Help:Reading the game files

Many wizards working on the wiki will simply load up the game to gather information. But if your computer is the kind to take 15 minutes to load up Hearts of Iron IV, let alone modded HOI4, you may want to use the game files instead. If you are the kind of person to open up the files and exlaim... ...this is the guide for you. Here, we'll go through the mod's file system and explain how to interpret and use each type of file. It is recommended that you use Notepad++ for text files, as it is considered more user friendly than alternatives, though pre-installed text editors can be used as well.

This'll be a long lesson, so have your keyboard and mouse at the ready apprentice, and let us begin!

Finding the right file
Equestria at War's files can be found in one of two places, depending on how it was installed. If it was downloaded from the Steam Workshop, it can be found at, whereas if it was added manually, it can instead be found at.

Now you've found the mod files, but how do you find the file you want? And what do these folders mean anyway? Well, each folder is for a different category of file:
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