Create Your Own Country In Victoria 3 // Modding For Beginners

[@Zeisix]

Took me forever putting this together. If you found it helpful and want more modding tutorials. Hit the like/subscribe. It helps me out a ton. ♥

[@zacharyjones5102]

Thank you!

[@lincolnlog5977]

Hey so if I want to have my new country only be in one state of an existing country how do I do that without the entire original country getting replaced? thanks for the video! Like if I want to make Castile be its own country at the start of the game in the state of castile but I want the rest of Spain to still exist?

[@Zeisix]

@@lincolnlog5977 you're looking for STATE_CASTILE in the history/states file. Then you pick the owned_provinces you want. x22193A is one of the province ID for Castille (use debug mode to find all provinces u want. I have a video on how to use debug to do this). Look at STATE_WESTERN_AUSTRALIA (in states file) for an example on how to split states between 2 countries. Then sort Buildings & pops files for your country and spain.

[@lincolnlog5977]

@@Zeisix thanks!

[@edhoj]

Fact you cab create a nation by taking like a decentralised nation like with a cod and centralise it

[@el-bog]

Really appreciate you making this video. It's great being able to make my mod ideas a reality. Cheers.

[@Zeisix]

Glad you found it helpful

[@ruckzuruck7039]

This was such a helpful guide, thank you so much. Made a Bedouin Republic in Ha'il.

[@greenwick]

Great video, man. It helped me understand the logic of how to create any mod for Vicky 3 from now on. Thanks.

[@PKOB2]

I wish Victoria 3, could have a custom map maker inside the game. i think it would just make simple mods like i would do way easier.

[@dartveidarr3473]

tutorial is great however would really appreciate it if you could make a tutorial on creating formable countries since it's a little different :)

[@Zeisix]

yes, that would be done via events/decisions. Look up existing ones in the game and try to replicate them. Just don't edit game files (always create a mod).

[@adamdopke178]

Thanks for the guide i just crated my own mod.

[@yevgeni10]

How to add resources to the State ?? like different mines.

[@Zeisix]

some states can't have certain mines. So make sure they can have that mine first. (you can see in game what mines can be built).

[@androlampah5392]

Great video man, just a quick question, i create a custom subject for my custom country in the same mod folder, it's just the custom subject name is not showing properly instead it just showed the three tag i used as the custom subject tag, do you know where i'm going wrong? or do i need to create the subject country as individual mod and then add them on the main country?

[@HPL1908w]

Thank you very much

[@therealcnado]

I know this is kind of an old video, but I was wondering what the number next to the ethnicity name does within the cultures file. Does it weigh the likeliness of that ethnicity being used in the random creation of a character?

[@radhityofajar6214]

Man, this is really helpful. Thank you for this. I'm ill let my friend watch this. Easy to understand yet really have a big impact in my gameplay 😁. One question, I try to add homeland for my created culture. I realize there's a line to add homeland in common>cultures. I try to follow the format from another country that have more than one culture as homeland in that state, but it didn't appear in-game. Do you know how to solve this? Once again; well done and big thanks.

[@Zeisix]

Thanks, I'm glad you found it helpful. If it's what I think you're referring to. That's to state the homeland of your culture. So for me in the video it would be (add_homeland = zeisixian)

[@radhityofajar6214]

@@Zeisix it works. Thanks mate. It really help me here. I wanna ask something, I follow your guide and basically turn SLW, an decentralized country in Indonesia Region to MKS - unrecognized power. But I can't see decision to form Indonesia. I can see it if i play as Buton, same region just SE of SLW. Buton here is a vanilla unrecognized country. To form Indonesia, I have to have same Heritage and Culture, which i didn't change much except for how many people I have. And own State in Celebes which is SLW (Now MKS) located. Do you know how to solve this? Thank you again for your great tutorial 👏👏👏

[@Zeisix]

@@radhityofajar6214 if SLW was originally part of the decision, you would need to swap them out for your new country. These decision files would probably be in events. A quick fix would be the rename the localization files of SLW to your country name, then edit the other files with SLW to your liking (but keep SLW as your country).

[@radhityofajar6214]

@@Zeisix can't find what you mentioned. I do find the country tag that I want to form + the required states in common > country_formation > 00_formable_countries I'll try looking for more. Thanks for your time. Appreciate it 😁

[@Hebelehubelledurchfall]

good tutorial because of it i gonna make now some meme mods

[@Manu-ld4xc]

What do i do if the name of the country is the the short version in game

[@eyeseeyou1214]

Could you make a tutorial on formables?

[@kevin3369]

hey! i love your vid and back at launch it worked amazingly but ive been trying to make my mod work currently but it keeps crashing whenever i go to the nation selector screen am i missing new core files i have to change or something? it worked very well before!

[@saberkakoie]

hi.great tutorial.just jave one problem.the game dosent load the preson i create.i did localization part and name part but still dosnt load the name

[@saberkakoie]

HI great tutorials. i just have one problem the name i put isnt in the game i did localization part but the character i creat isnt loading in game. can you help me please?

[@Ironpancakemoose]

been modding in Byzantium (replacing Ottomans and Greece) and my game keeps crashing when loading into country selection screen. The error logs output me common/history/countries/tur - ottoman empire.txt , common/history/countries/gre - greece.txt. But these 2 files are not in my mod but in the base game. 23:31 Do I have to delete every diplomatic relation TRE and GRE have in the (copied mod) game files for the game to stop loading those 2 in? For EX: GRE starts with 3 obligations with FRA, Britain and Russia. Do I have to find that file, copy it into mod folder, than edit the mod file to delete those obligations?

[@Zeisix]

triple check all brackets close and your overall code has no errors. That's usually the cause. Also make sure you haven't changed the file names and they are the same as the originals.

[@Ironpancakemoose]

debugging this is a pain in the asshole, imma just restart from scratch.@@Zeisix

[@Ironpancakemoose]

yeah you were right, ive never had code be with anal before. I have to backup my mod every time I edit 2 provinces.@@Zeisix

[@Ironpancakemoose]

For whatever fucking reason, changing Albania's (region) tags from TUR to BYZ makes the game always crash on nation selection screen.@@Zeisix

[@Zeisix]

@@Ironpancakemoose another country probably uses it. Maybe the Byzantine Empire?

[@andersonscott2607]

Hey, do you know how to add a descriptor for the custom nation onto the nation select screen? Typically all it says is something about the Victorian era being an age of industry and exploitation. Is there a way to change that?

[@Zeisix]

do you mean changing text? if so, all text is in the localization files.

[@chedlilakhal4933]

please we need a tutorial on how to create a new state with map editor

[@janitoalevic]

Can you create a new province on the map?

[@Zeisix]

of course, but you need to edit the map and it is complicated. But you can always look at code of someone else's mod that creates provinces and see how they did it.

[@mnd9166]

but what if I want to create a formable nation

[@mashizzung9990]

Love you brotha

[@GeTLeFtYT]

One quick question, if i want to create a mod which only changes some aspects from the game and i know that the needed part is in the metadata Folder i only need the meetadata and common folder right?

[@Zeisix]

you need all the folders/files that correspond to the thing your changing.

[@GeTLeFtYT]

@@Zeisix found it out too, thanks =)

[@DKCgame]

Hey, I followed the tutorial carefully but the country im trying to create instead of district of columbia automatically becomes random principlality with some random laws, although i have listed all laws. how to fix this?

[@Zeisix]

some laws need to have certain technology unlocked. So make sure you start with that technology. At 17:46 of the video. The file in your history/countries folder, you can add lines like "add_technology_researched = railways". So find what technology is needed to unlock that law and add it here.

[@honoriscausadignitas]

Please tell me. Can impassable terrain be made open? For example, the shores of the Arctic Ocean?

[@Zeisix]

probably with a map editor but I've never tried. Look into existing mods and how they do it.

[@honoriscausadignitas]

@@Zeisix thanks for the answer bro. I did it already. it was easy. I want to build a state in the vastness of the Barents and Kara seas. It remains to finalize the location of the cities so that the port is not built in the middle of the taiga. If so, I apologize for my English.

[@Zeisix]

@@honoriscausadignitas have you watched this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6aUcnekjZyVmdk have a look at those files.

[@aediljakobovska]

does modifying aspects of existing tags follow the same logic ? I tried to just change the history of said tags but nothing happens when launching the game.

[@Zeisix]

all folders/files have to be the same name in your mod as they are in the games folders. So the game reads your files over the games.

[@tuff9486]

if I want to edit an existing country, do I still need to create a new one to replace it? or how do I avoid those problems you mention. I am trying to create a new culture, but it just breaks the map for some reason

[@Zeisix]

no need to create a new one. You can just edit whatever you need of the existing country (keeping their existing country code). Just make sure you don't edit the game files (create a mod instead). It's important to not skip anything in this video and follow the guide carefully as many things can break your mod. (ie - files in the history folder or missing out brackets in your code).

[@JulioCezar-ts1pe]

great tutorial! you explain very well! I have a problem, do you know him? My country is blank on the map. I followed the tutorial with Texas

[@Zeisix]

14:56 did you create your Localization files?

[@JulioCezar-ts1pe]

@@Zeisix It worked, thank you very much!

[@milton911]

hi mod very good explained but im still having a problem, for some reason i can't declare any interest, every single land im trying to click it's on yellow~brown colour and says (country) cannot declare any more Interests. Pliss help

[@Zeisix]

make sure all your brackets are in the correct places (and u don't have too many or not enough) and make sure you didn't re-name any files in the History folder. This is usually what causes these issues. Also, your country might to be too small to have interests (like Texas).

[@milton911]

@@Zeisix i checked everything, still nothing :((

[@Arthurm690]

my map is all white without any country, how do i fix that?

[@Zeisix]

Like I mention at the beginning. Make sure you follow the guide carefully. Just one bracket out of place or re-naming the wrong file can cause errors. Victoria 3 is much more stubborn when reading files, compared to other Paradox games.

[@ernst_stvs]

thanks

[@ikerloop950]

Great tutorial, but I want to split one country into two is there a way to do this ?

[@Zeisix]

check replies in the pinned comment. answer there

[@ikerloop950]

@@Zeisix thank you so much!

[@Nokki680]

How do do I change the literacy of my culture though? They all start at 0.

[@Zeisix]

I show this around 10 mins into the video

[@tylerhatch8962]

For some reason I can't get any tax revenue in my modded country. Any trouble shooting ideas?

[@TotallyOriginality]

can this tutorial be used for a Fantasia mod?

[@Zeisix]

no idea, sorry.

[@lordprimus2410]

instead of replacing a whole nation with your custom nation, why not take small provinces and create a custom nation??

[@Zeisix]

You can do it however you prefer. Just make sure you take the provinces you use away from the countries that usually have them, within your mod files.

[@aurelius4610]

Hello, can u tell me, how to make world with one culture?

[@Zeisix]

You'd need to replace cultures in all country/history files. Just remember not to edit the game files, create a mod.

[@aurelius4610]

@@Zeisix i made personall mod with 1 culture. Thank you.

[@milton911]

How about i can show you the mod and you can make sure that everything is working ?

[@Zeisix]

sure. Are you on Discord? if so, find me there or Twitter

[@zacharyjones5102]

Help! I accidentally sent West Prussia into the shadow realm and cant get it back ! :(

[@Zeisix]

haha, you can just replace the files you edited with the ones from the game.

[@ujotowh1514]

Lol i followed those steps and it just made the whole regione gone 😭

[@Ironpancakemoose]

Would you be able to update the video to incorporate the new military system. I figured out why changing Albania from TUR to BYZ crashed the game. [21:27:32][jomini_script_system.cpp:262]: Script system error! Error: Event target link 'c' returned an unset scope Script location: file: common/history/military_formations/00_military_formations_europe.txt line: 2271 [21:27:32][jomini_script_system.cpp:262]: Script system error! Error: create_military_formation effect [ Wrong scope for effect: none/all, expected country ] Script location: file: common/history/military_formations/00_military_formations_europe.txt line: 2272 [21:27:32][jomini_script_system.cpp:262]: Script system error! Error: create_military_formation effect [ Wrong scope for effect: none/all, expected country ] Script location: file: common/history/military_formations/00_military_formations_europe.txt line: 2284 [21:27:32][jomini_script_system.cpp:262]: Script system error! Error: create_military_formation effect [ Wrong scope for effect: none/all, expected country ] Script location: file: common/history/military_formations/00_military_formations_europe.txt line: 2308 [21:27:32][jomini_script_system.cpp:262]: Script system error! Error: create_military_formation effect [ Cannot find land HQ for Ottoman Empire in region_balkans ] Script location: file: common/history/military_formations/04_military_formations_middle_east.txt line: 3 Im not sure what to do with the "military_formations" files in "history"

[@Zeisix]

use notepad ++ to search for the country code your replacing in all files. Then copy the files/folders they are in and replace all.