ADDIT: to clarify/answer my own question in my original post, user-built "cusom" mods have to be placed in the My Games/ directory not in the Program Files/ directory. I moved a mod folder over to the My Games version, and now the starting turn durations are properly shortened. You might want to clarify this in your first couple posts in the thread Weasel. I read the entire thread, and I did not see this point clarified. It might be a fairly obvious point to modders, but to those who are simply interested in USING mods, it might be important
Thus the path for this mod that I'm trying out must be:
Desktop/My Documents/My Games/Sid Meier's Civilization4/MODS/Derelict's Truly Epic
It WILL NOT work if it is in the following path:
(C: )/Program Files/Firaxis Games/Sid Meier's Civilization4/Mods/Derelict's Truly Epic
Even though it DID give me the option to load it in the "Load a Mod" tab, and when I went to "About this Build" it listed the mod as being in effect.
Also, note that the custom version has "MODS" as all-caps verses the original in Title Case "Mods".
ORIGINAL POST:
Hey guys, great thread!
I have a fairly simple question. At this point I'm just trying to understand how it all works, without even aspiring to my long-term aspirations to mod!
Why do I have copies of Sid Meier's Civ4/etc., etc . . . in BOTH
(C: )/Program Files/Firaxis Games/Sid Meier's . . . and in:
Desktop/My Documents/My Games/Sid Meier's . . . .
My reason for asking is, I've dled a little mod by Derelict that simply makes the game play a bit slower. When I try to run it going to the Advanced Tab/Load a Mod in the main game window, it warns me that it is restarting, and it does. When I check out the "About this Build" it now lists "Derelict's Truly Epic" as the mod that is in effect, but then when I start up a new SP game, it still have the 40 year turn times at start instead of the 28 which Derelict's mod is supposed to cause.
I suspect this is not working because I've installed the Derelict's Truly Epic mod folder in the Program Files/ directory instead of in the My Games/ directory?
I notice that the list of folders and files in the My Games directory seem to be the ones that refer to customized assets and such, so I'm guessing that it is in this area that user made mods need to reside?