This is my personal list of essential mods. The ideal is to use as few mods as possible, but there are some mods that greatly improve the quality of life of the game and make it more enjoyable.



The problem with mods is every update can break saved games and can cause a lot of frustration. Always read the instructions of the mods and be patient with their update, keep in mind that these are made by players and not Paradox employees, and many make a great effort to keep these mods updated.

If you need help with mod compatibility, you can take a look at the List of broken mods [docs.google.com]



Many bugs with mods are due to ram memory. CS is poorly optimized, and with each Dlc you need more ram. With industries DLC you could use 1000 assets with 16gb of ram, but now with the P&P DLC, you can barely have 300 assets with the same memory.

The best solution for now is to increase the page file, it will greatly improve the gaming experience . You can see the guide Page file - Setup guide

Just subscribe:

• Compatibility Report: It creates a report with recommendations about your mods and warnings about issues you might run into.
  
• Loading Screen Mod Revisited: Replacement for Loading Screen Mod. Displays information on the loading screen and create reports to fix missing assets.

Game tools

• Find It 2 Allows you to search, filter, select, and place assets.
  
• Move It Allows you to select, move and align various things.
  
• TMPE Improve lane and parking usage. and customise junctions, roads, and rails
  
• Hide TMPE crosswalks: Add-on for TMPE.
  
• BOB Utility to modify trees and props of any element of the game.
  
• Building Spawn Points This mod allows you change and add building points where spawn vehicles
  
• Advanced Building Level Control Enables fine-grained control of growable building levels
  
• Intersection Marking Tool Allows you to quickly create road markings at intersections.
  
• Network Anarchy Activate the anarchy of networks to place them without restrictions. Replacement for classic mods like Fine Road Tool 2 and Fine Road Anarchy 2
  
• Network Extensions 2 Latest version of Network Extensions that adds new types of roads
  
• Network Multitool Provides many different tools for working with networks.
  
• Network Skins Change the visual appearance of roads, train tracks and pedestrian paths.
  
• Node Controller Allows you change node type and shape of networks.
  
• Precision Engineerin Add angle snapping, guidelines and additional information to assist you when building networks
  
• Picker You can choose any object to open its construction menu and select it.
  
• Parking Lot Snapping Allows you snapping parking lot Assets
  
• Ploppable RICO Revisited Allows you to change the functionality of the buildings in the game, Replace Ploppable RICO and Plop the Growables
  
• Prop Anarchy Add extra options to props. Replace mods like Prop & Tree Anarchy, Prop Snapping or Decal Prop Fix (more details in the description). Require EML
  
• Tree Anarchy Add extra options to trees. Replace mods like Random Tree rotation, Tree Snapping or Tree LOD
  
• Forest Brush Lets you paint forest or grasslands.
  
• Extra Landscaping Tools Provides some Map Editor tools in-game
  
• Surface Painter Allows to paint terrain with standard decorative types of surface.
  
• Game Anarchy Contains functions like Fast Return, Sort Settings, Achievement with mods, Cash Anarchy, etc. Replace mods like Achieve It or Sort Mod Settings (Read in the description the list of incompatible mods)
  
• 81 Tiles It gives you the option to unlock 81 or 25 tiles or buy them as normal. It is a much improved version of the classic 81 tiles

Visuals

• ACME 0.6.2 Extends the functions of the camera. Replace Camera Positions Utility.
  
• Daylight Classic Brings back original daylight color and fog settings.
  
• Fog Controller Allows adjusts the fog. Replaces Clouds & Fog Toggler
  
• Toggle It Allows to toggle different visual elements in the game.
  
• Render It Allows to change render processing. Replaces mods like Relight, PostProcessFX, Sharper Textures, ShadowStrengthAdjuster
  
• Play It Allows to change different aspects of game simulation. Replaces Ultimate Eyecandy
  
• Hide It This mod allows to hide unwanted things in the game.
  
• Control It Allows to control network traffic. Replace Less steam
  
• Realistic Walking Speed Adjusts pedestrian walking speeds.

Interface

• Better Road, Education & HealthCareToolbars Maintain sanity when browsing the toolbar.
  
• UI Resolution This mod changes the game UI resolution to match the selected screen resolution.
  
• UnifiedUI (UUI) Gathers the activation buttons for other mods in a unified place.
  
• Yet Another Toolbar Expands the interface of in-game objects, replace Advanced Toolbar.

Dependencies

• Harmony This is a dependency for various other mods.
  
• Extended Managers Library This is a dependency for various other mods.
  
• Adaptive Networks: Requirement for AN Roads, This mod does nothing if you have no AN-compatible road

Mods to use with care

These mods are fully compatible, but they can cause crashes on some pc's. unsubscribe if you have problems.

• Ploppable Asphalt Group: Allows using shaders like props. Requires Ploppable Asphalt + [Loading time Fix] to work.
  
• FPS Booster: Increases in-game frame rate. May cause performance issues and overheating.
  
• Theme Mixer 2: Allows you to combine different themes. It may cause errors, the author has retired and you will not receive updates. It can also cause performance issues.