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Civ5 - Modding Tutorials & Reference

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

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  1. Kael
    Sticky

    Modders Guide to Civilization V

    Kael, Sep 28, 2010 ... 30 31 32
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    630
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    451,374
    vyyt
    Apr 11, 2017
  2. whoward69
    Sticky

    How to enable logging

    whoward69, Feb 2, 2013
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    15
    Views:
    47,693
    LeeS
    Sep 4, 2016
  3. whoward69
    Sticky

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

    whoward69, Feb 6, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    28,176
    whoward69
    Nov 5, 2015
  4. Thalassicus
    Sticky

    Common Checklist for playing mods

    Thalassicus, Sep 20, 2011 ... 2
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    35
    Views:
    101,940
    Mikemayday
    Aug 9, 2015
  5. deanej
    Sticky

    Civilization Modding Wiki

    deanej, Oct 2, 2010 ... 2
    Replies:
    26
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    46,395
    Nutty
    Jun 27, 2015
  6. dninemfive
    Redirect

    Can you add new road-type improvements?

    dninemfive, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:59 PM
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    N/A
  7. TristanBomb

    Civilization Icon/Flag Template (SVG)

    TristanBomb, Nov 18, 2015
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    7
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    3,714
    Real_AviEmpire
    Jun 12, 2017
  8. whoward69

    XML data files for Standard Civilizations (inc DLC)

    whoward69, Mar 16, 2013 ... 2
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    26
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    64,295
    TaZx
    May 28, 2017
  9. Darzin

    How to replace the normal tech tree with the the smokey skies tech tree?

    Darzin, May 25, 2017
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    1
    Views:
    148
    LeeS
    May 27, 2017
  10. Nutty

    Team-color unit skins

    Nutty, Jun 15, 2013 ... 2
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    26
    Views:
    6,815
    sman1975
    May 20, 2017
  11. Enginseer

    Lua Reference Vault

    Enginseer, Dec 14, 2016
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    647
    Enginseer
    Mar 22, 2017
  12. Lord Tirian

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

    Lord Tirian, Jul 8, 2014 ... 2
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    20
    Views:
    5,709
    bouncymischa
    Mar 16, 2017
  13. whoward69

    DDS Texture (Image File) Creation and Usage for Beginners

    whoward69, Apr 15, 2012 ... 2
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    22
    Views:
    61,843
    Nutty
    Mar 6, 2017
  14. LeeS

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

    LeeS, Dec 23, 2014
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    8
    Views:
    5,351
    LeeS
    Feb 10, 2017
  15. Leugi

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

    Leugi, Nov 20, 2014 ... 2 3
    Replies:
    52
    Views:
    17,642
    meRlinX_AT
    Jan 15, 2017
  16. bane_

    [Lua] Basic Modding Guide for Civ5

    bane_, Sep 11, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    30
    Views:
    17,300
    Nutty
    Dec 30, 2016
  17. Novu

    [BNW] Add jungle tiles to Donut .lua

    Novu, Dec 22, 2016
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    1
    Views:
    258
    Novu
    Dec 28, 2016
  18. Leugi

    Creating your own Soundtrack!

    Leugi, May 14, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    33
    Views:
    15,682
    Laluzi
    Nov 13, 2016
  19. MouseyPounds

    Simple Tuner Modifications

    MouseyPounds, Nov 24, 2010 ... 2
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    25
    Views:
    36,032
    Nutty
    Oct 28, 2016
  20. Gedemon

    Add a new unit in the game (using SQL)

    Gedemon, May 10, 2012 ... 9 10 11
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    210
    Views:
    70,050
    Bangra 7
    Oct 16, 2016
  21. Deliverator

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

    Deliverator, May 6, 2013 ... 25 26 27
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    526
    Views:
    84,807
    Deliverator
    Oct 11, 2016
  22. timbo357

    Unique Building not showing up in game

    timbo357, Sep 23, 2016
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    1
    Views:
    339
    LeeS
    Sep 23, 2016
  23. Typhlomence

    CiV Diplomacy Templates

    Typhlomence, Sep 11, 2016
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    1
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    891
    Craig_Sutter
    Sep 14, 2016
  24. Wolfdog

    Convert Civ 4 units to Civ 5 (Temp)

    Wolfdog, Oct 8, 2013 ... 5 6 7
    Replies:
    120
    Views:
    20,091
    wptaimuty
    Sep 5, 2016
  25. Deliverator

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

    Deliverator, Mar 25, 2016 ... 2
    Replies:
    20
    Views:
    4,369
    Deliverator
    Aug 25, 2016
  26. OuroborosOrder

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

    OuroborosOrder, Apr 21, 2016
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    1,401
    dream1976
    Aug 22, 2016
  27. Leugi

    Making a custom Leader use Custom Music!

    Leugi, Apr 13, 2013 ... 2 3 4
    Replies:
    76
    Views:
    36,694
    Leugi
    Aug 15, 2016
  28. Deliverator

    Civilization V: Leader Graphics Modding Guide

    Deliverator, Jan 17, 2016 ... 2
    Replies:
    20
    Views:
    8,137
    Civciv5
    Aug 10, 2016
  29. lemmy101

    HOWTO: New Unit Creation

    lemmy101, Oct 20, 2010 ... 10 11 12
    Replies:
    222
    Views:
    98,537
    thelijah
    Aug 5, 2016
  30. LuvToBuild

    The Newbie’s Guide to Modding Civilization 5

    LuvToBuild, Apr 18, 2013 ... 2
    Replies:
    24
    Views:
    106,705
    superdad69
    Jul 28, 2016
  31. Nutty

    Dealing with lots of data

    Nutty, Jul 12, 2016
    Replies:
    0
    Views:
    706
    Nutty
    Jul 12, 2016
  32. Thalassicus

    Modder's Starter Package

    Thalassicus, Oct 6, 2010
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    24,942
    LeeS
    Jul 9, 2016
  33. BoomerSooner76

    (Tutorial) How to add Civ Icons with Gimp 2

    BoomerSooner76, May 31, 2012
    Replies:
    7
    Views:
    23,517
    Professor137
    Jul 3, 2016
  34. LeeS

    Unified Firaxis XML-tags

    LeeS, Nov 19, 2014
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    1,356
    LeeS
    Jul 1, 2016
  35. Keniisu

    How To Make A Civilization! | Video Series

    Keniisu, Jun 30, 2016
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    0
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    1,466
    Keniisu
    Jun 30, 2016
  36. Leugi

    Great Prophet and Missionary/Inquisitor UU showing in the interface

    Leugi, Jul 30, 2014
    Replies:
    6
    Views:
    2,599
    Craig_Sutter
    Jun 25, 2016
  37. Sneaks

    Creating New Specialists

    Sneaks, Jan 6, 2011
    Replies:
    13
    Views:
    11,076
    Chinese American
    Jun 14, 2016
  38. LuvToBuild

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

    LuvToBuild, Apr 6, 2013
    Replies:
    16
    Views:
    14,701
    Chinese American
    Jun 12, 2016
  39. Irkalla

    Irkalla's "Firaxis-Like" Civilization Icon Tutorial

    Irkalla, Apr 7, 2013 ... 8 9 10
    Replies:
    184
    Views:
    60,062
    Arlokk
    Jun 5, 2016
  40. Nomad or What

    Using Existing Unit Effects to Create Custom Units

    Nomad or What, Jun 23, 2014 ... 3 4 5
    Replies:
    91
    Views:
    16,965
    bouncymischa
    Jun 2, 2016
  41. Keniisu

    How To Make A Civilization | Tutorial Series

    Keniisu, May 1, 2016
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    2,244
    Ajsieg
    May 31, 2016
  42. BigCece

    [REFERENCE] Text Icons

    BigCece, Mar 1, 2014
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    13
    Views:
    31,681
    Athenaeum
    May 26, 2016
  43. Ekmek

    How to Convert Civ4 Buildings into Civ5 Tile improvements

    Ekmek, Jun 25, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    35
    Views:
    7,210
    Mezzzzz
    May 20, 2016
  44. whoward69

    Circumventing mod load order issues with database triggers

    whoward69, Mar 1, 2014 ... 2
    Replies:
    25
    Views:
    8,659
    whoward69
    May 12, 2016
  45. ls612

    A guide to debugging crashes with a custom DLL

    ls612, Aug 11, 2013
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    12
    Views:
    5,021
    gia
    May 8, 2016
  46. Firebug

    Photoshop Icon Tutorial

    Firebug, Apr 24, 2016
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    1,611
    DJSHenninger
    Apr 24, 2016
  47. DJSHenninger

    Civilization V-style Icons with Gimp

    DJSHenninger, Sep 25, 2014 ... 2 3
    Replies:
    52
    Views:
    13,316
    DJSHenninger
    Apr 23, 2016
  48. Deliverator

    Getting Civ 4 Units into Civ 5 - Full Conversion

    Deliverator, Jan 20, 2014 ... 6 7 8
    Replies:
    154
    Views:
    29,109
    Nomad or What
    Apr 20, 2016
  49. flamesfault

    [TUTORIAL] Getting Mods to work in Linux

    flamesfault, Jun 25, 2014
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    20,242
    Cafeinoman
    Apr 4, 2016
  50. Pazyryk

    Optimizing your Lua code for speed

    Pazyryk, Jun 5, 2012
    Replies:
    11
    Views:
    11,533
    qqqbbb
    Apr 1, 2016
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