Victoria 2 Pop Maker Utility

[Kalelovil]

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?b8cx1kz4ppx8l4k

Old Download Links: (1.0) http://www.mediafire.com/?8j8bcpjwtwufqoq

Since there apparently isn't an existing pop maker utility (according to the thread I created asking if there was one: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...-Maker-Utility), I decided to make one in Java.

The utility is not complicated but it does what it needs to.
Create a new directory, place the program in there along with the input files.
Input files have the extension of .pmkr. Create one for each region (e.g. New York state).

The input files should contain text in the following kind of format. An example file has been included. The resulting .txt files the program generates should then be pasted into your \history\pops\1836.1.1 (or whatever your mod uses) directory. Remember to delete any existing entries there which refer to the same provinces.

The numerical values under Provinces, Occupations, Religions, and Cultures must currently add up to 100 (for the sake of ease of use, if there is demand I can change this to accept any total value). The can have decimal values (E.g. 12.5).
Placing an asterisk (*) before an Occupation entry denotes that they are a state_capital_only POP type (I made this user definable because some mods change what POPs are state_capital_only).

The
Region:
New York
Population:
151000
Capital:
583
Provinces:
583 - 65
579 - 15
580 - 5
581 - 10
606 - 5
Occupations:
*aristocrats - 5
*bureaucrats - 5
officers - 3
clergymen - 4
*capitalists - 2
clerks - 4
craftsmen - 17
soldiers - 10
artisans - 10
farmers/labourers - 40
slaves - 0
Religions:
catholic - 45
protestant - 30
orthodox - 25
Cultures:
irish - 15
yankee - 70
south_german - 10
afro_american - 5


This is my first java project, if you have any problems or feedback feel free to post in this thread.

Old Download Links: (1.0) http://www.mediafire.com/?8j8bcpjwtwufqoq

[Hibernian]

I'd certainly welcome any program that could do this in the way you've described, but have you actually made this utility or is this just an idea?

One question though, would this allow you to put different culture POPs in different individual provinces? i.e. Will I be able to set it to make Province A 80% German and 20% Polish and make Province B 80% Polish and 20% German (or whatever values needed), assuming they are both in the same region?

Also, are you aware of the other thread on this same topic; POP generator tool?

[flame7926]

Which of the files do you run?

[Kalelovil]

Which of the files do you run?

I've updated the link. Download it again and just run the .bat file.

[Kalelovil]

I'd certainly welcome any program that could do this in the way you've described, but have you actually made this utility or is this just an idea?

Yep, download it and try it. It works.

One question though, would this allow you to put different culture POPs in different individual provinces? i.e. Will I be able to set it to make Province A 80% German and 20% Polish and make Province B 80% Polish and 20% German (or whatever values needed), assuming they are both in the same region?

Not by default. I haven't tried doing so, but you should be able to achieve what you are saying by specifying only one province at a time in the Province fields.

Also, are you aware of the other thread on this same topic; POP generator tool?

No, I was not. Good luck to them though.

[flame7926]

If you click on the link its the old files, but if you copy the url its the new download. And your PM box is full.

Edit: With the default Ontario file it outputs Ontario.pmkr.txt with no spaces in the file. I know they arent necessary but it makes it hard to read.

[Kalelovil]

If you click on the link its the old files, but if you copy the url its the new download. And your PM box is full.

Fixed and fixed.

[Orinsul]

This looks awesome, Thanks!

[Grandmasta]

I get a "Could not find the main class: PopMakerApp. Program will now exit." error with both the .bat and the .jar itself. Java is up to date. Tried both the 32- and 64-bit versions of javaw.

[ZomgK3tchup]

I get a "Could not find the main class: PopMakerApp. Program will now exit." error with both the .bat and the .jar itself. Java is up to date. Tried both the 32- and 64-bit versions of javaw.

I get this error too.

[Kalelovil]

I get a "Could not find the main class: PopMakerApp. Program will now exit." error with both the .bat and the .jar itself. Java is up to date. Tried both the 32- and 64-bit versions of javaw.

I get this error too.

Do other .jar packaged programs run for you?
What operating system are you running?
Is it giving you this error when running the program just using the included Ontario.pmkr as input?

[keynes2.0]

Very cool!

Do you think that you might be a kind and generous god and give us a pop extractor as well that would generate pmkr files from the existing game files? I'm thinking here about using the current game files but changing soldiers to a capitol only pop.

[Kalelovil]

Do you think that you might be a kind and generous god and give us a pop extractor as well that would generate pmkr files from the existing game files? I'm thinking here about using the current game files but changing soldiers to a capitol only pop.

Although a good idea, I already made this tool: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post13138832 to achieve the same end result specifically for soldier pops, but for some reason the game engine made half of them disappear.

[keynes2.0]

Right, I forgot about that.

[Grandmasta]

Do other .jar packaged programs run for you?
What operating system are you running?
Is it giving you this error when running the program just using the included Ontario.pmkr as input?

Yes, I can run other .jars fine. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The only other file in the directory is the included Ontario.pmkr, which I haven't altered in any way.

[Kalelovil]

Yes, I can run other .jars fine. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The only other file in the directory is the included Ontario.pmkr, which I haven't altered in any way.

1.Are you sure you have the newest version of JRE7?

2. Right click MY COMPUTER, choose PROPERTIES, choose ADVANCED, ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES button.
What is the CLASS PATH under SYSTEM VARIABLES?

[Grandmasta]

1.Are you sure you have the newest version of JRE7?

I'm pretty sure I don't, since the Java.com download page assures me I am up to date with the latest version 6, update 30.

After a Google search and installing JRE7 from Oracle.com (?), it works fine!

Thanks!

[Kalelovil]

Slightly updated version. Download link updated in first post.

Changelog:
-End values are now rounded to the nearest whole number rather than truncated.
-Weights used in .pmkr files no longer have to add up to 100.
-Compiled using Java6 rather than Java7.
-Simplification of the programme's internal layout.