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About this mod
a crude solution to remove race|species as improvement for random generation process give player some choice of what can appear in the game
- Permissions and credits
Put in "(You)/document/Paradox Interactive/Age of Wonders 4/Mods" and select in the launcher same as any other mod.
This is a simple brute force mod that removed all related tags of a specific races|species|forms|skins in the game files. As a result any random generation process in the game, such as Leaders, Factions, Heroes, Minor factions will not utilize the removed ones.
Simply put, your game will only have factions you might want to have without the need to set each one manually.
- Filter normal removes Ratkin, Toadkin, Molekin.
- Filter strict removes Ratkin, Toadkin, Molekin, Feline, Lizardfolk, Avian, Lupine, Goatkin. (update: thanks for the heads-up. If you have preorder pack use Filter strict preorder.)
Opinion&Reason:
I made this because tired of screening factions for every new game and free cities full of undesired ones.
Personally I find that rat, toad, and mole very unfitting in the game. Although Age of Wonders 4 as a whole still a far bit goofy in my taste, these 3 are the biggest offender. Devs didn't do justice for other species anyways, same two legs, same animation. I simply do not find them appealing in this fantasy, while occupying a or more slots for good stuffs. And strict version is for situations like a non-"furry" setup, more classical experience such as human.. elf.. dwarves.. goblins.. etc. etc.
Problems:
This is a brute force method after all. The game does have hard related factions and leaders as well. These will crash obviously with those factions and leaders not exist.
- Story Realms can not access.
- Some Realms traits can not use.
- Normal: Iron Emperor.
- Strict: Iron Emperor, Druidic Alliance, Primal Dispute, The Ashen War.
Besides these all is well. The removed will not appear in game.
List of modded files:
Culture_Barbarian_Modularity.rpk
Culture_Feudal_Modularity.rpk
Essence_Modularity.rpk
FormTraits_World.rpk
Frontend_Scene_FC.rpk
Godir_Modularity.rpk
Hero_Customization_Categories.rpk
Hero_Customization.rpk
Lords.rpk
Names.rpk
Skin_Providers.rpk
Tome_Chaos_Channeling.rpk
Tome_Great_Transformation.rpk
Tome_Souls.rpk
Unit_Modularity_Audio.rpk
Strict +:
FormTraits_World_PrimalFury.rpk
Hero_Customization_PrimalFury.rpk
Lords_PrimalFury.rpk
Names_PrimalFury.rpk
Unit_Modularity_Audio_PrimalFury.rpk
FormTraits_World_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
Hero_Customization_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
Lords_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
Names_Empires_And_Ashes.rpk
RealmTraits_StoryRealm1_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
FormTraits_World_DragonLords.rpk
Hero_Customization_DragonLords.rpk
Lords_Dragonlords.rpk
Names_DragonLords.rpk
Unit_Modularity_Audio_DragonLords.rpk
This mod can do the function until if developers provide an actual random generation filter in game.
This is a simple brute force mod that removed all related tags of a specific races|species|forms|skins in the game files. As a result any random generation process in the game, such as Leaders, Factions, Heroes, Minor factions will not utilize the removed ones.
Simply put, your game will only have factions you might want to have without the need to set each one manually.
- Filter normal removes Ratkin, Toadkin, Molekin.
- Filter strict removes Ratkin, Toadkin, Molekin, Feline, Lizardfolk, Avian, Lupine, Goatkin. (update: thanks for the heads-up. If you have preorder pack use Filter strict preorder.)
Opinion&Reason:
I made this because tired of screening factions for every new game and free cities full of undesired ones.
Personally I find that rat, toad, and mole very unfitting in the game. Although Age of Wonders 4 as a whole still a far bit goofy in my taste, these 3 are the biggest offender. Devs didn't do justice for other species anyways, same two legs, same animation. I simply do not find them appealing in this fantasy, while occupying a or more slots for good stuffs. And strict version is for situations like a non-"furry" setup, more classical experience such as human.. elf.. dwarves.. goblins.. etc. etc.
Problems:
This is a brute force method after all. The game does have hard related factions and leaders as well. These will crash obviously with those factions and leaders not exist.
- Story Realms can not access.
- Some Realms traits can not use.
- Normal: Iron Emperor.
- Strict: Iron Emperor, Druidic Alliance, Primal Dispute, The Ashen War.
Besides these all is well. The removed will not appear in game.
List of modded files:
Culture_Barbarian_Modularity.rpk
Culture_Feudal_Modularity.rpk
Essence_Modularity.rpk
FormTraits_World.rpk
Frontend_Scene_FC.rpk
Godir_Modularity.rpk
Hero_Customization_Categories.rpk
Hero_Customization.rpk
Lords.rpk
Names.rpk
Skin_Providers.rpk
Tome_Chaos_Channeling.rpk
Tome_Great_Transformation.rpk
Tome_Souls.rpk
Unit_Modularity_Audio.rpk
Strict +:
FormTraits_World_PrimalFury.rpk
Hero_Customization_PrimalFury.rpk
Lords_PrimalFury.rpk
Names_PrimalFury.rpk
Unit_Modularity_Audio_PrimalFury.rpk
FormTraits_World_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
Hero_Customization_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
Lords_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
Names_Empires_And_Ashes.rpk
RealmTraits_StoryRealm1_EmpiresAndAshes.rpk
FormTraits_World_DragonLords.rpk
Hero_Customization_DragonLords.rpk
Lords_Dragonlords.rpk
Names_DragonLords.rpk
Unit_Modularity_Audio_DragonLords.rpk
This mod can do the function until if developers provide an actual random generation filter in game.