
Better Trade Screen
Revolutionize Your Trade in Civilization VI with Better Trade Screen
Managing your empire’s economy in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI can become a complex undertaking, especially as your civilization expands and trade routes proliferate. The base game’s trade interface, while functional, can often feel cumbersome and lack the clarity needed for optimal economic management. This is where the Better Trade Screen mod steps in, offering a comprehensive overhaul designed to streamline your trade route operations and provide unparalleled insight into your global commerce.
Enhanced Trade Route Management
The core of this mod lies in its extensive improvements to the trade screens. Gone are the days of sifting through endless lists of trade routes, struggling to identify key information. Better Trade Screen introduces powerful sorting and filtering capabilities, allowing you to instantly organize your routes by specific yields such as Food, Production, Gold, Science, Culture, and Faith, or by the turns remaining until completion. You can even implement multi-level sorting by holding the Shift key, giving you granular control over your view.
Key Features at a Glance
- Advanced Sorting: Organize trade routes by yield type (Food, Production, Gold, Science, Culture, Faith) and remaining turns.
- Precise Filtering: Utilize new filters for City-State, International, and Trade Quest routes to pinpoint specific trade opportunities.
- Comprehensive Trade Overview: A completely redesigned screen displays all available trade routes, clearly color-coded by origin city for easy differentiation. Routes are intelligently categorized by origin or destination, essential for managing a vast number of routes in the late game. Crucially, it displays both origin and destination yields on a single screen.
- Improved Trade Route Tracker: Accurately monitors active trade routes with correctly calculated remaining turns, a significant improvement over the base game’s display.
- Trade Route Automator: Set routes to automatically repeat based on their last destination or the top route according to your sort settings, saving valuable turns and micromanagement.
- Refined UI Elements: Yield values are now color-coded by their respective types and neatly aligned for improved readability.
Streamlined Decision-Making
The Trade Overview Screen has been dramatically enhanced to provide a holistic view of your trading network. It now correctly displays all available routes, a significant improvement over the base game’s limitations. Routes are visually distinguished by their origin city’s color, and categorized by either their origin or destination, making it significantly easier to manage hundreds or even thousands of potential routes in the late stages of the game. Furthermore, the mod highlights City-State Trade Quest icons on relevant routes and clicking on any route will instantly open the appropriate screen, whether it’s to create a new trade route or change a destination city.
For those seeking to optimize their economic engine and gain a deeper understanding of their trade network, the Better Trade Screen mod is an indispensable tool for any dedicated Sid Meier’s Civilization VI player.