Greater Flavor Mod (GFM)

This mod is based on HFM but greatly expands on it, adding bountiful flavor, provinces, historical accuracy changes, quality of life improvements and more.

IMPORTANT: If you downloaded from Github and for some reason the mod is broken, either:

• Check if you installed correctly.
• Redownload from Github maximum 1 day later. The mod gets constantly updated, sometimes several times in MINUTES or HOURS. If the mod breaks because of the developers, it gets fixed as quickly as possible, so first check if you installed correctly and if so, wait some hours or minutes and re-download, a fix should've probably been uploaded by then.

Failure to extract the mod may be due to a common GitHub issue, so try downloading again in the case of failure or try downloading from the Mod DB page.

Submods

• GFM is standalone - you do not need the original HFM to play.
• GFM Shattered World releases every single nation and adds a bunch more along with all the fantasy formables.
• GFM Performance Increase changes files to a lower resolution, thus reducing lag (doesn't change checksums).
• GFM More Cultures adds a lot more cultures to the game.
• GFM Fantasy Formables is a submod that adds several unrealistic formable countries.
• GFM Fluff Decisions adds inconsequential flavor decisions
• GFM No Swastikas removes every swastika in the game.
• GFM Grid Map is a map submod that returns the grid from vanilla to GFM.
• GFM Belle Dark is a map submod that applies the Belle Dark map mod to GFM.
• GFM 1830 Startdate is no longer a submod but a bookmark, nevertheless it allows people to start the game in 1830 and has content for the added years.
• GFM Terrain Pictures Submod adds over a thousand unique terrain pictures to GFM.
• Music Sub Mod adds more music to the game. This is located in a separate repository which can be found here
• Absolute gigachad Jay de Brabant has made a submod for GFM adding anime girl flags (the repo also includes regular HFM flags).

Installation Instructions

1. To get the latest version, click the green button that says "Code" and click "Download ZIP", or click here
2. Go to the mod folder in your Victoria 2 install directory.

• If you got the Steam version on Windows this will look something like C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Victoria 2/mod
• If you got a non-Steam version on Windows it might be something like C:/Program Files (x86)/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 2/mod

3. Delete the old versions of the mods, if you have any.
4. Move everything from the .zip into the mod folder.
5. Start the game and select base GFM along with the submods that you want to use.
6. Enjoy.

64-bit increased performance

RAM Patch for increased Performace (64-bit PCs):

1. Download laa_2_0_4.zip from the site: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/
2. Open the .exe
3. Select V2game.exe
4. Check "Large Address Aware Flag"
5. Save
6. Enjoy! The game now should run faster if you were low on RAM

Acknowledgements

GFM owes its existence to:

• Pauil81 (Current Lead Dev)
• Abraham Lincoln (Previous Lead Dev)
• JmanThunder (Mod Creator)
• dr ッ
• Bob Bobington
• SirRunner
• BloomerMagma
• UlfDerDritte
• Erling E. Kristiansen
• Wooper Goldberg
• Sarifzx
• Atlas
• General Garcia
• Dukeçza Victor
• Batislav
• the based department
• Davi Cerqueira
• lili Lawa
• RadRadishRadiator
• ElYisusKing
• Trigori

As well as the original developer of HFM, the one and only: SighPie

Discord

The Victoria 2 Modding Discord server is the home of this mod (and many others). Please visit if you would like to discuss GFM, suggest improvements, or bring bugs to the attention of the developers.