Installing Mods on Civ5 for Mac
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m4verick
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No I did not 
Now it's working and I'm playing with Mod, thanks Alan!
Now it's working and I'm playing with Mod, thanks Alan!
Hey everyone - first post here. I followed all of the directions in terms of installing Mods for macs (edited the "ModsButton" on MainMenu.lua through TextEdit, installed Mods, and ran script).
However, every time I enable Mods, I get "Invalid Version" and can't click anything on the Main Menu page. I even wasted 2 hours reinstalling the entire game, but alas - nothing seems to work. (Note: I have the Steam App downloaded, not the Apple Store version as far as I know)
I would love some help if anyone knows what to do. I've been trying to read through the thread but people seem to have resolved this issue at the very least after reinstalling so I'm not sure what to do anymore.
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I think I may have resolved the issue by reading back a few posts (sorry for not reading in more detail earlier). But just in case anyone new runs into the same problem - the Text Editor converted my two dashes into one - henceforth corrupting my file. Per AlanH's advice, I copied and pasted the two dashes... and it worked! Hurrah.
However, every time I enable Mods, I get "Invalid Version" and can't click anything on the Main Menu page. I even wasted 2 hours reinstalling the entire game, but alas - nothing seems to work. (Note: I have the Steam App downloaded, not the Apple Store version as far as I know)
I would love some help if anyone knows what to do. I've been trying to read through the thread but people seem to have resolved this issue at the very least after reinstalling so I'm not sure what to do anymore.
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I think I may have resolved the issue by reading back a few posts (sorry for not reading in more detail earlier). But just in case anyone new runs into the same problem - the Text Editor converted my two dashes into one - henceforth corrupting my file. Per AlanH's advice, I copied and pasted the two dashes... and it worked! Hurrah.
ZBRZ
Chieftain
Hey guys,
Sorry if this has been posted before, but whenever I run the Civ5 Enable Mods script I get this error:
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Anybody know what's wrong?
Sorry if this has been posted before, but whenever I run the Civ5 Enable Mods script I get this error:
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Anybody know what's wrong?
ZBRZ
Chieftain
I'm running the Steam Version on a mid 2010 iMac. All DLC and Expansions installed.
Here's the full readout from the error:
**********-iMac-2:~ richard$ /usr/bin/python '/Users/*******/Downloads/Civ5 Enable Steam Mods.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/civ5enablesteammods.py'
Civ5 Enable Steam Mods 1.0.3
Activating the MODS button...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/*******/Downloads/Civ5 Enable Steam Mods.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/civ5enablesteammods.py", line 42, in <module>
os.rename(path1, path0)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Stars in place of personal info.
Here's the full readout from the error:
**********-iMac-2:~ richard$ /usr/bin/python '/Users/*******/Downloads/Civ5 Enable Steam Mods.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/civ5enablesteammods.py'
Civ5 Enable Steam Mods 1.0.3
Activating the MODS button...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/*******/Downloads/Civ5 Enable Steam Mods.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/civ5enablesteammods.py", line 42, in <module>
os.rename(path1, path0)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Stars in place of personal info.
The error message is saying that the following file does not exist on your system:
/Users/<user_name>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/Civilization V.app/Contents/Home/assets/UI/FrontEnd/MainMenu.lua
This is the file that the script needs to edit to enable your MODS menu option, and it is always available in a fully working Steam installation of Civ5. So I don't know why the Applescript can't find it, unless you are running ask a different user from the one who installed Cicv5.
Please see if you can find it yourself as follows:
Using the Finder - Select Finder->Go->Go to Folder…
Enter the following path: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/Civilization V.app/Contents/Home/assets/UI/FrontEnd/
If this takes you to a folder, you should be able to see the MainMenu.lua file in there. If it doesn't find the folder, then there is something non-standard about your Steam installation.
/Users/<user_name>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/Civilization V.app/Contents/Home/assets/UI/FrontEnd/MainMenu.lua
This is the file that the script needs to edit to enable your MODS menu option, and it is always available in a fully working Steam installation of Civ5. So I don't know why the Applescript can't find it, unless you are running ask a different user from the one who installed Cicv5.
Please see if you can find it yourself as follows:
Using the Finder - Select Finder->Go->Go to Folder…
Enter the following path: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/Civilization V.app/Contents/Home/assets/UI/FrontEnd/
If this takes you to a folder, you should be able to see the MainMenu.lua file in there. If it doesn't find the folder, then there is something non-standard about your Steam installation.
ZBRZ
Chieftain
Hey!
For whatever reason my Civ V install was a mess. Somehow steam was still able to run it but it wasn't even in the right folder. I've corrected that and everything appears to be working now. Thanks!
For whatever reason my Civ V install was a mess. Somehow steam was still able to run it but it wasn't even in the right folder. I've corrected that and everything appears to be working now. Thanks!
Hi, many tks for the instruction.
I was successful to see mod (e.g. your attached dynamiceras) from the game menu.
However when I tried to download the mod "Enhanced User Interface DLC v1.25e" from this forum, I got the folder eui_v1_25e.
I tried double click and move the resulted folder UI_bc1 to the MODS (next to the dynamic eras), not shown from the game menu.
I tried keka and set preference to "Always extract", drag the eui_v1_25e and got keka error code 2 using "p7zip" fatal error.
Any idea?
I was successful to see mod (e.g. your attached dynamiceras) from the game menu.
However when I tried to download the mod "Enhanced User Interface DLC v1.25e" from this forum, I got the folder eui_v1_25e.
I tried double click and move the resulted folder UI_bc1 to the MODS (next to the dynamic eras), not shown from the game menu.
I tried keka and set preference to "Always extract", drag the eui_v1_25e and got keka error code 2 using "p7zip" fatal error.
Any idea?
Hi, welcome.
At the risk of sounding like a cracked record, are you looking in /Library/, or ~/Library/ ? The first one is at the top level of your hard drive, and is NOT the one you want, but doesn't include a Containers folder. The second one IS the one you want, and is hidden in your Home directory. You need to use the Alt key in Finder to get to it in the Go menu.
At the risk of sounding like a cracked record, are you looking in /Library/, or ~/Library/ ? The first one is at the top level of your hard drive, and is NOT the one you want, but doesn't include a Containers folder. The second one IS the one you want, and is hidden in your Home directory. You need to use the Alt key in Finder to get to it in the Go menu.
tommygun983
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Hello, Alan.
I have tried to use mods on my Macintosh, however it displays the same mods every single time no matter which mods are installed or not, also when I try to use these mods, they do not work at all. Is there a solution to this?
I have tried to use mods on my Macintosh, however it displays the same mods every single time no matter which mods are installed or not, also when I try to use these mods, they do not work at all. Is there a solution to this?
Which version of the game are you running? AppStore or Steam?
Where are you looking at the list of mods? Which new mods are you trying to install, and how are you installing them?
Where are you looking at the list of mods? Which new mods are you trying to install, and how are you installing them?
tommygun983
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I am running it on steam, and I have installed all kinds of mods and uninstalled, with none working. I install them by going onto the workshop and subscribing to them.
Have you run the Applescript to install them? Or are you installing them manually? If the latter, are you extracting each mod from the .civ5mod file that is downloaded by the Workshop?
tommygun983
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I have installed them directly through the workshop, and I am not extracting the files.
Workshop doesn't install directly into the Mods folder on the Mac, as far as I know. That's why we have an AppleScript to do the work required. Look back at the first post to find a link to the post that provides the script file.
