Make mod the default opener

damnyankees · Feb 14, 2010

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been asked before; in fact I can't imagine it hasn't been asked, but I simply couldn't find an answer through google or the forum search.

Is there any way to make Rise of Mankind (or any mod I guess) the default way the game opens? it's really annoying to always have to open BTS and then load a mod, thus restarting the game. Can I just jump right into the mod?

NBAfan · Feb 14, 2010

Make a copy of your BtS shortcut. Then right click on it and click properties. In the target box you should see something like this: "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe"
At the end put this: mod=\Rise of Mankind
If you use this shortcut the mod will load right away

You can do the same for other mods, just change the Rise of Mankind part to the name of other mod.

damnyankees · Feb 14, 2010

NBAfan said:
Make a copy of your BtS shortcut. Then right click on it and click properties. In the target box you should see something like this: "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe"
At the end put this: mod=\Rise of Mankind

You can do the same for other mods, just change the Rise of Mankind part to the name of other mod.

So what does the full target box look like? This:

"C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exemod=\Rise of Mankind"

That doesn't look right, does it?

NBAfan · Feb 14, 2010

Mine looks like this.

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe" mod=\Rise of Mankind

Ophryon · Feb 14, 2010

An alternate method is to declare it in the configuration file. Open the config file in a simple text editor. About halfway down, you should find a line for "Specify a Mod folder." Edit it to look like this:

; Specify a Mod folder (Mods\Mesopotamia), '0' for none
Mod = Mods\Rise of Mankind

Save the config file and voila! you're done.

If you don't know how to find the config file, it's normally located in the My Documents\My Games folder but you can also find installed shorcuts to it in the Program Files Civ folder. Hope that helps.

JaeChunDaeSung · Jun 29, 2010

Which config file will actually make this work? The one in the Civ4 game folder, or Beyond the Sword?

I tried the alternate method Ophryon used (I'm on Windows 7), and it's not working.

winthrowe · Jun 29, 2010

JaeChunDaeSung said:
Which config file will actually make this work? The one in the Civ4 game folder, or Beyond the Sword?

I tried the alternate method Ophryon used (I'm on Windows 7), and it's not working.

I have it working on win7 32bit with a config file at:
C:\Users\winthrowe\Documents\My Games\beyond the sword\CivilizationIV.ini

For some reason this seems to randomly change back to the default sometimes for me. I set the file read only to fix that.

I use the steam version, fwiw.

JaeChunDaeSung · Jun 30, 2010

I'm using one as installed by discs, so is there any real discerning difference between this and the steam versions?

Hyronymus · Jun 30, 2010

Yes, but nothing that concerns this matter I think.

I'm on Windows 7 too, you can find the ini-file here:

Code:

C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword

Obviously <username> has to be replaced with your username on Windows 7.

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