This page includes information on the Civ5 Modding Tools as well as links to other useful programs.

• 5Testing and debugging

Also known as: Sid Meier's Civilization 5 Belongs to Series: Civilization Available on: PC, Mac Developer: Firaxis Publisher: 2K Games, Aspyr Media (Macintosh) Community sites: www.civilization5.com. Go to Documents My Games Sid Meier's Civilization 5 Edit config.ini and change 'DebugPanel = 0' to 'DebugPanel = 1'. Then press the ` or (tilde) key during the game to be able to select various options, one of which is 'Reveal All' which will enable you to veiw the full map.

World Builder

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The stand-alone world builder allows users to create and modify maps and scenarios for Civilization V.

Mod Buddy

An editor (IDE) for the XML and Lua elements of the game and allows for the creation, packaging, and uploading of mods. To use it, you have to install the Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Isolated) Redistributable Package. ModBuddy will prompt you to install this if you don't have it already

Installing ModBuddy Extensions

Nexus

A collection of tools to to work with the art in Civilization V.

Initial Look at Nexus, 3D Unit Art, and Reskinning

Note that Photoshop templates for icons are also bundled in the SDK, under the Art folder (in Programs Files/Steam/..).

FireTuner

An advanced debugging terminal. It displays the lua output, provides an interactive console and can be simply extended with custom controls and tables.

Do not forget to modify your *.ini files, see Debugging#Configuration.

Simple Tuner Modifications

Since the documentation is sparse, you need a tool to quickly inspect the civ5 source and data files and search in all of them at once. See also this comparison of search tools.

Notepad++

A great and renowned text editor with a 'search in all files' feature (hit ctrl + shift + f). Used by many developers around the world. Download.

Visual C++ 2010 Express

This is Microsoft's free C/C++ IDE, which is needed in order to compile the DLL. It includes code editing, autocompletion, compilation, and debugging and can be downloaded here. NOTE: any more modern version of Visual Studio should work so long as you have VC++ 2010 installed as well.

Dragon unpacker

Can extract the Firaxis packages (.fpk files). Download.

DDS Unpacker

Some DDS files have been compressed even further and look messed up if you open them in an image viewer. This tool rebuilds them. Download.

XnView

An images browser to get a quick look at all the DDS files to spot the one you're looking for. Download.

FireTuner: Textures Viewer

A FireTuner panel to browse most of the game's textures. Download.

FireTuner: Icons Viewer

A FireTuner panel to browse the game's icons. Download.

NVidia Texture Tools for Photoshop

A Photoshop plugin to save textures under the DDS format. Download

Paint.net

An easy-to-use and moderately powerful open-source image editor for Windows that natively supports the DDS format. Download

GIMP

A free & open source image editing and manipulation tool. Very useful for creating 2d assets (icons). A windows installer version can be downloaded here.

Nexus Buddy 2

Created by a member of the CFC community, this tool makes it much easier to work with 3d assets, especially for things other than units. You can download the latest version from the forums here, and it is actively updated by its author.

SQLite tools

Anytime it starts a game, Civilization V saves a SQLite snapshot of the database, including the changes made by mods, under Civ5DebugDatabase.db.

SQLite Manager

NOTE: This is at the moment not compatible with the latest version of Firefox. The latest version it is compatible with is 19.0.

A Firefox plug-in, slightly more powerful than the previous tool. Download

SQLiteSpy

A Windows software to inspect the SQLite files. Download

SQLite Browser

A Windows software to inspect the SQLite files. Download

Cheating tools and game inspectors

In-game Editor (IGE)

Add or remove units, cities, resources, change the terrain, trigger wars, etc. Convenient to quickly test your mod. Download (also on the Steam Workshop).

FireTuner: Techs and policies panel

Civ 5 Map Editor For Macbook Pro

A FireTuner panel to list, grant and revoke techs and policies. Download.

The goal in Civilization V is to build a thriving civilization and steer it into being a super world power. You can either achieve this by using diplomacy, cultural influence, technological prowess and your military might. To do all these, you need resources. These are not easy to come by and that is why you find many people looking for CIV 5 console commands.

These searches end in frustration since CIV 5 doesn’t have console commands. Halo 2 for mac download.

Civilization 5 doesn’t have console commands. You cannot enter straight console commands. The game developer, however, has a debug mode and an in-game editor that will help change many things in the game as you would in Civilization 6.

You alternative is the In Game Editor for Civilization 5

You can install the ingame Editor through Steam since this will allow every legitimate CIV 5 user to use the editor. IT is also easier to search it on steam and install it.

However, if you don’t have steam, you can download the in-game editor from Civfanatics and install it on the side.

To use the in game editor:

• Launch the game and select mods
• Check Ingame Editor and select news
• Select single player and set up a game the normal way
• Click the icon on the top right of the Civ 5 game or press Control + I to launch the IGE (ingame editor)

Available Cheat Options in IGE

Civ 5 Map Editor Mac

• Editing Terrain – F1
• F2: This option lets you increase your city building capabilities. With this, you can almost instantly create new buildings or build Wonder in your cities faster
• F3: Change terrain on a mass scale
• F4: Spawns units and gives promotions to existing units
• F6: Edits Civilization statistics. This cheat can add culture, faith or gold to a selected civilization
• F7: Research cheats are the most common editor you will use when playing Civilization 5. This will let you learn any technology in the game with a single click. To use it, shift-click on the Future Tech research project and you will receive one tech at a go.
• F8: Social policy and ideology cheats

Before using your console commands in Civilization 5, you first have to enable this option in the game’s config.ini file. You can do this by following these steps

How to Use Console Commands in Civilization 5

Civ 5 Map Editor For Mac Catalina

Pro Tip: Remember to backup the config.ini file before saving it. This will come in handy in case you corrupt the file in the process

• Find the Civilization 5 config.ini file located in the game’s installation foler or in Documents/My Games/ Sid Mieir’s Civilization VI
• Open config.ini on notepad and look for the line with the value ‘DebugPanel = 0’
• Change that entry so that it reads ‘DebugPanel = 1’ and save

Launch your Civilization V game and once you are in game, press the Tilde (~) key to launch the command console and change settings. One of the basic cheats you can use here as a cheat is the ‘reveal all’ option. This will show the entire game map at a glance. You can use the Control + Z shortcut to activate this too.

Pro Tip: If you want to make the game easier, you will be better off playing on a low difficult setting as opposed to using console commands for Civilization 5. Only use console commands when running through the game for a second or third time to avoid ruining the experience.