This thread is to provide direct downloads of Ancient Empires for Mac user, those who have issues with steam, or those who want to rollback to an older version of the mod. For most users the simplest option is to subscribe through steam using these links
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/...?id=1385069240
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/...?id=1381536100
instructions for the manual installation of Ancient Empires
There has been a bit of confusion about manual installation of Ancient Empires. All of my uploads are in the 7z format. 7z is the best option for extracting these files, though WinZip and WinRAR usually work as well. On Mac you can use Kika, Unarchiver, iZip or Dr Unarchiver. If you have trouble extracting with one program just try another one. Most of them are free. For pack 2, the .001, .002, .003, and .004 files are three parts of one archive. You need to have them in the same folder, then extract .001. This will take the content from all. This file simply had to be split because it was too large and was being corrupted during download.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO EXTRACT THE FILE WITH THE EXTENSION .002, .003, .004!
After downloading the 7z files and extracting them, you should have the following files:
@e_001_ancient_empires_master_pack1.pack
@e_001_ancient_empires_master_pack1.png
@e_002_ancient_empires_models_pack2.pack
@e_002_ancient_empires_models_pack2.png
Simply place these extracted .pack and .png files into ...\Steam\SteamApps\common\Total War Attila\data. The .pack files are the actual mod, while the png files just add icons. In mod manager check enable out of date mods. Make sure all the Ancient Empire mods are checked but no others. Once you get the base game working, you can repeat the process with any submods desired.
Not sure how often i'm going to update here, but you can always download the current version directly from steam using this website:
https://steamworkshopdownloader.io/
just post the address for the mod on steam workshop:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/325610/workshop/
direct downloads for current version of Ancient Empires 2.0
Pack 1 (updated Apr 6, 2021 )
https://www.mediafire.com/file/k38xo...1%2529.7z/file
Pack 2 (updated Mar 4, 2021 )
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4n4pw...29.7z.001/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/olywd...29.7z.002/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/y3dbh...29.7z.003/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ehb80...29.7z.004/file
previous version 1.2.2
Pack 1 (updated May 3)
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kbvmo...k1.2.2.7z/file
Pack 2 (updated Jan 20)
https://www.mediafire.com/file/8prt3...29.7z.001/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/2unet...29.7z.002/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/vmv0b...29.7z.003/file
optional submods (don't know if they work with AE 2.0)
softcore 4x (updated Jun 11, 2018) 4x taxtion, increases public order
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yf1ni5...ne_11.zip/file
or
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12q...M32xjzNQ5ovjvI
softcore 2x (updated Aug 5, 2018) 2x taxtion, increases public order
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cE...1vWXV2QNVVOJZh
supply system (updated July 28, 2018)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/dvjhbx...uly_28.7z/file