

Normally you just do the unzip into the EU2 main directory and the rest is taken care of (eventually except the placing of the shortcut to the mod). If it's not an *.exe file, it's recommended that you first read the Readme.txt file (eventually first doing an unzip of only that file), and check how the install should be done. (The latter often happens when the install of EU2 haven't been notated properly in the Windows Registry.) If it's an *.exe file you just run the exe and answer eventual questions about where to install the mod. If you are interested in a mod, you just have to download the mod (normally a *.zip or an *.exe file). This function allows you to start a game using the mods own directory. Most of the mods are using the function of EU2 that is called " moddir". There are many mods availible spanning very different time periods. They are a packaged set of files that modifies the historical behaviour and data in EU2. "Mods", which is a shorthand for "Modifications of the game EU2", are created by one or more people from the user community. What mods are and how you use them in the game 1 What mods are and how you use them in the game.
