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// about UI mods

They usually edit one of these two UI files, or both:

GFX files: often edited to add/modify the functionality of a UI.

Examples: More Traits in CAS, Searchable menus/UIs, UI Cheats Extension, TOOL, etc.

Texture (DDS) files: often edited to change the texture of a UI.

Examples: CC wrench icons, main menu/loading screen override, and world map replacements.

Both: UI recolors often edit both files above as text colors are handled by GFX files and the textures are edited separately. Some main menu and loading screen overrides also edit both if there's a new functionality added to them.

// GFX and texture file(s) comes as a set for the UIs they're made for

For example, the main Calendar UI comes with one GFX file (calendar.gfx) and one Texture file (instance # 999522802c8b1c5c). Meanwhile, the Edit Holiday & Plan Event UIs have their own set of GFX & Texture files. This can be further confirmed by checking the GFX file and see which external image it's referencing to in the file.

because of this, it makes it easy to pinpoint which UI mod is causing a glitch, hence the creation of this guide :p

// cause of a UI glitch

Whenever there's a new game update, the GFX and texture set are updated together if a new functionality is added to a UI. With that in mind, when you have a UI mod from the previous patch laying around, you now have one half outdated/modded UI file (i.e. GFX) and one half up-to-date/unmodded UI file (i.e. UI texture) loaded up by the game (or vice versa), and that discrepancy in version is how you get the UI visual glitch!

Here's an example of a UI known to break (guicomponentlibrary.gfx):

There are instances where only the GFX file gets updated and not the textures, causing little to no visual bugs, or in another case, having 2 outdated UI mods from the same set (i.e. custom wrench icon & more traits in cas mod). So even if there seems to be no visual bugs, some UIs may still not function as it's supposed to (mainly after big game updates). Always a good idea to check all of your UI mods.

// list of UI mods and their associated glitches

what you're here for :-) // ⚠️ important note: I'm reproducing these examples using old UI files I exported & edited myself and doesn't reflect the current state of the mods included below. UI mods that haven't been broken since Dec '24 aren't included. Use this only as a frame of reference!