Architect of Realm: Better Buildings Expansion & Optimization
“Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
This MOD adds 20 new common buildings, 6 innovations, and significantly optimizes the construction conditions of the Vanilla common buildings.
The following can be adjusted in the game rules:
- Capital Building Restrictions: enable every buildings to be built in any barony.
- MOD Common Buildings: if you don’t like a building added by this mod, it’s possible to disable it.
- MOD Innovations: If you don’t like the innovations added by the mod, it’s possible to disable it.
- Agrarian Traditions Enhancement: If you don’t want to enhance the agrarian traditions, it’s possible to disable it.
Added 6 innovations: Hydraulic Structures, Scribes, Training Grounds, Horse Ranch, Private Estates, Plantation.
Added 20 common buildings: Aqueduct, Public Bathhouse, Tax Office, Library, City Hall, House of Worship, Plaza, Knight Training Ground, Checkpoint, Leather Workshop, Royal Manor, Royal Residence, Secret House, Herb Garden, Vineyard, Olive Grove, Pilgrims’ Bazaar, Kiln, Tea Plantation, Sericulture.
Some Vanilla can also unlock mod common buildings.
Check the Discussion for the details.
About the requirements of some buildings:
- Vineyard: The construction conditions are similar to the Vanilla brewery, and it can’t be constructed in desert/steppe/jungle/taiga terrain and can’t be constructed in Polar-Siberia areas/Tropical areas/the Great Steppe/the Tibetan Plateau.
- Olive Grove: Initially, it is only available in the Mediterranean coastal areas. Unlocking the Plantation innovation will make this building available in more areas around the Mediterranean.
- Kiln: Can be constructed in holdings that are Mountains, Desert Mountains, Hills, Paddy Hills, or other terrain types that allow Quarries, as well as in the Emperor’s Capital.
- Tea Plantation: Can be constructed in mountains/hills/terraced hills/floodplains terrain of East Asian tropical/subtropical monsoon regions.
- Sericulture: Can be constructed in farmlands/plains/terraced hills/floodplains terrain of East Asian subtropical/temperate regions.
If you can point out other regions that are grape/olive/tea/silk producing areas, I will add them to the MOD. (Please consider the limitations of the eras and technology)
Added a game rule to allow windmills/watermills/caravanserai/qanats/murex fisheries and other buildings to not be restricted by county capitals.
Added the tropical/subtropical monsoon region, allowing Plains and Farmlands located within the monsoon region to also utilize the Paddy Field building.
Strengthened the Agrarian and Intensive Farming Traditions, allowing cultures with these traditions to freely construct Manor Houses and Orchards in Farmlands, Plains, and Floodplains provinces.
Optimized Building Requirements:
- Caravanserai: Available in Duchies that have Silk Road Trade Node special buildings, Theodosian Walls, and Imperial City buildings.
- Windmills/Watermills: Available in holdings that have Qanat/Aqueduct/Water Management after unlocking the Hydraulic Structures or Waterworks innovations.
- Qanat: Available to any culture after unlocking the Hydraulic Structures innovation.
- Manor Houses/Farms and Fields: Available in holdings that have Aqueduct at level 5 or higher.
- Regimental Grounds: Available in holdings that have Militia Camps/Barracks/Stables after unlocking the Training Grounds innovation.
- Warrior Lodges: Available in any holding after unlocking the Training Grounds innovation.
- Hillside Grazing Lands: Available in holdings with any Mountain or Hills type terrain after unlocking the Horse Ranch innovation.
- Horse Herds: Available in any holding after unlocking the Horse Ranch innovation.
- Breweries: Available in any holding (including Castles) after unlocking the Plantation innovation, no longer restricted by religion/culture.
Please note:
- Newly added general buildings may conflict with other MODs that modify buildings. Please also subscribe to the GRANDER Building Compatch MOD.
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There may be problems in the MOD. If you find errors or bugs, please raise it in the comments section and we’ll try to fix it quickly.
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Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
