In a Steam-registered installation, select the Finder's Go->Go to Folder menu option.Ĭopy and paste the following path string into the text box and click Go: Your Civ5 application is in one of two places depending on whether it is registered with Steam or with the Mac App Store. TextEdit can be used, but please also note the issue with double hyphens below. Otherwise you will have to modify the privileges for the files you have to edit, and for their parent folders before you edit them.
I strongly recommend that you use BBEdit or TextWrangler, or another text editor that allows you to authenticate with your Administrator password in order to edit files owned by root. You must be logged in as an Administrator on your Mac in order to modify the software. Use the Finder's Go to Folder menu option and copy/paste the path in order to find it.
Unzip/extract/expand/decompress the mod into a folder.
The script linked in that post configures the Steam version of Civ5, and installs mods you can subscribe to from the Steam Workshop.įor people unable to use the above automated script for any reason, here is the manual process required: PLEASE USE THE SIMPLE PROCEDURE in this post. I hope to maintain this post as the definitive mod installation procedure, so please let me know if you spot any errors, or if the process changes as a result of Civ5 updates.
Here, gathered together in one place, is the current set of instructions to enable the Mods menu and to obtain and install mods to use in Civ5. Top stars for the game, zero stars for STEAM.This question comes up over and over again, because the information is scattered around the forum.Īspyr do not support or even display the ability to run mods on their Mac port of Civ5, and the process for doing so has changed several times as Civ5 has been updated and the Gods and Kings expansion was released.
The update does not mention any fix for the first problem. Now new behaviour from STEAM, it endlessly downloads an update and restarts only to download the same update again, etc. I also find that STEAM is very slow to load and login. There does not seem to be any resume capability within STEAM so if your connection is not perfect for a long enough time period to get this downloaded it will start again at the beginning every time. When I bought the game I had to try to download it many times before finally succeeding. Steam now tries to download the whole game again, 4494 MB which, of course, fails every time due to connection timeout. Update failed twice due to connection timeout.
(I've read that multilayer is simultaneous moves with each unit action having immediate effect, so it's almost like real time, a very different game.) But now that I am ready to try multilayer I find that the game requires an update. Of course it's always more enjoyable to play against a human opponent. Civilization V is a great game and plays very well in single player. There really should be two different reviews and ratings for this. Try New Civilizations & ScenariosĮxpand your Civilization® V experience throughout world history with new challenges and leaders from Denmark, Mongolia, Polynesia, Korea, Babylon and more! This robust expansion covers the entire scope of time from founding your first Pantheon of the Gods and spreading religion across the world, to deploying your spies in enemy cities in order to steal information and technology.Īvailable now as an In-App Purchase. Gods and Kings delivers nine new civilizations, such as Carthage, Netherlands, the Celts and the Maya. Conquer the Brave New Worldīrave New World introduces nine new civilizations, eight new wonders, two new scenarios, four new gameplay systems and dozens of new units, buildings and improvements, expanding the ways to build the most powerful empire in the world.Īvailable now as an In-App Purchase. Build the most powerful empire the world has ever known. Wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, and go head-to-head with some of history’s greatest leaders. Begin With 20 Historical Leadersīecome Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the Space Age. Experience one of the greatest turn-based strategy games of all time, Sid Meier’s Civilization® V.