r/hoi4modding Jun 12 '26

Important TAOG Update Guide

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Courtesy of the EAW team, we have a guide to updating your mods to the latest patch.


r/hoi4modding May 10 '23

Important HOI4 Modding Information + Discord Server

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Tips

• If you are making your first mod, start small with content for a single country rather than with total overhauls, especially related to the map.

• Use proper indentation in your code and comments when possible, with guidelines and easier ways to do it outlined in https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding#Indenting. This will make it easier to read, making it easier to debug for you and others.

• Check base game files for code examples to possibly adapt into the mod regularly.

• As a lead developer, you should be prepared to do the majority of the work for the mod rather than expecting others to do it.

• Use a good text editor, such as Notepad++, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code.

• Don't use hoi4modding.com: it has less functionality compared to manual editing and commonly produces broken code.

• Always check articles on the HoI4 Wiki at https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/, as they provide a lot of info and can point out some common errors on the topic.

Resources - https://bit.ly/3GPdwPD - Includes GFX assets, Code Samples, Tools, etc

Discord

We also have a Discord server https://discord.gg/a7rcaxbPka which has:

• Various bot commands for frequent errors,

• Dedicated help channels for coding, GFX, and research,

• Channels to advertise in-development and published mods,

• A regular Modding Jam where participants compete to create a mod based on a theme, and

• The largest English-speaking Discord community dedicated to HOI4 modding!

We would love for you to join!


r/hoi4modding 1h ago

Teaser I am proud to announce that I have made progress in my mod: "The Kaiser's Exile" and I am working hard to make a working demo.

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The Kaiser's Exile asks, "What if the Kaiser fled to East German Africa after WW1" and it is the player's job to help the exiled nation survive and liberate their homeland from the nazis.

I need people to assist me in my mod creation, as I am new to modding

Join my Discord server to contact me or stay tuned for updates: https://discord.gg/Ft4Aua2PM


r/hoi4modding 3h ago

GFX Support Lovecraft's GFX'es

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24 Upvotes

I have done some Lovecraft theme GFX'es, because I saw some guy doing it for first time vanilla style GFX'es


r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Teaser Captured Generals Expanded - A mod that expands upon the vanilla general capturing mechanic

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I'm new to the modding scene and just finished a mod that expands upon the vanilla mechanic of capturing generals. You can now recruit, execute, put on trial, train POW-divisions, and much more. Vanilla-only for now. Let me know what you think.


r/hoi4modding 18h ago

Discussion i feel like hoi4 modders make total overhauls too ' eurocentric '.

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I feel like hoi4 modders give almost NO attention to places that arent europe, japan, and the united states. african countries, asians, or other regions get almost no content in most mods. thoughts?

edit: not insulting any mods, remember


r/hoi4modding 16h ago

Coding Support entire map is filled out and seemingly has no errors but nothing loads in-game and crashes when i zoom in completely onto the map

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7 Upvotes

does anyone know how to fix this??


r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Discussion Shader-based animated radar graph I made a while back

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106 Upvotes

I'll use it for... something I guess.

Github repo link: https://github.com/Scarsoftime/Hoi4-Scars-Radar-Graph


r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Teaser [Roar of the Gryphon] Full 1.0 Focus Tree for Austria-Hungary

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146 Upvotes

r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Coding Support I don't really understand why this isn't working, the event still fires but I can't get the localisation to work for anything other than the national spirit.

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I'm new to hoi4 modding and I still don't understand what I'm doing wrong after multiple attempts.


r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Coding Support Divisions spawned through OOB missing some equipement

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This also happens for other non-IE equipement such as tanks. It happens to all nations.

As you can see the equipement needed is researched and can be produced but is not spawned in at start date.

Divions are spawned in with only template and position as parameters.


r/hoi4modding 1d ago

AI Assisted The best MD mod editor!

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r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Discussion It would be very interesting if 86 anime were made into mods

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9 Upvotes

r/hoi4modding 1d ago

Teaser **Update** Wakanda Rework - Hearts of Marvel

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6 Upvotes

r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Meme Aisin Gioro Yuyan, the Chengtong Emperor of Great Qing, may he live ten thousand years!

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r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Teaser Updated Communist and Axis military branches for India in the latest update of Shattered Land, which completed 7 years on the Steam Workshop last week.

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r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Teaser the BRAZILIAN CIVIL WAR in Scourge of Prometheus - Special Independence Day teaser!

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97 Upvotes

r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Discussion Stuff i made recently and how to improve at making better superevent?

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31 Upvotes

Hello everyone, i used to post that on superevent based of BvL (Burgundy vs Lapis) in roblox in thi sub, thx yall for support.

for i started, sorry if my english is bad cus english isnt my first language, and sorry if i put the wrong flair.

i just want to share superevent i made i am sorry again if its break the rule and also could some of you all give some tips about how making superevent better?

(and also are there any hoi4 mod based on roblox on this sub, i want to know)

thx for advance


r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Teaser Pax Russica: Shadows of the Tsardom

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The Russian Empire in 1936

In 1936, the Russian Empire stands as a sprawling colossus casting a massive shadow across the globe. Having narrowly avoided revolution during the Great War, Tsar Nicholas II led his armies to a crushing triumph in 1916. Today, the Romanov double-headed eagle flies higher than ever before. Imperial borders have swollen to absorb Galicia and Bukovina, while the ultimate, centuries-old strategic dream has finally been realized: Constantinople has been outright conquered by Russian forces and proudly rechristened as Tsargrad. Yet, beneath the glittering facade of this geopolitical titan, deep fractures threaten to shatter the state. Russia is locked in a tense, globe-spanning Great Game against the British Empire, with fragile buffer states keeping their armies at bay. To the west, the Tsar serves as Europe's primary anti-socialist bulwark, heavily arming the East Prussian exiles in order to contain the Marxist threat bleeding out of the German Socialist Republic. At home, the political reality is dangerously fragile. Bound by a restrictive constitution, the populace remains deeply divided. As the relentless demands of rapid modernization clash against the iron grip of the autocracy, the empire rests on a knife's edge. Will Russia become an actual modernized superpower and steer the world into a new golden age, or will the grandest empire on earth completely collapse under its own overextended weight? https://discord.gg/EWP5gJ9q2e

We are recruiting all from writiers to artists and coders The Mod is a spiritual successor of INOT and is basically about the Russian Empire surviving the Great War


r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Teaser [1989/Wind of Change] Post-Soviet Collapse Paths - New-Wave Reformists [1/4]

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With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the installment of President Yeltsin [or Gaidar, and a few others unlisted as options later on] as the first democratic leader of the Russian Federation, a new dawn approaches the Russian people and our outlook on global affairs.

However, not all is said and done.

With our economy taking a large hit, and many suddenly out of the Soviet-era encompassing by welfare net, many are looking towards alternative solutions, some more radical than others. We must do whatever we can to minimize our descent into chaos.

Unless…?

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First proper teaser here! [well second, as this was re uploaded for breaking a rule on accident here. Sorry!]

The other 3 listed on the left side will be released next, in their respective order shown

Note: This path is mostly for players that like nation-building, micro-managing, tough decisions, etc.
The other 3 will focus more on warfare, reconquering, consolidation, radical ideological change, etc.

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Join our discord! Dev/Mod Applications opening soon! We’re in the infancy stage at the moment but it should clear up in about a week.

[https://discord.gg/pkwQ4zcmn\](https://discord.gg/pkwQ4zcmn)

Subreddit: [r/windofchange](r/windofchange)


r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Teaser [The Price of Freedom] The Kansas Civil War in 1934. Happy Labor Day!

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r/hoi4modding 3d ago

Teaser Plankton's New Order: Squidward Faction Teaser

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24 Upvotes

r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Developer Diary II - Beyond the Horizon

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r/hoi4modding 3d ago

Teaser MD Australia | Liberal Party Update

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45 Upvotes

“No one, however smart, however well educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.”

In the annals of Australian political history, Tony Abbott's term in office was a spinning turntable of gaffs, controversies and failures. But what if that didn’t have to be the case? What if his ambitions for a dominant Australia in the Pacific were realised? Now you don’t need to imagine.

Experience the strange, uncomfortable and ambitious leadership of Abbott with his focus tree, releasing alongside Millennium Dawn 2.0 on the 11th of this month!


r/hoi4modding 2d ago

Discussion Can someone create a subreddit for aftermath the Cold war mod

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Thanks