Question About Mods

[dag231]

So... coming back after a 2 year or so absence from the insanely addictive nature of Paradox games. Have some time to kill for the next few months, so installed Doomsday and Armageddon (sadly, lost all my old files and notes in a post-gaming purge) and the 1.2 patch.

What else would I need to install to make the gaming experience a good one?

Specifically looking for suggestions as to what mods (there are a ton of them, and all seem to have their own benefits) I should include to make the game look better and, more importantly, play smarter. Is DAIM better than CORE? Or should I skip both and get Mod 33 or Mod 34? Can I pop the CDCP on top of any of the others?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Hagar]

Comparing mods is somewhat difficult, as all of them differ one way or the other. CORE focuses on a more historical game, whilst supporting ahistorical plausible options as well. A completely revised and upgraded tech tree, model setup, negative resource production (i.e. civilian spoilage), etc etc. The AI currently is somewhat better than the standard Vanilla AI, which is worked upon in 0.4.0 (currently in Beta test). We do fully support moddir, so you can install it into a Vanilla setup without ruining the original game. Due to the massive changes it's not compatible by mods like DAIM, unfortunately. CORE comes as a basic installer, with the bulk of the graphics coming in a separate graphics pack (to keep the basic installer as small as possible).

I would suggest trying the major mods (TRP, DAIM, Compendium, Mod33, Mod34, amongst others) as well as CORE. It all depends on taste, really. And there are some nice smaller mods around, like Confederate Armageddon or Fallout to name but a few.

 

[CSABadass]

Can I pop the CDCP on top of any of the others?

Thanks in advance.

You should install CDCP before anything else. Depending on the mods you install after, you may or may not benefit from its fixes.

 

[CSABadass]

And there are some nice smaller mods around, like Confederate Armageddon

Smaller? Well, as they say, it's not the size of the wave...


(Seriously, thank you for the shout-out!)

 

[Lothos]

TRP ofcourse, largest and most downloaded mod.