[Vanilla] Mod to get rid of cartoonish look

[ThunderLizard2]

Beside the AI, the other issue holding me back with Civ VI is the cartoon looking graphics. Is there a mod to change the look of the game to something closer to Civ V or Civ IV?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

There is! It was actually made by a dev. I don't recall the name of it, but I'm sure someone will be along that can.

 

[Kwami]

Well, kind of. It doesn't change the leaders, units, wonders, etc. It just changes the map, really.

But, honestly, the graphics in VI and way better than the graphics in V.

 

[bbbt]

It's something like 'civ 5 environmental skin' iirc. But it's literally the top Civ 6 mod of all time, if you just search by all time popular.

 

[ThunderLizard2]

It's something like 'civ 5 environmental skin' iirc. But it's literally the top Civ 6 mod of all time, if you just search by all time popular.

Great - I'll take a look. Really can't stomach the cartoon style so glad there's a good mod for it.

 

[iammaxhailme]

Great - I'll take a look. Really can't stomach the cartoon style so glad there's a good mod for it.

It doesn't help with the leaders, but it really improves the map IMO. I won't play without it. And the map needed improvement a lot more than the leaders anyway

 

[Ownsya]

Since the environment skin won't change the graphics of units, if how they look still bothers you, I'd combine it with R.E.D modpack 2 which only changes the appearance of units. It rescales the size so they're smaller, not giants walking across the terrain, and increases the number of models. I believe it also affects how their formation looks, referring to the the formation of the models making up a single unit. It's a nice mod, check it out: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/r-e-d-modpack.607017/

 

[Deliverator]

It's something like 'civ 5 environmental skin' iirc. But it's literally the top Civ 6 mod of all time, if you just search by all time popular.

The Civ V Environment Skin might be "most popular" of all time but it is only the 16th most subscribed. The Steam Workshop "Popularity" metric seems far more driven by visits to the mod's page than people actually subscribing. I'm not sure that is true popularity really. Not too take anything away from it - it's a great mod. I only wish that the original assets were made available for modders to follow and adapt the work.