Can I use BtS and Warlords mods if I don't own them?

[golden_cow2]

For example, will Total Realism work for my old-fashioned, unexpanded copy of Civ, even though it says "(Warlords)" right in the thread title?

This may be a stupid question (in which case beep beep I'm a jeep dur hur), but my experience with computer games and mods is limited.

 

[BobTheTerrible]

Yeah, both expansion packs add a lot of content to the game, so if a mod is made for warlords, you'll need warlords to use it.

 

[Wolfshanze]

You need Warlords for Warlords mods and BtS for BtS mods... though most of the "good" mods are either for, or have migrated to BtS... I don't see much of a need for anyone with only Vanilla Civ4 to purchase Warlords at this time... since BtS is fully-featured, has all the content of Warlords (minus scenarios) and is what 95% of the Civ4 modders make mods for.

 

[sgrig]

You need Warlords for Warlords mods and BtS for BtS mods... though most of the "good" mods are either for, or have migrated to BtS... I don't see much of a need for anyone with only Vanilla Civ4 to purchase Warlords at this time... since BtS is fully-featured, has all the content of Warlords (minus scenarios) and is what 95% of the Civ4 modders make mods for.

That is, unless you are very impatient and want to play some specific mod or scenario which hasn't been converted to BtS yet!