Policy Making Guide??

[Ascendant_Awesome]

Can someone please make an elaborate policy creation guide, perhaps a video? Thanks.

[bankrot]

have you checked the official modding guide? i think it’s self-explanatory
http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy3/modding.html

what the official modding guide says:

Name, GUIName
The Name is the word or words used to reference this object inetrnally within the game by other objects.
This is never shown in the game. The GUIName is actualyl displayed as the name of the policy to the player
Slider
if set to ‘default’ then the slider for this policy has no specific features. If set to a name, this name is used inside ‘sliders.csv’
to select a bunch of names for the different slider positions, and optionally to ‘clamp’ them to a series of fixed options.
Description
This is displayed on the policy details screen to the player.
Flags
Can be blank, or one of a number of rpesets.
UNCANCELLABLE means the cancel button is greyed out and the policy is always implemented at 0.5 strength unless specified
at a different level. MULTIPLYINCOME means that when determining the amount of income generated by the policy, the various
inputs to the income get multipleid rather than added (see below).
Introduce,Cancel,Raise,Lower
This is the amount of political capital required to introduce this as a new policy, cancel it, and raise or lower the current slider
level once it’s implemented.
Department
Decides which ‘zone’ on the screen the icon for this policy will appear in, which category on the new policies screen it will be listed
under, and also which cabinet minister willl be in charge of the policy, and thus affect the efficiency with which it is implemented.
MinCost, MaxCost
These show the cost of the policy per turn at a levekl of 0 on the slider and at maximum on the slider. This is a fixed value, which then
gets multiplied by a set multiplier for each country (specified within the country file) and then adjusted for ministerial competence to
get an actual cost for this policy (This is then adjusted by the next column…)
Cost Multiplier
A series of inputs, separated by colns, which determine how we get a ‘cost multiplier’ for the policy, which is a value by which the final cost
of the policy is multiplied. Each entry in the list is either default and a set value or it’s an actual effect, as specified here.
Implementation
How many turns it will take for this policy to be fully implemented (or cancelled). This will be adjusted in practice for the competence of
the minister in charge of this policy.
MinIncome,MaxIncome
Same ans MinCost,MaxCost but for income
Income Multiplier
Exactly the same as Cost Multiplier,e xcept the flag MULTIPLYINCOME under flags can convert this to be a value where the inputs are multiplied
together rather than added.
Effects
This special column marks the start of the effects list (one in each cell) for this policy. These are all ‘outputs’ from this policy to other items,
probably voter groups, situations and simulation values/statistics.

what this looks like

#,AlcoholLaw,Alcohol Law,alcohollaw,“There is ample evidence that excessive consumption of alcohol can lead to health problems and
even premature death. However, some people object to the state interfering in an individual’s right to choose what he/she drinks. There is also
the complication that the government can make a lot of money by taxing alcohol.”,UNCANCELLABLE,21,12,13,9,LAWANDORDER,0,0,1,0,0,
#Effects,“Liberal,0.20-(0.40x)","AlcoholConsumption,0.5-(1.0x),4”,“ViolentCrimeRate,0.05-(0.11x)","Young,-0.2(x^2)”,

[akhenaten]

Hopefully he’s all right with me posting it. If not, I can take it down np.

youtube.com/watch?v=SP7LYpKZ3_Y

[SaGeOwL]

I have problems with the format of the file in excel. Practically when i open it the default separator for the columns of that file is a comma, but my system (European) does not recognize him, because I believe that uses the semicolon, and the whole file is all messed up (see screenshot). I tried to set the file in a way that should make it readable but the game crashes… obviously that change the file itself, creating problems. Can I use some other software to view the file correctly? any clues?

[Aegis]

To do a bit self-advertisment, you could try it with my Mod Editor (link in signature)
If it’s not self-explaining enough, feel free to ask me.

It can open the policies mainfile and you can browse it and even edit.

Just be sure to make a backup copy before overwriting any files.

[SaGeOwL]

thanks

[kradulov]

@SaGeOwL

I have problems with the format of the file in excel. Practically when i open it the default separator for the columns of that file is a comma, but my system (European) does not recognize him, because I believe that uses the semicolon, and the whole file is all messed up (see screenshot). I tried to set the file in a way that should make it readable but the game crashes… obviously that change the file itself, creating problems. Can I use some other software to view the file correctly? any clues?

You can fix whether your system uses comma or semicolon for excel functions from the regional settings in control panel (for Windows).
Go to Change date, time, or number format. Additional settings. List separator - choose comma. Done!