I’ve been playing Civ 5 on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) with the best laptop specs that were available at the time. I have admittedly been playing a pretty insane scenario – Small map with 22 AIs on Emperor. Yes, I know this is ridiculous, but it has been super fun. Anyway, the … Read more
Alexander the Great has the Hellenic League bonus in Civilization V, which means that “City-State influence degrades half as slowly as normal, and it recovers at twice the speed as for other civilizations”. If I choose the Patronage social policy tree, which has the initial bonus “Adopting Patronage will cause Influence with City-States to degrade … Read more
I recently re-installed Civ 5 to play with my friends. We use to play over local network across both Mac and PC. However this time when we tried I got a version mismatch. In the menu we all have the same version 1.0.3.279. I have a build number in between parentheses, but they don’t (one … Read more
I’m trying to play the demo of Civilization 5, but I’ve twice now had the game crash at around turn 12. What can I do to resolve this? Computer: Windows 7 64 bit Core 2 Quad 8 GB Memory NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Game: Running in recommended direct x 10/11 mode. Downloaded from steam. Answer … Read more
This question already has answers here: Closed 9 years ago. Possible Duplicate: What changes have been made from Civilization 4 to 5? What are the main differences between the two latest versions of the Sid’s Meier Cilivization series? Is this only an improvement of the graphical interface (more 3D and highly detailed views) or is … Read more
I would like to modify the start bias values for the Dutch in Civilization 5 Gods and Kings however I cannot find the path to the XML file that determines the start bias. Usually the XML file for each civ would be located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\sid meier’s civilization v\assets\DLC\DLC_02\Gameplay\XML\CIV5Civilization_ … however I cannot seem … Read more
Is it possible to set up a game and have all of the bots be on the same team? Would you gain the benefits of the AI civs cheating? Would you get super science from a shared tree? Would a military victory be unobtainable, very easy, or instant? I’m curious what would happen in this … Read more
So I have two different questions. When I download maps from steam workshop and try to run them there are no options to select the map I had downloaded when browsing maps. What could cause this or what am I doing wrong? Specific maps being the Cataclysm Map Pack and Shinnoh Region map, note that … Read more
Alright, I am completely tired of having to remember which tiles have oil because for some reason they never show up if they are on water or if some sort of improvement has been made on an oil land tile. There has to be some sort of fix made from a mod I just can’t … Read more
I launch Civlization V from steam and the launcher appears, it gives me the option of Direct X 9, Direct X 10 & 11 or Windows 8 Touch Enabled Mode. I wish to run it in DX11 so I select that, the window then disappears then nothing happens. How can I launch it in DX11 … Read more
