I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!

Is your favorite still around? Are they still the same, or did they “change directions under new management?”

  • Dalek Thal
    2•11 months ago

    Any recommendations for mods? I’m putting together a new build for it ahead of my semi-annual replay of the trilogy

    • @Telorand@reddthat.comOP
      2•11 months ago

      Yeah, definitely!

      I’ll skip the skins, because I assume you’ll want to pick your own that fit your tastes, but you can find all of these at NexusMods. Some of my favorites are:

      • Speed Launch
      • 60 fps in cutscenes
      • No fall damage
      • Infinite Respec Amulet
      • Party At The Winter Palace
      • Shorter War Table Missions (75%)
      • Party Banter Time (5-10min)
      • All Bard songs for CC Music
      • Stay still in CC - Natural Edition
      • Face Ash Begone
      • Bugs Be Gone
      • Skills Enhanced by NinjaReborn
      • Inventory Capacity

      You’ll also need Frosty Mod Manager to set all those up (they seem to work for me in the order I listed) and Frosty Fix.

      • Set up the mods and load order in FrostyMM, and close.
      • Launch Frosty Fix.
      • Choose the profile/pack you want.
      • Mash go.
      • FrostyMM should open back up.
      • Open the pack you created.
      • The game should launch automatically with the mods correctly enabled.

      All these mods feel “vanilla-ish” and shouldn’t spoil the original experience to any significant degree.