modding civ 5

With thousands of hours in Civ 5, I've always thought the cost of windmills is a little too high, and I'd like to make a mod (or more likely modify someone else's mod) and end up with slightly cheaper windmills. Any advice?? As a senior citizen, PCs didn't even exist when I went to college, and...

This mod is currently in it's Alpha state. Bugfixs will be uploaded periodically. New Pokemon will be added later. All buildings/units may be subject to change. Contents ----------------- 1 New Civilization (Player + AI) 7th Generation Pokemon, with select Gen 1, 4 & 6 Pokemon. 30+ New Units...

Hey guys, I am trying to rebalance the social policies and I want to give coast and ocean tiles extra food and maybe other yields when you dive into the exploration tree. I cannot find how to do this does anyone have any ideas? I figured out how to change tile yields but I don't know how to...

So I wanted to make a civilization trait that would passively convert all food into production at a 2:1 ratio. Any ideas as to how I would even begin to program such an effect? I haven't seen anything like it in other mods so I have no reference point to copy from and modify. Any help?

I am interested to see what modders who have experience with both CIV2 and CIV5 editing have to say on this topic. Is one really better to edit than the other? Is one easier or that much more customizable? What are the pros and cons of doing a scenario or partial mod for a scenario on each...

Hi Is it possible to make my civilization automatically start near unimproved wine luxury resources just by editing the xml files? If yes, how? Moved to main modding forum. - Recursive

Hello, I've been messing with the Civilization V SDK for awhile now and I just can't figure it out. I've decided I want to go the route of commissioning somebody to make a mod for me. I'm not sure how much one would pay for such a thing, but I would really like to see my idea be playable and I'm...

Hey, I am trying to rebalance the social policies. I have managed to get the UI/text working. When you look at the policy screen all the changes are visible but when you actually play the game and unlock the policies non of the changes work. I have looked at other mods to try and see how they...

Hi there, I have cloned polder and kasabah to create two new improvements (Wasserpolder and Kasaba). Workers can use these improvements successfuly. However, polder and kasaba artwork does not appear. Do you guys have any idea what problem is? You can find my mod file within the attachements...

Hello, I had a question about modding in civ 5. So I have a mod that I downloaded called TarcisioCM's Yuan - Kublai Khan. I like this mod other than that its' UU is a ship but with spearmen model. I want to change the model of UU (Sao) particularly to already existing in game turtle ship model...

Hi everyone, I've posted a few questions around the forum but at the time was mostly ignored, so I dived deep into civ5 modding to be able to do 2 things: - buff the submarines in VP, which are pretty useless now except for scouting. - enable in-game editor to work in hot seat together with...

So I've been having some problems adding a Unique Improvement to my new Civ. If I'm not mistaken I only need to use XML (though I guess there are other ways to do it with SQL and or LUA I don't know anything about them yet). I've already checked with other vanilla Civs and other mods and I...

I'm new to Civ 5 modding, and I wanted to see how certain actions, such as the Xcom Squads, teleport work. However, I can't seem to find any source code files that show the code for this, which I'm pretty sure is lua correct?

So I made this mod for the wheel of time, and it's going to have multiple factions. I just made my first faction and I wanted to test my mod. So I moved it to Documents/MyGames/Civilization 5/MODS, and it showed up in the game, so I enabled it only to test it. It worked, showed the mod was...

Hello My name is Andrew and I am looking for someone to help me with mod development. For the past few months I have been trying my best to make a mod. I have come pretty far, but I have come to a road block. And note I know almost nothing about SQL XML and Lula. I have decided to come...

Hey everybody, I'm new to Civ 5 modding and have been having trouble creating an actual working mod. I'm not concerned with it being the most amazing project or anything. My goal is small and personal. Make a mod that I can enjoy in singleplayer and mess around with. Been working on this...

I am trying to fix an issue with Community Call to Power. After a certain number of spies (6~8) the game seems to be unable to handle them anymore, which causes the Espionage Overview to stop working and any save games afterward to corrupt. I've been wondering if there is a hard-coded limit to...

I've been learning modding and creating a bundle of new civilizations for civ 5 using XML. Artwork, unique units, unique buildings and the like are easy enough for me to make, but even with the help of guides I can't manage to create truly unique leader traits. I'm not talking about traits that...

Hello, first of all, i wish to apologize if i am posting this in the wrong subsection. Been reading the forum for years, but just now registered an account in order to ask something. So, i love the Vox Populi package, its the greatest. The smarter AI, the new Resources, the new dialogue text in...

Hello there, I recently decided to undergo a huge Civ 5 modding project, but the only issue is I've never modded Civ 5 before. With this mod, I'm hoping to change basically the whole game, brand new tech tree, entirely new civs, new units (hoping on making custom models), and new maps. However...