*UPDATE* Sadly ever since the 64 bit update and launcher change , this trick does not work for a fair share if not most old cosmetic mods that came before the major engine update. Those old visual mods you liked will now sadly have to be put to rest unless the creator/s of those mods ever come back and update them. You can still try this trick and perhaps the visual mod you're using will still be fine but in vast majority of cases it ends up creating horrible visual glitches and artifacting when forcefully turning on an outdated mod *UPDATE*

For cosmetic mods such as community made unit packs, map modes and UI changes this fix should work almost 100% of the time unless said mod somehow conflicts with some recent cosmetic changes which from my experience has so far not been the case ever since i got into EU in 2015.

Major overhaul mods that add more provinces or change up the game's mechanic a lot might not work at all or become unstable via this method, in which you will have to wait for the mod creator to update it but iv'e had some of these types of mods in the past still work with this quick fix, i just can't guarantee for sure that it'll work properly.



Oh no, a new update has arrived and all of my mods are broken. It'll take forever for the moders to update these mods. Is there a way i can fix it ?


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Yes there is, simply make way to your documents folder on your system


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Open the "Paradox Interactive" Folder


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Open the "Europa Universalis 4" Folder and go to "Mod"


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Once you're in there, simply right click on your desired mod and "Open with - Notepad"


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Find the line "Supported Version"


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And then Simply change it to the current number version of the game and save the file


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That's it! It's all you have to do to make it work again. Iv'e been doing this to a rather outdated map mod for two years now and it hasn't failed me yet. As i mentioned earlier, if you're doing this for a more complex mod that's not just a UI,Map or any other Cosmetic change then you might run into issues running said mod after doing this but you might get lucky and find that the major overhaul mod still works.

Prime reason i decided to make this guide is cause i keep noticing a lot of people always asking moders for updates when even the smallest hotfix arrives for EU4, yet you can easilly fix the outdated mod problem by just edditing one simple text.ini file as i showcased in this guide.