Help with publishing

[PharaohOfNerds]

I made a mod adding the Austro-Hungarian empire to the game, but when I select it to try to upload it to the Mod Browser, the online services window says "check extension."
What does this mean, and does anyone know how to fix it?

 

[PharaohOfNerds]

this specific post exists so I can check the box for instant email notification for the thread. ignore it please until i figure out how to delete it.

 

[Redox]

I have no idea, but maybe you have some other unrelated files in your "Build" folder? Or some of lua or xml files have wrong extensions?

If your mod is actually working, you could post it here in the forums to start with.

 

[whoward69]

You get this error if you try to upload the .modinfo file (or indeed any of the files in the mod) instead of the .civ5mod file

Look in the "...\My Documents\Firaxis ModBuddy\{mymod}\Packages" directory for the .civ5mod file and not in the "...\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\MODS\{mymod}" directory at the .modinfo file

HTH

W

 

[PharaohOfNerds]

Thank you so much! It worked... or at least, the upload worked. I haven't tried to playtest it yet.

 

[PharaohOfNerds]

Here is the homepage for the mod
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=10690435#post10690435

 

[PharaohOfNerds]

it's not working
I downloaded it from the mod browser and activated it, but when I try to start a game, Austria-Hungary was not on the list of civs.

 

[Spatzimaus]

You should NOT be uploading a file until you're sure it actually works. You don't need to upload to be able to use a mod on your own machine; uploading is only for when other people want to use it. This is why the Mod Browser is so useless; people keep uploading things that never worked to begin with, and there's no easy way to tell.

 

[PharaohOfNerds]

how do i test a mod without uploading it?
How do i tell what is wrong with it? I checked the debug logs, there were no errors.

 

[Redox]

Just build your mod in ModBuddy. Then start Civ5 and your mod should be in the list of mods.