Sooo, from this point my mod should work as it works on my machine fine. When you using the snaking mod, building a new city close to (but not directly next to) a forest or river (give yourself 1 space all the way around. Then you build out your city to the river or forest, are you unable to build a logging camp or a pier?
Under steam (right click on properties), go to launch options and type in
-cheat
This will activate cheat codes in the game. Start a new game and build a city close to a forest or river -- not next to one -- (use ctrl + T) to teleport your army to a good location if you need to. Build several buildings (ctrl + 
will instantly build these buildings after they are being built and expand to the river or forest. If you need more buildings press (ctrl+R) does all the research for you. Gives you access to more buildings if needed. If you can build a logging camp (for forest) or pier (for rivers) my mod is working just fine.
The game should find the .xml files in the mods folder and if it is not detecting these files then there may be a deeper problem and you should post your debug.err file.
