"More Buildings" Mod doesnt work

[Klonter77 von Planet77]

I really enjoy using the "More Buildings" mod, but it hasn't worked since the release of version 1.4. I did download the 1.4 fix for it, but it still doesn't function. These are the only two mods I have in my list—the base mod followed by the 1.4 fix in the mod loader, yet I’m completely stumped.

I’ve tried a full reinstallation of all game files (including manually checking and deleting the Workshop folders and temporary files) as well as a complete reinstallation of the game itself, but nothing has helped; I’ve essentially just wasted a significant amount of time for nothing.

Do you have any idea why the mod might no longer be working?

Maybe I’ll learn how to mod myself someday; I’ve never done it before, so I don’t really have any prior experience.

[tonypa]

You really should post this to the author of the mod, not much anyone else can do.

In theory, every patch could break many-many mods, but it all depends how much the patch changes and how complicated the mod is. Simplest mod just changes one single value, I have some of those mods that have worked since version 1.0 and still no problems because the game has that value on same spot.

Then again, some patches may move the values around, split them into multiple folders or separate files, there is no quarantee mod continues to work.


Basically anyone can edit game files in the folder
Steam\steamapps\common\Europa Universalis V\game\
you just need to find correct file and then edit correct line in that file.

For example you can open file
Steam\steamapps\common\Europa Universalis V\game\in_game\common\location_ranks\00_default.txt
in any text editor like Notepad.
Now you can change values, lets take the line
free_building_levels = 25
under the town{ section
we can change it to 50 or 100
and once the game restarts new value is used in the game

Notes:
-Always quit the game and restart once you edit these.
-You can easily break something by changing value too much or deleting some required symbols
-This is not a mod, if you now let the Steam update and fix game files, the file is overwritten and your edit is lost
-If you want to keep using the edits, make a copy of the file