Vegetation Variety (Standalone)
Welcome to the Jungle! No more social distancing for trees. Turn your forests into actual forests with dense growth. Also gives forests unique looks based on terrain so you can still identify what’s underneath based on the type of forest you see. The changes are entirely cosmetic, gameplay is not impacted in any way.
"High-Detail Clutter" must be activated in the graphics options for the mod to take effect properly.
If you are using the Civ V Environment Skin, please use the other version (click here or see in Collection above).
Special thanks to Firaxis developer Brian Busatti who made the Civ V Skin, parts of which I used as a basis for this mod (and also served as inspiration for the color varieties). Credit for the deciduous trees also goes to Firaxis, they were already part of the game as an unused asset. I only retextured them slightly.
- I recommend using this mod together with my other mod "Green Cities" for building your districts right inside the forest.
- If you love sprawling landcapes, check out "City Sprawl Graphics" as well.
- For Forest to appear in Desert as well, you need one of these: "Desert Woods" or "Desert Woods and Marshes".
- dense broadleaf forests in flat land, spare coniferous forests on hills.
- plains forest has more of a yellow tint, grassland forests more of a green tint. For better distinction (especially in the fog of war), plains forest also has another type of thin, tall tree on both flat land and hills.
- tropical trees make up flat land jungle, with little undergrowth. As you go up the hills, the jungle becomes lighter, with more gaps and brighter plants, which are mostly shrubs with lots of undergrowth.
- More rocks in forest on jungle on hills to make hills more visible.
- forests and jungle now hug mountain tightly instead of leaving an awkward empty gap.
- a few more palm trees in oases.
- resource tiles now properly grow forest and jungle at full density, if present.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
