Map files

[Lrd Dread]

What do you do with map files? What folder do they go in? How do I play them?

Moderator Action: Moved to C&C.

 

[PawelS]

The map files (.Civ5Map), and map scripts (.lua)* should go to My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\Maps. If they are there, you should be able to select them as map type in advanced setup.

Important: For maps with predefined cities, units and/or start locations, to make them work properly, you need to start a game using the Mods menu. Then you'll be able to select them as map type without entering the advanced setup. After doing it, check the "Load Scenario" option. "Load Scenario" won't work when you start the game through Single Player -> Set Up Game instead of using the Mods menu.

Some map files can also be included in a mod, in this case you shouldn't worry where to place them, they should already be in the right place.

* There are other .lua files too, so not all .lua files are map scripts.

 

[Lrd Dread]

thanks man, I appreciate it!

 

[Agent327]

The map files (.Civ5Map), and map scripts (.lua)* should go to My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\Maps. If they are there, you should be able to select them as map type in advanced setup.

Important: For maps with predefined cities, units and/or start locations, to make them work properly, you need to start a game using the Mods menu. Then you'll be able to select them as map type without entering the advanced setup. After doing it, check the "Load Scenario" option. "Load Scenario" won't work when you start the game through Single Player -> Set Up Game instead of using the Mods menu.

Some map files can also be included in a mod, in this case you shouldn't worry where to place them, they should already be in the right place.

I think that's just what I did, but I must have missed something, because the map I made fails to show up (it's in Maps, and in MODS as well, but when I start a game it just won't show up as a map)...

 

[Lrd Dread]

there is a small button that appears in the section where the world type would be. You have to click it to accept the map even after you select it on the right side....