How to Install the BUG Mod
The BUG Mod may be installed in two modes:
- as main mod, in the '..\My Games\Beyond the Sword' folder: the BUG Mod is always active, you can use it together with another optional mod and you'll have no compatibility problems with other players in a multiplayer or Succession game;
- as optional mod, in the '..\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\BUG Mod' folder: the BUG Mod has to be loaded each time you start or load a game, you can't use it together with another optional mod (but you can use it together with another mod which is installed as main mod) and all the players who wish to play together with you in a multiplayer or Succession game must have the same version of the BUG Mod installed.
WARNING!
The installation of BUG Mod as main mod will overwrite your '..\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets' folder,
deleting all your previous modifications. So, it is recommended to back up your 'Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets' folder
if you have some items in it that you want to preserve.
If you want to keep active the modifications in your 'CustomAssets' folder, you have two choices:
- Merge the two 'CustomAssets' folders in a unique one, paing attention to edit and merge all the files in common. This procedure may be a long and difficult one (according to the number of files in your 'CustomAssets' folder which are also in BUG 'CustomAssets' folder and to your ability in editing .py and .xml files), so we advise you not to try it if you don't know what you are doing: if the merge isn't correct, probably nor the BUG Mod nor your previous modifications will work anymore.
- Install the BUG Mod as optional mod. If you choose this second option and you don't want to load the mod each time you start or load a game, you can edit the 'CivilizationIV.ini' file modifing the "Mods" paramether from '0' to 'BUG Mod'. This will instruct Civ4 to automatically load the BUG Mod.
Instructions for the Self-Extracting Setup (.exe file)
- Uninstall older versions of BUG Mod (and check that all traces of old BUG files in the '..\My Games\Beyond the Sword' folder have been removed). Warning! Not doing so may cause the BUG Mod not to work properly.
- Run the 'BUGMod_xxx.exe' file.
- Choose one of the listed install options: as main mod ('Standard install') or as optional mod ('In Mods folder').
- When the setup asks for an install directory, choose the Civ4:BtS folder inside your My Documents folder (usually '...\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword').
Instructions for the Manual Setup (.zip file)
- Locate the Civ4:BtS folder inside your My Documents folder (usually 'My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword').
- Delete all traces of older versions of the BUG Mod. Warning! Not doing so may cause the BUG Mod not to work properly.
- Unzip the 'BUGMod_xxx.zip' file
inside the 'Beyond the Sword' folder, preserving the paths set inside the zip file.
The 'BUG.ini' file should go inside the 'Beyond the Sword\BUG Mod' folder, together with the 'Adv Unit Naming.ini' file, the 'BUG Mod Help-XXX.chm' files and the 'CustomDomAdv' folder; the 'PublicMaps' folder should go directly inside the 'Beyond the Sword' folder (or the 'Beyond the Sword\Mods\BUG Mod' folder if you are installing the BUG Mod as optional mod), while all other files should go inside the corresponding sub-folders of the 'Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets' folder (or of the 'Beyond the Sword\Mods\BUG Mod\Assets' folder if you are installing the BUG Mod as optional mod).