you're making it from a nation that has very little content in HOI4

[fossil fern]

that's exactly why i'm doing it though😭

[acoustic berry]

Like bro Romania's political focuses are smaller than Japan's military tree

[fossil fern]

i will say though making the bit where carol siezes power was quite fun.. some event and decision shenanigans

[sand tusk]

I'm playing Brazil, is KR or KX better for their path

Which one is more fun

[fossil fern]

i think just my democratic path has more content than romanians poitical tree

[acoustic berry]

Yeah I know I'm saying it's more difficult than making it for the USA in HOI4, which at least has some content which I can use as a base

[fossil fern]

usa was like main character though😭

so they always did cool ass stuff

romania just exploded and died

and lost land on the way

[acoustic berry]

I would state that's debatable. While I think that the USA was integral to the Allied war effort, and the main reason why the Allies were able to win in the Pacific, we sat out the first two years of the war

I would say it's more arguable that Germany and Japan are better suited as 'main characters'

[fossil fern]

yeah that's fair enough

[acoustic berry]

Though by the end of the war we were definitely the main character

[fossil fern]

researching for my mod realises how much romania got straight up bullied throughout ww2 though

[acoustic berry]

Yeah

[acoustic berry]

Well they did contribute a lot to Axis oil, I believe. So I wouldn't say they were insignificant

[fossil fern]

yeah im thinking of adding a lil oil branch

i cant wait to finish this stoopid historical path though

and do the black sea roman empire larper thing

its such a dumb idea but i cant wait

i just wanna have some fun making this for a bit

[acoustic berry]

I've also always found developing the less grounded paths to be more fun

[tough lotus]

True

A less grounded path has less expectations of realism too

You can just kinda do what you feel like

[fossil fern]

its gonna be fun to make and fun to play

i love expansion opportunities where you dont set off another world war immediately

and something more than "invade this dude"

[acoustic berry]

I mean if I had completely ruled out the idea of insane paths these amazing things would never exist

[fossil fern]

and theyre peak so

its proof

[acoustic berry]

thx

[paper valley]

help day 2

[patent narwhal]

Isnt really possible

[tough lotus]

Definitely would be possible. Although you might have to make some sacrifices to get the game to propperly accept your map

[tough lotus]

Send the file with the decisions and the file with the decision category

[paper valley]

ok

[patent narwhal]

Its either gonna be very inaccurate due to the size of it, and the maximum map size being 8192:4096

[paper valley]

picture 1 is the decision category picture two and three is the decisions

[tough lotus]

It's actually determined by number of pixels, the maximum being approximately 13,238,272 (which matches a 25856x512 map).
And the minimum province sixe, as well as the km per pixel are defines, so you can probably scale down the map a bit and the only real issue would be province connections, which stop generating after 65536 (approx 20k provinces according to the wiki). Basegame has approx 13400 so you even have some space to add new provinces without having to delete existing ones

Maybe also downscale the 3d models a bit to fit the smaller scale

[patent narwhal]

You just proved that it isnt possible to make a good map like that, even with the pixel size for provinces required, and that connections literally break

[nova heron]

GBBT was probably the most fun I've ever had with a hoi4 path ngl just because of how ridiculous it is lmao

[tough lotus]

You have around 6k provinces before connections break, maybe even more if you remove provinces from very province dense areas or delete some of the smaller islands. Wouldn't necessarily be a bad map considering the scope of it

[tough lotus]

The filepath in the second image is obscured

Which is kinda where I suspect something might be wrong

[tough lotus]

Yep, it should be outside of the categories folder

[paper valley]

yes that was it

thanks

[acoustic berry]

thx I'm prob gonna add more content to the company paths tho because they're pretty bare bones

[nova heron]

That would be neat

[tough lotus]

The files where you define decision categories go inside that folder, the files with the decisions themselves don't

[acoustic berry]

Thx, I just feel that there is a very noticable difference between focuses that I created recently and those that were made earlier in development

I mean here's a focus I made recently, and one that has been in the mod since release

[nova heron]

Fair enough, you make better stuff as you get better at being creative
I need to let myself do this instead of trying to be a perfectionist lmao

[acoustic berry]

Indeed. Much of my content sucked compared to now. I have definitely refined my craft since I started development of the USA Rework in July 2024.

[nova heron]

Makes sense yeah. I'm definitely stressing about making something great on release of my mod so that it isn't a flop, but I'm also trying way too hard and doing way too much

[mighty skiff]

is that the cracked usa focus tree

nvm wrong one

[tough lotus]

"Tomorrow"

[mighty skiff]

this one is the cracked one

[acoustic berry]

I wouldn't stress too much. My depth and graphics I believe used to be really bad, but since have improved.

[acoustic berry]

wdym cracked?

[mighty skiff]

the focus tree is too op

like i got -125% consumer goods in early 41

[nova heron]

Fair enough yeah, and for sure

[golden totem]

The communist paths should have a way to give independence to puerto rico and help the Cuban communists to get in power. CPUSA, the Cuban and Puerto rican communists parties were very in touch with each other

[acoustic berry]

dang

[mighty skiff]

buut it uses the focus mechanics real well

like the german high command thingy & the time reduction ones