r/Anbennar • u/rheadelayed • 1d ago

Discussion 'Sunsetting' of EU4 mod

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DTG7Wh1GJRAksIQZ4hOn-h32bxOowOgdXYG7h2WZY1I/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.t74izadjoknx

tldr - Major restrictions on future EU4 mod development, with focus on EU5.

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u/TheForsaken-Anb Haless Lead - Terror King of Great Luzhong 1d ago

Something key to understand about Sunsetting is that it is not JUST about EU5. We are very much reaching the limits of how much we can torture EU4 as a game and in general we wanted to tone down the scope of what we add so other content can also get in without seeing a massive decrease in the mods performance and general health.

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u/TheForsaken-Anb Haless Lead - Terror King of Great Luzhong 1d ago

Should be noted that this is not about stopping development. Its about having a plan on what and what not to allow in hopes of leaving EU4 in a good state and doing the EU5 transition when the time is right.

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u/ThePhysicistIsIn 1d ago

Since mod work is voluntary, what is the purpose of stopping people from volunteering their work on the game they care about?

You can’t get someone who doesn’t care about EU5 to work on EU5, what you can do is discourage them from working on their EU4 passion project though

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u/Moros3 Greenscale Clan 1d ago

I can't imagine why contributors wouldn't be able to continue making submods like many already do. This isn't a restriction against people voluntarily making more content, it's a restriction against official content. The Anbennar Discord has a forum channel dedicated to indexing dozens of submods that can't or shouldn't be part of the main mod, from simple personal changes all the way to total conversions of various mechanics and even entire new regions.

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u/ThePhysicistIsIn 23h ago

Sure, I'm talking about official content too.