How to install a mod for Civ 5
Here I am, about to show you guys how to install a mod on Civ 5. It really isn't complicated and I like it more than the "traditional" way.
Anyways, here you go:
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Temporarily stickied, at least for now.
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Thanatos
Temporarily stickied, at least for now.
This makes no sense...
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Now that's a mod-friendly game :P
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Originally Posted by
Akar
This makes no sense...
Nonsense! :P
What I'm saying is that for now, it's only temporarily stickied. If this becomes popular, I might consider permanently stickying it until say, Civ VI came out or something.
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Awesome! Thank you so much dude!
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Love that games are starting to have 1 stop shop mod selections.
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good guide :) dunno if it should be stickied though...
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I'm stuck between steps 8 and 9. I can complete 8, where I've told the game to download a mod, and it does, and the green bar finishes and says COMPLETE, but then when I click on the Installed tab, nothing is there.
I got the game from D2D via Steam, and I play in Offline Mode. That doesn't stop me from viewing and downloading the mods, so I doubt it affects whether I see them or not, but maybe it does.
Any suggestions?
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On another note, do you all see a problem with the tiles refreshing their overlays? I will often tell a worker to build a mine on a hill, and the bottom half of the tile will start to turn white and show the mine stuff, but the upper half won't. It'll continue to appear as an unimproved hill until I scroll up and bring the bottom edge of the screen near the hill, at which time the entire tile's overlay will update. I have to do this every time I load a game, or every time I make an improvement. I'm playing the DX11 version on a newly (clean) installed Win 7 64, if it matters.
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Originally Posted by
Servius
I'm stuck between steps 8 and 9. I can complete 8, where I've told the game to download a mod, and it does, and the green bar finishes and says COMPLETE, but then when I click on the Installed tab, nothing is there.
I got the game from D2D via Steam, and I play in Offline Mode. That doesn't stop me from viewing and downloading the mods, so I doubt it affects whether I see them or not, but maybe it does.
Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>>>>
On another note, do you all see a problem with the tiles refreshing their overlays? I will often tell a worker to build a mine on a hill, and the bottom half of the tile will start to turn white and show the mine stuff, but the upper half won't. It'll continue to appear as an unimproved hill until I scroll up and bring the bottom edge of the screen near the hill, at which time the entire tile's overlay will update. I have to do this every time I load a game, or every time I make an improvement. I'm playing the DX11 version on a newly (clean) installed Win 7 64, if it matters.
You have to go online for it to take effect.
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Originally Posted by
Thanatos
Nonsense! :P
What I'm saying is that for now, it's only temporarily stickied. If this becomes popular, I might consider permanently stickying it until say, Civ VI came out or something.
People were asking how to install mods for Civ V? When it's the third tab down?
Also, Civ VI? My blown is mind.
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I just tried to make this work while having Steam in Online mode and it still won't work. I find the mod I want, download it, it says COMPLETE, I click on the Installed button and it just says NO MODS INSTALLED. I click the Online button again and it still says the file has been downloaded.
So, still stuck between steps 8 and 9. What's the next suggestion?
EDIT: After more digging, it seems it's a bug that's triggered by the fact that Steam and Civ5 aren't installed in the C drive...
I'm reading up on this: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1444062
which leads to this: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89645
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You have to let it sit for a few seconds.
That's all I can think of.
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any instructions for traditional way?
I have a file civ finatics and want to use it
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Go to your "My games" folder, find civ 5, open the file find the "MODS" folder, drag and drop.
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I cannot load a mod it says microsoft bits hasnt been started. What is that? I cannot find a mod folder either to do it the old fashioned way. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.
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Seriously great explanation Pilgrim. Love the detail of it.
I have two questions for you and others. This is coming from essentially a newbie. Not to Civilization at all, but a newbie to modding in ANY way.
1.) I have always been worried about modding games. So, I've never done it and never spent enough time to research it's ups and downs. My question is this - If I use any of the mods I find online, can I easily go back and play the game originally without any of the mods? Or are any mods I do (not scenario mods of course) permanent? Basically I only want to start experimenting with downloading mods if I know I can always go back to the original gameplay if I don't like them.
2.) What got me into looking at mods, is a type of mod I always had in my head that I wish could be tried. I always thought it would be VERY cool to play the game, where when you capture another civ's capital, that you get their civ's special ability. Therefore, if you are playing as Egypt, you of course have your 20% production towards Wonders. But if you capture Beijing, you would automatically get the Great General bonuses that they had. And, if you continue on and capture Tenochtitlan, you start to get culture bonuses for killing enemies, etc. And if any of them capture their capital back, they get their powers back (probably would be quite difficult in most cases). I think you get the idea. So, does anybody know of a mod like this, or if not, would it be even realistic/possible for one of you smart computer people to make a mod like this?
Appreciate the help with both questions!
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Excellent guide, my friend!
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In step 13 the "set up game" has disapeared after downloading a LOTR mod. only options are "load game" and "custom game" no mods appear in playable list and the map is not in my map list. How do I get the "set up game" option back?!