HIP: The Modular Mod for CKII

Historical Immersion Project (HIP) is a collection of mods for Crusader Kings II which are designed to be able to work together in any combination. As the name suggests, all of its modules share a common focus upon historical immersion. It has a single, automatic installer and consists of:

+ EMF: Extended Mechanics & Flavor - Core overhaul
+ SWMH: SomeWhat More Historic - Map and history overhaul
---> SED: English Localisation for SWMH
---> MiniSWMH: High-performance SWMH
+ ARKOpack Armoiries: CoA overhaul
+ ARKOpack Interface: GUI overhaul
+ CPRplus - Extensive portraits overhaul
+ LTM - Graphics overhaul (textures, terrain, 3D shaders, etc.)
+ Shortcuts - Combination of Arumba's Keyboard Shortcuts and Internal Tab Shortcuts for quickly navigating the interface

Use this group to keep track of your HIP friends and new HIP releases.

Hit up our official sub-forum on ParadoxPlaza to get more information, download, and discuss:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/historical-immersion-project.845/

We also have a burgeoning presence on the CKII Wiki, which should help explain HIP to new and old users alike. Wikis are always a work-in-progress, but this one's under rapid construction, so do also check back later for more in-depth and detailed information:

http://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/HIP

EMF keeps a comprehensive changelog archive all the way back to its first version, which is really handy since mechanics documentation otherwise isn't exactly widespread:

http://hip.zijistark.com/EMF_changelog.html (released versions)
http://hip.zijistark.com/EMF_beta_changelog.html (current open beta)

Finally, HIP has a small but growing standalone web presence:
http://hip.zijistark.com/

If you'd like to donate to the project to help us make a dent in our server rental costs or simply because you like us, just click the PayPal 'Donate to HIP' button at the bottom of those pages.

Official HIP Website[hip.zijistark.com]
HIP Forum [ParadoxPlaza][forum.paradoxplaza.com]
HIP Discord Server[discord.gg]

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RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

HIP Release - 2020-07-09 [Frosty3]

9 July, 2020 - zijistark | 1 Comments

The HIP team is still determined to bring your CK2 gameplay experience to nearly perfect, and here's another release, Frosty3, to prove it. Enjoy!

Release Thread (Changelogs & Download)[hip.zijistark.com]
More Readable Changelog for EMF v11.2[hip.zijistark.com]

HIP Release - 2020-03-06 [Frosty2]

6 March, 2020 - zijistark | 0 Comments

While we took a bit longer of a break since our last release, our Frosty2 release is now finally ready for your consumption!

Additionally, we've addressed a few key issues with the HIP Installer due to recent changes in its supported operating systems (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Far fewer people will encounter installation issues now.

Release's Forum Thread (Downloads, Changelogs, Discussion):
http://hip.zijistark.com/releases/latest.pl?id=48&thread

Installation Instructions (NEW):
http://hip.zijistark.com/install.html

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Bubbah Black 20 Feb @ 9:50am

R.I.P.

Big 19 Feb @ 10:26pm

Modmaker has passed away homies.

Tatariiii 3 Apr, 2025 @ 8:56am

Hello guys, i have a serious issue with the mod, whenever i Start a game as a muslim character, the decadence option simply doesn't exist. I've tried reinstalling but nothing works. Any ideas?

–Phase– 16 Jun, 2024 @ 1:26am

For anyone wondering how to get the mod now that the official site is down: just join the HIP discord linked in this group. There's a mediafire link for the mod in the announcements channel.