Can I load two mods at once?

Greetings

Is it possible to load two separate, non-conflicting mods at the same time? I very much like to play with the BAT mod for the better UI and immersion from unit skins. Is there a way to load other mods (like scenarios or new civilisations downloaded from here) whilst still using the BAT mod?

Unfortunately, it isn't possible to load two mods at once.

That being said, if you are using BAT and want to use extra civs that you download, the good new is that you can do it one of two ways.

1. If the civs are modular, you can just put them into the BAT Mod 4.1\Assets\Modules folder and you should be good to go.

2. If they are not modular, you'll have to do a little modding work to make them modular. It's really not that hard. There are some tutorials in the modding forums, and you can always ask questions there too.

Note that anything that is made for WOC will not work with BAT, and requires extensive work to make it work. It's not worth the effort. Not that there is anything bad about WOC mods, it's just that it's so much work for so little gain...

#The7Sins:

You're talking about merging mods, not loading mods separately from each other, thus loading two or more. That's what I believe the OP was talking about. Loading more than one mod, not merging them together to load them all at once.

Lemon Merchant said:

#The7Sins:

You're talking about merging mods, not loading mods separately from each other, thus loading two or more. That's what I believe the OP was talking about. Loading more than one mod, not merging them together to load them all at once.

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Sorry I misunderstood the question.

@ lemon
Isnt it possible to install bat in CustomAssets or is it only bug?
And some of the civilizations in the download database is actually modular, so if put in Modules folder in the Assets of bat, wouldnt they load just fine or did bat turn off modular loading?
Still technically a merge, but a very easy one

I think the issue with BAT is the DDL. I'm sure it could be done somehow manually, but I could not get it to work myself some years ago. Would be nice though, but not really a big deal

BUG has a custom asset option on install. BULL is manual copied into custom assets, but you do have to switch the DDL manually each time. (However, I use .bat executables to switch it in a click)

vincentz said:

@ lemon
Isnt it possible to install bat in CustomAssets or is it only bug?
And some of the civilizations in the download database is actually modular, so if put in Modules folder in the Assets of bat, wouldnt they load just fine or did bat turn off modular loading?
Still technically a merge, but a very easy one

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BAT installs in Mods\...\Assets. I think you're thinking of BUG, which can install in Custom Assets. IIRC, as long as no files are the same as BUG's, you can load another mod on top of it. That's if I remember my theory from BUG class.

You're right about the modular civs. You can just add them without issue, as I mentioned in post #2, but if they aren't modular, you have to fiddle around with them a little to make them modular.

And the reason that BAT won't load with anything else is the custom DLL. BAT is also set to ignore Custom Assets so it doesn't interfere with a standard BUG/BULL installation. Modular loading is turned on, IIRC, though I'm not home to check right now.