Civ5Mod File Manual Creation Question

[trystero49]

I'm trying to create civ5mod files from scratch in an effort to merge certain mods into one convenient mod and I am confused by two things. I do not understand the purpose of the "mod id" section. It appears to be some kind of checksum. If I create my own civ5mod file, what should I put there?

I also don't understand the purpose of the md5 checksum that is listed between <Files>/<Files> for each individual file. If I change the path that that file refers to, does it conflict with the checksum?

Thanks.

 

[Gedemon]

Mod ID must be unique, put what you want there as long as it's not already used by another mod.

Checksum for files is used when the mod is downloaded/extracted from a .civ5mod file. (you're editing the .modinfo file, the .civ5mod file is the 7zip archive containing all the files of the mod)

It will change every time you made a change to the referred file, but you don't have to be concerned by it if you're editing the mods locally.

 

[trystero49]

Ah yes, I did indeed mean the .modinfo file. Yeah, I'm only editing these locally, so I guess I don't have to worry about it. I've gotten my mod to work, mostly. Some components still don't work, but I'll keep working on it. Thanks for your help.