In Prefs.ini, there should be a line under [Gameplay]
EnableMods=1

just in-case it's not working to enable mods in-game.

If that's not the problem, tell me the structure you've installed the mods in. There should be a folder for the mod in My Games\GalCiv3\Mods, and then Core, Game, ParticleScriptDefs, Text folders (may or may not be needed, but better safe than sorry). For simple changes, there should then be files in the Game folder. (just checking that there isn't some sort of misunderstanding of how to install mods. As a programmer, I know how often I try and fix a problem only to realise it was so simple). For example, there should be a file "My Games\GalCiv3\Mods\Ave's DeSpecify [1.00]\Game\TechDefs_DESPEC.xml"

Hopefully by 1.1, all these issues get sorted out

Haha, so that was my problem.  I put the core, game, particlescriptsdef and text folders directly in the mod folder rather than mods then mod name folder with core, game, particlescriptsdef and text folders in the mod name folder.  Thanks for the help.

What's the difference with those color mods?

All they do is add extra map colours for when you create a custom race. The colours it uses is stuff already in the game, but just made so they work on the map. This means if you're making dozens of new custom races, you can tell them apart when you play, instead of them sharing a colour and you getting confused.

Just curious if the research mod is suppose to be slowing/increasing down the AI as well as me?  Im slowing it down, but Im seeing in games where the AI is vastly ahead of me in research by 15 or 20 techs or more.  I make specialized research planets, so im not sure why im so far behind.  Just wondering if this is suppose to target only me or them as well.

Never mind. They're working. You should do screens or something to show which colors are added by what. All the same, THANK YOU! Insane amount of civs, here I come!

Correction, Insane amount of civs, here I come after someone figures out how to add a scroll.

Well, this is embarrassing. From what I tested, it seemed like it did work. When I built research ships with lots of + bonuses, AI were researching 1 a turn. When I built ships with -90% research, they took ages to research things. Looks like that was just a fluke though.

It could be that something changed from Beta 5. I'll have to take a look at some other way to do it

LOL crap...I know it still works on you...so you can still add research or slow yourself down, but they must have changed the way it affects everyone globally.  Hopefully you can figure it out, because i do love what you had until they goofed it haha.

Was looking in the Galactic events defs and was wondering if you could make an event at the start of a game that could change research globally?  Not sure if you could have a selection or what, but I do notice that it uses <Scope> Globally and was wondering if that would make a difference on your ship components?  Also funny, they have changes to just about everything, but not a global slowdown of research...i wonder if that means they couldnt get it to work.  Oh well...just trying to throw out some ideas...not sure if they are even helpful or not.

Hehe, I had exactly the same idea. Unfortunately I don't have time to try things out right now, so it'll have to wait a day or two.

Also, Global scope makes it not even work for the player, let alone any of the AIs.

Hey good news...I went into your shipdefs mods and put this in:

<ShipComponent>
<InternalName>Boost50DecResearchModule</InternalName>
<DisplayName>-50 Research</DisplayName>
<Description>Decreases the total research by 50</Description>
<ArtDefine>ResearchModule</ArtDefine>
<Category>Modules</Category>
<Type>ConstructionModule</Type>
<PlacementType>Module</PlacementType>
<Stats>
<EffectType>Research</EffectType>
<Scope>Global</Scope>
<Target>
<TargetType>Faction</TargetType>
</Target>
<BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
<Value>-50</Value>
</Stats>
</ShipComponent>

I then started a game and changed local player around and all the other factions are now at -50% research rates.  I see on their home planets research area, the tool tip pops up and shows -50% research under there.  Ill mess around some more.

Bah nevermind...that must be from something else...prolly my very slow research pick in settings...

Like you said above...the global scope did nothing...i slowed my research down to nothing, but the AI continued on with no problems.  Ill stop bugging you now haha and let the expert figure it out...

I prefer very very slow progression. I find the built in Very Slow option is too fast. Can't wait for proper Steam Support.

Some pretty good mods in here, thumbs up! 

Destroyable Colony Capitals and the colors added I`ll have to try it.

The destroyable colony capitals is awesome!!!  Love that feature!!

The No Specializations mod broke with 1.01, the first 2 options now show up in tree view.  Loading my save game is allowing me to research specializations I had already taken again because it now places the first two options from each specialization are now added to the tree.  For a new game this can still work out if you always take the third option.  I'm also thinking that removing the specialization restrictions would work better but haven't started looking at that yet.  I read in another post somewhere or heard on the stream that the extreme worlds restriction was removed, if so there should be a way to just remove the restriction but again I haven't looked at it yet.

Yeah, 1.01 has done something odd with then. I could only select the extra specs in the tree, which doesn't show the 3rd spec.

However, if you select one of the new specs, the other ones also appear (but for some reason, only the new specs). So it still works, to an extent.

Unfortunately, I have no idea why the issue is happening. Everything seems the same in the XML. Nothing I can do about it at the moment

The best bet is for someone to make a complete re-do of the specialisations. I don't have the time right now to do that, and then to update it every time the game updates.
Create a new tech that replaces the specialisation. Make the tech that comes after the specialisation instead only require this new tech. THEN you can remove the specialisation tags.

Not a problem. I want to redo the tech trees anyway this is just encouraging me to step up and do that.  I went through the XMLs last night and from what I could tell specializations are coded to be the 3 in 1 display and only allowing one to be completed.

I'm going to try separating them out and see what happens, I expect it will either break the game or the first option will be the one that unlocks the next tech and the others will split off to new short trees.  I'll post my results and if I get it working post it up.

It should be fairly easy for me to make it so that the first one unlocks the next tech. It wouldn't mess up trading like the current method does. It's not quite ideal, but would people prefer it if I did that?

I think the first one is generally the better choice in most of the tree but I think people would want to tweak it to their preference.

Was wondering if its a by product of your colony capital mod that I can delete resources on the planets?  I highlighted one(gave military bonus barf) and noticed I could delete and boom gone...if so NICE!  Some of these id rather do without since space is at premium.  Again, just curious if this is a normal feature or because of your mod.

That's a normal feature All I've done is change how Colony Capitals behave, it should have no effect on anything else - even Civilization Capitals.

Ok great!  Thanks!  

Those are trade resources and are re movable.