this paired with a AOE2 graphics mod would be incredible

Anyway to improve the performance at all? The stuttering is really bad when trying to move around.

Battle graphics with this mod don't show units fighting. Someone else has this issue as well?

Very good mod but i noticed northern Europe Scandinavia/Russia forests are where the GPU usage goes way up , and in the massive jungle in Central Africa(south end of game map) . The rest of the map performances are A1. I think this is the only areas where people have fps issues. its the amount of trees.
But my other issue is thoses areas are now basically all full of trees visually , in the original map you can see many pathways within tree lines spread around the landscape. it looks better. Now its just full forests packed tightly. Can barely see the buildings within counties sometimes. Unless my mod is bugged .
The rest of the map is beautiful i wish i could use it

you mean it is pc heavy or performance friendly? simplyfying doesnt sound very cost effective

Looks Good! but uhhh There no map :(

Do you have any plans to recreate this effect with other Paradox games? I'd love to see this in Hoi4 or Vic3

I have a black screen on my map

Could you make this mod compatible with the Asia Expansion Project or with Rajas of Asia? Would be a game changer!

I would enjoy a version of this mod without county/realm names. Love your work!

you're my savior bjorg bjorgenson, thank u very much.

Game crashes on launch when the mod is enabled. Tried to resubbing the mod, it works for first launch but after that it starts crashing again.

@ozymandias, I'm using it with MPE. IIRC the only issue was MPE has its own map zoom settings, you just need to delete that file from MPE.

I like it a lot and it's wonderful, but some of the lakes disappear when you zoom in.

Beautiful work! Wish it was compatible with MPE (More Provinces Expanded), think it could possible through a compatch?

sorry if this has been answered before but is this mod clientside?

the name placement is a bit awkward on this perspective. Is there any chance to change it for it to be read more comfortably?
could you clarify the issue? Previous versions had changes to the realm names to make them smaller, which I had removed to be closer to vanilla, I do want to return those values in the next update however.

Could you make a tutorial or guide on how to adapt this mod to other mods that have a different map?
Due to the implementation of shader code for the coastal cliffs, it would be quite technical to implement it for mods that also modify the same shaders. Due to irl circumstances I won't have the time to write up a tutorial and provide assistance for that unfortunately. I do want to make compatches with some total conversions but I can't work on that for the moment.

Will you make one for v 1.15 please?
I'm sorry, I don't want to maintain separate versions of this mod for older game versions. You can compatch by merging the changes in the shader files into the older vanilla files.

This mod is brilliant! Though the name placement is a bit awkward on this perspective. Is there any chance to change it for it to be read more comfortably?

Will you make one for v 1.15 please?

I don't know why, but this mod completely revived my interest in this game. Crazy what a change of perspective can do.

wait bestie i think youre absolutely cooking with this hold on bapa

I thought I was facing a bug, but looking at the mod's pictures, the water being a single shade of dark blue seems to be intended. Not a dealbreaker as this looks really cool, but I've got to ask-- any plans for a submod to keep the vanilla water graphics? Even so, really nice mod.

Super unique, not sure if I will use it but I think it does look stunning.

I hope All Under Heaven isn't too difficult to update for when it releases!

I really love this. Kind of gives me a vibe of Knights of Honor and a bit of CK1.

If loaded before AGOT for example you get something but not quite. Still would need to tinker a bit to get it looking like that, but for AGOT.

Could you make a tutorial or guide on how to adapt this mod to other mods that have a different map?

game changer

Stunning work!
Just wished it was a bit brighter...

Any chance you could make a version of this for AGOT?

Yeah now it shows up, didnt know this map perspective was too sexy for steam. :D

workshop doesn't yield any results when I searched for "orthographic", "orthographic perspective", or your other mods.
Unfortunately this is an issue with Steam:

"Steam was forced to comply with new UK & EU regulation, forcing them to hide mature mods by default. To unhide mods go to Settings -> Account Details -> Store Preferences and set show mature content for everything in the options."

Steam is filtering out over 5,752 mods by default now, most of which aren't even mature, but following these steps has made the mod visible for me.

the borders are thick purple layers
This means the border textures have not loaded in, which suggests the download was corrupted in some way. Please try re-subscribing!

Is it possible to do this with HoI4 ??
I don't play HoI4 so I'm not familiar with the internals but as both games run on the same engine and should have a similar file structure, it should theoretically be possible to create a similar effect.

Does it increase general performance like FPS map of HOI4 or not?
There is no performance increase unfortunately, the perspective change itself will cost performance rather than gain any.

I'm having an issue where the map doesn't fully load when zoomed in and results in being black, and areas which are loaded in are almost large spikes
Sounds like something is conflicting with the shader files. This mod is incompatible with any other mods that make changes to pdxterrain.shader , pdxterrain.fxh , and jomini_province_overlays.fxh . If you have no other mods enabled, please try re-subscribing.

Fantastic update, can you do this with the no perspective version as well?
Shouldn't be necessary, the submod overrides this mod's defines file with an empty one, which returns everything to vanilla values, including realm names.

I think the only thing left to "fix" is unit models popping in and out at various zoom levels
This issue is related to the perspective change. Since the camera is pulled so far back to accommodate the low FoV, it affects how the game renders certain objects. I don't think this would be hardcoded, so there should be a solution, but I haven't found it yet.

I just subscribed to this item, but workshop doesn't yield any results when I searched for "orthographic", "orthographic perspective", or your other mods.

Is it possible to do this with HoI4 ??

I love it ! great visual effects

the borders are thick purple layers

So, second time it worked like charm. I didn't do any tweaks or anything, but the cotton candy effect was gone.

Does it increase general performance like FPS map of HOI4 or not?

Im wondering why this mod doenst seem to be searchable in the workshop (found it via the vid from Andy's Paradox)

This is utterly fantastic, please for the love of the lord do everything in your power to keep this up to date! I would buy you a beer if I could lol.

I'm having an issue where the map doesn't fully load when zoomed in and results in being black, and areas which are loaded in are almost large spikes

I wonder if this increases performance on the steam deck

I'm also getting thick purple borders for county and sea tiles.

This is the only mod I am using at the moment. Maybe a graphic setting is the culprit?

@tbercesi you're likely using another mod that interferes with one of the settings in this mod

Hmm, anybody have the same problem as me? The county borders are thick and purple everywhere, so the whole map looks like cotton candy.

I second what Andy said. When using the mod alongside Battle Graphic, you can't see the units battling each other unless you zoom out a bit.

I think the only thing left to "fix" is unit models popping in and out at various zoom levels

Fantastic update, can you do this with the no perspective version as well?