Paint.Net (for 2D art) - Foi making icons and leader screens. In the end, I write only some considerations and in the future, I will add modbuddy migration section. Its the official tool for modding available with the game. My handy tool for search (to search in the database) – especially useful to know all props (columns) possible to use in your coding and to make a “macro” search by a value. Nevertheless, use your preferred text editor.ĪstroGrep (to find a needle in a haystack) - especially useful to find errors in logs. Firaxis understand that the modding community adds a lot of value and longevity to their games or at least, that’s.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Visual Code is the most recommended since works in all systems, and I think a portable version can be found also. The best Civilization modders reveal what they want from Civ 6’s toolkit. Visual Studio Community (here you get the place of the game core folder as an existent website) or VSCODE (here you open a folder but save as workspace) – especially useful for direct copy & paste, having your mod in another side project in same solution/workspace You need some handy tools for search (I use them all, and sorry I am a windows user, for mac/linux I believe there´s plenty of similar search/coding platforms): It sums to copy & paste but you must know where to put the code (or where to get it in the first place), so I throw this basic tutorial. I see many ppl struggling with trying to make a new civ (or alter something in an existent one).

Civ 6 mod tools