Ok, got the BUG mod working fine after doing some of the editing from earlier in the thread. I have a Pitboss game going (my desktop machine runs Windows), and I tried to connect to that game with my Macbook Pro. When I get into the main game screen, I have no UI.
I remember that being a problem when I first installed BUG. I also know that when I connect to the Pitboss game via Windows the game does not run BUG. My guess is that the edited files are causing the loss of UI.
I'm assuming there's no way to enable/disable BUG in the Mac. Am I correct in that assumption?
The other thought I had was that maybe there is a may to have another install of BtS without the BUG mod installed so that I can use that for the Pitboss game. Is that possible?
Thanks for any help!
Yes, you can enable and disable BUG. The method depends on where you installed BUG.
A) If it is installed as a mod:
1) if you haven't modified the .ini file for BTS, just don't load the BUG mod
2) or you can modified the .ini file:
…...find these lines:
; Specify a Mod folder (Mods\Mesopotamia), '0' for none
Mod = 0
when you don't want BUG running the lines should be as above
when you do want BUG running modify the second line to read:
Mod = Mods/BUG Mod
B) If it is installed in CustomAssets in your "~/Documents/Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" folder:
1) Rename CustomAssets as something else, such as "BUG CustomAssets", when you don't want to use BUG. CIV will create a new empty CustomAssets folder when it runs. When you want to use BUG again, delete the empty CustomAssets folder and rename the one with BUG as Custom Assets again.
2) Alternatively, just move the CustomAssets folder with BUG in it out of the CIV BTS folder to wherever you like. When you want to use BUG again move it back into the BUG BTS folder and answer yes when MAC OSX asks if you want to replace the existing folder (which is empty, as above).
As to why you have trouble with the Pit Boss games. One of the authors, I think it was EmperorFool, (who I know is participating in this thread), said elsewhere in reply to a similar question that BUG Mod was designed for single player games and may not work properly in multiplayer games.