Mod Suggestions

[vasut]

Just purchased Civ4Col a week ago. Have enjoyed playing a game that I first played, what, 15 years ago?

Anyway, I see there are a lot of mods available in the Mods subfolder. Any recommendations from the field as to which mod(s) are worth downloading?

Thanks,
Charlie

 

[Dale]

My usual response.

Definitely install the patch! The game is bugged without the patch. And use this patch from the downloads section not the in-game patch as it's bugged too. http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11915

Play a couple games with patched Colonization then head into the mods section for a look.

There's a couple of good mods to try:
- Mare Nostrum: Play colonization in the mediteranean in the ancient age.
- Plantation Economy which modifies the economy to a farm based economy.
- Ein Platz an der Sonne: Play colonization in Africa during the 1800's.
- BLU Mod: All new graphics and unique units.

And of course my own Mod:
- Age of Discovery II: Aimed to provide a complete colonial experience in the Americas. (Considered more an unofficial expansion than a Mod)

With it's ModMod:
- Age of Further Discovery

 

[vasut]

Thank you, Dale.

Hmm...I've already installed the patch. How do I know if I got the correct one? I recall that I tried unsuccessfully (twice) to download/install from the in-game Update section. I eventually downloaded it from, I think, the Firaxis site. Is there a way I can tell? According to the Build, I have:

Colonization 101
Save 2
Build 1.0.0.1 (121000)
Sat 28 Feb 08:13:10 2009

As for your mod suggestions, I'll try them all. I'm not an experienced modder. Any special instructions on dowloading and installing them properly in the Colonization folders?

Thanks,
Charlie

 

[Dale]

Just read the instructions in the mod's thread, and any questions post in the relevant threads.

Youv'e got the patch running if youv'e got 1.01.

 

[vasut]

Thanks, Dale. I am having trouble installing your AODII. Instructions say to unzip to C4C\Mods, but I don't see that sub-folder, and it wouldn't let me create it. Or least not the way I was doing it, i.e., within WinZip.

 

[vasut]

Never mind, Dale, I was able to create the Mods folder, using Windows Explorer, and unzipped the files to C:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization\Mods, and it worked. Nice work.

If you don't mind helping with something else, I'm having trouble with Ekmek's MareNostrum. I downloaded it, found WinRAR on the Internet and downloaded it, but when I try to extract the downloaded MareNostrum file to the same Mods folder above, I get a series of errors (almost 7,000) that say that the specified path could not be found.

I've left a message on the MareNostrum board for help, but maybe you will see this first and know the solution.

Thanks.

 

[vasut]

Never mind, again, Dale. I got this problem sorted out as well.

Thanks for your help, and recommendations.

 

[Dale]

No probs.