Modding Question

[Afro]

Dear Devs,

Could you please release a short official modding guide with a basic example? Somewhere in this forum a dev once outlines a short how-to, but I am not able to find it.

It would be particularly helpful if you could also share details about:

* What aspects of the game are currently moddable.

* The extent to which modding is possible without negatively impacting game stability.

For instance, one change I’d like to make is to allow additional government buildings to provide the +1 city cap bonus, similar to the Plaza building, to support a wider playstyle. Is this technically achievable within the current modding framework?

Thank you for your time and for considering the community's interest in modding!

[frog_gamer]

You will find all the data to this in the modding section of these discussions. "Uncivilized" did a full example in civfanatics, and the mods he has published are top of the line in quality. I use them as a guide to all the thing you can do, and you can do a lot for exemple I added +5 city cap to my favorite leader!

[Afro]

Originally posted by frog_gamer:

You will find all the data to this in the modding section of these discussions. "Uncivilized" did a full example in civfanatics, and the mods he has published are top of the line in quality. I use them as a guide to all the thing you can do, and you can do a lot for exemple I added +5 city cap to my favorite leader!

Thanks for your reply. I assume you refer to this guide: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/ara-modding-guide.692514/

Unfortunately I cannot locate the game data source mod zip in the Ara installation folder at `assets\SourceMods\GameDataSource_v...zip`, therefore I cannot follow this guide.

Also, the devs teased the new mod import function in their video about Patch 1.1, which players are expected to use. A short, official guide explaining how to modify some integer in-game parameters within the files and how to import them would be incredibly helpful.

[frog_gamer]

go to the game directory, find the directory called SourceMods, copy it to your doc directory and change the name to DefaultMod.. Then create a directory called Mods in the same place.
Use those files for your mods (copy and edit to your heartt content).
Good luck.

[renetschultz]

What about the settings_v121 file in appdata? It is not there for me.

[Afro]

For me too.. I do have the SourceMods directory, however, the Settings_V122.txt is nowhere to be found. The guide was created for Version 1.0.4 so maybe there have been some changes with 1.1

[frog_gamer]

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Local\Ara History Untold

[renetschultz]

It is not there for me. Not any Ara History Untold folder.

[frog_gamer]

Did you allow "display hidden files" in the exploration folder?

[renetschultz]

Originally posted by frog_gamer:

Did you allow "display hidden files" in the exploration folder?

Yes there are no files or folders under AppData/Local

[renetschultz]

Sorry it was the wrong username I looked at so found it now.

[frog_gamer]

Great

[Afro]

Originally posted by frog_gamer:

go to the game directory, find the directory called SourceMods, copy it to your doc directory and change the name to DefaultMod.. Then create a directory called Mods in the same place.
Use those files for your mods (copy and edit to your heartt content).
Good luck.

Thank you for the tips! I was able to find the Settings..txt file in AppData/Local. Could you explain where the Mods directory is supposed to be created? I got "C:\Users\...\Documents\My Games\Ara History Untold\Mods\DefaultMod". Where do I now create the new "Mods" directory? On the same level as DefaultMod or inside DefaultMod? And in the new Mods directory, am I supposed to copy files from DefaultMod to the new Mods folder and just paste them inside without any subdirectories?

[frog_gamer]

In the Mods directory. Give you mod any name and copy/edit the files from the defaultmod directory to your mod.
The rest is fairly well explained if you follow the instruction in the mods discussion.
Good Luck and enjoy!!