A program for parsing Hearts of Iron 4 game files (only text files for now).

Save game files must be in text format.

This can be changed in the settings.txt file located in your Hearts of Iron IV folder (%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\ by default). In settings.txt change save_as_binary=yes to save_as_binary=no.

-file <path|name>        path to a .hoi4 file - (if -hoi4_folder is specified or the hearts of iron 4 folder is
                         in the default location only a file name can be used)

-json                    saves the .hoi4 as a .json file
-json_limit <limit>      only saves <limit> amount of values in objects
                         (use this if you want to open files in an editor without breaking it)
-hoi4_folder <path>      path to the hearts of iron IV folder that has save games 
                         (%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV by default)
-help                    prints command options
-debug                   prints more info about the program

This will save the .hoi4 as GAME.json

java -jar HOI4Parser.jar -file GAME.hoi4 -json

or

java -jar HOI4Parser.jar -file C:/path/to/GAME.hoi4 -json

This will only save 100 values in JSON objects

java -jar HOI4Parser.jar -file GAME.hoi4 -json -json_limit 100

If your game doesn't use the default %USERPROFILE\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\ folder you can use -folder to specify a correct folder. This will look for a GAME.hoi4 file in G:\Hearts of Iron IV\save games\

java -jar HOI4Parser.jar -file GAME.hoi4 -json -folder G:\Hearts of Iron IV