Is there a mod that fixes the message-system or adds macros (but is ironman-comp)?

[Chep]

Hello,

while I enjoy the game, there are some aspects that are really annoying, mostly because they could so easily be so much better.

Are there any mods that are ironman/achievement-compatible but improve the game in the following ways:

- add macros for example for demesne-buildings, more filters for prisoners, etc

- fixes to the message system (no longer getting messages you unsubscribed to, ideally inverting the order, so new ones dont pop up on top of old ones), I fear that real improvements (like actually being able to select who you care about instead of having 2/3 mostly useless categories) are beyond the possibilities of a mod, but one can dream, right?

Cheers.

Hope this is the right place if not, please be so kind as to move it to where it belongs, dear mods.


edit: here is another example for the message system completely ignoring my wishes

Spoiler

 

[prismaticmarcus]

the message settings have been fixed in the last patch or two

 

[Chep]

yeah I'm gonna have to disagree on that one. I am still getting quite a few messages that ignore my settings. And since you still can't choose if you want new messages on top of old ones or the other way around still forces you into a turnbased-playstyle (or means ignoring the messages alltogether), and I highly doubt that paradox will change their mind about this (even though I still dont get the reason behind it), so I am afraid I am still looking for a mod that overhauls, improves and fixes that aspect of the game.

(I find it really sad that there is no distinction between "me and maybe my heir" and "my 13th bastard child", making some of the settings unnecessary spammy, but then that is something that probably won't be improved upon until CK3)

edit: for example here one of the useless messages I get despite doing my best to NOT get them:

Spoiler

(neither the chief nor the seeress is in any way related to me)

 

[prismaticmarcus]

it makes sense to me that the newest message appears on top. you want the latest news first, not the oldest news which you probably glanced at at the time anyway

 

[Chep]

well, it means that unless you pause the game you will often click away messages unread because they often just pop up right when I try to click away the one I just read. It makes the game either so I have to play it in a turn-based style (pause, read messages, unpause....pause again, read again) or just set my message settings so that I basically dont get any (this was the recommendation I got the most often around here). neither really seem useful to me.
(this is especially annoying with all those spammy useless messages thrown in with the important ones due to the way you can't filter between messages for you and ones for your children for example)

But I mean, where's the harm in actually letting the player decide which of the 2 options they want?

added a 2nd example of the messages ignoring the settings in the OP

 

[prismaticmarcus]

oh, actually this is not what i was talking about. what was fixed in a patch was a bug where your message settings wouldn't persist from one session to the next. i actually haven't seen 'messages ignore my settings.' maybe you should file a bug report...

 

[Chep]

I posted there a couple of weeks ago, 0 reaction. that's kinda why I wanted a mod to solve this (and hopefully much much more as most of my issues aren't due to bugs but poor design)

 

[prismaticmarcus]

I posted there a couple of weeks ago, 0 reaction. that's kinda why I wanted a mod to solve this (and hopefully much much more as most of my issues aren't due to bugs but poor design)

they don't react there unless they need more info. don't worry, they look at them. i don't know anything about modding, sorry