What AoE2:DE Mods do you have installed?

[JoshuaR]

I'm curious what useful mods you all have installed. There are a bunch out there that look similar.

Are some better than others?
Did you create a mod that only a few people are using?
Is there one that everybody has that's NOT good?
Do you admit to trying age of cubes?

Here's what I've got so far...
Title (Author)

Better Small Trees (Chrazini)
-There are a bunch of small trees mods out there. I don't know if this is the best one. Is it? I just know the name says "Better" and Chrazini made it, so it seems like it should be good! I also see Small Trees, Improved Small Trees, Even Smaller Trees, and many others... What do you use? Why?

Zetnus Improved Grid Mod No Snow Version (Zetnus)
-Seems like a normal enough grid. Not so obtrusive as the game default. And hey, if it throws in No Snow, all the better. But is this the best grid mod? Do you prefer another one?

Fish Borders (Tevious7621)
-Only 528 installs, but this type of mod seems pretty helpful if you don't use Cubes. Do you use another one that's tied into some other terrain mod?

Original Sounds(StepS7578)
-This is actually the BEST mod I've installed so far. I had just played a messy game on steppe where after my scout rush, I was going forward with wave after wave of trush villagers thinking I had my guy surrounded... Meanwhile I only realize the opponent is in castle age because of the strange new TC I found... and his conqs started to ravage my farmers before I got everything under control... The moral of this story is that the new DE sounds are way too muted for me. I can't tell when battle alerts happen. I can't hear the arrows swishing. I can't hear the farms expiring. But with the Original [game] Sounds, I can hear again! There are only 465 installs of this one. Is there something wrong with it that I'm missing? Do you actually LIKE the new game sounds?

UU Emblems (Chrazini)
-Only 84 downloads. I missed it because of that. I literally just downloaded it and opened it in single player to test it as I was writing this post since I remembered that TheViper was rocking something like this on his stream the other day. Opened a game with Lithuanians vs Cumans... and realized the emblems would have been easier to interpret in this particular case. 11. Still in general it's probably better, though I'd prefer the civ names just written out to at least four letters: e.g. Cuma, Maya, Azte, Lith, Mali, Mala, and so on.

...because of that I just downloaded:
TextCivEmblems (the6hu8b)
-Displays civ names up to THREE letters. But Malay is MLY, and Mayans are MAY, etc., according to the description. Only 41 downloads, but I'm now a happy customer.

Center Mini-Map
-Also a great voobly feature. Makes it easier for me to not miss the bigger picture. I see a few options but haven't decided which I like best yet.
-Centered Minimap (polskafan7318): 28 downloads. Very simple and improved change.
-middle mini-map and lower score for elders (NeutralFever01): 165 downloads. LOL is this guy making fun of me for being old and just wanting things to be easier to see and more like Voobly? I like that not only does this center the minimap, but instead of the scores hovering ABOVE the minimap, it moves them down to where the minimap WAS (since there is no longer a minimap there to waste space). It does feel WEIRD, but if I can get used to it, it does free up more room.

No More Plants (Sogomn)
-All the useless plants that look like straggler bushes are gone, thank the Lord DauT! (and HeavenlyChorus and wAkKo for telling me about it)

DESIRED:

Useless Plants Remover
-I had installed "[Guaymallen] - Useless Plants Remover" (Guaymallen2276), but it seems to be outdated or not working. Is there another version of this that gets rid of all the bushes that I keep thinking are trees? Or do you use some other terrain mod that smooths out the grass?
FOUND!

Small Walls
-I love this on Voobly. Looking forward to someone adding it on DE.

Original Unit Sprites/Graphics
-There's something about the way the turkeys disappear under my TC... or how I can't tell when an xbow has become an arbalest, or just how PLAIN a knight looks in DE. I really want those flashy and distinct unit graphics from the original game back.

Intriguing:
Resource Bar at Bottom (tcodesian): 13 downloads. The description shows the resource bar RIGHT on top of the interface. I'll be honest... I MIGHT more easily see it down there. But in reality it turns out my brain just can't see it at all.

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Anyway, that's what I've got. What do you think?

 

[filifow]

I'd like to have original cursors, I keep misclicking everything. Maybe it is out there already...

 

[JoshuaR]

I'd like to have original cursors, I keep misclicking everything. Maybe it is out there already...

I do see a few mods regarding cursors. I actually don't notice a difference, but I think under my general settings I chose "small" or something that made it better. I did that back when I had the beta though, so I forget exactly what I changed.

 

[Mouttie]

Memb moded his own UI, cannot wait to see him making a mod for it.

 

[HeavenlyChorus]

DESIRED:

Useless Plants Remover

check out sogomn's No More Plants

 

[HeavenlyChorus]

Besides what u have already metioned above, I use:
No Stumps (by O4py), it removes the stumps after a tree is fully chopped.
Chinese Dragon Totem (by WanMonster), which replaces the original chinese knot emblem and it looks rly cool.

 

[IRC_tomate]

I use only official small trees mod, I dont see the point of using anything else, I might use grid (not the mod) for 1vs1 if they get it improved and if I go in try hard state, didnt check how good is it with the lastest build tho.

Best mods of all time are: dauts face on scout, dauts face on grass, mbls wololo.

 

[JoshuaR]

I use only official small trees mod, I dont see the point of using anything else, I might use grid (not the mod) for 1vs1 if they get it improved and if I go in try hard state, didnt check how good is it with the lastest build tho.

Best mods of all time are: dauts face on scout, dauts face on grass, mbls wololo.

You make a good point. I should probably edit the OP to indicate our need for DauT Scout and grassDauT mods.

 

[wAkKo]

@JoshuaR try “no more plants”. It’s a fixed version.

I was praying for the original sounds, but never saw ir. I’m definitely gonna install it.

 

[JoshuaR]

@JoshuaR try “no more plants”. It’s a fixed version.

I was praying for the original sounds, but never saw ir. I’m definitely gonna install it.

Awesome! That's what I was looking for.

 

[p89]

...because of that I just downloaded:
TextCivEmblems (the6hu8b)
-Displays civ names up to THREE letters. But Malay is MLY, and Mayans are MAY, etc., according to the description. Only 41 downloads, but I'm now a happy customer.

This is not working for me, maybe I have too much mods. Anyone have the same proble?

 

[JoshuaR]

This is not working for me, maybe I have too much mods. Anyone have the same proble?

You might have UUEmblems or some other Emblem mod on a higher priority.

 

[p89]

You might have UUEmblems or some other Emblem mod on a higher priority.

Yes it was that

 

[JoshuaR]

Besides what u have already metioned above, I use:
No Stumps (by O4py), it removes the stumps after a tree is fully chopped.
Chinese Dragon Totem (by WanMonster), which replaces the original chinese knot emblem and it looks rly cool.

Thanks for the suggestions! Somehow your posts didn't show up for me earlier.

 

[Ass_Kickerwa]

Vat vat vaaaaaaat resign mod please so that the lord makes you smile even when you lose.

 

[nhoobish]

Let me whip out the real deal here.

Mods Single - Age of Empires

www.ageofempires.com

 

[JoshuaR]

Let me whip out the real deal here.

Mods Single - Age of Empires

www.ageofempires.com

Hmm, which is better: Dave laughing or F1Re laughing?

 

[IYIyTh]

Hmm, which is better: Dave laughing or F1Re laughing?

The one that causes you to actually keep playing after Feudal :D

 

[Zetnus]

TexCivEmblems looks promising. Going to download that for sure.

Dunno if anyone cares about cliffs, but I can offer the brown AoC cliffs: https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/2944/

EDIT: Idle Villager Pointer (Tevious7621) https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/2686/
(there is a second one, but this is the better one I think)

 

[kalkkaro]

TextCivEmblems (the6hu8b)
-Displays civ names up to THREE letters. But Malay is MLY, and Mayans are MAY, etc., according to the description. Only 41 downloads, but I'm now a happy customer.

This is something I have been looking forward to. But now when I try it, doesn't work, original emblems are still showing although the mod is enabled. Is it still working for you?

 

[Nico77]

Fish Borders (Tevious7621)

Pog! i was looking for this 11 i will try it now


Also... I'm probably the only person that want this but i miss the old turtle ship mod from voobly 11

Old Turtle Ship for Age of Empires II: The Conquerors

Miss the old 1.0 turtle ships (before 1.0c)? This mod gives your turtle ships the old look they used to have.

www.voobly.com

never get used to the new design

 

[Rey_Fer]

This is something I have been looking forward to. But now when I try it, doesn't work, original emblems are still showing although the mod is enabled. Is it still working for you?

works perfectly for me, chack you have it with good priority and restatr the game

 

[SaladEsc]

Small trees - must-have for obvious reasons

Zetnus Improved Grid Mod - the built-in grid is absolute dogshit

Fish borders - must-have for water maps, though it is a bit buggy with the outlines overlapping in the corners

Huge Numbers - I don't normally use this but the scaling/zoom feature/antialiasing/whatever it is, is making the normally sized numbers indistinguishable, especially 2 and 3. Look at the two screenshots, it's actually a joke. This was fine on non-DE.

last but not least:

Short Walls - Not released yet, but will download and use it asap

 

[JoshuaR]

This is something I have been looking forward to. But now when I try it, doesn't work, original emblems are still showing although the mod is enabled. Is it still working for you?

Make sure the letters mod is a higher priority than the emblems mod, AND that you've restarted your game after downloading.

Small trees - must-have for obvious reasons

Huge Numbers - I don't normally use this but the scaling/zoom feature/antialiasing/whatever it is, is making the normally sized numbers indistinguishable, especially 2 and 3. Look at the two screenshots, it's actually a joke. This was fine on non-DE.

Do you have a preference for any of the "Small Trees" mods over another one? There are Better Small Trees, Even Better Small Trees, Improved Small Trees, etc.

I couldn't see a difference with Huge Numbers. Is it that the numbers are bigger for, like, resources gathered at the top bar?

 

[SaladEsc]

Do you have a preference for any of the "Small Trees" mods over another one? There are Better Small Trees, Even Better Small Trees, Improved Small Trees, etc.

I couldn't see a difference with Huge Numbers. Is it that the numbers are bigger for, like, resources gathered at the top bar?

- I actually had to download small trees manually because of the broken mod center. Chrazini (of all people) was so kind to send the mod files to me, so i might have his version that ignore bamboo trees as a matter fact.

- The numbers are for control groups. Look at the selected villager and the small number next to it. The screenshots don't show the mod, but before the mod is installed. On screenshot 1, the vil is control group 3 and on screenshot 2, the vil is control group 2.