[GS] How do I mod Civ 6?

[RavensJellybone]

I've been trying for months now to add some new civilizations to Civ 6 but to no avail. Everything I've found either automatically expects you to know how to edit the files, or is like Keniisu who's tutorial was the only one that I understood, until he decided to end 3 episodes in and switch to friggin anime. Any modding help would be greatly appreciated as I have been working for months attempting to. (P.S. I would like to use XML over SQL if possible)

 

[Laurana Kanan]

I haven't looked at it in depth, but I heard @maconnolly 's Civ template is pretty good: Custom Civilization - ModBuddy template 2020-06-30

(P.S. I would like to use XML over SQL if possible)

My personal preference and that of many high profile VI modders would be to use SQL. It's definitely the more versatile language depending on what you want to accomplish.

 

[Gedemon]

I use both, XML to add data, SQL to modify data.

I find XML much easier to debug when adding more than a few rows of data in a table.

On the other hand, SQL is very, very, very useful when you want to make large changes to multiple tables (from a "setup" table for example) or implement other mods compatibility.

 

[raen]

Maybe this interest you: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-6-modding-tools-basics.634429/

 

[RavensJellybone]

I haven't looked at it in depth, but I heard @maconnolly 's Civ template is pretty good: Custom Civilization - ModBuddy template 2020-06-30

My personal preference and that of many high profile VI modders would be to use SQL. It's definitely the more versatile language depending on what you want to accomplish.

Thank you! Looking forward to trying this!

 

[RavensJellybone]

Maybe this interest you: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-6-modding-tools-basics.634429/

Thank you!

 

[maconnolly]

Thank you! Looking forward to trying this!

I haven't been as active recently, but if you do use it and you end up with any queries, comments or anything else - please do post in the associated resource thread and I'll definitely get back to you.