Llewen
Warlord
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***Updated the post with the fix for shortcuts breaking on boot.***
I realize this is old news, but I had to do a lot of futzing about to get this to work, so I thought I'd share how I got it working.
1. To create the initial shortcut simply go to your Steam games list, right click on the game name and choose, "Create desktop shortcut".
2. Right click on the shortcut you created on your desktop and choose "Properties". In the Target field add the following:
***Pay special attention to the double quotes, they must appear exactly as I have posted, or the shortcut will either not work, or will stop working on boot.***
Substitute "[mod name]" with the exact name of the folder of the mod you wish to start, so that the full target line appears as follows (with your mod name of course):
Hit "Apply" to save your changes.
3. If the creators of the mod have provided an icon you will probably find it in the root mod folder. For Fall from Heaven 2 the icon was in bmp format, so you have to set the view to "All Files" when you are looking for the icon.
If you want to create a shortcut to open vanilla Civ IV, or Warlords, or a mod for one of them, the application number in "-applaunch 8800" will be different, but choosing the "Create desktop shortcut" in the Steam game menu will create a shortcut with the correct application number.
There is one last added wrinkle to this. This shortcut will only work for game saves that were started after using a shortcut created this way. For other game saves, even though it is the same mod, the game will reload the mod before proceeding.
I realize this is old news, but I had to do a lot of futzing about to get this to work, so I thought I'd share how I got it working.
1. To create the initial shortcut simply go to your Steam games list, right click on the game name and choose, "Create desktop shortcut".
2. Right click on the shortcut you created on your desktop and choose "Properties". In the Target field add the following:
Code:
"mod=\[mod name]"***Pay special attention to the double quotes, they must appear exactly as I have posted, or the shortcut will either not work, or will stop working on boot.***
Substitute "[mod name]" with the exact name of the folder of the mod you wish to start, so that the full target line appears as follows (with your mod name of course):
Code:
E:\Games\Steam\Steam.exe -applaunch 8800 "mod=\Fall from Heaven 2 030"Hit "Apply" to save your changes.
3. If the creators of the mod have provided an icon you will probably find it in the root mod folder. For Fall from Heaven 2 the icon was in bmp format, so you have to set the view to "All Files" when you are looking for the icon.
If you want to create a shortcut to open vanilla Civ IV, or Warlords, or a mod for one of them, the application number in "-applaunch 8800" will be different, but choosing the "Create desktop shortcut" in the Steam game menu will create a shortcut with the correct application number.
There is one last added wrinkle to this. This shortcut will only work for game saves that were started after using a shortcut created this way. For other game saves, even though it is the same mod, the game will reload the mod before proceeding.
