modding

[somber scroll]

paint.net is decent if you want to get into it but don't want to pay

[rich yarrow]

im using paint.net very often it is almost like photoshop but less better

[somber scroll]

yeah..

[obtuse condor]

use gimp instead

[rich yarrow]

whats that

never heard of it

[somber scroll]

its like photoshop but free

never used it tho

[obtuse condor]

objectively worse than photoshop, only thing i like is that i can actually export as dds so i only use it to export my images made in PS to dds
https://www.gimp.org/ - link btw

[halcyon schooner]

GIMP gets the job done

[round oracle]

Use paint.net instead

GIMP is exclusively for sado-masochists

[obtuse condor]

i prefer photoshop mainly because i learned how to use it when i was 12

[shrewd hemlock]

There is not much there to tutor about.

You just make a thicc wallpaper in .dds file type

and you place it in the correct folder.

[round oracle]

4:3 preferably

[green lark]

kk

[mortal portal]

What is the best mod for crazy wars?

[round oracle]

Endsieg, I suppose

[mortal portal]

Endsieg is really good, i love playing it with buffs because i suck and also its just fun to trap 100 allied and like 200 soviet troops

[queen lintel]

battle royale is also pretty fun

[crystal tulip]

somebody can teach me how to mod pls

[obtuse condor]

steam workshop
select hearts of iron
click on mods that interest you
click subscribe

[crystal tulip]

i mean make my own mod

i alredy know how to put mods in hoi lmao

[obtuse condor]

Can someone tell me how witchcraft works in road to 56

[honest eagle]

@crystal tulip https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIronWorkshop this guy is great for learning

[crystal tulip]

thanks mate

[honest eagle]

Np and good luck modding dude

[cobalt sky]

I would highly advise switching to Paint.net if you use it for converting into .dds as Paint.net mostly does a better job at it

[obtuse condor]

pdn would constantly give my images a weird tint no matter what setting i used, which is why i switched to gimp

[halcyon schooner]

What do you need the files to be in .dds for anyway btw?

Most GFX can deal with other formats as well by now

[round oracle]

Something something optimal compression for clausewitz something something

[hushed yarrow]

hello every1

would somebody give me clue how corneredTileSpriteType works?

because I have small gridbox and I want have a neat border

[turbid snow]

y'all see the France TNO update?

[obtuse condor]

Anyone else have this error that state 846 847 dont exist?

[turbid snow]

hypeee

[obtuse condor]

You making mod?

[obtuse condor]

Yeah

[halcyon schooner]

Have you tried opening the state files in VSC?

[obtuse condor]

No

[halcyon schooner]

That's the first thing I'd try if you get that message and you made changes to the state files

Sometimes the program doesn't realize that the file actually does exist

[obtuse condor]

Is there a way to see secret errors?

[halcyon schooner]

your bracketing is off

[obtuse condor]

Oh

[halcyon schooner]

I think you're only missing a "}" at the end of the file

[civic pilot]

it's also light mode

blinds you and doesn't let you see all the bugs

[halcyon schooner]

Unless you're staring at the program for long periods of times it's not that bad to have it in light mode imo

[obtuse condor]

Is the strategic region 15 asia doesnt have any provinces a basegame error?

[halcyon schooner]

might be

iirc, there used to be a stratregion that didn't have any province. Or rather that's probably still the case

[obtuse condor]

Should i fix it and create a new strategic region in china?

[halcyon schooner]

I utilized the empty region in my mod, but apparently it's not necessary to give it provinces

Keep in mind though that the weather etc. might not be appropriate for the area you want to make a new region in so you may have to make some adjustments for that

[civic pilot]

Please do not post images of modern political leaders.

[spiral trail]

ok i will edit them out

[faint lichen]

funke monke

[spiral trail]

text is corrupted on millenium dawn

[faint lichen]

Anyone know where the mod files are on arch linux? I cant find them

[shrewd forum]

How does modding work?

[faint lichen]

long story lol

[shrewd forum]

I Wana make a mod to make country's that get nuked be closer to capitulation

[faint lichen]

you would need to edit the effects of nukes

[shrewd forum]

Ok, iv never modded before so...

Is it just like a website? I know javascript

[faint lichen]

it's not a language it's easy

most of it is text files

[shrewd forum]

Ok... How long would it take to learn

[faint lichen]

not long

depends on what you what to do

[obtuse condor]

Wrong version

[halcyon schooner]

Depending on the complexity I'd say anywhere between 2 to 30 hours. You apparently have some knowledge when it comes to coding so that helps for sure

[obtuse condor]

I want to make a mod where it is artillery based seige warfare

like redcon

[shrewd forum]

i wana make a mod where nuking someone makes them 5% towards capitulation

[halcyon schooner]

Not sure if that's possible. Might be doable though

[shrewd forum]

why dont i see "Mod tools"

maby the vid im watching is outdated

[obtuse osprey]

upload mod >> create mod

[shrewd forum]

thanks

[obtuse osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIronWorkshop maybe this guy can help you for modding

[robust yoke]

what

[vagrant citrus]

which mods goes well with road 56?

[primal sigil]

I'd consider things like player-led peace conferences and state transfer tool pretty necessary to prevent border gore, other than that, it's up to you.

[unborn smelt]

hey i kinda encountered some problem with millenium dawn, when i finish downloading it, doesnt wanna work at all. i launch the game and the loading and gameplay doesnt even wanna work, does it not work currently?

[primal sigil]

There aren't that many other large mods that will work side-by-side with it, so if you are playing with RT56, it's really just smaller quality-of-life things that you can add. The only exception would be specially-made submods.

[unborn smelt]

ok nvm it seems like my text looks like a gobbled mess so imma just rephrase it: when I download the millenium dawn: a modern day mod, nothing works. i see no change to map, GUI, loading screen and tech trees. does it not work currently or is it some bug I encountered?

[somber scroll]

this last focus isnt showing up in testing can someone pls tell me what i did wrong?

[drifting valve]

you are missing a } for the last focus from the looks of things. suggest using proper indentation to make it easier to keep track

[quartz herald]

any mods that make it the medieval times or some shit

[obtuse condor]

the mod isnt touching anything with officer corps, any idea why this is happening? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/374159138772746240/962418823657553970/unknown.png

[bleak jacinth]

What’s this

[dusk trout]

Empires mod and im pretty sure there is a mod just called medieval

[raven swallow]

e

[loud lily]

Is this a pirate capybara?

https://c.tenor.com/pIQ0VzsVXicAAAAM/capybara-bucket.gif

[obtuse condor]

thanks for the help

[pastel nest]

pretty sure that's because the file where the GFX would be to highlight the selectable option would've been overwritten by another and not included, I think at least

[shrewd hemlock]

Ironside!

You are here as well!

:OOO

[pastel nest]

hey :P

[grave nebula]

what mod should i try?

[shrewd hemlock]

Came to see what the noise is about, ey?

😅

[pastel nest]

I saw the diary on it and figured why not, it's pretty neat tbh 👀

[shrewd hemlock]

Indeed it is.

Pretty cool people here.

Well, see you around!

I am off to make dinner and mod a bit.

[pastel nest]

see ya, hf :)

[obtuse condor]

is there a mod that kinda makes the game like CIV6 or Stellaris

where everyone kinda starts off with the same stuff

and where u can slowly expand ur borders and such

make ur own navy, army

make ur own cities, name ur own cities, colonize..

this sounds like a whole new game at this point but id love a game thats civ6-stellaris but with HOI mechanics

is this it ur looking for?

@obtuse condor

[obtuse condor]

it might be, does it start everyone off with just no army or navy or anything?

it starts everyone off with only one state

and you have to colonize then core it manually

i think it is basically what im looking for yeah

thanks!

[tall elm]

i have a question for a mod too,

anybody know a mod that adds generals and field marshals

thats not outdated and works

[obtuse condor]

ni i dont

sorry

[tall elm]

rip

ive tried them all, none of them work due to outdatement 😦

[obtuse condor]

the uhh HOI+ mod does it but it does so combining alot of other mods into one

but u might be able to find the mod they use

[tall elm]

hm okay

[obtuse condor]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2788014940

[tall elm]

thanks, ill update if i find it and it works

[obtuse condor]

maybe ask in their discord or anything

[tall elm]

ah, still cant find it, i read about the mod though and it actually seems pretty good, should i get that instead? (instead of combining like 19 mods together to make it into an accurate ww2 experience 💀

[quartz herald]

cant find it

[austere kite]

Continuing from my Question yesterday . 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. Is such a mechanic even possible to implement? Thanks

[untold narwhal]

why dose this mod change history?? when i enter britian as germany ireland takes over a part of it and all of its puppets get released? yes its on historical mode

[obtuse condor]

what do you mean by that

[neat root]

Is there an up to date 1v1 map? Where both sides start off the same.

[untold narwhal]

that would be unbalanced lol one side would have a ton of resources and the other wouldent have any. but i think there is one. if there is not you can make it yourself.

[untold narwhal]

and the not up to date maps usualy work in modern version due to them not really changing anything about the game. just remember to not have them too far back in time

[neat root]

True, i just remember there being a custom map that had both sides identical. But that was years ago.

I might try to make one myself, cause my friends like to challenge each other a lot.

[lavish root]

I believe this is it https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1628030183

ah, nvm its not updated, my bad

[fiery tide]

i tried creating a test ideology but i can't get it to appear on the political wheel (it breaks it, in fact)

is there anything i'm doing wrong?

i can provide more screenshots where needed

[faint lichen]

anyone know where to find mod files for Arch linux?

[faint lichen]

ok

[elder saddle]

Is there a 1v1 map?

[obtuse condor]

[unborn smelt]

birb

[stuck terrace]

which mods do I need for mp?

[untold narwhal]

a good way to do it is to use toolpack mod so you can make the resources equal and make it better and more balanced

[untold narwhal]

are there any good construction mods that add more construction stuff?

[sharp ridge]

massive tanoa holy shit

is it even on the above map?

oh and isnt belarus in CSAT?

i thought they said they were in contact

[untold narwhal]

you shouldent swear here it is against the rules

[latent tapir]

If it's not in the filter and it's not intentionally dodging the filter (see rule 8) it's fine :) anything that we have "Missed" is on us. Feel free to report anything such as that though 👍

[loud lily]

@latent tapir what does your pfp mean bro,is this like an undertale shit?

[latent tapir]

No it's not from Undertale xD It doesn't mean anything. It's just a self made design.

[loud lily]

Oh ok,it looks like Dr. eggman and that sign from undertale made a baby

[midnight locust]

Is there a mod, which makes the AI randomly justify wargoals when historical focuses are off?

[ruby pagoda]

Chaos AI

[midnight locust]

Thank you!!!

[random moat]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1999895296

[shrewd hemlock]

The bokoen1 mod.

[random moat]

ye

[steel fox]

where is the Endsieg mod update? Does anyone know if there will be an update?

[ruby pecan]

it wasn't paradox, the original creator of rotermorgen wished for it to be removed, the KX dev team obliged

[sharp ridge]

ah

but russia doesn't join CSAT?

also the idea of an arma mod is really cool cant wait to see it

[sharp ridge]

yeah

russia doesnt join in arma

[royal abyss]

Anyone know how to update map mods?

Magna Europa is a gem and I want to update it

[copper ruin]

are there any vietnam war mod

[loud lily]

Cold war I believe

[subtle meadow]

Is there a mod that uses the kaiserreich peace system were u annex all and then get decisions

[coral epoch]

e

[tardy basalt]

Someone here who has some knowledge about modding? I installed the Millennium Dawn mod via Steam and now i search someone who may can help me or explain me where i find the right folders to can make some smaler changes. Mainly i want to change some of the thumbnails of the units (like you find in the research or in the unit overview) and names of the units...

[severe onyx]

Documents > Paradox interactive > hearts of iron 4 > mods. i think

[tardy basalt]

Seem's a bit more complexe than this @severe onyx 😅

[icy leaf]

Guys is there an updated tool pack mod

[bright pumice]

U have to add the new supply to it and change a bunch of stuff

A lot of effort

[bright pumice]

It’s in program files

Go to the workshop folder then it’s numbers so u have to trial and error

until u find the millennium dawn mod

[distant saddle]

Custom map modes are a nice feature to have

[brazen kiln]

ohhhhhh yes

[empty briar]

if you check the mod on the steam website, the link has the id at the end of it

2777392649

[brazen kiln]

???

can you join it?

[empty briar]

what

that's millennium dawn's mod id

[brazen kiln]

ok

[humble kraken]

is in the name of the tsar any good

[obtuse condor]

any good mods for italy

[short veldt]

lichtenstien rework, trotskyist pengiuns, communist tibet, and finally easter island overhaul. we need every single on of these mods remade

[obtuse condor]

Any mods for post WW2 era similiar to RT56?

[untold narwhal]

rise of nations has a vietnam war start.

[obtuse condor]

rise of nations is pog

i hope this mod gets updated

[crystal tulip]

yo guys

my focus doesn't show

look

heres all my shit

and my focus doesn't show

in my game theres only the continuous focus

(its my first mod and its me just trying to make the 1st focus)

[obtuse condor]

for what country are you making the focus?

@crystal tulip

[crystal tulip]

my own

[obtuse condor]

whats the name of it

[crystal tulip]

is the state of catlonia

catalonia

[obtuse condor]

whats the tag

[crystal tulip]

CTA, i made it myself

ik theres

the australian tag in somethings

but i was watching the tutorial and the man doesn't change that and the focus appeared

[obtuse condor]

https://hoi4-modding.fandom.com/wiki/Common/national_focus you can check this

[crystal tulip]

aight

thx

SORRY

i messed the game

[heady granite]

hello i am trying to add states to arrays using scripted effects and it doesn't work have a look

my plan was to rework WPA focus for the US so i decided to expand it like this but i kinda messed it up

I made a decision category and a test decision (the picture on top). I set the scope for my "southwestregions" array but everytime the game choose a different state

[distant oracle]

Dont use his guide, I tried that too and it didnt work. Check game files and copy paste and edit those

Learn from game files not from tutorials

Most are commonly out of date

[crystal tulip]

Aight thanks mate

[topaz furnace]

The Great Southern Revolt | Red Liberty

[crystal tulip]

ngl kinda confusing

[distant oracle]

Not really?

Pretty self explanatory

Join the HOI4 modding server if you dont understand a term

[crystal tulip]

dm me the link pls

[distant oracle]

Check pins, check subreddit, check pinnee discord

[obtuse condor]

Any mods you guys recommend that can fill the dlc sized hole in my heart?

[honest eagle]

If you want a Whole game sized hole

Equestia at war
World war 1
Kaiserredux/kaiserreich
Modern day mod
Old world blues
RT56

To name a few

[obtuse condor]

know of most of em gonna see equestia at war , btw im talking about like fill the holes that not having dlcs makes , thanks for the suggestion tho

[honest eagle]

Oh

[obtuse condor]

wait equestia at war is the pony thing i have heard by memes?

[honest eagle]

Yeah

[obtuse condor]

oh

[pale sparrow]

None really does, since the DLC add a bunch of mechanics mostly, trees you could always get smaller mods for

Unless its MtG or BftB ig

But overhauling the entire game does help hide it

[strange pecan]

and this is why I shouldn't be modding

[junior tinsel]

yesh

every

french

[light kindle]

reallly dumb question but i havent played in years, what is / is there currently a successor to MD / MD4 that is being worked on and is current with latest patch and dlc?

was one of my favs before i stepped away

[dawn dove]

is there any mod that add more random character faces

so there are not like 2 same looking generals

[frail jackal]

Millennium Dawn is the successor it's being updated frequently now

[light kindle]

I cant find its non-outdated page

[frail jackal]

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

[light kindle]

thanks

[raw sand]

I like your pfp, i had same duck befor this one

https://tenor.com/view/large-duck-cute-giant-duck-huge-duck-gif-17586378

[frail jackal]

Appreciate another fellow duck

[copper pumice]

any1 other good

hoi4 modpacks

[slender kelp]

bro what is this

[round oracle]

You missed a limit syntax here

random_core_state = {
    limit = {
        is_in_array = {
        ....
        }
    }
    <effects>```

Otherwise the rest of the code looks good with the usage of id's as well

[shy lagoon]

You made the relative position id the australian focus, tag that out, and the prerequisite is wrong, tag that out too

[hushed nest]

hi
I am looking for game mods like UMC, Black ICE and LW that are compatible with NSB.

[astral lake]

If you're going to use arrays then think about using the following if you're going to pick a random state out of it
random_scope_in_array

[unborn fjord]

HELP!!! when I download the millienum dawn mod and I boot hoi4 up it crashes PLEASE HELP

[torn acorn]

how to create a decision for italy to annex bulgaria

[round oracle]

Does this produce a normal tooltip? 🤔

[north sable]

yo anyone know a mod roulette
like a wheel of mods to spin so my indecisive ass can choose a mod to play

[round oracle]

I avoid using array-specific scopes for visible effects, i.e. ones that need to show tooltips, I only use them for backend things happening in scripted effects

[topaz furnace]

You're going to play RT56 and you're gonna like it

[north sable]

#859051338868195338 be like:

[topaz furnace]

[north sable]

it's the sad sad truth
wait didnt the new rt56 come out like two days ago

oh ok ig i will play then

[astral lake]

It should.
I've used it and seems to be generating a tooltip.

    array = blo_starting_state_array
    limit = {
        not = { 
            check_variable = { religion = global.religion_kolard } 
            state = 540
        } 
    } 
    
    convert_state_to_Kolardichestvo = yes
}```

[round oracle]

Sure

But do hide your always = no's though

[astral lake]

No.

[round oracle]

don't you mean

hidden_trigger = { No. } ?

[astral lake]

They will see them and like it.

[round oracle]

Woe upon thee

[astral lake]

You know what

[round oracle]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

You are murdering my soul

[astral lake]

Time to sprinkle all my conditions to have always = yes somewhere in there.

[round oracle]

Actually for the entire year I mod hoi, I've never found a practical use for always = yes

[astral lake]

Just so the players know that I love them.

[round oracle]

e

[torn acorn]

how to create a decision for italy to annex bulgaria

[latent halo]

Hey Guys, how do i create a news popup right when you start a hoi4 game ?

[green lark]

this one aint as good

[crystal tulip]

[pale sparrow]

Go to common/decisions in your game folder, copy an example file like IRQ to your mod common/decision folder, then just adapt it
Change all occurances of IRQ to ITA including the file name, then add the proper conditions and effect

[crystal tulip]

guys

if i wanna make this always aviable, do i have to put something?

[round oracle]

If you want to make a decision be always available, just don't put anything inside the available = { syntax

Or just remove the syntax entirely

[crystal tulip]

like this?

[obtuse condor]

is there a mod that is like old europe but is not out dated?

like makes everything medieval with hoi4

[round oracle]

just delete it entirely

poof, gone

[shrewd hemlock]

Careful when you delete stuff. Make sure all the needed brackets
are deleted as well. I have suffered too much from forgotten brackets.

[crystal tulip]

📝

[crystal tulip]

aight

how do i change the government in a completation reward

?

like, when i finish the focus my government change to democratic

[round oracle]

set_politics = {
    ruling_party = democratic
}```

[crystal tulip]

thanks mate fr thanks

[round oracle]

there's also some other, optional syntaxes such as

elections_allowed = yes/no
last_election = "YYYY.MM.DD"
election_frequency = (number in months)

placed inside the bracket

[crystal tulip]

okay

but

imagine if somebody do the focus in 1940 and somebody in 1936, the time inter elections it won't be the same

do u get me?

[round oracle]

Honestly I don't know because this election stuff is pretty useless code for total rework mods

Of which I work on two

[crystal tulip]

like this, right?

[round oracle]

Yep

[crystal tulip]

LETS GOOOO

one focus work

the other one no

[glass gyro]

Yo

I wanna start making mods but I just need to know where to go to start

[crystal tulip]

i just started

[glass gyro]

I can figure out what to do from there I just need to be pointed to the correct spor

Spot*

[crystal tulip]

i watched some tutorials but some things are outdated, if they are i ask here

[crystal tulip]

check this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2iBYsL6Hxo&list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7

[glass gyro]

Thanks

[crystal tulip]

if something doesn't work ask here

bc is outdated

@round oracle how do i put a focus under yhe other

[round oracle]

Wuh

[crystal tulip]

like the following focus

[round oracle]

It's better to look at Iron Workshop's videos if you want to know the basics, I've other things to do

[crystal tulip]

ok sorry

[obtuse condor]

does anyone now that popular portrait mod what everyone uses, like where portraits are remastered or something?

[crystal tulip]

YO MY DAMMIT FOCUS DOESN'T MOVE FROM HIS ORIGINAL PLACE

[astral lake]

Please use a font that is monospaced.

[crystal tulip]

wdym

[astral lake]

A monospaced font is one where each character takes up the same space.
An example:
aaaaaaaa
iiiiiiii
vs
aaaaaaaa
iiiiiiii

[shrewd hemlock]

There is a HoI4 Modding Wiki with all (most) of the possible code lines you can use.

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Effect

You can also check how something was done in the game files.

[astral lake]

Also, in your game folder.
There is a folder called documentation that contains the triggers, effects, modifiers, game variables, and console commands.

Highly recommend you have it on quick access.

And remember to never hide your always = no. Let the players know you love and cherish them!.

[round oracle]

I will hunt you down

[heady granite]

oh yes i see, thanks a lot ❤️

[heady granite]

didnt know about that thanks i will use it

[golden charm]

i havent done anything modding related before im just wondering how to like make a mod that changes country's flags and their names

[shrewd hemlock]

Check the Iron Workshop.

He has a detailed tutorial on that.

[buoyant dove]

i made it (:

[fluid plank]

can someone please set this gif as leader portrait for ukraine? and also rename leader (for ukrainian democratic party)
or its impossible?

[modern delta]

Hello. This sentence have sense?
I want to made a wargoal if Italy is in africa and is fascist, but dont work how I want, if I release all italian african territories still give me the wargoal
any idea?

[versed ridge]

Is there a mod for intelligence agency or do you have to get the dlc?

[crystal tulip]

yes

wait

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1401573778&searchtext=Espionage+

[crystal tulip]

sorry but do u have dome example?

[buoyant dove]

It's possible but there are limits to the size. The way animated GFX works in HOI4 is that the frames are put side by side in one image.

[buoyant dove]

You have to change any_state into any_owned_state

Otherwise it is always true unless Africa was just randomly deleted

[buoyant dove]

Courier new is a popular monospaced font

[crystal tulip]

what the damm f is a scope

[crystal tulip]

📝

[buoyant dove]

A scope is whatever the command and trigger is running in, i.e. a state, country, or character

[crystal tulip]

this?

[buoyant dove]

yea

[crystal tulip]

so, for example

set_popularities = { democratic = 50 neutrality = 15 fascism = 30 communism = 5 }

and im doing this in my focus tree, the scope is my cuntry?

[buoyant dove]

Yea, the scope of a focus tree is by default the country

you can also enter another scope like

  # blah blah blah
}``` to run code in another country

[crystal tulip]

allright allright, thanks mate

[modern delta]

I see. Thanks

[crystal tulip]

i never thought that modding was so complex fr

[buoyant dove]

it isnt

[crystal tulip]

allright im progressing

something is something

[past tapir]

why is there a slowmode here

[crystal tulip]

huh?

[crystal tulip]

did i miss some brackets?

[buoyant dove]

you have to do them seperately

its also in decimals

    ideology = fascism
    popularity = 0.05
}
add_popularity = {
    ideology = democratic
    popularity = 0.05
}
add_popularity = {
    ideology = commuism
    popularity = 0.05
}
add_popularity = {
    ideology = neutrality
    popularity = -0.15
}```

[crystal tulip]

yeye i figuered out thx

man i appreciate for helping me sorry

man im so happy everything is working

[modern delta]

stupid question but... where is the localisation folder for the custom effect tooltip?

[buoyant dove]

you can put any localisation in any localisation file

[crystal tulip]

yo anybody knows anything to make an icon for a focus tree?

[buoyant dove]

Wdym?

[crystal tulip]

icons like this, but ur own icons

[buoyant dove]

https://gitlab.com/association-of-modders/aom-shared-assets https://github.com/Globvs/Ultimate-HOI4-GFX

[crystal tulip]

epic gamer moment

[buoyant dove]

these are some assets you can use

[crystal tulip]

fr thanks for the help

[crystal tulip]

can i use an jpg icon?

[buoyant dove]

no

[crystal tulip]

np mate

any idea of my focus doesn't show?

[buoyant dove]

need an extra }

the set_popularities isn't properly closed

[crystal tulip]

where?

[buoyant dove]

after the neutrality = 25

[crystal tulip]

true

thanks

[buoyant dove]

What other ideologies are there

[crystal tulip]

why ma focus is in the left and not under the ''politics of the commune''?

[buoyant dove]

What is the code

[crystal tulip]

.

oh no wait

[buoyant dove]

military government would be despotic and provisional government works on all of them

[crystal tulip]

i changed something look

ik theres a orthographic error

but here is the code

ye

epic gamer moment

good luck friend

AAAAAAAAAH

my goddamm focus doesn't move

same

🧐

how

[buoyant dove]

yes

but

probably one of the most sane modders

[crystal tulip]

lmao

[thin chasm]

Do .dds files have to be saved in a particular manner for the game to recognise them properly

because i think something went wrong somewhere, but i'm not sure where

[red grail]

does anyone know some good mechanized infantry templates for road to 56 pls

[crystal tulip]

my focus don't appear

did i miss something?

[buoyant dove]

you didnt include brackets on the set_opularities

[crystal tulip]

still

the focus don't show up

[buoyant dove]

show the previous focus

[crystal tulip]

this is the 2nd one

and the 1st

[buoyant dove]

didnt close the first popularity

[crystal tulip]

ohhhh

now thanks

its incredible that if u fail one bracket all the focus tree is messed up

btw

for the gfx goal, do i need to have it in the orginal game files?

[distant oracle]

No?

In ur mod. Never save anything in the game files

[crystal tulip]

mmmm and whytf has a questionmark

[golden charm]

ok ill ask again

i have no idea what im doing in modding im wondering how to add custom flags for a nation and change the name of a nation for specific ideologies

[placid shell]

ummm guys can you help me?

'cause im beginning with modding

and when i made my first code

and went to game

that didnt work

its that

and i take it from old tutorial

and i dont know what i did wrong

im from poland so its why i wanted to make mod on poland

XD

[hybrid marten]

anyone interested in modding for middle east? dm me for co op

[keen pivot]

Where is a good place to start/learn modding?

[icy mango]

omg what's this??

[ruby pagoda]

I need this

[crystal tulip]

yo why my gfx for the focus tree don't load

[crystal tulip]

aight is the shine

still doesn't work bruh

[golden charm]

ok how do i change the name of a country

thats all i really want to do

nevermind

[steel yarrow]

Lo! and Behold!
The first gameplay of Second Sengoku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDZEiHAhSE

[west kite]

Very pretty UI there

[golden charm]

Ok now I want to know how to change flags of a country for certain ideologies

[west kite]

Just replace the existing ones

[golden charm]

just like this?

because i did that and the flags are empty

[west kite]

Needs to be the same exact name as the original

[golden charm]

it is

original game files

[west kite]

Ah

What are those two others?

[golden charm]

confederate states

im making USA neutrality just be confederate states

im using an alternate flag for confederate states

plus USA neutrality flag normally is the one i just sent which i dont want

[west kite]

Alright, check your error log to see if its reporting a wrong file type

Might be you converted the file wrong

[west kite]

That all of it?

[golden charm]

Ye

[west kite]

Curious, it looks like you've done it right, I take it that the mod is activated?

[golden charm]

Yes

The normal name for neutrality USA is America

i changed it to this in the localisation

Its just the flags never work

[west kite]

USA is of the right ideology ingame?

[west kite]

Hmm, only thing I can think of is that the flag converted wrong despite the lack of errors, what did you use to convert it?

[golden charm]

i changed a png to tga in paint.net

The image still works fine

[west kite]

It's 32 bit right?

And uncompressed?

[golden charm]

oh uh

i may not have done that

[west kite]

Needs to be like that

[golden charm]

Yeah ill do that now

ill redo every flag from the original image

[west kite]

It might be enough to simply resave them with the new settings

[golden charm]

Ok ima reload my game now

it works now

@west kite Thanks, i was so confused why it wasnt working

[west kite]

No problem, it's a common mistake

[golden charm]

if you couldnt tell this is my first time making any mod at all

[west kite]

Yeah, we've all been there

[plush trellis]

Nice mod idea tho.

[golden charm]

Im really just changing flags and country names to how i like them

[west kite]

I like how so many alternative USA flags have this circular design, like mine here

[golden charm]

Yeah

Im gonna look for a new fascist USA flag now

[west kite]

Since we're sharing our America's, here's mine from my mod, hope it doesn't break r9

[golden charm]

Youre good at modding it looks like

i could never be able to do that

[crystal tulip]

mine is normal

[west kite]

Been modding for what, 3 or 4 years, something like that

[crystal tulip]

holy

[west kite]

Started with TNO back in the day, these days making my own

[crystal tulip]

guys here's a playlist for modding

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ZhJ87gD4YHPLLWqfDiMD9?si=5d8ebd4d182a43c8

[viscid osprey]

nice music

[crystal tulip]

yes indeed

[golden charm]

Damn thats a while

what do you think of this for a fascist USA

[buoyant dove]

why are there two stars

[golden charm]

i dont know

i ripped it off google

[crystal tulip]

pewtty good

[west kite]

Looks unique at least, I'd probably give all of the blue a red border though

[buoyant dove]

made this usa flag for a joke once

[west kite]

Bit too busy for a HoI flag innit

[buoyant dove]

thats the point

In reality I care little for the USA in my mod

[golden charm]

like that?

wait thats just the actual image

[west kite]

Yeah, that looks nice

[golden charm]

ill use that then

[buoyant dove]

nepali flag but based

[golden charm]

wh

[crystal tulip]

nice usa flag

[west kite]

ty

IIRC it's based on the presidential standard, I use a lot of those for my flags

[crystal tulip]

THAT WHITE SHIT IS TRIGGERING ME

[west kite]

You've saved your icon in the wrong format I bet

[crystal tulip]

i saved it with a png, then i changed it to a dss

[west kite]

What dds format?

[crystal tulip]

dds*

[crystal tulip]

wdym🕵️

[west kite]

You can save dds in a number of ways, which way did you save them, there's only one right answer here

[crystal tulip]

tell me the answer

[west kite]

I could

Or I could just tell you to find the answer on this page https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding

[golden charm]

perfect

ok question
can i change the color of a country based on its ideology

[west kite]

Not per say, but you can use cosmetic tags if the ideology changes via effect

[crystal tulip]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/524938738258935828/890941116130668554/image0-20.gif

[golden charm]

i dont understand hwo to do a single thing of that

[west kite]

Just ctrl+f dds you

[crystal tulip]

wtf how do i do this

[cyan glen]

im trying to get into modding and that so

this looks super complicated

[crystal tulip]

wdym maaaan

[west kite]

Might be best to not get stuck in it then, they're not that complicated, in vanilla HRE and other formables use them

[crystal tulip]

not really, is ststematic work

[west kite]

If you don't know how to work your chosen image editor, I can't really help you there

[golden charm]

by any chance can you walk me through doing it

[west kite]

I could

Or I could tell you to check this instead https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Cosmetic_tag_modding

[crystal tulip]

bro

what B8

[golden charm]

So I can just create a cosmetic tag called something like "GRY" (grey) which would obviously be the color grey and then just do set_cosmetic_tag = gry?

[crystal tulip]

@west kite pls 😭

[cyan glen]

i mean still looks complicated

[crystal tulip]

maybe at the first, but then is kinda easy

if u get stuck like me ask here

[round oracle]

Dont use three letters for cosmetic tags

[cyan glen]

watching this playlist about modding

[golden charm]

You can use more than 3 letters?

[round oracle]

You can use more than 3 for cosmetic tags, 3 letters are used for proper cointry tags

[crystal tulip]

what playlist

[golden charm]

so i can just do

GREY = {
color = rgb { idk }
color_ui = rgb { grey something }
}

?

[cyan glen]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt_7vUaEvaGTJ0ISBqY2v4EyfmPALiVS7

[crystal tulip]

ooh

[cyan glen]

someone sent me it from eoanb

[golden charm]

@round oracle

[crystal tulip]

yeah i watched it

[cyan glen]

does it help at all

[crystal tulip]

anyways man, i started modding 2 days ago so, imn not a mega pro

[cyan glen]

oh damn

[crystal tulip]

but yes, it help

[round oracle]

Yeah, sure

[crystal tulip]

its a little outdated

[golden charm]

Oh damn

[golden charm]

Can I ask what the difference between color and color_ui is?

[crystal tulip]

but as i said before, if u get stuck, ask here

[cyan glen]

for sure

[round oracle]

I don't know tbh, I always used the same value for both

[golden charm]

Im guessing thats jsut the color that it will change the country to

[west kite]

color_ui should be a bit darker than the normal color, I think it defines the color used for country borders maybe

[west kite]

It says right there in the wiki you posted a screenshot of earlier

[golden charm]

mk

[golden charm]

Im confused on how to actually add this into the game

can you talk me through it becuase this wiki page isnt helping

[crystal tulip]

i give up, im gona expand the focus

[golden charm]

ive got the localisation folder but i dont know what to do next

[west kite]

Theres a file called cosmetic at common/countries, that's where they go

[golden charm]

i dont think thats right

[west kite]

In vanilla at least, you should name your file differently in order to not override the vanilla file

[west kite]

Read the message again

[golden charm]

oh

So can I like just copy this file into my mod and just add the gray tag

[west kite]

Pretty much

[golden charm]

So if this color works

What about like changing the flag and name of the country for like a formable nations type thing

[buoyant dove]

that is also cosmetic tag

[west kite]

Cosmetic tags can change the flag too

[golden charm]

Where do I do that though

thats what i mean

[west kite]

Name changes can be done too but I don't recall how right now

[west kite]

Make a flag with the same name as the cosmetic tag

[golden charm]

so just

GREY.tga

Or would i have to specify every ideology too

like GREY_democratic

[west kite]

yes, as it says on the wiki

[golden charm]

alr

Ill just make a plain grey flag to test

[crystal tulip]

gn everyody

have fun modding

[golden charm]

Gn

[autumn tiger]

gn

[golden charm]

@west kite it changed the flag but not the color

wait hold on

ive got the names wrong

ive put "GREY" in the cosmetic file and "GRAY" for the flags

[west kite]

anglo-american moment

[golden charm]

i dont know how to spell

im british i have no iq

ok i fixed it but its still not changing the color

[west kite]

What does your entry in the file look like

[west kite]

Hmm, looks correct, anything in the error log?

[golden charm]

Thats all of it

[west kite]

Are you using an event to change to the cosmetic tag?

[golden charm]

No just console command

[stark lynx]

south america focus tree's please i need some

[west kite]

You realize Germany already starts with a gray color?

[golden charm]

Its a lighter gray

[west kite]

Try it on USA

[golden charm]

Not the german dark gray

[gaunt shoal]

hello is there any stable release that will run a modern day mod

[golden charm]

I tried it on france and it stayed blue

HOLD ON

ITS CAPS SENSITIVE???

that is so annoying

[west kite]

Regular tags aren't but I guess cosmetic tags do use both types of capitalization

[golden charm]

it was caps sensitive i had to do GRAY instead of gray

I think i know how to do names

ill try it now

[elder saddle]

Lol

[west kite]

Yeah just an entry into the loc file like a regular nation

[golden charm]

Perfect

@west kite Now I just need to figure out how to make decisions and make them set the cosmetic tag thingy

[prisma relic]

I have so many mods downloaded to uncensore hoi4

Lol.

[west kite]

Best to look at vanilla examples, they're basically not much different from focuses

[prisma relic]

Like over 30

[golden charm]

so uh just go through the game files?

[west kite]

And the wiki

Or just look at the Iron Workshop tutorial, pretty sure he has one on decisions

[golden charm]

Yep but 40 mins jesus

[west kite]

There's timestamps

[buoyant dove]

IronWorkshops tutorials are way too long

[west kite]

He understands that for the majority everything needs to be explained down to the smallest detail

[golden charm]

@west kite i am making progress messing around with stuff

still dont know how to add new decisions or change what they do though

[west kite]

Looks good, funnily enough I have a similar decision in my mod

[golden charm]

hold on

how do i make it add the gray tag here

[golden charm]

also how do you get that yellow text n stuff

[west kite]

set_cosmetic_tag = < Your Cosmetic Tag >

[golden charm]

like that?

[west kite]

ye

[west kite]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Localisation#Formatting_characters

[distant oracle]

You have to use a special letter, followed by the first letter of whatever colour you want. Its shown in the loc wiki page

[golden charm]

What did you do for those yellow characters

§Y?

[west kite]

Yeah, and remember §! at the end to return to the normal color

like so

[golden charm]

im just messing around with the description it isnt serious but the yellow continues it doesnt stop

[west kite]

not §

[golden charm]

what

ohh wait

why does it say this

[west kite]

Show the code for the decision

[golden charm]

hold on i fixed it

@west kite i am learning

[honest eagle]

Nice

God job dude

[west kite]

Looks great

[golden charm]

Thanks

[golden charm]

@west kite Any tips

[west kite]

Looks good

[golden charm]

I think i should make the political power and stability red

and make the world dominace part green

it would make more sense

[west kite]

aye

[golden charm]

One thing im stuck on is how to make the a prerequisite be that you have to have above a certain amount of in field manpower not normal manpower

[golden charm]

@west kite

[west kite]

Check the vanilla Germany focus tree, anchluss and others have that requirement

[golden charm]

found it

[west kite]

That'll do it

[golden charm]

Im gonna make it actually give some bonuses

+20 stability instead of giving back 15

[hard laurel]

Are there any alternative date mods you can recommend?

[golden charm]

@west kite what do i pick here

[west kite]

dds

[golden charm]

it is

[west kite]

8.8.8.8 ARGB

[golden charm]

what

[west kite]

B8G8R8A8, aka A8R8G8B8 as it says right there in the image

[golden charm]

alr

[west kite]

If it's a new image it will need a .gfx entry as well

[golden charm]

uh

[golden charm]

oh what

where do i do that

[west kite]

The interface folder

You can find examples of how to do it in the file called eventpictures.gfx

You'll need to restart the game for the changes to take effect, mind you

That is when you are adding brand new files in

[golden charm]

where is that

its not in interface folder

[west kite]

Yes it is

[golden charm]

oh that interface folder

[west kite]

Yes, the interface folder contains .gfx and .gui files, aka interface files, the graphical interface folder only has graphical assets

[golden charm]

so that?

[west kite]

Looks correct

[golden charm]

nice

i wanna create an EU formable now

but im not sure how to add cores and states n stuff to a country through a decision

[west kite]

theres one in vanilla, find that and check a look

[golden charm]

has no cores on anything though

need it to have cores on like every european state

[west kite]

pretty sure the code does that

[golden charm]

wdym

[west kite]

it cores specific european states

[golden charm]

its just a cosmetic tag though

its not an actual nation

[west kite]

we're talking formables here, so it's a decision you

you're looking for*

[golden charm]

well ill look

for now ill just make the actual decision for EU

[obtuse condor]

hi, looking for some help on an issue regarding ai_strategy post nsb

my mod keeps crashing due to something in the ENG ai strategy file i modded extensively and i cant seem to find anything in error that tells me why. ive pinpointed it to how i coded the british to fight italy, and it seems to have something to do with the invasion and frontline commands but im not sure what

what exactly did nsb change about ai strategy that might be causing this? any info would be appreciated

[golden charm]

@west kite

[west kite]

nice

though like I said, vanill already has a formable EU, you'll want to take a look at that decision sooner or later

[golden charm]

yeah i will now

i found the picture for it

@west kite

[plush saffron]

What's nation in Kaiserredux should I try?

[earnest flicker]

are you looking for the wackiest or the most cursed paths?

[obtuse condor]

tno

[potent shadow]

Any modders?

[halcyon schooner]

No Modders?

[bleak cedar]

I'm a modder

[obtuse condor]

any cool mods with NSB?

R56

like a-hist mods or like an endsieg type mod

endsieg not updated for NSB yet lame asf

You can still play R56 a-hist

[bleak cedar]

equestria at war

[obtuse condor]

still, thats a mp mod for me

ill just play millenium dawn and kaiserreich

[bleak cedar]

i recommend playing kaiserreich instead of md

[obtuse condor]

also can anyone help me make a portrait mod?

I have some the files already done just need help making sure they work

[bleak cedar]

I recommend watching this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKLkI1AGArc

[obtuse condor]

I had watched the video but im still getting problems such as my character name still being CUB_Name and my Custom picture wont show up

[bleak cedar]

I see... I've been having the same problem. Thought it was just me.

[obtuse condor]

big oof

[bleak cedar]

try getting your custom name to work first. try name="sam" and go from there

[obtuse condor]

I already feel like giving up

[foggy plank]

idea: Make a polad mod (poland renamed to polad)

[loud lily]

Constitutional American republic

Or really any of the American factions

[obtuse condor]

polad

[obtuse condor]

<@&548634482043912212>

<@&548634482043912212>

[narrow oyster]

stoppppppppp

you wanna get banned huh

[woeful ruin]

2 blocked messages

[obtuse condor]

<@&548634482043912212>

Stop

[static gale]

peak clownary

[obtuse condor]

SHUT UP

<@&548634482043912212>

lmao

<@&548634482043912212>

[ocean jacinth]

We have a black boy here

[pearl pagoda]

<@&733741103576121354>

[ocean jacinth]

😈

[inner hollow]

Am I allowed to post mod teasers here?

[crystal tulip]

GOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAM

[flat vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/vietnam-good-morning-vietnam-robin-williams-gif-5379373

[crystal tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-the-office-michael-scott-vietnam-steve-carell-gif-16399361

[hexed wharf]

is the mod finished or still a work in progress?

[mellow orchid]

Very much work in progress still

[hexed wharf]

ok

[obtuse condor]

Hello

someone know about reskin german units?

the mods i found its old

[trim quest]

Hello, anyone here that could help me add a river to my mod? the game just keeps crashing everytime.

MAP_ERROR: Size of the world map [5632, 2048] is not equal to the size of rivers.bmp [0, 0]

it gives me this error message

even tho windows says it has the pixels needed

[golden charm]

What do you think of this flag for a democratic germany

[obtuse condor]

THIS IS NOT A TEST

Preety nice

But imo it's too complicated.

[golden charm]

Maybe

But thanks anyway

[prisma relic]

Is there any up to date more start dates mod?

[crystal tulip]

i love it

yo guys

anybody knows how to fix this

[neon lark]

fix what

[crystal tulip]

the white shit

i changed the format of the image

[neon lark]

make it transparent?

[crystal tulip]

yes

[neon lark]

i never had that problem in hoi4 so idk

i know something causes that but i cant seem to remember rn

[crystal tulip]

fk

[crystal tulip]

another question (sorry for doing questions every minute)

but, why my color is red if

thats my rgb (yellow)

[buoyant dove]

the color in that file doenst matter

you must edit common/countries/color.txt

[crystal tulip]

aight

[shrewd flame]

imma learn how to mod in hoi4 i think

any tips anyone?

[crystal tulip]

watch the iron workshop tutorial

[late hull]

These videos have 2 years already though. Are they outdated or still fresh?

[obtuse condor]

well i havent found anything outdated in them so i'd assume they still mostly work

[late hull]

Alright thanks

[obtuse condor]

np

[icy mango]

what are the best mods for National Focuses??

what are the best mods for historical equipment?

[crystal tulip]

in most of the things are fresh, if something is outdated ask here like i do

yo @obtuse condor

i have a question

[obtuse condor]

aye?

[crystal tulip]

allright nothing sorry for annoying

i fixed it

[obtuse condor]

alright

[crystal tulip]

how do i remove this

[potent shadow]

Have you worked on any mods?

[crystal tulip]

sup

guys i have a problem

what do i do

[obtuse condor]

well what are you trying to do?

[crystal tulip]

an independent cataluña

[obtuse condor]

like as a country?

[crystal tulip]

yes

and i alredy had the country

but i changed the capital because it was wrong and now the game give me that message

do i have to put spain in the mod folder and remove the state?

[obtuse condor]

did you remove spain as the owner of the state?

and set your country as the owner?

[crystal tulip]

no bc i didn't have that problem

[crystal tulip]

yes

[obtuse condor]

well try removing spain as the owner and that might fix it

[crystal tulip]

how

i mean i thought that was all

[obtuse condor]

that should work

it might be because its a core of spain as well

[crystal tulip]

wait let me try something

ye lets go

[obtuse condor]

how'd ya fix it?

[crystal tulip]

smart af 🥱

[crystal tulip]

i just changed the name of the file, bc it was in spanish and the orignal file (in the game one) was in english

[obtuse condor]

ah okay

[crystal tulip]

AAAAAAAAAAH

the focus doesn't show

I HATE QUESTION MARK FOCUS

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/524938738258935828/890941116130668554/image0-20.gif

[obtuse condor]

ive had that problem before

use this but change to your country and all

[crystal tulip]

is this one

i have the shine, the goal, and the name

[obtuse condor]

did you add it while the game was open or before?

[winter stone]

Hello

[crystal tulip]

lemme close the game

[crystal tulip]

sup

[winter stone]

you guys modders

[buoyant dove]

yes

[winter stone]

Good i make mods too

made like 3 mods

But good to see hoi4 discord

[crystal tulip]

me 0

[winter stone]

oh

[crystal tulip]

im making one, my first

[winter stone]

what kind of mod you making?

[crystal tulip]

an independent catalonia

[winter stone]

Its very easy

[crystal tulip]

ik but

this question focus keeps touching my balls

[obtuse condor]

is the image in dds?

[winter stone]

you need to add focus icon

[crystal tulip]

yes look

[obtuse condor]

okay