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Modify your EUIV experience by checking out the many mods created and shared by the community, including tweaks to almost any aspect of the game. Take a look at the tags for an idea on where to start. When you're ready to create one of your own, check out this handy guide to help get started.
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Howard Roark 17 Mar, 2023 @ 5:40pm
Mods without the launcher
I don't use the launcher because it doesn't work well on my machine. Is there a way to use mods without it? I know in past Paradox titles you could use a mod folder, but I don't know if that still works.
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LimonenZitrone 59 17 Mar, 2023 @ 6:16pm 
Mod folder and launcher aren't really connected. You download mods via the workshop or create them locally, the launcher is there to activate them. It's always been that way.
But you can in theory skip the launcher and perhaps edit the dlc_load.json file in the EU4 documents folder, it also lists the activated mods. Though not sure what the exact syntax is.
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grotaclas 1 17 Mar, 2023 @ 8:47pm 
As LimoneZitrone said, you can create a "Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/mod/" folder, put your mods with their .mod files there and edit the dlc_load.json. For example if you want to activate the mod mymod.mod, you can use:
{"enabled_mods":["mod/mymod.mod"],"disabled_dlcs":[]}
There are also third party mod managers which you can use instead of the paradox launcher
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Howard Roark 22 Mar, 2023 @ 4:42am 
Thanks for the replies, good to know that I should still be able to use mods without the launcher. I had tried to create a Mod folder initially, but it didn't work. It didn't occur to me that I had to edit the .json file. I'll give it a try.

Thanks again!
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