I'm getting people commenting on my
Star Trek Civ4 tour videos about this problem. I still use windows 7 so I had no troubles installing the mod on my steam copy. So this is possibly some sort of silly windows 10 issue with the installer.
If this mod had been released in a zip file that made users have to drag stuff into folders themselves it would have been annoying however at least it would have been future proof as win10 may not like their 'helpful' installer lol.
I can see from the FAQ that the installer does more than just stick files into the mods folder, it also sticks files elsewhere and possibly inserts some registry settings too. I can force open the exe installer in 7zip (which you guys could do too) but its hard to tell what is meant to go where. Presumably the creators of the mod are long gone but someone smart enough here can help 'deconstruct' what goes where and if any registry stuff happens in the installer. Then we could make a alternative manual install zip file which just gets the user to extract all files and folders into the root BTS folder and run a manual reg update file similar to what we have people do with the
Babylon 5 Civ4 mod.
However all that being said you guys might just been falling for the same old problem a lot of our B5 mod fans fall for with the steam copy which is nothing Windows 10 related.. its simply the fact that steam calls the vanilla Civ4 folder 'Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword' so then everyone thinks that is the BTS addon folder when it's NOT, it's still vanilla Civ4 and you still have to go into the BTS sub folder (eg here's a
picture of my B5 mod install folder showing the double levels of BTS folders in the steam copy). However the Star Trek installer does NOT want you to select the mods folder there either or make your own Star Trek folder in mods which a lot of people probably fall for too. All it wants you to do is select the BTS sub folder within Civ4's install folder.
So basically this should make the 'Next' button work:
[location of your steam folder]\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\
And these common mistakes will NOT work and make it grey out:
[location of your steam folder]\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\
[location of your steam folder]\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Mods\
[location of your steam folder]\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\
[location of your steam folder]\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Star Trek\
Or anything else you can think of lol
If the 'Next' button is still grayed out there then its a weird win 10 issue and my earlier advice needs to be done somehow.. if its not grayed out then congrats you fell for the rather silly problem caused by steams naming of the Civ4 root install folder along with not properly reading what the installer is asking you to do haha.
EDIT: The latest guy on my youtube having this issue just confirmed that he was typing in the mods folder and a star trek folder. The Star Trek mod is now working on his steam copy on Windows 10 just fine so it's definitely NOT a Win 10 issue. Shame you guys missed out on playing the mod due to such a simple misunderstanding of the installer instructions and steam folder naming lol, oh well. Hopefully this thread stops this from happening in the future!
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