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[Joelz]

I haven't been playing M&B much recently, but after looking at some mods, I'd recommend these:

WWII: China Battlefield
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,137.0.html

Prophesy of Pendor
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,119.0.html

Pendor is a bit more complicated than most mods, so I suggest reading the mod's forums a bit.


About the graphical improvement, I think they just replace textures and models from native, so they should work.

EDIT:
Oh yeah, forgot to mention Native Expansion
Link:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,109.0.html

Here's the list of released mods:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,63.0.html