Hi, this is all very confusing for me trying to read through, so let me just ask it:
I've never used mods before but am interested in the "Dynamic Eras" one. It looks like I can't download it? It tells me to subscribe to download and after I subscribe there seems to be no possibility of download. The mod description also tells me to look for "eras.sql" which I try in Finder and no such thing shows up.
So I've searched around and it seems that mods don't work on Mac unless you do it manually? I was reading the first post of this thread and it just seems way too complicated for me I think, but I'm wondering is this the way I would have to go if I wanted this download? It's still like this?
The first post summarises the steps you need to use to install mods on the Mac versions of Civ5. Yes, it's a tedious, manual process because Aspyr doesn't support mods. We're only lucky they haven't completely disabled them in all Mac versions.
The description in the first post is complicated by the fact that there are two different versions - AppStore/Campaign Edition, and Steam. As far as I can tell, the AppStore version no longer allows mods to run, but one or two people have said it still works for them, so I have left the instructions there in case they are still of use to someone.
If you have the Steam version, then you should be able to get mods to work if you just follow the steps, ignoring references to the AppStore/Campaign edition. You will have to carry out the first three steps to enable your Mods menu. Then you need the mod itself.
Since the mod you are interested in is such a tiny one, I've attached a ZIP file containing the folder you need to put in the Mods folder. If all you want is that mod, then you don't need to read further. Just download the attached zip file, expand it into a folder in your Mods folder, and enable it in Civ5. The expanded folder contains the eras.sql file that you need to edit to customise the settings.
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In case you want to try to download it yourself, or to download other mods, here are the steps I used to get it:
I have already completed Steps 1 to 3 of course, so I downloaded and installed Dynamic Eras from the Steam Workshop as follows:
- Find the mod page for Dynamic Eras in Steam Workshop, and click Subscribe.
- Open the following folder in Finder: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata/ The easiest way to do this is to
select Go To Folder in the Finder's "Go" menu, and copy/paste the path into it.
- In that folder you will see one or more sub folders with numeric names. Expand folders in this location until you find the downloaded file called "dynamiceras (v 2).civ5mod". Here is what this all looks like on my system:
- Extract the raw files from "dynamiceras (v 2).civ5mod". I use an app called Keka to do this - see recent posts in this thread for details.
- When you have done that you will have a folder called "dynamic eras (v 2)" which contains two files: "DynamicEras (v 2).modinfo" and "Eras.sql". This is the same folder that I have zipped and attached to this post. Put this folder in your Mods folder in ~/Documents/Aspyr/Sid Meier's Civilization 5.
You can now edit the "Eras.sql" file to adjust the "cost" factors for each era.
Can anyone help?
