Age of History 3 - How to add Government

**Łukasz Jakowski** · September 28

game/_FAQ/Governments.txt

#######################################
## Read: mods_steam_workshop.txt !
## 
## To create a new mod for submission to the Steam Workshop, first create a new folder for your mod within the 'mods' directory.
## Then, copy or recreate all the modified files into that folder!
##
## For example, if a file was originally located in game/ExampleFile.json, 
## it should be placed in mods/YourModName/game/ExampleFile.json in your mod's folder.
##
#####

File containing all Governments in the game:
game/Governments.json

For your mod the path will be:
mods/YOUR_MOD_NAME/game/Governments.json

Example code for a single Government:
Use the code from Governments.json as it may be outdated.


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		{
			Name: "Monarchy",
			Extra_Tag: "m",
			GOV_GROUP_ID: 0,
			
			RulerTitle: King,
			RulerRoman: true,
			KingsImages: true,
			
			Color: [255, 194, 36],
			
			REQUIRED_TECHNOLOGY: -1,
			
			REVOLUTIONISTS: false,
			TRIBAL: false,
			STARTING_ARMY: 1.0,
			
			AdvisorCost: -0.1,
			MonthlyLegacy: 0.4,
			MaxManpower: 2000,
			
			AI_EXTRA_AGGRESSIVENESS: 0,
			
			AI_PEACE_ORDER_CHANCE: 85,
			AI_PEACE_ORDER_CHANCE2: 15,
			
			AI_PEACE_ORDER: [0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7, 8, 4],
			AI_PEACE_ORDER2: [1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8],
			
			AI_BUILD_SCORE: [85, 65, 30, 60, 35, 65, 45, 25, 45, 65, 84, 40, 25, 50, 40, 0],
			
			AI_BUILD_INVEST_IN_ECONOMY: 25,
			AI_BUILD_INCREASE_TAX_EFFICIENCY: 40,
			AI_BUILD_INCREASE_MANPOWER: 52,
			AI_BUILD_INCREASE_GROWTH_RATE: 62,
			AI_BUILD_DEVELOP_INFRASTRUCTURE: 68,
			AI_BUILD_BUILDING: 100,
		},

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Name represents the name of the government.

Extra_Tag must be unique within this file! It can consist of one letter, but should not include digits.

GOV_GROUP_ID indicates which other governments have close ties.
For example, Monarchy and Constitutional Monarchy are in the same group.
The group plays an important role in gameplay, as it determines whether civilizations will have positive relations with each other.


RulerTitle is the title of the ruler used in the game and can be seen, for example, in the court.

RulerRoman: true or false,

KingsImages: If set to false, the game will load non-king images.

Color: RGB 0-255

REQUIRED_TECHNOLOGY: -1,
If set to -1, this type of government doesn't require any technology and will be unlocked at the start of the game.

REQUIRED_TECHNOLOGY: 2,
This means you need to unlock Technology ID 2 to access this type of government.

REVOLUTIONISTS: false,
TRIBAL: false,

These values are designated for the AI. true or false.

######################

The icon of the government should be named according to the format: gov_'Extra_Tag'.png

For example, if:
Extra_Tag: m,

Then the image for the government will be named: gov_m.png

Images with the corresponding name must be placed in the following folders:

gfx/government/H/
gfx/government/XH/
gfx/government/XXH/

All size scales are required!

######################

Next are the bonuses. Each government can have between 0 and multiple bonuses.
List of all available bonuses: game/_FAQ/Governments_Bonuses.txt

AdvisorCost: -0.1,
MonthlyLegacy: 0.4,
MaxManpower: 2000,

######################

Read:

game/_FAQ/Governments_AI_BuildScore.txt
game/_FAQ/Governments_Peace_Order.txt

**YouravaragebrazilianAoCfan** · September 28

First and Lots of mods will be created and TECHNOCRACY AND SYNDICALISM CAN BE ADDED!

**Iceman** · September 28

8 minutes ago, Łukasz Jakowski said:

Extra_Tag must be unique within this file! It can consist of one letter or more, but should not include digits.

More than one letter? That's nice, so it's possible to have more than 26 ideologies (Latin alphabet has 26 letters, and in aoh2 the ideology tag is limit to one letter)

**bun_dha4** · September 28

34 minutes ago, Łukasz Jakowski said:

Age of History 3 - How to add Government

game/_FAQ/Governments.txt

#######################################
## Read: mods_steam_workshop.txt !
## 
## To create a new mod for submission to the Steam Workshop, first create a new folder for your mod within the 'mods' directory.
## Then, copy or recreate all the modified files into that folder!
##
## For example, if a file was originally located in game/ExampleFile.json, 
## it should be placed in mods/YourModName/game/ExampleFile.json in your mod's folder.
##
#####

File containing all Governments in the game:
game/Governments.json

For your mod the path will be:
mods/YOUR_MOD_NAME/game/Governments.json

Example code for a single Government:
Use the code from Governments.json as it may be outdated.


###########################################

		{
			Name: "Monarchy",
			Extra_Tag: "m",
			GOV_GROUP_ID: 0,
			
			RulerTitle: King,
			RulerRoman: true,
			KingsImages: true,
			
			Color: [255, 194, 36],
			
			REQUIRED_TECHNOLOGY: -1,
			
			REVOLUTIONISTS: false,
			TRIBAL: false,
			STARTING_ARMY: 1.0,
			
			AdvisorCost: -0.1,
			MonthlyLegacy: 0.4,
			MaxManpower: 2000,
			
			AI_EXTRA_AGGRESSIVENESS: 0,
			
			AI_PEACE_ORDER_CHANCE: 85,
			AI_PEACE_ORDER_CHANCE2: 15,
			
			AI_PEACE_ORDER: [0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7, 8, 4],
			AI_PEACE_ORDER2: [1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8],
			
			AI_BUILD_SCORE: [85, 65, 30, 60, 35, 65, 45, 25, 45, 65, 84, 40, 25, 50, 40, 0],
			
			AI_BUILD_INVEST_IN_ECONOMY: 25,
			AI_BUILD_INCREASE_TAX_EFFICIENCY: 40,
			AI_BUILD_INCREASE_MANPOWER: 52,
			AI_BUILD_INCREASE_GROWTH_RATE: 62,
			AI_BUILD_DEVELOP_INFRASTRUCTURE: 68,
			AI_BUILD_BUILDING: 100,
		},

###########################################

Name represents the name of the government.

Extra_Tag must be unique within this file! It can consist of one letter, but should not include digits.

GOV_GROUP_ID indicates which other governments have close ties.
For example, Monarchy and Constitutional Monarchy are in the same group.
The group plays an important role in gameplay, as it determines whether civilizations will have positive relations with each other.


RulerTitle is the title of the ruler used in the game and can be seen, for example, in the court.

RulerRoman: true or false,

KingsImages: If set to false, the game will load non-king images.

Color: RGB 0-255

REQUIRED_TECHNOLOGY: -1,
If set to -1, this type of government doesn't require any technology and will be unlocked at the start of the game.

REQUIRED_TECHNOLOGY: 2,
This means you need to unlock Technology ID 2 to access this type of government.

REVOLUTIONISTS: false,
TRIBAL: false,

These values are designated for the AI. true or false.

######################

The icon of the government should be named according to the format: gov_'Extra_Tag'.png

For example, if:
Extra_Tag: m,

Then the image for the government will be named: gov_m.png

Images with the corresponding name must be placed in the following folders:

gfx/government/H/
gfx/government/XH/
gfx/government/XXH/

All size scales are required!

######################

Next are the bonuses. Each government can have between 0 and multiple bonuses.
List of all available bonuses: game/_FAQ/Governments_Bonuses.txt

AdvisorCost: -0.1,
MonthlyLegacy: 0.4,
MaxManpower: 2000,

######################

Read:

game/_FAQ/Governments_AI_BuildScore.txt
game/_FAQ/Governments_Peace_Order.txt

finally, no more suffering with unicode characters for government tags.

~~im still desiring a way to assign a single flag for many governments without creating too many files.~~

Edited September 28 by bun_dha4

**HaSa** · September 28

45 minutes ago, YouravaragebrazilianAoCfan said:

First and Lots of mods will be created and TECHNOCRACY AND SYNDICALISM CAN BE ADDED!

accelerationism and anarchism can be added also, this is so hype

**OwnM3Z0** · September 29

I will most definitely be adding islamism for my next playthrough and make it OP as hell

**YouravaragebrazilianAoCfan** · September 29

8 hours ago, Iceman said:

More than one letter? That's nice, so it's possible to have more than 26 ideologies (Latin alphabet has 26 letters, and in aoh2 the ideology tag is limit to one letter)

actually there are 155,063 unique unicode characters so you can have 155,063 unique idelogies in AoH2 uhhh thats alot

Edited September 29 by YouravaragebrazilianAoCfan