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The sex on “Game of Thrones” has been the topic of much discussion throughout the first two seasons of the hit HBO series. It has sparked debate about gender roles and sexism on TV, inspired critic Myles McNutt to coin the term “sexposition' –- using sex as a backdrop for exposition about back story or character motives - and earned a spoof on 'Saturday Night Live' for its gratuitous. What is this mod about? “A Game of Thrones” (AGOT) is a full-conversion mod for Paradox Interactive’s Crusder Kings II (CK2).Set in the world of George R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (ASoIaF) fantasy saga where lords great and small vie for control over the lands of Ice and Fire, from Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms in the west, to Qarth in the east.
UPDATE (2018/06/17): I haven’t bothered to run the Game of Thrones mod in a few years; I find, for the hassle, it doesn’t actually make that much of a difference over the original Crusader Kings but William recently commented on this post and suggested that this method works a charm, so give it a shot:UPDATE (2016/08/22): Since this is such a popular post and is still one of the top results for how to install the mod, here are the updated instructions:If you, like me, bought the game from macgamestore.com way back in the day, they’re no longer updating the game for whatever reason. Thankfully, if you go into your purchase history, they give you a Steam key that you can redeem on Steam for the latest version of Crusader Kings II.
Now onto the instructions: StepAction1After you uninstall the MacGameStore version of the game (if applicable), then install the Steam version, run it for the first time so that it recreates the Paradox Interactive folder in your Documents folder then quit the game.2Download the latest version of the mod from (make sure to download the Zipped Files version) and make sure to take note of which version number of the CK2 game it’s compatible with. That should match for consistent results.You can find out which version of CK2 you have installed in the game’s launcher:3In Finder, go to YOUR-USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/ and create a folder called A Game of Thrones and another folder called mod.4Unzip the A Game of Thrones folder and the A Game of Thrones.mod file from the ZIP you downloaded into the newly-created mod folder.5Run the game and select A Game of Thrones in the mod panel of the launcher.6Rule.Note: This entry does not relate to art or design, in the traditional sense of my site. I am writing this to help others that have run into similar problems.
BackgroundIf you’re like me, you might have heard about the game through Penny Arcade TV’s Extra Credits show in an episode called and you might have thought, “hm, that looks like a really neat Civilization-type strategy game with a pretty rich story” But then the narrator said, “Game of Thrones mod” and you were hooked.Now, as a primarily console-based gamer, I have to take deep breaths when I hear about a cool PC game because odds are that it won’t work on my Mac, but luckily, in this case, Crusader Kings II is available for PC and Mac, so I went ahead and bought my copy from the. I downloaded my copy of the Game of Thones mod, but you can do a quick Google search for the latest version if you’re reading this post months after I wrote it.Because I purchased my copy of Crusader Kings II through the Mac Game Store, it was a direct download and all I had to do to install the game was drag the app from the.dmg file to my Applications folder. This is where the trouble starts, if you bought the game to play the Game of Thrones mod. The issueAfter figuring out where to put the mod, when launching the game and selecting the mod, the game crashes instantly. This is because the path specified in A Game of Thones.mod doesn’t point to the actual folder with all of the mod’s resources like it should.
The 5 minute solutionIt turns out, this isn’t an incompatibility between the mod and the Mac version of the game, it’s an issue with a directory in the A Game of Thones.mod file itself, which was developed by a team who had assumed the mod would be used by a PC user and hadn’t been able to test it on a Mac. Here are my step-by-step instructions on how to get the mod working on your Mac in less than 5 minutes:Steam users: If you bought your copy of Crusader Kings II through Steam, I’ve added steps to the instructions below to get the mod working for you as well. There may be a few extra and unnecessary steps, but I recommend you follow them all because as inelegant as they may seem, they work. Follow the steps as written originally unless you see a Steam heading below the original step. Note: The Steam portion of this guide was made in collaboration with my commenters. As I don’t own the Steam version, I can’t test these steps personally, but they have worked for others. If you find a way to optimize them at all, comment and let me know.
– Steven StepAction1Unzip the A Game of Thrones mod.2Go to your applications folder, find Crusader Kings II, right-click it and select Show Package Contents. Steam: Skip this step, go to step 3.3Navigate to Contents / game / mod and copy all of the files from the original ZIP here. Screenshot of Crusader Kings II package contentsSteam: Navigate to Library / Application Support / Steam / Steamapps / common / crusader kings ii / mod / and copy all the files from the original ZIP there. (The copied files within the mod folder should still look the same as in the screenshot above.)If your Library path is hidden, in the Finder, click on the Go menu and then hold down Option or Alt on your keyboard and the Library will appear in the list. Click on it to navigate to Library.4Open the file A Game of Thones.mod with TextEdit.5In the Path field, replace the directory “mod/A Game of Thones” with “/Applications/CrusaderKings2.app/Contents/game/mod/A Game of Thones” and replace userdir with #userdir.
Screenshot of A Game of Thones.mod in TextEdit with changesSave the file and exit TextEdit. It might be locked and ask you if you want to overwrite the original or create a duplicate, make sure you overwrite the original.Steam: In the Path field, replace the directory “mod/A Game of Thones” with “Users/ YOUR USERNAME HERE/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/crusader kings ii/mod/A Game of Thrones” and replace userdir with #userdir.Save the file and exit TextEdit. It might be locked and ask you if you want to overwrite the original or create a duplicate, make sure you overwrite the original.6The next time you run the game, select the A Game of Thrones in the Select mods to play field before you select Start CKII. Note: The game may still crash the first time you do this, but if it does, launch it again and it will work.
Steam: Unzip the A Game of Thrones mod again and this time, do not modify the A Game of Thones.mod. Navigate to your Documents folder and open the Paradox Interactive folder. Open the path to Crusader Kinds II and create a new folder inside named mod. Copy the contents of the unzipped A Game of Thrones folder to this new mod folder. Perform the “normal” step 6.7Enjoy playing out Robert’s Rebellion, and good luck avoiding marrying one of Walder Frey’s hundred children! Comments 48.
Drew wrote:Hi Steven,Ive followed your advice and even bought from the same website as you, but it still doesnt work. It just loads the europe map even when ive made all the changes and ticked the mod boxPlease help, Im ready to cry lolDrew Posted 08 Jul 2012 at 12:03 pm. wrote:Drew,Thanks for commenting. Hopefully we can troubleshoot this and have it working for you so you can enjoy Robert’s rebellion.Can you share screenshots of the directories and A Game of Thones.mod in TextEdit? I can provide an extra set of eyes to make sure everything looks in order.Just to test, try removing the.app part of the directory in the A Game of Thones.mod file.
(/Applications/CrusaderKings2/Contents/game/mod/A Game of Thones)We’ll figure this out.– Steven Posted 09 Jul 2012 at 12:29 pm. Joseph wrote:Would this work with the Steam version of the game as well? Posted 12 Jul 2012 at 2:51 am. wrote:The mod and steps will work with the Steam version as well, but since Steam installs the game to another directory, you’d have to do some poking around and find the mod directory to copy the files to / change the directory in the mod file.I’m out of town at the moment, but when I get home, I’ll add a comment with the Steam information (directories).– Steven Posted 12 Jul 2012 at 11:05 am. Joseph wrote:Hey, I went ahead and did it, and the checkbox showed up for the Game of Thrones mod, but it keeps crashing on startup. Maybe I can send you a screenshot or something of what’s going on?
Posted 12 Jul 2012 at 2:13 pm. Joe wrote:Hey, I’m in the same boat as my namesake here. Managed to find the right path for steam, but still no load. Just crashes on startup.
Changed the user directory to have # before it and all that. Any help would be ace! Posted 13 Jul 2012 at 8:18 pm.
Tim wrote:I am using steam and can’t find the path anywhere? Posted 18 Jul 2012 at 4:18 am. Tim wrote:I am using this path – path = “/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/A Game of Thrones v0.2”And no mods are showing up at allhelp? Posted 18 Jul 2012 at 4:56 am.
Tim wrote:OK, I’m just going to keep posting.I finally found the proper place to put the mod. The trick was you have to go into finder click on the ‘Go’ drop down menu. Then hold down ‘option’ and ‘Library’ will appear. You can now find the steam folder and steam games in this path – /Library/Application Support/Steam/Steamapps/common/crusader kings ii/mod/A Game of Thrones v0.2″Still hasn’t worked for me though. Posted 18 Jul 2012 at 5:25 am.
wrote:Joseph – If the mod is showing up when you’re starting the game, that means that you’ve put the files in the right directory, so you’re on the right path. Could you post a link to a screenshot of the directory you have the.mod file in and one of the.mod file opened in TextEdit? If it’s crashing, it’s probably because the path in the.mod file is incorrect, try using the one below.Tim – Thanks for posting your progress. Try using this directory: “/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steamapps/common/crusader kings ii/mod/A Game of Thrones” (assuming the.mod file is named “A Game of Thones.mod”).I’m going to do some sleuthing this evening and will post more as well as modify the original post to include Steam instructions as well for future visitors who may not read the comments.– Steven Posted 18 Jul 2012 at 12:31 pm. Tim wrote:I finally got it working after about ten hours of playing around with everything. Not sure why it works but it does. Quick summary is this.1.
Use the technique I previously mentioned to find the files.2. I had initially just moved the whole downloaded mod folder (A Game of Thrones v0.2) into the mod fold (as above path shows) What you need to do is copy its content in to the mod folder.
( As you mentioned in the OP)3. This is the bit I fluked that made it work. Open the paradox Interactive folder in your document folder open the path to crusader kings II, create a mod folder.4. Extract the downloaded mod again and copy into this.
DO NOT edit the.mod file this time.5 For some reason this allows it to work. God knows why. God probably doesn’t care.This is the edit I did to the.mod file –name = “A Game of Thrones”path = “Users/(put your user name here)/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/crusader kings ii/mod/A Game of Thrones”userdir = “A Game of Thrones”I hope this helps any other poor Mac/Steam users.
Posted 18 Jul 2012 at 8:34 pm. Tim wrote:To clarify I edited the.mod file in the library path NOT in the document path Posted 18 Jul 2012 at 8:36 pm. Bob wrote:All these tips are great, can someone just make one overall simple summary for mac steam users, I tried following your one Tim but I am too much of a numpty.
Posted 19 Jul 2012 at 1:40 pm. wrote:Thanks for the comment, Bob; my plan is to edit the original post later this evening with the new Steam steps that we’ve managed to piece together. Check back later for concise steps I hope anyone can follow!Tim, thanks for posting your findings. I had a good laugh at your God comments.– Steven Posted 19 Jul 2012 at 2:27 pm. Bob wrote:That would be great, determined to get this going, thanks! Posted 20 Jul 2012 at 6:54 am.
wrote:The steps have been updated to include Steam support – let me know if you experience any issues.Tim – Do they look like they accurately capture what you did?– Steven Posted 21 Jul 2012 at 10:12 am. Tim wrote:Yep pretty much exactly what I did. Only difference was I didn’t put the hash in front of userdir.
I will be interested to hear if any other steam mac users got it working of if I just some how fluked it. Posted 24 Jul 2012 at 2:09 am.
Eric R wrote:I have been pulling my hair out here, but this page has gotten me the closest to playing this mod I’ve ever been, lol.I think I’m having the same problem Drew up there is. I finally got the mod to appear in the Crusader Kings 2 launch menu, and I click it, but the regular game launches. Any ideas what I’m missing? Posted 28 Jul 2012 at 12:34 am. wrote:Eric, if you could post links to screenshots of the.mod file in TextEdit and the mod directory in Finder, we’ll try to help you.– Steven Posted 28 Jul 2012 at 10:03 am. Eric R wrote:I assumed my user name referred to my Steam user name, and I tried both with and without the hash tag. Posted 28 Jul 2012 at 1:12 pm.
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wrote:OK, two things that I notice:– Rename the A Game of Thrones 2.mod file to A Game of Thrones.mod– The user name in that path should be your Mac user name, not SteamHopefully that solves it, otherwise we can try a few other things– Steven Posted 28 Jul 2012 at 3:33 pm. Eric R wrote:Alright, I feel like I’m getting close.I changed the user name, and unzipped the mod duplicate directly into the document, which took away the extra ‘2’.
The game still launches to the European map, even when I click on the mod to select it. Posted 28 Jul 2012 at 7:11 pm. Tim wrote:Eric –1. Did you place an UNedited.mod file in the document file path?2. Not sure if it was you or not but saw on another forum someone was using their Steam Username instead of the Username on the computer.Let us know if either of those fix the problem. Posted 29 Jul 2012 at 4:34 am.
Eric R wrote:That did it! Putting a newly downloaded unedited version of the mod into the documents folder got it working. And thanks Steven.
This page needs to be put on a plaque somewhere! Posted 29 Jul 2012 at 2:54 pm. Blake wrote:I am having the same problem as Joseph and Joe.
Here is my screenshot.Please help! I really want to play this mod!Thank you in advance. Posted 06 Aug 2012 at 5:46 pm. Blake wrote:Continued post from above, more screenshots:When I start, it begins with this screen:(There are very faint markings in the black, tilting a computer screen at an angle might aid their visibility)and lastly, this screen:It then crashes. Posted 06 Aug 2012 at 5:57 pm. Nick wrote:How do I get the game to show up on the menu, I never used mods on the mac and I have no clue how to get it on the CK II launcher?
Posted 26 Sep 2012 at 12:39 am. Mike wrote:Hi all,Showing up a bit late to the party, but I’m having the same problem. Downloaded the mod from the link above, and CK2 from Macgamestore. I adjusted the.mod file as per instructions, click on the ‘GoT’ mod click box when I start the game, but it just loads up a map of Europe.Also, @ Drew & Tim, you mentioned putting an unmodified.mod file in the Documents folder. What ‘Documents’ folder are you speaking of? Is it a Steam thing?Cheers Posted 30 Sep 2012 at 9:07 am. Mike wrote:Okay, found the document file referred to by Tim and Drew – do you put the.mod file in the Paradox file?
The CK2 file? Or just in Docs?Cheers Posted 30 Sep 2012 at 12:04 pm. Meghan wrote:Having identical problems to Mike. What document file are people referring to? Posted 08 Oct 2012 at 12:02 am. greywanderer81 wrote:I have the Steam version of the game. I have followed the directions verbatim, and I get so far as to have the mod in the launcher.
When I run it the screen is black with very faint text as described above. After that it crashes every time. Has anyone devised a fix for that? Thanks for helping me get this far, but I’d really love to get it working! Posted 08 Oct 2012 at 8:25 pm. Marwyn the Mage wrote:What version of the mod is this valid for?
I have the steam version of the game and an struggling to make the mod work Posted 26 Oct 2012 at 7:34 pm. timmo wrote:yeah I’m having problems too. I get a load page with some broken title to the game of thrones mod it then starts to load and then crashes every time. So close yet.uuurghversion 0.2.1 Posted 28 Oct 2012 at 7:02 pm. Andrew wrote:I was finally able to get the mod to appear when I load the game but when it starts up its still loading the normal game. I’m not sure where to go from there to get the mod to actually run. Can anyone give me some insight?.
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