paradox-tools

Utilities for formats found in various Paradox games (Europa Universalis 3/4, Crusader Kings 2, Hearts of Iron 4 etc.)

There are also source files for some of my mods including Modern Times for CK2, Fun and Balance for EU4.

If you have any questions, feel free to create a github issue.

Script usage

There are over 160 scripts in this repository.

You need ruby installed to run them.

If you're not sure how to run a script just run it without any arguments, and it should print you usage instructions. If it doesn't

On OSX you can just run them with:

$ folder/scriptname

On Windows depending on how you installed ruby, you'll need to use:

$ ruby folder/scriptname
$ jruby folder/scriptname

Most scripts follow similar order of arguments, like:

$ folder/scriptname path/to/save/file path/to/game
$ folder/scriptname path/to/save/file path/to/game path/to/mod1 path/to/mod2 ...
$ folder/scriptname path/to/game
$ folder/scriptname path/to/game path/to/mod1 path/to/mod2 ...

Save files must be text-based (not ironman), and not compressed.

bin/unpack_save script can remove compression, but for removing ironman you'll need third party tools.

Contents overview

• analysis_ck2 - script for analyses of CK2 game data and CK2 save games
• analysis_eu4 - script for analyses of EU4 game data
• analysis_eu4_save - script for analyses of EU4 save games
• analysis_hoi4 - script for analyses of HOI4 game data and HOI4 save games
• bin - various utilites that work with all games
• ck2 - some CK2-specific code
• ck2_hacks - some code snippets for CK2 that can go into mods to help with debugging
• ck2_modpack - code to help me prepare CK2 modpack from many mods, and detect and fix issues
• ck2_mods - source files for my various CK2 mods
• data - some graphics data needed by my mods
• debug - some debugging scripts
• eu4 - some EU4-specific code
• eu4_idea_explorer - data exporter for EU4 idea explorer
• eu4_minimods - tiny EU4 mods
• eu4_trade_graph - scripts to edit EU4 trade map
• fun_and_balance - source code for my Fun and Balance EU4 mod
• hoi4 - some HOI4-specific code
• hoi4_division_designer - data exporter for online HOI4 Division Designer
• lib - code for parsing Paradox data formats, shared between games
• mod_tutorials - source file for my "mission modding tutorial" blog post series (that never got finished)
• pictures - thumbnails for my various mods
• save_game_scripts - some very old EU4 save game analysis and modification scripts
• save_modification_ck2 - CK2 broken save game fixing scripts
• source - empty folder for dropping links to game sources and mods
• sublime_text_syntax - Paradox .txt syntax highlighting for Sublime Text
• test - some tests for this code
• visualization_ck2 - map visualization scripts for CK2
• visualization_eu4 - map visualization scripts for EU4
• visualization_hoi4 - map visualization scripts for HOI4

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 based on "Not now, please, I'm busy (Explored)" by hehaden from flickr (CC-NC)