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The following additional steps do not appear to be necessary now Open this file using a suitable text editor (see section 1 above).įind the following line (line #37 in my copy) and insert two hyphens at the start of the line to make it into a comment line as shown: When you have highlighted your copy of the Civ5 application, right click or control-click it and select Show Package Contents.įind the following folder within the package contents window that opens:Ĭontents/Home/assets/UI/FrontEnd/a

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You have to edit some script files within the Civ5 application in order to enable the Mods menu. If anyone is still able to run mods in Campaign Edition, please let us know. NOTE: The App Store Civ5 Campaign Edition appears to have been modified in the last few months to make it unable to run mods. In a Mac AppStore registered installation highlight /Applications/Civilization V Campaign Edition.app

This will open a Finder window with your Civ5 application highlighted. ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/sid meier's civilization v/Civilization V.app 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.
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Unzip/extract/expand/decompress the mod into a folder.
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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.
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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. 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.
