Europa Universalis 5 Wiki:Work needed

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Tables needing auto-generation[edit source]

Draft[edit source]

These tables are generated, but they are not finished. Suggestions for the formatting are very welcome

Manually generated tables[edit source]

These tables have been done manually, but it would be useful to autogenerate them, so that they can be updated quicker in the future and to reduce the risk of errors

Priorities[edit source]

  • actually describe how the game actually works and document how this can be verified in detail. Don't spend time writing info manually which can be generated from the game files. Instead document the hardcoded stuff like formulas
  • Disasters
  • Laws
  • go through the Modifier_types#List_of_defined_modifier_types and make sure that the effect of all modifier types which are used in the game, are described somewhere on the wiki and that the name of the modifier redirects to the section where it is described.
  • search the eu4 wiki for things which are still in eu5, but not listed on the eu5 wiki yet. And then add them here to the work needed page. Good places to start would be:
  • Adapt navboxes from other wikis and make sure that all content pages have one. Ideally the navbox or the specific tab in the navbox matches the category of the page
    • eu4:Template:Achievement_navbox or a similar one from another paradox wiki
    • I would say eu4:Template:Mechanics_navbox is good, because it puts all the different types of mechanics in one navbox, but uses tabs so that it doesn't become too big(the first parameter can be used to change which tab is shown per default on a page) -- Grotaclas (talk) 23:06, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
  • Autogenerate country data for use with {{Country}} and country list pages
    • I've made a mockup of a general country list (found here which would involve a separate page for each sub-continent (that could then be linked in the country navbox's headers). It further breaks down into regions where the charts are made on the page. Suggestions are appreciated, and if the process could be automated that would be excellent! I'm not any good creating autogenerators or controlling their output format. BenjiTheKitty (talk) 05:00, 17 December 2025 (UTC) Pages were created and linked already. --BenjiTheKitty (talk) 21:59, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
      • So where is the code which you used to generate those pages? Why did you create them after I already said that I'm working on it? --Grotaclas (talk) 22:05, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
    • {{template|CountryCargo}}(link temporary removed. will be restored in a few days) is almost finished. It would allow querying all the country data with whichever data a list would need. And the formatting can be adjusted as well --Grotaclas (talk) 00:47, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Upload remaining common icons, namely religions, aspects, and schools Tell User:Grotaclas which icons are missing and which category they should have, so that they can be auto-uploaded and auto-updated
  • As people go, adding information around nations they play would be good

Low priority[edit source]

  • add a page for Soundtrack. Maybe in a way so that the list of songs from the DLCs can be transcluded into Downloadable content
  • create Settings similar to eu4:Settings which describes all the ingame settings, the pdx_settings.json and the launch options. Some possible launch options are (most are untested and might not work or not actually launch options):
    • -dx12, -vulkan, -randomrenderer, -renderer= (options are dx12, vulkan, random, null (blank window) and maybe dx11, but dx11 crashes immediately), -debug_mode, -graphic_preset=very_low, -mapeditor (supposedly needs at least 64 GB RAM, better 128 GB), -nofilewatcher, -filewatcher, -nakama (writes an error into the logs), -steam, -language=l_english (other languages seem to work as well), -nographics (starts without a GUI, no idea how to interact with that), -gdpr-compliant, -antiloop (some kind of debugging thing to prevent infinite loops when restarting), -antiloop_multiplier=8, -antiloop_multiplier=2, --gui-validation=game, --gui-validation-settings=gui_validation_settings.json, -write_database_dependency_graph (writes graphs/database_graph.dot), -textureimporter (exits immediately?),-editormode (crash?), -test_mods, -nosounds (disables sounds), -markdown (eu5 does not open a window, but runs in the background), -force_text_save(non-ironman saves are written in plain text, even if -debug_mode is not active), -continuelastsave (load save game specified in continue_game.json), -loadsave=X (load save game from the file X (without file extension)), -rehost_savegame(Created savegame for rehost), -audio_debug_log_level, -playsets, -display_mode, -fullscreen, -windowed, -multi_sampling, -hardware_report, -rendersamples, -rendertest, -editormode, -run_console_action="X" (execute console command X, but gives error message instead. When using only --run_console_action you get a description). Maybe some of the other settings also work as command line options. Test if -- also works instead of -. Find out if it is possible to change mods or playsets with command line options. The command line parameter --command_line_help outputs as list of some of the command line options:
list of command line options  
Usage: eu5.exe [OPTIONS]... [ACTION]
Run the program and have fun!

Optionally, add one or more OPTIONS :

Option                                          Documentation

  --antiloop=<bool>                             Run with antiloop enabled to crash when things take too long for detecting infinite loops
  --antiloop_multiplier=<uint>                  Scale the anti loop timings for slower computers
  --asserts                                     Turn asserts on
  --automated_test                              Runs the game in automated test mode
  --benchmark=<int>                             Run a benchmark
  --benchmark_location_gfx_stop_frames=<int>    Frames that the benchmark will top in each location
  --brute_force_node_test[=<string>]...         Runs a brute force test of the transition graph nodes, one by one, to detect missing dependencies. Add node names as arguments to run the test for specific nodes
  --brute_force_node_test_count=<uint>          Number of times to run every node test
  --capture-wwise-profile=<string>              Path (absolute or relative to userdir) to store Wwise profiler data
  --checksum_always_update                      Enables checksum calculation each game tick even if off normally, such as during single player.
  --debug_animation_time                        Let you ignore pause and time scaling for debugging animations.
  --debug_controller_camera                     Disable mouse edge panning, and enable controller/gamepad camera, for cinematic views.
  --debug_mode                                  If the application was launched with the 'debug_mode' flag.
  --end_after_test                              Shutdown after test
  --event_test_suite                            Executes the scripted test events during the game
  --exclude_dlc=<string>                        Semi-colon separated list of DLCs to disable
  --force_disable_mods_on_crash                 Force-enable the sentinel file that disables mods on crash in start-up even if it would be disabled by default in this mode (e.g. running with debugger)
  --force_marketing                             Show frontend marketing material, ignoring visibility counter.
  --force_serial_tick_tasks                     Force parallel tick tasks to execute serial
  --force_text_save                             Force the savegames to be in text mode
  --fulldumps=<bool>                            Should we generate a full dump when crashing?
  --gdpr-compliant                              Use this flag to indicate consent to EULA, Privacy Policy and any other related legal docs, primarily for use if the game is launched by a launcher that has already displayed them.
  --gfxdebug                                    Enable graphics debug validation.
  --gfxdebug_crash_dumps=<string>               Enable GPU crash dumps.
  --gfxdebug_deviceid=<uint>                    Allows overriding which GPU to use
  --gfxdebug_disable_shader_preload             Disable preloading of shaders.
  --gfxdebug_display_index=<uint>               Allows overriding which display to use
  --gfxdebug_shader                             Enable shader debugging.
  --gfxdebug_upload_buffer_size=<uint>          Allows overriding the size, in MB, of the upload buffer used for resource creation
  --graphic_preset=<string>                     Graphics Quality preset
  --gui-validation=<string>                     Argument values: game, all. No argument defaults to 'game'
  --gui-validation-settings=<string>            Comma-separated ordered list of json files
  --handsoff                                    Run the game in a handsoff mode
  --hardoos                                     Check for out of syncs more frequently
  --hide_marketing                              Hides frontend marketing material, ignoring visibility counter.
  --host_server=<string>                        Host a server
  --ignore_disable_mods_on_crash                Load game with mods enabled even if game crashed before main menu
  --join_server=<string>                        Join a server
  --language=<string>                           Override the language of the game to always be the selected language key, e.g. '-language=l_english'.
  --leavepops                                   Don't modify pop sizes when starting a new game
  --load_daily_save                             Loads the game into a savegame unique for the day
  --loading_screen=<string>                     Forces a loading screen scene
  --logassertcallstack                          Log callstack on asserts
  --log_incorrect_checksums                     Log incorrect DLC checksums
  --log_missing_script_loc                      Log missing trigger and effect localization database entries
  --log-settings=<string>                       Path (absolute or VFS) to custom log settings
  --log_steam_debug_output                      For Steam-SDR, log all Steam Networking Utils debug messages to error log
  --mapeditor=<string>                          Start the Map-Editor. Optional boot configuration can be specified.
  --memory_leak_detector_offset=<uint>          Minimum bytes the consumer should be leaking before a warning is issued. Default is 1MB
  --mod=<string>                                Ordered list of folders with mods to add to playset, if a mod is already present it will be enabled
  --name=<string>                               Mod Name when game is started with --mod_stubber
  --no_dlc                                      Load game without DLCs and mods
  --nopopup                                     Don't popup asserts
  --nsight                                      Compile shaders in a compatible format for Nvidia Nsight.
  --observe                                     Run the game in a observe mode
  --only_log_asserts                            Only log asserts
  --oos_bias=<bool>                             Specify if bias checksum should be enabled and printed for desynchs
  --oos_levies=<bool>                           Specify if levies checksum should be enabled and printed for desynchs
  --oos_modifiers=<bool>                        Specify if modifiers checksum should be enabled and printed for desynchs
  --play=<string>                               Automatically get ingame with specified country
  --randomlog_frames=<uint>                     Number of extra random log frames to keep on top of those of the slowest player
  --random_log_override=<bool>                  Override if random logging should be enabled or disabled
  --randomlog_stack=<uint>                      Number of call stacks to log in random logging
  --rehost_months=<int>                         Host will save after this amount of ingame months. This will be used to rehost in the nightly
  --renderer=<string>                           Override renderer (dx11, dx12, vulkan, random, null)
  --resync_months=<int>                         Host will force a resync after this amount of ingame months.
  --seed=<int>                                  Force a specific seed for generating a new gamestate
  --set_elastic_session_id=<string>             Provide ID for elastic search session
  --skip                                        Skip frontend
  --skip_checksum                               Skip generating checksum
  --soundengine=<string>                        Override soundengine
  --suppress_missing_settings_error             Suppress errors from reading settings file with deprecated categories
  --taskthreads=<int>                           Override the number of task/worker threads that should be created
  --test                                        Run test
  --test_mods=<string>                          Semicolon separated list of mods to enable for the test
  --test_save                                   Makes a save after the test
  --timed_handsoff=<int>                        Run the game in a handsoff mode for a set amount of months
  --track-vfs-overrides=<string>                Report which files override which in Virtual File System (valid arguments: disabled, basic, mods, all)
  --userdir=<string>                            Specify user directory
  --use_workset_in_ticktasks                    Use a workset instead of usual parallel-for in tick tasks
  --validate_gs=<int>                           Validate gamestate constraints every X
  --window_title=<string>                       Set window title


Optionally, execute a specific command line ACTION:

Action                                          Init stage      Documentation

  --image_analyzer                              main            Analyze properties of specified images/directories
  --run_console_action_main                     main            Runs the specified in-game console command, then exits.
  --run_console_action_clausewitz               clausewitz      Runs the specified in-game console command, then exits.
  --run_console_action                          application     Runs the specified in-game console command, then exits.
  --mod_stubber                                 clausewitz      Create a basic mod folder structure and metadata.json file pre-filled with a mod name provided as the last argument (after -mod_stubber)
  --command_line_help                           main            Output all command line arguments and actions



Press any key to exit... (use `--no-console` to skip this wait)

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== References ==
<references/>
----
* Religions are defined in {{path|common/religions|in_game}}
References
  • Religions are defined in /Europa Universalis V/game/in_game/common/religions


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