Hey all,
As someone who is only now picking up Empire Total War now in 2021, I very much looked forward to trying out the mods. But I knew that picking up a game now over 10 years old and with mods that in some cases stopped being updated over 5 years ago might be an issue.
Thankfully, there are quite a few mature overhaul mods (Darthmod,Imperial Splendour, Imperial Destroyer, Empire Realism, etc.) for complete reworks of the game, with download links preserved here on TWC and modDB.
Yet, I've surprisingly found myself enjoying ETW more by using a mix of mini mods. Given many of the mini mods were last updated years ago, some as far as 2013, though some were a little more recent and only 3 years old .
I thought I'd post a list of the mini mods that I [KNOW work together (because I am running them) in the here and now. None of the mods I list are mine. I am basically posting this to save someone in the future some legwork in finding mini mods that work together.
I know it took me at least a few hours to scour the forums for mini mods, read what they did, and by trial and error (download, run the game, play turns, play battles, change settings to see if it caused issues, and methodically see what caused CTD, then rinse and repeat) so I hope this spares
someone some of that!
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mods used - (top is first mod put in, bottom is most recent mod in load order) - date installed
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Shok hates sieges - 6/7/21
Durango's historical portraits - 6/7/21
Durango's menu mod - 6/7/21
Alewyn's weather mod - 6/7/21
Alwyn's simple navy mod + unlock - 6/7/21
Alwyn remove rocket and steam ships - 6/7/21
Alwyn british less predicatable campaign mod - 6/7/21
ultima four seasons - 6/7/21
tuc_music pack - 6/7/21
largerfonts -6/7/21
tuc_removed_gambionades - 6/8/21
Bran_BAI_only - 6/8/21
Bran_ottoman_CAI_ottoman_fix_econ_dev- 6/8/21
Cool_Ranch's No Intro Video - 6/8/21
Bavarian Grenadier's Vanilla Units Enhanced, early units -6/8/21
Bavarian Grenadier's Vanilla Units Enhanced, mid units -6/8/21
Notes:
I installed each mod, ran the game, played some turns. Then added the next.
One.by.one... it was a bit tedious, but it ensured I could accurately say what broke what.
AUM optional graphics mod conflicts with Durango's portrait's mod, sadly.
Durango's loading screen mod caused CTD, no other mods to conflict with it to explain why though
-> I did NOT install any additional Napolean effects (maybe that's why?)
Ultima black label mod overwrites durango's portraits, so you have to pick which you want to have more.
brasel's town wealth and port fix mods conflict with bran's CAI tweaks used for economy CAI
-> I did NOT remove bran's and switched in the wealth mods to confirm the mods worked though
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