How Do I Add Custom Flags To Nations?

[SamuraiHex001]

I'm currently unsure where to put custom flags I've created for me and my friends' converted EU4 save. The converting went smoothly and I'm wanting to add the flags which are 93x64 diameter and in .tga format to the nations that don't appear in the game such as colonial nations still under their home nation as well as the two nations we played as which have flags already associated with them upon booting the mod up.

Shortening it I'm just wanting to know where to install the flags for custom nations and pre-existing nations.
Also appreciated was if there's a way to put the flag in the same mod for easier access.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Savolainen5]

At the risk of sounding obvious, you DO have the mod in the right place, right? That is, not in Documents/Paradox..., but in Steam/steamapps/common (if you have Steam)? In answer to the first question, try deleting the gfx cache in the mod's folder in Documents. In answer to the second one, well, let me see if I understand the question first. You want to know if you have to create a separate mod to mod the mod? The answer is no, you just throw them into the gfx/flags folder of the converted save mod.

 

[SamuraiHex001]

At the risk of sounding obvious, you DO have the mod in the right place, right? That is, not in Documents/Paradox..., but in Steam/steamapps/common (if you have Steam)? In answer to the first question, try deleting the gfx cache in the mod's folder in Documents. In answer to the second one, well, let me see if I understand the question first. You want to know if you have to create a separate mod to mod the mod? The answer is no, you just throw them into the gfx/flags folder of the converted save mod.

Yeah I got it in the right place and yeah you understood the second question (sorry for explaining it badly, lol). I'm guessing the .tga file names in the GFX folder (such as FRA & GER) are the nations tags? I then assume ones with D01, D02, etc, etc are the nations that haven't got the custom tags so in other the words the colonial nations? I'm guessing I'm gonna have to name the flags I've created to the tag of the nation in the game, place it in the GFX folder in my mod folder from the install location of the game then I'll be set to go?

Thanks for the help anyway.

 

[Savolainen5]

I then assume ones with D01, D02, etc, etc are the nations that haven't got the custom tags so in other the words the colonial nations?

Those ones are the dynamic tags for the colonial nations in Vic2. Your converted colonial nations should have their own unique tags.

I'm guessing I'm gonna have to name the flags I've created to the tag of the nation in the game, place it in the GFX folder in my mod folder from the install location of the game then I'll be set to go?

Yup.

 

[SamuraiHex001]

Also is there a way to find out those countries tags through console commands or something similar?

 

[Savolainen5]

Not without blindly guessing. It's easiest, I think, to go into the country history folder and see the files there.