Is there a mod that brings back city graphics (houses etc.) for every city regardless of level of development (like in primary release)?

[Shterion]

Hi all,

I'm sure some of you remember how after a couple of releases, Imperator removed city graphics (little houses, temples etc.) for all cities and limited them to more developed cities. I'd like to see a mod that allows us to bring these graphics back for ALL cities, no matter their development level.

Is there such a mod? If there isn't, maybe someone could make one

 

[Dandy_Dandy]

You could try making all settlements into cities inside province ranks inside game/common?

 

[Shterion]

You could try making all settlements into cities inside province ranks inside game/common?

I actually did that. It does show buildings in settlements BUT it also messes up the builder - settlements can only build city buildings and they cannot be actually upgraded to cities because they already "are".

I was just hoping someone with greater modding skills had the idea of doing the same without the mess I make when I do it

 

[Dandy_Dandy]

It would be a bit of an issue, you would have to go into buildings and replace has_city_status = yes with NOT = { has_province_rank = settlement } and likely replace all has_city_status = yes with NOT = { has_province_rank = settlement } in all events, missions, decisions etc to prevent weird bugs.

And modify found_city_button.txt in scripted_guis, maybe province_window.gui in gui as well.