Gazio's Paradox Extension

A Visual Studio Code extension that adds interactive color picker support for Paradox Interactive game files (Hearts of Iron IV, Europa Universalis IV, Crusader Kings III, Stellaris, etc.).

Features

• Multiple Color Format Support:

  • rgb { 72 148 53 } - Standard RGB format
  • RGB { 255 0 0 } - Uppercase RGB
  • hsv { 120 0.50 0.75 } - HSV format with automatic conversion
  • color = { 128 128 128 } - Direct color assignment

• Interactive Color Picker: Click on any color square to open VS Code's native color picker

• Format Preservation: When you change a color, it maintains the original format (RGB stays RGB, HSV stays HSV)

• Works with paradox-highlight: Fully compatible with the paradox-highlight syntax extension

Supported File Types

• .txt - General Paradox script files

Usage

1. Install both this extension and paradox-highlight
2. Open any Paradox game file
3. Color squares will appear next to color definitions
4. Click on a color square to open the color picker
5. Select a new color - it will automatically update in the correct format

Examples

The extension recognizes patterns like:

# Country colors
color = rgb { 72 148 53 }
color_ui = RGB { 72 148 53 }

# HSV format (common in map modes)
color = hsv { 120 0.65 0.58 }

# Hex format
color = hex { 0x4894D5 }

# Direct assignment
selection_color = { 255 255 0 }

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code 1.74.0 or higher
• paradox-highlight extension (recommended)

Game Compatibility

Tested with files from:

• Hearts of Iron IV
• Europa Universalis IV
• Crusader Kings III
• Stellaris
• Victoria 3
• Imperator: Rome

License

MIT