PC to MAC Mods transfer

[droberts97470]

I have a game going on my PC. Its in the late stages and has many mods. I just bought a Mac. I can't load the game on the mac because it dosent show in cloud saves. I tried to save it in the cloud and no luck..so

Dont modded games save in the cloud?

I don't see how to get to the place where I add mods from the game menu. Do I go to steam to find and download the mods?

 

[subtledoctor]

I'm playing modded on the Mac. You have to 1) download the mod from Steam; 2) find the downloaded file and decompress it; and 3) copy the resulting folder into the game's mod folder. It's a bit of a pain because some of the folders you need to go into are hard to identify, with random 7-digit strings for names. But once you do it once or twice it's easy enough. There's a sticky thread in the Mac forum with details. DLL mods don't work, but most others are fine.

No idea about Steam's cloud saves, though. I suppose in a pinch you could just copy the save files over on a thumb drive? I don't see why the format would be any different.

[edit] As I think about it, it might be a lot easier to copy over all your mods on a thumb drive too. I don't know how/where the Win version decompressed them, but I bet they're findable.

 

[droberts97470]

I've been using the mods on the PC. Are they already downloaded or is there just a link to the server?

They show up on the MAC in the list of MODs but I cant pick them in game setup. Are they on the MAC too?

I just got the MAC Sunday. It's quite a learning curve to adjust to a MAC, but the display is truly amazing.

 

[subtledoctor]

When you installed the mods in Windows, they must have been downloaded to some folder or other. There should be a folder called "mods" somewhere. It might be somewhere inside \Documents and Settings\[User]\My Games\ or it might be in \Programs\Civilization 5\ or something like that. I bet you can google the location pretty quickly.

They should exist in two forms: a compressed file with an extension like .civ5mod, and as a folder. Inside each mod's folder you'll see a file with an extension like .modinfo along with some subfolders and/or some .xml files, that kind of stuff. You want the mods' folders.

Once your Mac is set up (btw it's "Mac," not "MAC") and Civ5 is installed (I assume you're doing it through Steam... should be free that way), go to /Users/[user]/Documents/Aspyr/Civilization 5/. Look for a folder called MODS, if there isn't one then create it. Dump the mod folders there. And please refer to the sticky thread I mentioned above to make sure I didn't get that directory wrong.

When I first switched to a Mac, the OS was only on 10.3 or so, I remember it felt kind of amateurish and toy-like at first. As the OS advanced and I learned more about how it works and about it's UNIX underpinnings I came to really respect it, I think it's the best OS out there to work with. Give it a couple weeks, get used to using CMD-c instead of CTRL-c, and you'll be fine. Especially with that hardware - great keyboard, great trackpad, great screen. That stuff really helps interacting with a computer be more pleasant. Enjoy.

 

[Illinus]

I use this program. It's awesome.

https://github.com/bradallred/CivVMacWorkshop

 

[droberts97470]

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it looks like there 6 links to something. Can you explain which to use and in which order to use them?

 

[Illinus]

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it looks like there 6 links to something. Can you explain which to use and in which order to use them?

I don't recall exactly which link it was. But it is there. Check which one pops a .dmg. Also, once you launch the program after subscribing to a mod through Steam, you can launch normally thereafter.

 

[droberts97470]

Okay this is what I have there's two files or folders under the mods each one one of them Pops on XML which is a bunch of text. The other one is a.modinfo file.

"Once your Mac is set up (btw it's "Mac," not "MAC") and Civ5 is installed (I assume you're doing it through Steam... should be free that way), go to /Users/[user]/Documents/Aspyr/Civilization 5/. Look for a folder called MODS, if there isn't one then create it. Dump the mod folders there. And please refer to the sticky thread I mentioned above to make sure I didn't get that directory wrong. "

Do you mean the whole Mod folder or just the .modinfo file

I've already put the whole mod folder in and nothing happens in the game setup.

 

[droberts97470]

I guess I'm talking to myself here. What I did was first I took the mod info file and stuck it under mods. I restarted the game and still didn't find any place to load the mods. Then I remove the mod info file from the mods directory and put the XML file in there and then restarted the game with the same results is no option to select mobs what am I doing wrong

 

[Browd]

You should review the relevant sticky thread in the Civ5-Mac forum: Installing Mods on Civ5 for Mac. If you need additional assistance, you will find it there.

Moderator Action: Moved to Mac forum.

 

[AlanH]

I have a game going on my PC. Its in the late stages and has many mods. I just bought a Mac. I can't load the game on the mac because it dosent show in cloud saves. I tried to save it in the cloud and no luck..so

Dont modded games save in the cloud?

No. You can't share saved Civ5 gamed across platform via Steam Cloud. Use other means to transfer them - Dropbox, USB stick, email …

I don't see how to get to the place where I add mods from the game menu. Do I go to steam to find and download the mods?

Yes. See the sticky thread on the subject in the Mac forum.

No idea about Steam's cloud saves, though. I suppose in a pinch you could just copy the save files over on a thumb drive? I don't see why the format would be any different.

The file format is identical.

[edit] As I think about it, it might be a lot easier to copy over all your mods on a thumb drive too. I don't know how/where the Win version decompressed them, but I bet they're findable.

Yes. They are typically in \My Documents\My Games\ …

I've been using the mods on the PC. Are they already downloaded or is there just a link to the server?

See above.

They show up on the MAC in the list of MODs but I cant pick them in game setup. Are they on the MAC too?

As you are now a Mac user, please refer to 'Mac', not 'MAC' It's short for 'Macintosh', and is not an acronym like "Media Access Code"

I just got the MAC Sunday. It's quite a learning curve to adjust to a MAC, but the display is truly amazing.

Join the club. See my other responses to your posts.

 

[droberts97470]

Thank you for taking the time to parse all those messages and for moving my messages to this forum.

 

[subtledoctor]

I guess I'm talking to myself here. What I did was first I took the mod info file and stuck it under mods. I restarted the game and still didn't find any place to load the mods. Then I remove the mod info file from the mods directory and put the XML file in there and then restarted the game with the same results is no option to select mobs what am I doing wrong

Sorry, I lost track of this thread when it was moved. In case you're still having trouble:

1) Mods are generally distributed in a compressed format, like "XYZ.civ5mod". I think the Win version of Steam automatically uncompresses (decompresses?) it for you, resulting in a folder called "XYZ". Inside the folder are the "XYZ.modinfo" file and some subfolders like "SQL" and "XML" etc. Do not remove that stuff from the main "XYZ" folder. You want to just put that whole folder into /[home]/Documents/Aspyr/Civilization 5/MODS/. Keep it simple - just drag the whole folder there.

2) Re-read the sticky thread linked to twice above - you need to enable the Mods menu in the Civ5 app itself. It's very simple, you just need to 'uncomment' one line in the config file. Read the sticky post.

If you do those two things, mods will work fine. Don't overthink things - change one line in the config file, and drag and drop some folders. That's it.