modding

[livid lynx]

ery noice

[distant oracle]

Going for the controversial text I see?

If the rest of the map isnt dark and that isnt searing white then I dont see a problem

The time is a bit hard to read tho

[livid lynx]

true

looks solid^^

[raven steppe]

jesus

this is in depth

tech tree alone is just...wow

even if it isnt finished I can tell, this will be a massive mod omni

good on you

[livid lynx]

Haha, thank you! We've done our best ^^

Kudos to the tech tree go to my buddy, he's a history major so he's done a ton of research to make sure it's historically plausible ^^

Who are you playing as?

[raven steppe]

I was playing as shneefilde but ill probably keep switching play each one for a bit until I find one that fits me

[livid lynx]

fair, schneefilde is fun

if you like tno-style country management without too much external meddling holzbrenn is good

[sharp olive]

Minecraft UI mod

[obtuse condor]

[livid lynx]

and also holzbrenn has like 5 paths and 4 of them are wholesome 100 chungus bc i literally scripted them as a mental break from coding the war crime machine that is ordoria lol

[raven steppe]

ill check em out for sure then

[livid lynx]

cheers

[digital cloak]

help

[sharp olive]

Author's headcanon

Like he just made it up

[livid lynx]

correct

oh god that's always a headache - have you tried uploading it without thumbnail?

it's super weird but 90% of my upload issues are caused by the damn thumbnail

[digital cloak]

seriously

if that was the case then i wasted hours lmao

is there a way to copy my mod so i can have a back up

without reverts from steam workshop

also how am i suppose to add localization

i have had like 30 comments recently asking for a russian or chinese translation

[livid lynx]

just... copy the files from the hoi4 mod folder to another location on your pc of your choice?

[livid lynx]

man you should see the literal dozens and dozens of pages of lore docs, design docs and worldbuilding we've written lol

[digital cloak]

do i copy over the mods id code too

in the descriptor file

[livid lynx]

if i wanted to make a backup of my mod i'd copy this folder and this .mod file to somewhere else

maybe zip it first and then move the zip but either works

does that help?^^

[digital cloak]

yes

let me restore my deleted .mod file now

😬 i cant wait now what do i do

wait

cant i just make a new one manually

[livid lynx]

oh right

[digital cloak]

version="1.2.5"
tags={
"Balance"
"Events"
"Fixes"
"Gameplay"
"Graphics"
"Ideologies"
"Utilities"
"Technologies"
"Sound"
"Map"
}
name="Hoi4 Plus"
supported_version="1.11.9"
path="C:/Users/coco/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/mod/Hoi4Plus7"
remote_file_id="2790451369"

[livid lynx]

yeah you can, just copy the descriptor.mod file out and change its name to the right name

[digital cloak]

well and i need the path

[digital cloak]

why isnt my mod working any more on 1.11.10

???

[obtuse condor]

I didnt know sorry

[faint lichen]

where is the mod files on linux? as I cant find my mod files

[digital cloak]

How do i make my mod compatible with the new update 1.11.10

@livid lynx

[livid lynx]

supported_version="1.11.*"

you always wanna leave the last number in the supported version as an aterisk, that way you won't have to re-update it for every tiny patch

the game reads that as 'supportable with any 1.11 release'

[buoyant dove]

London

[distant oracle]

out

[livid lynx]

no it's not cringe enough

[green sentinel]

Don't like the font if I can be honest, it's hard to read

[void pagoda]

Are there any good cold War mods

?

[sharp rivet]

CWIC is fun

[harsh bone]

CWIC is fun

[worthy narwhal]

CWIC is fun

[odd ice]

CWIC is fun

[civic pilot]

Don't spam please

[sudden bone]

Cold War Iron Curtain: A World Divided

[atomic oar]

Are there any advisor sized portraits of Hitler in vanilla? I know it’s easy to make one myself I just don’t want to clutter the folder

[obtuse condor]

The tech trees in cwic are amazing

[sharp rivet]

^

[void pagoda]

Aight I will check it out

[worthy narwhal]

Sorry for spamming about the Cold War Iron Curtain mod being fun on the modding channel 🙏 😔

[polar zinc]

are mods that give focus trees allowed/ will steam ban you for it

[atomic oar]

If you’re just straight up copying DLC trees absolutely yes they will ban you for it, but if you’re giving a nation an original focus tree that you made completely separate from a DLC then no they will not ban you

[honest eagle]

they will ban if its from a DLC i.e. the hungary focus tree in a mod also lets not talk about that and @atomic oar like him as a advisor?

[atomic oar]

Pls <3
@honest eagle yeah, a portrait that can be used as an advisor. I’m making a mod where he’s a demagogue for Austria

[gentle coral]

It sure will be interesting when R56 mod update comes out this Friday

[still quail]

Hey, hearts of iron 4 loads in vanilla after enabling mods. I tried deleting the paradox folder and hoi4 document folder but it still wont work. Maybe the culprit is that it is in the one drive documents folder? Any help appreciated

[faint vortex]

Do you have the right version? even here is a 2 minute cooldown :( 😞

[vast orbit]

where is H#tler portrait on hoi4 folder

[still quail]

Im helping out a friend rn. It works for me but not for him. Same version. Its the thousand week reich mod we are trying out rn

[hybrid marten]

anyone interested in middle eastern countries? (Iran Afghanistan Iraq Saudi-Arabia)

[leaden hedge]

Pakistan forever

[hybrid marten]

can u help me with my Middle Eastern mod? we can add pakistan and kurdistan too anyway

[leaden hedge]

I cannot mod I thought you were asking to see if there was community interest in the region

[atomic oar]

How do create another ideology? I’m trying to create a non-Marxian socialist ideology and it doesn’t fit under the expected definition of “communist” in ideologies

[warped radish]

Check out the Iron workshop on YouTube, he has a tutorial for it.

[atomic oar]

Oh cool thanks

[compact tartan]

good to know

[jaunty copper]

I love TNO

[atomic oar]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[cursive crystal]

tno hella unrealistic

TWR based cuz Yakov or Zhukov russia based oh and er Beria.

[wind plume]

any mods that track like plane losses and other statistics that arent normally included

[terse oak]

TNO Kring

[somber wave]

Expert AI, what does it do?

[cosmic hornet]

TNO bad Eaw is the way to go

[round oracle]

Why not have both?

[twin steeple]

can someone update south america battle royale to latest version?

[weak maple]

I love TNO I love TNO I love TNO I love TNO

[light condor]

Umm, good for you, I guess

[obtuse condor]

uh, huh

[weak maple]

I love Kaiserreich I love Kaiserreich I love Kaiserreich I love Kaiserreich

[hexed wharf]

is there any mods that add stuff for the finnish tree?

[dense light]

Road to 56 maybe

[mellow orchid]

Finland Invicta used to be good for older versions

[hexed wharf]

Has that been updated to the newer versions?

[mellow orchid]

I don't think so but you have to check. I'm actually working on a Nordic countries mod atm with some known modders in the community. Will take a few months now, see my reddit

[main jay]

Yo speer! 🇩🇪Yo speer! 🇩🇪Yo speer! 🇩🇪

[north jetty]

whats the best mod for hoi4?

[subtle nebula]

wait for blackice

[hexed wharf]

nice that actually sounds dope and im hoping finland gets a unite Scandinavia tree?

[light condor]

Depends, what are you in the mood for?

[weak maple]

Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin? Big Building in Neu Berlin?

[forest dock]

😯

[round oracle]

I hate you all

[mellow orchid]

100% I've done a lot of research on Finland ofc since there are sources in both Finnish and Swedish. there will be big co-operation for all the nordics but especially Finland and Sweden

[dense light]

I hate Boris Yeltsin I hate Boris Yeltsin I hate Boris Yeltsin I hate Boris Yeltsin

[hexed wharf]

My dream come true as a sixth finnish im happy

[main jay]

TNO reference? TNO reference? TNO reference?

[light condor]

This community has done some amazing things, but I hate what it has done to the poor, feeble minds of the youth... /s

[mellow orchid]

Here is a portrait I did for the mod, Karl Lennart Oesch the general to stop the Russians at Tali Ihantala https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4modding/comments/rpv2p1/nsb_style_portrait_of_finnish_general_karl/

[hexed wharf]

Its better than fortnite

[light condor]

Debatable

[fluid summit]

TNO?!?!"!? POG

[round oracle]

No no no

No

[light condor]

**BRAINROT 2000% PERCENT

[obtuse condor]

TNO????

[tardy torrent]

Used to hate Kaiserreich but now i'm digging it, just finished a Siam run and a Ukraine run back to back and had the most fun i've had in HOI 4 in a while

[shadow berry]

[near hull]

Hey people, any news in R56? I love that mod.

[fair abyss]

UTC morning. It's barely over midnight

[rancid cliff]

theres a r56 discord on the mod page join the server for more info

[mellow hemlock]

YO SPEER

[near hull]

will check on that, thanks

[twin steeple]

me when no south america battle royale in latest version

[obtuse condor]

Any good historical mods?

[wind plume]

any good medieval mods?

[olive bobcat]

Why is it so hard to remove manpower from states reliabily, it always kicks some indeterminate amount into the manpower pool and it's really annoying to have to run weird run-arounds to remove state manpower without giving some to the manpower pool

[mental sun]

this was reported years ago and ignored, basically don't remove manpower from states

[olive bobcat]

sadness
I heard it was to 'try and stop genocide mods'
but combo of 'can do it anyway with loopholes' and 'I want to spawn divs manually 'from states' and have the manpower all accounted for with no duplication voided that

[jaunty copper]

Hi

[mental sun]

the behavior when removing manpower in general is rather bizarre
epic embed fail

[olive bobcat]

well, embeds arent allowed
I opened it and yeah, I've made a big submod that does some mass mob in a volkssturm manner, I had to jump a lot of hoops to prevent manpower duplication

[mental sun]

embeds aren't allowed
why even have a discord if you're just gonna make it a line chat only
you can try removing directly from the national manpower pool?

[fossil patio]

there's stuff to be done where you save the amount of manpower you have in the pool, do your state modification stuff, then remove it from the pool

Can permanently erase manpower en masse for anything you wish, could make an 'rp' mod that models russian/german/american 'camps' in ww2 using it if you'd like

[jaunty copper]

Hi

[uneven eagle]

sad

[mental sun]

not really

[mellow hemlock]

why not we should ally our selves with other total conv mods?

[fiery drum]

Does anyone know how to install mellenium dawn

[fossil patio]

yes really I've done it myself

Could model mass deaths in states without raising manpower in pool if I wanted to

Really fully model the WW2 experience

I've even made a division designed in the descions tab using meta effects, could probably model a 'camp guard' system that requires you to put in manpower & equipment, spawn little 'enemy units' on mass escapes like at sobibor, etc.

[jaunty copper]

Modeling the Holocaust in this game is a bit uh, not cool

[mental sun]

no i mean you do can do that if you want but you can't fix the display doing this thing https://imgur.com/uMBw5KO

and you can't make the national manpower pool reflect changes to the state populations automatically

[fossil patio]

Well, I've not had it break like that on me yet

[fiery drum]

Sorry for the ping but do you know how to install the millennium dawn mod?

[mental sun]

no but I do know how to spell millennium properly 😛

[dense light]

I know there is a 1300s mod

[wet nacelle]

just play eu4 at that point

[broken pecan]

Not the channel for this type of excitement thank you

[grizzled plank]

thank you

[wind plume]

brug eu4 sucks ass

[elder lintel]

ok

[exotic tapir]

yeah but pretty much all of them are 2017-2018 and are dead unless u wanna go back a few versions

[wet nacelle]

if you have the DLCs it doesn't, and like the guy above me says most of them are ancient and even if you go back a few versions you see how hoi4s mechanics really don't work in a medieval setting

[obtuse condor]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[wet nacelle]

yeah you got me there

[near hull]

Are there any mods for soldier models? I remember playing with one that converts all italian soldiers into Mario lol, that was so cool

[tardy torrent]

That is hilarious

[exotic tapir]

yeah

[wet nacelle]

it would be cool if somebody would put time in to really rework the game but its probably not worth the effort

[exotic tapir]

yeah

[last path]

TNO

[bold pasture]

cringe

[worn arrow]

Hoi4 rule 34

[still plaza]

damn bro why didn't i think of that

[edgy iron]

i have been

[warped estuary]

hello everybody,i am making a anime MOD,Anyone want to join in and do it together?

[waxen shuttle]

Might I suggest the option to leave the server? It is always an option. It might reduce some of your stress. 🙂

[still plaza]

damn he actually took your advice, what a gentleman

[turbid snow]

lets try to remain civil at all times please, even if others are not.

[primal zodiac]

Has RT56 been updated to Barbarossa yet? Too busy to check rn lmao

[marble hedge]

i hope so

[spice ginkgo]

april 8th

[tulip ridge]

Someone want to help me create mod?

[tired stone]

so uh how do i assign national spirits to a specific ideology and only that ideology in a civil war?

[still plaza]

presumably have the event to get said national spirit fire after the civil war has started only for the side in question, or have a trigger to remove it if the correct ideology is not met so the national spirit gets removed from the side(s) that shouldn't have it. i don't know how to do this in-detail but i know it's possible, the vanilla code is there for stuff like that already. maybe check a video on national spirits and you'll see what you're looking for.

[tired stone]

do you by chance know any up-to-date tutorials? mostly i can only find videos that are outdated

[still plaza]

im not sure, most of my modding has been focused on new portraits, new leaders, and focus trees. i've not dealt with national spirits yet. now, iron workshop is my go-to, his stuff is high quality. his video on national spirits (https://youtu.be/RyAD29lLwT4) is only one year old, so it's likely not so outdated as to be useless - as a matter of fact, it'll probably work just fine for standard national spirits.

[tired stone]

ill check it out, thanks

[cobalt sky]

Really depends on what you are trying to do here, you could do it through on_actions, events and a few other ways. Main part is making it performance friendly so it doesn't end up checking for it daily. If it was me i would probably hand out a event at the start of the civil war to all factions involved informing about it while sneaking the national idea into a hidden_effect

[still plaza]

this. absolutely the best way you could pull it off.

[tired stone]

thanks ill see if that gives me the desired result 👍

[worldly surge]

THE WORLD IS SPAIN IS COMING SOON
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789676312179769365/941072701110501376/unknown-4.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789676312179769365/941072701336977538/unknown-3.png

[sand dune]

making swiss focus

[obtuse condor]

Anyone have any advice for making a beginners 1st mod? Was thinking of becoming a modder for the game but no clue where to start.

[oblique pelican]

a small focus tree is prob a good start, MrKmproductions/ Ironworkshop have good youtube tutorials over lots of basics

[obtuse condor]

Alright, that would help a lot, thanks!

[oblique pelican]

you could also ask basic questions in either the hoi4 modding den/ hoi4 modding coop (i think linking is against the rules so google might help? or i could dm you invites

[cobalt sky]

As Zoltarian formerly mentioned The Iron Workshop has alot of good introduction video's to modding, and you could also look through the game files to see how PDX does it. I would also advise on the hardest to get VSCode pluss its plugin for HoI4 as it makes it alot easier to modify files, alternatively you could get another text editor like Notepad++, but it is step down to VSCode and with VSCode you can also get a extension for CWTools

[mental sun]

hoi4 modding coop is probably a better place to learn / ask questions than a channel where you can only post once every two minutes

[obtuse condor]

Agreed though the steam page for hoi4 modding coop is only open to big extensive mods from what I can tell.

[oblique pelican]

it has a lots of channels for learning/asking questions but its also like a community of big mods yes

[cobalt sky]

When it comes to modding the first step of it is learning how PDX script works and to test it out it could be nice to do a focus or two, or a few decisions as with them you can more easily troubleshoot and play back and forth with them instead of per say an entire focus tree

Also a neat trick if you wanna post your code to get help with it is that if you write three of ` these infront of it and the end of it, it shoud look like this: focus = { id = tag_name icon = GFX cost = 7 prerequisite = { focus = tag_name_former } relative_position_id = tag_name_former x = 0 y = 1 completion_reward = { country_event = nf_tag.7 } }

[obtuse condor]

Alright, I did not know that, now that I do that will help with getting help a lot faster when I send in code. Thank you!

[cobalt sky]

God speed and mind the indentation

[plush saffron]

Best TNO country/path?

[obtuse condor]

Anyone know how to enable Debug mode? I am trying to enable it but for some reason the way Ironworkshop said to do it wont work.

[cobalt sky]

Advanced User settings for HOI4 under properties (on steam) and type in -debug

[tame quiver]

If you have the 2WRW submod, it might be Shukshin's Federation. There's also the obvious RFK -> Glenn! USA path. Those two are my personal favourites.

[nocturne heart]

guys the can research agora europe in the flames mod

[slender sluice]

guys, i want to ask something
i want to enable the intelligent feature

[nocturne heart]

you need the dlc @slender sluice

[cyan turtle]

GO4 Speer with collapse of Burgundy

[plush saffron]

Playing as Burgundy or as Speer?

[cyan turtle]

Speer. Winning the French GG gives some nice interaction, especially if technocrats are in charge there

Also, potential Eihenspakt from Iberia (if autocratic) and UK (if Maggie) till Moskowien while retaining national diversity in the RKs is very satisfying

[plush saffron]

Aight. I'll check that out. Thanks

[flint gulch]

How is me create mod

[hoary orchid]

by looking at the workshop and wishing you could

[hallow vortex]

I've tried to create some custom focus icons, they aren't showing up in game though. Could someone help?

[flint gulch]

Okay, thank. Im more asking how i can copy the files of hearts of iron IV and create a mod only for me

[celest dust]

are they .dds

[hallow vortex]

yes, not sure where the fault could be. The script is also correct so I assume something is wrong with the format of the dds file

[celest dust]

what are u using to make them?

[hallow vortex]

paint.net. Could I send them for you to look at? They're for a Millenium Dawn Submod

[burnt musk]

You know what I hate
Community rivalrys in modding

[mighty karma]

⬆️

[burnt musk]

Like it's not even done by Devs half the time yet it just flows up to spreading false info to them
It wastes everyone's time and hasn't lead to anything good

[prisma horizon]

no but the community made our own updated one, basically pre barb RT56 but it has same tech but updated for railways and adds base game tech tree for tanks

[celest dust]

sure

[green lark]

hi guy

[summer mortar]

English only please

[rough bramble]

[dusty nexus]

What is english?

[jagged linden]

idk

[summer mortar]

this is a modding channel keep it on topic please.

[obtuse condor]

I added a ton of of provinces to europe in my mod and that messed up my railroads and my game crashes after 14 days now im gonna have to spend a couple of hours trying to figure out which railroads i need to fix

[halcyon schooner]

Do you use VSC?

[obtuse condor]

whats VSC?????

[halcyon schooner]

Visual Studio Code. You can send me a DM btw, if you don't want to wait for the slow-mode in here

[hybrid marten]

guys why game doesn't show my dds files? in debug mode there is no error for it it just don't show it like it is an invisible pic

[jagged sparrow]

anyone wanna join endsieg dev team?

[hybrid marten]

can u tell me about it more for me in dm?

[jagged sparrow]

yes

[obtuse condor]

did you define it in a .gfx file

[hybrid marten]

ofcourse i did

[obtuse condor]

what did you use to export it

[hybrid marten]

Paint.net

[obtuse condor]

can you show me the gfx file entry and the code of whatever it is you're doing? need a bit more info to see

[hybrid marten]

actully i accidently shift deleted my files and i am crying now well i send u a friend req and we can talk in dm about in easily

[foggy zinc]

Also make sure you're exporting them with the proper setting from Paint.NET, otherwise you might get unwanted results, but I assume that's not the case—either way it is helpful to know.

[obtuse condor]

^
i personally use gimp for dds exports, though even with a improper export from pdn the image shouldn't be completely blank

[hybrid marten]

gimp ... thank u i will try it

[formal cobalt]

Can hoi4 devs add a mechanic where it calculates the value of amount of, or the lack of supply in a region. It can be used for focus or decision requirements

[obtuse condor]

The Fallen eagel when

[obtuse condor]

demo 2023

[obtuse condor]

Than you cankies

[cedar mauve]

fun mods plz?

[trim quest]

san andreas mod, millenium dawn, minecraft mod…

[fickle glacier]

RT 56

[untold narwhal]

there is a mod called Hoi4 Plus dose it change anything in history or? my game was historical but the game was really unhistorical

[shrewd hemlock]

Hello, modders!
Does enyone here know how to add state modifiers and an icon for it?
I added one and it works, cause the decisions related to it work, but it's icon does not show up.
The icon is in the right folder and it is listed in the correct file. I don't know if I am missing something.

(currently at work so I can't show my files rn)

[obtuse condor]

in my mod called MULTI MOD i will add new years and start dates from 1900 to 2022

i have very many ideas on what to add

[fallow lion]

good luck on giving up after 1 week

[burnt musk]

Toozer mod

[obtuse condor]

i wont give up

ill work hard VERY HARD

[silver tartan]

@shrewd hemlock have you added info related to the image in the interface folder?
from what I remember you had to add a path to that image - like:

spriteType = {
name = "GFX_idea_nkvd"
texturefile = "gfx/interface/ideas/nkvd.dds"
}
(for the nkvd.dds image)

[zenith parcel]

Have you all played the san Andreas mod

[fallow lion]

why not just apply for that other mod that has the same exact idea?

1900 - 2022

i dont remember the name

ah its called "Rise of Nations"

[shrewd hemlock]

Yes. I also have that. The directory is correct as well.

I went and checked how it was done with the vanilla state modifiers and this is how I learned how to do it.

[obtuse condor]

ah mane

[dire storm]

Dude, one of the best games of my childhood

[fallow lion]

the mod not the game lol

[dire storm]

still tho

[fallow lion]

yeah

i played it a lot

i do believe the mod is based on the game

the logo is similar

[obtuse condor]

i wont be using theyre assets or stuff

ill use my own

[shrewd hemlock]

No. This is just reality. I my self have been giving up on so many of my projects (I modded command and conquer games for years) and it is a real issue for a modder to continue.

[fallow lion]

wow male genitalia slang is banned cool

[obtuse condor]

once i ofc go to media school to learn coding programming modelling and etc

[shrewd hemlock]

You have to dedicate a lot of your time, energy, thought process, and countless other things just to keep on working.

[fallow lion]

ah you dont even know how to code?

yeah good luck on giving up

[obtuse condor]

yes sadly

man cmon

no need to say that

[fallow lion]

im not trying to be rude its just reality lol

[obtuse condor]

i wont give up

[shrewd hemlock]

Just open the common folder and start reading the files.

Then find a tutorial on how to make your own folder and start copying the files you want to edit there.

It is fairly easy to start.

[dire storm]

i just copy paste other mods code and rewrite it when needed, learning to code is overrated imo

[fallow lion]

true

[obtuse condor]

hmm

[fallow lion]

yeah because like you said if you want to use your own assets you'll need to code and model

[shrewd hemlock]

Isn't that how everyone mods? The same with base game files.

[fallow lion]

and fixing bugs is a pain in the toenail

[dire storm]

I ignore the debugger and force my code through will trial and error, delete entire sections of my mod until it works again hahaha

[fallow lion]

lol

[obtuse condor]

yeah yeah

i get it

but ill try small things first

like test stuff

[shrewd hemlock]

Step by step. And keep it realistic. No need to rush and overwork yourself, but you have to be consistent.

[silver tartan]

I had the same issue years ago. But I've manged to fix it that way I told you.
Maybe we can have a look together in the Helping Lounge 1

[shrewd hemlock]

At work right now. But I will check my code again once home. But still thanks! Whenever I ask about this issue in other servers, nobody even responds. I guess state modifiers are not common. 😅

[fallow lion]

rise of nations is such a stupid mod tbh

no one will play past 10 years because of the lag

imagine spending 1 month to get from 1900 - 2060

[dire storm]

True. Try deleting all the map resources and making all equipment cost no resources? Would cut out thousands of calculations per day.

[fallow lion]

lol you wanna turn the game into age of history 2?

[dire storm]

adjust IC cost based on individual equipment production cost. you could do the math on resource imports required to produce equipment, but best to set aircraft/tank costs high and infantry equipment/motorised fairly cheap.

[silver tartan]

If you need help we can have a short look together at it. Or I can lend you my mod for inspiration (it's a bit messy tho)

[burnt musk]

Simple question What's your favourite hoi4 mod?

[round oracle]

TNO, EaW in close second

No bias at all, definitely none

[dire storm]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633786941

[livid lynx]

Oh hey dope, you can force resistance to be enabled even if a state is a core

[livid lynx]

is it cheating if I name my own total conversion mod?

[sacred locust]

im going to get killed for saying this, but definetely millenium dawn
i just love larping as a state in modern times

[obtuse condor]

what does your mod do ?

[livid lynx]

Total conversion, we're building a homebrew fantasy setting in hoi4 lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1640248991

[round oracle]

Fascinating

[obtuse condor]

oh damn

looks dope af

[round oracle]

Honestly I have an awe for mods that drop the 'normal' timeline and just go with something completely new

We need more of those

[livid lynx]

Thanks, it's honestly been kind of a life's work for the past four or so years

[dire storm]

I'm on uni holidays for the next two weeks, need anything menial done? ie. gfx, descriptions, namelists etc

[livid lynx]

Oh we can always use more focus/idea GFX! ^^

[dire storm]

Sure, I'll add you

[livid lynx]

Cheers ^^

[round oracle]

@livid lynx Mate, that thing deserves more subscribers than what it currently has

Wayy more

[obtuse condor]

i agree

[livid lynx]

Haha, thank you 😄 I agree, I've honestly just not really focused on marketing it - launching it as an open alpha has gotten us a small but dedicated fanbase that has been pretty motivating but it's also hampered its ability to really explode on the scene

Once we fully finish the first continent's content I think I'm gonna relaunch it as beta to get more eyes on it

Mainly just been working on it for the joy of creating rather than to get a lot of eyes on it so far^^

[round oracle]

If I didn't have my hands full with two big ass HOI4 mods to develop I'd gladly help

[livid lynx]

Entirely fair! Which ones do you work on?

[burnt musk]

Nope
If your confident in what you make that's good
Just drop the link

[round oracle]

The New Order and Equestria at War

A.. very peculiar bunch, yes

[shrewd hemlock]

Wow, thanks! I will text you if I need help. ^.^

[livid lynx]

do i need to applaud you for that phenomenal crossover?

[vast briar]

dear all

hello

[dusky heron]

howdy

[burnt musk]

Kaiserredux, and Red flood
Red flood I liked so much I joined as a dev

[round oracle]

I happened to lead the event on TNO's side, heh

[dusky heron]

Fellow EaW dev

[round oracle]

It landed me a bloody promotion

[round oracle]

Fancy seeing you here

[livid lynx]

Deserved, it was awesome

If I wasn't so all in on City of Hate I'd probably want to join either the TNO or EaW teams tbh, absolutely phenomenal mods

[burnt musk]

(Also because I was friends with the head Dev)

[dusky heron]

[dire storm]

I am of the opinion that world communist dystopia/balkanised usa & europe mods are severely lacking

as in, we need more

[round oracle]

Who's the guy's name again uhhh.... Kekwards?

Or are you talking about the one with the Pony pfp

Red Flood and Equestria at War did a crossover last year for April Fool's

[burnt musk]

Yes I can confirm
Red flood is brutally corrupt and deep in the pockets of the mafia

[burnt musk]

Nathan

[livid lynx]

I'll DM you, the mod description mentions gamer moments so I can't post the link here haha

[dusky heron]

I always knew it. Only the criminals would bankroll a mod that would feature futurism

[round oracle]

I considered joining Red Flood once before I realized TNO and EaW both required a lot of attention, which I have to give in my free time outside of work

[dusky heron]

and we appreciate your help, Scars

[burnt musk]

We are los pollos hermanos but a Hoi4 mod

[round oracle]

[dusky heron]

[dire storm]

san-andreas theme plays

[round oracle]

Why did discord update their italic to look this terrible

[stark scroll]

What's free time? 🙃

[round oracle]

Feather my man

[stark scroll]

Hi 👋

[obtuse condor]

Hello.

[dire storm]

hello fellow gamers

[dusky heron]

ah yes

the mythical concept of free time

[round oracle]

The Stars are Right

[burnt musk]

No GIFs?

[stark scroll]

They might be blocked?

[round oracle]

Embeds are off, yeah

[livid lynx]

not just exclusively working parttime jobs to spend more time modding

[dusky heron]

[green lark]

do you guys know if i can use dlc models for my mod?

kinda just need infantry

[civic pilot]

You are not allowed to redistribute models, no

[round oracle]

For... mods....

[green lark]

alr ty

[stark scroll]

You can make it so your mod uses or retextures them if the player owns the DLC.

[round oracle]

Oh I see

[stark scroll]

But you can't include the original files

[civic pilot]

The mod might use the models, but not include the files

Yeah

[round oracle]

Your friendly neighborhood GUI coder for TNO and EaW

[dusky heron]

not only that, but we can't use emojis from other servers

[stark scroll]

That's normal

[green lark]

well im tryna make a mod wich adds custom models, i can model well i jsut wanna skip half the countries

[dusky heron]

yeah

first time in an official Discord server so I'm learning stuff

[round oracle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/654401585186734120/925298602199363654/Animated_gui.mp4
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/514266705287970850/936812924322869299/unknown.png

Here's my resume

[dusky heron]

it's like a whole new world has opened up to me

[grand vapor]

hello

[dusky heron]

I still say that your animation there is freaking witchcraft

[green lark]

damn that good

[stark scroll]

Scars is a mod wizard

[dusky heron]

we have two wizards in our team: Scars and Yard

I expect that Yard's here as well

[round oracle]

Yes, yes he is

[burnt musk]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16eoIaOpGa0yR2MRSpfivtIS_nIRp4mWBY7QUGpcJZf0/edit?usp=drivesdk
For anyone who's interested
Portrait flipper guide

[dusky heron]

yeee

[livid lynx]

Hot damn that's phenomenal

[astral lake]

GUI moments

[round oracle]

Wait why did I show that one, just a sec

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/514266705287970850/939687304107261982/unknown.png

Here's the more complicated version

[dusky heron]

oh yes

[round oracle]

Arched progressbars and dials

[dusky heron]

this one was a treat

[round oracle]

It's shifted 11 pixels to the left, annoying

bug they've never fixed for GUIs

[dusky heron]

well now we can ask directly for fixes

[round oracle]

That is kinda true

[dusky heron]

(hopefully)

[astral lake]

[dusky heron]

time to air out our laundry list of grievances

[round oracle]

Alright let's see... uhhhhh.....

Animated frame spritetypes

why can't you play animations on demand 💀

[livid lynx]

give me more supply-related triggers and checks >:( /lh

[astral lake]

army manpower variable when?

[green lark]

what language did you program this in and do i need to convert it to utf-8?

[dusky heron]

for general code should be utf-8 iirc

with BOM? Don't quote me on that

[green lark]

alr cool

[round oracle]

This is for localization

[green lark]

utf8 is easy

[dusky heron]

fair, yeah, that's what I was thinking of. TY, Scars

[round oracle]

It's just paradox's weird coding language, a bastardized version of C++

[astral lake]

Not even close to C++ lmao.

It's more like JSON if anything.

[green lark]

i dont know c++ at all

[dusky heron]

the modding wiki has a list of most if not all of the different code that you may need to learn

[green lark]

alr cool

[round oracle]

Are you serious

I can't even send gui code files here

[dusky heron]

GUI coding tho is rather lacking on the wiki

[burnt musk]

I would like to start coding
I've been doing mostly writing stuff for a while now

[green lark]

damn

[dusky heron]

Scars can attest to that

[green lark]

i could probably look on reddit might be a feed there

[livid lynx]

PDX pseudocode is fairly easy to get into, events and foci at leasts

[round oracle]

Kindof looks like this
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/795283607987159073/961977043392815114/unknown.png

[green lark]

also can i use copywrited music in my mod?

[livid lynx]

GUI and tech tree modding are a pain though

[round oracle]

This is my code currently in TNO's release version

[astral lake]

That's why you open others peoples mods and see how they do it.

[dusky heron]

yes? Tho don't expect twitchers and streamers to play the songs then

[livid lynx]

this is the way

[round oracle]

Yes, most of the stuff I use in GUI code I learned myself by trial and error as well as discussion with other TNO.. uhh... for lack of better words, "Code scientists" like myself

[green lark]

thats fine

[livid lynx]

cannibalizing other mods is by far the best way to learn advanced shit

[dusky heron]

the biggest issue for me is that I am not mentally wired to write code

[round oracle]

Stuck with horsewording

[dusky heron]

Worse: stuck with solo devving a nation for over 3 years

[livid lynx]

tbf stuff like natfoc scripting is almost more like writing a recipe list than it is actual coding

[untold narwhal]

what are the best mods to improve hoi4?

[dusky heron]

true, but I did make that one oopsie that made Scars go "wtf are you doing"

[round oracle]

Ah yeah

[dusky heron]

do you recall, how I went line by line to fix the positions?

[livid lynx]

like as someone who's published an indie game... the difference between coding and hoi4 modding is is pretty big in terms of how easy it is to get into :')

[round oracle]

Jesus Christ, vividly

[dusky heron]

[livid lynx]

that said hoi4 modding was my first step to proper game dev so not to discount it

[round oracle]

YOU COULDVE JUST ASKED ME TO RUN THE CODE AGAIN

[astral lake]

National Focus Coding is spending 90% of the time figuring what can I do for an effect for a focus.

[dusky heron]

But I did it

[dusky heron]

or, if your stuff is broken, finding the missing bracket

[astral lake]

My code is never broken 😎

[dusky heron]

liar

[livid lynx]

Notepad++ Ctrl+B hotkey combo undefeated

[dusky heron]

I use VSC for all of the addons tho

[round oracle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/805763016318648341/865963575922655242/cursed.png

[livid lynx]

Yeah it's mostly design or trudging through writing it out, the actual code itself is pretty easy once you know what you're doing

[astral lake]

I have both open.

[shrewd hemlock]

Ay. Generic icons are always welcomed.

[dusky heron]

oh lord this. I spent too much time in just designing the overall look for trees

[round oracle]

Draw.io moment

[burnt musk]

I hate generic icons
I hate generic icons

[dusky heron]

and I have an unhealthy requirement to make it as symmetrical as possible

[astral lake]

symmetrical focus trees are stinky!!!

[round oracle]

Same with me but put an 'a' infront of it

[astral lake]

Embrace the asymmetry gang.

[livid lynx]

based

[dusky heron]

[thick edge]

I prefer a somewhat symmetrical tree with asymmetric aspects myself

[round oracle]

Give me one second

[dire storm]

https://tenor.com/view/troll-face-troll-face-gif-19191594

[burnt musk]

Dear PDX mods
Pls allow embeds here

[round oracle]

One shape Im particularly proud of:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940826810181103646/951832831020109874/unknown.png

It's a bit of an old screenshot so the icons weren't there yet

[honest eagle]

Good job

[round oracle]

Please ignore the bottom left

[astral lake]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/425806668031590400/910286286135390298/Unredacted.png
Asymmetry is cool and good.

[dire storm]

aesthetically pleasing, i approve

[livid lynx]

also, incredibly huge focus tree gang

[round oracle]

Small but dynamic trees gang

[astral lake]

It's not that big.

[livid lynx]

no i just like huge trees

[pastel juniper]

no

[astral lake]

Yes

[thick edge]

The one I'm currently working on is pretty huge

[pastel juniper]

What mod are you working on?

[thick edge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/905909201333801042/961979969528016926/unknown.png

[pastel juniper]

For example playing cards are symmetrical because its pleasant to look at and you can view from both sides.

[thick edge]

something it isn't far enough developed yet to be made public according to the lead dev

[pastel juniper]

nice quality image doe

[thick edge]

Well there's no gui

nor localisation, but the effects for all but 8 are in

The tree is currently about half its final size

[astral lake]

Yeah but symmetrical trees considerably decrease the interestingness of the shape. It's not unique, I've seen a 1000 trees that are the same shape.

[dire storm]

i am a mutually exclusive focus enjoyer

[livid lynx]

chadly

mutually exclusive asymmetrical focus tree chads

[thick edge]

I might have made way too many of those

[dire storm]

yes

[livid lynx]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/788611370357255566/69750DBC25B73036FCE627D92D447E85B512394B/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=#000000&letterbox=false

[astral lake]

Always fun to try and theorize ways to get the most out of a tree when you've got mutally exclusive stuff.

[livid lynx]

i made this focus tree as a mental and spritual break from coding our resident bad guy state

[shrewd hemlock]

I am allow branch enjoyer.

[livid lynx]

they have 5 paths and four of them are wholesome chungus 100

[livid lynx]

I am an 'events where you choose which paths to go down' enjoyer

[dire storm]

yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

[thick edge]

Yeah, I do like the idea of there being many ways to play a tag

[round oracle]

Also PLEASE people, hide your always = no triggers

[dire storm]

i feel personally attacked

[round oracle]

Heh

[dire storm]

you see, scars, i dont even know what that even means

i just hammer copy paste and pray it works

[livid lynx]

^^^^^^^^^^^

[livid lynx]

Oh you'd love how we handle our political ideology-locked focus trees

You either have to have the flag that sets it to be available, or you have to have the correct ideology

So even if you take a different path, if you later get puppeted you can still take the path of your overlord's ideology

[dire storm]

tbh I resent hidden 'ideology paths' unless they're easter eggs ie new vanilla focus tree hidden tree

for poland, i mean

[livid lynx]

Oh they're not hidden you're just locked out of them

[astral lake]

No.

[dire storm]

👀

[livid lynx]

Also, currently working on a rework of our mod's first ever country's focus tree

[round oracle]

Time to show off more code because Im bored
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/795283607987159073/961982311547699200/unknown.png

[livid lynx]

They're getting a system where the faction that wants to go that focus tree has to have enough influence in and loyalty to the government to unlock that focus

[dire storm]

i cant copy paste this, what happen?

[dire storm]

sounds complicated and epic

[livid lynx]

it's easier than it looks

just a matter of 'get enough loyalty points and get enough influence points'

[dusky heron]

similar to Vanilla US

[livid lynx]

pretty much yeah

though some foci also require you to keep the influence of the other factions down

[round oracle]

Cringe

[livid lynx]

have you considered touching grass

(not you scar obvs you're cool)

[round oracle]

[burnt musk]

Wehmraboo Garbage

[thick edge]

The tag I'm making starts with a famine so part of it is to get rid of it (for which am shorter focus is available to one ideology) So part of the choice players make is when to tackle it, after that people have the choice whether they want to invest into industrialization or improved agriculture the first one giving more factories and the second giving extra manpower to a tag that won't have much of it. Another choice is the focus on navy or army, if they want to go navy they need to go for industrialization first and get a cool capital ship, but if they didn't industrialize or want to go army they get a unique special forces unit and a unique support company. The last choice major choice they get is how they interact with slavery (with one option being ideology locked).

And that's the stuff in the tag that you can do regardless of the ideological focuses and the focuses that interact with other tags.

[burnt musk]

Wehmracht generals writing up a memoir about how they heroically lost 30 battles in a row

[thick edge]

So it gives the player a lot of control over how they run in a game

[dire storm]

swoons

[burnt musk]

Hitlers fault, Soviet hordes, we should have just walked into moscow

[dire storm]

hahahahahahaha

[thick edge]

lol

I know that type of people

especially that last one is very special

[round oracle]

Oh that's right you can change the localization for dates

That's something I've never got the chance of doing

[livid lynx]

yeah i didn't figure that out until like a month or two ago lol

[dire storm]

wow, nice. focus icons are great.

[burnt musk]

They should have given me more Tiger tanks bro

[round oracle]

Sometimes the way paradox does things are nice

[livid lynx]

Sadly calendars themselves are hardcoded so i can't fully implement the glorious Marelian Calendar fully ;-;

[livid lynx]

Thank you!

[round oracle]

Yeah, you can only change the names

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/795283607987159073/961984982685999174/unknown.png

[thick edge]

cries in transmission issues

[thick edge]

at least you can easily change the years

After you redo all the tech years of course

[livid lynx]

yeah, this setting's calendar runs on like 10 months instead of 12 so i just split up two of the months into two haha

[thick edge]

sighs

[livid lynx]

we have [month] and [month] - continued

[burnt musk]

I also am not responsible for any Crimes against humanity
Just ignore all those photos of me near the Mass graves

[livid lynx]

this is the WIP rework tree thought, the one on the workshop currently isn't this one

[thick edge]

and what about the incriminating letters you wrote to your mother?

[burnt musk]

Let's stop talking about this before we get George Orwelled

[burnt musk]

I did not have sexual relations with that woman

Ok now let's stop

[thick edge]

I mean the war crime ones

[dire storm]

bill left a bigger mess on monica's dress than hillary left in benghazi lmfao

[livid lynx]

oh rip, original screencap got got

[round oracle]

Wuh?

[livid lynx]

eh fair enough i suppose that is by far the most unsavoury country in the entire mod, plenty else i can show off

[burnt musk]

Uhhh you uhh well uh you see um I uh you uh a...............it was the Soviets!

[round oracle]

Why is it deleted

[hallow vortex]

Is it possible to make a focus mutually exclusive with a technology? For example if I choose this focus I can't research that tech?

[livid lynx]

you can set tech availability so just set 'can research' to always false & unlock it with the focus

[thick edge]

I see have a nice day, you certainly won't be detained for a group trail at Nuremburg

[livid lynx]

too much gamer vibes ig?

[round oracle]

There's always the allow = { syntax but it is very finnicky and doesn't tell you that you can't actually do it, it just disallows you from clicking the button

[livid lynx]

i mean that just means it's doing is job of representing an absolutely evil government so hey :')

[round oracle]

You put inside technology and fill it in with normal triggers like NOT = { has_completed_focus =

[burnt musk]

Can I join the west German army?

[hallow vortex]

would this be possible for just a specific country?

[hallow vortex]

that might work as a last resort

[livid lynx]

if you can use limit = { then it'd work ig?

[thick edge]

yes after your 5 year sentence

[dire storm]

you have inspired me to draft a Nuremberg trials decision mod

[round oracle]

if = { limit = { to be precise

[livid lynx]

Because then you could just slap the tag into it

[burnt musk]

That will be delisted very quickly

[dire storm]

true enough

[livid lynx]

y'all i think that discussion is getting a wee bit off topic making light of some pretty grim stuff

[burnt musk]

Unfair!
Cruel!
I would rather die!
I didn't do anything!

[burnt musk]

Yeah

Sorry I should have stopped a while ago

[livid lynx]

yeah

Ah well at least you recognize it's bad instead of doubling down, makes you better than most 'ironic' discord larpers, so 's all good :')

[dire storm]

I humbly submit my 'born in Australia' card, we have a strange sense of humor here

[livid lynx]

even then there's the 'no memes abt war crimes' and 'stay ot' rules :p

[round oracle]

Funny upside down

[livid lynx]

normally i'd not jump to do moderators' work but with sensitive topics like this i figured it was for the best, hope that's alright ^^'

[burnt musk]

I'm still waiting for the history channel so I hopefully can talk about this stuff in detail

[dire storm]

discussing history with friends is always time well spent

[thick edge]

it's paradox so no discussion past 1900

[burnt musk]

Generally this is a subject that disguists me not just because of How so many generals got off Scot free but also how the myths they created destroyed the Historical Record

But I should talk about it in a more appropriate place than in a Gaming channel

[livid lynx]

oh yeah definitely

[burnt musk]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16eoIaOpGa0yR2MRSpfivtIS_nIRp4mWBY7QUGpcJZf0/edit?usp=drivesdk
Anyway to get back on topic
Here is a doc about how to make "King and prime minister" leader UI

I hope some of you can find it useful

[dire storm]

another addition for my collection

[livid lynx]

ohhh noice

[burnt musk]

Basically the player can click the portrait for it to show another portrait
While maintaining the monarch being shown

[round oracle]

Oh no
You create individual elements for each leader?

Do you not know of string tricking?

[dire storm]

what is this magic you speak of

[round oracle]

Basically you can change the sprites of elements according to strings, be it variable or scripted localisation

[dire storm]

[livid lynx]

do you do that through scripted loc or?

[round oracle]

much more efficient than having different elements, which in and of itself fulfills the same slot/position

[round oracle]

Yes

[livid lynx]

based

[round oracle]

Oh man wait 'till you see what I can do with this

[obtuse condor]

Moin does anyone know a mod that is also Akutell or also goes
and I am looking for Realistic Resources
as it is in ww2 just really Gab because standart in vanilla is not so 100% right

[dire storm]

I recommend watching some youtube tutorials or reddit, there are some great beginner tutorials out there

[obtuse condor]

yes

[round oracle]

And for the record: Triggers automatically use the AND trigger by default so it's a bit redundant, it's the first coding lesson I learned way back when I started modding a year ago
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/795283607987159073/961991654053646376/unknown.png

In contrast, NOT operates under OR

[dire storm]

I learned this the hard way, through a grueling whole day of trial and error. Its almost like reading about code helps??? weird!!

[round oracle]

properties = {
    element_name = {
        image = "[GET_Image]"
    }
}

defined_text = {
    name = GET_Image
    text = {
        trigger = {
            <triggers go here>
        }
        localization_key = "GFX_something"
    }
}

It works like this, thus we only need one element "element_name" that can have multiple images

This is much more efficient than having multiple "element_name"'s

As I said, string tricking also works with variables, so you can do things like this

properties = {
    element_name = {
        image = "GFX_sprite_number_[?my_variable]"
    }
}```
If `my_variable` is 1 appropriate to the scope of the GUI, it will refer to the image `GFX_sprite_number_1`

This can lead to very interesting applications such as image = "GFX_something_[ROOT.GetTag]_[?id]_[?sub_id]" where it can go GFX_something_GER_1_2 and stuff like that, the possibilities are endless

[dire storm]

You should be on permanent retainer for Paradox dev's Q&A hahaha

[round oracle]

Pfft.

There are people more qualified than me with more time to spare

[dire storm]

didnt an eagle scout build an amateur nuclear reactor in his backyard? like you posted, possibilities are endless

[round oracle]

Is it like an inversely proportional thing or smth

[obtuse condor]

[State 846] State with id 846-847 doesn't exist. ?????? i have this even do those 2 states exist

[dire storm]

post the debugging log please

Windows XP ui

[shrewd hemlock]

Which country is that?

[livid lynx]

Ordoria! If you're not familiar with City of Hate, imagine the Thalmor fighting an uprising led by a figure that's equal parts Karl Marx and Martin Luther (the protestantism guy not the civil rights guy), with the rebels aligning themselves with the rump state remnants of their ancient dwarven enemy's empire

if they win they go forth and do gamer moments across the continent in one of three flavours of not nice people

[livid lynx]

the faction literally called 'the moderates' are hardline feudalist autocrats that regards non-elves as second-class citizens so this is really the understatement of the century

(i got pinged for that reply but it's weirdly saying the message it eas a reply to can't be loaded so i hope that was actually directed at me haha)

[austere kite]

Heyo

[crude iron]

uh guys is it me or rt56 keeps crashing

i havent tried it on its own yet

[austere kite]

Quick Question, I have always wanted to try and mod something in HOI. And I wanted to know if it would be possible to make a system where it’s like you can build your own lore in game. Thanks

[shrewd hemlock]

Ah, no. Sorry. 😅

[dire storm]

you could code custom gui that wrote to a simple text file as like a notepad or journal. thats a really good idea actually...

[obtuse condor]

I have zero errors but my mod still crashes between 2-16 days

[shell canopy]

Just, idk hope anybody can help: Is there any known mod for the officer corps, or like a training-facility for my Generals?

[dire storm]

You could trying making one? I think there is a few on workshop.

[shell canopy]

I searched, there is nothing good, the best mod "takes Panzeroffizier" from Rommel and gives "Panzeroffizier" back TO Rommel

[obtuse condor]

when i annex every country my game doesnt crash in my mod

[dire storm]

i remember seeing a mod that changes country colors to their Victoria 2 counterparts

[round oracle]

Yellow Germany

[cobalt sky]

It's likely a file which gets loaded after game start that crashes the game, have you checked for what is the last thing loaded before the game crashes?

[cobalt sky]

Always run a mod by itself before reporting about a crash, 9/10 time it is compatibility issues and almost any mod team refuses to help with the problem if you have other mods disabled.

[high cedar]

Any fun mods that add just really dumb stuff?

[cobalt sky]

I'm not familiar with many meme mods, but alot of the big mods have April Fools game rules

[mental sun]

TNO

[high cedar]

I’m looking for more small mods

[high cedar]

Like kaiserreich?

[cobalt sky]

I'm unsure if KR has that many meme game rules tbh, but i know OWB has alot, and that EQS at War has some well made ones

[high cedar]

Alright thanks, I don’t really want a game I can take seriously like I really love chaos games

[somber spindle]

Finally. A place where I can brag about how a mlp mod for Hoi4 is actually one of the most well made mods currently available.

I mean where do you find a mod that completely redraws the world map, adds nations with interesting lore and High effort focus trees and doesn't make it lag like hell?

Just for god sake don't play the Dread League

[dire storm]

🤮

[stone sedge]

I mean it can be interesting, but its a terrible first impression for the mod lol

[somber spindle]

I would recommend the Griffonian Empire for a first playthrough

It's easy to play and to understand. Plus there are no ponies involved if that's your first concern.

Griffons are cool.

[obtuse condor]

my mod doesnt crash if i annex every other country... the crash is most likely because of the ai doing something

[cobalt sky]

Run the game in -crash_data_log and come back with the last line it read before crashing as it will help alot with figuring out what is CTD'ing it

[obtuse condor]

i replace -nudge with that?

[cobalt sky]

Yes

[obtuse condor]

yeah i did that and i got no reason for crashing

[cobalt sky]

hmm, were you running it in -nudge while it was crashing?

[obtuse condor]

no? i replaced -nugde with -crash_data_log

[cobalt sky]

it was regarding the crashes before you put it in crash_data_log... hmm, you using Git?

[obtuse condor]

no im not using git

[cobalt sky]

So reverting commits is not possible... you remember the last few edits you did before it started crashing?

[obtuse condor]

I added allot of provinces to the map

that shouldnt cause the game to crash after 14 days right?

[cobalt sky]

In theory, but i'm not highly experienced in map modding, did you create some new states for those provinces?

[obtuse condor]

yes i created 46 states in my mod

[proven stone]

Looking for a good mod that is active with current patch, communism world vs USA(or another country) is there one?

[obtuse condor]

does anyone here have something that is like milenium dawn?

[cobalt sky]

I see, mind posting the state map?

[obtuse condor]

I cant post images in here

[obtuse condor]

dm?

if u can

Sure i can dm my state map

[cobalt sky]

Send it my way and i'll give it a check

[obtuse condor]

wait are u working on it or its finished?

[obtuse condor]

Its not finished i plan to add a couple more states its just a state mod now

[obtuse condor]

oh ok can u send me in dms some pics of it?

[obtuse condor]

yes i can do that

[cobalt sky]

I can't really see anything from the state map that should create a CTD, but with map modding it could be so many small things, my best tip would be to just take a glance over making sure all the provinces you added are properly added into the states and that none are left outside of it. Also do you get a warning before launching the game if you do it without -debug or -nudge?

[obtuse condor]

When i go into VSC i get errors that state 846 and 867 dont exist

[cobalt sky]

Ooooh, are they referenced somewhere if you try searching for them?

[silk burrow]

Guys, what do you think is best program for writing or editing codes?

[cobalt sky]

VSCode, as it has alot of plugins and can use the CWTools extension

[silk burrow]

Thanks

[cobalt sky]

Pluss VSCode comes with the option to see trailing and open white spaces making it alot easier to make sure you have good indentation

[silk burrow]

Iam new to modding so.. Thank you!

[obtuse condor]

There should be nothing that makes my mod unplayable

[cobalt sky]

On paper, yeah, but some map modding errors doesn't come up in the error log nor the crash log from what i remember main reason some map modders calls it cursed

[shadow mirage]

clearly is not

[obtuse condor]

not anymore

[silk burrow]

is there some good tutorial for making a new country?

[icy mango]

is there any latin america mode?

[oak kayak]

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIronWorkshop , this guy is pretty cool , if you don't see "how to make a new country" video - I can try to help, but cannot guarantee that I will be competent enough

[silk burrow]

ok, thank you, i will answer you after ill try to make it work ok?

[oak kayak]

Sure thing,be sure to write in DM's tho

[silk burrow]

okay okay

[cobalt sky]

Also here is a step by step guide if wanted: ```Adding a new nation isn't terribly difficult:

1. Write a history/countries/TAG - Country.txt file.
2. Write a common/countries/TAG - Country.txt file.
3. Add colors for your country to common/countries/colors.txt.
4. Add your country to common/country_tags/00_countries.txt.
5. Add localisation to localisation/fallout_countries_l_english.yml.
6. Add a voice over section to one of the vo_*.asset files in sound/.
7. Add a large, medium, and small flag to gfx/flags.
8. If you want them to start on the map, edit history/state/* files to place them.
9. If they start on the map, give them starting units with a file in history/units.
10. If you'd like them to appear by game rule instead, look at common/game_rules/* and common/on_actions/game_rule_on_actions.txt for reference and be sure to use the early_tagswitch_decision if you want players to be able to swap to them.```

[worthy narwhal]

Forgot to add a namelist in 00_names

So all your generals aren't "John Jones"

[cobalt sky]

That is one way to do it yeah, if you wanna do it more advanced down the road you could create flags that applies name lists and set generic general pictures lists

[shrewd hemlock]

So I am making some changes to the UI for my mod.

I made the text of the country bigger, reorganized the political circle and the ideology icon to be in the bottom section

and squished the info to be closer together instead of on both ends.

Plan to power up my Photoshop and expand the GFX of this screen to be wider (more to the right)

so that I can put more info and have more space for national spirits (France has like 10 starting).

Opinion?

[cosmic depot]

looks good thus far

[odd ice]

c

[grand surge]

how to learning the modding?

youtube playlist?

[shrewd hemlock]

Try and error + YouTube.

Also + here.

[odd ice]

there are youtube videos by the iron work shop, also looking at the HOI4 Modding Coop discord server is good, it has help

[grand surge]

are out of date

youtube

films

[odd ice]

ok then join one of the modding hoi4 discord servers

[grand surge]

np project regnum poloniae?

[odd ice]

?

[shrewd hemlock]

The Iron Workshop is up to date.

It still works.

😉

[grand surge]

Really?

I must problem with flag and leadera picture

*leaders

[shrewd hemlock]

The last DLC changed how leaders work.

You need to edit the character file in the common folder now.

It is a bit more complicated, but in the long run it is better.

Open a file and see how it is organized and how it works for each character.

[fiery drum]

Anyone know how to fix this for millennium dawn?

[solemn compass]

@fiery drum maybe try to reinstall hearts of iron 4

[fiery drum]

I install Millennium dawn, And i tried launching it launches but then it say's that.

[obtuse condor]

What version you on?

[fiery drum]

How do i check?

[fiery drum]

Im on the newest version.

[obtuse condor]

I dont know if millenium has been updated yet

[fiery drum]

It say's that.

[obtuse condor]

the mod is not installed

reinstall it

[fiery drum]

I installed it though.

Wait let me verify in-game files then.

[fiery drum]

I installed it through like downloading.

If you know how to install could you show me...

[obtuse condor]

It clearly says that its not installed on your current disk

Just go to mods

Press delete on millenium dawn

and reinstall it from the workshop

[fiery drum]

There is no mod here.

[obtuse condor]

What

Screenshot

[fiery drum]

I downloaded it through file's like i dragged and dropped.

[obtuse condor]

Its not pirated or anything like that yeah?

[fiery drum]

No from the offical steam workshop.

Should i verify files?

[obtuse condor]

yeah

[fiery drum]

Do you know how to do it cause im confused...

[obtuse condor]

Steam-Hoi4-right click-properties-local files-verify integrity of game files

[fiery drum]

Ok im verifiying after it's done and i wanna add the mod do i go here?

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/41035/Any

[obtuse condor]

No

steam workshop

is better

[fiery drum]

Steam workshop dosent work :/

[obtuse condor]

How

[fiery drum]

I will show after.

@obtuse condor It's done validating where do i go now?

[obtuse condor]

Try out if it works

[fiery drum]

It does where do i go??

[obtuse condor]

Check your playset

[fiery drum]

How do i do that?

[obtuse condor]

Theres an option in pdx launcher

[fiery drum]

What does it say?

[obtuse condor]

Playset

[bleak topaz]

set the version to 1.10.5

[fiery drum]

How?

@bleak topaz How?

[bleak topaz]

go to properties

right click on the game

then click properties

then betas

then where it says none

click 1.10.5

[fiery drum]

Ok hold up im reinstalling the mod.

[bleak topaz]

kk

[fiery drum]

How should i reinstall it?

[bleak topaz]

go to the mod page

[fiery drum]

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/41035/Any

[bleak topaz]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719416488

[fiery drum]

It say's outdated.

There is a different one.

[bleak topaz]

oh

[native tendon]

Use one from Paradox’s website

It worked for me

[fiery drum]

You mean this one? https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/41035/Any

[vocal night]

i wonder if there could be an art channel for this technically

[bleak topaz]

dont change the version if your gonna use that one

[native tendon]

Nah, give me a moment I’ll find it for you

[fiery drum]

Im gonna use the newest one im just tryna figure out how to get it working so i can actually enjoy it.

[bleak topaz]

ok

[brazen laurel]

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

Updated version

[native tendon]

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/41035/Any

This one worked for me

Nvm it’s the same one lol

[fiery drum]

Lmao how did you install it though?

[native tendon]

Uuuh

I just pressed “add”

I’m using the launcher tho

[fiery drum]

I got it off steam.

[distant oracle]

Get the new version

[fiery drum]

I know it's just how to install it.

[distant oracle]

You click "subscribe"

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777392649
@fiery drum u using this?

[brazen laurel]

If you play the mod make sure you go to your launcher settings and set it to directX 9

[fiery drum]

Ima install it through playset.

[fiery drum]

Why?

[distant oracle]

What other mods u got on?

[native tendon]

Yeah do it

[fiery drum]

And how to do that?

[brazen laurel]

Otherwise you'll get graphical issues

[fiery drum]

None first time modding.

[distant oracle]

Looks like its a map error

If you turn on Debug it would probably give u a error log

[fiery drum]

@native tendon I subscribed now what?

[native tendon]

Open your launcher

[fiery drum]

Ye

Ok im already on directX9

[distant oracle]

Make a new playset, call it whatever, then add MD to it

[fiery drum]

@native tendon What version we on?

[brazen laurel]

Base game version or mod version?

[fiery drum]

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/41035/Any

Game version.

1.11.5?

[brazen laurel]

it works on the latest version perfectly

Yeah this one is up to date

[fiery drum]

It's telling me that it was "Made for a different version"

@brazen laurel

[brazen laurel]

I know, so does mine but it works on the latest version

[fiery drum]

I crashed again?

@brazen laurel

It gave me the same error.

[brazen laurel]

Send me a pm, I'll help you further there

[native tendon]

1.11.10 I tjink

[fiery drum]

It works!!!

[glad ferry]

Is this just my pc when Endsieg crashes on pre calculating naval distances?

[fierce root]

anyone know good alternate history mods.

[humble lodge]

Everyone is Hitler

[fierce root]

A alternate history with ducks

[native tendon]

Nicee

[tame harbor]

09ac

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2541335727 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=820260968 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2505154898
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=846066944

[atomic urchin]

Kaiserreich, TNO, TWO

[broken oak]

help

how do I play 1.11 game versions

[teal grail]

Wait what's TWO? I've heard of Kaiserreich and TNO but not that one.

[wide warren]

Thousand Week Reich?

[teal grail]

Then it'd be TWR

[round oracle]

Thousand Week Oich

[teal grail]

Ah yes

[broken oak]

help

pls

[low fable]

Most 1.11 mods should work fine in the current build

[broken oak]

ok

[obtuse condor]

Has anyone experience with expert ai?

[hollow spruce]

surely nothing can go wrong

anyway tno best mod

[obtuse condor]

Only real problem is, the icons and game interface is just too bright

You can barely read what it says and it blinds you

[hollow spruce]

but it was funny tho

[obtuse condor]

That is sort of funny, yeah

[round oracle]

Your eye can adjust

Takes a while, sure

[obtuse condor]

Trust me, I've tried playing it for like 20 minutes straight

could not adjust

[round oracle]

Fair

I think it's pretty cool

No biases here definitely

[tacit pollen]

couldn't get into TNO or Iron Curtain for that matter because of the UIs tbh

[fiery drum]

The zombie what what's it based off and how to actually play it.

[thin raven]

after like half a playthrough you get used to it

if you get into the story then the uis become less and less annoying since your focus is on that instead

[tame harbor]

mod that adds zombies to the game, survive

[obtuse condor]

anyone have the usa states mod?

[dim mirage]

Had anyone played the updated Road to 56 mod?

[iron thunder]

What's the best focus tree mod that's not road to 56

[last trellis]

vanilla hoi4

[iron thunder]

Good point, but I am looking for some for no reason

[turbid snow]

I imagine the best will lie in individual country tree mods

like "better france focus tree" or "better italy focus tree," something like that

just spitballing here

[iron thunder]

Thanks :)

[turbid snow]

I like it

[faint lichen]

it is alright

anyone know where to find the mod files on Arch linux?

As I cant find it I would like to start modding again

[grand surge]

Ok thanks

[fickle glacier]

UMC maybe, if that counts

[winged tulip]

I'm trying to modify Augustus Mussolini's portrait but I cant find it anywhere in the files, does anyone know where its located?

[halcyon schooner]

Depends on what you like in HoI, story or gameplay. iirc TNO focuses more on story/narrative

[grand surge]

I must stop with modding

[obtuse condor]

What is that

[grand surge]

I was making a new country

[obtuse condor]

that color palette looks so weird

[grand surge]

yes

[strange crystal]

how do I do a bypass focus in the context that a country does not exist

[fathom depot]

i understand polish, and the "baltic byzantium" makes me think of cursed images of hoi4

i love it

[unreal sierra]

same im polish

[fathom depot]

the mod i think would be good for daltonist's

since colorfull scheme

[shrewd hemlock]

You just write NOT = {}

and put the code between the brackets.

In the bypass = {} of course.

[strange crystal]

right so the code would end uy

end up being

NOT = {
country_exists = (tag)
}

[shrewd hemlock]

Yes.

[strange crystal]

alright i'll try that thanks

[cursive mica]

how can I add decisions like bulgarian party influence decisions

[green lark]

anyone got any good tutorials for loading screens

[tender nymph]

hello, do you have any nice plain focus tree?

[spice cloak]

question:
modding AI
is it possible to tell AI to prioritize upgrading lvl 5 engine on fighters?

[native swift]

how do you make a mod

[rich yarrow]

i also wonder how pls tell

[native swift]

i have no idea

[somber scroll]

1 add a "gfx" folder to your mod folder 2 you need a folder called "loadingscreens" inside that one 3 add whatever images you want inside there they must be named load_1, load_2 etc. (dlc loadscreens are kinda weird and have own titles Example: "load_nsb" for No step back) remember to use the correct aspect ratio. hope this helps

[native swift]

i have found a 4 hour coruse of it

[somber scroll]

1inside your hoi launcher you go to "all installed mods" 2 click on "upload mod" in the upper right corner then click "create mod" 3 fill in whatever you want 4 find your mod in the hoi4 directory 5 start modding

[green lark]

i mean how to draw them but i didnt know how to do that ethier so ty :D

[somber scroll]

np

what program are you using?