#Civ 5 steam mods how to

It has no special privileges, so it should have no effect on your operating system. It only runs when you choose to run it, and it runs within the limits of your account privileges. If it finds new mod files it extracts them to '~/Documents/Aspyr/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/MODS/'. It looks for new downloaded mod subdirectories in '~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata//ugc/referenced/'.Д¤. All this does is to enable the MODS option in the Civ5 main menu.ДЈ. It edits that file to comment the line 'Controls.ModsButton:SetHide'. It looks for the file ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/sid meter's civilisation v/Civilization V.app/Contents/Home/assets/UI/FrontEnd/a'Дў. All it does to run a Python script that performs the following operations:ДЎ. I'm sorry if that script has caused problems, though it is difficult to imagine how. Run Step 3 each time to install the new mods. You can repeat Step 2 later to download more mods. These will depend on the mod(s) you have enabled. Click Single Player at the top of the next screen, then Setup Game. Click Next and wait for the Game to Configure. Enable the mods you want by checking their tick boxes in the list. Click the Mods menu option and accept the 'Use MODS at your own risk' warning. This will edit your Civ5 software to enable the Mods menu option, and extract the mods you subscribed, and place them in your Civ5 Mods folder. Run the script you installed at Step 1 by double clicking it.

They will download to a hidden location on your Mac. Choose the mods you want, and click Subscribe for each one. It downloads as a zipped file, and you should unzip it and put it in a location where you can find it again, e.g. Download the attached Applescript, which is a modified version of ekc's original script. It will only work with the Steam version of Civ5, and mods you can Subscribe from Steamworks.

#Civ 5 steam mods how to

So I figured we need a simple step by step description of how to use it. ekc posted a script a few weeks ago designed to automate/simplify the whole mods installation and enabling process. You have prompted me to do something I should have done a while back.