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Save File Unbloat

Thanks, works like a charm

Thanks a lot Andruh, I will refer other players of the modded game to this answer. As always, your mods really help the community and your efforts are much appreciated.

I was waiting for this question.
It depends on how much used mode differs from the original Civ5.
1. If it is just cosmetic differences and save format is not changed, it is possible to replace the DLL only to load and save the file.
2. Perhaps same standalone tool from Dynamic: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=443989 will be useful. In it also has functionality of bloat remove, but it does not require a loading saves by Civ5 application.
3. Finally, if the differences are significant and savefile format changed, I am ready to give to author of used mod an unbloat patch - a set of code changes that add my unbloat fix. Author will be able to embed this code into his mod source code, release a new version of mod that will automatically remove the bloating at everey savefile loading.

I know this "This mod can't help if your game uses mod that already replaces DLL because there may be only one mod with DLL replacement", but for modded games what can be done to decrease file size? Any ideas?

You should explicitly use Custom Advanced Setup and Save File Unbloat each time you perform turn. When you restart Civ5 or just load game via multiplayer/hot seat, Save File Unbloat not used and bloating continue its life and growth.
Right way for using mod - is oneshot repair of already bloated save.
The rest of the time you can play via hot seat menu, but do not forget to restart Civ5 before each new load to prevent bloating grow.

I activated both this mod and Custom Advanced Setup Screen MOD. I restart my Civ V and played my turn via multiplayerrobot/hot seat mode. Whenever I play more than 1 game, it still gives bloated save file error... What do I do wrong?

Thank you very much for this mod my friend.

Sorry. I am unfamiliar with the finer details of modding. Thanks for the quick response.

This mod don't available for Mac/Linux because of inability to create DLL-replacing mod for these platforms.
Removing bloat from save is once-only operation and can be performed on another computer with Windows.
Save files for Civ5 are cross-platform compatible.

Could you post a direct download link? The Steam Workshop is unavailable for Mac/Linux.