You know I was telling my wife the other day that one thing I felt 4X game Civilization VI desperately needed was more defined gradients. I mean yeah, there are other things you could fix - civ balance, AI interactions, tile yields - but man, I need more definition for those hills.
Luckily, the Civ 6 mod scene has come to the rescue with 'Hillier Hills', a mod that changes the heightmap of hill tiles to make them stand out more. It doesn't do anything other than that, but why would you want anything else? Look at these hills!
There is more, as surprising at it may seem: Another mod by user Leugi - Colder Tundra - provides better textures for tundra tiles. Leugi and the creator of the thicc hills mod, Deliverator23, have teamed up to offer a combined mod that offers both visual improvements in a single package. They weren't compatible before, which was one the great tragedies of the modern age.
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