Maximum Number of Players

[BlueWaldo]

How many human players can play in a MP game of Civ4?

[prscormier]

I read 12 somewhere, can't find the link though

[alva]

I think I saw a comment no so long ago saying 16.

[MrFun]

109

[Atahualpa]

+1

From the ACS Civ4 info section:

There are 18 Civilizations in the game with which you can play, *12 to 18 of them at the same time (this is still being balanced and hasn't been finalized yet)*
Source: http://civilization4.net/3/114/136/

[Rubychaser]

An 18 player pbem could really take forever.

[Robert Plomp]

Originally posted by Rubychaser
An 18 player pbem could really take forever.

It would be finished quicker if you would just a real civilization in 4000 BC

[sabrewolf]

it would be cool if one could have the pitboss server "enforce" a 24 hour rule for 1 turn or similar. so if you are delayed the PC takes over the turn for you.

ideally you can manually say "play for me" and if you don't, your turn gets skipped.

with that, 18civs may work

[Addled Platypus]

Originally posted by Rubychaser
An 18 player pbem could really take forever.

wrong there...

as few as 6 takes for ever

2 pbems are at a death crawl and getting slower....


C4 outa finish those off

[Rubychaser]

6 is bad, I agree. I imagine 18 players would never see an era change.

[Senethro]

Meh. The alternative is 18 player Pitboss. But as those are simultaneous turns, I imagine you would see bullshit like deliberately waiting to be the last player to move, moving, updating and going to new year, moving first. This could allow 2 attacks on your enemy, or even a move and attack. With cavalry, that would be ridiculous.

I hope they have some safeguards...

[GeoModder]

Possible safeguard: a player cannot load his game as long as the player he attacked has saved the next turn.

[InfoCynic]

And if [Greece] attacks [Rome] in 1900 and [Rome] attacks [Greece] in 1900...

The rule would have to be more like "you cannot load your game until after all players have had at least one turn since you last attacked them"

[Addled Platypus]

tried simultaneous once, just not fast enough. everyone waiting on my lack of skills, getting PO'd over just that.

I will wait and see on C4 , before getting back in the water

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by InfoCynic
And if [Greece] attacks [Rome] in 1900 and [Rome] attacks [Greece] in 1900...

Well, someone will have fired the first shot for starters, and furthermore when both of them have had the opportunity to respond already the pitboss should be aware of that. (ie. a check if both players did manual offensive actions against eachother)

[CanuckSoldier]

On release day I'll be glad to set you straight on MP and PBEM issues, Pitboss won't be released until the first patch so I still won't be able to say much about it, likely.

CS

[Cryptor]

How about how many AI players can play at a time? In civ3 this was moddable to around 31, what will this be moddable to in civ4?

[Nikolai]

Virtually everything is moddable in Civ4.

[Boris Godunov]

Yeah, but as with Civ3, you can expect that to screw up the AI royally.

[Nikolai]

You can make your own AI in Civ4.