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Got the game free from the newsletter- thanks Paradox! This should help make the wait for CK2 a little less painful.

What I'm wondering is, is there a must-have mod that CK veterans would recommend? I'm wondering if there is any widely used improvement mod that still retains the basics of the vanilla campaign? I'm looking for VIP, not Magna Mundi :D.
 
Got the game free from the newsletter- thanks Paradox! This should help make the wait for CK2 a little less painful.

What I'm wondering is, is there a must-have mod that CK veterans would recommend? I'm wondering if there is any widely used improvement mod that still retains the basics of the vanilla campaign? I'm looking for VIP, not Magna Mundi :D.

As said DVIP is an excellent choice ... and so is TASS. They each have a different view on improving the vanilla experience. Besides those there are event packs and graphical mods. Some of which might not be available anymore.
 
I couldn't find enough information to understand how true to the native game it stays, and what it's compatible with.

After step 1 where would you add in TASS and Before the Conquest?

TASS should be installed after step 1. DVIP and TASS are not compatible. Since they make changes to the same files.

This is The Alternative Scenario Setup Mod, discussion thread


What does this mod contain


Kingdoms
The kingdom setup has been revised and new 'creatable' kingdoms have been added, like f.e. Novgorod, Kievan Rus, Livonia and The Isles

Dukedoms
The duchy setup has been revised and new dukedoms have been added, like f.e. Limburg, Bar, Rügen, Neopatras, Hercegovina and The Palatinate.

Counties
Several scenarios (especially the 1066 scenario) have now, new counties that can be played from the start, like f.e. Kleve 1066 (von Kleve dynastie), Lecce 1066 (de Conversano dynastie), Brescia 1066 (di Bergamo dynastie), Buchan 1066 (McRuardi-dynastie)

Cultures
The cultural setup of all the scenarios has been changed and new cultures have been added, like f.e. Lombard, Breton, Cornish, Norse-Gaelic, Frisian, Saxon (low-German), Flemish, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Carinthian (Slovenian), Albanian, Vlach, Kurdish, Berber and Nubian.

Economy
The province base income have been revised. The very rich counties, like f.e. Venice, Byzantion, Cordoba, have been made 'poorer' while counties that surround them have been made a bit 'richer'. Also some regions (Britain, Ireland) have a complete new income-setup.

Traits
This mod has three new traits, Patriarch, Homosexual and Epileptic

Events
This mod has a lot of new and modified events, f.e. this mod contains the SMACK-events, some of which have been modified. But it also has 'homosexual-events' , 'patriarch-events', 'epilepsy-events', 'inplausible-demesne events' and so on.

Also the Crusade-events have been revised. There are only 4 Crusade-targets left:
1. Jerusalem
2. Santiago
3. Rome
4. Byzantion

Characters
In all scenarios dozens of historical characters have been added to the game, also existing ones have been modified. Also there have been added new 'friendship', 'rivalries' and alliances.

Graphics
This mod also contains Gratianus Face Mod and Tunch Khan Muslim face mod, which adds many more possible 'face-combinations' to the game.






Scenario
This mod contains two new starting dates in 1066.

One starts on January 5th 1066 where Edward the Confessor is king of England.

The other startingdate is January 8th, 1066. Harold Godwineson is just crowned king of England.

In both 'scenarios', William 'the Bastard' is still only duke of Normandy. Can you do what he did and become King of England ?

In Norway, king Harald Hardraade rules. While Mecklemburg is ruled by its first christian prince, Gottschalk and the duchy of Brittany is ruled by Conan de Rennes.