Hoi4 Modding help.

[THE John Gaming]

Okay I am trying to change Fascist Chile.

I wish to change the Leader To Augusto Pinochet. When the Fascist party takes over I hope to rename it Chilean Free Republic. Also I want to change the flag. Now I need help with the actual modding of this. Thank you.

[Walk blesseD™]

Basically, to do something like this, to create your mod you'll want to open the game, go to the mod tab in the launcher, click on "mod tools," fill out the simple form you're presented with (for directory/folder, just call it something relevant to the mod) and click create. Navigate to the Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/mod/<mod name>/ folder in one window of your file browser, and in another, go to your /Steam/steamapps/common/Hearts of Iron IV/ folder. Now in the latter, you'll see the kind of folder structure you'll want to replicate (though on a much less detailed scale, obviously). Copy these files into your mod's folder, maintaining the original folder structure:

• /history/countries/CHL_Chile.txt (this is what you'll use to edit the names of politicians and parties)
  
• /localisation/countries_l_english.yml (this is what you'll use to rename the country)
  
• /gfx/flags/CHL_fascism.tga (this is the image you'll want to edit/replace)
  
• And, assuming you want old mate Augusto to have a pretty picture of himself, make a file in the folder structure as follows: /gfx/leaders/CHL/Portrait_Chl_Augusto_Pinochet.dds (this is the leader picture)

To edit the .txt and .yml files, I'd highly recommend using Sublime Text (though any old plain text editor will do) and GIMP for the .tga and .dds files.

I recommend adding a thumbnail for the mod in its base folder, and adding the line 'picture="thumbnail.format"' to the .mod file before you upload it to the workshop.

[Walk blesseD™]

To upload it, assuming it's not for private consumption, run the launcher again, go to the mod tab, mod tools, upload mod, choose your mod, then apply relevant informations, and hit the upload button.

[THE John Gaming]

Thank You.

[p2]

on youtube type in Mrkmproduction he has done a nice serious of creating a country from scratch and adding what any normal country has. if you want to get into modding id suggest watching them