SDK what?

Snowpaw · 12-15-2011, 07:32 PM

What is this and why does it not install when I click install?

For Civ V, obviously.

Decade7 · 12-16-2011, 05:11 PM

SDK stands for Software Devlopment Kit.
This is universal not just to games but to software in general.
It is a set of tools & instructions for a programmer to access and modify the game/ software.
In short, it is for people who want to mod the game.
It will be dense & very incomprehensible to anyone who has not dealt with this sort of thing before.
Still, most games that offer one (and they tend to be the games with the most mods) offer it to all their customers.
So, if you see it for other games you own, it's the same thing but for those games.

Snowpaw · 12-17-2011, 08:02 AM

Okay, so why doesn't it install when I hit install? I may not be a developer, or good with programming, but if I ever, EVER want to use it, I wanna know that I can install it...

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12-16-2011, 05:11 PM	#2
Decade7 Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 4 Posts: 108	SDK stands for Software Devlopment Kit. This is universal not just to games but to software in general. It is a set of tools & instructions for a programmer to access and modify the game/ software. In short, it is for people who want to mod the game. It will be dense & very incomprehensible to anyone who has not dealt with this sort of thing before. Still, most games that offer one (and they tend to be the games with the most mods) offer it to all their customers. So, if you see it for other games you own, it's the same thing but for those games.

12-17-2011, 08:02 AM	#3
Snowpaw Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 9	Okay, so why doesn't it install when I hit install? I may not be a developer, or good with programming, but if I ever, EVER want to use it, I wanna know that I can install it...