I am in, scared of Civ multi-player, but let’s go. Already have CQUI, don’t know how anyone could play without.
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I’m in, obv
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that’s not quite correct. i’m very sure that our iOS MP game is in good shape.
it’s just that one player’s iPad can’t load CIV6 anymore.
(the same for his phone btw!)
and that’s very strange because it could always load the game before, and for a very long time. in fact since we had started to play async online games months ago.
has anybody any idea what could be a reason for this strange behavior??
there must be a reason.
i’m not even sure that an update will help. the game code worked before for the devices. it must have to do with the devices, the log-in or the GC ID?
I’ll play.
Is there any chance of playing something other than fractal? Like pangea? It’s hard to explain, but the randomness of the terrain really throws me off. Mountain chains are in weird places, terrain types don’t thematically flow together. I totally follow your logic that it’s better if we don’t know the rough world layout before we start, but it’s be nice to play a game that doesn’t look like someone stuck their hand in a bag of terrain tiles and threw them at the board.
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What do you think of Shuffle instead of Fractal?
A quick scan of the internet seems to show shuffle as being worse for randomness.
Let’s give fractal another try, but if there’s another mid continent mountain chain that prevents me from sending a trade route to my neighbouring city state, I’m going to be most perplexed
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Shuffle just chooses one of the other map types at random, while Fractal creates a randomly generated map. With Shuffle, one still doesn’t know the lay of the land (which is what I prefer), but the odds are it’s not Fractal. So it strikes me as a nice compromise.
I think shuffle also randomises sea level, rainfall etc. the example i saw was someone starting on a small island with no hills (presumably archipelago, 5 million years, high sea level) Which is fine for single player, but shuffle could deal us a really weird combo that’ll we’ll still be playing in 6 months
We have 5! Can we get a 6th to fill out the game?
ok, i’ll play PC.
guess i will need to create a new account and to buy the game on Steam again?
because it won’t be possible to link the windows version to my existing 2K account?
i will get the job done on next weekend to install the new desktop.
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Great! Just let me know when you’re ready, and I’ll create the game then.
This is fascinating, esp the mods and the game setup. Please do keep a rolling AAR going on here.
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It’ll go something like:
*Snottys scout has discovered your civilisation
*You have begun building walls in all your cities
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@Mysterio, ready for takeoff.
had to subscribe to Community Quick User Interface on steamcommunity.
but no download button came up 
automatically installed?
btw i could link the Steam version to my 2K account without any problem and got the promise to be able to switch devices during a game now 
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Sounds good!
Once you subscribe to a Steam Workshop mod, Steam will automatically install and update it. The MP game I create will have that mod enabled, so you shouldn’t have to do anything on your end when it’s your turn. For SP games, though, you can enable/disable it at will via the game’s associated menu.
@Mysterio,
yeah! thx for the detailed explanation.
have already seen the upgraded UI “in action” in a solo game.
so definitely ready for takeoff.
have searched for open internet games but coudn’t find any.
will we get invitations or a code?
And we’re off! Join Code is bOxq9.
My Game Modes testing essentially concluded that enabling three or more Game Modes resulted in the game not being displayed in the Play By Cloud screen (phantom game!). The only 2-mode combo that didn’t work was Barbarian + Shuffle, which is odd, since our current Steam MP game uses those two modes.
For this game, I chose Barbarian Clans and Zombie Defense, because the former really expands the roll of barbs and the latter will make life difficult for everyone. Yes, I’m e-vile. But, hey–at least the Tech and Civ trees won’t be a mystery!
BTW, it looks like the game counts the phantom created games against my max games allowed, so I had to cut testing short. I’m hoping they eventually time out!
Map Options
Ruleset: Gathering Storm
Start Era: Ancient
Game Speed: Online
Map: Fractal
All other settings: Everything/Standard/Balanced
Game Modes
Barbarian Clans
Zombie Defense
Victory Conditions
All enabled
Advanced Options
Default settings for all
Also…
- Players are required to choose Random Leader
- Players are required to use the Stately Play Discord server (channel #civ-6-steam) for turn notifications (link to follow once game starts, if required)
- Players are required to use the CQUI - Community Quick User Interface mod
- Players are encouraged to take their turn within 12 hours of being notified via Discord that it’s their turn. Otherwise, at least give the other players a heads-up on the delay
The Six
- Mysterio
- @kennfusion
- @js619
- abrandt (from Qt3)
- @Snotty128
- @JammaTal
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Joined, h/t for setting it up again
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joined.
looking through the setup i noticed that i don’t own the zombie mode
because i have purchased “only” the Platinum Edition and not the Anthology, so missing the Portugal DLC.
what a great opportunity for cheating. when i could play without rampaging hordes hunting me down 
but seriously: guess i must buy the Portugal DLC asap or the game can’t be started?
but when will it stop at last that i must invest more and more and more money??
Are you able to join the game using the Join Code? You said you had joined, so what’s the issue?