Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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[EASY]How to Upload a Map to Workshop in Civilization 6 (VI) And Play Multiplayer
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Step by step guide how to upload a map to Workshop and play it with your friends. Consider rating this guide
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What You will need:
- Civilization VI
- Civilization VI Development Tools (LIBRARY/ Tools/)


You only need Development Tools (It's only a few hundred MB)

Getting Started
-Open Civilization VI Development Tools
-Select Mod Buddy


If you don't have Visual Studio 2013, you may be prompted with 800MB Install (do that).

Create a New File (FILE/New/Project.../)


Select an Empty Mod, and name It however you like (I'd advise to name it the same as your map)


Write something in there...


Delete this .xml file


Create a New Folder and name it Maps


Add existing item


Go to Documents\My games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves\WorldBuilder
and select your map file
Final steps
Open Properties of your map, right click/ properties


Go to FrontEnd Actions



Add Action, change the ID section to "AddSEAMAP" and the type to "AddWorldBuilderMap"


Go to files tab and click "ADD", then select your map (Mine is called "Global Warming" don't ask) and click OK


Add 3 Custom Properties:
  • Name - "Name"
  • Description - "Your description"
  • Group - StandardMaps

Save the Map (CTRL+SHIFT+S) and build it to check if everything is correct (CTRL+SHIFT+B)
Upload to Steam

Go to TOOLS/ Launch Steam Uploader and click Begin


Click "Upload" Button

Choose your map file from \Documents\My games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Mods (Its the .modinfo file)

Add your photo and the descrption for the Workshop item

Then click upload and wait a few seconds

To check if your map is uploaded corectly, go to your Steam Profile/ Workshop Items
Additional info
36 Comments
Despresso May 12 @ 9:24am 
When I try to upload my scenario to steam it says it's downlading 0 out of something and then 0 out of 0 and finishes. Then when i try to play the map it crashes and says to check the log.
Guy Man Lad Mar 24 @ 10:39pm 
Ask a technology ape I appreciate an easy to follow tutorial, thank you.
Earthguard Nov 30, 2023 @ 4:36am 
THIS KEEPS SHOWING UP ON GOOGLE WHENEVER I LOOK UP HOW TO UPLAOD A CIV 5 ( FIVE) ( FUCKING NUMBER FIIIIVE) 5555) A CIV V MAP AND NOW I CANT FIND OUT HOW TO UPLAOD ONE BECUSAE OF YOUR STUPID TUTORIAL AHG I HATE YOU I CURSE YOUR BLOOD LINE FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS
Tony. Sep 13, 2023 @ 9:55pm 
now that im reading my files again, why do they all say 1 KB
Tony. Sep 13, 2023 @ 9:47pm 
I checked the mod page and it only says it has a size of 0.001 MB. I think I did something wrong
Little Beepo Feb 8, 2023 @ 7:20pm 
This worked well! Thanks a lot!!
AncientSwan Jun 2, 2021 @ 11:23am 
Works great, thanks :)
SolGuardian Mar 26, 2021 @ 10:57am 
!!! Make sure to disable you mods that you don't want required before/when building your map guys
Sinfall Dec 31, 2020 @ 7:39pm 
I believe it is impossible to upload a custom map onto the workshop if you are running on a Linux operating system, since Visual Studio is required to do so.
GFSA03 Nov 2, 2020 @ 5:20pm 
When I go to properties there is no option that says "FrontEnd Actions"