Getting BAT mod to work

[FraGmenToR]

Im stuck on this. I have downloaded the installer, downloaded thhe zip file, and eeveerything appears to be where it should be, and i see it in the mod list in gamee, it even has the BAT mod title at the top, but when i go into thee game, it isnt there. What am i doing wrong?

[gandalf]

i have the same. Anyone help ?

[FraGmenToR]

I have actually managed to get it to work now. Trouble is, this was 2 years ago and i have sort of forgot what to do. The trouble was something to do with folders and the game looking for stuff that wasnt where it "thinks" it should be.

In order to help you. Please try and do the following/make sure you have these settings. Also please post if you have something different. I should also note that you must make sure any filepaths have the correct drive listed otherwise these wont work - ill be using my own so change accordingly.

- To start, install BAT/BUG as per install instructions EXCEPT FOR:
- Make sure the folder for the mod is installed in the following path on your steam drive:

E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Mods\BAT MOD 4.1"

- Then, go to the beyond the sword folder and find the game shortcut ("E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword")

- Make a shortcut for this and put it on your desktop.

- Then right click on it and make sure the following is in both the "Starts in" and "Target" fields:

Starts in - "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword"

Target - "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe" mod="BAT Mod 4.1"

Then launch it. And cross those fingers and eyes, and it should work. Let me know if not and ill see if i can help some more. Also let me know if it works and then ill see if i can post a guide or something on civ fanatics and ask Lemon to make it a sticky (the mod creator)

[dwisetiger]

I have the same issue, and I tried the above and it did not help. Any ideas anyone? I have been using bat mod for years on steam. I got a new ssd so I've been reinstalling my games to free up my old hard drive for data storage. What I've done so far:

Installed bat into the /beyond the sword/beyond the sword/mods folder.
I've tried using the installer and the zipped files and deleted the bat mod folder in between attempts. No dice with either install. The weird part is is that the bat mod shows up and I can load the mod and the game restarts as normal. Then the game says bat 4.1 in the upper right corner, but when I start the game I do not get the "bat screen" with the picture of an actual bat. I do not get any of the bat mod functionality in game.

I was using bat mod a few weeks ago on this same pc. I guess I could try moving game back to my old hard drive and try that, but I would like to have all my steam games in 1 place.

I know in an old civfanatics thread lemon mentioned looking for the bat loading screen which I do not get anymore. Any help appreciated.

[fubarbarella♡]

For batmod zip file: you have to make a mods folder within my documents/my games/beyond the sword. Then copy the content of zip file into this mods folder.

For batmod.exe: extract into the beyond the sword folder in my documents.

First option you must always choose to run a mod after starting the game (advanced>load a mod) and second option the mod will always be active.

[FraGmenToR]

What i posted above does work. Make sure you have all the file paths named correctly (and make sure you take out the " from the file paths) and it should work. You cannot launch it from Steam - you have to use the shortcut as per instructions above.

[pierre delalande]

FYI: I stumbled across this thread today. I'm running BtS on a new PC under Win 11.

I could not get BAT to work using the instructions above. The game started to load BAT and then kept crashing to desktop.
However i was able to install BUG and BULL from their respective zip files into one mod folder. (The Readme for BULL says that they don't share any files by design, so it's safe to do that). This mod works flawlessly for me thus far.

Because the installation process for BUG, BULL and BAT via the zip-file is essentially identical, i'm not sure what might cause the issue. Maybe it's a conflict with Win 11.

[FraGmenToR]

Im running windows 10 so cannot honestly say for sure. The issue on windows 10 is that the game cannot find the mod from the steam shortcut. So the fix i posted above bypasses steam and links the game with the mod. I cant see why it wont work though in a similar way on windows 11. Make sure you double check the filepaths so that they link correctly to the right files. And also make sure your drive letter is correct. Finally, and i feel silly for mentioning this - but dont of course put the quotation marks in any of the fields.

[pierre delalande]

Sorry, i'm not interested in trying BAT again. BUG+BULL works perfectly fine and that's all i need. I just posted this FYI. I thank you for your time and your will to help however. It's appreciated.

[FiendComedian]

If anyone is still trying to get this to work, I followed Frag's advice but there is one error in the locations that kept it from working for me. Make sure you install the mod in:
D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods

The one Frag wrote above was missing "\Beyond the Sword" because "\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" also has its own Mod folder which made it confusing lol

After that, the shortcut address should work.

[FraGmenToR]

Originally posted by FiendComedian:

If anyone is still trying to get this to work, I followed Frag's advice but there is one error in the locations that kept it from working for me. Make sure you install the mod in:
D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods

The one Frag wrote above was missing "\Beyond the Sword" because "\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" also has its own Mod folder which made it confusing lol

After that, the shortcut address should work.

Having just recently upgradeed to windows 11. I can believe this is true. I have a whole host of stuff that doesnt work properly. Im actually thinking of going back to windows 10. Stupid microsoft

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by FiendComedian:

If anyone is still trying to get this to work, I followed Frag's advice but there is one error in the locations that kept it from working for me. Make sure you install the mod in:
D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods

The one Frag wrote above was missing "\Beyond the Sword" because "\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" also has its own Mod folder which made it confusing lol

After that, the shortcut address should work.

Thanks, this solved the problem for me. I had K-Mod sitting inside the Civ 4 general mod folder, not the deeper Beyond the Sword mod folder. The solution seems so obvious now.