Any Simple Mods that WORK?

[caravel]

All the mods I've tried just make my Medieval Crash now.

More likely that your inability to install them is a bigger factor... or that you have a version mismatch between the installed game and the mod version...

It used to not crash, but people are just poor at making mods for Windows 7.

People do not make mods for Windows 7, they make mods for the game.

I make mods for Medieval 2: Total War, and usually they're simple and nice- more provinces, battle maps, cities, and factions.

Then make your own mod.

Any simple mods that add:
More provinces
More factions
Unique units for that faction

Without changing the game (well, trying to change the game)?

Modding generally changes the game, if you want just that, then make your own mod.

Redux is the opposite of what I want- it also gave me a virus that won't come off of my computer.

That's quite a serious claim to make. Back it up with some actual evidence and/or screenshots and the location you downloaded the file from or withdraw it.

BKB didn't change my game- it just makes my game crash and lag now!

BKB certainly does change the game, if you didn't see the changes then you may not have installed it correctly. As to crashing and lagging, BKB changes and adds a lot, but you'd have to be running a 10 year old PC to be seeing any performance loss.

So, anything simple as listed above (2nd paragraph- listing)? That is NOT like Redux or BKB?

Either try the XL mod or do your own mod to include what you want. (edit: the XL mod is not an option for you either)

Yeah, my Medieval is 1.0.0.... whoops... so will I be able to get BKB Super Mod working if I update my game then install it?
Also, are there any pics on the BKB Super mod?

You need the patch and BKB will not install or run on version 1.x... (see first paragraph)

Edit: Try the medmod, but patch the game first.