MODS compatible with Vox Populi (VP)

Mods compatible with the Vox Populi (VP)

This thread is meant to track compatibility of mods you might want to try in combination with the standard Vox Populi (VP) (ex Community Balance Patch). The mods are divided into following categories, each category is in its own post:

• Compatible "out of the box"
• Incorporated into VP
• Compatible after tweaking some files / need special VP version
• Not compatible

Important notice:

1. VP is still under development, which means the compatibility might change in time. If you find a mod in a wrong category, please write a comment and I will update the list.
2. Mods in CiV are strange beasts. Sometimes a mod seems to be incompatible for 1 player, but works fine for another (usually clearing the Cache and ModUserData folders helps, sometimes not).
3. If you intend to use only the Community Patch component (CP) (= the core which improves AI and fixes bugs - no balance/rules changes), most mods should not conflict, however you cannot use CP together with any other mod using DLL

Therefore please do not take this list for 100% guaranteed.


Please contribute / help to update this list:

If you have tested a new mod with VP, please write a new comment (preferrable) or PM me (also fine, but I might overlook it) and include the mod name, state if it was or was not compatible and a download link will be nice too. I will update the list accordingly. If the mod is only partially compatible and some files need to be edited in order to make it work, please include instructions in your post or start a new thread and I will link it from here.

 

Compatible "out of the box"

The mods below should be compatible with the standard VP setup right away. In addition to the mods below the vast majority of WHoward's Pick'N'Mix Mods should be compatible too unless the mod is already incorporated in VP or conflicts with something in it (which is very rare) - I list the incorporated ones and incompatible ones in the following posts above.


Sets/packages of multiple MOD groups from same author with their own thread / website:

• Majority of WHoward's Pick'N'Mix Mods - unless listed in the list of incompatible or incorporated mods
• Majority of JFD's (and Janboruta's) Civilisations - more details about each civ's compatibility in the JFD's Custom Civs CPP discussion thread

List of separate MODs:

• Archaeology Aesthetic Adjustments - Changes graphics of the hidden archeological ruins (only aesthetic)
• Calypso's Colored Religious Icons (Basic) - Colors religious icons
• Calypso's Colored Religious Icons (Extended) - Colors religious icons + adds new religions
• City Limits - Shows workable tiles around cities, overlapping cities, etc. - Not exactly this mod, but the same functionality is already included in VP
• City-States Evolved - Lets the city states to build a few more cities, etc.
  
• Civ Names by Policies
• Civilization Appropriate Great General and Admiral - Assigns general / admiral names to correct civs
  
• Contextual Unit Names III - Enemy Reconnaissance - Renames units based on era and birth city; customizable
  
• Contextual Unit Names - UI (Add-On) - Changes the unit panel for the better when using the above mod
  
• Cultural Diversity
• Culturally Linked Start Locations
• Extra Victory Conditions - Adds Economic and Religious victory
• Events & Decisions
• Faster Plot Expansion - your teritorry will expand by 1/3 faster
• Fortress borders - This mod adds cultural borders to fortresses expanded one tile away
• Global Warming - Adds several global warming effects and random events once you reach the industrial era
• Great Prophet Historical Names
• Hex and conquer - Units can capture enemy tiles
• Hex Conquer and Release - you can conquer map tiles with your units
• Historical Religions Complete - Assigns real world religions to civs
• Horem's New Resources(HNR) Lite for VP - Units require produced resources + adds new bonus / luxury resources
• Improved Air Recon - Reveals an area within 3 tiles of the sweep (this version updates the in-game descriptions)
• Improvements in Water Tiles - Changes yields of water tiles and lets you build improvements on them (!!! not be balanced with VP !!!)
• Info Addict - Adds statistics and graphs about pretty much anything in the game (it breaks reloading from within the game in most cases, loading from the main menu works fine)
• Ingame Editor (IGE) - Lets you add / edit / delete units, cities, terrain features, etc. in game
• JFD's (and Janboruta's) Civilisations - Most of them should work, some might not be perfectly balanced for VP though - please refer to the JFD's Custom Civs CPP discussion thread
• JFDLC / Rise to Power - a big package adding new features and game mechanics containing several originally separate components (Rise to Power + Cities in Development + Exploration Continued Expanded). May not be balanced, but should be technically compatible with VP (the compatibility / balance may change from time to time as both VP and JFDLC are still being developed)
• Landmines for BNW - Lets some modern units build landmines
• Longer City/Unit/Religion Names - What the title suggests
  
• Madoka Magica - Anime conversion
• Main Menu BG+ - Adds new backgrounds to the game main menu (installs as faux DLC)
  
• Mechanized Infantry with soldiers, Resized - Changes graphics of Mech Infantry - mixes APCs with soldiers
• Music Changer - You can skip to the next song
• National Wonder Collection - Adds new national wonders (they require certain buildings to be built in all cities - not dependent on population as VP national wonders)
• Neolithic Wonders - Adds 4 wonders to the beginning of the game - technically compatible, but probably not balanced nor adjusted to the Vox Populi new game mechanics
  
• No XP Cap from Barbarians
• Promotions - Expansion Pack - adds many new promotions
• Quick Turns - Turns unit animations off during the AI turns and back on during human's turn
• Really Advanced Setup - More options to customize your game including disabling civs
• Religion - Recurring Purchase Notify - Essential mod; should be incorporated into VP. Notifies whenever you reach the threshold for purchasing something, not just the cheapest thing.
  
• R.E.D. Modpack - Changes unit models depending on their nationality, scales them down and adds now formations (there are more variants of the mod, e.g. no scaling down, extreme scaling, etc.)
  
• Reforestation - Lets you plant forests after discovery of Fertilizer. Recommended (but not necessary) tweaks here.
• RemoveBanLuxury mod - Removes the ban luxury proposals from the world congress
• Renewable Energy - Adjusts requirements for Solar plants
• Reseed! - Lets you preview the map and either regenerate or play
• Show XP in Military Overview 2.1 - Shows experience and given unit names in the military overview
  
• Strategic Buildings Pack - Adds new buildings with iron and horses requirements to the later era (!!! some buildings add happiness, probably not balanced with VP hapiness system !!!)
• Surkritact's Civ VI Style City Names - Semi-randomizes your city names so your second city is not always the same. Great if you play the same Civ a lot.
  
• Sukritact's Enhanced Modding Screen - An improved mods activation screen (installs as a DLC)
  
• Sukritact's Main Menu - Improves the game main menu
  
• Symbolic Ideology Tenets - Adds background art to ideaology tenets (it leaves the new ones added by VP blank though, but this does not affect gameplay)
• Terrain Names Corrected - Changes names of some terrain types
• Terrain - Poor Tiles Tweak - Increases base yields of "bad" tiles, such as snow and lets you build improvements on some (!!! may not be balanced well with VP !!!)
• Terrain - Terrace Farm Extension - Makes this improvement available to all civs
• Terrain Texture Enhancement 2k - Improves the look of the terrain (please note it consumes extra memory)
• UI - EditUnitNames - Right-click any of your units any time to rename it - Not compatible with EUI, which also adds this function
• UI - Upgrade Tree - Shows the unit upgrade tree (linked is the @akamal's version, which works also with EUI)
  
• Unit Path Viewer - Displays the path of the selected unit if it is moving to a distant destination. Some people say @whoward69's UI - Destination uses less lua and is more light-weight.
• Units - Subs Ignore Borders - Submarines can enter rival territory. Compatible with VP, but if you use Enhanced Naval Warfare or some other mod adding new submarines, you need to adjust this mod for the new units as described here
  
• Units Wake When Upgradable - What the title suggests
• VP Happiness - Shows how the local happiness changed in your cities in notifications
• Wonder Race - Gives you a notification if you are winning / losing when competing with an AI for a wonder
• Yet (not) Another Earth Map Pack (YnAEMP) - Is compatible now, but do not apply setup options related to the resource distribution - please refer to the correct setup thread. (It also includes a link to download the latest "unofficial" update of YnAEMP)

 

Incorporated into VP

These mods are part of VP - you do not need to download them separately. Actually you should not, as they might cause the game to crash. If you do have a stand-alone version of any of these mods, I recommend to remove it from your MODs folder and unsubscribe if you added it on Steam Workshop) as it might conflict with its VP version counterpart even if it is not activated.

Important: the links are included only to provide more information about the mods if you are not familiar with them, you are not supposed to use the links to download the mods - they are already incorporated in VP

• AI - Secondary Workers And Settlers - Enables the AI to use combat units as workers and opportunistic settlers
• AI - Warmonger Adjustments - Adjustments to the warmonger threat received from capturing cities
• Artificial Unintelligence - Parts of this mod incorporated into VP - do not install it as a stand-alone, as it includes DLL!
• City-State Diplomacy Mod - see the VP installation page for more details
• Civ 4 Diplomacy Features - see the VP installation page for more details
• Communitas map - popular map script - now slightly tweaked for VP. Unsubscribe from the original version on Steam - otherwise you won't be able to tell which is the original and which is the VP version
• DLL - Various Mod Components
• Dynamic Culture Overview - Improves the culture works screen
• Enhanced User Interface (EUI) - Optional, choose the desired setup in the VP autoinstaller
• Faster Aircraft Animations - Increases the aircraft animations 3x
  
• Global - Air Routes - Connects cities with airports
  
• Global - Archaeologist Dig Sites - Highlights dig sites when an Archaeologist is selected
• Global - City Bombard Range - The city range attack scales with tech
• Global - City Forest Bonus - Cities founded on a forest gain an initial production boost
• Global - City States No Allied Skirmishes - City States at war with each other but allied to the same major will declare peace
• Global - Counter Religion - Shrine and Temple counter the spread of hostile religions into the city.
• Global - CS Liberate After Buyout - City States can be liberated from marriage or buy-out
• Global - CS Raze Rarely - City States are less inclined to raze captured cities
• Global - Naval Nearest Water - Naval units in razed cities jump to the nearest water
• Global - No Followup From Cities - Units do not advance out of cities after defeating a beseiging unit
• Global - No More Civilian Traffic Jams (NMCTJ) - Civilian units can stack and can pass through military units (unless at war)
• Global - No Radaring Exploit - CP is removing this exploit, no need for this mod
  
• Global - Passable Forts - Let's your ships enter coastal forts and citadels
• Global - Remove Ghost Routes - Workers can remove roads of dead civilizations
• Global - Spice Islands - Indonesia's bonus luxuries appear around the city
• Global - Truly Free Great People - Great People from policies, traits, buildings, etc, do NOT increase the cost of earned GPs
• Global - Venice Keeps Resources - City States acquired by Venice do not lose their unique resources
• Missiles No Supply - Missiles do not count towards supply cost
  
• Promotions - Terrain Crossing - Various promotions related to crossing hostile terrains
  
• Smart AI - Parts of it incorporated into CP, includes DLL => not compatible
• Separate Great People Counters - The Great Person counters are independent for each type (= when you produce a Great Merchant, it will not increase the cost of your next Great Scientist)
• UI - No Auto-Embark Workers - Stops automated workers from embarking
• UI - Promotion Tree - Shows the unit promotion tree (altered and maintained for VP by @civplayer33 - compatible with @Asterix Rage 's new beautiful promotion icons
  
• UI - Trade Routes Enhancements - Various enhancements to the trade screen. The recall function does not work.
  
• VP Promo Icons - New beautiful colorful promotion icons for Vox Populi. NEW: This mod now works with the Promotion Flags (EUI) = the redesigned promo icons are displayed above the units in the map.
  
• Workable mountains - Not exactly this mod, but the same functionality is already included in VP

 

Compatible after tweaking some files / need special VP version

Following mods work only partially with VP or only after altering some files either within VP or within the said mod - see the mod descriptions.

• Barbarians Evolved - Barbarian camps will eventually grow into cities + Barbarian units are able to capture cities. Read the instructions carefully to configure the mod for VP
• Barbarian Inmersion Enhancements - Adds more features and flavors for Barbarians - Follow this post to make it work with VP
• Building Upgrade System - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Classical Building Pack - Adds several buildings to Clasical era - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Cultural Capitals - Allowing a player to choose from different bonuses / Themes with city. Download the VP compatible version of Cultural Capitals
• Emigration - Citizens migrate between cities and civs based on the quality of life - download the busted_bunny's version
• Enlightenment Era - Adds an extra era with new units, buildings and techs. You need to install the @Infixo's version (it is linked through the mod name)
• Exploration Continued - Use Exploration Continued Expanded, the special version for VP, instead
• Ethnic Units (v31) - Changes appearance (only) of most units based on their Civ - Follow the instructions how to play VP with Ethnic Units or face a crash to desktop in WWI era
• Flag Promotions - Adds little icons of promotions above every unit, so that you do not need to click on units to find out. Please use the special VP version: Promotion Flags EUI for VP
• Global - Capture Great People - The original is compatible as is, but this version adds VP Great Diplomats and Prophets to the mix
  
• Global - Espionage Mapping - the spies stationed in rival cities slowly uncover the surrounding tiles - this tweak is needed to make it work properly with VP
  
• Health & Plague mod - !!! Not compatible with EUI !!! - Follow the VP install thread
• Improvement - Airbases - use this version updated by @Infixo
• Industrial Building Pack - Adds several new buildings in Industrial era - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• LUAJIT - Increases the game performance - Follow the VP install thread - It seems that some people have had problems with this mod recently, I personally have not experienced any problems ever
• More Luxuries - make sure to enable the More Luxuries Compatibility Mod - which is part of VP
• Piety & Prestige - Adds state religion, new events & decisions - See JDF's instructions about how to make this mod work with VP ; Important: This mod has become incompatible a couple of times, as both P&P and VP are still under development, so incompatibilities may arise from to time ; it is impossible to keep track of the current situation, so I recommend to check forums for both and see if other people are reporting problems with the current versions or not
• Redesigned Colors and Icons (RCI) - needs this workaround + does not work if used in a ModPack
• Ships no city capture - Works, but not for newly added units such as Corvette - probably fixable by adding the Corvette into the SQLs giving the no-city-capture promotion to ships in this mod
• Terrain - Brazilwood Camp Extension - Makes this improvement available to all civs - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Terrain - Chateau Extension - Makes this improvement available to all civs - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Terrain - Kasbah Extension - Makes this improvement available to all civs - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Terrain - Moai Extension - Makes this improvement available to all civs - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Terrain - Polder Extension - Makes this improvement available to all civs - check this thread for for better balance with VP
• Trade Opportunities for VP - Makes the trade screens easier to navigate and much more
  
• UI - Filters in Trade Route Overview - Adds new filters and functins to the trade route overview. Use @civplayer33 's version
• UI - Improved City View - Stopped working, you need to use this fix: https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...x-populi-with-eui.627067/page-8#post-15405534

 

Mods NOT compatible with VP

Important: In addition to the mods listed below, any mod which contains DLL will not work with CP/VP.

• Aggressive and Expansive AI - Makes AI civs more aggressive, expansionistic and coveting your lands
• Artificial Unintelligence Lite - includes DLL ; moreover VP does its own AI changes
• Barbarians - Unlimited Exp - Removes the cap for experience gained from fighting barbarians. Use this workaround instead.
  
• Barbarian Lands - Gone from the Steam workshop - probably not developed anymore???
• City Banner Plus (v1) - Additional info in the city banners
• City Limits - shows city border limits when in the city screen. Does not work with VP
  
• Civ IV Leader Traits in Civ V - Does not crash the game, but conflicts badly with VP changes
• The Cree civilization from Colonialist Legacies - The UU, UA, UB are broken with VP
• Communitas Expansion Pack - This overhaul would surely conflict
• Contextual Unit Names - Units are automatically given names based on their typ, origin, etc. - This is not compatible with EUI
• Cultural Diffusion - The tiles can change ownership based on cultural pressure + units can capture tiles (optional) - This mod seems to work, but its effects (gained territory, etc.) are lost once you reload the game
• Future Worlds - extends the Information Era by adding near-future technologies, improvements, buildings and units - these instructions to make it work with VP do NOT work anymore - maybe someone will update the mod and the instructions?
• Global - City States Gifts - City States give gifts related to their type (cultural, maritime, mercantile, etc) ; not compatible with VP as both include CityStateDiploPopup.lua, CityStateDiploPopup.xml, CityStateGreetingPopup.lua and CityStateGreetingPopup.xml
• Global - CS Raze Rarely
• Horem's Art Resource's - See the Lite version for VP instead
• Hulfgar's Modpacks - Adding / changing units, focusing on WWII era
• Light Touch mod - Reported as buggy
• Maps - Rotate starting positions - Let's you switch between the starting positions - it stopped working with the 6/22 version (when the new FOW rules applied). When you switch the starting location, you will meet the AI leader who had been assigned to it originally (otherwise it works)
• More Pantheons - Addon - It does not crash the game, but its effects merge in an imbalanced / strange way with VP effects, therefore not recommended
• Ominbus Mod - New buildings, units and resources
• Pontoon Bridge - Lets you build bridges over 1-tile gaps between land masses - These instructions to make it compatible with VP used to work, but they do not seem to anymore - this results in CTD
• Promotions - Ancient Ruins Choice - Gives the unique Shoshone promotion to all scouts - they can now choose the reward they get from ruins. Stopped being compatible - strange behavior, giving strange promotions to scouts, etc.
  
• Promotions - Crossovers - ranged to melee promotions, etc.
• Quiet Diplomacy - Some of the "meaningless" messages from AI civs are displayed as notifications instead of showing up the leader screens
• Resources Expanded (v6)
• Resources for cold Regions (Nord.Res Mod) - beta - Adds more resources to the cold regions
• Scaling Great Merchant - Improves Great Merchants to make them comparable in value to Great Scientists and Great Engineers! This mod is compatible with most other mods ; This mod crashes the game with VP
• Separate Great People Counters (BNW) - What the title says ; this mod crashes the game with VP
• Smart AI - Parts of it are already incorporated moreover, you cannot have 2 DLL mods active at the same time.
• Toft's flag and religion icons - Adds country flags and religion flags to city banners
• Trading Posts Grow into Towns - Trading posts grow into towns after some period of being worked (may not be perfectly balanced with VP)
• UI - City Expansion - Not compatible with the EUI version of VP
• UI - Military Log - Not compatible
• UI - Tech Enhancement Icons - Breaks spying in VP
• Useful Oil Mod (v 10) - Adds new wonder, 5 new buildings and makes all mobile units require oil. It may be technically compatible, but definitely not balanced with VP.
• YnAEMP DLL 43 civs - YnAEMP Earth map with 43 civs
• YnAEMP DLL Leader fix for BNW

 

Are you playing CBP in combination with a mod not listed below? Did you try a mod in combination with CBP and it caused a crash or some strange glitches?

Then please leave a comment (preferrable) or PM me (I might overlook it) and I will add the mod to the lists below.

Please include the mod name, state if it was or was not compatible and a download link will be nice too.

 

JFD's custom civs pack 1 and 2 should be fully Compatible now unless I misunderstood him.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=474393 If a link is needed

 

Thanks. Yeah, if I remember correctly, that's what JFD said in another thread. I just hope all of the civs in the pack are compatible, so that we do not have to list them one by one

They look very nice, I will try some of them next time I play.

 

There were some things that were more or less optimal for the CPP style of play. All I did was report issues I could see in the civpedia. There are probably other things that needs ironing out, but the only way to find them is to have people try them out.

In other words they should work, but I'm not 100% sure that everything is balanced perfectly.

 

And JFD's cultural diversity.
But can you group all of whoward's mod into one group?
just some simple formatting because many of his mods are quite similar in nature and they all are compatible for sure. No need to state the obvious. In fact I think we should remove Whoward's minimod from the list and instead put a link to direct to his website which is already very neat and well-organized already.

It is the "big" and popular mod that should be on the list, like JFD's civilization, his Cultural diversity, InfoAddict, RED Mod pack, YnAEMP...etcetc

 

And you missed out Civ 4 Diplomacy Features in the mods that are incorporated in CBP

 

From whowards no more civilian trafic jams is amazing.

 

and already incorporated

 

You have a good point, the Whoward's mini-mods in the compatible list occupy too much of it and are distracting from the "big" mods. However:

1. Gazebo is incorporating more and more of the mini-mods to CBP. Usualy when you manually add one of these mini-mods which is already part of CBP, the game will crash upon setup
   
2. A few mini-mods became incompatible because of the changes in the promotion systems and units. E.g. the anti-aircraft guns get only anti-air promotions mini-mod or the mini-mod which changes the paratroopers

So I think we should be tracking them somehow. Maybe remove them from the compatible list and keep only the ones in the non-compatible and incorporated in CPB lists? And link Whoward's page from the compatible list with a note "Most of these probably work if you cannot find them in the incompatible list ..."

 

Hello,

Thank you for your list, it's really helpful.

I see you state ethnic unit in there as compatible (with tweak) so I'm wondering will R.E.D work as well since the two (I assume) alter same area?

 

Reseed - Mod that let's you see the whole map and restart the map if you don't like it (can crash after restart, but it still saves the map in _reseed file so you can load from it after).

 

Hi,

You are welcome.

The 2 mods use the same graphic models for some units + R.E.D. tweaks formations and size of units which should be fine. The problem with the Ethnic Units mod was that it renamed the identifier of the Great War infantry (only!) so the game crashed when it tried to apply the new model on the renamed unit - meaning everything seemed fine until somebody reached the Modern era.

I have not tried R.E.D. with CBP yet. I hope someone who has will report soon. If you try it out, please let me know the result and I will include it in the list. The thing is you can be sure for 100% only after you play the whole game (unless the game crashes right in the beginning - then we know it is not compatible ).

 

UPDATE: Ok, I found out in another thread that someone reported R.E.D. was compatible, so I included it in the compatible mods list.

 

Thank you Vyyt, I tried to run a quick one with RED v 28 also, seem to work fine past modern era

 

Great! So we have it double-confirmed now, thanks for the report.