StixsworldHD Songs of Conquest mods

◆  Songs of Conquest  ◆

Ultra Mod Suite

The complete, screenshot-verified guide to installing BepInEx 5 (x64) into Songs of Conquest — then loading it with the Ultra Graphics Suite and the Ultra Difficulty Director, two ungodly madly vastly enhanced mods by StixsworldHD (StixsmasterHD4k).

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One loader, two mods, fifteen minutes

Everything installs by copying files — no installers, no registry, no save-file edits. Follow the three parts in order and you cannot go wrong. Every step below is illustrated with a real screenshot of the finished result; click any image to view it at its original full size.

Part I

Install BepInEx 5

The plugin loader everything else rides on. Download one zip from GitHub, extract it next to SongsOfConquest.exe, run the game once.

Open Part I ▸
Part II

Ultra Graphics Suite

v1.0.1 · one DLL into BepInEx\plugins. 69 live-apply settings across 13 tabs — press F10 in-game.

Open Part II ▸
Part III

Ultra Difficulty Director

v3.0.0 · one DLL into BepInEx\plugins. A living, fair, 99-setting difficulty director — press F9 in-game.

Open Part III ▸
Verified on game 1.10.4_a515e789d6_master_steam_release BepInEx 5.4.23.x · x64 Windows · Steam & GOG Base game + every DLC

SoC Ultra Graphics Suite v1.0.1

69 settings13 tabs Hotkey F10 Applies live — no restarts

Uncapped FPS and frame pacing, render scale to 2.00× supersampling (or AMD FSR 1.0 down-scale for weak GPUs), MSAA up to 8×, FXAA/SMAA/TAA, 8192 shadow maps, 16× anisotropic filtering, 2× world detail and flora, a full colorist toolkit (ACES tonemapping, exposure, white balance), bloom/grain/vignette control, cloud & lighting dials, anti-stutter GC tuning, and a corner FPS overlay with 1% lows. Hooks the game's own graphics manager so preset changes can never silently undo your overrides.

SoC Ultra Graphics Suite in-game menu opened over the main menu
The F10 menu — Display & FPS tab. Every control carries its plain-English explanation.
Install guide ▸ Download

SoC Ultra Difficulty Director v3.0.0

99 settings12 levers Hotkey F9 100% MP sync-safe

A director that watches every round and keeps the match a fight: AI tier shifts, income-proportional stipends and taxes, Last Stands, the new Coalition Instinct that turns the AI courts against the runaway leader, skill-adaptive difficulty, mercy windows, revive assistance, neutral-camp growth pulses — all shaped by a three-act dramatic arc and four one-click presets (Story / Balanced / Veteran / Nightmare). Host-authoritative: guests never need the mod.

SoC Ultra Difficulty Director in-game menu opened over the main menu
The F9 menu — General tab with the preset row. “Dormant — waiting for a match” is the normal main-menu state.
Install guide ▸ Download

Both mods running together

Shots taken on the verified build with the Graphics Suite and the Difficulty Director loaded side by side. Click any image for the untouched original.

A battle in Songs of Conquest with enhanced shadows, detail and effects
Battle. Boosted shadow resolution, forced anisotropic filtering and post-AA — pixel art stays razor sharp.
Campaign map at round 64 with a large army and rich terrain detail
Round 64, campaign. The director has been pacing this match for an hour; the world still bites back.
Night-time adventure map scene with torch lighting
Night adventure. Raised dynamic-light limits let every torch in the scene actually cast light.

What you need

  • Songs of Conquest on Windows (Steam or GOG), base game with or without DLC — the mods cover all of it.
  • The game launched at least once so it has finished first-time setup.
  • An archive tool that opens .rar and .zip — 7-Zip, WinRAR, NanaZip, or PeaZip all work.
  • About 15 minutes. No modding experience required.

What this guide never asks you to do

  • Run an installer or a script.
  • Touch your save files — the director stores nothing in them.
  • Overwrite or delete any original game file. Everything added sits next to the game and removes cleanly.

Start with Part I — BepInEx ▸