This mod. It's better than every other EU4 mod combined. It actually makes the game playable.

@Zemurin Thank you, very much, for your input and kind words. I have adopted the new format, and the version warning is gone again. Actually, both the single and double wildcard formats still work, as long as there is a "v". But now we are also down one byte in size. Enjoy!

@xoiben: To get rid of the ugly exclamation mark in the launcher you need to edit .mod + descriptor and instead of:
supported_version="1.37.*.*"
write:
supported_version="v1.37.*"

They changed how mod versioning works in 1.37, both launcher and game itself.

Love the mod, been using it for years!

i feel like this might actually improve performance ever so slightly

Yes, the current version is backwards compatible down to version 1.30. Any warnings can be ignored. You can try it with older versions too, but compatibility can not be guaranteed. Thanks, same to you!

Thanks, version change np - love your mod. Have a Happy New Year

It still works but the version will probably need to be updated.

Will this still work for 1.33?

Update pls

@RHAK Yes

does you still receive achievements with this mods?

Thanks for keep this updated!

aww - in the launcher there is a place to choose the playset. Did you check to see if the playset is set to default and if this mod is in the default play set and not some other playset? Put this mod at the bottom of the list of mods to make sure some other mod is not over riding it.

it does not work. its activated but i still see all the clouds and FOW. What can i do ? I have the latest version 1.30.2 . no other mods active

it does not work. its activated but i still see all the clouds and FOW. What can i do ?

Kryndude to change the fow do the following: in gfx\fx\standardfuncsgfx.fxh find float vShade = vFoWDiffuse + and change the number after the +. A value like 1.1f makes the fog almost clear so go the other direction from what I did to make darker. DO NOT PUT ANY comments in the file like # this is the number to change as any # will break the file and cause the game to display all purple. xoiben - I love the mod.

Fair enough. Then is it possible that you teach me how to make the fog a little darker? Like, what modifier I have to change that kind of stuff. I tried doing it myself and opened up the mod file, but I have no idea what the codes mean.

@Kryndude No, this mod is dialed in to my liking and always will be. One of its goals is to not be sitting in front of an almost black screen when playing a small country.

Thank you for the mod.

Could you make the fog a bit darker to make it easier to distinguish? Thanks a lot!

@SndwchEnthusiast This mod works fine with the current version of unmodded EU4. Most other mods don't interfere either. It's possible though that current M&T changes the same file as I do, which results in a conflict. I have to check that sometime.

With M&T i mean...

Hello mate! The mod shows as compatible but doesnt work any more right?

@SndwchEnthusiast Yes it does! Have fun!

Hi! Does this work with M&T?

performance boost is incredible, it now works on a chromebook acer c720p with elementary os without lagging, even when scrolled in

great mod

Finally, mod should be working without additional actions again. :)

@theJamman I would say no. There might be a theoretical performance improvment, but it is very minor. This mod is mostly for people who don't like the look of the cloudy standard fog of war.

Does this improve performance at all?

@Poki#3 Temporary solution, paste the following into the empty simplefow.mod file:

name="Simple Fog of War"
archive="mod/simplefow.zip"
supported_version="1.12"

Something is broken right now with either EU4 or Steam. It should not deliver an empty file to the mod subscriber.

The simplefow.mod file is 0 kb. Aparently this EU4 patch broke something and is either exporting mods without the supported_version line, with an empty .mod file or some other issue.

@pikachu01 Some recent Steam client update had Workshop related fixes. I hope your problem is gone by now. Best regards

Nope. Still doesn't work. Tried that a couple of times, restarting Steam, validated EU4 files, deleting the whole EU4 and Paradox Interactive folder. Still no go.

@pikachu01 Try the following: 1. Unsubscribe the mod on this page. 2. Go to the folder: Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\mod and delete simplefow.zip and simplefow.mod. 3. Subscribe the mod on this page. 4. Start EU4 via Steam and check if it works now.

That's the thing, I can't seem to activate it. Can't be clicked.

@pikachu01 Steam should download the files automatically after subscribing to the mod here. Check the mod section in your EU4 launcher window after starting the game from Steam. You should see the mod name there and be able to set a check mark to activate it. For now, I'm not planning to offer the mod outside of Steam. I hope I could help you and sorry for the late response.

Any chance of putting a direct link in the Paradox Forums? Having trouble downloading the mod.

@xioben, All good! :)

@Safir Nevermind. It is all good then. Cheers. :)

@xoiben, Thank for the response. Even if you didn't use the code, anyone can do it, and many have used it in modpacks, that's completely fine. I just found it redundant since they're basically the same. I'm sorry for it not being compatible with 1.10 earlier, but I usually get someone sending me a notification that a new patch has arrived since I don't play much EUIV anymore. Anyway, I was tired and upset about other stuff yesterday and I don't mind this being available, it just rubbed me the wrong way since they functionally do exactly the same thing. Sri about the earlier rant.

@Safir Thank you for your comment. I'm aware of your mod and I used it until yesterday. But as it wasn't compatible with 1.10 yesterday evening I though about porting my own changes for CK2 (that mod existed before this mod) over to EU4. I haven't used any of your code nor files and I wasn't even sure your mod is still being maintained. I'm happy to see it is. Still I see no problem about both of our mods coexisting for EU4. As I said, this is a port from my CK2 mod with the same name (there did not exist anything similar for CK2 that I could find at that time) and I did it for my personal use mainly. I have not made any public announcements for this mod elsewhere as of now and I won't as long as I see your older and more popular mod still being supported. I'm glad you did something similar first as I really liked using it. Best regards

I'm not saying this because this mod is bad, but it's redundant , to the point where there literally isn't a visual difference between this and the "Better Fog of War Mod" , and that's been up for a year. There are like 2 tiny differences (that barely do anything) in the code. I'd almost say it's a copy. Of course I'm biased since I publish the "Better Fog of War Mod" (both here and on the paradox forums), but I want to bring attention to this since it's all things considered redundant at best and a ripoff at worst.