[HOI4 Modding ] Creating New Ideas 

----- IMPORTANT! ----- An important note due to changes to localization in version 1.11+, for the localization to work properly please move all the files inside the localisation folder into a folder called 'english' for the localization to appear properly. ----- IMPORTANT! -----

Made my first mod because of your updated videos, thank you for releasing these. They're very well made and easy to understand for those new to modding. I'm hoping to make a second mod here in the next couple days with some new national ideas! Thank you!!

Your videos are easy to understand. My english is not so good but still i can understand everything and i created my first mod last week. Keep up the great work!

Nice to see you keep making new content, this video is once again very helpful.

Thank you so much for these videos. I’m trying to make a mod for me and my friends and these are helping a lot.

This series is why I got into modding! It's simple and awesome! I do have one question, how do you change the amount of military and civilian factories a state/nation starts with? Edit: Figured it out

THE BEST !!! I don't know English well, but it is perfectly visible in the video.

Thanks for the video!

your videos are so good thanks

please keep going and never stop

can you make a what if spongebob won ww1 mod :) call it Bobreich lol.

is there like a list of things i can put in the modifier section

Sytanx were so useful. Thanks for sharing! Could you make a lesson on how to make GFX for ideas-national focuses and good potraits.The onesi do usually comes blury or not so clear

love you bro

When I heard "secret formula", my brain died

Nice video

Is there a way to add an idea to all countries easily, or do I need to add tags and edited history files for each country?

Hi I like your videos. I made my first mod today (if you want to now it is a new focus tree for Lithuania) But I have a question Do you consider making tutorials in modding stellaris?

For me the ideas dotn even show up

Can't seem to get the description to work. The name and modifier all works just fine. Its just the desc that does not show up. I checked the English part of the file name and everything seem to be in order. Did I overlooked something?

Nice video thanks. But I have a question. My mods are not working. Ones I created and I downloaded. Why?

Hey, could someone help me resolve my issue. If I delete or even edit anything in the any file with notepad plus plus it tells me theres an error (red brackets)

I would like to locate the sprites that are used for the little incons on advisors portraits. Then modify them. Where are they into the gfx folder ?

Im having a really weird bug, so I created a bunch of ideas and assigned them to focuses, im playing the game in debug mode and everything is fine, the ideas show up in the focuses. But everytime I restart the game (even when its not in debug mode), almost all the ideas I created, aswell as a single idea I just modified from the base game, just disappear from the focuses, it shows "ERROR: IDEA NOT FOUND" or something, even after I reload. But then, whenever I go to the focus file, and just erase the idea from the SWAP ADD = (idea), save, then add the same idea again, everything goes back to normal. Its really weird and I have no idea why it happens.

your tutorial is not over i am block at the end to add_idea where we write this line?in the game file? or does we need to copy for example france hystory and france idea in the mod file?how could we link the idea of the mod with the idea of the game?

i created 3 country ideas and they work perfectly, but then i created other ideas for other countries and they wont show up but the effects work fine

Hello Iron Workshop! I had a question about idea making. So if I was to make a european union idea, how would I make an event that can be triggered when somebody leaves it?(removes idea)

do you need to change file names?? is it nessesary when you are creating a new nation like me??

What do you do if the brackets are red when selected?

Hello, I'm making a submod for kaisserreich, and there is an issue with the ideas. When I make the file to add my ideas and try to load the game, essentially there are a bunch of errors for a file called 00_laws. I checked this file and there seems to be nothing wrong with it. Do you know what could be wrong with it?

the idea is there, but is has no picture and has no modifiers. the brackets are closed so i have no clue

I followed the steps exactly but the national focus isn’t showing

Using notepad++ and i just copied the idea file from the game files but when i edit it in notepad++, without changing anything, all the brackets appear red?

can you make a video about making custom army uniform?

I can't get the idea picture to work. It just shows up with the question mark. I did everything you did and double checked it with the game files. I don't know what im doing wrong.

can we do shared ideas between different countries ?

Struggling with this a lot considering I can't get the localization and picture to work. They are somehow not being recognized and it's honestly beyond me at this point.

I encountered a problem, and after scouring the internet this is my last hope for help. Essentially i have several national focuses that in total adds 3 ideas to germany. which work fine. But if i save the game and reload, then these new ideas disappear and are replaced by 3 instances of the first idea in my ideas file. i have no idea what is causing this to happen. And as far as i can tell my syntax and file structure is entirely the same as in this video.

I have a focus that triggers a civil war and then once it ends my idea is supposed to trigger but it wont

Thank you very much for this video: Little problem I had after following the steps: My jet design company doesn't show the bonuses it applies in the research window unlike others. The bonuses ARE still applied though, just have to look at the stats in the production view.

Is there an alternative for A8R8G8B8 because I do not have that option.

helped make an mp mod for my server thanks very much

I was gonna make some changes to the portuguese ideas so I just copied the portuguese ideas file to the mod file (like I had done for focus or events), but I get a ton of "duplicate idea" errors, do you know why this is happening?

Can you make a video explaining how to change the game's fonts?

a bracket is red and i dont what happened it is at the end of the file

I was doing all as you and in game i dont see change.

so I have a problem with the ideas. in game my idea isnt shown there is just an empty gap between 2 ideas and i did the exact same stuff u did just with germany (i made my own idea and stuff and used germanys stuff and everything is closed)

how do i make it so a spirit is removed when puppeted

How do i make a national spirit that modifies another one. Something like Netherlands De crisisjaren.

I would like someone to help me I have this problem, it doesn't matter how many times I change the name, how many times I change the directory, "idea_unknown" will always be put as the icon of the national spirit. A little help please?

how do we update a mod form 1.7.1 to 1.9.3

idea via event not working for me :(

Do you have to pay for photoshop?

Can you do a National Sprit/idea id list? plss

could you make a video (after you're break) about scripted civil wars?

this can work for custom nations too?

Does this work on Windows 11?

after I did this it doesn't accept the existence of the mod

whenever i open it... it only shows a movie icon, even though notepad++ is installed!

Two problems. One, when the national spirit icon is assigned, it is just a very thin line. No errors or anything, just a very thin line. Any ideas? I could send code in a reply if necessary. Two, how do I make a national focus assign a national spirit?

Thanks for the great tutorial, but i have a problem: i want to add an idea that gets removed if stability is lower than 50%, and gets added again if stability gets above 50%. I've put this, but it doesn't work: allowed = { original_tag = DEN } available = {has_stability > 0.5} cancel = {has_stability < 0.5} allowed_civil_war = { always = yes } modifier={ research_speed_factor = 0.2 } Thanks in advance if you can help

when i take the abilities_l_english file from HOI4 localisation files, it does not have the same structure as what you have in the video, i am so confused rather than what it has in your video it just has: l_english: ABILITY_TOOLTIP_NAME:0 "$NAME|H$" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_NAME_CANCEL:0 "§RCancel: $NAME|H$§!" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_COST:0 "Command Power Cost: $VALUE|H$" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_DETAILED_COST:0 " - Base cost: $VALUE|H2$ (each for $UNITS|H0$ battalions)" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_DAILY_COST:0 "Command Power Daily Cost: $VALUE|H2$" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_ALLOCATION:0 "Command Power Allocation: $VALUE|H2$" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_NOT_ENOUGH_CP:0 "§RNot enough command power.§!" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_IS_ALREADY_ACTIVE:0 "§RAbility is already active.§!" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_IS_IN_COOLDOWN:0 "§RAbility is in cooldown.§!" ABILITY_LEADER_CANNOT_USE_ABILITIES:1 "§RUnit Leader sick or wounded and cannot use abilities.§!" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_DURATION:0 "Duration: $VALUE|H$" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_COOLDOWN:0 "Cooldown: $VALUE|H$" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_ALREADY_ACTIVE_GROUP:0 "§RThis Ability is already active at the Army Group level.§!" ABILITY_TOOLTIP_ALREADY_ACTIVE_CHILD_GROUPS:0 "§RThis Ability is already active for all child groups.§!" ALLOCATED_CP_ENTRY:0 "$NAME$ ($DURATION$)" ABILITY_DUR_HOURS:0 "$num|H$ hours" ABILITY_DUR_DAYS:0 "$num|H$ days" ABILITY_LAST_STAND:0 "Last Stand" ABILITY_LAST_STAND_TOOLTIP:0 "Last Stand ($LEADER$)" ABILITY_LAST_STAND_DESC:0 "Your armies will get a defensive bonus at the expense of some disadvantages." ABILITY_FORCE_ATTACK:0 "Force Attack" ABILITY_FORCE_ATTACK_TOOLTIP:0 "Force Attack ($LEADER$)" ABILITY_FORCE_ATTACK_DESC:0 "Your armies will get an offensive bonus at the expense of some disadvantages." ABILITY_STAFF_OFFICE_PLAN:0 "Staff Office Plan" ABILITY_STAFF_OFFICE_PLAN_DESC:0 "Your units will get a major boost to their planning speed." ABILITY_STAFF_MORE_GROUND_CREWS:0 "More Ground Crews" ABILITY_STAFF_MORE_GROUND_CREWS_DESC:0 "You will get an efficiency boost for a strategic region." ABILITY_SIEGE_ARTILLERY:0 "Siege Artillery" ABILITY_SIEGE_ARTILLERY_DESC:1 "Specialized siege artillery will cause heavy damage to forts and provide a fort attack bonus." ABILITY_GLIDER_PLANES_ARTILLERY:0 "Glider Planes" ABILITY_GLIDER_PLANES_ARTILLERY_DESC:1 "Assigning glider planes will increase the transport capacity for paratrooper orders." ABILITY_FASTER_NAVAL_PLANNING:0 "Naval Assault Plan" ABILITY_FASTER_NAVAL_PLANNING_DESC:1 "Requsition additional landing craft and resources for a naval invasion." ABILITY_PROBING_ATTACK:0 "Probing Attack" ABILITY_PROBING_ATTACK_DESC:1 "Divisions do not lose their entrenchment bonus when attacking, but do not fully commit to battle." ABILITY_MAKESHIFT_BRIDGES:0 "Makeshift Bridges" ABILITY_MAKESHIFT_BRIDGES_DESC:1 "Building makeshift bridges will reduce river crossing penalties in combat." ABILITY_EXTRA_SUPLIES:1 "Extra Supplies" ABILITY_EXTRA_SUPLIES_DESC:1 "Extra supplies are acquired for the troops." ABILITY_REQUISITION_WINTER_GEAR:0 "Requisition Winter Gear" ABILITY_REQUISITION_WINTER_GEAR_DESC:1 "Winter gear will provide a bonus to cold weather acclimatization." ABILITY_ON_ADD:0 "On Execute:" ABILITY_ON_HOURLY:0 "On Each Hour:" ABILITY_ON_DAILY:0 "On Each Day:"

followed everything you did but my national spirit icon is invisible

The idea wont show up when I copy the history file with the country to the mod folder unlike editing the base game where it does show up even though I do everything exactly the same.

didnt find the files

how do i make it so that when i complete a focus, it modifies the idea, lets say, for example i have an idea that gives +1.00 stability, but if i complete the second focus, it becomes +2.00 stability?

Can I make, through a focus, another country get a idea? Like, let's say I'm Germany and I want to add a debuff for Soviets through one of my focuses, can I even do that?

How do i add a national spirit (like Neutral Foreign Policy)? I can't seem to find it.

why does your folders look like in win7?

wheres the fourth step?

I want mad mod, it can control ai's research . how can made mod?

Hey Iron Workshop, my "lemont democracy" idea is not working for the mod I am trying to make. It has the same layout as the communist one (which works). please help! ideas = { country = { lemont_communism = { picture = fourth_international allowed = { tag = LEM } available = { has_completed_focus = lemont_authoritarianism } cancel = { has_government = communism } removal_cost = 50 modifier = { communism_drift = 0.1 } } lemont_democracy = { picture = GFX_idea_generic_deal_with_the_devil2 allowed = { tag = LEM } available = { has_completed_focus = lemont_securenewstate } cancel = { has_government = democracy } removal_cost = 50 modifer = { communism_drift = -0.05 fascism_drift = -0.05 } } } }

Brackets are still red when I close them, any idea why?

14:19 saving le progress, move on

Hey there! I followed your exact format (almost) and my idea just wont appear, any ideas on a way to fix this? I will post the code below (this is for a custom country) ideas = { country = { FRE_growing_economy = { picture = generic_production_bonus allowed = { original_tag = FRE always = no } available = { has_completed_focus = FRE_focus_on_civilian_industry } cancel = { } allowed_civil_war = { always = yes } modifier = { local_resources_factor = 0.5 consumer_goods_factor = -0.1 } } } }

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