Look for Yard1's rename faction and rename leader's name mod in the steam workshop. Your game must be 1.9+ There's no way for this to work unless it's 1.9.

Right now, the 'rename faction' mod only renames the faction, obviously. So, we must modify the files to change the leader's portrait instead.

1. Find the 'rename faction' mod file in Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\394360\1690642183

2. Click on 'commons'

3. Then click on 'scripted_effects'

4. And open up rename_faction_effects.txt

When you open up the .txt file, you would see this:

1. Change "set_faction_name" to "set_country_leader_portrait = {"

2. Add a line and add "portrait =" and then close the bracket. Your final product should look like this:

WARNING: DO NOT DELETE THE "[CHAR##]", simply shift them down.

Now that you're done with modding, you now must create a bank of portrait for you to use. The reason why you want to do this is because these portrait names are too long.

1. Create a folder in Steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron IV\gfx\leaders




2. Name the folder something really short like "A" or "1" IT MUST BE BELOW 3 LETTERS!




3. find some portraits that you like in the folders and put them in your new folder:




4. Rename the portrait into something short like mine is named "LT.dds":

1. Open up HOI4 and activate 'rename faction name' and 'rename leader name' mods.

2. Click on the rename faction button:

3. Type "gfx/leaders/A/LT.dds"

4. Enjoy!