Quick Start

Usages

• Open your mod root directory through the IDE. (It needs to directly contain the mod descriptor file descriptor.mod)
• Open the mod descriptor file, click the mod settings button in the floating toolbar at the top right of the editor.
• Configure the game type, game directory, and additional mod dependencies of the mod.
• Click the OK button to complete the configuration, and then wait for the IDE to complete indexing.
• Start your mod programming journey.

Tips

• To perform a global search, please refer to the following methods:
  • Click Ctrl Shift R or Ctrl Shift F to search within the current project, directory, or specified scope.
  • Click Shift Shift to find files, definitions, scripted variables, and other symbols.
• To perform a code navigation, please refer to the following methods:
  • Hold down Ctrl and click on the target location, to navigate to the declarations or usages of the target.
  • Hold down Ctrl Shift and click on the target location, to navigate to the type declarations of the target.
  • Hold down Alt and click on the target location, to navigate to the related CWT config declarations of the target.
  • Hold down Shift Alt and click on the target location, to navigate to the related localisation declarations of the target definition.
  • Hold down Ctrl Shift Alt and click on the target location to navigate to the related image declarations of the target definition.
  • Click Navigate or Go To in the editor's right-click menu, and choose the target to navigate to.
  • Click Navigate > Definition Hierarchy to open the definition hierarchy window, to view the definition implementation relationship of a specific definition type.
  • Click Navigate > Call Hierarchy to open the call hierarchy window, to view the call relationship of definitions, localisations, scripted variables, etc.
  • Click Alt 1 or Project Tool window, open the Project View panel, then click Project > Paradox Files in the upper left corner, to view the summarized game and mod files.
  • Click Alt 1 or Project Tool window, open the Project View panel, then click Project > CWT Config Files in the upper left corner, to view the summarized CWT config files.
• To run a global code inspection, refer to the following method:
  • Click Alt 6 or Problems Tool window, open the Problems panel ,then view problems of current file, or run a global code inspection for whole project.
  • Click Code > Inspect Code..., run a global code inspection for whole project.
  • When code inspection is finished ,IDE will show detail inspection result in Problems panel.
• To change the global configuration of the plugin, refer to the following method:
  • Click Settings > Languages & Frameworks > Paradox Language Support to open the settings page for the plugin.
• To change the configuration of mod types, game directories, mod dependencies, etc., open the Mod Configuration dialog using one of the following methods:
  • Click Settings > Languages & Frameworks > Paradox Language Support to configure default game directories.
  • Click the blue gear icon in the editor floating toolbar located in the upper right corner of the page.
  • In the editor, open the context menu and click Paradox Language Support > Open Mod Settings....
  • Click Tools > Paradox Language Support > Open Mod Settings....
• If you encounter some unexpected problems during use, try the following:
  • Update the IDE and plugin to the latest version.
  • If it may be related to IDE indices, try to rebuild indices and restart the IDE. (Click File -> Invalidate Caches... -> Invalidate and Restart)
  • If it ma ybe related to plugin's built-in configs, try to write custom config files.
  • If it may be related to plugin configuration, try to delete the plugin configuration file. (paradox-language-support.xml. If you don't know the detailed location, use Everything)
  • Send feedback via GitHub, Discord, etc.

Known Issues

• Support for some of Stellaris' black-magic-like language features is not perfect.
• Support for games exclude Stellaris is not yet perfect.