Hi,
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before (- sorry if it has), but there is a nice way to make mods load directly without having to start the standard game and then going to the advanced option and then starting a mod which then restarts the game.
To start your favourite mod from the desktop, right-click on your Colonization shortcut and select properties. Then modify Target by adding a spacebar and then mod=\YourModName and Start in by adding \Mods. You can also create a new shortcut or copy your colonization shortcut in order to use different alternative starts.
For example. Let's say you have installed Colonization on D: using the default installation path. You have downloaded and extracted PatchMod into your Mods directory and you want it to start up immediately when running your shortcut.
Then your "Target" and your "Start in" in your shortcut should read:
Target: "D:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization\Colonization.exe" mod=\PatchMod
Start in: "D:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization\Mods"
This solution will eliminate extra waiting to get your mod to start.
Credit: This idea was borrowed from Civ4 FFH2, which is a great mod for Civ4 by the way.
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before (- sorry if it has), but there is a nice way to make mods load directly without having to start the standard game and then going to the advanced option and then starting a mod which then restarts the game.
To start your favourite mod from the desktop, right-click on your Colonization shortcut and select properties. Then modify Target by adding a spacebar and then mod=\YourModName and Start in by adding \Mods. You can also create a new shortcut or copy your colonization shortcut in order to use different alternative starts.
For example. Let's say you have installed Colonization on D: using the default installation path. You have downloaded and extracted PatchMod into your Mods directory and you want it to start up immediately when running your shortcut.
Then your "Target" and your "Start in" in your shortcut should read:
Target: "D:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization\Colonization.exe" mod=\PatchMod
Start in: "D:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization\Mods"
This solution will eliminate extra waiting to get your mod to start.
Credit: This idea was borrowed from Civ4 FFH2, which is a great mod for Civ4 by the way.
