CWTools: Paradox Language Services
Paradox Language Features for Visual Studio Code
Disclaimer
This extension is still in preview, it may not work, it may stop working at any time. Make backups of your mod files.
Supported games
- Stellaris
- Hearts of Iron IV
- Europa Universalis IV
- Imperator: Rome - outdated, help needed
- Crusader Kings II - partial
- Crusader Kings III - in progress, help needed
- Victoria 3 - in progress, help needed
Features
- Immediate highlighting of syntax errors
- Autocomplete while you type, providing descriptions when available
- Tooltips on hover showing:
- Related localisation
- Documentation for that element
- Scope context at that position
- A wide range of validators for common, interface, and events, checking
- That required localisation keys are defined
- Existence of effects/triggers/modifiers
- Scope context for used effects/triggers/modifiers
- Usage of scripted effects/triggers
- Correct entries for weights/AI_chance/etc
- That event_targets are saved before they're used
- That referenced sprites and graphics files exist
- and a number of other specific validators
- "Code actions" to generate .yml for missing localisation
Completion
Tooltips
Scope tooltips
Scope errors
Localisation error
Go to definition
Find all references
Usage
- Install this extension
- If on linux, possibly follow these instructions
- If on linux, install libcurl3
- Either open your mod folder directly
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or open the Game folder containing your mods. E.g. for Stellaris this can be one of:
- "C:\Users\name\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris"
- "C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stellaris"
or on linux
- "/home/name/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/Stellars"
- "/home/name/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Stellaris"
- Follow the prompts to select your vanilla folder
- Edit files and watch syntax errors show up when you make mistakes
- Wait up to a minute for the extension to scan all your mods and find all errors