Enable achievements with mods in Civ 5 or Beyond Earth

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Patches to Sid Meier's Civilization V or Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth that enable achievements while playing with mods.

Instructions

1. Install the patch following the instructions below

2. Start the game in Steam

   ⓘ If playing Civ 5 in Proton or Windows, choose the patched version of DirectX as indicated below

3. Open the Mods menu and play the game with mods as desired

Install patch (Civ 5)

Linux (native)

Open a terminal and run this command:

sed -i 's/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 1/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 2/' "/home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/Civ5XP"

Linux (Proton)

For DirectX 11, open a terminal and run this command:

sed -i 's/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 1/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 2/' "/home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/CivilizationV_DX11.exe"

For DirectX 9, run the patch script:

./scripts/apply-patch.sh "/home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/CivilizationV.exe"

macOS

⚠️ This is untested

Open a terminal and run this command:

sed -i 's/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 1/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 2/' "/Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V/Civilization V.app/Contents/MacOS/Civilization V"

Windows

1. Download the patch tool from Releases

2. Run the patch tool, e.g.

   patchciv.exe 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier''s Civilization V\CivilizationV.exe'
   

3. When playing the game, choose DirectX 9 (unfortunately the patch doesn't work for DirectX 11)

Install patch (Beyond Earth)

Linux (native)

Install the patch to fix the crash when playing with mods here: https://github.com/bmaupin/civ-be-linux-fixes. It will also enable achievements with mods.

Linux (Proton)

Open a terminal and run these commands:

sed -i 's/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 1/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 2/' "/home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth/CivilizationBE_DX11.exe"
sed -i 's/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 1/SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 2/' "/home/$USER/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth/CivilizationBE_Mantle.exe"

Windows

⚠️ This is untested

Paste these commands in PowerShell and then press Enter (source):

ⓘ It will take a minute or so to run; wait until it says "Patch complete."

function Replace-ContentInFile {
    param (
        [string]$FilePath
    )
    $data = Get-Content -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0 $FilePath
    $dataAsHexString = [BitConverter]::ToString($data)
    $search = 'SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 1'
    $replacement = 'SELECT ModID from Mods where Activated = 2'
    $searchAsHexString = [BitConverter]::ToString([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($search))
    $replaceAsHexString = [BitConverter]::ToString([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($replacement))
    $dataAsHexString = $dataAsHexString.Replace($searchAsHexString, $replaceAsHexString)
    $modifiedData = [byte[]] ($dataAsHexString -split '-' -replace '^', '0x')
    Set-Content -Encoding Byte $FilePath -Value $modifiedData
    Write-Host "Patch complete"
}
Replace-ContentInFile -FilePath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier''s Civilization Beyond Earth\CivilizationBE_DX11.exe'
Replace-ContentInFile -FilePath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier''s Civilization Beyond Earth\CivilizationBE_Mantle.exe'

Uninstall patch

To uninstall this patch:

1. Open Steam and go to the game in your library

2. Right-click on the name of the game on the left > Properties

3. Installed Files > Verify integrity of game files

How the patch works

See docs/details.md