List of Mac-compatible MODs
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Stayclassy
Chieftain
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Ok I am having trouble installing some of the mods, specifically the Blue Marble, I have the mod installer ap, but every time I use it it gives me the "no files were installed as no matchig locations were found for your files", what folder do I put them in to get them to work?
Hi, welcome 
Drop the entire CustomAssets folder you get from expanding the Blue Marble download into the Civ4 or Warlords folder in your ~/Documents/folder, replacing the existing CustomAssets folder. The ModInstaller *should* do that for you if you just drop the zip file into it, but I've never put a lot of effort into making it work well for Civ4 or Warlords.
Drop the entire CustomAssets folder you get from expanding the Blue Marble download into the Civ4 or Warlords folder in your ~/Documents/folder, replacing the existing CustomAssets folder. The ModInstaller *should* do that for you if you just drop the zip file into it, but I've never put a lot of effort into making it work well for Civ4 or Warlords.
Inspector Dex
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Hi. On the first page of this thread, it is mentioned that the better ship scales mod works for macs. As per the instructions, I have downloaded the better ships fleets mod, unzipped it, and put it in my Documents/Civilization IV/CustomAssets folder. I have started the game holding shift to flush the cache, and yet it seems like the mod isn't working. The scale of ships hasn't changed, and no fleets are present. Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
I've just tried the vanilla version and it seems to work here. The difference in size, at least for the Caravel I looked at, is not huge - see the before (left) and after (right) images below. I didn't try the Fleet version.
Two things you need to to:
1. Make sure you are not loading up a mod from the Mods folder such as the HoF Mod. That will override the BSS mod's XML file in the CustomAssets folder.
2. The BSS XML folder must go directly inside ~/Documents/Civilization IV/CustomAssets, replacing the empty XML folder that's there already. Don't leave it inside the BSS folder that it arrives in when you unzip the downloaded file.
Two things you need to to:
1. Make sure you are not loading up a mod from the Mods folder such as the HoF Mod. That will override the BSS mod's XML file in the CustomAssets folder.
2. The BSS XML folder must go directly inside ~/Documents/Civilization IV/CustomAssets, replacing the empty XML folder that's there already. Don't leave it inside the BSS folder that it arrives in when you unzip the downloaded file.
katapultti
Chieftain
I haven't seen that anyone here have mentioned "The Battle of East Asia" mod for vanilla CIV-IV. This works at my mac fine and it is a very fun mod to play.
Link:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2657
Link:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2657
Flintlock1415
Emperor
nice find katapultti! I added it to the mac modding index.
katapultti
Chieftain
Ou, I didn't know anything about that list.
Very interesting mods there. Thank you!
Very interesting mods there. Thank you!
Please help!
So I just got a Mac for the first time, and I've always loved Civ. I'm kind of computer/mac illiterate when I get beyond basic things (just giving background).
Okay, I just got Civ, installed it, played a regular game and came on here and downloaded the WWI modpack. I tried to start it, but it gets stuck at "[World war I] Init XML (uncached). Then I tried to unzip it, but I don't know how. I downloaded the thing that's on Alan H's signature, I downloaded the first thing I found called "Terminal," and a thing called EX 7z. I can't figure out with any of these how to unzip the file or whatever. I really just want to be able to play WWI, WWII, and the Civil War on Civ, and I could never even figure it out on my Windows so I'm afraid I'll never figure it out on my Mac. I'm desperate.
Thanks,
John
So I just got a Mac for the first time, and I've always loved Civ. I'm kind of computer/mac illiterate when I get beyond basic things (just giving background).
Okay, I just got Civ, installed it, played a regular game and came on here and downloaded the WWI modpack. I tried to start it, but it gets stuck at "[World war I] Init XML (uncached). Then I tried to unzip it, but I don't know how. I downloaded the thing that's on Alan H's signature, I downloaded the first thing I found called "Terminal," and a thing called EX 7z. I can't figure out with any of these how to unzip the file or whatever. I really just want to be able to play WWI, WWII, and the Civil War on Civ, and I could never even figure it out on my Windows so I'm afraid I'll never figure it out on my Mac. I'm desperate.
Thanks,
John
Hi, welcome
Please can you give a link to the mod you are trying to run? I'll happily try it, but I'd rather be sure that I'm testing the one you are trying.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2656
Thank you SO much. I appreciate this so much because I'm in waaaay over my head with all the modding and stuff.
Thanks. Here's the deal with that mod. Nothing complicated:
1. Download the linked file on that page, and you get a .zip file. Just double click it to expand it to a folder called "World War 1". As its Assets folder doesn't contain a CvGameCoreDLL.dll file, there's a chance we can get this to work. And it does!
2. Drag the "World War 1" folder into the Documents/Civilization IV/MODS/ folder inside your Home folder. Your Home folder is the one with a house icon in the Finder.
3. Fire up Civ4. When it's running, click "Advanced" in the main menu, then click "Load A Mod". Select "World War 1" in the list of mods that appears, and click OK. The game will say it has to restart to load the mod. Agree to this.
4. The game will restart, and you should see it loading up the WW1 mod. When you reach the main menu again, it should say World War 1 in the top right corner of the screen.
5. Click "Single Player", then click "Play A Scenario". Select "World War 1" if it isn't already selected, choose your civilization, difficulty and game speed, and the game will load up and start. It took a little while to start on my system, so be patient.
You should then be able to play it.
1. Download the linked file on that page, and you get a .zip file. Just double click it to expand it to a folder called "World War 1". As its Assets folder doesn't contain a CvGameCoreDLL.dll file, there's a chance we can get this to work. And it does!
2. Drag the "World War 1" folder into the Documents/Civilization IV/MODS/ folder inside your Home folder. Your Home folder is the one with a house icon in the Finder.
3. Fire up Civ4. When it's running, click "Advanced" in the main menu, then click "Load A Mod". Select "World War 1" in the list of mods that appears, and click OK. The game will say it has to restart to load the mod. Agree to this.
4. The game will restart, and you should see it loading up the WW1 mod. When you reach the main menu again, it should say World War 1 in the top right corner of the screen.
5. Click "Single Player", then click "Play A Scenario". Select "World War 1" if it isn't already selected, choose your civilization, difficulty and game speed, and the game will load up and start. It took a little while to start on my system, so be patient.
You should then be able to play it.
Thank you so much! It works beautifully!
I downloaded TAM v. 2 and followed your directions they provided and it's not working. The mod starts fine, but when I click 'single player, play scenario' there's no scenario there. I moved the maps into the Public Maps drive like you said but it doesn't seem to work. Help?
I downloaded TAM v. 2 and followed your directions they provided and it's not working. The mod starts fine, but when I click 'single player, play scenario' there's no scenario there. I moved the maps into the Public Maps drive like you said but it doesn't seem to work. Help?
There are some posts earlier in this thread, around post #38, about changes I found were necessary to get TAM version 1.97 working.
katapultti
Chieftain
I found another fun mod that works with (atleast my) mac: The Dark Ages
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11589
Very simple idea but I think it adds one interesting aspect to Civilization, read the description for further information.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11589
Very simple idea but I think it adds one interesting aspect to Civilization, read the description for further information.
Molon Labe
I committed the faux pas.
I played BTS on windows through boot camp but my XP went all belly up and I decided it just wasn't fun having to reboot to play a game. I got the Mac version but really enjoyed the BUG mod on Windows. I've gone through this thread and the relevant mod thread but still can't see whether BUG will work or not on the Mac. Can somebody tell me it either doesn't work and give up hope, or point me to the work around?
Flintlock1415
Emperor
Fixes for the Mac version have been submitted for the next release of BUG. AlanH can maybe help you through if you can't wait for the release.
