Silly, Question, but how does one Make a Mod?

[Bill Bisco]

Alright in no particular order?

1. For a Steam Install, where are the files that the game uses so I can start modifying them?

2. How do I actually make a Mod for the game and start tweaking?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[TheLopez]

Alright in no particular order?

1. For a Steam Install, where are the files that the game uses so I can start modifying them?

All of the asset files can be found in the Assets directory...

 

[Ekmek]

they are in resource/common - they are all fpk. you need to use nexus in the sdk tools to unpack them your old fpkextactor wont work

 

[Dale]

2. How do I actually make a Mod for the game and start tweaking?

Thanks,
Bill

You can't yet, the SDK is not released.

 

[Bill Bisco]

bAH, I'm sad now! I've been trying to mess with Removing techs, but unlike Civ4 I don't get error messages with Civ5 and am getting crashes.

Curious, is there readable debug file that would enable me to figure out why I had a CtD?

 

[Ajidica]

Do we know of any special way on how to make the game stay playable while also making mods playable?
Empire TW has a strange feature where you adjust the start script to load different packs, but that won't work here as the files are more decentralized.

I want to make a trial run mod of the demo to see what mod ideas would fit core Civ5 the best.

 

[Dale]

The mod browser has a simple on/off button for installed mods. Make each idea into a separate mod, then by turning them on/off (the green tick on the right of the mod) you can combine any combinations into the game.

 

[Ajidica]

Is the mod browser accesable through the demo version?
I doubt it, but just checking.

(If this is answered before in a stickied thread, just give me a facepalm picture.)
But, how does one access the mod browser?

 

[Dale]

In the main menu select MODS then BROWSE (don't know if it's in the demo).

 

[Galacticat42]

In the main menu select MODS then BROWSE (don't know if it's in the demo).

No, it's grayed out in the demo.