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Civ5 - Modding Tutorials & Reference

Post tutorials, guides, and documentations related to Civ5 modding here.

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  1. deanej
    Sticky

    Civilization Modding Wiki

    deanej, Oct 2, 2010 ... 2
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    27
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    50,259
    Equilin
    Dec 1, 2017
  2. Kael
    Sticky

    Modders Guide to Civilization V

    Kael, Sep 28, 2010 ... 30 31 32
    Replies:
    630
    Views:
    475,300
    vyyt
    Apr 11, 2017
  3. whoward69
    Sticky

    How to enable logging

    whoward69, Feb 2, 2013
    Replies:
    15
    Views:
    60,777
    LeeS
    Sep 4, 2016
  4. whoward69
    Sticky

    File attributes/properties - Is that VFS, InGameUIAddin or UpdateDatabase?

    whoward69, Feb 6, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    33,023
    whoward69
    Nov 5, 2015
  5. Thalassicus
    Sticky

    Common Checklist for playing mods

    Thalassicus, Sep 20, 2011 ... 2
    Replies:
    35
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    107,814
    Mikemayday
    Aug 9, 2015
  6. Leugi

    SQL modding for dummies! (specially those that still use XML)

    Leugi, Nov 20, 2014 ... 2 3 4
    Replies:
    66
    Views:
    23,940
    Equilin
    Sep 18, 2018 at 10:57 AM
  7. sukritact

    Sukritact's Cartography Outline

    sukritact, Jul 2, 2013 ... 9 10 11
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    201
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    42,018
    Fan of Daenerys
    Sep 12, 2018
  8. LeeS

    XML (Advanced) Guide to Adding Buildings and Wonders to Brave New World

    LeeS, May 2, 2014 ... 3 4 5
    Replies:
    87
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    43,131
    Unedjis
    Jul 7, 2018
  9. Leugi

    Creating your own Soundtrack!

    Leugi, May 14, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    34
    Views:
    19,403
    Owen Selevert
    Jun 28, 2018
  10. whoward69

    DDS Texture (Image File) Creation and Usage for Beginners

    whoward69, Apr 15, 2012 ... 2
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    73,406
    MariusMagnus
    Jun 23, 2018
  11. Nomad or What

    Using Existing Unit Effects to Create Custom Units

    Nomad or What, Jun 23, 2014 ... 4 5 6
    Replies:
    110
    Views:
    21,838
    sman1975
    Jun 2, 2018
  12. cskim

    how to open gr2 in blender

    cskim, Feb 14, 2018
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    2
    Views:
    558
    Deliverator
    May 31, 2018
  13. Enginseer

    Lua Reference Vault

    Enginseer, Dec 14, 2016
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    1,718
    LeeS
    Mar 29, 2018
  14. Nefliqus

    Import gr2 skeleton

    Nefliqus, Dec 18, 2011 ... 2 3 4
    Replies:
    73
    Views:
    10,538
    Deliverator
    Mar 20, 2018
  15. Irkalla

    Irkalla's "Firaxis-Like" Civilization Icon Tutorial

    Irkalla, Apr 7, 2013 ... 8 9 10
    Replies:
    187
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    65,444
    Nomad or What
    Mar 14, 2018
  16. FramedArchitect

    Icon and Screen Pixel Dimension Reference

    FramedArchitect, Jun 28, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    37
    Views:
    11,149
    pineappledan
    Dec 30, 2017
  17. Optional

    How to restore normal CS placement in Pangaea- and ContinentsPlus

    Optional, Feb 10, 2012
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    12
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    17,486
    emerus
    Dec 19, 2017
  18. King Morius

    [BNW] How to changee existing Promotion?

    King Morius, Dec 9, 2017
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    2
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    272
    King Morius
    Dec 10, 2017
  19. Kyoss

    Tutorial: How to add a new Resource

    Kyoss, Oct 8, 2010 ... 2 3
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    51
    Views:
    38,639
    havox79
    Nov 17, 2017
  20. Hambil

    Adding a custom trait to a civilization

    Hambil, Apr 20, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    22
    Views:
    23,217
    Troller0001
    Oct 22, 2017
  21. TristanBomb

    Civilization Icon/Flag Template (SVG)

    TristanBomb, Nov 18, 2015
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    5,069
    Real_AviEmpire
    Jun 12, 2017
  22. whoward69

    XML data files for Standard Civilizations (inc DLC)

    whoward69, Mar 16, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    26
    Views:
    77,297
    TaZx
    May 28, 2017
  23. Nutty

    Team-color unit skins

    Nutty, Jun 15, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    26
    Views:
    7,979
    sman1975
    May 20, 2017
  24. Lord Tirian

    Improvement, Policy & Unit Action Icons (Firaxis-style)

    Lord Tirian, Jul 8, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    20
    Views:
    7,210
    bouncymischa
    Mar 16, 2017
  25. LeeS

    Dummy Buildings, and Building-Class Structure Issues with Certain Building Effects

    LeeS, Dec 23, 2014
    Replies:
    8
    Views:
    7,136
    LeeS
    Feb 10, 2017
  26. bane_

    [Lua] Basic Modding Guide for Civ5

    bane_, Sep 11, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    30
    Views:
    22,750
    Nutty
    Dec 30, 2016
  27. Novu

    [BNW] Add jungle tiles to Donut .lua

    Novu, Dec 22, 2016
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    556
    Novu
    Dec 28, 2016
  28. MouseyPounds

    Simple Tuner Modifications

    MouseyPounds, Nov 24, 2010 ... 2
    Replies:
    25
    Views:
    42,877
    Nutty
    Oct 28, 2016
  29. Gedemon

    Add a new unit in the game (using SQL)

    Gedemon, May 10, 2012 ... 9 10 11
    Replies:
    210
    Views:
    77,115
    Bangra 7
    Oct 16, 2016
  30. Deliverator

    Extract GR2 to Blender with mesh AND skeleton and re-export to GR2

    Deliverator, May 6, 2013 ... 25 26 27
    Replies:
    526
    Views:
    93,192
    Deliverator
    Oct 11, 2016
  31. timbo357

    Unique Building not showing up in game

    timbo357, Sep 23, 2016
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    658
    LeeS
    Sep 23, 2016
  32. Typhlomence

    CiV Diplomacy Templates

    Typhlomence, Sep 11, 2016
    Replies:
    1
    Views:
    1,598
    Craig_Sutter
    Sep 14, 2016
  33. Wolfdog

    Convert Civ 4 units to Civ 5 (Temp)

    Wolfdog, Oct 8, 2013 ... 5 6 7
    Replies:
    120
    Views:
    22,518
    wptaimuty
    Sep 5, 2016
  34. Deliverator

    Extract GR2 Animations into Blender and Re-Import to Civ V/Civ BE

    Deliverator, Mar 25, 2016 ... 2
    Replies:
    20
    Views:
    6,844
    Deliverator
    Aug 25, 2016
  35. OuroborosOrder

    Ouroboros Presents! Compiling and Building the Civ5 DLL on Windows 10.

    OuroborosOrder, Apr 21, 2016
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    1,901
    dream1976
    Aug 22, 2016
  36. Leugi

    Making a custom Leader use Custom Music!

    Leugi, Apr 13, 2013 ... 2 3 4
    Replies:
    76
    Views:
    41,101
    Leugi
    Aug 15, 2016
  37. Deliverator

    Civilization V: Leader Graphics Modding Guide

    Deliverator, Jan 17, 2016 ... 2
    Replies:
    20
    Views:
    10,069
    Civciv5
    Aug 10, 2016
  38. lemmy101

    HOWTO: New Unit Creation

    lemmy101, Oct 20, 2010 ... 10 11 12
    Replies:
    222
    Views:
    107,177
    thelijah
    Aug 5, 2016
  39. LuvToBuild

    The Newbie’s Guide to Modding Civilization 5

    LuvToBuild, Apr 18, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    127,441
    superdad69
    Jul 28, 2016
  40. Nutty

    Dealing with lots of data

    Nutty, Jul 12, 2016
    Replies:
    0
    Views:
    992
    Nutty
    Jul 12, 2016
  41. Thalassicus

    Modder's Starter Package

    Thalassicus, Oct 6, 2010
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    27,368
    LeeS
    Jul 9, 2016
  42. BoomerSooner76

    (Tutorial) How to add Civ Icons with Gimp 2

    BoomerSooner76, May 31, 2012
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    26,278
    Professor137
    Jul 3, 2016
  43. LeeS

    Unified Firaxis XML-tags

    LeeS, Nov 19, 2014
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    2,239
    LeeS
    Jul 1, 2016
  44. Keniisu

    How To Make A Civilization! | Video Series

    Keniisu, Jun 30, 2016
    Replies:
    0
    Views:
    1,966
    Keniisu
    Jun 30, 2016
  45. Leugi

    Great Prophet and Missionary/Inquisitor UU showing in the interface

    Leugi, Jul 30, 2014
    Replies:
    6
    Views:
    2,976
    Craig_Sutter
    Jun 25, 2016
  46. Sneaks

    Creating New Specialists

    Sneaks, Jan 6, 2011
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    12,162
    Chinese American
    Jun 14, 2016
  47. LuvToBuild

    [G&K] How to replace/add custom 2D leader scenes for your diplo screen

    LuvToBuild, Apr 6, 2013
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    17,185
    Chinese American
    Jun 12, 2016
  48. Keniisu

    How To Make A Civilization | Tutorial Series

    Keniisu, May 1, 2016
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    3,011
    Ajsieg
    May 31, 2016
  49. BigCece

    [REFERENCE] Text Icons

    BigCece, Mar 1, 2014
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    40,826
    Athenaeum
    May 26, 2016
  50. Ekmek

    How to Convert Civ4 Buildings into Civ5 Tile improvements

    Ekmek, Jun 25, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    35
    Views:
    8,395
    Mezzzzz
    May 20, 2016
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