Introduce

GitHub | Plugin Marketplace Page | Discord

Overview

Paradox Language Support is the IntelliJ IDEA plugin designed specifically for Paradox game mod developers, which provides an intelligent, efficient and feature-rich development experience to help you easily achieve creativity.

Core Features:

• Multi-Language Support: Full support for the script language, localization language and CSV language used in mod development, as well as the CWT language for writing configs.
• Rich Language Features: Provides code highlighting, code navigation, code completion, code inspection, code refactoring, quick documentation, inlay hints, live templates, code hierarchy, diff viewing, diagrams and many other features.
• Image Processing: Supports previewing and rendering DDS and TGA images, and allows conversion between different image formats (PNG, DDS and TGA).
• Enhanced Information Hints: Displays key information such as localisation text, images, scopes, and parameters intuitively through quick documentation and inlay hints.
• Advanced Language Features Support: Compatible with various advanced features in script and localization languages, including parameters, scopes, complex expressions, inline scripts, definition injections, etc.
• Extensible Config System: Supports customizing and importing config files to enhance features like code navigation, code completion and documentation hints.
• Tool Integrations: Integrates practical tools like Image Magick, Translation Plugin and Tiger to boost development efficiency.
• AI Assistance: Preliminary integration of AI technology for translating and polishing localisation text.
• Directory Detection: Automatically detects game and mod directories.

The plugin implements its core language features based on its own config system. The CWT config files it uses follow basically the same syntax and format as CWTools, with certain improvements and extensions. The plugin comes with the latest built-in configs, ready to use out-of-the-box. It also supports to customize and import config files to meet personalized development needs.

Installation

Using the IDE built-in plugin system

Settings/Preferences > Plugins > Marketplace > Search for "Paradox Language Support" > Install

Using JetBrains Marketplace

Go to JetBrains Marketplace and install it by clicking the Install to ... button.

Manual Installation

Download the latest release and install it manually (No need to unzip): Settings/Preferences > Plugins > ⚙️ > Install plugin from disk...

Reference Links

Official Documentation:

• Kotlin Docs | Kotlin Documentation
• Getting started | IntelliJ IDEA Documentation
• IntelliJ Platform SDK | IntelliJ Platform Plugin SDK
• LangChain4j | LangChain4j

Tools & Plugins:

• cwtools/cwtools: A library for parsing, editing, and validating Paradox Interactive script files.
• cwtools/cwtools-vscode: A VS Code extension providing language server support for paradox script files using cwtools
• bcssov/IronyModManager: Mod Manager for Paradox Games. Official Discord: https://discord.gg/t9JmY8KFrV
• amtep/tiger: Checks game mod files for common mistakes and warns about them. Supports Crusader Kings 3, Victoria 3, and Imperator: Rome.
• nickbabcock/jomini: Parses Paradox files into javascript objects
• OldEnt/stellaris-triggers-modifiers-effects-list: List of Stellaris triggers, modifiers and effects for most game versions since launch.
• YiiGuxing/TranslationPlugin: Translation plugin for IntelliJ-based IDEs/Android Studio.

Tutorials & Wikis:

• Stellaris Wiki
• 群星中文维基 | Stellaris 攻略资料指南 - 灰机wiki (Stellaris Chinese Wiki)
• Stellaris Mod 教程 (Stellaris Mod Tutorial, written in Simplified Chinese)

Contribution & Support

All forms of contribution and support are welcomed, including but not limited to:

• ⭐ Star the project on GitHub.
• 🐛 Submit feedback and issues (via Discord or GitHub Issues).
• 🔧 Submit Pull Requests (to the plugin repository (this project), or to the config repositories).
• 📢 Recommend this plugin to friends or in the community.
• 💝 Sponsor the project via Afdian.

If you are interested in submitting a PR, but have any questions about plugin development or config writing, feel free to contact us via email or Discord.

Contributing to Config Files:

Given the plugin's config-driven architecture, contributing to the CWT config files is one of the most impactful ways to improve support for a specific game. Config files define the semantics (definitions, modifiers, scopes, effects, triggers, etc.) that power code completion, code inspection and documentation — keeping them up to date directly improves the experience for all users of that game.

See the config repositories for links, and the config documentation for guidance on the config format.

For a list of current maintainers and contributors, see CONTRIBUTORS.md.

Acknowledgments

Powered by