Trade company modding

This page is an explanation of how to mod a trade company. The relevant folder is /Europa Universalis IV/common/trade_companies. In the vanilla game, this folder only contains one file 00_trade_companies.txt. This is the file that must be edited when modifying existing trade companies, unless the mod replaces the trade companies path (or the entire common path). In that case or if you are adding entirely new trade companies, one or more new file(s) with any name can be created in the trade companies folder.

Trade company code

A trade company is defined on the following model

trade_company_west_africa = {
	color = { 50 0 200 }
	provinces = {
		1164 1165 1166 1096 1793 2241 1466 1097 1098 1118 1119 1151 1163 2242 1168 1306 4078 4079 4080 
		1111 1126 1139 1141 2257 2258 1147 2289 2290 2294 1112 1113 1116 2239 1114 1117 2238 1167 1171
		1172 1174
	}
	names = {
		name = "TRADE_COMPANY_WEST_AFRICA_Root_Culture_GetName"
	}
	names = {
		name = "TRADE_COMPANY_WEST_AFRICA_Africa_Trade_Company"
	}
}

Name

Each trade company needs a unique name, which begin the entry.

trade_company_west_africa = {
}

Color

The color line determines the charter in Colonial and Trade Regions map mode.

	color = { 50 0 200 }

Provinces

The provinces section should include all the provinces you want to see included in that trade company.

A province can only be part of one trade company, or it'll cause a game crash.

Note that, in Vanilla, trade companies match trade nodes.

	provinces = {
		1164 1165 1166 1096 1793 2241 1466 1097 1098 1118 1119 1151 1163 2242 1168 1306 4078 4079 4080 
		1111 1126 1139 1141 2257 2258 1147 2289 2290 2294 1112 1113 1116 2239 1114 1117 2238 1167 1171
		1172 1174
	}

Trade Company names

These names work like any other localisation strings, but it is useful to follow existing naming conventions.

	names = {
		name = "TRADE_COMPANY_WEST_AFRICA_Root_Culture_GetName"
	}

Localisations

Localisation is handled in the same way as any other localisation string. For example:

 trade_company_west_africa:0 "West Africa Charter"
 TRADE_COMPANY_WEST_AFRICA_Root_GetName:0 "[Root.GetAdjective] West Africa Company"
 TRADE_COMPANY_WEST_AFRICA_Africa_Trade_Company:0 "West Africa Trade Company"

In the above examples, [Root.GetAdjective] will find the national adjective of the company's overlord (English, British, French etc.) and use that as the first word in the name.

Modding

Audio

Music • Sound

Guides

Adding a province • Save-game editing