Overview
Getting the very first mod for Cossacks available for Cossacks BTW from Steam is easier than you thought!
Getting Mod1 for Cossacks BTW Steam
Mod1 For Cossacks Back to War
Mod1 is the very first modification for Cossacks written for Cossacks Art of War by one of the biggest fans of Cossacks, Shaun Fletcher (Baddog) and Stefan Hertrich. In it laid the foundations of modifying Cossacks and later games based on its engine (American Conquest and others).
Mod1 greatly increased diversity on the Cossacks battlefield by changing several units to more colorful uniforms and statistics and adding cannons.
One of the retail versions of Cossacks Back to War contained a version of Mod1, except modified to work for Back To War. This was codenamed “Mod2”, however since it is virtually identical to Mod1 (the only changes being the accommodation of new BTW nations).
Cossacks Back To War from Steam does not contain Mod1, probably because of licensing issues.
I have included the two most important files in this package. The original mod installer would not work anyway because it is not configured to the Steam Cossacks. Notable improvements are adding shooters to Algeria and changing the uniforms and strength of England, Sweden, France and other countries.
To find out if it works, you will see a 1.35+M135[BADDOG] on the lower right corner of your main menu.
For more information:
Cossacks.Heavengames[cossacks.heavengames.com]
I have uploaded the file to the Cossacks community site, the Cossacks World.
Cossacks World[cossacks.heavengames.com]
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Drag these files to the Cossacks folder in the Steam program files.
The default path is:
C:Program FilesSteamSteamAppscommonCossacks Back to Warbin
To advance users who put their Steam files somewhere else, I trust you can guess where the path is from the above.