Reload mod changes without exiting the game

[bmaupin]

I just started learning to mod Civ 6, and as expected my mod has errors.

In Civ 5, I could delete my mod directory from Mods/ and I would see it disappear from the mod menu. Then I could make my changes and copy it back and it would reappear. This way I could make changes to the mod while the game was running without needing to exit the game every time.

However I'm having trouble doing this with Civ 6. As best as I can tell, all of the mod content is loaded when Civ 6 is loaded. This is different from Civ 5 which seemed to load the mod content only when you go into the mods menu.

If I try to start a game if my mod has errors, it will fail to start and show me a message. But if I fix the error and try to load a second game, Civ 6 freezes after starting the game and I have to kill it.

Anyone figured out how to reload mod content without exiting the game?

 

[bmaupin]

I figured out a workaround: every time the main menu is loaded after exiting a match, mod changes are reloaded.

So to reload mod changed without exiting the game, I can just start a new match, make changes to my mod, then exit the match, and the mod changes are reloaded. But if at any point my mod has errors and the "Error Starting Game" dialogue appears, I need to exit Civ 6, otherwise if I try to start a new match after that Civ 6 will freeze.