Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
What This Thread Is About:
Some Mods can be downloaded, unzipped, and installed on a Mac with no problem. Some Mods download as a file with an .exe extension, but can be treated just like zip files. Some downloads are embedded in a RAR file or a self-extracting file with an .exe extension, and for those the only solution I know of is to install them on a PC, then transfer the files to a Mac. Once you’ve got the files on your Mac your problems may only be beginning.
If you’ve ever received a message like
the first time you try to install a Mod on your Mac you’ll understand what this thread is about. I suggested, and AlanH seconded, that we start a thread to gather together the KNOWN SOLUTIONS to the problems we all encounter trying to get set up to enjoy the creativity of our fellows on the PC side of CivFanatics. If you’ve struggled to get a Mod you downloaded to work, and finally succeeded, share your solution here. If Civ has taught us nothing else, we all should have learned that you won’t have to invent “The Wheel” if your neighbor will share it, and you’re willing to share your own discoveries.
A Possible General Solution?
See the discussion at Mughals Scenario Erroneous Path? regarding the error message above.
Based on my experience with the Rise of the Mughals and with Rhye’s Mod it looks like a generic solution to this type of “load error” may exist, as originally expressed to me by AlanH:
Duplicate the \Art\ and \Text\ folders in \Civilization 3 Game Data\ and all their contents and place the copies into the top level \Civ III Complete\ folder (that’s the folder that contains the game itself); and duplicate the \Play the World Game Data\ folder, rename the copied folder "Civ3PTW", and place it, with at least the \Extras\, \Art\, and \Text\ folders it contains,in the same top level \Civ III Complete\ directory. To quote AlanH: “After this it *might* work”. It’s worth being one of the first things you try, anyway.
Who Is Encouraged To Post:
Anyone who has successfully installed a Mod on their Mac.
What To Post:
• Name of the mod (maybe in the subject line?)
• Links to the the main thread discussing the Mod itself, and to the downloads you used.
• An explicit, step by step, explanation of what you did to install the mod and make it work on a Mac.
• Links to any threads discussing the process that lead to your solution.
You’ll see the pattern we’re looking for in the first couple of posted solutions. If we all follow this pattern I can easily update links to the solutions here in the first post. Also, a standard format makes it easy to edit/correct any errors that may arise.
What Else To Post, and What NOT To:
This is meant to be a library of how-to's only. If a posted solution needs clarification definitely add your question or correction. If you have an alternative solution post it.
IF YOU’RE ASKING SOMEONE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INSTALL A MOD FOR YOU OR YOU'RE REQUESTING SOMEONE TO DO A PC TO MAC TRANSFER FOR YOU THIS IS NOT THE PROPER THREAD AND THE MODERATOR WILL BE ASKED TO MOVE/REMOVE YOUR POST
Known Solutions:
TAM (The Ancient Mediterranean)
Rise of the Mughals
Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Rhye’s of Civilization
Some Mods can be downloaded, unzipped, and installed on a Mac with no problem. Some Mods download as a file with an .exe extension, but can be treated just like zip files. Some downloads are embedded in a RAR file or a self-extracting file with an .exe extension, and for those the only solution I know of is to install them on a PC, then transfer the files to a Mac. Once you’ve got the files on your Mac your problems may only be beginning.
If you’ve ever received a message like
the first time you try to install a Mod on your Mac you’ll understand what this thread is about. I suggested, and AlanH seconded, that we start a thread to gather together the KNOWN SOLUTIONS to the problems we all encounter trying to get set up to enjoy the creativity of our fellows on the PC side of CivFanatics. If you’ve struggled to get a Mod you downloaded to work, and finally succeeded, share your solution here. If Civ has taught us nothing else, we all should have learned that you won’t have to invent “The Wheel” if your neighbor will share it, and you’re willing to share your own discoveries.
A Possible General Solution?
See the discussion at Mughals Scenario Erroneous Path? regarding the error message above.
Based on my experience with the Rise of the Mughals and with Rhye’s Mod it looks like a generic solution to this type of “load error” may exist, as originally expressed to me by AlanH:
Duplicate the \Art\ and \Text\ folders in \Civilization 3 Game Data\ and all their contents and place the copies into the top level \Civ III Complete\ folder (that’s the folder that contains the game itself); and duplicate the \Play the World Game Data\ folder, rename the copied folder "Civ3PTW", and place it, with at least the \Extras\, \Art\, and \Text\ folders it contains,in the same top level \Civ III Complete\ directory. To quote AlanH: “After this it *might* work”. It’s worth being one of the first things you try, anyway.
Who Is Encouraged To Post:
Anyone who has successfully installed a Mod on their Mac.
What To Post:
• Name of the mod (maybe in the subject line?)
• Links to the the main thread discussing the Mod itself, and to the downloads you used.
• An explicit, step by step, explanation of what you did to install the mod and make it work on a Mac.
• Links to any threads discussing the process that lead to your solution.
You’ll see the pattern we’re looking for in the first couple of posted solutions. If we all follow this pattern I can easily update links to the solutions here in the first post. Also, a standard format makes it easy to edit/correct any errors that may arise.
What Else To Post, and What NOT To:
This is meant to be a library of how-to's only. If a posted solution needs clarification definitely add your question or correction. If you have an alternative solution post it.
IF YOU’RE ASKING SOMEONE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INSTALL A MOD FOR YOU OR YOU'RE REQUESTING SOMEONE TO DO A PC TO MAC TRANSFER FOR YOU THIS IS NOT THE PROPER THREAD AND THE MODERATOR WILL BE ASKED TO MOVE/REMOVE YOUR POST
Known Solutions:
TAM (The Ancient Mediterranean)
Rise of the Mughals
Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Rhye’s of Civilization
Now open for posting! 
