paradox-tools

Utilities for formats found in various Paradox games (Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings etc.)

Contents

Tools:

• bin/diff_paradox - normalize two Paradox mod files (or directories of them) and diff them
• bin/find_redundant_files - check for files in mod directory which are same as in vanilla and can be removed
• bin/pry_paradox - start pry session with Paradox game tree (possibly with mods) loaded
• bin/pry_savegame - start pry session with save game (or other mod file; uncompressed only) loaded
• bin/recreate_baseline - for each mod file, copy corresponding base game file into baseline directory (usually to compare and fix your mod with newly released game patch)
• bin/validate_syntax - validate syntax of Paradox mod file

Analysis scripts (EU4):

• analysis/analyze_idea_group - score idea groups by value
• analysis/analyze_missions - print some statistics about available missions
• analysis/analyze_policies - print bonuses by policy
• analysis/analyze_static_modifier - print bonuses by static modifier
• analysis/analyze_trust - extract trust data from save game
• analysis/analyze_unit_pips - analyze unit pips by tech group and tech level and save to CSV files
• analysis/analyze_wars - extract wars statistics from save game (wars by year)
• analysis/analyze_wars_battles - extract wars statistics from save game (battle loses)
• analysis/country_cultures - print primary country tag for each culture
• analysis/validate_trade_nodes - find provinces without trade node

Analysis scripts (CK2):

• analysis_ck2/province_tech - print tech by province from (uncompressed) CK2 save game
• analysis_ck2/tribal_development - report how far feudalization has gone so far

Debugging helper scripts:

• bin/compare_province_traits - compare province traits between two mods
• bin/mission_debugger - create trigerred modifier for every mission so you can easily see which are in the pool
• bin/parse_paradox - parse and print Paradox mod file as Ruby object

Other:

• lib/ - public API
• test/ - tests
• fun_and_balance/ - Fun & Balance mod automatic build system
• ck2tweaks/ - Small tweaks for Crusader Kings 2 (not even a coherent minimod)
• save_game_scripts/ - various script for analyzing and editing save game files not ported to new API

Links

• Extended Timeline mod: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=217416366
• Shattered Europe mod: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=305682089
• Fun and Balance logo basedon "Not now, please, I'm busy (Explored)" by hehaden from flickr (CC-NC)