[8.0] Grandolph’s Simple Dynamic Settlements Reborn

This is a simple mod that will change settlement buildings to those of the race that controls them. Some locations shouldn’t change outside of the vanilla changes either because of importance (Black Pyramid of Nagash) or for technical reasons (Barak Varr).

FYI: The mod will initialise upon your first load after you click on the prompt. After clicking the prompt the game may appear to freeze, just wait! There are a lot of settlements to be changed out. This is much faster now.

If you find a bug or have an issue post in the discussions!

Originally, Simple Dynamic Settlements was developed by Grandolph, but since Grandolph has seemingly stopped supporting the mod we at superforest games have brought it here to keep it updated, as we know how important it is for us. So consider it REBORN!

We have already made some updates, and plan to continue support moving forward. First, a thank you to Grandolph and his programming, which has made transferring this mod very easy! We will try to keep to the spirit of his work, but of course will add in some of my own ideas moving forward.

We are just getting our bearings, but this current build should work for 5.0! We have been using it and not too many issues so far outside of the legacy bugs listed here.

If you have any feedback, please use the appropriate discussion. This helps us keep feedback organised.

If Grandolph ever does return than we will give over this mod to him, or delist it, or whatever else he’d like to have happen. It is largely built off his code after all!

• Capture flags return for monogod factions (flags around captured settlements) – these add extra flavour for monogod factions, but are not present for all other factions
• Lahmia now correctly changes to Tomb King settlement when captured by Tomb Kings
• Cleaned up some issues around Wood Elves in the database
• Chaos Dwarves’ minor settlements now correctly display tier III settlements
• Black Pyramid of Nagash is now static for all factions
• A few settlements will never change due to an ongoing issue with base game to avoid the settlement sinking issue: Karak Vrag, Sabre Mountain, Challenge Stone, Karak Vrag, and Pigbarter

• MCT functionality
• investigate sinking cities around the map (please post in the forum if you see them!)
• catch up on known bugs from previous uploads. There is a long list! But please post in the discussions if you find more!
• Make certain settlements more dynamic for specific factions, such as Black Pyramid of Nagash.

• Enabling player faction changing only (perhaps as sub-mod or in MCT)
• Change Skaven ruins to add hints of warpstone and other signs of rat activity. Yes-yes.

Most mods should be compatible as long as they don’t add new factions or change buildings for Chaos, Wood Elves, or Ogre Kingdoms. We have saved a mod list for all tested mods: here.

Q: Will battle maps reflect the settlement types?
A: No, and currently there is no plan for this as it would take a lot of further work. If others join the project, who knows. But for now remains out of scope for this mod.

Q: Does this work with co-op?
A: It should, but as with all things multiplayer, issues may pop up. Post in forum if so.

Q: Is this save game compatible?
A: A new game is recommended, but technically yes. The main loop starts on a new campaign start to check all settlements against owners and change skins accordingly, after initialisation it only checks when a region changes faction owner. So if you load into an existing campaign, it wont have done that first check.

Q: Is this mod compatible with custom factions?
A: No, but it can work for some settlements. Factions like ogres, chaos, and Wood Elves will not work.

Wood Elf Settlement Skins

If the mod is not appearing in vanilla launcher, please use WH3MM instead, install instructions are in the link. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2845454582

Grandolph’s original mod description:

A simple script mod that replaces settlement skins with those of the new faction after being occupied. this also automatically checks and replaces settlements skins at the campaign start to match owner factions. this means no more humans living in Ogre cities, or Dwarves reclaiming lost holds from orcs only to leave their ‘decorations’ up, which is a major pet peeve of mine.

Credit:
The creators of the Tiny Little Cities mod for WH2: this would have been a lot more painful without knowing how to actually replace the settlement skin. they did amazing work and i’m hoping they port the mod to WH3 and update it for the new factions!